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THE ROCK ISLAND ARGUS, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1912.
THE ARGUS.
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authority In the premises.
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character. pclltlcaV or religious, must
have real name attached tor publica
tion. No euct article will be printed
over Dctttlout signatures.
Telephones In ell departments: Cen
tral Union. West 145. 1145 and 1145;
Union Electric S14E.
Saturday, October 12, 1912.
Hear ro.o.,1 J.mt. H.miit.. iwi. ,
mma P. J. Lvrr at the Ililoole taratre
nt 2 o'rlork next Monday afternoon, aad
hear Speaker C'ltamp f lark at 8 la the
evening.
General Diaz Is as wise as he ever
was. He has decided not to go back
to Mexico.
"Women's dresses are to become
tighter." Roller skates next and a
boy behind to push.
Again Mimes the rumor that J.
Rnic" Isrnay ls to quit his company,
("an it bf that it is sinking?
Now York has had "fire proven-
Hon day." No; it was not a festival
for the apnrtm'-nt noun" Janitors.
A New York man was robbed of his
pearl :iockIa: worth $30,oon, on an
i'C-an liner. Where was his chap-eroni-7
Don't laugh at the Iowa man who
rent a pontage stamp to the treasury
department conseW-nce fund. He at
bast N-eis better bv two cents' worth.
London gaiety girls are now re
quired to int-T into a contract not
to marry. If tliey look like tbeir pic
tures that prf'i.iition will not be need
ed for soriie of tu'm.
Beff is probably going higher but
rabbits will noon be on the market.
At the same time, they will not. be i
widely popular until someone invents
" Q,v,ce lo "01 uut or lue leeui ;ehe had won as the crowning honor
i - - ' of her life work for humanity and
C. J. S'-irle is trying to convince , oharlty; that she was deposed by j
Ihe bull moos-, that he belongs to Roosevelt's Influence in order'that his
the licrii. but ihut he acquired tho,frit.n(i Taft mlpht succeed her in the!
Knniir-it brati.i through circumstances offloe which Taft still holds, and that i
. vf-r which he had no control. That . rlara Barton died of a broken heart
nay satisfy son.e of the b. m . but because of Roosevelt's treatment of'
- iiui uu in i trpviiui a iiiiiiK uuuui 11 I
i
s uoiernor .Marsiiall put It. Mor-
V.in was u tightwad." One hundred
Mid fifty thousand dollars was a!
mere bagatelle and "that man" earned ;
a binger contribution when, later on.j
he g;ive Morgan and Perkins a "per- j
init" to gobble up the Tennessee Coal
V Iron company. Perhaps Perkins i
wm n.i rely tirateful when be became j
financial angel for the campaign of'
the bull moose.
Next to the president of the United
t-'ta'es, the speaker of the house is
vested with greater power than any
other man holding federal office.
Therefore, the coming of ( harap Clark
to Rock Island next Monday evening
in an event of more than pasHiiiK in
terest, .".nd is tlv highest possible
omj'linicnt To Clyde II. Tavenner, in i
v h se campaign Uie speaker is tak
ing especial interest.
Ilunii or 1'erkins, of steel trust I
fame, and the third term candidate
in charge of the people's Interests
: cairtst the Irnsts! For ore thins the
: te l trust, which the colonel paid
'ai n good trust, w il". get about what
it wants The poor old Standard Oil.
lavitin stuck to Taft and the old ma
ihir.e. will lie the goat. Morgan and
'"rrkin? are not dominant tn the
Standard Oil, ou know.
Circuit judues In Illinois draw a
salary of Jj.OO" annually and they
rre elected for a term nf six years,
"f Judge R P. O. mated is promoted
ly the voters at the November elec
tion from the county to the circuit
bench his services will ccst the tax-
I avers $, a year, because a special
j'i i!iiar mm eirriieu iu iui ine va-
Mi' rcbuUirg at the head of the
tv. nitty court w :U entail an extra ex-
I vnsc of $6,000.
The colonel now swears that he
! idn t know all those corporations
fame down so handsomely In 1904
'hon his man Ccrtelyoj passed the
fandbag bes pardon passed the hat
around. Too bad the colonel didn't j
lake a tip from Judge Parker and '
;n vest '.gate when the judge made his!
r.cw famous charges. Probably ther?
ould have been plenty of letters and ;
telegrams "for the record" If he had.
