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THE ROCK ISLAND ARGUS. WEDNESDAY. JLUCll 12, 1013.
THE ARGUS.
TEP.MP Ten rr.ts per week, bjr car
rier. In Rock Tit'.ar.d.
; knows all the "ins" and "outs" of the j
! trust system. He has not been promt-:
Published dully at K2 Peeona tr- i nent politically aiorg progressive .
rue. P.oclc Inland, 111. (Entered at the lineg, and but little can be said, there
pstofflc as second-class matter.) j fore, of his art'tude on progressive
, ... w . . : Policies so ably championed by Presl-,
(dent lison. We may assume, now-1
ver, that the president fully assured
BYTHEJ.W, POTTER CO. ! f Mon
There has been not a little disap
pointment felt amorg progressive dem
ocrats that Louis Brandels wai not
Complaint! of d'livry service shouia M.t.Cie& for attorney general; but that
be ma? to th clr-vilation dttpartrncnt. ,ijt be entirely overcome If he la made
which ifcm.K olo be notified in every pclicltor of the department, at recent
in-onre wbr it ii desired to have r(.port8 from Washington Indicate will j
l.aprr dlsT.r.tlu'jfd. ax carriers hava no ai done. '
authority in tte premises. Th position of attorney general la
AM communications of artrumentnttva the most difficult Cabinet office the
character, poii-irai or rU!rtuo. ra-iax president had to fill. No other will be ;
hava real na ne attacR-d for publlca- subjected to such close scrutiny. No
tion. So urh article win be pripted other will so closely represent to
The Genial Cynic
BY CHARLES GRANT MILLER.
-rer fictitious slir.ssitt.roa.
Telephones in all departments:
tral Union. West 14S. 1145 and
I'r.lon Electrl':. S146.
Cet-214s;
the popular mind the alms and pur
poses of the new administration.
It Is believed and sincerely hoped
that Attorney General McReynolds
will prove himself to be the right man
In tie right place.
THE VANISHING LINE.
Th electric railways, the au'omcbiies, the telephone and the rural
mall delivery are swiftly erasing what was once the most clearly marked
line la modern civilization. It is hard to tell any long
er where city life ends ana couayy life begins.
All the territory within 50 miles of a city may now
be called suburban. Th6 whole country is becoming
urban in character. The influence of the town, social
and political, is extending. The da'.'.y paper of the met
ropolitan center li as regular a visitor to the country
home as to the home In the city.
The good old days and ways are going fast. The
dividing line between city and country is gradually
being blended out until it is no longer a line.
The day mSy not be far distant when the resi-
oenta cf city and country will know the same things, eat the same sort
of food, speak the same vernacular, wear the same clothes and be Indistin
guishable one from the other on the streets or In the country roads.
, And when that day comes the Joke-smiths will run very short on ma
terial and life will lose much of Its best romance.
The
Daily Story
THE WHITE FLOWER BY CLARRlCA MAGGIE.
Copyrighted. 1913. by Associated Literary lSurraa.
jig
Wedneidsy, March 12, 1911.
Japan's new minister of finance Is
Baron Takaheashi. But probably be
has been obliged to furnish a heavy
bond.
MKS AND SUFFRAGISTS.
Mrs. Flora Drummond, distinguish
ed even among British suffragists for
the energy of her argumentative naeth
eds, is thoroughly convinced of their
efficacy. Every outbreak f remon
strative disorder makes converts to
the cause of equal suffrage, she ob
serves. As for the men, though tbey
Ihdouhtedlv the famous Taft smile : ma' occasionally heckle the sister
Is none the b'-ss expansive now on ac ' nood n a spirit of "boyish playfulness
count of the trouble he has left be- .approaching mob violence, eh Is per
jljnfl Isuaded that a vast majority secretjy
admires the militant sisters.
"General" Drummond ought to know
her pi-bite She has come Into contact
wi'.h it often enough. The typical
Englishman Is conceived to be Imper
turbable and unemotional. Though he
The decree to which some Mexican says little, he may mean much or any-
soldiers Mem to be looking for trou- thlrg. Suppose, upon reading of each
ble Is equalled only by the speed with new case of assault, arson or add
which they can run away. pouring, he exclaims, "My word!"
