Tfie THIRD
DEGREE
cA Narrative
cVletropolitan
Life
By CHARLES KLEIN and
ARTHUR HORNBLOW
ILLUSi RATIONS BY RAY WALTERS
,Cipjngut, hUl, by U. V. UiiiiutiUaui Uuuiiuo i
CHAPTER I.
Tm N. G. that's a cinch!
The
sooner I chuck It the better!"
Caught In the swirl of the busy
city's midday rush, engulfed In Broad
way's swift moving flood of hustling
humanity, jostled unceremoniously
by the careless, indifferent crowds,
discouraged from stemming further
the tide of pushing, elbowing men and
women who hurried up and down the
preat thoroughfare, Howard Jeffries,
tired and hungry and thoroughly dis
gusted with himself, stood still at the
corner of Fulton street, cursing the
luck which had brought him to his
present plight.
It was the noon hour, the Important
time of day when nature loudly claims
her due, when business affairs, no
matter how pressing, must be tem
porarily Interrupted so that the hu
man machine may lay In a fresh store
of nervous energy. From under the
portals of precipitous office buildings,
mammoth hives of human Industries,
which to right and left soared dizzily
from street to sky, swarmed thou
f ands of employes of both sexes
clerks, stenographers, shop girls, mes
fenger boys all moved by a common
impulse to satisfy without further de
lay the animal cravings of their phys
ical natures. They strode along with
Quick, nervous step, each chatting and
laughing with his fellow, Interested
for the nonce In the day's work, ma
king plans for well-earned recreation
when five o'clock should come and
the uptown stampede for Harlem and
home begin.
The . young man sullenly watched
the scene, envious of the energy and
activity of all about him. Each one
in these hurrying throngs, he thought
hltterly to himself, was a valuable
unit in the prosperity and welfare of
the big town. No matter how humble
his or her position, each played a
part in the business life of the great
city, each was an unseen, unknown,
yet Indispensable cog in the whirling,
complicated mechanism of the vast
world metropolis. Intuitively he felt
that he was not one of them, that he
had no right even to consider himself
their equal. He was utterly useless
to anybody. He was without position
or money. He was destitute even of a
shred of self-respect. Hadn't he
promised Annie not to touch liquor
ngein before he found a job? Yet he
had already imbibed all the whisky
which the little money left in his
pocket would buy.
Involuntarily, instinctively, he
shrank back into the shadow of a
doorway to let the crowds bass. The
pavements were now filled to over
flowing and each moment newcomers
from the side streets came to swell
the human stream. He tried to avoid
observation, fearing that some one
might recognize him, thinking all
could read on his face that he was
a sot, a self-confessed failure, one of
life's Incompetents. In his painful
fidf-consciousness he believed himself
the cynosure of every eye and he
winced as he thought he detected on
certain faces side glances of curiosity
commiseration and contempt
Nor was he altogether mistaken,
More than one passer-by turned to
look in his direction, attracted by
his peculiar appearance. Hie was
type not seen every day In the com
inerelal district the post-graduate
college man out at elbows. He was
smooth-faced and apparently about 25
years of age. His complexion was
fair and his face refined. It would
have been handsome but for a droop
ing, irresolute mouth, which denoted
more than average weakness of char
acter. The face was thin, chalk-like
in Its lack of color and deeply seamed
with the tell-tale lines of dissipation.
Iark circles under his eyes and a
peculiar watery look suggested late
hours and overfondness for alcoholic
refreshment. His clothes had the cut
of expensive tailors, but they were
pfcabby and needed pressing. His linen
was soiled and - his necktie disar
ranged. His whole appearance was
careless and suggested that reckless
ness of mind which comes of general
demoralization.
Howard Jeffries knew that he was a
failure, yet like most young men
mentally weak, he Insisted that he
could not ra held altogether to blame.
Secretly, too, he despised these sober,
industrious people who seemed con
tented with the crumbs of comfort
thrown to them. What, he wondered
Idly, was their secret of getting on?
