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THE ROCK ISLAND ARGUS, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 191T. ' . . i DAVENPORT Arrange for Poultry Show. At a spe cial meeting of the Tri-City Fan ciers' association Monday night L. C. Schmidt was elected to fill the va cancy caused by the resignation of: W. O. Calvert of Bettendorf. Final ! arrangements were also made for1 the annual show, which will be held in Armory hall Thanksgiving week. Several handsome trophy cups have ben donated to the association for special prizes at the annual show. Will Try Horsethief. Howard Pier son, indicted by the grand jury on a charge of grand larceny, is to be tried in the district court. Pierson is the man who was arrested for th theft of a horse from R. A. Brown of Pleasant Vallev some months ago. Obituary Record. Mrs. Minnie Mil ler died Monday at her home, 1." 12 West Seventh street, at the age of 30 years. She was born in Iiavenport. Aug. 22, 1K61, and has spent her en-, tire life in this city. Defeased is. survived by two sons, Harvey and E1-; mer Miller; two daughters, Mrs. Ad-' die MoHler and Mrs. Clara Buesing: one brother, Frank Picklum of Uav-! enport, and one sister, Mrs. Mary; Proetsch of Chicago. , William Joens died yesterday morn- i ing at 7 o'clock at Mercy hospital, i following a lingering illness, at the! age of 22 years. He was born in : Shuby, Rthleswig, Germany, Nov. 12,i 1887, and came to America and di rect to Davenport seven years ago. Deceased is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Hans Joens of Ger many; five sisters, Mrs. Hans Kuehl and Mrs. Tina Grunnel of Davenport and Maria, Anna and Margaret Joens of Germany; and one brother, Claus Joens of Germany. Mrs. Johanna Fredericka Mathias died Monday afternoon at 4 o'clock at Mercy hospital, after a lingering illness, at the age of 32 years. She was born in Germany, Oct. 22, 1879. and came to America with her par ents when a child. Those who sur vive her death are her husband, Pet pr A. Mathias; four sons, Bernhard, Walter, Albert and Otto Mathias; nno daughter, Velma Mathias; ' her lather and mother, two brothers and six sisters. Funeral services will be held nt the home, 2319 Rockingham road, Thursday morning at 10 o'clock. The remains will be taken to Clinton for burial. Downer in Charge. Harry E. Down er, for many years past the genial, LACE CAP FOR ROOM WEAR ) - v -i, fifty t 1 MOLINE Thief 8tlll at Large. A sneak thiet who invaded the Dawchinsky boarding house at 428 Eighth street on Satur day night is still at large. Robbery of an open face nickel watch and $16. be longing to roomers in the place, is re ported. Bank Capital Increased. At a spe cial meeting yesterday afternoon stock holders of the State Savings Bank & Trust company voted to increase the capital stock from $250,000 to $273,000. The bank will move soon to new quarters at Fifteenth street and Fifth avenue. o Claims He Was Robbed. Local po lice are endeavoring to assist Gerard Sturem, who boards at 503 Tenth street, to recall with certainty just what depot in the twin-cities it was that he spent Saturday night and was utes we passed into a small open space' where, without the aid of the lamp, there was twilight enousrh to have enabled me to recognize the forma of a woman and two men. I heard the words. "Ob. my God. he Is taken! In the voice of Miss Gray man. and she moved quickly toward me. but a hand arrested her. and a man's vole, singularly sweet and thrilling: with Its strange, sympathetic quality, which belied the Irony of Its words, said: "Ah! Another little ro mance. I see. Miss Gray man. Tour suitors pursue yon even In the wilder ness. Bat we will have no tender scenes here If you please. John." he continued, addressing the Indian, "hand me that lamp." The Indian handed it over, and Pay ton turned off the light. "We want none of that here either." he said. Then he approached me so near that I conld make out his features In the dim light. "Ton are Lieutenant Allan." he said. "It may comfort your heart, lieuten ant, which will not enjoy many more thrills In this world, to hear that I learned your name from the lips of the dear girl for whom yon have sold yonr life. Allow me to congratulate yon. by the way. on yonr excellent plan of campaign and on yonr ability in grand tactics as well as strate getics. "I confess." he continued, "that 1 do not comprehend how you found ns at the lodge, but it Is no matter. No man ever bad the better of Alfonso Payton for long, and all who have ever tried conclusions with blm have ended the same way." During this speech, uttered with pitl- i : . i r . i. n.wf t ? in rash. I less sarcasm, but in a perfectly cool. Sturem. hearing the marks of a night s I 7, ' dissipation on his countenance, report- Tber is a fad among college girls this season for wearing the be coming boudoir" caps when studying or serving afternoon tea, Chafin?- dish artle- and afternoon teas are very popular and the h--f mi niMti come In batheowns. negligees and those charming j caps, which are doubly charming over fresh . ung faces. ! This can Is made of dotted net with a val frill, above which Is set ! .... 