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About The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 28, 1911)
fc. V . tt'f !. ' ? 'if. .! I-l Kl Sr-'l y K, atm V wm. tl. iffi ' andthe WlTtl JS 8YNOP3I3. i A foollnh jnmiR tenilprfont brromni Taaclnnti'il ultli tint bold, urlfiil slfo f a drunken prospector In u weMorn tnliilnt; town. Tlicv iiri'iiiiru to clopi- In h lillinl In bllrrnrri but nm uitifroiiti-tl bv tin' mntltllln llusbunil. I In In flint 1V tin Wlfo, but the rlilvulrom boy Mini, a Jintn to tlm boily tnllriK tho crltnc Upon lilinnctf. In their lilRht to tliti Jallroriil Htiitlim tho woman norm fall oxImiiHlpil! tint youth pitta Iit 'on hli own and followM liniurliiK ,t" Mm tlrrup Mnip. fjrplm; ho Im hii Impi'ill anent. tho wonmn thruHtH her ',ri " a iinow drift and rlilos on. Ilulf-froreti ho attinit)lin Into tho riillroiul station Just ns tho train hours tho woman nwftJ. Twcnty-llvo yearn tutor, tlili nviii. ','r;; Warmly, In a multl-mlillonalro In Now JYorlt. llo ini'Pta Klcnnor. llahluno. a Wautlful and wealthy wttlPini'iil worker, nu" ro.opi'ratci with lior In her wo flormly Ihuwipm ownor nf a BtLnmmiip linn and llndn lilttmi'ir fniitnitnl In pl;r ml track oxlcrmlon nlatiM by Kraftlim al stormon, barked by tho tiotfiain Traction cotnpiny. An mitoinobllu ateldont brlnirs Itho Haldanet to his country hoinr. florin ly nnnntinciH that ho will Im mayor or New York and n-domi tho city from cor ruptlon. Mr. Ilaldano In a lonK "ilreil Interview with Oonnly. makes tin jnolrw;; proportion to rornpronilHo tho llKht whicn tho Ititler luiM bicn wukIiiR In tho now Bapnra iiKnlimt tln C.nthutn Traction corn finny, ami which llahlano I" suspectiM of teltiK tho head. Oormly bold y onnounc -a liht plan of campaign to Haldane. Oornily Wdcs to Ilaldane'H place, carrying word of tho auto incident. Tho next mornliiK ,h refers to the rldo of tho nlRht "-fo,r'J lata mild compared to one ho experienced In bin boyhood ilnyn. Tho l-P' " Jiounre bin candidacy for mayor. 1 ho no mtlcal declaration of tho merchant prlnte 'produced ft trcmcmloui Hensntlon. I no Imlnorlty party. hopIiik In him a P"'1''0 Moses, make overtures looklmt to tho In; loremrnt of his candidacy by tho "outs, toormlyl Iiowever. rejects all pr"!"5 Klllanco. A meotltiK of tho Sachem Ho cloty or tho "IllnK." U held at tho Hal flune Home. Many political dlunltarlei land honchmen nro prcneiit and ways and Sieans nro advanced to dampen Oormly i mayoralty implratlom and sidetrack hi 'cnndldaey. Tho younger llahhine Is proposed ns an opposition cnmlldato: tho wholo machinery of tho city's duteetlvo forco Is to bo used to iIIr tip somothlns flamaRlnft to Oormly. Ilaldano. Jr.. re fuses tho nomination and announces that i$io will support Oormly. The relKnlnu party then iei Ides to name a linn-parti. an ticket for the purpose of dividing tho Oormly fortes, mid lit tho same time rush through a Krelclit Traction compiny franchise, without which tho Sachem So. clety would bo helplrss. Tho press here, toforo unanimously faonblo to tho mer chant candid ito, now under pressure, di vides and tho campalKn waxes warm. A rcsolutfon Is introihued KrantliiR a Rratul tous rcnowal of the traction franchise Oormly offers ten million dollars for tlm frnnchlse. Tho excited populacn threaten to mob tho aldermen, when addressed by Oormly. The lllnR mnvnr and tho mer chant hao a critical moment. Tho de tective forco reports a atuahlo clew. MlM Halduno coiiKtatulatos Oormlv on vhot she terms a new Declaration of In Ipcndence. and ho makes an unexpected declaration of love Ho Is shocked bv the confirmation of his suspicions that Tier father Is tho bead and backbone of the notorious traction company which he la attempting to overthrow. I'ubllc senti ment turns nverwhelintncly against tho party In power nnd tho 8 idiom Socloty. Alls Haldane Informs her pirents of Oormly's declaration to her. which they charnctcrlzo as Impudenco and Insolence. CHAPTER XII. Continued. "1 don't know whnt they are." "Well. I think 1 