Nebraska Newspapers

    THURSDAY, MARCH 5, 1914
PfiCE 5.
WITHIN
Ti
HE LAW
By MARVIN DANA
FROM THE PLAY OF
BAYARD VEILLER
company.
CHAPTER XII.
Aftermiith of Tragedy.
TriE Gilders- both father and
son. endcreil much suffering
throughout ths night end day
that follow ed the scene In Mary
Turner's apartment, -when she had
made known the accomplishment of
Lor revenpt? on the older man Ly her
ensnaring of the younger.
Di?k had followed the others out of
her presence at her command, empha
sized by her leaving him alone when
he would have pleaded further with
I tr 5": nee then he had striven to ob
tain another interview with his bride,
but she had refused him. lie was de
nied sdiuL-sion to the apartment. Only
the rcaid answered the riuslns of the
telephone, and his notes were seeming
ly unheeded.
Distraught by this violent interjec
tion of torment into a life that hither
to had known no important suffering.
Dick Gilder showed whit nettle of
man lay beneath his debonair appear
ance. Ar.d that mettle was of a kind
worth while. He did not for an in
stant believe that she was jruilty of the
crime with which she had been orig
inally charped and for which she had
served a sentence in prison. For the
rest, he could understand in sine de
cree how the venom of the wronpr In
f.icted on her had poisoned her nature
through the years, till she had worked
out its evil through the scheme of
which he was the innocent victim. He
cared little for the fact that recently
she had devoted herself to devious de
vices for inakir.? money, to iEgenlous
schemes for leral plunder.
So. in the face of this catastrophe,
where a less love must have been de
stroyed utterly. Dick remained loyal.
His passionate repard did not falter
for a moment. It never even occurred
V hiai that he might cast her off.
might yield to Lis father's prayers, and
abandon her.
The father snJTered with the son. Tie
was a proud man. intensely gratified
over the commanding position to which
he had achieved in the commercial
world, proud of his business integrity,
of Lis standing lu the community as a
leader, proud of his social iosition.
pro'jd most of all of the son whom he
so loved. Now. this hideous disaster
threatened his pride at every turn
worse. It threatened the one person in
the world whom he really loved.
He realized that his son loved the
woman nor could he wonder much at
that. His keen eyes had iK-rceived
Mary Turner's graces of form, her
loveliness of face. lie had appre
hended, too. In some measure at least,
the fineness of her mental G!er and
the capacities of her heart. Deep with
in him. denied any outlet he knew
here lurked a curious, subtle sympathy
for the girl in her scheme of revenge
against himself.
Gilder, in Lis library this night, was
pacing impatiently to and fro. eagerly
listening for the sound of his son's re
turn to the house. Lie was anxious
for the coming of Dick, to wbotn he
would make one more appeal. If that
ihould fail well, he must cse the in
fluences ut bi3 command to secure the
forcible parting of the adventuress
from his son.
Finally the son entered the room
and went at once to his father, who
was standing waiting, facing the dooz.
"I'm awfully sorry I'm to late, dad,"
he said simply.
'Where have you been?" the father
demanded gravely. Hut there was
greut affection in the Cash of his gray
eyes as he scanned the young man's
face, and the touch of the hand that
he put on Dick's shoulder was very
tender. -With that woman again?"
"So father, not with her. She won't
see me."
-Naturally! Sbe's got all she -wanted
from you my name!"
"It's min. too. you know, sir.
Gilder looked at his son with, a
strange, new respect.
"Dick. he cried "boy. you are all I
li ve in the world. You will have to
free yourself from this woman some
how. 1'ou owe me that much."
"I owe something to her, too, dad."
"What can you owe her? She trick
ed you into the marriage. Why. legal
ly it's not even tlet. Jfbcre's been
nothing more than a . eJHirg cere
mony. We must get you out of the
scrape."
-I'm not sure that I want to get out
of It father.
"You want to stay married to this
Jail bird!"
"I'm very fond of her.
"Now that you know?
