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T11K ROCK ISLIAND ARGUS,, FRIDAY. MARCH 27, 1914.
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Friday, March 27, 1914.
The man with a drag will be It in
Rock Island Monday.
When it
roads if A.
impossible.
comes to boosting good
E. Xissen can't do it is
Xext Monday is rood roads day
and next Tuesday is the last day of
registration. Get 'em both down on
your tab.
Another steel magnate has with'
drawn from the giant corporation from
which he has reaped millions to de
vote himself to charity. He ought to,
A Chicago Jury has just awarded
young woman 1500 in a breach of
promise suit in which she sought to
recover 125.000. Couldn't have had
the right kind of eyes.
Women assessors in Chicago have
been notified that they are not to
discuss with others than their super
visors what they see in wealthy homes
while on duty. That will probably
cause some resignations.
Billy Mason, long numbered among
the has-beens in Illinois republican
politics, has pulled himself together
in an effort to come back. lie says
he's going after the nomination for
the United States senatorship again,
Mr. Taft takes another fall out of
Roosevelt on his recall of judges posi
tion in the Saturday Evening Post
this week. And he does it dignlfiedly
and without getting all net up.
Brother Taft surely has a lovely dis
position.
I was raised on a ranch and like
corned beef and cabbage," Eleanor
Gates Tully is quoted as saying in a
discussion of a suit for divorce brought
by her husband. Now we breathlessly
wait to learn what friend husband was
hauled up on.
The calamity howlers in congress
must have been sorely disappointed
when they heard read the full text of
Ambassador Page's recent English
speech. It lacked the ammunition
they bad hoped it contained. Page is
proving himself a real diplomat.
Rockefeller's rocks are causing
more trouble. One weighing 250 tons
that be is having removed from Long
processes by which organised society
turns useful men into criminals, and
thus courts their life-long hostility and
secret warfare. Kelly was a New
Brunswick farmer who produced a
good crop of vegetables. Had he, hi
wife and large family been content
to consume the products, all would be
well with then now. but Kelly drove
load across the imaginary line to sell
them. It is not charged that be even
put the best on top or turned a decay
ed stde down. A customs officer, bid'
Ing in the dark by the roadside, sprang
out and caught his horse's rein and
ordered him off the wagon. The ar
rogance of constituted authority arous
ed Kelly's temper, and he made
hostile rush to release the horse. The
officer tried to kill him. and fired twice,
one bullet lodging in his Beet: and the
other being turned by his belt. Kelly
then gave the officer a thrashing, drove
back home, had the bullet extracted,
and. It is said, neglected to return It
to the owner. Kelly suffered for
time from extradition and other legal
proceedings, but these died out and
the affair was forgotten.
Six years later some men. who by
fatuous moral strabismus are not
only able to retain their own elf-
respect, but regard themselves aa
ueful citizens, devised a scheme to
entice Kelly across the imaginary line.
This waa deemed a meritorious pro-
ceding because Kelly was a criminal
there and a good citizen in Canada.
The Toronto Globe gives the ETory of
Kelly's experience and adds. "Wheth
er be was enticed across the line or
not. he was seized, overpowered, hand
cuffed and put into a stone and iron
cage, where for 14 yeara he will be de
prived of the products of his labor
without compensation, and will be
subjected to continuous indignities by
small minded men in authority. And
In the language of the late Boss
Tweed, what are you going to do about
It?"
TARIFF EFFECTS SHOWN.
In its monograph annual review of
the foreign commerce of the United
States, just issued, the bureau of
foreign and domestic commerce, de
partment of commerce states that the
striking characteristics of the import
trade of the United States in the
fiscal year 1913, when compared with
the import trade of earlier years, are:
First, an increased percentage enter
ing free of duty, and second, an in
creased percentage imported for use
la manufacturing. The percentage of
the imports which entered free of
duty in 1913 was 54.47. being larger
than in any earlier year except 1892
(55.35 per cent) and 1894 (57.9S per
cent), the opening and closing years
of the brief period In which sugar was
admitted free of duty under the act
of 1890. The total value of merchan
dize imported free pf duty rn the
fiscal year 1913 was $987,500,000
against $367,200,000 in 1910; and of
dutiable $825,500,000 against $482.
