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THE ROCK ISLAND AKGUS, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 0, 1914.
THE ARGUS.
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Monday, Feb. 9, 1914.
The much boasted open winter
teems to hare tightened up a bit.
A reformer never believe In him
self as much as be wants others to
believe In him.
To deny Huerta the revenue of his
custom house, is like depriving him of
his bread basket.
Here's a revolution in Peru. Haiti
and several other interesting; places.
Where in the world can T. R. be?
Hans Schmidt pretends to be con
tent with his death sentence and no
body else doubts that he deserves it.
After watching the performances of
Governor Blease for a while, the South
Carolina legislature has passed a bill
providing for compulsory education.
The refusal of congress to exclude
the yellow races as Immigrants
should be good for a vigorous revival
of seething aandlot oratory on the
Pacific coast.
W6odrow Wilson believes that the
Vnlted States should adopt a policy
of honesty in the matter of Panama.
canal tolls. As usual, some of the
Washington politicians can't under
stand him.
If the proposal to cut off Congress
man Hobson's pay for the time be has
been absent from Washington Is
adopted, Hobson stands to lose at the
rate of about 17.500 a year.
Doc Cook sees no opportunity to In
voke the arbitration, clause In the
treaty between the United States and
Denmark any more, since the coun
tries now agree touching bis polar
claims.
The winter wheat is protected from
the col! by a iieavy blanket ut taow.
.Everything Is moving along nicely for
general prosperity. If the republican
party was In power It would be taking
credit for this desirable condition.
It Is understood that General Villa
Is perfectly willing to adopt civilized
methods of warfare, provided it will
not interfere with bis habit of shoot
ing people he doesn't like and forcibly
taking whatever be happens to want.
The Chicago Post sizes It up In this
way. Criticism of President Wilson's
Mexican policy is based on tbe notion
that protection of foreign Investments
Is far more Important than all efforts
to reduce the tariff, abolish trusts, cut
down the cost of living, raise wages, or
bother with similar trifles at home.
THE
SALVATION ARMY IN
VASION.
Tbe Invasion of England by 700
members of the Salvation army of
this country under the command of
General Eva Booth is booked for an
early date.
. This organization of Christian work
ers Is one of the most effective for
the betterment of the world that
Christianity haa developed.
The great assembly of representa
tives of army posts from all over the
world which will be held In London
will be a Jubilee which will cheer the
hearts of a:i Christendom.
The American representatives of
the army, 7u0 strong, will be the ob
served of all observers, as they de
serve, for their record has been one
of continual success In the work un
dertaken The people of this continent wish
the American regiment bon voyage.
m Joyful time. renewed inspiration
and a safe return.
THE LAW IN MEXICO.
Paoxbo Villa, bandit, haa the bandit
virtues, if there are such things. He
takee nioney from the rich, and gives
It to the poor. When n emissary
: from bis enemy comes to corrupt him
'to bribe him to betray Carranza
.he stands the emissary against a wall
'and shoots him.
- The wretch. Guzman, whom Villa
had shot at Juarez, was one of the
worst of tbe men who betrayed Ma
"dero. Afterward be betrayed Fell
IXax. He was a reptile, and. merfted
a fate suited to a reptile rather than
die soldier's death that was awarded
him.
But these Robin Hood methods, and
this hair-trigger Justine of VilJa's
merely call attention to the disorder
ed condition of things In Mexico.;
Where Villa Is supreme, his mill Is the
only law.
If his will becomes supreme over
all Meilco. it must still be the law
there, no matter who may be called
president.
DUE TO SUN SPOTS.
A French scientist has Issued a
statement tending; to show that the
present craze for dancing may not be
enred by revival meetings, orders
from church dignitaries or action by-
reform aldermen.
He says it Is due to certain spots,
- . a at - '
on tne sun. ana si'ioruing io uis i
culatlon. will go on unabated until
1924. whTi conditions win change j
and people will come back to normal
or at least Towanda. somewhere in '
the vicinity. Without stopping to In
quire whether this scientist has bees j
subsidized by the dancing teachers'
trust, one has to admit that he has
some argument to go along with his ;
theory. He claims that these con-,
ditlons have happened before, and
that the endurance and snake dances i
of the savages had their origin In sun
spots, and likewise the dancing; off of,
the head of John the Baptist on a
wager to the Gaby Deslys of her day.
