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THE ROCK ISLAND ARGUS, THURSDAY, J AX UAH Y 8, 1914.
THE ARGUS.
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character. poll tU el or rella-lous, must
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tion. No aueh articles will be printed
Of 7 fictitious signatures.
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tral Union. Rock Island Hi. 1145 and
1145.
Thursday, January 8, 1914.
Anything goes In egg nog teems to
fee the popular recipe.
' The worst feature about the Harry
Thaw rase ia that it is sure to break
into the newspapers again.
if tne grounanog only Knew n. lie
might have been frolicking around
for weeks without seeing his shadow.
iHuerta declares that he has only
Just begun to fight. Paul Jones said
the same thing years
ago, but he
wasn't bluffing.
The cold wave which has spread
over Europe seems to be especially se
vere at the points where Doc Cook :
is trying to deliver his lecture.
The fact that Henry Allen and Vic
tor Murdock are both Wichita men
may cut some figure. Kan?as is not
likely to choo5e both Its governor and
United States senator from the same
city.
..The increased importations of Ar-
gentine beef ho!d out the promise of
av redaction of the cot of living in one
essential article. Cheaper bef from
the Argentine. In fact, may yet con-(
done the tango, another famous Argen -
Use product.
WAR AD rr.trr.
The year cf 1313 was one of interna-
tlonal strain and tvirrooil. The bright
Eppes entcrtai-ed a few jrars ago of.
fbe final passing of international blood
shed were roughly shocked. The year
made a tragic and deadly addition to
history In the war among the Balkan
allies While it clcsod with race ac-
comDlished. vtt the fear !s central
that it Is merely a stopping for breath,
In our own continent, anarcny nas
ruled and still rules in Mexico. The
world staggers under the burden of
costly armament. Yet while the great ,
powers of Europe decline to treat with
each other on the buslncs-like basis !
of peaceful diplomacy, there can b I
no disarming.
...... I
The one brlsht snot in all this car-
4 TRAqL 3
nage of blood is that cruel eld Turkey ;ets must yield to the system s inter-j Governor Clynn received the suf
was driven out of lands it had terror-i ests. fragists late in the afternoon. Miss
Ized and exhausted for 50O years. J There is no exception to this. There . Jones carried a lighted lan ern Into
And It must be that there are Inter-. never wej an exception, and there the executive chamber. ,
sal forces of business and conserva
tism In Mexico that will one day de
mand that the nation cease destroying
Its own resources.
THB CAM. FOR IIKI.C
t,n1,,H U not mi far awav that
,hMr.n .,t ulCarlan nationalitv
" m " . . "
are refugees, driven out of their for-j
,.e In Mred..n!r t,v the Greek
-
victors in the second Balkan war; and
there are other hundreds of thousands
....... , ,
left destitute by the ravage of war.
The appeal of Queen Eleanor has been
heard In Washington: the internation-j
al relief committee of the Ked Cross.
of which John Bassett Moore, solicitor
of the state department, is chairman,
will receive contributions at the Wash
ington headquarters of the society and
forward the same to the Bulgarian !
queen. !
Arrangements axe also being made 1
properly to direct the use of contrlbu-1
tions by a responsible committee of , xew York The annual losses suf
Americans. Of the Balkan races the j fered by merchants through commer
Bulgartan la the best endowed, mental- cJal frauds In this city aggregate $25.
ly and physically, and has shown the , 000.000. according to a committee rep
grestest progressivenes. The flower ; resenting the Merchants' association
cf this nation ha been cut down on !aQ(j ot,,r leading business organ Ua
the battlefield, and there Is a va8tjton8 wnch called upon District At
wreckage. maimed by wound and de-j torney Charles S. Whitman.
bliltated by camp d'seases, which will
be a drag on the national resources for Philadelphia Witnesses testified
many years to come. Bell telephone companies had reduced
But aside from the thought that a . rate nd Increased efficiency both
nation of good promise should not be j wltn and without competition from In
permitted to fall Into decadence from ! dependent lines In the government's
sheer exhaustion and unaided, the call dissolution suit against the American
of humanity should be enough to open
the wellspricgs of charity.
ron Or iTii.iTiM ronMimo.
