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THE ROCK ISLAND ARGUS, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1915.
(A-
THE ARGUS.
Pnbltehed Daily 1J4 Second arc
live. Rock Iilond. III. Entered t the
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character, politic', or religion, must
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tion. No euct article wlil be prlcted
over fictitious signature
Telephone la all department: Cen
tral Union. West 14S. 1146 and S14S;
Union Electric, 14B.
Monday, September 16, 1912.
The straw hat "has went."
The Three Eye baseball season
over. Who cares?
is
gTPA PES C0KCIL
A Philadelphia surgeon has patched j liXFCTRICITY ON THE FARM,
up a defective; backbone. Now a great j Tourists who have visited the Ad
practloe awaits him in Washington. J Irondack region this summer report
! that many farm houses back In the
i ub .-rw ion uihihlicuitb mate it
avirlunt tri-it u f t r.tTi ova - ti i r rt Ka t rt i
careful as to what their women cli-!
ents die of. '
' !
"Ct inoa sra r V TrrriT e nr V, tv '
" "
i n . . w t t.-i .
ion. Iiut not by Ice King Morse of
New York,
y :
Czur Nicholas fears that he will
meet with a violent death. Why !
tloesn't he get an aeroplane and end i
the sufpense. ;
. . - - -
ii is iu uf oouiiu nneinrr ujinapu
fully appreciates the rare distinction
attained in ltn capture by the Mexi-
ran Insurgents. i
i
Roosevelt is ambitious to be a bron-
ho buster ag'iiu. Ii will have plenty
of time for his desired occupation
uner me p&uoimg in ."vcvemuer.
A progressive Roosevelt tjrga.iai.ks:
"Will .Mr. Taft withdraw?" What a
tHiustioc! Of course he win not --not
until the inauguration next .March of
Hretideut Woodrow Wllsou.
WK i,r.i thi: woni.n-
More thau So per cent of the worM's
real itiipply is fnrriHliej liy the ('nit -1
Stale, Great llrilalu una Geinianv
in the order named.
Ir. cr.nl production, as in nearly ev
erylh iif olho. the I'l.i'ed States lc;i(!v
'he world. It a" back in 1 v;i that
lie coal oulput of tLe l'iii'il dial's
nut exceeded thai of tireat liritaiu,
i'lld It tiUH !ieer iM-ell .4:;ied tiln-e.
Mor,' tllHil H ll'Iuf! IdUrt t,f Ci.;.
were produced in K'll for U.e use of
the world us fuel.
Of tills enormous amount tin
Vniteil H'atcs produced more tlmti
er u-i.t. I.:utt yti.r the I'niti-d aia;. s
produced tl:ii-:,t half a Liiiion tor.H
f coal r.u.te ii,;;:, l',:i:ti Hritail!. ;.l
thotih in the li;.,t 1.' (ic ;riL'
Rrila'u tiu luorci.bed in r coal on: put
by 50 p. r cent.
Hut the Increased output of the
Vnlted Slates for that period was over
Mi p. r cent.
We lead, olln rs f Mow
TIIF. .UillOlM.WE ix w Alt.
That the aeroplane will ticure in
warfare as a fighting machine os well
as a dispatch bearer- and an a i i to.'
tirou'ing in iinli.aied by Ihe payment
f ?2T.on0 In prizes by the Mrit.sh
novernmeut recently to Aviator Cody.
The pruts were otfered through th"
war office as rewards of victory in
the military competitions at Salisbury
i'lain?.
Coincident wi;h the Cody fiilits it
was announced that a fund of Sl,5ni,.
i'00 had been raised in Germany by ;
public subscription to purchase a f.eet
cf war aeroplanes for Emperor Wil- '
liani.
R Is Impossible at this time to fore
tell the future developments in avia- ,
tion. In the American civil war bal- j
loons were frequently used for the j
purpose of observing the movements i
of rival forces, but. the modern aero- I
plane may become a terrible tr.gine of ,
ileuth if experiments tow being made
are successful.
It in easy to concelv bow & dating
aviator, under proper conditions, j
i.ilsht circle high in the air over an 1
enemy's camp at nit;ht, for -Instance, i
iihd drop bombs among the sleeping
tvdditirt. No army would be reture ,
in such a situation and the danger of ;
th dartmj rider cf the air would be '
slight. j
Man's ingenuity seems to have '
about reached tbe limit in the devising '
of engines of death for use on land !
tnd sea. but the air presents an j- ,
tirely new field whose possibilities can
only be dreamed of.
