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xIIE ROCK ISLAND ARGUS, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER t, 1913.
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THE ARGUS.
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nue. Rock Island, 111. (Entered at the
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Pre.
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character, political or religious, mutt
have real nam attached for publlca
tlon. No euch articlea will be printed
over fictitious signatures.
Telephones In all departments. Cen
tral Union, Rock Island 145. U4i and
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these Institutions to become a buffer
for politicians. He has made "effi
ciency" his rule and guide of action in
dealing with the penal and reforma
tory Institutions of the state. ;
His determination to prevent atrocl-j
ties at Pontiac. his interest in having
acomplete exposure made of conditions
that have existed there, and his de-1
termination to correct these evils and
substitute humane for barbarous:
methods, shows the light kind of in
terest. All this proves that his pur
pose is patriotic and not political; that
he is opposed to exploitation of the
wards of the state for political pur
poses. So far as politics has entered Into
the changes in state Institutions, all
democrats named have been selected
as measured by their qualifications to
Improve conditions over which they
have been given jurisdiction.
In earning out his Hedges to fortify
the t'.tte institutions against political
jobber' and abuse, Governor Dunne has
the hearty cooperation of the people of
tic entire state.
Capital Comment
BY CLYDE H. TAVENNER
Congressman frem tht Fourteenth District.
TB ADCS ffig?J COUNCIL JO
Tuesday, November 4, 1913.
It's fairly appalling to think what a
superb chief clerk of a board of elec
tions is going to waste in Vlctoriano
Huena.
THE (EMHAL BMK PLAX.
Frank A. Vanderllp, president of the
City National bank o! New York (the
Rockefeller bank), made a speech in
Chicago last week in which he insisted
that his central bank plan of currency
should be adopted by congress, but
feared it would not be because Presi
dent Wilson firmly opposed it, and the
house would not recede from the Giass-
j Owen administration plan because the
There are a lot of American and Na-i central bank was disapproved by the
tloual league players who win either
have to pay the Income tax or make
admission.
H cost a Boston man $'0,ono to call
a girl his "booful baby" in black and
white, books as If It's about time to
try jail sentences.
A careful perusal of the Massachu
setts newspapers leads to the conclu
sion that four men will be elected gov
ernor of that state.
i l laliy are the complications oi oo-
4 nestle life increasing.
An eastern
s ruled tnat nusuana una
e no right to open each oth
ers letters.
CLYDE H.
TAVENNER
Vludge has
1 -wives hav
A New Orleans man. getting tip in
the middle of the ninnt, drank yeast
instead of wa'er. lie undoubtedly
rose at leant two hours earlier than,
usual the uxt morning.
As Mrs. Pankhurst minimizes the
distressing effects of militant sufrag
laru it la to be supposed that so far her
house has not been burned or any of
her plate glaas windows broken.
Adolphus Buach was thoroughly
American, despite his German birth
and lineaa. fto he cut off his German
sou In law. Lieutenant. Kcharer from
any ahare In 'he big estate, if his wife
should die.
Knraged at the high cost of living, a
Boston man w-recked a restaurant.
smashing the tables, dishes and win
dows, lie said he paid 42 cents for a
plate of baked beans and only got 42.
Tq ci t down any Boston man's beans
ta pretty nearly a declaration of war.
PRfe:IUKT RKtUK THK HIHI K.
Woodrow Wilson writes as follows
in the Pacific Baptist :
"1 am sorry for the men who do not
read the bible every day; I wonder
why they depriv themselves of the
strength and of the pleasure. It ta one
of trt most, singular books in the
v or.d, for every time you open it,
some old text that you have read a
score of times suddenly beams with a
democratic national convention
Baltimore.
Mr. Yanderlip made an appeal for
popular support of the central bank
and for pressure to be brought upou
congress in Its behalf. He asserts that
the intellectual sentiment of the sen
ate is in favor of the plan, but for po
litical reasons does not care to dras
tically antagonize the house and the
president.
