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THE ROCK ISLAND ARGUS, MONDAY, OCTOBER 27, 19134
D tii:kargus:
Publuhed dAitr at. 1124 Seoud eve
Mu, Rork Island. III. (Entered at the
otfflc as second-clasa -matter.)
Hoc falaad MmWr t lb Aaavrtatcd
rrroe,
BV THE J. W. POTTER CO.
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rter. la Ro.k Island.
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b icida to the circulation department,
which should aUo b notified In every
Instance where It Is desired to have
paper disccntlnued. as carriers ha-. a no
authority In tha premUe.
A)! coiarcunl'.atiC'Da of argumentative
character, -political or rei:gious, mtist
have real nam attached for tubilca-
tlon. No s.:rh articles will be prtMel
ever flctiitaue utnaturrs.
Telephones la til "epartment. Ce
tral Ur.Joa. Rock Island 143. 1IS and
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Monday, October 27, 1913.
Eggs are'rosting 3 cents a dozen In
Jew York. Now is the time to be an
Actor.
Another life of usefulness cut short.
. A Sioux City fireman has inherited the
' title of tpunt and $4G0,0O0.
t'cngrefiationalists and Episcopali
ans never know how much worry they
ost the rneu who get up newspaper
(leads.
It nj- appears that, when Mr. Je
rome sa'd Mr. Thaw had been indicted
;in jew York, he merely spoke antici-i-atorlly.
.
And 'U National Association Op
vfcd to Woman Suffrage refuses to
welcome Mis. Pankhurtt as a co
worker: . j
.The Methodist' bishop w ho would i Hon. w ill be marked by a genuine out
abandon the Monroe doctrine may be ' pouring or gratitude to the Giver of
large on religion but he is shv en ' ver perfect gift Who lids so blessed
pat Holism.
A rather nat solution of the prob
lem w ould be Ui cut Mexico loose at 1
both ends. If w her out to deep wafer
and scuttle her "
. - j
The
Egyptians are eating loc'ists
fend
the Fre.jeh are eating snails.
iTheye are dark
ran beef trust.
days for the Amerl-
General Apathy has no chance what
ever in New York, w here McC'all,
Mltchel sad SuUer are hurling vitup
eration at each other.
Among the South American cannl
JJBnls reported to have-eatea an Oalo
Jinan alive there's a great future for
vegetarianism and nreless cookers.
Great Britain recognized Huerta in
the presence of a protest hy the I'nited
States. As -well might. this govern
prpent recognize the uprising In I'lster.
iKn't, blame the newspapers because
they print, about ence a week, a dis
patch saying that war has ended In
Fanto !omln.o. Each time !t Is a dif
ferent war.
Th new clerk of the United States
'supreme court, who started as a page
4K years ago, may tn the course of
another half century or so work his
wny up to a place on the bench.
, .lion't. say that corporations have no
roi ls. The Boston & Albany railroad
has graded its tracks at Weilesley so
:hat college girls who wenr tight
skirts.
can gel on and off the trains
easily.
"Women of the press," says a dls
. patch, "are divided on the merits of
tango." One half has danced it, per
haps, whil" the other half has only
looked on. The proof of the tango is
In the'dancing.
' Governor Blease says he wants
'"plenty of'good horse racing, chicken
fghtlcg and honest poker playing in
my state." Ry comparison with Gov
ernor Biease all those things would be
' very desirable.
Pittsburgh Is reported to be arrang
. lug the finances for a boom for Pbiian
t4r C. Knox tor the republican nomi
nation for tha presidency in 1916.
Pittsburgh's millionaires seem never
fjo be much concerned whether they
(et a run for their money or not.
H
fj Sir Rufus Isaacs. who has been adr
jolnted to the pos' of lord chief Jus
tjMce of England, hi the first of the
f Jewish nationality to hold this posi
tion. He is the second of his faith
Mo attain high place in Great Britain.
ftUa other having ben Disraeli, Lord
fileaconaiield. Queen Victoria's favorite
rj-remler.
