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THE NORTH PLATTE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE MARY MARIE A Zty Eleanor H. Porter Illustrations by H. Livingstone Coprihb EU.n.r II. P.tUr CHAPTER IV. Whnn I Am Marie. Boston. Ycb, I'm here. I've been hero a week. But this is tlio first mlriito Tve had ft clinnco to write a word. Tvo been so busy Just being here. And bo has Mother. There's been such n lot going on since we enme. Hut I'll try now to begin ut the beginning nnd tell wlmt happened. Well, first we got Into Boston at four p'cloek Monday nfternoon, and Well, First We Got Into Docton at Four O'clock Monday Afternoon, and There Wao Grandpa Desmond to Meet Us. there wns Grandpa Desmond to meet us. lie's lovely tall and dignified, with graylBh hair and merry eyes like Mother's,, only his are behind glasses. At the station he Just kissed Mother and mo and said he was glad to see us, and led us to. the place where Peter was waiting with tho car. (Peter drives Grandpa's automobile, and he's lovely, too.) Mother and Grandpa talked very fnst and very lively all the way home, nnd Mother laughed quite a lot. But In the hall she erld a little, and Grnndpn patted her shoulder, and .nld "There, there!" and told her how glnil be was to get his little gli-1 back, and Unit they were going to be very happy now and forget the past. And Mother suld, yes, yes, ln:leed, she knew she was; and she was so glad to be there, and that everything was going to be Just tho same, wasn't ItV Only then nil of a sudden she looked over at ine uud begun to cry again only, of course, things couldn't bo "Just the Biune," sho choked, hurrying over to me and putting both anus around tue, and crying luinlur- than ever. Then Grandpa cumo and hugged us both, and putted us, and said, "There, there 1" and pulled off his glasses and wiped them very fust and very hard. But It wasn't only a minute or two before Mother was laughing again, and saying, "Nonsense I" and "The ideal" und this was u pretty way to Introduce her little Mario to her now homo I Then she hurried me to tho dearest llttlo room I over saw, right out of hers, and took oft' my things. Then we went all over tho house. And it's Just ns lovely ns can bo not at nil Uko Futher'a In Andersonvllle. Oh, Father's is flue and big nnd handsome, nnd nil that, of course ; but not like this. Ills Is Just a nlco place to cat nnd Bleep In, and go to when It rains. But this this you Just want to llvo In all tho time. Hero thcro are curtulua 'wny up and sunshine, nnd flowors In pots, and magazines, and cozy nooks with cushions every whero; and books that you've Just been read Ing laid down. (All Father's books nrp In bookcases, nlwnys, except whllo one's In your hands being read.) Grandpa's other daughter, Mother's slstor, Hat tie, lives hero and keeps house for Grnndpn. She bus a little boy named Lester, six years oUJ; nnd her huaband Is doad. They wero away for what they called a week-end when wo came, but thoy got hero n little aftor wo did Monday afternoon; nnd they're lovely, too. The house Is a stralght-up-nnd-down one with a back and front, but no .sldos oxcept tho one snug up to you on tho right nnd loft. And thoro Isn't any yard except a llttlo bit of n squaro brick ono at tho back whero thoy havo clothes and nub barrels, and n llttlo grass opofc in front at ono side of tho itops, not big enough for our old en: to tnko a nnp in, hardly. But lt,'8 per fectly lovoly inside; und it's tho In side1 iif sie Umt ronl); count, Just ns. It Is the Inside of people their hearts, I menu: whether they're and kind or hatoful nnd d!ngrecnblo. We have dinner at night hero, nnd I've been to the theater twice already In the nfternoon. I'v'i got to go to school next week. Mother says, but ho far I've Just been having a good time. And so's Mother. Honestly. It hns Just seemed as If Mother couldn't crowd the days full enough. She hasn't been still n minute. Lots of her old friends have been to see her; and when there hasn't been anybody else around she's taken Peter nnd had him drive us nil