WHAT MI A 1.1. WK EAT? I
Not even polities can entirely elim-1
tnate from consideration the question !
of eating. j
Commencing today, says the New
Tork Telegram, some hotels, following!
the beyond the sea system, will charge '
r bread and butter, heretofore fur-;
B'.f-hed free. !
Only a few months ago a minor line !
y. restaurants started charging extra
T r sauces usually placed on the ta-
Y- ?.
i udd.iica Secretary of Agriculture
r
Wilson calmly telle ub that cheap beet
Is a thins of the past, and advises
that we cultivate a taste for mutton.
Gladly. How long will the visible
supply of sheep last? And what then?
Over In Jersey they're eating spar
rows and pronounce them good. With
the 6heep gone and the horse disap
peartng. shall we eat our automobiles?
THE SOCIALISTIC COLOXEL.
Theodore Roosevelt a socialist?
Tea, there Is a sense In which Colonel
Roosevelt may be classed as much a
j0.0111" " Marx or Debs- ne thlnS
ai. socialists agree upon, and that is
to legalize monopoly. The socialism j
of Marx and Debs seeks to legalize)
monODnlv In thA hnna that nil to nm!
pie shall participate in the proprietor-
I ship. Colonel Roosevelt seeks to
legalize monopoly so that only a few
shall participate In the proprietorship.
What difference does It make
whether thls monopoly is controlled
by a governmental bureaucracy or
controlled by an autocratic coterie i
that controls the government?!
Chnnpee nf litvi Ulra rhanrea rtt I
clothes leave the man at heart Just
the same as before. The more con
centrated the control, the less compe
tition is there for labor, and the more
wi'l labor be at the mercy of the gov-
0yer " collectivism, under j
whatever names, republicanism, so-'
v, , . . . i
clalism, hat-ln-the-rlngism. or what'
. , . . .. .. , . :
not lot us Pfimnt t- ta InHiviHuul rtamr..
racy whose undaunted standard bear-'.
er Is Woodrow Wilson, the man fire
tested and time tried and known to
have the courage of his convictions.
. Democracy makes the most obscure
citizen the free heir to unrestricted
'opportunity. Democracy recognizes
i the equal right of all. Democracy
grants special privileges to none. And
democracy guarantees to the indlvld-
' tial without reserve the full fruits of j
; his integrity and industry.
II VK IHK PKOPI.K FORGOTTEN
Have the American people forgotten
, that the third termer, who is
. seeking to gain the favor of the wom
an suffrage states, did while presi
dent on three different occasions of-!
fer the most humiliating affronts to I
1 woman? I
Have they forgotten the horseback '
incident, when, while riding in the
outskirts of Washington, he brutally !
rebuked a group of college girls, be
cause one of them had ridden across
'his path, and admonished them that!
i they should know that the president
' should always pass first on the high
way?
Have they forgotten that he forcibly
ejected from the White house the
I niece nf a rnnereRKman whn had dis
pleased him?
Have they forgotten that he suc
ceeded in removing from the presi-
dency of the American Red Cross i
BocU,iv Mis8 CUra nanon.
a reward !
her I
Havp th?y forgotten all these acts
cn tte part of the self seeker who,
ia now asking the favor of women?'
Trrr. 1
BEHIND MOVEMENT
TO PAY CONVICTS
Miss Mayme Gerhue, the clevfr lit
tle dancer with Miss Kitty Gordon in
The Knchantress." is behind a mDve -
ment to compensate convicts for their
, labor.
j ..Yama Vama" girl said recently:
i "There is no doubt in my mind but I
that we must have convict labor, for
no man or woman can remain idle
for any great length of time. But
why not pay the prisoners for their
I work? The money should be turned
, over to those dependent upon the
Prisoner, for in many cases these do -
i pendent ones are in want.
"It i a hsrriBrAiia an1- nn.l map(ifi
, . . , J"
to give a convict after he has labor-
fu a nuuiuer in years a paltry o
end a prison made suit of clothes.
I believe the world at large is not
aware of these facts or they would
have their legislatures remedy rnat-
ters. Our organization has the Drom
ge from a candidate for the New
York legislature, and also one from
candidate for the Ohio legislature
to further this cause which is to give
the prisoner a square deal and there-
by lessen crime."
