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THE NORTH PLATTE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE r MARY MARIE Wy Eleanor H. Porter Illustrations by H. Livingstone CHAPTER V Continued. And thta I told it nil about tb girls, Stella Mnyhew, Carrie, nnd how tlicy noted, nnd what they said about my being Dr. Jekyll nnd Mr. Hyde because I wns a Mary nnd a Mario, nnd the Ice-cream, nnd the parties they nnd to give up If Uiey went with me. And I know 1 wiih cry ing fo I could hardly speak, before I finished; nnd Father was on IiIh feet tramping up nnd down the room mut tering something under" bin brcnth, nnd looking oh, I can't begin to tell how he looked. Hut It was awful. "And ho thnt'fl why I wish," I fin ished chokingly, "(hut It would hurry up nnd be n year, so Mother could get married." "Married 1" Like n flash he turned and stopped short, Htnrlng at me. "Why, yes," I cxplalued ; "for If she did get married, she wouldn't be di vorced any longer, would she?" But he wouldn't answer. With a queer little noise In his throat he turned ngnln and begun to walk up and down, up nnd down, until I thought tpr n minute he'd forgotten I wna there. Hut he hadn't. For nfter a while be stopped ugaln right In front of me. "So your mother Is thinking of get ting married," he said in a voice bo queer it sounded ns If it had come from nwny off somewhere. liut I shook my head nnd said no, of course; nnd thnt I was very sure she wouldn't till her year was up, and even then I didn't know which she'd take, so I couldn't tell for sure any thing about It. Hut I hoped she'd tako one of them, so she wouldn't be di vorced any longer. Fnther turned, and began to walk up nnd down ngnln, with his hnnds In his pockets; nnd I didn't know whether to go away or to stay, nnd I suppose I'd have been there now if Aunt Jane hadn't suddenly appeared in the library doorway. "Charles, If Mary Is going to school nt all today It Is high time she was starting," she said. Btit Father didn't necin to hear, lie was still tramping up and down the room, his hands In his pockets. "Charles I" Aunt June raised her voice and spoke again. "I said If Mary Is going to school at all toduy It Is high time she was starting." "Eh? What?" If you'll bellevo it, that mun looted as dazed as If he'd never even heard of my going to school. Then suddenly his face changed. "Oh, yes. to be sure. Well, er Mary Is not going to school to day," he said. Then he looked at his watcli, and without another word strode Into the hall, got his hat, and left the houpe, leaving Aunt Jane and mo staring Into each other's faces. But I didn't stay much longer than Fnther did. I strode In to the hall, too, by Aunt Jane. But I didn't leave the house. I came up here to my own room; nnd over since I've been writ ing It all down In my book. Of course, I don't know now what's going to happen next. Hut I wish you could hnve-seen Aunt June's fuce wjien tmner said i wasn't going to sciiooi today! I don't bellevo she's sure yet that she heard aright though she didn't try to stop me, or even speak when 1 left and came upstairs. But I Just know she's keeping up a power ful thinking. For that matter, so am I. What is going to happen next? Have I got to go to school tomorrow? But then, of course, I shan't do that. Besides, I don't believe Father'll ask me to, nft er what I said about Mother. Iro didn't like that what thoso girls said any better than I did. I'm sure of that. Why, he looked simply furious. But there Isn't nny other school here that I can bo sent to, nnd But what's tho use? I might sur mise nnd speculate all day and not come anywhere near the truth. I must awnit what tho night will bring forth, ns they sny in rcnlly truly novels. FOUR DAYS LATER And what did tho night bring forth? Yes, what did It bring l Verily it brought forth one thing I thought noth ing ever could have brought forth. It wns like this. Thnt night at the supper table Aunt Jane cleared her throat In tho 1-atn dctermlned-l-wlll-spenk kind of a way thnt she always uses when she spcaka to Fnther. (Aunt Jane doesn't talk to Father much inoro than Mother Used to.) "Charles," sho began. Father had nn astronomy paper be side lils plutc, nnd he was ho busy roadhag ho didn't hear, so Aunt Jane had to sneak again a little louder this time. "Charles, I have something to say to yOH," "Eh? What? Oh er yes, Well, Jane, what is tt?" Fattier was looking air, nnd with his forefinger down on ! his paper to keep his dace. As If anybody could talk to a per son who's simply