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THE ROCK ISLAND ARGUS, THURSDAY, AVTCTL i, 1913.
THE ARGUS.
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Thursday, April 24, 1913.
Butterflies in flying condition hare
been discovered at sea 500 miles from
land. The aviator who proposes to
cross the Atlantic ought to feel en
couraged. Kan rajs has undertaken to regulate
the Ingredients of mince pies. The
Kan sana are tired of biting on peach
stones, collar buttons and damaged
picture films.
In the recent floods in Ohio a small
river changed its bed and left a
bridge spanning dry land. A bridge
temporarily without approaches is not
as bad as that
j
How much was J. Pierpont Morgan ;
worth? As he didn't know he said
nothing about it, so be patient with
the reporters for two or three days
until they learn.
MESERVKI) TO WIN.
The Belgian strike has ended in a
victory for the strikers, the govern
ment having promised to take up the
matter of the unfair voting system.
Over there the promise will mean
something.
It is quite a compliment to the Bel-
i
j i i
glan workingmen, socialist leaders, evils, is in the case of crime not s;ly
etc., that there, was no violence or j not deterrent but an actual provoca
disorder or destruction of property rive. The attitude is singularly iu
throughout the entire kingdom. The , consistent with the present frank dis
strlkers claimed that they had been I cussion on the platform and in draw-
disfranrhiHcd by a system of voting
accorded to the aristocracy. in pwieral conversation but now the
The fairness of their claim was ap- j subject of legislative committee re
parent, and it is safe to say that theiporls clu0 conferences and represen
government would not have granted tRt inn on the sra-e
it but for the knowledge that the j lf Ihp tbl,or, t" iancr who would
claim was just iohtck the -Bprciti of information"
i
IX MEMORY OP REVERE.
Boston has just celebrated Paul
vere's famous ride. They hung a
lantern in the belfry tower of the
O'rt North f";i;rch " Patriotic
speeches were made and patriotic
sorgs sung. A young girl, descend-:
ant of the hero, took part in the cere-
mony and vividly linked the past :
v.ith the present
And Longfellow's poem was read. ; vote in favor of Mr. C.i-&te's pro
Except for the poet it is probable posal to abolish crinir: headlines in
the warrior who warned the country- the newspapers.
side by bis historic midnight dash j
would have been merely a book fg i
ure of these far-off days.
But Longfellow made no arbitrary
choice in selecting Revere for ac
claim. His history was as sound as
his poetry. " I
Paul Revere did nrt luckily gallop
into immortality. He had distinguish
ed himself in the French and Indian
wars. As an engraver, an art which
he acquired without instruction, he
printed the paper money of Massa
chusetts and later engraved the plates
for the "Continental money." The
provincial congress sent him to Phila
delphia to learn how to make powder,
and on his return he set up a powder
mill. In various ways he l.ad proved
his capacity. It was no untried mes
senger but a resourceful, reliable man
whom Warren detniied to alarm Lex
ington and Concord . Tli? spurs he
jingles through history were well
earned.
Faul Revere was the inspiration,
not tho creation of a poet.
THE RIGHT MAS FOR THKPKACKiTJ ''fs thi? nuluber Include.!
MISSION. ! TJle "lr of Town." by Albert B'.ge-
- , , . .t.t.min r,t rnnrlni-.
Not only as a statesman or connnc -
ing force, but aa a man of peaco by
temperament ar.d conviction. Secre- generation) by Kdward P. Mitchell,
tary of State William J. Bryan is ih ac,l "Then Old Motieeaten Ixvere,
one to go to California to tay the j r Charles Egbert Craddock. And
unwise acta of the legislature, which j there is a further installment of Mrs.
. . . . . ... n,. T T 1. a
threaten to be so prejnaiciai in cnar-
acter to the Japanese paple as to
threaten a crisis iu the relations of
the two cat.cna.
