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About The Omaha morning bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 8, 1922)
fllK SUNDAY r.EE: OMAHA. OCTOKKR 8, 1022. Something for Nothing (alia tium fm Tmm.t lly Sophie Kerr 1 we pernuadod I-ord know I wanted to ee what nli up to. K we met at the Hhorclmm and Blurted out together M in Thatcher In her pinched liUick erg mitl un romyrmulninK Bailor hut, looking thn Very plctyr lit I'ri-Hli) t"llull morality. Ina you can't It'll about the I'renhyierbin, run yuT t'n ilnrueatli tier cnbtl Bh wa all ex Cited. "I've gut ti rvMon mIi" wuuta th ncmitor," alio aalJ, talking fart. "It waant pUf with ht-r. Hhe down and out In 1-ondon, and ah' mud up her mind to no back re habilitated. Tli beat thing In Might wa Kalne, mt alia went after him, ami ah K"t him. Now ah ran go k and laugh In everybody' face over ther a reeectable Diurrlage aeem to hint out a ahuijy punt, They know about hint, over there. Hln work on the trcntie la It epcctcd. Ho, he' ti be a crutch for her." "IJut whut urn you going to dnT'' 1 naked, t "I'm going to piny on thnt nuullty In ba hunuin nature," ahe aald, Unit t'uiialil'Tx ull other human mm 0 Ha bane, or even mora ln thun th' inHi lvcH. It' a chance, anil I'vo got to take It." ' lly thin time were at the apartment, anl it couple of proud Kthloplan driHM'd Ilk (Irand Maa tem of th Order of Peruvian Ilurk received u and wufud u Into un upliolxt) fd elevator. rreuitly w were In the annp. Tiloat Utile drawing room In all "Wenhlngton, grny and gold. lively aoft demure gray, you umlcrntnnd, ii i-t I fully touched n nd enlivened by the glamor nt gold golden gnuw ut the window, a gold cushion or two on thu floor, a bowl of gold luMtre filled with pulcnt blue hya cititlm, a gold framed French mir ror. Minn Thuteher anlffed. "Not mueh like my room at Mia. OnrTlngturt'a," ahe whlnpcred. "Well. . , . I've lilwaya wanted to aee what the wage of ain could buy." Then In tame I-Mith Mameme, frail nnd gentle and aweet and op pellng, ull ilreHd In aoft, trailing, colorful Htuff, chiffon, I gucH. that moved Ilka a cloud an ahe walked nnd turned rone-lavender nnd blue lavender und gray livemlur uh It drifted along. No mere man can deacrlbe It. And I will rino to re- mark right here that no far on I am concerned I didn't blame Kalne for fulling. Any man wou'd. If ahu'd have lifted her little finger to mo I'd have barked and rolbd over and Jumped through, gladly. But ahe didn't lift her little fin ger. 8he Juet looked from one to the other of u, awectly, Innocently, questioning. "You came from Senator Kalne?" ahe anked'MIe Thatcher, a little puzzled, Mine Thatcher had aent up her name na the aenalor'a aec rctary, ho uh to bo sure of getting in. "No," wild MIhh Thatcher, "but I eunie becaUMe of lilm and hl in " tereat in you. I was Bent." "Sent by whom?" mild Mm. Mur aerno, and there wun an edge of warineHN on her voice, frlho keiit looking oddly at MIhh Thatcher, but Minn Thatcher nn ao prim and resectable her appearance wan certainly her guarantee. "H'a very painful," nald Mis Thatcher. "I brought this gc-ntle-man with mo an an evidence of my good faith." And ahe gave my name and my paper'a name d he little wretch! I hadn't reckoned in that. IJut there wan nothing to ' -i do thenjiut Hit tight and ride along. "IK) you know," went on Minn Thatcher, "that a man In public life la not always permitted to fol low hia personal inclinatlotiN? Hen