U . . .
& HKARST BLTS AG4I.
William Randolph Hearst announced
n a sDech In New York tha other
'tilght that he la through with the
prensocratlc party. -that It is u'npatri
Stole, un progressiva and undemocratic,
n This la the second time Mr. Hearst
Lf as mad ilka announcement. In 1906
jje bolted because be said the party
lad gone over to the trusts. But the
Real reason was that it was evident
Hearst Mr. Bryan would be the can
didate f the parly for the presidency
na 1908, and Hearst was against Bryan
gjecapta the latter refused h support
jff Hearst's presidential candidacy in
H4. -, ,
U Ever since Woodrow. ' WiUon was
lven the democratic nomination for
president. Hearst has been opposing
3-im. That be has bov published his
JrpposUlon means that an enemy In the
I bmfr- i -tr the -own.-whtrbr is-were!;
' the precedent delights to have bis
enemies.
WILSO TAKRS SO VACATIO.
The return of the presidential fam
ily to Washington from Cornish re
minds that President Wilson baa had no
vacation. Durlts tha worst of the hot
spell La Washington he got away for
three days to visit his family and the
weather man ironically made these
days the best Washin?ton had all sum
mer. ,
The president stayed on the job bv
car.se he felt K to be his duty to set
an example to congress in responsi
bility and industry. Had the president
gone away from Washington he could
not in good countenance hare insisted
upon congressmen and senators re
maining there. He had to be differ
ent from the preacher, conscious of his
own limitations, who adjured his con
gregation not to do "as I do, hut as I
tell you to do." He had to set the ex
ample. And set 1t he did 'measuring
up to his duty.
His course, a leading republican
paper in the r.orthwest is gracious
enough to concede, has "helped to
confirm the body politic in the Im
trersion that it made no mistake in
1512 in estimating the quality of stuff
in the make-up of Woodrow Wilson."
"WORK WELL DOE."
In his Thanksgiving proclamation,
which was as beautiful a word picture
as a president ever presented to the
people. President WilBon pointed to
the cornucopia of abundance shower
ing its blessings upon mankind. Like
nil his public papers, this proclamation
is clothed in admirably fitting apparel j
w ith no phrase adornment to tickle the
fancy. President Wilson, has the un
usual faculty of being eloquent and
forcible as an artist in rhetoric with
out employing emotional, sentimental
or unnecessary words or figures of
(speech. In his Thanksgiving procla
mation the president makes it plain
that Thanksgiving day should be ob
served as a religious duty and priv
ilege. The last Thursday in November, If
observed in the spirit of the proclama-
us as a people.
President Wilson tells us not only
of our prosperity and our power, but
he summarizes the situation in these
ord:
"Tbe yea" '" brought us the satis-
faction of work well done, and fresh
visions of our duty which wiir make
the work of the future .better still
The St. Louis PoBt adds:
"Work well don the tariff law. I
"Work of the future currency bill '
and monopoly smashing. j
"Let us hope that the currency bill.
at least, will be shifted from "work off
uie iuiure to work well done' by
Thanksgiving day. It would increase
our grateful fervor."
OOVKJtlO J)l VK VS. (.OtKRXIR
M 4JOR.
When the governor of North Caro
lina met the governor of South Caro
lina he said:
"It's a long time letween drinks.'
When the governor of Missouri
nt'ets the present governor of Illinois
he will doubtless say:
"It's a long time be-ween links.
Let's go and have a round or two w-ith
Colonel Bogey."
No golf player will misinterpret this
remark as implying anything a'vtn to
the heavy lifting suggested in the re
mark of the Carolina governor.
The St. IjuIs Republic makes edi
torial announcement that Governor
Major "has yielded to the inevitable
and btcome a golf enthusiast." and
supplements this interest-riveting an
nouni.f nient with the information that
"he has enly been pla? ing 10 days, hut
already negotiates the nine-hole course
: at -lenVrscn City In GO."
