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"That iu greed, too. wasn't Itf
"No, Just genera! cussedness. He
blew In the Holbrook bank and
skipped."
"You told me that Henry Holbrook
found hli way here ahead ot you. How
do you account for that?"
He looked at me quickly, and rose,
again pacing the narrow room.
"I don't! I wish I could!"
"It's about the last place In the
world to attract him. Port Annandale
Is a quiet resort frequented by western
people only. There's neither hunting
nor fishing worth mentioning; and a
man doesn't coma from New York to
Indiana to sail a boat on a thimbleful
of water like this lake."
"Yoo are quite right."
"If Helen Holbrook gate him warn?
Ing that they were coming here"
"Don't you dare say It! She couldn't
hare done! She wouldn't have done
It! I tell you I know, Independently of
her, that he was here before Father
Etoddard ever suggested this place to
Miss Pat."
"Well, you needn't get so hot about
It.'
"And you needn't Insinuate that she
is not acting honorably in this affair!
I should think that after making love
to her, as you hate been doing, and
playing the role of comforter to Miss
Pat, you would have the decency not
to accuse her of connlrance with Hen
ry Holbrook."
"You let your Jealousy get the better
of your good sense. I have not been
making love to Miss Holbrook!" I de
clared, angrily, and knew In my heart
that I lied.
"Well, Irishman," he exclaimed with
entire good humor; "let us not bring
up mine host to find us locked In mor
tal combat."
"What the devil did you bring me up
here for?" I demanded.
"On. lust to enJoy your society. 1
Cwrtffct MM, Ml
"Good riddance!" I exclaimed, hear
tlly. "And now"
"And now If I would only follow
suit, everything would be Joy plus for
you!"
He laughed and slapped his knees
at my discomfiture, for he had read
my thoughts exactly.
"You certainly are the only blot on
the landscape!"
"Quite so. And if I would only go
hence the pretty little Idyl that is be
ing enacted in the delightful garden,
under the eye of a friendly chaperon,
would go forward without Interrup
tion." He spoke soberly, and I haa ob
served that when he dropped his chaff
a note of melancholy crept into his
talk. He folded his arms and went
on: "She's a wonderfuj girl. Donovan.
There's no other girl like -tier In- all
the wide world. I tell you It's hard get lonesome sometimes. I tell you a
for a eirl like that to be in her posl- man does get lonesome in this world
tlon-the whole family broken up, and when he haa nothing to lean on but a
that contemptible father of hers hang- blooming button factory and a step-
ing about with his schemes of plunaer. roomer wno nits among tne worm s ex
pensive sanatoria, l Know you nave
never had 'Button, button, who's got
the button?' chanted in your ears, but
may I ask whether you have ever
known the Joy of a stepmother? I
can see that your answer will be an
unregretful negative."
He was quite the fool again, and
stared at me vacuously.
"My stepmother Is not the common
opaque in the affairs or me hoi
brooks. The Italian's presence as
sumed a new significance from Gilles
pie's story. He had been party to a
conspiracy to kill Holbrook, alias
Hartrldge, on the night ot my adven
ture at the houseboat, and I fell to
wondering who had been the shadowy
director of that enterprise the cow
ard who had hung off In the creek and
waited for the evil deed to be done.
TO BEGIN ON
IMPROVEMENTS
CHAPTER XIII.
The Gats of Dreams.
In my heart I was anxious to do
Justice to Gillespie. Sad It is that we
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"What the Devil Did You Bring Me
Up Here For?"
It's Ditlful. Donovan: it's pitiful!"
"It's a cheerless mess. It all came
after the bank failure, I suppose."
"Practically, though tho brothers
never got on. You see my governor
was bit by their bank failure; and
Miss Pat resented the fact that he
backed off when stung. But the Gil
lesples take their medicine; father
novo amipniAii which makes me sore
that your Aunt Pat gives me tho Icy type of juvenile fiction. Sho has never
g uuemiueu uunng ner wiuuwuuuu iu
"Their affairs are certainly mixed." rob the orphan or to poison him. Bless
, . mmitnv your Irish heart, no! Shes a good
I replied, non-commlttaliy. ' ..... u
"They are Indeed; and I have studied woman, and rich In her own right, but
.t . ..... .n roar I couldn't stand her dietary. Shes
I lie W UUlO uuomv ow
near
mind is mussed up, like scrambled
eggs. Your own pretty Idyl of "the
nunnery garden adds the note pi
riuante. Cross my palm with gold and
I'll tell you of strange things that lie
In the future. I have an idea, Dono
van; singular though It seem, I've a
afraid I'm going to die, Donovan!
