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About The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903 | View Entire Issue (July 28, 1900)
1L -- I . . . . THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA . . . . SCHOOL OF nusic. THE G0UR1ER msffi w .5 r L i. - 4A -V I h Would call the attention of all who desire a musical education to the unequalled facilities offered at this school. rirLRX KilVXBIvIv, Director. &&M WIPING OUT A GRUDGE. THE STORY OP A CHANCE ACQUAINTANCE. I. Demure Independence went about alone at night a good deal. To be sure, she bad a brother, but he was whole dec ades younger than she, and had his own set and his own pursuits. She was of times a very busy woman in the day time, as were many of her friends, and the evening hours were always her surest leisure. Escape from harassing cares, wholesome relaxation, delightful enjoyment, to say nothing of the facts that brightened at her approach, she gained by her fearless disregard of the the hazy perils that beset her nocturnal path, as she Hitted from friend to friend. She did not intend to sit by the gas leg and spin, losing "the goldenest yeare" of her life, waiting for the mas culine succor in the shape of The Per manent Escort, who, so far, had not loomed on her horizon. Demure Independence was rather a small, slender body, with a distinction in stjle and dress quite her own a woman with quiet, well bred, unobtrusive man ners, obviously fitted by nature for her career of nocturnal wanderer. This much to her credit. On the debit side there was a keen sense of humor, a quick sympathy and a generous spice of malice. Being the clever woman she was, she carefully bid these defects from public view. So, bad you met her in a car at night, you might, were you very young, not notice her at all, or were you older, look once and then twice, and then, perhaps, think what The Wise Counsellor so often and loudly declared: That she was too attractive a woman to wander about New York at night alone. But you'd have to have eyes in your head to see that. Of course, she flouted The Wise Coun sellor's advice, and thanked heaven to his face he was not her brother. She protested that though she bad had to chill the advancing Parisian with a stonr stare, and to take ignominious flight ia a droschke before the pursuing German officer or the 6quat. smirking citizen of Berlin, she had never met with anything that savored of an ad venture in New York, no matter how belated she had been. The Wise Coun selor shrugged hiB shoulders, raised his eyebrows, and smiled polite disbelief (for which she owed him one), and re marked that it was not written in the laws of the Medes and tho Persians that as the past had been, bo must the future be. He had woven for himself a prophet's mantle. The Wise Counselor had special prerogatives; ha was an in valid. At least, that was the traditioa Demure found when she first made his acquaintance, and she came of a race that respected family tradition. To her observation, invalidism seemed a remis-' sion not of sin, perhaps, but of the most fruitful cause of sin: the disagreeable duties of life. Like old age, it endowed its possessor with reminiscent warnings,' and likewiee added a touch of the pir itualolderbrother to advise given to wilful, misguided young women. In the beginning, it must be con fessed that The Wise Counselor held hiB place in Demure Independence' con sciousness as Adolorata's brother. Later, he achieved an individuality of his own, and took Lis place among those upon whom the delighted to wreak her malice. Adolorata herself was a woman of the world grafted on a saint, the possessor of the loftiest standards humanized by the tenderest, broadest charity. Her one earthly failing was an idolatrous worship of The Innocent Boy, the only infant in the whole family. There were some who held that the idol justified the adoration. They were mainly young things who still sent Valentines, which caused clouds of perplexity in the beaux yeux behind the pince nez. Demure Independence loved her friend for her failings, being a thoroughly human wo man. She only did wish that Adolorata would give over a haunting fear she had that some misadventure would be sure to befall tbat independent young spin ster. Among Adolorata's intimate friends was The Vicarious Widow, a handsome, dashing brunette, who wore deepest, darkest black, relieved by the little white mull collar and broad mull cuffs. To an eye experienced in the nice distinc tions of an English widow's garb, the hems on the cuffs were too narrow, and, besides the cuffs were not the proper cut. But to unsophisticated American eyes The Vicarious Widow, appeared the genuine article, and it would take a book larger than