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THE ROCK ISLAND ARGUS. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 25. 1913.
HIE ARGUS.
Published dally at 1(14 second it
na. Rook Island, I1L (Entered at the
poetoffice as second-class matter.)
Rack Islaa HnWr ( the A eta tad
Prcaa.
BY THE J. W. POTTER CO.
'. TERMS Ten cents per week, by oar
rler, in Rock Island.
Complaint! of delivery service ahould
ba made to the circulation department. ' parks and gardens and dynamiting of
whioh should also ba notified in every i valuable buildings. Scratching, biting
Instance where It Is desired to have d screaming, together with break
paper discontinued, as carriers hsva no ! log window panes, proved a nuisance,
authority In the premiers. j but the masses looked on with more or
All communication, of argumentative I le ed tolerance. The more vio
eharacter. political or religious, mat j lent destructive forms of anarchy
hava real name attacd for public ew, awakened deep hos-
tion. No such articles will ba printed i nd e government will have
ever flctltlous elgsXturea.
Telephones In all departments:
tral Union. West 14S. 1145 and
Union Electric, 614.
Cen
214; Tuesday, February 25, 1913.
To th fact that life Is held so cheap
ly In Mexico, may be traceable many
of the Ills that beset that unhappy
country.
When It gets down to robbing' th
court house. It s going some. The Jail
has been robbed In Rock Island county
for & good many years.
; A highbrow up in Minnesota has put
Aaron Burr above George Washington
for military genius. Benedict Arnold
was a good general and didn't give a
Jam on which side he fought.
THE FL.IOHT OF GASOLINE.
While considering the high cost of
living, there Is one thing that should
not be overlooked and that Is the soar
ing trrloe of gasoline. Gasoline has
gotten to be one of the necessities of
modern business and civilization, and
while committees are being appointed
by the cotvgrees of the United States
and other people to figure on the high
cost of living, there should be a special
committee appointed to look after and
prevent If possible the elevating prices
of gasoline.
The prices are almost out of sight
,at the prenent time, and something
must be done to keep the farm ma
chinery and the many automobiles In
motion or automoblllng and the run
ning of threshing machines and farm
engines will become the occupation
and sport of millionaire only.
AN HONEST COURT RULING.
Judge Hendrick of the New York
'ounty supreme court has made a rul
:ig that shows he Is democratic and
r ght, whatever political party he may
belong to.
An Injunction was applied for in the
parnifnt workers strike to prohibit
the strikers from doing what they oon-1
Hdered jverfectly legal acts. Judge
Hendrick promptly and emphatically
refused the Injunction, and eald: "I i
have decided to try these cases on j
thefr merits, and the appellate division i
!.as authorized nw to sit here for three i
lWltltflU If niW'MGarv r nVo K
- - "- if-n-
C'niony. I shall not grant injunctions
until I have gon thoroughly into the
tiierits of the cases. I mean to get)
down to the causes of this strike and
le.ar the atmosphere if possible."
The arbitrary of the injunction
process In ordinary peaceful labor and
other disputes has been carried to
Kt;cb an extent lhat it la high time It
'honld bo discontinued. Judge Hen-
Tlck has set an example that Judges
norally mtyht well profit by and fol
low. NEVADA I1F.COM INQ DECENT.
Nevada, after Jan. 1, 1314, will no
h.ukt oe a aivorce paraaise. uover-
r.ur iraniB oi mat state has approved
a bill recently paesed by the leglbla-
ure which doea away with the six
months' residence clause, substituting
therefor a required bona flde residence
f a year for those asking divorce, and
ttherwlse strengthening the lax di
vorce statute of the state.
Nevada Is to he congratulated. It
lias made Itself decent In the eyes of
the sisterhood of state. Its divorce
laws had long been a erring disgrace
to the commonwealth and it Is well rid
of them, says the Chicago Inter Ocean.