She thinks everybody's going to die.
Father died of pneumonia and she said
ice-water in the finger-bowl did it, and
she wanted to have the butler ar
rested for murder. She had a new
disease for me every morning. It was
worse than being left with a button-
i lin In mv hfinA
"Keen it" I retorted, "to. prevent a works to draw a stepmother like that
cranial vacuum."
"Pruiiiiofl! Ahsolutelv crushed! ne
replied, gloomily. "Kick me. I'm only
the host."
We were silent while the few sounds
of the village street droned In. He
rose and paced the floor to shako off
his mood, and when he sat down he
seemed In better spirits.
"Holbrook will undoubtedly return,"
1 said.
"Yes; there's no manner of doubt
about that."
"And then there will be moro trou
ble." "Of course."
"nut I suppose there's no guessing
when he will come back."
"He wUl como back as soon as he's
spent his money."
I felt a delicacy about referring to
that transaction on the pier. It was
a wretched business, and I now
realized that the shamo of It was not
lost on Gillespie.
"How does Henry come to have that
Italian scoundrel with him?" I asked
after a pause.
"He'a the skipper of the Stiletto."
Gillespie replied, readily.
"He's a long way from tide-water,"
I remarked. "A blackguard of Just his
sort once sailed me around the Italian
nenlnsula in a felucca, and saved me
from drowning on the way. Hla hero
ism was not, however, wholly disinter
ested. When we got back to Naples
he robbed me of my watch and money
belt and I profited by the transaction,
having Intended to give him double
their value. But there are plenty of
farm boys around the lake who eould
handle the 8tlletto. Henry didn't need
a dago expert."
The mention of the Italian clearly
troubled Gillespie. After a moment he
said:
"He may be holding on to Henry in
stead of Henry's holding on to him. Do
"No; I don't."
"Well, I have an Idea that the dago
knows something that's valuable. Last
summer Henry went cruising In the
Sound with a pretty rotten crowd,
poker being the chief diversion. A
man died on the boat before they got
back te New York. The report was
that he Ml down a hatchway when he
was druak, but there were some ugly
torlea la the capers about It. That
Italian sailor was ooe of the erew ."
"Where Is he new?"
"Over at Battle Orchard. He knows
his man and knows he'll be back. I'm
waiting for Heary. too. Helen gave
hire 110.000. The way the market U
running he's likely to go broke any
day. He plays stocks like a craiy
man, and after he's bustel he'll be
back on our hands."
"It's hard on Ml us Tat."
"And It's harder on Helen. She's In
terror all the time for fear her father
wilt go up against the law and bring
further disgrace on the family. There's
her Uncle Arthur, a wanderer on the
race or tne esrtn lor nis sins, inai
was had enounh without the rest of It."
She ate nothing but hot water and
zweibach herself, and shuddered when
I demanded sausage and buckwheat
cakes every day. She caught me one
day clearing up a couple of chickens
and a mug of Bass with the gardener,
and it was all over. She had noticed,
she said, that I had been coughing of
late I was doing a few cigarettes too
many, that was all and wired to New
York for doctors. She had all sorts,
Donovfin alienists and pneumogastrlc
specialists and lung experts.
"The people on Strawberry II 111
thought there was a medical conven
tion In town. I was kidnaped on the
golf course, where I was about to win
the eastern Connecticut long-drive
cup, and locked up In a dark room at
home for two days while they tested
me. They made all the known tests,
Donovan. They tested me for' dis
eases that haven't been discovered
yet, and for some that have been ex
tinct since the days of Noah. You can
see where that put me. I was afraid
to fight or sulk for fear the alienists
would send me to the madhouse. I
was afraid to eat for foar they would
think that was a symptom, and every
time I asked for food the tape worm
man looked Intelligent and began pre
scribing, while the rest ot them were
terribly chagrined because they hadn't
scored first. The only Joy I got out
of the rumpus was in hitting one of
those alienists a damned hard clip In
the ribs, and I'm glad I did It. He was
feeling my medulla oblongata at the
momett, and as I resent being man
handled I pasted him one he was a
young chap, and fair game I pasted
him one, and then grabbed a suit-case
and slid. I stole away In a clamboat
for New Haven, and kept right on up
Into northern Maine, where I stayed
with the Indians until my father's re
lict went off broken hearted to Bad
Neuhelm to drink the waters. And
here I am, by the grace of God, In
perfect health and in full control of
the button market of the world.