11 TVia Knur fa nt ntnlr satin a wreatn or smaii pinn biuusbcuuo - - ribbon. and popular principal of Washing ton school, is the new superintendent of the People's Union Mission, suc ceeding Ned Lee. Mr. Downer will sever his connection with the public schools this week and will Immed iately assume charge of the affairs of the mission. Mr. Downer is par ticularly well qualified for the posi tion of mission superintendent and the trustees and friends of the mis sion consider themselves exceedingly fortunate In securing his services. Some time ago Judge Nathaniel French and Dean Marmaduke Hare were appointed members of a com mittee to secure a superintendent for the mission. They have given much time and study to the matter and upon their recommendation Mr. DowV ner, at last evening's meeting of the board of trustees was engaged for a period of two years. SfCV PIRATE y GABPETT P. S SEBVIS-S. CHAPTER XV1I1. THE TABLES TUTtNED AGAIX. ' uerness to bind up a deep cut made by a fragment of the bomb or of rock. TV -TOW this double disappearance, " Den Bnr Bu lik.1 hMn t lrnM At iaCr : me. with a pleading look: "Please. I l I could endure the uncertain ' Untenant Allan, don't expose your ' tv no longer, and. clambering ; Klt " 5-u naTe been d0,n- 1 w" ,n down the northern face of the rocks. on-T wb'n 1 aw J00 turing down I found the mn 1 hnri h..t thr the rocks What sbonld we do what dead.ut no trace of the others They should I do-lf you were seriously hurt had evidently got clean away. r killed?" The fact that I was not disturbed , Tben she covered ber eyes, and I in this reconnoissJince encouraged met saw tears trickling down her hands. to try another on the southern side. I crept cautiously down to the spot where Payton had fallen, found the depression into which be bad rolled and saw that it was the dry bed of a brook, by following which he could have crawled away to the brush on noTioed. Was he preparing a second bomb or had he some other resource of which I knw lotbing? I would not have changed places with the president of the Dnlted States. 1 felt proud, gratified, beroic. romantic. ; brave as a Hon. capable as a general, ready to do anything and everything to serve ber who bad shown this Inter est in me. In short. I knew now that I was in love to the tops of my ears, and I felt that I might hope for a response to I tnis migniy acecuon wnjen wn mtr I climbed painfully up the rocks . ma9terlng me. 1 assured Miss Gray affain. tor now my snkle. the mjury to wl-i. li 1 had forgottcu In the excite- j mvv.t of the defense, began to trouble me. As I dropped upon a stone in the middle of the inclosure Miss Grayman i first noticed that 1 hnd been hurt. She ! turned pale and again sbowed a con cern on my account that 1 could not . attribute solely to the fear that she inlst.r he deprivd of her only defend ?r .She Insisted that I should take off my shoe and stocking and. calling ?usan. who had recovered from ber 1 book, aided me with the utmost ten- man that for ber sake 1 would be mere careful, and the giadaess In ber eyes made me forget everything else everything except the necessity of de fending ber. This thought aent me back in baste te oar rampart. We watched and watched, but not a living thing did we see except a few : birds and tome small antmals dodging about among the rock. Thus the tft ; ernoon passed, and the snn sank low in the northwest. should he further risk his life and liberty?" As 1 continued to ruminate upon this I became so convinced that I bad hit upon the real explanation of the cessation of his efforts that 1 spoke about It to Miss Grayman and told ber of my plan for getting water. At first she vigorously opposed me. but I presented the matter so clearly that finally she gave in to my opinion. The time seemed endless before the day became sufficiently dark to render my attempt safe against possible de tection. I crawled down the rocks. keeping in the darkest places, and then wound my way over the open ground until I reached the place where Payton took bis tumble. From this I followed the dry rlvnlet already spoken of un til I attained the brush. This rivulet was a tributary of a larger stream which ran over a pebbly bottom, the cold water collecting in little pools. 1 took a long drink and filled my belmet. Although more and more convinced that 1 bad nothing to fear from lurk ing enemies, I did not relax my cau tion, thinking of the stake 1 bad In the security of Miss Grayman. and once more I got down on my knees to cross the open space. I bad not progressed more than a dozen yards from the edge of the brush when a scream broke the still ness, it came from the summit of the rocks. My pulse stopped bearing, but instan taneously I sprang to my feet drop ped my helmet, drew my pistol and. shouting I knew not what, ran with all my speed toward the rocks. I heard another scream, muffled and cut short, and madly as I ran. without aim or object, I fired my pistol three or four tiroes. "Helen! Helen!" I shouted. There was no reply, of course. I could hear a scrambling, however, on the other aide of the huge pile, and it occurred to me that 1 could make awifter progress by skirting the steep rocks. Accordingly I ran round them, but when I arrived on the oDooslte side there was not a sound or a mov ing thing In sight. I bad In my pocket a small electric lamp of my own contrivance, which I always carried and which bad a mirror throwing a bright shaft of light to a considerable distance. 