"Now that I know," Dick said dis
tinctly. "Don't you see, father? Why.
she is Justified in a way -in her own
V.ind anyhow, I mean. She was inno
cent when she was sent to prison.
"Don't talk to me about her inno
cence. There's only one course open
to you. my boy. You must give this
girl" up. If you don't what are you
going to do the day your wife is
thrown, into a patrol wagon and.caxr
ried to police headcraarters. for It's
Bure to happen? The cleverest of peo
ple make mistakes, and some day she'll
mase one.
JJick threw out Lis bands in a ges
ture of supreme denial. But the fa
ther went on remorseless! v.
"They will stand fcer tip where the
aeiecuves - win walk past her wita
-.y.fs
r
owe something to her, too, dad."
masks on their faces. Her picture, of
course, is already in the rogues gal
lery, but they will take another yes
and the imprints of her fingers and the
measurements of her body.'
The son was writhing under the
words. The woman of whom these
things were said was the woman
whom he loved- Yet every word had
in it the piercing, horrible sting of
truth.
'That's what they will do to your
wife," Gilder went on harshly, "to the
woman who bears your name and
mine. What are you going to do about
it':"
"It will never happen. She will go
straight dad. That I know. You
would know it if you only knew her as
I tlo."
Gilder was in despair. What argu
ment could avail him? He cried out
sharply In desperation.
"Do you realize what you're doing?
Don't go to smash, Dick, Just at the
beginning of your life. Oh, I beg you.
boy. stop! Tut this girl out of your
thoughts and start fresh. You're all 1
have, my boy.
"Yes. dad," came the answer. "If 1
could avoid it 1 wouldn't hurt you for
anything In the world. I'm sorry, dad.
awfully sorry" He hesitated, then
his voice rang out clearly: "But I must
Cght this out by myself fight It oat
in my own way. And I'm going to
do itr
The butler entered.
"A man to see you. sir." he said.
The master took the card. "Very
well," he said, "show him up. His
glance met the wondering gaze of his
son.
"It's Burke," he explained.
"What on earth can be want at this
time of night?" Dick exclaimed.
"You may as well get used to visits
from the police.
A moment later Inspector Burke en
tered the room.
"She's skipped!" he said triumph
antly. Dick made a step forward. His eyes
fashed, and there was auger in Lis
voice as he replied:
"I don't believe it
"She left this morning for Chicago,"
Burke said, lying with a manner that
long habit rendered altogether con
vincing. "1 told you she'd go." He
turned to the father and spoke with an
air of boastful good nature. "Now, all
you have to do is to get tLis boy out of
the scrape and you'll be all right"
"If we only could!" The cry came
with deepest earnestness from the lips
of Gilder, but there was little hope in
his voice.
"I guess we can find a way to have
the marriage annulled or whatever
they do to marriages that don't take,"
said Burke.
The brutal assurance of the man in
thus referring to things that were
sacred moved Dick to wrath.
"Don't you interfere," he said.
Nevertheless Burke held to the topic.
"Interfere! Hub!" he ejaculated,
grinning broadly. "Why. that's what
I'm paid to do. Listen to me, son. The
minute you begin mixing up with
crooks you ain't in a position to give
orders to any one. The crooks have
got no rights in the eyes of the police
Just remember that"
But Dick was not listening. His
.nougats aaiu "holly with the
woman he loved, who. as the inspector
declared, had fled from him.
"Where's she gone in Chicago?
Burke answered in his usual gruff
fashion, but with, a note of kindliness
that waa not without its effect on
Dick.
"I'm no mind reader," he said. "But
he'll proToably stop at the Blackstone
that is, until the Chicago police are
tipped off that she Is in town."
The face of the young man took on
a totally different expression. He went
close to the inspector and spoe with
Intense seriousness.
"Burke," ' he said pleadingly, "give
rae a chance. 111 leave for Chicago in
the morning. Give me twenty-four
hours start before jou begin hounding
her."
The Inspector smiled acquiescence.
Seems reasonable," Le admitted.