over Boston to see things all kinds of things; Bunker hill and museums, and moving pictures, and one play. But wo didn't stay at the play. It started out all right, but pretty soon a man and a womnn on the stage began to quarrel. Thoy were married (not renlly, but In the play, I mean,), and I guess It was some more of that in compatibility stuff. Anyhow, ns they begnn to talk more and more, Mother began to fidget, and pretty soon I saw she was gathering up our things; nnd tho minute tho curtnln went down after the first act, she says: "Come, dear, we're going home. It It isn't very warm here." As If I didn't know what she. was really leaving fori Do old folks hon estly think they nrc fooling us all the time, I wonder? But even If I hadn't known then, I'd havo known It Inter, for that evening I heard Mother and Aunt Nuttlo tnlklng In the library. No, I didn't listen. I henrd. And that's a very different matter. You listen when you ntenn to, nnd that's sneaking. You hear when you can't help yourself, and that you can't bo blamed for. Sometimes it's your good luck, and sometimes It's your bad luck Just nccordlng to what you henrt Well, I was In tho window-seat In tho library reading when Mother nnd Aunt Ilattle came In ; and Mother was saying: "Of course I came out I Do you sup pose I'd havo had that child see thnt play, after I realized what It was? As if she hasn't hnd enough of such wretched stuff already In her abort life 1 Oh, nnttle, Hattle, I "want that child to laugh, to sing, to fairly tingle with the Joy of living every minute thnt she Is with me. I know so we' what fihe has had, and what sho will have in that tomb. You know In six months she goes bnck " Mother snw me then, I know; for sho stopped right off short, and nfter n moment began to talk of something else, very fnst. And pretty quick tl went out Into the hall again. Dear llttlo Mother! Bless her old heart 1 Isn't sho the ducky dear to want me to have all the good times possible now so as to make up for the six months I've got to be with Father? You see, she knows nt It Is to llvo with Father even better than I do. Well, I guess sho doesn't drend It for me any more than I do for myself. Still, I'll hnvo the girls there, and I'm dying to' see them again and I won't have to stay home much, only nights nnd meals, of course, and Father's al ways pretty busy with his stars nnd comets and things. Besides It's only for six months, then I can come back to Boston. I can keep thinking of thnt. But I know now why I've been hav lng such a perfectly beautiful time Vll this week, and why Mother has Ikhmi filling every minute so full o fun and good times. Why, even when wo'ro ut home here, she's always bun Ing up little Lester nnd getting him to hnvo a romp with us. But of course next week I've got to go to school, and It can't be quite so Jolly then. Well, I guess that's all for this time. ABOUT A MONTH LATER I didn't make a chapter of that hist, It wasn't long enough. And, really, 1 don't know ns I've got much to add to it now. There's nothing much hai- pencd. I go to school now, and don't havo so much time for fun, School's pretty good, und thero nre two or three girls 'most as nlco as tho ones at Anderson vlllo. But not quite. Out of school Mother keeps things Just as lively as over, and we have beautiful times, Mother Is having a lovely tlmo with her own friends, too. Seems as If thero Is always somo ono hero when I get home, and lots of times there are tens and parties, and people to dinner. Thero uro gentlemen, too. I suppose ono of them will be Mother's lover by and by; but of course 1 don't know which one yet. I'm awfully Interested In them, though. And of courso It's perfectly natural that I should be Wouldn't you bo Interested In tho man that wis going to be your new father? Well, I Just guess you would! Any body would. Why, most folks havo only one fnther, you know, nnd thoy have to tnko that one Just ns ho Is; and It's all a matter ot chnnco whether they get ono that's cross or pleasant: or homely or lino nnd grand-looking: nr t.r. ,..,.,.. v.i.,.1 i . v0 i kiss und hunt? rniiml hla nnM.