1 now brought this into requisition and with it carefully swept round on all sides. Nothing was to be seen except the rocks, the ground and the distant brush. "Tbey may still be on the summit." I thought, and hastily I began to mount. I bad made but a few unward How to Make Your Old Com plexion New Again. ed the robbery Sunday morning. o Spends Week in Jail. George Hen- dricksou. who has had his name on ( the police docket for the last week, is now a free man. Yesterday morning I in court he entered a plea of guilty to ; a disorderly conduct charge and paid the fine, $5 and costs, which Magis trate Gustafsou imposed. ! Q j Arrested for Theft. Oscar Land- messer, macninist employed at tne Velie works, was arraigned in police I court j'esterday morning on a charge of petty larceny, preferred by C. D. Britton of tho tool department of the carriage plant. It is alleged that Land messer took tools valued at $12 away from the shop and has them safe un der lock and key at his home. On re quest of the defendant. Magistrate Gustafson, before whom the prelimin ary hearing was conducted, granted a continuation in the case until Friday morning. o Obituary Record. Death came to Mrs. Clara Sophia Brissman. residing at 837 Nineteenth avenue, at 5:20 Mon day afternoon. She had been suffer ing with cancer of the stomach since j the early part of May. She was born j in Sweden July S. 1S45. She was mar ried at the age of 19. and with her hus band came to America in 1SS0. Settle ment was in Orion, 111., which was the family home for 12 years, when re moval to Moline was made. Deceased is survived by her husband. L. P. Brissman; one daughter, Mrs. Aaron Peterson, and five sons, John, Oscar, Carl, Sanfred and August, all of Rock Island county. Mrs. Anna G. Ford died at 8:10 yes terday morning: at the home, 1216 Fourteenth street. She had been fail ing for nearly a year and the end was not unexpected. She was first stricken with paralysis, and later had been troubled with heart and other ailments. Miss Anna Johnson was born In Swe den Jan. C, 183S, and was married in that country in 1S45 to Alfred Ander son, with whom she came to this coun try and to Moline in 1868. Mr. Ander son died Iiere in January of 1881, and the following year, in September, she was married to Charles Ford. His death occurred in 1897. Mrs. Ford is survived by four children by her first marriage: Andrew A. Anderson, O. F. Anderson and John A. Anderson, all of Moline. and Mrs. Gust Johnson of Redfern, Iowa. One daughter by her second marriage. Miss Cora Ford, also survives. The funeral service will be held at 2:30 Thursday afternoon at the home and burial will be in Riverside cemeter.. Rev. C. A. Uncoln will officiate. Your Health is your most precious josses sion. Your first aid to health should be tjie reliable and proved family remedy BEECHAEVfS PILLS SeU Everywhere. la keses lCc mmi ZSc ! We snffered from lack of water more j than from that of food, and 1 resolved . that as soon as it grew dark enough 1 I would creep down to the edge of the ! brnb. where I had noticed a small j stream, and fill my belmet with wa I ter. But 1 did not tell Miss Grayman ; of my design, reeling sure that she j woutd oppose it. Her auffering. bow , ever, was so painfully evident that 1 would bare ventured anything In or der to relieve her. ' By this time, although 1 conld hard j ly credit no gratifying a suggestion, I I began to think that Payton had stolen away in despair of being able to cap ture or kill us and fearful of tbe ar- ' rival of onr friend ! "He cannot Dope now to get tbe rac-om," 1 argued, "and whv. tben. ( Women's Fortnightly Journal.) The quickest and most natural way to renw an old complexion 1b to re trove It. We all know that the out er skin should throw oft the dead mailer clogging the pores, of its own accord, but what with cosmet ics, smoke, dirt, wind and all tbe other hardships we Impose upon it, the outer skin becomes discouraged and only half performs Its function of throwing off dad and disfig-urlns skin particles. The result is pim ples, sallo wnes.a. liver spots, etc., etc. The only safe, as well as sure, pro cess to clear the complexion of these blemishes is to apply pure coleated balsam at niftht. Get an ounce and a half from your druggist, and you will be delighted to see that it wastes no time in beginning; its work of clearing and actually removing; all blemishes from the skin. Tour com plexion can be kept clear and lovely by using coleated balsam, which in vigorates, whereas the majority of cold creams and lotions rloa: and re tard elimination of wuste matter from the skin. steps when an arm stole swiftly and silently round my neck, and in an In stant I was throttled In the grasp ol a man whose strength, combined with the advantage of bis position, made my struggles unavailing. A knee was pressed remorselessly