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Postofflce Bos 4
WHEN THE PEACE DELEGATES WANTED PEACE
Splendid, is it not, that the peace conference really became so con
cerned for peace!
But don't misunderstand. It was not over the peace of nations,
though, that is the supposed object of their deliberations. It was only
the question of their own peace which moved them <?o wonderfully.
When that was threatened, they got very busy.
Picture the scene for yourself.
Representatives of all the nations of earth convened in the name
of peace. They are pompous, dignified, reserved, above all things dip
lomatic. They know only one thing will iusure peace—disarmament.
Yet nobody mentions disarmament. Nobody intends to mention disar
mament. Nobody came in the first place with the least idea of men
tioning disarmament.
So they sit there and draw up rules of slaughter. They discuss
contraband, prize courts, the rights of neutral nations, all the particu
lars of battle.
. Every word is of war, and not a syllable for peace.
Is it not a mockery?
Suddenly, into 'his diplomatic circle came the alarming whisper
that assassination was abroad. Their own lives were threatened.
Did they start discussing the rules of assassination? Did they
draw up regulations prescribing how near the bed a murderer could
come? Did they express any choice between cold steel and a revol
ver? Did they deliberate whether it was in accord with modern
conditions to stab a man in the back?
Not much.
They yelled for the police to come quick!
They barricaded the doors. They sealed the windows. They
searched the building. They put in a burglar alarm system. They sta
tioned a platoon of officers in the cellar. They turned the peace tem
ple Into an armory, and they did it all before you could say "Jack
Robinson."
Then, having established their own peace, they went back to dis
cussing other people's war. i
As the poet might have said, but didn't, "It makes a difference
which foot the shoe is on."
It may be a very good thing for the nations to get together. It
may help the course of civilization for us to agree on more merciful
methods of slaughter. Courts of arbitration may settle 1 dispute out
of 3. We may rule out poison and mushroom bullets as inhuman.
But war itself is the most inhuman of all. and The Hague court
may meet from now until Doomsday, but it will never give us peace
until men's hearts are big enough to comprehend the preciousness of
human life.
Enslaved by a Pirate
OR ROBERT'S RENDEVOUS WITH THE RED-HANDED ROVERS
BY F. W. SCHAEFER.
THE MALAYS DID EMBROIDERY AND MADE CRAZY QUILTS.
CHAPTER X.
They sailed and they sailed.
While waiting for a desert island
to loom up on the starboard bow,
Robert engaged himself with study
ing the sports and the pastimes of
tbe terrors of the Spanish main.
The Lascars spent happy mo
ments stringing vari-colored beads.
The two or three Portuguese in the
crew formed a mandolin club and
played and sang sweetly—lf you
don't care for sugar.
V, The Englishmen, Americans and
drank to excess. The
▼easel was heavily rtocked with red
pop In bottles.
The Malays did embroidery and
anade crazy quilts. They accom
plished the latter, especially, with
out the slightest effort.
Col. Crust tried in vain to in
veigle Robert into a game of au
thors.
Tbe conviction wis rapidly grow
ing upon Robert that this would
•ot do.
Still, there was hope In bis breast
when Co. Crust pointed out a little
•peck of tropical verdure on tbe
i iorison.
"There's an uninhabited island.
Tonight the moon will be up. i will
•Jtttto *** nnd t .of my trusty men
to it and bury a chest of treasure.
Then I will slay tho 4 men and bury
them with it, for the reason that
dead men tell no tales, leaving that
to the genius who writes dime
novels. Does that suit you?"
It did. Robert had schooled him
self to believe that in pirate life
everything goes, and that the vic
tims don't mind it.
The dreadful, enjoyable moment
was at hand.
(Continued.)
BIX LOST ON SKEENA RIVER.
SEATTLE, July 8 —The wreck of
the steamer Mount Royal, in a can
yon on the Skeena river with 55
passengers on board, resulted In the
loss of 6 lives. The boat became un
controllable in the swift water and
crashed against the rocks, sinking
in a few minutes. She was com
manded by Captain Johnson, who
escaped. First officer, William
Lewis; B. Frayne, fireman; Archie
Wills, steward, and 2 Japanese were j
drowned.
