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BEE: OMAHA, TUESDAY. AUGUST 20. 1918.
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OH,nOMY! MOM Y!
Copyrtjht. lilt, by Eleanor H. Porter and
by th Fublto Ledger Co.
Br Permission of Houghton MittliaMCeV
Rights Reserved.
. THE 8TORI THC8 FAR. :
Smnley O. Fulton, masqueradln( "Johnj
Smith," Is studying relatives to whom he
has bequeathed money. They are cousins
to whom he is unknown Frank, . James
" and Flora Blaisdell. Posing as a genealogist
anxious to procure data of the BlalsdelL
family, he la referred to Miss Maggie Duff,
whose father married the mother of the
BlaiHdells. Duff, now a widower, la cranky,
and his daughter rules hlra by Insisting
upon his doing- the opposite of what she
wants htm to do. He takes dellgnt in run'
nlng counter to all her questions.
CHAPTER VI (Continued)'
i With a really genuine interest in
the records before him, Mr. Smith
fell to work then. The bible had been
in the Blaisdell family for gene.--tions
and it was full of valuable names
and dates. He began at once to copy
tlieru. , ,
Mr. Duff, on the other side of the
table, was arranging into piles the pa
pers before him. He complained of
the draft, and Miss Maggie shut the
window. He said then that he didn't
mean he wanted to suffocate, and she
opened the one on the other side. The
clock had hardly strucu o wnen nc ay
' rufA Ufr nf havine forgotten his
' medicine. ., Yet when she brought it
Ua rofiip1 to take it. She had not
brought' the right kind of spoon, he
said, and she knew perfectly well he
never took it out of that narrow-bowl
kind. He complained of the light,
.and she lowered the curtain; bat he
told her that he didn't mean he didn t
want to see at all, so she put it up
halfway. He said his coat was too
.nmi anH eh hrniicht another one.
lie put it on grudgingly, out nc uc
clared tnat it was as mucn urn
-c tlio nther "was too thick.
Mr. Smith, in spite of his efforts to
, Us nolitelv deaf and blind, found him
self unable to confin. his attention to
uit-tu .ipath and mamaee notices.
Once he almost uttered an explosive
"Good heavens, how do you stand it?
to his hostess. But he stopped him
self just in time, and fiercely wrote
-with a verv black mark that Submit
hnrn in 1801. A little
later he became aware that Mr. Duff's
ft..it nn was trownmgiy rurncu
across the table toward himself.
"If you will spend your time over
such silly stuff, why don't you use a
bigger book?" demanded the old man
at last.
"Because it wonldn t fit my pocket,
sifiiled Mr. Smith. .
"Just what business of yours is it,
anyhow, when these people lived and
died?" ' ...
"None, perhaps," still smiled Mr.
Smith good-humoredly.
"Why don't you let tlftm alone;
then? What do you expect to find?"
.Why, I I " Mr. Smith was plainly-nonplused.-
- ... . .
"Well, I can tell you it s a silly busi
ness, whatever you find. If you find
vour grandfather's a bigger man
than you are, jou'll be proud of it,
but you ought to be ashamed of it
"cause you aren't bigger yourself I
Un tne otner nana, u juu mm
isn't as big as you are, you'll7" be
. r . 1 1 1.4 in
asnamefl or tnat, wnen you uusui w
be proud or rt cause you vc guuc
"him one better. But you won't. I
'.know vour kind. , I've seen you before.
sBut -can't you do any work, real
;,work?;' . '
- "He is doing work, real work, now,
'father," ! interposed Miss Maggie
quickly. "He's having a woeful time,
too. If you'd only help him now and
. show him those papers."
A real terror came into Mr. Smithes
eyes, but Mr. Duff was already on his
feet.
"Well, I shan't," he observed tartly.
"I'm not a fool, if he. is. I'm going
out to the porch where I can get some
air."
"There, work as long as you like,
Mr. Smith. I knew you'd rather work
by yourself," nodded Miss Maggie,
moving the piles of papers nearer
him.
"But, good heavens, how do you
stand exploded Mr. Smith before
he realized that this time he had really
said the words aloud. He blushed a
painful red.
