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THE ROCK ISLAND ARGUS, MONDAY. MAY 12, 1913.
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tTB APES Warfl C0H-
Monday, May 12, 1913.
Third and last calL Going, golrg
the ball park,
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i It Governor Johnson ct California
I Is wise, he will listcu to President
' Wilson.
An army officer has been assigned
the task of rowing from the source to
the mouth of the Mississippi river, for
the purpose of observing levee conul-,-
tiens. He would have gotten more
; exercise had the trip beon reversed.
v Anyone can row down btream.
Senator LaFollette Is reported to
be clamoring for a prolonged agony
Of tariff hearings by the finance con -miW.ee.
The committee should out
vote Mm and then give him ample
time to talk on the floor of the sen
ate. The stage has been reached
when hearings are played out.
Ideal conditions prevail throughout
most of the country for bumper crops
next fall. The abundant fall of mois
ture has put the soil in excellent con
dition for a record yield. If condi
tions continue as favorable to the end
of the season as they have started out
new records will be established.
A CKXII KY OK PEACE.
The year 1915 will mark a century
Of eace between Great Britain and
the United States, the two Enzliah.
speaking nations. It is proposed by
a resolution adopted at a recent meet-
lng of a peace society that this anni
versary be appropriately observed by
Imposing ceremonies in this country
and Creut Britain.
The proposition is a good one if it
can be carried out in a manner that
will not require any entangling alli
ance. There uhould not, under profes
sions of friendship and congratula
tions over a century of peace, be any
engagement for marriage. Let .us
have peace, a continued peace for cen
turies, and glory in the fact, but at
the same time keep our independence
as distinct and firm as It was dclared
iu 1776 and reaffirmed In 1812-15.
A century of peace three genera
tions of friendly intercourse is some
thing to be prouder and to celebrate.
It speaks grandly for both nations.
Let us celebrate the century of
peace. Let bygones be bygones in
the memories of the days of our trials.
It has been a century .of peace with
honor.
lUk PjmstXlTIO.N' OF SAMUEL
UUMl'tHH.
Samuel Gompers, John Mitchell and
Frank R. Morrison w ere adjudged guil'y
of contempt of court in December,
1903, by tht supreme court of the Dis
trict of Columbia and sentenced to lm
prlsoument. Their al'.eged offense
grew out of the boycott cf the Buck
Range & Stove company.
Appekl from the judgment was
taken to the supreme court of the
United States, which, reversing the
Judgment in May. l?ll,Nd;d not conceal
its criticism of Justice Daniel Thew
Wright, the district Judge who had
w ritten the lower court's' decree and
fhowr-J in every e ntence of it his bias
against the defendants. The supreme
court of the I'niUd States, by unani
mous decision, held that if there was
causo for adieu it was by civil and
Rut by criminal proceedings.
Notwithstanding the higher court's
decldiation. the district court in June
following again arraigned the defend
ants and again fouud them guilty and
imposed jail sentences. This judgment
was last w eek affirmed by the court of
appeals of the district, which cut dowu
the punishment t f Gompers' associates
to 3i days in jail and fines, but let
Gompers' sentence etand at a jear in
Jail. The fact of reduced sentences in
two cf the cases does not change the
ether fact that the supreme court of
the Vnited Jatos' declaration that
redress is in civil and not in criminal
action', was ignored.
The persistency of thedis'rlct
courts in their effort to put the labor
-leaders behir.d the bar indicates a
disposition and & resentment which
the American people do not expect in
their Judicial officers and which, with
out doubt, the highest court in the
land will not tolerate.
KOYAL MAKKIAGES.
It is reported that negotiations are
being carried on for the marriage of
the Prince cf Wales to O'.ga. the o'.d
est daughter of the ciar of Russia. It
is said that the prince and princess
have never even mat, but that inter
ests royalty very little when matters
cf state are concerned. Crown princes
are denied the privilege enjoyed by
cousmoa mortals, of selecting their
own wives. This custom has truth
fully been called a relic of barbarism.
and it is a wonder that in this age of
enlightenment it Is tolerated. Fur
thermore, alliances of this sort 'seldom
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accomplish the purpose for which
they are designed.