This may not sound like It to an
The thing for the people of Rock Is- j American ear, yet we can scarcely dia-
land to do is to gt together, on pav- put the lady's Interpretation of the
ing projects us well as in all under- 1 remark as an expression of profound
takings, snd consider unselfishly that admiration.
which is for the best interests of the We shall do well, perhaps, to stick
tti,ty as a whole. And act accordingly, to our own question of man's attitude
toward his assertive sister, so newly
The new senate consists of 49 demo- and rudely raised at the national cap-
crats and 44 republicans, with three Hal. Did the ruffians who Jeered the
vacancies, of which one Is from New marching women with such disgraceful
INAUGURATIONS OF THE PAST
In the issue of Harper's Weekly for i would not be permitted to take
March 8 appears an article describing j oaln as president."
some of the dramatic and picturesque
circumstances under which Mr. Wil
son's predecessors have been inducted
the
So ereat was the fear that an at
tempt would be made on Mr. Lincoln's
life that, a company of German sharp
shooters was stationed on the roofs
Into office. Probably the most dramatr of the highest buildings on Pennsyl-
,a vania avenue, with orders to nre n
1 any hostile demonstration was made.
Illinois has a you'liful lieu'enant,
governor, but he arly seems to have
found a way to keep himstlf iu the
limelight.
lc Inauguration in our history was
istur.unusum.uuuiUBTOu. ine, VoI.r th nlaffn-m from which the
civil war was imminent, passion ran president delivered his inaugural ad-
hlgh, open throats had been made that dress was stationed a battery of light
the band of the assassin would defeat artillery which commanded the entire
the will of the people and Lincoln : plaza.
1
IS ITS i-fc..g
NVEW PRESIDENT PERFECTLY AT IIOME AT
"WHITE HOUSE DESK; IS TIRELESS WORKER
Hampshire and two are from Illinois.
If all three vacancies should be filled
liy republicans the democrats would
have a majority of two. and they are
quite likely to g"f one. nnd may pos
sibly get two. of the three seats now
vacant or 1n dlsp'ite. Tlve majority la
not lare, but if Is sufficient, and It is
of th utmost Importance for effective
leglslptlon thnt the j,rerHe"t arid
both branches of conrf'ss should be
In political ncci rd
h
cup
nielli l 1 IKtCt S IMX'I'S.
The governor of Indiana has bad
good MTiyp t'l m-;m t!ic itr:'i,iiP?
h',0 pasw T 1 v ;.ra.-!: i,n;iiii:v.o.-s
xote of b-i'li honst'K H'- rl .'. not pi
nse tlii'm irf hriiiui.'.g in with
i'i'mi'!:iii''f tl.n! nmke ati! ;?!) r
elljis, til' ii-eil ;u:d tlii'iwn a w 'i ' I'i
the n.' i ii rv. I.' com ! .meir ! th"
egiitire on yi .id !-it n'-or.s. i.i-t nc-
ci's' ! i. in' if r
be in' .ii, hi. il 1 1 1 ;
liecimi.'. it puf U
llico'M . ir.cr.i
1 li i up fak" i.i
nu niilt.g i.i;' ti ! :
lip till' I c ! 'I I i. i .
ft:t;i! :it wh U
li V'!(ii lii' blii
I" (il U. : n.- i.i' fs
candor and Impunity express a senti
ment shared by many men too polite
to voice It. or are the Washington
hooligans as alone In their opinion as
in their coars freedom of speech?
This much can be said : However the
men of England may view the disor
derly and destructive antics of the
English suffragists, the men of Amer
ica miirt, admire for their common
sense as well as for their courageous
spirit the American women who hsve
made and kept equal suffrage a living
ii4s-i without In any Instance resort
ing to the excesses suggested by count
le s examples acrofs the sea. Agre
w'.Mi them or differ from them. Ameri
can are boitnd to respect American
' suffrngiHts
It cannot be understood too broadly
nnd l'"u!y that the lo:te who wer"
scandalously allowed to Insult the suf
'rage enthusiasts In Wafil.irigtcn in
no s.nfe H-prescntf i the opinion or
iiiarti'rx of Arc-lean manhood.
ti-'.-i
it:.
to
i'1'oiij.bt U Imj .' ' ; v i '1
' 1 pel sons tt '.lo 1 1 ' ' i
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ii si l" ('.'
t l it i ' '. ik and '-k H- fi n-
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llt-ns u i.tl tu. ... ;
that and tl
tame to set
m:li
f a!
