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(J (T THE ROCK ISLAND ARGUS, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1909. .JHE GHRISTmAS ohmo. By GEI ,D PRIME. Prssa Copyright. I903J by American - Association tr SABEL washaving It out with her R father. It 'was oaly a few days j before Christmas, and she should have beea at peace with herself and all monkind in general, but she wasn't. She had been telling herself all this particular day that as soon as her father came home she would put her case before him In a light so con vincing that he would be brought to auoiit that he had been a little too ar- litrary. Her scheme had not worked. She was beginning to realize painfully that her effort -to gain her point had resulted in confirming her father in his opinion that it was a man's privilege to rule in his own house, especially j. when the woman of it was his only 7 daughter, a girl of twenty, who could not be expected to know her own mind. "You know perfectly well," 6aid Isa bel, with a final heroic attempt to snatch victory from the jaws of de feat, "that Jack and I have been have been good friends for a long time. The only reason he hasn't spo ken about it to you is because he has been waiting until he was in more of a position to do so." Then if s mighty lucky for him that he concluded to postpone it," declared Tom Truesdell testily. "Romance is all very well for those who can afford it, but Jack Goodale doesn't belong to that class. I pay him a fair-salary, and I admit he earns it. But I don't see how he expects me to accept him as a son-in-law. How could he ever provide for a wife as extravagant as you? Absurd!" "He has a little money, and he may make a lucky deal some day," she per- slsted in spite of the forloruness of her hope. "Do you mean that the young man intends to gamble in wheat?" he asked "ironically. "Why shoujdn't he? You do, don't your Tom Truesdell snorted impatiently. "No," he retorted. "I do not gamble. A x gambler risks his property. 1 never risk anything. I know how the market is going because I make the market. There is a difference, Isabel." , Driven to desperation. Isabel played her last trick. "The man yen want for a son-in-law." she said, "is no better - off financially. He has nothing but his debts to distinguish him." He smiled sardonically. "If I want him for a son-in-law," he returned de cidedly, "I am well enough off to af ford him. 1 grant you Gerald Van Id gen has very little means, but he lias .something thru the Truesdell family reeds a good deal more. He has posi- . tlon." "He's an empty makeshift." declared Isabel wrathfuMy. "He isn't very brainy. I supdosc." If ; 1 &k ' . M Blj-.L-f -rJ ' . .M J!? - ?. 4 4 fa L It? VJvS; . ih : . ,u v v' - ft b . - 'y THIS 13 the maiden so dainty and sweet Who regretted she wasn't provided with feet Elephantine so the stockings she wore Might hold Santa's stock and very mnch more. in llll TiiMrsday9 Friday a A v7 ill CiMo foarday ."SI .1,11 U nil ri'ifH Tii N ' m i urn Your chcioe of any Suit in our factory, long coats, pleated skirls, lined with guar anteed satin, worth up to S30.00 . . . S few worth tap to r jtk if jj Jr 5) her father admitted. 'He'll be all the easier to manipulate on that account. That ought to appeal to you, Isabel. But I havent made up my mind yet. Mr. Van Ingen is coming to lunch with me tomorrow, and I shall make a study of him. He certainly ought to do great thinsrs for us socially." Van Ingen was punctual at Tmes- dell's office on the following day. As he entered the busy plaee he found the bustle very disquieting to hi3 nerves. Tape machines clicked, clerks were shouting perplexing fractions into telephones, and there was an up roar quire unfamiliar to the young man's enrs. All at once Truesdell rushed into view, almost overturning his distinguished visitor, and without even an apology shouted in a voice that seemed peculiarly disagreeable: 'Hero. Goodale! Get a move on and sell all you can 10.0(0.oeo bushels to day. Keep a cool head, man." Having given hia commands. Trues dell turned to his visitor. "You'll have to excuse me," he said. "I expected a quiet day. but the bulls are on the warpath, imd I'm having .the feht of my life. Goodale will be back present ly, and he'll tell you all about it. Come in tomorrow and I'l blow you to that luncheon if I have money enough left to pay for it." The excited operator was away.be fore the startled young man could put in a word. He couldn't understand why so rich a man as Truesdell was supposed to be should agitate himself over his business. What was amiss? The idea was so irritating that he found a trifling consolation in the fact that his wooing had gone no fur ther. Just then Goodale returned, and Van Intren feit it due to himst-lf to learn something of the condition of affairs. His idoas of business were exceeding ly vague, but he nerved himself for the undertaking. "Mr. Trues Jell seems to be unusu ally excited today," he began. "I can't help thinking something must be up." 'Something Is up." Goodala admitted quietly. "Wheat is down." "Oh, I see." said his rival, with a i dazed look which belied his assumn- Coats worth up to 25 from $5.39 to 13.50. Skirts vwrth up to $IO, ail styles all sizes and cloths, S1.50, $2.5, $3.50 and $4.5. Open Evenings. Opposite Posfoffice Building. 1637 Second Ave. tiou of intelligence. "Mr. Truesdell has been dealing very heavily lately, I believe." "Very heavily indeed," Goodale agreed promptly. "Many people will be very hard hit." "Very hard indeed." Van Ingen concluded that he had solved the problem. lie thanked his informant, rose languidly and proceed ed to his club, inwardly grateful that he had escaped a terrible possibility. U'hile he was eating his luncheon a man whom he knew emerged from behind his paper and came over to his table. "ISeastly panic In the wheat mar ket." he observed rather dolefully. "Hope you're not scorched. Van." "No money to play with, dear old chap. I've just left a man up to his eyes in it Tom Truesdell. Know hl-m?!! "Well, rather!" the other replied. "I have Just dropped a cool $10,000 in the pit. If your man Truesdell has been equally out of luck he must be looking forward to a rather gloomy Christ mas. It means millions to him." An hour later Van Ingen went into the writing room and penned a note to Mr. Truesdell to the effect that some unexpected and Important business would compel him to forego the pleas ure of a further discussion of the con templated alliance. On Christmas eve Goodale and Van Ingen met face to face on the street The latter would have passed without a sign of recognition, but Goodale grasped his band and greeted him cor dially. "I am afraid you reople must have come out of your deal rather badly," Van Ingen stammered. "Not at all." declared, the other ra diantly, with a final wring of hisone lime rival's hand which made him wince. "We were bears. The lower the price went the more we made. About a million is the fijrure." Van Ingen smiled feebly and mur mured bis congratulations. Christmas. Blng holly now and mistletoe And all resentment from your heart; Bins the accessories which show And in this joyous day have part; Blng help to him you fain would wrong And good to him you would deride; -Lift up your heart In Joy and song And sing the Christ back to your sld. ELBERT SHERMAN. Governor Haskell Very III. Guthrie, Okla., Dec. 15. Governor Charles N. Haskell was last night seized with an aggravated attack of indigestion and physiciaus are in at tendance at his bedside. His suffer ings are Intense and his condition causes general alarm. LIBERALS WIN IN SPAIN Kioting Marks Voting at Bilbao, Bar- colons and Malaga, Madrid, Dec. 15. Later returns from the municipal elections held throughout the country Sunday Indi cate that the liberals and republican generally were successful. In this city the liberals elected 28 of their candidates and the republicans 13. At Barcelona the radicals triumphed, electing 19 of a total of 23 candi dates. There was considerable riot ing at Bilbao, Barcelona and Malaga and a number of casualties occurred. All the news ail the time The Argus. 71 fr'CiVswZtjl i2 Never before in the history of "the piano business could you buy a standard high grade piano like the Knabe, Merrill, Krell French, Ebersole, French & Son, at the prices we are now offering. 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