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NORTH PLATTE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE. oifoinnnixnimminmnaafti,,,,,,,,,,,.,,...,., Spanish Doubloons THE DOUR SCOT. Synopsis. Jane Harding, respect able and conservaUve old spinster but never too old to think of marriage with more money than brains, is Inveigled by a strong; minded spinster, Miss Hlgglesby Drowne Into financing an expedition to hunt for burled treasure on Lee ward Island, Ker niece, Virginia Harding, undertaking to stop her, geta on the vessel engaged for the hunt, and in the confusion Is un willingly carried along. By no meano concettng her distaste for tho expedition and her contempt for Its members, Virginia makes the acquaintance of the Honorable Cuttibert Vane. CHAPTER III. . I Engage the Enemy. It was fortunate that I Blent well fn my narrow berth on board tho Ru- tfua Smith, for the next day was one of trial. Aunt Jano had recovered . -what Mr. Tubbs, with deprecating coughs behind his hand, alluded to as her sen-legs, and staggered forth wan ly, leaning on the arm of Miss Illggles- uy-urownc. Yes, of Miss Browne, while I, Aunt Jane's own niece, trot ted meekly In tho rear with a cush ion. Already I had begun to realize liow fatally I had underrated tho lady of the hyphen, in Imagining I had . . niy to como anu see and conquer Aunt Jano. The grim and bony one Had. made hay while tho sun shone whllo I was idling in California, and those criminally supine cousins were allowing Aunt Jane to run about Now York at her own wild will. Miss Hlg-elosby-Browno had her own collar and tag on Aunt Jane now, white eho, so complete was her perversion, fairly hugged her slavery and called It free dom. Yes, she talked about her Eman cipation and her Soul-force and her Individuality, prattling away like u child that has learned Its lesson well. "Mercy, aunty, what long words I" I cried gaily, sitting down beside her and patting her hand. Usually I can do anything with her when I pet her up a pit. But tho eye of Miss Hlg jglcsbyrBrowno was on her and Aunt Jano actually drew r little away. "Really, Virginia," sho said, feebly endeavoring to rlso to tho occasion as aho knew Miss Browne would havo her rise, "really, whllo it's very nice to oo you and all that, still I hope you realize that I havo had aa deep SouUexporlcnco, and that I nm no longer to be trifled with and and treated as If I wore amusing. I am at a loos, to Imagine why you came. I wrote you that I was in tho company of trusted friends." "Friends?" I echoed aggrlevedly. "Friends are all very well, of course, but when you and I havo Just each other, aunty, I think It Is unkind of you to expect mo to stay thousands f miles away from you all by myself." "But It was you who sent mo to few York, and Insisted on my stay Is there I" she cried. Evidently sho had been living over her wrongs. "Yes but how different!" I Inter rupted hastily. "Thcro were the cousins of courso I havo to spare you omotlmcs to the rost of the family 1" Aunt Jono is strong on family fooling, and frequently reproachos mo with my lack of It. "But in orpecttng Aunt Jano to soft en at this, I reckoned without Miss Hlggleaby-Brownc. A dart from tho cold gray oyes galvanized my aunt Into a sudden rigid crectness. "My dear Virginia," sho said with quavering severity, "lot mo remind you that thoro are tics ovon dearer than those or blood soul-afllnltles, you know, and and, In short, In my dear friend Miss Hlgglesby-Browne 1 tiavo mot for the first tlmo In my llfo with a a Sympathetic Intelligence that understands Mo I" So that was Violet's line I I sur veyed .the Sympathetic Intelligence with a smiling Interest. "Really, how nice! And of course you feel quite sure that on your side jrou thoroughly understand Miss Hlg-frlesby-Browno?" lilsa Browne's hair was rather llko a. clothesbrush In her mildest moods, la her rising wrath it seemed to quiv er tike a lion's mane. "Miss