700,000 In 1900, merchandise entering
free of duty ill 1913 having formed
54.47 per cent of the total imports.
against 43.21 per cent in 1900.
Manufacturers' raw materials form
a steadily increasing share of the im
ports, having been, in 1870. but 12.76
per cent; in 1800. 19.74 per cent; in
1890. 21.62 per cent; in 1900. 32.5 per
cent, and in 1913. 35 per cent. The
growth in ; Importance of manu
factures for further use in manufact
uring was relatively less than that of
raw materials, since that group form
ed 12.75 per cent of the imports in
870 and 19.27 per cent in 1913. Man
ufacturers' raw- materials imported in
aggregated $635,200,000 against
Capital Comment
BY CLYDE H. TAVENNER
Congressman from the Fourteenth District.
CBDeclal Correspondence 6f The Argus
Washington. D. C. March SB. "If
we must hare a huge standing army
and tv big navy and ail the Jlngoea
agree mat w
IT"
CLYDE H.
.TAVCNNER
must la the inter
est of the world'
peace then let
put 'em to work
This is the idea
of Representative
Warren Wort
Bailey of Pennsyl
vania. He has em'
bodied it In a bill
which he has in
troduced In the
house.
By the terms of
this bill the presl
dent is authorized
and directed to
employ the offlc
era and men both
of army and navy
in the construc
tion of the Alaska
railroads, the re
clamation of arid lands, the drainage
of submerged or swamp lands, the
construction of levees or public high
ways and the improvement of rivers
and harbors.
We have a very large body of train.
ed men who are not earning their
salt," said Mr. Bailey in discussing
his bill. "Largely speaking the army and
navy are a-dead weight on the shoul
ders of labor. , They are as much a
burden as the folks in the poor house
or in the asylums. They work of
course, but unproductively. They
consume without contributing to the
um of wealth. And they are made up
In large part of the very flower of our
young manhood. Officers and men
alike are capable of useful work and
if they were not engaged in dipping
up water and pouring it back they
would be occupied in some gainful em
ployment.
'Now why should all these men be
carried on the backs of our tollers in
mill and mine, in field and forest?
Why shouldn't they get down and do
their share of the world's real work?
We are about to build railroads In
Alaska. Why not set army and navy
on this Job? I feel certain that there
would be fewer desertions from either
branch' of the service and much less
vice among officers and men if they
were busy on a Job In which genuine
results would be shown.
"We ere appropriating approximate
ly $300,000,000 on army and navy this
year. "Mr. Bailey continued. "That is
at least twice what a democratic con'
gress ought to appropriate, but jingo?
ism has possession of congress. And
what are we going to get for all this
money? Not a blessed thing actually
worth while. We shall get perhaps
seme more battleships and other fight
ing craft. We shall get some more
boys away from gainful occupations
into an occupation morally and eco
nomically destructive. We shall pave
the way for a lengthening pension roll
for the future. And that's all. But if
my proposal shall be adopted and it
is not a fantastic or impossible on
we shall get for a part of it at least
some (concrete results in the way' of
railroads in Alaska, reclaimed lands in
the arid west, tillable acres in the new
submerged sections and improved
highways all without additional taxes.
For with the potential labor now frit-
teded away in climbing up a ladder
and climbing down again turned into
the channels of actual production the
appropriations for army and navy to
his extent will take on the aspect of
an Investment or pay for services ren
dered. The work done will be useful
instead of useless;, it will make for
gala rather than for loss; it will .im
ply prosperity instead of pauperisms
it will uplift and ennoble Instead of
tending to undermine and degrade."
"Colonel Goethals has demonstrated
what the army can do," the Pennsyl-
anian adaea. "if under nis direction a
canal could be built at Panama, is
there say reason to doubt that under
like direction railroads can be built in
Alaska and river, and harbors Improv
ed here at home?"
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HENRY" HOWLAND
AIN'T. "VOU GLAD
YOU RE LIVJN'?
