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ROBT. P. STARR
Attorney-at-Law,
LOUP CITY, NEBRSSKS.
NIGHTINGALE & SON
Attorney indCounseJCMtlis.
LOUP CITY. NEB
11. H. MATHEW,
Attorney-at-Law,
•And Bonded Abstractor,
Loup City, Nebraska
AARON WALL
La -vryev
Practices in all Courts
Loup City, Neb.
ROBERT H. MATHEW
Bonded Abstracter
Loup City, - Nebraska.
Only set of Abstract books in connty
O. E. LONGACRE
PHYSICIAN mi SURGEON
Office, Over New Bank.
TELEPHONE CALL, NO. 39
A. J. KEARNS
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
Phone, 30. Office at Residence
Two Doors East of Telephone Central
Lnnp Gifu, - Nebraska
A. S. MAIN
PHYSICIAN ill SURGEON
Loup City, Nebr.
Office at Residence,
Telephone Connection
J. E. Bowman U. D. Carrie L. Bowman M. D.
BOWMAN & BOWMAN
Physicians and Surgeons
Phone 114 Loop City, Nebraska
S. A. ALLEN,
DEJYTIST,
LOUP CITY, • - NEB.
Office up stairs in the new State
iiank building.
W, L. MARCY,
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LOUP GITY, NEE
OFFICE: East Side Public Sauaie.
Phone, 10 on 36
Y. I. McDonall
Prompt Dray Work
Call lumber yards or Taylor’s
elevator. Satisfaction guaran
teed. Phone 6 on'57
C. E. Stroud
Formerly of Kansas City.
Painting, Papering
* and Decorating
Special attention paid to Autos
and Carriages. All tops re
newed and repaired. All work
guaranteed. Phone 0
Contractor and Plasterer
Phone 6 on 70
Give me a call and get my
prices. I will treat you right.
Satisfaction Guaranted
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IS®** AND
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IN
Real Estate
And Insurance
See ‘
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Offce First Floor, 4
doors south of
State Bank Building
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CHAPTER I—Countess Ellse, daughter
of the Gove-nor of the Mount, has chance
encounter with a peasant boy.
CHAPTER II—The "Mount,” a smsTll
rock-bound Island, stood In a vast bay on
the northwestern coast of France, and
during the time of Louis XVI was a gov
ernment stronghold. Develops that the
peasant boy -was the son of Seigneur
Desaurac, nobleman.
CHAPTER III—Young Desaurac deter
mines to secure an education and be
§ome a gentleman; sees the governor’s
aughter depart for Paris.
CHAPTER IV—Lady Elise returns aft
er seven years’ schooling, and entertains
many nobles.
CHAPTER V—Tier Ladyship dances
with a strange fisherman, and a call to
arms Is made in an effort to capture a
mysterious Le Seigneur Nols.
CHAPTER VI—The Black Seigneur es
capes.
CHAPTER VII—Lady Ellse Is caught
In the "Grand” tide.
CHAPTER VIII—Black Seigneur res
cues, and takes Lady Ellse to his re
treat.
CHAPTER IX—Elise discovers that her
savior was the boy with the fish.
CHAPTER X—Sanchez, the Seigneur’s
servant. Is arrested and brought before
the governor.
CHAPTER XI—Lady Elise has Sanchez
set free.
CHAPTER XTT—Seigneur and a priest
at the "Cockles."
CHAPTER XTTI—Sanchez tells Desaur
ac that Lady Ellse betrayed him. but 1s
not believed. The Seigneur plans to re
lease the prisoners at the Mount.
CHAPTER XIV—Lady Ellse pleads
with her father to spare the lives of con
demned prisoners.
"In the apartments of state, my
Lady. But—” The girl frowned.
"But, -but!” she said. "But what?”
"His Excellency has left word—he
was expecting a minister from Paris
—that no one else was to be admitted;
the matter was so important that he
wished no interruptions."
She had already turned, however;
moved on past him without answer.
