tne day had they encountered a nv- i IT 1 1 P H fl fi 1 1 1 H I IITI
Ing object or so:, a moving thins ! h Fj H I ft III mi fl N I -amid
the surrounding desolation. Now. I lHI UIIUIIIU fill I I
irsi
DANGEROUS H LAST NIGHT
looking across to the north, a few
gleamtng lights told of Fort Larned
perched upon the opposite bluff.
TRUST LAWS
To He lie nt Itllieo.
DESK MH 11 SHEDS
(Copyright. A. C. MoClurg Co.. ISM.)
CHAPTER XIII.
Tha Ford of the Arkansas.
They were still In the midst of the
yllow featureless plain, but the wearj
homes hail slowed down to a walk.
th; heavy sand retarding progress. It
was a gloomy, depressing scene In th
spectral gray light, a wide circle ol
Intense loneliness, unbroken by eithei
dwarfed shrub or bunch of grass, a
barren expanse stretching to the sky
Vaue cloud shadows seemed to flit
wrung the level surface, assuming fan
tustlc shapes, but all of the same dull
coloring, Imperfect and unfinished
Nothing seemed tangible or real, but
rather some grotesque picture of de
llrlum. ever merging into another yet
more hideous. The very silence ol
thoue surrounding wastes seemed bur
daiiHome, adding Immeasurably to the
horror. Thev were but specks crawl
ing underneath the sky the only lly
inn, moving objects In all that liu
mense cirri- of desolation and death
Keith turned In his saddle, looking
buck past Nh who swayed in his
HHut, with 1 ' lolling on his breast
an though fl.-lrep, his horse plodding
Vter the others aiouj the slight trail
they had made across the desert. 8
far as eye could reach nothing moved,
nothing apparently existed. Fronting
aj;alu to the north he looked upon th
ftfne grlra barrenness, only that far
iff, against the lighter background of
distant sky, there was visible a faint
blur, a bluish haze, which he believed
to be the distant sand dunes border
ing the Arkansas. The Intense dreari
ness of It all left a feeling of depression.
HIh eyes turned and regarded the girl
riding silently beside him. The same
look of depression was visible upon
her face, and she was gazing off Into
the dull distance with lack-luster eyes,
her slender form leaning forward, her
hands clasped across the pommel
The long weariness of the night bad
left traces on her young face, robbing
It of some of Its freshness, yet Keith
found It more attractive in the grow
ing daylight than amid the lamp shad
ow) of the evening before. He had
not previously realized the peculiar
clearness of her complexion, the rose
tint showing through the olive skin,
or the soft and silky fineness of her
hair, which, disarranged, was strange
ly becoming under the broad brim of
the hat she wore, drawn low until It
shadowed her eyes. It waa not a face
to be easily associated with frontier
concert halls, or any surrender to
evil; the chin round and Arm, the lips
full, yet sufficiently compressed; the
whole expression that of pure and
dlnnifled womanhood. She puzzled
him, and be scarcely knew what to
bolleve, or exactly how to act toward
her.
"Our friends back yonder should be
turning out from the corral by now,"
lie said finally, anxious to break the
silence, for she had not spoken since
he ended his tale. "It will not be
long until they discover Hawley's
predicament, and perhaps the welkin
already rings with profanity. That
may even account for the blue ba.e
out yonder."
She turned her eyes towurd him,
and the slightest trace of a smile ap
peared from out of the depths of their
weariness.
"ir they would only remain satisfied
with that. Will they follow us. di
you think? And are we far enough
away by this time to be safe?"
"It Is hardly likely they will let us
eHcape without a chase," be auswered
Hlowly. "We possess too much Infor
mation now that we have their ren
dezvous located, and 'Black Hurt' will
have a private grudge to revenge. I
wonder If he suspects who attacked
him! But don't worry, Miss Hope;
wo have miles the start, and the wind
ha8 been strong enough to cover our
trail. Do you see that dark Irregular
ity ahead?"