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It A l I
II jr : - M
v
Nw Home for Bureau of Mines
1913
276.200.00 in 1900. and manufactures
for further use in manufacturing
jsiana 10 i arrytown is oostnicung tne showed. In 1913. a total importation
streets of the former village, and the of $349,400,000. against $134,200,009
board of trustees has risen up and
demanded a bond from John D.
against property damage.
in 1900.
foodstuffs in a crude condition
formed 11.7 per cent of the imports in
1913 and 11.5 per cent in 1900; food
stuffs partly or wholly manufactured.
10.7 per cent in 1913 and 15.7 ber
Plans for the proposed $500,000 ex
periment station of the United States
bureau cf mines to be located in Pitts
burgh. Pa., have been approved by
the commission appointed by congress
for that purpose. The federal gov
ernment now owns the property upon
which will be erected a group of build
ings, especially designed and adapt
ed for the carrying on of the mine
safety work and other Investigations
in which the bureau of mines is interested.
Congress a year ago, in the public
buildings bill authorized a new home
for the bureau of mines to cost $500,
000. It is now expected that congress,
in its present session will make a spe
cific appropriation so that construc
tion work may begin. It is hoped that
contracts may be let by July 1. The
director is hopeful that the buildings
may be completed in the fall of 1915,
when they will be dedicated with suit
able ceremony. Including a second na
tional mine safety demonstration, sim
ilar to that held at Pittsburgh, 1911.
The commission which has approved
the plans consists of J. A. Holmes, D.
C. Gingman, chief of engineers of the
United States army and O. Wenderoth,
supervising architect of the treasury.
The state of Pennsylvania has appro
priated $25,000 for cooperation in es
tablishing this experiment station and
has appointed a state commission con
sisting of James E. Roderick, chief
SHOW INTEREST IN GOOD
ROADS. cent ln 1900; and manufactures ready mln0 ln"pector- Dean w- R- Crane, of
Evidence that the people through- for consumption, 22.5 per cent of the the ra,n,ng department. Pennsylvania
out tne county are taking more inter- total in 1913. against 23.9 per cent in BlBlB "u v,avtny. mis
est in road improvement than ever be
fore is to be had in the condition of
the country highways this spring.
Taking advantage or the good weather
farmers everywhere are Ufing th6
drag more generally than ever before
and the result is that the country
1900. The principal increase ln lm.
portations or manufacturers' mater
ials occurred In nondutlable articles
or which the imports ln 1913 were
a09, 00.00 against $210,400,000 In
1900. while dutiable crude material.
imported for use in manufacturing ln
latter commission has tentatively ap
proved the plans
The buildings which will consti
tute the experiment station of the
bureau will form a part of a most
remarkable and unusual group of
monumental edifices devoted to edu
cational purposes. On one side the
bureau's buildings will face the great
group of structures of the Carnegie
School of Technology. On another
side is the Carnegie institute, in which
are the art gallery, museum and li
brary. Nearby is the imposing pile of
buildings of the University of Pitts
burgh. Other nearby buildings are
the Memorial hall. Pittsburgh Ath
letic and University clubs and the
Hotel Schenley. The site consists of
nearly 12 acres of land, part of it on
the higher level of the city streets
and part of it on the level of the B.
& O. railroad, which railroad will fur
nish adequate facilities for passen
gers and freight traffic.
The group consists of three main
buildings facing Forbes street and the
several street car lines from the up
town district. The central building
of the group, the mining building, will
be three stories in height, flanked by
two main buildings, one the mechani
cal and the other the chemical building.
Ain't It splendid to
be llvln', 'lone
'bout this time o'
year.
With the green
thing's peepln"
upward and the
mornings " crisp
and clear:
With the children's
cheeks a-glowin'
and the future
lookln' brigrht.
And the gladdened
roosters crowln'
just for fan with
all their might?
Ain't It cheerful,
ain't It aplendld
to (ret out and
whirt the air
When the winter
time Is ended
and there's
beauty everywhere.
When the buds are
busy swellln' and
the colte kick ud their heela
And the lambs quit frfskln hardly long?
enough to get their meals?
Ain't ft fine to hear the cackle of the
hen whose heart la light
And to have the will to tackle any job
there la ln slg-htT
Ain't It flne to see things growln' just
the war they used to grow.