tor Kalne in a youiuj man In h!n (lontliiutd From Pnae Five.) a two-cent atamp and a coupon. I promise to be kind to ull dumb anl main and help some one every day. I reud the letters from little folk of Happyluml every Sunday. For pet I have a kitten and three chicken. I will lie 10 the fourth of December. I am In the fifth grade thl year. Hoping to receive my button, I'll clone. Wnuneta, Hurgui ton, M04, North Sixteenth Mreet. WlirbeKIMl. Dear Happy; I wlah to Join your fioHawk tribe. I promixe to bo kind to all dumb bird a und animal. I am 10 year old and I am In the aixth grade, for pets I have two pigeon nnd a little fox terrier, I am aendinf my coupon and a 2 cent vtump. I'leane aend me a but ton r.nld O'Uellly, Vull, U. Itrad llappyland. )ar Happy; I would tike' tu be a liollawk. I am Binding a two cent Mump. 1 read Ibippyland every week. I am Very fund .f anl louln. I am ten year old ami hi the fifth grade, Virginia li Tuvker. I mlneuui, NK p.iiiy h- la iipmled to go very fxr. 'tb Inter em behind thai Itaity, who are Imiklng him do not f.-i-l h would Im of u In I hem, bluntly, If be married you, Mr. ' M.i no lor. They have (herefuie gone to ftom paiiiM and tinuble to 1 obtain, through a relative of your hunUind " "1'dwnrd!" eelulm.t Mm. Mar fin, fever. nhly. "Through a relative of your lite huabund the rorroboiation of cer tain rumor aUiut you-rumor which I won't trouble to reut her. They have thi cvrrolxiratlon In their handa, Mr. Maraem. They Intend to uh It, unit you hieuH your connection with H.nator Kalne, They' think again pardon tny bluntnc that he la too vain able a man to them to loee In the m'ddle of hlMcareer. lo you aeeT IVi you underatHnd?" Mm. Maraeme put one of her little hunda up to her twitching t mouth. Hhe wua frightened, but game. "Jloea Henutor Kalne kliow thia?" ah aaked. "No," ..ld Mia Thatcher. "N", certainly not. And I munt tell you, In juatlce to Mr. Kdward Maraeme, that the muterlnla for thla thl In terview wan obtained from b in by ateulth and without hi knowledge. The Keeret Hervlce " ahe painted .' nnd amlled, "haa many uaea. Hut ... I am nlo nuthoii."d t tell you that any move on your part for a haaty marriage with the - aenutor, tiny attempted coup, will be Inatnntly und fully, and publicly publicly, mind you fruntrated. You are , , , under coimtant nut velllanro." Mr. Ma memo aat nnd alared nt Mlaa Thatcher and Minn Thatcher at u red bark without it word. Hht looked h reliable, an aolld, a firm ( na I'lyuiouth Hock. I!y golly, ahe alnioHt convinced nie. There Iwvw Iwen aui'h thlnga, you know. Not ho darm.'d long ago dlntlnguinherl atatenman was Induced IT change til mind hlxiut marrying an attrac tive divorcee nnd took a atupld but wholly linieccnble willow Inntead, nn a matter of pol'tlcal expediency, and nil the world knew It. Theie were, Interenta In the party that might he looking ufter Kalne. , , . "Thl I Infamoua," aald f'llllh Marneme, nt laat. "Infamoua!" And by the tone of her voice 1 knew ahe believed It, nnd Van prepared to capitulate. "Do they offer me nothing In return?" You ae, ahe wanted money, I think ahe remembered the union atory that wna In my mind, for the 4 divorcee who loat the utatcaman In reputed to have received connotation to the aum of a pretty penny, "No," aaid Mlna Thatcher. "Not a cent. They will merely make H eaay for you fo obtain a piuwport , thia week, by preference, And, to make you mire that they have what they nay they have