red cloud, Nebraska, chief
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The City of
Purple Dreams
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UP-TO-DATE
Here's an up-to-date
story, if there ever was one.
In the opening chapter the
hero is an unkempt tramp;
at the end he's a candidate
for the mayoralty of Chi
cago, a capitalist, and the
lover of a fashionable girl
on the Lake Shore drive. So
there is room for lots of ex
citing experiences in be
tween. The Lake Shore drive girl
gives him a dollar to buy
soap and cures him of being
a hobo. A beautiful Russian
woman starts him in anar
chy. A poker game starts
him as a successful grain
speculator and introduces
him to society. Failure to
win the Lake Shore girl
leads him into politics as a
distraction.
The seething life of the
great cities in this age of
unrest- that is "The City
of Purple Dreams."
it
-is
CHAPTER I.
Even Olilcnso's corroding March
wind could not dull the gloss of his
buoyancy. Like n furious mastiff It
tore nt hltu angrily, snapping viciously
at his poorly protected body, snarling
nnd howling malevolently. But to him
It wns no more than a bumptious
puppy that worried him not at all.
Head erect, hands thrust deep In rag
ged pockets, he swung Jauntily along
the Hush street bridge, whistling mer
rily a populnr coon song.
lie wns wretchedly clad a mass of
rngs nnd tntters. Ills face was
smudged with a healthy growth of Jet
black beard, and it required little scru
tiny to see he had long been a stranger
to soap nnd water. He wns very tall
over six feet nnd this accentuated
his slovenliness. He wns a ninn of
twenty-four, with n distinguished face
rnther than n handsome one, and he
had an athlete's physique.
At the south end of the bridge ho
turned nnd started across tho street.
Midway ho stopped short. Standing
on the opposite sldewnlk wns a plain
clothes detective, Vat Kelly by name,
who yestcrdny had arrested him on a
vagrancy charge and released him
with n warning to leave the city or suf
fer the consequences.
There was no time for hesitation.
He laid caught Kelly's unfriendly eye,
and he knew what to expect. He
wheeled about, started back and
plunged directly In the path of a high
i powered touring car which came hur
tling ncross the bridge.
Tilings happened quickly. It was
too late to sidestep the onrushlng ma
chine, too late to stop It, and tho
chauffeur, in a frantic effort to avoid
running him down, Jerked wildly at
his steering wheel ; the big car veered,
dashed diagonally across the street,
and smashed Map-bung against n brick
wall.
Tho hood of the enr was caved In,
the lamps demolished, the front wheels
broken and ilio axle twisted; but to
tho occupants two girls who sat in
the tonnenu no harm had come.
I As soon us tho vagabond looked
upon tho wreck, u smashing blow
caught him behind the ew, another
on his neck; en arm was twisted be
hind his buck, and a red. hairy hand
clutched at his throat. Without turn
ing round he knew It was Kelly ; knew,
also, that he must not strike back, for
nothing earns n culprit quicker or se
verer punishment than resisting an of
ficer. Ono of the girls in the tonnenu
Jumped quickly to tho ground and
stepped between tho belligerents. The
heavy motoring veil which theretofore
had concealed her face was now lifted,
and she stood revealed as ono of those
insidiously beautiful nnd frankly femi
nine girls who command golden opin
ions from ull men, slavish obedience
from most, and tho envy and Jealousy
of many women. Her eyes, uormnlly
of a dark, velvety blue like a pansy's
petals, were nenrly black as she
turned scornfully upon tho detective.
"You contemptible coward!" she ac
cused spiritedly. "To attack a man
when his bnck Is turned l"
Kelly smiled down nt her Indulgent
ly und shook his head.
"No, miss," said he, "you misjudge
me; I'm a philn-clothcs man from
detective headquarters."
"That docs not alter tho first fact,"
she retorted. Fumbling hastily In her
purse, she confronted Kelly as ho
started off with his prisoner.
"If you arrest tliat man," she cried
Iwarnlngly, "I'll "
I She left tho sentence uncompleted,
and plucking a visiting card from bcr
purse thrust It Into the detective's
hand. He read tho name thereon, and
then looked at the girl with a respect
as sudden as It was profound.