TIIKUK IS A IMH-'KllEXCF.
Colonel Roosevelt, in tis speeches !n
Moutans, took occag.on to severely de
liounce the "oepper trust." Now the
copper trust is probably all h'.s fau.
ralcU lt. It doubtless deserves ail
the anatlietaus he hurled at lt. I:? ia-
i1::ctrtnl lui ' r . - . .
Montana; and the pec pie- of thai
1-ave lour sundm noi ri 1
----- - . j n i a are ni i' . . n n
as industrial ln'cult'es: tr.,1 vP
V r-i. ,1 AIA - L f ,
- ..
. lc aew ne was
ii-!fg politics, la denouncing it.
But the cepper trust U no worse
'"" l' lrul"- inaea. it is not
; owcrful nor as crpicTe a trust,
It doe not lay as heavy a tribute upon,
the masses of the people a does the
steel trust. It Is co worse than the
harvester tru3t. It docs not touch the
pockets of the farirer near as heev-ly.
When. Colonel Roosevelt delivers his
speecnes In steel trust and harvester
trust territory why does he fall to di
rect his fiery invectives at these
trusts? Why does he not explain to
the people the enormities these trusts
are committing against the consumers
of their products, and the political In
iquities they have been guilty of in
controlling legislatures, congresses and
ev n presidents?
There Is a difference.
What is It?
Weil, to be brief: Tfce copper tnwt
is controlled by the financial interests
that are opposed to Mr. Roosevelt and
favor Mr. Taft.
The steel trust and the harvester
trust are controlled by the financial
interests that are supporting Mr.
Roosevelt, and financing; his campaign,
and opposing Mr. Taft
There is the milk in the steel trust j
and the harvester trust cocoanuts!
I The latter trusts are, in the colonel's !
j eye, good trusts. The copper trust ia,
I in his eyes, a very bad trust.
j ir Mr. Roosevelt should be elected i
' president he wi:i throttle and squelch !
the copper trust, and will "coddle" and
protect the steel and harvester trusts. !
j There Is method in Mr. Roosevelt's
'treatment of trusts.
There' is a difference.
p - .ountalnB
some as much as a
niile
aDd a half the "-rest yUlage,
hr "Quipped with electric lights. This
18 indeed the age of electricity. Wfcer-
. . , . .
ever mere is a sawmill beside a good
sized stream in the Adirondacks elec-
nuuuVui.M, eiet
,ric,t' ls generated and wires are
strung to houses within a radius of
two or three miles. Occasionally one
M-es a farm house eauiDDed with eloe-
trie lights and standing near it a lit-
He old log cabin, now perhaps used!
"J1.?0 Cnf' T SO m.M5r years
' " lainny t:wfiiing. All the Ad
i'ondack vjlluKe.-, now have their elec-1
trie Kpht plants and tbe streets and'
ioues are lighted by them. Electric-
''.v n;is worked wonderful changes in
k'1 parts of the world. Electric cars
now run on the streets of Jerusalem
an'l in Cairo the trolley car has al-1
most put the camel out of business
We cook, heat, wash clothes and rock
tlie cradle 1 y eleftricity.
And now coir.- s Thomas A. Edison
villi an outiit that v. ill light and heat
a house iio matter how far away it
may be from an electric light plant.
This outfit costs more to run than
most farmers would like to pay, but
:t will very iikely bo hifihly appre-i'-'-ed
by I "i''.y rich persons who imve
hammer homes iar Lack in tlie coun
try. Mr. E.iitun l,as fi.ted up a house
;n Llewelyn Park, N. J., with a storage
l. t'ery mtd its aipurtetmnces. Tlii3
l c use coiitaiiis 11 rooms and is lighted
; i.J b-n led l!:ro:u'-'-ut bv electricity
l'. :c raiu rilit ii, tl.e cellar. A small
Kas.niiie oiviue !t--'i:erates the electric
: il.roi.ch a ri:.u!l 1 namo, and this
io t'orci in 1:7 Mari'i.uri size trtoraxe
iait iy cell. (':. storing was found
to be i.nllici'.i:; to run ij electric lights
i;r i.ve continuous Hours, and at Ine
fan. e time to run a moving picture out-;
fit. the cook f-fovo, a washing machine,
i dum v.a.:ter arid in a separate build-
,'1'ar tls 'louse, a chicken irciba-
-r. To t-
i.- ; I; r.t tests u little
r.oro thun it doe.- to b :y eU-ctric light
ing from a company operating a big
i-'.ur.t, so the outfit w ill be of no benefit
to city dwellers, but for use in isolated
bouses it will prove valuable. Mr. Ed-i.-tu
has demonstrated that a houne
(reeled in the middle of the desert of
SaluTa or on top of Wliiteface moun
tain can be lighted ai.d heated by elec
1 riciiy .
