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THE FALL
D
FESTIVAL
oj ohe
orna Isabel
By Randall Parrish
Author of Bjb Hampton ot Pacer.
Illustrations bv Deaborn Melvil
and then, all at once, I found the crest
and breathed la the welcome air, my
stiffened limbs moving mechanically,
my brain throbbing with pain. I could
see nothing until & huge roller flung
me upward, buffeting my face with Icy
spray, and there, below in the hollow,
tossed the long boat, every pallid face
staring up at me. I saw them fran
tically back water, aa the great surgs
turled me down headlong. I was be
side them; they clutched at me and
missed. The stern, swung suddenly
about by the blow of the sea, loomed
over me, and then my fingers gripped
a dripping oar-blade. God knows how
I ever clung to It, wrenched by that
sea how the strength remained in
ray numbed hands; but some one
twisted a boathook In the collar of my
Jacket, and so they hauled me, drip
ping and half-conscious, over the gun
wale. I saw Doris. I looked into her
yes. I felt her bare hands on my
wet cheek. I think It was the simple
touch of her that gave me back life
and comprehension of my condition. I
endeavored weakly to lift my head,
fighting against the awful numbness
that held me prostrate. Everything
seemed a dream, yet In that dream I
lieard De Nova's Tolce;
"Take him for'ard zare, dam' quick.
Strip ze wet clothes off, or he freeze
dead. Hy gar, Jump you, Kelly, an'
get blanket roun' him!"
I hardly know what they did, for I
scarcely retained sufficient life to re
alize that I was still alive; but, when
I was fairly warm beneath a pile of
blankets, I saw Doris sitting where
she could look down into my face,
and the men busy stepping the mast
and getting up sail. I pushed my
"hand out from under the covers and
found hers.
"Don't cry, little girl," I whispered
tenderly; "It is all right now."
She bent down, her cheek pressed
against mine, unable to speak.
"Did did the Donna Isabel go
iown?" I asked, after a moment's si
lence. .
"Yes, and and It nearly caught us,"
lier voice sobbing, as the memory of
It all came back. "I I saw you Jump,
and then there was nothing nothing
tut the sea. Oh! how did God ever
save you ever bring you back to
me?"
wrapped warmly' In blankets, minis
tered to by De Nova, who sat beside
The Progress of Prep3ra!ion for the
Fall Festival Continues.
The progress of preparation for
the big festival goes on apace. What
threatened to be one of the prin
cipal obstacles to the complete suc
cess of the affair has been removed
by the kind action of Rev. Luther
Moore, who was to open a series of
revival meetings on the north half
of the court house block on Sunday,
September 5. For this purpose a
monster tent bad been secured,
which was to be put up on the lot In
question. Rev. Moore has decided
to postpone the opening of his meet
ings for one week, or until Sunday,
September 12, and he has tendered
to Chairman Schneider of the exec
utive committee of the festival the
use of the big tent. Needless to say
his kind actions are much appre
ciated, as they assist materially In
the success of the enterprise.
It has been suggested that the
tent be utilized as a place to exhibit
a pure food show. The local mer
chants can secure exhibits of pure
food products by the Beveral whole
sale houses with whom they trade,
and the different lines can be suit
ably displayed in this big tent. At
all such shows samples of the dif
.dverti-eil Letter Lit.
The fellow in letters remain at
the iTstt-ffiee at Plattsmouth, Neb.,
uncalled for for the week ending
August 1G. retinitis railing for same
will please say "advertised:" Mrs.
Juhel Andrews, Mrs. Myra Hrown,
Miss Anna Tavese, Jas. liettey, Art
Delaney, J. C. Dulin & Son. Ike Fry,
Tail Kline, Ed. Koeppel, Harry Lib
bey, Thomas Lythani, Asa M. Mc
Cullough, William Mane, Sylvester
Martin. Chas. Straus, F. C. Smith,
Tom Sherwood, Mr. Thomas. C. H.
Smith, postmaster.
