THURSDAY, APRIL 29, 1913.
PLATTSMOUTII SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL.
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By J. Hartley. Manners
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A. Comedy of Youth. Founded by ivlr. Manners on His
Great Play of the Same Title Illustrations
From Photographs of the Play
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Aiaric Drew
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to His Full
Copyrltfht, 1915, by Dodd. Mesd & Compaor
CHAPTER XI.
The Chichesters.
i X.AHIC sat ou the cdcre of her
chair ami iut his am around
her shoulder and tried to com
fort her.
"Don't you worry, mater." he said.
"lkn't worry. I'll go down and till
'cm what I think of 'em exactly what
1 think of 'em. They can't play the
fool with me. I should think not. in
deed. Listen, niater. You've got a
son. thank God, and one no bank can
take any liberties with. What we iut
in there we've grot to have out. That's
all I can say. We've simply pot to
have it out. There! I've said it."
Aiaric rose and, drawinp himself up
to his full five feet six inches of man
hood, glared malignantly at some imag
inary bank officials. His whole nature
was roused. The future of tl 5- family
depended on him. They wcul 1 not de
IhukI in vain. He looked at Ethel, who
was trying to make the best of the
business' by smiling agreeably ou them
both.
-It's bankrupt!" wailed irs. Chi
Chester.
"Failed!" sug'est.?d Ethel cheerfully
er. "I mut live on charity for the rest
of my life, the guest of relations I've
hated the smht of nnd who have hated
me. It's dreadful dreadful !"
All Alaric's first glow of iranly eu
thusiasm began to cool.
-Ion't you thirk we'll get .Tny
thing?" By acient he turned tc
Ethel. She smiled maninglessly ami
said for the first time witii any rea!
nrte of conviction:
"Nntting"'
Aiaric sat down gloomily l?side hi?
mother.
"I always thought bank directors
vere blighter. Gool heavens, what a
mess!" He looked the picture of mis
ery. "What's to become of Ethel,
matt r?"
"Whoever shelters me must shelter
Ethel as well," replied the mother sad
ly. "But it's hard at my age-to be I
sheltered.7 I
Al.iric looked at Ethel, and a feeling
of pity came over him. It vas dis
tinctly to his credit since iiis owu
wrongs occupied ni'-t f his attention.
Hut, after all, lie could LutTet the world
and wring a living out of it. All he
had to do was to laake up his mind
which walk in life to choose. He was
fortunate.
I'.ut Ethel, reared from infancy in the
environment of independence it would
cmie- very hard and bhter on her.
Alarte just touched Ethel's hand, and
with as much feeling as he could mus
ter he said:
"Shocking, tough, oid girl."
Ethel shook her head almost deter
minedly and said somewhat cLigiuati
cally and for her heatedly:
-No!-
".'vj:" asked Aiaric. "No what?"
"Charity."' said Ethel.
"Cold blooded words." and Aiaric
shuddered. "What will you do, Ethel V
Work."
"At what5
"Teach."
"Teach? Who in the wide world can
you teach:"
'"Children."
Aiaric laughed mirthlessly. "Ob,
come, thats ruh! Eh. mater? Fancy
Ethel teaching grubby little bras their
A J: C's! Tusk!"
"Must!" said Ethel, quite unmoved.
"A Chichester teach?" said Aiaric,
in di.-gut-
"Settled!'' from Ethel, and she swept
Per lingers slowly across the piano.
"Very well," said Aiaric deter mined -ly,
"I'll work too."
Mrs. Chichester looked up pleadingly.
Aiaric went on: "I'd put my hand to
the plow. The more I think of it th;
keener I am to begin. 1'iom toiiay I'll
Le a workiiiginan."'
At this Ethel laughed a queer, little,
od 1. sUt-rciiioUii note, summed up i:i
n single word, "Ha!" There wa noth
ing mirthful in it. There was no rc-1-ioach
hi it. It was just an expres
sion of her honest feeling at the Lare
suggestion of her brother working.
Aiaric turned quickly t j her.
"And may I ask why that 'IlaT
Why, I ask you? There's nothing I
ceuidn't do if I were really pu: to it
not a single thing. Is there, mater?"
His mother looked up proudly ; t him.
"I know that, dear. I'.ut it's dread
frl to think of you working."
"Not at all," said Aiaric. "I'm just
tingling all over at the thought of it,.
The only reason I haven't so far is
because I've never had to. Hut now
that I have I'll just, buckle en my
.armor, so to speak, and astonish you
all."
