Old timers still talk of the singular appearance of William Reep and his supposedly wayward nephew, William Wallace who came into the Flowerfield country a number of years ago. Wallace was a wildling and was in all kinds of episodes with other wild folks of the day. Frequently he would go on a spree with some of them for several days but never was known to be too much intoxicated to take care of him-

HISTORY OF WESTERN NEBRASKA

self. At the dances he was a favorite and conducted himself with interesting dash and spirit. He carried the mail on the Gabe rock route for several months. During this period it was said that there came from the east at regular periods drafts that were always endorsed by Wallace and cashed by Reep. After a particularly dashing episode that disturbed some good families of "the county Mr. Reep and William Wallace left the community. The lingering effect of this last episode was some court proceedings wherein came the evidence that William Wallace was a woman and the wife of William Reep. It could hardly be believed even by the closest associates until several responsible parties attested to its truth. It was a well planned and executed masquerade and no one here knows its purpose. Many believed the checks were behind it and that in some way the real William Wallace was being impersonated, the Reeps in all likelihood having inside information of the facts and that probably Wallace was dead.