THE COURIER.
11
Tne Olaiocto,,
Rock Island
& JPcif ic R-.
Givc3 you the eho'ee of Two Routes, odp
via COLORADO and the SCENIC
LINE, and tho other via our TEXAS
LINE and tho SOUTHERN PACIFIC.
Our Texas line is much quicker than
Bny other line through to
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
for
Personally conducted excursions
The ri-iliilrf'
Rock latlcmcl 13 3:0 .-
MlOtlN
Are tho most popular, and carry the
argest business of any other California
Route. This signifies that you get tho
best attention and receive the best ser
vice. The lowest rate tickets to California
are available on these excursion?.
Don't start on a trip to California un
til you got our Tourist Folder, contain
ing map showing routes and all informa
tion. For rates and reservations appl
to and agent of the C. R. I. & P. Ry., o
address
JOHN SEBASTIAN,
General Passenger Agent,
4-1 Chicago ,111.
Wk 1
Is the BEST to reach the
NEW GOLD FIELDS in the
BLACK HILLS.
Call at office for valuable
information.
A. S. Fielding,
Citv Ticket Ajrt,.
117 So. 10th St.,"Lincoln. Neb.
300 pairs black and
tan Oxfords must "o at
j4 off. Call soon for first
choice.
WEBSTER 8 ROGERS. E043 0 SIREEL
IS THE OUT
ROOTE 10 THE SHT0
Oome nd (See XJs
L O. Towbsexd, F. D. COR5XLL,
G. P. A T. Agt. C.P.AT. At
Louis. Ma 1201 Otl
fist Jf J
THE RECONCILIATION.
By George Ade in the Artie Stories.
At eiht o'clock tho front rcom was
gently baking with heat from the L;ue
burner, and tho gas-jet, withlour Bcal
lopcd dancj programs dangling from it,
was lighted to the u'most.
On the marble-topped table w;i3 tho
photograph of a censo jourg man with
plastered hair. Tho picture lay against
a metallic nron of fanciful de.-itrn which
was intrenched between tho album and
a conv of "Luedle." Tho swollen furni-
ture was ornately jig-sawed and confined
in pljsh, and every pieco of it was mod
estly backed up against tho wall.
Tho crayon portrait of Mamie's father
looked down benignly on thb room
cleared for action. Tho portrait rep
resented a bearded fop with a fantastic
forelock, a necktie spotted with great
accuracy and a shirt front behinci a lump
ofgo'd." On two or three o-caeioas of
hisl.fe. Mamio's father had Lome an
approximate resemblance to tho man in
the frame.
One occasion was that of the visit to
the photographer's and tho other was
that of tho SDcicl reception to the ex
ecutive ommitlca or the Union. In
the picture Mamie's father was clean
nn.l iinwrl'.kVd nni! hn bnro n n'aeid.
maiden like expression which Mamiehad
seldom observed in him.
The crajou portrait had originally
been a bargain at 82 30, and the ageat
who delivered it had put in a frame at
611. The frame was a boiling foliage of
1 whit j and silver. With such a picture
J in the house there was no chance for
1 Mamie to lcs3 regard for her father.
As for tho father, he escaped an afllic
tion of pride by rcmain'ng in other rooms
of the house.
This crajoa portrait dwarfed the
' Yard of Rses," tho "Wide-Awake'' and
"Fast Asleep'" prints and the other pic
tures hanzing on the walls. It was tho
luminous thing of the front parior, and
it was to the portrait that Artie Blanch
nrd addressed himself as he came in
from the hallway, with his arm lingering
at Mamie's waist, half way between a
carets and a hug. "Hello, old boy,"
said he, and then he asked Mamie, "How
does the old gentleman 6tack up?"
"He'6 back there now, reading tha
paper."
"All right. I wasn't lookic' for him."
Artie pulled out a chair and seated
himself in it sidewise. He Inppeced to
see tho photrgraph on the table.
Artie "Well, I'm not turned to the
wall, eh?"
Mamie "Don't begin talking
way."
Artie "I was just kiddin. Mame.
How's the ma-mah?"
Mamic-"She was asking about you
todav."' "
Artie -Sav. on theBouare. has nlm
-r 4 ,
got anj time for me?"'
Mamie (warmly)
-"Whj-, of course.
Sho likes j-ou."
Artie "Well, the ma-mah's got a
cold eye in her head. I can't make out
whether I'm strong or not. She ain't
tho kind of a girl that d be afraid to saj-
a few things if she wanted to."
Mamie "Pooh!"
Artie "How about the ringer?"
Mamie "What's that?"
Artie "You know that guy j-ou
was goin' to frost. Have jou wrote to
him?"
Mamie (excitedly) "You mean Mr.
Wilson. I haven't told jou, Lave I?"
Artie "Well, I should saj-not. Has
he been trailin' jou cgain?"
Mamie "Xo, but fce wrote to me.
Its the funniest thing jou ever read.
I'll get you the le ter."
Artie "Gee! Ihatboy's a 6tajer. If
If he don't keep o.T o my route there'll
be people walkin' slow behind him one o
thct-edajB Let's see what he sajs."