There remains now no state In the
tmlon which permit "free and easy"
livorces. Booth Dakota, one the haven
Df those who would cat off the shacV
!hsj of matrimony, was clotted to them
some time ago, and now Nevada la re
deemed. Possibly some of these who mifht
contract "hurry up" marriages may
now b bronght to give some real
thought to the matter .and understand
that marrlare Is a serious, solemn and
Important tiring, not aa experiment
which may be terminated at will.
THE IDES OK MARCH.
One week from today Wood row Wil
ton will be Inaugurated president of
the United States, The present con
gress will retire and the government
of the nation will be turned over to
the prof re salve democracy. This is a
consummation that has long been wlsh
sd. and that will rejoice the hearts of
patriotic people who have been dissat
isfied with that reactionary policies of
the standpat republicans.
The country expects great reforms
n the administration of existing good
laws and in the enactment of much
Deeded legislation.
'The country. Irrespective of political
aivlslon. has faith in President Wilson,
ft believes that he possesses the fac
nlty of leadership so much needed !n
tb f.Higency he Is called upon to
re. t.
There arc a fw reactionary demo-
craUc hold-overs la the senate, but it
anyone can persuade, them that right
la right, then Mr. Wilson It the man.
And If he cannot do this, there are
some progressives who will come to
his assistance.
Ahe Ides of March Is almost here.
Let all citizens give the new admin
istration enthusiastic welcome.
DESTRUCTION NO A KG CM EN T.
The British suffrages have gone the
limit In their destruction of public
to put over some prosecutions that are
'real or get out of office. Mrs. Pank-
hurst has now bwn arrested for the
: destruction by dynamite of the country
residence of a government official.
The penalty for this is 14 years' penal
servitude and the public will demand
that there be no leniency.
Recent dispatches say that Miss Lil
lian Lenton, who was detained for
trial Thursday for setting fire to build
ings in the Kew botanical gardens, was
released on the ground of ill-health.
She Etarted a hunger strike on enter
ing the house of detention and had
not eaten anything since that day.
Pirblio feeling is high against the
surrender on the part of the authori
ties every time a suffrage goes on a
hunger strike. Unless the British gov
ernment announces in the king's speech
its determination to introduce legis
lation to cope with the subject, the op
position will officially move an amend
ment to the address. It is time for
action.
THE RECOLLECTIONS OF A
PRESIDENT'S WIFE.
It Is pointed out that Mrs. Cleve
land Is the first widow of a president
to again marry. She was mistress
of the White house in a very Import
ant period in the history of the coun
try, and the rumor that she may write
her recollections is Interesting.
If Mrs. Cleveland should consent, in
later years, to write out the recollec
tions of her life. It would prove a
volume of surpassing interest,
people of either sex have had
pew
such !
privileges of acquaintance with tber,"""JrB- at "J"-OD
persons
of nrominenee in the nation.
flnll nf tntimar'ipa with Ita irrfnt prontfl
for so long a period of time. Men do
not reach the While bouse until mid-
die life. She reached it when only
22 years old.
It Is a woni!rful bock of Margaret j
Bayard Smith's which remained in I
manuscript until our day. and has,
been brought out under the title "The i
First Forty Years ff Washington So- j
ciety." If Mrs. Cleveland, at a cor
responding age in hpr life, were to
descant with equal frankness on the
scenes and events of which she has
been a great part, the literary product,
from irs larger ranie of acquaintance,
would prove still more illuminating.
Dolly Madison, ia the years of her
widowhood, contributed greatly to the
romance of early Washington. Her
portrait was the first of a woman fo
be assigned permanent place in the
parlors of the White house. The
home where she livfd for many years
as the center of a group of interesting
. - .
i menus
j nerved
has been sympathetically pre
and is now the "old part" of
the Cosmos club.
.Mrs. ( leveland s recent visit to
wastnngton snowed that she had lott
none of that magnetic charm which
attended her first appearance there.
At the last reception a' the Wnit
house she became the inevitable cen
ter of groups of admiring friends. The
honors everywhere paid to her made
her visit the notable event of the
Washington winter.