"Yes; is It a c!.m-,?"
"No; the Arka.i js sand dunes I
Bin going to try to keep the horses
moving until we arrive there. Then
we will halt and eat whatever Neb
has packed behind him, and rest for
an hour or two. You look very tired,
but I hope you can keep up for that
rliHtnni'e. We shall be safely out of
Right then."
"Indeed, I am tired; the strain of
waiting alone In that cabin, and all
that happened last night, have tried
me severely. But but I can go
through."
Her voice proved her weakness, al
though It was determined enough, and
Kolth, yielding to sudden Impulse, put
out bis hand, and permitted it to rest
upon hers, clapped across the pommel.
Her eyes drooped, but there was no
ohangi of posture.
"Your nerve Is all right," he said,
admiringly, "you have shown yourself
a brave girl."
"I nould not be a coward, and be
my father's daughter," she replied,
with an odd accent of pride In her
ohoktmf voice, "but I have been afraid,
and and I am still."
"Of what? Surely, not that those
fellows will ever oaten up with us?"
OilD
WW
ATALC OF THE PLAINS
"""Author Of" My Lady Or THE South.
WHEN WILDERNESS WA3 KlNd tTCfrC
ItLuaTRAriOMa By DeARBNrt Nclviix
"No, l naraiy Know wnac, oniy cnere
is a dread I cannot seem to shake off,
as if some evil Impended, the coming
of which I can feel, but not see. Have
you ever experienced any such pre
monition?" He laughed, withdrawing his hand.
"I think not. I am far too prosaio
a mortal to allow dreams to worry me.
So far I have discovered sufficient
trouble In real life to keep my brain
active. Even now I cannot forget how
hungry I am."
She did not answer, comprehend ins
how useless it would be to explain,
and a little ashamed of her own 111
defined fears, and thus they rode on In
Alienee. He did not notice that she
glanced aside at him shyly, marking
the outline of his clear-cut features,
It was a manly face, strong, alive, full
of character, the well-shaped head
firmly poised, the . broad shoulders
squared In spite of the long night of
weary exertion. The depths of her
eyes brightened with appreciation.
"I believe your story, Mr. Keith,"
she said at last softly.
"My story?" questlonlugly, and turn
ing Instantly toward her.
"Yes; all that you have told me
about what happened."
"Oh; I had almost forgotten havtng
told It, but I never felt any doubt but
what you would believe. I don't thtnk
I could lie to you."
It was no compliment, but spoken
with such evident honesty that her
I eyes met his with frankness.
"There could be no necessity; only
I I wanted you to know that I trust
you, and am grateful."
She extended her hand this time,
and be took It within his own, holding
It firmly, yet without knowing what
to answer. There was strong impuls
within him to question her, to learn
then and there her own life story. Yet,
somehow, the reticence of the girl
restrained him; he could not dellber
ately probe beneath the veil she kept
lowered between them. Until she
chose to lift it herself voluntarily, he
possessed no right to Intrude. Thi
gentlemanly Instinct of younger
years held him silent, realizing clear
ly that whatever secret might domi
nate her life. It waa hers to conceal
Just so long as she pleased. Out of
this swift struggle of repression he
managed to say: 1
"I appreciate your confidence, and
mean to prove worthy. Perhaps some
day I can bring you the proofs."
"I need none other than your own
word."
"Oh, but possibly you are too easily
convinced; you believed In Haw ley."
She looked at him searchingly, her
eyes glowing, her cheeks Hushed.
"Yes," she said slowly, convincing
ly. "I know I did; I I was so anx
lous to be helped, but but this Is dif
ferent." It was noon, the sun pitiless and hot
above them, before they straggled
within the partial shelter of the sand
dunes, and sank wearily down to their
meager lunch. Their supply of water
was limited, and the exhausted ponies
must wait until they reached the river
to quench their thirst. Yet this was
very far off now, and Keith had aeen
enough of their surroundings to locate
the position of the ford. Slow as they
must proceed, three hours more would
surely bring them to the bank of the
stream. They discussed their idans
Drieny as the three sat together on
the warm sand, revived both by the
fo( and the brief rest. There was
not a great deal to be determined,
only where the girl should be left, and
how the two men had better proceed
to escape observation.