A Chriatlan. who hat always ob- ' which he says exist between the elec
served and followad the teaching of ! tion6 of Presidents Poincare and Wfl-
the Prince of Peace, In preaching and
la practlc. Mr. Bryan Is eminently
qualified to calm tha temper of the
Californtana, who soem from thle dis
tance to be speeding pell raell into
poaatble disaster, heedless of what
may be the coneeqneace to the gov-
, ernment of which they are a pairt.
From the fact thai a man aaviaee
caution at anch a time, it is not to be
. Implied thai, he stands In awe either
of the Jspntise . nation or any other
toveranvsnC but it has never been
the poHojr of this country to provoke
war. It In a pace loviac nation, and
lo taotr'ptircoae to preoarva and mata
talo ' the cciantrya tmrnetlwiml rela
tions on that Was Prealitant Wilson
and Secretary Bryan have the praise
of all level Keaied loyal Americans.
U U hopeA, and it la believed. Sec
retary Bryan wTL. csupk the wrath
of the aili0m4JM"ad brins then to
realigns aaaae that f bey owe aome
ti.lr.g to their oera government which
t.ould be paramount to the griev.
u-tes, wbidi, by ruca of tbelr eo
MT
graphical position, they may harbor
against a foreign power.
THE VICTOKY OF DEFEAT.
The Lincoln-Douglas episode is a
notable example of the victory of de
feat. Lin Cain's earlier defeat by Doug
las had much to do with the subse
quent success of the great emancipat
or, and those that are wont to de
scribe Doogiaa as "the man that
made Lincoln" "hardly are mistaken.
Counties Illustration of the larg
er victory that follows defeat could
be given. Thomas Bracket! Reed
sent Wirrbim McKinley down to de
feat in that famous speakership fight
of 20 odd years ago, but that defeat
spelt greater fame and tie presiden
cy. Joseph W. Folk sent James A. Reed
down to defeat in the bitter contest
for a gubernatorial nomination in
Missouri nine years ago, but now
Folk Is a private citisen, while Reed
is one of the strongest figures in the
foremoBt parliamentary body on
earth.
Had Lawrence Y. Sherman been
elected mayor of Springfield in 199
it is altogether unlikely that he would
have become president of the board
of administration a few months af
ter and, later. United States senator.
James Hamilton Lewis lost the guber
natorial nomination in 1908, only to
win a senator-ship four years later.
To the thoughtful man the lesson
of these victories after defeats will
not be lost To him that is really
great, disaster is sometimes a step
to fame.
CRIME AND NEWSPAPERS.
Joseph IL Choate, at the meeting of
the Civic Forum in Nw York, urged
the newspapers to "abolish headlines
on reports of crime," on the ground
that "nothing does more to encourage
the growth of crime than the spread-
I leg of information about it"
To this the New York World replies:
"Would Mr. Choate have us believe
that nrirw -m in wirh tho o nr
printing? The most widely exploited
crime in the history of the world, the
murder of Abel by Cain, had no head
line over it. No newspaper had filled
Brutus' head with vice and crime when
h assassinated Caesar, nor did Ham
let kill Polonius behind the arras or
Othello strangle Desdemona because of
anything they had 'read in the pa
pers.' "
Th curious theory obtains in some
quarters that publicity, while admit-
tedly tjie best remedy for
all other
Ing rooms of vice topics once tabooed!
! about crimes of violence is sound, the i
IThaw case, the most widelv discussed
Re-Iime of recent times, ought to have 1
produced a crop of similar killings. !
j The amount of gambling graft and of
' money extorted for vir nrnrprtinn
ought to have doubled since the Ko-'
eenthal murder and the conviction of
Becker. I
An underworld referendum would
unquestionably eive a nr mpim-itv 1
The Field of Literature
The May Century. Among the ar-;
tides in the May Century stand out'
preeminently; "Tho Hayos-Tiicen Con-'
test for Presidency," by Henry Watter- '
sin. n companion article to iiisj
' Grant-Greeley Campaign." which won j
wide comment and appreciation; j
' 'Schedule K." a clear and authorita-
tive eKpowtion of the wool sit'iation '
by X. I. Store, formerly chief statie-
ncian cr me iar::i Doard: "A War
Worth Waging." by Richard Barry,
toll.ng how Xew York City has, by
means rf improved sanitation, milk
dispensaries, -tc. doubled the length
of life o' her citizen? within half a
century, and "The Widening Field of
the Moving Picture." by Charles B.
