8 THIS REPUBLICAN , OUSTER COUNTY , NEBRASKA ,
A Delayed
Recognition
By ELLIOT FLOWER
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( Copyright , by J 11. IJppliicott Co. )
She naw him coming Further , she
saw that ho Intended to apeak to her
'That they Hhonlil meet was not aur
prising , but that ho Hhonld apeak to
her waa Hlmply nina/liu ; . llnd they
not quarreled loqa than a week he
fore ? Had it not boon Bellied that
thereafter they wcio to "meet an
ntrangcra ? " And now , on the occasion
| of the veiy llrnt mei'llng after their
i angry parting , o WIIH going to
her as a filend. There could ho no
mistake ahont that ; he waa coming
directly toward her and \vaa mulling
dlroclly at her. Well , aho would have
something to ay ahotit that ; aho
know how to freeze a pieaumptnouH
jmnn nolld ; alio had some steadfast-
inoaa of purpoao , and "meet as atran-
jgora" waa more than i more phraao to
( her. She would lower the temperature
nhout 100 degrees a variation , up or
( down , well within any K\r\'a \ \ power
land oeo how his warm amlle stood the
| flliock of that ,
Her chin tilted iigKresalvoly , her
| * co becnmo coldly Impaaalvo , her oyca
lawopt puat him aa If he wore n more
post in the road ; there waa no BKH !
of Interent or recognition. Novertho
'lens , he hold gamely to his amllo and
Ilia course.
"Miriam ! " ho nald.
Ho waa ignored. IIo might as well
, liavo said , "Evening napora ! " or " 111
Icahbyl" or anything elao that did not
concern hor. There was nothing to
( indicate that aho gave the name an >
Imoro attention than she would any fa
jinlllar otroot-cry ; n beggar who hold
lout hla cap when her purse waa
leinpty would have boon Ignored In pro-
iciaoVy the name way. She did not turn
luway from him ; aho merely wont on
iaa If oho had heard or aeon nothing
! Ha Might as Well Have Said , "Even-
Ing Papers ! "
rthftt was of the slightest consequence.
IIo stopped short , the smile frozen
J13 she had planned to freeze It. Then
It thawed out a little. She was angry ,
naturally. She could not know that
3io Intended to ask her forgiveness for
flils uni HBonahlonoHH on the occasion
of their quarrel. If she know that ho
, -was properly penitent , she would act
differently , for she was not a girl to
cherish resentment. 13elng penitent ,
it was necessary for him to abase him-
eelf sufficiently to make her under
stand. So ho turned and followed hor.
"Just n word , Miriam , " ho said , as
he reached her side.
She turned abruptly away. At the
flame moment a heavy hand was laid
on his shoulder , and ho found himself
looking Into the frowning face of a big
policeman.
"Thank you , " she said to the police
man. "IIo has been annoying mo. "
Then she hurried on.
"Ye onghtor bo kicked , " asserted the
policeman still keeping hla hand on
the young man's shoulder.
"What for ? " asked the prisoner.
"For annoyln' 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 policeman -
man scornfully.
' "She Is momentarily provoked. "
1 "I saw It. "
"But wo have
been acquainted n
long time. "
"There's another kick comin1 to ye , "
announced the policeman disgustedly.
"Wliat for ? "
"For lyln' . Only for the rcggyla-
tions , I'd give It to yo mesllf. "
"Do you think I'm a stranger to
her ? "
"I think yo'ro a masher wan Iv
thim lads that's glvln' the eye to Iv'ry
girl that lnko his way. "
The prisoner was now seriously dis
turbed. To bo charged with highway
robbery or murder would bo bad
enough , hut to bo arrested as one of
the contemptible male bipeds who
ogle and annoy women on the streets
was simply Intolerable. Ho never
fsvould recover from the disgrace of
( that. "
"Oh , that's a mlitake ! " ho protest-
pd. "Wo were friends. "
"Whin ? " anked the policeman.
