THE FLYER
Dy T. n. ALDEUSON
(Copyright, 1920, Weatorn Newspaper Union)
No one In village could under
stand why pretty Althen Dorriincc
favored Gnlo Marston iih ii sweetheart,
least of nil lier cross-grained, parsi
monious, yet wcaltliy grandfather. He
allowed lier no visitors, and when he J
found thnt she waH meeting dale
clandestinely at the rear garden ante,
ho surprised the romantic duo and
gave Gale a severe dressing down.
"If I find you skulking about my
premises again' declared the drastic
old tyro, "I'll get out my shotgun I
You'd better do something In the
world before you think of getting mar
ried." The taunt cut deep. To his own
way of thinking, Gale averaged pret
ty well for a young man of twenty
two. He had worked up from entry
clerk to bookkeeper, was receiving
quite a liberal salary, lived respect
ably, dressed well and loved Althca,
which was the crur of the sltuatl6n.
And Althca loved him In return
that was the joy thnt drove away the
despair caused by the cruel and cheer
less opposition of a crusty, mean
souled old man.
"Do something In the world, eh?"
communed Gale with himself, as he
saw Althca driven, rather than led,
Into tho house by her tyrannical rela
tive, In tears. "What does he mean?
I'm headed right In a business wny
and thoy elected me president of the
Merchants' club last week. They gave
me a great scndofl In the papers, too.
Maybo tho old curmudgeon Is think
ing of Darcy Moore, who Invented a
now collar button and mado a lot out
of it Or that favorlto of his, Hen
Junkln. I'll bet Hint's It I Junkln
has become a professional avlntor.
Mr. Marston tried to Interest Althea
In Junkln, but she won't have It Yes,'
he'H hinting at what n superior fel
low Junkln Is. His stunts down at
the avintlon training field make tho
old man think he's won fame nnd Is
worthy of winning Althea I Well, It's
'given me nn Idea."
The young man's Ideu wns soon put
Into execution. He decided to cater
to the belief that to amount to any
thing In the world a fellow must be
come a hero, or a money success, at
tain notoriety and get to be looked
upon as "somebody." The aviation
Held seemed sensational nnd popular.
Thoy were offering to teach aspirants
tho wny to fly at the Held, ten miles
distant, with a view to training re
crults for tho army nnd postal service
In tho future. Gale got a leuve of
absence of two days anil went down
, to Ardmore.
. Den Junkln wns there, tho klnjj of
tho roost, so to speak, ne wns so
flUnd with a scns of his own Impor
tance, that he feigned great Interest
In Dnle's frankly expressed aspiration
to become an "ace." Ho flattered tho
hppes of the novice and then took one
of tho expert aviators aside.
"See here, Jim," he said confiden
tially, "I want you to put that fellow
through tho paces. He's got the Hy
ing bug. Encourage him. Wear him
out with the tests
'All right," acceded tho other.
Gale Marston never forgot tho day
Jie put In with these practical Jokers.
They took him to a building where u
tub-like contrivance wheeled him
nround on his feet at lightning speed.
This he was tAld was done to test any
tendency towards dizziness. Then he
wns swung aloft on one foot to dis
cover any tendency towards a' rush of
blood to the head,
When Jim took hlin up In the ulr
lie gave the propellers a tip which
sent tho victim rolling to Uio bottom
of tho pit Then he mado a sharp
dive with ' the machine, yelling out,
"Oughl I've lost control!" He al
lowed the airship to strike the ground
nose first, nnd Gale wns sent whirling
twenty feet across tho field. Ity this
time Gale began lo suspect horseplay.
He righted himself plucklly, snt on
the ground, lit n cigarette and coolly
remarked:
"Flno exercise, eh?"
He was bruised, ho had been fright
fully Beared, he was through with
aeronautics, but Gnle displayed sheer
pluck to the last and, limping from
the fleld, decided that ho would there
after devote his energies distinctly to
winning Althea exclusively. No more
truckling to ttie prejudices or favorlt
Ism of the whimsical Joslnh Dor-
ranee ! Ho got word to Althea and
had n stolon Interview with her.
A few cvenlngH later lien Junkln
wns chuckling over "tho course of
sprouts" they had put Gnlo through
He narrated Its Incidents to Mr. Dor-
rancc,
"Tho fellow showed pluck and nerve,
I will admit," he observed, "but hu
will never be a flyer."
