RED CLOUD, NEBRASKA, OHIEP
i
THE REAL MAN
By FRANCIS LYNDE
(Copyright by Chu. Scritner's Sou)
THE TAUNTS OF A HIGH-SPIRITED YOUNG WOMAN
CAUSE SMITH TO MAKE AN IMPORTANT DECISION
THE PLOT AGAINST COL. BALDWIN IS AT WORK
Synopsis. J. Montnguo Smith, cashier of tho Lawrcncovlllo Bank
nnd Trust company, mid bnclielor society leader engaged to marry
Vcrda Illchlander, heiress, Is wrongfully accused of dishonesty by
Wntrous Dunham, his employer, and urged by his guilty accuser to
disappear. Smith Strikes Dunham, leaves him for dead, flees the state,
nnd weeks later turns up as n hobo at an Irrigation dam construction
camp In tho Rocky mountains, where he gctB a Job as John Smith.
Ills cvldcnco of superior Intelligence soon attracts attention from tho
boss, and nftcr a short time he is asked to Join tho ofllclnl stuff of tho
ditch company, which is In financial straits. Smith demurs becnuso
he doesn't want his past Investigated, but Colonel Baldwin, president
of tho company, urgently seeks tho ex-hobo's aid. Smith saves Miss
Corona Baldwin's life and drives some claim Jumpers off company's land.
CHAPTER VII. Continued.
If Smith hcsltnted.lt was only partly
on his own account. Ho was thinking
again of tho young woman with tho
honest eyes when ho said: "Do you
know why I turned Williams down
when he spoko to mo tho other day?"
Colonel Dexter Baldwin had his
faults, like other men, but they wero
not thoso of Indirection.
"I reckon I do know, son," ho said,
with largo tolerance. "You'ro a 'lame
duck' of some sort But that's our
lookout Bartley Is ready to swear
that you aro not a crooked crook, what
ever clso It Is that you're dodging for.
Besides, there's yesterday"
"Wo agreed to forget the yesterday
incidents," tho lame duck reminded
him quickly. And then: "I ought to
say 'No,1 Colonel Baldwin; sny it
straight out and stick to It If I don't
say it If I ask for a little tlmo It Is
because I want to weigh up a few
things the things I enn't talk about to
you or to Williams. If, In tho end, I
should bo fool enough to say 'Yes,' it
Is only fair to you to say that, right in
the middle of tho scrap, I may fall
to pieces on you."
Baldwin was too shrewd to try to
push his advantago when there was,
or seemed to be, a chance that tho
desired end was as good as half at
tained. And it was a purely manful
prompting that made him get up and
thrust out his hand to the young fel
low who was trying to be as frank
as ho dared to be.
"Put it there, John," ho said heartily.
"Nobody in tho Tlmanyonl is going to
pry into you nn Inch farther than you
care to let 'cm; and If you get into
trouble by helping us, you can count
on at least one backer who will stand
by you until tho cows como home.
Now, then, hunt up your coat, and
we'll drlvo over to HUlcrest for a blto
to cat I had my orders from tho
missus before I left town, nnd I know
better than to go homo without you.
Novcr mind tho commlssnry khaki. It
won't bo tho first tlmo that tho work
ing clothes have figured at the mil-
crest table not by a long Bhot."
And because ho did not know how
to frame a refusal that would refuse,
Smith got his coat and went
Given his cholco between tho two,
Smith would cheerfully have fnced
another hand-to-hand battlo with tho
claim jumpers in prcfcrcnco to even
so mild a dip into tho former things
as tho dinner nt HUlcrest foreshad
owed. Tho reluctanco was not forced ;
It was real. Tho prlmltlvo man In him
'did not wish to bo entertained. On
the fast nuto drlvo down to Brewster,
across the bridge, and out to tho Bald
win ranch, Smith's humor was frankly
sardonic. He cherished n Rmall hopo
that Mrs. Baldwin might be shocked
at the soft shirt and tho khaki. It
would servo her right for taking a mau
from his Job.
At tho stone-plllnred portal he got
out to open the gates. Down tho
road a horso was coming at n smart
gallop, tho rider, Corona Baldwin,
booted and ppurred nnd riding a man's
Buddie.
Smith lot tho gray car go on its
way up tho drlvo without him.
"So you weakened, did you? I'm
disappointed In you," was Miss Bald
win's greeting. "You've made mo lose
:ray bet with colonel-daddy. I said you
wouldn't come."
, "I had no business to come," ho an
swered morosely. "But your father
wouldn't let mo off."