- stand-off. don't-touch-me-I-mu'stn't-be- disturbed kind like mine. I moan the ono I did havo. But, there! thnt doesn't Bound right, either; for of courso bo's still my fnthor Just tho same, only well, he isn't Mother's husbnnd any more, so I suppose he's only my fnther by order of tho court, same as I'm his daughter. Woll, anyhow, he's tho father I've grown up with, nnd of courso I'm used to him now. And It's an nltogethcr different matter to think of having a brand-new fnthor thrust upon you, nil rendy-mnde, ns you might say, nnd ot couko I nm Interested. There's such n whole lot dopends on tho fnthor. Why, only think how different things would have boon nt home if my fathor 'I'M.1 l'tiV2.UfttoH 'Lm wee audi a lot of tilings I bar! to be careful not to do nnd Jttt n tunny I hnd to be careful to do on account of rather. And so now, when I fee all these nice young gentlemen (only they nren't all young: some of them are quite old) coming to the house and talking to Mother, and hanging over the bnck of ner cmtir, ami numiiiig ner lea nnu m- tie cakes, I can't help wondering which, ,f any, I, going to be her lover and my new miner, aiiu i nm aiso wonuenng what I'll have to do on account of him when I get him, If I get him. There are quite a lot of them, and they're all different. They'd make very different kinds of fathers, I'm sure, and I'm afrnld I wouldn't like some of them. But, nfter nil, It's Mother that ought to settle which to have not me. She's the ono to be pleased. 'Twottld be such a pity to have to change agnln. Though she could, of course, same as she did Father, I sup pose. As I said, they're all different. There nre only two that are anywherorjhear alike, and they aren't quite the same, for one's a lawyer and tho other's In n bunk. But they both carry canes and wear tall silk hats,and part their hair In tho middle, nnd look at you through the kind of big round oye glasscs with dark rims that would make you look awfully homely If they ilt.ln'i- mnkft vm. innk- sn stvllsti. nut ...... - I don't think Mother cares very much for either the lawyer or the bnnk man, and I'm glnd. I wouldn't like to live with those glasses every day, even ill they are stylish. I'd much rather have Father's kind. Then there's the mnn that paints pictures. lie's tail nnd sllm,.nnd wears queer ties and long hnlr. lie's nlwnys standing bnck and looking at things with his head on one side, nnd cx clnlmlng "Oh !" and "Ah I" with a long brenth. Ho says Mother's coloring is wonderful. I heard him. And I didn't like it very well, either. Why, It Bounded as if sho put It on herself out of a box on her bureau, same as somo other ladles dol Still, bo's not so bad, maybe; though I'm not sure but what his paints and pictures would bo Just as tiresome to live with as Father's stars, when It came right down to wnntlng a husbnnd to llvo with you nnd talk to you every day In the year. You know you have to think of such things when it conies to choosing n now futlier I mean a new husband. (I keep forgetting that it's Mother and not me that's doing the choosing.) Well, to resume and go on. There's' the violinist. I mustn't forget him. But, then, nobody could forget him. He's lovely: so handsome nnd distinguished-looking with his perfectly beautiful dark eyes and white teeth. And he plays well, I'm simply crazy over hls plnylng. I only wish Carrie Heywood could hear him. She thinks her brother can play, lie's a traveling violinist with a show; and he came home once to Andersonville. And I heard him. But he's not the real thing at all. Not a bit. Why, he might be anybody, our grocer, or the butcher, up there playing that violin. Ills eyes are little and blue, and his hair Is red and very short. I wish she could hear our violinist play! And there's another man that comes to the parties and tens ; oh, of courso there are others, lots of them, married men with wives, and unmarried men with nnd without sisters. But I mean nnother man specinlly. Ills name Is Harlow. He's a little man with a brown pointed beard nnd big