Until within a year or two. dancing
In the Vnlted States was coming to
be looked upon with indifference, and
the ultra fashionable were so blase
as to practically eliminate the pas
time. Then came the craze which
drew both the lowly and the fash
ionable into its vortex and there are
no signs of abatement despite the fact
that Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish who U o
society what the president Is to the
nation or the Pope Is to the church,
has put on the ban.
All Indications point to the sun
spots being more potent than Mrs.
Fish.
LINCOLN DAY.
Abraham Lincoln was born In Har-
i
din county. Ky Feb. 12. 1SQ9. and the
anniversary of his birth will fall on
Thursday next. This event was ob- i terlstic, is almost beyond comprehen-j employers or strikers, irom one state!
served la many churches throughout : bloD- u Probably because the peo-1 to another under commercial con
. plo have not yet awakened to the tracts, should not be regarded as com
the country yesterday as Lincoln Sun-;' , ' KoIrloCQ hclJ, ,,.,, -.,thi ,h tm of eonm-es-
day, and in the public schools gen- transacted by these detective con-!sional authority over interstate com
erally Wednesday or Friday of this cerns. Secretary Wilson has called j merce."
week. The Bock Island club will cele
brate the event with a banquet Thurs
day nlht-
The public schools are never more
profitably employed than when engag
ed in bringing to the attention of the
rising generation the deeds of those
who have made sacrifices for patriot
ism or performed distinguished ser-
vice for their country. Washington (
was first In war. first In peace and
first In tbe hearts of his countrymen,
but Lincoln was of greater value to
the rising generation as an exemplar
because he rose from humble sur
roundings, was born In poverty and
inured to hardship In his youth, and
gained his education chiefly In the
school of experience, though he ap
plied himself diligently la his youth
to such books as fell Into his hands.
His Is an excellent example to cite to
tbe boy or girl discouraged through
apparent lack of opportunity. He prac
ticed and owed bis t'.se to that spirit
of self-reliance which tbe public school
alms to Impart to every child brought
within its Influence.
.His public career should serve also
to remind mature men that wisdom
consists in knowing what to do next.
Lincoln was never a doctrinaire. He
was willing to compromise only for
tbe sake of progress In the right di
rection. Believing in the emancipa
tion of the negro, he was willing to
postpone or to expedite It for the sake
of the greater good, the salvation of
the union. He knew how to be prac
tical without yielding his Ideals. To
him a practical man meant not one
barren of Ideals, but one w-ho served
them best by rendering this service
on appropriate occasion.
Ha was the traditional, typical
American in both character and ex
perience and therefore an exemplar
of which American youth should be
reminded at every opportunity.
THE CYCLOPEAN EYE.
It Exists Today In Rudimentary Form
In Man's Brain.
The Greeks were, unwittingly, very
near an anatomical truth when they
ascribed to certain monsters called Cy
clops only one eye aplice, which was
placed In tbe center of their foreheads.
The cyclopean eye exists today In
tbe brains of men In a rudimentary
form, for In tbe pineal gland we find
the last vestiges of that which was
once a third eye and which looked oat
Into the world. If not from the center
of the forehead, at least from very
senr that point. There is alive today a
little creature which would put to
shame tbe one eyed arrogance and
pride of Polyphemus and Argee and
Brontes and Bteropes and all the rest
of tbe single eyed gentry who. In the
days of myths and myth makers, in
habited the "fair Sicilian Isle."
Tbe animal In question la a small
lizard called Calotls. Its well develop
ed third eye Is situated In the top of
Its head and can be easily seen
through tbe modified and transparent
scale which serves It as a cornea.
Many other lacertllians have thla third
eye. though It Is not so highly organ
lied as It la In the species Just men
tioned. A tree lizard which is to t found In
the mountains of east Tennessee and
Kentucky has Its third eye well de
veloped. This little animal Is railed
the "singing scorpion" by the moun
ts' Deera. On dUaectlon tbe third eye
will be found lying beneath the skin.
It has a lens, retina and optic nerve.
New York Herald.
Grain and Elevator Burned.
El Paso. Ill, Feb. . Fire destroyed
the Panola elevator of the El Paso
. .ralnr ivtiurinnr In n .hi T m...
"v:, . . ; -
erc if..u uuhw oi grain in tne
a'n'overhea.tYvV" attrtbUted
an overheated stove.
Capital
BY CLYDE
Congressman f rem
(Special Correepnndo-nce rrt The Areus.)
