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THOUGHT FOR TODAY.
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J- 'I'lic lime will emiie when J
V tlic civilized mill) will feel J
J. thai I he rights l' every liv
J nit; rrealnr i the eaiih are
a .sacred as his own. Any- !
tiling .'-Imrl (if Hi in rannut he !
pei'fecl civilization. David
Sarr Jordan. !
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Isn't il. strange that some peo
ple are I he happiest when trying
lo attend to other people's busi
ness? Hut it's a fact.
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Keep it prominent ly before Un
people: Kvery enferprisinn citi
zen in l'latlsinnulh should he a
member of the (lonimercial club.
Cuba is in working shape and it
is safe lo say that better 'lays are
coming fur Mexico and Central
America if the 1'niled Stales can
li;ie their way.
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Of course (iovcrnor Mmehead
may have disappointed .some ap
plicants' fur olllee, but that will
wear off in lime. The governor
can't give every man an otlice that
would like one. .
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Are you aware of the fact that
the postal laws make if a crime,
punishable by imprisonment, to
sell any stamp issued by the gov
ernment for less than the face,
value? Well, it's so.
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There are a number of demo
crats in congress who will not vole
lo let. the navy run down, and we
believe they are right. The
situation in Mexico and Central
America indicates that we are
none too well prepared wilh bat
tleships id the present time.
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II is hard In understand what
the women .whu will walk from
New York to Washington can ac
complish thai will actually help
Ihejr cause. To see a band of
tired, tanned, disheveled women
marching along the roads isn't
apt lo be an inspiring sight.
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II is declared that llcujamin
Franklin selecled March Uh as
inaugralion day for our presidents
because I hat day falls less fre
quently on Sunday than any other
day of the month. Men was a wise
guy in his day, but now he
wouldn't reach first base.
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The Falls City News claims
there is nothing in the report that
the M. P. shops are lo be removed
from that city In Omaha. If there
bad been any reliance in rumors
and reports the IMattsnioulh Unr
lingtori shops have been removed
once a year for the last twenty
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Furopean countries are now
showing symptoms of a desire, if
not intention, to protest against
our immigration legislation, as
Fngland has already done ab uil
our canal lolls. If this keeps on
we may have lo ask permission of
all the lowers before introducing
a bill into congress.
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There is no doubt as to Senator
Hitchcock's nbilily to fill any
uipioinaiie position mat president
Wilson may tender him, hut he
seems to prefer remaining where
he is. There are few better post
ed men in the land on foreign af
fairs than Senator Hitchcock and
few who could perform such
duties in a mure graceful manner
ami Willi greater credit to bis
count rv.
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Senator I'larek's pure rlulli bill
bii pusM-d the seilille, ami if it
passes the house the women of
Nebraska will soon be wearing
dresses plainly marked "silk,"
colloii" or "wool." The bill coin
pells all retailers to sell only
woods with the uualily plainly
marked upon them. This is an
other one of those freak measures
you read about.
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When the women take over the
county Ollices the cuspidors will
go out of the court houses. With
a woman judge on the bench the
lawyers will have to quit smoking.
And wilh women coiincilmen we
may expect ordinance! making it
:i misdemeanor j0 wear a dirty
shirt or come, down town un
sbaen. There is considerable to
tin's woman suffrage question be
yond what appear on the surface.
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This must certainly be a laud
of trusts. We have long been
familiar with the steel trust, the
lumber trust, the oil trust, the
money trust and a score of others
and now a suit has been brought
In dissolve the moving picture
trust. What, with all these, not
to speak of the arson trust, the
bandit trust and the white slave
trust, will become of the country,
any wav ?
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The mailer of removing the
university is at last before the
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i.-M.-iuiie. i in: peopie oi liiucoin
oiler to pap half the sum that it
win cost lor extending (lie ground
limits if it remains where it is.
Dial is liheral enough. It will
cost i, r(MI, 0(1(1 fo niOe it. The
stale will le money in pocket to
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m i ii si.ij i ik ii i wuere a is. .c-
lion will l.e taken on the matter
by the legislature 1'ebruary 27. So
"i""1 'I he.