do," returned the young innn. "Whnt aro they?" his Rlater asked Wm with groat eagerness. Hut young Hahlnno wan not quite prepared to duclaio what thlngB they wore. "On second thoughts," he snld, ova ively "I don't know. At any rate 1 wnnt to talk so.t matters over with father." "Flnnnclnl matters, my boy?" I "Political." "Very well. If your mother nnd sis ' ter will excuse us, wo will go Into ho library." "Certainly," answered Mrs. Haldane, making virtue of necessity. "If they concern "mo or my rela tion to Mr. Gormly," Bald Eleanor, "I should like to know them Immedlnto- ly." "They concern us all," ho nnswercd. "And, by tho way," ho added, "I was going to withhold It; but I might as well glvo It to you now. Hero's a letter to you from Mr. Gormly. Ho asked mo to glvo It to you when I aw you. 1 wnB going to talk to father bout this other mntter beforo I gave It to you; but you can read It over ;whllo wo nro gono." "What wns It you wished to say to me, Llvlngstono?" began tho older man as they entered tho library. "Father," returned his son with be wildering abruptness, "I learned at headquarters today thnt you wero tho bead and front of tho Gotham Frolght Traction compnny nnd all the rotten lot against whom wo nro fighting." "From whom did you learn this?" asked the older man quietly. "From Gounly himself." "Does anybody also know It?" "It isn't generally known, if that's what you nienn. "And supposo thai I nmer Inter ested In tho traction compnny?" . "To whnt extent nro you Interest ed?" nsked tho youngor man. "Well, that was not tho question I 'asked you." "Hut It Is tho question with mo, father." "I recognizo no right thnt you have to put such quostlons to mo." "I may not have any right; but I am doing It just the same. I know and wo all know just whnt tho Gotham Freight Traction company 13. Wo know thnt It Is robbing the people. And for thnt reason I wnnt to know tow deeply you nro Interested In It." "Go back to Gormly nnd find out!" thundered bis father, Intensely anger ed' at tho young man's scathing de nunciation. "No, sir, I'm going to And It out from you before I icavo this room." wTj x ,-i u i rx.i i r wpr" THfc "TT" ." MAMT SOME INCIDENTAL RELATION TbtilE WOMAN By Cvm3ibWNsr.NDBBDY ut&r?ATtoNs By lkit?aofw Masat frtcr i 0rtremtr rriro t mwtr "Lot tno think," ho Bald faintly at latt. "You don't liao to think," went on the vmiriK man with uncotiscloin uriK'lty, "to way how deeply you nro liiVdlv-il In tho nffitlrn of tho Gotham FrolKht Traction company." "Ah deeply ns nnyhojy can be," was tho (lesporntf) adtnlHfllon. "Good God!" cxclnlmnd LIvltiRRtone, surprised 'In Rplto of IiIh forowurnltiR. "You! It Isn't posflllilo. I saw tho proofs with my own eyos, nnd yet I wouldn't hcllevo that you would ally yourself with that Bang of thlovea and KLoundreli." "Sotnohody had to tako thnt fran cljl.o nnd build that rond," answered his father. "Wo are Riving tho people good servlro, nnd " "Don't mnko exctises," said the young man, brushing thorn nway with n wave of his hnnd. "How on earth cro wo going to explain tho facts? What will Eleanor think?" "You hnvo Influcnco with Gormly," said the fnthnr. "Go to him. Tell him thnt I must seo him nnd at once.. Can ou bring him here?" "Well, he's watchod like a hawk," said young Haldane. "Your dirty crowd has detectives on his trail all over New York. If ho came up hero. It would be reported In overy paper In tho city tonight nnd tomorrow morning." "Novor mind that. ""I must boo him." "Look hero, father. I am not mixed up with tho Gotham Freight Traction company and that gang that you're allied with, and I don't intend to bo Involved In nny scheme you may un dcrtnkn to get Gormly In trouble." "I don't Intend to mako any trouble. I "Go Back to Gormly and I must seo tho man, and you must ar range It. Come, aro you my son, or are you not?" "I am your son all right," answered tho younger man; "but I toll you f lankly thnt I have cast In my lot with Goimly nml this Isn't going to make nny difference. Perhaps wo can stavo this olT or " "At any rato I must seo Gormly, and you must help mo. For God's sake, don't stand there arguing with mo, but nnango In some way to bring Gormly r.nd mo togothor secretly and without delay!" "Let mo think a minute," said tho younger man at last, Impressed by his father's torrlblo Insistence "I have It. Tho enr Is at tho door fortunately. I'll run down and tell Gormly you want to seo him about this cursed business. 