N"o, no, Dick!" the father cried.
You shall not go! Yon shall not go!"
The inspector shot a word of warn
ing to Gilder In an aside that Dick j
could not hear. !
-Keep stilL" lie replied, ' "It's all I
right"
"Yon trive roe yoir word. Inspector.
Dick said. "thatyon won't notify-the
police in Chicago nntil I've been there
twenty-four hours T'
"You're on." Burke replied genially.
"They won't get a whisper out of me
until the time Is up.
"Then I'll go." Dick smiled rather
wanly at his father. "You know, dad,
I'm sorry, but I've got to do what I
think is the right thing."
It was not until the door was closed
after Dick that Burke spoke.
"ne'll go to Chicago in the morning,
you think, don't you?" he asked.
"Certainly." Gilder answered. "But
I don't like It"
"Best thing that conld have hap
pened! ' Yoa see. he won't find her
there."
"Where did she go then?" Gilder
queried, wholly at a loss.
"Nowhere yet But Just about the
time he's starting for the west I'll
have her down at headquarters. Dem
arest will have her indicted before
noon. She'll go to trial in the after
noon, and tomorrow night she'll be
sleeping up the river. That's where
6he is going."
Gilder stood motionless for a mo
ment "But" he said wonderingly.
"you can't do that"
"Well, perhaps I can't but I will!"
Suddenly his face grew hard. nis
heavy Jaw shot forward aggressively
as he spoke.
"Think I'm going to let that gir!
make a Joke of the police department?
Why, I'm here to get her. to stop her j
anyhow. Her gang is going to break
Into your house tonight"
"What?" Gilder demanded. "You
mean she's coming here as a thief?"
"Not exactly," Inspector Burke con
fessed, "but her pals are coming to
try to puil off something right here.
She wouldn't come, not if I know her.
She's too clever for that Why. if she
knew what G arson was planning to
do. she'd stop him."
The Inspector paused suddenly. Fcr
a long minute nis race was seamea
with thought Then he smote his
thigh with a blow strong enough to
kill an ox. His face was radiant
"I've got her!" he cried. He went
to the desk where the telephone was
and took up the receiver.
"Give me T.l'X) Spring." he said. As
he waited for the connection, he smiled
widely on the astonished Gilder.
"Headquarters?" he called. "Inspec
tor Bursa speaking. Who's in my of
tice?. I want hint quick." He smiled
as he listened, and he spoke again to
Gilder. "It's Smith, the best man I
have. That's luck, if you ask me."
Then again Le spoke into the mouth
piece of the telephone.
"Oh, Ed, send some one cp to that
Turner woman. You have the address.
Just see that she is tipped off that Joe
Garson and some pals are going to
break into Edward Gilder's house to
night Get some stool pigeon to hand
her the information- You'd better get
to work quick. Understand?"
The Inspector hung r.p the receiver
and faced his host with a contented
smile.
"What good will all that do?" Gilder
demanded impatiently.
"She'll come to stop 'em. When we
get the rest of the gang we'll grab her
too. Just call your man for a minute.
will you, Mr. Gilder?"
Gilder pressed the electric button
on Lis desk. At the same moment
through the octagonal window, came
a blinding nasn or Iignt tuat rested
for seconds, then vanished. Burke was
startled by the mysterious radiance.
"What's that?" be demanded sharply.
"It's the flashlight from the Metro
politan tower," Gilder explained. "It
swings around this way about every
fifteen minutes. The servant forgot
to draw the curtains."
(To be Continued)
The Forty Year Test.
An article must have excep
tional merit to survive for a
period of forty years. Cliauiber
laias Couh Remedy was first of
fered to the public in 1872. From
small beginning- it has grown
in favor and popularity mitil it
ias attained a world-wide
roputatmn. You will find nth
inir Itctter for a eonuli or cold.
