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TliiRTY-FOURTH DIVISION
TO HOLD FtRSr REUNION
H JERRY
jj By GRACE R. OLIN. Kg
(0 by JfcClure Newspaper Syndicate.)
If Jerry's feelings had been hurt an
hour previous, he certainly didn't act
It now. He leaped and trotted by
turns, the most Joyous Airedale pup,
apparently, In all the world.
Back of him streamed u ropo, a
good long and substantial rope, fas
tened securely to his gay red collar.
Mr. Holcomb had tied It himself, and
then had dragged, literally dragged,
the reluctant Jerry to his dog-house
by the stable and bound him there. j
Jerry had worked very hard with his i
sharp white teeth before he was free,
but free at last he was. '
"A good-for-nothing fool pup," Mr. i
Holcomb had called him. Just why,
Jerry couldn't reason. He had gnawed
a neat little hole In Mr. Holcomb'a
brown slipper, and sampled a gray
sock, surely nothing to fly Into a rage
about, as his master had done.
"Don't scold him, Abner,' Jerry
heard his mistress plead. "He's
only a puppy, and remember, (he's
Billy's dog."
Billy had gone away one morning,
and he had never come back. He had
heard them say Billy was sleeping In
Flanders, and Jerry didn't know the
way to Flanders or he would have gone
and awakened him.
Just before him stretched a great
hill; the sun 6hone warm and red be
fore him. Suddenly Jerry sat down.
What was over that hill? That was
what he wanted to know. Perhaps,
Flanders, where -Billy lay asleep per
haps. Mrs. Tuttle, her hands on her ample
hips, stood in the doorway.
"Father," she tailed, "you and the
men better be washing up; 'taint a
half hour awny to dinner Where's
Walter?"
The old man addressed shaded his
eyes with his hand.
"There he Is," he answered. "Wal
ter 1" he shouted. "Dinner."
The young man turned and came
toward the house, the dry leaves
crackling beneath his feet.
"I had no Idea It was that late." lie
said; "time goes so rapidly when one
thinks."
He ran ills hand confusedly through
his hair crisp, dark hair, tinged pre
maturely with gray.
Mr. and Mrs. Tuttle exchanged
glances.
"Don't try to think today, dear," she
said soothingly, "just rest your head,
my boy, and everything will come right
In time everything, dear."
Nearly sir weeks the boy had been
with them. He had wandered Into tho
yard one morning In the early fall ask
ing for work. Who he was or where
he came from he could not remember.
He was physically well, but his mem
ory was a blank. He had served In
the war, that much he remembered.
"Walter," Mrs. Tuttle had called
him, after her own son, who had died
In Infancy. The old family doctor had
done all his skill could do.
Very delicious, Indeed, was the
brown turkey that adorned the Tuttle
table ; very tempting the golden squash
pie, the cranberry and mound of
snowy potatoes. And In tho midst of
the merry group gathered around the
board a young man sat. grave and
weary.
Vaguely he remembered another
table whero he had sat glad and laugh
ing, too. Dimly a mother's face aroso
mistily before him; indistinctly a
father's voice spoke, and shadowy-like
another form, a hairy, excited little
form took shape before him.
"Mrs. Tuttle," Norah's voice arose
wrathfully from the kitchen door,
"there's a dirty yelling dog scratch
ing all the paint off the back door to
get In. Send one of the men to shoo
him off."
"Perhnps he's hungry, Norah." Mr.
Tuttle went towards the door as he
spoke. "And being It's a holiday we'll
share the feast with him. Here boy,"
he called.
But with a quick rush the dog had
brushed him aside. Straight to the side
of the weary young mnn he came, his
short stubby tail wagging joyfully.
"Don't you know me?" his barks,
persistent and happy, seemed to say.
Something seemed to break In the
man's brain, and once more he saw a
little bedroom hung with pink chintz
curtains. Clearly he heard n loved
voice call :
"Billy, time to get up, pancakes this
morning."
As if it were yesterday, ho felt the
cold nose of a little friendly dog.
"Get up Billy," he seemed to soy
also.
And quite suddenly the grave young
man reached down and gathered a
pup, mud. bedraggled rope and nil
close, close to ills heart.
"Jerry," he whispered softly, and the
tears streamed down his cheeks, "Jer
ry, thank God, you came to wake me
up."
And over the hill a tense old man
patted a mother's shoulder with a hand
that shook.
"Nettle," he cried, "that blessed pup
can have my go-to-meeting shoes and
my grey socks for dessert If he wants
them. Nettle," his words broke on his
lips, "the hoy phoned they'd be here
ns soon as our auto would let them."