"
| "WhjM-why , a week ago. "
* v"Y ° , ! * * * k ° a BUdleD. ' " commented
o policeman/
Jtro are now , " perelnted
that being our first encounter , I mere
ly nuturnod It unnmrked and unin
jured. Passing back over the Midland
a fortnight later I ordered sliorl-cnko
again , and buck It came. . I dented It
thin time , for Identification purposes ,
and iiKiiln returned It. Foilnlghl Inter
I got It again , 'short' crust , powdered
nugarfiotth coal now led beiry on
top , bill with Hie presumption of her- ,
rleq within still unexplored , and 12
dents ndiled to mine. 1 wrote my name
on the. bottom , lo bo nlmolutelv sure of
Idcnlineation , and passed It hark onre.
moie
"Well , gentlemen , a fortnight later
I got It ngalii ; no doubt of my niimo
there on the bottom , though It WIIH al
most obliterated by the 17 others writ
ten over it. And regularly , twice a
month when I passed over the line , I
got that iihort-eake oxeept when
someone else was using It for thn
rest of the year. The hoys used to
eider It , not to eat , of eoursn , but an
a sort of mascot for the rest of thn
food ; though fioino of the ntiaugers
who got It used to wash off the niirar
with rrcniu and mutilate the berry on
top so that there was a regular 'main
tenance and depreciation' charge
against It In the kllchen. Of course
by this time the bottom was a regular
pallmpaciH ; and tlion it disappeared.
"I had ordered it , us was our habit ,
when the waiter told mo It was gone.
"Do you mean to tell me , Charley,1
I said to the waiter , 'that any ono has
eaten that cuke ? '
" '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
and saw it wantonly destroyed ? '
" 'Tho gent'man would have it , sub,1
Charley excused himself ; 'the gent'-
man would have It. '
" 'Would have it ? Why ? '
" 'Why why , ho was an autograph
c'lectah , and I couldn't stop him. I
done speak to him , nub , explaining It
to him ; but ho would have It. Said ,
sub , 't war Jest the thing ho war look
ing for to round out his c-'lectlon. '
" 'Hut the top , Charley , ' I said. 'IIo
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. Oh , yes ; yes. It's
strawberry tart now , mill. Hut but
the gent'man over there In do corner
ordered It fust , suh ; but I 'speck ho'll
bo through with It pow'ful soon. Would
you like It then , suh ? ' "
NEW HOPE.
Last I'Hnday inornins. ' , Mrs.
James Ilaffakcr started on a trip
to Wichita , Kansas , where she
will visit her father and other
relatives.
Mr. Christison's little girl has
been quite sick but is better at
the present writing- .
Quite a number from this vi
cinity went to the Bow last
Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Furrow spent a
few days last week with their
daughter , Mrs. Henry Day.
Alice and Lcota Huffaker
spent a few days in the Bow last
week.
Mrs. Bennett and Mrs Van
Nortrick visited at W. II. Cline's
last Saturday * .
Mrs. Anna Wolf and her sister ,
from Iowa , went to visit their
uncle who lives in the western
part of the state , last week.
Clarence Iluffaker and wife
went to the Dow last Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Christisen are
the proud parents of a baby girl
which arrived at their home
July 22.
NOTICH OP SCHOOL DISTRICT HONU
r.KI'.L'TION.
Nutlet' Is liort'liv given that .1 hii > rljl rli-i
tlou Is lierrhy i.illed In .mil for tinM liool
district ol llrokrn Hinv , hi tilt1 count ) of
Duster ami Sl.iti' ot Ni'hr.isk.i to lit * held on
S.itunl.iN. thi * "Mill tl.iv ot August IW.i and
there will Mihnilth-d to the legal \oters
ot s.ild M hoe | ilistt let at vl111 sjii'i Ul election
tlieiiiesiion | of vnttni ; si liool bonds tti the
sum of ftlAOtiO iv ) for the purpose ol eiritinn
.1 new M-hmil liullilliiK .mil tor furnishing
the iuM-1-.s.iry .iperatus ami ( uuilture there
lor , said school building to lie built \\ltliin
the corporate limits ot the Citv of llroU-n
How. , iml to prolilo tor the annual Ieot - \
Ute pay Interest on said honils .is it ! > e
come' ) due in January ami July ot e.uh > ear
and to fin ther prox tile ( or a sinking Mind to
lie levied 1 > \ llu- hoard ot education , ueuln
iihiK A. 1) . UMli , and e.ali je.ir theieattei
until h.ilil bonds are matured , for an amount
Millli lent to pa\ said bonds at their matur
Ity , said bonds to be due and payable A. 1)
IWU , ami tu ill.i\\ Interest at the tale of l't
per tent Interest , payable soml-aunualH
jirlnclpal and Interest paable at IvoimUe
llrolhers the I'lsial Atenc\ the Stale ol
Nebraska. In the City ot New York Said
bonds to be drawn In the sum of Jiooooo
each and to be .sinned , sealed and dell\ured
a provided by law and in accordance t\itu
the provisions ot Subdhlslon U , of Chapter
7l > . Wheelers' complied htatnte for IIHW
Said election shall be held between the
hours oil' o'clock a. in. , and 7 oMork p in
at the i It ) lull on tin. south hide and at the
old college Imllilitii ; on the uoith side ol said
school district.
