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DELL SYNDICATE,
Pupposlng you
were a younK
man who hail
nerved In a wiir
and tfciipeil I Ik
perils and Unit
the future were
roay with prom
loc, exceptlnK
that fate hnd
called upon you
to execute a
grim nnd terri
ble jiurpono; the
clrc umatanceif
being tlmt dur
ing the conflict,
an outlaw oper
ating under the
seml-winctlon of
Opia Read
Riterrlllc warfare had raided your home
and murdered your father, and then,
hanging hl.i body to a tree, hud In
solently pinned a card to It bearlnic
the outlaw's name! Would not you
likely do as VlrRll Drace did swear
a solemn vow to find that outlaw, hang
him ns high as Uaman, and decorate
his corpse with your own card7 Then,
while you were sotting about to exe
cute that vow, suppose you met a fasci
nating Klrl with whom you fell In love
and had the satisfaction of flndlnff
your affection sincerely reciprocated.
Then supposing It devolopod that the
girl wcru tho daughter of the man
upon whom you had sworn to wreak
venjecanco. What would you do? Is
It not a satlcftictory web upon which
to weave an intensely Interesting atory
of romnncp, especially when the Inci
dents occurred In tho South following
the Civil war, the young man a north
ern afflcor, tho girl a beautiful, llcry
southerner, and all the other charac
ters nnd episodes of tho South and
that turbulent period which marked
the days of reconstruction? Would It
not be more absorbing It, as In this
cattc, the author were one of the
greatest of American novelists? You
will find this stirring romance worked
out In the most charming way In
"Periwinkle House," by Oplo Head,
No mnn In the United Blatcs has
written ns many stories ns Oplo Head,
and no author has bad (i larger num
ber of renders, He was born in a
small 'town In Tennessee In 1S52, fol
lowed newspaper work for awhile In
Kentucky, and then moved to Little
Rock, Ark., where he edited the Ar
kansas Gazette from 1878 to 18SI. He
was next on the staff of tho Cleveland
(O.) Lender and then returned to Lit
tle Hock, where he established the
Arkansaw Traveler, a humorous paper
which attracted the attention of the
entire English-speaking world, Mr.
Head furnished most of the material
that went Into the publication. He
conducted It from 1883 to 1831 and then
moved to CJilcago.'where hn has since
resiuea, engageu in literary wont.
It Is doubtful If Ople Head hlmsolt
could recnll the titles of all the books
he has written, without referring to a
list. One or more of thorn Is In nearly
every home where fiction Is Indulged
In throughout the land. They form a
conspicuous part of the fiction section
of every public library, and are car
rled In stock by every enterprising
bonk dealer. During lata years ho has
been less prolific, due to the fact that
he has not had the lelsuro for writing,
for he has become one of the most
sought after lecturers, and his time Is
practlrnlly filled with Chautauqua, Ly
ceum and special platform engage
ments. In this work he has covered
practically the entire nation and has
visited some sections several times
for there always Is a demand for
his return.
CHAPTER I
Out upon the sheen of the mighty
river the pine-torch flames fell In
rippling streams, nnd tho full moon,
peeping over the tail timber, made
mouths nt herself In tho wrinkled
mirror of flood. On the steamboat
Leona tho negro deck-hapds wore
chanting the buoyant anthem of tho
June rise, In tho gilt, enameled saj
loon, n swcct-strlnged waltz, centuries
removed from tho melodic bellow of
tho hlnck buckB below, swelled out
upon n breeze tlmt seemed eager to
mingle with It, while .sentiment smiled
and gallantry bowed in tho studied
graces of n floating ballroom on the
Mississippi. All ceremony was preclso
with tho inherited observance of pre
cedent, save when some halr-grcnacd
and lens refined dandy of the woods,
having lingered too long at tho bar,
let liquor fly to his heols to cut a re-'
nolllous plgcon-wlng.