His wife took her hand at last from
the receiver whence the wondcrous
message had come.
"Sandstorm" Men to Assemble al
Omaha During Ak-Sar-Den Week
For Grand Celebration.
When the National Guard of Ne
braska, Iowa, Minnesota, and South
Dakota were assembled to participate
In the late World War, quite a large
number of the units were unsigned to
the ."1th Division. This body of men
received their training at Camp Tody,
Dealing, New Mexico, where they were
called the Sandstorm Division, princi
pally on account of the location of the
training camp.
After their training was completed,
the Division was broken up and used
for replacements In other Divisions.
Sonic of these men were sent to
France, others were left In this
country, so It Is safe to say that thero
"Abner," she said and her face was i
. . . . . . 3 r m !
gtormeu, put a piaie uown lor -mny, -And
Almtr did.
Scent Is Distributed.
It Is true that we associate scent
with the flowers and, occasionally,
with the leaves of plants. But nature,
bo mnrvelously loving of diversity,
scatters the sweetness, now here, now
there, sometimes In the flower, some
times In the leaf, In the fruit, the
bark, the wood and even In the roots.
In the ginger and the iris, for In
stance, the perfumed oils nre In the
roots, In the sandal tree the fragrance
Is In the wood, In the cinnamon shrub
It Is the bark that scents the air.
Columbus DIsputch.
Odd Marriage Customs.
In all Slav weddings the brldo la
fetched by the bridegroom, emblemat
ic of the time when his forebears car
ried their mates away forcibly. At
Albanian weddings It is correct for the
bride to weep nnd show great reluct
ance to leaving home. The bride
groom must present the bride with a
handsome dress for the marriage, no
matter what his circumstances are, so
that It Is known by nil the guests that
the -dress the bride Is wearing shows
the taste of the bridegroom.
WITHOUT LOVE
By ELSIE Q. PARKER.
20 Per Cent Discount on
Fans in Stock.
It will pay you to buy now for next
year. There is still a month of hot
weather ahead.
Do not fail to take advantage of this
offer.
North Platte Light & Power Co.
Books That Have Life.
After all, is it not better that a hun
dred unnecessary books should be
published than that one good and use
ful book should be lost? (Nature's
law of parsimony Is arrived at by n
process of expense.) The needless
volumes, like the Infertile seeds, soon
sink out of sight; nnd the books that
have life In them are taken care of by
the readers who are waiting some
where to receive and cherish thorn.
Henry Van Dyke.
me a lot of tho old original Division
who have not seen their tru'nlng bud-
1 dies since the days of Camp Cody.
On September H)-U0-i!lst the .'Mth
I Division will hold Its first reunion
since the World War at Omaha, Ne
braska, and It will be a welcome op
1 portunlty for a largo number of the
! hoys to renew old cmnradshlps and
' swap stories of their experiences.
The dates fortunately come during the
celebration of the Ak-Sur-Uen Kali
1-Vstival, September "0th being the
date of the Daylight Floral Parade,
in which in all probability the Sand
i storm men will participate. The night
of September 21st is the famous Ak
i Stir-Ben Electrical Pageant which Is so
I well known in this comiumil'y. In ad
I lit Ion to tills the reunion itself will
! provide other forms of entertainment
so It promises to bo three full days.
General Geo. II. Harris and General
John A. Johnston, at different times
Ancient Almanacs.
The clog almanac, once in common
use In parts of England, Is a square
stick, on the four edges of which are
cut notches to represent the days of
the week and various symbols to Indi
cate different festivals and holidays.
More ancient than flog almanacs are divisional commanders of ibis Dl la
the Scandinavian runic calendars, ' 0n, have signified their Intention to
made of wood, or sometimes of horn attend the reunion.
or bone, and Inscribed with runic let- J Free billeting will be provided for
ters. I the men who care to take advantage
of It. All that is necessary for them
to bring is blankets and there will be
ample room for every one. Those
wishing to reserve rooms either at
hotels or private homes will be supplied
at moderate prices. Free rooming bur
eaus l.ave been established through
out the city so that the crowds will
be well taken care of. The committee
In charge of the reunion has been as
sured of one and one-half fare for
round trip rates on all railroads
for ex-service men of the JMth Division
and their dependent families.
Fully 10,000 who were at one time
or nnother associated with the 31th
Division are expected to attend.
(, 10X1, by UcClure Nevupaper Syndicate.)