1 don't know whether I can pctsundo him to meet you or not; but I'll do my best. Then you go over to Loulso Stewart's nt onco. "Hurry then, nnd don't toll your sis ter or your mother anything of this," snld Ilaldano as he roso to end the interview. CHAPTER XIII. The Desperate Position of Haldane. At this crucial moment thoro was a knock on the door. Bidden to enter, Eleanor came In, followed by her mother. "Father," ahe said, proffering him Urn open letter, "the emergency which Ve discussed has come upon us sooner than we anticipated." Tho girl was very nervous nnd ex cited, her hands trembled ns sho luftd out tho paper. "What! Whnt do you mean?" gasp ed Haldane, his own agitation not less evident. Could It bo posslblo (lint his daugh ter had already heard of this revela tion? "Hero Is the letter from Mr. Gorm ly, which Livingstone Just brought mo, wife." "Whnt nnswor shall you glvo him, sis?" asked her brother, Intensely In terested. "I haven't mndo any yet," wns tho reply. "Hut I can only repeat what I said tho other night: thnt while I re spect and admlro Mr. Gormly exceed Inly, I do not love him." "At lrast," questioned tho older Hnldanc, "you don't dislike him, do you?" "Dislike him, father? Not at aM. I hnvo Just said " "Well, glvo mo tho letter then, and " At this moment tho footman, bowing beforo the open door, entered. "Beg pardon, sir," ho said, "but a party by tho name of Llffcy Is waiting outside to see you." "Charley Llffcy!" exclaimed tho son of tho houso. "What Is ho doing hero now?" "Why," said Eleanor In great sur prise, "that Is tho grand chief of tho Sachem society and tho most noto rious " "Yes, yes. I know," Interposed Hal dane quickly. "You will kindly loavo mo for u fow moments, all of you. Whero Is Mr. Llffey?" "I've got him waiting In tho hall, sir." "Tell him I will seo ,hlm here. Liv ingstone, do you carry out my In junctions at onco. Eleanor, say noth ing to Mr. Gormly about this proposi tion until I have seen him. Now leave mo." "Hut, Dcekman " began Mrs. Hal dane. "Father!" protested his daughter. "Eliza," snld her husband, "not an other word! Elcnnor, I am tried now beyond endurance. Plcnso go!" When Llffey entered tho library, Find Out!" Ha Thundered. now empty of all Its formcr'occupants savo tho elder Haldano, ho confronted a very agitated and very angry man. "Do you know what's up now, LIf foy?" was the question that was.hurled at him. "Do I know what's up? Well about tho bast news that we could hear Is up." "You regard It that way, do you? Well. I don't." "Whnt do you 'mean?" "Why, Gormly hns discovered my connection with tho Gotham Freight Traction company and tho closu nl linnco thnt exists botwocn tho Sachem society nnd tho corporation, and all tho rest of It." "Tho dovll you say!" crlQd Llffey. "It's so, and ho has It all ready to publish tomorrow morning." "Well, Hint's bad," returned the boss; "but It might bo worso. Tho quieter these things are managed, tho better; but still It ain't bo bad as It might bo. You seo It was bound to come out sooner or later, and " "My dear man, you don't under stand the Importance of this matter. For the Gotham Freight Traction com pany to bo found to be in close al liance with the Sachem society and with tho administration will lose us the election, and then the New York Traction company franchise goes, and " "Well, just wait ft bit, Mr. Haldane. Things ain't so black as they seem I'vo got a little pleco of news that'll discount yours all hollow. "It's this," said Llffcy, coming closer nnd sinking his vnlco to a whisper lest ho should bo 'overheard by