"Whnt's that, now!" exclaimed tho
old man, as tho chugging of an auto
mobile sounded In tho lane behind the
house,
Ho looked Into the next room where
- he had left Althea quietly sewing
few minutes previous. She wns not
there. He dashed out through the
garden, An auto was Just speeding
downthe laue and he caught sight of
two figures In Its sent as It Unshed
around a lighted street comer, Whlto
nnd gasping, he dnshed Into the pros
cnceof Ben Junkln
"You bragged that Gule Marston
was.no flyer!" he blurted out. "well
he's stolen u march on mo. He has
fled fast enough with Althea I"
FOR LOVE'S
SAKE
By AUGUSTUS G. SHERWIN
(Copyright. 1920, Wentern Newspaper Union)
He was a man of whims. Ho could
fford them ; but when Jtobcrt Leeds
Invited Inez Walters to become an In
mate of his princely home he had nn
object outside of tho Inspiration of
harlty. Ho had never seen her be
fore, and the first thing ,thnt struck
him wns her wild rose beauty.
Inez was living with a relative of
Mr. Leeds nt Acton nnd the Dennes
awarded her an Indifferent home In
return for toll nnd drudgery. Mr.
Lords, making a Hying visit, wus at
once nttracted by the rare loveliness
the girl. Ills scheming brain con-
olved a plan whereby ho could use
her to his advantage.
"I have taken a fancy to the girl,"
he told Mrs. Donne. "She Is like a
riidlant flower wasted In the wilder
ness. My life Is a lonely one. I have
Icnty of money. I will tnke her off
our hands, make a lady of her and, If
she turns out as I think she will, I
shall adopt her legally."
Inez was dazzled by the prospect set
before her by the old millionaire.
Within n week nil her arrangements
were concluded. Mrs, Donne wns to
lit her out with sultnhle nttlre for the
occupant of n higher social sphere nnd
Inez looked forward with untiirnl In
terest and anticipation to the now life
about to open up for her.
There were two things that occu
pied her thoughts almost exclusively
thnt last night at the Donne home.
One was, the only suitable dress she
hnd over worn, made for her by hor
mother a month before she died. It
wns plnln nnd cheap, hut maternal love
had given It a tnstlness thnt endeared
It fondly to the orphnn girl.
The other theme was a memory of
the only lover she had ever known
Waldron I'earce. He had been her
beau" for over a year. A few months
previous Wnldron had gone to n dls
taut place to secure work and Inez re
gretted leaving Acton without seeing
or bidding htm good-by. With the
cherished dress, however, packed In a
neat box, she placed n withered bunch
of roses which Wnldron hnd given her
when they hnd last pnrted.
Mr. Leeds received her with father-
y welcome and It took poor humble
Inez ninny days to habituate herself to
her luxurious environment. There
wns n kindly housekeeper, nnd the
bright, plensnnt manner of Inez soon
made her a favorite with the other
servants. Mr. Leeds provided her
with everything the heart could de
nlre and Inez tried to he grateful.
Then there appeared n new figure on
the scene Itonnld Greer.
He was the dissolute nephew of Mr.
Leeds and a source of constant anxi
ety to the old man. His only living
near relative, his uncle regarded him
with real affection, poorly repaid by
the ungrateful and undeserving object
if his care. It was solely on account
of Greer that ho had acted on the
cap tieo of bringing Inez Into his life.
In the first place, he hoped that her
presence in the house would arouse
the Jc-nlousy of a young lady to whom
Greer hod proposed marriage and who
rejected him. If that failed, then Greer
might turn his attention to Inez, and
this Mr. Leeds hoped for, believing
that inarrlngo would curb the unstead
iness of Greer's nature.
From the beginning Inez took an
aversion to tho coarse, common young
man who betrayed nil the! charactoris
ties of a trltler. She finally entertained
n suspicion of the plans of Mr. Leeds
Inactivity wns foreign to her nnture
nnd she began to weary oCu profitless
butterfly existence. One day she ran
to the door as she made out Waldron
I'earce passing the door, but by the
time she reached the street he was out
of view.
Wnldron looked pale and 111. Inez
rould not get him out of her mind
after that. A sight of him had re
vlved all her old-time liking for the
manly, handsome young fellow. She
followed an impulse to wrlio to Mrs
Deano nnd ask her what had become
of Waldron.
