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4 THE ROCK ISLAND ARGUS. SATURDAY. MARCIi 15. I01&. THE ARGUS. t Published dally at 1J4 Serena av j been at 'he head of the democra k f.ue. Rock Inland. 111. (Entered at the ! publicity bureau in If" and in ll-tlli, ptofflr econ4-cla matter.) -;H is a student of rieta'i and wag re Rtk i.i..d MM -f tk. A-c..t- ; "Pon! fr nioft of tie prow work BY THE J. W. POTTER CO. TEP.MS Ten cr.t per week, by car- rler, in Bock Islan-l Complaints of delivery frvli-e should be mat! to the circulator, department. whtrh f hot' 1 4 clso he notified In every :ntanr where It ds;red to have j arr discontinue!. s carriers have ao , authority In the premier All rommunlr stions of a rffumentnttve rheraiter. p"lltl'-sl or rMlrioun. nviet hive real mint ttjrui' for publica tion. No sii'-h srtiries will be nrnted rer fictitious pipit turen. Tslrphonrs !n all i?epsrt-r-nt: trnl Union Went H5. 1143 end t'r.lon Ele-TP , El 4fi. Saturday. March 1D. 1313. A lies, !;ea from Kar.Fasl Trie gov. 'rnnr proposes to abolish 'h s'a'e legis'a'nre. It looks a though th' mnhibzation Cf the Ulnn shovel pn the S'reet fron tier may snnn be ca'.'ed c.ff The qnesMon 'hat th people of Il linois are trylnir to answer is why In th' world is a legislature? If Huer'n really desires ;o put an nd to flgh'lnr in Mrio why doesn't he estahl sh a pension bureau? The real tea' of the mo iiig picture machine Is to try to run !' fast enough to cat'h a Mexican revolution. Turkey, as the result of lone prac tice, does it better than Mexico. Its exiled grand vizier, Kiami! Pasha, died, of "apoplexy " s Two donkeys ere walkire from Port land. M.. to Portland. Ore. The one that bet wrong on the e'ectioti will lead th other. When everybody agrees 'bat one 'amlard of morale Is enough for both mn and women the next'qi.estion will he which standard Colonel Goraas. who made the canal zone healthy, is about to perform the same eervice for F.cuador. But why doesn't he first tackle Mexico? President Wilson's former opponents are so pleased at the manner he is assuming that that threatened demo cratic panic has been wholly forgot ten. Governor Hodnes of Kansas il'dn't atfnd the inauguration, but sent re grets Colonel Kooseve:: did nt send regrets, bi'.t be had more of them than Hodges MerriM t'hame. after I .". years' ten lire of ofhc under the repub'i ans. now land a goinl job in the pnsiomce de partment. Still, with a ir-li'.e lik" hat. he oinrht alwa-s 'o lie ; win, both coming and gultu- THK HKN VIOK N I'l NSIIIN Snaor Wair'ti of Wyo scribed as one of the r i -1 . of a body not ommoi.lv rv rendezvous tor the de.-titnt hs applied lor a c:il v.i two reaoMi. Lain 'h : l;.s kie f-xery peiu o"" !io S. lig. I.-' men; icrs M-l'Teii a Ml' 'I. :.:!: lie hop. to iet each II. oil t. lu ll. wishes lis WS1 r-.oi i pi ,-iv. ed 111.- p Ms el; c.'V fcr 'lo- r. .!..;. .cure alul na1 1-f.K'tifiti of pis ' 1 1 : -II The i:t u'leniai' : wiiiin h. rmiits. -he!!ifr he iweiN the moi or not. hilt be is wi.el'ul't rolig :u b - ' -'" sons Th-' chant wh.-h b-- p.irp. .-s to li'MX'llSe H' l ie M'etl.: ' .'. ' p;i!' lie W'll be lo i red', to l',,U ..111! 'lie o, ii.tr;. 'S not sp.n-l.ic ? ' ' Vl." " a ipir fo; ih iiKre (..'....nirii'ii f war reccii's Had the s- u a'or the gl 1' e 'o f M that ;'.i p.-nrion r.'; n a i. i ' ! u.." on wh.-h he des'T-d vi ; .: ,'laee. th'rcs wou'd 're d 'f-r- nt. A It is I .:e ci it .on "' 1 a-- cx-niat-' itianir.Ho.s thai, instead o" H"i.!i'll: '.): a pensioi nh uli lie a-ito ' ' i-ly d '-'s tin' tiee.l. he oi'ullt to do his il' .