FOJt SALE
My Little Six ltulck touring car In
first class condition at. a very reason
ablo price T. C. PATTEItSON, 2
JSuiIding and Loan Building. ltt
HER ESCAPADE
By MILDRED WHITE.
NOTICE.
To Stephen Plrkoy and Mrs. Stoph-
cn Plrkoy. his wife, llrst and real 1 0
name unknown, their heirs, dovUees, ! (Copyrirht, ma. western Newimpr union)
legatees, porsoual representatives, Molllc caught her cloak from the hall
and all persons Interested In the es-!rnck nnd Ucd u velvct turlmn ovcr
tatos of the said Stophon Plrkey, and,, wnvv hnir '
Mrs. Stephen Plrkoy, his wife, or olth- ,,T, J "lur , ,
or of them; James D. Tumor and Mrs. , 1 ,inYe " crrnml ,,ow" tlio street.
James 13. Turner, his wife, llrst and! toItl 1110 erol "round the-lire-real
name unknown, their holrs, doYt-1 Pluce. "I won't bo gone more Umn
soos, legatees, personal reprosonta- ten minutes." Hut the clock on the
lives, and all othor persons. Intor- mantel chimed seven, and still dinner
osted In the ostatos of the said James waited.
SOLOMON ON VERMONT BENCH
B. Turner and Mrs. James B. Tumor,
Ills wife, or either of thorn, and tho
Northeast Quarter (NEVi) of Section
Ten (10), and tho Northwest Quarter
(NWVx) of Section Elovou (11), all
In Township V Eleven (11) North, 80(1 118 llr word.
At 7:30 Aunt Mllllceilt culled her
guests for tho evonlng meal.
"I don't seo what lute become of
MolIIe," she said, "sho Is always aa
Ilango Thlrty-thrco (33), west of tho
Gth P. M., Lincoln county, Nebraska,
and all persons claiming any Inter
est of nny kind In said real estate or
any, part thereof, defendants:
You-and each of you and said above
described real estate aro heroby noti
fied that Benjamin B. Simmons,
plaintiff,, filed his potitlon n tho dis
trict court In and for Lincoln county,
Nebraska, against you and each of
you nnd against said real estate on
, tho 28th day of November, 1019;
plaintiff alleges In his petition that
ho Is tho fee simple owner of said do
Bcrlbed real estate; that Stophon
Plrkey and Mrs. Stephen Plrkoy, his
wife, claim some right, title or estate
In and to Uio South Half (S&) of tho
Northwest Quarter (NW) of Section
Eleven (11), and the Northeast Quar
ter (NEVt) of Section Ten (10), all in
Township Eleven (11) North, Range
Thlrty-threo (33) west of tho Gth P
M Lincoln county, Nebraska, by rea
son of a certain mortgago executed by
John I. Orrlson and wife, Alice G.
Orrlson, which appears of record In
the office of tho county, clerk of Lin
coln county, Nebraska, and recorded
-In Book "40" of mortgages, at page
596, but plaintiff alleges that said
debt for which said mortgage was
given has been paid, but no release
has ever been given, and that tho
said Stephen Plrkey and tho said Mrs.
Stephen Plrkey, his wife, their heirs,
devisees, legatees, personal represen
tatives and all other persons Inter
ested In their estates, or either of
them, have no right, title or Interest
In and to said described real estate
and said mortgago should bo re
leased. Plaintiff further alleges that
ho is the owner in feo simple and in
possession of the said Northwest
Quarter of Section Eleven
(11), In Township Eleven (11) North,
Range Thirty-three (33), west o tho
'Gth P. M Lincoln county, Nebraska,
and that plaintiff and his grantors
have been In the open, continuous nnd
adverse possession of tho same as
against the defendants and as against
all persons claiming by or through
the defendants and each of them and
against tho whole world for more
than ten years last past, and that by
reason thereof, any claims of tho de
fendants and each of them are barred
by the statute 6f limitations, and the
defendants and each of them have no
right, title or interest In and to said
real estate.
Tho object and prayor of plaintiff's
petition is to quiet title in and to all
of said described real estate, and to
exclude each and all of the defendants
from any right, title, Interest In and
to said lands and for such othor relief
as may bo just and equitable.