. .
The Spread of Species.
One of the problems that eonfrott
the naturalist is that of accounting for
the distribution of identical forms of
life through widely separated localities.
Investigation frequently shows that
lJtenaniiLtaed la, sums J
! " C j n
May me Gerhue.
I
IJk- 'fig
SOMETHING TO THINK ABOtT.
Here is something that every wo
man ought to read and ponder:
The eeneral superintendent of a
certain railway company has Issued an
order that hereafter domestic troubles
vi ill be considered sufficient cause for
an employe's discharge from the rail
read's service.
"Undoubtedly," said the general sup-
erlntendent, "domestic troubles ac-
. .
man whose home sumrondmgs are not
, , f
pleasant often cannot get the proper
c 1
amount of sleep while off duty. Some
times words which may have passed
between him and his wife linger in his
mind after he has taken up the work
for the day. Loss of sleep and worry
of the latter sort are bound to exer-!
i
Icise distracting influences." .
Every man's succces in the outside
orld depends greatly upon his home
environment. That is where a wife Is
so important a partner in the matri-
j monial firm. The woman who scolds
and nags and suspicious, and who
sends her husband awav wearied and
CURRENT
, u
CLYDE H. TAVENNER.
(sPe"'al Correopondence of The Argrus.)
Cordova, 111.. Oct. 10. If low tariff
rates pPe" n, why is it that Eng
lana tne onl' ne of the great nations
having tariff for ! Sta,es for foreign trade. In 1906 Eng
revenue, leads the j land built 815 steamers, of 1,800,000
world in shipping ! tons in all.
and shipbuilding?
L mted btates, un
der high protec
tion, the possessor
of fewer ships is the greatest producer of iron, steel,
than Germany, ; and coal, and possesses a seacoast of
France, Russia, j thousands of miles, with great bays
and even Norway? t and gulfs extending into the interior,
The favorite an- which ought to make us great ship
swer of the protec-: builders and carriers,
tionists that Kng- Why the contrast between England
land is making ! and the United States? That high
greater gains in 1 protection Is principally to blame is
i the maritime in-,
j dustries than the i
L lined States be-;
" T' cause of her colon-
CtYPE K. i'i" IrnHfl la not
TAVENNER the correct an-
ewer.
This can easily be shown.
In VM)1 England's total foreign trade '
amounted to $3,657,040,000. Of this !
amount, 74 per cent represented trade ;
with foreign countries, while only 26 j
1 '1 hi -
per cent represented trade with Brit-1 eral party in parliament, gives two
Ish possessions. This shows that reasons for the supremacy of the Brit
Great Brlta'n would still lead the i ish sipping over American:
world in shipping if she had no colon-'. First, England's free trade policy,
ial trade. England's foreign trade be- which makes Great Britain the mar-
tween 1903 and 1903 has increased
five times as much as her colonial
trade.
KFFECT OX SHIPPING THADK.
The shipping of the United States
engaged in foreign trade, which
amounted to 2,600,'jOO tons in 1S61,
OUR NEW
( Portland, (Ore .) Journal.)
The mind of man never conceived
a more dangerous scheme in govern
ment than is proposed by George Per
kins as to trusts.
It would strike down the power of
the states to control trusts.
It would take from congress and
the courts the power of regulation
and put it in the hands of a commit -
sion appo:nted Ly the president.
It would give to the president
pow er above the states, pow er above
the courts, pow er above congress, and
power above the people.
It would confer on the president,
already exercising greater pow er
ithan the king of England or the em
peror of Germany, an extraordinary
increase of authority thai would give
him absolute power over the whole,
industrial life of the United States.
Il would give to the president,
through a commission of his selec
tion, power to fix a minimum wage
for all the industrial millions.
It would give to the president.
' through tie Perkins commission,
i power to legalize monopoly.
: U would give to the president.
ways that appear quite simple wnerf
' .
althongb one would
hardly have thought of them. Some
i Interesting facts have been gleaned
l MiiMirninci t ha riwr.0r!nn et freh VI.
j rrickQ fnr their .rv
j nact m remote and Isolated ponds.