Fort Lamed was the nearest and
safest place for their charge, none of
the party expressing any desire to ad
venture themselves wltbln the Imme
diate neighborhood of Carson City.
What her future plans might be were
not revealed, and Keith forebore any
direct questioning. HIb duty plainly
ended with placing her In a safe en
vironment, and be felt convinced that
Mrs. Murphy, of the Occidental Hotel,
would furnish room, and. If necensary,
companionship. The sole problem re
mainingafter she had rather listless
ly axreed to such an arrangement
was to so plan the details as to permit
the negro and himself to slip through
the small town clustered about the
post without attracting undue atten
tion. No doubt, the story of their es
cape had already reached there, em
bellished by telling, and Berlous trou
ble might result from discovery. Keith
was surprised at the slight Interest
she exhibited In these arrangements,
merely signifying her acquiescence by
a word, but he charged It to physical
weariness, and the reaction from her
night of peril; yet he took pains to
explain fully his plan, and to gain
ber consent.
This finally settled, they mounted
again and rode on through the lanes
traversing the sand dunes, keeping
headed as straight as possible toward
the river. The ford sought waa some
miles down stream, but with the
horses' thirst mitigated, they made
excellent progress, and arrived at the
jaoLstrlr ta the evening. Not la all
GOOD WOMEN CAN
DO FOR SCHOOLS
Supt. Abbott Addresses tha P.
0. Society at Its Meeting
Yesterday.
From Saturday's Dally.
Superintendent N. C. Ahhott
talked on Hie question. "What
Women Can Io for the (lood of
Ihe Schools." at the meeting of
tile P. K. ). society al the time of j
Mrs. C. A. HawU yesterday after
noon. This snhject was sug
gested h the members of the
society.
Snierinlenilent Ahhott first
talked of the good ,,f it,ing loyal
lo the .school system, to (lie
teachers, to the superintendent
and to the hoard. He explained
the need of parents turning over
the discipline of the children to
the school during school hours.
So many parents hate to see any
one else discipline their children,
hut it is necessary for the welfare
of the pupils and the schools.
Parents often have too much mis
placed sympathy for their chil
dren. The mother does not like
to see her children sufTer tem
porary pain or inconvenience, al
though it may he for the child's
own pood.
Mr. Ahhott said that parents
should be sure to let teachers
know of peculiarities of physical
defect of the child. If the teacher
knows that a child has defective
hearing or eyesight she can aid
Ihe student by seating1 him prop
erly and in other ways. He said
that every effort should be made
10 keep the pupils in school every
day and for the full session: that
it led the students into bad habits
to allow them to be irregular in
attendance and lo be continually
bringing in excuses.
The superintendent said he
Could see no objection lo Women
voting or serving on school
boards. As members of school
hoards or as voters, they could
have use of a bet lei- knowledge of
school conditions, as many of
I hem are teachers and all have
mope time for visiting the schools.
Superintendent Abbott said that
11 was especially valuable for the
parents to visit the rooms where
I heir own children attend, and Ret
aeiiuainted with Ihe teachers. He
said Dial he had found that teach
ers do belter work where they mix
in Ihe social life of Ihe com
munity, ami the ladies of every
school district should see to it
that the teachers have this op
portunity. The speaker linally took up Ihe
ipiejdion of the Crete plan of
teaching domestic science in the
High schools. He nave each of
the ladies a pamphlet which he
had received from the slate de
partment of education relative to
the phi ii of study used in that
town. Urielly. the plan is for the
superintendent lo arrange with
ten or twelve women of Ihe town
to Rive the girls of the domestic
science class their recipes ami to
allow them to come into their
kitchens and see how Ihe work of
preparing ami cooking the food
is done. The girls receive regular
credit for this work. Mr. Abbott
has promised the Journal a com
plete account of this plan, and he
may discuss the plan with the
board of education with Ihe view
of trying1 it here.
