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GILPIN OBSERVER
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THURSDAY, JANUARY 18th, 1917.
LET AMERICA PRO
TECT HER INTERESTS
When we talk about peace in Eur
ope and the United*" States entering
Into international treaties with these
countries, is it not well to pause and
consider our well being before taking
this untried and unrealized step?
The Monroe doctrine by its very
nature, has heretofore isolated this
country from foreign entanglements
regarding division of the countries of
the earth, and is it not well for us
to continue to protect the smaller
countries of this western continent,
than to form any alliance with the
monarchial countries of the east?
Republics and monarchies cannot
very well blend, as the one is in
direct conflict with the other. A mon
archy is governed by a certain line
of ancestry, and its history shows
imperialism and acquisition of terri
tory by conquest, while a republic
derives its governing powers from the
consent of the governed, and thirsts
for no extended territory.
It may be well to join with mon
art hies in certain internatioral law,
but would it be justice to ourselves,
or the smaller republics of this con
tinent for us to abandon, the Monroe
doctrine and subject them to inva
sion by powerful monart hies?
The present foreign war has taught
us that internatioral treaties are only
made to be broken, as is instanced
by Germany overthrowing the king
doms of Belgium and Ser\ia. and
England because she is powerful,
trampling underfooot the rights of
Greece, a neutral nation.
The United States is today the
most free and powerful nation of the
earth, and her representatives in con
gress should be particularly careful
about entering treaties would in
any wise conflict wi h the guarding
of the smaller countries on this west
ern continent.
ADMIRAL DEWEY DIES
Admiral George Dewey, the hero j
of Manila Bay on May Ist. 1898, died j
at his home in Washington on Tues
day afternoon, January 16th, aged 80
years.
Admiral Dewey was born and regr- ,
ed on the outskirts of Montpellier. :
Vermont, and at an early age enter- |
ed the Naval Academy at Annapolis, ]
graduating as second lieutenant, and ]
at the outbreak of the Civil war was ;
placed on active duty. He command- (
ed a vessel In the celebrated Farra- (
gut squadron that sailed up the Mis
sissippi and captured New Orleans. .
Just pilor to the outbreak of the t
Spanish Americ an war he was sent by j
the government as commander of a i
fleet to the far east, ard while an
chored in Hongkong harbor, received
news of congress declaring war. The
laws of nations prohibit vessels of
nations at war of remaining In neu
tral harbors over twenty-four hours,
and he was notified to seek some i
other harbor.
The admiral knowing that the Phil
ippine Islands belonged to Spain, net
his fleet in motion for Manilla Bay.
arriving there on the morning of May
Ist, 1898, sank the entire Spanish
fleet gnd the city without
M»e loss of a single vessel or mail.
This heroic deed made him famous
and gave the islands to the United
States. Since the war and until his
death he has been chief adviser at
the navy department, and his name
will go down Into history as one of
the greatest naval officers the world
has ever produced.
The remains will he buried at the
Arlington Natloral cemetery on the
Virginia shore of the Potomac* river,
where former rearadmlrals now He
buried.
Farmer Tom Lawson has designated
as those who leaked and made mon
ey by divulging to Wall Street, the
president’s peace note, Congressman
Henry of the investigating committee.
Wm. MoAdoo. secretary of the U. S.
treasurer, Robert learning, secretary
of state, Joseph Tumulty private sec
retary to ihe president and Count
von Bernstorff, German embassador,
and many others. Those accused
swear they never hoard of the peace
note until they read it in the papers,
which puts Tom In the same Annanlas
club with Theodore Roosevelt.
A USEFUL FARCE
With the exception of Theodore
Roosevelt, there is no more persistent
and resourceful self-advertiser in the
United States than Thomas W. Law
son.
Mr. Roosevelt and Mr. Lawson
jumped simultaneously into the lime
light as scon as Representative Wood
introduced his resolution for an in
vestigation of the alleged Wall Street
“leak” in connection with the presi
dent’s note to the belligerents. While
Mr. Lawson was smearing mud over
a majority of the members of con
gress, Mr. Roosevelt was smearing
mud over the Wilson administration.
Mr. Lawson boasted about his own
profits from the “leak,” and Mr.
Roosevelt wept bitterly over the
» plight of the stock-gamblers whom he
transformed into “small investors.”