It is understood that Professor Pres
ton, whom she recently married, has
been invited to a chair at Princeton,
so that she can still maintain her
- residence in the university town with
which her earlier marriage Is asocl- actual number of high school bulld
ated. If she enjoys "the allotted span inra ir,nrearf Miuhi rtth .im.
of life," as may be expected, her
iHter year recollections" ought
to
make a narrative comparable In per
sonal charm with any that have been
produced In America.
FEEDS THE BRUTES.
London's Restaurant That Caters
to
Domaatie Animate Only.
One of the most Interesting restau
rants In the world Is one In which the
only diners are domestic animals. Ths
restaurant Is in Westminster, London.
The alga on the window reeds:
RKSTAtTRAKT FOR DOMESTIC AN
1UAI.H ENGLISH MEAT ONLT. FRESH
TWICE DAIL.T.
The restaurant la arranged so that
the domestic animals which patronize
It may be perfectly comfortable while
they are getting their meals. Tho
that wish to do s may sit down while
enflng. The women who serve the
diners are very fond of animals snd
know the wants of earn particular cus
tomer. One of the regular callers at
the restaurant, a dog, prefers having
his meals in private, se instead of eat
ing his luncheon in the restaurant be
walks from his home to the place ev
ery day, bays bis luncheon and carries '
It home. He psys his own bill at the I
end of each week, carrying the money j
tied ia a little wsllet around hte neck, j
Cats, canary birds, g !dflh. parrots, i
monkeys, squirrels and goats are also I
provided tor in the restaurant There )
is a branch of the establishment st 123 i
York rosd. Battersea. New York Her- j
aid." . !
c,8-
Clogs, against which the Lancashire
null girls are re bellies, were at one
time worn by women of all classes.
The more refined variety of the clog
had a thin wooden sole, which was
cnt transversely in two pieces, attach-
d to each other by a hinge, Dainr
The Genial Cynic
BY CHARLES GRANT MILLER.
PREACHING STRAIGHT AT SIN.
N over-enthnslastio preacher at Springfield, Ohio, delivered a
powerful arraignment of people who go on Sunday excursions,
and at the end of the service dlscoveredd that a part of his
audience were members of a special car party from Dayton.
TV n.niiwlnnlat. sttllA Tint hll Vl 1 f m m r.T- n r. ft tfolncf
I m n
-I Siindav excursions must hare
that when they had come 23 miles to pay their respects to the preach
er's reputation for eloquence, he had taken special pains to reprimand and
offend them.
His prompt explanation that he had not known them' was not accepted
with good grace. His belated attempt to draw a line of distinction be
tween an excursion and a special car was not a success.
But why should they feel offended even If the preacher had been aware
of their identity?
And why should the preacher feel called upon to explain?
Why aimlessly shoot sermons Into the air?
Why not aim right at the spot and hit hard at the right time?
If Sunday excursions are wrong, why not say so, knowingly and Inten
tionally, to guilty ones caught in the act?
Why should people go 25 miles to hear a distinguished preacher and
then expect him to talk on the sins of other people and not on theirs?
Can It be possible that any church-going people want the minister to
scandalize the doing of other folk and give no spiritual guidance for their
own cases?
BLOODIEST FIGHT
(Columbia (S. C) State.)
Current discussion concerning the
approaching semi-centennial celebra
tion of the battle of Gettysburg seems
predicated in part on the assumption
that the mortality percentage in the
engagement was higher than In any
other Important battle of the war be
tween the sections. Neither at Gettys
burg nor at Sharpsburg was the maxi
mum of life loss in proportion to num
ber of men engaged attained. The rec-:
ord for percentage of casualties was
set by a battle at Olutee, which is
unique also in two other particulars,
in that it was the only Infantry bat
tle fought 'in Florida during the war
and was due primarily to political con
siderations. The battlefield traversed now by
the Seaboard Air Line tracks leading
from Jacksonville to Tallahassee, lies
13 miles east of Lake City. Chase and
Lincoln in 18C4 were contesting for
ine repuoiii'an presidential nomination,
I-'ncoln wrote in January to General
' "' i" " "'"J
uit- iiu-rior or r lonaa to arive
out
!'hat few federate there remained,
and to .isRUe a Proclamation calling on
the citizens of Florida to return to
ithe union. General Gilmore was also
; to arrange for holding in Florida a re-
publican convention, the hope of and !