-' r i ' i! ' ira and b' prserv'nK a b's own ev- ! pense. ire'y a msn of bis al-'.i'y srd nie-ins could I "'f""-' le rues' ki"d of war record wi boot sp'Vdir.R JUT a w'. and cou'd e -tiore fl-.an that to ch.Ttv without -nc ..'m'er'rs -'her iriticism or pubiici'v Ill I tDIIOi; IN THK ('AniM'.l'. A re; newspaper ed ior was hon ored when President Woodrow Wil son named Jnsephus Han'eis as serre tar of 'he n in his abinet. "Joe" Dame's, as irs fr.ci.iis ktiow him. is one cf the most suciessfu! of southern editors Incidentally he is alio a law yer and 1-gal friends w ho have be-n 'n close to-ich with him declare that if be had wanted to practice that pn fess'.on he would be one of 're top r.o'cbers. Daniels was born in Washington. X. C. on May I. 1 and rereied his education in the Wilson. X C. co'le gite Institution, becoming ed tor of the Wilson Advance when cr.ly K year old. He became editor of th Raleigh State Chronicle n m.i a"d re mained in that pes' unt'I 1-?L when he consolidated the Chronicle with the News and Observer. Since then he has ben editor of the paper. faniela hat eerved as state prnter of North Carolina and from I S?. to l.'.sS was chief clerk of the depart- meet of the Interior. He has been rational committeeman from his sta'e a'.d cr.e or the real workers about democratic national headquarters dur-1 ' lng all of the recent campaigns, hav ing jtnat counted in the campaign of last I fall. .11 STICK To A11GH.D. I IilinoiEar.s have come to believe that j John P. Alteeld was one of the able?: 1 land purest governors Illinois ever had. He was active in public lile in the j , ... , ... n tiavR (,!! strife was verv bitter. Par- ty reeling ran so n;gh tuat a democrat uould not receive justice from a re , publican or a republican from a demo- ! trat Jis'ne is not always swift, but it pr" ; :'s in the end. In a reu ad- 1 dress Pres-dent .lames of the T'niver Cet. , B1f V of Illinois paid this tribute to J14. Governor Al'geid: It about this time that a . man !-ca.T.e governor of the gta'e of Illinois who was ierhars a cen ter of fiercer storm politics and feeling than any peison whom the commonwealth e-.cr chose for the high prs '''on c.f c'lVfrrnr of the s'att-. John P. Al'E"!d was inaug- orated governor of t i i - sta'e of II iinoi? in January. !". Men were ' fiercely divided in his day as to 'he policies an'! actions of this man. They are not agreed about b'm today. Hut all parties have come io s" in the ypars which have elapsed since his term as frcvernor tha" h was one of the most determined and valued frends of public education who "ver I'd the people of this com monw rait)! t-i a hiehr view of their opportunities. No man who had preced'-d him in the gr.ber nr.torial cffiie ever showed a keen er ff-ns" of the fmportan'-e of in-ctj--lons f public education or rook more pains to se that the 'mportacce of pu!'!!c education was driven heme upon the atten tion of the people of the common wea'tli From his administration da'ed a new era in the history of education, lower as well as high er. n th's er'-at state. The '!ir' n il! come when 'he s'ate will erect a monument, to John P A'tueld In recopni'ion ch; srvlce as a xi fo ader of the people, it m phasiztne in season and out of sea sop the iniportanc1 to the rienio rraev of an aderpiate system of public coVration from the kinder gar'en to the university. The sta'e university na s'andinE 111 when Mr Alteeld beepm" enver- nor He at once became in'errsted in its welfare He prevailed upon Ac drew P. Draper, who had been sunerln- . nt f nvife instruction o' the renden' of public instruction of state of New York. o come to Illinois and a'ept the presidency of the state ' university. From tha' momem the !r.st!ut'.on erew Today It ra'iks among l,o hes' insti'utions of learning of thJ o-.intry . Cfivrrnor Vi-e'd may wc'1 be call erl th" sTvicr of -lv sts'e i-niversity. WILSON .M I5KVAN The ew York World, in an article litad'd ' Wilson and Hryan." notifies Fr-vun ul W ilson that there iau be but o::e pies,'!' 'it of the I'nred Slates foi ilie next four years and liial he is 'he i, i.e. 'I'll'-' World appears to fe.-r ttii,t Ml. HfVit.l wi'l Usurp Tl'.e office. or ...1 l'-aM control Mr Wili-oii's ac- 1 1 n . i l.ii- i .teem, d N'ew ork oT'.tempo- v s:io''d .n)j4-ii : S't;l 'Ii p-M' C. : r Wiisoii Kin! Se :eta-y of t'- V.rjan doubt;, ss understand I, pr. In : ' pect ;ve :h--u wit'i duties, and ut icf::nv:it'i w'ii p" ': ; i. c sel'V e.