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About Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 6, 1909)
THE OUSTER COUNTY , NEBRASKA , V Delayed Recognition By ELLIOT FLOWER ( Copyright , by J. H. Upplncott Co. ) She BIIW him coming Further , she saw that he Intended to speak to her 'That they should meet was not nur prising , but that he should speak to her was simply nnmlng. Had they not quarreled less than a week be fore ? Had It not been sell led that thereafter they weio to "meet as strangers ? " And now , on the occasion | of the very llrst meeting after their inngry parting , ho was going to greet her as a friend. Tin-re could bo no mistake about that ; ho was coming directly toward her and was smiling directly at her. Well , who would have oomothlng to way about that ; she know how to freeze a presumptuous Imnn solid ; sbo had seine steadfast- innss of purpose , and "meet as stran- jgors" was nioro than i more phrnso to | iier. She would lower the temperature about 100 degrees a variation , up or I down , well within any girl's power land eeo how his warm smile stood the | sliock of that. Her chin tilted aggressively , her | f co became coldly Impassive , her oycs iBWopt past him an If he wore a inoro ( post In the road ; thcro was no sign of Interest or recognition. Neverthe less , ho hold gamely to his smllo and Llo course. "Miriam ! " ho said. IIo was Ignored. IIo might as well iliavo said , "Evening papers ! " or "III. Icabbyl" or anything else that did not concern her. There was nothing to Indicate that she gave the name any Itnoro attention than she would any fa- | inlllar street-cry ; a beggar who held lout his cap when her purse was lempty would have been Ignored In pro- iclsoly the same way. She did not turn Inway from him ; she merely went on ias If oho had heard or seen nothing tHe Might as Well Have Said , "Even- Ing Papersl" ( that was of the slightest consequence. IIo stopped abort , the smile frozen as she had planned to freeze It. Then It thawed out a little. She was angry , naturally. She could not know that 3io intended to nsk her forgiveness for tola uimfosonablonoss on the occasion of their quarrel. If aho know that ho , -was properly penitent , aho would act differently , for she was not a girl to cliorlBh resentment. Doing penitent , It was necessary for htm to almso him- Bolt sufficiently to make her under stand. So ho turned and followed her. "Just n word , Miriam , " ho said , as ho reached her gldo. She turned abruptly away. At the name moment a heavy hand was laid on his shoulder , and ho found himself looking into the frowning face of n big policeman. "Thank you , " uho said to the police man. "IIo has been annoying mo. " Then she hurried on. "Ye oiiRhtor bo kicked , " asserted the policeman still keeping hla hand on the young man's shoulder. "What for ? " asked the prisoner. "For nnnoyln' Iv the lady , " an Bwered the policeman. "I had no intention of annoying her , " explained the prisoner. "Sho Is a friend of mine. " "Sho acted like It , " said the police man scornfully. ' "She Is momentarily provoked. " ' "I saw it. " 1 "But wo have been acquainted n long time. " "There's another kick comln' to yo , ' announced the policeman disgustedly "What for ? " "For lyln' . Only for the rcggyla tlons , I'd give it to ye inesllf. " "Do you think I'm a stranger to her ? " "I think yo'ro n masher wan Iv thim lads that's glvln' the eye to Iv'ry Blrl that luka his way. " The prisoner was now seriously dls turbod. To bo charged with highway robbery or murder would bo bad enough , but to bo arrested as one of the contemptible male bipeds who ogle and annoy women on the streets was simply Intolerable. Ho never ( would recover from the disgrace o ( that. * "Oh , that's a inlitake1 ! ' ho protest f > & . "Wo were friends. " "Whin ? " aaued the policcmnn | Whywhy , a week ago. " ( "Yo break off sudden , " commented 10 policeman. * * Jjre Mo now , " perelflted that being our first encounter , 1 inoro- y returned It unnmrlted and unln- lurod. Passing back over the Midland a fortnight later 1 