CALIFORNIA WOMEN
AID SUFFRAGE CAUSE
' '' j:vv-ft n.t.l I
H-jt" ;
Mrs. Frank P. Dewina.
San Francisco. Sept. 16. If there
' O A AfnnA n v-n k ak -v I at mm X x 1
I
t
i
'-.fe -.-.'3Ui
: "-"""jfu trying, was once about to fen-
that California women are not taking tence ,D oiJ o(Tender CTA w-lth ,
an interest in politics, it is time for ; tbeft accordlD; to Rramp
uch a pcrscra to wiie up. They are i ton-8 ri.scnces.
" uriutru ni.CCJIll, US ice,
', omoa . pojiucai ciucs giv
J tl;;. . , tDterd .Int
. ...... .. . . . . . .
.,.., ." '.
. .viva w I. lA.t? lull 1-! fc- ( T ;.-! na a 1.
. most as nuaitrous as those of the
jmon.
) They won the suffrage only fter a
.hard uphill frit. Perhaps this is ths
.reason ii.il it u an adcraUoa to them
ill
ai 1
if-
? ;" ie.- -S.3P
TOO MUCH EMPHASIS OX FA5CT
GOODS AT FAXCY PRICES.
"I've Just been reading about some
rich man who has bought up a lot
of land in a middle west state, with
the idea of demonstrating to people i
w hat can be done with a farm If it j
is run on a good business basis."
Eaid the woman who reads ihe news-,
papers and thinks about what she
reads.
"He's already put $1,500,000 Into i
the Dlace." she continued, "and ex-!
pects to put in still more money. But
he figures that he's going to get It all
back with good profits as high as $10 j
a bushel for his tomatoes, and eight j
cents a quart for his milk at whole
sale lots, and 60 cents a dozen for
his fresh eces in wholesale lots, and
fancv nHces for his bacon. t cetera,
I don't wonder he has an idea that
his farm is going to piy.
"P.ut how many farmers can get
these fancy prices, no matter how
CURRENT
BY CLYDE H. TAVENNER.
(Special Correspondence vc The Argus.)
Cordova, 111., Sept. 15. Protection
or tariff for revenue;
which benefits
the workinginan the more?
This questiod
has been answer
ed by the British
board of trada,
which has very re
cently made ex
tensive investiga
tions of conditions
in England and
Germany.
Although gener-
ally spoken of as '
a free-trade
na-
tion, England im-1
poses what ia )
practically a tar- j
itt lor revenue on j
su'.-h article s as j
tobacco and spir- j
its. In Germany
tlie tariff system I
is very similar to (
that of the Fnited '
a uis.ii prot.-ciive !
u?" CLYDE Yu
TAVtMNER
Staffs
There is
tariff on all the necessaries of life.
In making comparisons of the condi
tions of the workingaien of England
and Germany the board of trade found
that the workingmea of Great Britain j
not only receive hi-hcr waes in alii
trades and professions than those of !
Germany, but that the cost of food-!
stuffs, wetirinc am :-r. 1. and rents is !
much lower.
a few H)-.ii'Ani'.is.
Here are a few tomparisons in
a hardly won ideal to be cherished.
They talk of it with reverence.
Mrs. Frank P. Peering of this ci'y,
member of the college e-jual suffrage
i league, was she state press chairman
'during the heated campaign of the
i fall cf 1611. Mrs. Peering cannot yet
talk of those days with a steady voice.