- a- a w -rk if t US";ee 'or i Mr. B, a o f-r wis'lv.n pri'Si.i . . hi-f ad r.'.c 11 lo ',, of I i ' lie his . i .. 1 '.'h loo p - ... tot!. -..( .;;." d :r, ti e ..r ;s.- of ' O' 1 ll-ll p SOU.l', i.-'V . i- t;' s'.ii "n"i u i'l i ;. - H i r -' 111 ; p'l i a "1 U o'c Ti'e 1 'a o r-'ect bar 'ii i.i.i""" rai . oi ; li. oi r'- .. ;i i w ro e aid ' I " ' I." ; iv-::': -.;i b it a -..-1. l-t:t as one. oh ri i w I' ' 'U ! a: r e- : (' sin's w . o Ik ai ls tha 'Lilt 'l-oll pr- t:- V of th" .: v'a-.-. ri7f Pr---i !"t s a wants .' :;i. i.ioi w r i ' .- s ei r 't n i-y cf ' in- d.'rit.j; ibiit I i j-i. .' f o- as h b- . Tl'.e World is und'Ty cxe'c'e-l ct e any pi'ss'bi- da user o President Wil-f.ii-'s 'oti-irf of offi.e "5 half c"! rn-i ei'itori?' wart-'tit to the i res'ricn- to l,.'.l-e ( b1? S'-ce':tr of s't ft - Spr'naf-M Ki cisfer well s:. hi v as''d as MAKING A LAWYER. It Took Patrick Henry Six Week to Prepare Tor the Ear. Tatrick Henry wtea l.e was a young married man of twenty-three was a complete feiiure. He had tried clerking, farming and keeping a couu- try store, nil wi'h twcaliv negative or disastrous results "Hesf of .nil" he snhl .-heer'n-lr to himself. "1 will become a lavvr." Six weeks he allowed himself as a matter of formality to prepare for the bar. lh'i'iii; ih;s t'me lie read one book. "Coke Upon Ijtt'.eton," supple mented by an equally strenuous pe rusal of the "Digest of tbe Virginia A-ts." His examiners. Wythe. Tend'eton. Peyton Kardolph and John Randolph, hard'y knew whe'her to be more amazed at bis ignorance of law or his profound know. edge cf history. After no little deliberation he received nis license. "Mr. Henry." John Randolph e claimed enthusiastically after his ex- animation of tLe young neophyte, "if your indus'ry be only half eou;:l to your genius I augur that you will do well and become an ornament und an t honor to your profession. ' oreen Bag. - The Genial Cynic BY CHARLES GRANT MILLER. THE KINGS Th? intf lis industrial spirit of this nvghty important thii.gg we had overlooked before. It is giving us a new : It is a practical age. in which a man is judged ac iording to what he does, not what he knows or says. The men who are building the world's railways, spanning the rivers, linking continent to continent with a hies, and sea to sea with canals, taking the ores from the. mountains and turning them into everyday com for's of life, and distributing the product of the rich valleys to wipe want from the earth these are greater men and far more powerful than the crowned kings w-ho sit on gilded thrones administering the petty internal ' affairs of nations. They are world .rulers who are hrtng'ng all mankind together in peace and plenty. The world is beginning to recoeniae them as its real masters. CAPITAL COMMENT BY CLYDE H. TAVENNER. CONG P. ESP MA N FROM THE FOUR TEF.NTH rI.TRICT. tSperjai r"orrejirrdn"e of The Argus.) Washington. March 12. More votes ;d'PS should be deserted by the.pollce wp made for woman suffrage in-then th midst of a crowd of Jeering ity of Washington on the afternoon , hoodlums. of March 3 than t This is no exageertion. Such will perhaps everiBcenes- morn's the pity, actually took be made again Jnjplace. It was a thing to make the the same length blood boil in every man that has re ef time so long asisP''ct fr his mother, his wife and his the government i sister. It is not a matter of whether Ftands. Reports of ! woman suffrage is right or wrong: it treatment accord- Ms a matter of whether respectable ed respectable wo-1 women shall hsve the same kind of men respectable t protection as men in the public thor mothers, respecta-' onghfare, and whether all respect for hie wives, respect-1 womanhood has been abandoned, ab'e daughters j pni.KTMKX scirce. while they were ; The writer, with his wife, occupied conducting them-i ' ?