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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-01-02
Married Life the Second Year
Helen Firm in Her Refusal to Dine at His Sisters
New Years.

firm stand, but now she did not waver
When Warren came home for dinner
he maintained the same stolid silence as
at breakfast This was the way he was
Furnishing her. And she knew IL she did
not go-he would keep 1t up indefinitely.
1t was just as they left the table that
the telephone bell rang. Helen usually
answered the phone, and she did so now
without thinking. II was Carrie. Helen
knew her voice with the first Hello"
She had Of course not seen or spoken to
her since the Christmas incident, and
now there was an embarrassed pause.
Then Carrie said coldly:
rs Warren there?'
Yes, I'll call him-just hold the wire"
Warren, Carrie wants to speak to
you" she called into the sitting room.
Warren came out and took the re-
ceiver,
Hello! Oh at Z? -.
Well, that's sensible-I loathe these noon
day dinners. No reason why you should
ruin your digestion just because it's a
holiday. -. That's fine. . Yes,
I'll be there in time to make the punch.
Helens not coming.
You'll have to ask her that, l
haven't the least idea. I'm only account
ing for myself these days. Yes.
I'll call you up tomorrow
b. r.. Goodby."
Warren came back into the sitting room
and took up his paper without comment.
Helen was standing by the window,
pressing her flushed face against the
cool pane of the glass. The hall door
baA al, hal Htrt
hear.
Had Carrie asked him IL she was COM
ing2 Or had he volunteered the informa-
ton? And when he said. you'll have TO
ask her about hiatt was Of course. in
answer to Carries why"
What would he have said had she not
been there-had he not known she could
hear him? What would he say tomorrow
when he called Carrie up from his office?
For the first time Helen realized the
possibility of Warren talking her over"
with his people. II is always a painful
moment when this realization first comes
to any wife. That her husband, the one
to whom she Is nearer than to any one
in the world-that ne can stand apart
and discuss her in any way that is crlti-
cal or Disappearing!
And now Helen with her sensitive and
vivid Imagination tortured herself with
questions as TO what he would say-and
HOW he would say It? When Carrie
pressed him for a reason for her not,
coming-what reason would he give?
OF course Carrie KNEW the reason,
yet Helen felt she would pretend NOT
to know. That she would ignore the
incident of Christmas and ask Warren,
with well assumed surprise, why isn't
Helen coming?"
And then what would Warren say?
Would he refuse to discuss II and say
as he had tonight, you'll have to ask
her about that?" or would he talk 70
Carrie about her? Would they talk over
the incident OF Christmas when she had
so Indignantly left the room? What would
they say about Il? COULD Warren talk
her over with anyone--even with his
sister?
Some such torturing thoughts as these
must at some time come 10 every wife.
And now TO Helen they came with
sick realization that after all in many
ways she stood alone. She could never
again feel quite the same sense Of being
one" with Warren that she had before
(END OF THIS SERIES)
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-01-02

I wonder II Il IL here with you In Amer
lea as II is with us In Paris, that women,
and mon, too, for that matter have fash
ions in walking.
Sometimes II in the mode TO affect the
walk OF q grenadler and In Il few months
something will happen which will change
the fashion entirely. so that you have
to appear to glide N slide over the
ground. One reason the French woman
affects tremendous vitality. oven when
she hasn't got II, for II Is a mistake 10
believe all French women are really vi
vaclous, They aren't. but ell Of them
can pretend, and they do that much better
than American women do. though the
American woman really has the vitality.
But l was writing of walking and OF
the fashions in walking. do not like
to walk at all, though l know | should,
because II Is said TO be 50 healthy.
get plenty of daily exercise In the theater
and outside OF that | prefer driving in
a comfortable carriage or an auto. but
when l do walk / am afraid I do not
faithfully carry out the doctors preoepts
TO carry myself very straight. breathe
deeply and walk briskly.
Very few women who walk fast do II
nicely. Usually they swing their arms
which is odlous and most ungraceful. and
a fashion which comes OF your excessive
1 American vitality. and which the French
woman does not have TO worry about.
lst notice Il great deal over here and
the best dressed and most elegant look
ing women are often the worst offenders
The Partisan. even the little MIdinette
the little shop girl, walks daintily and
she does not swing her arms around, mol
does she make very long steps. OF course
our French women are not, as rule, al
tall as you Americans, but even the tai
ones are much more conscious OF theli
gait and manner In public, and it'll,
less conscious of their clothes.
Even the badly paid shop girl wears
good shoes, however, and she somehow
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-01-02
THE MENDICANT

