ROSALIND
RED GATE
3ByC
MEREDITH NICHOLSON
lllustratloag by
RAY WALTERS
GIVMkt. mi. bto-JKnill "t-nil
peaceful place on tne map. Let ui
begin with a drive at six, when the
sun Is low; or, maybe, you would pre
fer a little run in the launch."
They exchanged glances. '
"I think It would be all right, Aunt
Pat." said Helen.
"Pernaps we should wait another
day. We must take no chances; the
relief of being free Is too blessed to
throw away. I really slept through
the night I can't tell you what a
boon that is!"
"Why, Sister Margaret had to call
us both at eight!" exclaimed Helen.
"That is almost too wonderful for be
lief!" "Oh, the nights here are tranquillity
itself! Now, as to the drive"
"Let us wait another day, Mr. Dono
van. I feel that we must make assur
ance doubly sure," said Miss Pat; and
this, of course, was final.
It was clear that the capture of Gil
lespie had not disturbed the slumber
of St. Agatha's. My conscience
pricked me a trifle at leaving them so
ignorantly contented; but Gillespie's
appearance was hardly a menace, and
though I had pledged myself to warn
Helen Holbrook at the first sign of
trouble, I determined to deal with hlra
on my own account. He was only an
infatuated fool, and I was capable, I
hoped, of disposing of his case with
out taking any one into my confi
dence. But first it was my urgent
business to find . him.
I got out the launch and crossed the
lake to the Bummer colony and began
my search by asking for Gillespie at
the casino, but found that his name
was unknown. I lounged about until
lunch time, visited the golf course
that lay on a bit of upland beyond the
cottages and watched the players un
til satisfied that Gillespie was not
among them, then I went home for
luncheon.
A man with bandaged arms, and
clad In a dressing gown, cannot go
far without attracting attention; and
I was not in the least dlkcouraged by
my fruitless search. I have spent
considerable part of my life in the
engaging occupation of looking for
men who were hard to find, and as I
smoked my cigar on the shady ter
race and waited for Ijlma to replenish
the launch's tank, I felt confident that
before night I should have an under
standing with Gillespie if he were still
in the neighborhood of Annandale.
The midday was warm, but I cooled
my eyes on the deep shadows of the
wood, through which at intervals I
saw white sails flash on the lake. All
bird-song was hushed, but a wood
pecker on a dead sycamore hammered
away for dear life. The bobbing of
his red head must have exerclwd
some hypnotic spell, for I slept a few
minutes, and dreamed that the wood
pecker had bored a hole in my fore
head. When I roused it was with a
start that sent my pipe clattering to
the stone terrace floor. A man who
lias ever camped or hunted or been
hunted nnd I have known all three
experiences always scrutinizes the
horizons when he wakes, and I found
myself staring Into the wood. As my
eyes sought remembered landmark!
here and theie, I saw a man dressed
as a common sailor skulking toward
the boathottse several hundred yards
away. He was evidently following the
school wall to escape observation, and
I rose and stepped closer to the bal
ustrade to watch his movements. In
a moment he came out into a little
open space wherein stood a stone
tower where water was stored for the
house, and he paused here and gazed
about him curiously. I picked up a
field glass from a little table near by
and caught sight of a uwarthy foreign
face under a soft felt hat. He passed
the tower and walked on toward the
lake, and I dropped over the balus
trade and followed him.
The Japanese boy was still at work
on the launch, and, hearing a step on
the pier planking, he glanced up, then
rose and asked the stranger his busi
ness. The man shook his head.
"If you have business it must be at
the house; the road Is in the other di
rection," and Ijlma pointed to the
wood, but the stranger reniulned
stubbornly on the edge of the pier. I
now stopped out of the wood and
walked down to the pier.
"What do you want here?" I de
manded, sharply.
VK man touched hU hat smiled.
n,l MO'jk hla hfnu The nroad tur.a
'p lif'fil In huuIo Was that of a la
b"r"r. and 's brown back was tat-
!"" ' He belonged. I Judged, to 0110
(,r Hi - (Ink Mediterranean races, und
I tlT'll Mm I.. I. .11...