Presumably a marriage between
members of two royal families is for
the purpose of bringrug the two na
tions closer together and cementing a
friendship that will make them allies.
Let us see how it works out.
The royal families of Great Britain
and Germany are allied by marriage.
The ate King Edward was the nncle
cf the present Emperor o? Germany,
and the present king of Britain and tea
kaiser are full cousins, yet far-years
Germany and Great Britain hare been
almost at one another's throats. Eng
land's throne in fact is Interwoven
with nearly every royal house in
Europe. The queen cf Italy is the
daughter of the king of Montenegro,
yet Italy has utterly deserted Monte
negro in the Balkan affair. Blood may
be thicker than water, but It does not
seem to amount to much when policies
of sta'e are involved.
The only reaHy happy marriage
must be based on mutual affection.
What, then must be the life of a
prince and princess who are married
solely for reasons of state The man
may find consolation In the duties of
his office, in the large affairs in which
he must play a leading part, but for
the woman such a marriage must he
little less than torture.
HAWAIIAN SCHOOLS.
Japanese pupils now- form the most
numerous element in the Hawaiian
schools, and they are increasing at a
more rapid rate than any other race,
according to a statement by Governor
Walter F. Frear, received at the Unit
ed States bureau of education. The
Japanese now have a considerable
lead in the school population, with
over 31 per cent of the total; the Por
tuguese follow with a little less than
17 per cent; the Hawaiians come next
with 14 per cent; part-Hawaiians com
prise 14 per cent; Chinese, 11 per cent,
and all other nations or races, 12 per
cent.
Governor Frear gives other inter
esting information about Hawaii's
schools. He shows how, after the es
tablishment of the territorial' govern
ment in 1S00, the public schools fared
worse and worse until 1907 when,
with increasing prosperity for the is
lands, more ample provision was made
for education. Finally, in 1911, a new
method of financing the schools was
adopted, under w hich there has been
a decided gain in the number of
teachers, in salaries, and in general
efficiency.
Industrial schools that are partially
self-supporting are a feature of the
Hawaiian school system. There are
three 8Uch schools, and in addition.
lne normal scnooi, me cuuege vi Bu
culture and mechanic arts, two high
schools, and 151 schools of elementary
grade. A number of the schools main
tain city or county governments con
ducted by the pupils for practice in
citizenship, and patriotic exercises
are emphasized in all the schools.
Thero are now nearly 30,000 chil
dren in the Hawaiian schools, about
twice as many as there were at the
time the territorial government was
established, 12 years ago. The terri
tory last year spent $5S2,536 for edu
cation, and the counties themselves
$47,799 additional. These figures are
exclusive of expenditures for the Col
lege of Hawaii, which now occupies a
permanent site in the suburbs of
Honolulu and has graduated its first
class.
The Hawaiian schools are up to ths
American practice in length of term;
their school year is 3S weeks. At
tendance is compulsory from 6 to 17
years of age, the maximum age having
been raised from 15 a year ago. Good
attendance records are the rule; t'a-3
average last year was S6 per cent of
the enrollment. In this and other rs
spects the schools of Hawaii compare
favorably with the rest of the United
States.
SCIENTISTS HONOR"
THE FIRST BIRDMAN
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. Prof. Samuel P. Langley.
Washington, D. C, May 12. After
an interval cf 17 years, scientific
America has paid a belated tribute
to the memory of the late Samuel
Fierpont L&ngley. the first man In the
world to fly in an aeroplane. -
This tribute comes in the form of
a bronze tablet, four and a half feet
high by two and a half feet wide,
which has Just been erected in the
Smithsonian institution. At the dedi
catory ceremonies the other day, men
of science from all over the country
were present to pay honor to the
memory of the "father of aviation."
Away back in 1S56 Professor Lanft-
ley started to experiment on the prin-
j ciple of meciaxlcal flight, Mying ftl
The Genial Cynic
BY CHASUSS
GIVING.
Imagine a rose that would say to itself:
"I cannot afford to giTe away all my beauty and
sweetness; I must keep it for myself. I will roll up my
petals and withho'd my fragrance."
But, behold, the moment the rose tries to store up
its colors and treasure cf fragrance, to withhold them
from others, they vanish. The colors and fragrance
do not exist in the unopened bud.