Illinois finds a subtle challenge in
this announcement and the appended
information.
The governor of Illinois, obgerves
the Springfield Register, can negotiate
the nine-hole course in Springfield in
10 strokes less than that Iaimed by
the Republic for the executive of our
sister state. "But," says the Register
"we know the enthusiasm of the be
ginner. We know he feels be could
give Oulmet a pretty stiff gsme. Be
ing from Missouri, we are certain that
he has to be 'shown' that the governor
of Illinois can negotiate a 50, so we
suggest that the governors meet for
a match. And why not in Springfield?"
Without consulting Governor Dunne,
the State Register challenges Gover
nor Major to come and be "shown."
Colonel Bogey assures us he will make
things extremely interesting.
Fore!
As Kereane S'noa.
Shopping In Korea Is a very grave
and solemn task and occupies the mas
ter of the bouse the greater part of
the day. In tha market here he par
chases his provisions, cooking utenslis.
linen suits, bats, sandals, tobacco, and
the native drink, a liquor obtained
from fermented rice. Only one article
of the same kind Is purchased from a
single store. It would be aa offense
against Korean etiquette to bay a
dozen at a time, as this would de
plete the stock too quickly and give
the shopkeeper the trouble and work
of restocking before ba was ready! It
will therefore ba seen that wholesale
orders are not welcomed In th!s odd
country; "little and often" appears to
be the Golden Rale In baying WMe
World Magazine.
Out For a Dicker.
The old fashioned farmer, who liked
nothing more tbsn to dicker, bobs up
now and then to rob elbows with the
moderns. In a department store re
cently one of the old fashioned kind
anproaebed the elertc and required:
"flow much are joa aaklns for rub
ber toota today?"
Then, wbea ba waa told the price, ba
looked wise and queried:
"And bow much are yon gettin'?"
New Tork Globav
Capital Comment
BY CLYDE H. TA VENN EE .
Congressman frm tha Fourteenth District
j (Special Correspondence of The Argus.l
asntngton, ucu Za. l ue rang ngin
made by Andrew Furuseth. tie enius
oi tne seamen s
union, to end in
voluntary servitude
at sea, is almost
at an end. Nothing
but "success could
be the outcome of
a fight which for
patient persistence
is without parallel
in' the legislative
history of the Vnit
ed States. The
senate has put the
La Follette hill it
deserves to be call
ed the Furuseth
bill well on the
way to the statute
books. It is al
most the same bill
that the house
passed during the
CLYDE H.
TAVEMNER
last congress, and
there is little doubt that the house
will pass it again. The peonage 'in
which . the seafaring profession has
been held for a century and more is
at an end. Emancipation has come,
and the sailors of the world can thank
Andrew Furuseth.
As has been stated before in these
letters, involuntary servitude at sea is
a relic, a queer survival of the medie
val days of serfdom. Originally, the
laws of the high seas were progressive
In comparison with working conditions
in industries ashore. They offered to
serfs the means of escape from their
bondage. They were highly advan
tageous then to the sailors, for they
insured steady employment at set
wages, and imposed upon the masters
of vessels the duty of protecting their
employes in many ways.
But as is usual in matters of this
kind, the masters, who had power with
congresses and parliaments, managed
to throw off these responsibilities,
leaving the chains on the sailors. The
result is today that if a sailor escaping
intolerable conditions on board ship.
EDUCATIONAL NOTES
Detroit has appropriated $8,000 for
school dental inspection and clinics in
1913-J4.
In Wisconsin "2 towns have entered
a 'a'e-wlde social-center organization,
students at Hopkins academy, Had-
ley, Mass., learn to work concrete as
a regular part of their course in agri
culture. In a group of 25 boys taking "part
time" agricultural work in five agricul
tural schools in Massachusetts last
year, two earned more than $300 each,
twelve more than $200. and only three
less than $100, from their arm produce.