tolerating you for n minute like that, with his forefinger holding on to whut he wants to tend to I Why, I actually found myself being sorry for Aunt June. She cleared her throat again. "It Is understood, of course, that Mary Is to go to school tomorrow morning, I suppose," she snld. '!Why, of course, of course," began Fnther Impatiently, looking down at his paper. "Of course she'll go to " he stopped suddenly. A complete change came to his face. He grew red, then white. His eyes sort of flashed. ".School?" he said then, In a hard, decided voice. "Oh, no; Mary Is not going fo school tomorrow morn ing." He looked down to his paper and began to rend again. For him the subject was very evidently closed. But for Aunt .lane It wns not closed. "You don't menu, Char'es, that she la not to go to school at nil, nny more," Alio gasped. "Exactly." Father read on in hla paper without looking up. Aunt June's Hps enme together hard. "Charles, I'm amazed at you yield ing to that child's whims like this that she doesn't want to go to school! It's the principle of the thing that I'm objecting to. Do you realize what it will lead to what It" "Janel" with u Jerk Father sat up straight. "I realize some things that perhaps you do not. But that la neither here nor there. I do not wish Mary to go to school any more this spring. That Is ull; and I think It is Bulllcleut." "Certainly." Aunt Jane's Hps came together again grim and hard. "Per haps you will be good enough to soy what she shall do with her time." "Time? Do? Why er whut she always does; reud, sew, study" "btuilyV" Aunt Jano asked tho ques tion with a hateful little smile that Fnther would huve been blind not to have understood. And he wus equal to It but I 'most fell over backward wheh I found how equal to It he was. "Certainly," he says, "study. I I'll hear her lessons myself in the li brary, after I come home In the aft ernoon. Now let us hour no more about It." With that he pushed hack lus plate and left tho table without waiting for .dessert. And Aunt Jane aud I were left alone. I didn't say anything. Victors shouldn't boast nnd I was a victor, of course, about the school. But when I thought of wliai Father had said about my reciting my lessons to him every duy in the library I wasn't so sure whether I'd won out or not. Iteclte lessons to my father? Why, I couldn't even imagine such a thing! Aunt Jane didn't say anything either.. I guess she didn't know what to say. And It wns kind of u queer situation, when you came right down to It. Both of us sitting there and knowing I wasn't going hack to school any more, and I knowing why, aud knowing Aunt June didn't know why. (Of course I had not told Aunt Jam- about Mother and Mrs. Mnyhew.) It would be a funny world, wouldn't It, If we nil knew what each other was thinking all the time? Why, we'd get so we wouldn't any of us speak to each oth er, I'm afraid, we'd he so angry at what the other was thinking. Well, Aunt Jane nnd I didn't speak that night nt the h upper table. We finished in stern silence then; Aunt June went upstairs to her room und I went up to mine.' (You see what a perfectly wildly exciting life i.mry is living 1 And when I think of how full of good times Mother wanted every minute to be. But that wns for Marie, of course.) The next morning nfter breakfast Aunt Jane said: "You will spend your forenoon study ing, Mnry. See that you learn well your lessons, so ns nt to annoy your fnther." "Yes, Aunt Jane," said Mary, po lite and proper, nnd went upstairs obediently; hut even Mnry didn't kimw exactly how to study thoso les sons. , Carrie had brought me nil my books from school. I had asked her to when I know thnt I was not going back. There wore the lessons thnt had been assigned for tho noxt day, of course, nnd I supposed probably Father would want mo. to' study those. But I couldn't imagine Fnther teaching me all alone. I couldn't Imagine my self reciting lessons to Father! But I needn't huve worried. If I could only have known. Little did I think But, there, this Is no wny to tell n story. I rend In n book, "How to Write a Novel," thnt you mustn't "nntlclpntc." (I thought folks always anticipated novels. I do. I thought you wanted them to.) Well, to go on. Father got homo at four o'clock, I saw him como up tho walk, and I waited till I wns sure ho'd got settled in tho llbrnry, then I went down. He wnsn't there. A mlnuto lntor I snw him crossing the lawn to the observatory. Well, what to do I. didn't know. Mnry said to go nfter him; but Mnrle snld nay, nny. And In spite