Ana one little fc.ory er.e te.ls shows
clearly the attitude of the women.
i Everyone remembers that the first
i news that came in after election was
M'nat, the suffrage measure had been
defeated. Two of the rnoFt eager
I workers for the cause waited down
;ton late that night hoping for bet-:
! ter returns. The night dragged on j
i into the morning hours and still the j
' wires kept piling up a majority againpt
s'ln'rape from San Franeirco end oth'?r
rcrtUern districts. The majority fin -
ally looKed so large that it seemed
; impossible that it should be overcome
:nd the girls decided to go home.
. "" uutuiuicuijr up -vlar"
I Kei street, it was very quiet and
! deserted. They said nothing for a
'couple of blocks and tht.o one turned!
! to the other, saying:
"Well, we must get up bright and ;
! early in the morning and surt all j
over again." j
I Mrs. Peering says that it was such!
spirit as that which won '.he day in !
.California. And that is the spirit j
.wtiicu n.Kes me women so vaiuaoie
' a part of the ele. torate today. They
fight, for the cause which thy deem
i worthy with the crusader's zeal.
AN GSLIGftiu JUDGE. '
H Was Eager to Oo the Right Thing
and Suit tho Prisoner.
Baron Mauiu. a famous English ju
rist of the old school, whose native
leniency and tense of fun often placed
I him at tbe mercy of tbe very men be
-I.L- " lrl th. Ka rrn S-h
an as-
:
, ,uraption of 8eVerity; "I hardly know
! i o. but job can tab' six
; ujooim.
"I can't take that, my lurd: it's too
much." said tbe prisoner respectfully,
but firmly. "I csa t take It. Tour
lordsulp sees I dida t steal very much,
after all.-
J iu. taron inJuigtd in one of tis
i
i MSM
good their products may be? By that
I mean: How many people are able
to pay such prices?
"Goodness knows, the cost of living
is high enough already for us poor
"commaa peepul," and Its all we can
do to pay the prices asked now. We
can't all be rich and pay such prices
as this man gets for his fancy goods,
and therefore it wouldn't profit the
average farmer to work his farm on
that basis.
"A swell hotel can afford to pay
60 cents a dozen for eggs, but I can't
and neither can a good many thous
ands of other women Just like me.
As It is, 30 cents a dozen for eggs at
this time of year makes too big a
hole in my purse. If de farmer wants
to sell to the dealers at 30 cents in
the first place, by the time the mid
dleman and the retailer add thetr
profits, I'd have to stop buying eggs
" think It's about time that some
cf these farming experts' stop telling
farmers what high prices they can
get for their products by working
their farms scientifically. After all,
there are only a few who can pay
such prices even for tlie finest and
fanciest stuS. The rest of us need
something gpod and substantial at
prices within our means. If the
farm experts will preach that and
teach that to farmers, a lot of young
fellows would, go into agriculture with
the right idea and make a success
'of farming. As it is, a good many
of them sink everything in a farm and
then, because they don't get rich in
a couple of years, they sell out and
come to town to get a job, spreading
the news that farming is a failure."
COMMENT
wages per week, which tell their own
story :
Free-trado Protection
Occupation. England. Germany.
Bricklayers ti.72
Carpenters 9.44
Fitters 8.64
Compositors 7.92
Masons 9.44
numbers 9.54
HOI RS OF EMPLOYMENT.
J7.50
7.50
7.68 '
6.00!
7.50 j
6.8S;
Bricklayers
Masons ...
Carpenters
Plumbers .
Painters . .
..62 4
. . 52ya
..53
. . 53'i
. . 5'J'i
59
59
59
58
58
6914
54
59
Engineering trades. 53
Prlnting trade
Laborers 52 Va
The difference in the cost of living:
Great Britain and Germany is in
favor of the former.
MAHKEO dipkkhkxck. I
And as between Great Britain and I
the United States the difference is 1
rst ill more marked. As to wearing ap- i
parol the difference is so great that j
most Americans visiting England take
back as much clothing as they can get
past the American customhouse offi- j
cers free of duty.
A tailor-made suit of clothes costing ,
from $2 to $:i0 in tlie Visited States
can be purchased in any British city
for from $12 to $16.
A pair of ladies' or gents' shoes
that cost $4 and $5 in the I'nited
Slates can be bought in London for
from F.rt tn Si l.ndW -..- Mtla.
! men's gloves costing !M 25 to SI. 15 in
J the ptates r;,n I:.- i . ed in Eng.
j land for from ?,i to " oia.
low. chiickliiu: ircLtbs before replying.
