THURSDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1913. PLATTSfflOUTH SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL. PAGE 5. V V THE Melting of Molly By MARIA THOMPSON DAVIESS Copyright, 1912. by the Botbs Merrlll Company "Yoar I exclaimed, crowding still closer, or at least trying to. "It's not you, It's I that am killed, and you did it! I know you don't really want me. but I can t help that. I'd rather you'd do the suffering with me than to do it myself away from you. I'm so hun gry and thirsty for you that that I can t diet any longer!" I put the case the strongest way I knew how and got a swooning, maddening, luscious re sult. 'Want you, Molly?" be almost sob- IN PLATTSMDUTH FORTY YEARS AGO Items of Interest to Old and New Residents of City Which Were New Forty Years Ago. Melted. Plaltsinouth is dead! dead ! dead ! ! 1 with the exception of wheat buyers and saloons, and they are reaping1 a rich harvest The B. & M. R. R. has aided very materially in killing- the town- We understand they have closed their machine shops, but we- do not vouch for the truth of the slate ment. Still the people live in hope, and our wish is that they may not die in despair. Aurora Republican. That's a dog-goned, confounded and impudent liver colored whopper, Mr. Aurora Re publican. Plattsmouth is not dead, and is the liveliest town we visit on the Missouri river. More longer, for he says he and Billy and 1 1 grain, more hogs, more goods are lei and I felt, his heart pounding are goinS to rlay so much golf and bought and sold here, and more hard next to air shoulder tennis xnai i snail Keep as tnm as ne money cnanges Hands daily in wants ine xo De witnoui any more meii- jjjattsmoutn tnan in any other Ing or freezing or starving, but per- town in the state of the same size; haps he would like to read the little anil nMP m.nniP ai. fMna- h.o .-1 .1 t T-V 1 . 1 I X "Yes, want me!'' I answered, with more spirit than breath left in me. "I refuse to believe you are as stupid as I am, and anybody with even an ordi nary amount oT TTfaTSS dHst""Ea TtTseen how hard I was fighting for you. I feel sure I left no stone unturned Some of them I can already think back and see myself tugging at and it makes me hot all over. I'm foolish and always was, so I'm to be excused for acting that awful way. but you are to blame for letting me do it. I'm going to be your punishment for life for not haviEg been stern acd stopped me. You had better stop me some now anyway, for if I go on loving you as I have been for the last few minutes it will make you uncomfortable." Teaches," he said after be had hush- THE HILL ROADS TO BUILD A NEW LINE That the Hill railroads propose to keep their pledge to Omaha and build a short line from that city to Sioux City, eliminating the round-about way into St. Paul ed me with another broken dose of and Minneapolis by way of the jove as large as ne tnougnt I coma ixhlanH rntnfr r..- mi-iaiti Three surveys for the sr.ort line have been made and squealing about the panic softlier than in any town we have visited lately. The B. & M. shops have not clos ed, and they are crossing freight and passengers here, and are go ing to bridge the river soon; and we have the most farms and the best people, and the richest country, the handsomest women and the honestest men back of us you ever saw. Get out! you All- (u) roarer. B. G. Hoover sends could stand I could have stood m jrel "1 am never going to tell you bow long I have loved you, but that day you came to me all in a flutter with Al route will be determined at the Mr, sub." from Louisville, and calls our attention to the fact that we gave another party credit for it, and some more "subs." sent us and thelun(jer a mistake. We were not in, and our better half reported Bennett's letter in your harid it is go-1 annual meeting the first of next the name Gf the party sending ing to take yon a lifetime to settle for. You were mine and Hill's! How could you but women don't understand V I felt him shudder in my arms as I held Lim close. I was repaid for all those tiresome exercises I Lad taken by the strength to crush him against my breast almost as hard as he crush ed me. Our combined strength was year. As soon as inis question the names ad inade a mistake in is settled, plans will be made for the man Beg pardon, Mr. Hoov- siarung construction earsy nexi er amJ the next tinie wiH be spring, it being tne purpose to more careful i- i i i.Mi-mt: me iiu i-un;. -vl . trui. John Fi zgera d. Kan.. r one survey ieaes u:e umana- turned home on Fridav from one Lincoln line near Ralston and of