Nebraska Newspapers

    YfWTTT PT.ATTK SKMI-AVT5RKLY TRIBTNE.
Facile's the
Word
By MARTHA WILLIAMS
. 1921, by McOlurs Nwm)tr SyniUoai.
"Tlic blithering Idiot I" Frances
ejaculated, tearing In liulf the note
ln had Just read.
"Swear," Denby contented dispas
sionately, "Lots of relief In a 'good j
mouth-filling oatli.' Hotter try It."
"I can't being a gentlewoman,"
Francos countered. "Suppose you do
It for me."
"Il-in I If the Job is pormaient I
might possibly consider It," lior new
est victim returned. "Can't possibly
damage my piety for anything cits
ual." "I see I After all, there are limit? to
your devotion. Luckily I am llndlng
out In time," from Frances.
"As I am finding out that you are
'after nil' canny. Emphasis upon the.
after nil" '
"You seem to be Qualifying for the
Idiot class," Frances Hald, demurely,
but with twinkling eyes.
"As how?" Denby demanded, draw
ing down th( corners of ids mouth.
"Thus und so," from Frances. "That
note Intimates that I am now 'sowing
smiles whori they will return a gold
en harvest.' Now, 'ain't that nl-Ise?'"
"You iiitifit have studied poor Jim
Baxter vorj closely to hit oft his fa
vorite speech so cleverly," Denby
commented. "Say, do you Imitate all
of us this way? If so, I'd love to have
u specimen of myself,"
"I know better; you would not,"
Frances said emphatically.
"But I would; cross my heart and
hope to die," from Denby.
Next minute ho turned nngry red
In spite or himself as he heard, In
what seemed his own voice. "I wish
you would forget how to Bay 'No, "
"I do wish It; harder than ever.
For I'm going to ask If you will marry
nip out of hand and run along home
with me to mother," IiIb pique swept
away In a now rush of tenderness.
"Stop playing with me, dearest. Ite
niemher this Is dead earnest. I "
"Itemetnberl There have been oth
ers," from Frances wickedly, ,
IIo nodded. "Several others. Now
It makes me shudder to think of them.
If I had wonand met you too
lute"
"Taffy!"' from Frances, breaking
Into a gale of laughter, Denby
sprnng to his feet, crying "In a half
choked voice: "After this I can be
lieve you would laugh at seeing a
murder,"
"Dear I Dear!" from Frances In her
highest manner. "Let tnu explain, Mr.
Tempi Denby I laugh at your melo
drama because It Is too perfect. It
is a well-known Immortal fact that no
woman kisses perfectly the first time.
It ought to he as well understood that
wlicn u man Itas It very badly he com
monly makes a mess of telling you
so."
"I am no trlfler," front Denby, stif
fly. "Hut bow If you are trying to
lie an avenger?" Frances Hung at him J
"Wouldn't that explain several
tilings? especially as you are or
were Carter Gordon's best pul."
Denby's faco was tt study, changjng
swirtiy tnrougn red, wltite, ana set
.grim gray. After a long minute he
said, huskily: "So you are punishing
mo for an Intention? One abandoned
, beforo I suw you front the minute I
lieard your voice In tho twilight,
thoro among tho roses."
Frances felt herself trembling. She
was so glad, so sorry he had not lied
to her. Something subtle as a Haute,
olso as searing, had leaped between
them there In the scented dusk. She
Imd been lighting It over since light
lug hard in desperate fear. She had
somehow sensed a liber of loyalty In
tilth that would mako hurt to a friend
double hurt to himself.
So, protectively, she Itad flouted him
daintily, all tho while alluring him
und thrilling in the Joy of his response,
But she Itad not dared to be trustful
barely one and twenty though she
was, she knew the game of hearts In
all Its facets. Holding herself hard
she said clearly: "I do not defend
I'tyBelf beyond this I doubt If the
game we played really hurt Carter.
Except, of course, lit his vunlty. lie Is
too facile. IIo had no eyes nor ears
for anybody but Lora Lane at first.
