Getting at
A Secret
By JOHNTURNLEB
S
Betty mid I wore at tlio piano. I
was handing her sheets of music,
which sho would play or try to play.
Presently I tired of this and said to
her:
"I heard something about you tho
other dnj'
"What did you hear?"
"I'm not going to toll you."
If I had really heard anything about
her I might have teased her for awlille.
then told her; but, slneo I had heard
nothing, I had drawn down dlcomfort
oh my head.
"Every now and again I would admit
fiomclhlng in which thero was not a
grain of truth, and every time I did
so I sank deeper into tho mire.
"Did you hear it from a man or a
woman?"
'j'Trom neither." This was about tho
only truth there was in all my an
swers. "Did you sco it written?"
"No."
"Printed?"
"Certainly not."
This ended this series of questions,
and after soma thought Ret went off
on another tack, in which, of course,
it was as easy for me to run ho. on tho
rocks as before. At last I said to her:
"Really, Hot, there's nothing lp what
I heard, or, ruthcr, I heard nothing at
all. I said what I did only to tease
you.".
"You didn't do any such thing. You
heard something that I am suro I
should know. Thero is an enemy
against whom I should bo on my
guard. It is your duty to tell mo who
Bbo Is."
"Sho?"
"Yes. I'm not afraid of a man. Men
have no Interest in injuring women,
and if they had they wouldn't know
how. They'd blunder, and It would
all react on themselves."
"Didn't I toll you that what 1 heard
was complimentary?"
"And don't I know how to Injure a
rival by pretending to praiso her?"
"How would you do that?" I asked,
hoping to divert her attention from the
subject in question,
"You may us well tell mo who this
sho devil Is and what olio said about
me."
t"Thoro is no sho dovil, and sho has
not spoken a word against you."
"Has sho red hair?"
I gavo 11 shrug, but no reply.
"Tills Is ridiculous!" said Dot. "Just'
as if I didn't know who had been say
ing disagreeable things about mo I"
What a fool I had been! And by
my folly I had doubtless caused her en
mity toward somo Innocent woman to
burst into u flame. At any rate, this is
tho way I looked upon tho matter. 1
must try a bluff. I scowled fiercely
and, rising, went Into tho hall', opened
tho door of tho coat closet, stopped In
sdo juul was taking down my hat
when 1 heard tho door shut behind mo
and tho key turned.
Hero wus u pretty how-d'yedo. Ket
hud ma locked la tho durk and would
doubtless keep mo thero until I told
her whnt had no existence oven in Im
agination, much less in fact. I waited,
expecting to hour from her. I waited
in vnlu. 1 rapped on tho door.
"What is it?"
"Lot mo out." I assumed an angry
: tone.
"Tell mo what you heard about me."
. "I would if I could, but Blnco I heard
nothing I can't."
"Then you admjt that you nro un
truthful?" "Yes, anything you like."
"And you heard nothing said about
mo?"
"Not a thing."
"Porhaps you havo rorgotton it?"
"Perhaps I havo."
"Very wells stay where you aro till
you remember It." . .
I did not proposo to remain in a dark
closet whero thero was no room to
Bland except bolt upright. I would
break down tho door in preference.
Ilut this would mnko a disturbance in
the h'ouNO. Hot wouldn't euro, but I
Would, I must llnd somo other expo-
uicnt.
There is a'confcsslon 1 havo to mako
here, I was quite couo ou this tantn
listing creature and hud been deterred
rrom proposing to her becauso I had
two years In college yet before mo
and three more In the study of a pro-
icssiou.
"Uet." I called.
"What is it?"
"I glvo in; I crawl; 1 cave."
"Ave you going to toll?"
"les. I ant. You havo forced it
from mo."
"Well, toll It."
"Not while in here. Let mo out and
I'll mako a clean breast of it."
It was a long while boforo 1 could
convlnco her that l would keep my
word. When I did I wont with her
into tho library, where wo had been
before, mid. drawing a small sofa to
an open tiro, wo seated ourselves sldo
by side.
"1 told yon I had not hoard' this thlug
from n man or a woman, it was told
me by a Uttlo bird."
"What did tho Uttlo bird say?"