Again came that dead'y. cold tin
sympathetic "IlaT from Ethel.
"Please don't laugh in that cheerless
way, Lthel. It goes no down my
Slime. Jerrr s alwavs te lmg me I .. . . '
e.i at the date. "What's today ihi
1st? Yes. so it is June the 1st.
.Terry's coming today all his family
too. They've taken 'Noel's Folly." ou
the. hill. He's sure to look in here.
Ci uldn't be better. He's the cove to
turn to in a case like this."'
Tarvis. a white haired, .dignified but
ler, who had served the family man
r.nd boy. came in at this juncture with
a visiting card on a snivel-.
Aiaric picked it up and glanced at
it. He gave an expression of disgust
tiid mmg toe card iiittk. t's tl"- salver.
"Christian Hrent."
For the first time Ethel showed
more than a passing glonm of inter
eft. She stopped strumming the piano
end stood up, very erect and very still.
Mrs. Chichester rose too. "I can't
see any one," she said imperatively.
"Nor I," added Aiaric. "I'm all
strung up." lie turned to .Tarv is. "Tell
Mr. Brent we're very sorry, but"
"lil see him," interrupted Ethel, al
most animatedly. "Bring Mr. Brent
here, Jarvis."
As JarvLs went in search of Mr.
Ercnt Mrs. Chichester went up the
great stairs. "My head is throbbing.
Ell go to my room."
"Don't you worry, mater." consoled
Aiaric. "Leave everything to me. I'll
thrash the whole thing out"
As Mrs. Chichester disappeared Aiar
ic turned to his calm sister, who,
strangely enough, was showing some
signs of life and interest.
"Heally going to teach?"
"Yes."
"Eight! I'll find something, too
very likely a doctor. We'll pull through
somehow."
Ethel made a. motion toward the door
as though Xo stop any further conver
sation. "Mr. Brent's coming," she said, al
most Impatiently.
Aiaric started for the window lead
ing into the garden.
"Jolly good of you to let him bore
you. I hate the sight of the beggar
myself. Always looks to me like the
first conspirator at n play."
The door opened, and Jarvis entered
an 1 usliered in" "Mr. Brent." Aiaric
hurried into the garden.
A few words of description of Chris
tian Brent might be of interest since
he represents a tyrv that society al
ways has with it.
They liegin by deceiving others; they
end by deceiving themselves.
Christian Brent was a dark. tene.
eager, scholarly looking man of twea-ty-eight
ycrs of age. His career as a
diplomatist was halted at its outset by
an early marriage with the only daugh
ter of a prosperous manufacturer.
Brent was moderately Indeiendent la
his owu l ight, but the addition of his
wife's dowry seemed to destroy all am
bition. He no longer found interest in
carrying messages to the various lega-
t tlons or embassies of Europe or in fill-
r ing a routine nosition as some o::e's
I the clash of interests and the conquest
! of a woman greater than that of a na
tion.
Just at this period Ethel Chichester
was the especial object of his adora
tion. Her beauty appealed to him.
Her absolute indifference to him
stung him as a lash. It seemed to be
little his powers of attraction. Consequent-
he redoubled his efforts.
Ethel showed neither like nor dislike
just a form of toleration. Brent ac
cepted this, as a dog a crumb, in the
I hope of something more substantial
to follow. lie had come that morn
ing with a fixed resolve. His man
ner was determined. His voice wooed
as a- caress. He went tenderly to
Ethel the moment the door closed on
Jarvis.
J "How are you?" he asked, and there
was a note of subdued passion in his
tone.
"Fair." replied Ethel without even
looking at him.
Where is your mother? suggesting
that much depended on the answer.
"Eying down." answered Ethel truth
fully and without any feeling.
"And Aiaric?"
"In the garden."
"Then we have a moment otMwo
alone?" Brent put a world of mean
ing into the suggestion.
"Very likely." said Ethel, picking np
a score of Boheme" and looking at it
as if she saw it for the first time, alt
the while watching him through her
half closed eyes.
Brent went to her. "Glad to see
me?" he asked.
"Why not?"
"I am glad to see you" he bent over
her "more than glad."
"Heally?"
lie sat beside her. "Ethel." he whis
pered intensely, "I am at the cross
roads." "Oh !' commenced Ethel, without any
interest.
"It came last night."
"Did It?"
"This is the end between Sibyl and
myself."
"Is It?"
"Yes the end. It's been horrible from
the first horrible. There's not a word
of mine not an action she doesn t
misunderstand."
