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f fcv MART mmfi KNEftUtT (f rawo ap EH? C7RCVLAR SZURGifE f J7 " SSI tf SYNOPSIS. I-.-xvr"nce nia.k-lc Linycr son to I'ittsluirg with U.c lirii "not.-s in tli Ilrotison -;ise tt K'-t th it imMtion "I lolin Gilmure. inlllioiir.ii.- In I Ii- tatter's iimnc Ji- is :ittr:ict-l l .1 ii tsir.- of :i yuun? Kirl. ultom tin- u.illimciip- t-xpkilns is Ills s;r.iiniJ.T.'ji'IiJT A l:ulv r-lil-sta I'lakclcy to !u- Iit a I'tillni.tn tirkt-l. 11" c5'h !:rr Inner -l-t-n ami i clams lower ln. 71.- l:nls a f'niiiSi.-ii man In Imvcr t-n and r-tlre in low r nin.-. Il- avi.i Kns in I.wr scvi-n anil lin.ls l.Js olntlifs nntl Icik missiii'; TI.- man in "'i.vi r t :i IR fr.uml murd-r'wl. ir-mi'-:inti:il -vi- d(nri twtftifu f. K.,t. r7l..lr..l.. m.t fli. - . ... . ,.-.... . .;. (. l.llt'l. .ill. - . unknown mar- dr. Ii-..' m I,:m.i it . Inllns ' Vltfc Mm. niaki'lcv l- uni s lrit.-r-st-.t in a Kirl in Mue. Th- train "k wt-k-I JJ!:ik-l-y is Tvm-u frmn tin- Imriiiti? r:ir v tin- sirl in lilui- His arm 1.-. lirnk'-n. Tliey co to tllr: Cart r j!a- for lirr-.-ik-Ta.st. Tlie cirl provcv to Im- Alison V.--t. ills nartticr'.s sivvt!, art !! ifi-uliar ariirvis mystify tlir Ian v-r SI-.- .Ir.ijr- :or4;,,,S!;a?t,.h?"T;;;'L,V",!s n..' .!! that lie is iitteicr ai-i ilhiii'-.-. .Moving pic-furra of Hie train tak n msl ! f..r- tii wreck n-vp.il to I.l.ilol.v a man leaping irom tin- train with ills stol.-i urii. Ju".'r'ry lo.iri's "'a.t :i. ""' """ -s"'- livan leaped from the train near M and bpr.tiri.nl Ins ari.ii lie i.ivei ome Urm- al tin- Carter pl;. U'l.ll.- making inquiries .-it itarterV. i:li.k.-l v tinds All son and kisses lier. .Mis. Connar. the woman for whom HIaK. !. Ixmlit the l'n!!m:in tlck.t. tries to make a liar.iin with him for the forced notes not know ing that they :,,. iu-siri:.- An am.)!, ur detective thinks he I, a.-- found S-.i!!n an. CHAPTER XXII Continued. I sat for a few minuter, thinking it over. "But what did hi: mean bv sav - ing be hadn't seen the notes for trn lays? And why is Bronson making t!ie overtures? "I think he was lying.' Ilotchl;ss reflected. "Bronson hasn't reached iy i"I'"asizeu "r gloom, u lien liolcii his figure." ,;isK' "mhrella turned inside out. I "It's a big ndinnr-f. Mr. Hotchlciss j s0,,,,c,1 and I appreciate what you ,ae done j "! lon't Know w,'ere you are going." more than I can lelf you." I said. ' s"ar,r'- -d ! (3o'- rart" 1J" I'm "And now. if you :m locate any 0f oing to get under cover inside of ten my property in this fellow's room I -t'oncis. I'm not amphibious." we'll send him u for larceny and at least have him where we can get at him. I'm going to Cresson to-morrow. to try to Irace him a little from there. But I'll be back in a couple of days and we'll begin to gather in these scattered threads." Hotchkiss nibbed his hands togeth cr delightedly. "That's it." he said. "That's what we want to do. Mr. Blake!v. We'll gather up the thieads ourselves; if we let the police in too soon they'll tangle it up again. I'm not vindictive by nature, but when a fellow like Sul livan not only commits a murder, but goes to all sorts of trouble to put the burden of guilt on an innocent man 1 say hunt him down, sir!" "You are convinced, of course, that Sullivan did it?" "Who else?" He looked over his glasses at me with tin air of a man whose mental attitude is unassailable. "Well, listen to this." I said. Then I told him at length of my en counter with Bronson in the restau rant, of the bargain proposed by Mrs. Conway and finally of McKnight's new theory. But. although he was im pressed he was far from convinced. "It's a very vivid piece of imagina tion." he said, drily; "but while it fits the evidence as far as it goes, it doesn't go far enough. How about the stains in lower seven, the dirk and the wallet? Haven't we even got motive In that telegram from Bronson?" "Yes." I admitted, "but that bit of chain" "Pooh." he said, shortly. "Perhaps, like yourself. Sullivan wore glasses with a chain. Our not finding them does not prove they did not exist." And there I made an error; half confidences are always mistakes. I could not tell of the broken chain in Alison West's gold purse. It was one o'clock when Hotchkiss finally left. We had by that time ar ranged a definite course of action Hotchkiss to search Sullivan's rooms i and if possible find evidence to have him held for larceny while I went to I Cresson. Strangely enough, however, when