Brewer, in which the scientific, artis
tic, commercial and educational phases
u, r -uU,n , axe treaieu in neia.i
ana inue ra:ed v. ;Th tnanv nhotocranhK
I low Paine: "Her Own T.if" Kt- Allan!,
1 , lumDtr pruaucis. lue waste oi our
, r ff Xar,hTnm-. ,in tVlAi, v , J,
i series of reprints of classics of the last
w
nuo"fis i. ivmuarum. Among
' the open letters is a de".iehtful screed
j by G. K. Chesterton, in which the aa-
tnor explains the subtle connection
son and the victory of the
states.
Balkan
The May Wide World Magazine,
The May Wide World contains an
excellent assortment of interesting
and useful material. An article en
titled "Britain's Uncrowned Tvitgs,' "
Informs us that there are many Eng
lish and Scotch landowners who lit
erally "rule" over islands which their
ancestors conquered in feudal times
and which have remained in the fam
ily ever since. The biggest of these
is Iewls which la owned by Major
Matheton and which he is willing to
part with for a million and a half
dollars. "Ronnd the United States in
a Motor Car" will appeal to everyone
who owns an automobile. "The End
of an O niiaw" la a sequel to a story
entitled "The Bandit of the Argen
tine' whioh aBpeertid noma short time
ago In the Wide World. It reootmu
the story of Curry's laat "hold-np"
and U a thrilling episode from real
Ufa. - "Aaots WlUectta U
The Genial Cynic
BY CHASLZS GRANT TrTTT.T.EK.
AN OLD PRAYER OUT OF DATE.
MOTHER'S council of Chicago has solemnly relegated the far
miliar little prayer that millions of childish lips have lisped:
"Now I lay me down to sleep,
I pray thee. Lord, my soul to keep;
A
And if I die before I wake,
I pray thee. Lord, my soul to take,"
and has offered this substitute:
"Father, we thank hee for the night
And for the pleasant morning light.
For rest, and food and loving care
And all that makes the world so fair."
Maybe none but experts in prayers ought to volunteer criticism. But
it must be the privilege of anyone to make inquiry.
It is a nice meaningless little rigmarole for nice little ones in nice
homes, bat what hollow mockery there is tn it for the countless children
who are without the "food and loving care and all that makes the world
bo fair."
Must these crouch dumb before the Lord?
Very pious persons sometimes want th'e doctor to hurry unreasonably.
Perhaps it is because that, already, in prayers, there has been more
thought of "all that makes the world so fair" than of the spiritual visions
that allure the soul heavenward.
CAPITAL COMMENT
BY CLYDE H. TAVENNER,
MEMBER OF CONGRESS FROM THE
FOURTEENTH DISTRICT.
'Sppcial Correspondence of The Argus.)
Washington, D. C, April 22. The
attack of special privilege upon the
Underwood tariff bill has begun. All
of the moth-eaten
old scares in the
opinion of all
thoughtful stu
dents of the tar
iff, they are but
scarecrows are
being lugged out
again, and a great
many honest peo
ple will undoubt
edly be frightened
by them.
The first indica
tion of the tactics
to be used by the
beneficiaries o f
special privilege
came in the press
a g e n t e d mass
l-JllVv meeting oi linen
JCLY0C H. workers in New
TAVENNER York state. A des- i
perate attempt is to be made to throw
the working men of the country into
a panic by parading before them the
bogey of hard times.
