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    RED CLOUD, NEBRASKA, CHIEF
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"WHAT IS SHE TO YOU?"
Bynopnti. Tjplcal tramp In ap
peiinnite, Diinlcl ltandolph Fltz
IiukIi, while crosalriR ft Chlcugo
atreut, ciiusos the wreck of an auto,
whoso chauffeur dlaablos It trying
to aold running him down. In
pity tho occupant of tho auto, a
youtiR girl, Eaves him from arrest
and gives hi in a dollar, telllne him
to buy soup, and wash. Ills sense
of shame Is touched, and lie Im
proves lila appearance. That night,
In a crowd of unemployed and un
archlsts, ho meets Esther Strom
and In a spirit of bravado makes
a speech. JjHthcr Inducos ritzhURh
to address the radical meeting lio
lectrlllcs tho crowd, and on part
Inff tho two agree to meet nKuln. A
few ilaya later Kltzhurh visits Sy
mington Otis, prominent financier,
and dlBplnylng a packago which ho
s.iya contains dynumltu, but which
Is merely a bundlo of papor, de
manda $10,000. Otis gives him a
check. At tho houso ho meets the
girl who had given him tho dollar,
and learns sho Is Kathleen Otis.
Sho rccogulzun hlin. Ashamed, ho
tuaru up tho check and escapes, but
Is arrcutud. Knthur visits Kitzluigli
In Jail, and makes arrangements
for procuring legal advlcu.
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CHAPTER III. Continued.
"You're not Insunc. Nobody said
you were. Hut for a while you've got
to net Insane. It's your only hope,
and I'm pretty sure you're equal to
the acting. If you plead crazy and
act nnd talk nnd look crar.y (It'll hu
easy for you) It's nioro than likely
you'll get off lightly. It's your only
chance Absolutely the only one. I'm
not saying It's a tut one or a soft one.
I only say It's your only one. Good
day!"
The case occupied little time. The
,prlsoncr was ndjudged Insane nnd
committed to the Dunning lnsnnc asy
lum until declared cured. Two stnl
iwnrt officers, neither of whom was as
imuscular as he, escorted him to tha
i street.
Upon Fltzhugh's arrival at Dun
ning he wns taken to the superintend
ent's ofllce, nnd there, questioned
'about his family, gave the same ficti
tious replies that had satisfied the po
lice. Next he was examined by a
physician. It was the second time he
(had enacted the nart of n lunatic, nnd
his personation i Hist hnve been done
with somo success, for his "disease"
Iwns diagnosed, nnd he wus classified
and nsslgned to a ward. After tho
customury routine of bnthlng nnd
.donning the regulation garb ho had
I leisure to sit down nnd plnn his
i escape. This seemed so ridiculously
'simple thnt he almost regretted there
ineed be nothing spectacular about It,
that there wns no necessity for over
powering n guard or breaking bars, or
for any other kind of heroics.
' While entering tho grounds he had
kept his eyes open, with the result
thnt ho had n rough mental picture of
Dunnlng's topography, nnd nfter the
first night he wns positive he would
be free before tho dawn of another
y.
', He lay nwnke until brond dnyllght,
jboplng tho next night would bo a
cloudy one, listening to the unearthly
(sounds thnt came at Intervals from
.the violent wards and thinking, think
ling. lie thought mostly of the future,
land the moro he thought of It the
more wide nwnke he became. Sleep
was out of the question.
Before noon that day came Esther.
She had brought him n basket of ed
ibles, and as she placed it on n tublo
beside him he detected in her manner
a disquieting suggestion of constraint.
But her first words were commonplace
enough.
"How nro you?" she nsked.
"Oh, nbout us well us I look, I sup
pose." "I never snw you looking better,"
she admiringly observed.
"You must remember you haven't
fceen me very often," he reminded her.
"Let me see Is It twenty or twenty
five days since wo first saw each
other?" Ho laughed und started to
remove tho napklu from the basket of
food.
With n quick movement her hnnd
flushed out nnd seized his. She glanced
swiftly around.