his Inany j,IUrneyings. . His runnings diagonally northwest fac aiwavs lends a home look to terrific, dangerous to life and ribs, but through Douglas county, tapping plattsmouth. heavenly! I the Ashland-Sioux City line near Don't women know, John?" I man- lUehling. Another leaves the aged to ask softly in memory of a like Omaha-Lincoln line in the because they am t doing any thing at'it we don't see any men at work," or "we don't hear any thing about it nowadays, and we voted the bonds way last fall. That's true. There isn't a single spade or shovel at work on the line that we know of and for that matter there isn't a single bond sold and yet the work is going on. Men are trying to sell these bonds, to get more stock subscribed, to find other and bet ter parties to take an interest in same; therefore, please bear in mind, you impatient ones, that it takes money to build railroads hard cash or real greenbacks not pieces of paper promising to pay greenbacks or cash at some future day. So many persons seem to think that the mere vot ing or bonus insures a ranroau at once; we vote bonds today and tomorow Patrick IVFlanigan is singing "Working on the railroad at forty cents a day," with a gang of merry bovs at his heels. Such is not the case any more than it is possible, when you have wor ried up a good article, Mr. Far mer, on the crops, etc., for the Herald, and bring it in on Tues day, or maybe Wednesday late, and say, "Now Mr. Editor, I want that in this week's paper, sure." You have done your work, and done it well, perhaps, but now ours comes in; 30,000 little pieces of lead have to be handled proofs struck, corrections made, and so on. until next week comes round, and then, but not till then can your article appear. Now, the bonds are voted, and some stock taken, and sharp, shrewd men, are trying to make them pan out into bars of iron and square chunks of wood, and el bow grease, and dirt, to build a ailroad. and if they had not more faith and courage and pa tience, and above all persever ance, than you have, most as- uredlv the Trunk road never would be. built. sympathize with the poor, over burdened taxpayer, but we cer tainly feel no compunctions of conscience in reminding the pres ent officials, the new portion ot them, we mean, that they made their own bed and they must lie in it. Had they been content to let matters take their course and had the old members and mayor been re-elected, and then got in a hobble, the people would have known just who to blame. As it is now, crawling out behind the action of the old council will not exonerate the deeds of the pres ent one. Local New Mrs. F. S. White and cousin. Mrs. W. H. Mitchell, are in th-i From Monday's Dally. euesis ai v.c R. C. Bailey, the Eight Mile H. Livingston anu lamny. ine Grove blacksmith,' was visiting names are on meir xw e.isL io .-ith nnnlv M fpionHi Sinndav Louisvi p. KentucK, an.i -ew Mr. and Mrs. E. S. Tutt of Mur- Albany, Indiana, anu -ur. mi. ray spent Sunday at the home of Kill spend the winter at Louis- Mrs. Tutt's brother. Julius Pitz. vilie. We sent and asked Sam Chap man a question, and got the fol owTng answer: Ich wie nichts Yaw, we fustay icts nichs vichs or any other man. Dan McKinnon says he saw a VI I innti llinf fi w 'i s i r 1 1 fl 1 I in 2""h? ai nt Cha!co and run JU"th- Cass county, where men were : n unu iii in i) it ii in rr l jrr n-uiruiu n .1: a l. . i - bread and jam with the rose a-listenin( from the dark. What brought me to consciousness vas his fumbling with the buttons at the waist of that blue muslin relict of a sentiment. I had fastened but one, and the lace had got caught on his sleeve buttons. I west, paralleling the Union Pa cific into Fremont, where it con nects with the Ashland-Sioux City line, and the third leaves the main line near Belnap and runs northwest through Douglas coun ty, between the Northwestern and planting corn, plowing corn, am husking corn, all in the same field at the same time. 'Please don't button me into hi3 pos-1 Union Pacific, keeping on the di- Fession," I laughed under his chin. "I'm still scared to death of him, and you haven't hid me yet!" ".Molly," be asked, this time wltn a heaven laugh, "where could you be more effectually hid from Al Bennett than in my arms?" I spent ten minutes telling Billy vide all through Washington countv and coming onto the Sioux City line a couple of miles outh of Oakland in Burt county. Each of the surveys affords an easy grade, there not being much difference on this score. It is I). 