I entered the train the following morn ing. Hotchkiss was already there. He had bought a new notebook and was sharpening a fresh pencil. "I changed my plans, you see." he i said, bustling his newspaper aside for me. "It's no discredit to your intelli gence. Mr. Blakeley. but you lack the professional eye. the analytical mind. You legal gentlemen call a spade a spade, although it may be a shovel." A primrose hy the -iv,r-j hrirn A ellow primrose was to him. And nothing more I quoted as the train nulled out. CHAPTER XXIII. A Night at the Laurels. I slept most of the way to Cresson. boxes of candy. From straps of con versation I gteaned that there had Ft. vi. ..... .- ....... .- ... - .iv v ti intr convent ending m the theft of what the reverend father called vaguely "a quamity of uudermuslius." 1 dropped ! asleep :tt that point and when I roused a few moments later, the conversation to the disgust of the little detective. I saying. "A runabout, perhaps." He !??- -) ? Ar f?l Fw p$ &-Z Finally he struck up an acquaintance came forward rubbing his hands, fol- J 2!ATVSJ CV&53 -vh5 with a kindly faced old priest on his lowed by a thin man in overalls. "Mr. j & ,'zP WrWCl way home to his convent school, armed Peck says." he began "this is Mr.! 'S.A !- vV vNV'C 'rhi-r- !'l i)T W A IA' had progressed. Hotchkiss had a dia-i to him meant other things than mo gram on an envelope. tors. "Automobile." I supplemented. " lth this window bolted and thai: ! one inaccessible and if. as you say. the i er garments were in a tub here at i X. then, as you hold the key to the other door I think you said the con vent dog did not raise any disturb ance? Pardon a personal question, but do you ever walk in your sleep?" The priest looked bewildered. "I'll tell you what to dt." Hotchkiss said, cheerfully, leaning forward, "look ; nround a little yourself before you call j in tbs police. Somnambulism is a J queer thing. It's a question whether J we are most ourselves sleeping or i waking. Ever think of that? Live a saintly life all day. prav-ers and matins Hiid all that, and the subconscious MMMMMMMMMMBMaMM MM mind hikes you out of bed at night to steal undermusllns! Subliminal theft, so to speak. Better examine the roof." 1 dozed again. When I wakened Hotchkiss sat alone and the priest, fiom a corner, was staring at him dazedly over his breviary. It was raining when we reached Cresson, a wind-driven rain that had forced the agent at the news stand to dose himself in and that beat back from the mils in parallel lines of white fcjiray. As he went tin the main street Hotchkiss was cheerfully oblivi- ous of the weather, of the threatening dusk, of our generally draggled condi- tion. My draggled condition. I should J ??' for ,lfi"lroved every moment- urn m-5 Hummer, ins ruuuy lace rim- dier. his collar newer and glossier, Sometime, when it does not encircle ) the little man's neck. I shall test that I ., .. . , I collar witli a match. I was glowing steadily more de pressed : I ioathed n;y errand and its necessity. I had always held that a man who played the spy on a woman vas beneath eonteinpt. Then. I admit I was afraid of what I might learn. For a time, howeier. litis promised to be ;i negligible ouantitv. The streets j nt ,ht' -tniBKHiiB 'ttle mountain town ! ,i:"! ,K" '!ran washed of humanity ! !,-v n"' 'lnpour. Windows atx! doors J wro ""hospitably shut and from around an occasional drawn shade came narrow strips of light that mere- i . ... . .... .. . . i Another Mile Saw Us. if I ducked into the next shelter, which happened to be the yawning en trance to a livery stable, and shook myself, dog fashion. Hotchkiss wiped his collar with his handkerchief. It I emerged gleaming and unwilted. 'This will do as well as any place." he said, raising his voice above the I rattle of the rain. "Got to make a be- j ginning. I 1 sat down on the usual chair with- out a back, just inside the door, and I stared out at the darkening street. The whole affair had an air of unreal ity. Now that I was there1 1 doubted the necessity or the value of the jour ney. 1 was wet and uncomfortable. Around me. with Cresson as a center, stretched an irregular circumference of mountain, with possibly a ten-mile radius, anil in it I was to find the res-1 I. , idence of a woman whose first name anl twisted, and now and then we lost I did not know and a man who. so 'f- We were climbing as we went far. had been a purely chimerical per- Oddly