You and each of you are hereby no
tified that yju must answer said peti
tion on or before the 12th day of Jan
uary, 1920, or decree and judgment
will be taken and entered against you.
BENJAMIN B. SIMMONS,
d2-d2G Plaintiff
By Geo. N. Gibbs, Ills Attorney.
XOTICE.
Harry R. Holdeman and Leda N,
Holdeman will take notice that on the
4th day of November, 1919, W. H. C.
"Woodhurst, county judgo of Lincoln
county, Nebraska, Issued an order 6f
attachment for tho sum of ?22.10 and
costs of suit In an action ponding bo-
fore him wherein North Platto Light
& Power Company, a corporation, is
plaintiff and Harry R. Holdeman and
Leda N. Holdeman are defendants,
. that property consisting of 2 night
shirts. 3 shirts. C union suits, 1 silk
waist, 1 cut glass pitchor, 1 pillow
cover, 1 bath robe, 10 yds. drapery,
3 dresses, coat and vest, 3 skirts, 10
books and holders, 12 pictures framed
3 aprons, lady's coat, 1 bath rug, 1 pr.
leather logglns, 1 lady's hand bag,
1 steol fishing rod, boy's coat and hat,
1 cloctrlo flxturos, 1 doublo blanket,
(cotton), 1 feather bed, 2 barrels
glass and crockery, 1 soldier's unl
form (coat and pants), 17 dollies, 10
pennants, 2 table cloths, 2 pillow slips
13 towels, 1 wool vest, 2 tablo pads,
cutlory, 3 fancy, baskets, 2 dresser
scarfs, 1 center pleco, 3 piano scarfs
C bed sheots, 3 bed spreads, piece of
new cloth, pleco of plush cloth, 1
comb tray, 14 handkerchiefs, 4 cur
tains, 1 cotton blanket, 0 pillows with
slips and 8 quilts and sundry house
hold articles, has been attached under
said' order. Said cause was contln
ued to tho 22d day of December, 1919
at ton o'clock a. m.
Dated this 29th day of November,
1919.
NORTH PLATTE LIGHT & POWER
COMPANY. PlalntlffB. d2-19
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.
Estato No. 1702 of Mary A. Slmants
deceased. In tho County Court of Lin
coin County, Nebraska.
Tho State of Nebraska, ss: Credl
tors of said estato will tako notice
that tho tlmo limited for proBonta.
tlon and filing of claims against said
estato Is April 2, 1920, and for sot
tloment of said estato Is November
28, 1920, that I will set at Uio county
court room In said county on janu
ary 2 1920, at 9 o'clock a, m., and on
April 2. 1920. at 9 o'clocK a. m., to re
celvo, oxamlno, hear, allow, or adjust
all clnlms and objections duly Jiiod
WM. II. C, WOODHURST,
d2-d2G County Judge
"Perhaps," suggested Molllo's broth
er, Reverend James, "her errand may
have been' to see a sick person who
needs ljelp."
"You don't think an accident" be
gan Aunt Marie, from the city.
"If anything had happened, I should
have heard by this tlmo," Aunt M111I
cent decided comfortably. "Let's en
joy our dinner and bo ready to re
ceive the later guests when they
come."
Mollle at that minute was Hying
along a moonlit rond In " soft-rolling
ear, driven by a strange man whom
Mollle had never seen. She was enjoy
ing herself Immensely ; the crisp breeze
of "autumn fanned her rosy cheeks, and
the pace she and her unknown com
panion were traveling was exhilarating.
It was all part of the witchery of tho
night, she told herself excuslngly,
borne of crackling leaves In the road
way nnd shadows tall and beckoning,
from the moonlit hills.
Mollle hnd been, during the course
of her useful life, a wcll-dlscipllned
young woman. Tonight tne erranu
which urged her forth was to carry a
glass of Jelly to a protege of hers In
tho old folks' home.
The old folks' home wns set back
from tho road, and Mollle expected to
leave the Jelly and return at once to
Aunt Milllcent's party. ' She nnd Aunt
Mllllcent were anxious to mnke a suc
cess of the little party, that Mollle's
brother, Reverend Jnmes, might feel
proud In thus entertaining his friends.
