“IF I ONLY HAD THE MONEY” “IF I ONLY HAD THE MONEY” * 1 *; j How often have you thought this? How often have you been forced to let a splendid opportunity pass, simply because you lacked a few dollars? You have doubtless had the necessary funds many times and allowed them to slip throu your fingers. ' Don’t let this hdpjen again. You can grasp these opportunities in the future if you will open an account with us. A loiMt; at \ f the ideal) >sv otwf?) When Looking For a Square Meal Drop In At Th» IDEAL also for a Good Lunch We also carry a Full Line of Bread and Pastry Goods and alfo send Bread by parcel post. Phone Black 127 South Side Public Square. Wm. Dolling. When in Need of } COAL or first-class Xjum/ber of all dimensions. We also nave a car of Coke. We also have a good line of Fence posts, range ing in price from ten to fifty cents. Phone Bed 29 and you will receive prompt attention LEININCER LUMBER COMPANY DO THESE WINTER TOURIST FARES INTEREST YOU I - l There are Winter Tourist Rates to Florida and Gulf Resorts that incf ude also the route through New Orleans and Washing ton—an Interesting circuit tour of the historical Southland. For southern landseekere, desiring trips of shorter duration, there are still lower Winter Excursion fares the first and third Tuesdays of each month. Burlington main line, high class trains run so Kansas City and St. Louis, connecting in Union Stations with all trains to the South. Or, will it beSoutbern California this Winter? If you would ; like to go there in tbe greatest comfort, over the interesting and scenic way, ask about the Burlington’s personally con ducted excursions via Denver, Scenic Colorado,Salt Lake City. Call or write for Winter Publications—“Low Bates South.” | “California Tourist Excursions,” “Pacific Coast Tours,” Describe your proposed tour and let us belp you amplify it to include all possible attractions. i. _. ■ J. A. Danielson, Agent Loop City, Nebr. L. W. Wakeley, Gen. Pass. Agt. Omaha. Neb. THE NORTHWESTERN Kntered at the Loup City PostofBce for trans mission through the malls as second claag matter. , Office Phone, - Red 21 Residence, - Black 21 W. RFRI-RIGR. Editor and Pn J. R. GARDINER Manager. Some time since, the state nor mal board threw Superintendent Thomas of the Kearney Normal School over the transom. Immed iately the press of the state was flooded with literature kicking the board for its action and request ing the newspapers to publish a lot of sop in favor of the deposed superintendent. V large number of the papers did so, but the North western, for one, found its space too valuable to fill with the grief aforementioned, and not caring a tinker’s dam, so to speak, whether one educator or another got the soft sit, providing he was quali fied, and no doubt but that there were others than the deposed man capable of earning and spending the salary. Thomas and his friends took the matter up at the State Teachers’ Association at Omaha last week and attempted to secure vindication by election to the presidency of the association, by the desposed Governor Sulzer of New York route, hatching up the story of politics controlling the action of the association, an inner ring running things with high hand, all a story of the Daily Bee published a week or more ago. But the thing didn’t work, but on the other hand the sympathy sub sidized newspapers of the state smote hip and thigh for lending their columns to the Thomas story, and they were advised that if they iad so much waste space they would better use it in advancing matters of education throughout the state than wasting it on side issues and shedding tears over some deposed politician. All of which goes to show that the aver age country newspaper is an easy mark for the floods of subsidized literatuse reaching their sanctoms, as witness the space given McKel vie and his farm paper, either free or paying for the same, which means so much advertising foa McKplvie and so much loss to the “easy” suckers caught by McKel vie’s slick scheme to advertise his publication. A scandal in official quarters of this democratically controlled state is just now being aired by the newspapers. It seems that one Dr. Lord of Omaha, chief sur geon of the orthopedic hospital at Lincoln, is paid $2,000 a year by the state for his duties at the hos pital spent two months in Europe this summer and has drawn his salary for the two months without rendering any services whatever. Even when on duty he only goes twice a month to Lincoln to at tend to his duties at the hospital, and when he goes across the Big Pond and does no duty whatever and takes the dough just the same considerable adverse criticism is forthcoming. Besides, it has been the custom for Chief Surgeon Lord and Superintendent Orr to take their private cases to the orthopedic hospital for operations, charging for their professional services and keeping the money themselves. Besides the $2,000 paid Dr. Lord, his assistant, Dr. Orr, is paid $1,800 per annum, to gether with his living expenses. This makes $3,800 and living ex penses of one physician to look after the surgical and medicinal affairs of the institution, which looks like a pretty good graft from the the taxpayers of the state, with little returns for their money. However, it is under stood an effort will be made to re move these men and place a com petent physician at the head of othopedic hospital affairs, who will devote his entire time, and pro bably at greatly reduced figures from that paid to the two in charge at the present time. Three administration democrats, O’Gorman, Reed and onr own Gilbert M. Hitchcoek, of the Sen ate banking committe, have kick ed over the democratic traces, joined in with the republican mem bers and placed amendments to the democratic currency measure, which changes the context of the whole bill, whereat 'the Wilson fellows are stranded high and dry and cuss our Gilbert in no uncer tain terms. How is that? Caesar (translated democrat) cad do no j harm! Mystery Dunfiam opened' the door. She sup posed, of course, it was the bellboy with a pitcher of ice water, for which she bad just rung. “Ah, here you are at last, my pretty cousin!” It was the voice of Richard that menaced her, with all the stored up wrath of his long baffled search. At that moment the man from the motorcycle stepped softly up the top stair and slid unseen into the shad ows of the ball. For an instant it seemed to Mary Dunham that she was going to faint, and in one swift flash of thought she saw herself overpowered and carried into hiding before her husband should return. But with a supreme effort she controlled herself, and faced her tor mentor with unflinching gaze. Though her strength had deserted her at first, every faculty was now keen and col lected. As if nothing unusual were happening, she put out her ccdd, trem bling fingers, and laid them firmly over the electric button on the wall. Then with new strength comity from the certainty that some one would soon come to her aid, she opened her lips to speak. “What are you doing here, Richard ?