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THE NORTHWESTERN
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Office Phone, - Red 21
Residence, - Black 21
J. W. BURLEIGH. Editor and Pub
J. R. GARDINER Manager.
The Lyceum lecture at the opera
house last Saturday evening given by
that prince of funny men, Bob Seeds,
well repaid the large number who
were In attendance. A number of his
witty sayings, anecdotes and stories
were entirely new, but even those
which were bewiskered with age were
given in such an Inimitable way as to
convulse his hearers. He is a dandy.
Among the many booster editions
coming to this office, one of the very
nicest was that gotten out by the
Democrat at Ainsworth, which gave
evidence of the fact that that little
city is one of the finest improved
towns along the Northwestern Black
Hills line. The edition also, was a
compliment to the city and county in
that it was gotten out in the most
workmanlike manner, reflecting great
credit upon Editor Jones and his force
of up-to-date printers.
Premier Asquith of England pre
dicts that next parliament will grant
the women of Great Brltian the right
to vote. And why not? America,
always leading and never following,
has granted that right in many of the
states of the Union, and it is only a
question of time till equal suffrage
will prevail in every state in the
Union. Paste that prediction where
it will not be lost sight of.
Franklin county is at present en
gaged in another county seat war.
Two years ago a vote was taken with
Bloomington gettlhg 666 votes, Frank
lin 836 votes, but not enough to get
the county seat taken away from
Bloomington and placed in Franklin.
Nov. 18 another election is called for,
when Franklin, which is near the
center as the town of Macon, which
proposes to .get into the fight and
give a knockout blow to both Bloom
ington and Franklin—if possible. It
reminds me of the old Kansas county
seat fights of a quarter of a century
ago, as the war promises to be very
bitter.
Talk about your Anglo-Americani
zation, our House of Lords at Wash
ington is going to the limits in such
foolishness. Some members thought
to make ridicule of themselves by pro
posing that the representatives give
95 each toward a wedding present for
the president’s da ugh ter, who isabout
to be married, the sum aggregating
between 62,000 and 93,000. However,
a sensible member from Arkansas
stepped in and objected to the idea as
the most ridiculous piece of tom
foolery and todyl8tn, saying very few
had even speaking acquaintance with
the daughter and flashed a 95 bill
he propped giving towards help
ing the poor and unfortunate rather
than a bid for or to curry favor with
the president by the proposed piece
of todyi8m. And the speaker was a
democrat, but a mighty sensible one
at that.
Bro. Cass, the talented editor of
the Ravenna News, wants to create a
new county out of the lower tier of
townships In Sherman county and
about the same number in' Buffalo
county, out of which he will make a
county called “Bryan” with Ravenna
as the county seat. Some two years
ago we visited the sanctum of the
News and Bro. Cass at that time had
his dream of the new county hatched
out and showed us a map of the same.
The scheme is a good one—for our
brother, but unfortunely vre of Sher
man county could not be expected to
join in with him in losing a portion
of our commonwealth, thereby mak
ing Sherman county one of the small
est in the state, nor is it within the
range of possibilities that Buffalo
would be any more willing to sacrifice
any of its townships. We are ex
tremely regretful that we can not
stand pat with Bro. Cass on any pro
position, for with his good paper he is
entitled to everything worthy of the
king’s taste, but we just can’t help
him along in his day dreams in the
above regard.
SCHOOL NOTES
Mr. Mackay recleved the sad in
telligence of the death of his father
Monday morning. He left for bis
home at Eustls that noon.
Fay Gallaway had quite a severe
attach of tonsiiitis last week. She
was absent several days.
Mr. Larsen visited the third and
eighth grades Friday.
The quarterly examinations are be
ing held this week.
The third grade gave an interesting
Hallowe’en program Friday afternoon.
Several patrons were present.
R. H. R. Williams was a second
grade visitor Monday.
ACENC* FOR FORD CARS.