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... .. ' ' dollars for th s.
o'.h. r tlntig. t'lit u Ueu it
a quarter of a
c.6. the
the free
ru h
on dollars for free s
.iien Imlkfi. Ami so
i:m win ! in ui.
IVi-sia has just e b brated the rom
ple ion tif three centuries of Romanoff
rule oxer the great slavi'- empire. It
was tiiree hundred years ago that tn
t.ist pr.'ioe of the house became the
..i. vi reign of the Kusflan people, then
a t 'uir.parat ive y small and weak as
e l a. hat kward nation.
.'i n In Anierlta. this period does
: : seem inipr. ssively Ion"?. The first
'!' '! nt s ere ii.udi' in Virginia a
I t'll longer ago. New York is al
tir .-t as ld as the Kcinati T dynasty.
M h;M tt;! w ill t cmplete three ceil-
less ;ha:i nine y.-ars from now.
Col. m bus had d s t verei America 121
l "aip nhf'ti the rc.guUg family of
l-'iirsia gained royal power.
The truth is that Russia is stiK. in
niiitiv respects, young and crude. It Is
largely a land cf frontier conditions.
W II h'l&Bk
. ;T"iS r A ? V"
4
3
We hurry through the busy days, ,
We that within the cities dwell.
And. having won a little praise
For toiling hard or planning well.
Turn homeward with a irlde that dies
Before another day has dawned
And we aieratn pursue the priz
That always lies so far beyond.
We have our little triumphs whi.
Among the eager thousnnds strive:
Each busy day brines something new
To Keep our feeble hopes alive.
But Bweeter than the fairest gains
The cities yield us are the Joys
That com" hi d renins of country lanea
lJown whirh we Kt mile. i when we wera
hoys
We nurse ambiti- ns that are fair,
And stri.pcie on lo win ri'f.own.
Bin when the tiny mils wi'h Its care.
We sat ill dream .jf the little town.
Or of the oreharil whrrt tile hreer.e
Onee stirred the fracr.int hmls in May;
We k.ep the sweet oh! memories.
It m;ttters not how far we stray.
From his house on the bill John j
Fleming cult! look down and see j
spnns s magic lingers touchiug the :
bare browu earth and the leafless trees
and feel her warm breath uKn the
chill uir. All nbout him were youiis
j green jrruss, bursting buds on the tree t
twigs and the song of bird as they !
built their nests. j
It seemed that all nature was ieJoic- :
ing in the resurrection of the dead ,
earrb. He alone of nil God's creatures j
must retain the old busk of a dead ex- j
istence. Kor blm there could be no I
resurrection of happiness or renewed j
interest In life without Anne's forgive
ness, but Anne, bis wife, still turned a
cold. Implacable countennuce toward
blm when they chnnced to meet, and ;
she continued to live in her father's I
i house at the other end of the vlllnge j
i without any sign of relenting toward j
her husband.
The Fleming estrangement was a
strange occurrence mid had never been i
fully explained to the good eople of
Franklin All they knew was that !
John Fleming had quarreled with his
business partners, who happened to be i
Anne's father and brother, and while !
John had withdrawn from the Bnn his I
wife had sided with her own people !
nnd left her husband in consequence ;
tlinrvif 1
H turned his eyes from their wenry
contemplation of the distant hills ns
he hatl done so often before at this sea-
son and applied himself to some work i
that be had in hand As he bent over j
his desk absorbed In his writing one
he
il.
YVI:
Uncanny.
"Did that lady thiuk she would like
the flat?" asked the landlord.
"Y( ." replied his assistant, "but
there's one thing rather strange about
her case."
"Her references appear to be all
right. What's the ir.at'cr with her?"
"She d'dn't say anything about the
horrible taste the woman had who
lived there before or hint that the
! place would have to be entirely repa
! pered and redecorated before she
! would take it."
t.
4
Chance.
"Go forth," a fape advised, "and find
The chance you need, the chance
you crave;v
The man who waits m.'.st be resigned
j To herd with those that humbly
i slave."
