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About The Falls City tribune. (Falls City, Neb.) 1904-191? | View Entire Issue (March 12, 1909)
* Illustrations fcf :j: RAY WALTERS ~ U-' . . . ii i — (l ei vr fr'I.t, W*. lv A. c, JkIl'Ciurg A t o,) ('ontinned from Page* I hr**** <)i nr gs are cold already • " "Oh. quick. Mr. Blaket build a fire' It may be, some hot broth—" "Too late." muttered Blake. "See here, Wintliropc there's no use lying about it. You're going out mighty noon. See if you can’t die like a man.” “Die! Gawd, but I can’t die—I can’t die— Ow! it burns! He flung uii a hand, and sought to bar at his wounds "Hold hard!" cried Blake, catching the band in an iron grip Something in his touch, or the tone of command, set rnei! so cower the wretched man into a -late of abject submission. "S'elp me. i'll confess! I’ll confess ull!” he babbled. The stones are sewed in the stomach pad: 1 ad to take 'em bruit of heii settings and melt up the gold. Hr paused, and a r unning smile .-tide . o his distorted features. "Ho. wet a bloomin' lark! Valet plays the gent an' they never ‘ae a liinkling! Mr Cecil Winthrope, bif you please an’ a ’iut of ,t title— wot a lark! ’Awkings. me lad, you’re a gay 'o8.\> Wot a lark! wot a lark! ' Again there was a pause. 1 he lirratli of the wounded man came in labored gasps. There was an ominous rattlii Yet once aw ho rallied, and this time his eyes turned to Miss Leslie, bright with an agonized consciousness of her pres ence and of ail hi- guilt pad .-haute. His voice shrilled out in quavering appeal; "Don’t—don't look at me, miss! I tried to make myself a gen tleman; God knows I tried! I fought my way up out of the East End—out of that hell—and none ever lifted lin ger to help me. i educated myself like a scholar- then the stock sltaiks cheated me of my savings—out of the last penny; and I had to take service. My God! a valet—his grace’s valet, and I a scholar! Do you wonder the devil got into me? Do you—” Blake’s deep voice, firm but strange ly husky, broke in upon and silenced Ihe cry of agony: "There, 1 guess you've said enough.” "Enough—and last night— My God! 1o be such a beast! The devil tempted me—aye, and he's paid me out in my own coin! I’m done for! God ha’ mercy on me!—God ha' mercy—” Again came the gasping rattle; this time there was no rally. Blake thrust himself between Miss Leslie and the crumpled figure, "Get back around the tree,” he said harshly. "What are you going to do?” "That's my business,” lie replied. He llirust ids burning-glass into her hand. "Here; go and build a lire, if you can find any dry stuff.” "You’re not going to— You’ll bury him!” "Yes. Whatever he may have been, he's dead now, poor devil!” "I can't go," she half whispered, ’’not until—until I've learned— Do you —can you tell me just wliat is para noia?” Blake studied a little, and tapped the top of bis head. "Near as ! can say, it's softening of the brain—up there.” "Do you think that—” she hesitated —"that lie had it?” Again Blake paused to consider. “Well, I'm no alienist. I thought him a softy from the first. But that was all in line with what he was play ing on ns—British dude. Fooled me, and I'd been chumming with Jimmy Seal-bridge—and Jimmy was the straight goods, fresh imported—mono cle even—when I first ran up against him. No: this—this Hawkins, if that's his name, had t rains all right. Still he may have lui-n cracked. When folks go dotty, they sometimes get extra 'cute. The best [ can think of him is that losing his savings may have made him slip a cog, and then the scare over the way we landed here and his spells of fever probably bur rled up the softening.'' “Then you believe his story?” “Yes, I do. But if you’ll go. please.” "One thing nieie—I must know now! Do you remember the day when you set up the signal and you— you quarreled with him?” Blake reddened and dropped his gaze. “Did he go and tell you that? The sneak'” * “If you pleat • let us say nothing more about him. But would you eare to tell me what you meant—what you said then?" Blake’s flush deepened: but he raised his head, and faced her square ly as he answered: “No; I'm not go ing to repeat any dead man's talk; and as for what 1 said, this isn’t the time or place to say anything In that line—now that we're alone. Under stand?" "I’m afraid I do not, Mr. Blake. Please explain.” “Don't ask me, Miss Jenny. I can’t tell you now '"mi’ll have to wait till we gc t a bean I ship We'll eatch a steamer hofe • long. "Tisu't every one of them that goes ashore in these blows." Why did you build that door? Did you suspect She glanced down at the huddled figure between them. ltlake frowned and hesitated; then burst out almost angrily: Well, you know now he was a sneak; so it's not blabbing to tell that much—I knew he was befor* and it s •ever safe to trust a sneak." "Thank you!" she said, and she turned away tptiekly that she might not again look at the prostrate figure. t ‘uutiimwl next WI1‘k. POLLARDS VERSION OF IT What the Congressman Thinks cf the Washington Dispatches When jCongressman Pollard was shown the Washington dis