Mr. Vnndtrlip's anxiety for the adop
tion of lils central bank plan is similar
to the unxMy exhibited by Nicholas
Biddle. during the administration of
President Jackson, to retain control of
tho currency of the country through
his central bank plan of that day.
Mr. Biddle, who was a "financial
magnate" like Mr. Vanderllp, went so
for as to threaten President Jackson
with the overthrow of his administra
tion and defeat for re-election, if he
vetoed the bill to re-charter the cen
tral bank which he, Mr. Biddle, had se
cured the passage of.
President Jackson defied the finan
cial magnate and his allied bankers to
do their w orst. He vetoed the bill, and
made a ringing appeal to the people
for support.
The people responded and re-elected
"Old Hickory" by a heavy majority.
The democratic party has been con
sistently and persistently opposed to
every central bank plan since the days
of Andrew Jackson, and it is not like
ly that any pressure that Mr. Vander
llp can secure will avail to alter th'e
views of the democrats on the subject
President Wilson lias thown that he
is as firmly opposed to the central
bank plan as Andrew Jackson was.
Like Jackson, he cannot be scared by
the loud cries of financial magnates or
their threats of securing his political
annihilation. He indorsed the demo
cratic national platform when it was
adopted, believes In its declarations,
an 1 proposes to vitalize and maintain
th.im as far as possible.
Mr. Vanderlip is wasting his valua
ble time in trying to force upon the
country his central bank plan. The
people shall rule, not .he financial
magnates!
BY CONGRESSMAN CLYDE H. TAV
ENNER.
(Special Correspondence of The Argus.)
Washington. D. C, 'Nov. 1- Govern
ment ownership of the telegraph and
possibly the tele
phone will soon re
ceive serious dis
cussion in con
gress. It is argued
that the govern
ment Is in a posi
tion to operate
both telegraph and
telephone at a
much less cost
than private com
panies; that it
would save the
rent private com
panies are paying
for its 23,000 of
fices by having
these stations In
the postoffices;
that the telegrams
could be deliver
ed by messenger
boys already em
ployed by the special delivery depart
ment of the postofflce.
The telegraph companies are capi
talized at $200,000,000. It is claimed
that only $50,000,000 of this sum rep
resents actual value, and that the
lines could he duplicated new for
probably $20,000,000.
To pay dividends on this estimated
$150.0(0,000 of watered stock, it is ob
vious the companies must either hold
wages abnormally low or raise rates
artificially high. They are doing
both.
The great indictment to he brought
against the private telegraph monopoly
of this country is that it fails to serve
the public The American people have
no idea of the possibilities of the tele
graph how it is possible to cheapen
the service eo that it can be used eco
nomically by everyone for social com
munication. IX JHK HURT OP BIRD.
Have you noticed, Mr. Reader, that
the crows in your neighborhood have
been unusually noisy and jubilant the
past few days?
Perhaps you do not know the rea
son. For several weeks Mr. and Mrs.
Crow, and the large family of little
crows, have been n trial for their
lives befors the court of birds la Wash
ington. Tes, there really is such a
court. It is composed of high-salaried
judges who hear all the evidence and
then decide whether the bird defend
ants shall he exterminated or permit
ted to live out their natural lives.
Some time ago charges were official
ly filed against the crow family be
fore the court of birds of the depart
ment of agriculture, and the crow was
officially placed on trial for his life.
A verdict of "not guilty" was returned.
From the minute study of the con
tents of the stomachs of a large num
ber of the birds the court concludes
that the crow consumes enough grass
hoppers, cutworms, white grubs and
other injurious Insects to offset his
one vicious habit, that of destroying
young birds and bird eggs, i ne one
positive danger these investigators
found in the crow was when he ex
isted iu large numbers. "
RAII.KOAD4 WAST MOKK PAY.
The railroads, in their present cam
paign for more pay for hauling the
mails. have neglected to inform the
public that In addition to the pay they
receive from Uncle Sam for hauling
the mails, they are also paid several
millions annually merely for the
"rental'' of the mail cars.
The sum w hich the government very
generously pavs the railroadg for ren
I tal alone in two years would buy the
cars outright.