* “I’ve come after you, my lady. A nice chase you've led me, but you shall pay for it now.” The cruelty in his- face eclipsed any lines of beauty which might have been there. “I shall never go anywhere with you,” she answered steadily. He seized her delicate wrist rough ly, twisting it with the old wrench wltlv which he had tormented her In their childhood days. None ot them saw the stranger who was quietly walking down the hall toward them “Will you go peaceably, or shall 1 have to gag and bind you?” said Rich ard. "Choose quickly. I’m In no mood to trifle with you any longer.*’ /.’though he hurt her wrist cruelly, she threw herself back from him and with her other hand pressed still hard er against the electric button. “Catch that other hand, Mike,” com manded Richard, “and stuff this in her mouth, while I tie her hands behind her back.” It was then that Mary screamed. The man in the shadow stepped np behind and Baid in a low voice: “What does all this mean?” The two men, startled, dropped the girl’s hands for the Instfint Then Richard, white with anger nt this In terference, answered Insolently: “It means that this girl's an escaped luna tic, and we're sent to take hef back. She’s dangerous, so you’d better keep out of the way.” Then Mary Dunham’s voice, cleat and penetrating, rang through the halls: “Tryon, Tryon! Come quick! Help! Help!” As if in answer to her call, the ele vator Bhot up to- the second floor, and Tryon Dunham stepped out in time to see the two men snatch Mary's hands again and attempt to hind them behind her back. In an instant he had seized Richard by the collar and landed him on -the hall carpet, while a well directed Mow sent the flabby Irishman sprawling at the feet of the detective, who prompt ly sat on him and pinioned hla arms behind him. How dare you lay a finger upon thls ’ady?” said Tryon Dunham, as he stepped to the side of his wits and put a strong arm about her, where she stood white and frightened lu the doorway. No one had noticed the bell boy had come to the bead of the stairs aad< re ceived a quiet order from the detec tive. In sudden fear, the discomfited Rich ard arose and attempted to bluff the stranger who had so unwarrantly la erfered just as his fingers were about to close over the golden treasure of his cousin's fortune. "Indeed, sir, you wholly misunder stand the situation.” he said to Dun ham, with an air of Injured innocence, though perhaps you can.scarcely the blamed. This girl Is an escaped luna tic. We have been searching for her for days, and have just traced her. It is our business to take her back at once. Her friends are in great dis tress about her. Moreover, she is dan gerous and a menace to every gnest in this house. She has several times attempted to murder—” , Stop!’’ roared Dunham, In a thun derous voice of righteous anger. “She the way and tripping up the scoundre in his flight. The policemen were upon him anti i had him handcuffed In an instant The « Irishman now began to protest tha he was but an teaaseat toot bleed to nelp discover the whereabouts, of - an , escaped lunatic, as he supposed. Be was walked off to the patrol wagpn 1 without further ceremony. It was all over in a few mlnnte# 1 The elevator carried off the detective < .1 ' '' ■ mk tBe paiicemenan standing in ths hall, describing to on another the scene as they had wit nessed it Dunham drew the trembling girl into his arms and tried io soothe her. The tears rained down the white cheeks as her head lay upon his breast, and ha kissed them away. “Oh!” she sobbed, shuddering. “If you bad not conic! It waa terrible, terrible! 1 believe he would have killed me rather than have let me go again.” Gradually his tender ministrations calmed her, hut she turned troubled eyeB to his face. “You do not know yet that I am all I say. You have nothing to prove It Of course, by and by, when I can get to my guardians, and with your help perhaps make them understand, you will know, but i don't see how you can trust me till then." For answer he brought his hand up In front of her face and turned the flashing diamond—her diamond—sc that its glory caught the single ray ot setting sun that titered into the hotel window. “See, darling,” he said. ‘It is you; ring. I have worn it ever since as an outward sign that I trusted you.” “You are taking me on trust, though, in spite of all you say, and 1: is beautiful." He laid his lips against here. “Yea,’ ha-said; “It is beautiful, and it i; beat." It was very still in the room for moment while she nestled close him and hts eyes drank in the awe ness of- her face. ’See,” said ho, taking a tiny vel ease from his pocket and touching N W« All Over la a Few Minutes. spring that opened It "I have amused myself lading a mats to your atone. 1 thought perhaps you would 1st ms wsar your ring always, while you wear mine.” Hs lifted the Jewel from Its whits velvet bed sad showed her the in scription inside: "Mary, from Tryon." Than ho slipped It on her Hager to gnard the wedding ring he had tfves her at the church. His ant that en circled her clasped her left wrist end the two diamonds flashed side by side. The last gleam of hho getting ana, ere It vanished behind thw tgjt headings «n the west glanesd Is and biased the game lets taegled beams et glory, darting out Is stay colored prisma to Mght the vistas of the (stars of the hflssedker egals. sod their epee met like other Jewels, Is which gleamed the glory of their loveasdCnui, THXKNIX W. C. T. II. ITEMS We