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private grounds; ynu
1' .no here very quick-
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distinctly, but
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I addressed him again, ordering him
from the premises, he continued to
shake his head and grin foolishly.
Then I pointed toward the road.
"Go; and it will be best for you not
to come here again!" I said, and, after
saluting, he walked slowly away into
the wood, with a sort of dogged inso
lence in his slightly swaying gait. At
a nod from me Ijlma stole after him
while I waited, and in a few minutes
the boy came back and reported that
the man had passed the house and
left the grounds by the carriage en
trance, turning toward Annandale.
With my mind on Gillespie I put off
In the launch, determined to study the
lake geography. I have, I hope, a soul
for landscape, and the soft bubble of
water, the lush reeds in the shallows,
the rapidly moving paiorama of field
and forest, the glimpses of wild Sow
ers, and the arched blue above, were
restful to mind and heart. It seemed
shameful that the whole world was
not afloat; then, as I reflected that an
other boat In these tranquil waters
would be an impertinence that I
should resent, I was aware that I had
been thinking of Helen Holbroct all
the while; and the thought of this Ir
ritated me so that I criticised Ijlma
most unjustly for running the launch
eiose to a bowlder that rose lixe a
miniature Gibraltar near the shadowy
shore we were skirting.
We gained the ultimate line of the
lower lake, and followed the shore in
search of its outlet, pleasingly set
down on the map as Tippecanoe creek,
which ran oft and Joined somewhere
a river of like name. The lake's wa
ters ran away, like a truant child,
through a woody cleft, and in a mo
ment we were as clean quit of the
lake as though it did not exist. After
a few rods the creek began to twist
and turn as though with the intention
of making the voyager earn his way.
In the narrow channel the beat of our
engine rang from the shores rebuking
ly, and soon, as a punishment for dis
turbing the peace of the little stream,
we grounded on a sand-bar.
"This seems to be the head of navi
gation, Ijlma. I believe this creek
was made for canoes, not battle
ships." Between us we got the launch off,
and I landed on a convenient log and
crawled up the bank to observe the
country. I followed a stake-and-rlder
fence, half hidden in vines of various
sorts, and tramped along the bank, with
the creek still singing its tortuous way
below at my right hand. Soon the
rail fence gave way to barbed wire;
the path broadened and the under
brush was neatly cut away. Within
lay a small vegetable garden, care
fully tilled; and farther on I saw a
dark green cottage almost shut in by
beeches. The path dipped sharply
down and away from the cottage, and
a moment later I had lost sight of It;
but below, at the edge of the creek,
stood a long houseboat with an ex
tended platform or deck on tho water
side. I can still feel, as I recall the day
and hour, the utter peace of the scene
when first I came upon that secluded
spot: The melodious flow of the
creek beneath; the flutter of homing
wings; even the hum of insects in the
sweet, thymy air. Then a step farther
and I came to a gate which opened on
a flight of steps that led to the house
beneath; and through the intervening
tangle I saw a man sprawled at ease
in a steamer chair on the deck, his
arms under his head. As I watched
him he sighed and turned restlessly,
and I caught a glimpse of close
trimmed beard and short, thin, slight
ly gray hair.
The place was clearly the summer
home of a city man in search of quiet,
and I was turning away, when sud
denly a woman's voice rang out clear
lv from the bank.
"Hallo, the houseboat!"
"Yes; I'm here!" answered the man
below.
"Come on, father; I've been looking
for you everywhere," called the voice
again.
"Oh, it's too bad you've been wait
ina," he answered.
"Of course I've been waiting!" she
flung back, and he Jumped up and ran
toward her. Then down the steps
flashed Helen Holbrook in white. She
paused at the gate an instant before
continuing her descent to the creek,
bending her head as she sought the
remaining steps.
"Daddy, you dear old fraud,
thought you were coming to meet me
cu the ridge!"
I turned and groped my way along
the darkening path. My heart was
thumping wildly and my fehead was
wet with perspiration.