"Let me see; you're Mr. Black
burn's" "Niece. He will grant me any favor
I ask of him. Do you still wish to
take your prisoner?"
Ollicer Kelly capitulated uncondi
tionally. Without a word he lifted Ids
hat half an Inch from his head and
turned on Ids heel and walked swiftly
away.
The girl stepped back from the lib
erated one and surveyed him curiously
from head to foot. He had sniffed an
odor of violets when she wns near
him, and lie saw now It came from n
cluster on a lapel of Iter tan motor
coat. Ho felt ashamed. For perhaps
the first time In his life of vagabond
age he was conscious of his rags, of
his unwashed body, of his unshaven
face, of his slothful dirtiness. And he
was ashamed.
"Take this dollar," she said, hold
ing out n bill to him, "and buy some
soap wltli It. Candidly, I believe you
are the dirtiest young man I ever
saw."
The hot color receded from his
cheeks, leaving them, If one.could have
seen the skin, as white as marble.
Very daintily lie took the bill from her
lingers, crumpled It In his capacious
left hand, ami removing ins nattered
lint with his right held It arm's length
and made a sweeping, exaggerated
bow, bringing the hat upon his breast
at Its conclusion.
"Thank you, kind lady, you arc very
good," said he, and there was now In
his voice a deep, mellow tono which
cnused her to look at him more closely.
"The base lucre" ho folded the bill
and deftly concealed It In some myste
rious recess of his rags "will pur
chase for my parching thirst some
twenty swallows of whisky. Dear
lady, I bid you good day."
"Walt!" she cried, as though uncer
tain whether or not to laugh. "Tell me
your name."
"Daniel Randolph Fltzhugh, dear
lady, at your service." Again he made
the mock-cavaller bow, and with a
ridiculous show of haughtiness walked
"Buy Some Soap With It. Candidly, I
Believe You Are the Dirtiest Young
Man I Ever Saw."
off, leaving her staring nfter him with
parted lips and n half-amused, half
puzzled expression In her pansy eyes.
Beside tho automobile he stooped
and picked something from the
ground. ,An examination showed It to
be a dainty handkerchief of exquisite
lace. He thrust it in a tattered pocket
and walked on.
Just outside n certain unsavory sa
loon, supported by derelicts of the un
derworld, he took out tho handker
chief and held It to his nostrils; again
he breathed tho fragrant odor or vio
lets. He examined It clumsily, with
a sort of awe, and In one corner found
a tiny embroidered "K."
For a full minute he stood with the
bit of lace pressed to his nose; sud
denly he Jerked his hand away,
glanced sheepishly around and grinned
foolishly. He enteral a "blind" nl.
ley near tho saloon, and with his back
toward the street unbuttoned his coat
and vest, thus displaying the absence
of a shirt. He glanced over his shoul
der, and grinned sheepishly, und
folding buck the flun of his soiled mi.
dershlrt lie placed the handkerchief
next his skin. With a safety pin (It
required several to hold together parts
of his apparel) he secured it to his un
dershirt over his heart. After which
he laughed loudly and hnrshly and
with a great, cynical contempt, nnd
emerged from the alley and buttoned
his coat.
"I'm n'blankety-blank fool I" ho mut
tered savagely, and pushed open tho
swinging doors of the suloon and
stalked Inside.
Tho remnlnder of tho day he spent
In attending to his personal appear
ance. He enjoyed a shave and a vash,
and discarded his tattered coat for a
newly purchased snowy whlto sweater
which reached from tho top of his
throat to below his waistline. Thus
transformed, he appeared at midnight
M
n
By EDWIN
BAIRD
Co;rrlll br P.O. Browse A Ce.
in West Madison street, wlicre a
densely packed crowd hud assembled.
A platoon of policemen, marching live
abreast und armed with night sticks,
had drawn up on the outskirts of tin,
crowd. The police had been given to
understand that the Jobless men would
march once around the "loop" ami dis
band on the lako front. But It was
now seen this was not their plan. In
stead of turning east tho leaders
turned west, and all along the line the
cry arose "Smulskl's hull 1"
Fllzhugh fell In with the surging
mass, ami like it became Imbued with
tho spirit of "On to Smulskl's hall!"
