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About The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 25, 1919)
mmmrmiw H'(Hnw'tMw if mfmwiAprwWT&tor&mipJH' ' RED OLOUD, NEBRASKA, CHIEF - 3 3 w ? 1 1 Hi. drt v 4 .; ft i 4 't ' M y K3 13 bl r-w :l w .$ h Hi i. aW&afft&i bBUJWJTKSb! 0 jrasasff NWw CHAPTER VII. Continued. 11 "Itonl cslnto Is the only subject I would trust him on," she continued. "I must ay, Dave, that for n shrewd business mint you nro awfully dense about Conwnrd. Ho remained silent for n few mo ments. He decided not to follow her lead. He knew that If she had any thing explicit to say about Conwnrd sho would say It when she felt the time to bo opportune, and not until then. "How much did you Invest?" "Not much. Just whnt I had." "You mean all your savings?" "Why not? It's all right, Isn't It?" He had risen and wus standing by tho window. "It's nil right, Isn't it?" eho repeat ed. "I'm nfrald it Isn't l" ho said, nt length, in n restrained voice. "I'm ufrald it isn't." "Whnt do you mean?" she demand ed. "Bert," ho continued, "did It ever occur to you tlint this thing must hnve an end thnt we can't go on forever lifting ourselves by our own boot straps? Wo hnve built u city here, a great and beautiful city, almost ns a wizard might build it by magic over night. There was room for It here; there was occasion; there wns Justifi cation. But there was neither occa- sion nor justification for turning niucsi and miles of prairie land into city lots lots which In the nnture of things cannot possibly, in your time or mine, be required for city purposes. These lots should be producing; wheat, oats, potatoes, cows, butter that Is what we must build our city on. We have been considering tho effect rather than tho cause. The cause is tho country, the neglected country, and until it overtakes tho city we must stand still, If we do not go back. Our prosperity has been built on borrowed money, and we havo forgotten that borrowed money must some time be repaid." "You mean that the boom la about to burst?" sho said. "Not exactly burst. It will not be so sudden as that. It will Just ooze away like a toy balloon pricked with a pin." There was silence for some minutes. When she spoke at length It was with a tinge of bitterness. "So you are unloading?" "The firm Is. I beg you, Bert, to believe that if I had known your In tention I would have tried to dissuade you." "Why mo particularly? I am only one of tho great public. Why don't you give your conclusions to tho world? Now that you see the reaction setting in doesn't honesty suggest whnt your course should bo?" Thcro was reproach In her voice, Dnve thought, rather than bitterness. Ho sprend out his hands. "What's the use? Tho harm is done. To pre dict a collapse would be to preclpltuto a panic. It ns though we were pnssen gcrs on n boat nt sea. You nnd I know tho bont Is sinking, but the otlier passengers don't. They nre making merry with chnmpagne nnd motorcars if you can accept that fig ure and revelry nnd easy money. Why spoil their remaining few hours by telling them they nro headed for the bottom?" After a moment she placed her lin gers on his arm. "Forglvo me, Dave," she said. "I didn't menu to whine." "You didn't whine," ho returned, al most fiercely. "It's not you. You are too good a sport. But there will be lots of whining in tho coming months." Munllke, It did not occur to Dave that In that moment tho girl had bidden fioodby to her savings of n dozen years and hnd merely looked up nnd said, "Forgive me, Dave, I didn't mean to whine." no glnnced at his watch. "It's Into tor a thentcr," he said, "but we can ride. Which do you say auto or horseback?" "I can't go horsebnek in these clothes nnd I don't want to change." Dnvo pressed a button nnd tho om nlpresent Chlneso "boy" stood before him. "My car," ho said. "Tho two passenger car. I shall not want n driver." Then, continuing to Miss Morrison: "You will need something moro thnn that coat. Let mo see. My smoking Jacket should fit." In n few minutes they wero thread ing their wny through tho street traf fic In Dave's machine. Presently tho traffic thinned, nnd the enr hummed through long residential avenues of comfortable homes. On nnd on they Bpcd, until tho city streets and tho city lights fell behind nnd tho car was swinging along u flno country rond through a land marked with strenrnw nnd bridges and blocked out with fra grant bluffs of young poplars. At last, after an hour's stendy driv ing in n delight of motion too keen for conversation, they pulled up on tho brow of n hill. Dnvo switched off his lights, tho better to npprcclnto tho majesty of the night, und In tho si lence enmo tho low murmur of water. There wero no words. They eat nnd breathed it. Suddenly, from a sharp bend behind In tho rond, flashed tho lights of nn approaching car. Dave was able to N .. Tt COW PUNCHER By Robor J.C.Sioad B Ctutnoro1 Kitchener, and other poems