"Of courso ho wouldn't; daddy never
Jets anybody off, unless they owo him
.money. Whero are your evening
clothes?"
Smith let tho lover of moroscness
allp back to the grinning notch. "They
are about two 'thousand miles away,
and probably in somo sccond-hnnd
shop by this tlmo. What makes you
ftlilnk I ever wore a dress suit?" Ho
bad closed tho gates and was walking
besldo her horso up tho driveway.
"Oh, I Just guessed It," eho returned
lightly, "and if you'll hold your breath,
I'll guess ngaln."
"Don't," ho laughed.
At tho steps a negro stableboy was
waiting to take Miss Baldwin's horse.
iSmlth knew how to help a woman
down from a side-saddio ; but tho two
tpOrraped rig stumped him. Tho young
woman lnughed as sho swung out of
her saddle to stand beside him.
"Tho women don't rido that way In
your part of the country?" sho queried.
"Not yet."
"I'm sorry for them," Bho scoffed.
And then : "Como on in and meet mam
ma ; you look as If you were dreading
it, and, colonel-daddy says, It's alwnys
best to have the dreaded things over
with."
Smith did not And his meeting with
the daughter's mother- much of a trial.
Sho wns neither shocked at his clothes
nor disposed to bo hysterlcnlly grate
ful over the railroad-crossing incident
A large, calm-eyed, sensible matron,
some ten or a dozen years younger
than tho colonel, Smith put her, and
with an air of refinement which was
reflected In every interior detail of
her house.
The dinner was strictly a family
meal, with tho great mahogany table
shortened to make it convenient for
four. There were cut glass and silver
and snowy napery. Out of tho past a
thousand tentacles wero reaching up
to drag Smith back Into the net of the
conventional. When tho table-talk be
came general, he found himself Joining
In, and alwnys upon the lighter side.
He found himself drawn more and
moro to tho calm-eyed, well-bred ma
tron who had given a piquant Corona
to nn othcrwlso commonplace world.
Mrs. Baldwin saw nothing of tho
rudo fighter of battles her daughter
had drawn for her, nnd wondered a
little. Sho know Corona's leanings,
nnd was not without nn amused im
pression that Corona would not find
this Inter Smithsonian phase altogether
to her liking.
Smith got what ho had earned, good
measure, pressed down, shnken to
gether and running over, a few min
utes after Mrs. Baldwin hnd left him
to finish his cigar under tho pillared
portico with Corona to keep him com-
aKtt-4
Wl
"You Have Committed the Unpardon
able 8ln."
pnny. IIo never knew Just whnt start
ed It, unless It wns his careful plac
ing of a chnlr for tho young woman
nnd his deferential and perfectly
natural pause, standing, until Bho
was seated.
"Do, for pity's sake, Bit downl" Bho
broke out, half petulnntly. And when
ho had obeyed: "Well, you've spoiled
It all, good and hard."
Smith was unnblo to lmaglno where
in ho hnd offended.
"Really?" ho said. "What have I
dono?"
"It Isn't what you'vo done ; it's what
you are," Bho retorted. "You have
committed tho unpardonablo 8ln by
turning out to bo Just ono of tho
nlnety-nlnc, after all. If you knew
women tho least little bit In tho world,
you would know that wo are always
looking for tho hundredth man."
Under his smile, Smith wns begin
ning to understand what this aston
ishingly frank young woman meant.
She had seen his relapse, and was
calmly deriding him for It
"You may pile It on as thickly as
you please," ho said, tho good-nnturcd
smllo twisting Itself Into the construc-tlon-cnmp
grin. Then, with mallco
aforethought: "Is It ono of tho require
ments that your centennial man should
behave 1 Mself Uko a boor at a din
"You know that Isn't whnt I. meant
Manners don't make the man. It's
what you talked about tho trumpery
llttlo soclnl things thnt you found your
keenest pleasure In tnlklng about. I
don't know whnt has over taken you
out to a construction camp. I don't
bcllovo you ever did a day's hard
work In your life beforo you camo to
tho Tlmanyonl."
It was growing dark by this time,
nnd tho stars wero coming out. Some
one hnd turned the lights on in the
room tho windows of which opened
upon tho portico, and the young wom
an's chair wns so placed that he could
still sco her face. Sho was Bmlllng
rather more amicably when sho said:
"You mustn't tnko it too hard. It
Isn't you, personally, you know; It's
tho type. I've met It before. I didn't
meet nny other kind during my three
years In tho boarding school; nice,
pleasant young gentlemen, ns Immacu
lately dressed as their pockctuooks
would allow, up In all tho latest little
courtesies nnd tca-tablo shop talk.