IE
m
GOLDEN
WEDDING
State Journal Has Interesting Write
up of Pleasant Event
Last Sunday's issue of the State
Journal contained an excellent like
ness of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Pol
lock of this city, together with a
fine write-up of the recent golden
wedding celebration of this most
estimable couple at the home of
their daughter, Mrs. Charles C. Par-
mele. The pictures of the aged
couple are excellent and very life
like, as their many friends well
know. The article In question Is re
produced below In part, the re
mainder having been heretofore
I itvlntn1 In tVttu nnnni"
ferent articles are given out to the ""-
Many or tne eiueriy acquaintances
notablo among them
THIS HOT WEATHER
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UUUL-dUVJ
COOL WEARABLES
Soft Shirts in cool, light colors, with solf collars QQ
attached or without collars, going at Ju
Wast ties in four-in-hand style, light and dark IOa
colors IZu
Soft light airy Jap Silk handkerchief ties, 75c Q On
values wUu
Men's full sized hemstitched white linen finish
handkerchiefs wb
A few children's wash suits left at. . . 49c
A few children's wash pants left at. . .
22c
6. I. DosGoii's Sons
Home of Satisfaction.
being Mrs. J. F. Ruck of Union,
Neb., now 90 years of age, and no
She Still Sat at My Knee, Yielding
Me New Courage.
her. Rut Doris remained aft with me,
resting when I was off duty, but sit
ting wide awake, her head touching
my knee whenever it was my trick at
the tiller. It seems a strange thing to
say, yet I believe it was tbe very cer
tainty of death which kept her strong,
self-reliant, almost happy. Not for one
instant did she consider our final res
cue as possible. She lived In her love
for me, utterly Insensible to the drear
surroundings, and merely anxious to
prolong our life together. It was a
revelation to me of a woman's heart,
a woman's constancy. May I never
forget the clasp of her hand, the ten
der lovelight In her gray eyes, the
words of faith and hope on her lips,
as we sat thus through those long
hours battling against the sea
nubile Lnd demonstrations made of
ho A(tarant hrnnrla nf vnnAa This wer0 PI'C-Hcnt,
III V UltlVI Villi viuiiuu v. o x v
tent would come In excellently for
thin niirmiKP. nnd It would nlil ma-
tpriniiv in makimr the nure food ex- one enjoyed the occasion more. The . nDt,eared upon the scene and
hll.it a grand success. BCOne one ot real int for this time he wasted no more good
It has also been sueeested that M Present flnd there wa3 much exM advice, but proceeded to throw
the tent be used for the meeting of tnanse or kinaty greeting.
Mr. ana Mrs. rarmeie, wno al
ways entertain most delightfully,
were assisted in receiving their
guests by Mrs. C. M. McElroy of
Minneapolis, and Mr. T. II. Pollock, MlA before JudgH Archer, who had
sister and brother of the hostess. Mu fnmn ..Tw,P tn rcvll-doprs'
Thw unavoidable absence of James I ,gn banging on the outer walls
K. roliocK, tne oniy memuer ot me ... , t Frnnk one of hls
family not present, was much re- JuHt,y cekbrated bnleful looks and
gretted. asked him to explain why lie per-
U.omas I'ouocK, son ot juage . . . . taklng on guoh tonimge
with the executive committee and a Then as PoUock of Llgonler, West- and Rettng ,nt0 troube. Th8 the
program was mapped out for Live moreland county, Pennsylvania, Au- mn fapd to do and tne
Stock and Agricultural day. Prizes 8"8t 9 18,,J- wns to Mary J d flS80BBed him to the tune of
for the best animals of several kinds I nerr- auMuer i " five slmolooms and trimmings, ag-
the pioneers on the second day, as
it will have a central location and
do away with the long climb to Gar
field park. It would also afford a
sure protection against a possible
hot sun. These two purposes could
make the tent Just the thing needed
and deserve to be considered.
