Image provided by: University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries, Lincoln, NE
About The Loup City northwestern. (Loup City, Neb.) 189?-1917 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 21, 1913)
&&> MYSTERY of . 2Y « - t^YGraxe Livirv^storvilill Lutz M/THOR ^‘MARCIA 3CIHJYLER" “PHOEBE DEANE” * “DAWN OF THE MORNING ” ETC. ' ILLUSTRATIONS 7?Vi/ U)A{XiK5 t %^CQJ~/'J*/CHZ /?/2, EfJ B. L/S’PMCOTr COrtftU/Y Sat Erect, Every Nerve Strained. soap and handkerchiefs. And, any how, if you’ll accept it, it’ll be some thing for you to hitch on to. One feele a little lost even for one night with out a rag one can call one’s own ex cept a Pullman towel. I thought it might give you the appearance of a regular traveler, you know, and not & runaway.” He tried to make her laugh about It, but her face was deeply serious aa the looked up at him. "I think this is the kindest and most thoughtful thing you have done yet,” she said. ”1 don’t see how I can ever, ever thank you!” "Don't try,” he returned gaily. "There’s your train being called. We’d better go right out and make you com fortable. You are beginning to be very tired.” She did not deny it, but rose to fol low him, scanning the waiting room with one quick, frightened look. An obsequious porter at the gate seized the suitcase and led them in state to the Pullman. The girl found herself established in the little drawing room compartment, and her eyes gave him thanks again. She knew the seclusion and the oppor tunity to lock the compartment door would give her relief from the con stant fear that an unwelcome face might at any moment appear besido her. “The conductor on this train is an old acquaintance of mine,” he ex plained as that official came through the car. “I have taken this trip with him a number of times. Just sit down a minute. I am going to ask him to look out for you and see that no one annoys you.” The burly official looked grimly over his glasses at the sweet face under the big black hat, while Tryon Dunham ex plained: “She’s a friend of mine. I hope you'll be good to her.” In an swer, he nodded grim assent with a smileiess alacrity which was neverthe less satisfactory and comforting. Then the young man walked through the train to interview the porter and the newsboy, and in every way to arrange for a pleasant journey for one who % three hours before had been unknown to him. When he returned to her he found the shades closely drawn and the girl sitting in the sheltered corner of the section, where she could, not be seen from the aisle, but where she could watch in the mirror the approach of anyone. She welcomed him with a smile, but instantly urged him to leave the train, lest he be carried away. He laughed at her fears, and told her there was plenty of time. Even after the train had given its prelimi nary shudder, he lingered to tell her that she must be sure to let him know by telegraph if she needed any further help; and at last swung him self from the platform after the train was, in full mot ion. Immediately- he' remembered that he had not given her any money. How Could he have forgotten? And there was the North side station yet to be passed before she would be out of dan ger. The last car was almost past when he made a daring dash and flung himself headlong upon the platform, to the horror of several trainmen who stood on the adjoining tracks. He found the girl sitting where he had left her, only she had flung up the shade of the window next her, and was gazing with wide, frightened eyes into the fast flying darkness. . He touched her gently on the shoulder, and she turned with a cry. un, i mougnt you had fallen under the train! ” she eald in an awed voice. “It was going so fast! But you did not get off, after all, did you? Nov/, what can you do? It is is too bad, and all on my ncccunL” ^ "Yes, I got off," he said doggedly, sitting down opposite her and pulling his tie straight. “I got off, but it wasn’t altogether satisfactory, and so I got on again. There wasn’t much time for getting on gracefully, but you'll have to excuse it The fact is, I couldn’t bear to leave you alone just yet. I couldn’t rest until I knew you had passed the North side station. Besides, I had forgotten to give you any money.” “Oh, but you musn’t!” she protested, her eyes eloquent with feeling. “Please don’t say that,” he went on * eagerly. “I can get off later and take the down train, you know. Really, the fact it, I couldn’t let you go right out of existence this way without knowing about you.” The moments fairly flew. ’ • They passed the North side station, and were nearing the flag e tat ion. After tha' there would be no-more stops un til past midnight The young • ■'"I canr.dl"help reeling that I ought to take cere ci you,” he said. ‘‘But I cannot permit it,” she said (irmly, lifting her trustful eyes to smile at him. “Will you promise to let me know if you need anything?” “No, I’m afraid I cannot promise even that,” she