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(iovernor Morenead has not yet
selected the third member of the
hoard of control and it is rumored
that it is very doubtful if the sen.
He coniirms the two already ap-
.. .
pomied, on account of their do-
llciency in qualifications. Cass
county has a man who is in every
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. unco mm- me position, iiemg
one of the best business men in
the stale. That man is Mr. L. F.
Longhorsl, the leading merchant
of Millwood. No belter man ever
breathed the breath of life, and
ins lriends all over Nebraska are
legion.
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The parcel post has already
been used lo bring bakers bread
.
to the farm. Are we threatened
with the
villi the disappearance of the
nige "saltrisin' " loaf which has
I
always decorated the farm table
and made the hungry worker think
he was getting something lo eat
wlii. ii liit liii.l. it ulwti.9 Tf 1 1,
' ' cnvii. it inn
farmer can shirk work in the gar-
den by gelling his vegetables at
the grocery, why should not tho
over-worked farm wife let Uncle
Sam bring bread for the harvest
hands from the bakery?
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Oinaha should feel proud of tho
ii ' u.m-i iisiiih it is in ruinn in
the papers in the west part of the
slate in regard lo "white slavery"
bemg carried on in that city.
These papers may be justified in
saying what they have, but we'll
wager that there is a hundred
cities in the tinted Mates that are
worse in every respect, morally of Diaz and resulted in the elec
spenking, than Omaha, and why lion of his rival. Madero, who has
should these papers single out
the metropolis ()f (heir own state
as the most immoral in the uni-
verse? They are doing the stale
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mi injur uiiu wiuaiiu noes inn. ue-
serve the, slanders heaped upon
her by our own stale papers,
The reappointment of Or. J5. F.
Williams as superinleuednt of tli.
Lincoln asylum for the insane by
ioeriior .Miireliead is tiie proper!
Iliing. Fveryone who is acquaint
ed with the surroundings at the!
institute commends Ir. Williams
in the highest terms as a gentle
man eminently lilted for the pos
tion. He has been tried and found
not wanting in his otlirial dulies.
We can hardly endorse the Ful
ler telephone bill, but we do think
that there should be some way of
preventing the Lincoln Telephone
company raising I he rale because
il has a monopoly of the whole
business. It would seem to a
man up a tree that this company
could heller lower the rate than
rinse it. having I he. entire busi
ness. The people are not going
to stand much monkey business.
They may be pressed to build a
line of their own in Cass county.
The story of the sunken boat
loaded with whisky, consigned to
J'laltsmoulh dealers and other
dealers up the river, may be no
joke story, but it sounds rather
fishy. The boat is said to have
sunk in the Missouri river thirty
Jive years ago, five miles below
this city, and near Rock Hind's.
A company is to be organized in
Omaha to dig down deep into the
sand-bars for the coveted fortune,
in drinkables, as soon as they can
ascertain the spot where the boat
went down. These stories of
sunken boats laden with valua
bles, are very frequent, but we
have failed to learn of their re
covery. Maybe this will prove an
exceptional case.
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To "Tell the Truth About, Ne
braska" and give informal ion to
the outside, world regarding the
possibilil ies and resources oPour
great stale is the object of house
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roll U'J, wnicn provides tor I lie
cn.nl inn f I lie i.ii':isk:i linn
servaliou and Public Welfan
Commission and for an appropri
alion of $25,000 to carry on tin
Work of Ibe commission. Thai
(here is need for such measures
. .
nas lieen concei ed hv lie i-ianv
who are interested in the develop-
nient of the resources of Ne-
braska. and the bill iii.-s the.
commission power lo devise ways
and means that will aid in such
development and to point out the
facts relative lo resources and
industries of the stale and the
physical, economic and social
conditions existing therein, and
based on these conclusions
Ihrouuh the medium of publicity.