What is to be the cost of maintain -
Ing the Illinois public utilities comrnls-
ion and Its activities, has been asked.
We can be pretty sure the annual sum
will be a considerable one; and very
likely It will he more than the legists-
tare figured when it made appropria -
tions to carry on the work.
The sum of 160.0'X) ha been appro -
prla'.ed for running expenses of the)
commission fcr 1 months. This l at
the rate of 40.904 a year. This does
tot Include salary of the commission- i
rs. another $10,000 a year. These two !
items total $0.h)0 a year.
But the commUelon will not be able
to keep up Its ork on an hm d r.igli court Tor hatur lay next to deride
roll of only 140.004 a year. Thr-e or. tne apr-al of the Durheai d Talley
four times that sum wl!l be called for , rand, formerly Anna Could, from the
when the body gets right down to bul- verd t.f the flof Tribunal annuilng
dmi. There Is talk of maintaining off!- ; her nrrlf;p to Count Bocl de Caatei
eee both at Springfield and Chicago, , lne.
and In each place will soon be many '
employe. Forty thousand dollars a
year will not go far when it conies to'
paying for two official forces. And of
course if the work Is to be done well
the agisting official force will haT
to be numerous and capable and well
paid.
THE C OXTKOI. UK CROWDS.
At the t'me of the Iroquois theatre
fire in Chicago there was a general
clean up of public halls all over the
cmintry. So much was accomplished
that such tragic happenings have been
mad comparatively rare. Hut the
frightful loss f life at the Calumet
Mich.. Christmas tree shows what an
ever present danger hysteria s.
No provision of exits, Are escapes,
or asbestos curtains can prevent some
fool from yelling fire in a crowded
room. But if this danger is always
foreseen ia advance, any crowd can be
hypnotized into order and deliber
ation. No hall should be allowed to enter
tain the public unless there are at
least two exits, though in some small
rooms on the ground floor, the win
dows may provide an easy way of es
cape. The sight of exit doors calms
an excited crowd.
The hail where the Calumet horror
took place had reasonably good pro
vision for exits. There was no fire Id
the building. The whole affair was
purely mental. The difficulty of the
situation was aggravated by the fact
i that those present spoke several lan-
I guages.
ctni it nm man m-ith a strong i
volce had mounted the rlatform and
,elled for jience and orderly exlt
. ... ttl .,,,. . . j
prcbablv the crowd would have calmed
. . .
f,ri:l."-,.Tb "aoaBement of every pub-,
.c n.ii .,-iouia nave cieany in mmu.
1,18 Deea ,or ci.on ana com-
maid in such emergencies.
And when halls are built. It costs j
but little to provide adequate doors
and stairwar".
"IMJFFKXMni.K AXD IXTOI.EHA-
ni.tv
William J. Bryan, in an address at
Topek Ka VlU weck. quoted Pres-
ident Wilson's declaration that "prl-
vate monopolies are indefensible and j
Intolerable." Mr. Bryan fully endorsed i
the declaration and emphasized it with ;
his arru-tomd vior. j
This declaration of the president in!
, repard to private monopolies has the
ring of rlncerlty and lOf peaks the
'conviction that comes from a study
of the operation of the system and the
efWt upon the country and upon the
people who are Immediately arrected
by it and its Influences.
The declaration is a broad one. It
covers the entire system of private
monopolies, making no exception in
favor of any private mononolv. In the
opinion of Prpo'dont Wilson and Sec-
;r,.tarv I'nan thprn arr nr. mnrt nrl.
vate "tncnono'iM Vi-n nf ennri intn.
tions may compose some of them, but
however public-spirited and well-di.t-:
posed any of these men connected
with private monopolies may be, they '
cannot alter or transform the system
into anything but a menace to public:
prosperity and good government- :
Individuals may profit from the sys-
tern, but selfishness must dominate '
. .. - ....
its councils, and communities Inter-
.never will be. "What's the Idea?" queried the gov-
I Private monopoly is not defensible. ' ernor. "Are you patterning after
It cannot meet the vital requirement i Diogenes?"
