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s ill JmJXf ill 11 :'? is." X A V ufT MTTS f NX THl r-3 i 1 V f0.:ALE Cf THE PLAINS rSf?XfCASv dW Randall Paddish- WHEM WILDERNESS WAS MMG. LTC.LTC Illustrations Dv Dearborn MrLViUL ft 3 COMMENCING (Copyright, A. C. CHAPTER XXX. Saturday, vesnbet In Christie's Room. Keith swept his glance up ana down the street without results. Surely Hawley and his companion could not have dlsanwared so suddenly. They had turned to the right, he was cer j tain as to that, and he pushed through I the crowd of men around the theater entrance, and hastened to overtake thorn. He found nothing to overtake nowhere along that stretch of street, j Illumined by window lights, was there i any sign of a man and woman walking together. Ho stopped, bewildered, staring blindly about, falling utterly to comprehend this mysterious vanishing. What could it mean? What had hap pened? How could they have disap peared so completely during that sin g'.e moment ho had waited to speak to Falrtain? The man's heart beat like a. trip-hammer with apprehension, a sudden fear for Hope taking posses sion of him. Surely the girl would never consent to enter any of those dens along the way, and Hawley wonld not dare resort to force in the open street. The very thought seemed TirennsterouB. and yet. with no other supposition possible, he entered these one after the other In hasty search, questioning the inmates sharply, only to find himself totally baffled Hawley and Hope had vanished as though swallowed by the earth. He explored dark passage-ways between the scat tered buildings, rummaging; about recklessly, but came back to the street again without reward. Could they have gone down the oth er side, in the deeper shadows, and thus reached the hotel more nuickl than It seemed to him possible? There was barely a chance that this could be true, and yet Keith grasped at it desperately, cursing himself for hav ing wasted time. Five minutes later, breathless, almost speechless with anxiety, he startled the clerk. "Has Miss Waite come in? Miss Hope Waite?" "Blamed If I know," retorted the other, Indifferently. "Can't for tho lire of me tell those two femalea apart. One of them passed through 'bout ten minutes ago; Doc Falrbaln was with her. Another party Just went up stairs hunting Miss Maclatre, and as thev haven't come down. I reckon It most have been her anything wrong?" "I'm not sure yet," shortly. "Who was this other person?" "Old fellow with white hair and whiskers swore like a pirate had the sheriff along with him." It came to Keith In a flash It was Waite. Perhaps Christie knew. Per haps the General knew. Certainly something of importance waa crystal lizing In the actress' room which might help to explain ail else. He rushed up the stairs, barely waiting to rap once at the closed door before he pressed it open. The sight within held him silent, waiting opportunity to blurt out his news. Here, also, was tragedy, Intense, compelling, which for the Instant seemed to even overshadow the fate of the girl he loved. There were three men pres ent, and the woman. She stood clutch ing the back of a chair, white-faced and open-eyed, with Fairbaln slightly behind her, one hand grasping her arm, the other clinched, his jaw set pugnaciously. Facing these two was Waite, and a heavily built man wear ing a brown beard, closely trimmed. "You'd better acknowledge It," Waite snapped out, with a quick glance at the newcomer. "It will make it all the easier for you. I tell you this Is the sheriff, and we've got you both dead to rights." "But," she urged, "why should I be fttirested? I have done nothing." "You're an adventuress a damn adventuress Hawley's mistress, prob ably a " "Now, see here, Waite," and Fair baln swung himself forward, "you drop that. Miss Maclatre Is my friend, and If you say another word I'll smash you, sheriff or no sheriff." Waite glared at him. "You old fool," he snorted, "what have you got to do with this?" "I've got this to do with, you'll And tho woman Is to be treated with re spect or I'll blow your damned ob stinate head off." The sheriff laid his hand on Walte's shoulder. "Come," he said, firmly, "this Is no way to got at it. We want to know certain facts, and then we can pro ved lawfully. Let me question the woman." Tho two older men still faced one another belligerently, but Keith saw Christie draw the doctor buck from between her and the sheriff. "You may ask me anything you ploate," she announced, quietly. "1 am sure these gentlemen will not fight In my room." "Very well, Miss Mac'alre. It will require only a moment. How long have you known this man Hawley?" "Merely a few days blnce I arrived In Sheridan." "Cut you were In communication with him before that?" McClurg & Co.. 