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    THE NORTH PLATTE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE
SMARY
MARIE
A
Blcanor H. Porter
it
Illustrations by
9. H. Livingstone
CHAPTER YII Continued.
"I sny I don't believe you appreciate
my mother. Yon acted right now as
If yon didn't believe she meant It when
I told you she was Rind you had found
nn estimable woman to make a home
for you. Hut she did mean It. I know,
because she said It fceforo. once, last
yenr, that she hoped you would And
one. Yes, and that Isn't nil. There's
another reason why I know Mother
nlwiiys has has your best Interest at
heart. She she tried to make mo over
Into Mary before I came, ho as to
please you."
"She did what?" Once more he made
me Jump, he turned so suddenly, and
spoke with such a Short, sharp snap.
But In spite of the Jump I went right
on, Just as I hntl before, llrm arid de
cided. I told him everything all about
the cooking lessons, and the astronomy
book we read nn hour every day, and
the pink silk dress I couldn't have, and
tlio self-discipline. And bow she said
If she'd had self-dlsclpllne when she
wns n girl, her life would have been
very different.
, I talked very fast and hurriedly. I
wns afraid he'd Interrupt, and I
wnntcd to get In all J. could before he
did. Hut he didn't Interrupt at all. He
"And 80 You Came as Mary?"
did not even stir until I said how at
the Inst she bought me the homely
shoes nnd the plain dark suU so I
could go ito Mary, and bo Mary when
Aunt Jane first saw me get off the
train.
When I said that, he dropped his
hand and turned around nnd stared at
me. And there wns such, n funny look
In his eyes. Then he got up and began
to walk up and down the piazza, mut
tering: "So you enme as Mary, you
came as Mary." Then, after n minute,
he gave a funny little lnugb and sat
down.
Mrs. Small came up tho front wnlk
then to see 'Cousin Grac. and Father
told her to go right Into tho library
where Cousin Grace was. So wo were
left alone again, after a minute. '
It wns 'most dark on (bo piazza, but
I could see Father's face In tho light
from tho window ; and It looked well,
I'd never seen It look like that before.
It was as If something Unit had been
on It for years had dropped off nnd
left It clear where beforo it had been
blurred and Indistinct. No, that
doesn't exactly describe It either. I
can't describe It. Hut I'll go on und
sny what he said.
After Mrs. Small had gone Into tho
house, and ho saw that she was sit
ting down with Cousin Grace In the
library, ho turned to me and said:
"And so you enmo ns Miry?"
I said yes, I did.
"Well? I I got ready for Marie."
Hut then I didn't .quite understand,
not even when I looked nt him and
saw Hie old understanding twinkle In
his eyes.
"Yon mean you thought I was com
Ing ns Mnrlo, of course," I Bald then.
"Yes," no nodded.
"Hut I came ns Mary."
"I see now that you did. Well, Mury,
you've told'mo your Btory, so-1 sup-
nose I mnv as well toll you mine now.
You sec, I not only got ready Vor
Marie, but I had planned to keep her
Mnrlc, nnd not let her bo Mnry nt
all."
Ana then ho told inc. lie told me
how he'd' never forcotten thai: dnyitn
the parlor when I cried nnfl .'ho ''snjv
then how hard It (xaa for mo to live
here, with him so absorbed In ins
work nnd Aunt Jario so Btorn -In Jlor
black .drfrig. A kcsald I. fiult. n.
vividly when I talked about being
Mnrlo In Huston, nnd Mnry here, and
hp saw Just how It was. And so ho
thought and thought about It all win
ter, und wondered what he could do.
And after a time It came to liltn he'd
let me be Marie here ; that Is, he'd try
to make It so I could be Marie. And
he was Just wondering how he wns
going to get Aunt .Tane to help him
when she was sent for nnd asked to
go to an old friend who was sick.
And he told her to go, by all means to
ro. Then he got Cousin Grace to como
here. Ho said he knew Cousin Grace,
and he was sure she would know how
to help him to let 1110 stay Marie. So
he talked It over vIth her how they
would let me laugh, and sing nnd play
tho piano all I wanted to, and wear
the clothes I brought with me, nnd
be Just as near as I could be the way
I was In Hoston.
"And to think lifter nil my prepara
tion for Marie, you should be Mary
nlrendy, when you enmc," ho finished.