"Well, that s vera true. Ye didn't
steal much." lu- said. "Well, then, ye
can tali' lour mouths. Will that do
four mouths V"
"Nay. uiy lord, but I can't take that,
neither," was the reply.
"Then tak" three."
"That's nearer the mark, my lord,"
; t!c. prisoner said approvingly. "But
j rd rather you made it two, if you will
I be so kind."
'Vera well. then, ink' two,"' said the
! judge, with the air of one who is
pleased to have done the right thing
at last. "And. mind, don't come again.
If you do I'll give ve weii, it all de
pends!" DYNAMITE AS IT EXPLODES.
J t FollovkI Lightning Do.s. the Lin.
j of Least Resltanca.
j lt is tbe Iar ilnprt.ssiou tuat dy.
namite 6eeks ,be of 8reatest re.
I sLstance. Place
a quantity of black
riOU'ili'T on n mr 1- ntirl li-'bt t with n
i m ... .. ,.i i.; ..
stone. Place a piece of dyjiamite on
the same Mrt and the rock will lie
sln,tered: hence the reasoning that
dynamite follows tLe line of greatest
r.,.
Nothing could !.e further from the
truth, however. The black powder
takes fire Hnd explodes much more
slowlv than tbe dvnauiite. so that the
elastic air tbnt Incloses it. as It does
everything, gives way gradually and
tbe orce is lost in the atmosphere.
With dynamite tbe explosion has been
so sudden, tbe attack on tbe air so in
stantaneous, that for a fraction of a
second It actually resists. Tbe force of
tbe dynamite is so tremendous that it
cannot wait, and lt is turned into the
rock, which for tbe instant becomes the
line of least resistance.
An Illustration of this may be seen
during a display of lightning. A fork
of it strikes across tbe sky. It packs
tie air so densely that it can no lonrer
make rapid progress la that direction.
and it tnrns aside to follow tbe line of
i least resistance. It cannot wait fortbe
I ttr to yield. It Is the same with dyna-
i mite. Harper's Weekly.
i '
j "rhe Afnerican Navy.
t Tte oriK10 ft the American navy
ates from Oct 13. 177.".. when con-
1 rresa authorized tbe equipment of two
I cruisers.
Humor and
Philosophy i
r MMCjU ft. SMITU
zil
THE DAILY GRIND.
yRITlXQ pieces for tfc paper.
Mostly foolishness and vapor .
Sometimes reason may slip to,
Kor 1 that a deadly sin,
But It 1 a sad mistake
That a writer should not make.
Lest the realtor go to sleep
Or declare it Is to deep '
And the paper fling aside.
Going forth to take a rida. i. j-
Wrltlng for the public print,
Gossip, story, beauty hint
Anything to nil the space
That a streak of blues will chase;
Anything that's light and not
Clogged with too involved a plotj
Anything that not designed
To make labor for the mind
Or to air high sounding view.
Lest the reader take a rnooie. 1-
Writing for the publlo mart.
For the eye and for the heart.
Something simple, straight and plain
Tht will rest the reader's brain
And will put him In the mood
For the predlgested food
That adorns the printed page
In this restless, rushing aiie;
That will feed him something light
E'er he goes to sleep at night.
For we do not read to learn
We have knowledge, yes. to burn
But we read to be amused
And to hear our foes abused.
There Is work enough. Indeed.
Where we toil at breakneck speed.
Bo whea we sit down at nlsht
With a paper and a liht
Nothing we are after then
That will l ake us work again,
Hard Headed.
"Stella is goiug to cooking school."
"Ioes she Intend to be married?"
"I think not."
"But 1 though she was spending all
her time on music."
"She was, but she says cooks draw
more wages and take fewer snubs
than music teachers."
Anything Else Superfluous.
"Don't the water ever overflow'
the
bauks of that river?"
"Every spring."
"What do you do then?"
"Nothing. The water ia doing all
that there Is to be done."
Fed Tham Through tha Hopper.
"I like to make new friends all the
time, and I do it all the time too."
"But don't you find it a sort of uui
Bance to keep up with so many';"
"Oh, 1 don't have so many!"
Nor Men Either.
"I used to think that women were
an?e!s."
"Yes? And now?"
"Well, nngeU are not women."
"liie; they're just angels."
The Reason.