He started bravely forth, one day,
To f:r.d a cIkiiicp tht might be fair;
Chiiiice sought duor, and turned
a . y
I And passed because he was not
ther".
frrnldrat Mllnea at hla desk la tbe White llowr.
President Wilson doesn't feel a bit strange at his desk In the White
house. His new work doesn't seem t ) trouble him greatly, either. He acts
Jui-f as if it had been his business sin"- his early manhood to presid; ovr
the destinies of itO.oi'O.OOO people.
The president is a tireless worker In this respect he resembles ex
President Roosevelt.
eo-
Gave Themselves Away.
"They must be very new to
Cic'y."
"Why do you think so?"
"The sandv iclu s that were parsed
around at ilieir reception last night
were eo thick one did not nped to
take mere than three of them to get
a bite "
EX-SENATOR CRAWFORD AT
DAYTONA BEACH, FLORIDA
Daytona, Fla.. March 3.
i'.nc tin e thy don't like to go to work
I tell you. climate is a good thing.
p-Ji- eviu uric vuu UUH t lid'V 1 1J nuy
Igus: It has been so long since I have
big overshoes or any buffalo overcoats.
Hn thpv trn In fhnreh hf-pu1 Yee
rot only in Asia but In some parts nearo lrom mv nome county mat i : and they are (.lvl t00 an(J don.t ta,k
of the European domlniosjs of the ' have almost forgotten where it is lo-1 politics. Do they wear clothes? You
cj.ars. It is a commonplace that Rus-i rated and so I am sending for a paper i bet they do.
Finn n sources remain in large ineas- j w!th 80We ROod dm0cratic news in it. i 1 saw Rockefeller last Sunday at the
are unexplored, not to say unimproved. 1 . ,,,, . . ... j Baptist church. Thev have a fine
and there are vast possibilities of e ,8 no po,i,ir8 down here; U 18 j church and it is .aid he built It.
chnni:e in the whole Russian empire. "u Climate.
lint this nnt tha wnrlr nt lha The weather haa been fine, no cold-
lie tountry lor experimental pur-1 w - , . ,
s The farmer was supposed to "ma .f"' famly ha. given the er tha 44 degrees and no warmer
Proof.
"Do you think a college education
pays?" x
"You bet it does. My son grad
. uated last year and has been hired at
( a salary of J24 a week to go back and
i train the varsity basketball team next
i season."
s d i;r:'''r Is in the tllsia'd. When
j i in : was started, it p.t before
.1'" r;i ef itLT.cuit'iral xperinient
!.'i.''i ns I'acktts cf free seeds were
tent en; iu farm. 'is in arious parts
- f U,e
plant the ; .Is and report the matter
f ktronth to t.h.e department of aicrl-
il'iiie. In fiiit. a request for such a
rt port i' to he found on each pack
i: ;e f f r. e eds sent, hut nobody
w r tlniuizhr of respondinc to It, and
i r'.'.ai iv no attention would have been
ia,d to such n re pert, If made.
In the mean'ime the government
end the ntati s began to cooperate ia
'he establishment of agricultural es
perimeit stations. where sclent.ifc
Muscovite nation several strong rul
ers, and two or three have been re
markably endowed with the great gift,
rarely vouchsafed to despots, of per
ceiving and acting upon the national
need of development along unusual
lines. On the other hand many of the
Romanoff princes have been weak, dis
solute, wasteful, trysnnical and reac
tionary In the extreme. They hare
written many black pages of their
country's history, and although the
blood of the reigning house is now
work : exerv department of ncrtrtit.
t.ire Is earned on. The b.t-or-miss ex-1 n,m0Bt "holly German, through many
lenmen'a! w. rk represented bv the ! mar r lae9' they hav been WcMj
fr-e s-ed p.icket was needed no long-' Russlan in Pirit and nbods. It
. : but the free sevtl distribution kept 18 8 trlte 8aying that RmI-. ln 0T
on Just the same. It lasted about 29 ernment w n numerous cus
yr ars to long and congress was final- ; ,on2"' 18 b&:f orlental.
