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About The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 19, 1920)
"f;fv-t- t ji3.ztm. rfrw.dk... ..,i.s- ji !Ufs. .jsijuajowws-- i RED CLOUD, NEBRASKA, CHIEF V . UlrL MfK IWRiNomSk J BMryVm f waKaa .?"LIIIIM!2Wrara21QlLV3Mi B ffl vHMnwMrptr fM.A.Ai.k.. CHAPTER XII. It Conwnrd paused to speak to Irene before leaving tlio house. "I owo you my good wishes," he said. "Awl I glvo them most frankly, although perhaps with more difficulty than you suppose." "You aro very good, Mr. Conward," she acknowledged. "I could not wish you anything but happiness," he returned. "And had I been so fortunate as Elden, in making your acquaintance first, I might have hoped to contribute to your happiness moro directly than I can under the present circumstances." He was speaking In his low, sedulous notes, and his words sent the girl's blood rushing In a strango mixture of grati fication and anger. Tho tribute ho Implied that ho himself would have jbecn glad to have been her suitor was skillfully planned to appeal to ficr vanity, and her anger was due to ts success. She told herself she should not listen to Buch words; she phould hate to hear such words. And jyet she listened to them, and was not sure that she hated them. She could only say: "You are very good, Mr. Conward." He pressed her hand at the door, and again that strange mixture of emotions surged through her. Conward proceeded to the business section of the town, well pleased with tho evening's events. He found his way Impeded by crowds In front of the newspaper offices. He had paid little attention to tho progress of the war scare, attributing It to the skillful pub licity of interests connected with the manufacture of armaments. To the last he had not believed that war was possible. "Nobody wants to fight," he had as sured his business acquaintances. "Even the armament people don't want to fight All they want Is to frighten more money out of tho tax payers of Europe." To Conward this explanation seemed very complete. It covered the whole ground and left nothing to be said. But tonight he was aware of a keener tension In the crowd atmos phere. They were good-natured crowds, to be sure, laughing and cheering and making sallies of heavy wit ; but they were In some way more Intense than ho had ever seen before. There was no fear of war; there was, rather, an adventurous spirit which seemed to fear that tho affair would blow over, as had so many affairs In the past, and all tho excitement go for nothing. That war, if It came to ,war, could last no one dreamed; It would be a matter of a few weeks, a few months, at the most, until a thor oughly whipped Germany would retire behind tho Rhine to plan ways of rais ing the Indemnity which outraged civi lization would demand. Conward elbowed his way through the crowds, smiling, In his superior knowledge, over their excitement. (Newspapers must have headlines. At his office Conward used a tele phone. Then ho walked to a restau rant, where, after a few minutes, he iwas Joined by a young woman. They 'took a table In a box. Supper was dis posed of, and the young woman began to grow Impatient. , "Well, you brought mo here," she said, at last. "You've fed me, and you don't feed anybody, Conward, without a purpose. What's the consideration?" "I'm pulling off a little Joko, and I want you to help me. You know Elden Dave Elden?" "Sure. I'vo known him ever since that Jolt put him out of business up In 'your rooms, ever so many years ago. He was .too rurnl for that mixture." "I want you to get him down to Jyour place some night to bo agreed upon I'll fix tho date later and keep Jhlm there until I call for him, with 'bis fiancee." "Some Joke," she said, and there was disgust In her voice. "Who is It on Elden, me, or tho girl?" ' "Never mind who It's on," Conward returned. "I'm paying for It Here's something on account, and If you make a good Job of it I won't bo stingy." He handed her a bill, which she kissed and put In her purse. "I need the money, Conward, or I wouldn't take it" 1 This part of his trap set, Conward waited a suitable opportunity to spring It In the meantime he took Mrs. Hardy partially Into his confi dence. Ho allowed her to believe, how ever, that Elden's habits would stand correction and ho had merely arranged to trap him In one of his favorite haunts. She was very much shocked and thought It was very dreadful, but of course we must save Irene." ) But concerning another part of his program Conward was even less frank 'with Mrs. Hardy. He was clever enough to know that he must observe certain limitations. At length all his plans anneared to be complete. Tho-clty was In a tumult ef excitement over the war, but for uonwara a deeper Interest centered In the plot he was batching under the unsuspecting noses of Irene and Elden. If he could trap Dave the rest wonid be easy. If he failed In this he bad Bother plan to ctve failure at iMit we appearance of success. 