Royal
BAKING POWDER
Inman Items.
Little Bessie Green is q,nite ill I his
week.
Mr. Grant Davis and family are
moving to Elgin this .week.
Miss June E Hancock had business
at O’Neill last Saturday.
Mr. Wm. Kelly went to Omaha on
business last Sunday, returning Tm s
day.
Mr. H J. Abrams and wife, are here
from Omaha, spending a week with
friends.
The Misses Bessie and Amy Goree
came down from O’Neill last Sunday
to visit friends.
Mrs. L. M. Tompkins went to Nor
folk last Thursday, to visit her daugh
ter, Mrs. Ed Lauke.
The Lewis Davis Amusefnent Co.
stopped off in our town Friday and
Saturday, giving two very good shows.
Mr. an i Mrs. Goree, who have been
visiting relatives at Norfolk the past
two weeks, returned home last Friday.
Mr. Karl Wilcox and sister Lulu
went to Lincoln last Thnrsday to at
tend the teachers meeting returning
Sunday.
Mrs. Frink McDermott went to
Ewing list Thursday to spend
Thanksgiving with her daughter, Mrs
Burke Wood and family.
The Misses Johnston and Butler,
the primary and intermediate teach
ers, went to Lincoln last Wednesday
to attend the teachers meeting.
Mr. Lee Conger of this place and
Miss Jessie Billie of Denver, Colorado
were united in marriage last Friday
The community congratulates them
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Doughty and
daughter, Mertice came up from Nor
folk last Wednesday to spend Thanks
giving with their daughter, Mrs Leon
Tompkins and family.
Supervisors Proceedings.
(Continued from last week.)
To the Honorable Board of Super
visors of Holt County, Nebraska.
Your petitioner shows unto the
Board that tie is the owner of lots 9
and 10 in block 2 tof Western Town
Lots Company addition to Stuart in
said county and that in the year 1909
lie erected some buildings on said lots
and said buildings were in the process
of construction on the first day of
April, 1909 and was only half complet
ed on said date and were not complet
ed until sometime in May of said year.
That he was erroneously assessed for
the full value of said buildings as com
pleted and was compelled to pay taxes
thereou in the sum of $19.35 which
amount is $9 in excess of what it leg
ally should have been.
Your petitioner therefore prays
your honorable body to order a refund
to him of the sum of $9 00 for excess
taxes paid on said lots for said year
1909.
M. Johnson, Petitioner.
On motion prayer of petition was
granted.
Mr. Chairman:
In relation to a part of road No. 110
commencing 8.00 chains south of the
DR- J. P. 6ILLIGAN
Physician and Surgeon
Special attention giuen to
DISEASES OF WOMEN, DISFASES
OF THE EYE AND CORRECT
FITTING OF GLASSES
1
corner of scot ion 36, twp 28 range 16
west anil running in an irregular man
ner to the nei corner of said section
36, it appears that the county has paid
for the right of way through said sect
ion and bridged Holt Creek on said
right of way; and whereas, the road
records of this county is now incom
plete, I move that we instruct the
County Clerk to record and plat this
much of this road as is shown by the
field notes of a survey made and now
on tile in his office, to wit;
Commencing at a point 8 chain
south of the southeast corner of sect
ion 36 of twp 28 range 16 west and
running var of needle 11 d 45 m thence
north 21 d 8 m west 30 00 chains,
thence north 25 d 7 00 chains; thence
north 25 d 45 m east 5.00 chains:
t hence north 15 d 2 m west 7.00 chains
thence north 25 d 55 m west 14.00
chains;
To west bank of Holt Creek nw of
bridge thence north 6 00 chains.
I hence north 17 d 20 m east 24.00 to
section line thence east on section line
10.00 chains to the nw corner of said
section 30 and there terminate.
Anton Prussa.
Th. D. Siever.
Motion carried.
O’Neill Nebr. Nov 3,1910.
Hon. Board of Snpervisors, Holt,
County, Nebr.