But before they allow themselves
to be stampeded, the people should
consider who are behind this old
stand pat argument against tariff re
vision downward. Are the working
me'n themselves doing it? Last fall's
election figures show that the work
ing men of the country voted almost
solidlv for the democratic party which
was pledged to make just the sort of i
.tariff revision that is contained in the t
Underwood bill. j
N. these now inciting the cry of j
hard times, end urging the long-abus- j
ed Dublic to reject the tariff revision ,
before it is given a trial are the very
n?8 who nave profited by the robber
tariff rates of the Payne-Aldrich law.
Ar" they now so concerned for the
welfare of the working people when
during the 16 years they have resist
ed inch by inch the slowly successful
efforts of organ!-ed labor to make
1 rVt9T-
THAT FREE LIST
(St Louis Republic.)
The free list in the Underwood bill
is worth scrutiny. It includes:
Lumber.
Meats.
Flour.
Bread.
Boots and shoes.
Coal.
Raw wool.
Iron ore.
Agricultural implement.
Corn.
Wood pulp and cheap print paper.
Leather.
Typewriters.
Cash registers.
Steel rails.
Lumber products.
Potatoes.
Let the rabid protectionist, read,
, mark an(1 inwardiy digest. What is
.- -.. ,
there in this list to frighten him?
Not the free admission of lumber,
wood nulD. cheao nrint naner and
, j....- .
. mi trsifl uiis iwfu a imiiuuiu buuiudi.
This is merely wise conservation.
Not the free admission of coal. This.
too, is conservation,
of wasteful mining
This is an era
methods and
wasteful engines.
; ot tne removal or tne tariff on
Not the removal of the tariff
j agricultural products and flour. Our
production of corn today makes the
price in the world's market This is
the great wheat and flour exporting
country of the world. The tariff on
potatoes is practically never operative
Judea," "Frontier Life in South Amer
ica" and "Into the Unknown" are
other articles well worth reading.
MAYOR GAYN0R SAYS
PRESS HERE IS BEST
New York, April 24. "There is :
not a oleaner or better press in the j
world, nor a more enlightened one." I
,, ......... -
Mayor Gaynor paid this tribute to .
American newspaper laat night at the i
fifth annual dinner of the Daily News.
paper association, attended by sever- j
a! hundred representative of the '
press in all napte of the century. The
mayor emphasised the difference be-;
tween newapepers which lead to a j
ceesiniraily'g enligbieanseat and the j
"corrupt" nni "ragbag" press that!
abuses ana aenwnses puBite omciels.
Tsi firoriter it Uae root of eAinoa, Japanese iz& China. j
...
them disgorge some of the swollen
profits they have been enabled to
reap by iniquitous tariff rates?
The people should not be thrown in
to a panic by this old argument For
the first time in years the people have
it in their power to abolish the trust-
fostering republican tariff, and the
people's representatives, the demo
crats in congress, are going ahead, un
disturbed by the calamity howlers.
As a matter of fact there will be no
business panic caused by. the Under
wood tariff revision. Some businesses,
perhaps, those grossly inefficient in
their methods, or existing under ar
tificial conditions, may suffer on ac
count of the new tariff rates, but
their number will be negligible.
Business, managed by capable men
honestly striving to be more efficient
cannot be harmed by the tariff reduc
tions. On the contrary, only good
can result. American wastefulness
is a by-word to the manufacturers of
the rest of the world. As long as our
business exists behind an artificially
reared protection wall, this wasteful
ness is bound to continue, and the
people pay for waste in the cost of
living. Take away this wall and you
do away with waste while putting a
premium on economy and efficiency
The Underwood tariff will put Ameri
can business on a healthy foundation
of thrift.