The live stock committee, headed
by Luke L. Wiles and George Kaf-
fenberger, met Inst Saturday night
Frank in for the night. This was
done with the highest motives, viz:
to teach him how vain It was to en
deavor to beguile the law.
Yesterday morning Frank was
of Mrs. It. D.
and classes were determined on and Kerr of Florence, Washington Lregatlng BOme eight plunks, which
the committee returned that . thev county, rennsyivania. .miss n
..t had been most aereeablv surnrised resigned a position as teacher
nZtonless oT thrbtank. .t the enthusiasm which had met -e Institute, Lexington Ky after rejol(,ng.
sleepers alone evidencing other hu- them In their efforts to secure ex- 81 KHrs "'Hni "
man life within the boat. It was her hibUs. The great difficulty which ln the B"thern Btates- The firat
presence, her love, her inspiration, they feared wa8 that there would be years of their married life were
which stiffened me to the continued ovM,,lt. nt no onimnia spent In Madison, Ind., where Mr.
performance of a labor growing harder I be hard to find Follo(.k wag 8e(.retary of the Madi-
all of them. Thev are renorted as son & Indianapolis Hallway
ana wnere tnree
Kerr I . , tn Hunnult ulth the
I lie nao imin-u ..-...v " -
trn nn Vila U'HV
DAMAGE
TO CORN
corn-
children
with each day.
T nnlt nntv nrpsa Vipr tiAnd under I Tf tiorama pnav tn seA wh.t this
iv. .omo, a. kianirata otiit fast. no oit tf wm nnithnr h M ii. I co m 1 n e from treat distances to take Dary
lng It difficult to breathe. I ger nor thirst, although I felt it safer part in the show, and the prediction were born to wem. 1- mm mere tney . . .. - j g rf0
"Dld-dld you see Cole?" she qus- to put all upon short rations from the was freely made that the show wen' to Kankakee, 111., where three nwm 'i w
tloned at last, more calmly. beginning, but rather the awful, con. wouid be the biggest and best ever yenrs we,e 8I)ent- nna a Iounn U1UU 25 W 50 per CCM SOUtM Ot
"No, but I heard him; he was down tinuous strain ot nopeiess lonenness held ,n the county
In the lazarette, chopping at the ice,; in that vast desert of ocean. The con- eommlttee on snorts and
noor devil" templatlon or it maaaenea us one mo- -puor
ucvii. I v Inrompn In hard at work and a fine
program has been mapped out,
could not shake It off; awake or in which Includes a great list of splen
did events and assures the public
of something to keep them busy all
the time. At night on Saturday,
I felt her shiver; then she lifted her, ment into frenzy, and depressed us the
v.. a i ..i. ... next into nroiouna meiancnoiy. e
Ill'HII. iiiitniiii: 1U1 LIl III CI LllO DCAi I
"To the very end the dead are
dreams It hold us to slavery. Every-
uuumeu iu ftuaiu mo. Rum, . .,..!
soberly. "I wish we had none of it
aboard " I lay watching the delicate 6:eI 0 t,h8cas; the Ban, erfy.
profile of her face, happy, yet with a cI(led e ZZn
ii..i 0 I monotony of scene and motion, hour
little of foreboding ho n,gM u d.ove
"Lift me up a little, dear, until I crushlng down the braln
can look about. RS though lt was ft reaj weight, mercl-
She did so with much gentleness, . RBoniznir. The air remained
and I leaned against the gunwale. fr0StV( the 80uthwest wind chilling,
was a raw, ciouuy morning, una unu
, the Platte River.
Reports that are coming to the
grain dealers from various parts of
the state Indicate that the corn crop
is greatly damaged by the recent
sky the same dull, dreary expanse of
gray, with nothing anywhere to re
lieve the awful loneliness of water on
which we tossed. Our eyes met and
"ur handclasp tightened.
CHAPTER XXIX.