And to feel the warm wind blowln Juet
the way It used to blowT
Ain't It (rood to atart the furrow and to
smell the new-plowed earth.
And to hear the blackbirds chatter.
buntln' worms for ail they're worth"
Ain't It good to hear the ringln'- of the
distant dinner bell.
And to hear the robin eingln just to
show that an la well?
Ain't It to dry to be llvln' when the blos
soms brighten things.
And you're waitin' for the summer with
the gladness that It brings?
Ain't It good to see the gleamln dande
lions in the lane;
Don't it kind of start you dreamln" the
old boyhood dreams again?
The Daily Story
Trapping1 a Crook -By Donald Chamberlia.
Copyrighted, "t 91 4, by Associated Literary Bureau.
came out of the room ttttrnitT
nary dress.
"Do yon know bimr I asked th. .
"No. I've been wonder!,,, w
all the evening." WBeu
"nave I yonr prmi8j(m to
h!mr ""wifisj
"Yes. Can you do It without a
"Certainly. We'll take him AfM .
back stairway.- a,
The man we were talking ba
seeing us recoiled. At first b
disposed to go back Into the tooth!!!!
Which he had marA i.- t
r"' ot rWHott
red thla tiuiK ta . "
i It is generally supposed that we de
tectives have to deal exclusively with
low grade criminals. Moat of our small
robbers are of that sort, but occasion
ally we ran serosa either a gentleman
or one who Is very capable of personat
ing a gentleman.
One of the dangers thieves and
bers encounter Is being given away ijr
a pal. It is singular how many case
there are of quarreling over the di
vision of plunder taken by rascals who
work toe-ether, and once a break ia
maul atuuuK iucu i - , . - -war,
.. ivi. I ered this move and came o
niteiy. itevenge i " t irt-k. ia
' reach by Informing, though this coarse l,. fn.0!f,!r tt to
is Hableyto react on the informer, J tawj
One morning the mail Drought my
chief a letter, badly written and mis
spelled, informing bim that Jim
tanana, anas ouppery jjui wm anvthinir awav neet.n. .
other aliases, would that evening at- 1 2V
tend as a guest a function to be giv- dQwn the front J
cn Dy one oi xne swei.s l iu ... We met tbt) -
bis' object being to get away with cer- at thc fQQt of ,ta,
tain articles of value. No description ment tDe man ,
of Mr. McFariand was given inaeea, thft
no other information tnan nere men
tioned. ' I was directed to examine the
police records and the rogues' gallery
with a view to discovering a biography
. . . A . a 1 n4. T
or a pnotograpn or tne crooa. xul 0n, a tWef ,
found no mention of any such person, token to a gtaa
so I inferred that if the information host ankM that iKSJS
received were genuine he must be a not beard In tne roomi M
newcomer. I believed that It was genu- "indeed!" said the Englishman. T
Ine, for I could not see that anything often thongbt what flM 'JJ
J " uiieves nave to come into Douses wh
statement Indeed, It was apparent to functions are going on and itesi
rrested ahontea ft
rear of the house. T
you've spoiled"- A door w
preventing any more from being haM
"What's the troubler asked v.
Radcliffe. 6
CANDID OPINION
Buenos Aires Counting of votes in
the election for members of the cham
ber of deputies has begun. In the
city of Buenos Aires seven socialist
candidates are leading, with three
radicals next. The influence of the
socialists in the -rest of the country
Is small.
The man who is always positive that
he Is right loses many bets.
Frequently the 'worm that tarns
merely gets itself bruised on the other
side.
A poor beginning may lead to a good
ending, but it is not likely to do so if
one has started to tumble downstairs.
A theatrical producer is a man who
had a drawing-room on the limited
train last week and is sucking an
orange in a common coach today.
Some of the college professors are
trying to find out whether the Indian
has a sense of humor. After they get
through with the Indians they ought to
examine the people who like popular
songs.
For Instance.
- "The sphere," said the philosopher,
"is the first principle of nature. The
earth is a sphere, the sun, the moon
and the stars are spheres. The rain
drop is a sphere; nearly all fruits and
seeds are spherical, and what is it that
a child learns to play with first? A
ball. Our eyes are spheres, and our
heads, by far the most Important parts
of us, are round. In fact, there's hard
ly anything of "any Importance that
Isn't round."