there were no lights ahead, al son. ' though it was only ten o'clock not Hotchkiss had penetrated the steam- Inter. Hotchkiss kept a little ahead ing interior of the cave and now his me knocking into tre-es now and voice, punctuated by the occasional j then, but finding the- path in half the thud of horses" hoofs, came to me. ' Something light will do." he was ! seven miles from the town. ing. isn't it?" "It is not." I returned, savagely. "And we don't want a runabout. Mr. Peck. What we require is an hermet- ic.illy sealed diving suit. 1 suppose J there isn't a machine to be had?" Mr. Peck gazed at me in silence: machine His face cleared. j "None but private affairs. I can j give you a good buggy with a rubber apron. Mike, is the doctor's horse ' ?" J I am still uncertain as to whether . the raw-boned roan we took out that ', night over the mountains was the doc tor's horse or not. If it was. the doc tor may be a good doctor, but he doesn't know anything about a horse, And furthermore. I hope he didn't need the beast that miserable evening, While they harnessed the horse Hotchkiss told me what he had learned. "Six Curlises in the town and vi cinity," he said. "Sort of family name j 1 around here. One of them Is telegraph . operator at the station. Person we are looking for is was a wealthy widow with a brother named Sulli van! Both supposed to have been killed on the Flier." "Her brother." I repeated, stupidly. "You see." Hotchkiss went on, "three people, in one party, took the train here that night. Miss West. Mrs. Curtis and Sullivan. The two women had the drawing room. Sullivan had lower seven. What we want to And out is just who these people were, where they came from, if Bronson knew them, and how Miss West be came entangled with them. She may have married Sullivan, for one thing." I fell inlo gloom aer that. The roan was led unwillingly into the weather. Hotchkiss and I eclipsed be hind the blanket. The liveryman stood in the doorway and called directions to us. "You can't miss it," he finished. "Got the name over the gate anyhow. "The Laurels. The servants are still there: leastways, we didn't bring them down." He even took a step into the ntin as Hotchkiss picked up the lines. 'If you're going to settle the estate." he bawled, "don't forest us. Peck & Pec!;. A half-bushel of name and a bushel of service." Hotchkiss could not drive. Born a clerk, he guided the roan much as he would drive a bad nen. And the roan spattered through puddles and spiasiieu mi:- muu. mat is until l was in a frenzy of irritation. "What are we going to say when we get there?" 1 asked after I h: .... taken the reins in my one use had finally eful hand. "Get out there at midnight and tell the servants we have come to ask a few questions about the family? It's an idiotic trip anyhow; 1 wish I hail stayed at home." The roan fell just then and we had to crawl out and help him up. By the time we had parti;.- unharnessed him our matches were gone and the small bicycle lamp on the buggy was wa vering only too certainly. We were covered with mud. panting with exer tion and even Hotchkiss showed a dis position to be surly. The rain, which had lessened for a time, came on again, the lightning flashes doing more than anything else to reveal our icrdaterl nosilifin Another mile saw us. if possible. I more despondent. The water in our clothes had had time to penetrate; the - Possible, More Despondent. roan had sprained his shoulder, and drew us along in a series of convulsive jerxs. And then through the rain- spattered window of the blanket, I saw a light. It was a small light, rather yellow, and it lasted perhaps : :10 seconds. Hotchkiss missed it. and was inclined to doubt me. But in a couple of minutes the roan hobhl: d to the side of the road and stopped, and I made out a break in the pines and an arched gate. It was a small gate, too nanovv for the buggy. I pulled the horse into as much shelter as possible under the trees, and we got out. Hotchkiss tieu the beast and we left him there, head down against the driving rain, droop ing and dejected. Then we went toward the house. It was a long walk. The path bent llKle I should have taken. Once, as j Irish vs. Italian Method Former Is Decidedly the More Effec tive, Taking the Related Incident as Proof. Rev. Sanford Culver Hearn. pastor of the First Methodist Episcopal church. Yonkers. is relating a street- car incident which concerns a conduc- tor. an Irishman