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APARTMENTS.
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1920 o. LIST d, Or, b. .26.1 %
S016h r, 5r, b, heat25. 90
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2 rooms, bath -. "a. 30
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304O1s r, Or, b, heat q. 50
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503A pad, III, Or, b. ii. 50
5O5A 23d, 21. Or. b.. 20. 50
3042 r, 5r, b. heat. 20. 80
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3044h r. Or, b, heat20. 50
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1 One conduit duct and top pole
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The installation of the most improved appa-
Demands: Free S Service between Omaha and South
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Twelve free telephones for the city.
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Connections with all independent lines wishing
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dusk, talking often, silent often, always together
in thought in bodily presence-was not this
enough? If | had to die in a month, | should
owe life tremendous debt already that is her
own summing up 1t is pleasant to remember
1t would be enough to say love; enough with
nature ardent as hers.
Yet with love much else conspired There was
the sense of what she had done, of the things to
which she was a party; there was the sense of
more things; there was the applause of Volsen
well the devotion of the Prince there was. too
it persisted all through her lfe-the funny, half
childish and Ito a severe eye) urchn-ke pleasure
in the thought that these fine doings for Sophie
de Gruche once of an English hamlet! Fancy mel"
is the indefensibly primitive form in which this
date from the Castle of Praslok. Yet it is possible
to find this simple, gracious surprise at Fortunes
fancies worthy of love. Her own courage her own
catching at Fortunes forelock, to have been
always unconscious and instructive.
So she lived, loved, and laughed through those
unequaled days, trying to soothe Marie Zerkovitch
mind and her feminine soul wholly to her Prince
She was like singularly able and energetic sun
beam, Max says quantity himself obviously not
untouched by her attractions
The Princes mind simple. He was quite
sincere about his guns; he had no wish to go
his travels until they had arrived and he could
deliver them into the safe custody of his trained
and trusty Vosenians and of Lukovtch their Cap
tain. Less than that was not safety, with Stenovcs
in office and Colonel Stafnitz duty at the capital
But Marie Zerkovitch was right too, even though
over-exacting, as Max had told her. The letter to
the King held only half the truth and that half
not the more significant. He could not go from
Sophys side to seek wife. The desire of his heart
and the delight of his eyes-she was here in
Praslok
Her charm only for his heart and eyes,
her fascination not solely for his passion. On his
intellect also she laid her powerful hold, opening
the confines of his mind to broader views
and softening the rigor of his ideals He had seen
himself only the stern master the just chastser
of turbulent capital and unruly soldiery But
there not higher aim? Might he not be
loved in the plains the hills, at Slavna at
VoSeni? By himself he could not achieve that: his
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instead that in his Judgment it was essential in the
interests of the kingdom that the lsk of training
the artillery should not be interfered with by any
other object however well worthy of consideration
that object might be-
In the result the draft as amended, though not
less courteous dutiful than MaXS original,
noticeably stiff. Translate them both into
the and abrupt speech of everyday life, and
one said: I'D rather not, please, while the other
came at least very near to a blank . won t ~
Maxs was acquiescence, coupled with prayer for
post ponement; the Princes postponement
first, with an accompanying assurance of respectful
Max was not hurt, but he felt professional dis
approval. The Prince had said more and shown
more of his mind than needful; it throwing
more cards the table than the rules of the game
demanded.
Mine would have done just as WELL he COM
planned to Marie Zerkovitch. If mine had been
rejected, his could have followed As it is he is
wasting one other of them. Very foolish, since
just time is his main object" He did not mean
saving time, but protracting it.
Marie did no more than toss her head peevishly.
The author of the original draft persevered.
Don't you think mine would have been much
wiser, to begin With"
Il don't see much difference There's little
enough truth in either of them" she snapped.
Max looked at her with an amused and to1er-
ant smile. He knew well what she meant. He
shook his head at her with humorous twinkle.
oh, come, come! don't be exacting madam.
There's very fair allowance of truth-quite half
the truth, should think. He is really very anx-
ious about the gunners."