against the small of my back, and In less time than it takes to tell it I was lying prone on the rocks, rendered powerless by the cruel pressure on my throat and back. I had always been something of an athlete, but I could do nothing now My pistol bad fallen from my band, but I could not have used It if I bad had it In another minute my arms were pinioned behind, and tben my captor without a word rolled me face upward, and by the light of tbe fallen lamp I saw that he was an Indian. A savage grin overspread his fea tures. "Wahr be said. "Much bear bug! Don't like bim. buh? Come! Most go quick!" He Jerked me to my feet and pulled me down to tbe level ground. Then, still grasping tbe bonds about- my arms, he began to drag me toward tbe brush. The Indian bad picked up my lamp and my pistol. Tbe latter he thrust Into bia belt: tbe former be kept In bis band. He seemed sufficiently fa miliar with its use and employed it to light the way. White mao'i eye." be said. "Good to see In night." As we entered the bushes he uttered a whoop, which was immediately an swered by a shoot, and in a few mln- even voice, I saw Miss Grayman con vulsively cover her face with her bands and heard her sob. The sight and the sound gave me for the moment the strength and fury of a demon. The Indian had let go of me to hand the lamp to Payton. but the other man had taken his place. I threw this man off with a sudden lunge and then dashed at Payton with lowered head. I had been a football player In my student days, and I knew bow to break ! the line. But Payton was as quick as I. He stepped aside, and 1 found my self plunged head first Into the brush on the other side of the little open ing. Not having the use of my hands. 1 fell on my face, and instantly Payton and the Indian were on my back. I struggled madly, but It was all In vain. In a few minutes i was rendered help less by cords bound about my arms and legs. "Take him up." commanded Payton. still in a cool voice, although be was panting a little from the exertion. The Indian and the other man seiz ed me by shoulders and feet and be gan to carry me. "It Is too near the rocks to finish him." said Payton. "They make too good a landmark. Carry him along, and when we reach a good place we will put him where we put Mr. Green, who was so unreasonable not long ago." After I had become quiet, through necessity. Miss Grayman, who was close ahead of us and directly behind Payton. who led the way. held back a little and said to me in tones that weat to my inmost beart: "Lieutenant Al lanJohnif you die, I shall die too. Oh, I could never live!" I knew what such words, uttered In such a presence, must have cost her, and I blessed her with all my soul. The poor, poor girl! What a terrible situation for such a confession to be forced from ber lips! But she felt that It might be the only opportunity that she would ever have to utter the feel ings of her heart, and I had made plain enough to her wbere my heart was. "Helen," I replied. "God bless you forever for speaking to me like that But do not think of dying. I am not dead yet. and" In an exasperatlngly cool voice Pay ton, without apparently turning his head, broke In: "Don't flatter yourself. Lieutenant Allan. She'll forget you soon enough. That is the way with women. Why. it'a only a little while since she was as cheerful as a lark in my company." Oh, heaven, heaven! What frenzy. what delirium of fury, was this for me! With Insensate struggles I tried again to get at the demon until tbe In dian truck me a blow upon tbe bead that dazed me. But Miss Grayman avenged herself net as she should have been avenged, but like an insulted and Infuriated and desperate woman. She sprang to Pay ton's side and with all her force smote bim upon me mouth. Even in the darkness she could see tbe wild flash that shot into his eyes, but if be raised his band it was instantly lowered again, and be did not touch her. Twice again, with all ber woman's strength, she struck bim full In the face. Then, like a woman, too, she staggered and fell in a swoon. Soda crackers are more nutritive than any other flour food. Uneeda Biscuit are the perfect soda crackers. Therefore, Uneeda Biscuit. Five cents spent for a package of Uneeda Biscuit is an invest ment an invest ment in nourish ment, in health, in good eating. Though the cost is but five cents, Uneeda Biscuit are too good, too nour ishing, too crisp, to be bought merely as an economy. Buy them because of their freshness buy them because of their crispness buy them because of their goodness buy them because of their nourishment. Always 5 cents. Al ways fresh and crisp in the moisture proof package. Never sold in bulk. NATIONAL BISCUIT COMPANY (To be Contraued.1 Scientist Kankakee Head. Kankakee, Oct. 11. Dr. E. R. Wil- Cumbering Wrinkles and Dou ble Chin Quickly Removed. The cause of wrinkles Is well known to few outside the medical profession, and a real doctor, although he knows what causes wrinkles, does not pre scribe for them. He Is so absorbed with stomachs, and livers and append ixes that a few wrinkles, more or less, make him say "Pooh!" 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