In Which We Fight Death
I remember distinctly enough the
the spray which slapped Into our faces
icy cold. Our fingers stiffened with
cold, our bodies shook from the chill;
only beneath the warmth of tlM
blankets could we find comparative
comfort. Hour after hour the men
lay, curled up and motionless, only
crawllne forth reluctantly to take
T. II., was born.
Hoping to find a more healthful
climate they continued their way
west and In 1870 located in Platts
mouth, where they have since re
sided. Mr. Pollock has for years
been connected with the surveyor
general's office, later serving for spell of dry and hot weather. Dal-
o... i.. a u i nnnn.j . CTV. seventeen years ln the county treas- ers estimate the loss to tho corn
oejJLrinui-'i i, ii in caij-htu a. .u.i
carnival and miniature Mardl Grns user's office and since that time ac- crop south of the Platte at any
will take place and that the streets tlvely representing several Insurance where from 25 to SO per cent of the
will be given up to merriment and companies. crop. v.. a. iwiua.e, a grain ue.uer
The children aro Mrs. c. M. Me- rrom Hastings, wno caiieu at tne ot
Elroy of Minneapolis, Minn.; Mrs. fice of the Hurstow Grain company a
Charles C. Parmele of Plattsmouth, few days ago, said that corn west of
James K., who recently left for the Hastings on the Iluiilngton wns hurt
state of Sonora, Mexico, as aHsayer 50 per cent. Other reports say that
for a mining company, and Thomas the corn west of Holdrego will yield
Herbert, mnnager of the Platts- very little. All reports Indicate that
mouth Independent Telephone com
pany. They have eleven grand
gayety.
Tho committee which has charge
of matters at the shops la getting In
action, and today was securing con
testants from llavelock to make
things warm for the Beveral locnl
champions. It is the endeavor to
arrange a day of field sports ln
which contestants from the two big
effort was to keep the straining cord-
ncf frpe from Ice. and to nrevent Its
first six days of that boat voyage; it! formation along the gunwale or at the
seems as lt every detail was nurneu bowg over wnch spray dashed in
their turn on watch. Our greatest hjurllngton shops will come together children.
upon my brain with fire. I see the
faces of the men constantly becoming
more haggard and hopeless as they
stared, dull-eyed and aimlessly, out
over the endless waste of water to the
dun Bky. We were so tired of It; It
had grown so hateful in Its pitiless
vacancy, Its dull, dreary void. It
seemed to me that with every re
curring dawn those within the boat
appeared older, grayer, more deeply
lined; their expo.ed flesh caked mora
heavily 'with the salt Fpray; their
limbs cramped from confinement and
cold; their eyes lusterless and heavy
with despair. They conversed with
one effort at cheerfulness t first,
figuring on the speed with which w
sailed, dividing up th treasure, count
In the jgold pieces, and spevulattn
upon OieTr probable value. But de.
pre.slon followed swiftly Qr
merged Into day, with only that same
desert ot tumbling waters stretching
about us. that same wild sky over
head. Finally the growling voices
ceased entirely, the fellows becoming
moody and sullen, scarcely answering
ven when addressed.
If anything the women managed to
bear up better than the men. but
whether this was because of their dis
positions, or failure to comprehend ful
ly the desperation of our situation. I
nm unable to say. Yet outwardly they
seemed to retain courage iuhmt.
However, their eyrs toll mo plain
ly enough how heavily tho hours
rested upon them. 1 saw compilative
lv Utile of Celeste, as she chose a po
Mi Ion n ar the foot of the mast, and
remained there much of the time,
constant shower.
Good God, how those hours dragged,
with the same heartless scene with
out, the same hopeless faces within!
Most of us continued to live merely
because we could not die. Indiffer
ence took the place of hope, and we
performed our simple tasks automatic
ally, almoBt unconsciously. Johnson,
De Nova and I took our tricks at the
helm, with one man always awake
forward to manage the running gear,
and only once during those first six
days were we compelled to lower
our sail or take a reef ln the Jib.