1910.) i ne pieaant voice una qujcx De meanor of the sheriff seemed to yield the girl confidence and courage. "Yes, he had written me two or three letters." "You met him here then by appoint ment?" "He was to come to Sheridan, and exii'ain to me more fully what his let ters had only hUited at." "You possessed no previous knowl edge of his purpose?" "Only the barest outline details were given me Inter." "Will you tell us briefly exactly what Hawley told you?" The girl's bewildered eyes wandered from face to face, then returned to the waiting sheriff. "May may I sit down?" she asked. "Most certainly; and don't be afraid, for really we wish to be your friends." She sank down into the chair, and even Keith could see how her slender lorm iremDiea. xirere vfas a mo ment's silence. "Believe me, gentlemen," she began, falteringly, "If there Is any fraud, any conspiracy, I have borne no conscious nart in It. Mr. Hawley came to me saying a dying man had left with him certain papers, naming one, Phyllis Gale, as heiress to a very large estate In North Carolina, left by her grand father In trust. He said the girl had been taken West, when scarcely two years old, by her father in a fit of drunken rage, and then deserted by him In St. Louis." ! "You you saw the papers?" Waite broke In. "Yes, those that Hawley had; he gave them to me to keep for him." She crossed to her trunk, and came back, a manilla envelope in her hand. Waite opened It hastily, running his eyes over the contents. "The infernal scoundrel!" he ex claimed, hotly. "These were stolen from me at Carson City." "Let me see them." The sheriff ran them over, merely glancing at the endorsements. "Just as you represented, Waite," he said, slowly. "A copy of the will, your commission as guardian, and) memoranda of Identification. Well, Miss Maclalre, how did you happen to be so easily convinced that you were the lost girl?" "Mr. Hawley brought me a picture which he eald was of this girl's half lister; the resemblance was most startling. This, with tho fact that I have never known either father or tnofher or my real name, and that my earlier life was passed In St. Louis, sufficed to make me believe he must be right." "You you ' Waite choked, lean ing forward. "You don't know your real name?" "No, I do not," her lips barely form ing the words. "The woman who brought mo up never told me." "Who who was the woman?" "A Mrs. Raymond Sue Raymond she was on the stage, and died in Texas San Antonio, I think." Waite swore audibly, his eyes never once deserting the girl's face. "Hawley told you to say that?" "No, he did not," she protected warmly. "It was never even mention ed between us at least, not Sue Ray mond's name. What difference can that make?" He stepped forward, one hand flung out, and Fairbaln sprang instantly be tween them, mistaking the action. "Hands off there, Waite," he com manded, sternly. "Whatever she says goes." "You blundering old Idiot," the otfc er exploded. "I'm not going to hurt her; stand aside, will you I" He reached the startled girl, thrust aside the dark hair combed low over the neck, swung her about toward the light, and stared at ft birthmark be hind her ear. No one spoke, old AND CONTINUING FOUR DAYS, WE WILL GIVE YOU A SPECIAL PRICE ON TADLE DAMASK. DELOW ARE PRICES: Mercerized Cotton Damask, G8-inches wide, Chryantheum pattern. Our regular price is 00c per cnp uuu yard, at this sale. Mercerized Cotton Damask, 72-inches wide. A beautiful Fern pat tern, worth 85c per yard, at this sale t U n b 1 e a c h ed Damask, union, G4-inches wide, Clover Leaf pattern. Worth 50c per yard, QQn JUU 75c 7' mil ft Mercerized Damask, 68-inches Chrysantheum pattern. It is worth 60c per yard, at this sale Mercerized Damask, 72-inches Fern Pattern. Worth 85c per yard, at this sale Unleached Damask, all lined, Lily pattern, 68-inches wide. Worth $1.00, at this sale.... wide, 50c wide, 75c Water 85c 13 1 1 Mi cut to. Unbleached Damask, all linen, Checker Board pattern, 72-inches wide. Former price 75c, cut to 65c v ZSSi? v 8 8 1 O I 1 We have a large line of Table Linens up to $2.00 per yard; Nap- kins to match. Call and see them as soon as possible. X Nebraska Unbleached Damask, linen, G8-inches wide, Water Lily pattern. Regular $1.00 value, at this sale all 85c Unbleached Damask, union 64-inches wide, Clover Leaf pattern. Regular 50c value, cut to 38c Sr mm-) Unbleached Damask, lined, Checkerboard Pattern, 72-inches wide. Former price per yard 75, this sale all 65c rn1 3o Platismouth, TOW! Keith Straightened Up, Looking Di rectly Into the Fierce Question ing Eyes. Waite seemingly stricken dumb, tho woman shrinking away from him as though she feared he was crazed. "What Is It?" asked the sheriff, Slowly Waite turned about and faced him, running