Business men in congress are not
worrying. Representative J. H. Goeke
of Ohio is the proprietor of a large
chain factory in that state. During
the consideration of the tariff bill by
the democratic caucus lie said to roe:
"I just now voted for the Under
wood duty on chains, It cuts the pres-
ent rate
in two. As conditions are
now, this means that we will be un-
able to compete with Germany on
some of the better sorts of chains,
But we do not expect to close our
factory on that account. We will go
ahead, and in time we will meet Ger
man competition. We will not meet
it by cutting wages either. We will
do it by improving our shop methods
by becoming more efficient."
And this fairly represents the view ,
that honest and thoughtful manufac- i
turers are taking toward the tariff.
i except against the farmer when the
1 , . i .. j ,, ..
: time comes to buy seed potatoes after
a bad season.
A (ri'i inl I ! i" I jmnlomartc onH I
,r,H 0 i; thi- that thoi-!
are protected by a 15 per cent tariff
! and that we export vast quantities of
both and import practically none at
ali. As for steel rails, we import
S9.000 worth a month and export $1,
000.000 worth a month.
Cash registers and typewriters' are
made in the United States for all the
world. Free leather is but the logical
consequence of free hides which we
we have had for four years and free
shoes. Free wool represents a policy
j of fair play to the consumer. This
country is not naturally adapted to
the economical growing of wool. To
day we import a pound and a half for
j every
pound we grow; though the
iniquitous wool and woolen tariff has
driven out from common use the
cheaper grades of foreign wool which
we do not grow at all, substituting
cotton to the detriment of health and
physical comfort.
The one sole proposal contained in
this list which savors in the least of
"radicalism" in view of notorious eco
nomic facts is free meats. This rep
resents an attempt on the part of
the ways and means committee to
lower the ruinously high cost of flesh
food to the great army of American
workingmen; it ia aimed at the beef
trust and its minions. "If this be
treason, make the most of it"
evil in newspaper work," he declared".
"If you. leave the news reporter and
editor alone they will do a.1 right
They will do nobody an Injnstlce. But
when the proprietor marks ont a cer-
tain pcllcy and the staff of the city
hall and the court house and every
where are Informed of that policy
and told that they must bring In the
nw tk coloring of that policy,
n the newspaper, beccme
what they were never Intended to be
.xpODnt of the Qere proprl.
etor's wish."
San Francisco Portuguese and
Rci' immigrants from Hawaii are
flocking into California at the rate of
&oo a week or about 15,000 a year. So
anxious are the Europeans to reach
California that within a year, it la
said, the only unskilled labor on the
Hawaiian plantations Mil be Filipi-
n pact Mti
r'nTiiaifta'VkiaaaBaaa! awes
Sim Watson's stock of wit was small.
But he let on he knew It all;
He held his bead up mighty hlsh;
Tae word he-'SDoke the most wns "I:"
He had a lave amount of rail.
Aad never let a chance go by.
Whenever he was In a crowd
To make his conversation loud.
You'd hear his voice above the rest
He'd strut and he'd stick out his chost.
He ne-er "gnesseif,' he always KNEW;
Or, least-wise, he pretended to;
He always seemed to worry lest
He might be hidden from the v4ewi
When taller men than Sim were thera
Yoc'd see him standin' on a chair.
We all knew that his talk was guff.
That he was puttin' up a bluff, ;
And yet, somehow, we kind of grit
To thlnkln' that he knew a lot;
The-Jokes he told were old and touffh
Most of them tales that we'd forpnt
But still we'd laugh at what he said.
And so his reputation spread. ' i
Well, as I see the case today,
81m taught a lesson, anyway;
Your stock of knowledRe may be small.
But don't stand back against the wall
And listen to what others say.
Speak up and claim to know It all:
Most peoale will believe you do
The wiser onos are so mighty few. ,
A .COMPLAINT.
"The trouble
with most women
is that they talk
without having
anything to say."
"That is not the
case with my wife.
She nearly al
ways has some-
thing to say that is not complimentary
The New Life.
"So you have quit eating meat?"
"Yes, I have decided that it wrTl ba
better for my health and also for my
PurB t0 Sllre P flesh."
"'tow long have you been a vegeta
rian :
"Since night before last"
Worth Saving.