Max spread out his hands with shrug, but
passed the question by SO much truth, in fact
that it would have served amply for at least two
letters, he remarked, returning to his special
point of complaint.
Marie might well the easy-going yet
observant and curious young man; he loved to
watch his fellowcreatures under the stress of feel
ings from which he himself was free, and found in
the opportunities afforded him in this line the chief
interest both of his life and of his profession She
had gradually risen to high nervous tension She
in
Kravonia nor had Paris grated such slip on her
nature. Had she thought the in the Palace
thought when they smiled, had she thought that
and no more it is scarcely likely that she would
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have thus disturbed herself After all, such cases
are generally treated in some sense outside the
common rules; exceptional allowances are in fact
whether properly or not, made exceptional
situations
Another feeling in her mind-an obsesson
which had come almost wholly to possess her
The fateful foreboding which had attacked her
of late had now full dominion over her; its
rule riveted more closely on her spirit dav by
day. day by day the Prince and Sophy drew
closer together. Even that Sophy had once saved
his life could now no longer shake Maries dolefu1
preposSession. Unusual and unooked-for things
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SUNDAY MAGAZINE FOR MAY 20. 1905
CHAPTER X.
The Sound of a Trumpet

THE Prince of Slavna's answer to the intine-
ton of his fathers wishes was dutiful, cour-
teous and dscreetly diplomatic The Prince
much occupied with his drills and other occupa-
tions; he awaited himself of Max Holbrandt's
practised pen-the guest was glad to do his royal
host this favor. They talked over the sense of the
reply Max then drafted it.
The Prince did no more than amend certain
Max wrote that the Prince cordially sympathized
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watch nm at
work, to seem
to share the la
Dor and the
love, then to
shake off the
kindly clinging
friends and take
to a mountain
path or wander,
the reins on the
horses necks,
by the margin
of the lake, and
c o m e HON e
through the late
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take color from the mind
of the spectator; the
strange train of events
which had brought Sophy
to Praslok borrowed omi-
nous shadows from a nerv-
Gus, apprehensive tenn
permanent.
No such gloom brooded
over Sophy. She gave her
self up to the hour: the
past forgotten, the future
never thought of. 1t was
the great time of her life.
A cry of happiness almost
lyrical runs through her
scanty record of these
days-there was little leis-
ure for diary or letters.
Winter was melting
INTO spring, snow dWelt
only on the hilltops,
Lake Talti was un-
bound, and sparkled in
the sun; the days grew
longer, yet were far too
short. To ride with
him to Volseni, to hear
the cheers, to see the
love they bore him, to
A watch him at
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-01
A SPEEDY AGE.

What's the use of worrying any
more about two cent fares? Why
should any additional railroads be built
in the wheat be1t-unless it be for the
purpose Of hauling freight? Every
man out here can be his own railroad
now when it comes to transporting
himself.
These reflections are brought out by
a little newspaper item which states
that an automobile belonging to L. NJ.
Linton, of Lebanon, made a run from
Salina to Lebanon. 145 miles across
country, in an afternoon last week.
Mr.. Linton is the well-known farmer
and merchant of Lebanon who repre-
sented Smith county in the legislature
of 1908. He is a representative Of the
wheat belt farmer who can now afford
to own an automobile and keep a
chauffeur to take him about over the
country.
Besides Mr. Linton. the machine
carried the chauffeur and the latter's
sister. The party left Salina some time
after one O'Clock in the afternoon and
reached Lebanon along in the evening.
The young woman wished to go to
Colby. and at Lebanon she caught a
ROCK Island tram winch put nGI at ISE
destination in less time than she would
have reached it by going direct by rail-
from Salina to Colby-this, too. after
travelling 145 miles across country to
catch the train.
SO why should the farmers Of cen
trail and western Kansas demand
two-cent passenger rate on the rail-
roads? Why should they wish to ride
on railroads at all? If they want to go
to Topeka or Kansas City they can
have the chauffeur-or hired man
hitch up the motor car and run down
in an afternoon. If they want to go
across the state from Abilene to Wieh-
tia they can run down in the morning
and back in time for supper. Why
should they be interested in passenger
trains?