How were they able to lead such well
regulated lives when he, starting out
with far greater advantages, had
failed? Oh, he knew well where the
trouble lay In his damnable weak
ness of character, his love for drink.
That was responsible for everything.
But was It his fault If he were born
weak? These people who behaved
themselves and got on, he sneered.
were calm, commonplace tempera
ments who found no difficulty in con
troling their baser instincts. They
did right simply because thpy found
It eii3t;r than to do wrong. Iheir vir-
. iUl as uouniig 10 uirtg auujl. 11
I was easy to be good when not ex
po?ed to temptation. Hut for those
i born with the devil in tliei it came
j It was all a matter of heredity
1 and Influence. One's vices as well as
one's virtues are handed down to us
j ready made. He had no doubt that
j In the Jewries family bomewhere In the
I unsavory past there had been a weak,
vicious ancestor from whom he had
Inherited all the traits which barred
his way to success.
The crowds of hungry workers grew
bigger every minute. Every one was
elbowing his way into neighboring
restaurants, crowdlug the tables and
bullets, all eating voraciously as they
talked and laughed. Howard was
rudely reminded by Inward pangs that
he, too, was famished. Not a thing
had passed his lips since be had left
home in Harlem at eight o'clock that
morning and he had told Annie that
he would be home for lunch. There
no use staying downtown any
longer. For three weary hours he had
trudged from office to office seeking
employment, answering advertise
ments, asking for work of any kind,
ready to do no matter what, but all to
no purpose. Nobody wanted him at
any price. What was the good of a
man being willing to work If there
was no one to employ him? A nice
look-out certainly. Hardly a dollar
left and no prospect of getting any
more. He hardly had the courage to
return home and face Annie. With a
muttered exclamation of impatience
he spat from his mouth the half-consumed
cigarette which was hanging
from his lip, and crossing Ilroadway,
walked listlessly in the direction of
Park place.
He had certainly made a mess of
things, yet at one time, not so long
ago, what a brilliant future life
seemed to have in store for him! No
boy had ever been given a better
start. He remembered the day he
left home to go to Yale; he recalled
his father's kind words of encour
agement, his mother's tears. Ah, if
his mother had only lived! Then,
maybe, everything would have been
different. But she died during his
freshman year, carrled off suddenly
by heart failure. His father married
aealn. a young woman 20 years his
Junior, and that had started every
thing oft wrong. The old home life
had gone forever. He had felt like
an Intruder the first time he went
home and from that day his father's
roof had been distasteful to him. Yes,
that was the beginning of his hard
luck. He could trace all his misfor
tunes back to that. He couldn't stand
for stepmother, a haughty, selfflsh,
supercilious, ambitious creature who
had little sympathy for her predeces
sor's child, and no scruple in show
ing it.
Then, at college, he had met Robert
Underwood, the popular upper class
nmn, who had professed to take a
great fancy to him. He, a timid young
freshman, wab naturally flattered by
the friendship of the dashing, fascinat
ing 6ojnomore and thus commenced
that unfortunate intimacy which had
brought about the climax to his trou
bles. The suave, amiable Underwood,
whom he soon discovered to be a gen
tlemanly scoundrel, borrowed , his
money and Introduced him into the
"sporty" set, an exclusive circle into
which, thanks to his liberal allowance
from home, he was welcomed with
open arms. With a youth of his pro
clivities and inherent weakness the
outcome was inevitable. At no time
overfond of study, he regarded resi
dence in college as a most desirable
emancipation from the restraint of
He Was a Type Not Seen Every Day
In the Commercial District,
home life. The love of books he con
sidered a pose and he scoffed at the
men who took their reading seriously.
The university attracted him mostly
by Its most undesirable features, its
sports, its secret societies, Its petty
cliques, and its rowdyism. The broad
spirit and the dignity of the alma
mater he Ignored completely. Directly
he went to Yale he started in to en
Joy himself and with the sophisticated
Underwood as guide, went to the
devil faster than any man before him
in the entire history of the university.