The boundless ranch of the West
-was unknown, and along tho lower
Mississippi lay thq great plantations
"oTAmcrlca. Except for tho toll of tho
slavcR, Industrial Ufo had been only a
sort of hnppy lndolenco; but society
hold many a thrilling charm, nnd with
Us libraries from Europe, Intellectual
uTe indulged tho luxury of ceremoni
ous romanticism. This ntmosphero
was still breathed on tho big Missis
sippi steamboats, for fantasies which
render poetic tho condition of us all
linger on tho wutcr after having been
driven from tho land
In tho ballroom of tho Leona tho
dress of the men nnd tho women was
variegated with the odd ends of dif
ferent periods of style, Old chests,
hidden during tho Civil war, only a
few years past, had been opened to
glvo up tho faintly scented fluffs and
gourd-flowered vesta of Androw Jack
son's day; and the brigadier In ruffled
shirt poured gallantry's extravagant
figures of speech upon tho graceful
young damo arrayed In the silk that
.!
uouse
OPIE READ
ILLUSTRATED BY
R.H.LIVINGSTONE
INC.,
had adorned the form of her grand
mother when In the village of Wash
ington she waltzed with Lafayette.
During u lull In the music-measured
cnpcrlng a full, handsome young man,
garbed In the fashion of tho day,
passed with long and careless strides
from one end of the saloon and out
loward tho upper deck.
Admiring eyes were bent upon him;
and ono lady
and said:
turned to her partner
"Oh, please, Colonel, tell me who he
is."
The Colonel placed his right hand
on the bosom of his ruffled shirt und
bowed. "Miss Lucy," he suld, "It would
be one of the satisfactions of my life
to gratify your more than natural ,
curiosity, but tlmt pleasure Is denied
me. I can't tell you who ho Is."
And then because the Colonel hud
sighed his own sentimental distress In
the presonce of Miss Lucy and because
her curiosity concerning the young
stranger stirred a Jealous qualm ho (
added: "He looks like a Yankee to (
me."
The young man wns a Yankee. And 1
because he was Journeying to the
South upon a grim and terrible mis- 1
slon, tho gayetles of tho ballroom had '
grated upon him and he had sought
tho solitude of the upper deck. Yet
It was this moment that Fnto choso
to bring hltn face to fuce with one j
who was to change tho whole course j
of his life. j
For as he turned Into n long pns- ,
sagoway, afhtmc with light but de- ,
sorted, there suddenly entered at the !
far end n girl thrilling In lltheness and j
utmost barbaric In dress. In swift un
consciousness of him she approached,
a great handful of roses In red glare
hiding her features. She lowered her
hand; ho caught full view of her face;
and it seemed to him that his heart
ceased to beat, like a pendulum caught
unit hnlted. then thrown uniilti Into
' motion. She did not look at him as
he slowly passed her. lie gazed Into
her eyes as she bent them upon tho
roses held out In front of her; and j
then he wheeled about to follow her.
She turned Into n cross-passage, was
gone; he run to the entrance, but she j
had vanished. '
In the young man's heart was a 1
struggle to call her, but thero wns no j
appropriate word ; and then sobered, ,
tho Yankee smiled at himself. Hut the f
smile did not bnlm his delicious
wounds, and he continued his search
Into the ballroom. There wcro many
handsome women, belles of proud, vil
lages, but to nono did he glvo a sec-
ond glance. Awln ho passed out to-I
ward tho upper deck.
For a time ho stood gazing down
upon the never-solved mystery of night
on the Mississippi. The fiddles were
going again, and he heard slippered
feet whispering over the floor, but It
seemed to him that this scene of gay-'
ety was forced, like n melancholy
laugh ; It reminded him of n book of
poems In tnttors, of a love-letter In
faded Ink.
Built about one of tho smokestacks
was a shanty of boards called the
"dog house." Turning n corner of the
shanty, the young man stumbled
ngalnst some one; n man growled in
resentment.
"I beg your pnrdonl"
"I should say you do I" A young
fellow of unusual height and of hu
morous sllmncss camo forth out of the
shadow. The boat was landing, and
a turpentine-torch on tho shore re
vealed him, palo and long of faco,
with collar cut low and chin stnndlng
high.
"Yes, sir," ho added, "and although
it may not bo necessary on this occa
sion, yet If you know who I am, you
would apologize somo more"
"Ah, you don't sayl" replied the
Yankee, smiling. "And ns you seem
to be fond of tho music of apology,,
will you plcnso toll me who you uro?"