Jt Is only when the rose begins to open itself, to
give out its sweetness, its life, to others that it beauty
and fragrance are developed.
So human selfishness defeats its own ends.
He who refuses to give himself for others, who
closes the petals of big charity and withholds the. fra
grance of his sympathy and love, finds that he loses
the very thing he tries to keep.
The springs of his manhood dry up. His finer nature
bacomes atrophied. He .grows deaf to the cries of help
from his fellowman. Tears that never are shed for others' woes sour to
stinging acids in his own heart.
Refuse to open your purse, and soon you cannot open your sympathy.
.Refuse to give, and soon you will cease to enjoy that which you have. Re
fuse to love, and you lose the" power to love and be loved. Withhold your
affection and they become petrified. Your sympathies die from disuse,
and you become a moral paralytic.
But the moment you open wider the door of your life and, like the rose,
send out without stint your fragrance and beauty upon every passer-by yon
let the sunshine of life into your own soul.
Tavenner's Maiden
BY ROBERT F. WILSON,
(Special Correspondence of The Argus.)
Washington, May 10. Declaring the
belief that in casting his vote for an
income tax, 'he was carrying out the
desire not only of the democrats of bis
district, but of 90 per cent of the rank
and Ale of republicans and progres
sives as well. Congressman Clyde H.
Tavenner of Illinois made a speech on
the floor of the house on the income
tax, which was given close attention
by both republicans and democrats.
As a. Washington newspaper corre
spondent, Tavenner has been advo
cating an income tax for years. Many
of his articles on the subject have
been sent broadcast over the country
by the democratic congressional com
mittee. Tavenner's speech was warm
ly applauded on the democratic side.
"When 1 went before the voters in
the campaign last fall," said Tavenner,
"I made the declaration, repeating it
over and over, that, should I be elected,
I w ould make a conscientious endeavor
to ascertain how they desired me to
vcte on important legislation, and then
vote that way. I made that declara
tion in every good faith. I desire no
greater tribute when 1 shall conclude
my service, in this house than that the
people of my district may say of me
'He made a practice of ascertaining
how the people of his district desired
him to vote on even the simplest piece
of legislation, and then voted that
way.'
' KEEPING HIS PLEDGE.
"In keeping with my pre-election
promise, it is my intention. to cast my
vote, on lfehalf of the Fourteenth Illi
nois district, for the income tax. I
bellove in all sincerity, Mr. Chairman,
that in doing so, I am carrying out the
desires of not only the democrats of
my district, but of fully 90 per cent of
the rank and file of republicans of my
district, and of the progressives, so
cialists and prohibitionists.
"The Income tax is a partpf. the
program of this side of the house, to
terward that he had no idea et that
time of building a flying machine. In
fact, a flying machine then was the
synonym for the impossible. There
was no literature on the subject, and
eminent scientists had proved mathe
matically by the use of existing for
mulae that artificial flight was impos
sible. Prof. Langley proved enough
'1 his er experiments to convince
mux luai uictuHuiai iiigiiL was possi
ble, but Jie said in writing of the ex
periments that he "could not learn
more of the principles of flight till he
built a machine that would fly, and it
seemed that he could not build a ma
chine that would fly until he knew
more of the principles cf flight''
"Therefore," he wrote, "I seemed shut
up in a vicious circle from which there
was no escape.".
He did finally escape, for, after
years of experiment, he built a steam
driven machine with a remarkable en
gine, also built by himself, that devel
oped a horsepow er and three-quarters
and weighed complete but seven
pounds. This flew on the 6th of May,
1S9C. He then said that his work was
finished and he wished to retire from
the field.
Prof. Langley was not allowed to
rest, however, for the war department
asked him if he could build a man
carrying machine to be used as an in
strument of war. He replied that
probably he could, and there was vot
ed by congress to be expended at
Prof. Langley's express wish under
the board of ordnance and fortifica
tions. This machine was built and
completed in 1903. Two attempts
were made to launch it with. Charles
Manley as the operator. On both oc
casions there was a failure of the
launching device and the machine
was wrecked before it got into the
air, proving neither its ability nor its
failure to fly, because it was never
given a chance for flight.