uarding," sho said. In the cueai-toues sue rcscrveu for critical moments, "has a nature Impossible to deceive, because itself incapable of de ception. Miss Harding and I first met -Hn this piano In an atmosphere un usually favorable to soul-revolatlon. I knew at onco that hero wns the ap pointed comrado, while In Miss Hard tog there was the" Immedlato recogni tion of a complementary spiritual force." "I.'s perfectly true, Virginia," ex claimed Aunt Jauv, beginning to cry. "Sou and Susan and everybody havo always treated mo as If I were a child and didn't know what I wanted, when efee fact Is I always have known per ectly well I" The last words Issued In n. wall from tho depths of her hand kerchief. 'You mean, I suppose," I exploded, 'that what you have always wanted was to go off on this perfectly crazy choso after Imaginary treasurer' There, now I had gpno and done It. Of courso It wu. niy ted hair. tf "Jane," uttered Miss Hlgglesbv Browno In deep and awful tones, "do you or do you not realize how strange ly prophetic were the warnings I gave you from tho firjjt that If you re vealed our plans malignant Influences would bo brought to boar7 Bo strong, Jane cling to tho Dynamic Thought I" "I'm clinging I" sniffed Aunt Jane, dabbing nwny her tears. "Really, Vlr ginia," she broke out In a whimper, it is not kind to say, I suppose, but I would Just as soon yon hadn't como I Just when I was learning to expand ray individuality and then you come and somehow make It seem so much more dlfllcultl" I rose. "Very well, Aunt Jane," said, coldly. "Expand all you like. When you got to the bursting point in do my best to save tho pieces, For tho present I suppose I bad bet ter leave you to company so much more favorablo to your soul develop tnentl" And I walked away with my nead m the nlr. It was so much In the air, and the tieck of the Rufus Smith was so un stable, that I fell over a coll of ropo and fetched up in the arms of tho Honorablo Cuthbort Vane. Fortu nately this occurred around the cor ner of tho deck-house, out of sight of ray aunt and Miss Browne, so the latter was unablo to shed tho lurid light on the episode which she doubt less would If sho had seen it Mr. Vano stood tho shock well and prompt ly set me on my feet. "I say I" he exclaimed sympathetical ly, "not hurt, aro you 7 Beastly nui sance, you know, these ropes lying about regular man-traps, I call 'cm." Thanks, I'm quite all right." I Bald. and as I spoko two large genuine tears welled up Into my eyes. I hadn't re alized till I felt them smarting on my eyelids how deeply hurt I was at the unnatural behavior of Aunt Jane. . 'All I'm nfrald you are really not quite all right 1" returned tho Honor ablo Cuthbort with profound concern. "Tell mo what's the matter Dlcase do!" I shook my head. "It's nothing you couldn't help mo. It's Just Aunt Jano. She has lot tills awful nirclen- "Bo Strong, Jane Cling to tho Dy. namlo Thought." ny-urowne person get possession of her, body and soul." "Oh, I say, aren't you a bit rough on Miss Browne? Thought she was a rather remarkablo old party goes In string for Intellect and all that, you know." "That's Just what fooled Aunt Jano so but I thought a man would know better." My feathers were ruffled again. "Well, fact is, I'm not so much up in that sort of thing myself," he ad mitted modestly. "Rather took her word for It ond all that, you know. There's Shaw, though cleverest chop going, I assure you. I rather fancy Miss Browne couldn't pull the wool over his eyos much." "She evidently did, though," I said snappishly, "slnco ho's let her ropo him In for such a wild goose chase as this I" "Oh, really, now, Miss Harding, you don't think it's that that tho thing's all moonshine?" "Why, what else can It be?" I de manded, driven by my wrongs to tho cruelty of shattering his Illusions. "Who over heard of a pirate's treasure that wasn't raoonshlno? Tho moment I had read Aunt Jane's letter telling of tho perfectly