Ijlma stood on the bank lighting his
lantern, and I flung myself into the
launch and bade him run for home
We were soon crossing the lake.
lay back on the cushions and gazed
ud at the bright roof of stars. Before
I reached Glenarm the shock of find
Ing Helen Holbrook in friendly com
munlratlon with her father had
passed, and I sat down to dinner at
nine o'clock with a sound appetite.
CHAPTER V.
A Fight on a Houseboat.
At ten o'clock 1 called for n horse
and mile out Into the night, turning
Into the country with the Intention
of following the lake road to the re
gion 1 bad explored In the launch u
few hours beforu. All w.s dark at
St. Agatha's as I passed. No doubt
Helen llollin.ok had n luni d in duo
course from her visit to her father
mill, after Accounting plausibly to l'.-T
aunt for l;r ahf nee. was sl.'t pin,: tho
sleep of the just. Now
o? the I'inM'T In nil It
cnseil myself fur not
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was plain; und yet in my heart 1 was
excusing and defeuding her. A fi.m
lly row about money was ugly at
best; and an unfortunate even
criminal father may still have some
claim on his child.
Then, as against such reasoning,
the v felon of Miss Pat rose before mo
and I felt whatever chivalry there
is in me arouse with a rattle of
spears. Paul Stoddard, In comfnlttlng
that dear old gentlewoman to my care,
had not asked me to fall in love with
her niece; so, impatient to be thus
swayed between two inclinations, I
chirruped to the horse and galloped
swiftly over the silent white road.
The whole region was very lonely,
and now that the beat of hoofs no lon
ger rang in my ears the quiet was op
pressive. I struck through the wood
and found tho creek, and the path be
side it. The little stream was still
murmuring its own name musically,
1th porhaps a softer note In defer
ence to the night; and following the
path carefully I came in a few min
utes to the steps that linked the cot
tage with the houseboat at the creek's
edge. It was Just there that I had
seen Helen Holbrook, and I stood
quit still recalling this, and making
sure that she had come down thons
steps in tnat quiet out-of the-way cor
ner of tho world, to keep tryst with
her father. The story-and-a-half cot
tage was covered with vines and
close-wrapped in shrubbery. A semi
circle of taller pines within shut the
cottage off completely from the high
way. I crawled through the cedars
and walked along slowly to the gate,
near which a post supported a sign
board. I struck a match and read:
RED GATfi.
R. HARTKIDGE,
Canoe-Maker.
Tippecanoe, Indiana.
This, then, was the home of the
canoe-maker mentioned by Ijlma. I
found his name repeated on the rural
delivery mall box affixed to the sign
post. Henry Holbrook was probably a
boarder at the house it required no
great deductive powers to fathom
that. I stole back through the hedge
and down to the houseboat. Several
It Flashed Over Me That He Was the
Dark Sailor I Had Ordered from
Glenarm.
canoes, carefully covered with tar
paulins, lay about the deck, and chairs
were drawn up close to the long, low
house in shipshape fashion. If this
houseboat was the canoe-maker's shop
he had chosen a secluded and pictur
esque spot for it.
As I leaned against the rail study
ing the lines of the house, I heard sud
denly the creak of an oarlock in the
stream behind, and then low voices
talking. I drew back against the
house and waited. Possibly the ca-noe-mnker
had been abroad, or, more
likely, Henry Holbrook hnd gone forth
upon some mlchief, and my mind flew
at once to the two women at St. Aga
tha's, one of whom at least was still
under my protection. The hont ap
proached furtively, nnd I heard now
very distinctly words spoken in
Italian:
"Have a care; climb up with the
rope and I'll follow."
Then the boat touched the platform
lightly and a second later a man
climbed nimbly up the side. His com
panion followed, and they tied their
boat to the railing. They paused now
to reconnolter so close to me that I
could have touched them with my
hands and engaged in a colloquy.
The taller man gave directions, the
other replying in monosyllables to
show that he understood.
"Go to th side porch of the cottage,
and knock. When the man comes to
the door tell him that you are the
chauffeur from nn automobile that has
broken down In the road, and thnt
you wnnt help for a woman who has
been hurt."
