Nebraska Newspapers

    Examination Ts
Called to Fill
West Point Class
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Senator Norris Will Nominate
Principal and Two Alter
nates for Military
Academy.
Hy OKOin.K F. \l THIKR.
M aMiingtnii ( Tilt* liinuh-u lire,
Washington, Feb. I t.—{Special.)—A j
vacancy exists at the t'nited Stales :
Military academy at West Point, N. j
V . ih connection with which Senator i
Norris will be permitted to nominate
a principal and two * alternate candi
dates. Mr. Norris has arranged with
the civil service commission to con
duct a preliminary competitive men
tal examination nt several points in
Nebraska on February 19.
The examination will be held with
the understanding that the young
man obtaining the highest rating will
receive the principal appointment: the
young man receiving the next highest
rating will be first alternate: and the
young man securing the third place
will be second alternate. In the event
the principal appointee should fall to
meet either the mental or physical en
trance examinations to be held by the
officials of the War department on
March 6, 1823, the first alternate will
automatically take his place. Should
the first alternate fall either of the
official entrance examinations, the
■econd alternate will then have his
chance.
The persons who may be nominated
for appointment must be actual resi
dents of Nebraska, not under 17 nor
over 22 on the date of admission,
July 2, 1923, and not less than 6 feet,
4 Inches In height at the age of 17,
nor less than 5 feet, 6 Inches In height
at the age of 18 and upwards.
Young men eligible for appointment
are Invited to participate in the ex
amlnatlons which will be held at !
Omaha. Lincoln, McCook and Alliance. ]
Senator Norris believes that partisan
consideration should not control, but
that nominations to West Point and
Annapolis should, when possible, and
time will permit, be selected after a
preliminary competitive mental ex- I
amlnatlon. By this method, he feels
that In most Instances the applicant
beat qualified for the place Is named.
Military Funeral Held for
Paul Beaton at St. Peter
Requiem high mass was celebrated
yesterday at the funeral service of
Paul A. Beaton, by Rev. J. F. Mc
Carthy, who also delivered the ser
mon.
Military exercises were performed
at the grava, consisting of a volley
and taps.
Mr. Beaton died Monday tn Paxton
Memorial hospital after a week's
Illness.
Lack of Quality Coffee
Raises Price of Pound
I.ahk of fine quality coffee, com
bined with the fact that there is lit-,
lie hope of any shipment coming for
ward within the next 60 to 90 days,
is responsible for the advance of from
2 to 5 cents a pound, Nicholson &
Ogle, coffee brokers, announced yes
terday.
Births and Deaths*
Birth*.
Bradley and Maybclle Maklaon, hospital,
Ctrl.
William and Pearl Moors, 2474 Harnay
street, girl.
Christopher and Josephln* Skow. R. F.
D. No. 9, Florence station, girl.
Michael and Halite McAuliffe, 4204
South Twenty-sixth street, girl.
August and Clara Boukal, 2011 Oak
atreet, boy.
John and Vary Novicki, 1642 South
Thlrty-aixth street, boy.
John and Paulin* Podkovlch. 1803 X
•treet. girl. J
John and Franci* Dunn, hospital, girl, i
Drat ha.
Clara Sundvall. 79 yearn, Seventy-*ec- !
end and Grand avenue.
Albert Cole. 67 year*, hospital.
Stanislaus Sxelieh. 2 years. 4420 South
Twenty-eighth atreet.
James Fouae, 64 year*. 6104 South
Eighteenth street.
• Henry M Hebbert. 68 years, hospital.
Joseph. Ramidtea, 1 month, 2814 R
•treet.
Henry H. Clalbom*, 64 ye«m. hospital.
Emelin* Arnold, 76 years, 707 North
Thirty-third atrert
Franci* O. Bhepardson, 17 year*, hos
pital.
Lytle Hughes, 73 years, 4206 South
"wen ty-first street.
Harry Woxnlak, infant, hospital
Paul A. Beaton, 40 years, hospital.
Fred W Welch, 84 v«ars. hospital.
Herberka V. Hart*, 87 year*, hospital.
Marriage Licenses.
f/O ul* Abbott, 21, Omaha, ard Isobel
Brewer, 21. Omaha.
William J. Redmond, ft, Omaha, and
Esther Mohr, 19. Omaha
M. Brown, 38, Omaha, and Alio* War
ren. 29, Omaha.
Reuben If. Brown. 22, Omaha, and Ann
Roohraan, 22, Omaha.