Father had covered his eyes with
bis hand, as If thinking and thinking,
Just as hard as he could. And I sup
pose It did seem queer to him, that
he should be trying to make me Marie,
and all the while Mother was trying
to make me Mnry. And It seemed so to
me, 08 I began to think It over.
"And so your mother did that,"
Father muttered; nnd there was the
queer little catch In his breath again.
He didn't say an,y more, not n single
word. And nfter a minute he got up
and went Into the house. But he
didn't go Into tho llbrnry where Mrs.
Small und Cousin Grace were talking.
Ha went straight upstnlrs to his own
room nnd shut tho door. I heard it.
And he was still there when I went
up to bed afterward.
How do you suppose Mother's going
to feel when I tell her that uftcr all
her pains Father didn't like It nt nil.
Ho wanted me to be Marie. It's n
shame, after nil the pains she took.
But I won't write It to her, anyway.
Mnyhe I won't have to tell her, unless
she asks me.
Hut 1 know It. And, pray, what nra
I to do? Of course, I can net Hko
Marie here all right, If that Is what
folks want. But I enn't wear Marie,
for I haven't n single Marie thing here.
They're all Mary. That's all I brought.
Oh, deur but; me I WJiy couldn't
Father nnd Mother have been Just the
common llve-hnppy-ovcr-after kind, or
else found out before they married
that they were unllkes?
8EPTEMBER
Well, vucatlou Is over, und I go back
to Boston tomorrow. It's been very
nice and I've had u good time, In spite
of being so mixed up, as to whether
I was Mary or Marie. It wasn't so
bad us I was ufrald It would be. Very
soon after Father nnd I had thnt talk
on the piazza, Cousin Grace took me
down to the store and bought me two
new white dresses, and the dearest lit
tle pair of shoes I ever saw. She said
Father wnntcd me to have them.
And that's all every single word
that's been said about that Mury-und-Mario
business. And even thnt didn't
really say anything not by name. And
Cousin Grace never mentioned It
again. And Father never mentioned
It nt all. Not a word,
Father's been queer, lie's been aw
fully queer. Some days he's talked a
lot with me asked me questions Just
as he used to, nil about what I did In
Hoston, ami Mother, and the people
that came there to see her, and every
thing. And he spoke of the violinist
again, nnl, of course this time I told
him all about him, und thnt lie didn't
come uny more, nor Mr. Kastcrhrook,
either; and Father was so Interested I
Why. It seemed sometimes ns if ho
Just couldn't hear enough about things.
Then, nil of a sudden, nt times, he'd
get right up In the middle of some
thing I was saying und act as If he
was Just waiting for me to finish my
sentence so he could go. And he did
go, Just as soon ns I had finished iny
sentence. And nfter that, maybe, ho
wouldn't hardly spenk to me ngaln for
a whole day.
And so that's why I say he's been
so queer since thn-t night on the piaz
za. Bu"t most of the time ho's been
lovely, perfectly lovely. And so has
Cousin Grnce. And I'vo had a beauti
ful time.
CHAPTER VIII .
Which li the Real Love Story.
BOSTON, FOUR DAYS LATER.
1 Well, here I uni ngnln In Hoston.
Mother und the rest met me at the
station, ami everybody seemed glad to
see me. Just us they did before. And
I wtis glad to see them. Hut I didn't
feel anywhere aeur so excited, nnd
sort of crazy, as I did last year. I
tried to, but I couldnU. I don't know
why. Maybe It was lwcnuserd loen
.Marie all summer, anyway, so I wasn't
so crazy to be Mario now, not needing
any rest from .being Mary. Maybe It
was 'cause 1 sort of bated to leave
Father.
And I did hate to leiuve him, espe
cially when 1 found he bated to have
me leave him. And he did. He .told
me so at the Junutlon. Ho' asked tine
had I been a little happier there with
hlin this year than last; 'nnd ho said
ho hoped I Jind. ' ,
. And 1 told him, of course I had ;
thnt 'it had been perfectly beautiful
there, even lfsthero had been such n
mlj-iip.of him getting ready for Marie,
and Mother sending Mnry. 'And -he
laughed and looked queer sort of half
glal und half iw'w ; and biI1 he
Bhquldit'f worny nboiftNmt.Tlion. tho
tralticaine, ami wo got on and' rode
dowiHo the- junction. Andthorc, .while
wb woro'walUng-fpr''tho" other tralb,.he
told mo how "sorry he was to have 'me
go.