absurd business sho was setting out on I rushed down by the first boat. Of course I meant to tako ner back with me, to put a stop to all this madness; but I was too Into and you aro glod of it, I dare say!" "I enn't help being glod, you know," ho replied, tho color rising to his In genuous cheeks. "It's so frightfully Jolly having you along. Onry rw cor ry you came against your will. Rath er fancy you had It In your head that we wore a bond of cutthroats, eh? Well, tho fact Is I don't know much about the two chaps Miss Browne picked up, though I suspect they are a very decent sort That odd fish. ., Camilla Kenyon 9 9 COPYRIGHT TUB BOBDS-MERRJLL COMPANY "B'"iaiiiwmimBinmtBlil captain Magnus, now ho wns quite fluss urowne's own And, I assure you. And ns to old H. H. Tubbs, you know Miss Browno met up with him on the boat coming down. The rum old Chan got on her soft sldo somehow, and first thing she had appointed him secre tary and treasurer as though we were a meeting of something. Shaw won quite n bit upset ntyut it I say, fliiss Harding, you'ro bound to like Shaw no end when you know him ho's such a wonderfully clever chapl" i nod no wish to blight his faith in tho superlative Mr. Shaw, and said nothing. Tills evidently pained him, and he continued to sound the praises of his Idol, it seemed that as soon as Miss Browno had beguiled Aunt Jane Into financing her scheme a feat equivalent to robbing an in fant-class scholar of his Sunday school nickel she had cast about for a worthy lender for tho forthcoming llardlng-Browne expedition. All the winds of fame were bearing abroad Just then the nnmo of a certain young explorer who had lately added anoth er continent or two to the British em pire. Linked with his were other names, those of fellow adventurers. which shone only less brightly than that of their chief. One Dutrald Shaw nau been among the great man's most trusted lieutenants, but now. on the organization of tho second expedition, he was left behind In London, only nou recovered of a wound received in the Antarctic. His old companions nau taken again the path of glory, and were far on their way back to the ice- neius of the South pole. Only Dugald anow was left behind. "And so," the oven voice flowed on, when I ran on to him In London he was feeling fearfully low, I do assure you. A chap of his sort naturollv nates to think he's on the shelf. Well, old Shaw was fancying there was nothing for it but to go back to his place with tho P. & 0., which seemed a bit flat after what he'd been having, and meant ho would never ret uoyonu being the captain of a liner, and not that for a good many years ... - to come, when n cable camo from this Miss Hlgglcsby-Brownp offering him command of this expedition. As neither of us had over heard of Miss mggicsny-urowne, we were a bit floored for a time. But Shaw smoked u pipe on It, and then he said, 'Old chap, If they will give mo my flguro, I'm their man.' And I said, 'Quite so, old chap, and I'll go along, too.' "I had to argue quite a bit, but In the end the dear old boy let me come after wiring tho pater and what not Ana I do assure you, Miss Harding, It strikes me as no end of a lark be sides expecting It to put old Shaw on his feet nnd give us hatfuls of money all round." Well, it was a plausible story, and I had no doubt, so far as tho Honorablo Cuthbort was concerned, an absolute ly truthful one. Tho beautiful youth was manifestly as guileless as a smnll boy playing plrnto with n wooden sword. But as to Mr. Shaw, who could tell that It hadn't after till been a trumped-up affair between Miss Browno and him that his surprise at tho message was not assumed to throw dust In tho eyes of his young and trusting friend? So grent wns my faith in Aunt Jane's gullibility, so dark my distrust of Miss Browne, that nil connected with the enterprise lay under the cloud of my suspicion. Mr. Shaw, after even a casual glimpse of him, one couldn't picture as a