and an Italian. Each had given a dime to the fare-taker, but had received no change. "I wanta da nick," complained the Neapolitan. "You've got your nick. No more nicks for you. See?" And the con ductor moved to the rear platform. The Italian sat meekly in silence, but the Irishman employed different tactics. He went to the doorway. Gimme five cints change," said he to the conductor. I felt my way around a tree in the blackness, I put my hand unexpected ly on his shoulder and felt a shudder go down my back. "What do you expect me to do?" he protested, when I remonstrated. "Hang out a red lantern? What was that? Listen." We both stood peering Into the gloom. The sharp patter of the rain on leaves had ceased and from Just ahead there came back to us the stealthy padding of feet in wet soil. My hand closed on Hotchkiss' shoul der and we listened together, warily. The steps were close by, unmistak able. The next flash of lightning showed nothing moving: the house was in full view ow, dark and unin viting, looming hnge above a terrace, with an Italian garden at the side. Then the blackness again. Some body's teeth were chattering: I ac cused Hotchkiss but he denied it. "Although I'm not very comfortable. I'll admit," he confessed; "there was something breathing right at my el bow here a moment ago." "Nonsense! " I took his elbow and steered him in what I made out to be the direction of the steps of the Ital ian garden. "I saw a deer just ahead by the last Hash; that's what you heard. By Jove. I hear wheels." We paused to listen and Hotchkiss put his hand on something close to us. "Here's your deer," he said. "Bronze." As we neared the house the sense of surveillance we had in the park gradually left us. Stumbling over llovver beds, running afoul of a sun dial, groping our way savagely along hedges aud thorny banks, we reached the steps finally and climbed the ter race. It was then that Hotchkiss fell over one of the two stone urns which, with tall boxwood trees In them, mounted guard at each side of the door. He didn't, make any attempt to get up. He sat in a puddle on the brick floor of the terrace and clutched his leg and swore softly in government Eng lish. The occasional relief of the light ning was gone. I could not see an outline of the house before me. We had no matches and an instant's In- vcstj'f' showed that the windows ST.., P .V" ? ?" C,SCd' ,ot?hkI"- stj recumbent, was asccr- taming the damage, tenderly peeling J down his stocking. "I'pon my soul." he said finally. "I don't know whether this moisture is blood or rain. I think I've broken a bone." "Blood is thicker than water." I suggested. "Is it sticky? See if you can move your toes." There was a pause: Hotchkiss moved his toes. By that time I had found a knocker and was making the night hideous. But there was no re sponse save the wind that blew sod den leaves derisively in our faces. Once Hotchkiss declared he heard a window sash lifted, but renewed vio lence with the knocker produced no effect. "There's only one thing to do," I said, finally. "I'll go back and try to bring the buggy up for you. You can't walk, can you?" Hotchkiss sat back in his puddle and said he didn't think he could stir, but for me to go back to town and leave him. that he didn't have any family dependent on him and that if he was going to have pneumonia he had probably got it already. I left him there and started back to get a horse. If possible, it was worse than be fore. There was no lightning and only by a miracle did I find the little gate again. I drew a long breath of relief, followed by another, equally long, of dismay. For I had found the hitching strap and there was nothing at the end of it! In a lull of the wind I seemed to hear, far off. the eager thud of stable-bound feet. So for the second time I climbed the slope to the Laure-ls and on the way I thought of many things to say. I strue-k the house at a new angle, for I found a veranda, destitute of chairs and furnishings, but dry and evidently roofed. It was better than the terrace, and so. by groping along the wall. I tried to make my way to Hotchkiss. That was how I found the "en w'"lw- I 'd passed perhaps six ail closed, and to have my hand grope for the next one and to find in stead the soft drapery of an inner curtain was startling, to say the least. I found Hotchkiss at last around an angle of the stone wall, and told him that the herse was gone. He was disconcerted, but not