The weather was bracing as Margo
wulked home from tho Daysvlllu post
ofllce, yet her footsteps logged. In
hor hand were two bulky letters. To
the kindly neighbors, who took much
interest In Margo and her career,
these letters always fat ones were n
Joy.
Marge was an authoress, you must
understand. Oh, yes, she wrote many,
many stories; but only she knew that
they were all unpublished. Tho vil
lage folk thought the reason sho ro
fused to talk about her stories was
a modest one. They did not under
stand the meaning of the thick envel
opes which contained rejected manu
scripts. Three years ago Margo hud a love
affair. All Daysvlllo had known It,
and had thrilled at It. Then ono day,
In tho city paper's society page, there
had been an announcement: "Miss
Kay Dey Butau betrothed to Mr. Rob
ert Benedict."
"Ills" name! Margo's sweetheart l
Everyone was Indignant; nnd Marge
wrote him a brief noto telling hlra
never to try to see her again.
Those three long years had gone
by slowly. And Marge, now an ar
dent man-hater of twenty-two, was an
nuthorcs3. Yet her works could hard
ly be called stories; they were sat.
Ires. All the scorn bIio felt for "man"
she embodied In her manuscripts.
"Love!" she would say. "Love I
Everyone writes of It, sings of It,
dreams of It. Not II Hero Is ono
who would not wrlto of love, but will
laugh at It. It's nothing but a farce,
anyway !" And she really thought she
believed It.
Consequently, back canio all her
stories, accompanied by n polite llttlo
rejection slip.
In tho city, Bob Benedict had risen
from a newspaper reporter to nsslst
nnt manager and editor of a short
story magazine. And, whllo rending
some of the numerous manuscripts
one day, he came upon ono written by
a Marge Wilcox of DayBvllle. It was
no other than the girl who had
"thrown him over" without an ex
planation! With increased Interest
he reread the story that ridiculed love
mid men.
"Jove, but she's bitter 1 Mnybo
some one Jilted hor, as she dm me.
She deserves It but no, confound Itl
Sho must have had a good reason," he
mused.
At length lie persuaded the editor
to let him experiment, nnd seid the
following letter:
"Dear Maadm : We read your un
usual story, 'Green Apples,' with much
Interest. Although at present we can
not use the story, we would like to
have, some time In the near future, an
opportunity to talk with you about
some work you might do for us.
"Very truly yours,
"T11K HIJITOIL"
When .Marge received this letter she
was overjoyed. In fact, she almost
changed her opinion of men. She want
ed to go to the editor the next day,
but, of course, that would look too
eager, so she waited two whole days.
All a-tremhle, she reached the build
ing where tho magazine was published.
She told the olilce hoy that the ed
itor bad asked her to call. He was
not nt all Impressed, but, Indifferently,
took her nnmo toward the editorial offices.
"The editor Is out, miss, but tho as
sistant will see you," he said, when ho
returned.
"Bob 1" she gasped, when she opened
the door nnd saw who was In the
room. "You I"
"Why, Marge 1" exclaimed the as
sistant editor, trying to look very
much surprised, and to control his
shaking knees,
"You wanted to see iiil I mean, tho
editor wrote me tho letter will ex
plain " she passed him the letter.
"Ah, yes, Miss Wilcox," he said, very
"editorially." "Won't you sit down?
We feel you have talent, and are wast
ing yourself on this satire stuff. What
tho public wants Is the love Interest
or human Interest. Now, a good wholo
some love story stands nioit "
"If you wished to oc mo to tell
me to write love stories, I might Just
as well be going. For I don't Intend
to write any," she said, defiantly.
"You don't need to write lovo slorlos,
but you do need to have stories with
human Interest."
"Are you trying to tell mo my
Btorles are inhuman?" the girl $b
manded. "No, hut 1 think you wero Inhuman
when you wrote me that letter three
years ago with nary an explanation."
"Why, why " stammered Marge,
completely overwhelmed by tho unex
pectedness of the reninrk. "Tho an
nouncement In tho paper," sho Hald
lamely.
"What announcement?" snapped the
assistant editor.
"Your engagement."
"I never was engaged to anyone but
you, nnd never will be. Didn't It ever
occur to you that someone olso might
bear the same name that I do? And
remember this, young woman, you're,
not going awuy from this city till a
certain Judge friend of mine gruntH
me a special license and a certain min
ister says certnln words binding ones,
too.
"Don't you know, dear, that wo
can't live successfully without love,
Just as we can't write successfully,
without It?"
And at last Marge did understand.
"Assurance" and "Insurance."