"now boring!" said Ethel blandly.
"She would see harm even in this!"
"Why?"
"She'd think I was here to to" He
Stopped.
"WltiitV" innocently inquired Ethel.
"Make love to you." And he looke 1
earnestly into her eyes.
She met his look quite frankly and
astonished hi:n with the question.
"Well, aren't you?"
He rose anxiously. "Ethel!"
"Don't ou st I ways?" persisted Ethel
"lias it seemed lik that to you?"
"Yes." she answered candidly; "by
fusinuation, never straightforwardly."
"lias it otTended y.u?"
"Then you udmit it?"
"Oh." he cried passionately. "I wish
I had the right to to" Again he
wavered.
"Yes?" And Ethel looked straight at
him.
"make love to you straightforward
ly." Hi. f, It the sum-eme motenr h-irl
almost arrived. Now. I e t"'"ng!:f. tie
would be rewarded for the long wait
ingthe en'!! 's sicg- to This marvelous
woman who (n.eaJel her real nature
beneath that marble casing of nn as
sumed indi Terence.
He waited eagerly for her answer.
When it came It shocked and revolted
him.
SUNDAY, fyTAY 9,
IS MOTHERS' DAY
Governor Morelisad Asks Fitting
Observance cf Day..
PROCLAMATION IS ISSUED
Kansas Protests Against Nebraska's
Embargo on Live Stock and Hints
at Retaliation Railway Commission
Makes Telephone Directory Order.
Lincoln Following the custom ol
the last lew years. Governor More
head in a proclamation . designated
Sunday, May 9, as Mothers' day and
asks that a fitting observance of the
day be followed.
The proclamation fo'.lows;
"Gratitude is one of the cardinal
virtues; to remember gratefully acts
of kindness bestowed is an evidence
of true nobility; to exemplify this Ly
word or deed is commendable in a!I
"One day of the year has "been so
lected in which this may he shown in
a manner that must tend to make our
selves and others better. It is the
day wherein we show by some out'
ward token how dearly we esteem thff
one who gave us birth, and watched
over us in our infancy and youth, ami
who has at all times been our best
lriend. Thatfriend is mother
"In keeping with the custom of the
last several years in this state, and is
many others. I take pleasure in nam
ing the second Si'tlay in May Moth
ers' day. and would sugeest that every
one wear a flower of some description
during that day as an indication ot
tiie special recollection of mother.
It is a beautiful custom and worthy
the attention of everyone. The dav
is intended to start in the mind splen
did recollections of the past, and wii:
make that Sunday more sacred than
it otherwise would be. It would be
weil if special mention of the day be
made in all the churches throughout
the state.
"I therefore recommend that Sun
d?y, the Oth of May, he observed a'?
Mothers' day and trust it will be rec
ognized as generally rs circumstances
will permit. JOHN H. MOREHEAD."
Kenrney, J. N I'ryden or Kearney
Ian Morris of Kearney F. W. Herm
ing'nausen of North Platte. W. V
lloaglard of North Platte, Mrs. W. V
Hoagiand of North Platte, Miss Lyd
J. McMahon of Geneva, Dr. J. M. Ta.1
cott ol Crol ton. Dr. F. A. Sedlacek o
Omaha, E C Maggi of Lincoln, Dr. Ee
nore Perry Webster of Washington
D. C.
Cop
An order has been issued by th
state railway commission covering the
printing of advertisements by tele
phone companies in directories. A
complaint was made by Kepresenta
tive Stehbins of Dawson counts
against the Col.henb.urg Telephone
company for its manner in inserting
advertising in the directory published
by them.
The complaint stated that the ad
vertisements were inserted in the cen
ter of the pages and thus the names
were separated and. according to the
complaint, made it difficult to find tb
names needed. The order comes i?
an agreement entered into and spefi
f.es that advertisements may be placed
at the top and bottom of pages not tc
exc eed one inch in depth so that the
names all appear together on the page
John W. VanZant, chief accountant
of the interstate commerce commis
sion, connected with the telephone de
partment, Is in Lincoln checking ur
the hooks of th Lincoln Telephone
and Telegraph company, according tc
a custom started by the commission
in which all the most important com
panics are checked each year. This is
the first visit of the accountant tc
Einco!n.
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flange
(To Be Continued.)
For any pain, burn, scald or bruise,
apply Dr. Thomas' Eclectic Oi! th.3
household remedy. Two sizes, 25c and
50c, at all drug stores.