They wero all men, I Bupposc, but I'm
nfrnld a good many of them hnd never
found It out will novcr find It out.
I'vo been calling It environment; I
don't like to ndmlt that the raco is
going downhill."
By this time the sardonic humor wns
once more in full possession, and he
was enjoying her keenly.
"Go on," ho said. "This Is my night
off."
Tve said enough; too much, per
haps. But when you wero walking
with mamma, you reminded mo so
forcibly of a man whom I met Just for
a part of ono evening about a year
ago in a small town in the mlddlo
West He was ono of them. He
drovo over from somo neighboring
town in his natty little automobile,
and gavo me fully an hour of his valu
able tlmo. He made me perfectly fu
rious I"
"Poor youl" laughed Smith; but he
was thankful thnt the camp sunburn
and his four weeks' beard were safe
guarding his identity. "But why the
fury in his caso in particular?"
"Just because, I suppose. I remem
ber ho told me he was a bank cnshler
nnd that ho danced. He was quite
hopeless, of course. Without being
what you would call conceited, you
could sco that the crust was so thick
that nothing short of an earthquake
would over break it"
"But tho earthquakes do come, onco
in a blue moon," he said, still smiling
at her. "Let's get it straight You
oro not trying to tell me that you
object to decent clothes and good man
ners per se, are you?"
Tho colonel was coming out, and ho
had stopped In tho doorway to light
a long-stemmed pipe. Tho young wom
an got up and fluffed her hnlr with tho
ends of her fingers a llttlo gesture
which Smith remembered, recalling It
from the night of tho far-away lawn
party.
"Dnddy wants you, nnd I'll have to
vanish," Bho snld; "but I'll nnswer
your question beforo I go. Types are
always hopeless; It's only tho hun
dredth mnn who Isn't It's n great pity
you couldn't go on whipping claim
Jumpers all tho rest of your life, Mr.
Smith. Don't you think so? Good
night We'll meet again at breakfast.
Daddy Isn't going to let you get nway
short of n night's lodging, I know."
Two cigars for Smith and four pipes
for tho colonel further along, the tall
MIssourlan roso out of tho split-bottomed
chair which ho had drawn up to
faco tho guest's and rapped tho ashes
from tho bowl of tho corncob into tho
palm of his hand.
"I think you'vo got it all now,
Smith, every Inst crook nnd turn of
It, and I reckon you're tired enough
to run nwny to bed."
Smith took n turn up nnd down the
stone-flagged floor of tho portico with
his hnnds behind him. Truly, the case
of Tlmnnyonl ditch was desperate;
oven more desperate than ho hnd sup
posed. Figuring ns tho level-headed
bank cashier of tho former days, he
told himself soberly thnt no man In
his senses would touch It with n ten
foot pole. Then tho laughing gibes of
tho hundredth worann gibes which
hnd cut far deeper than sho hnd Imag
ined camo back to send tho blood
surging through his veins. It would
bo worth something to bo nblo to work
tho mlraclo tho colonel had spoken of;
and afterward . . .
Colonel Dexter Baldwin was still
tapping his palm absently with tho
plpo when Smith came back and said
abruptly :
"I havo decided, colonel. I'll start In
with you tomorrow morning, and we'll
pull tills mired scheme of yours out
of tho mud, or I'll break n leg trying
to. But you mustn't forget whnt I
told you out at tho camp. Right In the
middle of things I may go rotten on
you und drop out"
vntcd ranches. A summer .totel on tin
shore of Lnko Topaz reached only by
stago from Brewster had added Its
Influence; and since tho hotel brought
people with well-lined pockctbooks,
there wns n field for tho enthusiastic
real-estate promoters whoso ofllccs
filled nil the odd corners In tho Ho
phrn House block.
In one of those ofllccs, on tho morn
ing following Smith's first dinner nt
HUlcrest, n rather caustic colloquy
was In progress between the mnn
whoso name appeared In gilt lctterlns
on the front windows nnd one of his
unofficial nsslstnnts. Crawford Stan
ton, he of the window name, was n
man of many personalities. To sum
mer visitors with money to Invest, he
was tho genial promoter, and If thero
were suggestions of Iron hardness In
tho sharp Jaw and' In the smoothly
shnven face nnd flinty eyes, there was
also a pleasant reminder of Enstern
business methods nnd alertness In the
promoter's manner. But Lnntcrby,
tilting uneasily In the "confldentlnl"
chair at the desk-end, knew another
nnd more biting sldo of Mr. Stanton,
ns a hired man will.