of being Mnry Just now, I let Mario have her way. Bush after htm nnd tell him ho'd forgotten to hoar my lessons? Fa ther? Well, I guess notl Besides, It wnsn't my fault. I was there all ready. It wasn't my blamo thnt he wasn't there to hear roe. But he might remombcr and como back. Well, If ho did, I'd bo there. So I went to one of thoso bookcases nnd pulled out a touch-me-not book from behind the glass door. Then I sat down and read tlllthe sapper heU rung. Fattier wns live minutes fate to sup per. I don't know whether he looked nt me or not. T didn't dnre to look nt him until Aunt Jnne said, In her chilliest mnnner: "I trust your daughter hnd good lessons, Charles." I had to look at him then. 1 Just couldn't look anywhere else. So I wns looking straight at him when ho gave that funny little startled glance Into my eyes, And Into his eyes then there crept the funniest, dearest little understanding twinkle and I sudden ly renllzed that Father, Father, was laughing with me at a little secret be tween us. But 't was only for a sec ond. The next moment his eyos were very grave and looking nt Aunt Jnne. "I have no cnuse to complain of my daughter's lessons today." he said very quietly. Then he glanced over at me ngaln. But I had to look away quick, or I would have laughed right out. When he got up from the table he snld to me: "I shall expect to see you tomorrow In. the library at four, Mnry." And Mnry nnswered : "Yes, Fnther, polite nnd proper, ns she should; but Mnrle Inside wns Just chuckling with the Joko of It nil. The next day I watched ngaln at four for Fnther to come up the walk; and when he had come in I went down to the library. He wns there in his pet seat before the flreplncc. (Fnther alwnys sits before the fireplace, whether there's a fire there or not. And sometimes he looks so funny sit ting there, staring into those gray ashes Just ns If it wns the liveliest kind of n fire he was watching.) As I said, he was there, but I hnd to speak twice before he looked up. Then, for u minute, he stnred vaguely. "I Have No Cause to Complain of My Daughter's Lessons Today," He Said Very Quietly. "Eh? Oh! Ah er yes, to be sure," he muttered then. "You have come with your books. Yes, I remember." But there wasn't any twinkle In his eyes, nor the least little bit of an un derstanding mnlle; and 1 was disap pointed. I had been looking for It. 1 knew then, when I felt so suddenly lost and heart-nchey. that I hud been expecting and planning alt day on that twlnkly understanding smile. You know you feel worse when you've Just found a father and then lost lilnil And I had lost lilni. I knew It the minute he sighed and frowned mid got up from his sent and said, "Oh, yes, to be sure." He was Just Doctor Anderson' then the man who knew all ubout tho Htur.s, and who hart been unmarried to Mother, and who called me "Mnry" In an of-course-you're-my-dnughter tone of voice. Well, ho took my books and heard my lessons, and told me what I was to study noxt day. He's done that two days now. Oh, I'm so tired of bchig Mary I And I've got more than four whole months of It left. I didn't get Moth cr's letter todny. Maybe that's why I'm specially lonesome tonight. JULY FIRST. School Is done, both the regular school and my school. Not that my school has amounted to much. Really It hnsn't. Oh, for three or four days he asked questions qulto like Just a teacher. Thon he got to talking. Sometimes It would he t about some thing In the lessons; sometimes it would bo about u star, or the moon. And he'd get so Interested that I'd think for n mlnuto thnt maybe tho un derstanding twlnkla would come into his eyes again. But it nevor did. Sometimes it wnsn't stars nnd moous, though, thnt ho tnlked about. It was Boston, and Mother. Yes, ho did. Ho i talked a lot about Mother. As I look ! back nt it now, I can seo that he did. ! Ho asked mo all' over ngaln what she ) did, nnd about tho parties, and the folks that camo to seo her. Ho asked nimln about Mr. nnrlow, and about the concert,,, and tho' young man who played tho violin, and what was his name, and how old was he, and did I like him. And then, right tn the mm die of some question, or rather, right In the mlddlo of somo answer I was civlnir him, he would suddenly rcmom ber he was hearing my lessons, and he would say. "Come, come, Mary, what has this to do with your lea- ions?" TO BE CONTINUED. :o: - Victor. Victorolaa, Holloy Music WHAT'S YOUR BRAIN POWER? --for that's what counts today In business nnd elsewhere. Most of us would rccclvo tho shock of