"You have undoubtedly been sorely
tried," I said as he broke oS mournful
ly. In spite of myself I had been en
tertalned. He was undeniably a fellow
of curious humor and with unusual ex
pertence ot Ufe. He followed me to
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the street, and as I rode away he
called me bck aa though to Impart
something of moment
"Did you ever meet Charles Dar
win?"
"He didn't need me for proof, But
tons.'"
"I wish I might have had one word
with Mm. It's on my mind that be
pat the monkeys hack too far. 1
should be happier if he had brought
thera a little nearer up to date. I
should feel less lonesome, Irishman.
He stopped me again.
"Once I had an ambition (o find an
honest man, Donovan, but I gave It up
It's easier to bn an honest man than
to find one. I give you peace!"
I had learned some things from the
young button king, but much was still
are all so given to passing solemn
Judgment on trifling testimony! il my
self am not impeccable. I should at
any time give to the lions a man who
uses his thumb as a paper-cutter; tor
such a one Is clearly marked for bru
tallty. My prejudices rally as to a
trumpet-call at the sight of a girl
wearing overshoes or nibbling bon
bons the one suggestive of predatory
habits and weak lungs, the other oi
nervous dyspepsia.
The night was fine, and after re
turning my horse to the stable I con
tlnued on to the Glenarra boathouse. I
was strolling along, pipe in mouth,
and was half-way up the boathouse
steps when a woman shrank away
from the veranda rail, where she had
been standlne. Razing out upon the
lake. There was no mistaking her,
She was not even disguised to-night,
and as I advanced across the little ver
anda she turned toward me. The lan
tern over the boathouse door suffused
us both as I greeted her.
"Pardon me. Miss Holbrook; I'm
afraid I have disturbed your medita
Hons," I said. "But if you don
mind"
"You have the advantage of beln
on your own ground," she replied.
"I waive all my rights as tenant If
you will remain.
It Is much nicer here than on St
Agatha's pier; you can see the lake
and the stars better. On tho whole,"
she laughed, "I think I shall stay a
moment longer, If you will tolerate
me."
I brought out some chairs and we
sat down by the rail, where we could
look out upon tho star-sown heavens
and the dark floor ot stars beneath.
Helen bent forward with her elbows
resting on the rail, her hands clasped
tinder her chin. The lamplight fell
full upou her slightly lifted head, and
upon her shoulders, over which lay a
filmy veil. She hummed dreamily for
a moment while I watched her. Had
she one mood for the day and another
for the night? I had last seen her
that afternoon after an hour of ten
nis, at which sho was expert, and she
had run away through Glenarm gate
with a taunt for my defeat; but now
the spirit of stars and of all earth's
silent things was upon her. I looked
twice and thrice at her clearly
outlined profile, at the brow with Its
point ot dark hair, at the hand where
on the emerald was clearly distin
guishable, and satisfied myself thst
there could be no mistake about her,
"You grow bold," I said, anxious to
hear her voice. "You don't mind the
pickets a bit."
"No. I'm quite superior to walls
and fences. .You have heard of those
Eatit Indians who appear and disap
pear through closed doors; well, we'll
assume that I had one of those fel
lows for an ancestor! It will save the
trouble of trying to account for my
exits and entrances. I will tell you
In confidence, Mr. Donovan, that I
don't like to be obliged to account for
myself!"
She sat back In the chair and folded
her arms. I had not referred In any
way to her transaction with Gillespie,
I had never Intimated even remotely
that I knew of her meeting with the
Infatuated young fellow on St. Aga
tha's pier; and I felt that those Inci
dents were ancient history.
"It was corking hot this afternoon.
I hope you didn't have too much tennis."
"No; It was pretty enough fun," she
remarked, with so little enthusiasm
that I laughed.
"Yon don't seem to recall your vlo-
tory with particular pleasure. It seems
to me that I am the one to be shy of
the subject How did that score
land?"
"I really forget I honestly do," she
laughed.
"That's certainty generous; but
don't you remnber, as we walked
along toward the gate after the game,
that you said"
"Oh. I can t allow that at all! What
I said yesterday or to day Is of no Im
portance now. And particularly at
night I am likely to bt weak minded
Brief mention was made in this pa
per yesterday of the visit to the city
of a party of Nebraska Telephone
Company officials who were looking
over the field preparatory to commenc
ing operations upon the improve
ments promised the city at the time
of the passage ot the ordinance
granting them a new franchise. As
was said at the time these Improve
ments contemplate the expenditure
of some 125,000 or $30,000 and
mark a distinct advance in the tele
phone service in this city.