LyttlMlil umr. knonihow, hp
missed me nfter I went lns yOAr. He
said you never knew how you missed
things nnd peopli-!!! they were
gone. And I wondered If, by the
'ay hp said It, he wasn't thinking of
Mother more than he wns of me. nnd
nf her going long ago. And I told him
I loved him dearly, nnd I had loved to
be with Win this summer, nnd thnt I'd
stny bis whole six months with him
next yenr if he wanted mo to.
He shook his head ut thatjbut he
did look happy and pleased, and snld
I'd never know how glad he wns that
I'd said that, and thnt he should
prize It very highly the love of his
little daughter. He said you never
knew how to prize love, either, till
you'd lost It; und he said he'd lenrned
his lesson, and learned It well. I knew
then, of course, that he was thinking
of Mother nnd the long ngo. And I
felt so sorry for hlin.
"Hut I'll stay I'll stay the whole
six months next ycarl" I cried ngaln.
Rut again he shook his head.
"No, no, my denr; I thnnk you, und
I'd love to have you; but It Is much
better for you thnt you stny In Boston
through the scjiool year, and I want
you to do It. It'll Just muke the three
months I do hnve you all the dearer,
because of the long nine months thnt
I do not." he went on very cheerfully
nnd briskly ; "nnd don't look so solemn
nnd long-faced. You're not to blame
for this wretched situation."
The train cume then, and In. put
me oh board, and he kissed me again
but I was expecting it tbfs time, of
The Train Came Then, and He Put Mo
on Board, and He Kissed Me Again
But I Wat Expecting It This Time,
of Course.
course. Then I whizzed off, and he
wub left standing all alone on the
platform. And I felt so sorry for him ;
and nil the way down to Boston I kept
thinking of him what he said, und
how he looked, and how fine und splen
did nnd nny-woman-would-be-proud-of-him
ho was as he stood on the plat
form waving good-by.
And so I guess I was still thinking
of him una being sorry for hiiu when
I got to Boston. Thnt's why I couldn't
be so crazy and hllnrlously glad when
the folks met me, I suspect. Some
way, all of a sudden, I found myself
wishing he could be there, too.
Of course, I know thut tWnt was
bad nnd wicked and unkind to Mother,
and she'd feel so grieved not to have
1110 satisfied with her. And I wouldn't
hnve told her of It for the world. So
I tried Just as hard us I could to for
get him on account of Mother, so as
to lie loyal to her. And I did 'most
forget him by the time I'd got home.
But it nil came back ngaln a little later
when wo "were unpacking my trunk.
You see, Mother found the two new
whHe dresses, und the dear little
shoes. I knew then, of course, that
she'd 'have to know all I mean, how
she hadn't pleused Father, even after
all' her pains trying to have me go ns
Mary.
"Why, Marie, whht In the world Is
this?" she demanded, holding up one
of the now dresses.
I could have cried.
I suppose she . saw by my f uce how
awfully I felt 'cuuse she'd found It
And, of course," she suw something
was the matter; uud she thought it
was 1
Well, the first thing I know she was
looking ut me in Iter very sternest,
sorriest way, und saying:
"Oh, Marie, how could you? I'm
ashamed of yon! Couldn't you wear
the Mary dresses one little three
months to please' your father?"
I did cry, then. After ull I'd been
through, to liuve her accuse me of get
ting those "dresses! Well, 1 Just
couldn't stand It. And I told her so
as wj.'ll us I could, only Iwas crying
so .by now thut I could hnrdly speak.
I told her how it was hard enough to
bo Mary .part of the time, und Marie
part of tho time, when "I knew what
they wanted me to be. But when she
tried to.hnvo ino.Mary'whllo' he wuirted
sue Mnrle, and he tried to luivo mo
Murle while she wantcd)mo Mary I
did not know what they wanted; and
I. wished I h"adhoverbeen bonn. unless
I could have' been borna plain Susie
or"' Bessie, or Annabcle, nnd not .a
Mary- Marie that was all .mixed" up till
I didn't know what I was. ,
And then I cried-BoiuoTiuore.