At the inner entrance to the “little
castle” or chatelet, which presently
she reached, the girl stopped. Here,
without, in the shadow of two huge
cylindrical towers, that crowned the
feudal gate-house, a number of sol
diers, seated on the steps, clinked
their swords and talked; within, be
neath the high-vaulted dome of the
guard-room lolled the commandant
and several officers on a bench before
a large window. Immediately on her
appearance they rose, but, merely
bowing stiffly, she started toward a
portal on the left. Whereupon the
commandant started forward, defer
entially would have spoken—stopped
her, when at the same moment, the
door she was approaching opened, and
the governor himself appeared. At
the sight of her he started; a shade of
annoyance crossed his thin features,
then almost immediately vanished;
ais com eyes met ners expectantly.
“I have been told you were very
busy, yet I mu3t see you; it is very
important—”
A fraction of a moment he seemed
to hesitate; then with an absent air;
“Certainly, I was very busy; never
theless—” he stepped aside; permit
ted her to pass, and softly closed the
door. With the same preoccupied air
he walked to his table before one of
the large fireplaces whose'pyramidal
canopies merged into the ribs of the
vaulting of a noble chamber, and,
seating himself in a cushioned chair,
looked down at a few embers
“I came,” standing, with her fingers
straight and stiff on the cold marble
edge of the table, tire girl began to
speak hurriedly, constrainedly, “I
wanted to see you—about the prison
ers—”
He did not answer. Gently stroking
his wrist, as if the dampness from
some subterranean place had got into
It, he evinced no sign he had heard;
and this apathy and his apparent dis
regard of her awoke more strongly
the feeling she had experienced so
often since that day in the cloister,
when he had promised to set free the
servant of the Black Seigneur; had
kept his word, indeed, but—
“Can’t you see,” she forced herself
to continue, “after what the man San
chez thought—suspected about me,
what he said that day at the Mount,
after what he, the Black Seigneur, did
Tor me”—the Governor started—“that
you, if you care for me at all,” he
looked at her strangely, “at least,
3hould—”
"As I told you the other day,” his
accents were cold, "why concern your
self about outlaws and peasants clam
oring for ‘rights!’”
"But it is my concern,” she said pas
sionately. “Unless—’’
"Neither yours nor mine,” he an
swered in the same tone. “Only the
law!s!" ^
“The law’s!” she returned. “You are
the law—”
“Its servant!” he corrected.
"But—-you could spare their lives!
You could deal with them more merci
fully!"
“The law is explicit. In the King
alone rests the power to—”
“The King! But before word could
reach him—’’
“Exactly!” As he spoke, the Gov
ernor rose. “And now—”
“You will not hear me?”
“If there is anything else—”
Her figure straightened. “Why do
you hate him so?” she asked passion
ately. “You have hastened their trial,
and would carry out the sentence be
fore there is time for justice. And the
man whom that day you ordered
whipped from the Mount—after let
ting me think him safe! After all that
his master did for me! Why was he
lashed? Because of him be served or
of the old Seigneur before that? I
heard you ask about him—of his hav
ing gone to America? Why did you
care about that?”
“You seem to have listened to a
great deal!"
"And why did he go to America?"
nim. too w nat ior:
“If you have nothing else to tall:
about—” He glanced at the door.
“And the lands!” she said. “They
wore his; now they are yours—”
“Unjustly, perhaps you think.”
“No, no!” she cried. “I didn’t mean
—I didn’t imply that. Of course not!
Only,” putting out her hands, “I try
to understand, and—you have never
taken me into your confidence, mon
pere! You have been indulgent; de
nied me nothing, but—I don’t want to
feel the way I have felt the last week,
as if-” quickly she stopped. “No
doubt there are reasons—although I
have puzzled; and if I knew! Can’t
you,” abruptly, "treat me as one wor
thy of your confidence?” /
“You!” he said with quiet irony.
‘Who—listen!"
The girl flushed. "I had to, be
cause—”
“And who misrepresented facts, as
in the case of—Saladin!”
“But—”
“How long,” standing over her,
“were you on the island?"
"T—don’t knowl"
“You don’t?” His voice implied dis
belief.
“Part of the time I was uncon
scious—”
“In the watch-tower with him!”
She made a gesture. “Would you
rather—”
“What did he say?"
The girl’s eyes that had been so
steadfast, on a sudden wavered. “Noth
ing—much.”