soft brown eyes. He's really awfully good looking, too. 1 don't know what hu does do; but he's married. I know that. He never brings his wife, though; but Mother's idways asking for her, clear and distinct, and she nlwnys sndles, nnd her voice kind of tinkles like little silver bells. But just the same he never brings her. He never takes her anywhere. I henrd Aunt Huttle tell Mother so at the very first, when ho came. She said they weren't n bit happy together, and thnt there'd probably be a divorce before long. But Mother asked for her Just the saine the very next time. Arid she's done it ever since. I think I know now why she does. I found out, nnd I was simply thrilled. It was so exciting I You see, they wero lovers onco themselves Mother nnd this Mr. Harlow. Then something happened nnd they quarreled. Thnt was just before Father came. Of courso Mother didn't tell me this, nor Aunt Huttle. It wns two ladles. I heard them talking at a tea one day. I was right behind them, and I couldn't get uway, so I Just couldn't help hear ing what they snld. They were looking ncross the room nt Mjnthcr. Mr. Harlow was talking to her. Ho wns leaning forward in his chair and talking so enmestly to Mother; and he looked just as If ho thought thero wasn't unother soul ltv tho room but Just they two. But Mother Mother was Just listening to bo polite to company. Anybody could see thnt. And the very first chnnco she got she turned nnd begnn to talk to n ' laity wno was suniumg in.-'u ahu huu . m. A II . . 4 .1 1. never so much as looked toward Mr. ' ll,low, "M111"". I 1110 ,".(Ues frotU of me laughed then, nnd one of them said, with a llt tlo nod of her head, "I guess Madge Desmond Anderson can look out for herself nll right." Then they got up nnd went nwny without seeing me. And all ot a sud den I felt nlmost sorry, for I wanted them to soo me, I wanted them to sco thnt I know my mother could tnko care of hcrsolf, too, and that I was proud of It. If thoy hnd turned I'd havo said BOj, But. lliCI didn't tyrn. TO BE CONTINUED. - :o: J. V. Romlgh tolls Dodgo Brothors Mrs snd trucks xeluslvoly, and up- pllea good nrvla to Uialr owner. J)r. L. J. Kit A USE, Dentist, X-Haj Diagnosis. .McDoimld Hank Building. Phono 07. :o:- NOTICK Anyone desiring to bo transferred from one school district to anothor f0r school purposes should mnko nnnllrnf!nn tn tha m Wn n, a mLun B P, who biv! boon transferred but do not need the transfor privilege any moro ahoula notify this offico to that effect AILEEN G, COCHRAN. County Superintendcn When in Omaha stop with us Hotel Conant Hotel Sanford Hotel Henshaw Our reputation of 20 vears fair dcalint? is uuck or mcse notcis. uucsts may . , . . " siop at any one oi them with tho as- r'i" ,?i ,10nCat ValU and CONANT HOTEL COMPANY FARM LOANS Como in and soo mo when in need of Farm Loans. At the present time I can mawko a tew Farm Loans. T. 0. SWENSON UNION STATE BANK BR. J. R. aicKIRAHAN Practice Limited to Diseasso of Women and Surgery Over Rcxall Drug Storo Phones: Offico 127 Residence 656 Office 340 House 723J Bit. W. I. SHAFFER Osteopath Physician Over tho Oasis North Platte J. S. TWINEM, H. D. Homepathlc Physician & Surgeon General Practice nnd Construction Surgery Hospital Accommodation IMatto Valley Hospital Former Nnmo Twlncin Hospital NOltTH PLATTE NEBK. REGISTRATION NOTICE TO VOTERS Tho law requires that all voters in cities ot 7,000 or moro register at the offico of tho City Clerk. At the last city olection an opportunity was given to register at tho polling places and mnof f f timer untlnn inrvt ci f fTM. nyr, was, however, less than half of tho le gal voters of tho city who voted at tho city election, all of whom will want to vote at tho primaries in July. Tn nrrtnr in nnnnmnilntn fVinm fVin itfv ... . , . , . . will bo prepared to roglstor voters during all of tho month of May at tho offica of tho City Clerk. It onlv re- 1 mmmmHmmmm quires two or threo minutes and wo'th? 2l8,1 day of August. 