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A Woman's Prayer
God grant the' strength, dear heart,
today
To boar thy pain.
I do not for tomorrow pray
Each day Ih j?nln. v
It Ik ool much for which I ask.
Nor Bolfish prayer.
JiiiK life Itself, a single day.
Ohr FatberrflparjL -
Ami yet my woman's heart robels
Against tho word.
AikI silenced no to by fear or shame.
Will yet be heard
Not for one day. TJiotl Pitiful.
Hut all the years.
(Smut him renewed, rejoicing strength
To moek my fears.
Nor this alone Task for him;
But, everyday.
All blessings that Thy love may hold
For this I pray.
D O.
MARTHA.
"Make room for this lady, please."
Tho man turned slowly from the car
window where he seemed but a mo
ment before to have found something
of absorbing Interest. Then more
Blowly he arose, picked up the bundles
tying In the seat beside him and placed
thorn in tho rack overhead. The
woman sank Into the seat mado vacant
for her and the conductor passed on
down tho aisle.
She was a little, plump, motherly
looking woman and when she had dis
posed .of numerous bundles and baskets
of all sizes felt of her bonnet with its
nodding pink rose to assure herself
that it was preserving its proper
equilibrium, and smoothed out the
valid strings which seemed to have
lost themselves in the folds of her
chin, she turned her attention to the
man.
Uor glance changed from one of In
quiry to one of deep sympathy and in
to rest when sho saw tho band of black
which encircled his hat. The man,
however, continued' to gazo out of the
window and, as It is impossible- to
make tho acquaintance of a stranger
when you have only theji-shoulder and
profile, she satisfied- her curiosity for
tho time beings by studying t" prollle.
It was j)y-"no means .a handsome
profllo -Tho nose was large and prom
inent. Tho upper lip protruded and
tho chin receded. There was a long
croase down tile side of the mouth and
tho cheek was thin and sunken. A
fringo of long sandy hair tinged with
gray showed beneath a stiff black
'derby.
The man's lack of beauty became, In
Homo way, associated in tho woman's
mind with the blacK band on tho derby
and a gieat wave of pity swept over
hpr. Clearly he was in need of con
solation. She eaBt about In her mind
a sufficient excuse for opening a con
versation.
"I can't abk him to lower the win
dow," sho said to herself, "because its
ehut already, and I can't ask him to
opon It because It's as cold as cold
outside. I can't ask him if he's a wid
.ower. That might harrow up his feel
ln's too much. And it might look
rather insinuatin' and me a married
woman with a man of my own."
She meditated thus for some minutes
and then her eyes lit utfon a basket at
tier feet half covered by the other bas
kots and bundles. She "gave a little
start and almost chuckled. "The very
thing! And to think of me not think
ing of it before and me with my Jerry
jtrul four big boys at home."
'She stooped qver and extricated tho
basket from the midst of the bundles
which took advantage of the occasion
to roll out into the alslo, whence thoy
wero restored by a small boy seated
across from her.
When tho bundles have been dis
posed of. fii a tottering pyramid with
tho incline of the tower of Pisa, but
lacking its stability, she raised tho
covor from the basket and after some
ftjmbllnK produced from its depth a
.large red apple and doughnut. These,
with a smile, she held out to the small
boy. Tho boy, who had up to tills mo
ment, 4)een looking sm with open
inonthed interest, now put his linger
in his mouth, hung IiIb head, and being
prompted by his mother from behind,
advanced, received the doughnut in one
hand, the apple in the other nnd fled
back to maternal protection.
The woman set the basket In the
alnle. Then she took from It a small
white towel. TIiIb she placed upon her
knee. Then she proceded to spread out
upon It a tempting arrfty of sandwiches,
doughnuts, apples and fried chicken.
When everything waB ready for be
ginning tho conquest sho hesitated a
moment, then with reddening" checks
she- goutly JindgetL tl)e man with her
elbow.