Nobody at the time knew anytting
about flying machines, and the fact
that the big machine did not fly was
given wide publicity and construed In
to tha story that the machine had
failed to fly. Judged by modern stan
dards, there was no reason the ma
chine ahould not have flown, for it
was abundantly light and powerful
and bad more supporting surface per
pound than the ordinary modern ma
chine that does fly.
Prof. Langley was deeply hurt at
the storm of public criticism launch
ed at tie cacMae.- He abandoned
GRANT BULLS.
Speech ia Congresa
reduce the ever-increasing cost of liv
ing in this country. The program, and
it is being carried out, is to take some
of the tax eft of such articles as wool
ens, cottons, sugar, meat and lumber,
a'nd then t,o make up for the loss of
this revenue to the government by
levying & tax on the incomes of the
wealthy. Strange to Ea.v? up to this
moment wealth has not been taxed to
the extent, of a single penny to defray
the expenses of the national govern
ment. This is almost unbelievable,
but it is absolutely true, and will not
be denied on this floor or elsewhere.
SOI IUE OF REVEXl'EL
"Itis true that wealth is taxed for
the benefit of cities, counties and
states, but revenue for building battle-,
ships, maintaining the army and navy,
and running the national government,
is obtained solely by taxing the things
eaten, worn and used by the people.
Since the ptoor eat as much as the
rich, and wear clothing on which the
tariff tax is higher than on the quali
ties worn by the rich, it is obvious
that the poor contribute as much to-w-ard
bearing the burden of national
taxation as do the rich. Under the
present fiscal system of the United
States, nearly everything is taxed save
wealth. Wealth alone is excluded from
taxation. And I 6ubmit that wealth
should be the first thing to be taxed.
Tne pending bill, -removing a very
moderate portion of the burden of tax
ation from the bending backs of the
poor, and placing it on the rich, who
are best able to bear it, will go down
in history as the fairest, sanest and
most progressive measure ever .pre
sented to congress with hope of pas
sage. "Mr. Chairman, I do not believe that
it is just that the men who own 90 per
cenf of the wealth of the United
States should bear but 10 per cent of
the burden of taxation. If members
agree with me, that such a condition
is unjust, then I submit the pendins
bill Is a more in the right direction
to remedy it."
i the work entirely and died Feb. 27,
1906. He never actually saw a man-
carrying machine in flight. His own j
j recognition before his death w as a set ',
of resolutions from the Aero Club of
AmflHro Hianlrinv Iiityi tcT Ilia rntrl-
butions 'to the science. These reach -
ed him on his deathbed.
SERVANTS IN ITALY.
An
ntcrcsting Experience With Thair
Ferquisitss and Wages.
A New England family spent last
year in Italy, keeping house that the
daughters, who were studying art,
might have the comfort of a real home.
They were much pleased w ith Italian ' that statement?" j sand or earth to make it the proper
servants, whom tbey found full of a j "I want you to understand," declar- j weight. Then the bole must be stop
delightful friendliness, equally removed j ed the newly made father-in-law, "that ped with something white. I would
from servility and impertinence; but. I if your account were true I would not J take n n::sket of eggs to the Federal
alas, these charming servants were not . have permitted my daughter to start ; lines, gain access by selling them to
SiTieuy nonesr. They nnu mysterious
arrangements with the tradesmen com
missions, perquisites, pickings, treats
to innumerable cousins. The mistress
was troubled, yet she knew her Mari
etta to be a treasure whom it would be
folly to dismiss.
Instead she summoned her and sug
gested, with careful delicacy, a curtail
ment of these self assumed privileges,
offering increased wages in return.
Marietta agreed, but at the end of a
week withdrew her assent
"I cannot no:" she declared vehe
mently. "At first I thought but of the L
money. Now I have time to think of
other things, and I find myself insult
ed. Twenty times I put out my band
totake what I must not and what I
have always taken. Then I Jeel like a
thief I, who am an honest woman. If
I am to serve the aignora longer she
will pay me as before and trust me. I
have Judgment and discretion. I do
not forget ber interests. A trifle here,
a trifle there, what docs it matter? If
it is more one week it is less the next
and always such a little. I cannot bt
tied to my wages as one ties a greedy
boy to the leg of the table that he may
not reach the Jam. Surely the signora
understands?"