Dear Sirs:
Your peiititioner respectfully states
that she is the owner of lots 4 and 5
in Block 35 in the City of O’Neill in
Holt County, Nebraska, and that said
lots are vacant and have no improve
ments whatever on them and they
have always been vacant lots were as
sessed as improved property; this was
probably done through error of the as
sessors and your petitioner prays your
honorable body to reduce tlie assess
ment and faxes on said lots for said
year 4905 to the same amonnt that the
other vacant lots are assessed in the
same block.
Sarah C. Hammond.
By A. J. Hammond, Agent.
Mr. Chairman:
1 move that lots 4 and 5 in block and
34 in the city of O Neill which was as
sessed in the year 1909 as improved
property at $13.94 be assessed the same
as unimproved lots in said block at
$.50 each as lots 4 and 5 are unimprov
ed.
M P. Sullivan.
Th. D. Slevers.
On motion the prayer of petitioner
was granted.
Mr. Chairman:
I move that the Poll tax charged
against Henry Ritz for the year 1909
in O’Neill be stricken from the tax list
as he is a member of the O’Neill Fire
Department.
J. M. Hunter.
Th. D. Sievers.
Motion carried.
Mr Chairman:
I move that the following claims be al
lowed against the general Fund.
Anton Prussa 09 2(
Ed. McBride 3 2£
Galena Ltr Co. O'Neill 200.9,':
Ewing Implement. Co 7.4.'
R. N. Prittell 02.51
Otto Ni Ison 55 2£
Robinette Malone 25.0(
J. D. Grimes 60.5(
Anna Donohoe 50.0(
Mr. Chairman:
I move that the following claim be
allowed against, the special emergency
fund.
Townsend Bridge Co. $500 00.
On motion Road adjourned untl
Nov. 29,1910.
J. D. Grimes, Chairman.
S. F. McNichoas, County Clerk
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| A historical Story of I
| Diplomacy.
By F. A. MITGHEL.
» Copyright, 1910, by American Press
§ Association. T
In looking over some papers, yellow
with age, I came upon the following,
written by my grandfather, who in
his younger days was u newspaper
correspondent of considerable celebri
ty:
During the civil war X was sent to
France as correspondent for the
Washington-. The duties of a Eu
ropean correspondent are very differ
ent from one in America. There it is
the duly of the enterprising journalist
to secure an entree to the society of
those who are making the history of
their times, from whom alone he can
get the news.
There was one man in France to
whom the Emperor Napoleon 111. was
more indebted for bolstering him on
his throne than any of his Imperial
majesty’s official councilors. One even
ing at a ball at the Tuilerles this man,
whom 1 shall call Count de V„ ap
proached me and entered into a con
versation with me about my journal
istic work. I was rather surprised
that he should take any interest in
such a matter, for no American cor
respondent was a part of the Euro
pean system, being usually employed
to gather the news as it was publish
ed and transmit it to American news
papers.
1 X l i.1 <1n V
iXIUVUf, VlUtl -
asked me if I corresponded with any
other than American papers. I re
plied that I had a commission to send
news to an English paper whenever I
had anything special to send, where
upon he asked me to breakfast with
him the next morning, promising that
he would give me an item.
When I met the count the next
morning at breakfast I was not only
amazed at the Item he gave me, but
at his giving it. He told me that th«.
emperor had been striving to secure
another power to join him in interfer
ing to stop the war in America; that
he had been working secretly and per
sistently upon the English govern
ment, the people of England being al
most wholly on the side of the south
owing largely to their dependence on
getting cotton from that section. “The
emperor,” he added, “is about to suc
ceed, and within sixty days a com
bined French and English fleet will be
on the American Atlantic coast to
break the blockade.” f
Patriotic American that I was, my
blood chilled at this information; but,!
Immediately remembering that if the
news were true a man so close to the
emperor would be guilty of betraying
a trust to give it to me, I said, “It
would be impossible for me to secure
the publication of this news in any
English paper without documentary
proof.”
“I can give you the proof,” replied
the count, “provided that proof re
mains -with you and dies with you—
that It is kept a secret till we are all
dead.”
i uiu quite suit;, i-uuui, l icjjhcvi.