"Good heaven 1 do you sit there nnd
tell mo thnt the three of them let that
hobo of AVilliams push them off the
map? And do you Bay all this hap
pened the day beforo yesterday: how
does It como that you aro Just now re
porting It?"
The hard-faced henchman in the
tilting chnlr mndo such explanations
ns he could.
"Boogcrflcld nnd his two partners 've
been hldln' out somewhere; I nllow
they was plumb ashamed to come In
and tell how they'd let one mnn run
cm off."
"What do you know nbout this fel
low Smith? Who Is he, nnd whero
did he come from?"
Lanterby told all that was known
of Smith, nnd hnd no difficulty in com
pressing It into a single sentence. Stan
ton leaned back In his chair and the
lids of the flinty eyes narrowed
thoughtfully.
"There's a lot more to it than that,"
he said incisively at the end of the
reflective pause. Then he added a
curt order: "Make It your Job to find
out."
Lanterby moved uneasily in his in
secure scat, but beforo he could speak,
his employer went on agnln, changing
the topic abruptly, but still keeping
within the faultfinding boundaries.
"What sort of a screw has gone
loose In your deal with the railroad
men? Williams got two cars of ce
ment and one of steel the day before
yesterday three hours after tho stuff
came In from tho East"
Again Lanterby tried to explain.
"Dougherty, the yardmaster, took
the bank roll I slipped him, all right
enough, and promised to help out But
he's scared of Maxwell."
"Maxwell Is a thick-headed ass I"
exploded the faultfinder. "His entire
railroad outfit, from President Brew
ster down, is lined up on the other side
of the fight But go on with your
dickering. Jerk Dougherty into line.
Now go out nnd find Shaw. I want
htm, and I want him right now."
Tho hard-faced mnn who looked as
if he might be a broken-down gambler,
unjolnted his leg-hold upon the tilted
chair and went out; nnd n few minutes
later nnothcr of Stanton's pay-roll men
drifted in. ne was a young fellow
with sleepy eyes nnd cigarette stains
on his fingers, and ho would have
passed for n railroad clerk out of a
Job, which was what he really was.
"Well?" snapped Stanton when the
Incomer hnd taken the chnlr lately va
cated by Lanterby.
"I shadowed the colonel, ns you told
mo to," said tho young man. "He went
up to Red Butte to see If ho couldn't
rope In somo of the old-timers on his
ditch project. IIo was trying to sell
somo treasury stock. His one-horso
company is about out of money.
Mlckle, a clerk In Klnzle's bank, tells
mo that tho ditch company's balance Is
drawn down to n few thousand dollars,
with no more coming in."
"Did the colonel succeed In mnklng
a raise in Red Butte?"
"Nary," said tho spy nonchalantly.
"Drake, the banker up there, was his
ono best bet: but I got a man I know
to give Drake a pointer, nnd ho curlea
up like a hedgehog when you poke It
with n sharp stick."
"That's better. Tho colonel came
back yesterday, didn't he?" ,
"Yesterday afternoon. His wlfo and
dnughter met him, and told him some
thing or other that made him drive up
to the dnm."
ST L m
8CH00L LANDS OF STATE GET
INCREASE IN WORTH
LATE NEWSFROM CAPITOL
Items of General Interest Gathered
from Reliable Sources Around the
State House
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Stnto Land Commissioner G. L.
Shumway nnd Socrotnry of Stnto
Charles W. Pool havo roturnod from
a trip through tho Sixth congressional
district Tho main purposo of tho
trip was to rovlow tho appralsomont
of Bovoral tracts of stato land subject
to salo. Four tracts of stato land In
Vnlloy, anil tho samo number in Holt
nnd Boyd, throo In Wheeler, two In
Antolopo, and ono each In Grceloy and
Loup countios woro rovlowed. The
two state officials will recommend to
tho board of educational lands and
funds an increase over and above tho
appraised price fixed by county boards
with the exception of one tract. In
Grceloy county tho tract which the
county board raised to $10 an aero
has been appraised for tho past flftocn
year at $7 an aero. In Boyd county
tho county board raised somo land to
$50 an aero. All of thoso will bo in
creased again by tho state board, If
tho rccommondatlon of tho two stato
officers 'Is adopted.