BY NJ p. BABCOCK.
Pity looked out Of a window and spied
Man with his hat IN his hand;
Motionless wreck IN a swift human tide
Man with his hat In his hand
Justice peered over her shoulder and said
''Yonder's the bane OF the land
"shlftlessness claiming it's portion OF
bread
Man with his hat in his hand"
"oh! he is crippled" moaned Pity in
tears;
Surely we must understand
Offspring OF squalOr through llmitless
years
Man with his hat In his hand"
Close your eyes. Pity. for are We not
just,
Temperate equRble, bland?
Battle OF life fairly fought IN the dust
Man with his hat in his hand"
Pray, you make way" spoke a calm
voice above.
Mine is an act 10 command,
Here Is my shoulder. lean on II. I'm love-
Man with your hat IN your hand"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-01-02
DINKELSPIEL'S NOTES
BY GEORGE V. HORART.

BY GEORGE V. HOBART.
Uneasy looks dere face dot wears a
frown.
Der only trouble abouid a human crank
is dot II cannot be turned
Mebbe II amt such, but sometimes I
t'ink a prude vas female woman dot
wishes somebody viii say someding to
make her blush her face.
All laughs doand listen alike in dis
country Der laugh vich you see at der
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-01-02

marriaglng altar sounds different from
der laugh vich you viii notice in der
diforce court.
Vot a lot OF motive power is wasted by
der peoples dot cholly udder peoples
along,
De an dot Is always building castles
In der air Is der architect of his own
hunger,
Ven We want to play on der sympathy OF
our friends We sometimes find dem ouid
OF tune.
Und I set TO Speigel; Post cards is a
lot OF peoples vieh viii forget all oboud
you before dey vas born Alretty!'' Und
spiegel set Sure" ID. DINKELsPIELA
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-01-02
Harry Gets a Present from Bunk and the Boys

WELL HERES a DOLL ar = POM EACH
or TIE 6AA6 FOR SILK HAT RARPTS
NEODirS & PRESENT LET'S SEE
TRERES FANNIE. RUTH LAURA. oABV.
HpHc1<. cURLocE HoLMES NINE
ARp- >iEu-T1tATS SEVEN eUeNS'
W. GET SoMETl4G0o USEEUL FoR HIM
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-01-02

now you think I'll
go to her house for
dinner?"
at was all your
own fault. You'd
no business to
leave the room
like that-stalk-
ing out with a
high and mighty
air. Creating a
scene before every
body!"
Warren, Y o u
know l didn't ere
ate a scene! I
simply HAD { G
take Winifred out
of the room be-
\ cause Roy persisted
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-01-02
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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-01-02

BY MABEL HERBERT URNER.
why Warren, how CAN you expect
me to go?'
why not?"
After the way you people treated me-
Christmas-and Carrie partlccia 49, And
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-01-02

HA- JUp6E. SLrp NE A BEAN FOR HARRY S
WEopIHer PRESENT HES COMO 10 MARa|
uiS FiRSTVNIPE ONE r A6Arr+ ARD IN
So,"4o 10 Guy HlMRS WoRTlA Or PUTTY
THINK THAT'S TAE MOST ApPfoP PIkrs
T4iSG SoV CAN BOT 70 E A pLUG
vHo RERAPPlES AFTER BEirN FREE
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-11-14
F1at is wha1 was done bere.
isn't II 2'Isdd.

been in on 1t before Sailor Benny Got
to it. Somebody had stuck a load In
there back Of that door. and whoever
1t was must have been the man who
closed the vault and fixed the combf-
nation. Then Benny comes along
with his pal and gets busy. Benny
puts In his little charge, just q little
soup poured In the cracks to loosen
that old door. His pal Is in the other
room, doing lookout Benny turns
loose his charge-and, bang! goes the
big one that's inside. Naturally Ben
ny is Knocked stir. His pal comes in.
sees what has happened, gets the
money and beats 1t In a hurry. Isn't
that the way you size it up?"
Not quite" said. why did that
big load happen to be On the inside the
night that Benny came to blow the
crib? Didn't the man who put It
there know that Benny was coming!
And II he did know-how did he come
to know? Why did he know thatr
And ii he knew-which he certainly
did-why did he leave 1t there, know
ing-as he certainly must have-that
1t would blow Benny to pieces as sure
a. he ever turned loose his charge?
And II he knew all this-this man
which he did-why did he do it! Why
did he want Benny killed there In
front OF the safe? Why did he do
that?s'
Mehaffey shook his head.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-11-14