Inez received a brief reply telling
her that Wnldron hud returned, but
had left town upon hearing of her
change of fortune. She gave Ills city
address and tho next day Inez located
It, tc find that Waldron had been
taken 111 and had been removed to a
hospital.
"There was a young lady hu loved
and had followed to the city," nar
rated the landlady, "but he found her
with such grand folks that he. broke
down, believing that she would never
condescend to remember him."
That night Inez left the Leeds home
nftiv writing a note to Its owner tell
ing him that she should not return.
She took only with her (ho dress her
mother had made, found a respectable
boarding house and employment ind
ovety evening visited the hospital,
llrave, dauntless little heroine that
she was, herjnlnd wns all made up us
to the future! And a marvelous
change for the hotter came to the
half heartbroken Waldron when he
reiilflSieil that true love for hlin had In
clined Inez to give up a life of luxury
to be near hlin.
A . month later, man and wife, they
settled down Into a (pilot,-humble life,
forgetting all save the fact that fate
had brought together two souls meant
one for the other and engrossed with
u mutual happiness that poverty could
not mar nor time cause to fade awuy.
PUBLIC SALE.
The undersigned win offer at Public Sale on his place three
miles west and one and one-half miles north of North
Platte, and half mile north of Baker school house, on
Tuesday, February 10th, 1920,
Commencing at 12 o'clock east time the following property:
90 HEAD OF CATTLE
Consisting of about 30 cows, fifteen of which have calves by
their sides, 15 two-year old steers, 30 head of two and three
year old heifers, 15 coming yearlings.
TWELVK SH0ATS
6 HEAD OF HORSES
Gray mare coming six, weight 1500, sorrell mare aged five,
weight 1250, black mare eight years old, weight 1150, one
young mule, and two colts.
FARM MACHINERY
Deering binder, Iloosier grain drill, two 16-inch riding
plows, 10-foot McCormick rake and 12-foot McCormick
rake, 3-section harrow, four-row beet cultivator, hay
sweep, disc and other articles.
LUNCH AT ELK VEX O'CLOCK
TERMS Sums of $20 and under cash, over $20 eight
months' time at 10 per cent interest.
T. B. HM.LIGAN, Owner.
COL. II. M. .TOIIANSEN, Aud. KAY C. LANGFORI), Clerk
REAL USE FOR "BEST MAN"
In Other Times, He Was Not, as Today,
Merely a Lay Figure at
the Wedding.
An outcome of the primitive proced
ure of seizing ifnothor man's bride at
the altar was the comparatively recent
custom In Sweden that marriage tnke
place only after dark. The early Scan
dinavian Idea was that It was not dig
nified for a warrior to woo a womun.
Therefore he waited until she had
been successfully courted by nnother,
and then, when the mnrriagc was
about to take place, he appeared with
his companions to carry off the bride.
Knowing the danger, a prospective
bridegroom took mensuros to prevent
his prize from being , snatched away
from him at the eleventh hour. Behind
the altar of an ancient church nt
Husnnhy, Gothlund, Is an old collection
of long lances, with sockets for torches,
which Illustrates the methods of de
fense resorted to. These .were sup
plied to the groomsmen to furnish pro
tection ns well as Illumination for the
ceremony. s
All these groomsmen were called
"best men" because they were the most
powerful of the bridegroom's friends.
Hut there wns one speclnl "best man"
to protect his friend's bride, as he
would help him steal another's. And
It Is in this enpadty of protection
rather than as. accessory before the
fact that the besi man has come down
through time nnd stands up nt your
wedding today.
Birds' Island Refuge.
On the west coast of Newfoundland
stands an Island, with perpendlculnr
rocky sides, rising nearly -100 feet out
of tho sea. It Is about three acres In
area at the top. It seems to have been
cleft from the mainland nnd Is snfely
beyond reach of duck shot. Late In
April the guillemots gather In the sea
around this Islnnd In hundreds of
thousands; nnd some fine morning,
when tho snow litis disappeared from
the top, they rise In a compact body
flying fully a thousand feet In the air,
then lowering and circling for half an
hour around and around the top of the
Island, darkening the ground with the
shadow of their wings, then settling
on the top nnd turning the whlte. Hiiie
stained surfnee a shining black. Ouce
settled they Will not leave the Island
In n body till the last of Juno, unless
a snowstorm coiues. Then thoy tnke
to the sen ngnlu until the snow hns
melted from their nesting place.