“that If I can say that I am convinced
the paper will act upon my assurance
that I have been convinced.”
Count de V. arose, went to a cabinet,
unlocked a drawer with a key he took
from his vest pocket and brought out
a package of papers, which he laid be
fore me. I perused them with ever
growing wonder and long before I had
finished was convinced not only of the
truth of his statement, but that within
sixty days the independence of the
Confederate states would be acknowl
edged by France and England. I kept
rereading the papers in order to gain
time to think. I -was perusing docu
ments of which President Lincoln was
Ignorant and which constituted the
death warrant of the Union cause.
What should I do—what could I do—
to arrest such a blow? Finally I look
ed at the count and said:
“Count, you are either the greatest
knave or the greatest fool on earth or
you have some especial purpose which
will result beneficently to the em
peror.”
“I am no knave. How much of a
fool I am depends upon your sense of
honor. That I have a purpose I will
not deny.”
“You have gone so far that you
must go further. Tell me all.”
The count deliberated for some time,
and before he spoke his manner indi
cated that he had resolved to tell the
whole story.
“Very well,” he said. "Listen. The
throne is tottering. There are too
many factions striving to possess the
government to permit the emperor to
remain in peace upon it. He realize?
this and desires to concentrate the
minds of the people on some foreign
achievement for the benefit of France.
He purposes to take possession of the
government of Mexico, which has been
offered him by a few malcontents
there. Before doing this he desires
to break the United States into two
parts, gaining at the same time the
good will of one. By bringing about
this Intervention he will establish the
Confederacy and gain the eternal
gratitude of the southern people. Ills
Mexican scheme will then be on a far
stronger basis.”
The count paused, and I noticed that
a pained expression passed over bis
face.
“And your opinion, count, of the wis
dom of all this?”
He shrugged his shoulders.
“it means the end of the empire.
No more crazy scheme wns ever de
vised. I believe that there are under
lying principles in this American
struggle of yours which in the end.
however remote, will give the free
north the victory over the slave south
—that even the south, once free, will
not tolerate n foreign government set
ap so close to her. And now we come
to the object of this revelation. I
have begged and pleaded with the em
peror to have nothing to do with
America or the struggle now going on
iu America. He declares that It is his
only hope to save his throne. He will
uot listen to me. I would save him
from himself. By securing a prema
ture publication of the plan I may
thwart it, and my master will be saved
from its disastrous consequences.”
In my enthusiasm I grusited the
count’s hand and held It as in a vise.
“Count,” I exclaimed, “I am no less
struck with wonder at your dlz/utcr
ested wisdom than I was at first at
your seeming dishonor. These men
about the emperor are Idiots. You are
a statesman In the very highest de
gree.”
Though 1 was burning to act in the
matter, I left the count to spend twen
ty-four hours in thought upon it be
fore doing so. The fate of my coun
trymen was in my hands. By an er
ror I might turn the clock of human
liberty back half a century. By a
well aimed stroke I might change the
fate of the American republic. I slept
not a wink that night and when the
morning came had formed a new plan.
At 10 o’clock I wns again with the
Count do V.
“Count," I said, “I have not suffi
cient standing with any English paper
to feel sure I can put your scheme In
practice. American journals would
pay millions for the news, but they
are too far away to serve the purpose.
I have a proposition to make. Trust
me to reveal this conspiracy to some
ruler who has the power in himself to
thwart it.”
The count thought n few moments,
then with a sudden Impulse turned to
his desk, seized pen and paper and
wrote. “There,” he said when he had
finished, “is a note of introduction to
a man very near the person of the
emperor of Russia. I have told him to
introduce you to his master and say
that I have proof in my possession of
all you may tell him. Go to St. Pe
tersburg, reveal the plot to the czar,
but remember that my honor, my life,
depend upon your ability to play this
difficult role."
“I will do my best, count, not only
for my country, but for you.”
“Goodby!” he said. “And may you
save the empire of France as well as
the cause of liberty in America. If
you do either and I am sacrificed I
shall not go down in vain.”