“And you? Nothing, too? Then how
was the deception devised—the pact
entered into—”
Her figure stiffened. “There was no
pact.”
“Treason, then? The law holds It
treason to—”
“You are cruel; unjust!” she cried.
“To me, as you were to him. That old
man you had whipped! I wonder,”
impetuously, “if you are so to all of
them, the people, the peasants. And
If that is the reason they have only
black looks for me—and hatred? As
if they would like to curse us!”
He turned away. "I am very busy."
“Mon pere!”
He w alked to the door.
“Then you won’t—won’t sparo
them?”
He opened wide the door. Still she
did not move, until the sight of the
commandant without, the curious
glance he cast In their direction, de
cided her. Drawing herself up, she
walked toward the threshold, and,
bowing perfunctorily, with head held
high, crossed it.
CHAPTER XV.
The Voice from the Group.
“No cne from the household is al*
lowed through without an order!”
“You will, however, let me pass.”
“Eecause you have a pretty face?"
The sentinel at the great gate separat
ing the upper part of the Mount from
the town, answered roughly. “Not you,
my girl, or—”
But she who importuned raised the
sides of the ample linen head-dress
and revealed fully her countenance.
“My Lady!” Half convinced, half
incredulous, the soldier looked;
stared; at features, familiar, yet seem
ing different, with the rebellious gold
en hair smoothed down severely
above; the figure garbed In a Norman
peasant dress, made for a costume
dance when the nobles and court la
dies had visited the Mount. \
“You do not doubt who I am?" Im
periously regarding him.
“No, my Lady; only—”
“Then open the gate!” she com
manded.
The man pushed back the ponder
ous bolts; pressed outward the mass
of oak and iron, and, puzzled, sur
prised, watched the girl slip through.
Of course it was none of his affair,
my lady's caprice, and if she chose to
go masquerading among the people on
such a day, when all the Idle vaga
bonds made pretext to visit the Mount,
her right to do so remained unques
tioned; but, as he closed the heavy
door, he shook his head. Think of the
risk! Who knew what might happen
in the event of her identity being re
vealed to certain of those In that
heterogeneous concourse without?
Even at the moment through an aper
ture for observation in the framework
to which he repaired upon adjusting
the fastenings, he could see approach
ing a procession of noisy fanatics.
The apprehension of the soldier
was, however, not shared by the girl,
who, glad she had found a means to
get away from the chilling atmosphere
of her own world, experienced now
only a sense of freedom and relief. In
her tense mood, the din—the shouting
and unwonted sounds—were not cal
culated to alarm; on the contrary,
after the oppressive stillness in the
great halls and chambers of the sun*
mit, they seemed welcome. Her pulses
throbbed and her face still burned
with the remembrance of the inter
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I Made Merry In Heavy or Rlotoua
1 Faahlon.
Having rented my farm, I will offer at Public Sale at my farm 8 miles south of Loup City, and 13 miles north of
Ravenna, on the old Snyder ranch on
WEDNESDAY, DEC. 18th, 1912
Oornra.ertoirLg at iO o’olocls; -A.. !M!., Sfa.a.rp
38 Head of Horses 38
Described in part as follows: Cray gelding, 12 years old, weight 150 0;
bay mare 12 years old, weight 1400; span of geldings, bay and gray, coming
5years old weight 1650, each; sorrel driving team, 8 and 11 years old, combin
ed weight 2000; black driving mare, 10 years old, weight 1100; bay gelding,
5 years old, weight 1300; horse mule, 3 years old, weight 950; bay horse,
coming 3 year old, weight 1300; sorrel driver, coming 3 years old. weight
lOOO span of sorrel mares,coming 3 and 4 years old, combined weight 1850;
span of gray mares,-coming 3 years old, combined weight 2350- span of
bay geldings, coming 2 and 3 years old, combined weight 1950; 19 head of mares and 2 geldings
with ages ranging from yearlings to 8 years old.
THIRTEEN RE/\d of cattle
Four milch cows, 5 coming yearling steers, and four yearling heifers.
50 HEAD of Hogs, All but 6 of which are thorough
bred Poland China.