Notwithstanding the troubled con
ditions in Mexico, 167 new government
j schools for tAe native population have
been organized in the various states,
according to a statement on Latin
American republics in the annual re
port of the commissioner of education.
As a result of a vigorous corn cam
paign waged by the Philippine bureau
of education at Manila, there has been
a decided increase in t.he production of
corn, and a large decrease in the use
of r'.ce, formerly the chief article of
diet in the archipelago.
' High school pupils in eight Amer
ican cities spend a million and a half
dollars each school year for lunches.
The American Home Economics asso
ciation estimates that this amount,
spent for lunches outside of school,
will buy only - 81,000,000 calories In
"The Young Lady
i i
We asked the young lady across the way if she considered environment
an important Influence upon character and she said she thought it depended
stilt mora oa wKom tou asoeia4ad with.
leaves the vessel while. It is in an
American port or any other port, here
in the Vnited States the civil authori
ties must arrest the deserter as a
common criminal and throw him back
aboard his ship. He is bound until
the end of the voyage lor which he
signed. The economic result, leaving
aside injustices to individual sailors,
has been to reduce the standard of
wages on ships until Japs, Chinese,
Malays and other orientals are dis
placing white men on the decks of
merchant vessels. Knowing that sail
ors cannot desert, the vessel owners
recruit their crews 'where wages are
cheapest, and they are cheapest in ori
ental ports.
Biy: all these medieval prctices are
to be thrown aBide. to follow flogging
and other forms of corporal punish
ment at sea, which practices were abol
ished only a few years ago. The La
Follette bill ends them by a number
of important regulations:
Arrest for desertion is abolished.
Masters are henceforth forbidden to
withhold wages until the end of voy
ages and are also forbidden to ad
vance wages at the start of voyages.
This latter provision will free the sail
ors from the clutches of usurious
boarding house keepers w-ho throng
every principal port. The La Follette
bill also prescribes important sanitary
changes in the space allotted to fore
castles for crews, and in general im
proves the conditions of labor aboard
ship.
One of the' chief provisions of the
bill is that it requires every ship leav
ing an American port to carry a crew
GO per cent ofi which is composed of
men having the rating of able seamen.
The bill provides that an able seaman
must have had at least three years
experience on the deck of a vessel at
sea. This provision will have a pow
erful effect in increasing wages of
sailors. For if all the sailors having
the rating of able seamen strike for
higher wages it will be impossible for
the vessel owners to secure strike
breakers to operate the ships.
food value; whereas if spent in the
school lunch room, with itjs carefully
supervised menu, it will purchase the
equivalent of 178,000,000 calories.
Women students in American col
leges and universities will have a
chance to reveal their sentiments on
"International Peace." The Lake Mo
honk conference offers two prizes of
-$200 and $100, respectively, for the
best essays on the subject by under
graduate women stu den's in American
colleges. For men students there is a
prize of $100 for an essay on "Inter
national Arbitration."
Comparisons based on a butter
scoring contest so aroused the citizens
of Rome, S. C, that they have erected
a diary barn and milk room on tne
grounds of the local school. In order
t,hat the children may learn dairying
as a regular part of their school work.
Accommodations have been provided
or five cows. Boys and girls of the
7th and the 8th grades are studying
the best methods of dairying under
the direction of an extension worker
from Clemson Agricultural college.
While There's Life
Mrs. Matchem Forty years old, Mr.
Singleton, and never been married.
Dear me!. But surely you have not
given up all hope? Singleton No, in
deed! I hope I am- safe for another
forty years, anyway. Boston Tran
script. ,
Across the Way
i
. SVv .!,.
HENRT HOWMND
Every atom tn extitence ha (Its special
use, they say:
There ia nothing-, from tha m mntaln to
the amalleat Dlnch of clan.
That ia not tn some way necdoSito make
up the splendid whole. i
till. I've often doubted this t l
Whan I-v seen a gentle mlsrfl
With a noae that was dlsflgd by a
dark, obtruslra mole. : (
Thera la nothing, absolutely nod a- solitary
thing.
