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With a sharp gasp, the color utterly deserting her naturally pallid and care-worn face, Mrs. Myra Gaines started to her feet suddenly and stared, rigid as If spellbound. She was only thlrty-slx. hut looked many years older. Hers had been a sad fate. Married to a man whose unworthlness shu learned too' late, love replaced by tl ; most horrifying dread, she bad lied from him as from a pestilence, and for nearly a year under an assumed name bad been practically In biding. Since then she bad gladly relievedly harbored a companion, her only near relative, a half-niece, Alice Ilnrston, who was with her now. A fair, gentle-faced girl of nlneieen, she was deeply stirred as she noted the un usual agitation manifested. To Mrs. Gaines shu owed her educatioii. For five years until she was equipped to face the world for herself, she, nn orphan, had been supported by her generous, loving relntlve. She had re ceived by that time thorough training which ennbled her to earn a fair. In come as a pen and ink artist. FURNITURE POLISH f 1 A varnish food made by varnish makers. Re moves white spots and blue bloom from table tops and furniture. Cleans and polishes. Contains no acids, grease or grit. Will not collect dust. Is easily applied with a cloth. Each can tells how to use it. Viiil Your Nmcit CU-Htmtl Sfra He It die one repreientatlTe merchant who hai the excluilve tale of Chi-Namel Troducti In your lnmlifv. Hn CM.N'amtl Depart ment conulnt Chi-Namel Varnlihei, fnamtli, Oraini, and infotmatlon. Tit Oii Vamiil. C., CItliJ, Okie ace as: 1'alnti anil ToUshci lor exterior anu w interior, hard or toft, old or nty II floors, Joon, wopdwoili, walli, ceil II mg porihei. autos, etc. If you fail 11 to find a Chi-Namel Stote wtlte ui fil direct for Chi-Namel color catdi J . . , 1UI Stone Drug Store. (NEBRASKA) OMAHA John Gaines had squandered nil of the menus of his wife. He dominated lier by Inspiring terror. It wns when ne nail irieu io luiiueuce ner 10 nring n suit bnsed on forgery and fraud, wiucn ne nnti conceived against ine estate of an uncle and which would rob three motherless children of their all, that she had rebelled. Determined to forever escape the villainies of the husband she had learned to abhor, Mrs. Gaines had sought out Alice for shelter and sympathy. The true, brave-hearted girl had not wavered as to the sacrifices of duty and love. She planned a safe course for her relative and gave up her position, and even the man she loved, to devote nil her energies toward protecting the person who had done so much for her. They had stolen away together to another city and had found n refuge in a small suite of rooms in nn ob scure building. Alice secured work i sho could do at home and Mrs. Gaines took In occasional sewing to mnke ends meet. Pence and certain degree of happiness came In time to the for lorn wife, while Alice experienced the pleasures of duties nobly met and exe cuted. "Lookl see! oh, Alice, the shadow," cried Mrs. Gaines, stnrlna out of the window and across a narrow court. The room not twelve feet distant fac ing their own had ' its window shade drawn, but silhouetted across It by the Interior lights was the figure and face of a ninn In shadow. The prollle wns perfectly distinct. "It Is he." panted the affrighted Mrs. Gaines. "Oh, there can be no mistake. Only yesterday I fancied I saw him on the street. That profile, the extending chin, the protruding brow. It Is he my husband." "Ob, It cannot be," replied Alice. "How should he trace you here, nnd why should he?" "To attempt to mnke me an Instnu ment to his crimes. So;, ho has lifted one edge of the simile nnd Is peering this way. Ah 1 now I am sure. Ho Is making certuln of bis prey before he sweeps down upon us. Alice, I sbnll die If he comes here. We must fly to the furthest ends of the earth if need be, but we two must never meet ngnln face to face." Alice was now persuaded that Mrs. Gnlnes was suffering under no de lusion. She noted promptly and ener getlcally. They diligently occupied themselves packing their belongings In two suitcases, stole from the house like guilty fugitives by a renr exit, j secured a taxi and within a few hours wero sequestered in n new homo In a remote portion of the great me tropolis. The old fear had returned to the nerve-racked Mrs. Gaines, nnd Alice rnrely left the neighborhood except when deeply veiled, or after dusk. Neither could feel the security of es caping the mennce that threatened, One evening Alice came fnco to face with her old-time lover, ISarton Grey, ns she was purchasing some goods In a store. How he