Washington, Feb. 7. Shall private
"detective" agencies in this country
be permitted to maintain standing
armies for hire to
crushing labor dis
putes? This la
the question
raised by Secre
tary of Labor Wil
son in his first an
nual report to con
gress. Ho recom
mends legislation
prohibiting bands
of armed men
from crossing
state lines.
Out in Colorado
and la the copper
, district of Michi
gan a state of act
ual civil war ex-
ists. In each case
workers, striking
for better con
.TAVtNNER
ditions in their
work, are pitted
against armed mercenaries profes
sional gunmen recruited by the so
called detective agencies and hired out
to whoever can afford to pay for them.
The rest of the country Is at peace.
But It is actual warfare In these strike
i '
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CLYOt H.
! tones. In Colorado some 60 or 80jernment authority to stop the prac-
newly-made graves testify to the san -
guinary nature of the conflict there.
How did the bloodshed start? When
the coal companies Imported private
mencenary troops, supplied to order
by detective agencies. These same
private soldiers, it is declared, were
fresh from other bloody service In
West Virginia and elsewhere.
Thla condition would be tolerated In
! no other country on earth. Why it can
exIst m America, whose Jealousy for
home rule Is a chief national eharac-
WILL J. pAVIS AN APPRECIATION
(Qulncy Herald.)
Will J. Davis, veteran theatrical
man and manager of the Illinois thea
tre. Chicago, will end SO years of
ftctive connection with stageland this
vpar. -ordln.r to hia nnnmincoment
at a dinner given in honor of his
70th birthday by the Forty club of;
inicago at tne Auditorium hotel.
There are few men la public life
with a wider range of acquaintance
and a larger list of warm personal
friends than Will J. Davis, ile has
been connected with the theatrical
life so many years and has had such
intimate business and social rela
tions with nearly every actor and
actress of prominence, that he may
be almost considered the dean of
theatrical managers. His first wife
was Jessie Bartlett Davis, whose
magnificent contralto voice was famed
far and wide, first la the noted origin
al Chicago Church Choir company,
and later for many years one of the
big stars la the Bostonians. Every
one at all familiar with the operatio
stars of this country will recall the
supreme beauty of her 6olo "Oh,
Promise Me." The rich resonance
and mellow tones of her superb voice
made the demand for that song a
not-to-be-d?nled lnslstance among
audiences wherever she appeared.
She was required to Interpolate It In
every opera and concert up to the day
of her death.
"The Young Lady
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-"iy across :ne way Kaya
the vice prluvnt had u bincure. but
U iTZ WM
probably It was noting more than a bard
& just a umt i
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Comment
H. TAVENNEB
the Fourteenth C (strict.
attention to It In such a way
that
popular
lndlgnation is sure to be
aroused. -
Every American has a voice In the
selection of civil officers, Including the
officers who maintain the peace and
do the police duty. Therefore,. as Sec
retary Wilson points out, when a
strike comes in a community and sud
denly there arrive strange men, armed
to the teeth, blood-thirsty and swag-
j gering. looking for trouble, and as
suming an authority wnicn is nui
legally theirs, the average American
citiuen. no matter how peaceable he
may be. Is apt to see red and nounsn
murder In his heart. Disorder always
follows the Importation of these mer
cenary soldiers. It Is no wonder mat
strikers begin arming themselves
when the private troops arrive.
After the Homestead strike con
cress Investigated this traffic In prl-
vate soldiery, and both the majority
and minority reports denounced the
practice. "Exasperated strikers win
not molest or resist the officers of the
state, when, under exactly similar cir
cumstances, they will assault the
watchman or guard hired by the cor
poration." was the report. The Judic
iary committee, at that time, however,
did not believe that the Interstate
commerce act gave the federal gov-
jtice.
The authority over interstate traffic
has since broadened, Mr. Wilson ob-
! serves. The Mann white slave law :
j shows that persons aa well as prop-;
! erty come under the jurisdiction of j
the government in Interstate tramc.
Secretary Wilson's conclusion is as
follows:
, "There would seem to be no reason
i now why the transportation of pri
j vate troops, or private police, or arm
ed guards, or armed mobs, whether by
by;
A man of tender heart and kindliest
nature, his riper years only adding
to the lovable traits and innate
geniality of his disposition. Will J.
Davis will enjoy the serenity of a i
contented aad complacent rest with j
a warmer esteem from every one who
knows him than often falls to the lot'
of any man. He has no enemies.