That is not In some way useful In tha
final reckoning;
The bothersome mnaqulto maytmme time.
somewhere, nomehow. . (
Serve mankind In auch a way I
As to earn the right to stray !
In contentment where it neve-4 finds a
hearty welcome now. .
Every weed and every splinter has a spe
cial purpose here.
Though that purpose may at prerant not
be adequately clear;
There's a reaaon for each atom; Uhat la
underneath th? sky, 1
But that fart brlnga little cheer
0"o the man whoae path Is dreas ?
For the reason that an atom har8 found.
lodgment In his eye.
U
NION. J
CANDID OPI
D OPINION, jj
The varnish Is Boon worn fmtra the
railing in fronf of the bar, butdhurch
pews seldom need repairing.
It isn't always the man thetlives
longest who lives mo-st. s . --
A bad man gets vast credit foij doing
. . . . . . . . J ..
1 .1.1..-. . t I . 1 J I A A
have noticed If the doer had bam de- I
cent.
When a baby girl is born she sllonce
begins to yell for clothes and sla nev
er gets over the habit. j
MTi en a man has difficulty in finding
a chance to propose he can mate up
his mind that the girl doesn't I want
him.
-
The business Instinct frequjmtly
takes the form of an easy conserve. .
EFUL WORLD. 1 1
THIS WOEFU
"Some people."
sighed the disap
pointed one, ("are
so lucky that, it
seems as If hhey
simply can't (tyse,
no matter tvtiat
happens." t
"And still i the
people who lose," said the amateur
philosopher, "are not always happa 4 I
know a fat woman who would Ilka f to
lose about sixty pounds and can'tyjuid
It makes ber bopping mad every tne
she thinks ot it."
.HI-
Spreading Happiness
"I have but one rule that I follow
absolutely In this life, and that lsto
make other people as happy as possi
ble." J
"Well," she replied, "yem oughtjto
be gratified, then, at What I heard) a
young lady say the other day." , .
"What was that?" j '
"She said that whenever she later
yea dancing ahe bad to laugh." ' .
Gratified Ambition. !
"Yes," said Mrs. Bcaddslelgh. afler
tha happy onea bad said good-hy acid
started on their wedding tour, -"It has
always been by wish to have BeJla
marry a man whom she could looklxp
to. I think she has done so." J
"Anyone can see that she bas,"lne
plled ber dear friend. .
"Thank you so much, Harriet." ' '
"He must be at least six feet(uT
1
No Wonder 6he Wen Him. l
"I wonder why be ever msrrliid
her?" i
' "l understand It was becsuse wHll
charitably disposed once he made pa
engagement to take her somewhere!'
"And did she proceed on Us
streegth. of that to rcpe him In?" j
"No. She waa ready when tha Una
came to start." i
it
The Climbers.
Hew few would taste tha bitter cup.
How few would fret or algh or frowit
If DC man tried while climbing up ,
Te push soma ecber climber down, j
A Concession. "
'My wife refused to recite the vsuat
speeches in the mnrrb.p nrmn.
i t -
aald the worried looking man. 'j 1 t"Uon tT one rol,,- keeping my eye
"That showed originality " Wnoe,, ToT policemen. The policemen
"Yes. But It hasn't prevented bef bt,0',C,I5ff tus ,ow been notJ
from allowing the lawyer to use tha Be ot tb" P0,lb,e presence of the
customary phraseology In applying foe I crtmiwi "nrt m,lf'h better fixed
allmonr." iTajrhlnston Sta- I10 uke Blm ,f he w" there than one
The. Daily Story
TWO MASQUERADING COPS -BY RYLAND BELL.
Copyrighted, 1S13, by As--.V.tecl Literary Kurou.
wnen I was ft roundsman at Arllng- f
tonr I was sitting down to breakfast
one morning when there came a hurry I
call for me to report at once nt the
station. I found two or three othet
roundsmen .there.. listening attentively
to Inspector Harker, who was giving
them instructions.'