Everet Minor, 35, Omaha, and Vivian
Ourtley, 16, Manila, la.
Conrad Vt, Thoman, 63. Omaha, and
Caterlne Buchan, 64, Omaha.
Henry Veneck, over 21, Omaha, and
Katherine Propupek, over 21, Omaha.
Eugen* O. Doyle, 26, Omaha, and Chris
tine Marshall, 19, Kast Ht. Louis. 111.
Manuel Alba. 27, Omaha, and Eva Ba
ker. 22. Omaha.
Theodor# Roo**»v*Jt Mallory. 22, Omaha,
and Bertha. Lewis, 22, Omaha.
Ethan A. Cole, 46, Council Bluffs, la ,
and Nellie Smith, 36, Council Bluffs, la
Sniffle* and inufflt»-o# outside o#
nostril* apply
BAUME BENGUE
(ANALOtdaVI >
Then squeeze % In. in boiling water
—Inhale steam. Keep a tube handy
Tkn*. LcemiDg II Co., N \., Amcr. Agents
MHMHT
Girls to Wear Men’s
Tailored Sport Shirt
Miss Irene Niblock.
If on© of th© styles displayed by
M. E. Smith & Co. at th© Nebraska
clothiers' convention becomes popu
lar. not only will young bachelors
with unmarried sisters be made more
happy through their ability to ilnd
their sport shirts when they want
them, but the purses of the husbands
and fathers will be greatly relieved
from much of the strain that now Is
caused by dressmakers' bills.
The style in question is built around
women's love for freedom of attire
when indulging in golf and outdoor"
sports and consists of a man's tailor
ed shirt made expressly for the
feminine sex. It can be worn either
with "knickers” or sport skirt and
the sample shown Tuesday, which
was worn by Miss Irene Niblock.
came in for much approval.
Fontenelle Association
to Meet on Monday INijrli•
Members of the Fontenelle Park Cel
ebration association will hold their
; next meeting Monday night, Febru
ary 19, at the city hall. It was an
nounced yesterday by C. H. II.
Tlmme, secretary.
The Magnificent
Adventure
Hy EMERSON HOUGH.
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tllAUTUH X.—(Continued).
The issue of that greut trial was
not to come for weeks as yet; hut
when It came, and by whatever pro
i" 3.-, Aaron Hu it was acquitted of
t)i" charges brought against him. The
n public for whose downfall he had
plotted set him free and bade him be
gone.
Hut now, at the close of this day.
the two central figures of the tragic
drama found themselves together
once more. They could be ulone
nowhere but in the prison room: and
it was here that they parted. Be
tween them, as they Flood now at
last, about to part, there stretched an
abysmal gulf which might never
personally be passed by either.
sin faced him at length, trembling,
pleading, helpless. "How mighty a
tiling is a man's sense of honor!" she
said slowly. "Vou have done what
1 never would have asked you to do.
and 1 am glad that you did. I once
asked you to do what you would
not do. and I am glad that you did
not. Mow can I repay you for what
vou have done today? I cannot i'll
how, hut I feel that you have turned
tin t'di fur us. All, if ever you felt ‘
that you owed me anything. It is
paid—all your debt to me aim mine. ]
See, i no longer weep. You have
dried my tears!"
"We cannot balance de-hits and i
credits,” he replied. "There is no !
way in the world In which you and 1 ■
can cry quits. Only one thing Is— j
1 must go!"
"I cannot say good by!" Bald she.
"Ah. do not ask me that! We are
but beginning now."
He looked at her still, an unspeak
able sadness In his gaze—at her hand,
extended pleading toward him."Won't
you take my hand, Merne?" sahl she.
"Won't you?"
"I dare not," said he hoarsely. "No, J
I dare flot!"
"Why? Do you wish to leave me
still feeling that I am in your debt?
You can afford so much now,” she
said brokenly, "for those who have
not won'"
"Think you that I have won?" he
broke out. “Theodosia—Theo—I shall
call you by your old name Just once—
I do not take your hand—I dare not
touch you—because I love you! I al
ways shall. God help me, It la the
truth!"
"Did you get my letters?" she snjd
suddenly, and looked him fair in the
face.
Meriwether Lewis stood searching
her countenance with his own gaave
eyes. "Letters?" said he at length.
"What letters?"
Her eyes looked up at him lumin
ously. "You are glorious!" said she.
"Yes, a woman's name would be safe
with you. You are strong. How ter
rible a thing is a sense of honor! But
you are glorious! Good-by!"