!of public service tiie greatest good! "I'm looking for an honest states
I to the greatest number. j man." replied "the general," laugh-
I A careful and honest study of the ! ing.
! Sl'hlAm miltt AAtlvlnna tliA ell'Innt W n ! tie Tfc. . ! a.. .1.1.
' ' ""
"a.y": . . " n,UKt bt ny j
loierauie.
Tim Inrll rf f Ti a rmmabIiU. I. .. '
"-''" ,
assailable. The principle embodied in I
.lhe oppoMUon toV,vaPte monopoly Is " "
.. r J
wiuum; jl nits isreai aemocratic
Uoctrlne rlgJ. tQ a M
pr)rIlegM none ...
,re8i,,ect Wilson and Secretary
RrVHn ,h H, .Jt. v".l
Only emphasised their devotion to one
(t the fundamental principles of genu
ine democracy.
? "
II WIRE SPARKS
Telephone and Telegraph company.
Princeton, X. J. Announcement was
made here that two more Princeton!
' undergraduates had been elected as
! Rhodes scholars from their home
' state, which brings the total number
'of Princeton appointees np to four as
! a result of the fall examinations,
j
: Sacramento A dispatch received
! from Washington quotes Franklin K.
' I.ane, secretary of the Interior, as re-
fusing to be a democratic candidate
for the senate from or governor of.
California. j
Heme Cardial V.neenzo Van '
nutelil. an prefect cf the . Segnatura
Tribunal. I.as ra!I-d a meeting of tUfJ
GOVERNMENT
OFFERING
Washington. Jan. 8. Secretary of
Agriculture Houston has approved the
disposal of one billion feet of western
yellow pine timber from the Kalbab
national forest in northern Arizona. In
order to get this timber out It will be
necessary to build a railroad approxi
mately 200 miles long. Such a rail
road will connect Colorado and Utah
with the world-famous Grand Canyon
of the Colorado, which hitherto has
been accessible only from the south.
For several years the construction of
ruch a railroad has been considered
by various capitalists, but it has been
stated that the lack of assured im
mediate traffic was an effectual bar
rier. It Is pointed out, however, that
a contra' t for a billion feet of timber
will overcome this difficulty by pro
viding a commodity for transportation
which, together with tourist and local
traffic, will place the project on a pay
ing basis practicaly from the outset.
Chief Forester Henry S. Graves made
a personal examination on the ground,
and this examination, supplemented by
tt"e reports of his forest engineers, in
duced htm to recommend the 6ale of
such a large body of timber in order
that the country might be developed
through the supplying of this resource.
Mr. Graves says, however, that the
Kaibab forest is one of Ihe most beau
tiful In America, and gives assurance
that the marketing of the mature crop
of !I1 nt be allowed to mar
I the scenic beauty of the region
in accordance wnn tne limner sale
! ., . .
po'icy of the government, the stump-
age will be disposed of to the highest
Inve8tment to assure tne bllildinK of
j tfae rallroad and of tne necessary lum-
ber mills a ,east a Dinion feet of tim-
!
GLYNN RECEIVES
i PLEA Of HIKERS
i
I
i Women End Tramp of 16C
Miles in Little Over Six
Days' Marching-.
Albany. N. V., Jan. 8. The hike of
the New Vor suffrages ended Z j
yesterday and last night some of the'. ,- ';,.. K ,T u
, : to tiie pi'grims by presenting the
11 footsore and weary marchers 1 suffrage petition and letter which
rented at local ho els. others return- they had brought at the opening ses-
I . , , , . . .
ing Lome by train. They obtained 1 slon of the house of delegates. Only
I thlr audiences with Governor Glynn :
ani their respective asacmblymen In j
the interest of their 'cause," and at j
night ell of th-em were bappv.
Three of the hikers. "General" Ro-!