When Aeharey came he took one
and examined the back OF them and
found some tattoo marks and said:
Sailor Benny. as I'm alive. How did
he ever get so far from Omaha7 And
how did he ever put IN too much SOUP
He was the prince OF them ell In
knowing Just how much II took TO
loosen a door. By glory: Cornell,
there's something queer about this
Benny never overloaded In his life"
The dynamite expert and the safe
man came In on the next train and
the three Of us entered the vault room
of the bank together. The dynamite
man took one look around and said:
SHUT the door"
The safe man obeyed and. TO make
sure, I hung my coat over the key
hole.
MY gad," said the safe man, al
most crying. 1T isn't possible. No safe
Of ours could be blown up In that
fashion. Say, nobody ever could blow
one OF our safes up In that fashion
not even one of these old ones"
YES" said the dynamite man. i've
done 1t myself"
How"
ION a test" said the other by
loading the safe on the inside and then
locking the door"
We looked at one another.
THAT Is what was done here, isn't
it," said.
Absolutely" said the dynamite
man.
sent for Mehafrey and told him
what had been said.
Then the job never was OF Sailor
Benny's doing" said he instantly.
Good CAD. man! The load must have
been put In by the man who locked
the door. And then how did Benny
come to be killed cracking the door,"
The dynamite man and the safe man
prepared to withdraw.
81 guess the case is all up to you,
Mr.. Cornell" they said. 1T looks like
work for tee"
They went away and Mehaffey and l
sat down to theorize behind the
locked door.
Cornell" said Mehaffey, there is
this about this job: Somebody had
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-11-14

admitted that you locked the vault M
for the night.
You put that big charge OF sxpIos.
we back OF the door. Your man
sailor Benny. the yeggman-cane a
you mad requested. He went to work
In workmanlike fashion and shot q Re-
spectacle charge In the cracks OF tia
door. His explosion turned loose the
terrific load you had prepared for him
Inc door was blown to pieces. 30 wa.
me yesgman, and you woke up I'm thu
morning and felt you were safe once
more Isn't that about the truth ~
the affair. Mr.. Giles?.
Proof" he said, sneerinr .yor
nave proofs to substantiate this nrettv
little story"
merely lifted my hand from, th.
table SO he could see underneath wn.+
durango had sent me from Omaha II
vas on old envelope which Duran.o
mao got from Benny's wife. and I'm
"nlcn Benny once had got monev
from Weldon.
Giles took one swift look nj Tia
handwriting and began to easp nr. !.
nsn- The writing was his own.
de confessed that nixht Ia tn. no.,a
oI directors and pleaded for marcv
but those old. hard vorrtr~ go
80 maoe OF tough stun. Thsy r.
FUSED his plea and Giles went a m.
0ans UNDER heavy sentence
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-11-14

arrest Tor rouuxnx tas -sAuCa SU%
runity bank OF SIS. Coz
Great Scott he sad. Do yoz
know wha; yoa are talking about
Are you cr2xy-
- hope not said Let re tell
you what I have discovered sinee
came 70 Weldon. discovered tnAi
yoa have been Al inve;srass Wall
street gambler for the last ten years
II wasn't hard to do that. the brokers
keep q list OF every out-ossown trader
they do business With. You lad been
trading under the name Ct Travcrs.
sut your broker knew ~ho ron were
He had looked you up You we're
fairly lucky for an outsider until last
June. Then your Losses began 60 pile
up steadily. A month ago you owed
SIS, zoe. and had 10 make IL good or %
exposed. You did make IL good. You
did make IL good-out OF that vault
back there.
You hoped 10 cover that loan you
made yourself so that nobody ever
would be the wiser for e. You hoped
TO put II back: they all do. But. like
most OF them In the same az. you
!ound that you couldn't do Il Then
you began TO look around for some
means OF covering up your crime. In
your dilemma you thought OF certain
man who had left this town as q boy.
who had gone TO the bad. and whom
you had helped give you credit for
a good heart, Giles-at various inter
walls when he needed It You thought
of him. You got him TO come here
You told him what you wanted done:
you wanted the safe blown and robbed.
You promised that you would give him
half of the big sum that you said was
inside-and which should have been
inside.
But you knew you were playini
with fire in taking this criminal in al
your confederate in SO dastardly
crime as robbing your own bank. Yos
needed, to have that safe blown-to
have 1t appear that the bank had been
looted Of $751;, 000-but you couldn't AZ
ford to let a criminal live and know
your secret So you loaded that vault
before you locked It the evening be
fore the robbery. You did that-only
you could have done it-because you
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-11-14

