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MYRA AND MATRIMONY By NEIL LANQSHAWE. Myra Lovelace looked tho lottor all oror boforo hIio thought of opening It. To hor astonlshmont, eho wns told that alio had drawn tho lucky numbor for tho automobile at tho fair, and tho slip vn8 a bluo command to" a certain hank to pay her a thousand dollars In cash should sho dcslro tho money Instead of tho car. "Kitty, Kitty oh, Kitty!" sho cried excitedly. When sho romoinhored that Kitty was away visiting Hob's .mothor. Kitty was going to marry Bob, when ho could afford It. That was what Charlie had said to her long ago. At first, sho didn't mind ,lt his long absonco and unsatisfac tory lottcrB, that spoke only vaguely of tholr prospective wedding. Sho had laid the chock and, lcttor on jtho kitchen tnblo. In tho hall was nn old-fashioned mirror. In passing, eho caught a gllmpso of hersolf. Sho wont back, stopped and faced tho glass squarely. "Now, Myra Lovelaco," she said to it, "let us soo what you look llko slnco you havo Inherited a fortune" Sho stood a minuto with compressed Hps, appraising herself. Then sho lifted her hands to hor tcmplos whoro tho golden hair was fading and thinning, pulled down a loop on each sldo and fastened them with pins. Then sho rubbed her chcoks hard. Sho was go ing to "match tho cherries," as Charllo used to say, if it took tho skin off. Sho was surprised at tho result. Sho looked farther. Hor eyes woro all right. Excitement had brightened them. Why, sho was still pretty, vory pretty and rich! Suroly if Churllo could sco hor now ho wouldn't stay in tho West or at least ho would mako Bomo (Wlnlto suggestion nbout their wedding day. Her oyos wont down. Tho glass, not very largo, rolloctcd only part of her bluo calico dross, inado plain and narrow across tho chest and Just now stuck full of pins. Sho took out tho pins and tried to pull somo looseness Into tho front. It was no uso. Ono thousand dollars! With a thou sand dollars sho could buy drcsBcs, soft, exquisite, lacy and lino, such as sho had seen on tho daughtors of Congressman Hodge when thoy camo homo In tho sunimor. And lovely shoes that woro all curves, and silk stockings to match. And hats largo and small Bho pictured in tho steam of tho teakettle, hlg gauzy oiiob, with a slnglo roso, right underneath noxt tho hair, and tiny black volvot ones with a band of Jot. Black velvet sho know would look woll on her. And tho cloaks. Such wonders sho had seen In Mrs. Purdum's fashion book! A thousand dollars! Sho would llko a wrist watch and a gold mesh bag and something for around tho neck. Sho know It was still smooth und whlto bonoath tho calico. And thoro would bo clinging sllkon undcrthlngs, dollcato shaded nnd wondorful feel ing. And gloves and veils. Sho roso. Charllo's last letter, months old, was in tho paper wallot In tho sitting room. Sho got it and looked at tho nddrcss. Sho thought of an undo In tho same town! Then alio mado up her mind to do somothlng! It was long past dlnnortlmo, but oho nat down to wrlto a lettor! That dono, sho hunted up a schedulo of city trains, mado out a list, pressed out hor whlto waist and got everything ready for a day of shopping in town. If Charllo had forgotton how attrac tive Bho was,- sho would remind him! Then Bho drank somo tea, lay down and started to ledrcam all tho vIbIoiib of hor girlhood. Dut Bho heard whools, then Kitty's volco: "Auntio! Auntlo Myra, whoro aro you?" Spend Your Vacation in Colorado's Rockies ou will find more horo in roal rost rust combined with slKhtstMlng than In any other section of tho Hoekh-s. And It 1h bo near by tlntt practically no tlmo 1b lost enrouto a short ovcr-nlght ride