ItjuWionilylntlnMytM mTMnMoniiijg switch his own lights on ngnln only In time to nvold n collision. Tho on coming car lurched nnd passed by fu riously, but not before Dave hnd rec ognized Conwnrd as the driver. Back on Its trail of dust floated tho ribald notes of half-lntoxlcnted women. "Close enough," snld Dave when the dust hnd settled. "Well, let us Jog back home." They took the return trip lelsurply, drinking In the glories bf the night and allowing time for the play of con versation. Bert Morrison was a good conversationalist. Her points of In terest were almost Infinite. And they wero bnck among the street lights be fore they knew. "Oh, I nlmost forgot," Bert snld, as they parted, as though sho really had forgotten. "I was at n reception to day when n beautiful woman asked for you asked me If I hnd ever heard of Mr. David Eldcn." "'What, Davo Eldcn, tho million nlre?' I snld. 'Everybody knows him. He's the benu of the town, or could be If he wnntcd to. Oh, I gave you a good nnme, Dnve." "Thanks, Bert. That was decent. Who was she?" "She said her name was Irene Hardy." CHAPTER VIII. upon the return of Irene Hardy to the East It hod slowly become nppor ent to her mother thnt things were not as they once hnd been. It seemed as though she had left part of her nnture behind had outgrown It, perhaps und had created about herself an at mosphere of reserve foreign to her earlier life. It seemed as though the loneliness of the great plains had settled upon her. "Whatever has come over Irene?" said Mrs. Hardy to the doctor one eve ning. "She hasn't been the same since she came home. I should not hnve let her go west alone." The doctor looked up mildly from his paper. It .was the custom of the doctor to look up mildly when Mrs. Hardy made a statement demanding some form of recognition. From the wide Initiation Into domestic affairs which his profession had given him Doctor Hardy had long since entirely ceased to look for the absolute in woman. He hnd never looked for It in man. He realized that in Mrs. Hardy ho did not possess a perfect mate, but he was equally convinced that In no other woman would he hnve found a perfect mate, and he accepted ills lot with the philosophy of his sixty years. So Instead of reminding his wife that Irene had not been alone when sho went west he remarked very mildly that tho girl was growing older. Mrs. Hardy found In his remnrlc oc casion to lny down the book she had been holding nnd to sit upright In n rigidity of intense disapproval. Doc tor Hardy was nwaro thnt this wn entirely n theatrical attitude, assumed for the purpose of imposing upon him n proper humility. He hnd experi enced It many times. "Doctor Hardy," said his wife after the lapse of an appropriate period, "do you consider that an intelligent remark?" "It has tho advantage of truthful ness," returned the doctor compla cently. "It Is susceptlblo of demon stration." "I should think this Is n matter of sufficient interest to tho family to be discussed seriously," retorted Mrs. Hardy, who had an unfortunate habit of becoming exasperated by her hus band's good humor. "Irene Is our only child, und before your very eyes you see her you see her Do you know, I begin I really begin to sus pect that she's In love." It was Doctor Hardy's turn to sit upright. "Nonsense l" he snld. "Why should she be In love?" It Is the un fortunnte limitation of tho philosopher that he so often leaves Irrational be havlor out of tho reckoning. "She Is only n child." "Sho will bo eighteen presently. And why shouldn't she bo In love? And tho question Is who? Thnt Is for you to answer. Who did she meet?" "She met no ono with me. My nc cldcnt left me to enjoy my holiday ns best I could i.t a ranch deep In the foothills, nnd Keenle stayed with me there. Thcro was no ono else " "No ono? No ranchmen, cowboys cow punchers I think I have heard" with nice disdain. "No. Only young Elden " "Only? Who Is this young Elden?" "But lio Is Just n boy. Just tho son of tho old rancher of whom I huve told you." "Exactly. And Ircno Is Just n girl. Doctor Ilnrdy, you nre till very well with your fevers nnd your chills, but you can't dlagnoso n lovo case worth n cent. Whut about this young El den? Did Irene sco much of him?" Tho doctor bprend his hands. "Do you reallzo that there wero four of us nt that ranch four only, nnd no ono else for miles? How could sho help seeing him?" "And you permitted it?" "I wan on my bnck with a broken leg. We wero guests nt their homo. They were good Samaritans to us. I coumnr. chaperon tier. Ana Desiires they ftn' do things thnt way In that country. You don't understand, lt'a altogether different." "Andrew," snld Mrs. Hardy, leaning forwnid, and the word wns ominous, for she used his Christian nnmo only In moments of crisis, "wns Irene ever with this young man nlone?" The doctor arose to ids feet nnd trod heavily upon the rich carpetlngs. "I told you you don't understand," lie