Waterfowl play an important part in
this work. Ducks have been known to
carry mussels attached to their feet
a hundred mf.es or more. Bivalve mol
Insks not infrequently cling to the toes
of wading birds snd are thus trans
ported for considerable distances. Even
aquatic insects have been known to
tarry small fresh wster mollusks at
tached to their legs Harper's Weekly.
A Wonderful Instructor.
Over a door leading to cce of the
mailer lecture Lalls In tlie Scj-boane
! worried each morning, has herself to
blame if he Is a failure in his work.
! This is not the first railroad com-
I rtsnv thnt Viae AtmAeA trt A i crl nrffA
emDloves hnnn nf HnmeRtic trnuhleft.
One of the greatest railroad systems
in the country has had this unwritten
law for years.
At first thought it seems a heartless
rule. There ane domestic troubles that
can't be helped, it will be argued. But
consider, for instance, the responsi
bility of the engineer of a passenger
train. If his mind is occupied unhap
pily, it is not in fit condition to be on
the alert every moment, as It must be
to safegaurd the human freight he
carries. A conductor who is worrying
over his troubles at home isn't in fit
condition to grasp the contents of or
ders or to transmit them to his engi
neer.
A man who must listen to com
plaints and curtain lectures, who Is
harried by a fretting wife and unruly
children during his time at home,
hasn't had enough rest of heart and
mind and body rightly to perform his
duties as the family breadwinner.
There is really no excuse for most
family troubles. They are brought j
about by discontent, mismanagement, j
selfishness, unwillingness to bear and
forbear.
Much of the home peace lies within
the hands of the wife. If she will
not do her share to preserve the peace
and comfort of her home even
a
j little more than her share, if need be
sne is railing in her duty as a neip
mate, and she cannot censure an em
ployer who refuses to retain the man
whose efficiency has been lowered by
her own failure to send him away
from home each time refreshed and
comforted and ready for the fray.
COMMENT
I had fallen to 940,000 tons in 1905,
a decrease of nearly two-thirds.
' In 1905-6 only two steamers, of 6,000
tons each, were built in the United
America's natural resources should
give the United States a position In
maritime commerce equaling that of
Great Britain. The United States is
the wealthiest country in the world,
quite plain. The building of ships in
the United States is practically pro-
hibited by the increased cost of iron,
steel, and other materials. It cost
about 50 per cent more to build a ves
sel in the United States than In Eng
land. Even if an American ship is
only repaired abroad, the owners must
pay a tax on the amout of the repairs
before the vessel can return home.
I.loyd-George, the leader of the lib-j
ket place of the world, at the tame
time giving British shipbuilders and
manufacturers the advantage of cheap
raw materials.
Second, America's high protection
policy, which shuts out imports, there-
by shutting in exports.
CAECARISM
through the Perkins commission, the '
power to stlllle competition. i
! It would give to the president, j
j through the Perkins commission, the j
power of life and death over big busi-
: ness. i
; it wou:d give to the president, i
I through the Perkins commission, the
power to control the rate of dividends i
1 in the whole Industrial world.
. jt would give to the president, of '
I the United States a concentrated pow-
j er over money, wealth and property
' that In point of the appallng forces
1 for evil he could call into action
' would be a power and authority far
: cbove that exercised by Alexander, by
j Caesar or by Napoleon in the very
zenith of either in the exercise of
Caesarism.
No modern throne exercise so
mighty a sway as that George Per-
kins is insisting through the bull
moose party shall be exercised by the
president of the United States.
Can the people of the United
States afford, at the request of the
trusts to strip the states, the courts
and congress of their powers, and
raise up the Perkins scheme of Cae
sarism at Washington?
i at Paris a 'nodes wai postea recently,
h.K a. ..it, i" .
which read: "Hers the Instructor does
J not pause when feet are shuffled, does
not smile when he is oppluuded snd
does not single out the one who knows
the least for. the hardest work. Here
the Instructor never cones too late er
too early, and one may say unparlia
mentary things without fear of offend
ing. This wonderful instructor never
sleeps, eats or drinks and, being abso
lutely bloodless and brainless and
blind, most be carried to the rostrum
from wblfcb the voice reaches the stu
dent." TTe door leads to a room where
French officers receive instruction In
the German language by means of a
talking machine.