4. dr TUc A COW PDNCHHl By Roberf J.C.Siead ,r Clutfiorc vn kitchener,-and, ether 'poem- ft ite ' The fact that the nation was now at war probably bad an Influence in speeding up tho plot Everything was under high tension; powerful currents of thought were bearing tho masses along unaccustomed channels; society Itself was In a state of flux. If ho were to strike at all let the blow fall at once. On this early August night ho ascer tained that Dave was working alone In his office. Then be called a number on a telephone. "This Is the night," he explained. "You will find him alone In his office. I will be waiting to hear from you at' ho quoted Mrs. Hardy's tele phone number. Then he drove his car to the Hardy home, exchanged a few words with Irene, and sat down to a hand of crlbbage with her mother. Poring over his correspondence, Dave, with his car cocked for the cry of the latest extra, spent the evening hours In a valiant effort at concentra tion. There came a timid knock at the door. "Come In," he called. No one entered, but presently he heard the knock again. He rose and walked to tho door. Outside stood a young woman. "If you please," she said, "excuse me, but you are Mr. Elden, aren't you?" "Yes. Can I help you In any way?" Tho woman tittered a moment, but resumed soberly: "You will wonder at me coming to you, but I'm from the country. Did you think that?" "I suspected it," said Dave with a smile. "You knocked" He paused. "Yes?" "Like a country girl," he said, boldly. She tittered again. "Well, I'm lost" she confessed. "I got off tho train a short time ago. My aunt was to meet me, but there are such crowds' in the street, I must have missed her. And I saw your name on the window -and I had heard of you. So I Just thought that I'd ask If you wouldn't mind showing me to this address." 'She fumbled In her pocket, and Dave Invited her into the office. There she produced a torn piece of paper with an address. "Why, that's Just a few blocks 1" said Dave. "I'll walk around with you." He turned for his hat but at that moment there was another timid knock on the door. He opened it A boy of eight or ten years stood outside. "What is It, son?" The lad looked shyly about the of fice. It was evident he was Impressed with Its magnificence. "Are yon Mr. Elden that sells lots?" "Yes. Were you thinking of buying a few lots?" "Did you sell lots to my father?" "Well, if I knew your father's name perhaps I could tell ju. Who Is your father?" "Ho's Mr. Merton. I'm bis son. And he said to me, before he got so bad, he said, There's Just one honest man in this city, and that's Mr. Elden Is' that you, Mr. Elden?" "Well, I hope It Is, but I won't claim such a distinction. I remember your father very well. Did he send you to me?" "No, sir. He's too sick. He don't know anybody' now. He didn't know mo tonight." The boy's voice went thick and he stopped and swallowed. "And then I remembered what he said about you, and I Just came." "Have you help a doctor a nurse?" "No, sir. Wo haven't any money. My father spent It all for the lots that ho bought from you." Davo winced. Then, turning to the young woman: "I'm afraid this Is a more urgent case than yours. I'll call a taxi to take you to your address." To his surprise, his visitor broke out In a ribald laugh. She had seated her self on a 'desk and was swinging ono foot Jauntily. "It's all off," she said. "Say, Dave, you couldn't lose mo in this burg. You dou't remember me, do you? Well, all the better. I'm rather glad I broke down on this Job. I used to bo some thing of nn actress, and I'd hnvo put it over If it hadn't beca for the kid. Tho fact is, Dave," she continued, "I was sent up here to decoy you. It wasn't fair fighting, and I didn't like it, but money has been mighty slow of late. I wonder how much you'd give to know who sent me?" Dave pulled some bills from his pocket and held them before her. She took them from his hand. "Conward," she said. Dave's blood went to his head. "The scoundrel I" he cried. "Tho low-down dog I There's more In this than ap pears on the surface." -sure there Is," she said. "There's another woman. There always is." uiaen walked to his desk. From a drawer he took a revolver, toyed with It a moment In his hands, broke it open, crushed it full of cartridges, and thrust it in his pocket The girl watched with friendly In terest "Believe me, Dave," she said, "If Conward turns up missing I won't know a thing not a d thing." For a moment be stood irresolute. He could only guest what Conward'aj plan bad been, but that It bad been diabolical and cowardly, and that It concerned Irene, be had no doubt His impulse was te Immediately confront Conward, force a confession, and deal with him as tho occasion" might seem to require. But bis eyo fell on the boy with his shock of brown hair and Wist ful, half-frlghtcned face. "I'll go with you first," he Wild, with quick decision. Thon to the girl, "Sor ry I must turn you out, but this case la urgent" "That's all right," she said. Tra used to being turned out." And before ho know it sho was in the street "All right, son," said Dave, taking up tho matter now in hand. "What's your name your first namel" "Charlie." "And your address?" The boy mentioned a distant eub dlvlslon. ' . "That Is out, Isn't ltf Well, well take tho car. I guess I'd better call a doctor at once." He went to the telephone and gave somo directions. Then he and the boy walked to a garage and in a few moments were humming along tho by streets Into tho country. Dave had already becomo engrossed In his er rand of mercy and bis rage at Con ward. if not forgotten, was tempo rarily dismissed from, his mind. Ho chatted with the boy. "You go to school?" "Not this year. Father has been too sick. Of course, these are holidays, and he says he'll be all right before they're over." Dave smiled grimly. "The Incurable optimism of it," he murmured to him self. Then outwardly: "Of course he will. We'll fix him up in no time with a good doctor and a good nurse." They