There is no more reason why the
government should pay rent for mail
cars, in addition to the pay fr tne
hauling of the mails, than that the
passenger should pay for a seat in a
passenger coach after buying bis rail
road ticket
The government should not deal in
a niggardly fashion with the railroads
or any other concern or individual
with whom it does business.
The railroads should be permitted
to make a sufficient income to pay
high wages to its employes and to
make a high rate of interest on money
actually invested: but the railroads
have no right to expect the govern
ment or the people to pay exorbitant
rates simply to enable them "to pay
dividends on the millions of dollars of
railroad capitalization which repre
sents only water and air.
HENRY HOWLAND
C
arm
DAY
Pretty little maiden, yesterday a child.
Free frr-m affectation, merely running i
wild;
Kicking up and laughing, climbing fences.
too
What a lot of changes hava come over
you!
Pretty little maiden, guileless in your
glee.
Yesterday you lightly sat upon my knee;
Yesterday you kissed me when I went
away;
have found a woman In your place today.
I; now lets talk of something else."
Jack And then Tom Then well,
we talked of something e:se. Boston
Transcript.
HITTING THE1 RICH MAX.
The law which marked the start of
the income tax In this country, the
new meaning fcvldeutly the mood and , corporation tax law of 1!U9. subjected
the thought of that day. bred by the I every corporation. Joint stock company
circumstances that you cannot analyze
has suddenly thrown its light upon
that page and upon that passage, ana
there springs out upon the page to you
aouiething that you never saw lie upon
It betore. TNere is no other book that
1 know of. of which this is true; there
la no other book that yields i s mean
ing so personally, that seems to fit it
self so intimately to the very spirit
Hat is seeking its guidance."
4 ODE TO TIIK t (SHUT.
Why does no poet arise to sing the
song of the carrot? The Cleveland
Plain Dealer asks the question and
then proceeds to furnish the poem.
or association to a tax of 1 per cent
"upon the entire net income over and
above $5.0(K) received by it from all
sources during such year, exclusive of
amounts received by It as dividends
upon slock of other corporations sub
ject to the tax hereby imposed."
save the corporation from paying a
riuuhie tax that on its own earnings
and that on dividends of another cor
poration already" taxed on its net earn
ing. The democratic administration show
ed no such leu'-eney. It doubled the
tax. knock nc cut not only the $5,000
exemption, but the provision exempt-
Ths ia the carrot season, the time of i aK amounts received irom diviaenus
harvesting the hardest worked veeta j UPU ,0, k of otner corporations. Here
WIRE SPARKS )
Washington Secretary McAdoo has
awarded gold medals of honor to 1C
members of the life-saving service for
bravery at the wreck of the steamer
Rosecrans at the mouth of the Colum
bia river.
Washington The overcoat that Lin
coln wore the night he was shot in
Ford's theatre is in possession of John
M. Kirby of this city. After the death
of Lincoln his clothes were used by a
sculptress who made the statue that
now stands in Statuary hall. It was
not known what became of the over
coat until Mr. Kirby made public the
fact that he had the garment.
Madrid A firing squad of troops ex
ecuted Captain Manuel Sanchez, an
army officer found guilty of the mur
der of Don Garcia Jalon, a land own
er. The confession of Luisa Sanchez,
said to be Sanchez's daughter, who
was sentenced to 12 years' imprison
ment as his accomplice, brought about
his conviction. Jalon was lured to a
flat and slain after he won $1,000 in a
card game.
Washington Secretary Daniels
nounced that the question whether the
great naval-dry dock at Pearl harbor,
Hawaii, should be completed would he
submitted to congress in December
Columbus, Ohio Governor Cox
granted a reprieve until Dec. 13 to
Frank Kinney, sentenced to be elec
trocuted Nov. 0. Kinney's plea for
commutement of sentence is before
the pardon board.