"I can do that easy enough, but I
don't wish to frighten you."
"You nro considerate. But tho fact
is I rather enjoy the sensation of
fright."
"Then tremblo: I am Liberty Shot
tie." "What, you don't mean that you are
really Liberty Shottlo I"
"I swear It."
"Well, wqlll And now will you
pleaso enlighten mo as to who Liberty
Shottlo is? And why do you supposo
; that people who hnvo heard of you,
tremblo in your prcsenco? What hnvo
you done?"
"Sir, modesty puts n clamp on mo.
. . . And now would you mind toll
ing mo your name?"
"Not nt nil. My namo Is Virgil
Drace."
"You don't say? Well, well I But I
novcr heard of you, either." Now they
laughed, tho Joyous nnd unsuspicious
aalrtU of youth. They stood looking
down upon the deck-hands, loading
freight, listening to the stream of tho
second mate's profanity, who sworo
his emotion by the stars, the moon,
tho river, I he universe; and when the
Leona wiin on her way iigiilu, the
Addles going, the muddy roustabouts
singing, Liberty Shottle, nnd Draco
seated themselves on enmpstools,
eagerlng toward swift acquaintance,
the friendship of two natures far apart
In aim and principle.
"If you've got two cigars, I'll Join
you In a smoke," said Shottle. "Thank
you. You see, my people, whnt few
of them are left, say that I don't
exist. They haven't cast me off, or
anything of that sort, but being of
staid habits themselves, they swear
that I am too unreal to exist. Lord,
what Is the world but queer? What's
your game?" '
"I haven't any nny game," parried
the Northerner. "But whnt nre you
doing on this bout yourself?"
"I'm going down to Now Orleans,"
replied Liberty, "to see how long I
can stay there. I had a pretty fair
Job n couple of months ago teaching
a school near Memphis. They liked i
me, too. I've got a sheep's hide from j
Chapel Illl) university, North Caro-
"Then
Tremble; I
Shottle."
Am Liberty
Una, with nil the wool singed off nnd
tho board acknowledged my qualifica
tions, but they caught mo shaking dice
with the boys nnd told me that as
there were some brunches of learning
they didn't care to have Instilled, I'd
better get n professorship In some
higher Institution. Have you been In
thero?"
Liberty Shottle waved his hand;
and Drace, thinking he meant tho ball
room answered him:
"Only pnssed through. I've been
rather worn with that sort of thing."
"Oh. you think I meant the ball t I
meant the poker-room."
"Yes, I sat In there for a time."
"How did you come out?"
"Not very well. Lost two hundred."
"You speak of losing two hundred
as lightly ns if It were n matter of
breath Instead of blood. Would you
mind holding my hump'tlll you say It
again? Two hundred 1 Why, you
know, u fellow would tench bullet
heads and sissies for two months for
tWo hundred dollars . . . Now, let me
lay down a proposition: I urn lucky
tonight. I lost fifteen dollars, all I hnd,
but I'd Just got up to the point of
winning when I lost my last dollar,
Just one more ante, nnd It would have
come my way. I saw It coming, but
a blundering fool headed it off. Now,
hero's my scheme, and it's a good one :
you wnnt your two hundred buck ; you
stake mo to a hundred, nnd I'll go iq
there and make a cleaning. Don't re
fuse, now, until you hnvo let your
mind digest tho situation. Most of the
errors In this life come from snap
Judgment."
"Ah, you think you can win, because
you lost?"
"My dear Virgil, there is, you might
say, a psychology in everything. Who
wins a fight? Tho man who believes
ho can't? No, tho man who knows he
can. And I know right now. Why, I'd
atako my life on It. You give me the
hundred nnd stay right hero nnd wait
As for my honesty, I can glvo you ref
erences tho mayor of New Orleans
and Judgo ncbblns of Memphis but
he died last week. No matter Td
lump Into the river and lot the paddle-
wheel heat me Into sausagemeat bo
fore I'd decclvo you. Liberty Shottle,
that's my nomeP
Draco leaned back and laughed.
"Liberty, a thing astonishing to me ts
going to happen. I'll stake you to the
hundred."
. .... .