Mothe'r uropp"ed the dress then, and
tpokvmo In her arms oyenUon the
coucu," aim sue siy' " jaiere, ture,"
and that I was tlrcd'aud ne?vaHS.and
ftlLwrooglit up, unjL.to.cj' nllIj.wa'uted
to. And by und by, when I wus culm- !
er I could tell Mother nil about It j
And I did.
I told her how hurd I tried to be 1
Mary ull tho way up to Andcrsonvlllo 1
und nfter I got there; nnd how then '
I found out, nil of a sudden one day, I
thnt father hnd got reudy for Marie, !
uud he didn't want me to be Mary,
und that was why he had got Couiln '
Grace nnd the automobile and the :
geraniums In the window, und, oh, j
everything thnt mndo It nice and com
fy uud homey. And then Is when they j
bought me the new white dresses and
the little white shoes. And I told
Mother, of course, It wus lovely to be
Marie, uud I liked It, only I knew she
would feel bu,d to think, after all her
pains to muke me Mary, Father dldujt
want me Mury at nil.
"I don't think you need to worry
about thut," stammered Mother. "But,
tell me, why why did your futher
wunt you to be Murle nnd not Mnry?"
And then I told her how he said he'd
remembered what I'd said to him in
the parlor that day how tired I got
being Mary, and how I'd put on Ma
rie's things Just to get a little vacation
from her; and he said he'd never for
gotten. And so when It came near
time for me to come again, ho deter
mined to fix It so I wouldn't have to
be Mary at all. And so that was why.
And I told Mother it was all right,
and of course I liked It; only it did
mix me up awfully, not knowing which
wanted me to be Mary now, and which
Marie, when they were both telling mo
different from what they ever had be
fore. And that it was hard, when you
were trying Just the best you knew
how.
And I began to cry again.
And she said there, there, once
more, and patted me on my shoulder,
and told me I needn't worry any more.
And that she understood it, if I
didn't. In fact, she was beginning
to understand a lot of things that
she'd never understood before. And
she said It was very, very dear
of Father to do whut he did, and that
I needn't worry about her being dis
pleased nt It. That she was pleased,
and thnt she believed he meant her
to be. And she said I needn't think
any more whether to be Mary or Ma
rie ; but to be Just a good, loving little
daughter to both of them ; uud that
was ull she nsked, and she was very
sure It was all Father would ask, too.
I told ner then how I thought he
did care a little about having me there,
and that I knew he was going to miss
me. And I told her why whut he'd
said that morning in the Junction
about appreciating love, and not miss
ing things or people until you didn't
have them; and how he'd learned his
lesson, nnd all that.
And Mother grew all Hushed and
rosy ngaln,, but she was pleased. I
knew she was. And she said some
beautiful things about making other
people happy, instead of looking to
ourselves all the time, Just ns she had
talked once, before I went away. And
I felt ngaln that hushed, stulned-wln-dow,
soft-music, every body-kneel Ing
kind of a way; and I wus so happy I
And it lasted all the rest of that eve
ning till I went to sleep.
And for the first time a beautiful
ldeu came to me, when I thought how
Mother was trying to please Father,
and he was trying to please her.
Wouldn't It be perfectly lovely nnd
wonderful if Father and Mother should
fnll In love, with each other all over
again, and get married? I guess then
this would bo a' love story all right,
nil right I
OCTOBER
Oh, how I wish that stained-window,
everybody-kneellng feeling would last,
But It never does. Just the next
morning, when I woke up, It rained.
And I didn't feel pleused a bit. Still
I remembered what had happened the
night before, and a real glow came
over me ut the beautiful idea I had
gone to sleep with.
I wanted to tell Mother, and ask
her If It couldn't be, and wouldn't she
leV It be, it Father would. So, without
wnitlng to dress me, I hurried across
the hall to her room and told her all
about It my Idea, and everything.
But she snld, "Nonsense," and,
"Hush, hush," when I usked her If she
and Father couldn't fall In love all
over again and get married. And she
snld not to get silly notions Into my
head. And she wasn't a bit flushed
and teary, as she had been the night
beforehand she didn't talk at all as she
bad then, either. And It's been that
way ever since. Things have gone
along in Just the usual humdrum way,
and she's never been the same an the
was thatnjght I came.