To accomodate the new plant
greatly increased room Is desired and
the party yesterday examined a num
ber of buildings with a view to se
lecting one. The site which will be
eventually selected may be either
bought outright or a long term lease
concluded with the probabilities fa
voring the former course of action.
It must be of such size that room can
be had for a largo storage room and
the carrying of a stock of repair
goods as it is the aim of tho company
to make the Plattsmouth office a dls
trlbutlng point for this section.
Among the places examined was
the building on Sixth street next to
the present offices of the Plattsmouth
Telephone Company and formerly oc
cupied by Lorenz Bros. This Is
large, handsome room with a great
deal of floor space which could be
cut up into rooms of the desired size
and it has a convenient location. An
The second floor of tho Wescott
building at Fifth and Main streets
now occupied by the company with
a view of taking over the entire floor
which would be required to accomo
date the space desired. A number
of other very convenient and spacious
locations were examined and when
tho gentlemen have concluded their
Investigations the room will be chos
en and the Improvements started
forthwith.
These will include the installs
tlon of a new switchboard and a com
plcte modern plant one of the kind
which all the metropolitan cities hav
with the latest designed Instruments
and all copper cable. The company
contemplates building this plant for
all time to come and no expense will
bo spared. On Main street tho poles
which at present lino the street from
other site looked at was the corner
room at Sixth and Main streets for
merly occupied by the Plattsmouth
State Bank In the Hotel Riley build
ing. The advantages which this room
has In the way of location was Its
strong point. A store room In the
event this room was selected could
be had by using one of the basement
rooms which are vacant. Still an
other location was that of the sec
ond story of the Falter & Thlerolf
building upon Main street between
Fifth and Sixth streets. This room
Is very convenlenly located and
would make an excellent location,
the Burlington station to Seventh
street will be immediately taken
down and placed In the alleys unless
it should be found feasible to con
struct a conduit for handling the
wires, In which event they will be
placed underground. This latter
method would bo much appreciated
by the people of tho city but there
seems to be some doubt In the minds
of the company officials as to Its
feasibility under conditions as they
are through the alleys In the business
section.
The new system will require an al
most complete revolution throughout
tho city In the way of wiring. An all
copper cable system Is In contempla
tlon one of the most expensive In
use and this means much work in
going over the lines as they now are
constituted. In addition the lines
will bo constructed with a view to
reaching the telephone district of the
city in the best and most thorough
manner.
Work will be started at once and
will be pushed to a finish, all that Is
now wanting being tho final de
clslon aa to where tho new head
quarters will bo located. This done,
the shipment of material for tho
changes and new work will be com
menced and then will follow the
workmen. The plans for the new of
fice and revised lines have been
carefully considered by the officials
of tho company and they have passed
upon them favorably. The expendi
ture of so large a sum of money by
this company Is tho commencement
of good times for Plattsmouth and
the year 1909 bids fair to bo n record
breaker.
Iluo Sorfto Suits!
If you don't buy a
GOOD serge suit, don't
buy any. Ours are GOOD
good enough to buy.
They are guaranteed
all wool and absolutely
fast color. They are
made with broad mili
tary shoulders, shaped
back, creased side
seams, new and ori
ginal ideas in pockets
and ssleeves, and extra
full pegged trousers.
Our prices are
$10, $15, $20, $25
We'll leave it to you if
these are not a little
thebestserges in town.
C.E.
WESCOTT'S
SONS
"Where Quality Counts." 1
KEEI ITL KNOW LKIKJK.
I'liittsmoutli People Should Lenin to
Detect the Approach of Kidney
Disease.
The symptoii3 of kidney troublo aro
so unmistakable that they leave no
ground for doubt. Sick kidneys ex
crete a thick, cloudy offensive urine
full of sediment, Irregular of passage
or attended by a sensation of scald
ing. The back aches constantly, head
aches and dizzy BpellH may occur and
the victim Is often weighed down by
a feeling of langor and fatigue. Ne
glect theso warnings and there Is
danger of dropsy, Brlght's Disease, or
diabetes. Any one of theso symptoms
Is warning enough to begin treating
the kidneys at onco. Delay often
proves fatal.
You can use no better remedy than
Doan'a Kidney Pills. Here's Platts
mouth proof:
Mrs. Claude Butler, 613 S. Tenth
Street, Plattsmouth. Nobr., says
"Doan's Kidney Pills, procured
from Gerlng & Co's drug store, have
been used in my family and I can
hcartly endorse them as a splendid
remedy for kidney disorders, especi
ally In children'! cases. 1 publicly
recommend Doan'a Kidney Pills In
1906 and as I still think highly of
them I have no hesitation In confirm
ing that statement."