pleaded to know why she hnd so cruelly given him up. And then clearly Alice told him of the self-accepted responsibility she had assumed, and Insisted that while her old-time benefactress lived in poverty and trouble she could not, would not, leave her. "And your nobleness of soul makes me love you ten trues inure than mm m a a E E E B S S a SH MOTOR OILS CTAtmnt on company B8 lg fB BT ever," declared the loyal Grey. "You need friends, n protestor. Let me know where I mny find you, nnd this persecuted lady, Mrs. Gaines, nnd help you in devising a way to safely out wit and defy this recreant husband." Alice wns persuaded to give Grey her address, though no encouragement ns to his love suit. She hurried home to fnco a mighty surprise. Scnted In the same room with Mrs. Gaines was n man who exactly resembled the shadow prollle thnt hnd driven them into lllghl. "This Is a brother of my husband, Alice," Introduced Mrs. Gnlnes, "nnd he has been seeking me to tell me that John Gaines Is dead nnd thnt he feels It his duty to atone for his neglect by placing me beyond the fear of wnnt." And when Unrton Grey called next day It needed little urging under the cbnnged conditions to Influence Alice to consider bis proposal of marriage In Iceland the mother Is always the gdurdlan of her children. ! Somewhat Humorous "Ad." Rill Is.vc. known In Ids day as a humorist, owned a cow which he want ed to sell, and put an advertisement i In the paper which read like this "Owing to Ill-health, I will sell at my residence, in township 19, range 18, I according to the government survey, , one plush raspberry cow, aged eight years. She Is of undoubted courage and gives milk frequently. To u man ' who does not fear death In any form she would bo a great boon. She Is very much attached to her present home with a stay chain, but she will : he sold to any one who will agree to front her tight. She Is one-fourth short-born nnd three-fourths hyena. I will also throw n double-barrel shot gun, which goes with her. Her nniiw Is Hose. I would rntber sell her to a non-resident." Set Aim In Life. A definitely fixed goal Is a chal lenge to Ingenuity. That Is especially true for the trail blazer. Haphazard goals are apt to he the avenue to the way of least resistance. Attaining them Is merely u matter of finding the easiest short-cut to them. With a rul ing purpose It's different. Every pos slide motive and means Is marshaled to gnlu'the end. Oldtinie methods are seen to fall when most needed. So the youthful dreamer puts bis wits to work to discover new methods to gain the point. And It's surprising what an amount of unrated genius there Is waiting to be called forth by a great occasion. Exchange. Autumn Leaves. The infant school Is out, nnd a crowd of tiny children come chasing each other down the road, laughing and calling, running In the wind, their cheeks rosy, their eyes dancing and their hair ll.lng. Just as they reach me a big gust of wind shakes the trees above their heads and quantities of yellow, brown and golden leaves como swirling down over nnd around them and children and leaves all whirl nway together. Whereupon I paint u mental picture, all russet and ambpr and little laughing faces, and call It "Autumn Leaven," for not nil our hap piest pictures get placed on canvas.-1-ChriM'i 'i Si hi, i i- Monitor WET (OCCOOOOCOCCCCOOCOSOOOOCfl THE FACE PASSPORT b By GEORGE E. COBB fcscccccccccococcococcccCiOtS (Copyright, 130, Wnum Newpmer union.) To be environed by dangerous en emies on every hand, to hnve love nnd I fortune at the hnxHid of n discovery Which meant certain death, to be three hundred miles from friends and safety anlld the most perilous environment one could conceive this was Uic pre dicament of Arthur Vernon one sum-' tuer afternoon In the wildest, wick edest part xof Mexico. He was In the service of an en gineering firm t Now York and with' warfare and riot life In the southern republic It hnd become necessary for someone lo go thither and secure cer tain records, or copies of them, to vnlldate the ownership of u group of' rich mining claims. It might be years before existing turbulency subsided,' but In the meantime Mexican home1 Interests might destroy the records,, seize the properties, nnd wnen me war was over the rightful American own- . . . I.I .1 .. .1 t. .11.11,... 