Try it and y.u will understand
why it is a favorite after a period
of more than forty years. It not
only 'gives relief it cares. For
ale bv nil dealers.
aged until every drop is
rare and mellow. That's
what gives the flavor
to Old
Harper Whiskey. For
fifty years that flavor has
been tho favorite. It's
velvety richness never
varies. Your Grandfather
chose Old L W.
HA
because he kr.ev it was
the bert. Today ycu
can find no finer
WKE3KEY
ED EGEriDEHGEn
m
Hi PLATTSMGUTH
1
FORTY YEARS AGO
Items of Interest to Cur Readers I
Gleaned iron) the Newspaper I
Files of Many Y cars Ago.
O. A. Ashman of Weeping Wa
ter called on the Herald Tuesday,
lie is quite a Sunday school man
we perceive.
Faxon has jrono a?ain, and no
more shall the yell of that bell
boy waste its sweetness in our
Plaltsmouth air.
Ilesser remembers tin Herald
man once in awhile yet. A hand
some freranirnum came to hand
the other day.
We are pained to hear that
Cap. Whilcomb, formerly a resi
dent of this town, is in very bad
health and not likely t survive
lon,sr. alsy of vital parts is th.
trouble. We extend ur sym
pathy to himself and all his
friends.
Mr. Thos. pollock, secretary of
mr school board, fine of our
cour.ciltnen, and a prominent
citizen generally, has bct'n li;rht
intr bronchitis for some two
weeks most manfully. We are
happy to announce that he i fast
conquering obi Urowncnd trs
and coniintr out strong, as Mark
Tapley says, on the side of health
and strength once more.
lick Il-ose fixed our wrench as
,ot, as could bs and Mike
sVhnellbachor dod-roibb'd our
sin up s,, even Saturday's bitr
wind couldn't blow her oer.
Mike is heavv on sitrns.
Cap. Jlennetf, our well known,
alTiable and reliable express
a '-rent, insurance man. etc., has
hen under the weather for the
pa.-t ten days. lie has now
conquer-,! .td Hill-ions and is all
O. K. once more.
Died Very sudenly at home in
Chicago, if congestion of the
brain, Mr. W. French, son-in-law
of our esteemed friends. Chap
Iain Wriaht and wife. We most
heartily extend our sympathy to
the bereaved ones in this sudden
affliction.
J. M. Sampson. h. of Faxon's
out lit, is one of the. best aue
tioneers we ever heard, besides
beinir a prompt, pood-payiir-r
business man to boot, and if he
can't pull the pillars of a temple
over he can knock down poods to
the lowest bidder with any of "cm.
Mr. T. A. Davis, at-'cnt for the
Union Nurseries at fllenwood,
Iowa, owned by Mr. I.. A. Wil
liams, is in town takintr orders
for this eebbratedy nursry. We
bespeak a srooij business for Mr.
Davis as the Williams' Nurseries
are well known here to the farm
ers as good slock.
It. U. Claiborne removed his
family to Wcepin Water last
Friday.
Lines on the death of Mrs.
lien.j. Austin will have to lay oer
until next week.
Miss L. Davis of Marysville,
Mo., is here on a v i -i t to her sis
ter, Mrs. 15. SpurbK-k.
We are plad to b arn that Mrs.
Dr. Schildknecht is recovering
from the effect- of !km- fall, and
hope to chronicle her entire re
covery in a short time.
Our old friend, Hurley, mad.'
the riffle for sheriff of Dout-'la-
county at the convention Satur
day. Hope he may pet elected
now.
Our readers will observe in
this week's paper a plain and
sensible cant from Mr. Strcipht.
announcing that he has taken
charge of the Saunders House
and means to keep it in pood
shape after this. As we have
said before, we think Mr. Slreight
is the right man for this busi
ness ami he has pot the right
kind of a wife, and that's two
thirds of the battle, dive us a
trood landlady and we will make a
pood hole!. Mr. and Mrs. Slreit-'ht
belong here, they me our friends
and our neighbors, we all want,
the town wants a good first-class
hotel. It has long wauled it. Now
you all know he knows how Jo
keep a pood house, and it is the)
duty of everyone to cr.roura-'''
and promote its success in every
way possible. Tell folks you
have a good hotel, patronize it
yourself, merchants and others.