Reading, attendance at lectures, be
came only a convenient cloak to con
ceal his turpitudes. Poker playing,
automobile Joy rides, hard drinking
became the dally curriculum. In
town rows and orgies of every descrip
tion he was soon a recognized leader.
Scandal followed scandal until he wa
threatened with expulsion. Then his
father heard of it and there was a
terrible scene. Jeffries, Sr., went im
mediately to New Haven and there
followed a stormy interview in which
Howard promised to reform, but once
the parent's back was turned things
went on pretty much as before. There
were fresh scandals, the smoke of
which reached as far as New York.
This time Mr. Jeffries tried the plan
of cutting down the money supply and
Howard, found himself financially em
P1B
barrassed. Rut this hna not uutie
the effect desired by the father, for,
rendered desperate by his inability
to secure funds with which to carry
on his sprees, the young man started
in to gamble heavily, giving notes for
his losses and pocketing the ready
money when he won.
Then came the supreme scandal
which turned his father's heart to
steel. Jeffries, Sr., could forgive much
In a young man. He had been young
himself once. None knew better than
he how difficult it Is when the blood
is rich and red to keep oneself In
control. But there was one offence
which a man proud of his descent
could not condone. He would never
forgive the staining of the family
name by a degrading marriage. The
news came to the unhappy father like
a thunder-clap. Howard, probably In
a drunken spree, had married secretly
a waitress employed In one of the
"sporty" restaurants In New Haven,
and to make the mesalliance worse,
the girl was not even of respectable
parents. Her father, Billy Dolmore,
the poolroom king, was a notorious
gambler and had died in convict
stripes. Fine sensation that for the
yellow press. "Banker's Son Weds
Convict's Daughter." So ran the
"scare heads" in the newspapers.
That wae the last straw for Mr. Jeff
ries, Sr. He sternly told his son that
he never wanted to look upon his fuce
again. Howard bowed his head to
the decree and he had never seen his
father since.
All this the young man was review
ing in bis mind when suddenly his re
flections were disturbed by a friendly
bail.
"Hello, Jeffries, old sport! Don't
you know a fellow frat when you see
him?"
He linked up. A young man of
athletic build,! with a pleasant, frank
face, was standing at the news stand
under the Park place elevated station,
Quickly Howard extended his hand.
"Hello, Coxe!" he exclaimed. "What
on earth are you doing In New York?
Whoever would have expected to
meet you in this howling wilderness?
How's everything at Yale?"
The athlete grinned.
"Yale be hanged! I don't care a
d . You know I graduated last June.
I'm In business now In a broker's of
fice In Wall street. Say, It's great!
We had a semi-panic last week. Prices
went to the devil. Stocks broke 20
points. You should have seen the ex
citement on the exchange floor. Our
football rushes were nothing to It.
tell you, It's great. It's got college
beaten to a frazzle!" Quickly he
added: "What are you doing?"
Howard averted his eyes and hung
his head.
"Nothing," he answered gloomily,
Coxe had quickly taken note of his
former classmate's shabby appear
ance. He had also heard of his es
capades.
"Didn't you hear?" muttered How
ard. "Row with governor, marriage
and all that sort of thing? Of
course," he went on, "father's damn
ably unjust, actuated by absurd pre
judice. Annie's a good girl and a
good wife, no matter what her father
was. D n It, this is a free country!
A man can marry whom he likes. All
these ideas about family pride and
family honor are old world notions,
foreign to this soil. I'm not going
to give up Annie to please any one.
I'm as fond of her now as ever. I
haven't regretted a moment that I
married her. Of course, It has been
hard. Father at once shut down
money supplies, making my further
stay at Yale Impossible, and I was
forced to come to New York to seek
employment. We've managed to fix
up a small flat in Harlem and, now,
like Mlcawber, I'm waiting for some
thing to turn up."