"Why is he letting his hair grow
13 he trying t0 look like a
msr
"I don't know. Perhaps his wifs
decided, in view of the high price of
lining, that it would pay to save his
combings."
j
How Could He Help It I
"I wish you'd quit remindln' me of'
your first wife," she complained.
"How can I help it?" he replied.
"She supported me twice as good as
you've ever done."
Make This the Day.
You lone have waited for a dav
On which to make the snler.did start.
When all the doubts would pass I v'enna nearly all day. When the hour
away ' fr departure came he was told that
That have been hiding in your : ow'ug to the unsettled conditions and
heart j tne mobilization of troops there was no
I prospect of getting through on sched
You have been looking out to see j nied time. This added to his discom
Tbe way ahead stretch far and clear, ! fiture, and each day. each hour, the
And you have lingered longingly I fear grew upon him tfaat be might not
Day after day, year after year. catch the lady in time.
Kennard was delayed two days in
Why not make this the day at last - Budapest owing to the railway eqcip
For which you have been waiting j niont being used in the movement of
long? j troops Mid did not reach Belgrade un-
Wby not leave doubting to the past
And make the start, unleashed and
strong?
A Cynic's Remark.
"Let ns," said the social reformer,
"try to save our boys."
"I guess," said a cynic in the au
dience, "he must live next door to a
family that has only gn-ls."
Carrying It Too Far.
Some men are such confirmed grum
blers that they frequently grumble
merely' because they have nothing to
grumble at
Useless.
The world is at Its best
When blossoms burst in view,
Unless, ct coarse, a frost
Comes as it's likely to.
Slightly Inconsistent.
A patriot should not be corserned
! "with matters of mere pecuniary com
pensation."
"And yet" replied Senator Sorghum,
"when a mio is rich enough to be inde-
pendent cf such cor.s'dpra tions. they
on't let him run for oSce." Wash
The Daily Story
A CHASE FOE A WIFE. BY F. A. MITCHEL .
Copyrtgrnted. 1913. Ty Associated Literary Bureau.
There was a ring at the telephone !
bell at the University club, and a waiter r
answered the summons.
"Is Mr. Kennard in the club?"
"I'll see, sir. Hold the wire.
A messenger was sent scurrying j
through the apartments and found.
Kennard enraged in a game of poker ;
... i gone to Sotia. in Bulsnna. but as to
in one of the pnvate rooms. j Miss Bunli M & certamtJ. hp hlld lost
"You're wanted at the telephone, sir." : the trail Siuce he ooul,i not flnd her
Kennard went to the telephone booth ; in BuUharest there seemed nothing for
and asked who had called him. j him to d but t,o go to Sofia.
"I am Mr. tiatTney of Gaffney, Cal- On reaching the capital of Bulgaria
dcrwood & Funk, attorneys. We have j he found everything in turmoil. Troops
a telegram from correspondents in San j were being dispatched to the front, and
Francisco announcing the death of j everybody was busy forwarding sup
Norman L. Kennard" j plies and munitions of war. Kennard
"My uncle!" went the rounds of the hotels and on
j "He has bequeathed his fortune to
you, but there is a condition involving
a limit of time which induced our cor- i
respondent to use the telegraph instead j
of the mail. I would reconranend you
to call at our office at once since what
we have to communicate is not exactly
the thins to be transmitted over a
telephone."
"Call a cab," said Mr. Kennard. and
in ten minntes he was in Mr. Gaffney's
private office, where the telegram that
annonnced his uncle's death was shown
him. It contained a brief clause of the
will that, siuce the testator wished that
his fortune should be kept together
and desired his stepdaughter, Agatha
Burch, to share in it, the inheritance
was conditional on Kennard marry
ing Miss Burch. The limit of time was
short, being but six weeks, and Miss
Burch, who was a great traveler, was
abroad.