T am ' authorized to give youthln." She opened her ahnbby little bug nnd took out a a.'ngle typewritten aheet. "If a copy, of courae," he aald, offering the paper to Mm. Marnerne. , PMIth Maineme gavvj It one glance and winced. Hhe crumpled It nnd held It in her hand. Hhn looked very while and little and weak now, jind, by tlod, I pitied her. Yen, I pitied her, and I wanted to get away. It waa too painful. lint ahe, had heraelf well under control, even ao. "Have your employer planned what I nhall nay to Henator Kane?" nhe nuked. Mine Thatcher got up brlxkly. "No," ahe auld. "They Mint to your own excellent power of In vention for that." , - Letters ' From Happy land Readers zeee:- - i Four Little tat and How They (Jrew.- Dear Ilapiiy; I would like to Join your tribe very much. I promiac to try to make tho worl1 a happier place to live in, and to be kind to dumb nnlmaln. I inn em-lonlng a 2-cerit ntnmp. I nm nlno encloaing a atory. One day an I wa walking il iwn the atreet I heard a faint meowing .1 looked (round and there by the aide of the walk lay a paper nack from which the aotindM aeemlngly Wuid. I picked tho nack up mid opened It. Innido huddled together for warmth were four little kitteiiH, apparently left there by noma one Who wiehed tu get rid of them, I decided to take thein home, When I arrived ' home I warnmd aoiiio milk, nnd, a they did mt know how to drink yet I filled u tnedli lnt dropper with the milk and atuck It between tin Ir llpn. They aucked ut ll and found thai tlm fluid tiny got from the tube waa very giH.d. I did thi fur iilHiut all lluna a day til they could iliink tullk by th 'llixelvc. Ill lUULrtl of tlltltt llll 4CW llllvi W went out and left Mr. Mar iu aiding there, with Unit paper minded In her hand, a little, hrok en, hurt virnture thai you couldn't Iwur to look ut. We didn't ay a word until w wei out In the atreet again. Th whole thing had been f.iiit.miic that I In-gun to fil that I'd dreamed It, "Hay, d d It really happen?" I auk id Mi .Tbateber, "And It I Hue?" Hhe alked Along, llll th pie tin of I'urltanle tiprlghlnea n1 reliability. "Not a word. 1 ole the aturf out of young Iwrd' trunk when I mended hi under wear, and copied it and put II buck. II dorn't know I'v tver gen It. It wm only a auiall part, Hint peg I cop d, but It Wrf coiivliMing. You , I am a thief a well llnr. And thl hi only lb begin ning." "V.'ell, for thu biV of heaven," I raid, "let fti In on thu lielt Chap ter. You ow tut Nomethlng after uHing my name m you Aid lo that woman," "I'll probably 1 more than hi you In on It," ahe aald, "ou r:ay biive to do the rial woik nel time." "Ililt look hr-" I legiin t'l lulrm, Hhe glanced tip "t me end etabbed me with thu atei-l of the pupi In her rye. "You aland by me in thin," ah Raid. "I haven't got 0 no ul I can nly on but you." What could I do after that? Noth ing but ny that I'd atlck. , my natural inaarullne rurloalty helped; I Itched to ee how ll'd follow up the defect loi tif Mr, M.inume, which 1 Ml no re wan going to hap pen. And I wa right. IMlth Marwm packed her trunk nnd lift Wanh Ington Juet one wei k after wv d called on her. It wan a nine day -wonder, her going, and the couneu ati of opinion wa that Kalne had Jilted her, I don't know whether ahe auw him again or not. Hut, whether nb broke with him In a pcrnonaJ Interview or by ltter, it wna final and complete, ll made no move to follow her, or anything like that. I have an Id en that, Juet to