1922, has been ,, . . , . , ,,, ask all voters to rogister who did not at the last eloctlon. Thomas F. Healey and A. W. Shilling, Commissioners ot Registration. O. E. Elder, City Clerlr. J. C. llollman, Attorney. NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estato No. 1879 of Bridget Jones, de ceased, in tho County Court ot Lin coln County, Nobrnska. Tho Stato of Nobraska, as.: Credit ors or Bald estato will tako notice thnt tho timo limited for presentation ?t o A,r oo1"81, S,aU1 Er or demands shall not bo presented on Hi.n,,A,iBU1!,t,2 H22', an1 m ' or Prior to tho said 21st day of Au tlemont of said Lstato is April 18th, ,,, n,n , Rh. hn fnrnvnr 1923; that I will sit at tho Count v Court room in said County on May 23, 1922, at 10 o'clock A. M nnd on August 23rd, 1922 at 10 o'clock A. M., to recolre, examine hoar, allow, or adjust nll claims and objections duly tllod. Dated April 18th, 1922. WM. H. C WOODHURST, (Soal) County Judge. John Grant, Atternoy. NOTICE OF FINAL REPORT Estato No. 1825, of Goorgo Lannln, de ceased, in tho County Court of Lin coln Couv.ty, Nobraska, Tho Stato ot Nobraska, to all per sons Interested In said Estato tako no tico that tho Administratrix baa filed a final account and roport ot hor ad ministration nnd a potltlon for final sottlement nnd discharge as such, Ad ministratrix which havo boon sot for hearing boforo said court on May 30th, 1922, at 10 o'clock A. M., when you may apor and oontaat tho samo. Dated May 5Ui. 1922. T. S. BLANIvHNBURG, (Swl) Acting 'County. Judge. ItAItE BARGAIN IN PIANO We have a lilgh-grado piano In our posesslon at North Platte. For quick disposal we will greatly sacrifice the price. Terms If responsible. Write at onco If Interested to tho Denver Music Co., Denver Colo. OFFICE OF MUTUAL BUILDING & "AN ASSOCIATION To Ulc shareholders Qf Said Assoclattlon: At n mooting of the state taxing authorities held in Lincoln April 20, it was docided, that in arriving at the valuation to bo placed on shares of stock in domestic Building & Loan Associations for tho purpose of taxa tion, tho same rulo of arriving at tho taxablo valuation of such shares, with the same deductions, as is applied to the shares of stock of an other domes tic corporations. Tho law provides: "The valuo of tho shares of stock of corporations or ganized under tho laws of. this state shall bo determined for tho purpose of this section by deducting from the actual valuo of tho paid up capital stock surplus and undivided profits, to actual Valuo of tho proporty of tho corporation uoui langioio anu minn- I. i..it. . i . . . giblo listed and taxed in this state, and tho actual value ot tho property of tho corporation outsldo of tho state." Following up this ruling and apply ing tho samo to tho taxablo valuo of tho shares ot this Association, it has been decided that only throe per cent of tho actual valuo of said shares shall bo returned for taxa'tlon; that Is, for each ono hundred dollars of ncttml vame o 8Uch sharo threo dol. lars shall bo roturned as intangible and only one-fourth of that amount shall bo assessed against tho share holder. Shareholders can ascertain tho ac tual value of their shares by applying to the secretary. T. C. PATTERSON, President. NOTICE OF THE FORMATION OF PAVING DISTRICT NO. 14 IN THE CITY OF NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA. To tho owners of the record tltlo ot all property adjacent to or abutting upon tho stroots horoinafter des cribed and all persons interested therein : You and each ot you aro hereby no tified that tho Mayor and City Coun cil! of the City of North Platto did under date of May 2, 1922, pass and appro'vo a certain ordlnanco forming and creating paving district No. 14 of tho city of North Platte, Lincoln Coun ty, Nebraska. And that tho following streotss including tho intersection thoreof within tho limits of the city aro composed within said paving dis trict to wit: Commencing on tho south sido of Third street thonco embracing all ot Locust Street and South Locust Street botween said place of commencement and tho southern boundary of said City or near tho north lino of tho right of way of tho Suburban Irrlga tion District Canal, including