FARM MACHINERY
Consisting of one 8 foot Deering binder, nearly new; 2 Deering mowers in good repair; 10-foot Deering rake; Jen
kins hay stacker; Jenkins hay sweep; 16- inch sulky plow; 12-inch Good Enough gang plow; riding lister; 3-section
steel harrow; 2 riding cultivators; end-gate seeder; truck wagon, with hay rack on; disc harrow; lumber wagon;
spring wagon; 2 top buggies; 3 set work harness; set double driving harness; set single driving harness; 3 set fly nets;
4 dozen thoroughbred Plymouth Rock chickens; some household goods and other things too numerous to mention*
Also a lot of feed for sale.
FREE ULTTZtsTOIEg: AT THE ZETOOISr ZE3IOTTR
/vf All sums of $10 and under, Cash; over that amount, a credit of 8 Months will
V/WrillO VI given by purchaser giving note with approved security, bearing 10 per cent inter
est from date of sale, property to be settled for before being removed from the place.
~ CHAS. M. SNYDER
Wm. PURCELL, Auctioneer.
W. F. MASON, Clerk. U U HCl •
NORTHWESTERN ELECTRIC POWER PRINT, LOUP CITY, NEBRASKA
view with her father, as she eyed un
seeingly the approaching band, led
by censer* and banner-bearers. '
“Vierge notre esperance—” Caught
up as they swept along, she found her
self without warning suddenly a part
of that human stream. A natural de
sire to get clear from the multitude
led her at first to struggle, but as well
contend with the inevitable. Faces
fierce, half-crazed, encompassed her;
eyes that looked starved, spiritually
and physically, gleamed on every
side. Held as in a vise, she soon
ceased to resist; suddenly deposited
on a ledge, like a shell tossed up from
the sea, she next became aware she
was looking up toward a temporary
altar, garish with bright colors.
“Etends sur nous—” Louder rose
the voices; more uncontrollable be
came the demeanor of the people, and
quickly, before the unveiling of the
sacred relics had completely mad
dened them, she managed to extricate
herself from the kneeling or pros
trate throng; breathless, she fled the
vicinity.
Down, down! Into the heart of th«
village; through tortuous footpaths,
where the pandering, not pletlstic, ele
ment hejd sway; where, instead of
shrines and altars, had been erected
booths and stands before which ven
dors of nondescript viands or poor
trumpery vented their loquacity on
the pilgrims:
“All hot! All hot!"
“A la barque! A l’ecallle!"
“La vie! Two drinks for a Hard!”
“Voila le plaJsir dea dames!”
The Mount, in olden times a glori
ous and sacred place for royal pilgrim
ages, where kings came to pray and
seek absolution, seemed now more
mart than holy spot. But those whom
the petty traders sought to entice—
sullen-looking peasants, or poorly clad
fishermen and their families—for the
most part listened indifferently, or
with stupid derision.
“Bah!” scoffed one of them, a wom
an dressed In worn-out costume of In
herited holiday finery. ,rWhere think
you we can get sous for gewgaws?”
“Or full .stomachs with empty
pocket# ?” said another. “The foul
fiend take your Portngals!”
The nomadic merchants replied and
a rough altercation seemed impend
ing, when, pushing through the crowd,
the girl hurried on.
Down, down, she continued; to the
base of the rock where the sand’s shin
To be Continued
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Additional Local
We received a pleasant call yester
day from our sterling friend, Hans
Dietz. He had just received a letter
from his brother, earl Dietz, to the
effect that Carl had sold his land in
in the Dakotas and bought land near
Miles, Montana, where he has gone to
grow up with the country.
Art Reed and wife were over from
Greeley Saturday last, accompanied
by Editor Davis. The party returned
home Sunday, Mrs. Davis, who had
been visiting here, returning with
them.
Cliff Rein returned to the University
yesterday morning, where he has some
matters to attend to and will return
home in a couple of weeks to be with
his father. Mr. Rein is doing nicely
and it is expected he will be strong
enough by that time to make the trip
to Chicago for an operation.
