i- O’NEILLBUSINESS DIRECTORY H. BENEDICT, LAWYER, Office lathe Judge Robert* building, north of O. O. 8nvder'» lumber yard, O NEILL NKB. R. DICKSON ATTORNEY AT LAW Reference First National Bank O'NEILL, NEB I^ARNEY STEWART, PRACTICAL AUCTIONEER. Satisfaction guaranteed. Address, Page, Neb £)R. P. J. FLYNN FHYCIAN AND SURGEON Office over Corrigan’s, first door to right Night calls promptly attended. £)R. J. P. GIX.L.1GAN, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, s Office in Holt County Bank building Qt Orders left at our drug store or at my residence first street north and half block east of stand pipe will receive prompt response, as I have telephone connections. He. S.T.TttaEbloo ith whicn he endowed her. The trouble with this endowment process was that it was not disclosed to Margaret. John could write, and did write, letters teeming with <=enti ment. Of course, it was unfortunate that these letters were never Gent. It was more unfortunate that he found himself unable to express In her pres ence the feelings which agitated his six feet of manhood. He had made three attempts at a proposal, each of which had ended in stammering confusion and dire fail ure, and it is probable that the num ber would have been extended in definitely, had not a rival appeared on the field. Anyone who showed Margaret the slightest attention was a rival in John’s view, and it seemed impossible that the editor of a New York maga zine would come fifty miles to Schuy lerville for the sole purpose of con sulting Margaret about a series of stories for his periodical. If this in nocent purpose brought the editor, something emotionally attractive in Margaret’s pretty face must have in duced his reappearance within a month, and it was during this second visit that John spurred himself to ac tion. On a June afternoon he deserted his desk and determinedly strode toward the Little homestead. His courage usually lasted until he passed the front gate, but on this occasion he was sur prised to find it upholding him even after he had reached the veranda. It evaporated when he rang the hell. A maid told him that Miss Little had gone for a walk with a gentleman from New York. This information, coming as a respite, at first relieved John. Then jealousy renewed his courage, and he boldly said he wished to leave a note for Margaret. ' In the matter of impassioned mis Dashed off a few glowing periods. slves John Kendall was no coward, and he sat at Margaret’s little desk and dashed off a few glowing periods on a sheet of her manuscript paper. When the elfusion was finished It proved satisfactory, being, in fact, a condensation of the others which ho had left unsent. He folded it neatly, and was reaching into a pigeonhole in the desk for an envelope, when he happened to glance out of the window. Across the orchard came Margaret and the editor. The latter—a small, blonde, handsome man—was - walking close beside his contributor, and look ing smilingly into her beautiful eyes. After viewing the scene John was seized with panic at the thought cf Margaret’s reading his note immedi ately. The next instant he was strid Ing away from the house, scattei. ag | bits of white paper to tho Ji ae breezes. He did not see Margaret for a wt >k, and during that time deep desj dr held him for Its own. Then an urg, nt business affair led him to call on 1 er father, whe was suffering from a all. ht illness, and was unable to leave me house. Whe» the interview with Mr. Little was at an end, and John reached the front door he found Margaret sitting on tho veranda. He thought to pass her with a formal greeting, but- his intentions usually went astray where she T7aa concerned, and he was ^oon seated near her in a wide-armed ver anda chair. "* am sorry I missed you when you called last week,” said Margaret after her father's illness had been discussed. “I’m sorry, too,” John replied, men tally condemning the memory of tho maid, whom he hoped had forgotten the incident. “The girl said something about you leaving a note,” continued Margaret. “Yes—er—an invitation to a picnic,” John said weakly, “but the affair was postponed.” "Before you could write the note?” “No; 1 thought it would be post poned, so I changed my mind.” Margaret was looking demurely at a rose hush. “It has been postponed _ ll i -r'r' Glanced shyly down at Margaret. before,” she murmured softly, but her companion did act hear the remark, i “John,” she said, In a louder tone, “I suppose It is only in an invitation to a picnic that you would address me as your dearest Margaret.” , John Kendall turned slowly, and I regai-ded the object of his affections with bewilderment. He wondered if any of the torn bits of paper had been picked up and pieced together by Mar gai’et, but he had scattered them so widely that that seemed impossible. Mis3 Little, who had transferred her gaze from the rose bush to her lover’s face, seemed to enjoy its expression. Then Jonn rocked violently in the veranda chair in the hope that the action would induce mental stimula tion, but it did not. ‘‘Will you come with me for a mo ment?” Margaret asked, rising and . entering the house. J John followed her to her study. . There, on the little desk, was the pile of munusoript paper. Margaret took a j note from the bosom of her dress, unfolded it slowly, and handed it to i John. 1 "There was a piece of carbon paper amoDg the top sheets,” she said, “and : this vss under it,” and John read an exact copy of the effusion he had ad dressed to Margaret the week before. For a moment he looked helplessly at the note, then he glanced shyly down at Margaret, apd the expression he saw in her eyes was entirely unlike that with which she had regarded the editor. It seemed to say, "Speak for your self, John,” and had tho stolid type- 1 writer which stood on the desk risen to the occasion it would have added another love scene to its long list. In the hopie of Mr. and Mrs. John Kendal’,, in Schuylerville, is a den, and an one of its walls hangs a bit of black paper in a gilt frame. When the i curious question John about this paper he tells them its story, if they are worthy, and if they are unworthy he merely says that it is an impression istic picture of the darkest hour be fore dawn.—Bennett Musson in Los Angeles Times. EXPLORATION OF LAKE CHAD. Valuable Discoveries Made by Two Venturesome Frenchmen. Two French officers, Capt. 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