. . . . ...
promote tne development ni tiie
resources of (lie slate and tin
i'lf;ir nf its inhrihitnnfs
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The feverish restlessness thai
has prevailed in Mexico since last
fall, when Felix Diaz began an
I unsuccessful aftemnt at. revolu-
lion, has made a subsequent up-
rising not. unexpected. Tin
Mexican situation will likelv bo
the first great serious mailer that
(he incoming administration of
the United Stales will have lo eon-
tend wilh. Unless absolutely
necessary lo protect American
i
lives and property the present ad
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mi n isi rai iuii ioi me iwo tu iiireo
remaining weeks of its duration
will not interfere in Mexican af
fairs, President Tuft having an-
pounced that the settlement, of
the dilllcnlty so far as it In
comes necessary for this country
I In sellle it will be left to Presi-
dent-elect Wilson and his ad
visors. i ue iiisiiuniuy oi me
Mexican people as a self-ruling
nation began lo manifest itself al.
most, three years aiio, when the
elder Hiaz defeated Madero for the
presidency. Conditions began to
grow from bad to worse until a
rebellion put an end lo Ibe reign
had a troublous incumbency or a
ear and a half. II now begins
l look as if drastic foreign inter-
vention maybe necessary in order
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no queii ieciiveiy (lie reneiiinus
factions of Mexico and protect
the rights of the liiiii-conibalanis
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I THOMAS DKON Jfi
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Copyright. 1011.
CHAPTER XVII.
The Parting of the Ways.
HE two weeks which followed
the Bivetis ball were the
happiest Harriet Woodman
had known since Nan's
T
shadow had fallen across her life.
Kvery moment was crowded with the
work of preparing for her trip, except
the hours she could not refuse Stuart,
who had suddenly waked to the fact
that something beautiful was going
out of his life.
Harriet watched him with keen joy
and deep In tier heart a secret hope
began to grow slowly.
The day she sailed he refused to go
with her to the filer.
"Why. JI lit. you must come with
nie!" she protested.
"No. I can't, little ml. Uoodby."
He watctied the cab roll down Fourth
street toward the pier while a great
wave of loneliness overwhelmed him.
At night (lie doctor was not at home.
Stuart rapped on his door next morn
ing and got no answer. The girl said
he had spent the night out she didn't
know where.
As Stuart was about to leave for his
oflice the doctor entered. His bloodshot
eyes were sunken dee) hehind his
brows, his face haggard and his
shoulders drooped. Stuart knew he
had tramped the streets all night In a
stupor of hopeless misery.
Stuart took liis outstretched hand
and led him Into (lie library. "1
know why you tramped the streets; the
old house is very lonely."
"I never knew what loneliness meant
before!" The biir hand fell In n
gesture of despair.
Stunrt pressed tils hand.
"I understand. I'm younger than you,
doctor, but I. too. have walked that
way alone. You're all hi; you must go
to lied and sleep."
When Stuart relumed early from his
work in the .ifieineon he found a
group of forlorn women and ehildreu
standing beside the stoop. A pale, elf
ish looking boy of ten, whose face ap
peared to be live years older, sat on the
lower step crying.
"What's the matter, kiddie?" he ask
ed kindly.
"I wants de doctor tne madder'
sick. She'll croak before ntornln' cf he
dou't come-dey all wants him." He
waved his dirty little hand toward the
others. Tte ain't come around no more
ff? a week. The goil says we can't see
ilnt he's asleep."
I'll tell htm you're here. The doc
k's been III himself."
He urged the doctor to go nt once to
see his patients. The work he loved
would restore his spirits, lie wns dutn
founded at the answer he received.
"No. uo! I'm In no mood to work. I
couldn't help them. I'd poison and kill
them all. feeling us I do today. A phy
sician can't heal the sick unless there's
healing hi his own soul. I'd bring
death, not life. Into their homes. Tell
them to go away!"
Stuart emptied his pockets of nil the
money he had In a desperate effort to
break their dlsapioiutmcnt.