For sale by all dealers. Price (9
cents. Fostcr-Mllburn Co., Buffalo,
New York, sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name Doan's and
take no other.
from T. H. Cromwell to J. H. Roggo.
The only other llfo In this office was
work on tho tax list.
No one was in Sheriff Qulnton's of
fice when the reporter called, Sheriff
Quinton being called to the country
on Important business ns told In an
other column.
aud my memory Is poorer then than at
Depends on Ads. 1
W. D. Curtis In speaking of tho
value of honest advertising, says:
".Many reputablo concerns have fal
len Into tho habit of making claims
that will hardly hold water. . There
Is no real Intention of deceiving the
public, but they have Just uncon
sciously developed the habit. As a
matter of fact it is much easier to
write and put together a good ad
vertisement than It Is for the store
to make good afterwards. There Is
much advertising that shoots wide of
the mark. It shoots over the heads
of tho people. Mere Idle boasting ac
complishes little.
"Another point Is that of Implied
advertising. The reader of such copy
Is lead to believe that certain things
are true and he purchases the goods
with that understanding, only to find
out later that ho didn't read the copy
straight. In such case, of course,
there Is no way for him to get back at
the house; ho Just misunderstood the
advertising. In cases of this kind,
there are many Instances whore the
Tho peach and apple buds seem to ho advertiser placed the copy with tho
In good shape the latter being prac- purposo of deceiving the reader; In
tlcally uninjured while the peaches others It was merely a matter of poor
G. W. Dalton from the east sldo
of the river wbh In the city today
coming' over with his step-daughter
Mrs. J. N. Hosklns who was going to
Gretna to live. Mr. Dalton states
that he has mnde a careful examina
tion of tho peach and apple trees In
the bottom and he Is satisfied there
will bo a fair crop of peaches and
a splendid applo crop if nothing un
foreseen happens in the near future.
are In far better Bhapo than one
would ex poet to find them. He be
lleves the late cold spells resulted
In holding tho buds back so that they
wero not far enough developed to
be Injured by tho last freeze
THI8 DANK WILL
At the Court IIoum.
Matters at the court house In com
mon with everywhere clue In town
were very dull today, there being
few visitors and little doing outside
of routine work. Nothing was
filed In District Court Robertson's
office, ho being engaged in record
work.
In county court a pettlon was filed
for an administrator In the estate of
James Catbey near Murray, and a
civil suit was filed by Clarence Tcfft
entitled Leach vs. Sperry, the amount
asked for being about $300. There
Is no marriage licenses Issued since
the 1 5th. the marriage market being
dull and quiet.
In the county clerk's office a bill
of sale was filed transferring the
grain elm nor at Wabash this county,
English. In both cases It 4s poor
advertising. No statement should be
mad In advertising that any employe
In the houso, or the most confiden
tial clerk would not recognize at
once as being absolutely straight"
The man who attempts to run hla
business without advertising la like,
the man who attempted to teach his
horso to live without eating; Just aa
the horso got used to It, he up and
died. Rusty JIlke'B Dairy.
LIGHTEN tho DUnDEtl
of carina: for your money. Open
an account and at once be relieved
of all anxiety about thieves, fire or
other sources of danger to your
cash. The Dank of Cass County Is
a much safer place for your cash
than your home or office. Deposit
youra here so aa to get the securi
ty of its strong, fireproof vaults.
Commence today am) sleep sounder
tonight
THE BANK OF CUSS COUNTY,
PlittsBiouth, Ntbriski.
Georgo Sayles was a passenger on
the early morning train for Glen-
wood, where ho goes to look after
some business matters.
Mat Gerlng the sweet tbngued or-
ator of Plattsmouth, has decided to
locate In Omaha. Mat has had a
long desire to locate in Omaha for
many years past. Nebraska Cltx
News.
Wm. Hogabone, mayor of LaPlatte
and general factotum ot that enter
prising and flourishing city, waa In
the city several hours this morning
buying sundry and various eatables
and returning to his own heath on the.
mall train at noon.
Messrs Walberatone and Fassbend
er, of Wahoo, have purchased the J.
W. Butt furniture stock and Mr. F,
Walberstone arrived here from Wa
hoo last evening, to take charge ot
the stock and put It in shape. Mr.
Fassbcnder will follow In a few days.
They aro both live business men and
will put the store In fine shape and
carry a big line of goods. The News
welcomes them to our city. Nebras
ka City News.
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