-.Miss Maggie, too, colored. Then, ab
ruptly, she laughed.
"After all, it doesn't matter. ' Why
shouldn't I be thankful with you? You
couldn't help seeing how things
were,, of course, and I forgot, for a
moment, that you ixre a stranger.
Everybody ill Hillerton understands.
You see, father js nervous, and not
at all well. We have to humor him."
"But do you mean that you always
have to tell him to do what you dcn!t
want, in order to well that is "
Mr. Smith finding himself in very
deep water,' blushed agairj painfully.
Miss Maggie met his dismayed gaze
, with cheerful candor.
"Tell him to do what I don't want
in order to get him to do what I do
want him to ? Yes, oh, yes. But I
don't mind; really I don't. I'm used
to it now. And when ypu know how,
what d oes it matter? After all, where
is the difference? To most of the
world we say, 'Please do,' when we
ant a thing, while to him we have
to sav. 'Please don't.' That's all. You.
see, it's really very simple when you
know how." ,
"Simple! Great scott!" muttered
.Mr'. Smith. He wanted to .say more:
. but Miss Maggie, with a smiling nod,
lurned away, so he went back to his
work.
y Benny, wandering in from the
kitchen, with - both hands, full ot
cookies, plumped himself down on
the cushioned window seat, and drew
s;ht of content.
' "Say, Aunt Maggie.l' '
"Yes. dear." .
"Can 1 come ter live? witlfyou?"
"Certainly notl" The blithe voice
ard pleasant smile took all the sting
from the prompt refusal. "What
wo 'ia latner and mother dor
VO they wouldn't mind." ,
"Benny!" . , ..... , -
"They wouldn't. Maybe pa wouljl
a little; but Bess and ma wouldn't.
And I'd like it." .-.. :
"Nonsense, Benny!" Miss Maggie
crossed to a little stand, and picked
up a small box. . "Here's a. new pic
ture puzzle. See if you can do it."
Benny shifted his now depleted
stock of cookies to one hand, dropped
to' his knees on the fioot, and dumped
the contents of the box upon the seat
before him. ' j
"They won't let me eat cookies any
more at home in the house, I mean .
Too many crumbs." ,
"But you know you have to pick up
your crumbs here, dear." -"Yep.
But I don't mind after I've
.wlleaitorn. Jortor
Author of "Pollyanna."
had the fun of eatin first -But they
won t let me drop era ter begin with,
there, nor take any of the boys inter
the house. Honest, Aunt- Maggie,
there ain't anything a feller' can do,
'seems so, if ye live on the West
Side," he persisteu soberly.
Mr. Smith copying t'ates at the
table, was conscious of z slightly ap
prehensive glance in his direction
from Miss Maggie's eyes, as she mur
mured: 1
"But you re forgetting your puzzle.
Benny. You've put only five pieces
together."
"I can't do puzzles there, either."
Benny's voice was still mournful.
"All the more reason, then, whv
you should like to do them here.
See, where does this dog's head go?"
Listlessly Benny took the bit ot
pictured wood in his fingers and be
gan to fit it into the pattern before
him.
"I, used ter do 'em ar- leave 'em
'round, but ma -says I can't now.
Callers might, come and find 'em. an'
what would they say on the West
Side! An' that's the vvay 't is with
everything. Ma an' Bess are always
doin' things, or not doin' 'em, for
those callers. An' I don't see why.
They never come not new ones."
"Yes, yes, dear; but they will, when
they get acquainted. You haven't
found where the dog's head goes yet."
"Pa says he don't want ter get ac
quainted. He'd rather have the old
friends, what don't uiind baked beans,
an' shirt sleeves, an' doin' yer own
work, an' what thinks- more of yer
heart than they do of yer pocket
book. But ma wants a hired girl.
An' say, we have ter wash our hands
every meal now on the table. I mean
in. those little glass washdishes.
Ma went down an' bought some, an'
she's usin' 'em every day, so's ter get
used to 'em. She says everybody
that is anybody has 'em nowadays.