Frankly, I felt myself a rescuo-ntls-
slonary In Inking hint away from
Iter."
"Von would have been If you had
held him," Denby said bitterly. "Now
I think ho will marry her out of
spite to you, And that will be his
destruction."
"How?" Frances breathed rather
than asked. Denby went on huskily
"IIo Is a real man but with an In
lterltcd handicap. Dipsomania. He
lias fought It gallantly, successfully
Your love would have been to htm n
crown Jo victory. Lora Is Just the
opposite."
"How dure you love me In face
of that tragedy?" Frances cried, her
voice breaking at the last. "I do not
dare I lovo you becuuso I cannot help
It something stronger, more elemental
than myself constrains me," was the
almost, solemn reply. It broke down
Frances last reserve of pride, of
strength suddenly she felt herself as
sasslu of i soul. Deadly white, her
bunds clinching she asked of the man
before her: "Could I do anything
-now?"
Ho turned fromjier to stride up and
down the long rooju, his eyes burn
log, lils faco as white, as Iters. He felt
ttlmsftlr ut the parting of the ways,
-Carter Gordon hud been Jonathan to
bis David since they wero little lads,
racing, their ponies along the red roads
of the homo county. Now. miracu
lously, It was given him to savo his
Jonathan something more than life of
fortune but at the price of Ills own
happiness. He shuddered violently,
font kept up his striding until Frances
said plaintively: "Answer tne please I
I must know at once."
"We will let him decide." Denby
said, next second sweeping her to his
breast In a strong, tendor clasp. IIo
shall know the truth If It ends In
breaking my heart"
"Our henrts," Frances Interrupted,
Hut It must be done."
Outwardly normal through the days
f Denby's absence, she was spiritual
ly cataleptic, every liber tense with
souse of Impending doom. His brief
messages did tiot stir her from It,
either the fact that a fortnight had
lapsed, the last week of It without
n word from him. She smiled Idly
at the thought that she wart like otto
dead and burled, not even dreaming
of what It would be to come ullve.
Hut she laughed and danced, and rode,
In quite the usual fashion, thereby
making poor Jimmy Hnxler madder
than ever. Yet she refused to practice
her fascinations upon a new man
one Treble of fair looks and fortune,
so pointedly, iter kindly chaperon said
she knew something serious wits the
matter.
Frances laughed at her but In her
own privacy admitted something was
the matter happiness or martyrdom
for a lifetime hung In the balance of
leaden-footed days.
Dim and unexpectant, she sat In tho
long room where she had parted from
Denby, trying hard to rest but hold
ing herself sillily erect. And sudden
ly, without warning, she was again
gathered In a close, tender embrace,
with kisses raining upon her wet
cheeks, and Denby trying In vain to
speak. Presently he let her go only
to put both hands on her shoulders
and face her, saying happily: "Fncllo's
the word, honey. I went a thousand
miles to discover tho .fact. Carter
threw Lora Into tho discard as noon
as I left him he Is deep In lovo with
a now person who deserves It and
rejoices to send you felicitations on
our hnpplness."
The wretch! I hate him," Frances
cried Joyously but Denby know sho
did not mean In the least what she
said.
VOTING 111 ANCIENT ATHENS
People Had a System of' Expressing
Tholr Wishes Very Similar to
That' of Today.
Ancient Athens had at times a verv
democratic form of government.
About everything was decided by vote.
even tho guilt or Innocence of ac
cused persons, and probably decided
In tho wrong about ns often as in the
right. Front one of their votlnn
practices wo imve derived a word in
common use. At one time the peoplo
of Athens possessed the nower of
driving Into exile, without malting any
definite charge, any leader or prom
inent person. Each citizen votol by
writing on an oyster shell, and tho
Greok word for oyster shell, written
in tho letters of our alphabet, Is os
tracon. From that wo buve derived
the word ostracism, that Is. the ex.
eluding of an undesirable person from
goon society, in their elections to
public ofllco and In their courts of
law. Grecian votes were cust by means
of balls of stone, or small discs of
metal, either white or black, the lat
ter, or course, signifying condemna
tion.