Suddenly, as Mollle stepped out from
the entrance of the old folks' home, and
stood revealed In the brilliancy of the
October moon, a noiseless automobile
rolled toward her like nn apparition
of the night, and Immediately received
her Into Its embrace,
A man's voice,, a pleasing though
commanding voice, had said peremp
torily :
"Step in, please," and Mollle had
"stepped In."
As the enr went flying up the hill,
Mollle was not dismayed at her own
unquestioning obedience; Instead, a
sense of pleasurable adventure pos
sessed her.
"Who sent you for me?" she asked
her silent companion, "and who are
OU?"
The man, busy with tho Intricacies of
the narrow rond, cast a glance at her,
but did not reply until he had brought
the machine to a stop In a safely se
questered corner.
"I wns asked to pick up a Miss Hill
at the old folks' home," he said. "It
seemed she wns visiting there, nnd a
friend telephoned her that I would
drive her farther on to her destination.
"You are Miss Hill?"
Mollle sat up very straight.
"I am not," sho answered shortly.
The mnn looked suddenly Into Mol
lle's face and she gazed back at him,
wide-eyed.
Her long gaze proved strangely reas
suring. It was a frank, manly face
which regarded her wonderlngly. Mol
lle smiled, and Molllo's smilo was
charming.
"We have both been mistaken," she
explained. "I thought when you cnlled,
that my brother had sent ono of his
friends to hurry mo borne. You can
drop me on your way back to the old
folks' home. , By this time Miss Hill
Is probnbly waiting."
The man uttered a low exclamation.
"And I've brought you on here, out
of your way," ho said. "You must let
mo tnko you safely home, before I call
for Miss Hill." But Mollle objected.
"I couldn't think of troubling you so
far," she replied. "You may let me
out Just where you found me."
Regretfully, the man turned tho ma
chine about
"Theso hills nre wonderful In the
moonlight," he murmured. "Would
you mind," ho added Impulsively, "If
I rode on a bit farther to get a hotter
view before taking you down?"
It wns then that Mollle blamed tho
witchery of tho night for tho prompt
ness of her eager consent.
When the enr halted at last before
tho old folks' home tho man turned to
her.
"Let mo drive you home," he begged,
"after I have found my charge."
Tho nrrlvnl at Aunt Milllcent's was
strangely confusing. Revercial James
rushed out to meet tho car before It
had barely stopped.
"So they found you, Miss Hill," ho
greeted. "And you, John Burrows;
late, as usual. But wherever did you
find my lltUo sister?"
"John Burrows I" How often sho
hnd heard James refer to his friend In
tho city.
"I knew you at onco from your pic
tures," John Burrows was whispering
shamelessly in her enr.
Then, happily, they followed tho oth
era Into tho lire-lighted room.
Decision Handed Down by Judge
Some Generations Ado Remark
able for Many Reasons.
lA singular compound of lnw, good
schse and sarcasm characterized Ellas
Koyes, one of the early Vermont
Judges.
A dlsconsolnto-looklng tramp was
onco convicted before Judge Koyes of
tho lnrceny of the boots of United
Stntes Senator Dudley Chase. Tho
Judge addressed him as follows:
"You are a poor creature nnd ought .
to have known better than to steal.
Only rich men enn take things with
out paying for them. And then you
must stenl In the great town of Wind
sor, nnd the boots of n groat man like
Scnntor Chase, tho greatest man nny
where around. If you wanted to steal
why didn't you steal In some little
town In New Hampshire and the boots
at some man who wasn't of nny con
sequence? "And then you must steal from him
when he wns on his way to Washing
ton and perhaps the only boots ho had.
You might have compelled him to
wait until some shoemnkor made him
nnother pnlr, nnd shoemakers never
keep their promises. And perhaps by
the delay some Important treaty might
have failed of ratification because ho
was not present In the senate."
"I have got to soy that you seem to
know a denied deal more about steal
ing boots nor what I do I" piped the
prisoner.