No superstitious devotee over re
ceived from tho priest of the gods a
libation with more of emotional strain
thnn Liberty Shottlo evinced when he
closed in tight clutch on Draco's ad
venturous hundred. Then ho bowed
nnd disappeared.
Drace sat musing, and tsoon he be
gan to wonder why ho had been so
weak as to glvo $100 to this peculiar
fellow, n stranger. Well, Liberty had
amused him. Made him laugh, and in
this world thero is mora money spent
for tho promotion of laughter than for
tho relief of tears.
Presently Shottlo returned, no sat
down and though physically ho was
light, the camp stool groaned beneath
him. Draco waited. Tho Leona blew
her great hom and all tho world
secmen to tremoie. When the sound
had died, echoing miles uway, tho j
gambler coughed lightly and uroaned. j
Drace wondered why he should be ;
tickled over any one's misfortune, but (
he felt a merry tingling lu his blood, i
"This bout's got a good bass voice,"
he remarked.
"Uiihs voice I Do you know what j
I'd like to do? I'd like to bore a ten
Inch hole In her bottom und let her go
down." '
"You must have lost, Liberty."
"Don't call me Liberty. Cull me
Lib Just Lib; that's enough. Hut let
me tell you something. Never In all
my life have I ever come us near be
ing a rich man as I was Just now. I
had won by George, I had so much j n fjnai account and report of his ad
money stacked up In front of me that j mlnlatration nml a petition for final
a mulutto from the North called me
'marstcr.' And then a cog slipped. We
could have split and had a small for
tune apiece."
"Blundering fool again?" Drace In
quired. "Yes, sir, and I was the fool. I
wanted to bo n rich mnn and came
within one of It. You know, some-
times Fortune hesitates as to whether
she shall crown you or slnp you."
"In your case, she didn't seem to
hesitate long, Lib."
"No the hair-tangled hag I And
then do you know whnt she did Just
as I was forced to get up from the
table In ns hot a fqver ns ever
scorched a man's blood? She smiled
at me. Now, I'll swear to thut. But it's
all over,
A fellow has his little day, I
and then stretches out nnd lets the , notIco that a petition nas been filed
undertaker measure him." ,for tho probatlng of) 8aJd fltato nnd
"les Lib, and I'd advise him to Christian Sodlcott as
bring along extra tape when he comes . ,, . . . , .
after you " I Administrator of said estate, which
Shottlo' attempted to smile, but theirs been set for hearing herein on
fever within him was still so hot that October 10th, 1922 at 10 o'clock a. m.
his effort ended In a grim tightening! Dated September 16th, 1922.
of the mouth. WM. H. C. WOODHURST,
' "That's all right, Virgil, b.ut youjsoal County Judge,
must remember that you are one out
of a million. How a fellow can lose
I $200 at poker und get up from the I
table with money still In his pocket Is ,
beyond me. However, It means that
you haven't got poker in your blood,
which of Itself Is n marvel. But I want
to tell you that every man Is food for
some sort of desperate passion. If it
Isn't gambling, it may be love. How
about that?"
"Hasn't caught me yet," answered j
Draco, stoutly, even though the pic-
ture of the girl ln the passageway was
,.- ib,i.. .-n, , ,i.i.
14 1 LJ Vt V& .UUli,f I Vs MUU
ed, "I may marry, Liberty; that sort
of thing runs In our family, you know.
But I don'.t think the subject very
tcresting."
"I grant you. In this we walk
shoulder to shoulder. But there Is
something of vital Interest. Just now
I lost."
"Yes, and a very natural thing,"
Drace agreed. '
"No. It wasn't natural. It was un
natural that I should lose Just at that
time. It was an accident. Listen to
me for just a minute. Anybody can
do the natural und expected thing. A
dog or a cat or any other animal al-
ways does. It is doing the thing thftt
nature didn't Intend that marks tho
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have
a proposition to make that may seem
unnatural. Perhaps no man you ever
met before would make it. But you
never met such n man as I am, be
fore, You couldn't look forward and
nee me. Could you?"