our lives If wo were told thnt our oyes wore materially reducing our ability to de velopmentally. Yet It's a fact! Per Imp's It's your eyes! Why not know that they are right, and not retarding your progress. See an optical special ist. Ho will know, you ought to. DIXON OPTICAL CO. Eyes Tested Lens Ground :o Mrs. J. W. Newberry of Tryon trans acted busness In the city Thursday. When in Omaha STOP WITH US Hotel Conant Hotel Sanford Hotel. Henshaw Our rmttcit!rtn nf 1(1 vitiro fait Anftllnrr it back of these hotels. Guests may I stop at any ono of them with tho aa- tho shares of stock of corporations or sunmccof receiving honest value and jganlzed under tho laws of this state nAMAirr utpt muniMu sha11 be determined r tuo Purpose LUNAN1 HOTEL COMPANY of this section by deducting from tho FARM LOANS Como in and see me when in need of Farm Loaus. At the present time I can mawko a few Farm Loans. T. 0. SWENSON UNION STATE BANK DB. J. B. McKIBAIIAN Practice Limited to Dlseasse of Women and Surgery Over Rexali Drug Store Phones: Office 127 Residence 656 Office 340 Houso 723J DB. W. I. SHAFFI3B Osteopath Physician Over tho Oasis North Platto J. S. TWINEH, M. D. (Homeopath) Medicine nnd Surgery' Hospital Facilities NORTH PLATTE, NBBR. Offico Phone 183 Residence 283 NOTICE OF PETITION Estate of Rhoda A. Edmlston de ceased in tho County Court of Llncolv County, Nebraska Tho Stato of Nebraska. To all por- sons interested in said Estate tako notice that a petition has been filed for tho administration of said estate and for the appointment of Edwin W. Wright as Administrator of said estate which has been sot for hearing horoin on Juno 80, 1922 at 10 o'clock a. m. Dated May 29, 1922. WM. H. C. WOODHURST, Seal County Judge. NOTICE FOR BIDS Notico Is heroby given that tho Board of County Commissioners ol L'culi County, Nebraska, will on the 5th day of Juno 1922 recolvo soaled bids for the care of tho County Poor for tho balance of the year 1922, aa por specified bidding forms on fllo In Uio County Clerk's offico. All bids must bo filed with tho County Clork on or beforo 12 o'clock noon of tho Cth day of Juno 1922, and will be publicly opened In tho offico t the f'ountj Comml?-'.o.i('i-a at 2 P. M. of tho same day. Dated at North Platto, Nobraska, this 16th day of May, 1922. (Soal) A. S. ALLEN, County Clork. NOTICE OF TAKING UP ESTRAY Takon up, by tlu uuderslgnod at 2100 East Sixth stroot, County of Lin coln, Stato of Nobraoku; on tho 9th day of May 1922: Ono whlto-faocd 3-year old heifer; brand on loft side. H. V. Pastued, on F. J. Broomer's place Dated thin 16th day of May 1922. Slgnod: . W. D. CRAIG. NOTICE All parents living in rural districts, who deslro froo high school privileges for their children for tho noxt school year, should make application to this offico for froo high school tuition bo- foro tho annual meeting. AILEEN G. COCHRAN, bounty Superintendent. You buy Service and Reliability in a Dodge Brothers car, and then prompt nfter-servlce at reasonable :o: PLAYER PIANO FOR SALE Wo have stored in a public ware house In North Platte a new high grade player piano which for quick sale, will bo sold at a tremendous sacrifice. Terms to any responsible parrty. If Interested write quick for particulars to Tho Denver Music Company Denver, Colorado. OFFICE OF MUTUAL BUILDING LOAN ASSOCIATION & To the Shareholders of Said Association: At a mooting of the state taxing authorities held In Lincoln April 26, it was docided, that in arriving at the .valuation to bo placed on shares of stock in domestic Building & Loan Associations for the purpose of taxa tion, the same rulo of arriving at tho ttaxnblo valuation of such shares, with the same deductions, as is applied to the shares of stock of all other domcs- I fin mrnnrattnns. The law provides: "Tho value of actual value of tho paid up capital stock surplus and undivided profits, the actual value of tho property of tho corporation both tangible and intan gible listed and taxed in this state, and tho actual valuo of tho property of the corporation outsldo of tho state." I Following up thl3 ruling" and apply ing the same to the taxable value of tho shares of this Association, it has been decided that only three per cent of tho actual value of said shares shall be returned for taxation; that is, for each ono hundred dollars of actual value of such share three dol lars shall bo returned as Intangible and only one-fourth of that amount shall bo assessed against the share holder. Shareholders can ascertain tho ac tual value of their shares by applying to the secretary. T. C PATTERSON, President. 