That night I took a train for St. Pe
tersburg. Fast as we traveled we
seemed to me to be going at a snail’s
pace. My mind was ever on my work
of blocking the most rascally political
game that was ever played by civ
ilized governments. But, while I
thought much of the main issue, I
thought more of devices by which 1
could get the benefit of De V.’s infor
mation without bringing him into the
matter
Arrived at St. Petersburg, as soon
as I had made a toilet I drove to the
house of Alexiaef Vronsky, to whom
I bore the letter of Introduction. I
found a middle aged gentleman, un
titled, but for some reason possessing
great influence with the czar. He lis
tened to what I had to say, then told
me that he would go at once with a
view to making an appointment for
me at the palace. The same afternoon
he wrote me a note saying that he
would go with me and present me to
the emperor the next morning at 11
o’clock.
On the way to thd palace Vronsky
said to me:
“There Is great hope for you in
this: The emperor Is not fearful or
Jealous of the French, but he Is watch
ing the efforts put forth by England
to control the sea and thereby the
trade of the world. I tell you this that
you may know your best card and
know how and when to play it.”
When I stood in presence of the
autocrat of all the Russias I felt that
I bore on my shoulders the cause of
freedom for the world. He listened to
what I had to say Intently and with
evident Interest. But, seeing me hesi
tate, he said:
“You may trust me as you have
been trusted.”
That was a help to me, and I got on
much better as soon as 1 had been
thus assured. I laid bare the whole
scheme and showed a knowledge of
facts which fitted in with much that
be knew himself about the schemes
not only of Napoleon III., but the
prime minister of England. Before I
had finished I knew I had at heart
won the czar’s confidence.
“I can only say to you now,” said
his majesty, “that the scheme will not
be carried out.”
I withdrew at once perfectly satis
fied with the result of my mission.
After thanking Vronsky again and
again for this introduction I took the
train at once for Paris, knowing that
De V. would be eager to hear what I
might have to say. I called on him on
my arrival before going to my home
and after assuring him that his part
in the matter would never be known
gave him an account of my interview
ending with the czar's assurance.
In a few weeks, hearing nothing
more of the matter nnd becoming un
easy, I sailed for America to report the
affair to the president. In sailing up
I New York bay I found it filled with
I a Russian war fleet.
I Coverly s Substitute!
| Appearances Were Against I
I Him. I
By CLARISSA MACKE.
Copyright, 1910. by American Press <5
Association. ®
<*
_ -,X*xe'
“I’m sorry, Ellabeth,” said Ralph
Coverly, "that I must go to Chicago
ou business for the firm of Fabens &
Coverly."
“Never mind, Ralph. My one week
has been lovely, and I shall enjoy
spending a quiet time with your
mother."
“Mother will be delighted to have
you with her constantly. An Invalid’s
days are dull enough. But there Is
an elderly aunt coming tomorrow, nnd
I’m afraid you’ll not Bud It very
umusing with just Aunt Agatha and
mother. I’ve thought of a plan so
that you might enjoy the program we
planned nnd not miss any of the con
certs or art galleries or even the op
era.” '
"What is that, dear? Really, hall
of the anticipated pleasure was the
knoY. ledge that we were to he to
gether.'’
Ralph hesitated, ana then, as tr dis
missing some unworthy doubt from
his mind, he said quickly:
“Why, I’ve spoken to Fabens. He’s
a i :ighty clever chap and is better
vers 'd In all the things you're inter
csled in than 1 am. I’m such a prac
tical fellow, Elizabeth. Well, I told
l'abens all the things I’d planned we
were to do the coming week and ask
ed him to see that you didn’t miss
any of the pleasures.”
“it's very thoughtful of you, Ralph.”
The next morning when Elizabeth
waudercd downstairs to a late break
fast she found the expected Aunt
Agatha established at the head of the
table. She was a stern visaged lady,
whose hair remained a shining black
In defiance of threescore years. She
wore gold spectacles with thick lenses,
which magnified her dark eyes with
startling results. An enr trumpet dun
gled from a ribbon over her shoulder,
much like a powderhorn at the back
of a hunter.