Bess thinks they're grea. but I don't.
i don t like em a mite,
"Oh, come, come, Benny!
it
Burgess-Mash GftHtm
EVERYBODY STORE"
Monday, Augu8Tl97l9i8sfORE NEWS FOR TUESDAY
Those Who
Our Fifth
Save Fully
"DRACTICALLY every big blanket mill in the country is filling government orders,
and all private orders have beeiv greatly reduced in fact we consider ourselves
lucky to have had enough forethought to purchase, our blankets while the "getting
was good," and at prices that enable us to sell them at such moderate prices.
Just a few specials ' .
Wool Blankets, $12.95
Wool blankets in large assort
ment of beautiful plaids, also
plenty of plain gray with col
ored borders. Sizes 70x80, at
a price far below today's cost.
$12.95 per pair.
Comfortables at $8.00.,
Satine and cambric covered
comforts in a large selection of
desirable printed coverings,
f iHed with best grade of cotton :
I weight about 5 lbs., for $8.00.
White Cotton Blankets.
White blankets, 64x76, at $3.45
per pair.
Annual August Sale ot
Fine Household Linens
T7lTH prices soaring and supplies of linens becoming scarcer each week, these
" v special prices become of great interest to housewives.
Just an idea .
BED LINENS
doesn't matter it doesn't really mat
ter, does it, if you do have to use the
little dishes? Lome, you re not. half
doing the puzzle."
"I know it." Benny shifted his po
sition and picked up a, .three-cornered
tit of wood carryir.g the picture of a
dog's paw. "But I was just thinkin".
You see, things are so different on
the West Side. W'hf. even pa-he's
different. He isn't there hardly any
now. He's got a new job."
"What?" Miss Maggie turned from
the puzzle with a start.
"Oh, just for evenin's. It's keepin'
books for a man. It brings in quite a
lot extry, ma says; but, she wouldn't
let me have some new 'roller skates
when mine broke. She's savin' up for
a chafin' dish. What's a chafin' dish?
Do you know? You eat out of it. some
way I mean, it cooks things ter eat;
an' Bess wants one. Gussie Fennock's
got one. All our eatin' 's different,
'seems so, on the West Side. Ma has
dinner nights now, instead of noons.
She says the Pennocks do. an' every
body does who is anybody. But I
don't like it. Pa don't either, an' half
the time he can't get home in time for
it. anyhow, on account of gettin' back
to his new job, ye know, an' "
"Oh, I've found where the dog's
head goes," cried Miss Maggie. There
was a hint of desperation in her voice.
"I shall have your puzzle all done for
you myself, if you don't look out,
Benny. I don't believe you can do it,
anyhow."
"I can, too. You just see if I can't!"
retorted Benny with sudden spirit,
falling to work in earnest. "I never
saw a puzzle yet I couldn't dol"
Mr. Smith, bending assiduously
over his work at the table, heard Miss
Maggie's sigh of relief and echoed
it, from sympathy.
CHAPTER VII.
Poor Maggie and Some Others.
It was half an hour later, when Mr.
Smith and Benny were walking across
the common together, that Benny
asked an abrupt question.
Buy During
Annual
Blankets
25 Under September Prices
W
Wool Comforts, $10.00
These comforts are filled most
ly with wool, carded together
with a little cotton, producing a
fine fluffy effect light, yet
warm; covered with silk mull,
at $10.00 each.
Sub-Wool Blankets
Assorted colors, shell stitched
edge, plaids, 64x76, $3.98.
Sub wool, beautiful assorted
light color plaids, 70x80, $6.95
per pair.
Sub wool blankets, white with
pink or blue border, $5.95 per
pair.
Bed Spreads, $1.89
Hemmed crochet bed spreads
of heavy weight and large size,
perfectly hemmed ends, at
$1.89 each.
.Bed Spreads, $3.50
' Scalloped edge crochet bed
spreads of heavy weight and
fine quality, handsome Mar
seilles designs, suitable for box
spring beds; each, $3.50.
Bath Towels, 25c
Bleached bath towels of
heavy weight, soft and spongy,
neatly hemmed ends, size
18x40 inches; special for 25c
each.
"Is Aunt Maggie goin' ter be put in
your book, Mr. Smilh?"