1 This work of helping the wor'. for
. wsrd bannfi.r does cot wait to be dose
i by perfect fiien Ceorce Eliot
Humor and
Philosophy
nr vrcAr m. surra
PERT PARAGRAPHS.
RECACSK
millionaire subscribes
beamingly to
fresh sir fond.
don't assume that it is safe to leave a
railroad or a little unprotected trust
lying round In his vicinity overnight.
The difference between a baseball
fan and Ue other sort is that the for
mer is used to produce hot air only.
Men are not supposed to have mucb i
curiosity, but did you ever see one
who didn't wonder what he was going
to have for dinner?
Can anything be sadder than to think
of a Joke that yon might have sprung
had you thought of it at the appro
priate time?
The tactful person Is one who re
alizes that truth is too precious to bo
thrown about carelessly.
Always keep out of a domestic mis
understanding, even if It is your own.
How can a man be httrd np and
down on his luck at the same time?
When a woman has a grudge against
a community she inaugurates a baby
show. .
A United States senatorshlp Is snch
a precarious Job at present that it real
ly does seem as if it ought to corns
cheaper.
If people live up to their lights don't
expect a tallow dip to exceed the head
light. Prido of Ancestry.
Bis ancestor a pirate was.
And proudly be save tongue
Unto the fact tbat hi forbear
Had from a yardarm swung.
For If you take It In the days
When history waa made
A pirate was, you are aware,
A very decent trade.
He had hla picture on the wall
Where every one could look;
His history wee written up
And printed In a book.
And he was just a trifle proud
And thought that he was great
Because he had descended from
Tbat tough old ancient skat.
' He had a sort of pity for
The person who came down
From ancestors who never robbed
A coast or burned a town.
They might be all right In a way.
But It was understood
They couldn't be so much, because
Their ancestors were good.
He wouldn't hurt a worm himself
He wouldn't kill a fly.
He was a modest man without
A wicked, piercing eye. ,
I often wondered, could we turn
Back to the ancient crowd.
If that old llery ancestor
Of him would have been proud
Willing to Please.
"1 have a for
tune in a nana
that I will sell for
a bout $1,000,000.
and it is cheap at
that."
"Better keep it
rather than sacri
fice it."
"Say, you are a
shoe manufactur
er ?'
"Yes."
"This name ht
for new footwear.
I would call it the
president's shoe,
and everybody
would be anxious
to step Into it."
Hard on Her.
"Poor Mabel! I think her father is
so mean to her!"
"What's the trouble?"
"You know how nicely 6he and
Charlie are getting on?"
"Yes."
"Well, now her father tells her that
he can't afford to pay for a new gown
as long us she runs the parlor lights
five nights in the week."
He Had Discovered.
"Why do they call this the century
run?" asked the fluffy young thing
leaning far out to see what was going
on.
"Because." replied the man who was
fooling with the bolts and valves of
the bucking auto. "It takes a century
to make It."
How He Would Get Them.
"Willie. If your brother gave yon
two apples and your sister gave you
two more, how many would you
fcaver
"I would have four."
-Correct. Willie."
"But I would have two fights first. "
No Such Thing.
"She said I was rather young."
"She did?'
"Yes. and that friend of hers said
Oh. erell, she'll get over it.' "
"Mean thing!"
More Fitting.
"He fell In love with the teacher
"Is he so young as that?"
"You mean to say. is she so young?"
"Probably I meant to ask are both
so young."
Some Compensation.
The plea the mothers used to .-naJie
To eat might not be fit.
But If they killed the fathers O-
A pleasant death was it.
Didn't Seem Funny.
Little Johnny That yonng man who
comes to see you must be pretty poor
company. He hasn't any sense of hu
mor. Sister Why do you think so?
Little Johnny I told him all about the
funny way you rush about p-.d bang
doors when you get in a temper, and
he didn't laugh a bifc Exchange.
TTie Argus
The Masquers By Clarissa Mackie.
Copyrighted. 1912. by Associated Literary Bureau.
Miss Vardemond dismissed her mala
and leaDed back in her chair with a
weary little sigh. She had superln
J tended the packing of her trunks and
i had inspected with languid interest
i'the lustrous white bridal gown with
Its dainty accessories.