In fact, “the net effect” of the pres
ident’s note, in Mr. Roosevelt’s opin
ion, “was to ruin an immense num
ber of small investors who were not
forewarned.”
For two days Mr. hawson has been
edifying the Rules Committee of the
House with a vaudeville performance
in which he has exploited his com
plete. ignorance of the so-called scan
dal in all its phases. Mr. Roosevelt
has maintained a discreet silence
since the Lawson performance began,
but perhaps he is so choked wiih
emotion over the wrongs of the
“small investor” that he can no long
er talk.
In any event, no more ridiculous
exhibition than this investigation has
ever been staged within the halls of
congress. The representative who in
troduced the resolution has publicly
admitted that he had no information.
He drew his inspiration from a letter
written by a man of whom he had
never heard and who apparently has
no tangible existence. Cn the strength
of this communication he proposed
an inquiry that amounted to no more
than a casual fishing expedition. All
the gossip of Wall Street and Wash
ington has now' been turned into a
single sewer for examination, and not
a single definite fact of importance
has thus far been brought to light.—
N. Y. World.
England, aud that bunth of conceit.
Teddy Roosevelt, have for a long
time been abusing the administration
■ for not interferring with the affairs
of stricken Belgium, that Germany
' has overrun. But is this Incident dif
‘ ferent front that which England is
‘ now doping out to Greece, a neutral
1 nation, by assuming that might makes
1 right, by arbitrarily removing their
1 king and placing upon the throne
one selected by England and France?
Wb do not wish to cover Germany's
faults, but in some respects the one
is as despotic as the other. Let this
country show no favor, that will em
* broil us in this shameless and un
-1 principled war.
Poles Penrose, the old Republican
political boss of Pennsylvania, has
again ridden over the conservative ele-\
meat of the party by electing Rich-1
ard J. Baldwin, cne of his political j
henchmen, speaker of the house of
representatives. The strength of the
party under his leadership is fast
dwindling as is evidenced by the vote
at the last election. At the last No
vember national election, the party
gave the smallest Republican vote
end the smallest Republican plural
ity In twenty-five years, and under
the leadership of him and his kind,
the party 1b fast loosing its grip on
the state.
At the Republican and Progressive
peace meeting held in New York this 1
week, whereby they were to combine
against Democracy in 1920, the Pen
rose and Murray Crane standp&ts, as
usual, wanted the whole thing, and !
Perkins and Roosevelt have again re*!
volted. There gentlemen are now 1
like the man who lost his clothes on
the hanks of a swimming pool, they
bavs no party pr friends to hide
their shame. j .• I
According to the report of the Unit
ed States Geological Survey for 1916,
the value of the copper production j
in the United States was $520,000,000!
as against $242,900,000 in the year,
1915. The present year will undoubt
edly exceed 1916, not only In copper,
hut that of hilver, lead and tungsten,
as the price of these metals will re
main high for se\eral years to come, j
Denver can never expect to grow
to he an Important city If she In
tends to rely on tourist trade. She
lest the Regional hank and the Farm
ers' Loan bank simply because she
wus not considered an Important
. pt'lnt In the business world. Let her
lay aside the scenic fad. build man
■ ufactorles, and then perhaps Uncle
Sam will consider her claims, until
: then NEVER.
I The hoard of county commissioners
) county attorney and county clerk.
, lime been In Denver this week at
< tending the annual meeting of hoards
of county commissioners of the state.
THE GULPIN OBSERVER.
NEVADAVILLE NOTES
Richard Luty left yesterday for
Nederland.
The following officers were install
ed in Oceola Council No. & at Neva- j
daville: Pocahontas, Mrs. Viola Bnos;
Winonah, Mrs. Sarah Matthews;
prophetes, Mamie Warren; Powhatan,
Dudley Enos; K. of R., Edna Dicker
son; K. of W., Addle Armfield; Ist
scout, Mrs. Ethel Chappie; 2nd scout,
Mrs. Beatrice Victor; guard of Teepe,
Mrs. Sadie Grenfell; guard of Forest,
Mrs. Addle Armfield; Ist warrior,
Earl Harvey; 2nd warrior. R. W.
Pearce.
SCHOOL NOTES
(By Elizabeth Rule).
Mrs. A&hbaugh gave a line talk on
the profession of nursing. We notice
that a number of the nurses married
doctors, although one of the rules
seems to be not to flirt with the in
ternes. A number of the girls hur
ried out after the talk to ask Mrs.