Every one who ever came to know
him as he is will give him the trib
ute of a benediction and a "God
speed" as he seeks the quiet of the
retirement to vvhich his active and
worthy life work has richly entitled
him.
Delhi and Us History.
Shah Jehsn in li31 built the present
city of Delhi, close to the old Delhi,
and mnde It the royal residence. The
Mohammedans still call it Sbabjehann
bad. the "city of the king of the
world." Nadir Shah, the Persian usurp
er, captured It in 1739, massacred
thousands of the Inhabitants and bore
away plunder to the value of nearly
$100,000,000. Including the famous pea
cock throne and the great Kohinoor
diamond. The British first came into
control In 1S03. when the Mahrattas
were defeated near Delhi by Lord
Lake. When the sepoy mutiny broke
out In 1S57 Shah Mohammed Baha
dour, then ninety years' old, took com
mand of the city and until the English
again triumphed enjoyed the Imperial
state to which he bad long been a
stracper.
Across the Way"
she .verheard her father say that
siire gueed It wasn't verv severe
l S " --y speeThd
cold.
HENRY" HOWLAND
w;!,iij'!!iti,ii;ji):iiiiffl
He trained a goose to multiply and add
up and subtract;
He taught a spotted pig to waits 11 wms
a funny act;
He coaxed a billy goat to lump through
hoops which were aflame.
He taupht a chipmunk how to choose the
letters of Its name.
But he could never learn to cease to use
his toothpick where
And when such action gave offense or
else he did not care.
Ha trained a dog to walk a rope and
taught & cat to pray.
Ha aald himself thla took hard work
which lasted many a day;
Ha hitched an alligator up and made It
pull a cart.
His perseverance was Immense, his teach
ing was an art.
But he could never train himself,, some
how, to save his life.
To quit endeavoring to scoop hla food
up with his knife.
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He -trained a mouse to dance a Jig, he
educated fleas;
He had a carriage which was drawn by
harnessed bumble bees;
He taught a turkey gobbler how to bal
ance on his head.
And trained a duck to flatten out pretend
ing to be dead.
But he could never train himself or else
he never tried
To speak good English and to put vul
garity aside.
Hi Mistake.
"Oh. If I were only a man!" she ex
claimed. He waited a moment for her to con
tinue, and then asked:
"Well. If yon were a man what would
you dot"
"I should do something to make
people notice that I wae on earth. In
stead of wasting my time as you do
yours."
"Oh, I thought you were going to ray
you would quit worrying about the
dark fuzz on your lip."
A Failure.
"No. I feel that my life has been a
failure."
"Don't say that. You have managed
to accumulate a respectable fortune
without sacrificing your character, and
that. It seems to me, is a good deal
of a triumph."
"I know; but I can't amount to any
thing. Nobody has ever asked me to
furnish a testimonial of any kind to
be used in a magazine advertisement."
-The Importance of Batting.
The Hlttltes many pennants won
In days of long ago. 1
They often walloped Babylon
And beat out Jericho.
Pittsburgh Post.
There la a lesson here for you.
If In defeat you alt;
Brace up be like the Hlttltes, who
Laid atress upon the Hit.
Makes It Embarrassing.
"Why were you so anxious to get
'away from that man?"
"He's a Socialist."
"I know, but he's a very decent sort.
Nothing at all dangerous about him."
"Oh. yes, but I always hate to have
to argue with a man who seems to
know all about everything."
The Last Word.
"You know that you Bimple ran af
ter me until you got me to promise to
be your wife," she said In a taunting
manner.
"Well," he replied. "I didn't have to
run very fast to overtake you."
"I was wearing a hobble skirt at
the time," she defiantly retorted.
Trying to Save Hla Life.
Tt decided to bur either an auto
mobile or a motor boat Which would
you advise me to get?"
"If you live near the water get aa
automobile. If you are located far
from tbe water get a motor-boat, by
all means."
A Deduction.
"Would you let people play poker
for money In your house, Mre. Oadds
worth?" ' Why not? Where's the barm In a
friendly little game?"
"Oh, then, you're still ahead, are
vouf
When Frederick Kobertson or Brigh
ton, the great preacher who had writ
ten much about Tennyson's poems and
for whom the poet had a high regar.i
first called upon him. "I felt." eald
Tennyson, "as if he had come to pluck
out the heart of my mystery, so I talk
M to him about nothing but beer."
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The Daily Story
THE NEW AUTOMOBILE BYF. A. MITCHEL.
Copyrighted, 114, by Associated Literary Bureau.