Let us fill your preserip
tioßS; no substitution; prices
right. Watson Drug Co.,
233 Riverside ay.
Entered at Spokane.
Wash., as Second
Class Matter.
Poor Old Everett"'No. 2
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A WORD FROM JOSH WISE.
t Beauty's a treas
ure that nobody
wants to hide."
Girls, beware of strange young
men. They may invite you out boat
ing and prove to be rock-the-boat
fiends. Remember, your life is as
precious to you as anybody's.
An Artist
gets this right along:
"That looks easy."
"I suppose you are a genius?"
"Who taught you to draw?"
"I can guess what that repre
sents."
"You just ought to see what our
little boy can draw, and he's only
10 years old, too."
"Do they pay you for this?"
"Why don't you put a funny face
on the moon?"
"Don't you know how to spell?"
"There's a feller down at the bus
iness college who can make the lov
liest birds without lifting his pen
from the paper. You ought to get
him to give you some pointers."
"Can you draw your breath? Ha,
ha. ha!"
One thinker says suicides are
"weeds in the garden of life." This
doesn't sound right.
It is not considered a slip for a
slip of a girl dressed in a slip and
wearing slippers to slip into the gar
den and plant a slip or 2, is it?"
Customer: What's this on the bill
of fare?
Waiter: Curried chicken, sir.
Customer: Wei!, give me one
with it's name braided.
At Sunday School.
"Now, Willie, why did Joshua
command the sun to stand still?"
"I reckon he was trying to take
its picture."
AN UNWELCOME VISITOR.
J. C. Swain, of Deer Park, arrived
last night and took room 38 at the
Logan hotel. He was suffering with
smallpox. This morning he report
ed himself to the police and was
taken to the isolation hospital. The
case developed In this county, and
Dr. F.| W. Morrison will investigate
the town from which he came with
a view to stamping out any spread
of the disease there.
HOW A MAN FROPOSES
IN CHICAGO.
He: Ssy, hsve I married you yetf
Bbc: No, I believe not.
He: Well, burry. My time's valuable.
SPOKANE PRESS, JULY 8, fgg.
FLOATED OVER FALLS! LIVES
Woodsman Imitates Indian Maidens
Seeking Death
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., July 8 —
Anthony Etiphian has just imitated
the Indian maidens, who, when
their loves went astray, floated
over St. Anthony falls to death In
the Mississippi river. Only An
thony didn't chant. He just clung
ANTHONY STIPHIAN
to the 2 logs, which had floated
Into the current with him as he
slept on them near the union sta
tion, waiting for his train to take
him to the woods where he had a
job. Headfirst he shot over the
100-foot apron, was jabbed, logs
and all, against the bottom of the
river, whirled in the boiling eddies
and then dashed against little Spirit
island, where the corpses of the In
dian maidens used to be found. An
thony waded ashore, the only one
Ito live who ever made the descent.
BABY FATALLY BURNED.
WALLA WALLA, July B.—ln a
delayed celebration, Joseph Price's
Infant son was fatally burned at
the Price farm. The baby's cloth
ing was ignited by a firecracker.
The Daily Short Story
THE BLOOD-SIFTER.
The Wellington-Bruce residence
shone with a thousand lights. The
hall was at its height.
More than 1 guest paused before
the long line of ancestral portraits,
ruffled ladies, gentlemen in armor,
long enough to remark casuaflly:'-
"And what an end they've come
to!"
T. Wellington-Bruce, last of his
line, had a bun. He always had a
bun. He battered his tile against
the roof of the cab as he slid
through the door.
With a drunken lurch he held out
his hand for his companion. The
painted lady took it. Together they
wobbled toward the thousand lights.
"Disgustln'!" muttered the cabby.
Capt. John Mcintosh, of the 72d,
led Sylvia into the conservatory.
Both were very serious.
"Tell me now, dearest —I can't
wait!" he whispered. "Dear, God
knows I love you better than my
chance of heaven. Tell me now!"
Two large brown eyes opened in
to his. There was dew upon the
lashes.
"I do care for you, Jack —but—"
Then the girl turned her head.
"Then you still —love—him?"
A pitiful, acquiescing silence an
swered.