-i-r iu au offensive and dig- infied and entirely respectable man- ner. have r.ot been exaggerated. CLYDE a tj"r The scenes were.,ftp8 when not a single policeman was a positive disgrace in picht. in which intervals the crowd TAVENNER jio that beautiful avenue in vhuh they ! completely blocked the women maroh : occurred Pennsylvania avenue 'rrg taunting and jeering them, crowd i made historic by Abraham Lincoln and j jDa; against them, catching the bridles la host of othr great Americans; a:nf tnf horses, and making motions as disgrace to Washington and to the na- . tint.. n i hii, simmk. What ameruan is not made asham - -j v.. .1.- .1 i.. 1 ' "J heart of the capital of our country, ,.rf, . : '''' " -' -.. . j .. ;i - The Presidential Kiss Upon Holy Writ When Woodrow Wilson took the oath of ci Mice he opened th' Bible at random and hi lips brushed the fol- lowiim verses of the lli-Mi i'saim: "And take not the word of truth utierlV cut of my mou'h. for I have hoped in , thy judgments. So shall I keep thy la .v -cc:i: ini:;i'iv forever and eer. And I will walk at liberty, ior I se'-k thy precepts. I w'll speak of thy testimon- ies n!so before kints and will not he ashamed. And I will delight myself in Thy ri iiin;aii,1ni- nts. whiih I have lov- ed My hands also will I lift i p unto Thy command!!'.-Ms. w hi-h ! ha e hived aud I will niedoaie :u thy staMt-es" Re- f. rring to ihi;- fact 'he Washington i x' f sp 'indent fcr the Milwaukee Daily Xt-ws says: Several pres;-lents have 'T-d vi rcs in I'siilius. President !-';vs. k;ss'iig th ! litis .( ip cf th1- tl;ii Psaitn. touch". I ti.esf. words: ' Th" compassed me about like iiees." CIOX OF MAT) EROS TO A V EN J E BROTI IER Kvarlito K. Mader. Ithaca, N. V., March 15 In Evaristo Madero III. agricultural student in Cor - ; n m-.. -ui ... . " "''" n""nJ .-'-". uii .ieu t" aciitin riancisco 1. .iwitru, murdered president of Mexico, and his murdered brother and political advis or. Gustavo Madero In him runs the blood of Mexico's greatest financial family, the far-spreading brancnes of which control the mineral, agricultur al, industrial.- and financial resources of a large j art of .M.xic-o: and his is the name Evaristo which was borne by the founder of the rare. Evaristo Madero. ancient man. who numbered a' h;s death 'wo years ago 124 descend ants. In the veiig cf Evaristo Ma dero III, the blood runs hotly, and he looks forward to the time when he 'may play his part in the second free, 'r.g of Mexico from the n le of a Diaz !and the avenging of h s rwn hmthan ; killed by those who r-:ie by blood and iron. Tnc same s-rrir an'ma-es all the jilvicg Macros, a n erous tribe, acd S - ... .'if . OF TODAY. period is opening our minds io some v;sion of world-life. We are learning that commercialism legislates and that great business enterprises direct the desar.ies of j mankind far more irresistibly than do political princi- i pics or the dreams of philanthropic doctnna'res. city." aged women., women as old as &2 years, in whose gray hair and wrinkled faces there was certainly nothing to jeer at that these old la- two seats in the Market grandstand j .... I ;uu r t'liiitj ivnnia meiiur, ,-n nuuu ! there were tens of thousands in the I street, we never saw more than six j policemen at one time during the , period that the parade was passing, ! There were periods of 10 and In min- if to crab the marchers bv their arms. ! I There were no police to protect the; : women, hut when it was desired to j 'run street car through the throng, ai A t nn . Vion 1! rr remeri I ';-r", " ! appeared to encort it. And it went! .vh . ... : President Arthur kissed the ?.lst : jPsalni: "In thee. O Lord, do I put mv I trust: let. me never be ashamed." ; President Cleveland, on his first in- angulation day. kissed the fifth verse of the 112th Psalm: "A good man theweth favor and lendeth: he will si'ide his Rffairs with -discretion." Re'ijamin Hsirisou also kissed one of the .Psalms. Then came Cleveland again, and th's time, too. he kissed an- other verse in Psalms: "They will bear thee up in their hands: l'-st thou dash thy foot against a stone." After that time no president kiss 'd verses iu Psalms until President Wilson took the oath. The bible which President Wlieon kissed was the one on witch hp took ihe oath as governor of New Jersey. Follow'r.g the ceremony the verges sed are marked. The book is presented later to the 'h.e laud." 