Marietta remained and continued to
be judiciously and discreetly honest iu
ber own fashion. Youth's Companion.
Wall Fixed.
Clarence Why don't you keep soma
thing for a rainy ty? Clara-Dou't be
silly, dear. Haven't I the prettiest
raincoat and umbrella you ever saw?
Judse,
GHe jbortelv
nr e j i r. u
istttleOoy
The little boy whom you forget
To play with when the days are fair.
The child whose hopes are sinless yet.
Who kneels to lisp his evening prayer.
Will soon leave oft his childish ways
And learn the things that man must
learn;
Why do you waste the precious days
That never, never can return?
Tou never lead him by the hand,
Nor make his little joys your own;
Ambition sends you her command, I
And he is left to play alone;
He never climbs upon your knee
Delighted at the long day's end.
To find that you have time to be
His tend and sympathetic friend. i
You never can afford to waste
A precious hour arousing him;
The prises after which you hasta
Are always far away and dim;
Tou must be ever pressing on.
Forgetting, while you strive and plan,
Bow soon his childhood will be gone,
How quickly he will be a man.
Tou never pause with htm to hear
The breeze that Rings among the reeds.
Tou have no time to give the dear.
Sweet sympathy for which he pleads;
Tou never rush with him in wild
Pursuit of fairies through the glen,
Yourself again a careless child.
,Fred from the cares that woray men.
Have you no treasured memories
Of one who gladlv played with you.
Before you had bn-robbed of ease.
And when your cares were small and
few?
AJi. will you rob him of the Joy
Of looking back along the y?ars
When he has ceased to be a boy
And Duty's call rings In hi3 ears?
The little boy whom you forget
To r-Uy with when f.ie days are fair.
The child whose thoughts are sinless yet.
Who kneels tn lisp his evening prayer,
Wl'l soon leave off his childish ways.
And you Will sit somewhere alone
Regrettlnc orecious wasted davs i
And joys that might have been your
own.
Starting a Church Row,
"There's one thing that has. always
puzrled me," said tha deacon.
"Only one?" the parson asked. !
"Well, one in particular. You say j
there is no marrying nor giving in
marriage in heaven."
"Yes. that's what the Bible tells us."
"Well, in that case, what do tha
preachers do who have small salaries
j up there?"
After the deacon had finished laugh-;
ing at bis joke the parson said: ;
"Oh, I don't know. The $2 I got for
marrying your sen to Brother Pritch-
! ard'B ehtr V1 make me inde-
j2auem, lor me.
The deason now threatens to go
over to another church.
Justly Offended.
"Tou say," said the bride's father, as
be rushed into the editorial sanctum, '
that the wedding passed off without a
hitch."
ville Banner, "what's the matter with
; away on a trip with that young man,
and don't you forget it!"
Outrage.
"Some people have very crude no
tions of the way it is permissible to
act in a civilized country. What a dis
gusting thing the starting of that re
port of Cortley's death was."
"Yes. Confound it! I went around
for nearly half a day telling people
what an excellent fellow he was before
I found out that the report of bis death
was untrue."
Had Done Wall.
"Well, when I die I shall at least
have the consolation of knowing that
I made one person supremely happy."
"How did you do it?"
"Gave Miss Flashleigh a chance to
decline a proposal of marriage from
me."
Cure Shot.
Be conquers who will preserve.
Provided always that
Be doesn't die before be bits
What lie la aiming at
Good Business.
Young Mau You wouldn't
but I've just paid $25,000 in
Very
think it.
cash for a bouse, aud it wus all made
by my own pluck nnd perseverance
Young Lady Kealiy: Wh.it business
are ycu In? Very Young Man I'm a
SQa-jA-Uw-Laa4aB. Tit-ZiM.
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The Daily Story
HOW THE MESSAGE WAS CARRIED -BY J. BERRY CROPE
Copyng-rnec U1S. oy Associated Literary Bureau
It was the evening before Memorial
day. Several veterans called on Cap
tain Dawson ct bis borne to consult
him as to some details for the decora
tion on the morrow of graves of their !
companions long dead, for the captain
was too old and feeble to meet them
elsewhere, and after the arrangements
had been made the old soldiers fell to
tcllinf yarns about their campaigns.