"She never waits for dinner a minute
for her husband."
"She doesn't look so obdurate. I
wonder why she doesn't."
"She has no 'husband."
Unpopular.
T don't like his style."
"Why?"
"lie ulways talks ns if lie were look
ing at things through a microscope."
Highly Prized.
"I value bis friendship above money."
"How much money?"
"Well, at least a plugged nickel."
Explained.
"Hasn't Moliie beautiful red hair?"
"Say, when did her rich uncle- die?"
PERT
PARAGRAPHS.
Every woman has
keeps a linn hold ou it.
her way
and
As soon as circumstances pinch tbe
complacent fellows who make a great
parade of practicing phiiosopiiy nine
tenths of them throw up their Job.
When it is hard to decide whether
the man or the woman is head of the
house things are apt to be lively lu the
vicinity.
Some men when economy becomes
necessary U-gin economizing upon
their wives' clothing. Net result,
Reno.
Women like pretty thinsjs n:s Ions
they aren't each other.
as
Bridging the channel between his
necessity and what he wants is what
makes a man gray headed.
These are the days when a small
boy doesn't know whether he will 1e
s politician, a
baseball player.
detective or a crack
It is a true optimi-t who dreams of
pennant when tbe home team fs so
far In the sbadoiyof the base of the
column that it canrbe seen.
Tte man who closes the dw wlth
outfslammiag it and who always shuts
the scritn is near enough iierfecthjn
for the average woman.
A Different Kind.
Wife mnxiousiyi I do wish yon were
in some other work, de.-ir. I am in coo
stant fc-ar that you will touch a charged
wire at tbe shop Hub Ob. the charted
wire at the shop doesn't bother me.
What I bare more dread about is tbe
charted nccoiiLt at tl.e ktore. Boston
Transcript.
ine Argus
Conductor No. 77 By Clarissa Mackie.
Copyriehted. 1912, by Associated Ll'terary Bureau
Ileleu Blair signnlod the Milmibau
-ar and ho-irded it at the o:"o; Sho
was tired aftvt a lunpr !;'' of siMpjiiuj;
and walkexl tip the aisle to tlie front
seat, which proved to be empty. At the . then and there and walk the remain
next stop three people got on, who com-! ing distance, whatever it niiht be. to
plete'.y Clied the shoit cross seat iu I her homo; also she would take the con
front of her.
"Fares, please:"
Helen's heart leapd as
the conductor's voioe, and
vague sense of irritation
mere trollev car conductor
she heard
she feit a
because a
should pos-
fcss a voice exnctly like llaiph Fair
lee's deep tones. She turned lier head
and stole a glance at the appronching
conductor. Her heart leaped again
when she discovered that the back of
his shapely dark head was exactly like
that of Ralph's and that the swing of
his broad shoulders ns he turned might
huve belonged to K.-.lph. .
Her bend turned face about, and she
compressed her lips. "What n a both
er!" she murmured to herself. j
It was more than a "bother" to be:
reminded of Ralph Fairlee at that mo-1
ment. It was positive pain to the girl j
who had been entrnged to Ralph for :
three happy months. Of course the!
engagement was a thing of the past
or it would not have caused Helen
Blair any pain to be reminded of its I
previous existence.
At last tl.e conductor came to the
front of the enr once more, set back
the Indicator and began to collect fares
for the second stage of the trip.
"Fare, please!" be loomed in front
of Helen, and again her heart leaped
ns she fished out a nickel and gave it
to him.
Then under the brim of her droop
ing velvet hat she permitted her face
to relax its cold hauteur, while she fells
to dreaming nhntit Ralph Fa'.rlee, who
had taken their quarrel seriously and)
left the city to seek work elsewhere.
Ralph's father was a rich man, and
old Mr. Knirlee had queer ideas about ;
rich men's sons. He believed that
these same sons should demonstrate j
their ability to earn mo::ey and prove '
themselves capable of taking care of !
money already earned. Ralph
hm1 '
different ideas and wanted to begin at
the top of the ladder. He had quar
reled with bis father on this point.
He had quarreled wish Helen ou an
other mutter and, estranged from
Uith. must be very lonely now. Hel
en's heurt was breaking for love and j
pity of him. I
Clang, clang, clang rush, clatter, j
clang! Starting and stopping, whizzing!
and curving and rocking, the "car of
destiny" went on its way into the open
country.