CHAPTER. XI.
Down to the Sea.
After months of severe duty in the
west, as governor, Meriwether I^ewis.
ill with fever, set out from Chickasaw
Bluffs with a suitable escort, on an
overland Journey to Washington to
consult the president. Riding ahead
of his party, it was late in the eve
ning when he reined up in front of a
somewhat unattractive homestead
cabin, squatted down alongside the
Natchez Trace; a place where some
times hospitality of a sort was dis
pensed At his call there appeared a
woman—Mrs. Grinder, she announced
herself.
"Madam." he Inquired, "could you
rntertaln me and my party for the
night?" i
"My husband Is not here:” said
the woman. "We are not well flzed.
but I reckon If we can stand it all
the,time, you can for a night."
Ho carried his saddle bags Into the
room pointed out to him, flung them
down, and began to pace up and
down, sometimes talking to himself.
After a time the hostess of the buck
woods cabin sought to make up a
bod for him, but he motioned to her
to desist. "It is not necessary," said
he. "1 have slept so much In the
open that ’tis rarely I use a bod at
all. 1 see now that my servant has
come up. and is in the yard yonder,
i ell him to bring my robes and blan
kets.”
1‘eria, his French servant, had by
this tlmo found his way to the cabin
along tne trail. He was alone.
"Come, man!" said I,ewis. "Make
down my bed for me—I am 111. And
tell me where is my powder? Where
are the bulletg for my pistol? I find
them empty, Havi n't X told you to
be tuon careful about these things'.
And when is my rifle-powder? The
cani-tc-r is here, but 'tis empty." i
But even as he chided the remiss [
m as -if hla ei vant, he seemed to for
ft tin matur in his in rid. Pres-:
ently lie was again pacing apart, i
stopping now and then to stare out 1
'■ver the forest. Peria sullenly went
about the business of making his
master as comfortable as he might,
and then d> parted to his own quar
ters, down the hill, in another build
ing*.
The soft, velvet darkness of night
n the forest now came on apace—a
night of silence. Lewis made his way
across the room to the heavy saddle
casr which had hi en placed there. He
flung the lid open, and felt among the
contents. It seemed to him there
was not so much within the case ns
there should have been He missed
certain papers, and resolved to ask
Peria about them. He could not find
the little bags of coin which he ex
pected; but he found the watch, ly
ing covered in a corner of the case.
He drew it out and. stepping toward
the flickering candle, opened it, gaz
ing fixedly nt the little silhouette,
cut round to fit in the back of the
case. It was a face that he had seen
before—a hundred times ho had gazed
thus at it on the far western trails.
He brought the little portrait close
up to his eyes—but not close to his
lips.
There came into his mind some re
collection of words that she had
writtend to him once—something
about the sound of water. He lifted
his head and listened. Yes, there was
a sound coming faintly through the
night—the trickle of a little brook In
the ravine below the window. He
rose and stumbled toward the win
dow, carrying the candle in his hand.
His haggard face was lighted by its
flare as he stood there, leaning out,
listening.
It was then that his doom came to
him. There came the sound of a shot,
a second and yet another.
The woman In the cabin near by
heard them clearly enough. She
i rose and listened. There was no
1 sound from the other cabins. The
I governor s servants paid no attention
to the shots If they heard them. No
one called out, no one came running.
Frightened, the woman rose, and after
a time stepped timidly across the
covered space between the two rooms,
toward the light which she saw shin
ing faintly throught the cracks of
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the floor. She heard groan* within.
A tall and ghastly figure met her ae
she approached the door. She saw
his face, white and haggard and
stained. From a wound In the fore
head a broad band of something dark
fell across Ills chetk. Fjorn his throat
something dark was welling. He
clutched a hand on 'his breast—and
| his fingers were dark. He was bleed
ling from three wounds: but still he
[ stood and spoko to her. "In God's
'name, madam,” said he, bring me
| water! 1 am killed!"
She ran away, she knew not where,
calling to the others to come; but
they did not come. She was alone.
Once more, forg> tful of her errand.
Incapable of rendering aid. she wont
back to the door. She heard no
sound. She flung open the door and
peered Into the. room. The candle
was standing, broken and guttering,
on the floor. She could see the scat
tered belongings of the traveling
cases, empty now. The occupant of
the room was gone!