"Dawson," said an old fellow whose
hair and beard were white as snow.
"tell us about that little girl you met;
rTcTvn n Virginia whn ftrtM rnn thA
egs."
' Oh. I've told you that story so often
that you all know it by heart."
"Go on," was the request of all the
party. They aidn't object to hearing it
just once more.
"Well," said Dawson, "it's a story
I'm not overfond of telling. Besides,
I'm not the hero of the yarn, but the
man that was gulled. Fact is there
Mm,
"THEBE'S A CHICKEN IV THAI OKI."
wasn't any hero, but there was a hero
lne. How would you like to hear her
tell the story?"
"First rate." was the universal re
sponse. "Matilda:" shouted the old man.
"Come here."
A tidy old lady came in and asked
what was wanted.
"The boys." said Dawson, "want to
hear how you fooled me down in the
valley In the summer of '02."
The lady tried to beg off. but "the
boys'' would not excuse her, so she told
the story.
i "General 'Stonewall' Jackson." she
: said, "came riding by our house, near
j Staunton, one morning and, seeing me
! KtnndiiT- nn th i"nr.i nskprl nip for !1
glass of water. I got it for him. aud
when he had drunk it he thanked me.
I told him I was mighty glad to do
even that for the cause aud I wished I
could do a great deal more.
"When I said that he looked at me
kiud of hard nnd said: "Maybe you
might do something more. How would
you like to try your hand at a bit of
secret service?" I asked him what
that was, and he said he wished to
send a message right through a Yankee
force to a Confederate force not far
beyond. He thought that a girl like
me might get through where a man
would fail. I told him I'd be mighty
glad to try. and he said some method
would have to be invented for conceal
ing the message. I told him I'd try
to think up some plan. lie dismount
ed and came into the house aud rested
himself while 1 did the thinking.
"We had a good many chickens In the
place, aud I bad sold eggs to soldiers
of both the northern aud southern
armies. It occurred to me to make a
: hole in an e;g, take out the meat aud
put in the general's message. Of course
mncf lio tvHtfpn on tiRK!i r.nnpr.
' and the ess must be filled acain with
the Yankees, being careful that they
shouldu't get hold of the one with the j
message ir it. and then' work my way !
through tholr camp.
"When I told the general my plan he
wa3 much pleased with it. He wrote
his message -sLcd directed an aid t J
copy It with a flue pointed pen o i
tissue paper. Meanwhile I was draw-
Ing the meat from an egg. and when J
I got the message put It In through the ;
hole I had made and filled the rest of
; the space with sand. The aid went to
the store and got some plaster of paris,
we mixed a little of it with water,
stopped Vhe hole with it and filed U
smooth ifke the rest of the shell. I
don't mean that one looking for the
place we stopped couldn't find It. but
he would have to be looking for it to
do so.
"When we got it all flxel up T went
tut to the chicken house, gathered a
lot of fresh eggs and. putting them la '
a basket was ready to start. The aid
gave me a borse to ride and went wlt,b
ico to wit'iin about a mile of the Yan- '
kee pickets; then I dismounted and j
walked on, and the aid went back with
the horses.
"I felt mighty scared walking up the
pike to v. hore I knew the pickets were
on the edga of a wood extending across
the road. I couldn't see them, which
made it all the worse. But 1 went
right on till I saw a man with a gun
standing in the road ahead of me un
der some overhanging branches. I
wasn't much to Le afraid of. seeing
that I was only a girl, not quite six
teen years 0id. and my skirt wasn't any
lower.than my ankles.'!.
'
"She was pretty as a little peach."
Dawson interrupted.
I asked the man if he wanted to
buy any eggs. He called out the in
quiry in a laiy sort of way to some
one he called cap. and an officer got up
off the ground where he was leanin?
his back against a tree reading a news
paper and came toward me. 1 looked
at him. aud. seeing that be appeared
kind o' green"
"Cut that out," from Dawson, and
the rest all laughed.