patches published in the State Journal under date of March 1st, commenting upon his voting for the adoption of the rule ol the House’creating a calendar Wed nesday. he made the following com ment: "It seems strange, but it >o often i occurs, that the advocates of reform are so likely to fall into the habit of calling every man a traitor or dishon est who does not agree with them in all their views. | have attended ev ery meeting, save one. of tiie so-called insurgents and have taken an active part in the discussions of the con templated changes in the rules of the House. From the beginning of these meetings, whenever the question of taking the power of appointing com-; mittees from the Speaker was discuss ed, I always expressed a doubt as to the good results that would follow such action. 1 have felt that it would be better to have t ii i s power lodged in the hands of one man who could be;heldresponsible titan to have it divided between a committee of 15 men. A committee of 15 would sim ply result in placing the control of the House in the hands of the larger states whose, representative in the House is 5 or ii times greater than our own and by a system of log-rolling the representatives from t h «• smaller states would receive little or no con sideration. If a representative did ; not receive a committee assignment, he desired he would be void by his • member of the committee on rules that he had done ail he could but that the other 14 men prevented him hav ing his way. The tendency would be to shift responsibility, not only in committee assignments, but in all matters of legislation, w here the com mittee on rules might tie called upon to act. There is no possibility of the i .Speaker shirking responsibility on | any matter upon which he is called i upon to act. As proof that the con templated change would not improve j matters it is only necessary to refer _ to the insurrection in the Senate on j the part of new members for recogni tion. The committees of the Senate are selected by a committee on com mittee-. -the Senate rat ify ing the ac tion of said committee. The commit tee on committees is made up of st-na tors with long service back of them. They have absolute control over, not only the committee assignments, but of tiie 1 -gislation to lie enacted. Tiie Senate is now operating under a rule almost identical w ith the rule it is proposed! to have the House adopt. Kveryone knows that this rule lias not made conditions in the Senete any better than they are in the House. My contention has been that tin-re moval from the Speaker of the power to appoint committees would not change the control of legislation in the House or better conditions. There cannot lie to exceed 25 or 2<i republi cans out of pl'J in tiie 'list Congress that are objecting to the Speaker ap pointing committees. Of course, it is absurd to claim that these 2U men can control the other 193 even though the rule should he adopted. Under any division of the country by geographi cal districts that could lie made it would lie impossible for any one of the 2o insurgent republicans to secure a place on the committee on rules. The men of long service in tiie House w ho are now chairman of committees and its recognized leaders backed by the 193 wiil^elect every one of tiie 9 re publican members of the committee on rules, the 2h insurgents to the con trary notwithstanding. It would sim ply be a transfer from the Speaker to a committee,wholly in sympathy w ith him, the power to select the commit tees of the House. The change would lie a change in name only and not a change in fact. I signed the bill in troduced by the 29 republicans simply ; because 1 had acted with them in these preliminary deliberations, feel ing that I committed to it on that ac count and had this rule been present ed to the House 1 would have kept my i faith and voted for it even though it did not meet my best judgment.*’ •‘The other rule the insurgents agreed upon was a calendar Tuesday. This rule submitted to the House pro vided not for a calendar Tuesday but for a calendar Wednesday, in substan I ially the same form as agreed upon by the insurgents. This rule met with I Even the young folks can remember when all soda crackers were bought from an open box or barrel. At that time tliev were only used because there was • • nothing better. But now the perfected soda crackers in their moisture and dust proof packages are a staple .'Mimes a day food. The fact that nearly half a million packages arc eaten every day in the year shows the popular appreciation <>f National Biscuit Goodness NATIONAL BISCUIT COMPANY Packages my hearty approval. In my opinion its adoption would accomplish all that the most ardent advocates of actua. reform could hope for. Mv experi ence in the House lias convinced me that'the criticism of the inaction of < .ingress in matters of legislat inth.it thejpeople demand has not hem on, to the manner in which the commit tees have been appointed hut due to the inability of members to pet bid out of the committees and before U House for consideration. Until t \ - changeiwas made in the rules the on \ way bills could lie brought before the House, except bills that are privih - ed was by),unanimous consent or 1 suspension of the rules which repul: ' -, a two-thirds vote. Under procedn < by ‘‘Unanimous con«.ent’'tbe object.