'sa'.ie Jones. "Colonel" Ida Craft and
"Corporal" Martha Klatschken. walk-'
cd the entire 166 miles by road In the ;
six days and a half. They covered : lure 01 suuragisi prisoners cu 10
about 23 wiles a day and slept only derr.and votes for women." I
30 hours, they said, during the jour-1 The suffragists arrue that the doc-,
ney. j rine that the king may be approach-
"I don't want o make the hikeie1 onl through the cabinet minisers;
again this year.V General Jones said. 1
"We shall march next year, however, j
and every year thereafter until wo-
u '
men are arrauted suffrage."
1 ou win naie n uaru uiu" w
The governor did not commit him-
self on the suffrage question. He in
. t. ... .1
quirea or ine sunragisia uai lucy
"The Young Lady
The youag lady acrosu the way says
men say that he bfeved football mould
but she supposed ihav'd alaava have to
&Jyy4At.
MAKES LARGEST
OF TIMBER )
ber had to be offered. The-investment
necessary to make this timber accessi
ble will amount to more than $3,000,
000. By placing this quantity of tim
ber before the lumbermen of the coun
try, the officials of the forest service
believe that the development of ex
tensive areas in southern Vtah may
be looked for. because the necessary
railway will render accessible resourc
es which have heretofore -been unde
veloped. The whole region Is rich in
agricultural land, in cattle and sheep
range, and In coal and copper depos
its, as well as in timber.
Bids for the timber will be received
up to the middle of June, 1914, and
three years will be allowed for the
building of the railroad and mills, and
25 years for the cutting of the timber.
The stum page rates, however, will oe
readjusted at the end of each five-year
period of the contract, the readjust
ment being based on the then current
lumber prices.
By the end of the contract period.
the forest officers say. the young trees
left on the area cut over will be ready
for cutting, so that by the system of
lumbering wntch tne government win
require, operations can continue per
manently in this lumber belt. The an
nual cut will be not less than forty
million feet, most of which will be
readily sold in the large consuming
lumber markets in Utah and Colorado,
The Kaibab forest is one of the most
heavily timbered in the southwest, the
stand of timber being broken only oc
casionally by beautiful meadows or
openings locally known as parks.
Lumbermen who have visited it con
sider the country Ideally adapted for
logging. There are, altogether, two
billion feet of timber, of which more
than one billion feet are mature and
ready for cutting,
'
were advocating. They replied that :
they wanted a bill passed giving wo-1
men the right to watch at the polls
throughout New York state on elec-
tion day. Previously the hikers had j
eeiit in a message which they carried j
from the metropolis to the executive.
He told the women he "felt honored j
by their visit." i
Annapolis, Md., Jan. 8. The Ht'le
band of women suffragists who began
a 28-mile trarch from Baltimore Tues-1
day morning arrived here late yetfter-:
day. Delegate Cyrus Cummings. wno I
; four women walked all the way from i
IViIf imnrA Polnfnrromfnt mot thA I
..artj,y-. Jus; ollt!,ide of Annspolis. !
Londcn. Jan. 8. The militant suf-;
fragists decided todav to lay their.
troubles before King George pereon..
uiij n uicv tan secure ait nuuit-uv.tr.,
T,iy w lH pend n deputation to his
majesty "to protes' against the tor-;
applies only o tne case or men. Tney
announce that "women refuse to com-:
munlcate their demands to the king j
.1 1. . : . 1 1 , 1. . 1 I
niireusu.vauiuri wuum mcj
hold in contempt and who have de
graded themselves by their cruelty
and treachery."
Not Dead.
The big red touring enr struck a
pedestrixn. rolling him tn the mud
and maltreating him lu general. The
owner ran back, greatly excited, after
stopping bis car.
Is he dead?" be asked anxlouslyaof
the medical man who was attending '
the victim.
"Oh. no!" replied the doctor cheer
fully. "He's not dead. He's merely
run down." Chicago News.
Across the Way"
she overhead one of the young
be a more open game next season,
charaa enouah to nav axnenses.
HENRY HOWLAND
A Blasted Hope
Jo Biighani waa our "white man's hope,'
Joe measures six foot four;
j Ha- tips the beam around about two fifty,
; "7??. . ' ' t.. h
buiidoc ji
And fists that are about as big as I have
aver saw.