expectation being of course that the
state would favor Lincoln, over Chase
for president. Gilmore, with his gun
boats and transports, proceeded to
Jacksonville, and dispatched .f force
under General Seymour into the in
terior, with orders to destroy the rail
road bridges across the Suwane riv
er. His object was to get control of
the. lumber and naval stores
for te !
use of the union army, and to prevent
the shipment of supplies to the con-
EDUCATIONAL PROGRESS
j The Buffalo. X. Y., chamber of
ruerce is leading in a movement to or-
I ganize vocational tarining and voca
tional guidance in direct connection
, wUh the industrial, educational and so
cial needs of the city. 1'nder the lead
ership of the chamber a committee
composed of business men, school
men and 6ociai workers is making a
preliminary survey of the city prepara
tory to mapping out a definite pro
gram. The work Is under the immedi
ate supervision of E. W. Weaver, vo
cational director of the Brooklyn
boys' high school.
Tennessee spent nearly twice as
much money last year for high school
Durnoses as the rear hefhre and the
flcant increases reported by the state
jhigh school inspector are: Enrollment,
s per cent increase aunna; the year:
daily attendance, 47 per cent increase;
length of average term, ten days more
than the year before; and teachers,
65 per cent "more. In the meantime the
average cost of high school tuition
has been reduced from $1 to $3.96
per month.
Superintendent Joyner of North Car
olina la making a strong plea for bet
ter educational facilities for that state.
Among other things he urges that wo
men be made eligible to serve on
school boards, in order that the schools
may have the benefit of their peculiar
fitness for the work of education. He
declares: "By nature and tempera-
Brass abd polished leather appurte
nances gave a finish to the article.
Anne Bracegtrdle. the moat beautiful
actress of her day, was a wearer of
clogs. Horace Walpole relates In one
of his letters that "Mrs. Briee girdle
breakfasted with me this morning. As
she went ont and wanted her clogs she
turned to me and said. 'I remember at
the playhouse they used to can for
Mrs. Oldfleld's chair. Mrs. Barry's
clogs and Mrs. Braeeglrdle's pattens.'"
London Spectator.
A Study In Arithmetic.
"I don't wonder." said a twelve-year-old
to his dad. "that people come to
the United States from these outland
ish regions beyond the seas, where
folks use 'the Roman system of numer-
I atlon. Just imagine a kid going to
I school there and being given this kind
! 0f problem: MDVIX is divided by CI
j how many times? Or. X multiplied by
( yn minus XIX equals how much? Or.
CIV and MYI and DXIX mlnns MC
. equals Say. arithmetic is going to
h, ilte a simple one and one are two
I for ne tfter this." New York Trio on.
been aimed directly at themselves
IN CIVIL WAR
federate army. Florida was at that
time largely relied on for provisions
by Lee's army in Virginia and the
army in Tennessee.
Seymour's force, consisting of three
brigades, with a total of 5,500 men,
marched west from Jacksonville some
40 miles. East from Lake City to meet
him came General Finnegan, confed
erate, with 5,400 men in two brigades,
one of them commanded by Genera!
Colquitt of Georgia. General Finne
gan selected a position and built
some intrenchments, extending from
one small lake to another a quarter of
a mile distant. It was a strong posi
tion against frontal attack, but could
easily be flanked, so just before Spv
mour'a arrival the confederates left
their trenches, and. advancing half a
lli 1 A 11 .111". -' - - J
mour came in sir-iht. The federals, in
stead of attacking in force, sent in one
brigade, which was soon routed, then
another, which fared likewise, and fin
ally the third, which in its turn was
repulsed in disorder.