'first lady in ('many thick 'hey will in time succeed in their nurt'ose. For. as l as been hinted, this family i is Mexici's most nowerfiit KTom Its seat in Coahuila. it has m years gone by exerc'sed through its immense .wealth a strong influente over the af- i fairs of all Mexico. There, on its 2",.- ' ii H...IIMI jH-i-pv. j. has mined the earth and smelted ores. it. has grown grapes and pressed out wine, it has grown cotton and spun fine thread, it has planted wheat and ground out flour, if' has herded cattle, horses, goats and shep on a thousand far stretching iriils. and in it,e own factories made ,' rubber of the sap of the native rubber ; plant. It has directed banks and clear- j inc houses, in which its capital alone is invested All-sufficient and self sufficient, this family has presented a ' financial patriarchy to which we in the Cnited States have no even fa'nf par-1 allel. except the seven sons of Guggen- ! heim. ! Mexico has been moved mightily in jhis'oric days by the Maderos. The, i Maderos. although their property prob- ', ably w ill be confiscated by the new ; Diaa-Htierta government, hope to move ' Mexico fgain. Evaristo of Cornell, j fG!rQ -aoero or mat name, may yet be i a world figure. H r,a, P,x OrOtherS. all yOUng. and: all educated, in part or in whole. )n th!s country Afonso. Emilio, Gabriel. Iul!0- Ka1"' an" 1 arlos ,n lasr a vouth or li r r i ! in school in Milwau kee. The father of these sons. Francisco, now 05 years old. is stiil living, at present an exile n Havana. Another Mystery Explained. A woman frequently changes her mind That why she Is able to give a person a" piece of It and still always bave enough left for the next one. Milwaukee SentmeL Interpreted. "That tramp talks funny, ma'am He nays ne castigated his Itinerary ! from Boston " "He utiir means he Deat Us wav 1 Baltimore American. i Awiot WmmJ "My country Is th fxlrest land on which the sun shines down. The frr-8tst. grandest land of all," said Ebnezer Brown. "There ain't no other country- winch Is i half as great or grand. Of half as lovely or as rich as my own native land. "My state's the flneyt state of all, North, South or Fast or West. Of all the grat and grand old states my native state's the best. 11 ha" th" highest, fairest hills, the rich put snil nn pnr'h No other state is equal to the one that gave me birth. "My county is the best of all tha coun ties In the state: There's not another half as fair or half as rich or great. My county hpats them all bv far for ev erything that's fine"' P. S. E. hrown had nevpr heen beyond his county's line. ONE OLD FRIEND. Though other friends deceive us we ill have one o'd friend "n never turns to leave us until our fortunes mend: tiu--ia ur j -r 1 1 II 1 11 K r. c inaj depend on one a P""0 on OIlp To keep serenely shining-he is our friend the Sun. Though othe friends refuse us the courage they might lend, He still will smile, nor use us for any selfish end; And, after sadly meeting cold glances one b" one. How welcome is 'he greeting of our old friend thi Sun S. E. Miser, EASILY EXPLAINABLE. "I hear that O'Rourke has left the police force.