"Don't opeu it till you're sure no
body's looking."
Ho was not slow to surnilso that n
file or somo such Instrument wus con
cealed In the busket, nnd though he
could senrcely repress n smile at the
unneccsslty, he replaced the napkin
and said qulto soberly: "All right. I'll
tnko care."
"When do you expect to escape?"
she nsked, speaking In u cautious
whisper.
"Tonight, if It's dark."
"And you'll como to me? You'll let
mo hide you?" She searched his face
eagerly.
Ho did not nnswer nt one?. During
the long, wakeful hours lust night,
when he had renewed his glorious
H'stlo building, this woman had not
.tfured In the dreams. As she noted
his hesitation thu unreasoning Jeal
ousy which she had been striving to
keep In check the past five minutes
broke forth In a furiously blind tor
rent. "Never mlndl" she bluzed. "Don't
come I I know you care nothing for
me. You ungrateful "
"Walt I Let me explulu "
"Don't speak to me I I hate you.
I shouldn't hnve come. I hate youl"
Her volco had risen louder nnd
louder as her Jealousy-Inllumed pas
sion mastered her prudence.
"Will you be quiet?" demanded Fltz
hugh, his own voice none too gentle.
"Of course I'm coming to you. Where
else should I go? I was only wonder
ing how soon It would be."
"Why did you smile nt thnt girl?"
she rushed on, heedless of his prom
ise. "Why did she shield you In court?
What Is she to you?"
Ho wondered what this woman
would be were her Jealousy given se
rious provocation, and shook Ills head
hopelessly.
"She's nothing to me," he said,
willing to do anything for the sake
of pence. "I don't know why she tes
tified that way. Don't ask me. You're
still living In the sumo place, aren't
you, Esther? If you nrc nnd nothing
goes wrong I'll be there tomorrow
morning before breakfast."
Tho earnestness nnd sincerity with
which ho said thW seemed to reassure
her. Hesldcs she was beginning to
regret her outburst and wus glnd to
bo quieted. When after a while she
left him there was In her henrt only
u trace of doubt and a deep humilia
tion. She wns burning with shnme for
having bnred her most unlovely side
to the eyes of the man she loved.
In n secluded corner L'ltzhugh opened
tho lunch nnd beneath the chicken
sandwiches and chocolate cako he
"You've Got to Act I mane."
found n henvy file nnd a coll of rope.
Ho managed to conceal them In his
coat without detection.
When he retired It bade fair to bo
n clear night, but before one o'clock
the moon was obscured by clouds, und
the muttering of distant thunder her
alded a storm. Although he had not
slept for the last forty hours he had
successfully battled tho temptation to
close his eyes and wns therefore
awake when the first shadow crossed
the moon. Ho bustled Into his clothes,
stuck thu file Into n pocket, buttoned
tho rope under Jils coat and felt his
way through the Inky blackness to n
western window. He slipped his legs
over thu sill, gripped it with both
hands and lowered himself Into tho
black pit ynwnlng ominously below.
He landed safely, and guided by the
forked streaks of lightning and ac
companied by the rumble und crush of
giant thunder chords, he struck off
across the prairie through the driving
rain, made a detour und turned his
face toward Chicago.
CHAPTER IV.
Esther Strom lived In one of thoso
three-story, painted-brick buildings,
fallen upon evil lodging house times,
which look as thongh they never were
new. Tor three dollars a week Es
ther rented a basement room, with
light housekeeping privileges, tho win
dow of which came level with tho
pavement. To reach this room with
greater facility one descended two
crumbling stone steps, passed under
the wooden stnlrwny, nnd If one were
a person of nverago height stooped
to enter a misfit door found there.
As the sun rose on tho morning fol
lowing Kltyhugh's escape from tho
nsylum It found Esther Mantling out
sldo that misfit door. She had been
there, Intermittently, slnco dawn.