OF course the poor mortals who
don't own farms, and who have to ride
on passenger trains or walk, need the
two-cent fare, now that passes are to
be a thing of the past; but why should
the plutocratic farmer worry about
railroad fares?
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IN WEsTERN KANsAs.

The good news comes from the Ar
kansas valley that a big irrigation
project has been planned for that re-
gion. It Is stated that 100000 viii
be expended in digging a great ditch
through which the flood waters Of the
Arkansas can be diverted into a re-
Gently discovered natural reservoir
some distance to the north. in Kearny
and Finney counties, and that this
reservoir will hold sufficient water to
irrigate a hundred thousand acres.
The full details of the plan have
not yet been worked out, and these
figures may be a trife extravagant as
to the amount Of land that can be ir-
rigated, but even If only $4,000 acres
can be brought under irrigation it will
mean tremendous wealth for that
region.
Irrigation means absolute crop in
surance, and with the rich soil and
abundant sunshine of western Kansas,
that region will grow enormous crops
Alfalfa, sugar beets, truck crops, fruits
Of all kinds and other products will
give big returns.
With irrigation on the lower lands,
wheat raising by the dry farming
nSLnOQ on the up4dAdSs eAAAA 1870
raising on the hills, western Kansas
has possibilities before it little dream
ed Of few years ago.
It has been a great problem how to
conserve the flood waters Of the Ar
kansas because of the lack of a reser-
voir in which to store them. Every
spring they come rushing down from
the melting SHOWS in the mountains
and run off to the sea without doing
any good. With a large basin in which
some of these waters may be i'm
pounded for use during the summer,
not only will no harm be done to other
water users, but the volume OF the
underfow ought to be actually in
creased below the irrigated area.
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An Ox-Wagon in Africa.

The oxen were going quietly along,
when, all of sudden, they were start
led by the heavy thud of the wheels
jolting over a tree stump on the track.
Within a few yards of the brink they
set off at a trot, the long and heavy
chain hanging loose between them.
'Kouta! Kouta ninnf!" C"Brakei
Hard on!'D shouted the driver. and
we felt the Ovampo boy behind the
wagon whirl the screw round till the
hind wheels were locked. But 1t was
too late. We were over the edge al
ready Backing and slipping and pull
ing every way, striking with their
horns, charging each other helpleSSly
from behind, the oxen swept down the
steep. Behind them, Ike big gun got
loose, came the wagon, sWaying from
side to side. leaping over the rocks,
plunging into the holes, at every mo-
ment threatening to crush the hinder
oxen of the span. Then it began to
slide sideways. 1t was almost at right
angles to the track. In another sec
ond 1t would turn clean over. with all
four wheels in air, or would dash US
into a great tree that stood only a
few yards down.
'sKouta loula!'' Choose the brake!')
yelled the driver, but nothing could
stop the sliding now. We chung on
and thought of nothing. Men on the
edge of death think of nothing. Sud
denly the near hind wheel was thrown
against high ridge of clay. The vag-
on swung straight, and we were plung-
ed into a river among the struggling
oxen all huddled together and en-
tangled in the chain.
THAT was rather rapid I said, as
the wagon came to a dead stop in the
mud and we took to the water, but
in no language could 1 translate the
expression OF the drivers emotions.
Only last wet season the owner of a
wagon started down a place like that
with twenty-four fine oxen, and at the
bottom he had eight oxen, and more
beef than he could salt.-H- W. New
inson, in Harper's Magazine for June
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incongruous in its halo of white ban.
dages- Yates hooded to him.
Badly knocked cut, Barker?' hi
asked, pleasantly
But not done for yet" muttered
Barker
When he rose to go. Yates gripped
Derricks hand.