Mr. Kennard "got busy" at once. A
steamer would sail in sis honrs, and he
siient most of this time telegraphing i
to learn the whereabouts of Miss j
Burch. Unfortunately no one knew
just where to locate her. Her perma- I
nent address was Paris, from whence j
her mail was forwarded to her. Ken- 1
nnrd determined to make straight for
that city, where he would learn the
last order given for the forwarding of
mail.
Puring the voyage his mind was
continually on the matter before him.
He had never seen Miss Bnrch. but
had heard that she had been something
of a belle In San Francisco society, was
pretty and of an independent and a
fearless disposition. She had been means that presented itself for reach
abroad several times and each time j jng her. At one thne he drove an
hnta penetrated farther into barbarous I array supply wagon; at another he
countries. Indeed, it was surmised
that her stepfather, who was opposed
to her ramhlings, had refrained from
bequeathing her any part of his for
tune outright since it would leave her
free to continue them rather than set
tling down in a permanent home. She
had been his solo reliance in a domes
tic way, and he had been bitterly op
posed to this trip she had taken. She
was very fond of her stepfather, but
so great was her passion for visiting
out of the way lands that she had
promised him if he would consent to
j this one trin she woul(i 11PVpr eo on
another. When she left he was per
fectly well, but soon after sickened and
died, with no one to smooth his pillow
except a hired nurse. The peculiar
will was the result of this lamentable
situation.
When Kennard reached Paris he be
took himself to the branch office of a
banking bouse in the Place Yendome,
where he learned that the last place
designated for forwarding Miss Bnrch's
mnil was Vienna. ' At the time war
had just been declared between the
j Bakan 8to,es and the Tnrks'
"For heaven's sake!" exclaimed Ken-
nanl. "I hope her mnnia for seeing
: things won't lead her to visit the the-
ater of war. If I have to hunt for her
j there ft will be like looking for a nee-
die in a haystack."
Taking the first train for Vienna he
had the bad luck to meet with an ac-
ci(!ent and was delayed twelve hours.
On reaching Vienna he learned that
Miss Burch had left four hours before
his arrival. Orders had been left at
the office of he hotel to forward mail
to Belgrade, the capital of Sorvia. There
was no train for that point till even-
1 inS- aml n ws obliged to lounge about
i 1,1 ,,le P,1U ,hH third day after leav
ing Vienna. On reaching his desttna
tion he drove hurriedly to the address
Miss Rureh had left at her hotel and j
learned that she had taken a train for j
Bukharest. in Houmanla
"Irftat Scott!" ejaculated the pursu-
ing man. "Slie'n getting nearer and
nearer to the fighting. Suppose she
should be killed! I wonder if the will
makes any provision in case of her
j defcth before I can marry her."
, Before leaving America he had ssk
ed the attorney to write oi,t sueh in
formation as he might need, and now
Jikin? out the naner rontiniTitr it ha
found the wonK "A marri:ig as early
is p-sibie Is deiral.ie. for in case of
h l"i of -m1oi- nr.rtv lnter"il tbp
property wouso go to tne institutions
j designated." i
"There's finother danger." growled
Kennard. "Th( confounded girl is go-1
ir.g ri-ut down among a barbarous i
people who are killing fine another
j right and left. She's sure to fall by j
the hand of some bloodthirsty Turk.!
However. Koumania doesn't wem to i
bo miied up iu the affair at present. !
j and if see will only stay there it will ;
J be all right. But time is getting short."
Then he began to think of the matter
of a courtship. A girl who would be!
so re.-kiess as to g- down into a region i
where a bloody war war; going on I
eaijat.be silly enoush to refuse a for-J
time that was attached to a man she
d'dn't happen to fauoy. And even i
she fancied him would she forego thnt
sentimental nonsense called a court
ship? When Kennard reached Bukhnrest
he learned that a young woman an-
the resistor of one found the name of
Agatha Burch, U. S. A.
"I wish to see that lady at once."
said the pursuing lover to the proprie-
tor, pointing to the name on the book.