1ft ers oi me same woum nuu ii unm-ini to re-estanlisli teminey. Vernon penetrnjed the unsnfe dis trict nnd performed his mission ex cellently well. All the records of the district were kept by some monks at a monastery and they proved fair and honorable brethren. Vernon paid lib erally for certified copies of the docu ments, stowed them safely In a se cret Inner pocket nnd made prepara tions to return to his native country. He was delayed on account of rail road dllllcultles and secluded himself In an obscure little hostelry, going out rarely In the daytime and with his face well tnuflled at night. It was a secret society composed of robber ns snsslns and raiders that he feared. They were all powerful In the district and called themselves "The Posado." Vernon had positively learned that members of this dangerous combina tion had come Into collusion with the head group of seml-cnpltallsts, who were plotting to acquire the mining properties. Half a dozen times be es caped an nmbusb, twice ho wns fired at. He realized that ho must get across nn extensive stretch of terri tory before the general hue nnd cry against him wns aroused. Ho became certain thnt the hotel had several with in It who hnd him under surveillance. It was at midnight that he started on the long, arduous tramp. The rich reward lie would receive should be suc ceed In conveying the papers safely was a great Incentive to courage nnd daring, and meant also that he need no longer defer marriage with the gentle, loyal Idol of his soul, Allele Foster. Vernon wns assured that from one end of the district to the other the Pesndo had been apprized of his move ments. Twice he blundered Into tnv erns where ho wns suspiciously re garded by sombre, sinister looking men, nnd In the Intest Instance he ust munaged to escape by a rear exit. It was one afternoon when ho had been kept busy evading a number of suspicious looking trailers that there came a climax. Vernon was resting In a copse by the wayside when live men appeared. Their voices were high and they seemed to be quarreling over some money paid by the Pesado to one of Its members for some secret service. A heavy-set man, from whom the quartette demanded a division, Vernon knew from a badge he wore was of the Pesado. Suddenly the quartette made a concerted spring nt the man. Four murderous looking knives gleaned In the air nnd the vic tim went down weltering In his life's blood. Ills assailants were nbout to finish up nnd despoil him when Ver non, nniible to resist an Impulse of fairness, even at risk to himself, lenp ed Into view. The bullied four armed with knives drew hack as he mannced them with his leveled revolver. He drove them away; they went toward the town. Vernon bent over the prostrate mnn. "You arc badly hurt!" be Inquired. "It Is my end," cume the definite answer: "I am faint, helpless. Drag me to my little hut beyond the pnth In the timber yonder, and let mo die In the amis of my wife. The traitors 1 Thu Pesado shall avenge me." Vernon was thoroughly exhausted when, nfter currying the wounded man on Ills shoulders nearly half a mile over a rocky trail, ho reached the hut Indlcnted. The wife of the victim greeted her busbnnd with distracted cries. He was borne Into the house nnd she set at work to nttend to his wounds. She came to Vernon after a spell, a singular expression upon her face. "He mny live," she told him, "nnd you bravely aided him. He knows you. He was looking for you, mill the money paid by the Pcsndo to him to Hnd you wan whnt those others were after. You must not delay here. It Is nt your peril. My husband and I would save you. Let mo net quickly. Then you can go In safety." The woman secured n brush nnd a pot contnlnlng some dark substances with stnlnlng qualities. Across one cheek of Vernon sho traced several cabalistic signs. "No Pesado will question that pass port sign of the order," she said, and Vernon understood. Tluice ho was challenged during the hnlf week that was consumed In reach ing the border. Orio glance, however, at the tslgn manual of the powerful Pesado, and bo wns allowed to pro ceed on bis way, to safety, to an opu lent compensation for his services, and to anxious, waiting Adele, his bo i trothed. ItKCALLS A TOWN THAT WAS TAXK1 TO DKATH. Ethlor Trilninn tlavlne linil xmim part in unscrambling conditions such j us It seems North Platte and Lincoln I county is being bended for and boliov ing oxperlcnco to bo the best guide In matters of making communities rich by methods of taxation, somo actual facts regarding such matters are, I be I evo pertinent. Fallowing the Intlatlon prices of the civil war, the little city of Browns-1 villo, in Nemaha county, Nebraska, 1 aspiring to become the metropolis of Iho state, resorted to assessment In-1 nations, high taxation nnd bond in-, deb odness to roach that goal but In-1 stend finally became tbo habitation of m.'lu unit fmta H'lin 1ilittlcni tt fnviillf.ii ....... a .. ..... u ... ,UA,lll,,ll bocame so heavy the people could not, nn wnnlil iw,r lint. lnva fill.. m.,J limit, nn.l Hnl,.ml worn .Inrnm-nlt,,,! t and schools were demoralized. was much cheaper than taxes and tv warrants wore exchnngnble for chnndlse only nt a discount of rent countv liiAi-nlinn.llaii ,iu.n.iiv-nv ,.,. . f.n,iiii,., !... rnmn hitniorniiio n.i.t fi... m,..,!,- nn,. mlssioners had a hMl drawn and nrc- " ...... -..w j v sonted to the legislature authorizing j them to compromise taxes and clour tbo books; the only posslblo thing for the collection of tnxos. In tbo pre cinct In which Brownsville was sltun- ted tlto sheriff made the transfers of farm lands for somo eight years. Thoro was a slnlstor purpose In this upon the ! part of n few Intorosls. I rhoro mny not bo such n thing In the presont seemingly nssossmont craze. Bo this ns It may, wisdom dictates that the woodpile bo closely scrutinized for the proverbial colored gentleman. For ono thing we can't guess how many more -noosting or innd nnd town nron- erty tnxos enn easily bo mndo to re lievo corporations and other Interests from their just share of taxation. Tax- payers will do well to keep In mind nimannf l,l.,l ,.f ..11 1 ... present tendencies of nil classes to shift their just burden upon the other fellows. JONATHAN HIGGINS. ::o:: CMIJIISSIONKHS' l'HOCKKDlXfJS. Mny 17. 1920. Board met pursuant to ndJournmont. present Hcrmlnghnusen, Koch nnd Sprlnger and county clerk, when tho followiing buslnoss wns transacted: W. D. Waldo, rond work, $32.00. nt 9 o'clock n. m., when you may ap John Kotchum, road work, $10.00. pear nnd contost tho snmo. Albert Stelnlinuson, road work, $32. Alvin Baker, road work, $32.00. John Anthony, rond work, $32.00. Jo Sfmnle mar Can Operate It Western Electric POWER & LIGHT EVERY feature has been perfected not a single one over looks . Running this Western Electric Power and Light outfit i3 as simple as can be. Touching the starting lever sets it running a child can do it With the battery charged you have continuous electric service night and day. You should know more about this plant it's sate; if s simple; it's economical. How about your place? North Platte Plumbing & Heating Co. 106 E. 6th Street. INCORPORATE!) 1887. Mutual Building and Loan Association, Of North Platte, Nebraska. RESOURCES OVER ONE MILLION DOLLARS. The Association has unlimited funds at its command to assist in the building or purchase of homes for the people of North Platte. If you are interested, the officers of this Association will render e cry assistance and show you how easy it is to acquire your own home, T. C. PATTERSON, BESSIE. F. SALISBURY, President. Secretary. George Sldwcll, rond worlc, $80.00. T. S. Hlnnkonburg, services, $90.40. C. H. Moore, reward for'nuto thief. fOU.vu F. Kratzonstoln, road work, $l0.t0. A. N. Larson, rond work, $49.00. C. G. Potorson, grading, $200.00. American Mfg. Co., mdse, $62.26. Tbo Hub, mdse county poor, $7,00. Tobe Bunting, hlnde mnn, $75.00. Cinronco Klstlno, onglnomnn, $82.50. . F. Palmer, bridge work, $11.00. I. V. Dalley, work nnd repairs, $20. W. T. Elliott, bridge work, $90.00. Vnlls Alexander, rond work, $G0. Hmcry Alexnndor, rond work, $24. S. M. Soudor, offlco expenses,' $100. J. G. Palmer, refund of taxes, $24.70. Sundry persons, rond work,, $05.00. Chas. Cockle, dragging, $7.20. Corn-stock Service Stntlon, oil and A.nrA t , , J- "alH l.,0., repairs, Siii.lU ,loIul "f W- T- SpatltB nS OV8r00r , , . , ,. ' TU'tB n" , District No. 27 ni'lrovod f- nvls Co.. repa rs $281. L "a;00' roni1 W0I Ck Fry & llohrens, repairs, $5.00 Sundry persons, birth and donth roc ii? en if, nn, p I .ill. Hurry Schrnm, rond work, $.19.40. Chas. Trovillo, dragging, $13.50. O. M. Shulty, bladomnn, $75.00. II. T. Woodgnto, road work, $45.10. Scott Reynolds, road work, $3.25. Peter Hnrvey, road work, $4.50. Adjourned to May 24, 1920. Xoflre. I repair Furniture musical lnstru- ni0,ItB- "Cycles nnd resllvor mirrors. Glvo mo n trial. All work guaranteed. The North Platte Repair Shop, mi ner Hotel Bldg. 113 W. Gth St. J. A. TOOPS. Prop. 34-0 Xollco of FJnal Report. ,.-ii, v irn? mi,.. i?,.in,,.in n"1"1", No 1097 of J0,m U'1(uulor' DOCenSOd. In tho County Court of Lincoln coun ty, Nebraska. Tbo Stato of Nebraska: To all per sons Interested In said estate take no tice that tho administrator has filed a final account and report of his ndmln- lstratlon and a petition for final sot- tlomont nnd discharge ns such ndmln- Istrntor, which have been sot for licar- Ing before said court on Juno 18, 1920. Dnted May 24th, 1920. WM. H. C. WOODHUUST, m25-3 County Judge. mt. jCi Mas) Bow