Coxe nodded sympathetically.
"Com and have a drink," he said
cheerily.
Howard hesitated. Once more he
remembered his promise to Annie, but
as long as he had broken it once he
would get no credit for refusing now.
He was horribly thirsty and de
pressed. Another drink would cheer
him up. It seemed even wicked to
decline when it wouldn't cost him
anything.
They entered a bar conveniently
close at hand, and with a tremulous
hand Howard carried greedily to his
lips the insidious liquor which had
undermined his health and stolen
away his manhood.
"Have another?" said Coxe with a
smile as he saw the glass emptied at
a gulp.
"I don't care If I do," replied How
ard. Secretly ashamed of his weak
ness, he shuffled uneasily on his feet.
"Well, what are you going to do,
old man?" demanded Coxe as he
pushed the whisky bottle over.
"I'm looking for a Job," stammered
Howard awkwardly. Hastily he went
on: "It isn't so easy. If It was only
myself I wouldn't mind. I'd get along
somehow. But there s the little girl.
She wants to go to work, and I won't
hear of it. I couldn't stand for that.
you know:
Coxe feared a "touch." Awkwardly
he said:
"I wish I could help you, old man.
As It is, my own salary barely serves
to keep me In neckwear. Wall street's
great fun. but It doesn't pay much;
that Is, not unless you play thm
yourself."
nowara tinned feebly as h re
plied:
"Nonsense I wouldn't accept help
of that sort I'm not reduced to so
liciting charity yet, I guess I'd pre
fer the river to that. But if you hear
of anything, keep me In mind."
The athlete made no response. He
was apparently lost in thought when
suddenly he blurted out:
fay, jenrios, you isaven t got any
uom v i.ivu you b.y. it couple o
thousand dollars?
Howard Btared at the questioner as
if he doubted his sanity.
Two thousand dollarc!" he gasped.
'Do you suppose that I'd be wearing
out shoe leather looking for a Job,
if I had fi.OOO?"
Coxe looked disappointed as he re
plied:
"Oh, of course, I understand you
haven't It on you, only 1 thought you
might be able to raise It."
"Why do you ask?" inquired How
ard, his curiosity aroused.
Coxe looked around to see If any
one was listening. Then in a whis
per he said:
"It's a cinch. If you had $2,000,
you and I could make a snug little
fortune. Don't you understand? In
my office I get tips. I'm on the inside.
I know in advance what the big men
are going to do. When they start to
move a certain stock up, I'm on the
job. Understand? If you had $2,000,
I could raise as much, and we'd pool
our capital, starting in the business
ourselves on a small scale, of course.
If we hit it right we might make a
nice Income."
Howard's mouth watered. Certain
ly that was the kind of life he liked
best. The feverish excitement of
gambling, the close association with
rich men, ttie promise of a luxurious
style of living all this appealed to
him strongly. But what was the use?
Where could he get $2,000? He
couldn't go to his father. He shook
his head.
"I'm afraid not, old sport," he said
as they left the saloon and he held
out his hand to say good by. "But I'll
bear It In mind, and If things Improve,
I'll look you up. So long!"
Climbing wearily up the dirty stairs
of the elevated railroad, he bought a
ticket with one of the few nickels re
maining in his pocket, and taking a
seat in a north bound train started on
his trip back to Harlem.
The day was overcast, rain threat
ened. A pall of mingled smoke and
mist hung over the entire city. From
the car window as the train wound
its serpentine course In and out the
maze of grimy offices, shops and tene
ments, everything appeared drab,
dirty and squalid. New York was
seen at Its ugliest. Ensconced In a
cross-seat, his chin leaning heavily
on his hand, Howard gazed dejoctedly
out of the window. The depressing
outlook was In keeping with his own
state of mind.
How would the adventure end?