"I didn't," Drace cheerfully admit
ted. "And It would have been .hard for
you to believe that I exMt, which I
don't, according to the belief of some
of my folks. Now, then, what are we
getting at? Another stake? No, I
nm not going to ask you to risk any
more of your money. But this Is my
proposition: You let me have $100;
If I win, III pay back all I owo. And
If I don't, I'll belong to you your
property, body and soul but with
this understanding, I nm not to per
form any menial service In public.
And It Is further understood and
ngreed upon that If by nny chance I
can rnlse $100, 1 am to have the privi
lege of buying my freedom. The first
$100, you understand, was u stake and
not n loan. Before you decide, weigh
the advantages of owning n man. I
will be your Greek, your enslaved phi
losopher, he your Eplctetus ond turn
your mill. We will revive the ethics of
ancient society, Won't that prove that
history really does repeat Itself?"
"Yes," answered Drace, "but I don't
caro nny more whether history re
peats herself than I do that a stam
mering mnn repents himself."
"Now ray dear friend soon to be my
master, I hope I ask you; Isn't It
something to owu a' companionable
lave?"
"Yes. By the way, do you know
New Orleans very well?"
"What I Does a bloodhound know
the scent of a darkey?"
"All right, Lib hero's $100. And
I bellevo that within an hour from
now you'll be my property."
(To Bo Continued.)
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Halllgan, Doatty & HalUgan. Atty.
NOTICE OP FINAL REPORT
EBtato No. 1854 of Mary Facka, de
ceased in tho County Court of Lincoln
County, Nobraska.
Tho Stato of Nobraska, to all por
tions interested in said Estate take
notlco that the Administrator has filed
settlement and discharge as such Ad-
mlnlstrator and for declaration of
heirship and distribution of proceeds
which have beon set for hearing bo
foro said sourt on October 3d, 1922, at
1 10 o'clock a. m. when you may appear
nnd contest the same.
Dated September 9th, 1922.
, WM. H. C. WOODIIURST,
Seal
County Judge,
NOTICE OF PETITION
Estate No. 1911 of August Sodlcott,
deceased in the County Court of Lin
coln County, Nebraska.
The State of Nebraska: To all per-
Hons Interested in said Estate tako
Wm. E. Shumau. Atty.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.
In tho County Court of Lincoln
County, Nebraska.
In tho Matter of the Estate of Rose M.
Knox, Deceased.
Notice Is hereby given to any and
all persons having claims and demandB
against tho estate of the said Rose M.
KnoX( deceased, that the 17th day of
Jamiary 1923, has been set and ap-
Pointed as tho day for tho reception,
examination, adjustment and allow
ance of lawful claims and demands of
in-fall persons, against said state and
that tho County Court of Lincoln
County, Nobraska, will at said time
recoive, examine, adjust and allow
all such claims against said estate,
as provided by law, at the County
Court Room in the Courthouse, in the
City of North Platto, Lincoln County,
Nebraska, and all persons so Interested
in said estate, will appear at said
jtimo and place, and duly present their
j said claims and demands in tho manner
required by law or show cause for
not so (lo,n?f an(J ,n caae of Bald
i ,,omnnAa ,,,, nnt nwfc.
........ "
sentod on or prior to the said 17th of
j January, 1923, the samo shall be for-
vur
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have
signed this notice and affixed the
seal of said Court this 18th day of
September, 1922.
TO. H. C. WOODHURST
(SEAL) County Judgo
NOTICE!
In the District Court of Lincoln
County, Nebraska.
Moarl E. Jacox, Plaintiff,
vs.
Jones, wife of Joseph T. Jones, de
censed, her first, real, and truo name
unknown, Cora True, Truo, her
husband, his first, real and truo namo
unknown, Ed Mlllor, Miller, his
wife, her first, real and truo name
unknown, Will "Jjones, Jontofj,
his wife, her first, real and truo namo
unknown, Ward Jones, Jones, his
wifo, her first, real and true namo un
known, Walter Jones, Jones, his
wlfo, hor first, hor real and true namo
unknown, Joseph Jonos, Jones,
his wife, her first, real and truo namo
unknown, Frank Jonefy Jones,
his wlfo, her first, real and true name
unknown. Flora Stewart, Ste
wart, her husband, his first, real and
trua namo unknown, their respective
heirs, devisees, legatees, and person
al representatives, all othor persons
interestod in the estato of Josoph T.