drove on through tho calm night, leaving the city streets behind and following whnt was little more than a country trail. Here and there they bumped over pieces of graded street infinitely rougher than the nat ural prairie; once Davo dropped his front wheels into a collapsing water trench; once he Just grazed an iso lated hydrant. "And this is one of our 'choice res idential subdivisions,'" said Dave to himself. "Fine business 1 Fine bust ncss 1" As the Journey continued the sensi of self-reproach which had been static in him for many months became Dave's Blood Went to Hla Head. "The Scoundrel 1" He Cried. more Insistent The intrusion of Con ward Into his mind sent the blood to his bead, but at that moment his re flections were cut short by the boy. "Wo will have to get out here," he said. "The bridge is down." Investigation proved him to be right A bridge over a small stream had .collapsed and was slowly disin tegrating amid its own wreckage. Dave ran the car a little to one side of the road, locked the switch and walked on with the boy, "Fine business I" Dave repeated to himself. "And this is how our big success was made. Well, tho 'suc cess' has vanished as quickly as it came. I suppose there is a law some where that is not mocked." They were passing through a set tlement of crude houses, dimly visible In tho starlight and by occasional yel low blurs from their windows. Before one of the meanest of these tho boy at last stopped, pulled the door open and Davo entered. At first he was conscious of a very small and stuffy room, with a peculiar odor which ho attributed to an oil lamp burning on a box. He walked over aud turned the lamp up, but tho oil was con sumed; a red, sullen, smoking wick was its only response. Then he felt In his pocket and struck a match. Tho light revealed the dlnglness of the little room. There was a bed covered with musty, ragged clothing; a tablo littered with broken and dirty dishes and pieces of stale food; a' stove cracked and greasy, and one or two bare boxes serving as articles of furniture. But it was to the bed Davo turned, and with another match bent'over the shrunken form that lay almost concealed amid the coarso coverings. He brought his face down close, then straightened up and stead ied himself for a moment (TO BE) CONTINUED.) i The Almighty Dollar. Bribery has been the downfall of many public men during the courso of history. Francis Bacon, the greatest thinker of bis age, was ruined by his cupidity. Lord Chancellor Macclesfield and Waterbury were destroyed by the same vice. Benedict Arnold sold a fort In New York to the enemy for 181,575. For this same sin Gorgel betrayed Austria, Ahlthopel forsook David and Judas delivered up Christ Standard fer Radium. Scientists in Europe are trying to de termine and agree upon an interna tional standard of atrengUi and pur ity for radium, FADE-OUT' MAN HALTS WEDDING Wealthy Fiance of Sophie Loder hose Provides Brooklyn First-Class Mystery. BRIDE-TO-BE IS SICK Day Before Wedding News Is Received of Man'a Death In Auto Accident Investigation Shows No Such Accident Occurred. New York. Miss Sophie I.oderhnso f M17 Dcnu street, Brooklyn, Is un jcr the care of phynlclniis following nor licart-hrenking experience with n flnnee whose personality Is shrouded In mystery. The mini she expected tp marry wns known to her as "Dr. A. William Hoff man. Jr.," un officer of the United States nnvy, n mini of wealth, who win supposed to have homes In Millhrook, N. Y., and Pasadena, Cnl., and whose father wns supposed to hnve been a well-known physician of Brooklyn. Miss Loderho.se met "Doctor Hoff man" first nt n dance through n worn nn who snld she was Doctor UolYmau's sister. Courted by Telephone. Following the engagement Inst Mnrch Miss Loderhose received many vnlunhle gifts from the man, including a four-carat diamond ring. She was constantly called on the tel ephone by "Doctor Hoffman" nnd these rnlls purported to come either from Millhrook, nnd more lately from Pasadena, Cnl. Miss Loderhose some-, times conversed for hours with her flnnce, who, she snld, tojd her he was In Pasadenn supervising the erection of the homo In which they were to live. The date for the wedding wns set and Invitations were Issued. Elaborate arrangements for Uic wedding were made, Including rearrangement of the Was Constantly Called on the Tele phone by "Dr. Hoffm"n." seats of Immnnuel Lutheran church, whose pastor,, Itev. John C. Holthnu- sen, wns to have performed the cere mony. Halted by Death Report. The day before that set for the wed ding came the news that "Doctor Hoff nmn," on his way enst from Pasadenn. while In nn automobile with a friend, "Doctor Cochrane" (who had been named as ono. of the ushers) had been killed In nn nutotnohlle accident at French Lick Springs, Ind. The Information enme In the form of n long-dlstnnco telephone message to MIkh Loderhose, from n person who paid he was Doctor Hoffman, Sr fa ther of the mysterious fiance. 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I noticed that sho stood and watched mo while I took off the hat and put on my own, but thought nothing about It until she passed mo In the hall wenring the smnll blue hat that I had thought was my friend's. Exchange. When the Actors Struck. 'IIow was the play?" "Well, they had a millionaire pre ducer playing the part of a butler and ho overshadowed the rest of the cast Tho wny of the trnnsgressor is hard on his friends. X. 1 T m WftltWnO'WMMl" KiJMJIMt-" fVr