There was one honr before dinner.
, After dinner would come Stephen.
writing desk and from some secret
hiding place brought forth a carved
sandalwood box.
She turned a golden key in the lock.
and odors of sandalwood and rose
leaves perfumed the air like Incense
rising from an invisible altar. She
took out a bundle of letters and a
man's picture. Untying the package.
6he placed the envelopes face upwnrd
in a long row on the rug. There were
I thirty In all.
Thirty days of perfect bliss In one's
life. That was not so very much, she
thought rebelliously. But then each
day had been full of an unutterable
Joy that had been rounded to an idyllic
close by the receipt of a letter. She
pressed a white finger on the first mis
sive. It was merely an Invitation
t0
,)S
ride In the park. Th lat letter w
n passionate avowal, ending in black
night for her.
She stretched out her arms and mur
mured wistfully. "All within this little
space'" Then she made a motion as
if to gather and toss . them Into the
fire, but hesitated. "Once more." she
breathed to herself, "only once more."
Se did not open the letters. One by
one in the order of their dates she
picked up the missives and read them
with her mind's eye. OraphlcallySshe
lived each day, and at the close of the
'ONCE MORIt," BHB F.BRATHED TO HKH
BSLK, "ONLY ONCE 1IOUE."
day she tossed a letter into the fire's
heart and watched while the passionate
flames consumed it.
As she read her face changed from
the first faint flush of newly kindled
love to deeper recognition of love's
meaning tenderness, perfect joy. and
then, with the last letter, awakening
and despair.
When the last one bad expired and
its blackened specter bud down up the
chimney, hot tears fell on the picture
iu her lap. She looked on It once ns
one looks on the face of the beloved
!deud and laid it on the pyre. Kre it
was consumed In the lickiu;; flames
she placed the sandalwood box above
It and watched the ascending smoke
and crumbling embers through blurred
vision. When the tire glowed clear
snd bright again her tears ceased to
flow.
For a long time she gatted into th
fiery coals wherein her tokens of hap
piness had been consumed and likened
It to the ordeal through which she had
passed. After it w3 all over, the
brief, feverish term of Joy which had
been allotted to her. she had with
drawn Into the grateful shadow of
Stephen Wade's friendship. Friend
ship which had ripened Into a love in
which she played the passive part of
recipient, for she hud no love to give
only calm affection hut it was affec
tion that would be lasting as life it
self and perhaps would be more sat
isfactory than transitory love!
Stephen did not know this. He wns
not aware that the offer of his shelter
ing love afforded a grateful refuge to
her bruised heart. He believed in her
love for hiru He believed her to he
too high minded and steadfast to come
to him with anything less than lore.
Yet she had done it and he would
never know. It would tie her life's
purpose that the noble hearted man she
had promised to marry should never
learn tbat in return for his" deep love
she brought him sincere affection and
nothing else.
With a quick, (rraceful movement
ibe arose to her full height and shook
back the copper glory of her hair. It
was as If she had slipped off some
Ourden that bad lain Leavy on her
beautiful shoulders.
"Now I can begin anew," the said
triumphantly.
e e e e e
"I believe it is customary." solilo
quized Wade, with a bitter smile, as
he drew a letter case from his pocket.
Then be stared into the fire absently.
A half hour passed, during which be
sat utterly motionless, the tine profile of
bis face cut like a "cameo against the
dark velvet of bis chair.
With a sudden start he slowly open
ed the letter case. From nn Inner cora
oartinent he took a small Da reel wraa.
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Daily Story
Iitnl In
, .issue paper and unrolled It In
.6 broad palm. He looked down upon
an absurdly small fan with rich lace
and delicate pearl sticks crushed and
broken. His own band had wrought
the injury.
Ah. the pnln ngnln! ne had not
tnought it possible, for had not his
very soul died that night? Yet there
was the pain, the terrible crashing
agony. Could men suffer like that and
live on?
Aye, man had done It and would, ne
drew a sharp breath. The pain dead
ened into apathy, and the broken fan
slipped from his fingers to the floor.
He saw a full southern moon shift
ing light through honeysuckles and
roses while be watched with passionate
ardor the shadows dickering across a
beautifully dark face with soft black
eyes and rose leaf lips. There was
the rise and fall of her low toned con
tralto as they talked, to the sound of
whose music he could listen forever.