Reconciliation with his father was out
of the question. Letters sent homo
remained without response. Ho
wasn't surprised. He knew his pater
too well to expect that he would re
lent so soon. Besides, if the old man
was so Infernally proud, he'd show
him he had some pride, too. He'd
drown himself before he'd go down on
his knees, whining to be forgiven. Ills
father was dead wrong, anyway. His
marriage might have been foolish;
Annie might be beneath him socially.
She was not educated and her father
wasn't any better than he ought to
be. She did not talk correctly, her
manners left much to be deRlred, at
times he was secretly aslinmed of her.
nut her bringing up was her mlsfor
tune, not her fault. The girl herself
was straleht as a die. She had a
heart of gold. She was far more In
tellleent. far more likely to make
him a happy home than some stuck
un. Idle society girl who had no
thought for anything save money,
dress aul show. Perhaps If he had
been less honorable and not married
her, his father would have thought
more highly of him. If he'd ruined
the girl, no doubt he would have been
welcomed home with open arms
Pshaw! He might be a poor, weak
fool, but thank God, they couldn't re
proach him with that. Annie hnd been
loval to him throughout. Ha'd stick
to her through thick and thin.
As the train swept round the curve
at Fifty-third street and started on Its
long, straight run up the West side,
his mind reverted to Robert Under
wood. He had seen his old associate
only once since leaving college. He
ran across him one day on Fifth ave
nue. Underwood was coming out of
a curio shop: He explained hurriedly
that he had left Yale, and when asked
about his future plans talked vaguely
of going In for art. His matter was
frigid and nervous the attltudo of
the man who fears he may be ap
proached for a small loan. He was
evidently well aware of the change In
his old associate's fortunes, and hav
ing squeezed all he could out of him,
had no further use for him. It was
only when he had disappeared that
Howard suddenly remembered a loan
of $250 which Underwood had never
repaid. Some time later Howard
learned that he occupied apartments
at the exclusive and expensive As
trurla, where he was living In great
style. He went there Setermlnod to
see him and demand bis money, but
the card always came back "not at
home."
Underwood had always been a mys
tery to Howard. He knew him to be
an Inveterate gambler and a man en
tirely without principle. No one knew
who his family were or where he
iame from. His source of Income,
too, was always a puzzle. At college
be was always hard up, borrowing
right and left and forgetting to pay,
ret he always succeeded. In living on
the fat of the land. Ills apartments'
In the Astrurla cost a small fortune;
he. dressed well, drove a smart turn
out and entertained lavishly. He was
not identified with any particular busi
ness or profession. On leaving col
lege be became Interested in art. He
frequented the Important art sales
and soon got his name in the news
papers as an authority on art matters.
His apartment was literally a museum
af European and oriental art. On all
sides were paintings by old masters,
beautiful nit;, priceless topestrles,
rurn ceramics, enamels, statuary.
antique furniture, bronzes, etc-r lie
passed for a man of wealth, and moth
ers with marriageable daughters, con
sidering bin; an eligible young bach
elor, hastened to invite him to their
homes, none of them conscious of the
danger of letting the wolf slip into the
lambs' fold.
What a strange power of fascina
tion, mused Howard as the train
Jogged along, men of Underwood's
bold and reckless type wield, espe
cially over women. Their very daring
and unscrupulousness seems to render
"I Wish I Could Help Ycu, Old Man."
them more attractive. He himself at
college had fallen entirely under the
man's spell. There was no doubt that
he was responsible for all hts trou
bles. Underwood possessed the un
canny gift of being able to bend peo
ple to his will. What a fool he
had made of him at the university!
He had been his evil genius, there
was no question of that But for
meeting Underwood he might have ap
plied himself to serious study, left the
university with honors and be now a
respectable member of the community.
He remembered with a smile that It
was through Underwood that he had
met his wife. Some of the fellows
hinted that Underwood had known
hor more intimately than he had pre
tended and had only passed her on to
him because ho was tired of her. He
hnd nailed, that as a lie. Annie, he
could swear, was as good a girl as
ever breathed.