IT was a very decent, timely thing
to do. Derry he said. THE old man
VIII appreciate It"
That was all, but it left Derrick radi-
antiy joyous. When the nurse came
around, he couldn't help It. He had to
tell some one, and he told her, while
she dressed his head. It was after
tnen At z she went Off duty for the
night. When he had finished, she WA
smiling, too, and her eyes were bright.
am glad for you Yesterday
thought that you were Barker, and
didn't want to send the message.
am from Pittsburg, and we know about
Barker there she added, seriously.
But you sent it7''
4 knew it didn't matter, so long as
Derrick laughed. The dear. delicious.
FOOLISH denseness Of her. Didn't mat
ter! He looked over at Barker. and
TeJoiced over the smashed head that
didn't matter.
They had an extra out again to-
night, the little nurse was saying.
me strike has been settled by ar
pitration, but the strikers won.
N4CN D4CSS CtEOEuu SdA4 AJcLL4CAp
fervently. and Barker heard him. The
nurse added, gently:
You are to leave in the morning, per-
maps before come on. Don't work
hard at first, and you'll be all right
Goodbye
What's your name. nurse from Pitts
burg 2? asked Derrick, looking up at the
dark blue eyes.
She flushed. It is against the rules
Tor nurses to f1irt with fellow nurses or
doctors in Bellevue, but they haven't
passed any rule barring patients as yet.
Helen she said, Helen Hayward,
Mines Derrick-Wilfred Derrick
He lowered his voice so that Barker
could not hear I'm going to see you.
Nurse Helen, after I get out OF this
place tomorrow. because you and I
broke that strike. You don't know how
we did it, but 1 do. and 1 think you're
a brick May I, Nurse Helen2"
Yes said Nurse Helen, under her
breath; and Derrick held one of the
slim white hands close to his lips and
kissed it. There was no one to deny
aim, for Bellevue had not barred love
from the patients yet, and Barker was
looking the other way.-(Copyright 1906,
by Ruby Douglas.)
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POINTED PARAGRAPHS

TFrom the Chicago News
If you snore the pleasure is all
yours.
Few tips come to the waiter who
sits down and waits.
Riches may have wings, but poverty
is seldom q gutter.
Those who are fond of harmony
have no use for chin music
Many a man loses out in trying to
take short cut to success.
But the man who lives upright Is
apt to die in a horizontal position.
Falling in love doesn't make a man
foolish unless he has other weak spots.
A woman, as a rule. has more pa
tience with children than with her
husband.
When the pure food law gets its
work in it won't seem like the same
old free lunch.
Nothing makes a man feel more inn
porta.nt than his ability to answer the
questions of a small boy
And sometimes a woman's so-ealled
love grows cold because her husband
declines to hand out the cold cash.
Frequently a would-be optimist de-
generates into a pessimist because of
his inability to diagnose a bad case of
biliousness-
Music is said to have charms to
soothe the savage breast. but some
music is calculated to render the
peaceful breast savage.
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The FaithfnI Chinee

During the three days in san Fran
cisco while the great fire ragged there
were many instances recorded of the
faithfulness and tenacity of old ser
wants in their endeavor to save fhe eff
reefs OF their employers. One of the
rated:
Chinese house servant had been
n m employ of San Francisco fam
lily for eighteen years. What with his
tnlIty years residence in California
Chlng might be considered a verit-
apie pioneer Certainly when his loyal
" ana bravery were put to the test
ne was not found wanting in the true
spirit of AZ.
When his mistress and the family
abandoned the old home on Rincon
t51ll, leaving behind them the silver,
the plate, the library, the curiOs the
eePsakes--everytpin to the mercy
Of the galloping flames, Ching" and
nee and seek refuge with their friends.
But Ching" had some ideas of his
own Taking with him the terrified
cook he went to the nearest wharf and
with the aid of part of the ready cash
ne carried, set about to make a new
and useful friend. He accosted the
first fisherman he saw with, You
catch him boat? You save my life,
give you fifty dollars" For this round
sum the lazy Italian fisherman was
willing to leave his sun bath among
the coils of rope. The burning of San
Francisco meant little to him; he still
mad his nets and boat and now a
wealthy passenger.