He saw a warm southern sun shed
ding light on long delightful days
when life was Intoxicatiugly blissful
days wherein care nor apprehension
nor any doubt found place, days when
j his upright, honorable, clean bou! re
joiced in the love of a woman, in th
glory of perfect womnuhood that wa
without a flaw.
He saw a moonlit night. Ileavliy
scented with Jasmine, when his very
heart nched with the perfect Joy of
living when. In the pale shadows of
arching palm alleys, bis perfect Joy
turned to ngony. his strong hand
clinched about the fragile toy of lace
and pearl, had crushed It as his hopes
were crushed under the flaying scorn
of her voice, under the indifferent
mockery of her softly luminous eyes.
Bewildered with pain, he had turned
nway with ashen face. He had walk
ed miles through the brilliant night,
every star banging like n lamp in the
I sky. while the clinging perfume of the
Jasmine flowers that rioted the wayside
hedges overpowered his senses and
numbed his agony for the time.
When the first pink flush of dawn
hnd spread into the pale morning sky
he hnd stopped beside a fern edged
pool. Hot eyed and weary, he lifted
one hand and looked at the fan, t
first stupidly, then with growing ap
prehension and then realization. He
shuddered now ns he thought of the
hours, days, months, years that had
followed.
Then had come his meeting with
Constance Vardemond. his warm ad
miration for her beauty and her sweet,
sound disposition. They hnd become
the best of friends. They understood
each other perfectly, but he had never
dreamed of marriage. He did not want
to marry any one now. But some one
had whispered a word, or it material
ized in the air. for it had never evolved
from his modest inner consciousness
that Constance cared.
Stephen Wade did not hesitate. lie
held out his hand and his heart nnd
his life, and she took them gracefully,
as one who thankfully receives a great
boon, nnd between them bad come a
perfect peace and understanding.
To Stephen, Constance Vardemond
represented the highest type of wo
manhood that be believed could exist.
Beyond that his nature, which bad
been hammered Into a cool, calm, even
ness of temperament, did not Inquire.
Tomorrow they would be married with
nil the pump ami brilliant pageantry
that was a part of such occasions In
their circle. This was the last night
he could open the book of the past
A deep toned clock chimed the hour.
He passed a hand wearily over his
eyes. "Of course it Is near (tinuer
time." lie muttered. "And after din
ner there Is Constance it I believe
this Is customary!"
He laughed harshly and picked op
! the fan. The simple action seemed to
! give vent to some inward storm of
! passion, for suddenly ho tor.; the sticks
! 'to fragments and tossed them into
the fire. Then with a fierce cry he
leaned forward and snatched a small
bit from the glowing mass. With sear
ed lingers he clutched the smoky tatter
of lace and splinter of pearl and press
ed it to his lips passionately. Then he
flung it back Into the fire.
With compressed lips and sullen,
miserable eyes he watched the licking
finines devour his Utile all the only
thing he had cared for In the world.
There was a last ImrHt of devouring
flume and then, w hen not one atom of
his fetich remained, he sprang to his
feet and faced the large photograph of
Constance Vardemond tbat stood on
the table behind him.
He looked at It with a grave stead
fastness In eyes from which all pas
sion had lied aud where nothing but a
great peace remained.
Constance should never know that
the love he was bringing to her was a
make believe, a sham. The love she
bad chosen to honor blin with should
receive its full quota of deep, earnest
affection, and be would make it the
purpose of his life thnt the woman
who loved him should never guess
(hat he hnd none t give in return.
"It Is good to begin life anew," bs
Billed confidently.
There was a soft tap at the door.
'Dinner Is served. Mr. Slenhen."
Occ. 12 in American
History.
1 102 -Coliimhus first saw land In the
new world; Kodrigo Triana. com
mon sailor, was first to cry. "Land,
ho!"
17"! Dr. Lyman P.eecher. father of
the P.eecher family of disttnguish-
! ed preachers and writers, born;
I died lStit.
I 1S70 Robert Edward Lee. distinguish.
ed soldier and Confederate hero,
j died; born ISO".
; lfifi."V .loseptvne Slmw I.owe!l. reform-
er and philuulbropLst, died; born