"I beg your pardon, snlr," she said,
"but I a Just going to take a little
lunch and I thought maybe you'd be
liking some. A person does get so
hungry traveling, you know," she added
apoligetically.
Tho stranger turned a pair of llght
bluo eyes upon tho feast and immedi
ately fell Into tho sniaro laid for him.
He moved a little closer.
"Well, I don't caro If I do." he aald.
"This air doew give one a powerful ap
petite." Without further pressing he fell to
and they ato In silence, sho touching
llttlo and placing the most tempting
dainties where hp might the more easi
ly reach them. When the towel had
been cleared with the exception of a
few crumbs and apples cores, the man
pulled down his waist-coat, wiped his
fingers on a black-bordered handker
chief and heaved a sigh of satisfaction.
"Mighty good lunch. Cook it yOUr
Belf?" Sho nodded modestly.
"My wife wasn't a very good cook,"
he resumed. "Never seemed to caro
much about cooking, somehow."
Sho was quick to take advantago of
tho "was."
"Is your wife no longer living?" sho
asked gently.
The man shook his head lugubrious
ly. "Died last week. I'm Just coming
back from her funeral."
The woman was all sympathy In a
moment. "LawB; you don't say so?
How sad! And you weren't there when
sho died?"
"No, she was down In Alabama with
hrr folks and I live up here in Ne
braska." i
A woman who has lived thirty years
with one man. and has reared from in
fancy four others knows when to
keep bllcncp. This was one of those
pailicuinr occasions.
The man threw one arm over the
back of the seat and crossed his knees.
"We weren't living together." he
said. "Haven't been for almost a
year."
"Oh!"
"No; we didn't Eeem to get along
very well together. Didn't from the
start. It's quite a story and I suppose
I might oh well tell you about it."
The little woman folded her hands
and assumed a look of profound inter
est. "She was a mighty pretty girl, was
Martha, when) I first knew her. She
was one of these timid, yielding sort;
Just like a woman ought to be accord
ing to my notion. I thought she would
make a good wife and bo easy to man
age. She was lots younger than 1 was
but sho took my fancy and I generally
get what I want In the ond.
"There was another fellow handing
around after her and Martha hadn't
oyes for anyone but him. Theros no
accounting for tastes, you know. I
never took to him from the first, but
most folks, especially woman folks,
made a big fuss over him. Ho was tall
and straight and young and all that,
and that counts Jar-.a. good-xloai with
them. For my part, I alwavs thought
ho hail too much assurance and he was
conceited. I never could endure a con
ceited person. Anything but that.
"Well, they kept getting thlckor and
thicker and they never wont any place
buUwhat4Jioy were together and I
couldn't get anywhere near her. Polks
said thoy were engaged and I guess
they were'. I tell you things began to
look slim for me, but I didn't jjlve up.
That's one of my characteristics. The
boys at school used to call It stubbor
ne8s, but I call It perseverance, and
perseverance generally wins out In the
end.
"Mychance earnest last. Tho young
fellow, the one that was making love
to Martha, you know, bad relative's
over in tho old country, and one of
them died and left him considerable
property. Well, the lawyers over there
wrote Ulna that he had better come over
and look after his Interests.
Martha
didn't want him to go at all. "Folks I
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The Fact that this
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ARMSTRONG CLOTHING COMPANY!
t Good Clothes Merchants
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said she mado quite a fuss about If.
But it was finally decided that he was
to go and that they would be married
just as soon as ever he got back.
"But he didn't come back, at least
not when he was expected. News came
home that the ship he was crossing In
had gone down with all on board.
"Martha was sick for quite a spell
after that, and it was some time be
fore she was up and around again.
When she did get out she was sort of
white and peaked looking, and didn't
take much interest In nothing. It was
about this time that a mortgage came
due that I had on her father's store.