from prac tically any polut In NobruBka, providing your ticket reads Via Union Pacific tho line that Is double tracked, gravel ballasted and protected by Au tomatic Electric Block Safoty Signals all tho way to Colorado. Low round-trip fares In effect June 1st. Handsomely illustrated booklet, "Colorado For tho Tonrlst." and comploto Information about rates, routes, etc., may bo had upon appll cation to Local Union Pacific Agont, or "Here, dear. I wasn't cxpoctlng you bo soon. Why, what'B tho matter?' Kitty waa Bobbing softly. "Dob's horo! Ho camo over to say good-by to you. Ho Is going West. Oh auntlo, a a man thoy know wants him to start right away. Thero Is a good chanco opon and ho must not oven wait a day. And ho's going tonight! If ho had tho mouoy to put Into tho I etoro horo, thoy'd tnko him into part' i nershlp nnd ho would stay and wo would bo married, nut there's no I chnnco, ho Bays, and ho's going. I'll l novor never bco him again." Myra patted tho hoavlng shoulders and BUi othed tho soft head on her breast. "Dcarlo, don't cry! LIston to mo! I I I've had Bomo luck, Kitty. Tho fair poople sent mo a thousand dollars I had tho winning number. And I waB Just wondering what I should do with it. Do you think I could porsuado Bob to tako it as a wedding present! I can't think of anything better, can you?" "Aunt Myra why you " Kitty's oyes wero big. Then sho rushed for tho door. "Holi oh, Hob, what do you think" Tho rest was lost, for Myra had slipped to tho kitchen and dropped 1 a newly written letter nnd a list into ' tho coals. And as sho did so sho looked wist fully out of tho window and saw Charllo, tho Charllo of her dreams, coming up tho path! "Myra!" Ho was standing in tho doorway now. "Myra, girl, you're pret tier than over! Do you think you can still caro a llttlo for your old beau?" "Why, Charlie," sho cried happily, "if you'd stayed away anothor second I'd havo died!" (Copyright, 1010, by tho McCluro Newapa. per Syndlcato.) Noticed the Extra Light. My nolghbor was giving a dinner party for Bomo friends, and, aftor careful advlco concerning his bo havlor, allowed1 her young son to sit at tho tablo with tho guests. Sho waB looking at him proudly iu ho stood nt his placo awaiting tho prop er tlmo to bo seated, whoa ho glanced up at tho lighting flxturo and said, "Huh, two gases tonight." Chicago Tribuno. Why the Choice. "Of courso, I want my daughter to havo somo kind of artistic education. I think I'll let hor Btudy singing," Bald Mrs. Neighbor. "Why not art or lit oraturo?" suggested Mrs. Highbrow. "Art spoIlB canvas nnd Htoraturo wastes reams ot paper, singing more ly produces a tomporary disturbance of tho atmosphere" was tho roply. Now York Times. Taxation In Olden Times. Wben Edward I, having planned an expedition to Flanders, found himself short of money, ho seized enough wool and leather from certain morchantB to mako up tho deficiency A quaint tax in tho tlmo of tho commonwealth was that of the price of ono meal por Veok, por head, to bo paid Into tho treasury. Exclso duties originated during tho Civil war In 1G43, being at first Imposed only on "beer, elder, and porry," and lncomo tax was flrBt levied us a tomporary war tax, by Pitt, In 1799. London Mail. Time for Haste. A llttlo ilvo-year-old McCordsvlllo mips has n stopfathor of whom Bho is vory fond. Ono day tho slepmthor suffered from a violent headache, and his wlfo wont to tho kitchen to pro paro somo domestic remedy Lillian waited quietly for Bomo time for hor mothor to return and relievo tho suf forcr. LoBlng patlonco, ah went to tho kltehon door nnd energetically called out: "Mammn, If you don't hurry up you'ro going to have another husband to