the family Bible to re cord her adventures. It ia necessary to add that she was a solid fraud, not even a grass widow, but an unattached spin ster, one, too, who was afraid to go out alone evenings. But she explained that she had a sister who was really a widow and who had takeu to colors again, and the family propriety demanded a widow in weeds, hence her vicarious indulgence in the costume eminently suited to en hance her charm of diablerie. When Adolorata, in mild reproof, sug gested that Demure Independence went about unprotected and unassailed. The Vicarious Widow sniffed a sniff of polite resentment and remarked that all the tales that were told were not all the tales there were to tell. II. If a thing is proclaimed long enough fate sometimes conspires with circum stance to bring it about. What The Wise Counselor predicted, what Adolo rata feared, what The Vicarious Widow spitefully hinted, really happened. So it came about that The Wise Counselor received the following letter, which be couldn't read, as Demure's handwriting had idiosy ncracies of its own: 325 West Ninth Street, New York Citv, December 27, 1S99. Dear Wise Counselor: In life I know of no more satisfying delight than to have one's predictions verified. To jus tify my own previous trustfulness and to vrove your gift uf prophesy, lam writing to tell you of an adventure tbat happened to me on my way home from your hou.-e the other evening. The Eighth Avenue car was running along at a good pace, and I was absoibed in thought, when suddenly 1 felt a hand on my arm. I turned and was met by a smile so fascinating, so magnetic, I answered it before I realized the Wrrrf 7.)r vr T rrvrr m In getting- what they want at the Good Luck Grocery, K C2 jVI ilI2v 'K-cslnnl-trtftaeVt : :S2gSg52S:3s5 FIlt Pub. July 11. 190O-H Notice to Creditors. In the county court of Lancaster county, Ne braska. In the Matter of the Estate of Richard P. K. Millar, deceased. To The Creditor Of Said Estate: You are hereby noticed that the county judge will sit at the county court room in Lincoln, in said county, on the 15th day of November. 1W. and again on the 15th day offFebruary. 1901, to receive and examine all claims against said estate, with a view to their adjustment and al lowance. The time limited for the presentation of claims against said estate is six months from the 15th day of August. 1'JiW. and the time limited for the payment of debts is one year from the 15th day of August. ISHX). Notice of this proceeding Is ordered published four weeks successively in Tne Courier, of Lin coln. Nebraska, a weekly newspaper published in thLs state. ,, Witness my hand and the seal of said county court this 2d day of July. 1900. (seal.) Frank K. Waters. County Judge. By Walter A. Leese, Clerk County Court! CFirst Pub. July H.-3 Notice of Final Report E 703. In the County Court of Lancaster County, Ne braska: In Re Estate of Edward Paul Cagney, de ceased The state of Nebraska to all persons inter ested in said estate and to all creditors, heirs or next of kin of the said Edward Paul Cagney, deceased. Take notice that Mary Flt2gerald has Hied a final report of her acts and doings as adminis tratrix with the will annexed of said estate and a petition for adjustment of her accounts and it has been ordered that said matter be set for hearing on the 4th day of August. 1900. before said county court, in the court house at Lin coln. Lancaster county, Nebraska, at the hour of ten o'clock A. M.. at which time any person interested may appear and contest the same; and notice of this proceeding Is ordered pub lished for three weeks consecutively In The Courier, of Lincoln, a weekly newspaper of gen eral circulation In Lancaster county, Ne braska. "W itness my hand, and the seal of said county court, at Lincoln, this 9th day or July. 19UU. sealj Frank R. aters. County Judge. IJy Walter A. Leese, Clerk County t ourt. First Pub July 21 t Notice to Creditors. E 1465. In the county court of Lancaster county, Ne braska. In the matter of the estate of Nathaniel Leech, deceased. To the Creditors of Said Estate: You are hereby notified, that the connty Judge will sit at the connty court room in Lin coln, in (aid county, on the 1st day of Decem ber 1900, and again on the 1st day of March. 1901. to receive and examine all claims against said estate, with a view to their ad justment and allowance. The time limited for the presentation of claims against said estate is six months from tho 1st day of beptember. 1900, and the time limited for the payment of debts is one year from the 1st day of Septem ber, 1900. Notice of this proceeding is ordered publish ed four weeks nuccessively in The Courier of Lincoln. 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