abased; main taining that it was a new kind of knot that couldn't slip and that the horse must have chewed the halter through! He was less enthusiastic than I had expected about the window. "It looks uncommonly like a trap," he said. "I tell you there was some one in the park below when we were coming up. Man has a sixth sense that scientists ignore a sense of the nearness of things. And all the time you have been gone, some one has been v.atching me." (TO BE CONTINUED.) "You've got all the change you're going to get." was the retort. "See here." exclaimed the Irishman, "you may play that chune on a hand' organ, but you can't do it on a harp! Gimme five cints." And he got it. Judge. Almost. "It's wonderful how these Italian women can carry so much around on their heads. Isn't It?" "Yes. indeed. They almost equal their American sisters." Town and Country. Their Own Race the Enemy. It has been found in Nova Scotia that the lobster's chief enemy Is not the dogfish but the lobster 1 iiwfwiiifVSflJi0 New Uniforms for N. N. G. The Nebraska National guard is te lave olive drab uniforms. This is a 'cal achievement for the guard, and is made possible by the transfer o! M.000 of the federal funds available 'or ammunition to the supply fund, This has never been done before, and teveral have said that such a transfer A'as impossible. Adjutant Genera? Hartigan took the matter up with Colonel E. M. Weaver, chfef of the llvision of military affairs, and has eceived a statement saying that requisitions from the governor will 1)6 :harged to the supply account to the extent that the ammunition fund ii lot exhausted. Olive drab uniforms .Till cost about $15,000. The $-i.OO0 .ransfer will allow the adjutnnt gen ;ral to purchase these uniforms with he money now In the treasurv and to nave a sufficient fund left, for emer gencies. Many Applicants for Place. Notice has been received by the secretary of the local board or ex aminers o fthe United States civil service commission, that there will be seventy-five applicants to take the ailway mail clerk examination. This examination will be held in the Un join business college, the civil service rooms in the postofficc building being inadequate for that number of appli cants to be examined. Will inspect Nebraska Hall. Nebraska hall, the second building sn the university campus in point of age, is soon to be inspected by a com petent architect to determine as to Us safety. For some time past it has been recognized that the building was "ast deteriorating, and recently there has been cause to fear that it would cot long be safe for any use what ever. The inspection is to be made by an outside architect in order that there may be no chance of alleged prejudice being charged against his decision. Nebraska hall was erected in the seventies. It is a three story and basement structure, providing room for the biological sciences and the medical college. More students use it daily than any other building, save alone the main university . hall and the library. Seed Laboratory Reopened. The Nebraska seed laboratory. Io cated at the state farm, which has been closed for a time throughout the summer, has again been reopened and is now prepared to test samples of seed for purity and germination. This department is a branch of the United States department of agriculture. The tests are made free of charge for all farmers and others who send seeds for this purpose. In order that no one man shall flood the department with work to the exclusion of others in the state, the number of tests that any one man may have made for him is limited to tn. This department has been ororaling at the state farm for four years. It was the first station ol the kind placed in the western states by the department at Washington. Fires in Nebraska. State Fire Warden Johnson has compiled a list of fires reported to him since the first of the year. He finds that 2f0 fires reported were from unknown causes, fifty are attributed to defective flues, sixty to the careless handling of gasoline and 100 to the careless handling of matches. Arthur Mullen of O'Neill, deputy oil inspector under Governor Sliallenber ger, has been appointed to the va cancy caused by the resignation last week of Attorney General W. T. Thompson. Law !s Unconstitutional. In a metinrandum opinion given out In the case of the American Sure ty company aiinst Governor Shallcn berger. Attorney General Thompson, and State Auditor Barton. Judge