Suddenly Fltzhugh turned the cor
ner. His appearance was not prepos
sessing. His hat was gone, us wns
hlB collar. Ills hair was tousled nnd
mntted, his face covered with a dark
growth of beard; his unoes and tnra
sen were caked with mud, and an he
carried his coat under his arm his
shirt was soon to be little more
than a rag which clung to hlra damply.
For two days and nights he hud
not known sleep, nnd In the past five
hours he had tramped three tltmjji an
many miles. Only a constitution of
steel could have stood up under this,
hut Fltzhugh ha J one. As he turned
the comer nnd swung down the Btreet
with vigorous strides he seemed fur
from exhaustion.
The moment the woman suw him
nil the love and pity and tenderness
of her emotional nature welled up
In her bosom, and with n little low
cry of "My boy !" more maternal
thnn amorous she ran to meet him.
He took her outstretched hands, and
holding them wide upart smiled at tho
unxlety In her face.
"Am I on time? I was delayed a
little at the start."
"And you walked nil the wnyl" she
exclaimed pityingly.
;No. I ran part of the way the
first part." He thought of his ciapty
pockets. "I couldn't very well ride,"
lie ended dryly.
"I'm sorry I I should have given
you "
His smile vanished. "No, you
shouldn't," he Interrupted.
"You must be ready to drop. Your
breakfast has been waiting for uu
hour, for I expected you earlier, and
I know you're sturvlng."
In her basement room which,
though cheaply furnished, was spot
lessly clean she bnde him sit down
wlille she warmed over his breakfast
on the coul-oll stove. When he hnd
finished the metil to the last drop and
crumb he sat back In his straight-back
chair nnd felt through his coat pock
ets. His quest finished, he stared
ruefully nt the moist lump of tobneco
In his palm. She sprang up, ran to u
cupboard, and In n second "wus back
with u pnekngo of smoking tobacco
und it book of cigarette papers.
"I thought of it last night," she suld
simply. "I knew you would wunt to
smoke."
He rolled and lighted n cigarette,
took a henvy Inhalation nnd sent the
smoke swirling cclllngwnrd. Then,
lowering his head, he looked steadily
from beneath his thick, Jet-black brows
nt tho stnrry-oyed woman sitting op
posite him. Hu felt no love for her,
but n gratitude too deep for words
tugged ut his henrt He began to be
uncomfortable.
She walked to the sink with the"
stnek of dishes, deposited them and
returned to where he was stnndlng.
"I I told the Inndlndy," she fil
tered without looking at him, "that I
thnt you were my brother."
"No great harm In that, I hope. Be
sides there Is a sort of fumlly resem
blance. And I certnlnly have a most
commendable brotherly love for you."
Sho beenme silent. Her dark
skinned hnnds relnxed; her shoulders
drooped. After n few dumb moments
she turned nwny nnd opened n door
lending Into a durk hall. "Would you
like to go to your room now?" Her
voice sounded spiritless. "I'll show
you the wny."
He followed her down the subter
rnnenn pnrsuge to a narrow stnlrwny
nt the retir, up which they climbed
four lllghts. His room wns nt the rear
of the top floor. Thero wns but ono
window, which gave Upon nn nlley and
commanded n fine view of a brick wall.
He raised It nnd leaning out found
the cornice of the house wus less than
six feet above tho sill.
"I may need thnt Borne time," he
remarked, turning bnck to Esther.
"I'll get tho luy of the roof tonight."
Sho hnd apparently forgotten her
depression, for sho was all tenderness
now and, apologizing for the bareiiess
of his abode, she left the room.
After locking tho door Fltzhugh
stripped to the skin, hung his damp
garments out of the window In the
hope that n chance rny of sunshine
might discover them and curled up on
tho bed, which wns never 'ntended
for a man of his stuturc. In less than
three minutes he wns slumbering
soundly.
It wns dusk when he nwoke. Feel'
lug greutly refreshed, he put on his
clothes, which wero almost dry, and
wnlked downstairs, where hu wus
greeted by Esther.
"It must bu pretty late," he re
marked. "It's neurly nine."