victim. I felt that ho must havo gone into the enterprise with his eyes wide open to Its absurdity, und fully aware that the only gold to bo won by anybody must come out of the pocket of Aunt Jane. As these reflections passed through my mind I looked up and saw thn subject of them approaching. He lift ed ins helmet, but met my eyes un smlllngly, with a sort of sober scru tiny. He had tho tanned skin of a sailor, and brown hair cropped close and showing a trace of crav. Thin and a certain dour grim look he had made rao at first consider him quite middle-aged, though I know later that ho was not yet thlrty-flvo. As to the grlmness, perhaps, I tmwllllngly con ceded, part of it was duo to a scar which seamed the right temple to the eyebrow, In a straight livid lino. lie was welcomed by Mr. Vano with a Joyous thump on tho shoulder-blade. "I say, old man, Miss Harding has turned out to bo the most fearful doubting Thomas thinks the whole scherao quite mad and all that sort of thing." "Y, but Columbus did not inveigle a conndinr old lady to go along with hlsi." (TO BE CONTINUED.) A Conundrum. "Father," sold o little boy thought fully, as he watched his parent col lect his notes and arrange tho slides for a parish entertainment, "why Is It that when you spend your holiday In tho Holy land you always give a lantern lecture on ItT You never do when you have been to Paris 1" Lou don Morning Post. Uncle A Thanksgiving Si TJJl.V, vycory ioia d Uncle Rcje 1 - Copyright, 1911. Western Newspaper Union. "I've heard folks say it's all foolish ness to say you can't kill a graveyard rabbit; but I got ylt to seo one dot's been kilt. Dey had It one day dnt Hnrry Jackson kilt ono; but 'twuz nil a tale. Harry had kilt a plain ole' common rabbit: en when de neighbors hoard 'bout It, some of 'em dropped In to seo iinrry 'bout dls en dat Jes fo' dinner. uarry up en tol' 'em 'twuz a grave yard rabbit; en dey dropped back out widout waltln' fer dinner. "OP Eph Bldlow say when he wuz young, no let do white folks talk him wiu u iiuvin um you could Kill a Uln WMI 1-,- ... ... graveyard rabbit; en de dav nforn Thanksglvln' he tuck down his double- bar l muzzle loader, en went alter a rabbit whut folks kep' seeln in a cer tain graveyard. "Well, sir, not long ntter ho cot to uu graveyard en wuz a-settln' 'glnst a wee watcnin' do leaves In de win'. up a rabbit Jumped, en hopped on top a comDstnne. en grinned nt Rnh m . uvuKiuv ilt i ii im if h givnr dinner outer rabbit Blew, tuck Kooa aim, en lammed aloose. De rnb- oit jumped up, en let de load pass under him. Wld dot Enh took rood im ng'In, en lammed away wld do udder nan'. Ag'In de rabbit Jumned tin. en let do load pass under him. Den wmie isph wuz starln' at do rabbit, ue rauou men en danced on de tomb stone, en turnt a somerset er two. "Den look like It change Its rain'. An frr.f m r. .1 T. J . . bvrt iuuu, 11 in nncu flown on kicked up Its behln' legs 'twei leaves wuz rallln all over de graveyard. Den It snorted at Eph. Fire tuck and shot out Its eyes, en out Its nose, en out raour; en It kep' snortln' nt Eph; en ev'y time It snorted de blaze would reach plum to Eph. Eph say ho whirl ruuu- 10 go. en simned m foil tt nt smack on top a grave; en somp'n in de nlr growl' tur'blo at him. Den Eph gid one Jump; en went nlum over ae graveyard fence, en landed ui ue miuuie er de big road. He nounce' back fum de groun' like a rub ber ball shootln' off a brick wall; en wueu no nt ng-in, up ho bounced ag'ln ; eu so on, 'twei do fo'ce er do fus oounce nad played out. Soon ez ho couiu. he lit out. "Well, sir; de path ho tuck wuz so full or creeks, en ditches, on Inia I uui. n iwjti ukq no jiaa to jump all do way home stldder runnln' It duir. Ji ... ... . . . . O-i . Away ne went: 'ICerbllckety blunkl Diunuety biickl bllckety blunkl mnkin time dat 'ud er made It Interestin' fer any rabbit. "Ho had to pass by a non' whnr dn buusirogs wuz thlcker'n lenves In win ter. When dey heard