plertnn her own vanity, ahe wan pretty bruniUe about It, banded b'ni a he who get Mapped noit of wal lop, laughed at Mm, told him he Jiored her to tear and that aim nlm ply couldn't aland bin crudltlen and provlliclallnnm. That would be her atyle. Hhe couldn't make her exit without damage to ome one. And my belief I fairly will nuji jmrt'd by the way he looked tbone day after he left. He wan tin happy, dlegnnted with llf". On more doll wa k tiffed with aawjioit. one more thing he'd believed lf wna unaltered. Yet I ewear I could d"ter,t a little relief alno, Maybe, beneath the careening (lattery alie'd poured on him to get b'ni, he had unconnclounly Mt her falxlty and her chcapfif mm. I don't know, , Cer tainly bin main reaction wan one of wounded MirpriHc, diuippolril merit, bitlernena. Hut 1 think there wan a little of the other, too. Now look how the next thing' hooktd on, Hardly had the una lion of him, M.ttM nw' leaving lliof down when MIm Thitch'-r callid me again to her room after dinner, "I know now what to do next," nhe aald, "I've got. the way clear at lant. Are you oi good term with Senator l!rlntol?" Jfrlntol, tha gray old rat, the only man In the nenatii who had acce to tho While llouee fit ill tlmen and Rcnnona, head of the majoilly tiriiiy,' "hemlng, nly, all powerful. Yen, I wan on good term wlih him, ao far an anybody wan. And he wan on good tenon with me Mi cau:iH my pi-r -waa the blggent In worry to give th'-ni nwny after thy grew up, Very Hliicerely, Maiion (in titlnger, Hcottnbluff, Neb, WhaTT Ice? "Hunle, what la Ice?" the t"aeher nald to the llltl girl nlandliig at thu head, who twiited each finger and wriggled each toe, then bludilng wild, "I Kiienn I ilim't know." Then up went the hand of rony cheeked May, "Well," nald the I'-ach r, "what do you nay?" An it telling n not ret that win too good to keep, May nnnwered, "If water thttl'n gone anleep," Yourn truly, l'aul I'otkeal,, 'I'o'-Iih, Nib. Keadn letter. Dear Happy, I buv re. your b-llern In the paper and would like to tiu a (lo Mawk, I nut eciidtig you a twoceid atamp for my button, I am Vi yearn old niel In tlm nevelllll gniile, I go tu miiiHil nt Mllburu, I well ome nt the (iollawkn would wr.l" lo me. Veuin very triiy, t,il,ij U. Hm.th, Nemo, U, hi mate, II w never out with th I'm al pre, "I want yotj In f l blm ronfl deiillnlly," aald Ml Thati her, "and tell him that It a-onld lx a good iiiovk to get the prealdeiit In i Mint Meiiator Kuln to the lieit vcn y, among lh I'ulted Itmle circuit Judgenhlp " My Jaw dropiied. "Hut theie' no aci,e likely l iM'i-ur," I auld, "Uhlca yoij'v arrnngwl to kill tiim." "Yea, Ihei ," ntM. i, c.ndy, "WHhln a very nhoM lime, and out In your dimitd, i.m, jui k,a word Imlay lli.it Judge Ivteravn' wlf rtiherlied a lot 4,1 money and f know exactly whul b' do. It'll I New York iul I'nrl for her lb reel of her life. Mh lend her huwbMlid round by the none. Ho l'elereri Will renlgtl mn, Ther' lioiiixly In the Mher party who' ahaolulvly got to h init-n cm of Juat now, and llrlntol know It, He'll nee the nd vantage InniMntly, for Kalne' been bbn-l log omw of hi "t eheme and thl I a i hum a lo get him out of lb way Mini hnrveat a lot of acclaim with It. Noblw hoii.m dnuri mi urT, you know-all that aort of thing," "Will Kalne lake It?" I anl-.ed "Oh, yen, Kver a parnon who wouldn't Une a theater pan, even to the dullent ahow ( III earih? Well, U'a like that with lawyir and Jmlgenblpa, No matter what