"Tho little bird Said, 'You nro in love
with lief"
Thero was u long potiso, after which
Hot asked In a low, soft voice, "And
what did you say?"
"I said, 'Little bird, you'ro right'"
Wo celebrated our tin wedding re
cently, l called my wlfo's attontlon to
tho manner of my proposal.
"Humnh!" sho said. "I know tho
secret all tho whllo. I was determined
to make you say it"
What a Ragamuffin
Did on Christ
mas Morning
By F. A. MITCHEL
Dr. Tourniquet, the famous surgeon,
was sitting before his desk on Christ
mas morning looking over his ac
counts, though his principal work was
making up his bank account When
the door was opened a Uttlo ragged
boy entered.
"How did you get In here?" asked
the doctor. ,
"The door was open and I walked
Into tho house. Then I opened the
next I came to."
"Well, what do you Want?"
"Mo madder Is next door to dyln'.
Mo fodder sent mo for a doctor. I
Been the sign and came In." ,
Tho doctor pushed aside the pile of
checks before him and, swinging
around In his chair, said:
"Your father didn't tell you to come
to me?"
"No, sir. He said to go to any doc
tor I could And that would come. I've
been to turco before yous. They axed
me if I had any money to pay. and
when I tinld no they showed nie out."
The doctor continued to guze at the
boy meditatively, then took up a phono
transmitter and ordered his car brought
to tho door. Telling tho boy to "como
along," ho got Into the car and directed
his chauffeur to drive to tho address
tho child gave. Ho found a wretched
home, wretched on account' of poverty,
on nccount of tho woman being 111, but
especially wretched to the doctor,
whose patients usually lived In luxuri
ous homes. lie pictured houses ho had
visited tho day boforo and the prepa
rations for Christmas ho had seen.
Tho woman was In a Btuto of col
lapse, but n little treatment brought re
Ilof, and sho was told that her trouble
would disappear and was not likely to
return, though tho doctor left Bomo
mcdlclno for her to tako. This done,
ho took up his cases and was going out
when thp boy stepped up to him and,
holding out a handful of coppers and
nickels, said:
"Here's yer pay, doctor mo savin's
for Christmas. I reckon I'll havo to
let Christmas go till next time."
Again tho prosperous man looked at
tho rugged boy. What was the doctor
thinking of? Wns ho picturing chil
dren of his clients who were loaded
down with gifts on that Christmas
morning, denied nothing, while this
poor boy was handing him his savings
for that anniversary which children
lovo best? Did he tako In his mind's
eye the pile of checks ho had left on
his rosewood deskdn his olllce? - Did it
occur to him that ho was going back
to his homo to finish getting ready
those checks to send to the bank in tho
morning, to dlno sumptuously, leaving
this family without a morsel of Christ
mas comfort?
Diving Into his pocket, tho doctor
brought out a roll of bills and without
counting them said to tho Invalid, her
husbund and their boy:
"Why it is that I am given so much
and you so Uttlo Is ono of tho great
mysteries of tho world. Tako this,"
handing tho boy tho roll, "and buy
whatever you need for your mother,
your father and yourself. Itemcmbcr
this is Christmas morning. It's lato to
provide, but do tho best you can."
"Oh, doctor," exclaimed tho sick wo
man, "how good you aro!"
"Good! Don't call mo good. You
don't know mo. I'm. selfish and mean.
I live on tho top wave of prosperity.
visit only thoso who nro prosperous
as myself. I'm not called ou by tho
poor, I am considered too high and
mighty. Had not somo ono left my
front door' ajar your boy would not
havo effected an cntranco to my re
splendent prcsonco. Had ho rung tho
boll my butler would havo turned him
away."
"Wo mast all tako enro of ourselves,
doctor," Bald tho man. "If wo don't
nobody will tako euro of us."
"Borne of us who havo morn than
wo need are in duty bound to tako
cAro, of thoso who aro suffering. I
tako enro of no one."
"But you aro kind and generous with
your children, doctor."
"What credit Is that? I onco Bhot a
licur's cub. The mother bear showed
un much grief nt tho death of her off
spring as I over saw in any woman,
and I havo seen hundreds of parents
at tho deathbeds of tholr children."