London's Smallest Freehold.
Tho UorJcrers' company of London
bus celebrated the three hundredth
anniversary of Its possession of tho
smallest freehold In the city. It was
given to them In 10-1 by a member
of tho company, worthy John Pollard,
who stipulated that the tenant was
not to bo disturbed, that his rent was
to be 0. a year, and that the same,
rent wns to hold good for all time.
In the matter of rent John thought
Loudon would stand still. IIo fur
ther enacted thitt of the rent 4.10.0
was to be distributed among four
men and women, 20s. wns to bo spent
on four dinners on "search days" for
bud workmanship, and the clerk was
to have the remainder. Pollard's gift
remains where it was, in Sliver street.
It measures l!l feet by 11 feet, and
It Is the smallest freehold In the city
of London. 1
"Horse Sense."
Read, mark, learn, and Inwardly di
gest the following "horso sense:" "If
you work for u mint, In heaven's name
work for him. If ho pays wages that
supply your bread and butter, work
for him. speak well of hint, think well
of him, stand by him, and stand by
the Institution he represents. I think
If I worked for a man, I would work
for lilm. I would not work for hltn a
part of Ills tlmo, but all of his time.
I would glvo an undivided servlco or
none. If put to a pinch, an ounco of
loyalty Is worth n pound of clever
ness." Elbert Hubbard.
Knowledge Saved Money.
The economic Importance of pnleon
tology lias been repeatedly shown In
this country. In tho enrller explolta
tlou of anthracite coal thousands of
dollars wero fruitlessly .expended in
New York In search of coal beds, un
til the New York geologists showed
that the beds In that state could con
tain no c al. The fossils In tho New
York rocks exploited are of Devonian
age, wheroits tho fossils of the Pennsyl
vania anthracite coal beds belong to
tho Carboniferous, a much later period.
This discovery ut once stopped a use
less expenditure of money.
Ancient Aztec
The ruins of an Aztec village hiihI to be over 1,000 years old, recently unearthed in the Montezuma valley of Col
orado by scientists from the Smithsonian institute.
lanes
in Bootlegging
American Enlists Mexican Avia
tor to Carry Booze Across
the Border.
NO TROUBLE GETTING ORDERS
Carries 120 Bottles oti First Trip .and
Lands on Spot Indicated by
Circle of Flashlights In
Hands of Six Men.
El Paso, Tex. The Idea ot currying
liquor Into the United States by air
plane probably originated in the City
of Hcrmoslllo, In Mexico. There oil'o
day a wealthy American met a young
Mexican aviator who owned a very
lino plane. The Mexican was active,
energetic, mid full of pep and desire
for adventure. With hint it was not
a matter of violating any law, but
rather of experiencing the excitement
of running into danger. With the
American It was n plain case of mak
ing money.
They dlsiAtsscd the pros and cons for
u 'long time, with tho result that the
Mexican agreed to establish himself
near the American border and place
himself under orders from the Ameri
can. The American visited one of the
largest cities of the West und bad.
Do trouble' In getting orders for
liquor. A day and hour were Used
when the plane should deliver the
goods, and the landing place, some dis
tance from the city, was decided on.
The American then returned to the
border and bought the liquor, causing.
It to be transported to the hangar.
The aviator had made one experi
mental trip to learn the topography
of the country, and was ready to take
on his cargo.
Landed In a Circle of Light.
At 7 :.'!() p. in. on the day appointed
he made a start, flying with great
accuracy to the meeting place, where
lie arrived at 1 :I5 a. in. Six men, us
b'cmhlcd In a circle at the landing
place, guided bint with tlashtlghts, en
abling hint to guide the plane to the
exact spot where It was expected to
.laud.