"Oh, yes there is," replied the icono-cla8t-'
:.nr,ati
"What, for instance?" j
"A sirloin steak."
juu -ere ueiw e-n m aucn Kooa iu aggregate siZ5.500.000, against
conauion in tne montn or .narcn. in v;&,800,000 ln 1900. The above figures
tact, seldom at any time of year have relate to general imports, those of
conditions been more favorable for imports for consumption differing but
mailing long anves in tne vicinity or sngniiy from general import figures
noc isianu man uiey nave Deen aur-jin ioiai ana percentages.
jug uid jut i wo weeas. i uiner notable features of the lm
This disposition to make use of the port trade as well as many Interest-
drag augurs well for the success of ,n tacts relative to the export trade
Rock Island's "good roads" day to be of the United States In the fiscal
' oserved next Monday. Speakers year 1913 r discussed ln the mono
uho will be heard at the Illinois the- Kraph. copies of which may be pro-
atre will support the bond project for turea uPn application to the depart
remanent roads in the countv and ",eul OI commerce.
mm
O'
will tell bow these roads should be
built. They will not, however, over
look the fact- that not all the roads
can be made of lasting material at
once and will give their ideas on the
care of common dirt highways such
' 'as most of those in the county will
no doubt remain for many years. Not
only will the visitors to the city Mon
. day be entertained and those who take
part in the dragging contest well re
warded with prizes but the campaign
for road education in the county will
be materially furthered.
It is true that the date is a trifle
; unfortunate in that next -Monday will
be. weather permitting, the day set
, by many farmers for the beginning
of spring work. A number are busy
. this week sowing oats and others de
sire to start early next week. It Is
believed, however, that the program
Jiock Island will offer will be worth
while, even if it Is necessary to post
pone the beginning of spring work for
a day In order to be present
Formation of Ice.
The canse assigned for the fact that
water freezes only for a comparatively
small space at the surface of rivers or
ponds Is thus explained. Sdentiats an
thorltatively declare that water is at
its heaviest when it reaches 40 degrees
F. that is, 8 degrees above freezing
point On a frosty night, as each top
layer of water falls to 40 degrees It
sinks to the bottom, therefore the
whole pond has to drop to 40 degrees
before any of it can freeze. At length
it is all cooled to this point, and then
Ice begins to form. But Ice is a very
bad conductor of beat, therefore It
shnts off the freezing air from the
body of warmer water underneath.
The thicker it gets the more perfectly
does It act as a greatcoat and that Is
why even the Arctic ocean never
freezes beyond a few feet in thickness.
CEIMTNALS IN THE MAKING.
: - William J. Kelly, undergoing a sen-
fence of 14 years in a Georgia prison,
perves to illustrate one of the many
Washington Charges that the
American Sugar Refining company fori
23 years monopolised the New Or
leans sugar market by a "ruthless ex-1
termination of competition" and has
depressed the prtoe of raw an gar have
been presented to President Wilson.
A FAIRY DREAM
NCE upon a time, some little fairies And the fairies?
hid up in a big pine tree. They slept and dreamed that the dings
l m tired of this cold frrav crrav wnrlrl u.-3e i K -
world," said one, "I wish the sun would fairy queen, who waved her wand and
i IL a t- -j b? .her fairy magic, changed the gray to
So do I. said another, "it's so stumd white f .
when the flowers are gone, the grass is When the morning came the sun woke
oeaa ana tne sky is alwavs cloudv."
"I don't think the sky needs to make
so much difference." said a third fairv.
"the sky is often gray and dead lookinz
in winter maybe if we tried to be
extra jolly we would mind."
'I don t see anvthinsr to be iollv
about," objected the first fairy.
"iou dontl" exclaimed the cheerful
fairy, "well then let's make the world
look different so it will look pleasant."
"That's a good idea," thev all shouted.
"let's think how to do it.
So they thought and thev thought so
very hard that they went to sleeo. You
know yourself thinking is sleepy work
sometimes. )
And while they slept some bis; fluff v
anow clouds blew down from the great
northwest
The snowflakes in the clouds saw the
sleeping fairies in the big pine tree and
decided they looked so sober and dis
mal it was time to play them a joke.