"Fares, please." said the conductor
as he stood before her once more with
hand stretched out.
Helen fumbled in the gold meshed
bag and impatiently emptied its con
tents into her lap in search of a coin.
She was positive that she had plenty
of change left. There was a crumpled
lace handkerchief with an elusive fra
grance of violets about it; there was an
inner golden meshed purse that was
quite empty, a couple of matinee tick
ets, a vial of smelling salts, a penciled
memorandum, but there was not a coin
to be found!
"Oh, dear!" Helen was embarrassed
ns her eyes sought the'stern face of the
young conductor. "I'm sorry, but" r
She bad to stop then, for ibit iinruly
heart of hers was beating faster thun
nny triphammer could hope to rival.
The stern face of thi conductor was
set like a white mask as be turned
away.
"Fares, please," he was saying to the
woman who sat behind her.
Frantically Helen sear, lied her gold
en bag, but In vain. She was oiite
penniless and still ten miles from her
staliou. She bit her lip angrily, be
cause she must explain tiiese mailers
to a conductor who bad the effrontery
to have a voice Menli al with thai of
Ralph Fairlce and to have a f:u-e so
hii' h like Ralph's that she bail nearly
shunned away when she looked at hiiii.
But of course it was not Kaioh Fnirlet.
Ralph wm.id have spoken to Icr at
once -L'kuliy. she knew that. And. be
sides, Ralph Fall ice was ns brown as a
berry, and this cctiducinr, a very com
mon person, no doubt, was tj';ile pule.
How presumptuous for a trolley car
conductor to speak, look and act just
like Ralph Fi'Jrlei-:
Rut how very humiliating to be un
der obligations to ihis man. a perVet
straiiLter! Again she scan In d thro-:::'i
her bair rstnl shook out her handker
chief. This t. ne there was a clinic as
a coin Hew to i he floor.
Ileleu stooj ci to pb k lt up Ju-t as
the co'id'K tor c.iun- t her aid. To
gether Hu t b. lit over, i;i.d together
they .-e:i: hel for t:;e lost Coin. Hel-
' en's bi' h:it brushed tbe conductor's
cap from bis bead, and there whi added
embcrrn-ociit. At i.et the man arose
with something between his lingers and
l.el.l It out.
"You lost this?" lie i no nired coldly.
"Ys." said Helen, reddening. "Real
ly, I thotitkt it w:'s more. I must
have lost my .ban-.'e airl"
Tlio corrlurlor . tl;r.i:'t the shining
pe'.ny in his et pocket and rang up
j a
Pleite L'ive tn- your number." said
Helen e::ter!y.
"No", 77." be sai.I grnvcTy. and with
lift of bli tap be went back to hi
station on ihe tear platform. ;
Clang, clang, clatter, went the ear, j
while Helen's agRaied thoughts kept
company to the bcalin;: f her heart
ami tbe throbbing of ti.e iiio.or.
An eideriy genl ieinua .-illii.g oppo
site to Heitu peered ;.t be." over bis "old
;tn---iei. hl.e inti el that be look
ed teenry after the coudJ-tor
who bad so stoically rui.g up l.er fare
after receiving from ber bauds the
meager -i.r;y turl rhe eouM i:nd. Sl,e
wciidejti if tiie oni geiitijiuau wouid
be apt t report the conductor for
negligence in not putting l.er ol the
car.
The idea of lx-i:. n::dt r obligation
tu the conductor, wao booked st mutU
Daily Story
like Kali'Is K:ii; 'cr. be-. Mine so ropnsi
li.if.t tliat !!fien !' ar se a.'il walk
ed down the ra; iiiiy uini;iii itr toward
the rear. Slie was determined to aUht
dueior's nuir.'oer and send him 4 cents
the next d.i.v.
Iler slender form swayed down the
aisle, while close behind" her staggered
the white bearded c'.d gentleman who
bad wa: lied her so keenly. The con
ductor was leaning a gainst the door,
gazing idiy at the dark ; shadows of tlie
flitting scenery. He did uot see Helen
or the old gentleman so close behind
her until the car lurched over some lit
tle obstruction and came to a stand
still, j
The violent jerk sent Helen forward
straight Into the arms of conductor No.