The country, perfectly flat, and cov
ered with long-leaf pines, carried no
undergrowth or other cover, and neith
er army had any protection, natural
or artificial. Both lines were at all
times in full view of each other, and
the fight was continued until nighniall.
The federal logses agprepated in kill-
ed and wounded 1C1, whit-h was a
little over 33 per cent of their force.
They also lost 120 horses. The confed
erate casualties totaled R0n. Seymour
retreated to Jacksonville and returned
on board th transports. Thus termi
nated the expedition to bring Florida
back into the union.
Lee and Meade each sustained a
loss of 20 per cent at Gettysburg, as
ragainst the 2?, per cent
r.2 ner rpnt si'fFrrerl hv
Seymour at Oiustee,
i
com-jment, and because of their strategic
i position in the home and in the train-
ing of childhood, women !ire vital'y
I concerned and deeply interested in the
work of the schools."
The Phelps-Stokes lectures on the 1
negro problem given at the University
of Virginia this year included the fol-
lowing subjects: Race relationships j
in the south: black-belt negro Jahor ;
in slavery and freedom--its efficiency .
and Its cost; the economic negro: the ;
public health relation of the race prob- '
lem in the south. The aim of these j
lectures is "to arouse a scientific in-1
terest In the better adjustment of the
negro to American civilization."
Harold W. Foght of the United
States bureau of education, is now in
Denmark, studying rural schools with
a view to adapting as much as possible
of Danish experience to the American
country school problem. He Is accom
panied on the trip by William II.
Smith, rural school supervisor of Mis
sissippi, and L. I Friend, eupcj visor I
of high schools la West Virginia.
Ohio university announces a "quar
tet of new forces" In the state normal
college. The rural school and the de
partment of agriculture are two of
these forces upon which special em
phasis is laid, since they represent a
definite step in remedying the urgent
problem of rural school facilities.
Night schools of scientific agricul
ture are proving a popular feature
with the farmers of western Michigan.
The Real Villain.
"Are you the villain in this troupe?"
Mked the baggageman who was han
dling theatrical trunks.
"No," replied the youth with black,
curly hair. "I used to be. but the real
villain Is the treasurer of the company,
and by this time he must be about 500
miles on his way to somewhere else."
Washington Star.
Educating the Heathen.
"Brother Hardesty, can't you make
your contribution for the education of
the heathen a little larger than usual
this year?"
"Dr. Goodman, I'm more than dou
bling it I have Just started that
youngest boy of mine to college."
Chicago Tribune.
She Had.
"Have you any unmarried daughters,
Mrs. De Willoughby?" asked the visi
tor. "Oh, yes. Mr. Yanderbloom. My
daughter Minnie was unmarried 'ast
week by Judge Cuttcm," replied the
lady. Harper a.
I Gill
Ml and E
Whi I am well X
think with pity
Of thos who hava
to work away.
As I do. In the busy
city.
Week In, week out,
day after day;
It seems so futile to
be moiling.
And I am tempted
to rebel
Agnlnst the ones who
Keep me toiling
Ke!entlely when
I am welL
I think with envy of
the wealthy
Who for their
health seek dis
tant climes
And wish that I
were not so heal
thy. So that I might
fare sometimes:
I long to leave the
noise and rattle.
To get away ftrom
all the strife.
Forgetting" that the
ceaseless battle
The tollers wage Is
all of life.
That show the
need of change
and rest:
I wonder why men
rling to places
Whose profits are
but small at
best:
"Poor fools." I say,
"they are but
wr.wtlng
Their strength
where toll Is
profitless
when each might
taMiir-
The swfets of well
earned careless
ness." When T urn ill. and
cannot hurry
With those who
ha.te away to
town
To tuU nnd moil and
scheme and wor
ry I curse fio fates
that keep me
down:
It seems a pity to be
onlt't
While there the
wi:e-'.s are whir
ring still:
And thinking of the
rush and riot,
I scorn repose
when I am 11!.