"But you have begun to bo good to
tho poor this Christmas day and
will"
Tho doctor turned away and went
out without hearing what ho would do
In future Ho know ho would do noth
ing. Ho believed it was his duty to
no that which ho and tho world con
ildered practicable. Suppose from that
moment ho should dovoto his tlmo
to thoso who could pay nothing for
his services. Whero would ho bo by
next unristraas? Ills children were
growing up in luxury. Thero must bo
a sudden cutting down of tho family
oxpenses. They must move out of
their palatial residence. If ho told tho
world why ho mada thoso changes, It
would consider him demented. If he
did not, tho World would infer that ho
had lost his grip, no would no longer
bo called to the homes of tho rich. He
would lose casto with his fellow mod
leal men. In tlmo not only ho, but his
family, would bo reduced to poverty.
Novortholess tho rugamuflln's visit
mado a chaugo iu Dr. Tourniquet. "If
I can't do thoso things myself," ho
argued, "thero aro others who can.'
After that tho doctor was u liberal
giver to thoso associations that do tho
work of mlnlstorlng to tho poor.
A Skating
"Accident
By OSCAR COX
"Jim," sold Charlie Bates excitedly,
"what do you suppose has happened
to Alec Winston?"
"What?"
"Fell on tho back of his head on tho
Ico and has been unconscious for two
hours."
"That's strange. Alec -Is a splendid
skater." '
"It wasn't his fault."
"Whoso fault was It?"
"BIllIo's."
"You moan Wllhclmlun Itlplcy's."
"Yes; she's the liveliest girl In town.
She's an Imp of mischief. Her princi
pal object In life seems to be to mnko
trouble."
"You mean among the fellows. Why,
they stick to her like Hies to mo
Inssoo," "The more fools they."
"If report soys correctly you aro one
of the biggest fools of the lot. But
how did MIsS Itlpley Injure Alec Win
ston?"
"You see, they were skntlng together,
iVlec skating backward, Bllllo forward.
For some tlmo she hud been trying to
stir up bad blood between Alec and
Ilornco Farrar by exercising that dia
bolical Binllo of hers" -
"You mean that seductive smile."
"Whatever you like to call It Any-
way, sho first encouraged one. then
tho other. Sho was skating with Alec.
He, having his eyes In the front In
stead of tho back of his head, couldn't
sco i nrrar Hunting ucuina mm wltii
Joslo Emerson. Both men being back
to buck, Bllllo thought it would bo a
fine thing to steer Alee against Horace.
When they struck Alec's feet went up
In tho air, and ho went down ou the
back of his head."
That's too bad. I hope ho didn't
crack his skull."
"Tho doctor says not. Ho says there's
concussion of tho brain."
"Was Bllllo hurt?"
"Hurt! No. Such persons never get
hurt They aro protected by Satan,
whom they serve. Bllllo went down,
but forward, not backward, and fell
partly on Alec."
There was a pauso In tho dialogue, at
tho end of which Jumes Barnct said to
Charlie Bates:
"Churllo, tills is a serious matter for
all you follows who havo gone daft on
Miss Ripley."
"Whnt do you meun?" asked Bates,
looking at his friend anxiously.
"Why, she'll bo badly broken up nt
tho sorlons result of her innocent play
fulness." "Call it dovillshncss."
"Sho'll luqulro n dozen times a day
after Alec, sending him spoon fodder
and (lowers. As soon ns ho gets well
onough to bco her she'll go to him, cry
a Uttlo, wonder If he'll oyer forgive
her, and the result will bo that ho'U
tako hcrdn with no moro resistance on
her part than a jellyfish."
"Ho'U bo n fpol If ho does!" cried
Bates excitedly, and, cramming his
hands down into tho bottom of his
trousors pockets, ho Btrodo up and
down tlio floor. ,
"You Bcem averse to Alec's being
roped into tho meshes of this imp of a
girl," remarked his friend.
"Nnturally. . I'vo been there myself,"
replied Bates. N
"Whero?"
"In Blllla's good graces." '
"Oh! You have, oh? .How long did
you stay?"
"An evening."
"And tho next day?"
"I wus reduced to tho ranks "and
Alec was promoted."
"I should think that you'd covet ro-
vengo on Alec."