YOU SALE Fawn and White Indian
Runner duck eggs, white egg strain,
S1.00 per 13, S5.00 per 100. Inquire
of A. O. P.amgc, Route 1, Platts
mouth, Neb. 4-5-tf-wkly
For Sale.
Three incubators for sale. Good
as new. 'Phone 3G2. R. L. Propst.
FOR SALE Good Early Ohio seed
potatoes, T'.c a bushel. Inquire of
Ralph Ilaynie. 4-7-tf-d&w
Reduced Prices on Eggs for Hatching.
After May 1st I will sell S. C.
Rhode Island Red eggs for hatching
at oOc per setting of l.".
Duroc-Jer.sey swine, any age or sex,
for sale, at all times. Col. Gano, Crim
son Wonder and Gold Model strains.
Call Tlatts. 'Phone 2221
W. B. Porter.
4-21-d&w-tf
SAVE Hr.3riJ
ALL CHICKS
by feeding for the first
three weeks
fjs Baby Cick Food
From bei-iir jih
tngr-r to sonnmig-T'm toe wona -er m m cf affairs he drifted i-to a i
i for the worker-ami that. He's k...-u loier-ib lapd -g - t the draw- !
right, and I'm ging t shw him." He jnc room-wNtc the cloe breath of j
Buddenly picked up the paper and look--feme rare perfume meant more thac
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'z&X' So!J oa Mrraey Hack Gmrsattc Jt
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Governor Morehead has issued thr
proclamation calling for the election
to be participated in by Omaha and
the territory embraced in senate file
12. the annexation bill. The election
will be held June 1. The proclamation
follows:
"Py virtue of the authority in mc
vested, and in ?ccordar.ce with thr?
law of the state of Nebraska in such
case made and provided. I. John K
Morchead. governor of the state of
Nebraska, do hereby proclaim that on
Tuesday, the first clay of June. 191".
there will be held a special election
in thf usual voting places in the me t
rovo'itnn city of Omaha and the cV
ies of South Omaha and Florence ani
in -the village of Dundee, in Douglas
county, state of Nebraska, at which
there will be submitted to the electors
of said cities and village the following
question:
" 'Shall the cities of South Omaha
and Florence, and the village of Dun
d e be consolidated with the metro
politan city of Omaha.'
"The ballets use:l at said election
shall provide for a 'yes' and 'no' vote
in the usual manner on the question."
The state live stock sanPary hoard
at a meeting held at the IJndell hoteiJ
listened to the emphatic protest of
the state of Kansas against the quar
antine bars that Nebraska has raised
against Kansas live stock as a prccau
tlon against the foot and mouth dis
ease. The protest was voiced hy v .
Tt Hedrick. representing the Kansas
City Stock Yards company, and in n
strong letter from J. H. Mercer, state
live stock commissioner. The latter
In his letter made veiled threats of re
taliation should not Nebraska lift It?
quarantine.
Kansas now has a quarantine bar
asrainst Nebraska, hogs, sheep and
cattle, which are admitted only by
permit. No permits have been issued
for a month past. What shape retalia
tion would take is not known unless
it would be to extend the quarantine
to horses and mules. Kansas protests
against the Nebraska quarantine on
the grounds that the territory is free
under the interstate rules. The same
thing holds true, however, of other
territory that Nebraska has quaran
tined against.
The board has called another meet
ing for May 1 and has Invited the Kan
sas commissioner to appear before it
ft that time.
Governor Morehead appointed a list
of delegates to the national convent
iyn of charities and correction, which
meets in Baltimore. May 12 to 10. The
list is as follows:
Dr. J. A. Leavftt of "Normal. Mrs. J.
A. Eeavitt of Normal. T.'nroln Frost of
Tancoln. Rev. F. E. Whnrton of Lir.
ro'n. Howard Kennedy of Lincoln, W.
T. Fenton of Lancaster. Mrs. W. T.
Fenton of Lancaster. N. T. Harmon
of Lancaster. Rev. O. M. Johnson of
Pethany. William M. -Clifford of Lin-
I coin. Father Joseph Reusing of Wtst
Po;nt, Fev. C. 12. Rowen of Imperial,
J. A. C. Kennedy of Omaha. Mrs H. L.
Kefe of Walthill. Harry C. Kee of
Walthill. Dr. H. R. Carson of Norfolk.
Miss Lena E. Ward cf Milford, Rev.'
R, P. Mrran cf Derton. Mrs. N. J.