In the Wrcng Business.
"I understand that Bobsworth
thinks of opening up a new subdivi
sion." "How can he rossibly do that?"
"Why. easily. lie owns a big tract
of land and "
"I know. But he's such a poor
talker."
Why?
"I am afraid," said the beautiful
heiress, "that you want me only for
the fortune which I shall have."
"Do you really fear that?" asked
the baron.
"Yes, to be candid very often."
"But why look on the dark side of
tlLings?-
Pleasure.
"I'm awfully sorry." ha said, "to
have missed that dance with you. It
was all due to a mix-up in my pro
! gram."
j "Don't give yourself the least con
i cern," she sweetly replied, "the pleas
ure was all mine."
Fortunate,
"I find," said Mrs. Qotter Lotte,
"that my horizon has been greatly
widened since I have taken up the
study of French!"
"Indeed?" replied her dearest friend,
"how fortunate that it doesn't have
that effect on your figure!"
Net Always.
"New York has the largest floating
population of any place in the coun
try, hasn't It?"
"Yes. except when the Ohio river is
above the danger line."
-Judged by His Words.
"Bindleson says be p.lways weighs
his words before he Fpr-aks."
"If he dees he cheats himself by
idving light weight."
Jf.
If the angels could aiways be sure
there were profts to be gained they
would not fo often fear to tread where
fools ru3h in.
The Little Ones.
Little bits of trouble
Borrowed day by day
Make the care that frightens
Hopefulness away.
An fc. xpert.
"I never have any trouble with my
gowns."
"How is that?"
"You see, my husband belongs to the
fire department."
"Well?'
"And he can hook me up in forty-five
S If 1
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: Ax l?1"
- X' iv-'.
see about me
weary faces
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The Daily Story
TWO MAKE A QUARREL BY DOROTHEA HALE.
Copyrighted. 1(11, by Associated Literary Bureau.
Two of the boys from the Lone Bub
ranch were herding a bunch of cattle
among the Bow hills, which were nol
really hills at all, but bits of the prai
rie lifted Into little mounds of herbage.
Gabriel and Theron Crane had not spo
ken for three weeks. The reason for
their sudden change from warm friend
liness to bitter enmity was a mystery
to their comrades and a matter for re
great for the entire outfit
Now they rode a few hundred yards
apart, silent taciturn and moody. It
was not for them with hatred in their
hearts to rejoice in the sweetness of
the spring morning or to feel the pulse
of the new season beating strong with
in them.
A very little matter precipitated the
smoldering passions that lay beneath:
the calm exterior of their sun browned
faces. Gabriel in passing his comrade,
who was smoking one of his everlast
ing cigarettes, felt the stinging burn of
a flying ash against his cheek. Invol
untarilv his hand sought his hip pock
et, but Crane had already drawn and I
was looking coolly at him from behind
his heavy weapon.
"W-e-1-1," drawled Crane after a little
startled pause, "did you reckon you
could do for me this way?"
"You know better than that Yon
needn't chuck your cparks in my face."
retorted Gabriel furiously.
Crane smiled with a puzzled look be
hind his honest eyes. "What's eating
you, Gaoe : ' he aemanaea arter a nttie i
pause.
"What's eating you, you mean. You
been looking for trouble this here three
weeks. -I heard all about what you
said dowu to the ennypn." Gabriel
still sat half turned on his saddle, one
hand on his hip.
"Looking for trouble!" repeated
Crane incredulously. "Why, I been
trying to keep outer trouble with you.
I reckoned you'd lay for me some"
"Lay for you!" roared Gabriel. "I
I ain't that kind. When I have a bone to
pick I ain't a-polnp around throwing
cigarette ashes in anybody's face. If
you got anything against me I'll meet
you down to Satan's gulch aud we'll
fight it out."
"There won't but one go home again,"
said Crane angrily.
"Sure."
"When will you be there?"
"Tomorrow morning at half past 4."
Without another word they sep
arated.