He couldn't explain Underwood's
Influence over him. He had done with
him what he chose. He wondered why
he had not tried to resist. The truth
was Underwood exercised a strange,
subtle power over him. lie had the
power to make him do everything he
wanted him to do, no matter how fool
lsh or unreasonable the request. Every
one at college UBed to talk about it.
One night Undeiwood Invited all his
classmates to his rooms and made him
cut up all kinds of capers. He at first
refused, point blank but Underwood
got up and, standing directly In front
of him, gazed steadily Into his eyes.
Again he commanded him to do these
ridiculous, degrading tilings. Howard
felt himself weakening. He was sud
denly seized with the feeling that he
must obey. Amid roars of laughter
he recited the entire alphubet stand
Ing on one leg, he cowed like
rooster, he hopped like a toad, and
ho crawled abjectly on his beljy like
a snake. One of the fellows told him
afterward that he had been hyp
notized. He had laughed at it then
as a good Joke, but now he came to
think of it, perhaps It was true. Pos
sibly he was a subject. Anyway he
was glad to be rid of Underwood and
his uncanny Influence.
The train stopped with a Jerk at his
station and Howard rode down In the
elevator to the street. Crossing Eighth
avenue, he was going straight home
when suddenly he halted. The glitter
and tempting array of bottles In a
corner snloon window tempted him.
He suddenly felt that If there was one
thing ho needed In the world above
all others It was another drink. True,
he had had more than enough already.
But that was Coxe's fault. He had
Invited him and mado him drink.
There couldn't be any harm In taking
another. He might as well be hanged
for a sheep as a lamb. By the time
he emerged from the saloon his
snoech was thick and his step uncer
tain. A few minutes later he was
painfully climbing up the rickety stairs
of a cheap-looking flat house. As he
reached the top floor a cheerful voice
called out:
"I that you, Howard, dear?"
(To be continued.)
A. .1. McNatt in Town.
A. J. McNatt, ex-chief of police of
Kanosha, was li the city today, and
dropped In at the Journal office to
square up his subscription for an
other year. A. J. says It was a great
mistake for the Inhabitants to dis
charge their officers some weeks ago,
and that a good many of them have
rued the day when they did It. There
Is strong talk on, the streets there of
calling a special election soon and
put tho old officers back in their
former stations at a suubstantlal In
crease in salary. Mr. McNatt, of
course, expects to be chief again, and
he says there will be plenty of work
for the force, as there has recontly
moved In a settler or two that don't
look good to him. Former Mayor
L. O. Browm expects to bo re-elected
bv an Increased majority, and is
figuring on getting a typewriter.
Horse Shoeing.
John Durman desires to inform
those who need his services that he
has opened a shop at the Ora Dawson
place for shoeing horses. Satisfaction
assured.
No. 1914
REPORT OF THE CONDITION
or THB
FIRST NATIONAL BAIISC
At Plattsmouth, in the State of Ne
braska, at the close of business
;March 7, 1911.
RESOURCES
Loans anil discount
fcmous v
verdrafls. wvurvii and unsecured.. h.i a.
lT. S. ImiihIs to secure circulation M.otw.ou
Premiums mi 1'. S. IxuitU 1.50W.W1
Itniiils, securities, etc ll.07:tf
Hanking house, furniture, fixtures... H.&iH&ti
ithor real estate owned 7.ut7 sn
Due from national banks (not re
serve atrrnts) S.0M.a
Due from trovcd reserve agents .. 47.KH.ue
hocks and other cash Items MlJtf
Nines of other national hanks 4,2UO.ii
fractional paper currency, nickels
and cents litt ttr
Lawful money reserve In hank, vln:
fpecle lti.C.T.00
l.eiral-tenilor notes l.uta.uo AUTO
Due from I'.S. treasurer I.fcftXUu
Total H47.BHH.9ti
LIABILITIES
Capital stock paid In I jo.noa.(i
Minuus hum iS.otM.un
I'ndivlded profits, loss expense and
taxes tald S.TMOI
National hank notes outstanding 4H.mo.Mil
Individual ileiswlts suhjoet to check l'.S,0HHX
Demand ccnltlcnies of dcmwIL. IliK:
Time ccrlltlcatcs of dciHisli I73.KI7 11
Total l447.68S.Wi
Stateof Neluaska I
County of Cass ( 1. II. N. Dnrov. r&shlnr
of the aliove-numcd hunk, do solemnly smai
mat tne waive statement Is true to the Ixwtot
my knowledge and liellcf.