11. Wheeler returned lrom his wanderings on Saturday, wearing a spic-span new suit of store clothes, and a brand new- stove-pipe hat. Times must be good where he has been. what a hippopotamus really looks like j said that the last mentioned one looked upon with the most favor.- as it would shorten the line into Sioux City by several which to draw business.- as I put him to bed, but later, much as I should have liked to, "I couldn't con sume that horrible dinner that I had he!red prepare at the Johnsons' in the shelter of John's arms, and I bad to face Alfred. Ituth Chester was there, and she faced him too. A man that can't be happy with a woman who is willing to "fulfill his I Bee destiny" doesn't deserve to be. fTM . -m -m t , r 7-r , ana Try the Journal Want Ads, nn , ! trio mrc hnnntifnl rt nntTnlfn I " - - ukAA.vf& unit "i juauiu Aunt Adeline bow a good man like Mr. Carter would want his young widow to be taken care of by being married to ;ue friend of his instead of bein flighty and having folks wondering whom she would marry. "Yon know yourself how hard a time a beautiful young widow has, Mrs. Henderson," he said in the tone of voice that always makes his patients L(aw)yer Stinchcomb returned from a trip up and down the Re publican valley, and reports it "the most beautiful country Ihe sun ever shone on." That's what they always say of Nebraska We thought just so of the Logan n- . ' v - --t-tstn r r- m vtO furl x- ilh atlnDri lu"" cu . A the Loup and other streams in the of the others and at the same n 1 - t'o-nn r f i I -wv "f Pnni northwestern part of the state suc ceeding valley seems handsomer than the other. AIOCA BASEBALL TEAM TO PLAY HERE SUNDAY The Boosters Sunday will be clad to take Lis trr,rt ,woC it. pitted against the fast base ball his blessing aiia me with a warning, team representing our neighbor-j tjfm an(J A lovely night wind is blowinc across ing town of Avoca, and every in dication is for a mighty good We feel kindly towards the ed itor of the Watchman. "We two" have got along here very fairly; have not called each other liar above once or twice in six months, have never descended to Idiot," and "Perambulating Distillery." We bear him no ill- will but when he neglects a du ty, a solemn obligation we deem it proper to utter a word of cau- warning. lie accepted my garden and bringing me congratu lations from all my flower family. I lowers are a part of love and the wooing of it, and they understand. I am waiting for the light to go out be hind the tall trees over which the nioon Is stealthily sinking. He prom ised me to put it out right awav. and I'm watching the glow that marks the j place where my own two men crea tive city printing on a solemn contract of seven foolscan nacres game, as the Avoca boys are anJ thereby agreed to print all the proceedings of the Common Council. We are credibly in formed that he now refuses to publish the Police Judge's re port, on the foolish and inexcus able ground that it would make 30 columns of matter, and hi some ball players and have, dur ing the past season, won some good games and will give a good account of themselves against the Boosters here Sunday, and either side will know they have been in the contest if they win. turcs are going to rest, with my heart The local team has been shatter- pap,,r nas onv 30 columns- This In full song. ed somewhat by the loss of Beal l rt L si, "1,1 ' nwrf St' hrC iSJTCIT tJr1 and Carle' who haVC deartei 4ftr large at once;' the people don't andworn Be confessed Uas I stood the winter, but the rest of the . osp Mnnr, and on the eep above him tonight afto- he uad taken his own good night from me out on the porch. "Vhen he ex plained to me how hi3 agony over me for all these months had kept him walklnt the floor night after night, not knowing that I was waiting for the light to go out. I gave myself a sweet ness mat ram rrr: ra crrx sr ! jjti for the list thing before I sleep. I took his head in my arms and pressed his check down against Billy's sleep work team will be on the job in taking care of the task of getting away with the bacon, and the fans should all be on hand Sunday to counin see xue sterlings wors out on out neighbors. many other valuable, "minutes" that are never given to the world for the want of those other four Wanted. A good girl for general house- Three in familv. Plain place on my breast over my heart and cooking. Country girl preferred or middle-aged woman. Mrs. II. Bestor. 