I have secured the agency for Ford
Automobiles, and would be pleased to
meet all past and prospective buyers
of this car. Wm. i|«Bt
The
Mystery
of Mary
rfiltTBaf you ought to be toT(T“be?6re
hand. We shall probably take the
night express for home. Tell Cornelia
that I shall expect congratulations
telegraphed to the hotel here Inside of
two hours."
"But, Try on, what will our friends
think? It Is most extraordinary! Hew
can you manage about announce
ments?"
"Bother the red tape, Mother! What
difference does that make? Put It In
the society column If you want to."
"But, Tryon, we do not want to be
conspicuous!”
“Well, Mother Tm not going to put
off my wedding at the last minute for
“And, Mother, Don’t Worry.” I
a matter of some bits of pasteboard.
I’ll do any reasonable thing to please
you, but not that”
“Couldn’t you get & chaperon ftor
her, and bring her on to me? Then
we could plan the wedding at our leis
ure.”
“Impossible, Mother! In the first
place, she never would consent Real
ly, I cannot talk any more about It I
must go at once, or I shall be late.
Tell me you will love her for my cake,
until you love her for her own."
“Tryon, you always were unreasona
ble. Suppose you have the cards en
graved at once, and I win telegraph
our list to the engraver If you will
give me his address. If you prefer,
ou can get them engraved and sent
>ut from there. That will keep tongue*
still.”
“All right. Til do It IH have the
■ngraver telegraph his address to you
-ithln tw:> hours. Have your list
ea<ly. And, Mother, don’t worry,
she’s all right You couldn't have
ihosen better yourself. Say you wUl
love her, Mother dear.”
“Oh, I suppose I’ll try,” sighed the
wires disconsolately; ’’but I never
thought you would be married in such
a way. Why, you haven’t even told
me who she is.”
“She’s all right, Mother—good fam
ily and all. I really must hnrry—"
‘‘But w hat is her name, Ti^on?”
“Say. Mother, I really must go. Ask
Mrs. Parker Bowman what she thinks
of her. Good by! Cheer up, it’ll he all
right.”
"But, Tryon, her name-”
The receiver was hung up with a
click, and Dunham looked at his watch
nervously. In two minutes hia half
hour would be up, yet be must let
Judge Blackwell know. Perhaps he
could still catch him at the office. He
sometimes stayed down-town late. Dun
ham rang up the office. The Judge was
still there, and in a moment his
cheery voice was heard ringing out,
"Hello!”
“Hello, Judge! la that you? . . .
This is Dunham. . . . Chicago. Yes
he business is all done, and I’m ready
to come home, but I want to give you
i bit of news. Do you remember the
oung woman who dined with us at
Mrs. Bowman’s and played the piano
so well? . . . Yes, the night I met you.
. . Well, you half guessed that night
how it was with us, 1 think. And now
he is here, and we are to be mkrried
t once, before I return. I am just
’ bout to go to the church, but I want
id ycur blessing first.”
“Blessings and congratulations on
you both!” came in a hearty voice
over the phone. “Tell her she shall
oe at once taken into the firm as chief
:onsultant on condition that she plays
for me whenever I ask her.”
A great gladness entered the young
man's heart as he again hung up the
receiver, at this glimpse into the bright
vista of future possibilities. He hur
ried into the street, forgetful of en
gravers. The half-hour was up and
ore minute over.
In the Meantime, the girl had slipped
into her own garments once more with
a relief and joy she could scarcely be
lieve were her own. Had It all been
an ugly dream, this life she had been
living for the past few months, and
was she going back now to rest and
peace and real life? Nay, not going
back, but going forward.
A knock at the door brought her
back to realities again. Her heart
throbbed wildly. Had he come back
to her already? Or had her enemy
found her out at last?
Tryon Dunham hurried up the steps
of the Y. W. C. A. building, nearly
knocking over a baggy Individual In
rubbers, who was lurking In the en
trance. The young man had seen ft
boy in uniform, laden with two enor
mous boxes, run up the steps as he
turned the last corner. Hastily writ
ing a few llnea on one of his cards
and slipping it into the largest box, he
sent them both up to the girl’s room.