T. C. Munger he'd the state law regulating the rates to be charged by insurance :mpanies hi the state is in violation d the federal constitution and there fore void. Donahue Pleads Not Guilty. Chief Dcr.xhue of the police depart ment of Onnha pleads "not guilty" In supreme co.irt in reply to the ouster suit filed by Attorney General Thompson at the request of Governor Shallenberger. who alleges dereliction of duty in enforcing the saloon clos ing law and laws relating to dives. John Elliott, a convict from Doug las county, who lacks four years of having servcl out a fifteen y?ar term for burglary. r.ade an attempt to escape. He kept the prison authori ties busy twenty-four hours searching for him before they found him. Stiil Out of Debt. State Treasurer Brian is confident that the state debt which no longer ex ists will continue to absent itself from the records in his otlicc till the end f his official term. January .";, and af ter that there will be no need of the jxistence cf such a debt. Friday there was ?21S.00O in the general fund of '.he state. Th's will he sullicient to care for all of the expenses of the state government till late in the year or early next year when new tax col lections will be coming in. The Bradshaw Telephone company has filed a complaint withuhe railway commission, alleging that the Ne braska Telephone company has dis criminated in regard to rates charged Tork county patrons, he commission is requested to require the company to show cause why it should not b prosecuted for violating the discrim inatory clause of the commission acL The Nebraska Telephone company "is charged with giving reduced rates and free telephone service to Henry Dor sev and other York county cconle. ALL OVER NEBRASKA New Classification of Indians. Knox County. Hon. F. H. Abbott, assistant commissioner of Indian af fairs, was in Niobrara consulting the competency board regarding the San tee and Ponca Indians. This board, comprising Superintendent F. E. Mc Intyre. Chief Clerk A. G. Pollock and H. P. Marble, editor of the Humboldt Leader, has decided to classify ie Indians thus: First, all restrictions removed as to his ability to manage his estate, when found competent; second, those deemed capable of mak ing their own leases and attending to their own business to a limited extent, and third, those considered incompe tent will have the same government protection as heretofore. Commis sioner Abbott is also considering the advisability of bringing the trust lands of the Indians under the Brown law, which taxes them, but does not serve as a lien on the lands. The government will protect counties in this wherever Indians have leased lands and will hold the individual In dian responsible pending the issuance of his patent. Exhibits of the Schools. Hall County. About a thousand people called at the court house in Grand Island Friday and almost as many Saturday to witness the exhi bits of the schools of the county in connection with the boys" and girls clubs in corn and potato growing and domestic science contests. Most of the prizes were won by the country schools and St. Mary's Catholic school of that city. Some fine speci mens in writing, drawing, map mak ing, corn growing, baking and fancy work made of cornstalks, husks, ker nels and other products were exhi bited. York County Boy Promoted. York County. Lieutenant Com mander Luther AI. Ovcrstrcet, U. S. N., recently promoted, led the sixteen battleships of the Atlantic fleet in gunnery efficiency. He was ordnance officer on the Delaware during the re cent practice and served in a similar capacity on the Vermont when' it won the trophy last year. Lieutenant Over street is a York county boy. living near Arborville. He is a graduate of the University of Nebraska. Burglar Entered Skylight. Seward County. A clever burglary was pulled off in Seward, when Curry Bros. clothing store was robbed of a number of articles of merchandise. The marauder ascended to the top of the building by means of a ladder, re moved a skylight end crawled in and helped himself to the clothing. Sev eral cravenette coats were stolen be sides a number of other articles. Farmer Has Close Call. Gage County. James Fossenberger, a farmer living near Oketo. Kan., was struck by the northbound Union Pa cific motor car, as it was pulling into Oketo, and barely escaped being killed outright. The vehicle in which he was riding was wrecked and he was severely cut and bruised