lv ridiculed ln'o putting It ss'.de. '. Tte frtt of ttt Romanoff emper-
j ors was elected by the nobles and
I chieftains of his country. The last of
TIIIIMIW tnoiiNKY .HKKAU ,ka .- 7 ,
j the line, whether the reigning ctar
James Clark McReynolds. the new : or some successor, will doubtless be
aitorney general of the Vr.iud States, ' driven from power not by the nobility
. is not entirely unknown to the people 1 and gentry of the empire, but by the
of the country. He is well known to ! people.
the bar as an nhle lawyer. He as i
assistant attorney general during the! Gas Explodes: Four Miners Hurt,
administration of President Cleveland j Springfield. 111., March 12. The ex
frcm Ii3 to 1SJT. He was the trust plosion of two pockets of gas ln the
prcsecutor of the department and con- Solomon mine, a short distance south
ducted several suits with success, ! of Auburn, yesterday morning caused
among them one against the sugar I serius Injury to four miners working
trust Since then he has been em-; in the shaft at the time of the accl
p''e;l by the government as special dent. The men Injured are: Adsm
r jrsel in trust cases. j Bruask. Matthew Bruask. C. I-amacdln
Mr. McReynolds' record as a trust and Tony Beitto. ail residing at
j : cutor Is good. He doubtless J Auhaaa.
than 87. They say there are more
tourists here than ever before, from
every state, but there are not many
farmers.
Mrs Crawford and I came first to
Pensacola and have visited a number
of other places in this state. One of
them was Tampa. That is a fine busi
ness c'ty. Much fruit and lumber Is
shipped through the gulf to cross the
ocean. The population is about 70.000
snd It Is building up fast. Land a
doien miles out Is selling for $75 to
$i per acre nd this stat is all sand
and they say that you can't raise any
thing without using a good deal cf
fertiliser, not even fruit.
This Is a lovely place, with fine build
ings. The tourists stay till about
April 1 and then they skip out till
they want some climate the next win
ter snd .h stores, dwellings anl Tine
hotels are shut up for 'he pui-mr. The
WILUAM F. CRAWFORD.
GLEAM OF THE EMERALD.
Its Brilliant Green Light Has No Rival
on Land or Sea.
"Interesting." said a geru expert, "is
the word that most persons upply to
on emerald. There is only one other
jewel which shares this quality, and
that is the opal, which at its best has
also green lights, although, of course,
they are entirely different from those
of an emerald. The reason that makes
an emerald interesting' apart from Its
beauty and value is the same that
makes the women with green eyes the
most interesting of her sex. It's a
light that never was on land or sea; it's
a brilliant gleam that gives the accent
to any sort of costume and any sort of
complexion. It isn't like a sad green
or a so called 'artistic green.' The
emerald Is the soul of life, light snd
beauty."
Stranger Than Fiction.
"A curious woman, that Mrs. Gadds
by." "Do you refer to her taste for
jewelry ?"
"No. She admits that she enjoys
shopping.'
Of Some Account.
"They nay she married a man of no
account."
"It's a mistake. He was of seme
account when she married him, bjt I
believe he has since lost the Job he
had as a bookkeeper."
Voice of Experience.
"I'm mighty sorry for any man who
marries a prima donna."
"Why should you take It to heart?"
"I tried to manage one for a sea
son once."
Where Nature Falls Short.
Whiskers may conceal a receding
chin, but there Is no help for a flab
tened brow.
The emerald has the flri m iitn o. rf
hotels are fine; yes. jou can get them j being one of ,he most 0 of
as fine as you want, if your pockets , Ught najP(wl Mamies claim it
are well filled. 1 for theIr own for tljev lai-p that
Mrs. Crawford and I went over to uing else, not even the sapphire, ac
tb ocean the other day and were ,ike j centuates their delicate fairness so ef
a couple of happy kids. This is the j fectively. Brunettes are adorable in
finest beach in the world, they say. i mrnMc .u..i..ik. .t, i.,,. .i.
You can get Into your bathing suit. ' brilliant coloriug. " Strangelv enough i
roll in the sand and then let the blue eye. instead of being dimmed
waves wash you clean. There is no ,y the jewel, gather fire and depth
dirt. The beach Is about eight rods ; fr.,ui its close neighborhood. Tbey '
wiuw ana nopec Kmuumi). u 19 me . take on a delectable green blue gleam
the national park In Wyoming one ; and seem much larger than when the
cannot tell how nice it i? How long; emeralds nre n .t near. As fur the au
well stay we don't know. You see ; burn haired beauty, it is her stone par
when children get away and play a i excellence.