Then he sauntered to the door to gee
If the carriage had come. It was there.
He glanced Inside to see if his orders
about flowera Kai been fulfilled, and
■poke a few words of direction to the
driver. Turning back to the door, he
found the _?mall, red of. the baggy
insCluen l:sc« uptit H.m. SomeLnu,.
in the slouch of the figure reminded
Dunham strongly now of the man he
had noticed the night before, and as
he went back Into the building he
looked the man over well and deter
mined to watch him. As he sat in the
office waiting, twice he saw the bleary
eyes of the baggy man applied to the
glass panes in the front door and as
suddenly withdrawn. It irritated him.
and finally he strode to the door and
asked the man if he were looking for
some one.
"Just waitin’ fer me sweetheart,’*
whined the man. with a cringing atti
tude. ‘‘She has a room in here, an’ I
saw her go in a while back.”
"Well, you'd better move on. They
don’t care to have people hanging
around here.”
Upstairs the girl had dared to open
her door and had been relieved to find
the elevator boy there with the two
boxes.
"The gentleman’s below, an’ he says
he’ll wait, an’ he sent these up," said
the boy, depositing his burden and
hurrying away.
She locked her door once more, for
somehow a great fear had stolen over
her now that she was again dressed in
her own garments and could be easily
recognized.
She opened the large box and read
the card lying on the top:
These arc my wedding gifts to you,
dear. Put them on and come as soon as
possible to the one who loves you better
than anything else in life.
TRYON.
Her eyes shone brightly and her
cheeks grew rosy red as she lifted out
from its tissue paper wrappings a
long, rich coat of Alaska seal, with
exquisite brocade lining. She put It
on and stood a moment looking at
herself in the glass. She felt like one
who had for a time lost her Identity,
and has suddenly had It restored. Such
garments had been ordinary comforts
of her former life. She had not been
warm enough In the coarse black
coat.
The other box contained a beautifu
bat of fur to match the coat. It wat
simply trimmed with one long, beaut -
ful black plume, and in shape and gen
eral appearance was like the hat t?
had borrowed for her uhe in the fall
She smiled happily as she set it upo~
her head, and thdh laughed outright a
she remembered her shabby sil
gloves. Never mind. She could tak
them off when she reached th
church.
She packed the little black dres
nto the suitcase, folded the felt hat o:
the top with a tender pat. and, puttinr
on her gloves, hurried down to the one
who waited for her.
The matron had gone upstairs to
the linen closet and left the girt with
the discontented upper lip in charge
In the office. The latter watched the
elegant lady in the rich furs come
down the hall from the elevator, and
wondered who She was and why she
had been upstairs. Probably to visit
some poor protegee, she thought. The
girl caught the loveilght in the eyes
of Tryon Dunham as he rose to meet
his bride, and she recognized him as
the same man who had been In close
converse with the cheaply dressed girl
In the parlor an hoar before, and
■neered as she wondered what the line
lady In furs would think If she knew
about the other girl. Then they went
out to the carriage, past the baggy,
rubbered man. who shrank back sud
denly behind a stone column and
watched them.
An Dunham shut the door, he looked
back Just in time to see a slight man,
with dark eyee and hair, hurry up and
Two BreatMess Individuals Hurried
Up
touch the baggy man on the shoulder.
The latter pointed toward their car
riage.
"See!” said Dunham. “I believe
those are the men who were hovering
around the house last night.”
The girl leaned forward to look, and
then drew back with an exclamation
of horror as the carriage started.
“Oh. that man is my cousin Rich
ard,” she cried.
"Are you sure?” he asked, and a
look of determination settled into his
face.
“Perfectly,” she answered, looking
out again. "Do you suppose he has
seen me?”
"I suppose he has, but well soon
turn the tables.” He leaned out and
spoke a word to the driver, who drew
up around the next corner in front of
a telephone pay station.
"Come with me for just a minute,
Sear. I’ll telephone to a detective bu
reau where they know me and I have
Lhat man watched. He is unsafe to
have at large.” He helped her out and
irew her arm firmly within his own.