Then a fierce squall came tearing
down upon us from out the northwest,
a swift, sharp blow, heralded by a
blinding snow flurry which kicked up
and pive a rare exhibition of skill i'iey are active meir.ucrs oi me
and strength. All kinds of games Presbyterian church, wllh which
between the two places are slated they have so long been closely Holl
and when the sun goes down on tilled. Mr. Tollock has served for
Labor day It will close the best and nearly forty years as nn elder, nnd
grandest festival ever held ln the for many yenrs was superintendent
state.
Manager Warren of the baseball
team Is still booking attractions, and
there will bo a fast ball game every
day, Plattsmouth meeting all com
ers. Among the teams which are
booked, or with whom negotiations
are on, are Elmwood, Union, Man-
ley, Louisville, Ft. Crook, llavelock,
Weeping Water, Malvern and more
teams. Every ono of these teams
play about tho best of ball and that
means games worth going miles to
see, as the local team is also In fine
of the Sunday school, and Mrs. Pol
lock will bo known to many os their
"old tencher," having served for
twenty yenrs as teacher of the Infant
clasrf.
an ugly sea, lashing us with heavier fettle and playing speedy and snap
stinging spray, and coating every Ly ball.
thing with ice. For seven hours we
fought In a blinding unother, every
man awake, crouching beneath blank
ets, tbe women stowed away under
the thwarts, and De Nova and I at the
tiller, the huge surges pounding
against our backs, as we thus kept
them from sweeping the lnborlng boat
fore and aft, and swamping her. I
never believed we could weather lt,
the Increasing waves tossing us about
like a cork, yet, as the dawn broke,
we succeeded In broaching to. wlih
canvas driK hnldlni; In r, and the very
niotecnt I realized she would rldo
riifely I Ml forward dead asleep.
Kitl.t r Loils or one of the men cov.
red me with blanketi, my Icy clot.
lng drying on my Kly. Put It was
Doris who welcomed me back to life
tguln, aa a little gllmpHe of wester
(To he OomlLiied)
This brief synopsis shows that the
several committees are getting after
their parts In good shape, and when
the festival opens on Wednesday,
September 1. everything will bo In
shape to run smoothly.
William Puis, jr., came In this
morning from his home in Mt. Pleas
ant precinct to deliver the ballots
to the county clerk. Mr. Puis states
that he never experienced a primary
In whlih the oters took less Inter
est nnd that nil who voted In the
precinct amounted to but nine votes
Mr. Puis Is an excellent elation
officer and whs among the flrt to
report at the clerk's off lie.
Five Dollars mul Trimmings.
Last Sunday night Frank Mack
obtained some bug Juice In some
way and proceeded to fill his tank
with the same, later on raising a
disturbance on tho street which at
tracted tho notice of El Toro Henry
Trout, who sought him out and en
deavorcd to calm down his heated
Imagination. El Toro had no dlspo
sltlon to hurry Frank before the
law, as the saying Is, and besought
him to exerclsn a little discretion
and quit his voeat exercises on tho
street. He suggested a trip to the
Hotel Plattsmouth yclept Peter
Gooa,' whero Frank might find
room and rest up awhile. This
seemed satisfactory and escorted
by tho minion of the law, he hur
rled thither. Later on he was seized
with tho wanderlust again and once
more strolled out on tho boulevard
Herein h' erred, as li Tell murine
PhllllHtlnes, and on the upper end
of Main street ho soon found Mm
self beset by a son of Mars, who had
wnr In his eye mil fiHts nnd who wa
if the opinion he ought to batt
the conditions north of tho Platte
are much more promising thnn Hioho
south of the north Beet Ion of the
state has hnd more rains.