“Good morning, Miss Neal—or shall
I say Elizabeth? My niece has writ
ten of you, and I've seen your picture.
If you’ll excuse my saying so, you're
not at all the sort of girl I thought
Ralph would marry! He always pre
ferred brunettes, like myself. Well,
men are fickle ns the weather! It’s too
bad Mary Is confined to her room.
You will be very lonely.” Miss Dale
paused to take breath.
“Mrs. Coverly will enjoy having
some one with her. She is so much
alone except for the nurse,” said Elis
abeth.
“I can’t hear a word you say,” as
serted Miss Dale calmly. “It doesn’t
matter. I can always guess what peo
ple are talking about at table. You
probably remarked that you wouldn't
be lonely at all during Ralph’s ab
sence. I know Dick Fabens, my dear,
and a more fascinating man I never
met. Ralph is very foolish to leave
you in Dick’s care. But, there, every
one has his consolations, and that lit
tle dark beauty Ralph was so crazy
about last year lives in Chicago.
There, there! Don’t tret emotional!”
Elizabeth, angry nnd amused, watch
ed her and when she was alone fin
ished her breakfast and retired to her
own room. Later her brief morning
visit to sweet Mrs. Coverly brought
forth the fact that Aunt Agatha had
arrived from her suburban home at an
early hour that morning. She had sur
veyed the house from attic to cellar
and had Interviewed the nurse and the
servants with praiseworthy results.
Mrs. Coverly smiled indulgently and
touched Elizabeth’s serious face with
a delicate forefinger. “Aunt Agatha
is an angel at heart, Elizabeth, but her
deafness 1ms accentuated certain oddi
ties in her manner, and she has adopt
ed a freedom of speech that is some
times alarming. Don’t forget. I shall
expect you to come in for our game
of chess every evening If you don’t
mind devoting so much time to an old
woman."
Elizabeth's answer was to kiss the
hand that caressed her. and the next
half hour was one of i’ I Inti
macy with the mother • Ifc n-o pec
tive husband.
Aunt Agatha at luncheon was a rep
etition of Aunt Agatha at breakfast
and her deeply voiced monologue left
the girl with a strange sense of deso
lation. For the first time since hei
engagement to Ralph there crept intc
her heart a vague disquiet as to hit
perfect loyalty. Who was this dart
beauty of whom Aunt Agatha Dal*
babbled?
Two o’clock brought Dick Faben*
with tickets for a matinee, and. a*
Aunt Agatha was too rheumatic tc
go far afield, Elizabeth went alone wltl
Ralph’s partner. During their brlel
ride in the carriage Elizabeth learner
that Mr. Fabens was feeling rnuct
better and that the simple progran
Ralph had laid out appealed to hit
convalescent body and mind as noth
ing else could.
Dick Fabens was fascinatiug. Oldei
than Ralph, he was attractive by rea
son of his contrasting gray hair ani
youthful face. He was strangely sym
pathetic to Elizabeth, nnd she fount
herself looking to him for confirmatioi
of all, her dtllght In Coed pieasure-tha
He did not flirt With her; he did not
make love to her. He was simply nat
ural and unaffected, and by very rea
son of her enforced solitude at the
Coverly home Elizabeth turned to bint
for congeniality and pleasure during
those seven days.
Aunt Agatha suddenly disapproved
of Dick Fabens’ attention and ex
pressed her opinion each morning.
Elizabeth came to take a wicked de
light In listening to those lectures, and
frequent mention of the dark beauty In
Chicago and Ralph’s weakness in that
direction hardened ’.;er heart against
the absent lover, Hi£ dally letters
were characteristically short, and her
jealous eyes read between the Hues
that he was enjoying his stay in the
Windy City. Then on Thursday the
letters ceased coming, and Elizabeth
stopped writing.
On Saturday morning she took coun
sel In her own room and decided that
Ralph Coverly was tired of her. If be
had not been, if he had really cared
for her, would he not have hesitated
at leaving a substitute for his own
escort? Was it not to justify his own
attentions to this other girl—whose
name Aunt Agatha had once admitted
to be Elsie—that he had provided a
substitute? Fabens spoke little of his
partner beyond saying that the coveted
contract had been secured by Ralph.