Cro?s!arid of Wayne. M. Af.tfreasen of(
Omfcha.'.Dr. H . .Williams of Have-j
lock, Eishop George A. Beecher of
The state engineer, the Lancaster
county surveyor and the city engin"u
Of University Place are to co-operate
in planning and supervising the par
mg in front cf the state farm betwr-et
Lincoln and University Place. The
lerislature appropriated $3.".'"!" foi
this purpose. The road is a part ol
th Omaha-Lincoln-Denver highway
The work will be started shortly, a!
though the appropriation does not be
come available until some time in July
Senator Peter Wink of Kearney hus
asked the state board of control foi
the loan of teams from the industry.'
school at Kearney to assist in the
work of haubng material for the mile
of paving that is to be laid in front
of the school along the Dincoln high
way. The paving is to constitute 3
"model mile."
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Acting State Veterinarian KigiTi re
reived word from Kearney to the el'
fe?t that Sim D. Watson of Columbia
Mo., had pleaded guilty to selling a
jack without registering the animal
under the stallion registration law
Watson was fined $T,1 and costs, the
latter amounting to SIS. 20.
Prosecution was instituted by Co'tn
ty Attorney Tollefsen upon the com
plaint of the state veterinarian. Ir.
order to secure the plea of guilty an:'
thus dispose of the ca?n the iunrc
readily, prosecution on thirteen cour.f
waa nollcd. The state authorities in
snected the fourteen anin-ir.ls allege'!
to have been illegally sold. One ol
the fourteen was rejected.
"I wart to conclude by saying frat
I am opposed to the system of a legis
lature composed of two hoar-es: I
think the senate should be aho'i'ned,"
srv'd State Senator Laurie J. Quinhy.
in his talk to the Omaha Philosophical
society.
"Think of the absurdity of onr
house going over all the details of a
bill, with the argument and all. aac!
with the facts and figures at hand
and then think of that biil bein?
thrown into a brand new house'tha
will go over the same ground with it
Think of that bill getting into thx
senate when the renresentatives whe
introduced it and knw its every do
tail are not ab'e to be present in the
senate to help it along."
Horace M. Davis of Ord has ten
dered his resignation as assistan
chief clerk of the house of representa
tives. Copies of the resignation were
filed with Chief Cierk Potts and win
Governor Morehead. The resignation
is made necessary by the assumptio
by Mr. Davis of the offce of postmas
ter at Orl It is only a technical oh
cservancr of the law to guard against
the highly improbable exigency of 2
special session of the legislature.
The Dramatic club of the state nni
versity presented the play "Monsieur
Tieaucaire" before th convicts at the
state prison. Leon Snyder of Alms
and Miss Ella Williams of Puffa'o
Wyo. appeared in the lading roles
This was one of the very rare time?
when all the convicts were allowed ir
the chapel in the- evening. The fris
oners followed the lines of the p!a
closely and applauded heartily.
N. J. Lnd!. state printing comm'p
sioner, affects surprise at a newspaper
remor, emanating from Wahoo. to thf
effect that a primary may le held tr
select- a successor to Postmaster
Mauck. Mr. LudI says that he re
celved the appointment some time age
and has a'ready filed his bond. Th?
newspaper story quoted Charles J
Ryan, who was a candidate for the
oflce. ,
During five days of last week auto j
mobile license arp'iat:ons cam" intc
the office of the secretary of state tr
the number of 1.348. This is an aver
nee of almost 4im a day and is said tc
be the largest number of application?
ever received at the office for any pre
vions week. This has compelled the
secretary of state to put on an extra
force of clerks to moet the rush.
You Would No! Want An Ex
Hoof on a Temporary Sod House
neither would you want an expensive malleable top on
an unprotected body of a steel rane. The copper clad is
lined throughout vit h copper, and thnt is the reason that
a. Copper Clad Malleable Rane will last a lifetime.
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Corirudc Barker as "Barbara Worth" and Owen
Coll as "WiJItard Holmes" in The Winning of
Barbara Worth, at the Parmele Theater,
QUE Night Only, Monday, May 3rd
W. J5. Summers of Seattle, formei
attorney general of Nehra:a. at one
time Un't?el States distrbf at'orne;.
for Nebrasi a. was a state- house call
er. H Is now practicing law in Seattle.
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that has bttn puirtcj
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teniriS ccat? Yes, what's more, it v.ill wear wtll-wc
guarantee that. All ourpaimp, oils, Stains, vmnkhcr. t unriic Is,
etc., are the best -obtainable that's your protect kn. Phone us.
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