'Phone 363-J. 10-l-2ld-itwkly put my lijis to that drake tail kiss apot that has tempted me for I won't say how long. Then I fled, and so did be. I had about decided to burn this book, because I shan't need it any The Journal does job work. We have been asked over and over again W hat has become 01 the Trunk Road?" Persons of some intelligence and whom we would suppose would have a Utile idea of how such mailers are worked up, say to us with the most desponding air: "Well, I suppose the Trunk road business is all ended." "Why do you suppose so," we quietly ask. "Oh, I). S. Draper, of Eight Mile (rove, dropped in on the Herald just as we were moving", but gave us a pleasant and useful chat nevertheless. Born to the House of Stiles, in the solemn stillness of midnight amid the brilliant moonshine, on the morning of the tHth instant, a son and heir. The young stran ger came with a shooting- stick in one hand, and a miniature space box in the other. At present his dear mother thinks his type is of the Pearl persuasion (at least she calls him her Pearl) but by and by she will think he is a lit tie on the Minion order, and be fore he is grown up, if he takes after his daddy, he'll be wanting a fat-face double-pica head, and will probably need to be "set up solid" more than once, by a good workman. Dear Herald: If Greenwood was not in a prosperous condition I wcnjld conclude that it was among the things that were, as I have not heard anything about it in the Herald for a long time. But Greenwood is alive to her interests. There is a great deal of business done here; probably more than any other town of its size on the B. & M. We have some iirsl-class business men here. "Bob" Doom i.-? doing a good business in the dry goods and grocery line, and "Bob" un derstands his "biz" too. J. P. Wilburn keeps a large assort ment of goods, and John is a clever fellow. Chris. Hanson, our blacksmith, is a first class workman, and his hammer can e heard at all hours of the day. The Grangers are building a large warehouse here for ship ping purposes. Two car loads of hogs and several of wheat were shipped from this place last week. The small grain crop nev er promised belter in this part of the county than now. Corn looks well. But, at your request, I must be brief. More next time. But three short months have elapsed since our city election, when behind the cry of Reform and Economy a majority of the present Council .were elected. The cushions are hardly worn smooth in their new chairs and the raw edge of newness and in experience scarcely worn off be fore a large portion of our citi zens, the real taxpayers or me town, are- calling a meeting to protest against the useless px penditure of city funds. If this is the result of Reform and Econ- 1 1T omy, gentlemen, we nuns jou lad better "have let the old par ies be. This is not our light par icularly, though of course we You know last week we told you that a celebrated hunting party left town for the unknown regions of the great west, in order to clear out the balance of the game in Cass county for this fall. Well, the party lit out the day after 'lection. The fellows who brought in the least game were to pay for a high old supper, at Stadelman's We are sorry to record that Capt Bennett's party were supposed to pay for that supper; but by way of explanation, we must state al so that it was not the fault of the doughty Captain, who hunted like a hero, and brought in stacks of game. It was all owing to the difficulty of finding Schluntz Mills, and properly locating the whereabouts of Ujiji and aur Dr. Livingston. Sam Waugh, it ap pears, was also responsible for part of the mischief. He beat Ce llar Creek for the Doctor, and rode home on a flour wagon, and per formed other sundry and various feats of legerdemain that confus ed the game, and made hunting luxury, provided finding is not considered important. Be these things as they may, the hunt was over at last, the game divided, and Thursdaj- night the jolly hunters and all their friends sat down to such a supper as no other coun try outside of Nebraska and with in civilization, could get up. Duck, goose, prairie chicken; quail, on toast, under toast, and around toast; brandt, plover, snipe, ami! everything that lines under the head of game except wood cock were then and there served up to satisfy the wondering and hung ering appetitee of hunters and guests. Among the animals we had rabbit and squirrel, and the flavor of that squirrel polpie ling ered in our imagination for days Ihirty-hve persons, ladies and gentlemen, sat down to the sup per, and we only wish a stranger who imagines that this is some out of the wav and barbarous land, could have seen the table ami the company. If he did not make up his mind that Nebraska was a preuv good piace 