There was a certain air of grim de
termination iu Gabriel's manner that
night which caused Harry Barry and i
Tim Lewis to exchange uneasy glances i
and later to meet at the gate of the
corral. Harry Burry was the first to
break the silence.
"Gabriel's cleaning his gun," he re
marked with assumed lightness.
"So's Crane." said Tim significantly.
"What do you think they're going to
do?" asked Harry uneasily.
Tim Lewis shook his head dubiously.
"No telling."
"Xiiry guess. They've never been the
same like brothers as they always was
since they came home from that dona
tion bee over to the Forks church."
"Donation bee! I reckon you're
meaning the party they give the new
minister, where everybody took vic
tuals and then stayed to eat up what
they brought."
Harry Barry godded his handsome
head. "I guess I was some mixed up
with the quilting bee I heard they was
giving to the wldder who keeps house
for the minister. ' Whatever made
them two geezers get mad at each
other? They didn't have anything to
drink except milk. They paid some
notice to the Widder PudroHe."
Tim Lewis hook his head dubiously.
"And they was always the best of
friends," mourned Harry Barry. "Per
haps a woman came between 'em," he
added hopefully as one who had dis
covered an elusive clew.
"Don't blame everything on the wim
men," chided Tim. "There Isn't any
use us guessiti?. We better do what
we can to belp keep 'em from manu
facturing sieves."
"lou mean to draw the charges rrom
them guns," observed Harry Barry.
"But somehow I don't know aa I like
the Job of taking Gabriel's gun away
from him while he's sleeping innocent
like. Why, he'd go into the sieve
business right away with me for a
sample. Guess again."
"My best guess is that 111 get up
bright and early and trail 'em till I'm
satisfied they're not out for blood,"
said Tim. '
Long before Harry Barry had thrust
hi bead from beneath bis blanket
Gabriel nnd Crane bad arisen as by
mutual accord and, dressing quietly.
bad gone down to the corral and
caught up their horses.
Out In the pale dawn of a new day
rode the two men who had been close
friends for years. They both knew that
one would never come back and the
other would be a fugitive from Justice.
Which one would be the fugitive and
which the other thing?
Perhaps they were asking themselves
these questions as they rode swiftly
and silently across the dewy grass.
Large and brown, with strongly tnum
.rl fatnr hv mizht have bees)
brothers, so close was the general re
semblance between them.
All the kindliness had gone from
their eyes, from the grimly set mouths,
and the little muscles about their lips
which twitched sometimes in silent
laughter were drawn now into taut
lines.
The dawn grew, paler and then flush
ed with the coming of the sun. The
whole world was alight with the red-
dening glory, with the tonic sweetness
of the morning, but the two men rid
ing forth to do vengeance each upon
tne other saw nothing save the first
grim outline of the tall cottonwoods
that mark the entrance to Satan's
gulch. The trees grew larger and took
definite shape as they drew nether.
The dull gray Use which marked the
mouth of the gulch became an opening
which finally became large enough for
them to ride through into the reck In
closed desolate place.
At the farther end there was a level
stretch of sand. Here they could wreak
vengeance for their real or fancied
wrongs, and the sun would not be in;
their eyes to dazzle their sight and;
balk them of their revenge. (
Slowly they dismounted, making;
much delay over the careful staking
of their horses at a respectful distance,,'
fussing over the adjustment of saddle
and blankets and delaying In every;
way the crucial moment At last, when.'
there was no excuse for further delsy
Gabriel walked slowly to the farthest
point and leaned against a rock.
"I'm ready," he said carelessly.
"Same here." returned his enemy,
briskly.
"There won't but one go back," said
Gabriel slowly. "I s"pose there might
be a message to send."
An uncomfortable pause followed. At
last Crane spoke. "I aint heard what
it was you was sore about." he said
grimly. "I don't mind shooting a man
when I think he deserves it. But coii
found you. Gabe, I don't know what's
the mutter with you."