8 NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS Scaled bids will be received at the office of tho Stato Department of Pub lic Works, fourth floor Brownell Block at Lincoln, Nebraska, until 12 o'clock, noon, on Juno 12, 1922, for gravel, sur facing, culverts and Incidental work on tho Nortn Platte-Vroman Crossing Project No. 170, Federal Aid Road. Bids will he opened and contracts let In tho Senate Chamber, Capital Building as fast as practlcablo after time for filing bids is closed. County Boards are heroby requested to be present or represented. Bidders are invited to be present. Tho proposed work consists of con structing 26.326 miles of Gravel road Tho approximate quantities are: 18,500 Cubic yards earth excava tion. 1,191.04 Sta. Blade grader conBtruc tion. 17,500 100 100 6,000 14,500 Cu. Yds. Clay excavation for Binder. Cu. Yds. Special excavation Class A Grading. Cu. Yds. Special excavation Class B Culvert Cu. Yds. Sta. overhaul. Cu. Yds. Ml. Hauling clay for binder. 27.25 Cu. Yds. Concrete for Head- walls. 552 Lin. ft. "Wood Guard rail. 78 Lin. ft. 18 In. Corrugated pipe. 40 Lin. ft, pipo. 26 Lin. tt. 24 in. 36 in. Corrugated Corrugated pipe. 280,711 Sq. Yds. 4x20 Gravel surfac ing. 21,627 Sq. Yds, facing. 6.333 Sq. Yds 3x20 Gravel sur 2x20 Gravel sur- facing. Cortitlod chock for 5 por cent of the Class B, Grading. 200 Cu. Yds. Special excavation amount of tho bid will bo required with each and every bid received. Plans nnd specifications for tho work may bo soon and information and proposal forms secured at tho of fice of tho County Clork at North Platto, Nobraska or at tho office of tho Stato Department of Public Works at Lincoln. Nobraska. Tho State and County resorvo the right to waive all technicalities and reject any or all bids. A. S- ALulUN, County Clork, Lincoln c ounty. GEO. E. JOHNSO: Secretary. WbeninNorth Platte COME AND SEE US Hotel Palace Palace Cafe Palace Bazaar Evwythtag first class aad prices reasonable. Opposite Union Pacific SUtton. L. & S. Groceteria. DR. BEDFIELD Physician, Obstetrician, Surgeon X-Ray Calls promptly answered Night or Day Phones. Office G42 Residence 676 DR. HABOLD FENNEB Osteopath Ovor Hirschfeld's Office Phono 333 Res. Phone 1020 Dlt. 31. B. STATES Chiropractor Rooms 5. 6, 7 Building & Loan Bids. Offico Phono 70 Res. Phono 1242 Office Phono 241 Res. Phone 217 L. C. DBOST Osteopathic Physician North Platte, Nebraska. Knighta of Columbns Building. MRS. SL HENRY GILFOYL Teacher of Yoke Cnltnro and the Art of Simring Res. Studio 108 W. Third Phone 114J OTIS B. PLATT, M. D. Physician and Surgeon X-Ray "Dlagnoss and Treament Over Union State Bank Offico Phone 296W Houso Phone 296R l GEO. B. DENT Physician and Surgeon Special Attontion Given to Surgery and Obstetrics Office: Building & Loan Building Phones: Office 130 Residence 115 DB. L. A. SNAVELY Dentist X-Ray Diagnosis Oxygen and Gas Anesthesia for Extractions. Over Union State Bank Phone 296. DEBBYBEBBY & FOBBES Licensed Enibnlmcrs Undertakers and Funeral Directors Day Phone 41 Night Phone Black 538 Eyes examined, Glasses fitted. Sat isfaction, sure. Clinton & Son W. T. PBITCHABD Graduate Veterinarian Ex-Government Veterinarian and ex assistant deputy Stato Veterinarian; Hospital 315 South Vino Street Phones. Hospital 633 Residence 63S ED KIEBIG Auctioneer For dates and terms call at First National Bank North Platto, Nob. war. WALDOBF Tinner Mako3 or Repairs anything made of Tin or Sheet Metal. 510 Locust Undor Genoral Hospital JOHN S. SIMMS, M. D. Special Attention Given to Surgery McDonald Bank Building Office Phone 83 Residence 33 FOR SALE Choice lot of young Red Poll bulla at farmers prlcoa at PAYNE'S DAIRY FARM South Dewey Street Is your wlfo lonesomo while you ara away? Send her The Tribune. ' Halllgan, Bcatty, & Malllgan, Attys. NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estato No. 1884 of Louis Rayomo, de ceased in tho County Court of Lin coln County, Nebraska. Tho Stato of Nebraska, as: Credit ors of sold estate will take notico that tho tlmo limited for presentation and filing of claims against said estate is Sopt 13, 1922, and for settlement of Bald Estato is May 9, 1923; that I will ait at tho county court room in said County on Juno 13th, 1522, at 10 o'clock a. m. and on Sept 13, 1922 at 10 o'clock a. m., to receive, oxaralno, hear, allow, or adjust alt claims and objections duly filed. Dated May 9, 1922. T. a Bkmkenburg, Acting County Judge up witn uis 'io-pauciiwjMi.iHHa-nia Uouae,