lawyer haa done or U doing, h nlway aee a JudKenhlp n d-Klra-bl," Hhe turned more grloua. "And he' lerrlhly fed up Kiilri. lie you remember what you over heard b Riy week ago? f more ao now. And the gouetp about th Marneme malier ha lrke. him more than he know, oh, he'll take It, and be glad to. And I in ron viniM'd that It' the bet thing fcr him to do," "l!rllo won't linlen Ut me," Objected, "IJiintol llnlen to everybody, and you know It," aaid Mine Thati her, "And the fac that you've got d 'Vance new about thi vacancy will aend up your atocfc with him a to political auplency," ahe added mock ingly. What can you do with a woman like that? I want, of courae, And a aim had prop healed, Henator IUMo llnlenvd and hi Inteient wann't feigmd. No, he nelzed on the Idea If I'd known lhn wlmt I knew later about that water power bill of b!n-d never have made a move to get any ponnlble opponent out of hi way, I nald my little aay to him and went on. If you've rend the pap et hm all, you know how It all turned out on the auifacc, Th p;lntment of Kalne to the bench wan hailed an a gieat atroke of gen nriibfhlp by the party In power. And the nator gave out Inter view tbrnii;li hi aecretary of hi happlneaa to go, tho Joy of re eaH from Ice-MaUve burn, the welcome be felt Tor hi Judiciary dn tleg. And he'n mad" n wonderful Judge, Them It all In and be whv run may read. lint thi In I lie Innido ntoiy the Innido atory that no one l;nown nnd that will never be (old, "You're nallnfled now, I hope," I aald to Minn Tbat'-her, "I'lilea you've, thought up aonio other way to ).iy guaidlan angel to blm." Hhe amlled nt inn, a mighty thin little watery amile, but awfully canny, "When be accept'-d It," he nald, "I wired Minn lier-d. In bin name, and told her he'd aoon b coming In to tead with her nealn. And I told him what I'd done, oh, he uuderatnod. And he'a ripe fo ber now, Thla Maineme affair tin put women In'o bin bead, Ioulne lt-ed will get him wdh'n fl month after tat leitven Waahlugton," Mlillun. Once there wan a king. He wan never mitl lwfcf. At lant a hi ranger iippeared and nald; "VVhat do you want?" . "I wind everything I touch would turn to gold," auld Mldan. "Your wlah Will come true by iinrm In the morning." nald tha atrwiiger, nnd he dinappeared. When mornlllV came Mid, in ilienn ed, uil lie wan ilrecxi-d in gold Ha touched ii bieik'n haven, und they I hi in ii fo gold platen. lie went Into the flower garden ami touched every tone, und liny were gold. One day he kln"d Marigold, Mud ahe turned (u n golden Htatii", (men morn the ntrniiger appeared and en Id: "How do you like your fflden Inin h?" "I limit like II lit all," anil Ml.hi "(In to lite liver and gel maiio Water Had npi lnkl" on wh it J oil Wuiit to go a It wan," lie weal to the river and dived In without taking off bit ehoen and iii'iiid out to i'it a piichcr full, In ii h ant to Hi hull"" ha ttb pwuaed, ami her vole, uuai ly mi ahnrp ami de(mmiiie,, 'luevered with uu onlrollubl b- . log. "He auld be minded having? ma mot thun n thing ! II flldii I mean It but It wa Mr of h m lo any It " And omeililiig o e)e, om thing in her lone, revealed to me then the Iriilh h had o pa lofiNti ly run lied. Hhe loved Mm! Ve, , HNIf ,n homely wom an with th gre brain and h great benrt loved that man f ' w ere ever loved, r'or him he hud plotted and lied and lolni and dared the liiiibe. Not for em billon, or pild-i In her woik, a I h'ld o fatuotiely Imagined, but for love