Athbaugh if she thought they might
be nurses. We wonder why?
The Freshman program given last
Friday afternoon was the best of the
class programs. . The class seems to
be able to show even the Seniors
something worth seeing.
The basket ball game played with
the Idaho Springs H. S. teams last
Friday night was witnessed by a large
number of boosters. The games were
well played. The boys’ score being
26 to 17. Although the Idaho boys
won our boys fought hard and well
for the honors. The Central girls’
team won, score 16 to 11.
The entertainment given at the H.
S. building after the game, was great
ly enjoyed by all. The Idaho teams
leaving about 12:30. They had a cold
ride over and Lack, but we were so
glad to see so many over.
Exams, exams, exams. That’s all
we’ve heard this week tut they are
over and a grin is on even the Fresh
men's faces.
We would like to see everyone at
the debate by G. C. U. H. S. team
vs. Wheatridge team Friday night at
the Presbyterian church.
HIGH SCHOOL DEBATE
Central City high school will de
bate the Wheatridge high school
team Friday right. Jan. 10 at 8 at
the Presbyterian church. The sub
ject for debate is, resolved, “That
the United States rhoold maintain a
system of subsidies for the protec
tion of American merchant marine.”
Our local debaters* are Clarence Aug
er, Margaret Grutzmacher and Ruth
Tomlinson. The teams of both schoo’s
have been working very hard and the
prospects are for an interesting de
bate. In order to meet the expenses
It is necessary to make an admission
charge of 26 cents. We want, at
least, tw’o hundred people to hear
this debate. Support the debate as
loyally as you do the basket ball
teams, please.
CHURCH SERVICES
The regular services were held at
the points on the Black Haw*k work
the last Sunday.
Dr. W. T. Scott held the second
quarterly conference at Black Hawk
in the afternoon. The financial and
business interests of the church are
in good condition. Ihe usual routine
of business was dispatched in good
order.
Next Sunday the usual services will
be observed at Russell Gulch in the
I morning aud Nevadaville in the af
iternoon. A special sen ice has been
arranged for Black Hawk in the ev
ening. It will be comprised of sev
eral musical numbers. Among others
Mr. Fritz and Dr. Frold of Black
Hawk will sing and play. There will
also be solo and chorus selections by
the choir. The pastor will give his
prohibition oration. "The National Is
sue.”
! Everybody Is Invited. We will gi e
you a warm welcome.
JOHN L. SPARGO, Pastor.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH NOTES.
Sunday school at 10 am.; preach
ing service by Rev. J. M. Travis at
111 a. m.; Christian endeavor society
meeting at 6:16 p. m.; preaching ser
vice at 7 p. m., by the Rev. Travis.
The purchase of the Danish, West
1 India Islands has been consummated
nnd United Slates sovereignty be
gins today.
WHERE TO BUY GROCERIES
I
Tlie Hawley Mdse. Co., can supply
your wa/nts from a complete stock of
fancy and staple groceries. The
freshest of vegetables and fruits In
» the market. Hay and grain In any
quantity.
quantity.
WHEN HEART ACTION STOPS
Not Always Easy to Assign a Reason
for That Particular Form of
Life's Ending.
Deportments of health and medical
statisticians rightly refuse to recog
nize heart failure as a definite cause
of death for their mortality lists, the
term having come to be a ready refuge
for ignorant or Indolent physicians
looking for an easy explanation of an
unexpected death. There seem, how
ever. to be some cases left In which the
expression finds a proper place and
supplies a lacuna In present-day med
ical knowledge.
Occasionally there Is apparently no
good reason In the heart condition to
expect thut It may suddenly cease its
activity, and yet it actually stops. Ap
parently the effect of even some slight
irritation becomes so multiplied In
heart tissues as to bring about a
definite disturbance or rhythm, and
cardiac action ceases for good and all.
Not infrequently such cuses come to a
climax shortly after food has been
taken into the stomach; then there
seems to be some connection between
the gastric condition and the sudden
heart stoppage.
Long ago Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes
suggested that the angel of life sets
this living pendulum going and thut it
goes on and on until the angel of death
breaks Into the case and rudely stops
it. The expression Is highly figura
tive and yet contains in It the germ of
the thought that sometimes life’s pro
cesses seem to have approached a
terminus, which they may reach unex
pectedly as the result of some irrita
tion that would in itself, presumably,
not be sufficient to produce any such
far-reaching effect.—New York Her
ald.