Saturday morning Elizabeth went
back to the boarding school, where
she was a teacher of music, but be
fore she went she inclosed her en
gagement ring in a tiny box, register
ed it and sent it to Ralph's office, with
a brief note explaining her action.
••It has all been a mistake,” she said.
Aunt Agatuas rare wen oi iier ™
prolonged and nffectiounte at the late
breakfast, several llours after the ring
and letter had been sent.
“Goodb.v, my dear Elizabeth, l’vt
learned to love you dearly, and I've
watched you closely during the past
week while Dick Fabens has been tak
ing you out, and you are a most un
usual girl. Ralph has won a treasure
indeed. We would have been so un
happy If he had cared for that Elsie
girl who set her cap for him last
year. It's a good thing she eloped
with her chauffeur and went to i’arls,
for”— And so on until Elizabeth’s
bruin reeled with the horror of what
she had done.
Her farewell to Mrs. Coverly was
tearful and brief, bub she did nob dare
divulge the fact of her broken en
gagement to the woman who had tak
en the motherless girl to her warm
heart.
At Fernellff the weeks passed drear
ily without word from Ralph. There
was a picture postcard from Aunt
Agatha, who had returned to her
home, saying she trusted the missive
found Elizabeth in good health. Then
Elizabeth mailed a card to Miss Dale
and hoped that lady was quite well,
and so ended her connection with the
Coverly family.
There came a day several months
afterward when she received cards
for Dick Fabens’ wedding to some
girl from New Orleans. She laid It
away with a little sigh. It was mere
ly an echo of the happy life she had
dropped out of. She blamed herself
bitterly for listening to .Aunt Agatha’a
inane chatter and knew that she had
wronged Ralph. And yet there waa
the fact that he had ceased writing
to her. That might be easily explain
ed. Letters often miscarried. There
was no excuse for her donbt of her
lover’s constancy. She ought to have
trusted him against everybody In the
world, even as he would have done
had the case been reversed.
That same day was a half holiday,
and Elizabeth, weary with the strain
of teaching and very unhappy, stole
away to spend the afternoon alone In
the beautiful chestnut woods that
stretched behind the school buildings.
The trees were In their summer glory
of gold and brown, and through the
scanty foliage thero .were glimpses of
the clear blue sky. iWbene the trees
fringed the banks of the tumbling
river Elizabeth found a aeat on a
mossy rock.
The rushing of the. riyer drowned all
other sounds, and It; was not until he
stood beside her that Elizabeth knew
Ralph Coverly Uad*come at last. From
very Joy In his presence she was pow
erless to move.
He looked down at her, pale and
worn and-quite unlike his usual buoy
ant self. , i%
"Elizabeth,” he said desperately.
"I’ve Just had Fabens’ Invitation. If
It Isn't he, who Is It?”
“Who Is who?’* asked Elizabeth
■weakly, her voice breaking ns he
caught her hand.
"The one who came between us,”
said Ralph hoarsely. “Aunt Agatha
hinted—she wrote—It was Fabens, and
you were both so happy, so I stopped
writing and came home to find the
ring and your letter. I was a beast to
Fabens—thought he had cut me out
with you—and then he stiffened up,
and we’ve hardly been on speaking
terms outside of business. Then this
morning I found his wedding invita
tion in my mall, and so I came down
to find out who the other man is. I
would have staked my life ou your
faith, Elizabeth!”
“You may now. Walt, Ralph, till l
tell you all,” sobbed Elizabeth. But
Ralph did not wait His arms were
about her and her sunny head on bis
shoulder whllecehe poured out the mis
understanding cand misery of those
Seven days.
"It’s turned-out.for the best, dear,”
he comforted her. "This contract was
, a big thing, and so I am not going to
wait another week for you. June is
too far away. Give up your position
and come. Mother needs you, and I
do not dare run the chance of having
to provide another substitute.”
"Or another visit from Aunt Agatha,”
| salfTElizabeth devoutly.
a