Pup Likes Strawberries.
I told you a little while ago about
the fruitarian pup, which ate apples
and lumnims and pineapple, and whose
owner was only waiting for the straw
berry season. I henr now that the pup's
passhm for strawberries Is almost In
credible, except to those who haye
seen him quivering with anticipation
when the fruit comes on the table.
When offered a piece of meat and a
strawberry, he takes tho latter with
out any hesitation; and he does not
ask for cream or sugar. Indeed, his
fondness for the fruit litis proved his
undoing; and nt present he is not only
In disgrace for clambering on the tn
hie and stealing strawberries from
a bowl, but be Is also a little unwell
London Express.
Dish Centuries Old.
John II. Lancaster of Skowhegan
has lately secured a most desirable
acquisition to his collection of an
tlques In tho form of c pewter platter.
This old-fashioned Household article
was brought over In the Mayflower In
1020 by Martha Parker. It hnd be
longed to her gront-grent-grnndmother,
which Indicates that It was in exist
once five generations bnck of JG20.
The' dish Is circular anil measures 10
Inches ncross. It U considerably scar
red, but has borne the ravages of time
exceedingly well. Portland (Mo.)
Press.
ED. KIERIG,
Auctioneer
General Farm Sales n Specialty.
References and Dates ut First Na
tional Dank, North Platte, Neb. i
400 Enst Third St. Phono 012
Sale Dates.
veh. 10 1. C.AVheley.
(. A. nnd JL C. Schrccongost, Feb
ruary 11th.
Feb. 18th Hurry Johnson.
Feb. 10 C. P. Kssleg.
Henry Frosh, Feb. 17th.
Kd Galvln, Feb. 20th.
Feb. 2,1 Hog sale, Western Nobrns
kit Breeders' Ass'n.
L. 0. Lloyd, February 21.
It. C. Docbke, February 2,"th.
February 20 E. S. Fronian.
Charlie Shlnn, February 27.
It. Noldc JInrch Hd.
March 0th John Wing 1
March 10 II. Frnzcr.
It. T. WelUver, March 10th.
March 23d R. S. L. Vass.
March 20 Cattle sale, Western Ne
braska Breeders' Ass'n.
st
HEAT!
Where, when and for as long as you
want It. The Electric Heating Pad Is
a vnluablo aid In disponing pain and
forestalling serious Ills. It's simple,
sanitary and safo. Insert tho plug
It's ready for use. Heat Is constant
and undor 'perfect control. Anyono
can use it All have usb for It. Come
In and got your electric heating pad.
It wolcomes you warmly.
North Platte Light &
. Power Co.
NORTH PLATTE
..General Hospital..
(Incorporated)
One Hall Block North ot Postoflice.
Phone 58
A modern Institution for tha
rJcisntific treatment of tnedicnl,
surgical and confinement cases.
CompUtuly equipped X-Rny
and diagnostic laboratories.
Staff:
Geo. B. Dent. M. D. V. Lncas, M. D.
J.B. Redfield. M. D. J. S. SIMMS, M.D.
DR. L. J. KRAUSE, DENTIST
McDonald Bank Bldy.
Phono 97.
DEBBYBERRY ft FORBES,
Licensed Embamera
Undertakers and Funeral Director
Day phone 41
Night phono Black 589
When vtn North Platto stop at the
New Hotel Palace and Cafe. You will
bo treated well. 6Stf
in , ' 1gxn , .ty(r.T Don"! sell your Furs before see
COI. H.M. jOHANSENSme.. Furs are -high and I
AUCTIONEER. am nenn6 t,ie t0P Prlces- '
' L. LIPSHITZ.
Sale Dates:
February
0th. O. Duckworth, general farm
sale, 3 miles cast aud 10 miles south of
town.
"Fob. 10. T. B. Halllgan, general
farm Hale four miles west and one
mllo north of North Platte.
11th. Chas. Swedell, general farm
ealo 4 miles west of North Platto. ,
Fob. 1C. A. E. Burgess, general
farm sale, three miles south of Max
well. 17th. B. m! Bobbins, ten miles
southeast of town.