"Yes, sir."
"Then you know the rest."
"The knife It shall he done."
I have made It the rule of my life,
against much painful experience and
the admonitions of many philosophers,
to act first nnd reason afterwards.
And here It was a ease of two to one.
The men herein stealing across tho
deck toward the steps that b'd up to
the cottage, nnd with rather more
zeal than Judgment I took a step after
them, nnd clumsily kicked over a
chair that fell clattering wildly. Both
men leaped toward the rail nt the
SOIII'd. Mill 1 thlMeneil niweir R:iillNl
the house to aw- ilt developments. The
slb'iiee was ir.aln coni.de .
"A clolr l;l w ever," r t'ut k -d one
of 5 ; voir- ...
WITH THE
STATESMEN
Col. Bales Wriies of the Progress
of Legislation
Lincoln. Neb.. Feb 22, 1909.
The House refused to adjourn Sat
urday to Tuesday in honor of the
Father of our country, and brief
services were held today in honor of
the event. Several brief addresses
were delivered this afternoon.
The bill placing the power in the
hands of the governor to designate
the papers throughout the state in
which the constitutional amendments
shall be published passed the house
Saturday by a strict party vote, and
will now become a law. This hill
was introduced In the Senate by Sen
ator Farmer and passed by that body
before coming t" the House. This is
destlnled to help out the democratic
papers some, and is nothing more
than the repubicans would have done
under like circumstances.
A big banquet is to be held at the
auditorium on March 19, in honor
of W. J. Bryan's birthday. One
thousand tickets will be sold at one
dollar per. This promises to be a
grand event and will be attended
by many democrats from throughout
the state.
There are three county option blls
on the roll, which will come up this
week. It is Bafe to Bay that they will
be consigned to the waste basket, and
die a horning. However, the mem
bers of the House and Senate who
are opposed to the measures are keep
ing their eyes peeled. While this is
the case, it may be said that the tem
perance advocates are also alive and
working like bees.
Last Wednesday afternoon Mr.
Bryan addressed the House and Sen
ate in representative hall, and it is
unnecessary to remark that standing
room was at a premium. He opened
the eyes of some democratic members
of both houses as to their duties in
carrying out tho pledges of the demo
cratlc state platform. While moBt of
the democratic members will do this,
there are a few who will vote with
the republicans and they have al
ready assisted the minority in carry
ing several bills which they should
not have done. No one who comes
here as a democrat, should'be found
affiliating with republicans on any
measure which is likely to hurt the
party in the state. The voters are
watching closely the acts of the pres
ent legislature and it behooves all of
us to do our best for those who sent
us here to represent them.
A bill is now before the House
which if enacted will work
hardship on the publishers who claim
to have a larger circulation than they
really have, and compel all papers
to have a sworn circulation statement
kept at the head of their respective
papers. Strange to sny this bill was
introduced by one of the country ed
itors in the western part of the state.
The law will no doubt prove a JuHt
one 10 10 many nonest newspaper
men.
The bill Introduced by Scheele of
Seward county to abolish the high
school law, met with defeat In the
House last week. While there may
be some in Cass and Otoe counties
who think the high school law should
be abolished, I have failed to receive
one Blngle letter from any of my
constituents to thie effect. While on
the other hand I have received num
erous letters favoring the present
law.
The democrats aro pledged to econ
oniy, and while I believe the legisla
ture has been very economical so far
in this respect, there are many appro
priations to come yet. The state
fair association, for Instance, -wants
$ 1 50,000 for Improvements, but we
believe that It will b0 Impossible for
the members of that association to
make this legislature believe they
ought to have this amount. If the
get $25,000 they will be doing well
The House has resolved to have
2,000 copies of the guaranty bank
bill printed In pamphlet form for tho
members to send out to those of our
constituents who may want a copy
of the same. They will be delivered
some time this week, nnd If any of
my friends in Plnttsmouth or there
abouts want to be favored with
i. mem noiier in time, a
they will -go off like hot cakes."'