"I held my basket up to him. and I
saw that he was thinking how good
those eggs .would taste boiled or fried
or scrambled. He took up one or two
of them, weighed them In his band
and put them down ngnin. Then he
got hold of the egg with the sand and
the message in it. and it didn't seem to
weigh just the same as the others, so
he held it up to the light to look .
through it If ever my heart really
stopped beating it did so then I
thought surely my trick would be dis
covered. 'Of course he couldn't see
through it, and he put it down, saying:
" 'There's a chicken in that one."
"You don't have to buy it.' I said,
putting It to one side. 'I don't be
lieve you'll find another like that I
don't se how it got in there. The rest
are fresh. I'm sure."
"He bought half a dozen eggs, which
was all be could take care of while on
duty, and I asked him to let me sell
the rest to the soldiers Inside the line.
He said the general had given orders
that citizens shouldn't be admitted be
yond the pickets, but I wheedled him
into letting me go Just a little way.
and after I had gone a little way I
went a little farther, selling my eggs
qs I passed along. I worked my way
to the other side of the camp, though
it was a long distance,, and I thought
I'd never get there. I put the egg with
the message in it as far down as I could
get it. though I was afraid I'd sell it
with the others by mistake, for I didn't
expect to find any one ns gullible as
the man who had seen the chicken
in it."
"Stop that!" said Dawson, and the
vets all laughed again.
"I'd been advised by the general that
I'd have a harder time getting out of
their camp than getting in there, and
I did. At least I took an awful risk.
When I reached the other sde I found
a picket line there just the same as
the side I had entered, for our troops
were north of them. I kind of thought
they wouldn't shoot a girl, so I just
walked out between two pickets as
though I didn't know any better. I
was ordered to halt, but I pretended
I didn't bear, or if I diifdidn't sup
pose the order was for me and went
right on, making for a clump of high
bushes abend of me. A picket fired at
me. but took good care to send the
ball far above my head. When I
reached the bushes t threw away nil
the eggs but the one with the message
In it nnd ran like a deer. There was
au occasional tree or bush or depres
sion In the ground behind which I
could screen myself, but I didn't stop
running on and dodglug wherever I
could find protection.
-I surely expected to be followed, but
I wasn't. 1 don't know why except
that I was nothing but n girk Any
nay, I got through all right aud kept
on until I came to the Confederate
pickets. Then I asked them to take
me to their commander.
"Now, pop, you'd better tell the rest"
So Dawson took it up.
"The force behind us was very small,
nnd unless the two Confederate forces
acted together they couldn't stand
against us. The liote Jackson sent to
t'.ie colonel commanding behind us was
for a simultaneous attack. It was
made, nnd we were knocked into a
cocked hat. I was wounded nnd taken
prisoner, and the first thing I knew I
was looking at the girl who had passed
through our camp. She looked at me
with a twinkle Iu her eye und said:
" 'Would you liko to buy some more
eggs?'
'She felt indebted to me for letting
her go through, and I was taken to her
father's house, aud she nursed me. I
was two months getting well, and they
say that if a girl can get a feller under
the same roof with her and she Is one
degree removed from a Gorgon she can
get"
"Cut that out." cried the old lady.
"There's not a word tf truth in it."
The boys laughed louder than ever tit
this, nnd all ogreed that there could be
no doubt that Dnwson had d'jue the
courting, as he should have done, and
was a mighty luky man to get such a
mart woman. Mrs. Dawson ct out a
small lunch, which wns washed down
with some of the same kind of stuJf
they all used during their campaigns.
Dawson brought out h!s sword nnd his
pistol and bis canteen and even his
uniform coat. The last named article
he tried to put on; but. his girth having
doubled since he was twenty-two -years
old. he couldn't button it within ten or
dozen inches.
At last the party broke up. the vets
greeing that if tbo Fedenl generals
had bad a corps of girls in their secret
tervlee like Mrs. Dawson the wnr
would have been ended in half the
time.
May 12 in American
History.
17SO Surrender of Charleston. S. C,
by General Benjamin Liucoin to
the British after an obstinate re
sistance. ISTO-Battlc at Raymond. Miss., result
ed la a tl:feat of the Confederates
by Grant' advance column.
iOlO-Battlesbip Kloridn, up to that
date the largest warship ever built
In America, was launched ut the
New Yorls nnvy yard.
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