"Oh, Alec is an lnoffenslvo sort of a
follow. Ho was qulto a smart boy be
foro ho hud that fever. I don't bjamo
hlra. My wrath is all for tho girl."
"You'd bettor keep It hot."
"What hot?"
"Your wrath. Suppose it should cool
and Bllllo should tako hold of you
ugnln. Whero would you be?"
"uo you taico mo ror an wiotY '
"I tako you for what wo men all aru
in the matter of women. So long. I
must bo moving ou."
iV week later tho 'two friends met
again.
"I say, Jim," suld Charlie, "you worn
all wrong about how that matter be.
twocn Bllllo and Alec would turn out"
"How is that?"
"Alec was only stunned. Ho was
up and about tho noxt day."
"How about Miss Ripley?"
"Tho thing sobered her." '
"How do you kuow?"
"How do I know? Why sho told
mo bo."
"Whon?"
"Last night."
"At what hour?"
"At whnt hour? What's that to
you?"
"Toll mo tho tlmo you left her Inst
night und I'll explain."
"I didn't exactly lenvo her last night
It was this morning. I think It wus
about half past 1."
"No explanation on my part Is noces
Bury. I know very well when you
woro telling mo about the accident
that you wero tired by Jealousy, You
didn't caro what happened to Alec, tin
less perhaps you hoped death would
tako him out of your way. When you
told mo you had loft your fliacco"'
"My fiancee! How did you know
that? It Isn't out yet"
"I guessed It. Lovers Just engaged
don't leave their girls at 10 o'clock iu
tho evening, or 11, or 12. Its moro
likely to bo 2 or 3 In tho morning."
."How do you know all that?"
"I'vo been thoro."
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Phone, call or address.
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Phone, Office, 83; Residence 3D.
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Sheriffs Sale,
By virtue of an order of sale issued
from tho District Court of Lincoln
County. NobraBka. upon a decree ot
foreclosure rendored In said Court
wherein Florence M. Horshoy Is plain
tiff nnd Oliver A. Rldonour et al are
defendants, and to mo directed, I will
on tho 29th day ot Decembor, 1916, at
2 o'clock p. m., at tho east front door
of tho Court Houso In tfortli Platte-,
Llncol n County, Neb., 1916, sell nt
Public Auction to the highest bidder
for cash, to satisfy said decree, inter
est and costs, tho following described
property, to-wlts
South Half (BVi) of section Ten uui
and tho North Halt (N) of Soctlon
Fifteen (15), TownBhlp Eleven (11),
North ot Rango Thirty-Throe (33),
Lincoln County. Nob.
Dated North Platto, Neb., Nov. 27,
1916.
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AUCTIONEER,
WRITE ME FOR TERMS AND DATES
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NORTH PLATTE, NEB.
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Special Attention given to Surgery
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North Platte, Nebraska.
McDonald Bank Building.
Hospital Phone Black 633.
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Bight years a Government Veterinar
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Completely equipped X-Ray
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J. II. Hegarty, Agent.
McCabe BIdg. North Platte.
Notice to Creditors
Estato No. 1438, ot Bertha Hocquel,
deceased, In tho County Court of Lin
coln County, Nebraska.
Tho Stato of Nebraska, ss: Creditors
ot said estate will take notice that tho
tlmo limited for presentation and fil
ing of claims against said estate is
June 8, 1917, and for settlement of said,,
estate Is October 7, 1917; that I will
sit at tho county court room in said
county on Decemebr 8, 191C, at 9
I o'clock n. m. and on Juno 8, 1917, at 9
o'clock a. m., to rccolvo, oxamlno, hear,
allow, or adjust all claims and objec
tions duly filed.
GEO. E. FRENCH,
n7dl County Judge.
Notice.
Edgar Jlohnston will take notice
that on tlio 6th day of November, 1916,
P. II. Sullivan, a Justlco of the neaco
of North Platte Precinct No. 1, Lin
coln county, Nebraska, Issued an order
of attachment for tho sum of $13.35 iu
an action pending boforo him, wherein
Mrs. Nelllo Potter Is iplaintiff and Ed
gar Johnston defendant; that property
consisting or money in tho sum of
$10.55 In tho hands of tho Union Pa
cific railroad company, a corporation,
has been attached under said order.
