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The- Plattsmouth - Journal Published Semi-Week!) it R. A. BATES, Entered at the Postoffice at Plattsmouth, Nebraska, as second-class m. t er. $1.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE That landslide November 7 seems to have slid both ways. :o: The massacre of Hankow spells tho unalterable doom of imperial 'government in China. :o: Judge Hamer, the lowest man on the republican ticket for su preme judge, will have 2,500 ma jority. :o: Forty-seven hunters have beenj killed so far this year, although public sentiment still forbids the use of human llesh for food. :o Wa Ting Fang was in America long enough to realize the ad vantages of hopping into the tarid wagon as it goon speeding past. :o: Massachusetts lias a demo cratic governor again and tho scared codfish refuses to be com forted, even by a baked bean nipper. " -10- Mr. Taft took Jots of Jrouble to vole, although ve ftro not inform ed that he is1 a candidate for any position in the (finrintinli' civil service. , , i : ' A Missouri citizen, who died a few days ago, was th' father of twenty-eight x-tylJriyi, njid lie was only CO years old. What ailed him race suicide? :o;: Senator (Hiinirtins of Iowa says Taft cannot be renominated, even, let alone being re-elected. Tho toenatnr also dwlnres liimMf eu tircly'oul of iM race. 11 j Chicago hol.nl managers blame the public for (he lipping prac tice. It is also duo to the desire of Hit! public to have luncheon served in time for dinner. x: A number of reform mayors were defeated in (be late election. II. lakes a skillful politician to prepare a sugar-coating for tho Jotter pill of good government. :o Ah, how true the saying: "There is so much bad in I he best of us, mnj so much good in the worst of lis, that it hardly behooves any of us to talk about the rest of us.'' :o : Regardless of who it was who tdrurk n certain historic and mysterious blow, (here is no doubt I hat Senator I.orimer is the one who is knocking the late Robert I'allerson. :o We are somewhat afraid that there are too many democrats who want to be president, for the good of the party. The only mis take tho parly is liable to make is in the selection of a candidate. :o: Hut one thing separates Heat tie, the murdoror of his young vife, from the death chair, and IhaUs the governor of Virginia. The stale supreme court refuses o interfere, and if the governoT does the same it is all up with . Ileal lie and ho will die November 25 in the cleotrio chair. :o: Yesterday China lay asleep with (he sleep of I he centuries. I'or .100 years the Manehu dynas ty ruled it with an iron rod. Its sleep was too profound for there (o be thought of resistance To flay China is wide-awake nay, more, fiercely militant In the cause of liberty arid real justice Iietween man and' man. The revolutionists, winning victory after victory, have determined upon tho eslahlidliment. of. a ro- rubiic. ; ! , , ; .T,Vf, Plattsmouth, Nebraska CZZ3 Publisher. Frank Hitchcock is trying to save money by having the post olliee department sell its old packing boxes for kindling wood, forgetting all about the needs of tho small boy for July 4th bonfire material. :o: In Gentry, Ark., a mob tried to lynch the cashier of a collapsed bank. However, Arkansas has more fiscal enlightenment than China, where it is customary, when a bank fails, to chop off the heads of all the olllcials. :o: It is slated that the democrats of Lancaster county will meet shortly for tho purpose of giving expression as to their choice for president. That may bo all right, but we doubt tho wisdom of such a movo at this time. Suppose every county done the same, we would have a dozen candidates endorsed in no time. :o: Senator Stone of Missouri is championing Champ Clark for the presidential nomination. We have known Speaker Clark for at least thirty years, and' believe he is making a serious mistake in his candidacy for president. He is one of the best men in the world, but we do not believe he is the proper man for a ' presidential cundidate, although we could sup port him, if nominated, with all the vim within us. -:o:- Ilon. John A. Maguire, while in the oity yesterday, talked rifle range to a number of our citizens. He will - return to Washington' early next rtiftnlh and will urge the locution of the range near . Plattsmouth. Con gressman Maguire, who is always alert to the interests of his con stituents, came here for the pur pose of ascertaining what he could do for our people, not only as to the rifle range, but other matters of interest to them. :o: The democrats of Nebraska should get a move on themselves and begin to organize for the campaign next year. Why not have a genuine old-fashioned love feast at Omaha or Lincoln some lime during the early part of January, and have every section of the state represented by good, live democrats, and talk over mat ters pertaining to the great battle next year? Nebraska can be car ried next year if tho proper man is nominated for president. :o: Speaking of newspaper scraps, the editor of the Hiawatha (Kan sas) World, who has had 'em by the dozens, gives the following competent testimony: "I admit that there is nothing more sense less than a newspaper war. One editor gets funny over another editor. There is a comeback, then a