bury." W. S. BASINGER, Qeneral Pasienner Agent, Omaha, Neb. THEIR FUND By CATHARINE CRANMER. Williams & Company offered n prlzo of twjwity dollars In gold for tho best nnmo suggostod by nn employee for tholr now lino of granltowaro. Harry Honton, salesman, and Amy Worncr, cashier", tied for tho prlzo. Tho boss handed each of them a ten-dollar gold pleco, but Uonton know that his annual salary reached In thousands almost what Amy's did in hundreds. "Won't you lot mo add my gold to yours so you'll havo enough to Jlnglo?" ho asked smilingly. "Oh, you couldn't think I meant really to tako It, could you?" "Won't you? You really earned it more than I. I'vo talked tho goods bo constantly for years that It was nat ural for mo to think up a namo eas ily." "Ah, now," said Amy, with a tiny pout, "don't lntlmato that thinking was Buch hard work for mo; but I can't accept what you earnod by your thinking ovon If It woo easy to do." "Will you havo dlnnor with mo this ovonlng and help me think out a way to do somothlng nlco for somebody with that ploco of gold?" "Yo-os," began Amy slowly. "I'll holp you If you'll let mo contribute my gold piece to tho 'happiness fund." And Harry agreed. A fow hours later, ovor their dlnnor, thoy discussed tho possibilities of their fund. "I want our fund to bring happiness to somebody who doosn't dream of It, nnd to bring It Just at tho psychologi cal moment whon It means every thing." Amy was charming when sho was sorious. "That'B tho Idea, exactly," agreed Harry, "and tho best way to dlstributo happinoss Is to go whore thoro Is a lack of It. What do you say to our taking a stroll through tho outskirts?" "That's whoro thero aro oxtremes of happiness and unhnpplness, I'vo heard. All right, let's gol that Is, If you think wo won't attract too much attention." "Oh, you'd attract your share of at tention any whore, but I'm plain enough to offset your charms." This was said without any palaver of gallantry nnd was accompanied by such a genial smllo that Amy laughed, too, although she thought Harry's clear eyes and honest fnco and broad shoulders a very satisfactory kind of plainness. As thoy passed through tho district of tho downtown poor, thoy distributed various bits of happiness in unexpect ed dimes given to small tots who wore standing disconsolately in doorways or tagging each other on tho brlck-pavod sidewalks. "Look who's here! No need for our happiness fund In that party," said Harry, as they saw approaching them a festive party consisting of an Ital ian girl Btlll In her teons, her swag goring young escort who pulled at his sunburned mustache, some dark gowned women with scarfs over their heads, a few plodding men nnd chil dren of assorted sizes and varying do greos of uncleanllness. From ono of tho children Harry learned that tho young couple had been married that day and woro on their way to their now homo of two rooms In a nearby rooming houso. At that Instant, tho clang of the lire boll was heard, and with each stroke tho Bound grow louder until around tho corner came tho galloping horses nnd rattling hoso wagons and the scream ing onglno leaving its trail of sparks on tho uneven cobblestones of tho nar row street. Amy and Hnrry stood on tho curb, and down Amy's Iplno wont tho chilly creep and into her eyes camo tho unshed tears that tho sight und sound of a fire department In no tion always brought to her. Sho becamo conscious, In tho midst of it, that Harry was holding hor arm protoctlngly. Two blocks away tho onglno stopped, tho wagons sought tho curb, and tho lately happy group of peoplo began to scream excitedly. Tho young groom tried to enter tho burn ing houso and tho protesting brldo throw