-' "Yes. A very queer case, too." "Why? What was the matter?" "He got insom nia." ExpUnatior. "Why do you like lhat young Mr. Wappsleigh so well? He's handsome and has a pretty good income and all that, but I never could enjoy myself in his company at all lie called on me several times arcl on each occa sion he had some hard luck story to tell, or some one whonf he thought a great deal cf had iust died, so that he was always terribly depressed. I juft can't stand that kind' of peole. I war.' cheerfulness." "My dor." replied the very " beautiful and still young widow, "one of the. pleaKatitest thir.gH in the world is to have a man who is handsome and well-to-do come to you three or four nights a week for sympathy." His Sense cf Hu-nor. "With all my worldly poods I thee endow ; " The baron's words were plain, his air was proud : The bride's rich father swelled up and somehow. Could not refrain from sr.ickering out loud. She Hadn't Noticed It. "The great trouble." he con.plair.ed. "is that we can't ge: as much for our money as we used to." "Why." she replied. "I hadn't no ticed it. We still get gum for five a package." Thirst. lJI "ie tortures i snouic tnir.if the most terrible would be to h? awful- . v thirsty wnere no water could be secured "Why water?" Fun. Some people are unable to under Itacd how a thing cai be funny If It lsn giving pain to anyone. Wny ne wit tiium. "Whv so glum'.'" -Mt tl-ifn lhpu.ilu.iuH . -, -r. .. n Bn .... ..... ... . . . . . . . n . w A home to ner mother.' "Oh. well, probably she won't go." She didn't." Houston Post An unbridled tongue is tbe wont 04 The Daily Story HE TOOK HIS MEDICINE BY F. A. MITCHEL. Copyrighted. 1913. by Associated Literary Bureau I reached my friend Mark Appleton'e ' country house in time to divss for din ner and cousratulated myself nt luv- ; lug before me a very ple.is.mt visit luit I did not foresee :in episode thai was destined !o end:insr my IntJ niucy with M:irk :nul with other re- . stilts of still renter importiince. i The family consisted of Mr. Jitul Mr. Applcton. Miss Clara Pisl'.v, Mrs. Ap pleton's sister, aged twenty, and their brother Tom, aged eighteen. Tom. I was told, wns suffering with a bilious attack mid whs contined to his roon. 1 found Miss Clara n very elijzhtfu! young lady, and during the dinner sh seemed very responsive to an admira- I tion I could not conceal. During the j evening we all played bridge whist. ; Mrs. Applcton being my partner. But I this did not prevent an undercurrent of 1 mutual interest that vv.-:s continually : passine between the young lady and . myself. Having finished the evening. Mark ; showed me to my room, which was 1 i one of four bedrooms on the second ' floor, two on each side of the hall. I . ; noticed that the doors of my room nrrl ! the one adjoining were side by side. ! It occurred to me that I would not like i to try to enter my chamber In the dark, i- for I would be likely to get into the ' other room. 1 fell asleep thinking of ! Clara Digby and the pleasures in store" for me the next dny. I was awakened by feeling a sjioort shoved ngainst my mouth. It was warm and contained n warm liquid. Half awake. I opened my lips, and the contents of the spoon passed down into r.lv stomach. I recognized It as beef broth. When I had swallowed the first spoonful another was placed ' against my lips, and I swallowed that : too. Another was put against my chin, and that was spilled. "There." said n voice which T recog nized ns that of Clara Digby, "you should have let me light the gas." By this time 1 was awake and knew that my hostess" sister wns in my room giving me a midnight luncheon Intend ed fcr n sick man. Hut a surprise like, that sprung on a man sound asleep is no( an easy one for him to tackle. My reasoning powers worked slowly. If they had not I should probably have i blurted out. "What in the world are ; ' you doing here?" or some such ques- , tion. As It wns. It took time for the possible outcome of the episode to ' work into my brain. Presently I came to realize that Miss Digby had made a mistake and that upon recopnlzing j her position she would be very much , pained. Should I apprise her of the fact that she was in the wrong room or ! wait for her to go out in