He was a merchant, you know, and had
seen better days. But he had been
sick and h(s wife had been ailing and
tilings had-gono against him generally,
and he had been forced to mortgager I
never was one to let an opportunity
slip by me. I didn't want the store
anyway. The building was small and
poorly located and the stock was old
and behind tho times. But I knewi
whnt I did want and I -saw my way
clear to get it.
"I went to Martha and made her a
proposition. I told her that if she
would marry me I'd cancel tho mort
gage I held. And in order to influ
ence her In the right direction, one has
to use a little force with a woman, you
know and they generally like you all
the better for it In the end I told her
I'd foreclose tomorrow If she dldn'.t
agree to mon-y me. Sho looked sort'
of white and dazed and I tried to take
hold of her hand to reassure her, but
she drew back and Just then her moth
er came. Into the room and Martha
slipped out.
"Tho old man was just the right sort.
He grabbed at the proposition eagerly.
Said he had always liked me and pre-
icrrou mo 10 anyone no Knew ror a-
son-in-law. The old Indy, Martha's
mother, you know, was more difficult
to manage. She said that Martha
shoitjiln't bo forced into marrying a
man she didn't want forall the stores
in the world. Sho didn't like me. you
know,. and I can't say that I ever liked
her.
"Well, wo finally prevailed, her pa
and I. Ho worked upon her feelings
a good deal, I guess. Martha was real
sympathetic. Sho couldn't hold out
when he told her how ho had been an
honest man all his life and how he
wquld have to end his days in the poor
house. Sho gave her consent at last.
I remember the very words she said:
'Nothing matters very much now, nnd
I suppose I mlglit as well marry you as
anything."
"Wo wero married and Martha broke
down and cried at the wedding. I knew
(Continued on page 8.)
Store is Headquarters
Gymnasium trousers, regulation,
with black braid, a pair $1.40
Sleeveless and quarter-Bleeve
gymnasium shirts in blue, black,
fancy and plain white, each 10c
We sell everything needed in clothes
for gymnasium work. We sell every
thing that a young man wears sell It
right sell it so tho customer feels per
fectly right and we feel porfectly right
alter the sale is made.
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BUSINESS DIRECTORY
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Is Urged to Patronize these
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to Mention the Paper
While Doing So.
BANKS Columbia, First National.
BARBER SHOPS Green, Shannon.
BATHS Chris' Place.
BICYCLES. ATHLETIC GOODS-Sid-dles.
BOOKS & STATIONERY Porter, Co
Op, Brown, University Book Store.
CIGARS Powell, Llndsey.
CLOTHING Unland, Magee & Deemer,
B. L.Palne, Armstrong.
COAL Gregory, Dicfks, Whltebreast,
P. D. Smith."
CONFECTIONERY Leming, MaxwcU,
Lincoln Candy Kitchen.
DAIRY Franklin, Leming.
DRUGGIST Steiner, Woempner, Roc
tor, -Brown, RIggs.
DRY GOODS Miller & Paine.
DANCING HALL Fraternity.
EXPRESS Lincoln Local, Lincoln
Transfer.
FLORISTS Chapin Bros.
JHJRNITURE-Rudgo & Ouenxol, A. M.
Davis, Hardy.
GROCERS-Keystone. -
HARDWARE Hall Bros.
HOTELS Lindell, Waltonr
JEWELEKS Tucker.
LIVERIES Mellck.
LUMBER Dlorks ' '
NOVELTIES Thorpo.
OIL & GASOLINE Lincoln Tank Line.
PAINT & GLASS-Western 'Glass &
Paint Co., Kostka.
PLUMBING Korsmeyer.
POOL & BILLIARDS Powell.
PRINTING. Grlflln Greer, New Cen
tury, Ivy Press, Review.
RESTAURANTS-WoBterfleld, Unique,
Don Cairoron. s
SHOES Perkins & Sheldon, Sander
son, Anderson.
SHOE REPAIRING-Blue Front Shop.
SUITORIUM Weber. Burt's
TAILORS 'Unland, BumsteaU.
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