South Bend, Ind. Attempts were
made to unravel the mystery in the
suicide of Edwin P. Alien of Chicago
at the Oliver hotel. His brother,
Charles D. Allen, who arrived to care
for the body, said the decedent was
liberally supplied with money. The
body will be taken to St. Clair, N. Y
Dallas, Texas Mrs. Ellie M. Lake,
a widow, held as an accessory in the
murder of Miss Florence Brown on as
sertions made by Meade Bair, who
confessed the killing, denied she had
any knowledge of the crime. She at
tributed Barr's attempt to implicate
her to revenge for her refusal to ac
cept his advances.
hie. in the kingdom. Much is said iu
favor of .the plethoric pumpkin, the
gathering of corn is a commonplace
theme, but the poor carrot ba btu
neglected, yea, even scorned.
For diversity of use. the carrot has
pumpkin and corn hacked over the gar
den wall. Men fd carrots to cattle.
Increasing the daily ou'put; they feed
them to other stock sometimes, im
proving its temper. A carrot, artifi
jially hollowed with a knife, makes au
excellent Japanese va. Sufficiently
hardened by harsh contact with the
world, a carrot may be ued for a
weapon, either operated l'Ve a mallet
with a hanule or hurled like a Russian
bomb.
Carrots are sometimes even ued for
food by human beiugs. They are a
chief Ingredient in vegetable soup.
Mixed with butter they improve its
kr. They make better pumpkin pie
than pumpkins themselves. Served as
hubbard squash, they make one won
der why squashes were invented.
The answer to the high cost of liv
ing cry is carrots. Johnson had his
Boewell; whom will the carrot hake?
"The Young Lady Across the Way"
The Daily Story
i AN IMAGINARY FEAST BY CLARISSA MACKIE.
Copyrighted. I91S. by Associated Literary Bureau.
Now your legs are hidden and you shout
no more;
You're a helplea creature you ao lithe
before:
You must be assisted where you used te
climb.
You must guard your actions gravely all
the time.
You hava loat the freedom of the care
less child:
You no more may aver gallop, glad and
wild:
Wholly artificial, you must lace and frls
And be cold and proper what a shams
It la:
They had started out In lack Hen
shaw's cabined launch for a cruise
among the Islands, with duck shooting
as their object. It was a fair day in
November, with an Indian summer
warmth th.it did not bint of a sudden
change In the weather. There were six
In the party Frank Care- an his
wife. Mr. and Mrs. Bob Hajden and
pretty Phyllis Hay den. and Jack Hen
sbavr. The three women occupied the
cablu of the launch, and the men made
themselves comfortable with blankets
and sailcloth on deck.
The first day bad passed unevent
fully, without even a shot at a duck.
The second passed likewise, and the
third dawned In the same glow of am
ber haze and rudJy sun.
"It looks very much as though we
would have to return without those
promised ducks for Thanksgiving
day." observed Jack restlessly as he
took the wheel after breakfast.
"If it would blow up a bit colder we
might bag a few today. If my pro
phetic instinct serves me right those
clouds yonder look like wind and
rain.' Bob Hayden puffed out a cloud
Luck.
"Well, I'm convinced that It's an
111 wind that blows good to nobody."
"What has caused you to arrive at
your present opinion?"
"You know the Billingers?"
"You mean Horace Billlnger, who
recently got so badly squeezed In the
Stock market?"
"Yes. You see, we lived next door
to the Billingers for a number of
years. Since they have lost their
money and been compelled to give'up
their automobiles and discharge most
of their servants, and in other ways
get along on as little as possible, my
wife has found that we can live on
much less than It formerly cost us."
HIM.
Jack and JNI on the Matrlmonla
Jack and Jill went up the hill
T'je hill of matrimony;
Wl.le they were on the upward way
Bhe waa his "ownest ovrney."
He helped her where the path waa rough,
Bhe atlll was young and slender;
Hta word a were never ehort or gruff.
His every act waa tender.
At lest they reached the top, and there
A little while they tarried:
A preacher aald things, and the pair
Were then securely married.
Aa anon aa they found out that all
Their wooing had been ended
They hastily went down the hill.