ignorance of ! the fact? ; While I was deliberating she fed me ' the remainder of the broth. Then, say- .' fug that she had forgotten to give me my medicine, she went to a closet, and I heard her fumbling among some lwt- ties. "I h. pe 1 won't poison you she said, "but I can't see in the dark. I've got it. It's the little square bottle." ; ! And the next thing I knew she had ' j poured a spoonful of medicine down I where she h::d placed the broth. Then. , having put down the spoon, with a : "Good night, hope you'll be better in ' the morning." she went out. shutting ! tbe door behind her. At first ! congratulated myself that I had not ri. Hied her modesty by betray- j in her blunder, but I soon came to rue my silence. The dose she hud given : me made n;e deathly sick. I remem- bered her words. "I hope I won't poison ; ' you." and I began to fear she had. I ; ; managed to get nut of bed, lit the gns ; and made a search for the square hot- 1 tie from which she had given me my , medicine. I found two square bottles. one labeled. "Dose, one tablespoonful ! every six hours." the other. "Three j drops in half a glass of water." Great heavens! I had probably taken ' : drops by tbe spoonful. There was no : time for fooling. I w,cnt into ihe hall j and called lustily for Mark. He came i out iu his nightshirt and asked wildly j what was the matter. i "Poisoned!'' I cried and. going hack into my room, fell on the bed. j I have ever since been proud of my ; gallantry in protecting Miss Digby. ! When Mark came in. asking half a dozen question nr once. I paid no nt- tention to them, but called on him for , an emetic. i He ran hurriedly downstairs, awak ening the household as he went, and In a f-w minutes returned with some mustard water. I drank it and threw the broth, the medicine and everything , ele off my stomach. P.v this time Mrs; j Applet.. n and Miss Digby. In wrapper and curl papers, ciwne Into the roou to 1 see if I had expired or could lie saved. . The moment 1 tot the confounded dose j off my stomach I felt better and wa satisfied that no serious results would , f.iiiow. ! I no'.v fixed my mind on another pes- i sibie curious result and how to avert it. I must keep the secret. That was very well to resolve, but doing it waa another matter , "What in thunder." cried Mark, his irritation rising with his relief, like the waves of the sea after the wind has gone down, "did you want to poi lon yourself for?" There stood Clara, looking as If ah4 I nnd seen & ghost, with a gleam of won ; der In her eye. a susph ion that she ' might have bud something to do witr , this case of suicide. "I'd rather not tr-'l," I moaned. i : "Not tell!" snarled Mark. "Do ycrt j ! mean to admit that you took it on pur-1 ! pose?" ' ! i I looked at Clara and saw by her ex- pression that what had been a sus- plcjon had developed into an explana- tion of the mystery. How could I get j r.t tt t r l- m t .. H.V.-... ; 1 . . o. viuiuuL caiaiuj; iiei j blunder? There seemed to be no way to protect her except by owning that I had attempted suicide. "Yes." I said: "I did." "Well, i ll be hanged! What did you do it for?" "I.ove." I said, cust.ng a side siance at -lar:i. She blushed, but I w.-i-: 4h" only one of the party who noticed it. "Are you sure you're free from the efTe.-ts of the poison ?" asked Mrs. Ap pleton. "Ilrdu't we bettor telephone for a divtor?" "r a superintendent of a limafli asylum':" surest ! !:cr busbMiid. with a sneer. "There's a law ag;ii!:sr sui cide. I'm going to call for the poll. v." "Oh. please don't!" cried Miss Diuby. wringing her hands. . At this moment a youns fell it ap peared at the open door in his night shirt. He was very pule. "What's i lie matter?" he asked. "Go back to bed." said Mark. "Clara." said the young man. wh. was Tom Digby. the real invalid for whom I had suffered. "I thought you were coins to give me my medicine at 12 o'clock." 