1 was shopping and bad been lookrait
at some laces. Leaving the store. I
went out on to the sidewalk. Intending
to go borne, but It was such a bright
spring morning that I was loath to do
so. Beside the curb stood a new spiels
and span automobile, the san glisten
ing on It and the cushions looking so
comfortable that I wished I might have
a spin in It My husband was at the
time trying automobiles with a view to
buying a new one. and I wished he
would select one exactly like the car
before me. While I wns coveting It
Charlie Forsyth came along and after
greeting me Joined me In admiring the
machlue.
"I'd like a spin this morning." I said
to him. "I haven't been out for a
week. Our chauffeur has been laid
up. and I'm afraid to go out Into the
"I IKMS'T OWN THIS CAR. ISN'T IT YOCRS?'
country alone, for If my machine
should break down I wouldn't know
what to do."
"I'll take you out." be said. "Get in."
I knew that Charlie was fond of mo
toring, but was surprised that the car
should be his. However, he owned
several cars, and I expressed no sur
prise. The truth Is I was thinking
that I should decline his invitation.
My husband was not at all Jealous and
permitted me to accept any attentions
I saw fit. But I was quite sure that if
he would be displeased at my motor
ing with any one that person was
Charlie Forsyth. This was what oc
cupied my mind as I stepped into tbe
car.
"Only a short ride. I said. "Tom
said be might be at home at noon to
day with a new enr he is trying and
take me out with bim after luncheon."
"Just as long or as short as you like,"
he replied. .
I knew Charlie to be a fine driver.
and 1 was therefore surprised that he
bad some difficulty in getting under
way. but I supposed that, his machine
being a new one. he had not 'yet be
come familiar with it. However, we
finally got out from the crowd of ve
hicles that frequented that part of the
city, and it was not long before we
were moving on a country road re
gardless of the speed limit- We had
been out about half an hour when I
asked Charlie how long he bad owned
tbe auto.
"Owned what auto?"
"Why, this one."
"This one! I don't own this ear.
Isn't It yours?"
"Mine! No. I never saw it before
today."
"Well. I'll be Jinged! We've stolen
an auto."
I began to laugh.
"It's no laughing matter." he added.
"The owner can make a lot of trouble
for us if he likes."
"I wonder who the orner Is?'
"I don't know, but 1 do know that
I'm going to take it back from where
I got It as soon as possible. 1 only
hope no, that cannot be expected
the fellow has been detained so that
we can get It back before he misses it"
"For heaven's sake!" 1 exclaimed.
'Turn around and go back as fast as
you can!"
"It would be better to return by an
other road. We'll strike a crossroad
presently, I'll take It and In a mile or
so reach an asphalt paved way that
will take us back to the city."
We kept on. but in a few minutes I
beard an ominous buzzing behind. I
turned and saw an auto coming like
the wind.
"My goodness gracious!" I cried.
"Suppose It should be the owner of tbe
car coming for us!"
"Quite likely It Is." said Charlie
grimly.
I can understand the temptation of I
persons running autos when they
knock down or run over some one to
try to get out of tbe scrape by flight
The Impulse to make a race for con
cealment Is very strong. The almost
certainty of final detection Is lost sight
of. This Is the way I felt, and I fan
ey Charlie was tempted In like man
ner. But he never said a word, nor
did I. I knew by the sputtering of the
machine as be turned on more power
and opened a valve to "let out pas that
he was going to run for It.
But both Charlie and I were fools not
to turn about and. If we met the own-
er of the car we had taken.' explain ihe
uiisume ana tlirov ourselves on bis
mercy. As 1 have said. It was that de
sire Inborn iu humanity, and In the
brute creation for that matter, for the
excltenieut of a race.
"Don't look back," aald Charlie.
I knew by this that m.v dolus so
would indicate that we were trrlnir ti
eoaie by M!j,'lit. whereas If we pnld
uo attentiou to those behind us it would
appear that we were simply going at
high speed. But despite the cniitlon
I could not be Id turning ms hand. I
could not see who was In tbe e k.
hind us on account of the dust t5
by other evidences of a breakiu!
speed I had little doubt that the m
was trying to catch us. "
"I think they're gaining Just a Iimu.
I said.
Tom pushed the speed gangs a trs.
farther on-not to the limit, for ,
were already going at a tremen,
gait. The telegraph poles flew Bke.
spokes of a revolving wheel,
nately the road was good, but Cb,Z
dare not turn when we reached tfH
crossroad without slowing down, sbJ
this he did not wish to do. fa
shot by it like a cannon ball.