- . of one member would prevent the a sideration of any bill no matter h meritorious even though everv o‘l ri man iii.the House. -a\e th< om jet ting, favored it-, passage, it a oftembeen impossiblt to suspei rules and pass bills even when i e | House as a whole favored a bill be cause the Speaker would refuse rt ig nition to a member to move its pass agc. Here again one man,the Spens er, could prevent the consideration of I a measure even though the other >0 1 members of the House favored it,- n ply because a man could not be rec< nized to call it up. Under the n< w rule adopted providing for a cabm ..r j Wednesday - that is on Wednesda of every week, all hills on the House U i union calendar would be called and i he I bills automatically thrown into t e House where they must lie either . ot etl or voted down by a majority vote of the members present. When this rule was brought in providing for mj1> stantially the same thing, which my self along with the rest of the insurgents agreed upon, 1 could not honorably vote against it simply because it was presented by the com mittee on rules and not by one of the insurgents. The adoption of this rule can in no possible way interfere with ter." "I was elected to Congress as a re publican and did not propose to bolt my party and vote with the democrats to prevent the adoption of a rule 1 ; had solemnly pledged myself to sup j port which would liberate the House i and permit it to discharge the public business in an orderly way “The Washington correspondent to 1 the Journal charges me w ith being in-: sincere and attempting to deceive the | public. My action in this one matter alone refutes the charge. It seems to inc that if I have made a reputation i for any om thing since 1 entered pub-I lie life it i- for having the courage of my convictions. 1 am going out of Congre". The so-called Cannon ma chine is powerless to help me in any way. 1 can secure no possible benefit j from toy action. Had I desired to do | the popular thing 1 would have voted with the re't of the Nebraska delega tion. Had i done so I would have re ceived no criticism and would not have been called upon to explain. When I found my colleagues w i re vot- ' ing ‘‘No"(and they had all voted when mv uame was railed) it would have been much easier for me to have join ed them. 1 knew 1 would be criticised but I could not stulif\ mv conscience and vote against a bill l knew to be right simply because it w ould be popu lar to do so." LET US TAKE YOUR ORDER Knickerbocker 10B Company CALL TELEPHONE NO. 289 Library Still Growing The iollowing new books are at the library this week: AIH’LT FICTION. Leaven of Love. ...Burnham Deborah of Tuil's .De la Pasture Trail of the Lonesome Fine.Fox Little Brown Brother .Hyatt Rosnah .. .... 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Rankin Story of a Donkey.Segur VINOL CURES CHRONIC COUGHS, COLDS AND BRONCHITIS After Other Remedies Fail "I have been troubled with a chronic cold and bronchitis for a long time and have tried many remedies without linding relief. Through the kind sug gestion of a friend 1 tried Vinol, and aft* r taking four bottles, aai entirely cured." A. It. Wild**, 733-Slh Aveuue, Minn* apolis, Mina. S. McDonald, 147 W, Congress Rt. Paul, Minn., writes: “I con tract e*l a severe cold last winter and thought I would never get rid of It. I tried Vinol as a last resort, and it has completely cured me." Vinol combines two world-famed tonics, tho healing, medicinal proper ties of cod liver oil and tonic iron, de liciously palatable and agreeable to the weakest stomach. For this reason, Vinol is unexcelled as a strength builder for old people, delicate ch.il— dren, weak and run-down persons, af ter sickness and for Chronic Coughs Colds and Bronchitis. A. G. WANNER, Falls City. Net Notice ot Sheriff’s Sale Notice in hereby given, that by virtue of art order of stile, it*sued oat of the District Court., in and for Hichardtoo county and state of Nebraska, under the seal of said court, dated on the 101b day < f February, 1909, and to me di rected as Sheriff of said county, to be executed, I will t»n the l*ith day of April, 1909, at lo o’clock, a. m., of saiil day, at the west door of the court house in the city of Falls City, in said county und state, ofler for sale at public vendne. *nd sell to the highest and fiest bidder, the property described in Ml id onler of sale, tOwit: Lots one l . two i.2), three d’») and four t). in block fin* < rook A Towle’s second addition to Falls City, Neb., in said county. U» satisfy t decree of said court, with interest and costs re* covered h> Feter Frederick, dr,t against John F. Kiun-ey and Jeunie Ramsey. Terms of s lie, cash. tiiven under my bund at Falla City, Nebraska, this 9th day of March, 1909, W. T. FENTON, gberiff By Kxavis k Beavis, Attorneys. 10 5t -————- - .*—