"That Is n sound observation," he
said. "I will give you only ono month
In the county jail, and that not so
much for stealing ns for your Igno
rance in not knowing better than to
steal the boots of a great man like
Senator Dudley Chase."
WELCOME HOME
Dy LIZZIE M. PEABODY.
Made a Mistake.
We ato that evening In the kitchen.
In a bedroom, off the dining room,
slept our two-year-old boy. In that
room, In a drawer of the drewcr was
a box containing nil of my jewelry.
When my husbnnd had finished his
dinner ho made his way to the front
part of the house nnd while doing so,
he ran squarely Into a man. Ho ask
ed the man what ho was doing there,
and tho mnn answered: "Pardon me,
sir, but I'm a piano tuner, but I think
I've made a mistake."
My husband turned on the light, nnd
there, a little sntchel In his hand, bow
ing nnd apologizing, Wood a slim, fnlr
haired, innocent-looking Individual.
My husbnnd kept on berating him, nnd
I. somewhat ashamed of him, begged
him not to bo so hard on a mnn, who
bad made a mistake nnd seemed truly
sorry for it.
Finally, amidst more bowing nnd
profuse apologies, the mnn took his
departure. We found out later that
tho shabby little tuner's satchel con
tained the contents of my jewel case.
He had left me my wedding ring be
cause It was? on my finger. Chicago
Tribune.
The Eminent.
The poet gives us the eminent ex
perience only. Emerson.
What Is Charm?
Tho charming woman possesses a
definite personality. She tnnkes her
entrances nnd exits felt, and one would
rather talk with her than with many
other people. She may not be nnythlng
remarkable, but sho utters oven com
monplaces In n way of her own. She
Is n sympathetic listener nnd neither
her eyes nor her Interest ever wander.
Tact nnd charm are near akin, aa
both Include tho gift of saying the
right thing at the right time. We
all know tho womnn who quite uninten
tionally mnkes her friends ns uncom
fortable ns the kitten with her fur
rubbed the wrong way. We all know,
also, her opposite, the creature from
whose presence ono always emerges
cheered and comforted, with the agree
able sensntlon that one hns been nn-
preclated at last.
Tho chnrming woman never stoops
to flnttery. She honestly believes the
best of everyone, nnd considers It her
mission on earth to diffuse happiness
around her. To spread sunshine on
earth seems a divine nttltude, and tho
charming woman usurps It us her spe
clnl prerogative.
They Must Have Left Soon.
Unexpected company dropped In on
us, nnd not having inuch for supper,
wo did not want to Invito them to
stny, but they stayed quite lato and
I wntf compelled to ask them to sup
per. After supper my mother retired
nnd during the course of the evening
while our guests wore still with us a
door was heard to elos?. My mother,
thinking tho guests hnd left, called
down to me, "Did they go, Annie?"
My guests urged me to suy "Yes," won
derlng what mother would say, so
was forced to do ns they wanted me
and I answered, "Yes, mother, they
have gone." To my embarrassment
mother cnlled down, "Thank goodness I
Did you ever see such pigs on butter?"
Exchange.
The H. C. L. Again.
The Laundress I'll have to get $2
more this week. I can't wash ut the
old rates.
Tho Housewife But you seemed
satisfied when I gave you n raise last
week.
The Laundress Yew'm, but furs an
gasoline nn' motor accessories have
went up something terrible slnco then
Would Have Pleased the Queen.
Mrs. Styles I see It stated that
when tho Ilolglnn king flew over New
York In an nlrplano ho would not nl
low his queen to My with him.
Mr. styles That was unkind of
him. for tic really would hnve had the
opportunity of seeing nn awful lot of
women's hats.
(. 1919, by McClure Newnpaper Syndicate.)
The old mill town seemed Hooped In
glorious sunshine the day it welcomed
homo Its returned sons from the vn
rlous brunches of war service: hells
rang, bands played nnd bniiuui winmi
everywhere.
The beautifully staged floats, ouch
representing Its bit' of history, each
bearing loyal men and women who had
In their appointed way fought hard to
help win tho war, wore also generously
applauded us they passed on their way.