hersolf boforo him to prevent tho risk. Tho flro was In tho houso whoro tholr two rooms had been fur nished. Tho lamentations of tho bridal party made a babol, but Amy and Harry looked undorstnndlngly at each othor. "Could wo And a bottor placo for a hnppincBs fund?" asked Amy. "Wo won't look for a better, will wo?" And Harry put his hand in tho pocket whoro tho happlnosB fuud re posed. "No j this is tho psychological mo ment wo wanted," answered Amy, and togothor they approached tho dis tressed young couplo. "This Is hard luck, my boy," began Hnry, "but thlB lady nnd I had a bit of good luck today and we'd llko to Bharo It with you nnd your brldo. Won't you tako this" handing him tho monoy "and got other lodgings and Buch furniture as it will buy?" Tho outburst of gratltudo from both tho brldo and groom and from their kinsmen mado Amy nnd Hnrry wonder how thoy could escape, but Just thon a taxlcab camo along and Harry hailed It nnd hurried Amy Into it. As thoy bumped away ovor tho cobblos thoro was a chorus of encore. Thoy looked at oach othor and laughod happily and without embar rassment, for that llttlo happiness fund had formed tho nucleus of a per manent ono and by tho ond of tho month thoy had agrood to tlo Tor all tho prizes life might bring to thom. (Copyrlht, 1918, by the McCtur Newap. per Syndicate.) W Absolute piratypufe fofl power m. fn W& &mry dixp,aad.idkesfciMinite kg Wk age out of rerjrIloii. jm STANDARD OIlvCOMPANY Sign of Age. A man la aging a llttlo whon he begins to point villi pndo to a good night s sleep. Atchison Olobo NOTICH OK IMCTIT.-OV :r ,..t,,s.,.?.v.nly c-t o- i.mcoin Hie State of Nebraska: To nil per sons interested In S!U,l Estate UL no tice that a pet t on lun l.,, m.i.l GEO. ii FIUW.-IT m2-3. County .Tiidi.'f. TAX XOTICH. rft ft I i n. a m . ' - llV.ll lJ 4 'J, 'J 3 4 I To r Kenton Taylor: ' i are nereny no:n.-t tint on No- ?' IU, c sulo for taxes for tlu. year 1 ,V fo''"wlnfr described land, t'.. JMt. All of Section 22, Township lr, Xohisir,?.' 1'1,,CO"1 '"'ly. & of Tl.Ilt M'l 111 . ., ..... miiiu vti-i inir;.'S'f I iti inn nfV"? Mf L "nt T.xvJor, and thVA Mini iiuuiic.'iiion or tills notice taxdeed will be applied for. "ol"-c I-Mrat published arny5,Aioi6?"" KVltf, Xo- . t Charles l.'noy Wood- Dnnnnuod J r-n.f.Vv ,Co,'nt' Court of Lincoln County, Xebraska. mi... i . .. i ... "" pernors nnil u persons Interested In said estate will take no tice that on tho 21th day of Amil, 191ii, Joanna P. Wood, heir of sulci denedeiu llled hor petition hoiein, aliening that the snld Clini-li.ti l.niint- w., .n.i i" testate on March 23. 1913, a resident of V" V1"1 V.UUIUJ, Laiirornin, and thp.t t tho tlmo of his death ho had an -s- tllttt III illlinl'ltllllr.r. I.i T nt o DI....I. . i- imd Lot 10. Wash Illnmau's Sub-dlvls-lon, south half Hlock 102, all in th Mtv of North Platte. Nebraska, and th.it no iiiiiMiuiitiuu nun-open nunc in tre ffild State for tho appointment of an admin istrator. That he left surviving lilm Joanna. Wood, widow nK0 (ifi ronldlntr at aklnnd. Pnllf lfntn 11..1.-.Y dauuhtor, rwro 3I. San Krnnclso), Calif , 1 urn ut; i.i'nu) oiici, iian(?ntor, :il'" iTl, Oakland, Calif., Hesslo Wood, irrand daufrliter, ao 13, Oakland, Calif.. C.T.h erlno Wood, KranildaiiKliter nso l.l.OaH- lailll. Cul f.. Pntl nrln.. U'n,,1 ,.n.,.:. diuiKhter, npo 12, Oakland, Calif. ' 1 nai nn 1110 iioiils or said ilccvdPii havo lioen paid, or barred by tho Stat ute of Nobrnska. And praying th.it regular administration be waivod and 11 decree tin ntit,.t-ml lim-fi...,- and llxliifr tho dnto of his death and uio uoKreo or icinslilp or his heirs ami tho rlKlit of descent to said roal estate. Said petition will bo hoard