Said cause was continued to the
29th day of Decembor, 191B. at ten
o'clock a. m.
Dated Nov. Nov. 18th, 1916.
n21-d8 MRS. NELLIE POTTER.
Plaintiff.
Notice of Petition.
Es'tato No. 1446 of Claus Gruenau.
I deceased.
In tho County Cotart of Lincoln
County, Nebraska.
Tho Slate of Nebraska, To all per
sons Interested 'in said Estate take
notice that a petition has been filed
for the iprobate of an Instrument, pur
porting to be the foreign will of Claus
Gruenau and the appointment of
Louisa Grenau, as Administratrix.
with "Will annexed In said Estate,
which has been set for hearing herein
on December 15, 1916, at 9 o'clock a,
m.
Dated Nov. 17, 1916.
GEO. E. FRENCH,
n21-dl2 County Judge.
Notice, Decree of Heirship
Estate of Sophia Meyers, deceased.
In the County Court of Lincoln
County, Nebraska.
Tho heirs, creditors and all persons
interested in said Estate, will take
notice that on the 11th day of Novem
ber, 1916, Jack Palmer, claiming title
by mesne conveyance, from Sophia
Meyars, decedent) filed his petition
herein, alleging that tho said Sophia
Moyers died- intestate on or about
Feby. 21, 1883, a resident of tho city
of Washington, D. C. and that at the
tlmo of her death she was the owner
of, or had an Estate of inheritance
In feo simple title In and to Lots 7
and 8, Block 64 city of North Platte
In eaid Lincoln county Nebraska, ,and
that no application has been made in
the said state for the apolntment of an
administrator. That she left surviving'
liar Minnie Oberst, over the age of 21,
residing at North Platte, Nebr., a
daughter, Mary Reagon.ovor tho age
of 21, residing at "Washington, D. C, a
daughter, Fred Meyers, over tho age
of 21, residing at Washington, D. C. a
son, Sophia Federhoff, over the age of
21, irealdlng at North Platte, Nebr., a
daughter.
That all the debts of said decedent
havo been paid, and praying that reg
ular administration be waived and a
deoree e entered barring creditors
and fixing the date of her death and
the degree of kinship of her heirs and
the irlght of descent to said real estate.
Said potltlon will bp hoard Decem
ber 15, 1916, at 9 o'clock a. m, at the
office of the county judge In said
county. GEO. E. FRENCH,
n21-dl2 County Judge.
Sttlo Under Chattel Mortgage.
Notice 1s hereby given that by vir
tue of a chattel mortgage, dated on the
20th day of Septembor, 1916, and duly
filed In the office of the County Clerk
of Lincoln County, Nebraska, on the
23d day of September, 1916, and exe
cuted by P. H. Lonergan and Lucy Lon-
ergan, husband and wue, 'to juiius
Hahler, to securo tho payment of the
sum of $957.50 with interest n't 8 per
cent por annum from date thereof, and
upon which thero is nawi auo the sum
of $973.45, default having been made in
tho payment of Bald sum, and no suit
or otner proceeaings at law navmg
been instituted to recover Bald dent or
any part thereof, therefore I will sell
tho property therein described, viz:
two symplex moving picture machines
with stands and equipments complete,
all electric wiring, wires, lights, bulbs
and sockets, together with all chande
liers, and electric supplies and fix
tures, all chairs, stoves, piano and all
musical instruments, pictures, paint
ings and their frames, all Btago cur
tains, stage fixtures and appliances,
all electric fans, all opera chairs, being
248 opera and 100 folding slat chairs,
nnd all other personal property and
fixtures owned 'by us or either of us
and now used in and about the Pat
Theatre In Tunning and operating the
samo, situate and being In tho two
story brick building on lot 14, ot the
Lutheran Subdivision of Lots 7 and 8
? "& or tno original town or
, wncom w, nooraa-
ha, at pub lc auction at the front door
ut ""f"" .'1V,"DD
l" 7. i
North Platte, Nebraska, on tho 23d
w,.., .,., .y,, ,
tn niiornoon icentrai umo) or said
""',us HS'M.
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