The time for Introducing bills will
expire next Thursday, after which
time none will conic to the front
Th"ii the sifting committee will ge
to work, nnd It will lie safe to sa
many 11 1 1 h may slumber In the com
niittee room or bn consigned to th
flumes. Fully six hundred hills hav
i i ..... . i . . .
"'ii iiiMOOUieil in t!lo House, mil
nearly this niinilii r In the Sennt.
line more will have to he some sift
Ing done.
M. A. It
Mry. .1. .1. Hill of liehUep . n,.,
id Mrs. .terry Mi lined of Soul
'iei di parted tbls noon on Hie m;ii
In. the f( ni l r f . i- iief hou.e n
IVl.'oi'r. r;: (In- 1 "iter f. r ) nli.i
Introduce. NYw Hill.
Hates of Cass introduced a bill to
ai
Id three more salaried positions to
the
governor's list of rewards. He
w
uld have the stat board cf azri-
cu
lture appointed by the governor.
This has been a non-political board.
The treasurer of this association gets
mall salary, the secretary a yearly
salary and puts all his time at the
w
ork, and a stenographer is employ-
ed
. The secretary is a stauch repub
an and was at one time a factor in
11
Sh
erman county politics. Almost all
such bills are voted for with enthu
siasm by the democrats in the house.
It
has been a long time since they
ha
ve had a chance to thrive on the
spoils of party victory and they in
tend to do so now to their utmost
and make no secret of their inten
tion. For a time all Buch bills that
came up in the house were given to
Case of Frontier to introduce. He
seems to have boUed and refused
longer to do this work for the politi
cal managers who are strengthening
the machine. Bates has followed
Case with three such bills to date.
State Journal.
Kim wood.
Elmwood, Neb., Feb. 20. At Lin
coln yesterday in the office of Judge
Cosgrave, Luther Hall, a farmer who
lives about five miles southwest of
Elmwood. and Mrs. Pearl Gamble of
Yates Center, Yates Center, Kas..
were married. The bride's parents
are Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Hess, who
moved to Kansas about two years
ago. The couplo will reside on a
farm near Elmwood.
At the beautiful country home of
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Eveland, west of
Murdock, at high noon Thursday, oc-
currd the marriage of their youngest
aughter, Jo Olive, to H. Newton
Lange, of Wilton, la. About 150 of
the friends and relatives of the young
people were present. The ceremony
was conducted by a brother of the
groom, now a pastor of the Metho
dist church at St. Edwards, Neb. The
attending couples were Miss Winifred
Winter, of University Place, and Mr.
Joseph Lnnge, of Wilton, la., a
brother of the groom, and Miss Merle
Gustin, of Elmwood, and Mr. Gustln
of Murdock. Miss Maud Thomas of
University Place, played tho wed
ding march. After the ceremony an
elaborate wedding dinner was served
the members of the Sunday school
class, the Clover club, of which th
bride has been teacher for several
years, were the table attendants
The house waB handsomely dec
orated. The bride has been attend
ing Wesleyan university, while the
groom Is the proprietor of a farm in
the state of Iowa.
Walter Cromwell shipped his
household goods to Foster, Neb., this
week, where he has purchased a
farm and will make his home. The
family have lived in UiIb commun
ity for nearly thirty years.
Ill County Court.
A number of probate matters were
disposed of yesterday in county court.
The first hearing on claims against
the estate of James Dyer, late of
Greenwood, was hejd and such as
had been filed allowed. In the es
tate of Amelia Hoffman, administra
trix wns discharged nnd a distribu
tion of the property made. Tho
bondsmen of the administratrix were
also released from further liability
on the bond. In the estnto of James
A. White the first hearing on claims
was hnd. Tho will of tho Into Nancy
L. Willis was ndmltted to probate,
the attesting witnesses being present
and testifying. A petition wns filed
nsklng for the admission of the will
of the Into George E. Snyles to pro
bate and also a petition asking thnt
the will of the late Josluh Tlmblln
be admitted to probate.
Former Resident of County.