The tickets at said special election shall
lijx\e printed on ilium :
"Tor the Issuing of bonds "
Against the issuing ot bonds. "
Dated AUSUbl Jiul , UHW.
UHW.A.
A. It. HUMI'IIIIKV
1're.bidenl.
L. II. JiswBrr.
Secretary.
Miss Nettie Ilolcomb left for
Seattle Tuesday evening.
Mrs , Katherine Neidheiser
who has been visiting Miss Ruth
Joucs 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 A\T. GRHTNA.
( Continued from Page ! l )
The auditorium seats 1800
people. Back of the stage oa a
white ground , boidcred with
evergreen , in gold lettering , arc
these words. "Let us keep our
heavenly Father in our midst. "
On cither side a large American
Hag is draped. The entire front
ot the stage is hid by evergreens.
Reason tickets for Hie entire
ihonth arc $3.50 ; single admis
sion 15 cents ; one week $1.00.
1 also attended the Sunday even
ing chautauqua vesper service.
The Kef or mud quartette choir of
Lebanon , s.uig many pleasing
selections and was the feature of
Uie service. All the Sunday ser
vices , special or otherwise arc
absolutely free.
Tuesday , we three sisters re
ceived an invitation from Mrs
J. Garber Hcrtsder to be her
guests Wednesday morning on a
maiketing expedition to Leba
non. It is almost necdlces to
say the invitation was instantly
accepted. Mrs. Ilerlsslcr is an
old college friend of my sister ,
Sadie's , and is a woman of
charming personality , a hard
student and tine linguist and
great traveler , having spent sev
eral years abroad. Her winter
home is in Phi'adelphia. ' She
also owns a cottage here called
Alceska , just across from sister's
Yorktown lodge. We all break
fasted at the latter place at 6 a.
in. , Wednesday morning. It was
an easy thing to get up early
with such a trip in view. How
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
bungaloes built , old ones enlarg
ed , improved or repaired. The
same train on its return carried
us as passengers. On 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 lloube on the principal
street and though we were early
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
necessiry 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-
tx.ter 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 fiAMliS.
( 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. Jcwitt ,
Elliott , Pinckney and Mr. Bal-
comb , professor of agriculture in
the university of Oklahoma. Al
those who have been present at
the games have shown much in
terest and have spoken highly ol
the games. Mr. Jewctt looke <
on with interest ; Mr. Klliott
rooted for Harvard ; Mr. Pinck
ney for Yale , while Mr. Balcomb
was feeling sorry for Yale , as he
saw Harvard coming out ahead
Mr. Balcoiub said that the liar
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 Lichteuburger ,
Bates , Eartly , .Hewitt and Baark
were good spellers. I put them
next to the stars. Misses Rapp ,
Francis , Alexander , Bevis , Bush
and Milligan , 1 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 lliun get a pu feet les-
on , which thc.\ did admirably
well. On the other hand I had
great confidence in Harvard's
> itcher and catcher. Miss Pick
et was very skilllul in picking
out hard words and putting
hem at the ones who could not
spell them , while Miss Osborn is
lard 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
words although , as I noticed ,
she did very effective work in
the last game. Besides I con
sidered tuat 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
Jcuson 2 , Miss Myers 3 , Miss
Weaver 4 , Miss Turnbull 5 , Miss
Lester ( > , Miss Pringle 7 , Miss
Curtis 8 , Miss Vistrop 9 , Miss
Stockham 10 , Miss Hide 11 ,
Mr. Russan 12 , Mr. Grant 13 ,
Miss Christian 14 , Miss Milli
gan 15 , Miss Ingram 16 , Miss
Griffith 17 , Miss Kennedy 18 and
Mr. llains 19. Yale 31 , 13 , 35 ,
7 , 7 ; Harvard 12 , 35 , 13 , 43 , 23.
Win. Jackson became the own *
erofone 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
pens
People will "be given an opportunity to hear some of the greatest
statesmen in the country. Men like Senator La Pollette , Congressman
Champ Clark and Congressman J. Adam Bede 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
national and world problems , and insisting upon a higher degree of
culture , and a more exalted plan of moral life.