1 looked at Clara, wondering what she would say. Would she give herself away after all I had done for her? "I didn't wake up." she faltered. "Well." said Mark, "you women had better go to your rooms. I'll see that he's nil right, remaining with him as long as necessary. Get alone, all of yon." The ladies left us. Clara giving me a look that I construed to be mm of sratt- tude. That it meant a grc.t deal I could not doubt, but so many things that I couldn't be sure which predomi nated. As soon as they had gone Mark said to me: "Have you pot any more of the stuff about you?" "No." I replied meekly. "I took it nil." "Where's the bottle?" 'It wasn't liquid. It was tablets." He looked at me. puzzled, then said: "There's sotnethinc queer about this. 1 don't understand it. Are you telling the truth?" My conscience began to prick me for the lies I had told. At this last ques tion I weakened and went from black lies to w hite lies. "I am truly." I replied. "1 took a whole swallow of what is usually given In drops." "I thought yon said it was tablets you took?" "So It was. I am speaking relative ly." "You're lying, and voti know you're lying." Mark remained with me awhile longer, then consented to go back to bed on my promise to call him if I felt the least need of assistance. Hefore closing the door he turned and said: "Are you sure this mania is over" "Oh, go to bed," I said impatiently. I wish to go to sleep." He (rave me another suspicious look, then left me. The next morning when I appeared at the breakfast table all looked at me anxiously. Since my stomach had been turneci insute out 1 iluln t look cheer ful, and I didn't feel cheerful, especial- i l.v as to how I was to continue to lie about the cause of the trouble. Clara kept her -eyes down on her plat dur imr the whole meal. Mrs. Applelon lookeil ns if she knew more than she cared lo tell, nnd Mark looked like a man who didn't know anything, but was very much disgruntled. If he had been sure I had tried to commit suicide he would have felt more com fortable. Mrs. Applcton Insisted on my going out on to the porch and lying on a wicker lounge, for the weather was warm, aitd I was very glad to do so. During the morning when I wns alone Clara came out and, after trying to pull herself together by doing things for me I didn't need, suddenly faced me and said: "Thank you very much." "Oh. yes. You're quite welcome." "Yon area very very" . .)' "What?" Iff -T "Accomplished liar." "Just so -In a good cause. It's fen bad you didn't wake up In time to give your brother his medicine." "That wasn't entirely untrue." "I think I took mine very well." "Indeed you did " "I couldn't have poisoned myself li a better cause than for love, could I?" "No." she sai l, turning away. "It came to me all of a sudden, but. wns no less real." There was, no reply to this I reach ed forwnrd and felt for her hand Siie tried to prevent inc. but didn't try very hard. "I hope you're not going to drive m to another attempt." I ndd.-d. There was n- reply to this etrher. We heard a step and a rustle within and I dropped the hand Mrs Apple ton or me out to find her sNte!- cover Ing my feet with nn afghan "A pretty pair, yon two." st sai l. "Next time we're going to dio to got her." I remarked. "How often have I warned yon. flara. not to give or tike mediciiip In the dark?" Clara looked penitent, ntid that's the end of the story, except that before I left Clara and I were engaged, and I fold Mark the whole story. He's told !t a thousand tines sirfoe. ea-h tiTtis elding t !t on h! own account. March 15 in American History. 1707 Hirth in North arolina of Gen eral Andrev. Jackson, hero of Ihe battle of Ne'v Orifi.ns Jan. S. 1M.V and seventh president of the Unit ed States; died ls-i.'i '1S1 Battle of Guiifoi'd Court House, ; .V C : Genera! Greene's coioni.ii : defeated the British under Corn wallis. 1911 -First aero wtir message deliver ed at San Antonio. 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