protested. "Tho West Is not the East, Everything Is different " "I suppose huinnn nnturo is differ ent," sho Interrupted meaningly. Then her head fell upoi the table nnd her hands went up nb it her hair. It had been brown hnlr once but was now thin nnd streaked with gray. "Oh, Andrew," she wept, "we nre ruined I Thnt wo should ever hnvo come to this I" It was now Doctor Hardy's turn to bo exasperated. Thcro was ono thing his philosophy could not endure. That wns n person who was not nnd who would not be philosophical. Mrs. Hardy was not nnd would not be phil osophical. "This Is nil nonsense I" snld tho doc tor, Impatiently. "There is nothing to It, nnywny. Tho girl had to have some compnny. What if they did ride together? What" "They rode together? Alone?" "They hnd their horses along," snld the doctor, whose Impatience hnd made wny for sarcasm. "You are mocking me. In this hour of shame you nre making Jests. Call Irene." The girl wns summoned. Her fine face had lost some of Its brownncss, und tho eyes seemed deeper nnd slower, but she wus still a vision ol grace and beauty as she stood In re sponse to their call, framed In the curtains of nn archway. Her quick sense caught tho tense atmosphere nnd she came forwnrd with parted lips and extended fingers. "Yes?" she said. "What is wrongl Cun I help?" "Your father has confessed," said Mrs. Hardy, trying hnrd to spenk with Judicial calm. "Now tell us aboul your relations with this young Elden, this cow puncher. Let us know tin worst." Irene's eyes flew from her mothei to her father's face, and there the; caught something that restored thelt calm. "There was no worst" she said with a ripple of laughter, "but ther wan n good deal of best. Shall I tell you the best?" "Irene," said her mother severely, "did you permit that young man to make love to you?" "I did not give him permission, if that answers you, because he didn't ask it." Mrs. Hardy had risen. "Andrew, you hear that? She confesses. It'i dreadful 1 Horrible I What will ev erybody say?" "No worse than you hnve said, I'll be bound," put in tho doctor. "Yes, take her part. What care you for the family name?" "I have a right to speak for the family name," said the doctor firmly. "It wns mine before it wns yours. 1 cannot see thnt the family name baa been compromised In the slightest de gree. This Is Irene's first ndventure. It will pass nwny. And even If it does not he Is n manly boy." Mrs. Hnrdy surveyed her husband hopelessly, then turned to Irene. "Hnve you made uny promises?" "Only that I wouldn't mnke any promises until he hnd his chance. Thai seemed fair." "I suppose you nre receiving letters from him?" "No." "Why doesn't ho write?" For tho first time Irene's eyes fell nnd the color mounted richer in her checks. She hnd to confess now, not for herself but for him. "He can't write," sho said. "Merciful heavens 1" exclaimed Mrs. nnrdy, collapsing Into a chnlr. . . , "Andrew, bring mo n stimulant." (TO BU CONTINUED.) Beating the Train. "Now, Thomas," said tho foreman of tho construction gang to n green hnnd who had Just been put on the Job, "keep your eyes open. When you see n trnln coming throw down your tools nnd jump oft tho trnck. Itun like blazes!" "Sure I" said Thomns, nnd began to swing his pick. In a few minutes tho Emplro Stnte Express came whirling nlong. Thomas throw down his pick and started up tho track nhead of tho trnln ns fast ns ho could. The train overtook him nnd tossed him Into n ditch. Bndly shaken up, ho was taken to tho hospital, whero tho fore man visited him. "You blithering Idiot 1" snld tho foreman, "didn't I toll you to tnko caro and get out of the way? Why didn't you run up tho side of the hill?" "Up tho solde oMho hill, Is it, sor?" said Thomas through the bandnges on his face. "Up tho solde of tho hill? By tho powers, I can't bate it on tho level, let nlono runnln' up hill." First Safety Bicycles. Tho first of tho safety bicycles wns put on tho market In 18S0. In this tho high front wheel was reduced nnd tho renr wheel wns about two-thirds tho height of tho front one. Tho machines with wheels of tho samo size nppenred In 188.r). Bicycling begnn to bo popular about 1801, and tho "erazo" reached Its height about 1895, when wheels hnd become low enough In prlco to be within tho means of tho multitude. Explained. "Wonder why woman is so per verso nnd contrary." "You must re member thnt sho was mado out of one of tho crookedest parts of man Variations of the wlllSl Jit i'Ssl With the beginning of the season suits and dresses won presented In a variety of silhouettes, and now that the mldsoiison Is hen', the public has declared Its prcfciciu-i'. Wlde-hlp, crin oline und peg-top outlines captured and held their devotees, but a high percentage of well-dressed people pinned their faith to lines almost un broken In suits. In dressy, and more particularly In evening gowns. No new aspirant has disturbed the stabil ity of the straight-line