"The doctor's too 111 to seo you now."
he explained. "He sent this money for
.you and hopes It will help
worst until he ran come."
you over the
He divided the money among them.
and they looked at It with dull disap
polntment. They were glad to get It.
but what they needed more than mon
ey was the hope and strength of their
friend's presence.
tioetor," smart wy:nr ecfitiy, Tve
known you for about fifteen years.
You're tho only father I've had In this
big town, and you've been a good one.
l'ou'vo been acting strangely for the
past two weeks. You're In trouble."
"The greatest trouble that can come
to any human soul," was the bitter an-
iwer. "uut, he pauseu, ana nis eyes
tnred at the celling as he groaned,
"I've got to bear It. What's the use to
whine?"
Stunrt stepped close and slipped his
arm about the stalwart figure. His
voice was tender.
"Come, doctor; you're not fooling me.
I've known you too long. There's only
one man on earth for whom 1'ii do as
much as 1 would for you my own
gray haired father down soulh. Come
now; tell me what's the trouble?"'
Stuart could feel tho big form sway
and tremble under the stress of over-
I whelming emotion, and his arm pressed
!a little closer. And (hen the tension
suddenly broke.
The doctor sank Into a chair and
looked up with a helpless stare.
"Yes, Jim, 1 will. I'll-lell-you."
And he related his experiences In the
Wvons niiiii .ioii. eiuliie: with:
"I -stole - n-ens.. of -lew-els!"
Stuart sprang l his feet, with ill) ex-
y ' nun ii i
toy Thomas Dixon
clauiation of horror.
"You-did-wbatl"
"Yes." t lie doctor went ou hoarsely.
"I stole a case of his jewels and sent
my girl abroad. I'm going to plead
guilty now and go to prison. I shall
never again lift my head in the haunts
of men."
Stuart sobbed hi anguish.
"You see, boy, 1 failed when put to
the test. It doesn't make any differ
ence about my reputation. Character
only counts, and I'm a thief."
"Shut up!" Stuart cried tiercely, seiz
ing his arm. "Don't say that again
and don't talk so loudly. Whatever
you did you were insane when you did
it."
"Maybe it was a mistake. 1 don't
know. I couldn't think then. 1 only
know now that life is impossible any
more, and I'm ready to go. You can
send me to prison at once, Jim. I'm
glad you are the district attorney."
"Cut I'm not. I resigned my office
lhis morning to go into business for
myself. 1 had only another month to
serve. You're not going to prison if I
can help It."
"But I dou't want you to help it.
It's the only place to go now you see,
boy. I can't live with myself any more!
Besides I'm old and played out; the
world dou't need me any longer."
"Well, 1 need you." Stuart broke In,
"and you're not going to give up this
fight as long as I'm here."
"I'm a failure; It's no use."
"But you've forgotten some things,"
the younger man said tenderly.
"You've helped to make my life what
it is you haven't failed in that. Y'ou
gave your blood to your country when
:lie needed it you didn't fail In that.
You have forgotten the thousands you
have helped, the hope and cheer and
'nspiration that passed into their lives
through yours. We'll go to Bivens'
house tonight. We'll tell him tho truth.
We'll return the value of his jewels.
I'll get the money to make good what
you owe hlni" His voice broke. "Oh.
why. why, why didn't you let me
know? I've Influence with Bivens. He
will drop the matter and no one on
earth will know save we three."
"Uut you don't understand, Jim," the
broken man protested, feebly. "I tell
yon I've given up. 1 can't take your
money. I can't pay. 1 tell you I've
given up. I can't take your money. I
enn't pay it back." -
"Y'ou can pay It back. too. If you like.
Harriet will, be earning. UL"5nnds of
dollars In a few years. Her success Is
sure."
A fidnt smile lighted the father's
face.
"Her success is sure. Isn't it?" he
asked wth the eagerness of a child.
And then the smile slowly faded.
"But I shall not be here to see it."
"Yes. you will. I'm running your af
fairs now, and you've got to do what
I say. Cot ready. We are going to see
Bivens."
Bivens refused point blank at first
to see Woodman and ordered tils serv
ant to put him out of the house and
ask Stuart to remain for a conference.