He's work In' In our shingle mill, and tin
a week ago
! We all felt confident that he could lay
j e Vnearf'" eveTy man around this
neighborhood
At least the ones who couldn't run as fast
ss big Joe could.
We brought an expert up from town to
learn him ' how to box :
Joe nearly killed him the first night with
one or two swift knocks;
A feller from Chicago come to look him
over then:
He told us that the white race soon would
be on top agen.
! He said that JohnJ when he had
1 b?n at hls bst- .
Would not have been match for Joe
; ti-.at made him throw some chest!
He give up workin' in the mm and trained
a week or so
And tnen knock)M, OIlt ant that they'd
brought from Buffalo.
AIthouuRhhae'd Vr us nearly we put
Tou "" nVd "ot'.'us fairly filled with
what's called local pride;
w d.ll 1;, nd
Tt , ,hn,rh th wh te man's sun
j had rose agen at last.
blasted now
Joe
beat his wife one night,
And when hor daddy found It out he went
to set things riarht: . .
,4 on he fToor.
And n ls meekiy work In' in the shingle
mill once more.
OPTIMISM.
"Did you have any luck on your fish
ing trip?"
"Splendid. I got
caught in a squall
when I-was out in
a boat nearly a
mile from shore
one day and was
upset. Fortunate
ly some of the
boys on shore saw
me. and they put out In a bigger boat.
I was rescued as I was going down for
the third time
T That was tough. Did you catch any
fish?"
"No. but think of the experience
had. I'll be able to talk about It for
a year.
Poor Girl.
The aonsster'a plumage decks her head.
The mink has yielded her Its fur:
Some onfe glad, sportive kid Is dead
So men might make soft gloves for her.
The looms have yielded up their best.
The mines their choicest gems have
sent.
That gladness mlRht be In her breast.
Her laugh be full of merriment.
Thus, like some piece of merchandise
All decorated to be sold.
Her mother, who Is worldly wise.
Conducts her forth and cries; "Be
hold!"
Her Curiosity.
"She has been twice divorced, hasnt
she?"
-Yes."
"What was the trouble? Was her
husbands to blame, or was it her
fault?"
"I believe she had three proposals In
ber younger days, and she had a sort
of curious desire to try all of them for
the purpose of finding out which man
she ought to have chosen originally.'
Modern Eccentricity.
"What an eccentric person youns
Duckworth Is.
"Tve never noticed it. He seems tc
me to be rather a sensible sort ot
chap."
"But he wants to name his bab
daughter Sarah." .
The Seventh In Doubt.
"A Kansas girl reports that she hat
been engaged seven times since last
June."
"Well, six of the boys are to be con
gratulated, anyhow."
Plausible.
The trouble with this tooth." said
the dentisf. probing It with a long.
slender Instrument. "Is that the' nerve
Is dying"
"1 1 seems to tne, doctor." groaned the
victim, "you ought to treat 'he dying
with a Utile more resoect"
The Daily Story
ROSALIND'S CHOICE BY CLARISSA MACKCE.
Copyrighted. 113. by Associated Literary Bureau.
The station pis tform was" crowded
with people waiting for the gates to
open to admit them to the. Boston ex
press waiting- down there on the tracks.
Rosalind Mereton. with a devoted
cavalier on either side of ber graceful
little velvet clad form, caught a
glimpse of ber reflection In the narrow
mirror of a slot machine, and the tired
look vanished from her lustrous hazel
eyes. Rosalind In a tip tilted little bat
with a velvet strap under ber round
white chin, with a pink rose tucked
under the brim, where two little brown
curls dangled coquettlsbly, was an en
chanting sight even to herself.
With a pale youth at either elbow
Rosalind was. safely -piloted through
the crowd and reluctantly released at
the gate, through which she passed
with a farewell smile that Included
them both. Dearly as they believed
they loved the pretty little, actress,
there was no Jealousy between tbem,
because tbey bad a common ground of
fellowship they were both acutely
jealous of a third young man, Hanford
Beeks. the millionaire, whose bouquet
of violets and orchids nestled in the
lace frills of Rosalind's coat.