reply and then both say mean, spiteful, personal things of one another. Ofler they believe very little of what they say. It is boy fighting. I've had so many lights (hat I think I never will tight again, but I get in and cut my way out, or indeeper, all tho lime knowing tho folly of lighting." :o: Mark Sullivan, in Collier's Weekly, says: "Tho cities which are candidates for tho republican convention aro St. Louis, Cincin nati, Chicago and Buffalo. For the democratic convention the most aggressive candidate is Baltimore. Progressive democrats ought to oppose this. Maryland is tho home of that sort of sordid democracy which is typified by the late Senator Gorman, the man who, for the pocketbooka of him. self and his friends, betrayed and destroyed the democratic party the last time it had a national success. Kansas City or Denver would be a much better city and have a morep rogressive at mosphere." :o: Democracy is now singing with renewed zest, "My Old Kentucky Home." :o: Six weeks till Christmas. Now is the time to begin thinking about your holiday advertising. :o: With this year's election out of the way it would be well now to think about your Christmas shop ping. :o If Plattsmouth is not greatly benefited by the building -of the Platte river bridge wc miss our guess, and badly, too. :o As a million women will vote in tho next presidential election the candidates must take more care to have their trousers property creased. :o New Mexico is a new state and a new recruit in th, Democratic "auks. The result of lh! election he'd there Tuesday was mdei d welcome news. :o "Lorimer probe learns nothing worth while." But the nation has long ago learned by heart the fact that Lorimer is not a fit person to occupy a seat in the United States senate. :o The Atchison Champion quotes one statesman as saying: "Every dollar I ever had in the world I got out of the republican party." "And," says the Champion, "there aro others." ' .;o : . A man at New York has-been held on a charge of sniuggM.ig glass eyes into this country. B.il he succeeded for years in keeping on the blind side of the customs officials. :o: A New York judge has refused to incorporate an athWie organ ization because it wanted to be called tho "Mono club." Towns should indeed be careful what they let make them famous. :o: The government is now stalking the wheat and bread trust. We can view with feelings of equiniin- ;ly at least the cornering of oil, steel and tobacco, but when our bread is held tip, we resent it. :o : Teddy makes fun of Tafl's pro posed peace treaties. Teddy has plenty of leisure now to get round to almost everything. The people, however, do not chuckle over Teddy's fun like they used to. ;o Tho weather for the past few days makes some of the boys think of how they spent last sum mer's wages, instead of laying up a few dollars to buy their win ter's outfit. -:o:- Fifly thousand lives have been the record of the Chinese rebel lion so far. The world has not outgrown the time when human life and suffering constitute tho price of liberty and advancement. :o : Republican reactionaries in New Mexico started to run things with a high hand and lost the stale at the first election. This should be a lesson to the reac tionaries if they ever learn les sons. -:o:- "I am pleased to recommend Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as the best thing I know of and safest remedy for coughs, cold9 and bronchial trouble," writes Mrs. L. B. Arnold of Denver, Colo. "We have used it repeatedly and it has never failed to give relief." For salo by F. 0. Fricke & Co. Miss Teresa Hempel went to Omaha this afternoon to see some of the superior oOlcers of the De gree of olinor. . Tomorrow she expect to, go to Lincoln to look after business for the order. (Copyright. A. C CHAPTER XXVIII. Tho Stage Door of tho Trocadero. Hope discovered very little difficulty In duplicating the outer garments Keith reported Miss Maclalre as wear Ing. The colors, indeed, were not ex actly the same, yet this difference was not sufficient to be noticeable at night by the eyes of a man who had no rea son to suspect deceit. The girl was In a flutter of nervous excitement as she hastened about the room, donning her few requirements of masquerade, yet Keith noted with appreciation that she became perceptibly cooler as the moment of departure approached With cheeks aflame and eyes spark ling, yet speaking with a voice re vealing no falter, she pressed his arm and declared herself prepared for the ordeal. The face under the shadow of the mantilla was so arch and piquant, Keith Could not disguise his admiration. "Aro I Christie Maclalre?" she asked laughingly. , "Sufficiently so to fool our friend," h returned, "but I am ready to sweat that lady never looked so charming." "A compliment, and spoken as though you really meant It" "Have I not been honest enough with you In the past to be credited with honsty newr he protested, a lit tle hurt by the bantering tone. "Of court you hare; I merely talk lightly to keep my courage up. Teu can have' no Idea how afraid I am." "then you are truly an actress, for you appear the picture of enjoyment. But we must go, or Hawley will be ther before us. aad thus spoil all our pians. They passed out through the offloo together, soelng no one familiar to either, Hope keeping