"Hello. Blaney!"-he said as soon as
he saw me. "I want you. . Come here
and listen to a statement of a case we
have on hand." -
I joined the row In front of the
desk, and the inspector continued:
"This morning an old man named
Hennessy, who keeps a little store at
92 Union street, went to his place of
business at C o'clock as nsual to open
up. lie Kept no cierii. aomg every
thing himself. About half :in hour
after be entered the store a policeman
in onlform was seen ta come out of
it. The person who saw the cop was
on his way to Hennessy's store to buy j
some coffee for breakfast He found
the storekeeper lying dead, shot
through the" head, bofore a little open
safe In which be kept his funds.
"The man who made the discovery
ran out for a policeman and met
"THERE Hit IS. HELP ME TO BUN HIM IS."
O'Neill, who went back to the store
with him. aud at once sent in n report
of the occurrence. What money had
been taken from the safe Is not known.
1 ,u e " can t ten
His how much was there.
"The queries are: Who was the police-
man who came out of the store after
'.he murder? Was he one of our force?
If so. was he tho murderer? Had he
ado'pted a policeman's uniform to en
able him to escape detection? Is he
or has he been a policeman in another.
town who has gone to tho tad?
"We have no time to lose, because
there is a hone that we can pet him
lX'foro lie can take off his uniform and
prtt on citizen's clothes. I think that if
I were in his place I would try to get
out of town ns a policeman. He would
run some ftsk in taking off his uniform
before doing so, since should we find
it we could workfrom it to its owner,
or rather to the man who had worn it,
whereas If the murderer could get he:
yond our bailiwick it would be much
easier to get It off and conceal It."
That was Just like Harker. He al
ways began a hunt for a criminal by
'going over the ground Just as if he was
the criminal himself. But Harker used
to" say that what was most HUely to
throw him oU the trnck was some fool
ish move on the part of the fugitive.
"I shall work on two theories." be
continued "the one that he remains
for the present In town, the other that
he tries to get away in uniform. You
men will be used to work on the latter
theory. You have one advantage you
can hurry, while the murderer can't.
Haste would give htm away. I shall
give each of you so many degrees of
the circumference of our town limits
and trust to your perceptive faculties
to spot the man."
He gave ns our positions, and each
man made his way to where he was
to go by the quickest possible men as.
some going by trolley, some on horse
back, and some In hacks hired for the
purpose. I was assigned to a section
where our own city limits met those of
the neighboring town of Burtonvllle,
the two towns being built up contin
uously. I took a trolley car and got
out at the end of the route, and a few
steps took me into Burtonvllle.
The uniforms of. the po"ce of the
two town,s were alike or so nearly
alike that there was not enough differ
ence to act upon. This was both an
advantage and a disadvantage to ns.
We need not be recognlred as Arling
ton policemen, but the man we were
after cobld not be detected wearing
our uniform. Indeed, we did not know
whst special uniform he wore, except
thst It was n policeman's.
I was but one of some twenty men
who were covering the around, and
there was but one chance in twenty,
if the criminal was captured at all,
that I would run across blm. Conse
quently there was nil;hty little chance
of my doing the job. But I kept my
attention fixed upon 1 Just as keen as
If I knew my man was within reach.
There were two main thoroughfares
tl oortOIll," lenuing irom me trolley
I ' towara the railroad station.
: Dont n yna. walked to tho
;
of Anlinston. because trey- knew tSolr-
own n"'. I said nothing jibout the
matter to those I mot. confining my nt-
leiumu hi meeting a poncemsn wuo
by some bit of nervousness would give
himself away.
Not meeting any suspicions person on
my way to the st.ttion. I walked back
by the other thoroughfare, whirh wns
much less frequented than tin first
Meeting a cop. 1 asked him what was
the hour for change of the force on
! duty. lie told me that he was theu
j expecting every moment to he relieved.