10 live in, and that pretty fair kind of people already occupied portions of it, he would be thick headed in deed, and only fit for game him self. After supper the gentle men adjourned to the front room and each mighty hunter was obliged to tell Ws story of the day's doings. Doctor Livingston was lirst called on. and gave a humorous account of the dilficul ty his party had in finding Schlunlz's Mills and keeping track of Waugh, he informed us of new methods of camping out discovered by this adventurous hunter and persistently informed us that we must keep in mind that Schluntz's Mills was the ob jective point of the hunt. We ob serve that though the aforesaid mill may have been the objective point that day, there Is great ob jection to the point inasmuch as it furnished no game on the day ame was wanted, but did help to make most of the game of the evening. Mr. augn and nis friends insisted that they would lave brought in more game, but could not find Livingston, and if I hey could only have put in the south of Plattsmouth. J. L. Richey and wife were visitors yesterday at Fort Crook, where they were the guests of Captain and Mrs. R. A. Blair at' the post. Ben Windham was a passenger this morning for Omaha, where he will take up a two years' course in the Boyd-Brandeis school of expression. Fred Warner and wife return-1 THE RAILROADS AND THE TROUBLE WITH "BOOZE" The difficulties that the rail roads have with handling persons in an intoxicated condition is. shown in the following, taken from the Nebraska City News. ed to Omaha this afternoon, after The conditions on the Missouri en over Sunday visit here at the pacific are the same as on the home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles other roads, and the Burlington Warner, near this city. jias had several of the same Miss Nellie Brinkman of Glen- kinds of grief here in having to wood returned to that cily this har passengers off their trains: morning, after an over Sunday "The Missouri Pacific passeng- visit here with her parents, Mr. er conductors seem to experience and Mrs. Frank Brinkman. considerable trouble in nrevent- Mrs. Emil Dickson, who has h,, ti. ,nnken men from get- been visiting friends at Omaha uufr aboard of their trains, be for the past two weeks, has re- cause the company refu-es to turned home and has resumed carry men after they load up so her duties at Murdock's store. as ri0 to be able to navigate Lig Brown, the genial farmer properly. One of this class camo from south of the city, was in to the passenger station yester- town Saturday and spent a few ,jay afternoon and bracing up hours looking after some 'busi- purchased a ticket tickets not ness matters with the merchants, beincr sold to this class if the Rev. J. II. Steger was a pas- agent notices them. He tried to senger this morning for Omaha, board the train and failed. Sev- where he will have charge of the eraj appealed to the conductor to funeral services of Mrs. John carry him, so he would gel out of Miller, which will be held in that town, but there was nothing do- city this afternoon. ;n:r. Finallv the man got on the S. II. Carey of Breckenridge, opposite side of the train, where Missouri, arrived this afternoon h,e was aided by an officer to e.-t on No. 23 and will visit at the onto it. The conductor discver home of his parents, Mr. ami Mrs. 0(j j,J;1 presence before the train A. C. Carey, for a short time at pot out of t1(? yards, and stopping t-heir farm near Mynard. the train dumped him near the Everett Ward returned to his hck vard. The people will in studies at Cotner college at Beth- time learn they cannot ride on any, Neb., this morning, after an the Missouri Pacific in an in- over Sunday visit here with his toxicated condition, because it is parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert against the orders of the train men." Ward. time shot ins that they spent mnting Livingston, their wagon would have been full, which caus ed Mr. John Clark to propose a conundrum, as follows: Why is Sam Waugh unljke the great African explorer, Stanley? Be cause Stanley found Livingston and Waugh couldn't. Herman Newman was then called on to re- ate his experience and tell why ie had no game nor yet went milling. Herman arose; modesty overspread his wholo preson, and in trembling accents, he informed the anxious friends of his delin quencies. The chairman, Sam Chapman, declared Mr. Newman fully excused, and ordered Hobbs and the gun to be fined three brace of duck and one round dozen of quail, at the next hunt, as a forfeit. After more fun and heaps of good stories, we