And fought as they descended.
is the provision of the new law
m m e jne normal tax herein
before imposed (the normal tax la 1
per rent) upon Individuals likewise
shall be levied, assessed and paid an
nually upon the entire net Income aris
ing or accruing from all sources during
the preceding calendar year to every
corporation, joint stock company or as
sociation and every insurance com
pany organized in the United States,
no matter how created or organized,
not including the partnerships."
This section reaches the holding com
pany, offensive in the eyes of everyone
except those havrng stock in it. In
taxing the same money every time It
sbos itself as profit, the democratic
congress clearly intended to use the
tax'.cg power to bring about the de
struction of trusts and holding com-r-anies
GOVCR.IOB DIMSC AND PKMI. I
STITl 1U5.
It Is Insinuated by some of the crit
ic of Governor Dunte that partisan
politics entered "argeiy into the Pon
tiac reformatory inquiry and report.
There U no ground for et ch an in
sinuation. From the inception of his
I axtminutxaoon ine governor nas eaten
a keen Interest in these institutions.
Vile bag repeatedly refused to allow
Ncgi's Narva Tonic.
Having been dedicated to the pro
fession of arms. General Nogi was
! taken, while etilka small boy, to see a
criminal decapitated and was rebuked
ror snuddering at the spectacle. After
nightfall, when all was darkness and
silence, he was required to go alone to
the burial ground and bring back the
culprit's bead. The ordeal was de
signed to strengthen his nerves and
leach him to fear nothing, Lving or
dead. Francis E. Leupp in Atlantic.
Neatly Turned.
Jack I hear that you called on your
girl's father. How did you come out?
Tom So so! I said to him. "Mr. 3C, I
love your daughter.
fcLJlm A
Couldn't Overlook the Chance.
"Alas, the leaves are gleaming
golden In the sun," said the rich old
maid who sometimes wrote poetry.
"Speaking of things golden in the
sun," replied her impecunious neph
ew, "don't forget that, having no
son of your own, there is one whose
affection for you could be no stronger
than It is if you were really his moth
er. Need I say more?"
The young lady across the way says she overheard her father say that
one of his friends was somewhat too tnnrh arfriirteri tn hihnloaitv hnf for
He aa'd, "So da j her part she didn't tfclnk a person could read tie bible too much.
Easy. .
"Captain," the beautiful girl asked,
"how did vou manage to ston that
Central American revolution?"
"It waa very simple," replied the
naval hero. "I sent six marines ashore
with orders to disperse the revolu
tionary army, and wthen it saw them
coming it jumped on a mule and hur
ried into an adjoining republic."
Justifiable Hate.
"I should hate to live after all my
friends were dead."
"I don't blame you. It's always hard
to borrow money from strangers."
They Are Wrong.
Too many people seem to think
good nature exists only to be Imposed
upon.
Pride.
Nothing makes a woman prouder
than to find out that she had a gov
erness when she waa a child.
The Point ef View.
Bhe They have been married
tan years and act like lovers yet
He Heavens, how sickening!
for
If He Has No Wife.
Fata generally gets the blame for
arhax is a man's own fault.
Crushed.
"Miss Gladys, can you cook?" in
quired the prospective suitor cau
"1 can, ' she answered sweetly, "but
tke young man I am engaged to as
sures me that I won't have to." Kan-
u-s City Journal.
of smoke and leaned laxiiy over the
rail.
"I hope it doesn't storm. If we don't
hurry we won't get back to Cromore In
time for dinner tomorrow," said bis
wife.
"What's the matter with Thanksgiv
ing dinner aboard the Nautilus?" asked
her owner.
"It would be perfectly lovely, of
course, only you know k couldn't seem
like a real Thanksgiving feast Every
thing is tinned or bottled. All the
Thanksgivings 1 ever remember are
accompanied by the aroma of delicious
goodies cooking in the kitchen.''
"Enough said." returned Jack grim
ly. "You spurn my Invitation to din
ner: therefore It Is up to me to turn
and beat it for Cromore. We will
have barely time to make It before
nightfall."
They might have done so easily had
not those threatening clouds gradually
massed toward the zenith and slowly
covered tha rest of the blue sky. Then
came a thick blanketing fog that blot
ted out the world and left them, iso
lated In a dense white world of drip
ping moisture.