77. who also braced himself to receive
the form of the old gentleman. Then
the car jerked ngain. and the three fell
In an Ignominious heap on the llihir of
the car. while the niotorman rang his
gong frantically for soma answering
signal from the conductor.
"Hello, hollo!" sputtered the old gen
tleman writlifully, as. being on top,
he was rjrt to extricate himself from
the heap. "This conies of meddling In
n business you don't understand, in the
least, young man. I hope the youug
lady isn't hurt."
Helen moaned" faintly ns conductor
No. 77 lifted her to a seat. .
"It's her ankle." announced the con
ductor as the contact of her foot with
the floor brought forth another cry of
pain.
The raotormnn Jerked open the front
door and glared tnto the ear.
. lu-re. Smith.
he snarled, "what
do von think this is anyway a lios-
j,llfli or a j jJt j. suburban trolley?
We're four minutes iate as it Is."
"You will. wait here four hours If
j,ocessary," snapped the old gentleman.
breaking Into the conversation before
Ihe conductor could frame a reply to
the motorman's remarks. As a matter
of fact, the conductor was gaziug down
at Helen's face, which was whiter than
ever now through the heavy meshes of
her Shetland veil. She was leaning
ba-k against the seat wilh closed eyes.
The conductor stood watching her with
grimy clinched lists on his hips. Nei
ther girl nor conductor appeared to bear
the conversation between the motor
man and the ncgressive old man.
"You will wait here four hours If
necessary," the old gentleman had
snapped.
"Will, eh? By whose orders?" The
motorman was dancing with excite
ment down the aislev
"By the orders of the president of
the company!" yelped the old pnlle
man. Hashing a card before the bewil
dered eyes of the motorman.
"By gosh! You don't say of course
yes, Mr. Fair lee. of course!" The
tnolorman danced back to the platform
and closed the door upon his cbugrln
and mortification.
"Sinilh!" thundered Mr. Falrlee nt
the conductor.
Conductor No. 77 was chafing the
wrists of Helen Blair, passenger, and
did ii"t even turn his head. It would
appear that the name was an unfa
miliar one to him. He did not re
spond when it was repeated several
times, loutleraiid louder.
At last:
"Ralph!" thundered Mr. ' Fairlce In
the cnn'i'ic'.or's cur.
"Well, father, what Is it?" Conduc
tor No. 77 turned a sullen face toward
his father.
"Are you going to give up this non
sense and come home with me?" de
manded bis father, bis old voice quak
ing with !n uncontrollable anxiety,
which be strove to conceal with an
unnatural gruffness.
"I'm on duty here. To yon advise
me to shirk that?" parried Ralph.
"You can hnMi this run, of course.
Hut will vfiu come bono' to m
niirht? I've lost a lot of my fool no
tions, and"
Ret Raloh was as irenerons nn his
faMicr. "No. you needn't take back a
v.fit.l of what you b.ive raid in tb
pa-t. d.1. You were ri-.:hl about It.
I!;i! I have shown you that I can get it
Job within:! iutiueiiej. of any sort find
that I can keep it. for months. Oh.
dad. it's ll'-lcn bi-er Pho'si off with
inc. and !! "e i ' 'f th' slightest use In
i i y ever t:ii".r ! le nn!'-fi without
l.er. I dou , Mame b.-r. but'" -
"I'rdph I':ii;iee. you goose!" cried
jfei.-i's voieo from beb'rcl as she
thr'-w b"r arms :;rou-id Ralph and his
fnber. "I I t. "v you from the Pr.st.
hm. you looked h nwh like your-clf
t:.:d I didn't dare"-
Si, bm'te into s-.bs, ntel as oil Mr.
I--;i !.'- Iiirn-'d aw.y an 1 b'ew bis noe
vigorously (-In' wlil.ipered tliu remain
der lulo R;:i; W:i ear.
m When Cue down ::r c!:in--ed close nt
band the ino!"ii.an peered timidly
thrni'.rli a cr."-!; in the front doir.
V.'hct he saw entf.- d f.J ; ey s to btil e.
Conductor No. 77 was embracing the
f .'!..; of the pretty i:irl j,as-"iiger and
the pre-ldent of tb" trt-iiey couij anr.
"'Jood Lord! He's cra:.y!" rroaned
the motortnau. And ttnti (V.tnluctor
No. 77 gave the-signal to go ahead.
Sept.
Id ia American
History.
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