May 2i, 191ti. at 9 o'clock a. in. at iho offlco of the county JiuIko In said county. OHO. K. l-MtGN-CII, ii-'-ni23 County Jui'ko. TAX XO'l'ICi:. (Certlllcnte No. dfiS3.) To Charles S. Haverstock and Horace T. Haverstock: You aro hereby notified that on No vember 4, 11U2, T,. A. WlKht piirclinsod at public salo for taxes for the yo-ir 1911 tlio following doscrlbod laud, to wit: All of Section 9, Township li,, HaiiKo 29, in Lincoln County, State of Nebraska. That said land was assessed In tho namo of Chas. S. HaverHtock, aint that, after tho expiration of three months from tho first publication of thi-j no tice, tax deed will bo applied for. 3.. A. WxUMT. Klrst published May 2, 1910. Notice. Gustof Goll will tnko notice, that on thQ 2lBt dny of April, 191G, P. II. Sul livan, a Justlco of tho Ponce, of North Platto Precinct No. 1, Lincoln county, Nobrnska, Issued an Ordor of Attach mont for tho buiu of $S5.00, In an ac tion pending before him wherein P. W. Ilormlnghnusen la plaintiff and Gustof Goll defendant, that property con sisting of money, as wages duo tlio de fendant from tho Union Pacific Rail Rond Company, a corporation, has boon attached undor snld order. Said caiiBo wns continued to tho 6th dny of Juno, 1916, nt 10 o'clock a. m. F. W. HERMINGHAUSEN. Plaintiff. 30-3w By James Keefe, his Attorney. inS tni!2tMfinn 'ntr'"ent purpot ot .iurj Ann Hawkins, deceased, and appointment of Elvis Hawkins as i!?,r;,f,H.a,1,, WP I'lch has l?eenSsetXfoCr w1,?1", t,le 26" of May. roo'ln-Ha0.,'3.!'-"1-' Ut C"nty " Hated April 27, 191(1. JOHN S. SIMMS, M. D., I'lijslclan nnd Surgeon Offlco B. & L. Building, Second Floor. Phone, Office, 83; Residence 38. DOCTOR I). T. QUIGLEY. . .. Practice Limited to Surgery and Kndiiim Therapy 72S City Nntlonnl Hank Hiiildlng. Oninhn, Nebraska. G Reynolds Bldjr. North Platte. Neb, Ofnco Phone 333. Kes. Black E13. DR. HAROLD A. FENNER OSTEOPATHIC Physician & Surgeon. Genito-Urinary Diseases Obstetrics Gynecology Notice. Pete Prenoff will take notice, that on me m day of April 191G P. H. Sullivan, a Justlco of the Peace, of North Plntto Prnninnt Ma 1 T Innnin County, Nebraska, Isaued nn'order of Auacnment lor mo sura of $21.50, In an action now pending before him, wherein Dr. T. .T. ic Pete Frenoff, defendant, that property uoiibisung 01 money, as wages duo, In the hands of the Union Pacific Rail Road Compnny, a Corporation, has been attached under said order. Said cause was continued to the 14th day of Juno, 191C, at ten o'clock a. m. Dated North Platte, Neb., May Bth, 1)16. DR. T. J. KERR. Plaintiff. Notice of Final Report Estate of James Ranntc, deceased, In tho County Count of Lincoln County, Nebraska. Tho State of Nebraska, to nil porsons interested In said Estate, take notice that tho Administratrix has filed a final account and report of her admin istration and u petition for final set tlement and discharge as such, and for a decree of distribution nnd descent of the real property, which havo been set for hearing before said court on May 2G, 191G, at 9 o'clock a. m., wlien you may appear and contest tho same Dated May 1, 191G. GEO E. FRENCH, 'U"JW County Judge. Notice to Creditors. Esitato No. 1404 of Walter II. Stew art, deceased, In tho County Court of Lincoln County, Nebraska, Tho Stato of Nobraska, ss: Creditors of snld esteate will tako notico that tho tlmo limited for presontatK a and fil ing claims against said Estate Is De cember 2, 1916, and for settlement of said Estate Is April 28th, 1917; that I will sit at tho county court room In said county, on Juno 2, 191G, nt 9 o'clock a m., and on December 2, 191G, nt 9 o'clock a. in., to receive, exnmlue, hear, allow or adjust all claims and objections duly filed. GEO E. FRENCH, 31-4w County Judge. Notice of Petition. Estate No. 1409 of Nancy E. Donald son deceased, In tho County Court of Lincoln County, Nobrnska. Tho Stato of Nebraska. To all por sons Interested in said Estato tako no tico that a potltlon has been filed for tho appointment of Rush M. Dean as Administrator of said Estato, which has been set for hearing on May 5. 