The Ideal Republic.
The Ideal republic will be achieved
when everybody can govern and no
body will be governed.
Entertaining Him.
Daughter of the Hou-e Is it rirrht
what mother says, that you are a self
made man? Visitor Yes. my dear
child. But what makes you as'.;?
Daughter of the House I was only
wondering what made you give your
self such a funny face. London Tele-srabhu
A HCSIIANU AKT1 WITE FACED EACH OTHEH.
could detect n look of patient resigna
tion about the well cut mouth beneath
the short cropped mustache that be
wtire
Tlu-ri' came n knock nt the library
door
"CoiiiP' in." he answered, swinging
his chair around.
The tlo.'r opened, and Hannah Dale,
his housekeeper, entered the room.
She was 11 large, stout woman with a
flesh pink complexion and was attired
in a erUp. clean print dress.
"Fxeuse me f..r disturbing you, Mr.
Fleming." she apologized, "but Joe,
the gardener, wants to know if you
have any jobs lor him a run ml the
place."
"Nothing at present. Hannah." re
turned John absently. "Tell him to
come a round in a couple of weeks and
luck after the lawn."
1 1 an nah roughed deprecntlngly. "The
V. it beds iieeil raking over that is,
if you exit'ct to have any (lowers this
year."
"I don't want any flowers. Hannah.
; as you know." said John rather short
j ly "The place suits me very well as
it Is."
! "Very well." murmured Hn ninth,
backing from the room with a covert
glance of disapproval at the sternly set
' face of her master
When lie was nlone John Fleming
I sighed deeply and bowed his head on
! his I111 nd
j "What do I want with, flowers when
1 she is not here?" tie asked himself sav
I iigely. "Noiiiing matters to me ln the
whole world now that she has turned
against me!" He thus answered his
j own o,uestioii
j On Faster morning John Fleming
j came downstairs and went straight to
his library He drew up window
j shade to let in the April sunshine, and
i ::s it "Hired over his desk and revealed
what was upon It bis; band dropped,
powerless, to his side.
Ever since lie had been married up
to the time of Anne's departure three
years ago It had been her plensure and
delight to surprise hlrn 011 Faster morn
ing with n bunch of some delicate
spring flowers. Something that she had
discovered in the sheltered places of
the woods or fields
For three years there had been noth
ing on his desk, for bis wife hat left
him
This Faster morning there was a fa
miliar cut Lias vase, nnd In It was n
tluster of snowdrops, exquisite spring
jea titles
His face went as white a the dow
ers, and he leaned against the windo-
frame for support.
Where had these flowers come from?
A revulsion of feeling swjept over
him. and be passed bis hands over bis
eyes. Of course it was Hannah Dale s
work, in her tactless. go.il hearted
way she had hoped to please the
stricken man by reviving n neglected
custom
He reached out his hand to toss ttie ;
flowers into the waste paper basket)
and out of his sight when there came
Hannah's knock at the door
"Come in." he said in a strange voice.
Hannah Dale's round f;W"e looked dis
turbed "Did you hear auy Hirange
(. 1 .,.. t.,.,,uu lowf ilht Mr
i Fleming?" she asked abruptly.
.no. :t(i:'.iiiih."
has happened?"
"I don't know. sir. only I tild hear
queer sounds, as if soiucUity invl.t !'
trying to enter the house. .Iur at .lav
light it wiis. sir. and I was going to
nsk yon if you notice. anything wro-m
iu this lo.iai. 't examined all th
other wi i.low s and doors in the house."
She was staring with unmistakable cu
riosity at the Dowers on bis desk
"Then you haven't been In here ttii;
morning. Hannah?" he asked.
"How could I come in when the d oi
Is always locked and you ettrry the key
In your pocket, sir?" asked Hannah
with surprise. "1 haven't been neat
the room siuce I came in the other day
to nsk you about Joe."
"Very true. Hannah I had forgot
ten. No. 1 didn't hcHr any sounds ial
night. Very likely It was a cat on the
piazza roof." He was impatient fot
her to be gone.