of thl loan, for h m, that h might be happy with another won, an Who could give him whul tbe could not. There w,i In r aeinl. Time wa her atory. find, what utter u ri fle, what lendeiiM an! Hhe mi!i lioi give him ypotll and beauty, nod a wife' love, and u wife' coiiioui lounhlp, hu( h loved III iu n piin h that i lie waa willing lo put aM her love, ber natural plllful Jenl ouxy, and by every mean In her ixiwer wcure tbe ftiftt for him from mother. I eay "by eveiy mean In ln-r poW ci." lint I tell you, unli"llevei Mi'd old cy nic that I am, I Iv lleve rlct W II aided tiy COOK ( IliO f l,ll';;e limn In ref, ,y i,i(i.!, f,,ii i n, nn.e n, unknown, who IroiiKht to lo r h i"U the light Weapon for the rU'bt ni' mint to defend him, 1 1 It coin C!denee, If you like, (!olneldi m-j may be a part 'f a divine pail' in, end I maintain that K Ml" Thnt' It er wan worthy of evn ao bit IIHKK Um IIIMl, H III l ff 'I ' nek Iclp from power of darktieH, I'owern of light watcbd over bee ami defended her nt every ntep of ln-r di violin way. Well, there oii. have It ell, Kalii" m lined fun Heed lant week. They'll , hatipy. Why ehoiiMu't thy lie? Their hup pliio wa certainly paid for at n et'o p enough price, I nald, when I began thin atory, thai In Wjiington aomcthlng wa never given for nothing, llet. Thatcher In the one great egc'iiiton that proven the role. Mi giv everything; m-l nlv got tine--g yon want lo figure In firm it arlf-l"nnneiffl-ind denial nothing -nothing at nil. What' h doing now? oti, ahe'g a'crelary to Henator lirUtol, eirrlhl, VU.) Tho World Outside (Cuntlniiwl I'm in !' Unrn.l "Aw, he'll be nil right fur be wedding, m!nn," aald the policeman, cheerfully. The getting of Jeiemlah to ,Vm cy'n room wan a taalt that r"i(Uii.-d all the polieeman'n eticinclh. On th" level he could have Clinicd bin) burden a, tiiile or more; but IS n' (in) "wan like pushing the nliy back." "Now I'll get the loe, mien, I in-', it you'd only hollered at th etait, I might 'a' plugged a conplo of them, If I can't g"l the doe, I'll call the ambulance, Wind hi face, but don't bother about hi bead; that blood In from bin no- The blackjack docan't do much ciiT Hide damage. If' It' real roiicit eion, why, he'll bnv to go to th" hoKpltal; 1 It bifi't, he'll be nroiiml III un hour of two, l'v ne n eirt 'bad to the World for three or f ;.;? bourn, then get up and hoof it home, You look kind o' Intuited up yournelf." lie went out and down ih" alalrn, heavily, 'ilrrllif, l, (Cualliainl ( aunilnr,) apt Inkled It on little MuiKold. "Oh, father, don'i npiinlile that water on my new frock, Jmi pdt on 1 1, if. fooinhig." Hut llllli. Maiiitold djilni know elio wan u golden nlalue -O'veii Wlle, Ain d )i, HiKnprlugn, N-b. Wfliiln 11 tern, liear Happy; I nhould be vtv i.'l.id to Income it (io Hank, I lead H ippy lind every Hunday and I like II, I would ptomine to . hind to all dumb anlinaln. I have unrt eifier, one brother, one brolher In law, I nm nine yearn -old nnd in the II fill made. I WIhIi you Would aend fne a button. Home flo II ih pb-ane wiile lo file, I am eiiiionlng with a two cent ntnmp. Your friend, Irene M.irgaielo laneanler- I t Went Third atreet, Ibiuftnitt, Neb, A New Member, la ar Kt lead do Hawk; ricn -tvl i n a (in Hawk pin, I am cniioninil U 9ll.nl klillnfl I u.,lll,l IlLii trm hiilnn f,f ll,i On I Ifiw-k In wi-lli. Ine, 1 Hiu I'l vein of age and I In, f,.n.h i'i..l. Am .,.. I Inli yniim tepp.-i ifully, Matxd lair lidiixr, Neb, ,