"Then I won't in'ist. Tom's been
my chum always. I won't prove a
traitor. I'll "
A small hand rested upon his
coat sleeve.
"Let's give him 1 more chance,"
Sylvia pleaded, "1 more, and then
—if you want me —why "
There was a commotion at the
door. The butler was remonstrat
ing with someone bent upon enter
ing.
Mcintosh had wandered aimlessly
away from the dancers, and was
standing in the hall.
A voice startled him.
"Tom!" he exclaimed, stepping
into the vestibule; "and a woman!
Well, I'm "
"Lemme Incherduce —" the scion
of the house began, but Mcintosh
interrupted.
"Get before you're seen!" he
whispered.
"Naw! Men muh lady fren's
comin' in an' tredddermeasure "
"No, you're going!" Mcintosh
caught him by tho arm.
"Thash right! 'Buse me after
stealin' Sylvy "
A pretty, frightened face appear
ed in the doorway.
"Hush up and come away with
your lady friend," Mcintosh urged.'
"I tell you—Sylvy's a flirt! She
throw me over "
Mcintosh waited no longer. He
shouldered the drunken man as he
would a bag of meal and rushed
him into the waiting cab. The
painted woman, whimpering, toter
ed after.
With a smothered sob the pretty
face disappeared.
Sergeant Smith crept out of his
bunk and, whispering a word to the
sentry, passed into the dense Phil
ippine jungle.
The night was Stygian.
Three hours later he came back.
"Capt. Mcintosh, may I have a
word with you in private?"
Sergeant Smith saluted.
The orderly was dismissed.
"Tosh, old man,' began the non
com, "I'm not speaking as an en
listed man now, but as a' man who
was once a friend. You have or
dered me to go for reinforcements
to guard against the attack day aft
ter tomorrow. Won't you go in
stead?"
Mcintosh was dumfounded.
"Not afraid, I hope?"
"Not exactly, Tosh —but you see—
well, to be plain, you'll learn some
thing at headquarters to your ad
vantage—about Sylvy—she's "
"What is it, man; what is it?"
"Go and see."
"I'll —for ood's sake, there isn't
anything "
"You'd better go!"
"I'll kill you if "
You may, but I won't tell. But
There Is less profit
to the dealer who
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than any other beer
In America
Insist On
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25c
Per Bottle
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it's to your advantage to go."
With a yell of triumph the na
tives vaulted piles of their own
dead and for tbe tenth time they
charged the little blockhouse.
This time, no American bullets
met them.
At the moment, Mcintosh and his
reinforcements rushed into the
open. Mausers cackled a bare min
ute. The natives were in full flight.
Dead and dying lay in heaps upon
the floor. >
Stripped to the waist, blood bub
bling from a tiny hole in his chest,
Sergeant Smith straggled to rise.
"Give 'crn he!!, boys!" he yelled
deliriously as Mcintosh flung open
the door. "Hold 'em off till Capt.
st
"This is Tosh, old man," he said
tenderly. "My wife is happy as can
be —there's nothing wrong—why'd
you lie?"
The sergeant smiled feebly.
"It was you—or 1 sure. Tosh," he
whispered. "I learned the enemy's
numbers — reinforcements — could
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"Forgive me!" Mcintosh held out
his hand.
"Sure "
Blood gushed from his mouth.
"For Sylvy—and—you."
Death froze tne smile on the face
of T. Wellington-Bruce — alias
Smith, enlisted man.
BASEBALL CAUSES EXPLOSION.
WHEELING, W. VA., July 8 —
As a result of amateur baseball
practice in an alley in the rear of
the store of H. H. Woods, the ball
crashed through the window of the
store, coming in contact with a nest
of giant torpedoes. These exploded
with terrific force, shattering the
windows and setting off an im
mense quantity of other fireworks.
The entire interior of the store was
speedily gutted by the flames, and
the lire department arrived in time
to prevent a conflagration in the
congested district of the city.
ST. JOE SUNDAY EXCURSION.
Take electric train Sunday 8 a.
m. at Terminal, Main and Lincoln,
for delightful troll *v and steamer
ride to beautiful shadowy St. Joe
river. Round trip to St. Joe, 200
miles, $2.50. 150 miles to 3t.
Maries, $2.00.
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