Til have to think it was that, sir."
And Hannah went away apparently
dissatisfied with the lack of explana
tion tif what to her had been c.iattei
for excitement anil Investigation.
John Fleming sto.n1 there staring if
the white llowers on bis desk.
How had they come there? lt
nsked himself the question again, fot
Hannah was Innocent of placing their
there, he was positive. Such delicate
sentiment was not ln Hannah's lint
anyway.
There was only one person who
could have done it. and that was the
person who was least likely to do it
in the face of all things Anne, the
unforgiving.
Supixise he entertained thnt wild
supposition, that Anne hail plucked ths
flowers nnd placed them there, how
could she enter the locked room? The
answer was before him as his glance
included the glass doors that led to
the garden porch. The bronze dinr
key lay 011 the carpet, but the door
whs locked, had doubtless been locket!
from the outside by one who had
pushed bis key in ami opened the door
with a duplicate.
Who had sucli a ditplicnte key?
What person would use it for the in
nocent purpose of placing thnt white
flower, symbolic of resurrection, upou
bis desk?
Who. but Anne?
lie must go to her long closed room ,
and look for the duplicate key she had
owned. If it was not there it meant
that hope ami happiness were not
dead after nil. Only a forgiving Anno
could have placed the white llowers
on bis desk.
He went upstairs to her room nnd
unlock -d the tloor and entered, 'lint
curtains were drawn, mid the air was
close nnd smelled of dried rose l.'aves.
John knew that there were several
Jars of fragrant rose petals about the.
room. Anne loved them.
He lifted n curtain and looked for
the key in places where she might
have kept It. but ll was nowhere to be
found. Overcome by the task of
touching her belongings, stung to tin?
quick by litter recollections, he tiling
himself into an armchair nnd closed
bis tiretl eyes. Outside the work was
golden with the sunshine of an Faster
morn. Within his closed heart a little
flower of hope was springing to re
newed life.
He did not hear Hannah's voice lift
ed in surprise and ns suddenly hushed.
He did not hear hesitating steps com
ing up the stairs. The knob turned
gently, nud a slender, pale faced wom
an came ln. At first she did not see
him She was looking at the familiar
room with tear blind eyes. Her sud
den sob of grief aroused him, and hus
band 11 nil wife faced each other in the
dim light of the long closed room.
"Anne!" he said hoarsely, and then
stared at her.
"John." she said brokenly. "I have
come buck to ask your forgiveness.
More I cannot expect. Nay. listen. I
thought I was doing right to stand by
my fatbef mid brother. Alec swore
that it was you who bad diverted the
funds of the firm to your own uses
jind you stood buck and only smiled.
You denied nothing.
"Fiiriy tills morning I came nnd en
tered the library with the use of my
duplicate key. I placed some flowers
there because I love you. John, nnd In
spile of my belief In your wrongdoing
my love was the same undying mid
I wanted you to know it
"This morning a letter has reached
me from Alec. You know he went to
Australia after the business was wound
up. nud he has told me all all! Can
yon forgive us father and me?" Sh!
would have fallen at his feet had b.
nut lifted her in his arms and held her
close to his heart.
"I can forgive everybody, even poor,
weak Alec, who has proved himself a
inaii after all by acknowledging his
guilt." declared John
There was silence for n few 1110
navnts A robin was tinging In the
cherry tree outside the window. The.
Faster sunshine fell warmly upon them.
"Come, my wife." said John at hisf.
"it Is Faster morning The Lord hrn
risen; the world has been made ne-v
for every one We will begin life
nnew. Let in go to vonr father"
March 12 in American
History.
1SIH John l.ori'iier Worden. rear ad
lalral. II S . eoiiiiiiaiiiler uf the
victorious Monitor iu the hattle of
Hampton Roads. .March i, IM'.'j.
horn : died I T
ISHS-'Ihe "blizzard" prevailed In the
north Ati.iiiti - stiit. New .ul;
and Kosion were isolated tor ..iie
days, and Mm:. live- were : t rl
filed b exposure to the elements
10W- Lnited States supreme curt de
cided ih'it rorporaiions must pro
duce their lioos and .ajrs ,tl,,f
answer questions m a' tiotn at law
brought by the government.

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