18th. II. D. Lowis, general farm
sale, 1& miles southwest of Maxwell.
lfHh. A. IL Turpon, general farm
salo 10 miles northeast of North Platte
2l8t Cnsppr Rauch, general farm
salo nt tho old stock yard barn.
23fl. Western Nebraska Breeders'
Association, North livery barn.
25. Leo Mustard, general farm sale
southeast of North Platte.
2Gth. Scott Shaner, general farm
sale, two miles southeast of Blgnell.
28th. Combination sale at the
North Platto Sale Barn.
March.
11th. "W. II. Towers, general farm
sale, southeast of Maxwell.
15th. Landholm & Anderson hog
salo attho North Platto Sale Barn.
Land nnd Stock Sale.
On March 9, 1920, Mrs. Bartholo
mew & Son will hold a stock and
land sale, 1120 acres of land, in Sec
2, T. 1G, R. 32, and Sec. 36, T. 17, R.
32, located 12 miles south of Tryon,
20 miles nortwest of North Platto
and 2 miles west of Tryon mail
route. Now is tho time for those in
terested to look this land over, while
the snow is oc, as 'it will bo sold upon
tho above date regardless of the
weather. 102tf
East End Grocery,
709 East Fourth St.,
On the Lncoln Highway.
Staple & Fancy Groceries
QUALITY GOODS
Ad ro, Del Monte, IV'ebfoot and Beech
Nut Brands of Canned Good".
A. F. BEELER, Prop
THE TWINEM HOSPITAL,
1003 WEST FOURTH STREET,
North Platte, Nebr.
Fpr tho treatment of Medical, Surgical
and Obstetrical Cases. A place
where tho sick are cared for so as to
bring about normal conditions in the
easiest, most natural and scientific
manner.
Phone 110. North Platte, Neb,
DItS. STATES &' STATES
Chiropractors
5, G, 7 Building & Loan Building.
Office Phone 70. Res. Phone 124J
Pit. HAROLD FENNER
Osteopath
Over IHrschfeld's
Office Phono 333 Res. Phone 1020
II. I. SHAPPELL
Auctioneer
Dates can be made at tho Platte
Valley Stato Bank or Phone 156
Sutherland, Nebraska.
I always take stock buyers with mo.
Office Phone 340 Res. Phono 1237
DR. SHAFFER,
Osteopathic Physician
Bolton Bldg. North Platte. Neb
Phone for Appointment!.
JOHN S. SIMMS, M. D.
Special Attention Given to
Sunrery
McDonald Bank Building
Office Phono 83 Residence Jt8
GEO. B. DENT,
Phsylciaa and Surgeon.
Special Attention Given, to Surgery
and Obstretrlcs.
Office: Building & Loan Building
Phonos: Office 130, Residence 115
DR. REDFIELD
Physician, Obstetrician
Surcreon,, X-Ruy
Calls Promptly Answered Night or Daj
Phone Office C12 Residence 670
DOCTOR D. T. QUIQLEY
Practice Limited to
Surgery and Radium Thorapj
728 City National Bank Building.
Omaha, Nebraska.
ALBERT A. LANE,
Dentist
Rooms 1 and 2 Bolton Building
North Platte, Nebraska.
DOCTOR C. A. SELBY
Physician and Surgem
Office 'over Rexnll Drug Store
Offico Phono 371.
House 1068
Big Price for Furs,
. w. T. riirrciiAui),
Graduate Veterinarian
Ex-Government Veterinarian and ex-
assistant deputy Stato Veterinarian
.Hospital 315 Soutli Vine Street
Hospital Phone Black 633
House Phone Black 633
Notice of Final Report.
EsLito No. 1689 of Mary, Vosoipka, do-
ceased, the County Court of Lin
coln County, Nebraska.
The State of Nebraska, to all per
sons interestos in said estate lake no
tico that Vlasta Voseipka, the ad
ministratrix of said estate, lias filed
a final account and report of her ad
ministration and a petition for final
settlement and discharge an such, and
for a decree of heirship and distri
bution of said estate, which have
been set for hearing before said court
on Saturday, February 2Sth, 1920, nt
9 o'clock a.,m.. when you may appear
and contest tho same.
Dated January 31. 1920.