TO BE CONTINUED.
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(Homeopath)
Medlcdno and Surgory
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NOTICE OF THE FORMATION OF
PAVING DISTRICT NO. 16 IN THE
CITY OF NORTH PLATTE, NEBR
ASKA.
To the owners of the record title
all property adjacent to or abutting
upon tho streets hereinafter described
nnd all person interested therein:
You and each of you aro horoby
notified that the Mayor and City Coun
ell of tho city of North Platto did
under date of Juno 20, 1922 pass and
approvo a cortain ordlnanco forming
and creating paving district No. 16 of
tho city of North Platto, Lincoln Coun
ty, Nebraska. And that the following
atreots Including tho Interactions
thoreot within tho limits of the city
nre comprised within saluV paving dis
trict, to-wlt: All that portion of
Eighth Street commencing nt tho west
lino of tho Intersection of Eighth and
Locust Streets in the said city of
North Platte, thenco running wost
along said Eighth Street to tho East
lino of tho Intersection of said Eigth
Street and Augusta Avenuo of the
city of North Platto, Lincoln Couuty,
Nobraska, thero to terminate
Unless objections aro filed as re
quired by statute within twenty days
from tho first publication of this
notlco, tho Mayor and City Council
shall proceed 01 construct such par
Ing.
Datod this 2nd day of June, 1922.
E. H. EVANS
Attest: O. H. ELDER, Mayor
.City Clork. (SEAL)
NOTICE
W. E. Shumau, Attorney
To Addison E. Erb, executor of tho
estato of Henry B. Erb, doceased,
Addison B. Erb and Elizaboth Erb,
his wife, Genora E. Bonuothum nnd
Clinton Bennethum, her husband, Lln
nio Kirk and Reuben Kirk, her hus
band, Harry Erb and Donald Graff,
a minor.
You nnd each of you aro heroby
notified that the First National Bank
of Freeport, Illinois, a corporation,
commenced an action In tho District
Court of Lincoln County, Nebraska;
on May 29, 1922 against you and each
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action being to forocloso a cortain
mortgngo made, executed and delivered
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west Quarter (NW4) of section Five
(5) in Township Fifteen (15) North
of Rango Thirty (30) West of 6 p. m.
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of July, 1922.
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PRIMARY ELECTION
By virtue of the authority vested
in me by law and in accordance with
Section 2159 of tho Revised Statutes
of Nebraska, I, A. S. Allen, County
Clerk of Lincoln County, State of
Nobraska, do hereby direct and pro
claim that a Primaiy Election be
(hold in the several voting places
within Lincoln County, State of Nebr
aska, on Tuesday the 18th day of
July 1922, during the hours dt t
ed by law for tho following purposes,
to-wit
For tho nomination by each of the
political parties one candidate for
United States Senator.
For the non-political nomination ot
two candidates for Judge of tho Sup
remo Court for the Sixth Supremo
Court Judicial District as provided
by tho Constitution of the State of
Nebraska.
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political parties of one candidate for
Congressman from the Sixth Congres
sional District within the State ot
Nebraska.
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political parties of the following can
didates for Stato Offices, to-wlt
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Ono Commissioner of Public Lands
and Buildings.
Ono Railway Commissioner
For tho non-polltlcal nomination ot
two candidates for Stato Superintend
ent of Public Instruction, as provided
by law.
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political parties one candtldajto for
Stato Senator from the 30th Senat
orial District as apportioned by the
Session laws ot 1921.
For tho nomination by each of the
political parties ot ono candidate for
tho State Representative from tho 89th
District as apportioned by tho Session
Laws of 1921.
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Stato Representative from tho 98th
District as apportioned by tho Session
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political parties of tho following can
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Ono County Cleric
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Ono Sheriff
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Ono County Commissioner from the
2nd District.
For tho non-piolltlcal nomination
of two candidates for County Super
intendent of (Public Instruction as
provided by law.
Polls will open at 8 a. m. and re
main open until 8 p. m. ot tfto samo
day.
In witness whoreof, I have horonnto
set my hand and affixed my official
seal this 26th day ot May, A D. 1922.
A. S. Allen
(SEAL County CJerk