Assurance and insurance are synon
ymous terms In ordinary usage, but In
Brltnln fairly strict distinction is
maintained, assurance being confined
to life, and Insurance tp lire, marine,
etc. Assurance was used exclusively
until tho end of the Sixteenth century
when "Fnstinuice" made Its appear
ance, the Initial "e" now having been
changed to an "I."
Hall Cannot Be Prevented.
The theory that hall could he pre
vented by firing cannon or discharging
explosives never was accepted by
scientists, and careful experiments
have shown that It has no foundation.
The theory was advanced that the agi
tation caused by an explosion would
prevent the formation of hailstones.
Didn't Mean to Be Forgotten.
A San Francisco woman, who died
several years ago, left $5,000 each to
ten of her nephews, on condition that
her tombstone was to be replaced
every two years with a new one on
which each nephew In turn should
put nn Inscription In verse setting
forth his love and affection.
La Salle Given Ontario Land,
The first European landowner In
what Is now the province of Ontario,
was Sleur de Lu Salle, who, hi May,
1070, received from King Louis XIV a
patent of nobility and n grant of land,
comprising Fort Frontenac and tho
Islands opposite. That old grant of
land now forms part of the site of the
city of Kingston.
Heartbeats of a Growing Plant.
An Instrument which bus been called
"Cresograph," Is tho Invention of Sir
Jagadls Chandra Bose, a distinguished
scientist of India, which Is so delicate
that It Is possible to witness the
"heartbeats" of a growing plant
Theso are throbblngs which take place
as the plant expands.
AK-SAR.BEN COLORS CHOSEN
TO REPRESENT OUR PRODUCTS
Few people living In Nebraska and
Western Iowa realize the true signlfl
cance of the Ak-Snr-Bcn colors, red,
green, yellow.
A great many even In Omaha, the
home of the organization, think they
were selected simply for their vivid
ness. This Is not so, however. The
combination represents the three- prlii
cipal products of this golden grain
licit. Bed for the beef from the
plains of Nebraska and the feed
.Minis of Iowa. Green for the alfalfa
so important to the agriculturists and
markets of the mid-west. And yel
low for King Corn of Nebraska and
Iowa, the muster of the golden grain
belt In which we live.
AK-SAIt HUN FALL FESTIVAL
Pates an- SEl'TIOMBEIt lHth to 21th.
SAMSON FAVORS HORSES
FOR AK-SAR.BEN PARADES
Ak-Sai-Ben's Electrical Pageant Is
one of the very few parades that still
use horses for transporting the big
electrical limits. A great many slm
liar parades have resorted to the motor
truck H requires- for hauling the
iini-ml-- outriders, etc., some ''()
lioi
Ak Sar Ben's Electrical Pageant will
held KEPTEMBEU 21st. UUii.J.ua
Play tho Game.
Nothing matters so very much after
all, If a man only pluys a man's part
It Isl not so much what we call our
success or our failures, but what we
bring out of them, that counts. It Is
doing our best and doing It bravely
unto the end. Happiness and much
that we call success are only by-products
of life's great work.
Force of Gravity.
Force of gravity varies according to
height above sea level and dlstanca
from the equator. As the force ol
gravity Is .'12.1012 feet a second In
New York, a2.1.r28 feet a second In
San Francisco and .'12.1181 In Key
West, an object would wulgh most Id
New York and least In Florida.
How Ohio River Got Name.
The Allegheny and Ohio rivers were
regarded by the French us one streum.
The name given by them, La Belle
Ulvlere (the beautiful river), Is a
translation of the Seneca term "Ho-he-yu,"
changed by the whites, both
English and French, ut a later date
Into Ohio. , i
Wise Words Concerning Advice.
Give thy friend counsel wisely and
charitably, but leuvo him to his liberty
whether ho will follow thee or no;
and be not angry If thy counsel be re
jected, for advice Is no empire, and
he Is not my friend that will be my
lodge whether I will or no. Jeremy
Taylor.
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Good-bye to the Rubber Sac !
THE pen nt the left is a rubber tiae self-filler
the barrel it inure ilnui ball lull of rub
ber. It holds only 20 drops m ink.
The pen nt the rlijln in itu n-a. vMntia iJunn
I'en, the "Fountain 1 . n villi -lie Little Hn
l'ump-IIandle." Itholdisevfi. 1 1 inn us much
inknsthe rubber sac pen of llu H.une sizc,--und
you can pump it full in u jilly.
The marvelous
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TlieDuun Pcnhasuoruhbci t ac Itdoesn'tleak,
clop, or Hood, nnd automatically rleans itself
while you arc lillins i Almoluleh) suaruntced.
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