all went lome in the morning, and that game supper remains one of the things that were. P. S. George Smith shot a Young American Eagle (?) but it came too late to be dressed for the super. The Want Ads get results. Public Sale! From Tuesday's Dally, J. D. Shrader of Murray came up this morning from hi- home and was a passenger on the early Burlington train for Omaha. Jacob Tritsch and wife were passengers this morning on the I will sell at public auction at early Burlington, train for Oma- my home, three-quarters of a ha, where they will attend the mile north of the M.,,! depot in carnival. Plattsmouth, all property listed . Attorney C. E. TefTt.of Weeping below. I am moving to Colorado Water came in last evening on a"d every article offered will No. 2 from Omaha and visited Positively be sold to the highest beie fo.lav looking after some bidder. No by-bids. legal matters at the court house. Miss Marie Kaufman and aunt, Mrs. K. Fetsch, of Wisconsin, were passengers this morning for Omaha, where thev will visit for SATURDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1913. Sale Starts at 1 O'clock P. M. 1 Coach coll, 3 years old. 1 Coach colt, 2 years old. 1 Jersey cow, fresh, 7 years the day and take in the sights of old. the carnival. J. L. Smith of near Nehawka, accompanied by his daughter-in- law, Mrs. Herman Smith and chil dren, were passengers this niorn- 1 Jersey heifer, 3 years old. 2 yearling heifers. i Jersey heifer, 7 months old. 1 heifer calf, 2 months old. 2 dozen Plymouth Rock chick- for Omaha, where they willjeni. in; spend the day Andrew O. Moore and wife de parted this morning on No. i for King City, Missouri, where they will visit for a few days with Mrs Edward Tunnel! and family, a sister of Mr. Moore's. L. D. Hiatt and wife of Murray and Mrs. E. P. Lutz and son, Paul, were passengers this morn ing on the early Burlington train for Omaha, where they will lake in the carnival. S. Ray Smith and wife of Weep ing Water were passengers this morning on the early Burlinpfon train for Omaha, where they visited for the day, taking in the big Ak-Sar-Ben carnival. Mrs. F. H. Mumm and Miss Pearl Mumm were passengers this morning on the early Bur lington train for Omaha, where they will lake in the sights at the Ak-Sar-Ben carnival for the day. Mrs. Russell Harris and little babe, of Omaha, who has been 5 stands of bees. Several Ions alfalfa hay. 1 wagon. 1 McCormick mower. 1 hay rack. 1 hay rake. i stirring plow. 1 three-section harrow. i log chain. 1 wheel-garden hoe. i steel lank. 1 water separator for milk. One kitchen cabinet. One cupboard. ,. One lounge. Two Axminster rugs. One commode. One bed and springs. Six dining chairs. One rocker. Dishes and other articles loo numerous to mention. Terms of Sale: All sums of $10 and under cash; on sums over that amount a credit of 10 months' time will be given on good bankable paper here visiting with her parents, bearing 8 per cent interest from Mr. and Mrs. F. G. Fricke, de parted this morning for her home. Miss Dora P'ricke accom panied her home for the day. Mrs. Charles Foster and daughter. Miss Agnes, who for the past few weeks has been visit- ing at North Yakima, Washing ton, with friends and relatives, turned home last evening on No. 2 after a most enjoyable time. Miss Agnes Ptak departed this date of sale. No property to be removed until settled for. CHRIS ISKE. George O. Dovey, Clerk. Amose Iske, Auctioneer. The Family Cough Medicine. In every home there should be a bottle of Dr. King's New Dis covery, ready 10 r immediate ue when any member of the family contracts a cold or a cough. afternoon for Alliance, Nebraska, Prompt use will slop the spread where she will engage in school of sickness. S- A. Slid, of Ma- work for the coming season. Mis- son, Mich., writes: "My whole ses Helen Ptak and Lilly Schul- family depends upon Dr. King's dice accompanied her as far as I New Discovery as the best cough Omaha, where they stopped to and cold medicine in the .world. take in the sights of the big show. Two 50c bottles cured me of Dr. A. L. Parks of the Bur- pneumonia." Thousands of other lington Relief came down from families have been equallv bene- Omaha this morning to look af-lited and. depend entirelv up-n ter the interests of his company Dr. King's New Discovery to cure for a few hours. The doctor has their coushs, colds, throat ami just returned from a vacation lung troubles. Every dose helps. trip to North Dakota, and feels Price, 50c and 1.00- All drus- much improved and ready for gists. II. E. Bucklen & Co., he winter's work. Philadelphia or St. Louis.