any one. "All but suro of it. We'll know definitely In two days. Men nro vcrl fyln' tho talc, and Connell nnd I nro expectln' n telegram any time. Thero's no doubt nbout It, though. It's n sure thing. All ou'vo got to do now Is to keep this revelation you're tollln' mt about out of tho papers for two days, and then they rnn talk their mouths off. It won't affect us a bit. Can you do It?" "I'll do It," answered Hnldano reso lutely, "If It kills me. I have nn ap pointment, or nt least I expect to have one, to boo Gormly Inside of nn hour, and 1 must go now. You will excuse me?" "Keep a stiff upper lip, Mr. Hnl danc. We're goln' to win tho biggest victory ugnlnst tho biggest enemy thnt New York has ever Been, you mnrk mo. Goodby." In half an hour Ilaldano, In nnswor to a telephone message from his son, was bowling along upper Fifth avenue in his own electric townrd tho Stew art homo. Miss Stowart herself ad mitted him. "Yes," sho said In answer to his eager question, "Mr. Gormly Is here. Llvlngstono brought him. I wns just coming Into tho house, so I let them In myself." "Is Livingstone hero nlso?" "Yes. He Is in tho small drawing room with Mr. Gormly." "1 want you to nmuso him whllo I talk with Mr. Gormly. Don't let any one disturb us." "Not for the world," said tho girl, throwing open tho door of tho llttlo ro ception room as sho spoke. "Here la Mr. Haldane, Mr. Gormly. Living Blone, you are to como with mo." "1 intend to bo present," answered Llvlngstono firmly, "nt this Inter view." "You will pardon me," said his fa- ther with equal resolution, "but I In tend to seo Mr. Gormly alone." "Go, Hnldanc," said Gormly. "If there Is anything that you ought to know, I will tell you what It Is later." "But I would" "Llvlngstono," said Miss Stewart, "this Ib very ungnllant nnd unkind to wnrd me." "Your father nnd I both wish to be nlone," snld Gormly sternly, whereat tho young man, with very bad grnco, be it admitted, retired and shut tho door. Gormly waited for tho older man to begin. "Mr. Gormly." said Haldano at last, "my son hns told me that you have discovered my connection with tho Gotham Frolght Traction company." "I told him so this afternoon." "Why did you tell him?" "To glvo him an opportunity to withdraw from his association with me beforo I published tho story of the corrupt corporation, and because I hnvo a sort of chivalrous, old-fashioned feeling that compels me to warn you of what I am going to do before I do It." "Mr. Gormly," said Haldane, "you this day addressed my daughter and asked her to bo your wife?" "I did, sir." "Why today?" "Because I Intended all along to do so, nnd I preferred to do It now rath er than after tho publication of the news that will bo made tomorrow. I shall repent my offer tomorrow." "And you wish to marry hor?" "It Is It was tho dearest wish of my heart." "Wao, sir?" "Yes, and so far as I am Individual ly concerned It still remains so; but there are things higher than our own personal wishes, Mr. Haldane, as I have been finding out, and to bo mayor of Now York for tho purpose of serv ing tho peoplo Is now my chief ambi tion." "But you love my daughter, J under stood hor to say." "Sho could not possibly say how much I care for her, or how proud I should be to make hor my wife." "Mr. Gormly," Bald Haldane, lower lug his volco and looking nbout htm, 'It la not beyond possibility that your desires In that direction might be ratlfled." "Do you carry a messago to me from Miss HnJdane?" "No, not exactly. She, however, placed tho mntter In my hands. I hnvo your letter here." Ho drew It forth. "And, In short, It is possible that she might bo Induced to favor your suit. Of course," ho added very slowly In a more whisper, during which ho kept his eyes carefully averted from tho other man's faco, "you will understand that If you wero a party to this er revelation to which you hnvo alluded, that would render nny alliance Impossible." "You say," asked Gormly slowly, 'that Miss Ilaldano Is not privy to your decision, thnt you do not