After the speaker hail finished
Mr. Ilawls added a few remarks,
after which Mrs. If. I). Travis, on
behalf of the club, thanked the
two men for their remarks.
About thirty women were in at
tendance. Refreshments
served during the session.
were
Great Alfalfa.
from Snturday's Pally.
Mr. and Mrs. (i. II. Hhoden,
from near Mynard, were in the
city today, spending the day with
Mr. Hhoden's parents, Mr. and
Mrs. fieorge Hhoden. (ialen
brought to the Journal olllce a
sample of his last crop of alfalfa
that is just developing into seed,
and is certainly bearing in great
quantities. Mr. Hhoden says it is
the heaviest seed laden stalk that
he ever saw, and he is confident
ii... i it
uiiii i ue enure acreage will aver-j
age live nushels. At the present
price of $12 per bushel we would
think that alfalfa is about the
proper stufT to grow right now.
Pauline, Margaret arid Flor
ence Buttrey went to Omaha this
morning to visit there a day or
two.
Statemsnt o! Position ol Gov
ernment Toward Combines.
RESTRAINT OF TIME TO STOP
Department Will Not Undertake to
Act as Universal Counsel for the
Trusts May Consider Reorganiza
tion Plans.
Washington, Sept. 23 Recent re
ports to the effect that attornejs lor
large eonihinntloiis or cn'itnraiimi
a,,.i h.-'r r,rinri....u aun u..r. i,i,,u
for some general uuderstatuliiiK witti
the government authorities concern
ing the application of the anti-trust
law and that some of them had gone
to the attorney general to ascertain
what action, if hiiv, may be necessary
to make them stand right in the eyes
of the government was the subject of
much discussion here.
The following Is said to be the at
titude of the department of justice:
"The position of the attorney gen
eral is that since the decisions of the
supreme court in the oil and tobacco
cases, to quote the language employed
by hlm in his speech at Battle Creek,
Mich., 'the area of uncertainty In the
law' has been greatly reduced and the
meaning of the statute in its applica
tion to great monopolistic corpora
tion? made clear, and this makes it
necessary for those combinations to
resolve themselves Into a number ol
distinct, separate entitles, no one
of which will he in Itself a combina
tion In restrain of trade or threaten
monopoly. How this shall be done la,
of course, a r-eparnte problem In each
case a problem which, In the first In
btance, thosp In control of the combi
nations and their counsel must work
out.
Not Adviser of Trusts
"The law department of the govern
ment cannot undertake to act as uni
versal counsel for the trusts. It la
preparing to bring before the court all
the combinations which appear In
clear violations of the law. If the
courts agree with the government's
views they will doubtless follow the
precedents set by the supreme court
'n the tobacco case, and by the Unit
ed States circuit court In the Third
circuit In the powder case, and de
cree the combination to be Illegal and
give to It a reasonable time to reor
ganize in conformity with the law, un
der penalty of injunction or receiver
ship If it should fail to do so.
"Th? plan of reorganization must be
such as the government may acquiesce
in; or il would be compelled to oppose
Its approval by the "ourt. But the
final ni'prnvnl If for the' court to make.
Harvester Case Cited.
"In the we of the Harvest corn
nnny, that corporation voluntarily sub
mitted to tl'e government Its plan of
reorganization before suit was brought,
and while net goin! so far as the offi
cials of the deportment of Justice con
sidered it should go, th- representa
tives of the Harvester company
evinced a willingness to conform, if
jossible. to the views of the depart
ment pnd to mak" such changes as It
should deem necessary to comply with
thi? law,"
RECIPROCITY PACT IS DEAD
Not Likily to Be Heard of Again
Soon ir Canadian House.