The bargain closed 'tAh Gong" was
left to play guard to that precious junk
while away went Manager Ching with
out revealing his plans to his employees.
Before long, Ching appeared on the
wharf again, staggering under the load
he was carrying on his shoulders. A
second time he went away. Five times
he came and went, and each time ''Ah
Gong was given more treasures to
protect.
"Ching" afterwards said to his mis-
tress, "sAh Cong, he too fat to live.
I make him sit on things; nobody can
steal en-" But "Ah Gong" was not
too fat to help load the sliff
Everything on board, even to a
weeks supply of rice, they weighed
anchor and drifted out into the stream,
all the time watching that blazing pic
ture. The brilliancy and color of a
Turner looked like a mere tint in COM
parIson- But those three were not gaz-
ing at the scene from an esthetic point
of view. For the Italian there was
fifty dollars in it, and a passenger list
that might be turned into a crew of
two, while the faithful Cinnamon were
seeing only the roof, under which they
had always been so kindly treated, sue
cumb to the flames. That gone, they
realized that they had possession Of
the few things with which their mis-
tress could some day start another
home. And they must have contem-
plated a function being given to cele-
brate the occasion, for among other
things they had saved an assortment
of ball gowns.
When the fire was checked and all
danger past almost the first courage
Gus little craft to find its moorings at
Fisherman's wharf was "Ching's'' little
fishing smack, with It's cargo all safe
a cargo that is only waiting now, as a
relic of the old, to be given a home in
the new San Francisco with faithful
"Ching" still its custodian.-The Argo-
naut
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a POOR TECHNICALLY.

It is stated that the Perkins forces
are contesting the right of the p 'tum-
minis delegates from Polk county to
sit in the Iowa Republican convention.
owing to a technical parliamentary ir
regularity in their selection. A motion
was made in the Polk county CONVEX
ton the Perkins people allege, 10 al
low Governor Cummins to name the on
tire delegation. An amendment was
offered to allow the delegation TO be
divided between the two opposing can
didates. This amendment was LAID on
the table. and the convention then pro
ceeded to adept the original motion.
and allowed Governor Cummins tie
name the delegates. This. the Perkins
forces declare. was irregular, mas
much as tabling the amendment also
tabled the original motion. according
to parliamentary usage. and the Y
Polk county delegates therefore were
not duly elected.
Technically the contention is correct,
of course, but the cause that has to
resort to such technicalities is in dire
straits Without arguing here the
merits or dement's of either side. it
ought to be commonly acknowledged
that the majority shall rule. Even
though there was a parliamentary err
ror in the proceedings. the majority in
that Polk county convention appear to
have been favorable to Cummins. So
why should not the win of the ma ority
stand?
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QUAKER REFLECTToNs

LFrom the Philadelphia Record.
Most people would rather be for
given than forgotten.
The maiden lady talks about ems
girls" until she Is at least so.
In politics a family tree doesn't
count for so much as the stump.
Many a man looks everywhere for
his worst enemy except in a mirror.
The best way to have your fortuna
told Is to listen to the reading Of a
will.
The fellow who realizes his own
foolishness acquires just that much
wisdom.
If it wasn't for the fact that a fool
and his money are soon parted there
would be no financiers.
He-"I want you to think better Of
me-" She-'You seem to think so
well Of yourself that It isn't neces-
Eary.''
Perhaps 1t would facilitate the con-
tinual tearing up of the streets II We
could have them paved with paper.
No. Maude, dear; 1t is not consid-
cred a breach OF etiquette to bow 10
the inevitable without a formal intro
duction.
wigg-+Poor old Bjones doesn't
seem to be able to succeed at any
thing" WaEg@''No; he tried suicide
and even failed at that"
Nell-"Her husband has been dead
only six months. and she is going to
thing; black is so unbecoming to her.
Mary had a little tongue;
A temper. too, you know:
And everything that Mary said
Was pretty sure to go!