He had on board ten casqs 120 bot
tles. He had expected a lot of rough
necks to whom he was to deliver the
ilqtior, but Instead be met prominent
business und professional men In jatto
itiohllcs, who stowed their respective
shares Into their cars, paid the money,
and drove awny. The landing place
was over ten miles, from the city for
which the drivers were bound. The
aviator then took on n supply of gaso
line, which bad been left for hint, and
(lew back for Mexico, arriving near
dawn.
While he would not give the exnet
figures, It was easy to estimate, judg
Ing by the price of good whisky In that
section, that he took in In the neigh
, horhood of $12,000.
Three Trips a Week. '
He was so .tintcli pleased with his
first experience that he sought his
American partner at once and had a
serious conference with hltn regard
Ing the extension of the business. He
BOOSTS MUSIC
Pershing Orders School Estab
lished in Washington.
Walter Damrosch Has Pledged Assist,
ance In Work of Organization
Plan to Make Army Music as
Good 'as Dest.
Washington. Army music soon will
compare with that of the best orches
tras and bauds of the country. Popu
lar music will be supplemented by the
classical mnsterpleces and it superbnnd
and orchestra will bo created from
army musicians.
General Pershing nlready has or
dered the establishment hero of the
army music school, and Walter Dam
rosch, conductor of tho New York
Symphony orchestra, has pledged hint
assistance In the work of organization,
lloth are determined, through the
school, to elevate music In the army.
T' ve to butter army music
Village Is Unearthed in Colorado
'W T H
usee
thought, If the business warranted It,
he could get two or three more planes,
with experienced aviators to run
them. Hut this wus for the future, al
though he did not know at the time
that this future would be much nearer
,tlian he had anticipated.
The American had la the meantime
made other "business" trips to other
cities and hud found It possible to
make arrangements for many ready
cash sales. Hut the luck of planes be
came a hindrance to the extension of
the business, and the Mexican hud to
content himself with making about
three trips a week, going to a differ
ent clly on each trip.
The first trip was made last Febru
ary, and by May two more planes had
been added to the "fleet." Regular
Soldier
6Good
French Waiter Kills Fellow Em
ployee .in Most Atrocious
Manner in Paris.
UNTRUE WIFE HELPS IN DEED
Declares Husband Did Not Love His
Country, but Was Always Full of
Praise for the Germans Girl
Sees Crime.
Paris. "He did not love his coun
try, hut, on the contrary wits always
full of praise for the Germans," wus
the only excuse Estelle Jobln could
find when, together with her lover,
Charles Burger, she was brought be
fore examining magistrates on the
charge of murdering her husband und
helping to cut up the body, throwing
parts of it Into the river and burying
the remainder In u purk outside of
Paris.
The husband, Ernest Jobln, was em
ployed at the Grand hotel here ns first
lloor waiter and had been for some
ten years. Two years ago a vacancy
buit),' occurred on tho same floor,
Jobln Introduced one of his friends,
Charles Hurger, to the management,
and lie was given a Job. Hurger hav
ing no home, Jobln offered to sbnre
bis with Hurger and his little girl,
Madeleine, six.
Quarreled About War.
Hurger wus a widower, and Intimate
relations soon developed between him
and Jobln's wife. Conversations in the
household often drifted to the war.
Hurger had served as a private and
was wounded. The two men w.ould
often come very near to un exchange
of blows. Hurger, furthermore, wns
envious of Jobln's position at the
Grand hotel, where he was well liked
by the munngement und patrons.
He had succeeded In saving up some
00,000 francs.
Front then on Burger thought only
IN THE ARMY
was made by General Pershlne soon t
after he took over the ofllco or chief of
staff. One of his first actions wns to ;
transfer the school from Fort Jay, New
York, and direct that It bo reorganized
ns a "superbnnd, comparable only to
tho splendid band which was organ
Ized In France." Mr. Dnmrosch nt
first was opposed to the removal of the
school from New York, believing stu
dents would have better advantages
to hear good music ami study It In New
York than In Washington. It was Mr,
Damrosch who organized the famous
"Pershing's Own" at Chaumont. head
quarters of tho American expedition
ury forces, which won great distinction
umongjho military bands of the allied
armlesr nnd later was sent to tour the
United States during one of the Liber
ty loan campaigns.