You want its trade and you
should work for the success of
the hotel in return. To travel
ers we say that we know the
Saunders House under the pre
jt-nt manageiiienf will give you
satisfaction and good accom
modation. We want it further
understood that we have written
the above lines on our own
motion without any sugt:esj,.n
of Mr. Streight's because we
think the business interests of
the town demand a coo.j b dt 1
and we ought to all help' it to
sueceed.
Jno. L. llobbs, son of William
Ilobbs, and formerly of H '-k
Ulna's, goes to On, aba to enter
info business. Success to j.u.
John, (iood boy, too!
Win. Stadelmar.n, our n t
prisinr clothier, b'ft for Chicago
last Tuesday afL'rnoon. where he
will lay in a large stock for bis
fall trade. He will be back in
time to vote.
Mr. H. II. Ue.twell. another of
IMat tsmouth's old citizens. leaves
us this week for Kansas City. Mr.
H. is endeared to us by matiy
pleasant associations and kind
nesses. w were Joth to part,
the necessities of business are
breaking up old friendships ail
the time. We r.io-f heartily
wih our friend. Hedwell. suc-ce-s,
:";:?i;e and fortune wherever
he may light.
When "Xf
Chicks Come
keerj then:. On the care they ret x5: ."J-
keep tacrr. On the care they t
the f:r?t thrtM? wetks deper.d their lives
anj your profits.
&sft3 Bab' Food
T ' r . ; -e a nj $1. 0)
is ji't the rijrht combination of r.aurl.-hrr. r.t. t "-.:e a- i
condiUorj-.T to do the most frxxl to r?-" hstrh-d chl.i.j. It
makes fr rarii, $tr!j crowth ari ;ro?.Tt frsn brx--! trvi!-
L.r.i other diseases wilting t attack H. aklirs. No ether '! i
&s wtil suit-xl to start the labiea ri;ht.
Lsr T.-nr.r Conr. M - T.W. T-itr ! r .xJ K.-T. - -- "1 t -.
Ml- :io rr.ccn in l.urof i ra:rs t.a. y V -i .' .r bur lfif-' : ' u
ff!:n 1 rr.o't have it htrfi I f-a r cf . r jr.: ' tr.-T t. - a
ttart mri the xi-tffck'y ones t rv ar r-r- a 4 Urn rt. 1m ca
: me aj rucdccir.r -t u.y c:-.c.
Wliite Diarrhea Remedy
cn i Z
kills the jrenxs of this costt7corr.1r.cn p- f.i kill r. It stvr.! rriilwr
cl little l:vt-3 Iat year, fltfase sabst'ret: ;-sLit on Ir:t,
Satisfaction Guaranteed or Money Back
For sale by J. V. Egnberse PUttsmouth.
Wolff & Ault, Cedar Creek. 4515.
I
order to do s... ; ',,..-.. I ! i b:
a tire a- ail h' -u . i : d . The , I i ! i !
kindlin- not burinr.-- a- they ,- ! - - i - b
sired and imiiatr:- the ..'..' r 1 - t !" ,
ones, they ir,-t the k. ro-.-p.e -.! -'"
and poured o;l on ?!:. '
iiiir ei;ib.-r. Iri-!a-,!!. ! ;o:'i
lire and th- p .- rhi!d. Fr -b-ri--k. 'pj, ,
only i ear- oj. w;- i- i-ii ,
burned that h-- d:.-d tU : in-hf :
and v.as buri.-d -n Kr; l i.
"
Mr. J bn l il - r ;i! I I.
turned home afN-r a.i ;ib-
.th h:- i;-:. .!