about the body. It is thought he will re cover. Commission House Closed. Johnson County. Tecumseh is without a commission house, for the first time in many months. Recently the local shop was sold by II. E. Gonch & Co., of Lincoln to the Lin coln Commission Co. A controversy, concerning the salary of the local agent, S. R. Murphy, came up and Mr. Murphy ha. closed the office. She Don't Like Nebraska. Dawson County. Because his wife refuses to make Nebraska her home, preferring Oklahoma, was the cause of a divorce suit filed in district court by Charles SI. Whitehead. .Mr. White head, in his petition for decree of di vorce, sets forth ti.at his wife has been living in Oklahoma for ten years and will not live in this state. Land Brings Big Price. Richardson County. The banner deal in real estate for Richardson county was made when Frank Wilson sold his 1C0 acre farm, five miles north of Humboldt, to Will Hews for $170 per acre, or $27,200 for the place. Sir. Wilson had owned the land for more than thirty years and bought it for $8.73 per acre. York County Mortgage Record. York County. The October mort gage record is as follows: Farm mort gages, released two. amount $18,000; city mortgages, filed twenty-five, amount $18,000; city, released ten, amount $8.GC4; chattel mortgages, filed twenty-five, amount $10,802; re leased seven, amount $1,14. Fire Destroyes Residence. Red Willow County. The large brick residence of I. .vi. Smith of In dianola was gutted by fire. This was one of the finest residences in the city. The loss is $.1,000 anil was in sured for $2.C00. Nothing of the con tents was saved. The origin of the fire is unknown. Sold at $108 Per Acre. Otoe County. The farm of Jacob Harmon's estate was soid at an exe cutors sale for $17,200 or something over $10S per acre. This is consider ed a high price for the laud. Suicide Buried at Kearney. Dawson Countj. Thev funeral of Frank SI. Leako was held under the auspices of the A. O. U. W. of Kear ney, of which Sir. Leake was a mem ber. He committeed suicide without apparent rearon. He was well known and respected. Woman Attempts Suicide. Hall County.- i'rs. William Fisher attempted suicide at Grand Island by takicg carbolic acid. She will re cover. Though married but two months she and her husband are said to have quarreled. Destroyed by Fire. Pierce County. Fire destroyed the buildings and grain on the H. L. Sic Coy farm four miles east of Osmond. L. W. Bowlen, the renter. lost all his crop that he had raised the last year and six head of work horses. CURETHATCOLD TO DAY " mmdi Mtf-r pmtm O health f OmUU, mkr."-iiUNYON. Thousand of people who are mfferlat with colds are about today. Tomorrow they may be prostrated with pneumonia. An ounce of prevention is worth a pouad of cure. Get a 25 cent bottle of Mwa yon's Cold Cure at the nearest drat store. This bottle may be conveniently carried in the vest pocket. 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STOPPED SHORT Taking Tonics, and Built Up on Right Food. f -ram J'mr-trte ii The mistake Is frequently made of trying to build up a worn-out nervous system on so-called tonics drugs. New material from which to rebuild wasted nervo cells Is what should be supplied, and this can be obtained only from proper food. "Two years ago I found myself om the verge of a complete nervous col lapse, due to overwork and study, and to illness in the family,' writes a Wis consin young mother. "Sly friends became alarmed be cause I grew pale and thin and could not sleep nights. I took various tonics prescribed by physicians, but their effects wore off shortly after I stopped taking them. Sly food did not seem to nourish me and I gained, no flesh nor blood. "Reading of Grape-Nuts, I de termincd to stop the tonics and sea what a change of diet would do. I ate Grape-Nuts four times a day, with cream and drank milk also, went to bed early after eating a dish of Grape-Nuts. "In about two weeks I was sleeping soundly. la a short time gained 20 pounds In weight and felt like m, different woman. Sly little daughter whom I was obliged to keep out of school last spring on account of chronic catarrh has changed from thin, pale, nervous child to a roay. healthy girl and has gone back t school this fall. "Grape-Nuts and fresh air were th only agents used to accomplish th happy results." Read "The Road to WellTille.- 1m pkgs. "There's a Reason." Ev" ahstre letter? A stw appear .fresa ttsae ttm. TW ass - - -z