her face par tially concealed. , The east side of the street was less frequented than the other, having fewer saloons along its way, and they chose Its darkness. As they advanced, the long habit of fron tier life caused Keith to glance be hind before they had progressed a block, and he was - thus made aware that they were being followed. Con versing lightly, and without a word to. alarm the girl, he managed to ob serve every movement of the 'dimly outlined figure which advanced with them, timing every motion to theirs. Long before they crossed the street to the Trocadero he was convinced there was no mistake the fellow, whoever he might be, was trailing them. Keith smiled grimly to himself, resolving that as soon as he had left the lady he would teach tho spy a les son not soon to be forgotten. They barely entered the outer circle of the Trocadero lights, noting a group of men thronging about the doors, and hearing the sound of the band within, and then turned swiftly down the nar row dark alleyway leading toward the stage entrance. Keith, having been there before, advanced confidently, but Hope, her heart beating wildly, ? to his arm, g.m "j1 v .. TTTTng a word In reply to his whispered assurances. Fortunately they encountered no one, nd Keith, feeling cautiously In the dark, easily succeeded In locating the opening to the vestibule. Listening Intently he became convinced that no one occupied the little shed. He had Intended to remain with the girl until the tlrn came for her to emerge, but the remembranceof that figure dogging them all the way from the hotel now caused a change of plan. He held her band closely clasped In his. "Now, Hope, I am going to leav you," ho whispered, "and your own wit will have to carry you through. I know you will play your part all right, and It will be mtne to wait for Chris tie, and give her somo explanation of why Hawley failed to meet her as ho promised. It will never do for her to suspect, until you have time to learn all possible. You aro not afraid!" "Yes, I am," clinging to him, "but but I am going through It Just the same." "Tho truest kind of courage, my girl. Now slip Inside, but hold the door ajar. Hawley will certainly be here within ten minutes, and you must Join him at once, or else the other might appear. You can Judge as to Its being him even In this darkness. Good bye." The longing to clasp her In his arms, to speak the language of his heart, was almost overwhelming, yet tho memory of that figure slinking along behind them, and the brief time before Hawley's probable appearance, for he would leave the theater at Iht conclusion of Miss Maclalre's act, re strained all demonstration. This was a moment for action, not for words ot love; no delay should hazard the suc cess of their undertaking. He heard the slight creak of the door as tho girl . slipped within the concealment of the vestibule, and then he glided away through the darkness with tb stealthy silence of an Indian. There was no one la tho alley-way, which was narrow and easily explored, but tbe glow from the front windows plainly revealed the shadow of a man -.as r. the entrance, and Keith slipped mm ALE OF THE PLAINS xoy Randall, Padbimi- author Or" My Lady Or THt South. whem Wilderness wao Kimca etcctc Illustrations Fv Dearborn Mclviix MoClurg Co.. Ills.) "Yes, You Can Get Up. I Reckon You're Beginning to See Clearer, Ain't You 7" up toward him, hugging the side oi the building for concealment, prepared to resort to harsh measures. As he reached out, gripping the astonished loiterer by the collar, they stared at on another in surprise, and the grip ping . hand as . instantly released Its hold. "You, Falrbstn! What the devil does this mean? What aro you spying or us for?" Clearly taken aback, yet not greatly disturbed, his eyes showing pugnaci ous and pis jaw set, tne doctor ruooen his throat where Keith's knuckles hsd left a red welt. "Damn jou, I think I'm the one to ask for an explanation," he growled. "She said Ehe was not going with you. and now you are around here together at this hour.. I had a right to know whether I was being played with like that." "But, man, that was not Miss Mao Ialre I was with; It was Hope Walte. Come back hero under the tent flap while I explain." -,.-. Fearful of tbe coming of.Hawjey he fairly dragged the portly figure of the "bewildered Doctor with him, striving, by quickly spoken words, to make him comprehend the situation. Knowing previously something of the Issues involved, it was not difficult to make Falrbain grasp the meaning of this present movement, yet his sym pathies were at once enlisted upon tbe side of Miss Christl. He'd be damned If he would have any part In such a scheme if she had a right to the money he'd help her get it It was a cowardly trick, and he'd fight if nec essary, to keep her from becoming a victim. His voice rose, bis arms brandishing violently, bis sentences snapping like rifle shots. Keith an gered, and fearful of a discovery which would leave Hope exposed, real ized the futility of discussion and turned to physical force. Grasping the gesticulating man with both hands, he flung him backward and dragged him Into the empty tent, kneeling on him as he throttled him to the earth. "Now, Doctor, you listen to me," be said sternly "I'm through arguing. I hate to