EMPTIED BASKET OF EGGS
Truthful Story of Rat's Strategy Which
of One Is Not Com
pelled to Believe.
“Really," said the young man as he
leaned over the cigar counter at the
corner drug store, “I can scarcely hope
that auy one will believe tills story.
I will just tell it and let It go at that.
My’wife the other day bought a dozen
eggs—no that is not the most Improb
able part of the story—yes, she bought
a dozen eggs and hung them up in a
basket in the cellar some distance from
the floor above. Hearing a noise in
the cellur she was afraid to go down
stairs. I tiptoed my way half u dozen
steps down and there I saw a fine
piece of strategy—l mean rategy—as
one could wish.
“Three rats in a string, the top one
on the cellar wall, the lowest one in
the basket, were passing the eggs from
one to another. I made a little noise
and the rats, pulling themselves up to
the top of the wall, disappeared.
Eleven of the 12 eggs had been taken
from the basket. There they were all
in a row* on the top of the wall.
“I w'ent upstnfrs to call my wife to
show her those 11 eggs. I wasn’t gone
more thnn five minutes. When she
came down the cellar steps with me
and I was pointing to the top of the
wall —well, the eggs were gone. Then
I looked Into the basket for the twelfth
egg. It, too. was gone! An even
dozen, at 48 cents!
“No. I don't expect you to believe It.
I Just tell the story. Maybe you’ll
even doubt the price of the eggs.”—
Indianapolis News.
Medicinal Value of Lemons.
If the testimony of the Sicilian Ci
trus chamber Is given due considera
tion in determining the status of u
lemon It deserves an Important place
In the list of first aids. According
to the authority mentioned the lemon
aids are chiefly medicinal nnd hygi
enic. Its Juice is of vnlue In treat
ing diphtheria and gout. For ordin
ary colds It is a great specific. It will
cure slight wounds and chilblains. The
Juice of several lemons taken every
day will help to cure rheumatism and
provide un antidote for dlabetea; the
small Jllces applied to corus will eaae
the pulu.
As a cleansing agent nnd benutl
fler, the reputation of the lemon soars
still higher. The Juice whitens the
hands, improves the complexion, helps.
If anything can, to remove freckles. In
the culinary department It ranks with
salt and sugar In general usefulness,
and as a furniture polish tta oil is
beyond reproach.
w.- * :
Good In Reading.
An antagonistic Influence to reading
exists In some quarters In the curious
ly mistaken Idea that It hinders the
development of Individuality, making
copters instead of originators. Any
knowledge of the history of great men
und women proves the absolute falsity
of this; moreover, the conscious de
sire to be original which such un
attitude on the purt of grown-ups
leuds to In children la very had. One
never henrd of great men being pre
occupied with the endeavor to be orig
inal. Observation, again. Is Increased
rather thnn the reverse hy the habit
of reudlng. Those children Into whose
lives books other thnn ns enforced
lessons never enter are as a rule singu
larly unobservant —proof that the
brain must he behind the eyes In ob
servation, Just aB It must he behind
the band In technical work.
Time to Toll Bell.
“Were you ringing the hell, sir?"
asked the waiter of the customer who
had been busy with tlie hell for 15
minutes.
“Ringing It, mnn?" echoed the cus
tomer. “I have been tolling It. I
thought you were dead.”
WOMEN FOND OF SACRIFICE
toomlngly No Extreme* to Whleh They
Will Not Go for the Hueband
They Love.
Women often rush In where angels
with any kind of judgment would fear
to go. Strong men are faint-hearted
by comparison to good-lntentloned
women In their reckless dashes, usual
ly to give assistance to or throw some
protection around a man.
A case in point la that of a Califor
nia woman who has just offered to give
up her children and sacrifice herself
In a devoted effort to make a nun of
her husband, a rancher. Trying to
make a man of a husband la a job none
but a woman In whose veins Hows the
blood of murtyrs would think of. Many
women hove tried It. but who knows
their numes? How many hove any
thing better than the frayed and tat
tered remnant of a lifetime wusted In
endeavor to moke a miracle one of the
routine duties of domesticity? Only
the woman with the self-sucrlflclng In
stinct cultivated to the precipice of
genius tries It.