"Nine I Why, I hnvo hnd ten hours'
sleep-."
"Hut you hndn't slept for two
nights."
"It's n Inrger-doso thnn I've taken
In yenrs. I nlmost never sleep mora
thnn five hours out of tho twenty-four,
I feel us though I'm wasting time If )
do. I know that's nn astonishing state
ment for n, tramp to make, but there'i
so much In life, even for a tramp "
"I'icnso don't sny that. You are not
a tramp, and I dou't like to hear yon
sny you nre."
"Don't you wnnt to know who 1
nm?" ho asked, suddenly very en west
Silo shook her head. "No nt luusl
not until you wish to tell me. It
doesn't mntter to mo whnt you nre, oi
whnt you hnve been. Look ut It tha
other wny nbout; how much do you
know of me? You know I nm u radical,
you hnvo probably Burmlscd I nm ol
foreign parentage, nnd thnt Is nil. 1
think I shall tell you something nbout
myself, for I cun see you wunt to
know."
The way of a maid.
(TO U1S CONTINUUI).)
A wise man shuts his eyes when hi
looks at a woman's faults.
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begin, In the heart of winter, to fash
ion cloaks und coats to lip used
months itfterwuril. but destined to
have their first airings at the fashion
uble winter resorts. The styles favored
by women of trained Judgment, nre
promoted, und they become the fash
ions of the summer season.
Among the taffeta wraps there nre
such musterpleces of superb designing
as thnt which compels our homage In
the garment shown In the picture.
You must Imagine it In pencock blue
silk, with wide black satin ribbon
having n line of gold along the edges,
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mostly in their simplicity and their
neatness, und neatness In children'
nppaiel Is another iminu for smart
ness. Leaving furbelows to party
frocks, dtalgners have taken bluo
serge, plaid woolens and many sub
stantial cotton goods mid turned them
Into enchanting things for little girls
to spend their days In.
For the younger girls serge dresses
with bloomers to match or with bloom
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to be desired In dresi.es for everyday
wear. Deiachnble while collars nnd
cuffs of linen or heavy cottons or flan
nel, start tho little muld off In the
morning proptuiy freshened up for
school. When the weather Is wnrm n
pretty chambruy or gingham dress re
places serge for dally wear. The care
and the success with which they hnve
been designed Is convincingly shown
In the box-plaited school dress of
cliiimbray pictured ubove nt the right
a deep yoke that reaches to tho
waistline In front. The skirt of tho
cont Is cut In long pointed panels
that overlap, and there Is n large nnd
very becoming e'ollur with silk cord
and tassel hi the color of the clonk
that ties nbout It. Huge, embroidered
roses, set In leues cut from blade
satin and outlined with gold thread,
muke a decoration that measures up
to the excellence of the design. They
nre placed nt each side on u panel
mid at the waistline on one side.
Another wrap of taffeta has a deep
yoke with n full capo gathered to It
under u hnnd of embroidery. Black
tuffetn was chosen for this cape with
embroidery In sapphire blue nnd bluo
satin lining. It wus shorter than
the wrap pictured.
It Is n one-piece dress with plnln body,
elbow sleeves nnd box-plnlted sklrff It
Is fitted with n deep vestee nnd white
collar nnd cull's, these edged with a
very nnrrow bruld or lnco thnt look
like tutting. The plnln belt, with lint
pockets set over It ut tho. sides, Is
made of the chumbrny.
Hut school nnd play do not fill nil
the time and small girls must some
times be daintily dressed for other af
falrj iih visits nnd pnrtles. They
have been provided for with frocks of
pretty cotton goods, llko organdie .r
dimity or lawn. I'laln organdlo in yel
low with collar, pockets und snsh of
white orgnndle nro displayed In ono
of theso dress-up frocks ns pictured
ubove. It Is ns dulnty us cun bo nnd
has a hat of whlto organdie, to mutch.
J AjAas Plrffcl,'
Kansas Women
Who Testify
Lawrcajo, Knns.t
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