Montreal, Sept. 2.1 Canada is con
fronted by a startling iur situation,
developed from the fact that reciproc
ity with the. United States has been
rejected, that the Laiuler government
bus been deleated and that II. I.. Bor
den will shortly be called on to form
a ('onsen f.tive ministry. That the
charges en.icied by the registration of
the will of the electorate ure radical
Is shown by the overwhelming major
i'.y whereby the voters turned down
the figreem-'Pt which I.nurler hnd
made with the United States for the
to nt u ii 1 removnl of duties on food and
other na'ural products, by the defeat
of seven cabinet ministers out of thir
teen who went to the polls, and by
the politicnl landslide which will re
tire to private life Sir Wilfrid Uurler,
. lit- of the biggest figures in the Brit
.sh empire
As for the reciprocity agreement, It
is n"t likely to he heard of ngnln soon
in the Onndlan house. Any measure
ol' this kind must be Introduced from
'he o eminent side and It is not like
'y that Mr. Borden and his follower
vlll malp any move In the matter.
I'here Is considerable Interest manifest
d In the view which the people of
Ihe United Stafs will take of the
overwhelming rejection of reciprocity.
Ready for Stephenson Case.
Mllwaul.ee, Sept. 21 Henry Web
upr, secret service assistant of the
United States senate sergenntat
".rms, has eompleted his efforts to
serve subpoenas on those who are to
nppenr in the Stephenson tnvestlga
tion by a senate committee. The In
vestigation beelns In October.
Frank W. Waterslreet. mxty year
old, and his non, Fred, twenty five
years old, who lived near Kent, N. V..
are dead, the lather a suicide and the
liurderer of bis son.
Sherman I'urks, a farmer, was killed
and Henry Weaver, the town marshal,
was wounded In a battle with pistols
between the mnrshal and Parks and
his son on the street nt Tlptou, Uklu.
Henry Goo$ Arriving Home from St. Joseph on Missouri Pacific
Sees Flames and Save Horses from Destruction Neighbors
Fight Flames Hard to Keep them from Spreading.
Frm Saturday's Pally.
A liable and several sheds he
longing to I,. W. I.orenz, located
al the home on Wot Kighlh
street, were destroyed h Ore lat
n IK tit at midnight, and Ihe house
and social nearby barns were
saved only by hard work on the
part of neighbors and the tire de
partment. The tire was discovered by
Henry (ioo, who had been to
Omaha and had returned on the
Missouri I'acitlc. lie .saw a blaze
in the I.orenz barn, and running
over to investigate, saw that
there were two horses lied inside.
He gave Ihe alarm by shouting
lire, and then rushed in and saved
the horses. He next pulled the
buggy out of the shed adjoining
the barn. By this time Mr.
I.orenz and the neighbors had ar
rived on the scene and the work
of saving nearby buildings began.
The roof of the I.orenz house
caught tire, but the fire depart
ment arrived in time to keep it
from spreading. The depart merit
arrived on the scene as soon as
could be expected, but had to wait
until another reel arrived in
order to have sulllcient hose.
Acquires More Land.
From Saturday's Pally.
Robert I'ropst made a deal this
week with a gentleman by the
name of Hunyon, near Benkelmnn,
Neb., whereby he trades his
American Morris automobile for
1(50 acres of laud near the town
of Benkelman. The auto was
driven to Lincoln on Wednesday
of lln's week, where it was turn
ed over to Mr. Hunyon. Mr.
Props! now owns 'i SO acres in the
same section, having traded iiis
Plallsmonlh city properly a few
days ago lo J. C, Lynch for the
320 acres. The city property
traded was the five-acre tract
known as the Calkins properly in
South Park. We are informed
thill Mr. and Mrs. Lynch will
move to Plattsmouth in the
spring, where they will make (heir
home. They are mighty tine old
people and have lived near Ben
kelman for a great many years,
taking the ifi(l acres up as a
homestead.