Stunrt drew from his ense a card
and wrote a message to Nan:
Imperative that 1 sen Cal at once in tha
presence of my Iriend on a matter ot
Krave Importune. Please iend him down.
He is stubborn.
Bivens came In a few minutes, shook
bands cordially with Stuart and !g
nored Woodman.
"I want to seo you alouo with tho
doctor." the young lawyer began,
"where we cannot possibly be over
heard." "I have nothing to say to this man.
but for your sake all right. Come up
to the llhrary."
Once lu the room and the door clos
ed the doctor sank listlessly into a
chair, seeing nothing, hearing nothing.
His deep, sunken, bloodshot eyes were
tnrned within. The outer world no
longer made any Impression.
Stuart begun:
"Cal. you and 1 have been frlfnds
since boyhood. I'm going to ask my
first favor of you tonight."
"For yourself, all right. You've got
the answer before you ask it. If
you've come to ask me to settle wilh
old Woodman for any Imaginary claim
he has, you're wasting your breath. I
won't hear it. So cut It!"
"I'm not asking you to settle any old
imaginary claim." the young lawyer
went on rapidly, "but a new one that
enn only appeal to the best that's In
you. Let it be enough to say 1 bat the J
torture you 'inflicted on Woodman '
and the sights ho saw in your house J
drove him Insane. Hungry, wretched, '
in despair ever his misfortunes and ,
the promi-v he had given h's daughter, .
whom In- lovi'ij l-i'i'rr Ihan life,
moment of niaduesslie took a case of
your Jewels."
fie look that case of jewels?" Biv
ens cried wilh excitement.
"Yes."
The little financier broke into a peal
of laughter, walked over to the chair
where the doctor sat. thrust his hands
Into his pockets and continued to
laugh.
"So that's what you meant by laugh-
i ing and sneering in my iaco as you
I left that night, you hypocrite!"
j Stuart suddenly gripped Bivens and
spun him around in his tracks.
"That will do now! The doctor is
my friend. I won't, stand for this."
Stuart faced the little dark man with
a dangerous gleam In his eye.
"Well, w hat did you come for? To
ask tne to give him a pension for rob
bing mo of a case of jewels? I've ac
cused every drunken servaut in the
house of the act."
"I only ask that yon allow mo to re
turn the value of your jewels and drop
the whole affair."
"Can the district attorney of the
county of New York compound a
felony?"
"I resigned my oflice this morning."
Bivens tried to seize Stuart's blind,
forgetting for a moment the jewels
in the bigger announcement which
meant the acceptance of his offer.
Stuart waved aside the extended
hand w it.li a gest ure of annoyance. '
"You'll drop this case, of course, at
ray request?"
Bivens t looked at the lowed figure
and replied quickly:
"I will not."
"1 told you I'd make good the
amount tomorrow morning."
"What the devil do you suppose I
want with your money? Five thousand
dollars is uo more to me than 5 cents
to tho average man."
He paused. laughed and again
stared at the bowed figure.
"I've waited a long time, old man,
but I've got you now."
The doctor never lifted his head er
moved a. muscle.
"Y'ou are not going to prosecute
him?" Stunrt asked Incredulously.
"As soon as I can telephone for an
officer."
"Look here. Cal, you've just asked
me to share your affairs."
"Not this one."
Then to hell with you and all your
affaire! I'll light you to tho last
ditch!"
Bivens looked at him in amazement.
"What! Tor this old fool you'd re
ject my offer?"
"Yes." .
"It's a joke! I see you doing it
Defend him if you like. I'll have good
lawyers. I'll enjoy the little scrap. A
fight between us iu public just now
will be all the better for my first big
plans. I'll send him to Sing Sing if
it costs me a million!"
Stuart lifted the doctor from his
seat and faced Bivens with a look of
defiance. "You needn't trouble for a
warrant. He pleads guilty. Your
lawyers can fix the day for his sen
tence and I want you to be there."
"I'll be there, don't you worry!"
(To Be Continued.)
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