So down from the oiled no snow They slept and dreamed that the dintiv
clouds the snowflakes tumbled down onto Prfy world wis visited by a wonderful
the dingy gray earth. I"ry queen.
First they covered the tips of the '
itrees, the tops of the bushes and parts up from a long nap and smiled on the
tof the yards. But soon more snow- fresh white world.
fflakes came and more till the houses Sunbeams danced and frolicked thrtf
and trees, yards and bushes were cov- the trees and awakened the sleenins
'ered with downy whiteness and the fairies who opened their surprised eyes
wnoie eann iookcq iresn ana oeautiiui. and found their dreams come true!
(Copyright Clara Ingram Judaon.)
NO WONDER THEY" DISAGREED
"What were the.
grounds on which
your wife secured
her divorce?"
"I n c ompatabll
ity of tempera
ment" "Why waa it
that you couldn't
agree
"She insisted that her former hus
band was an abler man than I am be
canse ne wore smaller shoes and a
larger hat than I do."
The Center of Interest
X win 'read the sporting sheet. l-'i
It all Is meaningless to me;
I do not care which club may beat
Or which the tall-end team may be.
The market page I put aside,
Stocks may be high or very low;
There may be melons to divide
I do not know nor care to know,'
I have no wish to read about
The work of eongreee day by day;
I never hunt the book news out
Nor pause to read about the play.
I write the lertere which yon read
Signed "Patriot" and "X. T. Z.
X read them only; they, indeed.
Alone have Interest for me. , j'-f "
-'
Changed Her Mind.
jay nusoana and I were engaged
ror nve years."
"Ton must be on of those who hn.
neve m long engagements."
-no. i aid before we
rled."
: 4
were mar
Unsatisfactory.
"Pretty severe snowstorm.
"Tee," replied Mr. Growcher. -Just
severe enough to make It disagreeable
nJ not severe enough to prevent a
man rrora going to
Ancestors Burned.
Bacon He says his ancestors
all cremated. Egbert Why, I thought
cremation was a method of recent
yearsT
'It Is. His picture gallery, though.
was burned up only a month ago."
Tonkers Statesman.
me that thieves had fallen out and
honest men were likely to get their
dues.
I must attend the function, but I
must do so either without an invitation
or the host must know that I am a
detective. To secure admission as a
detective would require taking the host
Into my confidence and as many others
as he chose to confide 'in. These people
would all be looking for the crook, and
he would be scared away. I preferred
to go to the ball myself Incognito.
Sometimes a guest will be known to
the host but not to the hostess, and
vice versa. Therefore a person with
out an invitation stands a good chance
to attend a function without being
questioned. On this chance I relied.
I got myself ap as Immaculately as
possible, parting my hair in the mid
dle in order to give me the appearance
of a superfine gentleman. In the dress-
in? room I made remarks upon the
weather to several different men ln or
der to give the impression that I was
acquainted with them and went down
stairs chatting with a man who seem
ed not averse to my advances. I re
frained from going at once to salute
the host ocd hostess, keeping away
from them purposely while they were
together so they could not compare
notes concerning me.
I bad not been long on the main floor
when I began to scan the faces for my
quarry, though I expected to find him,
if at ail, upstairs. I made frequent
visits to the dressing room and after
the guests had ceased to arrive and
the upper stories were deserted took
the risk of looking into rooms, some
times opening the doors in order to get
an inside view. In one of these ex
plorations I opened the door of a room
where a nurse was sitting beside a
child In its crib. I apologized for mak
ing a mistake and withdrew at once.
Among the guests I noticed one who
seemed to be receiving the lions
share of attention. I asked who he
was and was informed that he was the
Hon. Clifford Radcliffe, a younger son
of a British earl. He seemed to be
a quiet sort of person, listening to
wiiat was said to him rather than talk
ing himself and not flattered by the at
tention paid bim. While observing
h'm I saw a man presented to him
one in fine clothes, but with a very or
dinary face. His hair and beard were
of a disagreeable shade of red. Edging
near enough to bear him speak, I found
that his accent was English. What
especially struck me was that, while I
could not be sure he dropped his h's,
the word "have" sounded very like
" 'ave."