MRS. KIESQ SICK
SEVEN MONTHS
Restored to Health by Lydit E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
Aurora, 111. "For seven lone months
I Buffered from a female trouble, with
severe pains in my
back and sides until
I becamo so weak I
could hardly walk
from choir to choir,
and got so nervous
I would jump at the
slightest noise. I
was entirely unfit
to do my houso
work, I was giving
up hopo of over be
Ine well, when my
J slater asked me to
try Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Cora
pound. I took six bottles and today I
am a healthy woman able to do my own
housework. I wish every suffering
woman would try Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vcgetablo Compound, and find out for
themselves how good it Is." Mrs. CAM,
A. Kieso, 696 Nor tli Ave., Aurora, III.
The great number of unsolicited tes
timonials on filo nt the Pinkham Lab
oratory, many of which are from time
to time published by permission, are
Eroof of tho value of Lydia E. Pink
am's Vegetable Compound, in the
treatment of female ills. ,
Every ailing woman in the United
States is cordially invited to write to
tho Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co.
(confidential), Lynn, Mass., for special
advice. It is free, will bring you health
and may save your life.
State Board Readjusts Wages
Tho Btato bonrd of control has reaa
Justed wages of employes at tho stato
institutions for tho coming year. It
made no increases in tho salaries of
heads of institutions. A net increase
of 17 per cont was made in tho num
ber of employes. Two teachors at
tho orthopedic hospital woro dis
charged and the wages of eighteen
pupil nurses wero cut down from $15
a month to $10 a month. This is tho
only state institution that pays wages
to pupil nurses. Mrs. Clark, wlfo of
tho superintendent of the Kearney in
dustrial school for boys, was taken
from the payroll as matron, and mat
rons of institutions who were getting
$50 a month were reduced to a level
with others who were getting $41.6C.
It is the policy of the board of control
not to employ porsons who have chil
dren. This policy was adopted be
cause of the expense of keeping 'de
pendents of tho employes at institu
tions. A total of 840 persons will be
employed in the institutions tho com
ing year. The monthly payroll calif
for $34,42G, an increase of $21G ovei
the amount paid last year. The highest
increases were from $5 to $10.
STOPSl
LAMENESS
from a Bone Spavin, Ring Bone,
Splint, Curb, Side Bone, or timilai
trouble and gets horte going sound.
It acts mildly but quickly and good re
sults are lasting. Does not blister
or remove the hair and horse can
be worked. Page 17 In pamphlet with
each bottle tells how. $2.00 a bottle
delivered. Horse Book 9 M free. ;
ABSORBINE, JR., the antiseptic liniment
for mankind, reduces Painful Swellings. En
larged Glands, Wens, Bruises, Varicose Veins j
heals Sores., Allays Pain. Will tell you
more if you write. $1 and $2 a bottle at
Scaltn or dcllrertJ. Ubcnl trlil bottle tor 10c mat.
W.F.YOUNG. P. D.F. I10TlBl1lSt.Sprlniaild.Mase.
SHORT ON HIS "PER CAPITA"
Allotting the State School Funds
Stato funds amounting to $49,700 aro
being distributed by tho state super
intendent's ofilco to 142 high schools
in Nebraska which qualified last year
for stato aid in maintaining normal
courses. Tho apportionment gives
each of these schools $350. About
flvo-sixths of it is paid out of the ap
propriation for tho last blonnlum and
the other six from the 1917 appropria
tion. J. R. Dixon, inspoctor of normal
training in high schools, Is supervis
ing tho allotment. No Bchool receives
state money to help maintain Its nor
mal department, until It has completed
ono yoar of work. Tho requirements
include a class of not fowor than ten
I studonts, each of whom must pursue
tho courso for nt least eighteen weeks.
State Pays for Soldiers' Medals
A voucher has been filed in tho state
auditor's office by a Jowolry firm at
Omaha for 1,700 medals furnlshel to
Nebraska soldiers who served on the
Moxlcan border last yoar. The medals
cost 35 cents apleco, and express
charges on them from New York
amounted to $7.97, making the total
cost $602.97. Tho legislature appro
priated 1,000 to buy them. The re
maining $397.07 will stay in tho state
treasury.
Boston Man Needs Only $37.50 to
Make Up the $43 Which Every
one Is Supposed to Possets.
According to tho latest population
figures with reference to the money in
circulation In this country, every man,
woman and child In the United States
should have $43 in his, hers or its
Jeans.
Have you got yours 7
I haven't got mine, Newton Newklrk
writes In the Boston Post.