First evidences of the success of the
school were exhibited recently when the
students were used to welcome the
various armament conference delega
tions. The school band was called upon
Marine, Weighing 335
Pounds, Enlists Again
The fighting tonnage of the
marine corps was Increased IMS
vpounds when Gunnery Sergeant
James D. Tttrrelnnl of Philadel
phia re-enlisted. His No. 12
shoes stand hltn In good stead.
On a '10-mile hike in Haiti he
finished with two rifles, three
packs and one, exhausted recruit
under Ids a tin.
schedules were arranged and new
trips devised. Willie all the routes
nre Indicated to start from Juarez,
several tire some dlstunce from that
city, hut may still be called In the
"neighborhood."
The line to Los Angeles Will prob
ably be abandoned, as the Atnerlcnn
received information that a similar
enterprise lias been started at Tin
Juana alid will cover tile cities of
California.
Slays
Samaritan1
of various ways of cettlmr the monev.
platters went m far that Hurger, ex
asperated, picked up tt knife from the
table und stubbed Jobln to death. This
happened in the presence of the hit
ter's wife. Losing no time as to how
they should get. rid of the body. Hur
ger suggested to Mrs. Jobln that they
cut It up. Clearing the dining room
table, they put Jobln's body on it Und,
wliile Hurger went out after u suw,
Mine. Jobln prepared sackings.
Girl Watches Hacking.
As soon, as Hurger returned they
set to their ghastly task, witnessed
only by little Madaleine, too horrified
to say anything. That Same night, at
midnight, the three left their flat,
each carrying a bundle, one containing
the headless body of the victim, the
others an arm each, and made for the
nearest bridge, where the remains
were thrown Into the river. The next
day they left for the Clamart Wood,
hearing with them, In two separate
sackings the bend and legs of their
victim.
A few weeks Inter the trunk wns
found some 12 miles out of Paris in
the river, and the next day the arms
appeared. It was not until 18 months
after thnt the murderers were fotlnd
and, with them, the bead and legs,
for they led the police authorities to
the spot where the latter had been
burled.
Hurger, when asked about tho crime,
threw most of the blame on the wom
an. Steel Taken From Brain.
Montsvllle, W. Va. It K thought
Columbus W. Ileltzel of this place will
be restored to a normal mentnl con
dition, following a successful opera
tion for the removal of n piece of
scissors from his skull. There Is no
recollection on the part of the pu
tlent's family us to when he met with
any accident by which the scissors
blade penetrated his head and how
many years It remained In his skull Is
a mystery. Ileltzel hits had a clouded
nlnd for 17 yenrs.
,'o furnish music for the receptions
.tt the Union station nnd attracted at
tention In every Instance by the per
fection with which It played.
Women Admit Men to
Their Sewing Circle
Men of South Bridgton, Me.,
nre glorying in a new achieve
ment, for, by unanimous vote of
the ladles' sewing circle of tho
South Bridgton Congregntlonal
church, they are to be eligible
for membership, and thus the
male problem of whnt to do
these coming loni: winter eve
nings Is apparently solved.
Additional Impetus is expect
ed to bo given to knitting bees,
nnd several husbands who are
experts with the needle nnd
thimble nre preparing to Initi
ate their less fortunate brothers
Into the mysteries of the circle
rites.
4 ,
THAT SMALL BOY
Just a Word or Two Said Here
in His Defense.
Pennsylvania Educator Issues Warning!
to Mothers of Danger of Errors
In Training Methods.
Some interesting facts concerning;
proper treatment of children were
brought out In an nddress at the' Moth
ers' club recently by J. George Bceht
first deputy state superintendent of
public Instruction, the Philadelphia
Record states. lit a talk on "Youth
Its Characteristics und Training," bo-
defended the "small boy," who, be
held, was blamed for much of which
he was not guilty. GJilldren between
the age of live and Seven und twelve
and fourteen especially, us u rule, he
sald, were going through a process of"
development which was nbnormal and'
In which the mind did not keep apace
with the body. This lnck of co-ordination
in the child's system resulted
Jn awkwardness, forgctfttlness, etc.,.
nnd ns n result, boys especially,.
going through the "awkward age,""
were not treated with too much con
sideration.