Fine Apples and Pears.
Jacob Mason brought, to the
Journal olllce this morning a
basket tilled with apples and
pears from Ihe place of Hubert
Filch, south of Platlsnioulh.
They are of u mighty tine variety,
especially the pears. They arc
smooth, large and solid and will
prove I lie finest fruit for canning.
Mr. Filch will have somewhere
between 500 and 000 bushels of
Ihe pears and I hey w ill be placed
on the Plattsmouth market when
ready for picking.
Lightning Strikes Cattle.
Henry Sturm had live head of
yearling steers killed by lightning
Sunday morning during Ihe thun
der shower. The cattle were hud
dled under a tree md far from
the house and when Ihe bolt
struck Ihe dee they were all kill
ed instantly. Mr. Sturm car
ried insurance on them, ho the
loss will only be nominal. Ne
hawka News.
Peter F. Houen of Sioux City,
who has been visiting his parents' Poland-Chinas. For particulars
here, left for home today. He is I see Julius Pitz, south of Plaits
foreman of Ihe tinning depart-1 mouth. t)-14-3tw.
menl for Armour A Co.
at Sioux
City.
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roll collar, two pockets. A very desirable garment
and comes in several colors.
An all Worsted Coat for Misses with rocked stitch,
high collar, two pockets. Ask to see them.
ZUCKWEILER&LUTZ
The loss, besides the buildings,
included 200 bushels of oate,
several tons of hay and some
other things. Mr. I.orenz thought
it was insured.- but he learned
that it had expired in July. He
estimates his loss at between $400
and 1500.
The lire was considered a
dangerous one, as there were
many bams and sheds and resi
dences nearby, and had there been
more of a w ind il would have been,
almost impossible to keep the
llatnes from spreading to several
of the residences in the neigh-borhood.
Card of Thanks.
We wish to express our most
heartfelt thanks lo our kind
neighbors and friends who so
faithfully assisted us last night
in extinguishing the fire on our
premises, especially to Henry
loos, who gave the alarm and
saved the horses and buggy. Also
to the members of Ihe (Ire depart
ment, who labored so strenuously
to put out Hie flames and savfld
our home from destruction.
I.. W. Lorenz and Family.
K. A. Lorenz.
Matthew McQuInn Not Improving.
From Saturday's Dally. 1
Matthew McQuinn, who ac
cidentally drank poison in Union
a few days ago, is not improving
as rapidly as reported a few days
ago. We are informed that his
lungs have been somewhat affect
ed during the past few days, and
he has experienced several cough
ing spells from the effects of the
poison. His condition at present
is not critical, but his improve
ment, is slow.
Will Move to Colorado.
J. L. Burns has sold his resi-.
deuce property here, nnd has pur
chased n farm in Colorado, where
he expects to move in a short
time. .The Burns family are old
residents of this pari of Ne
braska, ami their many friends
regret to see them leave. Louis
ville Courier.
A Swallow Roost.
Supt. Abbott says that every
night, hundreds of swallows circle
around the chimney at Ihe Cen
tral school building and fly into
it. Chimneys are favorite rnost
ing places for swallows, and a
large one is usually chosen, as
they seem lo like to all roost to
gether, mtt
-s
Natuarllzatlon Cases.
Judge H. 1 1. Travis has posi
tioned the hearing in all na
turalization cases set for the
October and lieceniber terms of
the district court, to the first term
in 1IM2. which will be in Jan
uary. This is done at the request
of the federal department having
the naturalization cases in hand.
Glen Perry Improving.
From Saturday's Dully.
lileii perry, from near Murray,
who was injured a few weeks ago
while drenching a horse, and
whose condition al one time was
Unite serious, was in the city to
day, ell still sulTers and is rather
weak from Ihe effects of the in
jury, but is improving slowly,
For 8ale.
Three male hoirs. Ihorouitlihred
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