There was consternation aboard the
Xautilus after that. Those November
fogs were very deceiving, and It might
be many hours, perhaps days, before
the mist lifted. If they could keep In
the winding channel among the islands
they would be all right but If they
missed their way and nosed around
outside In the track of the big steam
ers there was no kuowing what would
be the fate of the little craft and her
passengers.
They anchored for awhile, and then,
impatient of the delay that would pre
vent them from arriving home In time
for Thanksgiving dinner, they started
out again, feeling their way. Jack
Hensuaw at the wheel and Frank
Carevr blowing the siren at Intervals.
Bob Hayden and the three women re
mained in the cabin and played bridge
by tin light of the lamp. It was very
cheerful In there, away from the fog.
Jck Henshaw stared at the lighted
windows of the cabin and thought
rather ruefully that bis task would be
more attractive if Phyllis Hayden
would come out and share his turn at
the wheel.
The little Nautilus felt ber way
among the bidden rocks in the chan
nel that snaked among the little islands,
and it seemed that hours passed be
fore the fog thinned sufficiently for
theiu to glimpse the dark bulk of an
island near at hand.
With the lifting of the fog. which
was driven before a nasty easterly
wind, the channel became unpleasantly
choppy, changing to dashing waves as
the wind Increased.
While they debated whether to go on
or to make an anchorage among the
islands their fate was decided for
them. A big jvave rushed along the
narrow channel, lifted the Nautilus
upon its crest and sent ber crashing
upon the rocks of the nearest Island,
where she wedged tightly between two
bowlders.
It all came so suddenly tbnt the
duck hunters hardly realized what bad
happened before Jack Henshaw bustled
them ashore with their belongings.
"She's sprung a leak, a big hole In
her port bow. We can't. do a thins;
except to carry a couple of lines ashore
and fasten them to some of those large
cedara "
He was hurrying them ashore with
their burdens of hastily snatched
clothing and bedding. He followed
with all the provisions be could gather
and later sent the small oil stove from
the galley. By scrambling over the
slippery rocks they could reach the
firm white beach where ancient cedars
fringed the foot of the saud bluffs.
Here the women waited while the
three men made the Nautilus fast In
her cradle among the rocks Id the
manner suggested by Jack. When all
was completed the six pleasure seek
ers gathered ruefully about their pos
sessions. Goodby. Thanksgiving dinner! said
Carew in n hollow tone.
"And nolKMlv knows how soon we
mny get to cromore tor auy meals,"
added Mrs. Carew mournfully.
Phyllis Hayden and Jack Henshaw
exchanged glances of amusement. To
them the adventure savored of ro
mance. To be cast away upon a des
ert island was a novel experience
enough, but to be cast away to
gether, these two. who were in love
with each other, made that island a
paradise.
"Ah. you're a cheerful lot of Robin
ton Crusocs!" chided Jack at last. "Yon
may never have the chance to be cast
ashore ajniu. and you sit here bemoan
ing because you can't spend Thanks
giving In the conventional way."
"Can't vou be thankful without
i Laiiue nruddrtl br iu j smell of uuutn-
ain pie and roast turkey?" demauded
rhyllis scornfully.
"Let us contrive a shelter from the
tarpaulins, and you four may sit there
and play bridge. Miss Phyllis and 1
will concoct a Tbaoksglvlug feast for
you to enjoy tomorrow."
The others shamelessly agreed to this
unfair division of labor, and after a
very practical shelter had been con
structed against the sloping bluff and
ouder the shade of two wind blown
cedars the married people made them
selves very comfortable with cushions
from the boat and by the light of a
ship's lantern phiyed bridge. -
In the meantime Jack Heushaw and
Phyllis Hayden held several confer
ences, during which they displayed
much merriment and a thorough con
tentment with their lot.
They fussed around a hastily impro
vised shelter that Jack arranged for a
little kitchen, and there they prepared
the evening meal with the aid of the
oil stove.