The speaker criticized the mothers:
who arc always nagging their boys?
and charging them with Indolence, for
getftllncss, etc., ' when In roallty the
youngsters should be kindly treated,
and given sympathy. He said a
mother, through lack of knowledge,
was often cruel to children, while she-
felt that she was over Indulgent. . In.
this connection he speclttlly referred to.
I lie blame given boys because they
forget to come In in time, or some
other such trifle. What was very much
worse, he said, and very common, was.
a desire to catch the boy In his error,
and to corner hint to explain it, which
was responsible for tho development
of sneaks and liars. A boy should
not be treated like a law-breaker, he.-
suld, because he was slightly dere
lict, neither should a mother use tho
snnic method as a policeman.
The speaker snld that now more-
than over the parents should labor to
muko the bearthsldo attractive. In.
this age of restlessness nnd shift,.
when there was, everywhere nn effort
mudo to guln money.-soclul position,.
etc., the home spirit that our ancestors,
enjoyed was gradually dying ttway anil
the family circle bad no place what
ever. The mother should multiply
her efforts to make home attractive,,
to establish a spirit of fraternity In.
the family, and to make sympathy nnd
consideration qualities which encircled1,
the hearthstone and mnde It the most
sacred spot for both parents and chil
dren.
Mechanical Ticket Seller. '
A machine for the rapid Issue of
railway tickets has been demonstrated
In London, according to the Manches
ter Guardian. Outside the "buttery"
are silts in the walls, and below each,
of these a saucer-shaped receptacle.
The traveler puts his coins In the pen-.
ny. two-penny or three-penny slot, and-
the ticket shoots out Into the receptit
cle. If lie puts a six-pence Into the-two-penny
slot three tickets emerge.
If li'j puts n sixpence Into the live
penny slot he will get bis ticket and
a penny change. He need not have
two pennies for the two-penny ticket.
Four half-pennies will do. But bad
or foreign coins will be returned.
All the work Is done by tho oper
ator In the box, who stands at the
levers and shoots out the tickets as
the coins tumble lnto u receptacle..
Those who watched the machine at
work said that undoubtedly tho Inven
tion would prove Its value, especially
during the rush hours.
One "Man's Reason,
nere Is one man's reason for not
supporting his wife nnd family, ac
cording to a report filed with Mrs
Lulu Itunkle, head of the adult pro
bation department of the Juvenile
court. "I'm Just not satisfied," he said. "I'm.
not contented, I don't like to stny
In one place very long. I just won't
live with her any longer. No I
haven't any other reason.'"
The man suggested that his wife, a
cripple and partly deaf, with a three-yeMr-old
boy and a flve-iuonths-old
baby to care for, should go to work.
He didn't like the Idea of providing
for them.
With a Jail sentence facing him, the
mnn decided he would support them.
Indianapolis News.
If You Must Speculate.
"An oracle for some; a game for
others" Is the legend on n small paste
board box now selling downtown. With
in Is a square" piece of stiff paper, di
vided Into 10 parts, with the names of
four stocks In each, mnklng 01 names
in all, many of which nre speculative
favorites. On a pivot In tho center
is nn arrow, waiting to be spun. With
this new method of picking 'em, fully
ns reliable as some now In use, comes
the announcement: "All the fun of
Wall Street with none of Its-dangers."
Now York Evening Post.
Domtno Fans in Long Game.
A domino game has been in progress
for the Inst quarter of a century In
Itlvcrhead, N. Y. The exact date of
Its Inception Is not known, but it
was begun by four men some time In
1803. Since tltcn the same four, tho
oldest now ninety-four, have gathered
for several hours dally to mntch up.
the little black blocks. The llrst ten
years wero the hardest, the quartette
asserts.