ordered short-cake igaln , and back it came. I dented It thin tlinp , for idnntlflcntlon purposes , and again returned it. Fortnight later I got It again , 'short' crust , powdered HiigarfiCHh coat now red beiry on top , but with the presumption of ber ries within Htlll unexplored , and 11 ! dents added to mine. I wrote my name on the bottom , to lie absolutely sure of Identification , and passed It back once more "Well , gentlemen , a fortnight later I got It again ; no doubt of my name 1.11orion Ilio bottom , though It wan al most obliterated by the 17 others writ ten over it. And regularly , twice a month when I passed over the line , I got I hat short-cake except when someone else was using It for the rest of the year. The boys lined to order II , not to eat , of course , but an i sort of mascot for the rest of the Teed ; though somn of Hie nl rangers who got It used to wash off the minir with cream and mutllato the berry on lop so that there was a regular 'main- Lonnnco and depreciation' charge against It In the kitchen. Of course l > y this lime the bottom was a regular palimpsest ; and tlion It disappeared. "I had ordered It , as was our habit , when the waiter told mo It was gone. "Do you mean to tell me , Charley , ' I said to the waiter , 'that any ono has eaten that cake ? ' ' "No ; It wasn't that. ' ' "And you moan , then , Charley , ' 1 said again , 'that , though knowing that cake so long as you did , you stood by ind saw It wantonly destroyed ? ' " 'Tho gent'man would have It , sub , ' Charley excused himself ; 'the gent'- man would have it. ' ' "Would have it ? Why ? ' " 'Why why , ho was an autograph c'lect.'ih , and I couldn't stop him. I done speak to him- null , explaining It to him ; but ho Would have It. Said , sub , 't war Jest the thing hn war look ing for to round out his election. ' " 'Hut the top , Charley , ' I said , 'lie couldn't have had use for more than the bottom ; do you mean to say the Midland has thrown away the rent ? ' " 'Oh , do top , sub. Ob , yes ; yes. It's strawberry tart now , sub. Hut but the gent'man ever there In do corner ordered it fust , sub ; but I 'speck ho'll bo through with It pow'ful noon. Would you llko it then , sub ? ' " NEW HOPE. Last I1 rind ay mornim. ' , Mrs. Jatncs IlaTaker ( started on a tripe o Wichita , Kansas , where she will visit her father and other relatives. Mr. Christison's little girl has been quite sick but is better at he present writing1. Quite a number from this vi cinity went to the Bow last Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Furrow spent a 'ew days last week with their laughter , Mrs. Henry Day. Alice and Leota Huffaker spent a few days in the Bow last week. Mrs. Bennett and Mrs Van Nortrick visited at W. H. Cline's , ast Saturday. Mrs. Anna Wolf and her sister , from towa , went to visit their uncle who lives in the westerii part of the state , last week. Clarence Huffaker and wife went to the Bow last Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Christiscn are the proud parents of a baby girl which arrived at their home July 22. NOTICE op SCHOOL DISTINCT IIONU KhKCTION. Notice Is hereby given that a special elec tlon Is hereby c.illeil In ami for the si heel district nl Broken How , in the comity o ! Ouster anil State of Nebraska , to lie held 01 Saturday , tilessth il.iv ol August. 1WU. anil theic will submitted to the legal voters ol s.ilil school district at said special election the question of voting school bonds In tin sum of * ; out oo for the purpose ot erectnm a new school huildliiK ami lot lurnishmt , the necessary aperatus ami furniture there lor , said school building to be built \\lthin the corporate limits ol the I'Hv of Hroken liow ami to proide lor the annual ley eli tax to pay interest on said bonds as ft In comes due In January ami , lulot eaih > ear anil to further provide for a sinking Imid to be levied bv the board of education begin nlni ; A. 1) . UMU , ami e.uh year theieaftet until said bonds are matured , for an amount sutllclent to pa\ said bonds at their matur ity , said bonds to be due and