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    THE NORTH PLATTE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE
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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,