(!thimie goes to the adjoining room
and returns with 3 letter and o tiers it to
Artie.)
Artie -"Goon and spfal."
Mamie (with a nervous giggle as a
pte'itninary) "Well, ho begins by say
ing, 'AlisH Mury Carrol, My dear Madam.'"
Artie "'.Mynr Mad im.' Wouldn't
that cook jou, though J"
Mamie "Lisleo." (Reads)
'I do not know why you should hae
t eatcd ma as jou have done. I have
always regarded jou as a friend, but of
Iat9 l hvo mo tho opinion that you
desire to sever our friendship, seeing
that 'ou ,,M not 8PCi,u tth2n l mot Jou
last Sunday eve. If jou have anjthirg
against mo 1 would lika to know in what
regards I have not trntd jou right and
like a lady. I am very truly, yourobodi
entsjrvant. Gka.nt Wii-non."
Art.e "That's a gcoj thing. I
w3dor where he got next to that fancy
naS8 abo,,t severin' friendship.?. Ill
make that foxy boy think somebodj's
severed him if I take a crack at Kim.
Did Jou answer it, Maine?"
Mamie "Not jet. Would jou?"
Artio-'.'Sure! I'd send him one
that'd burn n hr ' " ",a51 8Jt- Vou
Ret your littb o!d sheet of paper and I'll
- ' iuu l" ' luiob 10 ten iui uuj.
l'n bst 'ou a'' k5n(l3 of money that I
can send him som-thin' that he'll talk
abjut in his sleep. You get the paper."
(Mamio goes to tho next room and re
turns with writing matorial. She re
moves the photograph album and then
Eeats heiself at tin table ready 1 1 write.
An attack of ths giggles )
Artie "Chop tho lau;hin. Go on
and write to him. I'll fell jou what to
say. Just begin this way, 'You're all
right but jou won't do.' '
Mamie "No, no, Artie, pteaso no. I
don t want to say it that way. Hesides,
I've got t3 address him first. Now, what
shall I call hm?"
Artie "You could call him a gocd
many things and make no error, I'll tell
J ou these.
fliamio "i Know, 11111 snail i say
Mr. Wi.'son, Sir,' or just -Dear Sir?"
Artie "Naw, not in a thousand.
What do you want to jolly him for?
Get in plenty o rough work right from
the start. Throw it into him hard. Call
him 'foolish Wilson boy. You've got
to wallop one o' them people to make
'em understand. Just say, 'Get out o'
town and keep quiet and jou may live
to see the flowers again.' If you give J
mm mat easy taiK no 11 intnK jou re i
leadm' him on. Let me write to his,
nobs and I'll fix him. (Artie takes the j
that mi walching him with suppressed "gig
gles.) Now. how's this? This is the real
Blun- Uteaas-J
" l iU6t received your nervy letter. Yon
aroall right, but jou won't do. Do not
come into our ward or 1 will have you
pinched. Remember, I never saw jou
oeiore in an my me. iou are worse
than a stranger to me. I would advise
j-ou to stop smokin' that double X brand
of dope, because it gives jou fun ay
dreams. By fdllin'off the earth you will
oblige.'"
Mamie (on the verge of hjsterics)
"Oh-h h h-h! What mnld he think if
I sent him a letter like that?"
Artie "He'd think he was up against
the cold outside, and that's where he is
huh?"
Mamie "Of course. You know
that."
(Artie drgp3 the pen, and with great
caution wraps his arm aiound her
waist,) ,
Taiileac. '
,
"A man often says: "My business is I
different from any other kind: it's almost ,
impossible to advertise my business." That I
remark shows a misunderstanding of what
advertising is. It is making a business known
to those who ought to know it. This can
be done with any business.
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Actual t un f rac!uig.
.'U hours to Salt Lake.
Gl hours to San Francisco.
OS hours to Portland.
T7 hours to Los Angeles.
FROM-
LINGObN, NEB.
City nice. 10 110 street.
3fi5ooo
Worth of milliner
bought and to be sold
at one quarter the regu
lar price during June.
W.WILLIAMS.
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Through Crii-s.
To Omaha. Chicago, and points in
Iowa and Illinois, the UNIOX PACIFIC
in eonnec'iDn with the C. it X. W. Ry.
offers the best service and tho fastest
time. Call or write t j me for time cards
rates etc. E. D. Flos-son.
Gen. Agent.
sSiSs iX?SSSiiS -S ?
You will find Hartshorn's former (i
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upholsterer at 231 so. 11th street.
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UPHOLSTERING ..
-Mattresses renovated.
New pieces made to
order. g
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Free
Aclxreirtijsii:!.
Whit a lot of free sd
vertijm the Hurling'on
must ie;eive if it is true,
as tome jeo!e sij- that
pmmfmad "a ptedsed pisscoger is u
AjWIIMIjlll railroad's best s.dvert '
JrffifBI ment!"
jflyiH To alt point east, west,
north and sbth tLe Bur
lington In well uipped
andunnarhlleled service.
Georjje W.
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