A. C. MeMaken. one of the old
est mail agents in the .-erv ie
left tiiis eek for Denver, when
be enter s the -erv ie,. on the ''u'- -y i" l- U'T.-i ::i u i , i
Colorado Central. runninir be- plan?, and r.ew btj-i;..--- .i'.: '..
fween Denver and I.onciiioi t. i
"Andy' ran with the lir-t maii
ear mi the H. iV M. to Line, .In.
first to Kearney, and the fi-t :
!!ii road into Omaha, lie was th
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!:-. John H!a- k has i : .
a-iey maf'-he.j t -; r 1 1 '. ..-.
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PRODUCE AflTED.
Xov yiiii have i-ur p '-p- .tv. a
now run don't; a1" uf "hi- t
pioneer a-ent in this end of j probably mav ow i: 1 1 . w r i a-am.i
I"nele Sai.i's mail oiiJi-t. and irons
we are informed Jo open a new
!o!i!e out in Colorado. S;:eec-s
to the old boy, wherever he mny
j-'o. He is one of u-; aiid a riirht
down irooij felluw all over and ail
;:roun!.
On Thursday evininir la-t a
very sad aeeident !inppned to
tlie family of Mr. Aus-. Reinliai-kb-of
thi jdaee. A lit lie sop. Kr d
eriek, and the other children,
obb'-r. Concluded to play "keep
house" in the kitchen, and in
HIi I'iumno r "net if a' e-e a
itii-. .1-din It. C.'ar-k ti.i. -old ho
infeie.-t in bi- !!' ! Mr
I'lUnoio r a::d the Hera! ! ?e
th" new man may ! J '.! ! t'e
buine-s he . r did b
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And the Tt!ir-ha! o-,-!n i -d t ' f.r- : . a 1 '
put his l.-db- William I : d up - .v??i .i 1
aain-t the lIM.e the i:r at ' Ii-? !..
Herald oe;;,-e wo-dd r.r-p-ar t
view. That's
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AT THE RIGHT PBSE JUST AT
THE TEPilS YOU WEED THEEV
TIii3 is what the farmer is looking for at this season of the year. anI v e varit
to tell you that "vre believe we are jrejaretl to 1111 your every want w ith ry
best machinery to be found on the market. We want to call your alv:
to the following high grade lines that will be found in our t.'vk at this t
GRAND DETOUR PLOWS AND GANG PLOWS, ALSO JOHN
DEERE, CASE AND PACEMAKER GANG PLOWS.
STALK CUTTERS Such at the Sterling. Kock Island a:.d A.ery
from $36.00 to $42.00
DISC HARROWS The Grand De Tour, Osborne and Hud l i:-r.
WALKING CULTIVATORS Averv, Jennv JAwl and (iennin- N.-w I-
part u re. Also a few John Deere Walking Cultivators at $12 en- h.
RIDING CULTIVATORS New Century. Grand Ie T.-ur. a;;d a nu::iN r . f
John Deere Hiding Cultivators at $23.00 each.
RIDING LISTERS tliei'-wheel disc cover. Grand I- Tour.
WALKING LISTERS the John Deere at $23.00.
CORN PLANTERS Black Hawk. Case. John Deere and G.;V.
FARM WAGONS Newton, Webber and Columbus; also a c i:i h Hn-
C . - - U.V-4. V-rvTi-. V. A LA LAV. 'X. . AlC. JAilU i " ' 4 1 I Oil r. a.
THE DEERING AND McCORMICK GENERAL LINES.
I. H. C. ENGINES with magneto built in and ileitis no battr'ris.
BUGGIES AND CARRIAGES Henny. Kmrson. D. M. -hler. .V-.n
Bros, and Hock Island. A number of Velie btiggi-s at $33.50.
HARNESS A complete line of home irusde harne.-.-made
from bark tanned leatlier.
BLANKETS AND ROBES This is the line we are o:ferin you a .-'--vial
inducement in, and every rob and blanket in th house will In
fold at a 10 PER CENT DISCCUNT.
HARNESS OILED AT $1.0O PER SET.
in
THE IMPLEMENT rVIAN
(A DISCOUNT OF 2 PER ON ALL CASH PURCHASES
PLATTSfYlOUTH :: NEBRASKA