Pete Ogle went down to Lincoln
Sunday last and brought home a big
Buick touring car. He now has the
agency for the Buick here. He took
along, for the ride up from thecapltal
with him. Cash Pritchard, Myrl Hid
dleson, Oscar Bechthold and Irvin
Rowe. They returned Monday, the
boys enthusiastic over the trip.
Call at Daily & Krebs and see what
a liberal offer can be had on a piano.
A friend wishes to know why the
Northwestern does not have political
editorials the past few weeks? If
that friend had been pounded into a
political pulp in the late awfully la
mented campaign, as we had the ill
fortune to have been, he would have
refrained from any leading question
Dr. A. J. Kearns was made happy
last week Wednesday by the arrival
of his brother, H. W. Kearns, and
good wife from Vinton Iowa, who
came to spend Thanksgiving time
with our genial doctor and wife.
They express themselves somewhat
surprised to iind such a modern and
up-to-date town of this size tucked
away out in the wilds of Nebraska,
although our doctor had taken pains
to apprise them of that fact in the
past. Mr. Kearns thinks we have a
town any country can well be proud
of. They left for other points last
Monday.
Hay For Sale
I have some good prairie hay for
sale by the ton or in car load lots.
Phone 18-on-94. F. E. Kennedy.
Daily & Krebs will place a piano in
your home for only $6.00.
Just wait till Brer. Beushausen and
the editor of this great fireside jour
nal get their new autos in the spring.
We promise all readers of our respect
ive papers joy rides galore; eh, C. F.?
Take your chickens to Reynolds.
He will pay you the highest market
price.
Mrs. C. G. Dennis of Hastings spent
Thanksgiving with her friends, Miss
i Nettie Conger and her good mother,
i and her brother, Will Steen, return
ing home Monday.
Mrs. D. L. Adamson went to Grand
Island Tuesday, meeting her little
grandson, Jack Taylor from Council
Bluff, at that place Mrs. W, S. Tay
lar will be here for the holidays.
Banker Titus and Postmaster Gib
son were up from Litchfield Tuesday
shaking hands with their hosts of
friends.
Mrs. McFadden and daughter were
| Grand Island visitors Tuesday.
Will Schuman and wife autoed to
Rockville Monday afternoon.
Highest prices paid for hides at
Reynolds’ meat market.
The Northwestern not being ex
actly conversant with Unity Club
secrets, last week spoke of Mrs. A. L.
Zimmerman entertaining- the club,
when in reality the club entertained
itself at the home of Mrs. Zimtner
.man, instead, and it being visitors’
day, the invitations were extended
by the club members to lady friends.
Keep history straight.
Dr. A. S. Main and wife returned
last week Wednesday evening from
their visit to Dale, Ind., bringing
home with them the doctor’s good
mother, Mrs. Sarah Knowlton, who
will remain with them over the win
! ter months.
Miss Mary Bills, a cousin of Mrs.
Glenn Stevens, is here visiting her,
coming over from Shelton Tuesday
I by auto with Glenn,
Mrs. A. L. Watson and little daugh
ter, Elsie, came up from Wood River
last week Wednesday evening to spend
Thanksgiving with Grandma Gardner,
remaining over till this week Friday
before returning home. Their coming
was a total surprise to Mrs. Watson’s
aged mother.
The first night of the picture show
in the new opera house last Friday
evening showed conclusively the ne
cessity of plenty of seating capacity,
and the crowded condition of the old
opera house. The new opera house
has a seating capacity of between .">00
and 000, and it was fairly well filied
on the occasion of the opening night
of the picture show.
Farmers* Institute
Wiggle Creek Church and
School House
Friday, December 6, 1912
Dinner at Noon.
program ^
1:30—“Weeding Out the Unprotit- *
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“Winter Wheat Problems,” W. F.
Johnson, Harvard.
2:00—“Home Nursing,” Mrs. W. L.
McKenney, Palmer.
7:30—“Pure Food,” Mr. Andreas:
“The Market Side of the Egg Ques
tion,” Mrs. McKenney; “Up-to-Date
Farmer,” Mr. Johnson.
The ladies will have a cooking ex
hibit and needle work, and there will
also bean exhibition of cornand grains.',,
Come and enjoy the program and
sociability.
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