‘Don’t be afraid any more. I will take
sare of you.”
He telephoned a careful description
cf the two men and their whereabouts,
snd before be bad hung up the re
ceiver a man had started posthaste for
the T. W. C. A. building.
Theii Tryon Dunham put the girl
tenderly Into the carriage, and to di
rert her attention he opened the box
of flowers and put a great sheaf of
rtitfe roses and lilles-of-the-valley into
:he Httle gloved hands. Then, taking
ler fa bis arms for the first thud, he
dssed her. He noticed the ahibby
(loves, and, putting hia hand in his
£east ppckgt^jirew out the. white
•foves She had' wo Before, saying.
See! I have carrte them there ever
inee you sect their- hack! My sister
never arked for th .m. I kept then,
or your sake.”
The minister met them at the doc*
with a welcoming smile and hand
rhake, and led them forward. As th
music hushed for the words of the cer
emony. he leaned forward to the young
man and whispered:
“I neglected to ask you her name,
Tryon.”
“Oh, yes.” The young man paused
in his dilemma and looked for an in
stant at the sweet face of the girl be
side him. But he could not let his
friend see that he did not know the
name of his wife-to-be, and with quick
thought he answered, “Mary!”
The ceremony proceeded, and the
minister’s voice sounded out solmenly
In the empty church: “Do you, Tryon.
take this woman whom you hold by
the hand to be your lawful wedded
wife?”
The young man’s fingers held the
timid hand of the woman firmly as he
answered, "I do.”
“Do you, Mary, take this man?”
came the next question, and the girl
looked up with clear eyes and said, “I
do.”
Then the minister’s wife, who knew
and prized Tryon Dunham's friendship,
said to herself: “It’s all right She
loves him.”
When the solemn words were
spoken that bound them together
through life, and they had thanked
their kind friends and were once more
out in the carriage, Tryon said:
"Do you know you haven’t told me
your real name yet?”
She laughed happily as the carriage
started on its way, and answered,
“Why, it is Mary!”
As the carriage rounded the first cor
ner beyond the church, two breathless
individuals hurried up from the other
direction. One was short and baggy,
and the sole of one rubber flopped dis
mally as he struggled to keep up with
the alert strides of .he other man, who
jin and angry. They had been
ned by an altercation with, iha
matron of "the" Y. WI C". A. building,
and puzzled by the story of the plain
ly dressed girl who had taken the
room, and the fine lady who had left
the building in company with a gentle
man, until it was settled by the eleva
tor boy, who declared the two women
to be one and the same.
A moment later a man in citizen’s
clothing, who had keen eyes, and who
was riding a motorcycle, rounded the
corner and puffed placidly along near
the two. He appeared to be looking
at the numbers on the other side of
the street, but he heard every word
they said as they caught sight of the
disappearing carriage and hurried
after it He had been standing in the
entrance of the Y. W. C. A. building,
an apparently careless observer, while
the elevator boy gave his evidence.
The motorcycle shot ahead a few
rods, passed the carriage, and discov
ered by a keen glance who were the
occupants. Then it rounded the block
and came almost up to the two pur
suers again.
When the carriage stopped at the
side entrance of a hotel the man on
the motorcycle was ahead of the pur
suers and discovered it first, long
enough to see the two get out and go
up the marble steps.
One glimpse the pursuers had of
their prey as the elevator shot up
ward. They managed to evade the
hotel authorities and get up the wide
staircase without observation. By
keeping on the alert, they discovered
that the-elevator had stopped at the
second floor, so the people they were
tracking must have apartments there.
Lurking in the shadowy parts of the
hall, they watched, and soon were re
warded by seeing Dunham come out of
a room and hurry to the elevator. He
had remembered his promise to his
mother about the engravers. As soon
as he was gone, they presented them
selves boldly at the door.
Filled with the joy that had come to
her and feeling entirely safe now in
the protection of ’’er hu«br^d_ Mary
(To be Continued)
G. W. OLSEN, D. C.
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