make this proposition by her authority?" "Cortnlnly not. Sho knows nothing About it; but I am suro thnt with my wish and your own determined und er most ngjreenblo personality, the matter enn bo brought about," he paused, significantly "on conditions," ho nddod. "What conditions?" "I leave that to your own perspica city." ' "By tho living God!" burst out Gormly, furiously throwing off all re straint In his Indignation and resent ment, "If I treated you rightly, I would kick you out of tho houso, I would oxposo you not meroly for your connection with that thlovlng octopus, but as a father who tried to barter his daughter to securo his own Im munity." "Sir, sir!" exclaimed Haldane fu riously, but Gormly was cot to be in terrupted now. (TO BE CONTINUEDJ HS aBBaarBr it, sw a iwr CPOHN MEDICAL CO.t GREAT TRUTH IN EPIGRAM Few Words of the Late Edwin A. Ab bey Contain a Whole Sermon to Misers. "Tho late Edwin A. Abbey, tho American painter who lived In Lon don, was only comfortably off, whore bb ho might hnvo been rich." Tho speaker, a Chicago nrt dealer, had Just returned from Europo. He continued: "I dined one evening with Abbey In his house in Chelsen, and after dinner we walked In the blue twilight on the Chelsea embankment. "As we passed Old 3wan Houso am! Clock House, and the other superb residences that front tho river, I re proached Abbey for his extravagance. "'Why,' I said, pointing toward Clock House, 'If you had saved your money, you might be living In a pal ace like that today.' "But Abbey, with a laugh, rather got the better of me. Ho rattled oft this epigram and It's an epigram I'll always remember when I'm tempted to be parsimonious: " 'Some folks,' he said, 'are so busy putting something by for a rainy day that they got little or no good out of pleasant weather.' " Qualified Player. Marion's mother wns 111, nnd the aunt who took her plnco at the head of tho houbdiold piled tho children with unaccustomed and sometimes dis liked nrtlcles of diet. Ono day, after being compelled to eat onlois, Marlon refused to say graco. "Then you must sit at tho table un til you nro ready to Bay It!" was the aunt's stern Judgment. An hour or so later, when tho brilliant sunshlno and Impatient calls of her comrades together comprised nn Irrestlblo ap peal, Marlon capitulated thus: "Oh, Lord, make mo thankful for having had to cat horrid old onions, if you can do it But I know you can't" Order of Independents. Larry O'Noil had no lovo of discip line savo as ho administered It. When ho decided to "JIne the p'rade," ho breathed defiance with overy order Is sued by the military leader. "Here, you! Look out for yer feet!" muttered the man next him. "Keep ahtep, can't you?" "Get along wld yer eheeps" said Lar ry, turning on him. "I've a Bhtep o me own, an' I'll take it or lave the p'rado to get on wldout mo." Youth's Companion. Proper Treatment. 1 have a terrible cold," ho com plained. "My head feels all stopped !up." 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It cortaln ly did glvo him a groat surprise, but I'm afraid It wasn't a very pleasant one, for ho put down bis cup with ft look of disgust Mother wasn't discouraged though, and noxt morning gave It another trial, letting it stand on the stove till boil ing began and then letting it boil for fifteen or twenty minutes, and this time we were all so pleased with it that we have used it evor since. "Father was a confirmed dyspeptic and a cup of coffee was to him like poi son. So ho nevor drinks it any more, but drinks Postum regularly. He isn't troubled with dyspepsia now and la actually growing fat, and I'm sure Postum is the cause of it All the chil dren are allowed to drink it and they are porfeot pictures of health." Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. Read the UtUe book, "The Road to Wollvllle," in pkgs. "There's a reason." Ever read above letterf A aew one appears from tlsao to time. Thar re a;eaala, rae, aaa rail ( aaamaa tatereet. 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