treat you like this, for you aro my friend, but I'll not stand for inter ference here. Do you get that, you old fool? Lie still until I get through! I respect your feelings toward Miss Maclalre. .She Is a good girl, and I hope to heaven you get her If you want her. But you never will if you permit this affair to go on. Yes, I know what I i- Talking about. In all thti-i-rpe and I do we are serving you and Christie our only fight Is with 'Black Bart' Hawley. Stop being a bullet headed old fool, Falrbain, and understand this thing. Lie still, I tell yau, and hear me out! Hawley Is a liar, a thief, and a swindler. There la a swindle In thla thing somewhere, and he hopes to pull out a big sum of money from It He Is merely using Christie to pull his own chestnuts out of the fire. She la Innocent; we real It tl.at, but this fellow Is going to ruin the girl unless we succeed in ex posing him. He's not only Involving her in his criminal conspiracy, but he's making love to her; he's teaching her to love htm. That's part of his scheme, no doubt, for then she will bo so much easier handled. I tell you, Falrbain, your only chance to ever win the Interest of Christie Maclalre la to help us down this fellow Haw ley. Yes, you can sit up; I reckon you're beginning to see dearer, ain't you?" Keith drew aside the flap of the tent to glance without, the light fall ing on Falrbaln's face as he struggled to a sitting posture. He had had 'a new thought driven Into him, yet failed to entirely grasp Its signifi cance. "But. Jaek," ho asked, still half angry, "how about the girl? Hasn't she any right to this money?" "I don't know," honestly, "we don't any of us know, hut whatever she has ik rUbt to sho la aetna to 6st Yeu . '.' can bet on that, old man. We're buck ing Hawley, not Christie Maclalre get that into your head. He hasn't any fight, that's certain, for he murdered and stole to get the papers be quiet! Here the fellow comes now!" They peered out together through the convenient tent flap, Falrbain scarcely less Interested than the oth er, already dimly comprehending that his truly dangerous rival was the gambler, and that he could best servo the lady by helping to prove to her the real character of that Individual He was still blindly groping In the haze, yet out of Keith's sharp, sting ing words there had come to hra a guiding light. The latter gripped hla arm In restraint "Easy, old man, easy let hint pass." Hawley turned Into the alley whb tllng, evidently well pleased with tho situation and anticipating other de lights awaiting his coming. The glow of the Trocadero's lights served, an Instant, to reveal his face, shaded by tbe broad brim of his hat, and then he vanished Into the dark. Keith lean ing far out, yet keeping well within the shadows, heard the faint creak of the vestibule door and tbe soft mur mur of distant vol es. Then he drew back suddenly, his hand again grasp ing Falrbain. Tw figures those ot a man and woman emerged Into tho dim light, and as quickly disappeared. Apparently her hind was upon his arm, and he was bending down so as to gain a glimpse of the face par tially concealed by the folds of tho mantilla. Only a word or two reached them, a little raugh, and the woman's voice: "Why, of course I hurried! you said you had eomethlng of such importance to tell me." "Falrbain," spoke Keith, his Hps al most at the ear of the other. "That was Hope, all right and she has got him going already. Now, man, will you help us out?" "I? How?" "Go back there, and meet Mis Maclalre. I don't care whore you take her lunch, anywhere; only keep her from the hotel as long a possible. You can do It far better than I. for she will not suspect you of any Inter est In this affair. Tell her, any lie you can think up on asoou'nt of Hawley'o absence. Good Ltcd, old man, cant you see this Is yur chanoe; sjo ta and win." Falrbain struggled to Us feet, etrji c bit dazed and uncertain, yet tempte by the opportunity. "You'r perfectly sun. Keith, thla Isn't am thing that will hurt the glrlT" "Sure! Of course I am. It's Just Hawley I'm gunning alter. For God's, ake, haven't you got that clear yet?" "I I. reckon I'm. an old fool, Jaok," admitted the Doctor regretfully, "and when an old fool Is in love be hasn't got any sense left Anyhow I'll do what you want me to now. Where are -you going?" , t .... "To watch those others. There Is no.knowing what play Hawley might try to pull off, and I want to keep within gun-shot of him. Hurry up, man; that vestibule door creaked Just then." He shoved him down the dark alley and dodged back himself across tho front of the tent out Into the street There wss a crowd of men In front of the Trocadero, but the couple he sought were nowhere In sight (To Be Continued.) N. C. Halmes and wife and fam ily came over from their homo at Weeping Water in an auto this morning and motored out to the new bridge, returning to IMatts iimuth and participating in the good roads meeting this after noon.1 C. A. RAWLS LAWYER Office First National Bank Building Do You want an AUCTIONEER? If you do, get one who has Experience, Ability, Judgement. Telegraph or write ROBERT WIKINSON, Dunbar, Neb. Dates irsde at this office or the Murray State Bank. Rates Reasonable CARPENTERS, CONTRACTORS and BUILDERS! 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