It occurs to me thnt when the fact
becomes generally known that I
haven't got mine some "per capita"
who discovers thnt ho has considerably
more ready cash In his pockets than he
ought to have according to this di
vision of funds, will split wlUi me, so
thnt I will havo my normal quota of
dollars.
All I need In order to have my $43
Is $37.50.
No hurry about It, of course, but tho
sooner somebody remits me this $37.50
the moro grateful I will be. There Is
really no necessity that I can sco of
delaying or postponing such a llttlo
mntter ns this. By n rapid mental
arithmetical calculation It will rendlly
be seen that I now hnvc $15.50 of tho
$43 needed nnd before I have spent
any portion of this $5.50 It would be
well for somebody to mnko up tho defi
cit of $37.50 otherwise tho deficit is
liable to bo more.
The plot which Eastern capl
tallsts have made to steal the Ir
rigation ditch from the original
owners Is unfolded In the next
Installment. John Smith acts
with decision.
CHAPTER VIII.
Tho Sick Project
Browsterhad grown into city-charter
slzo and Importnnco 'with tho opening
of tho gold mines In tho Gloria district,
ner table, and talk shop and cat with I and the transformation of tho sur
his knife?" I rounding park grasslands Into culti-
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
Beginning' Early.
"Father, aren't llttlo girls Billy?"
"Do you think so, Bon? Mother nnd
I wero thinking you might Uko to have
a llttlo Bister."
"Thanks, father; but don't trouble
on my account, becauso I'vo got all I
can do to keep away from thoso girls
at school. I don't mind their giving
mo presents, but I do hnto to havo
them tag after mo going homo from
ECbool."
Will Get the Liberty Bonds
A telogram from Mr. Miller, gover
nor of tho federal bank at Kansas
City, recolved at tho office of Stato
Treasurer Hall, says tho stato of Ne
braska will bo pormlttod to bavo the
full amount of its llborty bond sub
scription, a total of $500,000. Recent
ly notlco was recolved that tho gov
ernment had scaled tho Btato's sub
scription down from $500,000 to $150,
000. The last messago received says:
'Wo havo arranged for tho stato of
Nebraska to got a special allotmont
of $350,000 llborty bonds in additional
to its regular allotment ot $150,000
horetoforo roported. Please wlro us."
In the absonco of State Treasurer
Hall, Deputy Henry C. Borgo wired
that Nebraska will accept tho spoclal
allotment ot $350,000 liberty bonds.
Ready With Advice.
A grocer mnn was telling n customer '
about some woman who had fainted on
the street. He rushed to tho rescue, of
course, una urteu ner uenu iruiu
the
"It's a wonder you hadn't killed herl
Don't you know thnt her hend should
havo been lower than her feet?"
The grocer nccepted tho Information
with tho smllo of ono who likes cold
douches, nnd went on about how a
man stopped his automobllo to take her
to a hospital, and how they tried to
revive her with ammonia.
"Worst thing you could have dono I
Don't you know that when tho patient
Is unconscious you should never " and
so on, nnd bo on.
Which shows how tho poor dear doc
tors aro going to suffer from every
woman's training In R. C. first aid.
P. S. Also tho poor, dear undertak
ers. Washington Star.
Frank About It
"To what do you owo your success,
Mr. Wampum?"
"I hardly know. My friends say it
was an accident and my folks seem to
think it was a fluke."
Sixty-five Indians havo enrolled in
ono unit of the Sixth regiment at Walt
hall. Threo tribes aro represented
tho Sioux, Omahas and Winnebagos.
By now " the eldest daughter has
learned that the best way to help
mother Is to keep out of her way.
One plows, another sows, who will
reap no one knows.
An Explanation.
Charlotte had been taught to say tho
graco beforo each meal. One dny Bho
was invited to a llttlo friend's for din
ner. When tho father and mother of
Charlotte wero seated for dinner, Brad
dick, a three-year-old brother, bowed
his bead and said: "Amen, God, Char,
lotto's goneV
Big Acreage of Corn This Year
Nebraska this year will produce a
quartor ot a billion bushols ot corn,
according to tho July estimate ot tho
Unltod States department of agricul
ture. This is 50,000,000 bushols more
than was ralsod last year. Tho acre
ago this yoar, however, Is 9,000,000,
comparod with 7,000,000 last yoar. Tho
estimate for 1917 Is 248,000,000 bush
ols. Tho Increased acroago is duo to
tho fact that many ot the wlntor-kllled
fleldB of wheat, alfalfa and clover were
eonvorted into corn this spring.
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