If he Is not up to the lowest limit of
tolerance —a common weight—by the
time he la—oh, whatever age he hap
pens to be when she has him thrown
on her hands —she may as well make
up her mind to take him as he Is. If
nature, through the centuries during
which men have been evolving, could
not do better with him than what she
sees has been done, why should one
lone woman hope to take It up there
und make him Into a man? Yet here
is a woman who has lived with him
long enough to be convinced, ottering
to give up her children for one more
chance to turn a husband Into a man
before she acknowledges defeat
It Is not alone great military men
who don’t know when they're beaten.
—Pittsburgh Dlspntch.
ARE A PEOPLE OF CONTRASTS
But the Majority of Italians, Like
Their Country, Have Great Phys
ical Beauty and Charm.
Province by province, Itnly mani
fests a varying charm, and the people
differ as widely as their surroundings.
The hot-blooded southerner observes a
different standard of morals and hy
giene, fires to anger or Interest more
quickly, and Is generally less depend
able and Industrious than his northern
brother. Both are gifted with the black
eyes and lialr and the swarthy com
plexion, us a race, that Is u general
characteristic of the Latin people. But
the Italian Is, broadly speaking, like
ids country, endowed with u physical
beauty and charm beyond thut of most
of his fellows.
In the north, however, remarks u
writer In the National Geographical
Magazine, there ure exceptions—fnir
hulred und reddish men and womeu,
who seem strangely out of place amoug
their durk neighbors. Cool, tempera
ture exotics they are among tile higher
colored growths that somehow seem
so tropical, with their sultry smiles and
fathomless, mysterious eyes, In which
forever broods the shadow of the pur
ple mountains that always and every
where dominate all Italy, even to the
delightful carabinieri or rural guards,
those Napoleoutc-looking officials who
parade ulways solemnly In pairs, hang
ers at their sides, cockades In their
bluck beavers, the majesty of the law
in every line and footstep.
When Life Is SweeT
It Is not the walking merely, It Is
keeping yourself in tune for a walk, In
the spiritual and bodily condition In
which you can find entertainment and
exhilaration In so simple and nntural a
pastime. You are eligible to any good
fortune wheu you are In the condition
to eujoy a walk. When the atr and tlie
water taste sweet to you, how much
else will taste sweet 1 When the exer
cise of your limbs affords you pleas
ure, and the play of your sense upon
the various objects and shows of na
ture quickens and stimulates your spir
it, your relation to the world and to
yourself Is what It should be —simple
and direct and wholesome. The mood
in which you set out on a spring or
autumn ramble or a sturdy winter
walk, and your greedy feet have to
be restrained from devouring the dis
tances too fast. Is the mood In which
yonr best thoughts and Impulses come
to you, or In which you might embark
upon any noble and heroic enterprise.
Life Is sweet In such moods, the uni
verse Is complete, sod there Is no fail
ure or Imperfection anywhere.—John
Burroughs.
It’s "Congress."
The affectation of calling congress
“the congress” seems to be quite wide
spread among those who address that
body officially or think they must be
strictly accurate In speHklng of It. Yet
the Constitution of the United Stntes,
which crested It, called It “a congress"
In first naming It, and In other pluce
calls It sometimes “congress” and
sometimes “the (with s small “t”)
congress,” Just ns the construction of
the sentence and the euphony of sound
would dictate. Nobody need think he
will he unconstitutional If he omits
the “The."—St. Louis Star.
She Wanted to Know.
The baby wus crying and Mattie
stod beside him, very much to his In
dignation and looked ut his eyes. While
the hnhy struck out nt her she tried
to lift Ills eyelid.
“What- are you doing, dear?" naked
her mother. "The bnby does not Itko
for you to touch him.”
“Mumiuu, I wus trying to see where
the teurs come from. Where does he
keep his tears when bo Isn’t crying?"
THE AIRMAN
By JOSEPH T. KESCEL.
The crack aviator of the Tenth
corps, “The Bird,” as he was called by
his comrades, could not stifle the groan
that escaped bis lips.
He was seated on the ground, bis
hack against a tree, to which he bad
painfully crawled after his fall. In
half delirium he muttered to himself
numerous broken sentences.
“Commanding officer's order* were
•Go out over enemy’s position, ascer- **
tain strength, and report immediately
upon your return.' Tried to do It, and
would hove done It, hadn't been for
that devilish shell. Machine damaged
aod old Fred badly wounded.