H. N. Dovsr, earner.
Correct Attest: (oo. K. Dover
(). Knaim'.
V. K. Sciii.ATKtt Director
Stlhsorlliod anil sworn In Ivcfi is ma tl.U
loth day of March, mil. Hkhiis Mil a
ISoull NoUry I'uhtlo.
My commission expires June 3. Il'li.
BARBERS UP IN US
AGAINST SUCH ft MEASURE
The barbers generally In this state
are protesting against the enactment
of such a law, and declarod thai. It
would keep good men out of the stat1.
and that the 1 ,500 Jobs which at
now open In Nebraska at the present
time would be increased In number,
because of its operations. .
The bill, according to Its history as''.,
recited by Boland of Douglas, wa.
Introduced by his colleague at the in
stance of Deputy Labor Commission,
Guye. ,
The bill provides ror an examining
board consisting of tho governor, at
torney several and secretary of state,
who ara In. turn to appoint three ex
aminers from among ne t raft. Theae,
with deputies appointed by theus
se'. 'es, aro to onforeo the act and see
flat numerous provisions in regard to
the rctfulitting of all barber shops are
complied with In detail.
Barber col'vgs also come untfrr
the provisions of the act, the tonsorlat
instituting boliie compelled to glv
sUdohM - ihree-.Tenr course before
choy are allowed to practice the pro
fession. Thoy ur'a!ao forced to com
ply with all provisions as to eariitary
t ontlttloiiH and other regulatory
mcnRurna of the bill.
DELIGHTFULLY ENTERTAIN
EO ST ra8 ME
From Thurmlny'a Dolly
The charming home of Mr. ant
Mrs, Charles Rydbcrg on SoutV
Eighth street was tho scene of a
splendid social function yesterday
afternoon, when Mrs. Rhydberg
entertained a large number of her
lady friends in a most delightful man
ner. Whenever invited to partake of
the hospitality of the Rydbergs the
guests always expect an exceptionally
good time, and expectations were
were fully realized In the entertain
ment afforded them on yesterday
afternoon. The guests spent som
very pleasant moments In social con
versation and various diversions,
some having brought their fani y
work and very busily plied the ncedlo
At 4 o'clock the hostess served an
elaborate luncheon, which elicited
many compliments, the daintiest
dihcg the lady's larder would afford,
were moiit temptingly served and to
which all the guests did ample Justice.
It may be said to the credit of tie
hostess that the entertainment on
this ocenslou was all that a hospita
ble mind and expert culinary ability
could devLse.
Fined as I'laln Drunk.
Fred Gardner was found at tro
public library last evening in a
beastly state of intoxication an I
taken Into the tolle of the law by
Chief Rainy. This morning he a -mltted
the crime to Judge Archrr
and the court administered punls'.
niont to the tun of $5 and $3 ooet.s.
which Is to be raised on the 2 5th Inst.
For Sale.
R. C. and S. C. R. I. Red Cockered.
$1.00 each. Eggs, per setting:, 7.".
cents; $4.00 per 100. Inquire cf
Mrs. C. 10. Schwab, Murray, Neb.
Phone 311 Murray.
2-16-2mos-w.
Tor Sale.
I have four pedigreed Ilerefo-
bulla, from a year and a half to t- -
years old, ready for service. Sir: !
by my herd bull, AJack, weight 2,5 i
pounds. C. Bengcn.
2-9-16tw.