(SEAL) WM. H. C. WOODHURST,
f3f20 County Judge
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estatn Nn. 171K nf .TnRonli .T Trw.
ker, deceased, in tho County Courtof
Lincoln county, Nebraska.
Tho Stato nf Nftlimsk.i sn- PrvH-
tors of said estate will take notice
that the time limited for presenta
tion and and filing of claims against
said estate is Juns 5th, 1920, and for
settlement of said estnto Is January
30th, 1921, that I will sit in the coun
ty court room in said county on March
5th, 1920, at 9 o'clock a, m., and on
Juno Stlj, 1,920, at 9 o'clock a. m., to
receive, hear, allow, nr mllitat. nil
claims and objections duly filed.
WM. H .C. WOODHURST,
f2-4 County Judge
ORDER FIXING CLAD! DAYS.
In tfio Matter of the Estate of
Frank L. Lawrence, Deceased.
Now on this 30th day of January,
1920, it is ordered by tho court that
the executrix bo allowed one year
from this date in which to settle said
ostate, and creditors will bo allowed
until the fifth day of Juno. 1920, to
filo their claims, after said date,
claims will bo foraver barred. That
on Uie 5th day of March? 1920, and the
5th day of June, 1920, at 1:30 o'clock
p. m of each of said days, the court
and the executrix will attend at the
county, court room in said county, to
rocelve, 'examine, hear, allow and ad
just claims. That notice of this or
der bo given creditors and all persons
Interested in said estate by publication
of a notice for four successive wteeks
immediately preceding' tho 5th day of
March 1920 in The North Platte
Tribune, a legal semi-weokly newspa
plar printed and published in Lincoln
county. Nebraska.
WM. H. C. WOODHURST,
f2-4. County Juge
Notice of Final Report
Estate of James H. Robinson, de
ceased in the County Court of Lin
coln County, Nebraska.
The State of Nebraska, to all per
sons interested in said estate take
notice that the administrator, with the
will annexed, has filed a final account
and report of his administration and u
pctllon for final settlement and dis
charge as such administrator, with the
will annexed, which have been set for
hearing heforo said court on February
20, 1920, at 9 o'clock a. m., when you
may appear and contest the same.
Dated January 24, 1920.
(SEAL) WM. H. C. WOODHURST.
j27fl3 County Judge.
NOTICE OF PETITION
Estate No. 1722 of George E. Rogers,
deceased, in tho County Court of
Lincoln County, Nebraska.
The State of Nebraska: To all per
sons interested in said estate, take
notice that a petition has been filed
for tho appolntmont of Mary Rogers
as administratrix of said estate, which
lias been set for hearing herein on
February 20, 1920, at 9 o'clock a. m.
Dated January 23, 1920.
(SEAL.) WM. H. C. WOODHURST,
J27fl3 County Judge.
NOTICE OF PETITION
Estate No. 1721 of Sheldon C. Mecom-
ber,, deceased, in tho County Court
of Lincoln County, Nebraska.
The Stato of Nebraska. To all per
sons interested in said estate, take
notice that a petition has been filod for
tho appointment of Nettie Mecomber
as administratrix of said estate, which
has been sot for hearing herein on
ho 20th day of February, 1920, at 9
o'clock a. m.
Dated January 22nd, 1920.
(SEAL) WM. H. C. WOODHURST,
J27fl3 County Judge.
Sheriffs Sale.
By virtue of an order of sale Issued
from the District Court of Lincoln
County, Nebraska, upon a decree of
foreclosure rendered in said Court
wherein Nebraska Central Building
and Loan Association is plaintiff, and
John L. Schllentz and Caroline M.
Schllontz, his wife, are defendants,
nnd to mo directed, I will on the 7th
day of February,, 1920, at 2 o'clock p
m., at ho east front door of the Court
House in North Platte, Lincoln, Coun
ty, Nebraska1, sell at Public Auction to
tiro highest bidder for cash, to satisfy
said docreo, interest and costs, tho
following described property, to-wlt:
Soutli One-Half (S&) of lots num
bored ono (1) and two (2), Block
numbered ninety-six (96), Original
town of North Platto, Nebraska, ac
cording to the recorded plat thereof.
Dated North Platte, Nebraska, Janu
ary 3rd, 1920. A. J. SALISBURY,
JGK Sheriff.