upstairs. They worked for two days
and then sent me this bulletin:
Sailor Benny was flush with
money for weeks before starting TO
do Weldon job. Must have been
paid In advance to do It"
Next day came another wire:
Have found Benny's wife. From
her got Information that Benny was
originally Weldon boy. He used
to get money from there occasion
ally. Perhaps you can connect up
on this"
And the third day:
'Benny's wife Gays Benny went to
Weldon In answer to wire saying
just Come She doesn't know
where wire came from"
I wired back:
IF possible send me sample of
writing from person RENTING him
money from Weldon"
And that-the result OF that wire
settled the Weldon bank robbery.
On the tenth day Of my stay in Well
don, just after he had pulled down the
curtains and closed the bank for the
day, I placed Mr.. Giles. the president,
under arrest
"Arrest?" he cried. Ne? Under ar.
rest? What does this mean, Mr.. Cor
nell?"
aJust what 1t sounds like, Mr.. Giles
1 said. 81 am sorry. but there Il moth
ing for me to do but place ron under
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-11-14

She's a bad case. Cornell ns saia-
Yea sad. because Tire nan
who put that soup IN there 60 20 OF
when Benny came must have had
something TO hide. and tnis Vas the
way he took 70 hide f. Mehassy." I
said. suddenly. ~yoa and Durango
both know all about Benny's old
haunts out In Omaha Better run out
there right away and see II you car
and Why Benny came east"
"Ye-es." said he. slowly. That's
about the way she viii work out Why
did Benny come east. Who got him
to come! That's the question that's
to be answered. Durango stars In
that piece: he used 10 work in Omaha
and knows Benny's girl"
When we came out OF the vault
room / said to the president:
Well. Mr.. Giles. We have done
about all we can do here What we've
got TO do now Is 10 TO try TO look for
this dead robbers confederate. the
man who got the money. We will dc
our best. but I assure you IL viii be
hard task TO find him"
Il fear so. Mr.. Cornell" said Giles
But you people are very capable, /
understand"
I've never have fallen down on a
case yet" said as We left him
suspect that Durango at one time
or another had been on the other side
Of the fence, for his knowledge OF
criminals. their hang-outs. their man.
ners and their associates In this coun-
try was something too intimate to
have been picked up as a detective.
Durango could at any time go TO any
city In the country. go straight to the
criminal quarter and be accepted as
one OF the bunch without the slightest
suspicion. This was his sole qualifica-
ton as a detective, however, SO he
was valuable only at infrequent inter-
walls. In this case he was, as Mehaf-
fey put it, the star. The pair OF them
blew into Omaha on the beams OF q
box car, attired in proper hobo cloth
ing. They went to a saloon kept by
an ex-convict near the stock yards-a
crooks nest-and within a few hours
they were associating with some OF
Durango's old friends In a back room
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1912-06-20
BOYS HELP TO
EAT 20 LOAVES OF BREAD

"As an evidence of the appetitei
that the outdoor life and exercise
have given us all" said A. s. Kresky
director of the central Kansas camp
of boys in session near New Cam
bria, "just listen to what it takes
to feed the bunch. We use rs
loaves of bread each day, and last
night for supper the crowd ate 116
pounds of catfish. 1t takes II chick
ems for a meal, As pounds of meat,
and a washtub full of beans. This
is not all we have to eat, but it gives
an idea of the amount of food re-
CURED"
"And then in the daily routine
everything is moving nicely" he
added. 1--WE have baseball league
and two games are played every day,
one in the morning and one in the
afternoon. This arouses the most
interest, but we also have followers
of the tennis and basket ball games.
Others prefer to spend their time
boating or fishing and for those
who wish it, we have plenty of mag
azines and other good reading ma
terial on hand.
For swimming there Is spring
board, RATS, two rings and SPLEEN
didly trained life saving corps which
will care for any who happen to
need assistance. But so far no ac-
cidents of any kind in the water or
at the camp have occurred outside
of a few minor scratches unless you
count the spike that went through
my foot. Everyone is happy and get
ting along finely"
Six Abilene boys are attending
this camp.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1912-06-20
PAPERS MUST BE ON
FILE By JUNE 20.