"You lie!" returned Gabriel deliber
ately. "That's enough," remarked Crane.'
"Count ten."
He drew his revolver -and leveled Its
long blue barrel at his erstwhile frlond.
Gabriel did likewise and slowly
counted ten.
There was a blinding flash of powder,
with a simultaneous report from ths
two weapons. When the smoke had
cleared away the two revolvers were
lying on the sand nnd the antagonists
were each nursing a right arm.
Crane darted forward, snatched up
one of the weapons with his left hand
and Weld It close to Gabriel's head.
"If you don't tell me what's eating
you," he snarled angrily, "I'll blow
some daylight into you."
The other glared buck at him fierce,
ly. "You menu to sny you don't kno
what's the matter?" he demanded. '
"Why would 1 be asking you, then?"
Gabriel was silent for several seo
onds; then be blurted out: "It's what
you told Mrs. Fndrose. She told ma
what you said the ni.ht of the doing!
to the minister's house."
"What did I say?" Crane's face was
scarlet.
"She sttid you told her I was married
and didn't ought to be paying attention
to respectable widows. That's what
she snid you sntd. And It's a blanked
lie, as you know I never was married
to nobody." Gubriel's hund clasped his
wounded arm.
"Of course you ain't married,"
breathed Crane heavily as he dropped
his left hand to his side. "Have I
ever told yon a lie. Gnbe?"
"No," snapped Gabriel.
"Do you believe me when I sny thatl
never told that to the Wldder Padrose?"
"Yes."
"Then what's your grouch about?"
Gabriel looked helplessly about him.
He saw the jugged rocks, the tufta ot
verdure thrusting forth from the cran
nies, heard the lilt of the bluebird and
saw the azure sky of the new day.
Ills eyes dropped to Crane's face, pal
and drawn with pain, and his own
scowling countenance broke Into aj
crumpled smile of anger and pity. t
"Dash It all! Did I wing you. yosj
old cherub? Here!" Tenderly be as
sisted Crane to a reclining position,
cut his sleeve and bandaged the wound
his bullet hud made. Then he applied
his flask to Crane's compressed llpa
and watched with concern bis com
rude's efforts to swallow. Forgetful of
the bullet that was in bis own right
arm, he worked over the other until at
last Crane sat up, a thin saturnine,
smile curving bis mouth. ,
"I'm 11 right now, Gabe. Get down
here and let me fix you up. I reckon
I'm jest an good a shot as you are!"
An hour afterward the two rods
slowly toward the Lone Bull. Each
right arm was bandaged stiffly, and
each revolver was thrust In a left
hand pocket.
"As for that Wldder Padrose," be
gan Gabriel, when Crane cut In roughly t
"Dash the widders for a meddlesome
crew !"
Out of the distance two horsemen
rode to meet them. One was Harry
Barry, and the other was Tim Lewis.
At sight of the two older men riding
together in appurent friendliness the
youngsters threw up their hats and
whooped Joy.'ully.
"What's worrying you two fellers?"
asked Gabriel, with bis old time genP
allty. "Heard the news?" asked narry,
Barry, with a desire to avoid person
alities. "What news?"
"The Baptist minister has married
his housekeeper, Mrs. Padrose. What
S do you think of that, eh?"
Crane scratched his chin thought
I fully. "I think I'll call on the minister
j and extend my hearty r condo
j lences." he said.
! Then be and Gabriel Indulged In a
j left armed handshake.
Feb. 25 in American
History.
174l- Bin I. ..; i.iiitries Cotes worth
PlncUne.v. statesman nnd diplomat;
died IV.'..
JS03-Cous' i :.tioii bill for men between
the of eigbteeti and forty-five
years pissed by tbe United States
OOligl-e.-H
j 1907 Archibald Clavering Gunter. iio
elist
ui.d playv. ri-lit. died: born
Good For an Occasio,al Bouquet.
"He offers me a plafuiie friendship."
"Take It." udiswl ler girl chum,
"until something better comes along."
Louisville Courier-JournaJ.