answered, “because, while you have beta a true friend to me, the immediate and awful necessity is, I hope, past.” "You will at least take this,” he said, drawing from his pocket an incon spicuous purse of beautiful leather, and putting into it all the money his pockets contained. “I saw you had no poeketbook.” he went on, "and I ven tured to get this one in the drug store below the station, y.’ill you accept it from me? I have your ring, you know, and when you take the ring back you may, if you wish, return the purse. I wish it were a better one, but tt was the most decent one they had. You will need it to carry your ticket. And I have put in the change. It would not do for you to be entirely without money. I’m sorry it Isn’t more. There are only nine dollars and seventy-five cents left. Do you think that will see you through? If there had been any place down town here where I could cash a check at this time of night, I should have made it more.*’ “Thank you so much. I shall return the price of the ticket and this money as soon as possible,” said the girl earnestly. He suddenly became aware that the train was whistling and that the con ductor was motioning him to go. “But you have not told me your name,” he cried in dismay. “You have named me,” she an swered, smiling. “I am Mary Reming ton.” "But that is not your real name.” “You may call me Mary if you like,” she said. “Now go, please, quick! I’m afraid you’ll get hurt.” “You will remember that I am ydur friend?” "Yes, thank you. Hurry, please!” The train paused long enough for him to step in front of her window and wave his hat in salute. Then she passed on into the night, and only two twinkling iights, like diminishing red berries, marked the progress of the train until it disappeared in the cut. Nothing was left but the hollow echoes of its going, which the hills gave back. CHAPTER IV. Dunham listened as long as his ear could catch the sound, then a strange desolation settled down upon him. The little station behind him was closed, though a light over the desk shone brightly through its front win I dow and the telegraph sounder was clicking busily. Turning impatiently from the dark less, Dunham sought the bright win dow, in front of which lay a newspa per. He could read the large headlines of a column—no more, for the paper was upside down, and a bunch of bill heads lay partly across it. It read: MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE OF YOUNG AND PRETTY WOMAN His heart stood still, and then went thudding on in dull, horrid bk>\ 3. Vainly he tried to read further. Ho followed every visible word of that pa per to discover its date and origin, but those miserable bill-heads frus trated his effort. He felt like dashing his hand through the glass, but reflect ed that the act might result in his be ing locked up in some miserable coun try jail. He tried the window aud gave the door another viciou3 shake, but all to no purpose. Finally he turned on his heel and walked up and down for an hour, tramping the length of the shaky platform, back and forth, till the train rumbled up. At the first stop a man in front got out, leaving a newspaper in the seat. With eager hands, Dunham leaned for ward and grasped it, searching its col umns in vain for the tantalizing head lines. But there were others equally ar restive. This paper announced the mysterious disappearance of a young actress who was suspecting of poison ing her husband. When seen last, she was boarding a train en route to Wash ington. She had not arrived there, however, so far as could be discov ered. It was supposed that she was lingering in the vicinity of Philadel-1 phia or Baltimore. There were added a few incriminating details concerning her relationship with her dead hus band, and a brief sketch of her sensa tional life. The paragraph closed with the statement that she was an accom plished musician. The young man frowned and, open ing his window, flung the scandalous sheet to the breeze. He determined to forget what he had read, yet the lines kept coming before his eyes. When he reached the city he went to the news stand in the station, where was an agent who knew him, and procured a copy of every paper on sale. Then, Instead of hurrying home, he found a seat in a secluded corner and proceeded to examine his pur chases. In large letters on the .front page of a New York paper blazed: HOUSE ROBBED OF JEWELS WORTH TEN THOUSAND DOLr^ LARS BY BEAUTIFUL YOUNG ADVENTURESS MASQUE RADING AS A PARLOR MAID. He ran his eyes down the-column and gathered that she was still at large, though the entire police force of New York was on her track. in£ dl w iiAt Ildfcjpu lie r, TfTU yuvaiwans say she ts liable to another attack of in sanity, and deem it safe to keep her con fined. She escaped during the night. Hav ing no clew to her whereabouts. How ehe managed to get open the window through which she left the asylum Is stUl a mystery. In disgust he flung the paper from him and took up