All candidates for office who ex-
pect to ask for a nomination at the
August primaries must file their
nomination papers on or before June
26. Candidates for county offices
must file their nomination petitions
with the county clerk and they had
better get busy. The law provides
that the petitions must be filed forty
days before the primaries. This
means all candidates for county Of
fIces, and each party must file petit
lions for their committeeman in each
township. precinct or ward. Last
year some Of the townships failed to
file the papers for their committee
men and this failure caused 3 world
Of trouble. All thIs trouble can now
Be avoided Il the Law Is followed
strictly.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1912-06-20

uate of X. U. and took a POSTCARD
uate course at Yale.
Mrs. F.. G. Holzworth who has
been living with Mr., and Mrs. ]. j..
Holzworth at Talmage, stopped over
on her way to Mcpherson.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1912-06-20
ABOUT PEOPLE.

IT. E. Peatling was in from Buck,
eye.
Miss May Flenner is home from
Denver.
Herbert Sommers is home from
Lincoln, Neb. sH
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe McNeal are home
from a visit in Colorado.
Mrs. Paul Schlegle was in from
South Dickinson shopping.
Miss Mildred Dyer left for ni-
poria where she will reside.
Miss Mary Meuli of Hope is visit
ing Mr.. and Mrs. H. w. King.
J. M. Wehler left for visit at
his. old home at New Oxford, Pa.
Karl and Mark Musser Of Hope
stopped over on their way home
from Manhattan.
Ward Davis left for Fayetteville,
Ark, to visit John Hall who is run
ming a shoe store there.
Charles Northwall of Orion, ILL.,,
left for Nebraska after visiting Mr..
and Mrs. w. M. Waddell.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. T. Woolverton
and daughter left for months visit
with relatives at Duluth, MINI.
G. w. Ball, formerly Of Abilene
but who has been in Tennessee for
two years, is visiting old friends.
Mrs. A. B. Bradley and Mrs. q.
L. Inse returned to their homes at
Lawrence after visiting Mr.. and Mrs.
]. r. Fink.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. H. Shank who
have been visiting Mr.. and Mrs. J.
X. Forney. returned to their home
at Maytown, Pa.
Miss Edith Frey is home from
Emppria where she attended normal.
She will spend the summer with her
brother at Canon City, Colo.
Chapman Advertiser: Mrs. Holton
left for her home in Australia Mon
day after spending q year the guest
of her brother, Mr.. o. L. Thisler.
VIM. Schaaf was in from Hope and
made the Reflector a pleasant call.
He says that prospects for q large
wheat crop in his neighborhood are
fine.
C. r. Baker and Geo. Huffman
went to Enterprise this afternoon to
assist in dedIcating that towns new
band stand and take in their booster
day celebration.
Arthur Colby was mp from Kansas
city and spent Sunday with his moth
er and sister. Miss Blanche, Of Dem
yer. who are the guests Of Mrs. Col
by'e daughter. Mrs. Bert Dyer.
FL. Klingberg who was connected
vita the census bureau is visiting
MS parsnts near Dillon. He viii
fessh Aietsfy IN the Psnnsylvania
s.aaa soslews neu2 ysar. He e grad
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1912-06-20

The regular county teachers ex-
animation win be held at the close
Of the normal institute on Friday
and saturday, June 3sth and 2sth.
The examinations win be held e
Garfield school, Abilene, Kan, be-
Ginning At 1880 each morning.
W. o. sTEEN,
County supsriptsndsnt.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1912-06-20
Verra.smetona.

Miss Roy Vera and Anton Smet-
ona of Wilson we're, married at the
court house this morning, Probate
Judge Anderson officiating.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1912-06-20
John Nelson Dead.

John Nelson. aged 81 years, died
at his home near Bonnaccord Tues
day afternoon ct 4 o'clock.
". w. Day Dead.
FFrom Saturdays Dafly.1
Wesley William Day, aged II, died
early this morning at his home in
BuckeYe township. The funeral win
be held from the home at 2 o'clock
tomorrow afternoon and burial viii
be made in the Abilene cemetery.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1912-06-20

1, II. w. King, county clerk Of. Dick
inson county, state Of Kansas, hereby
certify that the foregoing IL . true
and correct list OF bills allowed by
the board OF county commissioners at
their June meeting, 1874. ,.,,,~
(seal) County Clerk.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1912-06-20

200 pairs Mems oxfords, $3.50
and $500 values, Market 60 Of
Day per pair.........--.-....-....9GsGO
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1912-06-20

Special prices on all pictures
framed this day or orders left
for same.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1912-06-20
10 No. 1870 e.

J. D. Haskell has filed nomination
papers for representative from this
district. and Grant Chaplin Tor con-
gresham.