In front of the rendezvous u large
crowd was already collected ; the. new
arrivals swelled It threefold. Then,
by that curious form of thought trans
ference which often animates big gath
erings, word went through the crowd
that the hall was nearly tilled, that
there was room for scarcely two hun
dred iiKjre. And fully live thousand
wanted admittance. As by a single
Impulse the crowd became a seething,
clamoring, blind mob that surged this
way nnd that, trampling the weak un
derfoot, crushing, struggling, swearing,
without reason or purpose. The police,
instantly suspecting a riot, rushed in,
using their batons freely.
By sheer strength Fltzhugh wedged
his way to the protection of n door,
which, being partly open, gave way
before the liqpnct of ills body, precipi
tating him Into a narrow hallway. He
regained his feet In a second, nnd
stepping outside closed the door and
stood with his back ngalnst it.
The next moment u singular thing
happened. From out that frenzied
mob, like a ship tossed by a restless
sea Into a haven of safety, a woman
was swept squarely Into his arms. For
a bare moment ho held her, Hushed
and' palpitating, In a close embrace.
Then ho released her nnd saw her hat
was missing and that her clothing was
torn and disarrayed.
"Thank you!" she excinlmed breath
lessly. Tho rays of a near-by street lamp
fell athwart her face; and his first
thought wns that she was a Jewess;
then a Busslan, ho added, apparently
of good birth and schooling. Though
she spoke with a slight foreign nccent,
her English wns grammatically per
fect. Her forehead, unusually broad
and high for a woman, nnd her enst of
features denoted uncommon Intellect.,
Like angry waves the mob raged
about them In their Inadequate refuge,
and he opened the door, pushed her
Into the hallway, and followed, clos
ing the door behind them.
"You'll find It snfer In here." said
he, nnd added with some hesitation:
"I my nnmo Is Fltzhugh. You needn't
tell me yours If you'd rnther not."
"I see no reason why I shouldn't,"
she retorted, yet with the hot color
Hooding her cheeks. "1 am Esther
Strom, .Mr. Fltzhugh, and I am very
happy to know you, even If only for
u minute." She held out to him a
small, dark linnU, and he pressed It in
his large, white one.
"Are you going Inside?" she asked.
"I don't think so," he lnughed, und
motioned toward the crowd outside.
"How can I?"
"You I might be nblc to get you
In If you care to go."
He started. "Then you are an "
"Oh!" Her hand fumbled excitedly
nt her neck, then dropped to her sltlo
with a little gesture of dismay. "I'm
afraid I've lost something something
I valued very much. It was a brooch
an heirloom. And I've lost It!"
He struck n match, and together
they searched the Uoor.
"Perhaps you dropped It outside,"
lie suggested; and feeling the neces
sity of doing something, yet knowing
the futility of tho action, ho opened
tho door leading to the street. Mid
way between tho door and the alley,
against the brick wall of tho building,
lie saw n large packing case. He
noted It wns of strong material, re
enforced at tho corners.
The woman seemed to have forgot
ten her loss In the rush of some
stronger emotion. She stood beside
him, gazing at the unclean crowd with
wistful eyes, and there shone In the
liquid depths a great sadness, und
something far rarer besides sympa
thy. "You poor, wretctied people!" lie
heard her murmur. "How I wish I
could talk to you as I should like to!"
He looked nt her quickly. Ills bud
ding thought burst suddenly into full
bloom. To "show off" before this
woman, to parade his talent hoforu
her, to Impress her and win her ad
miration what delight that would be I
"Berhaps I could do It for you," hj
offered, Ids voice betraying his eager
ness. "Would you lllco to hear mo
try?"
Without waiting for her answer,
fearful lest It bo a negative, ho el
bowed his way to the packing case,
mounted It, drew a deep breath, und
stood up to his full height Tho arc
lamp, beating upon Ids face, served
uncommonly well for u calcium light.
Money or your lifel
(TO BE CONTINUKD.)