Elliott Lowe of tho Lincoln Grain
company has a number of letters
from various sections of t lie country
that represent the prospects for the
orn crop very poor. This company
operates largely in tho South Platte
ountry. One of the agents of tho
company writing from Alexandria,
Jef.'erBon county, says that about 60
per cent of tho fields are In fair
shape, but that perhaps 23 per cent
of the fields of late corn will not
produce ears nt all. In many of the
fields In that section the tassels died
Just when the ear should have start
ed. A man from Maryvlllo, Has.,
reports to the company that one-
fourth of tho corn In that country
is already killed. Mr. Lowe believes
that half the corn throughout tho
state would yet make a full crop If a
general rain would visit the state
now, but that the rest of It Is hurt
beyond recovery. Even tho corn
thnt at present looks good, he says,
would not fill out and get solid If
no further rains are had. One of
the customers of tho company from
DeWItt writes that tho corn is there
damaged to the extent of f0 per
cent.
There are a number of localities
that have recently hail excellent
local showers that have greatly Im
proved prospects. Agents report
good i a I ii k In the east part of Har
lan nnl Phelps counties on last Fri
day nlcht. Reports from the agents
of the Itarstuw Grain company say
tint nt Klyrla, Valley county, there
Frank up a whole lot. El Toro Trout
wns a fine rain Tuesday night. A
letter from Sargent to the same
company says that there was a heavy
rain there Saturday night and that
the corn Is doing fine. A letter front
the agent at Erlcson, north of Gree
ley, says: "We had a big rain Wed
nesday, and the prospect Is good for
a corn crop. Reports have been re
ceived of rains at Arcadia, and a
letter from the agent at Drayton
sayB: "We need no more rain to In
sure the crop In Greeley county."
W. T. Unrstow of the Darstow Grain
company has received letters from
his agents at ten of the stations, In
cluding Ord and vicinity, nil of
which report tho conditions good.
Reports from Gage county are
bad generally. Jamese S. Ewart has
had a call from Mr. Miller of the
Ileatrlce cereal mills. Mr. Miller
said that prospects were exceedingly
bad at Beatrice. Ewart says:
"There Is a strip from Lincoln to
Nebraska City and south that Is very
poor; then there is a Btrlp frotn
Fairmont down to the Kansas line
that is much better." A letter from
Mr. Wallace of Exeter says that rain
Is badly needed there and that corn
Is drying up. York, Seward and
Uutler counties are reported greatly
In need of rain. Within the last
few days the Ewart company has
received reports stating that at
Ulysses, Ilutler county, the prospect
Is bad, while only a few days ago
letters from there said the prospect
was favorable. Every day while the
Intense heat lasts, unfavorable re
ports come in from sections that a
few days ago were looked upon as
safe.
"The so-called 'garden Bpot' of
Nebraska," Bald Mr. Ewart yester
day, "was this year the first to be
affected by the drouth. The entire
South Platte country Is seriously af
fected as well as the north tier of
counties In Kansas. South of there
in Kansas tho prospects are better."
Tho managers of tho Gooch Milling
and Elevator company have received
letters from their agents which load
them to believe thnt the damage bo
far to the corn ln the South Platte
country Is only about 15 per cent of
the average norninl crop. They have
received reports of big rains at Nor
folk, and at Columbus, and say that
they havo received few lt any dam-
ago reports from sections north ot
tho Platte river.
Farmers who came to the city
yesterday from the northern part of
Lancaster county reported tho late
corn damaged almost beyond hope
of a crop. Some early corn will
make a fair crop. From the south
ern part of Lancaster county similar
reports have been received. State
Journal.
Ffom Light Mile Grove.
W. J. Bchnelder of Cedar Creek
an undo ot Register of Deeds
Schneider and a good citizen of his
section, spent today ln the city, com
ing down with the returns from the
prlmnry election In Eight Mllo Grove
precinct. He paid the Journal a
visit, which was much appreciated.
Mr. Schneider states thnt the Cedar
Creek ball team Is getting In fine
shape and expects to get a game
with the Platlstnouth boys and also
to trim them. Whether they do so
or not Ihey Intend to cotno down
and bring a big crowd and have a
good time. Mr. Schneider returned
to his homo this afternoon on the
Schuyler train.