(Staggering, gripping, hta hands 1
.'trained to him to hold In the life '
that was passing, Meriwether Lewis
had left (he room where he had re
ceived his woundH, and had stepped
out Into the air. Into the night. All
the resolution of his soul was bent ;
upon one purpose. He staggered, I
but still stumbled onward. It seemed
to him that h'“ heard the sound of j
water, and blindly, unconsciously, he i
headed that way. He entered the
shadow of the woods and passed down ]
the little slope of tho hill. He fell, j
rather than seated hirnself, at the |
side of the brook w hose voice he had
heard in the night. He was alone.
He sat, gasping, almost blind, feci
Ing at his pockets. At last he found !
it—one of the sulphur matches made I
for him In St. Louis. Trembling he ]
essayed to light it, and at last he saw
tho flare. With skill of custom,
though now almost unconsciously, his
fingers felt for dry bits of bark and
leaves, little twigs. Yes. the match
served its purpose A tiny flame
flickered between his feet as he sat.
ills hand, dropping sometimes,
responsive only to the' supremo ef
fort of his will, fumbled in the bosom
of his old coat. There were some
papers there—some things which no
other yes than hta must ever see!
Here was a secret—It must always
be a secret—her secret anil his! The
tiny flame rose up more strongly,
twice, thrice, five times—at* times In
all! dhe by one he had placed them
In the flames—these letters he had
carried on his heart for years—the
six letters that she had written him.
He held the last one long, trying to
sen the word*. He groaned. He was
almost blind Now they were gone!
No ono could ever see them. No one
could know how he had trea- ured
them all these years, 8he was safe!
Ills lax hands dropped between his
knees as he sat. A little gust of wind
sweeping down the gully caught up
■ orrie of the white ashes—stained ne
they were with Mood that dropped
from his veins as he bent above
them—carried them down upon the
tiny thread of the little brook. It
tarried them away toward the s*a—
his blood, the ashes, the secret which
they hid.
That night Meriwether Lewis died.
Many days later the French serv
ant Perla, rode up to the Lewis
homestead In old Virginia. The news
he bore had preceded him. Ho met
i stern faced dark-browned woman,
who regarded Him coldly when he an
nounced his name, and regarded
him In silence. The servant found
himself able U> make hut small speech
Four son was a brave man—he lived
long,” said Perla, halting, at the close
of Ids story.
"Yes." said the mother of Meri
wether Lewis. "He v.as a bimve man.
He was strong!"
"He was unhappy but why he
should have killed himself—
“Htop!” The dark eyes blazed up
on him. "What are you saying? He
was the victim of some enemy. As '
for you, begone!"
So I’eria passed from sight and
view, and almost from memory, not
accused, not acquitted. Long after
v.i- l a brother of Meriwether• Lewis
’ ' "••>! >ha» he was car
rying the old rifle and the little watch
which every member of the family
Hi v, -n » -i.. These things had
i • ng from the effects of
Meriwether Lewis In the Inventory—in
i.'-ed, Utile remained In the traveling
rases save a few scattered papers and
an old spy-glaas. There was no gold.
There were no letters of any kind.
What of Theodosia Alston, loyal
and lofty soul, blameless wife, devot
led and pathetic adherent to the fat
lien fortunes of her lllstarfed father?
Three yeais after Meriwether Lewis
i laid him down to Bleep In the forest,
• ship put oat from Charleston wharf,
] It was bound for the city of New
York, where at that time there waa
I living a broken, homeless, fursak1 n
I man named Aaron Burr*—a man exc
1 crated at home, discredited abroad,
but who now? after years of exile
I had crept homo to the coun'ry which
; had cast him out. A passenger on
that ship wtiR Theodosia Alston, the
daughter of Aaron Burr That much
Is known. The ship sailed It never
came to port. To this day none
knows what was the fato of Aaron
liurr’a daughter.
A million heart fires mark the
camp-fire trail of Meriwether Le wis.- j
We own the country which he found,
and t/tir which ho pa. i He sleep;*.
Above him stands the monument
which his chief assig; od to him—his j
country. It rises now in glory and (
splendor, the perfected vision wh!*h
he saw.
That is the happy ending of bis
story—his country! It is ours. As 1
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I snuffling. Count fifty. All the stuffl
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gone. You feel fine.
lit* title cam* to u* In honor, It •*
f ,r n- to love it honorably, to ua* It
honorably, ami to -defend it honor
1bly. None may w.tbatari'l ua wh<l*
w„ hold hi* ambition*—whli* oor aon*
i n.' aauro to tlie ata-tur* of aucb a man.
THE END.
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