Welsh tho man, not his title.
CONSTITUTIONAL
CONVENTION NOTES
Lincoln. There will bo no moro
executive .sessions of the Nebraska
state senate In conllniiallon of nom
inal Inns of the governor for memberd
of the state board of control. Tho con
stitutional convention struck that pro
vision out of tho constitution.
The convention also voted down an
iinieiidnient providing for a four-year
term for state olllcers and adopted an
iimeiiiluieiit sent In by President
Weaver "that until tlxed liyjlu legis
lature, tin salaries of state olllcers
shall lie as provided by the constitu
tional roti veil! Ion nail udopted' by the
people." The convention has already
adopted u provision for J?f.tMK u year
for the governor und S 1,000 for other
sinte olllcinls. It also .provides for
S7.."i(H) for supremo Judges and ?.".()00
for district Judges. A motion was
passed that a committee shall take up
the matter of salaries and more equal
ly adjust the same.
o
Tin convention In committee of
the whole merged the two pro
petals for the creation of an Industrial
court and a state trade commission
Into one. which leaves the legislature
power to do certain things along cer
tain lines. These two propositions
have been mighty touchy questions for
tin convention to handle nud have oc
casioned many days of debate. After
a lengthy discussion, it adopted, fil to
US, the following nmei'diiKiit, by
llealy and Peterson, embodying the
whole subject :
"Laws may lie enacted providing for
Hie investigation, siihiulsloti und de
termination of controversies between
employers und employes In any bust-
nes or vocation affected with a pub-
He Interest, and providing against un
fair practices and unconscionable gi hi
allectlng the public welfare; and fur
the purpose of administering and en
forcing such law, an Industrial com
mission may be created, from the Hunt
orders and Judgments of which an up
peal may be taken to the supreme
court."
By a vote of (Kl to 1!). tl . convention
passed on second reading Proposal Itll,
which divides the state into legislative
and senatorial districts and counties
having more than one representative
shall he divided into as many districts
as representatives are to be elected in
s'ead of as a whole as at present. The
basis of apportionment shall be as
Miown by the census and the legisla
ture may reapportion the state not
oftenor than once in ten years.
With the end of the labors of tho
convention In sight delegates showed
their anxiety to return to their home
when some of the members asked to
be excused. It was practically decided
that excuses will not be grimed, so
that If delegates do go home they will
be subject to call of the sergeant at
arms If a "call of the house" Is neces
sary to get the necessary votes to
finally pass upon the proposals.
In consideration of the fact tliut the
most Important work Is now before
the convention that of finally passing
or defeating tho proposals hat have
been able to weather the storm a
motion was adop'od last Saturday re
quest long Hie president to notify all
absent members that they will be com
pelled to be present during the re
mnlnder of the session.
By a vote of 7.'1 to I the convention
passed on second reading Proposal
No. 1L!!, which declares that water In
natural streams for domestic use and
for irrigation as a natural want, and
right to divert unappropriated waters
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iiii jniiMit ii.-i- .-.null lll'ti'l III' lll'llll'll.
Priority users to have preference,
vested rights to be ro.-ervod.
President Weaver bus appointed
three committees which will have the
promulgation of u plan for submission
of the work of the convention to tho
voters. One on the form and manner
of submission, one on public Informa
tion and another to prepare an address
to tho voters of the state.
0
In voting down nn amendment for
four years for state officers a proposal
was presented to the convention that
If the amendment carried that n recall
should be attached, but the amend
ment lost by a vote of -10 to !l.r. A
motion to make the term two years
carried by a vote of OTi to 18,
Tuesday of this week was the sixty
seventh day In which the convention
hud been In session, and many mem
bers during the past few weeks luivo
shown a weariness i f the long con-
t..a...1 ....toil 1 ii..i.i'l..iiil..lil ... if.
iiiiiii'ii h1'"'! l'M ii.vuinii vi, iii-ui.v
members have been absent during the
past week.