the sleeve of his coat across his eyes. He appeared dazed, confounded. "My God, It's all right," he said, with a choke In the throat "She's she's the girl." Christie stared at him, her Up parted, unable to grasp what It all meant. "You mean I I am actually Phyllis Gale? That that there Is no mis take?" He nodded, not yet able to put It more clearly Into words. She swayed as though about to faint, and Fairbaln caught her, but she slipped through his arms, and fell upon her knees, her face burled In her hands upon the chair. "Oh, thank God," she sobbed, "thank God! I know who I am! I know who 1 am!" (To Bo Continued.) Farms Fop Sale. 100 acres of Cass county land, located 3 miles south of Nehawka. This place is in excellent condi ton with 100 acres sowed to fall who at, 4 acres of alfalfa, 30 acres of meadow and remainder in pasture, 7 acres being fenced hog tight. Improved with 8 room house, fine new largo barn with accommodations for ten head of horses and fifty cattle; cribs and granary, 4 acres orchard and a splendid well with new mill. Be side the well there is a good spring and two small running streams. Would make a fine proposition for slock of diversified farming. Also 100 acres rich Otoe coun ty land adjoining tho above farm; 135 acres under cultivation, most of which is bottom land and pro duces bumper crops; and 20 acres is in meadow. This is a good buy for somebody. For further information communicate with . C. Beadon Hall, Nehawka, Neb. For Rent or Sale. Tho frame business house just west of tho poslodlce in Murray. Si.o, 10x24, and in good condition. Apply to Ilolmos or Smith. FOUND Near postofllce, small gold heart with pearl setting Owner can have same by calling at this olllcc and paying for this notice, 1 l-15-3td-ltw, II BALD-HEADED WOMAN Shorn of Her Crown of Beauty, Loses In Love and Marriage. Hair is certainly most necessary lo woman. Who could love and marry a bald-hoadoil woman? What charms could one array lo offset such a disfigurement? A woman's goal is usually lovo and marriage. Her crowning glory is her hair. The loss of her hair mars her beauty, happiness and success. Yet, right here in I'lallsniotilh, there are thou sands of women who are neglect ing or injuring their hair to such an extent that it is only a matter of time when it will be utterly ruined. Many women destroy the beauly of their hair through thought lessness or ignorance of certain facts. They use curling irons overheated, or to excess, which destroys the natural oil of the hair, causing it to split, break and come out. They do not shamnoo their hair often enough, or too often. They use sonns. or nren- arations which contain ingredi ents positively harmful to the scalp and hair. As a result of such treatment, dandruff is created, the hair loosens, loses color, falls out, and baldness commences, unless proper and prompt precautions are taken in time. Then again, microbes and certain diseases bring about unhealthy scalp and hair conditions. Almost any woman ' may rid herself of dandruff and diseased scalp and hair if she will but use the rijrht remedy. We have that remedy, and wo will positively guarantee that it will either euro dandruff and baldness or it will not cost the user anything. That's a pretty broad statement, but we will back it and prove it with our own money. You will re turn your money if you do not find that Rexall "i)3" Hair Tonio is an entirely satisfactory remedy that will promote hair growth and overcomes scalp and hair troub les; that it will grow hair even on bald heads, unless all lifo in tho hair roots has been extinguished, the follicles closed, and (he scalp is glazed and shiny. It gets its name from the fact that it grew hair in 1)3 out of 100 cases, where it received a thoroughly hard, im partial and practical lest. We want you to try Iloxall "93" Hair Tonic at our risk. You sure ly cannot lose anything by doing so, while you have everything to gain. 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Fricko it Co. Office First National Bank Building Herman Grcadcr, Graduate Vclcniary Surgeon (Formerly with U. S. Department Agriculture) Licensed by Nabraska State Board Calls Answered Prompt! Telephone 378 White, Plattsmouth A Word of Appreciation. Tho Journal is in receipt of a communication from Harry Rolfo of Nebraska City expressing the thanks of the Oood Roads Min strel company for appreciated tribute as to the merits of thq performance the company gave, and stating that "the cordial treatment received at the hands of the Vlallsmouth citizens will long bo remembered by all of us." Fred Lutz and Henry flenso nieir of Eight Mile drove precnict were in t he city today and took out two four-horse loads of chopped feed purchased of tho J. VV. Egcn berger feed store.