191G, at 9 o'clock a. m. Dated April 5, 191G. 25-3w GEO. E. FRENCH, County Judge. Sheriff's Sale By virtue of an order of sale Is sued from tho District Court of Lin coln County, Nebraska, upon a decree of foreclosure rendered In said Court wherein C. A. Tarrance Is plaintiff, and Thomas Belcher et al are defend ants, nnd to me directed, I will on the 13th day of May, 191G, at 2 o'clock p. m., at the east front door of tho Court House jn North Platte, Lincoln Coun ty, Nebraska, sell at Public Auction to the highest bidder for cash, to satisfy said decree, Interest and costs, the fol lowing described property, to-wlt: Northwest Quarter (NW14) of Sec tion eight (8), Township sixteen (1G), Rango twenty-nine (29), west of the Gtli P. M., In Lincoln County, Nebras ka. Dated North Platte, Neb., April 10th, 1916. A. J. SALISBURY, 2S-5W Sheriff. Notice of Petition. Estate No. 1413 of George E. Brown, deceased, In the County Court of Lincoln County, Nebraska. The Stato of Nebraska: To all por sons Interested In said estate take notice that a petition has been filed for tho appointment of Cora M. Brown as Administratrix of said estate, which has been set for hearing herein on May 12, 191G, at 9 o'clock a. m. Dated April 15, 191G. GEORGE E. FRENCH, al8-m9 County Judge. Notice to Creditors. Estato No. 1412 of Leicester Walker, deceased. In the County Court of Lincoln County, Nebraska. Tho State of Nebraska, sa: Creditors of said estate will take notice that the time limited for presentation and filing of claims against said estate Is November 19, 191G, and for settle ment of snld estato Is April 14, 1917; that I will sit at tho county court room in said county, on May 19, 191G, at 9 o'clock a. 111. and on November 19, 191G, at 9 o'clock a. m. to receive, examine, hear, allow, or adjust all claims nnd objections duly filed. GEORGE E. FRENCH, al7-mlG County Judge. Sheriffs Sale. By virtue of an order of salo Issued from tho District Court of Lincolu County, Nebraska, upon a decree of foreclosure rendered in said Court wherein Mutual Building & Loan Asso ciation, a corporation, is plaintiff and Charles R. Osgood et al aro defendants, and to 1110 directed, I will on the 15th day of May, 191G, nt 2 o'clock p. m at tho eaBt front door of tho Court Houso in North Platto, Lincoln County, Nebraska, sell nt Public Auction to tho highest bidder for cash, to satisfy said decress, Interest and costs, the fol lowing described property, to-wlt: Lot four (4), Block one hundred and forty-eight (14S), original town of -North Plntto, Lincoln County, Nobras ka. Dated North Plotte, Neb.. April 10th, J?1"- A. J. SALISBURY, 25'Gw Sheriff. Notice. Gustoff Goll will tako notice, that on the 24th day of April, 191G, P. H Sullivan, n Justice of tho Peace of North Platto Precinct No. 1, Lincoln County, Nebraska, issued an Ordor of Attachment for the sum of $25.00, In an action pending before him where in Georgo WIckhnm Is plaintiff and Gustof Goll defendant, that property consisting of monoy as wages duo tho defendant from tho Union Pacific Rail Road Company, a Corporation, has been attached under said ordor. Said causo was continued to tho 8th day of June, 191G, at ten o'clock. Dated this 28th day of April, 1910. GEORGE WICKIIAM, n n Plaintiff. 31-3w Geo. N. Glbbs, His Atornoy.