payable A 1) ra > . and to draw Interest at the rale of I' ' , per cent Interest , payable seml.annuallv principal and Interest pajable at KouiiUi Brothers , the Kisial Agency ot the State of Nebraska. In the City ot Ne York haul bonds to be drawn In the sum of JMIHXHX each ami to be signed , sealed and delhereil a provided by law ami In accordanteiti the provisions ol Sub-division 14 , of Chapter 7U , Wheeler1 complied statute for HHW Said election shall bu held between UK hours otu o'clock a. in. , ami T o'clock p m at the i Uy hall on the south sldo and at the old college building on the north glde ot said school district. The tickets at said special election shall ) ia\e printed on thum : "Tor the Issuing of bonds " Against the -.ssnliiK ot bonds. " Dated Atiyubt .2nd , lUou. lUou.A. . H. IlDMl'llllKV. President. L II. jEWKrr. Secretary. Miss Nettie Ilolcomb left for Seattle Tuesday evening. Mrs , Kathcrine Neidheiser who has been visiting Miss Ruth Jones the past week left this morning for Denver where she will spent a week before return ing to her home in Larinie , Wyo. \ A VISIT TO AIT. GRCTNA , ( Continued from I'agc 3) ) The auditorium scats 1800 people. Back of the stage oa u white ground , bordered with evergreen , in gold lettering , arc these words. "Let us kerp our heavenly Father in our midst. " On cither side a large American flag is draped. The entire front of the stage is hid by evergreens , Reason tickets for Uie entire nonth arc S3.ftO ; single admis sion 15 cents ; one week $1.00. 1 also attended the Sunday even ing chautanqua vesper service. The Kefot mod quartette choir of Lebanon , sang many pleasing selections and was the feature of the service. All the Sunday ser vices , special or otherwise are absolutely free. Tuesday , we three sisters re ceived an invitation from Mrs .1 , Garbcr llcrtxler to be her guests Wednesday morning on a matkcting expedition to Leba non. It is almost necdlees to nay the invitation was instantly icccptctl. Mrs. Ilertx.lcr is an old college friend of my sister , Sadie's , and is a woman of charming personality , a hard student and fine linguist and great traveler , having spent sev eral years abroad. Her winter liome is in Phi'adelphia. ' She also owns a cottage here called Alceska , just across from sister's Yorktowu lodge. We all break fasted at the latter place at 6 a. tn. , Wednesday morningIt was in easy thing to get up early with such a trip in view. Ilovr cool , in fact almost cold it was , this early morning in the South mountains. We reached the sta tion armed with baskets just as the train came in from Lebanon. In a short time it had emptied itself of a small army of work ing men , which was a matter of much surprise to me ; on second thought however , I realized their absolute necessity on the grounds if the new hotel is to be completed , new cottages and bungalocs built , old ones enlarg ed , improved or repaired. The same train on its return carried us as passengersOn the way Mrs. II. proposed a trip to Her- shcy and wondered what we thought of it. "Bircus was willin , " so we chorused our de light at the prospect. On our arrival at Lebanon a wealthy city of 25,000 popula tion , we went directly to the Market House on the principal street and though we were earl } ' we found we could get in and buy and engage anything we wanted , but could not take it or pay for it until the bell rang at 8 o'clock. The largest part of our marketing was done before that time , but it had assumed such proportions that it became nccessiry to purchase a couple of large baskets. Our party being short on baskets , started the joy bells ringing in the hearts of two small boys , when Mrs. Her itor not only bought one of the boy's stock , but the basket as well ; the other boy sold out to Mrs. Buckingham. Before the deal was closed we were sur rounded by a crowd of small boys , but how they got there so soon or where they came from , I do not know ; I can not tell , but this I do say , that it would be hard to find two happier boys than they. Their faces were sunbeams after such a rare , un heard of good luck. They were the center of attraction in that crowd of boys. Just outside a man wondered what was the matter , the boys said "we've sold out , and its only half past eight , we don't have to work any more today. My first and only purchase was a large slice of the reddest , rip est , most delicious watermelon , which I ate with the assistance of a jack-knife , back of the counter just before we left the market. ( Continued next week. ) Till : YALE-HARVARD GAMES. ( Contributed. ) During the past two weeks there has been much enthusiasm shown by the contests in base ball spelling between the Yale and Harvard divisions of Miss Burley'a orthography class Among those who visited the games were , Messrs. Jewitt , Elliott , Pinckney and Mr. Bal- cotnb , professor of agriculture in the university of Oklahoma. All those who have been present at the games have shown much in terest and have spoken highly of the games. Mr. Jewctt looker on with interest ; Mr. Elliott rooted for Harvard ; Mr. Pinck ney for Yale , while Mr. Balcomb was feeling sorry for Yale , as he saw Harvard coming out ahead Mr. Balcomb said that the Har vard team had more confidence than the Yale team. In speaking of the cause of Harvard's victory Mr. Newcomb , captain of the Harvard team during the last two games said : Misses Osborn , Ilerrick , Pickett , Gundy , Wolf ar.d West , were the stars of our division ; I placed them at the hes.d of the batting line. Misses Lichtenburger , Bates , Eartly , .Hewitt and Baark were good spellers. I put them next to the stars. Misses Rapp , Francis , Alexander , Bevis , Bush and Milligan , t hough good were not so efficient as the others ; I placed them at the foot of the line and did all I could to invite and help thuii got a pttfect les /I son , which thc\ did admirably well. On the other hand I had great confidence in Harvard's > itcher and catcher. Nis Pick et was very skilllul in picking out hard \\ords and putting .hem at the ones who could not spell them , while Miss Osborn is hard to beat at catching fouls. Thus knowing what each one could do , I had great confidence in the Harvard team and all on my side seemed to have caught the same disease. As for the Yale team , I con sidered them better as a whole than the Harvard team. 1 con sidered Miss Myers a very good catcher and Miss Pringle a good pitcher , but not so skillful as Miss Pickett in picking out hard I f words although , as I noticed , she did very effective work in the last game. Besides I con sidered that Mr. Grant could have had his batter arranged more effectively , yet he had im proved the arrangement very much in the last game. Yale Miss Laughlin 1 , Miss Jeuson 2 , Miss Myers 3 , Miss Weaver 4 , MissTurnbull 5 , Miss Lester 0 , Miss Priugle 7 , Miss Curtis 8 , Miss Vistrop 9 , Miss Stockham 10 , Miss Hide 11 , Mr. Kussan 12 , Mr. Grant 13 , Miss Christian 14 , Miss Milli gan 15 , Miss Ingram 16 , Miss Griffith 17 , Miss Kennedy 18 and Mr. Hains 19. Yale 31 , 13 , 35 , 7 , 7 ; Harvard 12 , 35 , 13 , 43 , 23. Win. Jackson became the owner - er of one of the finest country homes in Custer county by the purchase of the Harry Knapp farm west of the city. The deal was made by R. A. Hunter. This is the third time Bob has sold this farm and he says it needs selling again to reach the real value of the land. Institution People will be given an opportunity to hear some of the greatest r-4 y * - statesmen in the country. Men like Senator La Pollette , Congressman Champ Clark and Congressman J. Adam Beds will speak. Governmental , Educational and Musical Features -so as to please all People The Chautauqua which opens Saturday , August 14th , and continues until August 22d , will give the people an , opportunity to hear some of the greatest statesmen , greatest lecturers -and - finest musicians. It offers an abundance of good , clean , wholesome entertainment , offer ing light upon , and in many cases a solution of perplexing state "V national and world problems , and insisting upon a higher degree of culture , and a more exalted plan of moral life.