“Can't forget his words and action
when he saw we were hard hit ‘Good
by. George, old man, good-by,' he
yelled. ‘l'm badly wounded. Informa
tion very much Deeded at headquar
ters. Alone there Is a chance to make
IL With me in the machine It Is Im
possible. Tell Katy my last thoughts
were of her.’ Then for love of coun
try he threw himself out Into space.
Struck the hard ground Inside the en
emy's lines, and was killed.
“Rotten luck. Just downright hard
luck, after everything had gone so
well. Splendid flight we made to
headquarters, with the Information
they wanted, when that whistling devil
caught us. With Fred’s weight gone,
the machine partly righted Itself and
would hove made a safe landing, but
for this beastly tree.
“Steering gear broken, no chnnce
to guide. Leg busted, arm broken,
and hend feels smashed. Worst luck
Is in being unable to make report. i
“Now my hend has gone wrong.
Saw the moon above, now see moons
nil over, going everywhere. Funny.
Wish I had a drink of water and can
teen empty. Wow I Big moon Is com
ing right toward me. There It comes.
Hear voices, strange, and the man In
the moon hns an automobile. Cnu hear
the purr of his engine.”
With a start “The Bird" realized
that It was an automobile from Ills
corps. He attempted to raise an arm
and uttered a fnlnt shout. Figures
alighted and came rapidly toward him.
In a low. audible tone he said:
“I wish to report position very strong.
Heavily re-enforced and more coming
up rapidly.” Then be lapsed Into un
consciousness.
Days had passed. One cool bright
morning “The Bird” opened his eyes,
now free from delirium. A gentle sigh
passed his tips and a figure bent over
him. Two questioning brown eyes
gazed Into his. In a weak voice he
whispered: “Report enemy’s position
strong, heavily re-enforced. This Is
very Important."
Good nurse Wlnthrop grasped the
situation at once and, knowing It best
to hutnor the patient, hurried away.
Returning to the bedside of the wound
ed man she said quietly, “Your or
ders hnve been obeyed. Headquarters
have been Informed.”
“1 know you.” he gasped. “Katy,
dear old Fred's sister. His last words
were of you. I say good-hy for hltn.
Am tired now and sleepy.” With this
he lapsed Into peuceful slumber.
The late afternoon sun, streaming
through the big hospital windows,
found nurse Wlnthrop again standing
beside her new patient. The hend
nurse gently chided Miss Wlnthrop
for the decided Interest In putlent
No. 254.
The girl's eyes filled with tears and
she answered humbly, “Please don't
scold, for he was with my brother
Fred. The two were toegther when
the machine was hIL"
“Forgive me. dear. I did not know."
replied the older woman. “Stay here
until he awakens. I will attend to
your other duties.”
“The Bird’s" eyes opened.
The Injured man gazed In wonder
ment at the face before hltn. "1 know
you—l have seen you before," he re
, peated, “you are Fred’s alater Katy.”
Two small white fingers were placed
on till lips and a sweet voice admon
ished. “You must not talk now."
With the uninjured hand he re
moved the fingers from his lips. Ex
erting his whole strength he held them
firmly while he Insisted, "I won’t bo
quiet, must talk. Want you to under
stand . Dear old Fred, my best friend,
comradea since war started. Sends all
hta love to you.”
Her eyes filled with tears and with
gentle firmness she released her hand,
saying. "Please do not talk any more.
You must be quiet, for you are In
jured aud 111."
His convalescence was very rapid.
When he was almost well one day
they were seated on the cool, wide,
aun-shnded porch, the amall White
hand of Mist Wlnthrop nestling In his.
nnd he recited the adventures of her
brother and himself. Her eyes over
flowed with teurs and she murmured.
“Dear brother. So noble, good and
trne!"
Firmly he held her hands and In
a gentle voice beseeched, “Won't you
bo my Knty now? Fred’s lost words
were, 'Look after her, George.' E
know It would please yottr brother,
and to me you are everything. I love
you, dear, and 1 want you to be my
wife," he plended.
With trembling lips she softly mur
mured, “Yes, George!“
A hiding sunbeam casting Its
shadow* over the cool, broad veranda
duneeil in glee when their lips met
'a plighted troth.
• oeviiiiht. inn, b y the MrClurs Newspa
per Syndicate.)
The firm fireworks fl-e said to bATft
appeured at Florence In 1800 —'