"Why er yes; her name will be
entered as the daughter of the man
who married the Widow Blaisdell,
probably. Why?
"Nothin'. I was only thinkin'. I
hoped she was. Aunt Maggie don't
have nothin' much, yer know, except
her father an' housework house
work for him or some of us. An' I
guess she's had quite a life of things
to bother her, an make her feel bad,
so I hoped she'd be in the book.
Thoughif she wasn't, she'd just laugh
and say it doesn't matter, of course.
That's what she always says."
"Always says?" Mr. Smith's voice
was mildly puzzled.
"Yes, when things plague, an' some
thin' don't go right. She says it helps
a lot ter just remember that it doesn't
matter. See?" .
"Well, no I don't think I do see,"
frowned Mr. Smith.
"Oh yes," plunged in Benny;
'"cause you see, if yer stop ter think
about 4t this thing that's plaguin' ye
you'll see how really small an' no
account it is, an' how, when you put it
beside really big things, it doesn't
matter at all it doesn't really mat
ter, you know. Aunt Maggie says
she's done it years an' years, ever
since she was just a girl, an' some
thin' bothered her; an' it's helped a
lot."
"But there are lots of things that
do matter,' persisted Mr. Smith, still
frowning.
"Oh, yes!" Benny swelled a bit im
portantly. "I know what you mean.
Aunt Maggie says that, too; an' she
says we must be very careful an' not
get it wrong. It's only the little
things that bother us, an' that we wish
were different, that we must say 'it
doesn't matter' about. It does matter
whether vye're good an' kind an' tell
the truth an' shame the devil; but it
doesn't matter whether we have to
live on the West Side an' eat dinner
nights instead of noons, an' not eat
cookies any of the time in the house
-see?"
"Good for you, Benny and good
for Aunt Maggie I" laughed Mr. Smith,
suddenly.
"Aunt Maggie? Oh, you don't
know Aunt Maggie, yet. She's always
tryin ter make people think things
don't matter. You'll seel" crowed
Benny.
A moment later he had turned down
PhoneDougla 2100
7 j
Cotton Blankets
Gray or tan cotton blankets,
60x76, at $2.69 per pair.
Gray or tan cotton blankets,
n a ..n e 4t am :
loiaiu, ttk J.ti per ian.
T . . 1 11 1. i
uray or lan conuii uiaiiKeia,
'6Gx76 at $3.98 per pair.
Large size cotton blankets, 70x
80, $4.95 per pair, either tan
or gray.
Comfortables at $10.00
Large sized comfort filled from
select put bleached cotton,
covered witn nrinted nainsook,
with silk mull border, in rose,
pink, blue, yellow, etc., at
$10.00 each.
Bath Towels, 39c
Fancy bath towels, in hand
some plaid designs of blue or
yellow, heavy weight; reduced
to 39c.
Table Damask, 98c
70-inch bleached table da
mask of extra heavy weight and
of splendid wearing qualities in
several good designs; August
sale price, 98c a yard.
Huck Towels, 75c.
Pure linen huck towels, size
18x36 inches. These have hem
stitched ends and are of Irish
manufacture, handsome damask
designs; sale price, 75c.
his own . street, and Mr. Smith was
left to go on alone.
Very often in the days that fol
lowed, Mr. Smith thought of this
speech 'of Benny's. He had opportu
nity to verify it. for he was seeing a
good deal of Miss Maggie, and it
seemed, indeed, to him that half the
town was coming to her to learn that
something 'didn't matter' though
very seldom, except to Benny, did h
hear her say the words themselves.
It was merely that to her would come
men, women and children, each with
a sorry tale of discontent and disap
pointment. And it was always as if they left
with her their burden, for when they
turned away, head and sholders were
erect once more, eyes were bright,
and the step was alert and eager.
He' used to wonder how she did it.
For that matter, he wondered how she
did a great many things.
Mr. Smith was, indeed, seeing a
good deal of Miss Maggie these days.
He told hmiself that it was the rec
ords jthat attracted him. But he did
not always copy records. Sometimes
he just sat in one of the comfortable
chairs and vatefced Miss Maggie, con
tent if she gave him a word now and
then.