de win' a ro'In' cn de grouu' n-rumblln', dey looked out en seed a sight dey alii' never eem to forgot. Dalr wuz a man rlkoshayln' aiong uico a rock sklppln 'on water. en yit n missur nil de bumps en logs ST' f" ( h'HJT." An "De Rabbit Tuck en Danced Tombstone." on de name cz et no had aim ter do It. It wuz a case of a human crcetur beatln' do bull-frog nt do bull-frog's own busi ness. "When do whlstlln' er do win' done died out, dem frogs raised a racket roun' dat pon', which Eph, at home In bed under klver, swo wuz do grave yard rabbit bellerln'. Hadn' er been fer his passln' dat place afterward, en seem' de 'clteraent he raised 'momrs1 dem frogs ho'd a b'lloved It wuz de gravoyard rabbit tell ylt. "Heap er folks don' b'lleve his tale. nowny, 'cause dey say dat nex' dav bodjo boys foun Eph'a gun In de grave yard, lcanln' 'gainst a tombstone, en a wxiiSKy Dottio rammed cork end down'ards in de muzzle, ez ef Eph had been tryln' to load up his gun wld de wrong machine. Dey soy he wuz drunk dead drunk en dat 'uz all dey wuz fo ir," THE THANK8 OFFERING. By Cora A. Matson Dolson. A little child with white and unmarred soul Has brought my life to scorn one perfect Hero to the !tar will I brln mv child Kaet yet untaught to walk are undenied. Here, while the sacred drops fall on his brow. Will I with IIds and heart That this the choicest gift the year has viven Shall be by me held aa in trust from heaven. Oopjrrtsht, 1911, Weittrn Hwapap(r Union. THE TURKEY'S LAST LAMENT Dlrds' Ante-Mortem Statement Dwells Pathetically on the Ingratitude Displayed by Mankind. It's a gay life. And I haven't weak ened yet. The boss feeder isn't as mean as X used to think him. He restricts my liberty, 'tis true. but the eats aro great. A double por tion of shelled corn for breakfast Twice as much for dinner. Hot mash for supper. I'm getting fat, positively; I had to let out my waist feathers two notches this morning. Gratitude well becomes 'the boss. Didn't I chose the bugs out of the gar den last summer? I have much to bo thankful for. Here comes the boss now. I'll give him tho razz. Gobble I Gobble I But I have strange misgivings. Isn't i rnnt'im nv i. i n...tMi ..l. 1 , tiiii), Ull 1A 11 IT 1 n NlVIIMllllf II I 1 1 1 V 8ldo? It was an ax that orphaned mev For the lovo of Mike, boss, use dis cretion l Remember the bugs I squnwk I A THANKSGIV ING EXPERI ENCE. What aro your fowls, good Dealer tell? But told, he . said, with glaring- eye. It must be eagles that you sell. No turkey ever soared a o high. II A pair of chick ens, nice and fat, Would do, ho said. They named a price Good landl ho Bhriokcd, a sum like that Should pur chase Birds of Paradise. III. He sought roast o f veal instead For that he floured would bo less; learned tiro He cost and 0 I b h 1 n g said: From Aaron's Golden Calf 1 guess. XV In spirit crushed ho turned away, Tolled o'er hiB cash with worried brow, And sighed, I've trot enough to pay For cheese and crac ers anyhow Signed Mayflower Compact. Tho forty-one male passengers. neaus of families, who signed the compact on the Mayflower were : John Carver, Wllllnm Bradford. Edward Wlnslow, William Brewster, Isaac Al- icrton, John Allerton, Myles Standlsh. John Alden, Samuel Fuller. Christo pher Martin, William Mulllns, William "White, Itlchard Warren, John How- land, Stephen Hopkins, Edward Tilly, jonn "X'liiy, Francis Cook. Thomas Rogers. Thomas Tinker. John Itldg- dale, Edward Fuller, John Turner. Francis -Eaton. James Chilton, John Crnckston, John Bllllngton, Moses Fletcher, John Goodman. Degarv Priest, Thomas Williams, Gilbert Wlnslow, Edward Margeson, Peter Brown, Itlchnrd Brltterlge, Georgo Soule, Richard Soule. Rlclmrd Clork, Richard Gordlnor, tThomas English. Edward Dotey nnd Edward Leister. With the passengers enme nlao fifteen male servants. They bore the names of Carter, Coper, Ely, nolbeck. nooke, Langmore, Latham, Mlnter, Moore. Prower, Sampson, Story. Thomnson. Trevore and Wilder . WHAT HAVlh DAIRY FACTS RECORDS OF GREAT BENEFIT Much Valuable Information on Rela tions Between Milk and Butter fat Production. (Prepared by the Unlteil Btatea Department of Agriculture.) Tabulation of the yearly records of 38,582 cow-testing association --cows hns brought to light much valuable information on the relations between milk nnd butterfnt production, butter fnt test, Income over cost of feed, und other factors, sa specialists of the United States Department of Agricul ture. The average milk production per cow wns G,OSO pounds; butterfnt, 240 pounds; butterfnt test, 4.11 per cent ; Income over cost of feed, $55.09 ; returns for $1 expended for feed, SU1. The records show that In those as sociations where the work hns been continued for n long period the pro duction hns generally Increosed from Fall i-resneneu Cows Produce More Milk and Butterfat Than Thoso Freshened In Spring or Summer. year to yenr. As production In- , creased, the Income over cost of feed lucrensed rapidly, ond for cuch In crease of CO pounds In butterfat there wns an Increase of $15 In Income over tost of feed. Cows that freshened In the fall pro duced more milk and butterfat and greater average income over cost of Teed than those which freshened in I he spring or summer. Large cows excelled small cows of the same breed In production of milk and butterfnt nnd In Income over cost of feed. As the butterfat test Increased, the nv- ' erase production of butterfnt advanced nnd the average production of milk declined. These records also Indicate thn t cows remain In the herd an ovcrager1 of about 4.7 yenrs. BETTER-STOCK CAMPAIGN AID Poster Issued by. Department of Agri culture Illustrates Value of Good Dairy Cows. "For the Children's Sake" Is tin. tlthi of nn nttractlve poster Just Issued by the United States Department of Agriculture, to be used In Its better stock cninpnlgn. The poster shows two cows, ench surrounded by pictures of healthy children. Good milk. It In well known, Is a henlth-glvlng food for cnuuren, but scrub cows do not give enough milk to feed ninny children. One .of the animals shown on the poster Is a scrub cow which produced about five qunrts of milk a day enough to supply the five children who nre grouped nbout her. The other row Is a purebred, which gave n dnlly yield of 20 quarts enough to feed the 20 children surrounding her. A good dairy cow," says the noat- er, "produces enough to feed about twenty children nt quart of milk n day. An ordlnnry cow produces enough to feed nbout live children a nunrt n dnv. Every qunrt of milk contnlns henlth and n smile for some baby." CORN ALONE FOR MILK COWS It Can Be Used to Better Advantage With Such Feeds as Bran, Meal and Legumes. .With well-filled corn cribs on many fnrms, nnd relatively low prices now In effect, the United States Department of Agriculture believes It Is time to correct the Impression that corn Is noi good feed for milk cows. ' Of course, corn cannot be fed alone, as its func tion Is to supply heat, energy, and. fat, rather than such elements ns make up bone, muscle nnd the casein In milk. But It can be used to advnntnge along with such feeds as bran, linseed, meal, or cottonseed meal. Bran lightens nnd helps to bnlnnce the ration. Alfnlfa or clover Is usually fed with com to supply protein. COW IS EFFICIENT MACHINE Animal of Big Value In Converting Farm-Grown Feeds Into High Priced Products. The dairy cow, of nil farm nnlmals, is our most efficient machine for converting farm-grown feeds Into con centrated, high-priced food products, and therefore is entitled to the lest of cure. She la thin In flesh nnd nnt urnlly more susceptible to cold than most other classes of farm stock. If she Is compelled to fortify herself ngnlnst cold, enow, sleet and rain, she must, of course, convert a greater pro portion of her feed Into heat with which to keep up body temperature nnd ns n result sho becomes less effi cient for milk production.