Jonos, deceased, and all other pons
claiming any Interest of any kHI In
tho following described promises,
to-wit: Tho Southwest Quarter
(SWVi) of Section Nino (9), Town
ship Eleven (11), Range Twenty-Six
(26), Lincoln County, Nebraska, their
real names unknown, Defendants.
Tho abovo named defendants will
tako notlco that on tho 12th day of
September, 1922, Mearl E. Jacox, tho
plaintiff, tiled hfs petition In tho
District Cburt of Lincoln County,
Nebraska, against tho abovo defend
ants, tho object nnd prayor of which
is to quiet titlo in tho plaintiff to
tho following described promlsos to
wit: Tho Southwest Quarter (SWi)
of Section Nino (9), Township Eleven
(11), Rango Twenty-Six (26), Lincoln
County, NWiraskja, Tho plalntiff
prays that tho defendant bo required
to set out their claims and that In tho
event they fall to 'do so that thoy be
forevor barred therefrom and that tho
plaintiff bo dectarod ownor of said
promises. You are required to answer
said petition on. or bofore tho 30th
day of October 1922.
Dated this 14th day of September,
1922.
Mcarl E. Jacox, Plaintiff.
By D. E. Harper, His Atfyf.
J. S. TWINEH. M. D.
(Homeopath)
Medicine and Surgery
Hospital Facilities
NORTH PLATTE, NEI3R.
Offico Phone 183 - Residence 283
DU. 5L B. STATES
Chiropractor
Rooms 5. C, 7 Building & Loan BIdg.
Office Phone 70 Res. Phono 1242
Jfflco Phono 241 Res. Phone 217
L. C. DROST
Osteopathic Physician
North Platte, Nebraska.
Knights of Columbus Building.
OTIS II. PLATT, M. D.
Physician nnd Surgeon
X-Ray
Diagnoss and Troamont
Over Union Stato Bank
Offico Phono 296W House Phono 296R
GEO. B. DKNT
Physician and Surgeon
Special Attention Given to Surgery
and Obstetrics
Office: Building & Loan Building
Phones: Offico 130 Residence 115
OIL HAROLD II. WALKED
Prnctlco limited to Eye, Ear, Nose and
Throat
Offices over McDonald Bank
Phono 350
L D. BROWNFIELB,
Farm and Live Stock
AUCTIONEER.
Telephone or wire for dates at my
Expense.
HERSHEY, NEBRASKA.
BR. E. C LYNCH
Eye Ear Noso and Throat
Glasses fitted accurately
Over Dixon's Store
NORTH PLATTE
W. T. PMTCIIABD
Graduate Veterinarian
Ex-Government Veterinarian and ex
assistant deputy Stato Veterinarian.
Hospital 315 South Vino Street
Phones. Hospital 633 Residence 633
DR. REDFIELD '
Physician, Obstetrician, Surgeon
X-Rny
Calls promptly answered Night or Day
Phonos. Office 642 Residence 676
JOHN S. SIMMS, M. D.
Special Attention Given to
Surgery
McDonald Bank Building
Office Phono 83 Residence 38
DR. J. R. McKIRAHAN
Practice Limited to Disease of
Women and Surgery
Over Rexall Drug Store
Phones: Offico 127 Residence 653
Offico 340 House 488
DR. W. I. SHAPFER
Osteopath PhyElclHH
Over the Oasis North Platte
WM. WALDORF
Tinner
Makes or Repairs anything made of
Tin or Shoot MetaL
510 Loouflt Under General Hospital
ED KIERIG
Auctioneer
For dates and terms call at
First National Bank
North Platte, Nob.
DR. HAROLD FENWER
Osteopath
Over Hlrschfeld's
Offico Phone 333 Res. Phone 1020
DERBYBERRY & FORBES
Licensed Embalmen
Undertakers and Funeral Directors
Day Phone 41 Night Phono Black 54ft
DR. L. A. SNAVELY
Dentist
X-Kay Diagnosis Oxygen and
Gas Anesthesia for Extractions.
Over Union State Bank
Phone 296.