After the parade came tho banquet
and speeches, and then dancing In tho
town hall. Certainly each returned, man
nnd boy should have felt hit? heart
wimn with nppreclatlon of the hearty
welcome given him, and Stephen
Glenn, honorably discharged that very
day, and who hnd arrived In town only
a short time before the parade start
ed had honestly appreciated every ef
fort made In his behalf as a returned
soldier, and yet there was a dlssatis
Med look In his dark eyes as they
roved nround the hnlU even as he
danced with the prettiest girl and best
dancer there. i
He wns looking for little Betty
Plumnier, mad she hnd not yet ap
peared. Seven laboriously written letters
which should have passed the cenyor,
he had sent to her.
Even while keeping ate) to tho gay
music he sorrowfully admitted to him
self that ns far us ho was concerned
he might ns well have tied a stone to
uch letter and have dropped It Into
the deep sou; for he had not henrd
from her. Members of his company
ljud received letters from the home
town more or less reguhfiiy, nut the
sensitiveness which made him hide
deep his hurt feelings, counseled si
lence, nnd he bad asked no questions
of them.
Although he was fond of dancing he
suddenly decided early In the evening
to go home; nnd as a result soon
found himself walking rapidly In the
direction of. the old Plumnier home
stead, where Betty lived with her
grandmother, and which was In the
opposite direction from his boarding
pi nee.
Supposing that Betty had stayed
away from the dance In order to avoid
him, he argued to himself supposing
even that she preferred spending the
evening at home with someono who
had taken his place in her heart.
There really wasn't any reason why he
shouldn't stroll down by the old-fash
loned gambrel-rooted white cottuge
where sho lived, and he was soon
standing close to the old furrowed
stone which after many years of serv
ice as a part of the busy old grist
mill hnd been chosen by Betty's grand-
futher as a suitable stepping stone to
his front door. In the sitting room
there was a cheery light and outside
the old-fashioned Mowers which grew
about the sides of the old stone
seemed to sleepily nod to him a wet
come ns they swayed toward him In
the pule moonlight. Then tho unex
pected happened. From force of habit
and almost unconscious of the net, he
raised tho old brass knocker and
knocked upon the door.
It wns Betty who came, opened the
door quickly, nnd then stood gazing at
him.
Without being wholly successful she
tried to veil tho look of happiness
which sprang Into her blue eyes as she
recognized him; and checking nn exda
inatloii, with hands hanging limply by
her sides, she silently waited for him
to speak.
"Don't stand there looking like that
Betty!" he burst out. "You must have
known that I couldn't keep uwuy; that
I would have to learn from your own
Hps your reason fo'r not answering my
letters to you. Maybe they weren't In
teresting, maybe they weren't well
written; but, oh, Betty I couldn't you
have written Just onco?" Her expres
sion changed and sho tried to speak
calmly, but her voice trembled and
broke.
"You told mo you would send your
address, and I waited for you to write.
"At first I was very putlent, and then
I but oh, I didn't get any lotters,
Stevic " and for a moment Bhe cov
ered her eyes with both hands.
A feeling of perfect comprehension
crept over him. Couldn't ho under
stand well enough how hard It hud
been to bear tho strain of waiting?
Eagerly ho caught at her hands and
drew them mvlftly uwuy from her face.
"Seven letters, Bottyl" ho cried.
"Seven letters I wrote nnd sent nnd
would hnvo written 77 more, only I
made up my mind ut last that you did
not care for my letters, or for me." In
his voice wns the ring of truth. Truth
shono In his clear, young eyes, nnd all
her doubts and fears vanished; but
with gloomy foreboding he asked:
"Can't you believe me?"
"Yes I Yes I" she replied hastily.
"And no ono else In all the wldo world
could bo so welcome," sho said softly.
As a few moments Inter she stood In
tho sitting room doorway, watching na
ho placed his hat on the hook In the
little front entry, her smiling eyes and
Hps seemed to him to still bo saying:
"No ono else In all tho wldo world
could bo so welcome."
Looking over her shoulder ho noted
the big old armchair, tho red and green
woolen carpet, bo famlllnr to him. And
even tho little Bitting room echoed her
softly spoken words, and a boyish smllo
lit up his face as ho remarked : "The
right sort of welcome from the right
girl. Can you beat It?"
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