another. FOUL PLAY SUSPECTED! BEAUTI FUL YOUNG HEIRESS MISSING. His soul turned eick within him. He looked up and saw a little procession at late revelers rushing out to the last suburban train, the girls leaving a trail of orris perfume and a vision of dainty opera cloaks. One of the men was a city friend of his. Dunham half envied him his unperturbed mind. To be sure, he would not get back to the city till three in the morning, but he would have no visions of robberiee and fair lunatics and hard pressed maid ens unjustly pursued, to mar his rest. Dunham buttoned his coat and turned up his collar as he started out into the street, for the night had turned cold, and his nerves made him chilly. As he walked, the blood began to race more healthily in his veins, and the horrors of the evening papers were dispelled. In their place came pleasant memories of the evening at Mrs. Bowman’s, of Jhe music, and of their ride and talk together. In his heart a hope began to rise that her dark days would pass, and that he might find her again and know her bet ter. His brief night's sleep was cut short by a sharp knock at his door the next morning. He awoke with a confused idea of being on a sleeping car, and wondered if he had plenty of time to dress, but his sister’s voice quickly dispelled the illusion. "Tryon, aren’t you almost ready to come down to breakfast? Do hurry, please. I’ve something awfully impor tant to consult you about.” -His sister's tone told him there was need for haste if he would keep in her good graces, so he made a hurried toilet and went down, to find his house hold in a state of subdued excitement. “I’m just as worried as I can be,” declared his mother. "I want to con sult you, Tryon. I have put such im plicit confidence in Norah, and I can not bear to accuee her unjustly, but I have missed a number of little things lately.” “What the matter, mother? Norah been appropriating property not her own?” “I’m very much afraid she has. Try on. What would you do about it? It is so unpleasant to charge a person with stealing. It is such a vulgar thing to steal. Somehow I thought Nora was more refined.” “Why, I suppose there’s nothing to do but just charge her with It, is there? Are you quite sure it is gone? What is it, any way? A ring, did you say?” “No, it’s a hat,” said Cornelia short ly. “A sixty-dollar hat. I wish I’d kept it now, and then she wouldn’t have dared. It had two beautiful wil low ostrich plumes on it, .but mother Hastily Scanned the Papers. didn’t think it was becoming. She wanted some color about it instead of all black. I left it in my room, and charged Norah to see that the man got it when he called, and now the man comes and says he wants the hat, and it is gone! Norah insists that when she last saw it, it was in my room. But of course that’s absurd, for there was nobody else to take it but Thompson, and he’s been in the family for so long." "Cornelia," interrupted Tryon, quite beside himself, “don’t think of such a thing as epeaking to that poor girl about that hat. I know she hasn’t stolen it The hat will probably be found, and then how will you feel ?" "But I tell you the hat cannot be found!" said the exasperated sister. "And I shall just have to pay for a hat that I can never wear.” "Mother, I appeal to you,” said the ton earnestly. “Don’t allow Cornelia to speak of the hat to the girl. I wouldn’t have such an injustice done In our house. The hat will turn up soon if you just go about the matter calmly. You’ll find it quite naturally and unexpectedly, perhaps. Any way. If you don’t, I’ll pay for the hat, rath er than have the girl suspected.” The mother rose reluctantly. wen, we might let it go another flay,” she consented. Then, looking ap at the sky, she added: “I wonder if it is going to rain. I have a reciprocity meeting an tor today, and rm t dele gate to some little unheard-of place. It usually doeB rain when one goes into the country, I’ve noticed.” She went into the hall, and present ly returned with a distressed look up on her face. “Tryon, I’m afraid you’re wrong,” she said. “Now my raincoat is miss ing. My new raincoat! I hung it up In the hall closet with my own hands, after it came from the store. I really think something ought to be done!" "There! I hope you see!” said Cor nelia severely. “I think it’s high time something was done. I shall phone for t detective at once!” "Cornelia, you’ll do nothing of the kind,” her brother protested, now thor oughly aroused. “I’ll agree to pay for the hat and the raincoat if they are not forthcoming before a fortnight passes, but you simply shall not ruin that poor girl's reputation. I insist, mother, that you put a stop to such Usb. proceedings.,. riLjosia. myself dear Greek Items From Last Week Misses Rose Adler and Irma Lowry are visiting at Purdum, Nebraska. Miss Minnie Schmidt is working at the Van Dyke home. Miss Sylvia Roach' spent Saturday aud Sunday with Miss Grace Zahm. Mr. and Mrs. Van Dyke were Loup City visitors Saturday. Wash Hammond gave a dance at his i home Saturday eveding. Mr. and Mrs. Jim Hager spent Sun day with Warren Edson and wife. Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Fielding visited at the Hammond home Sunday. The farmers of this vicinity are busy threshing. Miss Grace and Lewis Adams were Loup City visiters Monday. Mr. Baker is a visitor at the Frank Potter home. Geo. II. Zahn returned home Mon day evening after spending a few days in the sand hills. Road Notice Aufrecht Vacation To whom it may concern: The commissioners appointed to va cate the public road commencing at a point about 80 rods South of the Northwest corner of the Northeast quarter of Section 1 twp 16 North range 16 west of the 6th p. m. and running thence in an easterly, south easterly, and southerly direction, known as a part of old road No. 142, and terminating at the southeast corner of said section. The commis sioners have reported in favor of such vacation. Therefore all objections thereto and all claims for damages must be tiled in the County Clerk’s office on or before noon of the 2oth dav of October, 1193, or such road will be vacated without reference thereto. Dated at Loup City August 16, 1913. [seal] L. B. Polski, County Clerk. Last pub. Sept. 18 Notice to Creditors State of Nebraska l , ,h Cmintv ro„r, Sherman County 111 me county court In the matter of the estate of Samuel Dad dow. deceased. To the creditors of said estate: You are hereby Dotitied. that 1 will sit at the County Court room in Loup City, in said County, on the 21st dav of March. 1914, to receive and examine ail claims against said estate, with a view to their adjustment and al lowance. The time limited for the presenta tion of claims against said estate is the 21st day of March, A. D., 1914, and the time limited for the payment of debts U one year from the 16th day of August. 1913. Witness my band and seal of said County Court, this 16th day of August. 1913. E. A. Smith (sial) County Judge Last publication September 11 REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF THE Firs! National Bank OF LOUP City charter NO. 7*77, INCORPORATED At Loup City in tbe Slate of Nebraska, at the close of business August 9th, 1913 RESOURCES. Loans and discounts.$196,206 89 Overdrafts secured and unsecured 3,024 84 D. S. bonds to secure circulation. 7.1*0 00 Banking house, furniture, fixtures. 11.066 09 Due from approved reserve agents 27.653 29 Checks and other cash items. 756 85 Notes of ether National Banks. Fractional paper currency, nickels and cents. 178 46 Lawful money reserve in bank, viz:— Specie. *10.069 15 Leg al tender notes . 4,000 00—14.069 15 Redemption fund with U. S. treasurer (5 per cent of circulation). 350 00 Total.*260,305 57 LIABILITIES, Capital stock paid in. . *25,000.00 Surplus fund. 25,000 00 Undivided profits, less expenses and taxes paid. . 1,420 00 National Bank notes outstanding. 7,000 00 Due to State and Private Banks and Bankers . 812 51 Due to Trust Companies and Savings Banks. 620 38 Individual deposits subject to check. 102.658 57 Demand certificates of deposit._ 97,794 11 Total.$260,305 57 State of Nebraska, (8 _ County of Sherman. ( 1, L. Hansen. Cashier of the above named Bank, do solemnly swear tbat the above statement Is true to the best of my knowledge and belief. L. HANSEN, Cashier CORRECT—ATTE8T : A. B. outhouse. director, C. Bbakley, Director: W. T. CHASE, Director. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 19th day of August, 1913. R. H. Mathew, (seal.) Notary Public. Last Notice Unpaid book accounts and notes due the T. M. Reed estate I am or dered to bring suit to collect same after August 25th. 1913. 40-41 W. P. Reed, Adm. Do You Want Cement Work? Anyone wanting block work, house or foundation, or any kind of cement work, see me. I have on hand at present a large number of concrete blocks nicely cured. I ask your pat ronage. C. J. Tracy 1200 Acres Near Ashton I have for sale some 1200 acres of land near AshtAn, some of the best farming land in this section. Also, 10,000 acres of Canadian land for sale, ee or write me for particulars. J. J. Goc, Ashton, Ijjleb. Dollar Bill Says Buy a suit of clothes from E. E. McFadden and get an extra pair of trousers FREE. This will last only a few days. Come early and get your choice. _ Qualities of the Great Book. A great book is a mine as well as a mint: It suggests and excites as much thought a* 't presents in fin ished form. / Don’t Forget The /• SHERMAN COUNTY FAIR and Stock Show 3 BIG DAYS 3 x « 17,18 ‘^| Jenner’s Park Loup City, Nebraska There Will Not Be Any Races but numerous other attractions will help carry out our purpose to make OUR FIRST EXHIBITION / A Grand Success Come to the First Sherman County \ mmm m Fair and bring ALL your friends See the Secretary and get a Premium List which gives information in regard to Entriss and Prizes / Sherman County Agriculutral Society A. E. CHASE, Secretary Loup City, Nebrask