"That young lady! She's gone."
"Gone! Gone where?"
"Let me see what address she left
for her letters. Ah, here it is: 'For
ward letters with the army mail. Now
I remember that's the American girl
who organized a corps of nnrses."
"She's a fool!" cried Kennard, beside
himself with irritation.
"A fool! 1 beg your pardon, sir.
The young lady made herself very
much admired and beloved here. It
was a noWe act for her to"
"Noble nonsense! She's demented,
crazy for mingling with new and ex
citing scenes. There's a large fortune
waiting for her in America, and lf she
gets killed she win lose it"
"Of course she can have my use for
a fortune if she is dead, but what is
that to you?"
"Why, you muttonhesd! m lose a
fortune, too, and a wife."
"It seems to me that it is you who
are demented."
Well, there was nothing left for Ken
nard but to follow the army that had
gone in the direction of Adrianopl
As for the ordinary means of trans
portation, that was not to be tbonght
of. So he bought a horse and, mount
ed, puntued his way.
There was terrible fighting between
the allies and the Turks, ami .Kennard
made no headway whatever in finding
Agatha Bureb, though he used every
passed himself off for a newspaper
correspondent Lastly he took a gun
and marched with an infantry regi
ment. But bere he got more than he
had bargained for. The force he was
with went into battle with the Turks,
and he was obliged to fight
"What folly!" he exclaimed. "This
girl by her idiocy has not only endan
gered her life, but mine, and there's
a million dollars waiting for us at
home with which to see tb world in a
rational manner."
Suddenly Kennard was turned clear
hv th for of n l.niw and hi
legs dropped under him. He was
trampled by those behind.
"Why in thunder," ho groaned,
"didn't that uncle of mine leave me bis
fortune without sending mo after such
a woman? But I don't blame him for
not leaving any of it to her direct
She'd use it to visit the south pole."
The last man who stepied over Ken
nard gronnd a hobnail boot In his
face. This made him a sight to be
hold. He lost consciousness, and the
next thing he knew a woman with a
red cross on her arm was pouring
some liquor down his throat. Ken
nard had seen a number of Red Cross
nurses during his marches, and every
time he saw one he made inquiries for
the nurse he wanted. He asked this
one if she knew an American Bed
Cross norse named Borch, and she
said Miss Burch was the head of her
corps of nnrses. She was on the field
I directing the succor of the wotrnded.
Kennard begged his informant t call
her chief. She did so, but it was more
than an hour before Miss Bnrch came.
"Are you the American who desires
i to see meT' sho asked of the rrneh
mutilated, dirty and bloody Kennard.
"Yes."
"Well, what can I do for yonT
"Marry me."
"Marry you!"
The look of repulsion at his appear
ance was discoo raging.
"Are you Agatha Burch?
"Yes."
"Well, your stepfather Is dead and
left his fortune to me, his nephew, with
tie provision thnt I marry you within
six weeks after the probate of the
will."
"My goodness gracious! Suppose I
refuse?"
"You get nothing; neither do I."
"How much time is Uft?,,
"I think about a wef-k."
"That's lucky. If I had tn ny 'Yes'
I eht DOW r'' decline. Perhaps in a
week I can get you to look like a hu
man being. We'll see."
Within the seven days MIs Burch
could see in tho wounded Kennard the
semblance of a good looking man. and
she accepted the conditions of the will.
"That uncle of mine and your step
father was no fool." remarked tho
groom after the ceremony had leen
j f"'0'11
down."
i
I'll see that you settle
April 24 in American
History.
liG2 Federal fleet under Captain Da
vid Glasgow Farragut passed the
Confederate forts Lelow New Or
leans, insuring tl.l ca$4ure of that
cily.
ISO President M Kinley called for
12.VMW volunt'-er lo serve in the
war against Spain.
'
Shofit with the rifto of concentration
en' ""' "holism f catimtion
tn other fellow. Sheldon