He liked the way she carried her
head, and the way her hair Waved
away from her shapely forehead. He
liked the quiet strength of the way
her capable hands lay motionless in
her lap when their services were not
required. He liked to watch for the
twinkle in her eye, and for the dimple
in her check that told a smile was
coming. He liked to hear her talk to
Benny. He even liked to hear her talk
to her father when he could control
his temper sufficiently. Best of all he
liked his own comfortable feeling of
being quite at home, and af peace with
all the world the feeling that always
came to him now whenever lie entered
the house, in spite of the fact that the
welcome accorded him by Mr. Duff
was hardly more friendly than at the
first.
To Mr. Smith it was a matter of
Monday, Aug. 19, 1918
Clea
Of All Summer Apparel in Our
Ready -to-Wear Section in the
Down
Clearance Sale ot Sport Skirts
"-
V4 & ,
A Clearance ot
Childxens
95c
YOU could not buy the material at
this price, not considering the cost
of making. But we must clear our
stock so we have priced them at 95c
each. Broken sizes.
Children's Dresses
49c
You will want several, of. these lawn
and gingham dresses; also combination
gingham and chambray. Broken sizes.
6 to 12 years. Very special, at, 49c. Afii-Z-
Burie..Nb Co. Down Stairs Store ts-,
small moment whether Mr. Duff wel
comed him cordially or not. He even
indulged now and then in a bout of
his own with the gentleman, chuckling
inordinately when results snowed that
he had pitched his remrak at just the
right note of contrariety to get what
he wanted.
For the most part, however. Mr.
Smith, at least nominally, spent his
time at his legitamate task of studying
and copying the Blaisdell family rec
ords, of which he was finding a great
number. Rufus Blaisdell apparently
had done no little "digging" himself
in his own day, and Mr. Smith told
Miss Maggie that it was all a great
"find" for him.
(To Be Continued To norrow.)
Omaha Passes Three Cities
in Week's Bank Clearings
Omaha gained three notches in the
business world tast week with the an
nouncement Monday morning of Dun
and Bradstreet of New York City
that Omaha ranked llth among the
cities of the country in bank clear
ings for the last seven days. The
usual rank of Omaha is t4th.
Illinois 6oaf Still on U
ECONOMY (Franklin County)
Lump, Egg, Nut - - - - $9.10 per ton
E-Z-LITE (Montgomery County)
Lump, Nut $8.70 per ton
We screen the Coal at our yards. .
Sunderland Brothers Company
Keeline Building Phone Tyler 2700
everybodyS store"
STORE NEWS FOR TUESDAY
ranee
ITS
Sta
Priced for Quick Clearance
As it must be
cleared away to
make room for fall
merchandise
Women9 s Dresses
$4.95
WONDERFUL assortment to choose from including
ginghams, lawns and organdies, in plaids, stripes and
plain white. All this season's styles. Priced for clear
away, at, $4.95. There is but a limited number of these
dresses.
Gingham Dresses $2.95
Women's and Misses' pretty gingham dresses. Mostly samples,
to be cleared away. Slightly mussed, but wonderful values
at $2.95.
49c
A limited number of sport skirts formerly priced much
higher. While they last, 49c.
Women's Waists -
4 for
Extreme values, at, 4 for $1.00.
Burfesa-Naih Co.
School D
Interstate Commerce 5
Freight Rate Hearing
Begins at Postoffice
A meeting of the Interstate Com
merce commission opened in federal
court building Monday morning to
discuss the proposition of making one
rate classification to cover the entire
country. . ' , ;. ;
The Nebraska Potash company was
the first company to-enter a protest
against present classification. Pres
ident Stevens of the company testified
that alkaline salts from western Ne
braska containing from 10 to 27 per
cent potash were clasified as potash
A motion was made to classify it as
crude salts.
Salvation Army Leader is
n Omaha for Corferenct
Brigadie Pebbles, commander oi
the Salvation Army in thi""3Tvision
was in Omaha Monday for a confer
ence with Hugh A. Knowles. who wil!
have charge of the war fund drive foi
$60.0(10. -
Phone Douglas 2100.
!
$1.00
A .
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resses
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