The train left the city and went
thundering out into the country to
ward the New Hampshire hills, where
Rosalind had been born. She wns go
fng there to spend a few days. The
stock company of which she was a
member was undergoing the throes of
reorganization before going out on the
road, and there was something that
Rosalind wanted to think over In the
qnlet of the country.
Hanford Beeks wanted to marry her.
She pined for the happiness that she
was sure must be attained when one
bad millions of dollars to spend upon
pleasure. She saw in ber mind's eye
the old red farmhouse transfoi jied
into a beautiful mansion set In the
BENJAMIN TOLD FEB, BIS EYES STUDYING
. HB FACE.
midst of a formal garden, while ber
father and mother rode luxuriously in
costly motorcars. Gone would be the
ancient surrey and the fat white horse.
Becky, who had drawn them to church
each Sunday every year within Rosa
lind's recollection. Riches and ease
would follow her beloved parents the
rest of their days if she married Han
ford Beeks. How glad tbey would be,
too. to have her give np the profes
sion which she had adopted after a
brief summer's acquaintance with
some actresses who were summering"
In Putwold.
Because of ber Ignorance of the
world and Its evil ways Rosalind had
brushed aside all tempting pleasures
and thrown herself into her work, for
which she possessed some talent. But
she was weary of It. Unknown to her
self, the call -of ber blood was for
those simple domestic duties which a
long line of Puritan ancestors had no
bly fulfilled.
But this offer of Hanford Beeks!
He wns a splendid type of- young
American, and he was honest In his
desire to make Rosalind happy. She
had been dazzled by his proposal, and
she bad begged for time.
There was one obstacle In the way.
She didn't love Hanford Beeks.
The dining car was attached at
Springfield, and Rosalind slipped off
her coat and went to dinner. There
was Just one available seat In the
crowded car, and that was at a table
where sat a solitary young man.
A waiter drew out her chair and
handed her the menu card. Rosalind
lifted her eyes in one swift appraising
glance of the man who wns calmly eat
ing his soup. She had not noticed him
at first beyond the fact that he had
arisen and sat down after she bad
been seated.
It was a homely conn tena nee, ragged
and strong as her own New Hampshire
bills, with steady gray eyes and dark
hair that was rusty red at the ends.
It was the face of a man who would
and could do things, who might sur
mount obstacles. His big brown bands
were capable too. Rosalind looked him
over from the crown of his well brush-
ea bead to tne snoniaers or nis perfect-'
ly fitting gray coat. He was immac
ulate. Yet the last time Rosalind had
seen him he had been garbed In blue
overalls, and a ragged straw hat had
been tossed on the back of his head.
He had been loading cornstalks on a
farm wagon the very day she left Put.
wold to go on the stage.
How do you do, Ben?" asked Rosa-
Hml demurely.
Benjamin Hall looked up quickly and
stared at Rosalind. HI first careless
glance at her entrance bad seen noth
lug save the crown and brim of the tip
tilted bat. He had not looked under it
because he rather thought girls were a
fcoe. siX. save uia
"Rosie! Rosle Meretonr be gasa'
holding out one of the big bnmt
bands. ;
"Ben. do yon mean that yon $s
recognize me?" asked Rosalind,
tears In ber eyes, because It wM
good to see a face from homs oaZ
more. "Are you going home?"
"I am. And yon are, too?" be w
eagerly, his eyes never once hart
her lovely face.
"Yes, Just for the week end. j-n
me where you have been and what;
have been doing," answered BoaH&i
feeline an odd embarrassment In u
Jamin nail's presence.
Benjamin told her, his eye stoflrtae
her face as if he would read In Its t
openness some record of the tar
years since they had parted.
He told her that he bad left PotiroU
a few months after her own departan.
The death of his parents had left tea
free to start life anew. He had sola
some woodland and had rented tot
homestead to strangers. He hid got
west and bought an Interest In a bum
which his uncle controlled. He had
prospered. He was going back to Pat.
wold. He was going back to tbs boa
wnicn nis ancestors bad tilled.
