learned that the 8:11 was stalled at a
certain point, not ten miles away, by
train robbers. A posse in swift au
tomobiles was suggested by Dan.
Then he eased back and wondered
if due diligence would .obstruct the
robbers before they got away. Just
as he calculated, the robbers had no
easy task in getting into the express
car and forcing its safe. Half an
hour went by when, from the city,
half a dozen automobiles dashed
down the crossing road. The rob
bers were surrounded and secured
after a struggle. The booty of those
who had gone through the train and
held up the passengers was restored
to them.
One among them vociferously
gloated over his restored money.
"I've got back the price of my hap
piness!" he cried joyously. "How did
it come about?" And when -Dan's
share in the transaction was known,
he added to that 50-cent piece a crisp
new $100 bill.
"You're a mascot!" he exuberated,
showing Dan a photograph of the
girl who was to be his wife. "See,
she actually smiles in the picture to
let you know how grateful and
thankful she feels toward you!"
And the passengers chipped in and
the railroad company later added its
contribution, and, being a hero and a
pet spoiled the tramp routine for Dan
Beasley and he made up his mind to
turn respectable, and succeed.
(Copyright, 1917, W. G. Chapman.)
SUIT COATS REACH WELL
BELOW THE KNEES
By Betty Brown
The latest suit coats reach quite
to the knees, or in some instances
below them. The new line appears
in coats of pongee, jersey and shan
tung as well as in strictly tailored
garments of gabardine and tricotine.
At the other extreme of style is the
hip length box coat. Both ideas orig
inated in Paris and they indicate the
pleasing latitude which is character
istic of so much of the season's
smart wearing appareL
Long Suit Coat
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TODAY IN ILLINOIS HISTORY
March 22, 1819. State Bank of Il
linois. An act to incorporate fthe
subscribers to the State Bank of Illi
nois, approved March 22, 1819.
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