A creditable meal it proved ta be.
though canned beans formed the prin
cipal dish, and other canned and bot
tled delicacies rounded out the menu.
I oiormng orotignt sunshine ana scud
ding clouds across the blue sky. The
wind still blew heavily, but from an
other quarter, and the waves were
dashing over the deck of the Nautilus.
The castaways tried to be cheerful,
but it proved a dismal failure, except
In the case of Jack and Phyllis. Those
two seemed to have tapped some re
sourceful flow of good humor, for
they laughed and jested and promised
a most Inviting dinner for the others,
who clung to their bridge playing, now
sittlug on the sandy beach with their
cards.
'Jack and Phyllis disappeared and
were gone for a couple of hours.
While they were gone those left be
hind heard the report of Jack's gun.
"Aha! We'll have a duck, at any
rate," murmured Carew.
"I'm afraid not" said his wife. "I
notice that the supply of oil is gone,
and the Nautilus is washed over with
water. Every stick of wood on the
Island Is too wet to burn. Cold canned
beef and crackers and peanut butter
will constitute our menu today," she
ended drearily.
There was nothing cheering in the
sight of Jack and Phyllis returning
with a brace of ducks, for there was
no fire to cook them by. When this
evil news was announced to the youug
pair they merely lnughed and aaid
there was oil enough to boll coffee and
heat some beans.
"Dinner's ready!" sang out Jack,
and they gathered about the hastily
prepared meal.
"I thought it was to be a big din
ner with trimmings," remarked Carew
as he unfolded a . paper napkin and
sniffed hungrily at the tinned soup.
To the four older ones of the party
it was a ghastly feast With most un
seemly levity Jack and Phyllis insist
ed on referring to the various tinned
foods as though they were delicious
viands served at a well appointed
Thanksgiving table.
"Do have some more turkey," Insist
ed Jack, passing the tinued beans
around.
"And some of the cranberry sauce."
added Phyllis, holding up a bottle of
tomato ketchup.
"This chest;ut stuffing is delicious,"
commented Jack, nibbling a crisp
cracker- "Mrs. Carew, you are not
going to pass up the mince pie?"
"I've eaten many a badly cooked
meal," observed Bob Hayden bitterly,
"and I've partaken of food from Bom
bay to Bangor, but this is the Orst
time I've ever eaten an imaginary
meal. It gives me mental ludigestion
to think of it."
"Then what we all need is exercise!"
cried Jack. And. having disposed of
the. remnanta of the meal by tossing
them Into the swift waters of tho
channel, be drove bis guests before
him up the steep bank and into a
plowed field.
"This doesn't look like any of the
islands I've met around here." nar
veled Carew, gazing thoughtfully
around.
"We went a good deal farther than
we realized in the fog. Til lead you
to a place. Well, ladies and gentlemen,
welcome to Cromore!"
A surprised shout went up as they
found themselves on the bill back of
Jack Hensbaw's home. A curl pf blue
smoke from the kitchen chimney bore
witness that dinner might be expected
there after all.
They looked nt Jack for explanation.'
"We struck the mainland instead of
an Island. I haven't been In that spot
for years and didn't recognize it till
Phyllis and I went out this morning.
We shot a brace of ducks, and I be
lieve mother has prevailed upon Chloe
to Include them In the dinner"
"A real dinner!" yelled Hayden and
Carew in chorus. '
"Yes." Jack laughed as the two men
broke awsy pellmell toward the bouse.
Mrs. Carew and Mrs. Hayden (oukea
at blushing Phyllis and happy Jack.
"I believe yon two have found some
thing else to be thankful fur," said
Phyllis mother softly.
Nov. 4 in American
History.
1752 George Washington, then a tow
jor in the service of Great Britain,
was initiated into Lodge No. 4,
Free and Accepted Masons, t
Fredericksburg. Va. An Washing
ton was not yet twenty-one years
of age, he was admitted by a aie
dal dispensation.
182Tr-Klrst boat through the Erie canal
arrived at New York.
190K-Dr. Charles W. Eliot resigned as
president of Harvard university.
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