I'm homesick for the farm," be told
her.
i ve oeen west, and I re tnd!ei
the way they do things out there, and i
shall know how to make it pay, Xow
tell me about yourself, Rosle."
Rosalind told him briefly. Tbeft
seemed so little to tell In her narrow
life of hard work.
"And you are going back?" be askefl.
"Yes, I suppose so," said Rosalind,
flushing warmly.
"Is this true?" asked Benjamin quiet,
ly as he took a newspaper cllpptnj
from his notebook and gave it to ber.
Rosalind read It with down beet
head: "It Is rumored that Miss Bosa
Hnd Mereton, the lovely little iHgeim
In the popular comedy, 'LaTende?
Flowers, is soon to wed one of ear
most energetic young millionaire.'
"Is it true, Rosie?'' asked Benjamin.
Rosalind shook her head.
"No, not yet." she said impulsively,
and then blushed scarlet at ber aelt
betrayal.
. Benjamin looked at the violets and
orchids at her breast and sighsd abarp
ly. He bad hoped to be in time to of
fer Rosalind many things, bnt be wis
too late. He wondered fiercely what
sort of chap this man was. Did Rosa
lind Iove him or was she dazzled br
the millions? Who could blame her?
he asked himself fiercely.
Adroitly be changed the subject, and
when the meal was over be accompa
nied Rosalind back to her seat in the
day coach. Sitting there beside ber
with the ragged scenery of New Hamp
shire blurring Into the dusk, Benjamin
fe't a growing confidence In hunseif.
He was nearing his own hills; be wu
on his own ground, and the girl be
bad always loved was beside bio,
wearing another man's orchids, per
haps half promised to this rich man.
"Rosalind," he said suddenly, "are
you engaged to this man?"
"Xo," said jRosalind quickly.
"Do you expect to be?'' be demanded
bluntly. ,
"He has asked me." admitted Rosa
lind. "Do yon love him?" went on Benja
min relentlessly.
Rosalind hesitated. She wondered,
because she felt no anger against Bes
jamln and his questioning.
His band touched her arm, ber band,
and held It warmly.'
"Do you love this man. Rosalindf
he asked quietly.
Rosalind looked np into the FT
eyes and. looking, could not withdraw"
her gaze.
"Xo, no. nor' she said Intensely.
"Ah. Rosalind. I have always "ored
you." be said chokingly.
"And I, oh, Ben, I believe I
That's why I've longed for Putwold
and the old farm, and father sad
mother will be so glad, and, Ben. sorta
one will see you!"
. "I don't care." said Ben boldly. "Tbe
whole world-can know, how happy 1
am in winning the girl I love!"
And be kissed Rosalind.
"Did you send word to your mother
that you were coming?" he asked at
they neared Putwold.
"Yes. Won't tbey be surprised
see us together, you and I. old ply
mates?" asked Rosalind gleefully.
Ben bent down suddenly and preia
ed his cheek against bers. "Rosalind,
you are sure sure that you wont re
gret the money and tbe motorcars and
yachts and everything that this mas
has offered you
? I've heard be Is
splendid fellow." he added generously-
"Sure. Ben." said Rosalind steamy
"There was one thing lacking
that was love. We can never be p
with that blessing." .
The train came to a stsndstill, ao
Rosalind peered from the window
Instant. '
"Ben." she cried breathleasff.
"there's father and mother, snd tbeyT
driving old Becky. How dear they
look" -
So the train rumbled on after brh
Ing back to Putwold village two
er children who had gone out M
lie world to seek wealth snd taPPj
jess only to come home and fln B
there after all.
Jan. 8 in American
History.
17UO President Ueorge Washing4"
delivered to congress tbe flrst
mial message addressed to
lody.
1815-Battle of New Orleans. Gncn
Andrew JacVwn won his xtr(f
nary victory-over the British. OJ
2.000 Britons fell. Jackson'
was twenty-olie killed and wouww
1S25 EU Whitney, inventor ft the ' "
ton gin. firearms, etc., died; I8
1T03.
1010-GeneraI Newton Martin Curt
"hero of Fort Fisher," died;
1S30.