I continued my way back toward, the
trolley stables and was waikinjr slowlv
along whea 1 saw a policeman coming.
Some of us fellows of the police
have a way when walking along, espe
cially when entering upon our term of
routine duty, of throwing our sticks
outward, drawing them back by tho
throng that attaches them to the wrist
and catching them. The man coming
toward me was doing this. That fel
low, i remarket to myseir. wnatever
else he is. is a cop., ne Is throwlns
his stick like a policeman and catching
It as if he had been doing the trick
all his life.
When we met I nodded to him. look
ing him over carefully, as I did every
cop-1 passed, for anything that might
give away the man I was after. There
was nothing ifl his uniform, notbins
iu his walk, which had the elasticity of
a man just going on duty.- contrasting
with that of one just going off duty.
But there is one telltale feature thnt
cannot well he covered, though I have
known many persons to do so with
marked success. I refer to the eye. It
Is usually a sure indicator. It Is the
feature on which one fighting for his
life keeps his own eye flxed without
a moment's removal. The man I met
looked me in the eye. I looked him in
the eye and saw in It an uneasiness
that was In strong contrast with his
careless walk and otherwise confident
appearance.
While there1 was not enough in this
to warrant my assuming that he had
an uneasy conscience, it was sufficient
to Induce investigation. I stopped foi
a bit of chat.
"Just going on?" I asked.
"Yes," he replied. "Are you?"
Here was n probable giveaway. 1
knew by sight every person connected
with the police department of Arling
ton, and this man should have known
those of Burtonvllle.
"Let me see." I said. "I don't ex
actly place you. . Haven't you recently
come on the force?"
He saw danger in the question, and
I saw dread in that telltale eye of his.
"Not so very recently. I've been
mostly on night duty."
"That's the duty I've heen on." 1
said, in order to push him further.
."It's singular thnt I haven't ever seen
you at the station."
"It is queer we haven't met." he half
stammered. "But I must go on. I'm
a bit behind time -vnrt have some dis
tance to walk."
"I'll' go. with you," I snid. "I'm nn
sfitislied at seeing a man on the fores
thnt I never saw before. I'm going to
investigate you."
No will power could keep the blood
in the hum's face when he saw that
he was in imminent danger of being
exposed as masquerading in the Bur
touviile police force, to which he did
not belong, for this would almost aure
ly connect him with something worse.
But he pulled himself together, saying
that I was welcome to investigate hi in
ns much as I liked.
He walked beside mo sullenly. I did
not Jump at n conclusion that he was
my quarry, but I believed there was a
fair chance of it. At the same time I
didn't caro to place myself in a ridicu
lous positlou by making a mistake.
"How do I know," be said presently,
"thnt you ace a member of the force?
I've never seen yon before.".
"Yon'l! find that out" I replied,
"when we meet a policeman."
Suddenly the man sterped to the
curb and began to rap on It with his
stick. A cop came hurrying toward
us, and my companion said to blm:
"I'm an Arlington policeman, after a
man who Is wanted for masquerading
.as a member of your force. There ha
Is. Help me to run him in."
It was a desperate game to play, but
he bad no other. It,conilrmed my be
lief that I bad got the man I was
after, and I did not worry ns to the
resnlt. The Burtonvllle man looked 'us
both over, then ssld to me:
"I've been ordered to look out for
you myself. Come along."
"Not without my accuser." I said.
The refll criminal's eyes were dart
Ins alout for sunie method of escape.
He put his hand to his hip. but took
It away. I watched him close! r in or
der to be ready t shoot first if there
was any shooting to be done.
The Burtonvllle cop sctt'ed the mat
ter by rapping for assistance, nnd
when It came we two strangers were
taken to the station and held till flar
ker came nut in the police bnstry and
set the Burtonvllle authorities riit as
to my Identity,
The mnn I had encountered was tak
en to Arlington, where he whs ques
tioned and cross questioned till a con
fession was wrung from him. He was
tried and sefTored fur his crime.
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