Looking ahead. I saw what fs
were in the road turn and as far
possible on the side. When we resck.
ed one of them the astonished fe,
the driver flashed upon me and
isbed.
Looking back, I saw that we w
gained on our pursuers. They ert
still under full speed, but they tnrclr
could not have as swift going a a,
chine as ours! But at this msm.
something underneath our car begaa
to rattle. Charlie instinctively mors
back the speed gauge.
"I'm afraid we're beaten," be nil
"Oh, go ahead.- I cried. "Talcs u
chances."
"If anything should break while r
Ing at this speed we'd be mashed Into
pulp."
Possibly, added to this view of tht
case. Charlie bad had time to consider
the folly of our course. The rattling
continued, aDd he took off more 'pover.
I looked back and saw that oar pur
suers were rapidly coming up with n.
I think I would have renewed the
pace if I had known we should bt
wrecked, but Charlie had got some an.
I cretion into him and kept reducing U
stead or putting on speed.
"When they come up," he said, "dont
appear as if we had been trying to get
away from them. Brazen itont 111 it
Clare, till otherwise convinced, that
tbe machine Is mine."
So we prepared ourselves for t bioff.
and our pursuers, coming near, show
ed to us to stop. Charlie obeyed, and
the other car slowed down beside at
When I saw what it contained the
heavens grew black, all about me
whirled, and I sank back on tbe leather
cushion.
I had been flying from my husband.
I didn't quite fi.int away. I was
sufficiently conscious to see on Tcrm'i
face tbe look of a man who had caught
his wife running away with a rival
The' first words I heard came from
Charlie, and it was evident that be
bad not lost bis presence of mind.
"Hello. Tom."' he said. "What in
you doing out here at this time in the
morning?''
Tom made no reply. He was too ap
palled to spfJtk.
"I met your wife." Charlie contin
ued, "in front of Waterman's itore
looking at this auto. I thought U was
hers, and she thought it was mine 1
proposed a spin, and it was only few
minutes ago that we discovered our
mistake."
I saw a look of mingled relief and
doubt come over my husband's face
He seemed to wish to believe the story,
but found It hard to swallow. Pres
ently he said In a reserved tone:
"You are In a car I have been thlni-v
ing of buying. I left it awhile aso la
fore Waterman's, going in to bay
pair of driving gloves. When 1 cam
out tbe auto was gone. A polieemai
told me be saw a man and a womai
get into it and drive off In this direc
tion." By this time I had recovered snffl
ciently to take my part In the conver
sation. "We discovered our mistake," I taML
"just as we beard you coming for ttt
"Not knowing who you were, but op-
posing you were the owner of the car
we had taken, we thought we would
race you for it. Flying from my cwi
husband ha. bar
Tom didn't seem to think it funny i
bit. the reason being plain. The Mea
that was uppermost in his bead wai
that I was eloping with his rlra'
However, the fact that we bad tak
the automobile he had been using con
vinced him. If we had intended
elopement we should not have bees
likely to take that particular car. The
fact of baring been pursued by TB
began to strike Charlie as very ludi
crous. The corners of his mouth, he
grin to quirk up. Tom's scowl sl
broke Into a smile. a
"We've got to get back to town,
enlrl riharlle. "Do vou want your w!f"
la your car. Tom. or will you trust her
to me? I promise solemnly not to roa
away with ter again."
Tom's smile broadened Into
and. starting his auto-be had borrow
ed It for the pursuit-he left us to f
where we pleased. We followed bla
home, and I Invited Charlie
luncheon. We found Tom Pn
uottie or wine, ana ueiour i"- -broke
tip we were In a gale of l,u
ter at our stealing an automobile,
lug chased for thieves and finally W
being considered an eloper by rnj
husband.
Feb. 9 in American
History.
T"
1773 General William
nenry H"r
criwt ninth ikrnuii n.nt of the ta
States, born: died 1S41. t
ISSil-Cenera! Winneld Scott tlan,
distinguished soldier, prwldenn"
candidate in 1SS0. died; born in
1913-Hevolution against the ro J
Madero broke out in the w
Mexico.
The Harvest
The law of tbe harvest is w .
more man j om - l to
you reap a habit: sow n habit J,lJ
reap a character: sow a chara "
you reap a destiny. -Oeorge V-
Sow an -