street intersections and spaces opposite al loys. Unless objections aro filed as re quired by statute within twenty days from to hfirst publication of this no tice, tho Mayor and City Council shall proceed to construct such paving. Dated this 8th day of May, 1922. (Seal) E. H. EVANS, Mayor. Attest: O. E. ELDER., City Clerk. ' Will E. Shuman, Attorney. NOTICE TO CREDITORS In tho County Court of Llncoln Coun ty, Nobraska. In Uie Matter of the I Estate of Frederick Werneke, De CCnSCd Notice is hereby given to any and all porsons havJnB clalms and de mands against tho estato of tho said Frederick Werneke, deceased, that bui aim uwiomieu us uiu uuy lor uiu ,.n v.it ,u.,tmf and allowance of lawful claims and demands of all porsons, against said estate and that tho County Court ot Lincoln County, Nobraska, will at said timo receive, examine, adjust and allow all such claims against said estato, as provided by law, at the County Court Room in tho Court Houso in tho City ot North Platto, Lincoln County, Nobraska, and nll porsons so interested in said estato, will appear at said tlmo and placo nnd duly present tholr said claims and demands in tho manner roquirod by law, or show causo for not so do ing, nnd In enso any of said claims gust 1922, tho samo shall bo forever barred- IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF. T hnvo signed this notlco and affi.c 1 tho aeal of aald Court this 24th day of April 1922. T. S. BLANKENBURG, (Soal) 1 Acting County Judgo. J. C. Hollman, Attornoy. NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estato No. 1880 ot Sarah A. Morton, deceased, in tho County Court of Lincoln County, Nebraska. Tho Stato of Nobraska, ss.; Credit ors of said estato will tako notlco thai tho tlmo limited for presontntlon and filing ot claims against said Estate U August 23rd, 1922, and for settlement ot snld Estato Is April 18th, 1923; that I will Bit at tho County Court In said County on May 23, 1922, at 10 o'clock A.'M., and on August 23, 1922 nt 10 o'clock A. M., to receive, ex amine, hear, allow, or adjust all claims and objections duly tiled. Dated April 18th, 1922. WM. II. a WOODHURST, (goal) County Judgo. L. & S. Groceteria. Bit, REBFIELB Physician, Obstetrician, Surgeon X-Itoy Calls promptly answered Night or Day Phones. Offico G42 Residenco G7C Bit. HAROLD FENNER Osteopath Over Hlrschfeld's Offico Phono 333 Ros. Phono 1020 BR. M. B. STATES Chiropractor Rooms 5. 6, 7 Building & Loan Bldg. Office Phono 70 Res. Pkono 1242 Office Phone 241 Res. Phone 217 L. C. BROST Osteopathic Physician North Platte, Nebraska. Knights of Columbus Building. MRS. M. HENRY GILFOYL Teacher of Yolco Cnltnro and the Art of Singing Res. Studio 108 W. Third Phono 114J OTIS R. PLATT, M. B. Physician and Snrgcon X-Ilay Dlagnoss and Treament Over Union State Bank Office Phono 296W House Phone 29GR GEO. B. BENT Physician and Snrgcon Special Attention Given to Surgery and Obstetrics Offico: Building & Loan Building Phones: Office 130 Residenco 115 BR. L. A. SNAVELY Dentist X-Itny Diagnosis Oxygen and Gas Anesthesia for Extractions. Over Union State Bank . Phono 29G. BERRYBERRY & FORBES Licensed Embnlmers Undertakers and Funeral Directors Day Phono 41 Night Phono Black 548 Eyes examined, Glasses fitted. Sat isfaction, sure. Clinton & Son W. T. PRITCHARB Graduate Veterinarian Ex-Governmont Veterinarian and ex assistant deputy Stato Veterinarian. Hospital 315 South Vino Street Phones. Hospital 633 Residence 633 EB KIERIG Auctioneer For dates and terms call at First National Bank North Platto, Nob. WM. WALBORF Tinner Makes or Repairs anything made of Tin or Shoot Motal. 510 Locust Under Genoral Hospital JOHN S. SDLMS, JUL B. Special Attention Given to Surgery McDonald Bank Building Offico Phono 83 Residence 38 FOR SALE Choice lot of young Red Poll bulls at farmers prices at PAYNE'S DAIRY FARM South Dewey Stroot Is your wife lonesome while you aro away? Send hor Tho Tribune. WhenmNorthPlatte COME AND SEEJUS Palace Cafe Evorythlnn reasonable. Station. first class and prices Opposite Union Pacific olel Palace Palace Bazaar