Mrs. Charles H. Pinkhnm of Abi
lene, Kansas, came In this morning
for a short visit with friends In tho
city. Mrs. Pinkhnm Is the wlfo of
Mr. Charles H. Pinkhnm, formerly
a pioneer citizen of Rock Illuffs, later
of South Rend, Neb., where he was
for a number of years engaged In
general merchandise, but now of
Abilene. Kas., where In company
with his son they are among the
leading merchants or that bustling
Kansas city.
Mrs. Pinkhnm, wns, before her
marriage, MIsh Ilellen Cooley. n
daughter of Mr. nnd Mrs. Griffith
Cooley who were early settlers of
Eight Mile Grove precinct, near Old
Glendale. Mrs. IMnkhnn Is n sister
of Mrs. George Snyles, widow of the
late George Kales of Cedar Creek,
and was In attendance nt the funeral
of thai leading and highly respected
pioneer sot lb r. she Is an mini of
Germ- Sales, manager of the Duff
t; nil n Company In this illy, and will
he the curst of thnt geiitletinii and
other rtlcn,!s In e'n s County f,,r
awhile.
Frank K. White, .. . iet;i- of the
M:s us of N, l:ra-.i;.i. ..pe,n ,v VSv.
"la : In the i I'y Ii '.i-u; i,',i r lnisl
:"' f'jr t lie i : . , m l i; luu ,
'"' 1 ' ' ' I ' 'f'!'! ' ;o his r i'fl' e i
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111
JV
To BUY PANTS
CHEAP!
JUST 4 PRICES
Some of them worth $5 and
$6. Wherever one or two lef t
we have put them in to close
out. Rather lose money on
these and clean our stock up
forthenew spring line. Better
come now. Sold fast last
week. CASH only Look
at our West Window
C.E.
WESCOTT'S
SONS
"When quality Counts."
Young People Wed.
At his offices In the court house
this afternoon County Judge Reeson
united In marriage two of Cass coun
ty's most populnr young people. The
contracting parties were Peter
Schroodcr, aged 24, and Miss Mar
garet Stoehr, aged 23, both from
near Cednr Creek. The wedding took
place at about 2 o'clock. The wed
ding party comprised the bride and
groom and Miss Louise Stoehr, a sis
ter of the bride, who was brides
maid, und Hans Schrocder, a brother
of Hie groom, who acted as best
man.
Tho ceremony was performed In
tho presence of a lurge number of
spectators who hnppened to bo In the
building nt tho time. The wedding
party assembled In front if the
Ji.dfcc's bench and Judge I! ison pro
iiouncid the worus which linked
their lives forever. The bride was
ImiKhoniely attired In white nnd hnd
sotne very handsome lulde's ror, s
num bed to her corsage. Thi brldes
mpid was nlso charmingly attired
a.d likewise carried mii.o hnndsoiLo
rows.
The bride Is the chnrmliit and cul
tured daughter of Philip Stoc'ir and
wife, n young lady of rnr at nin
ineiiiu In every respect and ono who
numbers her friends by the score.
They all unite In wishing her a long
and happy married life and trust that
all her wedded days will be as full of
sunshine and light as the day upon
which she was wed.
The groom Is the son of Jerry
Schroeder and wife, a young man of
more than ordlnnry worth nnd a fit
husband for the charming lady whom
he lias made his bride. Ho Is recog
nized by his ninny friends as one of
the best of young men, worthy, re
liable nnd of sterling honesty.
The happy couple will enter upon
farming, which the groom hns fol
lowed during his life nnd will con
tinue to grace Cuss county with their
nresenee.
mi
Iti lngs Good I'lMile.
Clerk of the District Court Jnniv
Robertson this morning made tho
.'lie of the lands of Hie Kt'lUllplen
eitaie, tih posing of the kuiii at tho
nielli door of the ciiiiii house. The
land vns bought by .lullm Reinke of
South Hi ml, ho bidding (he sum of
?lt''. it'll Tor the 'J(H) aires, or an av-
ein:;e of per i, ",., The pliie I
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