suit, nnd iow that manufacturers have tested out tho public, that Is the one thing they are entirely sure of. Therefore such new suits ns thej; ure turning out for present sale are variations of the straight-line models. "Straight line" Is not to bp taken too literally. It means n silhouette having little definition at the waist line. Such ns there Is results from belts und girdles and not from fitting. Thp two suits shown In the picture II I list rates, this point very clearly, and also bring out the Introduction of now features that vary the style nnd make Christmas Decorations. Everywhere women and children nre more or less engrossed with prep arations for Christmas day. the most Joyous of the year for them. No one can do too much toward eelebtatlng the greatest of festivals In tin right spirit, for It should be a day of re joicing. The Interchanging of girts Is all to this end, but this phase ot Christmas celebrating seems overdone, and to occupy too much time and costs too much money In late ears; It crowds out other and equally Impor tant thlngi. Everyone should share hi the good cheer at Christmas time ami extensive giving of high-priced gifts would much better lie curtailed than the Christmas dinner with the reunion of members of families und their friends, the raiieiiibrniue of the un fortunate or poor, and contributions to institutions that need them. Some things cannot lie omitted at Christmas time, If it Is to retain Its significance. The Christmas greens that decorate our homes and churches, Christmas candles and goodies and, of all thu things the Christmas tree, must be provided for. The high cost of liv ing has not Hindi! thesu Impossible In any community, and In many places where eei given trees are plentiful, It Is time and effort, more than money, that Is needed. The youngsters will do a lot toward furnishing Christmas greens, wreaths, brunches ami little trees that maku a background for all the day's festivities and set olT tho bright red oi holly or candle-berries, bitter-sweet and pninsettln. Nearly all tho polnsettla used at Christmas time Is artificial. It Is made by houses that manufaeturo decorative plants and flowers, of bright red velvet, and lasts for years, that is. as long ns It Is put nwny carefully fVom Christmas to Christmas. By far great er amounts oC polnsettla ure made of j& l rash -25 vMmtitJww&r7tt&w?j pr;,,-'i; ,-- , s -r'fv smcil ill "iiU-''T !BHHBu4NMHHHiMfliHB33MHiHIIIHi3ilHlllHil Straight Line Suit e the suits Interesting. There are nt least two advantages In models of this kind the stjle may be worn for a long time. It will pass nut slowly and admits of a great variety of decora tions. In the suit nt the left of the picture uuder-nriti tucks and buttons appear In an original and attractive arrange ment with lines running horizontally on the body of the coat and lengthwise below the belt. The emit opens over a vest nnd the cloth belt fastens through a buckle at the front. There Is u small choker collar of fur. In the llgure at the right many but tons In two sizes and nn original cut of the back of the body nssume the responsibility of distinguishing this suit from Its predecessors. A very long nnd narrow sash of the material slips twice about the waist and loops over nt the left side. A wide turnover collar fastens up snugly nbout the throat. The skirts are both plain, one of them n trlllo longer than the other. The length of skirts Is very much n matter of Individual taste at present, from six to nine Indies off the tloor. mvoitc oriver red crepe paper with small yellow cen ters also of paper, and these, too, will last a long time, If cared for. The ex pense for all the polnsettla needed by the average church or home Is so very little that no one Is too poor to havo this lovely addition to Christmas greens. Bed must not be used too lav ishly among them. Polnsettla Is made by cutting petals In various sles from crepe paper, wir ing them nlong the center with very tine wire, and winding the petals to a stem of heavier wire. The whole out fit for making them costs next to nothing. Bright red berries can he simulated with tine wliu and sealing wax, ir holly can't be obtained, by shaping the wax on the end of shoit lengths of tine wire. Some lovely Christmas baskets for household nnd table decoration are made by tilling wicker, or other baskets, with press, ed maiden-hair ferns and paper poln settla blossoms. Candle, lamp and electric light shades of red and green minor are made In much the same way as polu-' settin. Petals of rod paper, all In one size, ure stayed with flno wire, which can bo' curved to suit the light, and among those a few smaller green pet als to represent the calyx of thu (low er, are to be plneed. They nro glued to u circular disk at the center, with a hole cut III It to lit over tho electilc light or candle shade .supporter or lamp globe. 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