The convention has approved Pro
posal SS, providing equal property
rights to all citizens, such rights of
aliens to be regulated by the legisla
ture. Proposal !U1, creating n hoard of
pardons, compose 1 of the governor, at
torney general and secretary of state,
lias been adopted and made part of
tho executive department. Tills board
will have supreme power over all
matters of clemency.
Under tho rule of thn convention nil
amendments on third reading will
hnvo to receive an afllrmatlvo vote of
fifty-one members, consequently If
they are to pass somo of them nro go
ing' to require a full attendance In or
der to receive tho necessary votes.
TRIES TO BURN
SELF TO DEATH
Crazed Woman Rescued as She
Tries to Close Firebox
Door.
Bradford. Pa. Sceklnc to kill her-
xself by roasting to death, Mrs. Jessie
i nun crawled into a llrebox at the
Kendall rellnery. Prompt action of
riiurles A. Burr, stationary llreman
on duty at the plant, thwarted Mrs.
Hunt's attempt at self-destruction. She
Is In u hospital. sulTerlng from severe
burns.
Mrs. Hunt gained adinltlance to the
holler room by an ingenious ruse. At
three 'o'citck in the morning she
knocked at the door of the room anil
told Mr. Burr that she was looking for
""ste.
Mrs. Hunt Was Lying on the Blazing
Ccals.
a man named Jackson, employed nt
the rellnery. She said "Jackson's wife
was seriously III, and wanted him to
return nt once," Ban- went in search
of the man, and when he returned to
the boiler room the woman was not
In sight.
Detecting the odor of something
burning, the llreman examined his
boilers. He noticed a lire-box door
open and hastened to Investigate.
Mrs. Hunt was lying on tho blazing
coals, her head In the open doorway
ami reaching with one hand to pull
the doer closed after her.
Burr seized the womnn nnd dragged
her from the firebox head-first. Most
of her clothing nlrcady was burned
nnd fulling from her body. , Burr
dragged the woman out of doors and
rolled her in the snow, extinguishing
the blaze. Then he turned In a call
for an ambulance.
Mrs. Hunt Is thirty-eight years old
and has three children. Her husband
died six years ago. She Is said to
hae been conliued in u sanitarium.
FORCED TO GET EXCITEMENT
English Court Clerk Is Given Eight
Months in Jail for Altering
Postal Drafts.
London. Here Is a young man who
cnunot get enough thrills out of life
without being dishonest. And ever
dishonesty soon censes to lead a
thrill to him.
James Walter Evers. twenty-six, for
merly a clerk at the ndmlralty, plead
ed guilty at the Old Bailey recently tc
forging and altering naval posfa'
drafts worth .-$7,100. Pleading foi
leniency, Evers said :
"During the greater part of my life
I have been nullclctl with an extraor
dinary lust for excitement and thrills
While tills longing for excitement ha?
often led me Into dangerous nnd trou
blesome ndventures, It tins never innile
me commit u criminal offense until
now. I swear when I conceived this
scheme my main thought was the ex
citement. I left off going to post of
fices because I found mj.'self going Into
them mechanically and getting no
thrill of excitement In handling
forged drafts over tho counter. I hail
"00 more .drafts In mj pocket."
Evers wns sentenced to eight
months' Imprisonment.
Bride, Stricken at Altar
Died Hour After Ceremony
Denth was an unhidden guest
at a wedding at Apponzell, Swit
zerland, and struck down the
bride Just as tho priest asked
lier If she accepted "ibis ninn for
husband."
She wns hurried to n hospital,
still robed In her bridal gown,
but died an hour later, a victim
of n form of sleeping sickness,
which was the scquol of an at
tack of Influenzn.
Grave Digger Buried Alive as He Dug.
New York. Seven feel of snnd and
Fiiow slid Into the grave which Henry
Wnchonhut, a New York city grave
digger, wns excavntlng. no wns dead
when dug out by the police.
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Never have colds, Indigestion, upset
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Calomel, Salts, Oil or nnsty, harsh
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"I saw your double on the street to
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by making Cuttcura your evcry-ilayv
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"Do you question my knowledge?"
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Ihnt "hid back" is piiilxiulv due to
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A Nehrnska Case
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out pain. Thorp wns
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iil?o had rheumatic
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