' While I am never disposed to Jump
at conclusions, this red beaded indi
vidual seemed to me to look more out
f of place than any other of the guests.
At any rate, I resolved to keep an
eye on him. Considering that all were
moving constantly, this was" not easy.
Some time after I had first noticed him
I looked about for him, but did not see
him. Thinking that I might catch him
upstairs purloining. I went up there.
Returning to my expedient of opening
doors "by mistake," I turned several
knobs. On one of these entrances I
was surprised to see the red beaded
man standing at a dresser, ne had
divested himself of his dress coat and
bad put on a sack. At the moment 1
opened the door, which I did softly, he
was looking for something on the dress
er. I recognized him by his reflection
in the mirror. His eyes being lowered,
be was not aware of my presence. De
sirous of preserving this advantage
over him. I closed the door without
making the slightest noise, hurried to
a telephone booth, which I bad taken
pains to locate early in the evening,
nr4 cnMori for a connle of men in plain
Ciotnes to come to ine nouse ai one.
Tbey arrived In exactly four minutes.
I met them at the door and directed
them to wait there till I called for
them. Then I sought the host I found
him chatting with the Hon. Clif
ford Racfrilffa and, calling him aside,
told him that there was a crook in
bis house and that I bad called for
the police to arrest bim. I had caught
biro in a room upstairs and thought It
quite probable be waa there still.
Would he go with me and either con
firm or nullify my suspicions by hav
ing a look at the man?
lie went with me, I calling in tha
two men at the door, and we all climb
ed the stairs together. Aa we reached
ue landing above the red headed man I All the newt
are going on and steaL"
"We've got this fellow, anyway, c
ing so early, Mr. Radcliffer
"res; I roust be going. Too km.
cans have been so kind to me ilacci
came over tnat i ve been kept no kti
every night since I arrived here. - Hid
you good night I've already takes
leave of your good wife."
"Good nlgbt Mr. Radcliffe."
The Englishman went on optttlri I
remained with the host for a tint ta
Instruct him In what he should do n
the morrow in appearing against th
thief, telling him that we should pf
ably find the man's bundle filled vita
stolen goods. I did not hurry becusi
there was no occasion to horry, and
the gentleman with whom I was tali-
ing was constantly caned upon with
Good night; have enjoyed your bomi-
tallty Immensely." Finally, hartos
said all I wished to say and apologued
for coming without an Invitation, I
bade bim good night myself and vat
up to the dressing room for mj bat
and overcoat Then I left tie aons
for the police station.
I sallied into the station pnffinr a
cigar I had lighted, feeling that I tti
done a nice bit of work. . The prisoner
and his captors were waiting for me,
as was the sergeant at the desk.
"Are you sure," said the latter, "that
you hit the right man7' .
"Why do you ask?"
"This man says he's a Scotland Ilrd
detective come over here to take back
a British crook wanted for murder."
"That's what I ham," said the prison
er. "I'm 'ere to git Hedward 'Anuwr
ton, charged with the killln' ' 'pwarf
'Enderson in Lunnon. I 'ad lm all
right unsuBpectin'. I'd put on plain
clothes and was goin' down to wait
holitslde for Im when you butted In
and spoiled my game. Hi've lost Tut
now."
It was like being doused with eo'.l
water.
"Did you find nothing on blmr
asked.
"Not a thing except an evening rail
in the bundle."
"Who was your quarry !" I asked ta
prisoner.
"The fellow as called 'imself Oil
ford Radcliffe."
I dashed to the phone, called up W
host of the evening and asked if tfra
Hon. Clifford Radcliffe was still tbe
The reply came back that he had gone,
and I was asked if we had found ttt
tain missing articles on the man IsaJ
arrested. .
Then I knew that I had madetM
blunder of my life. After the arrest
of the man who was laying for bin
the Hon. Mr. Radcliffe had had plentT
of time to help himself to anything
handy and walk leisurely away. More
over, the arrest had given him a i warn
ing which he would surely beed. , ' it
deed. I had spoiled the game of w
man who had come over the water ror
him. The culprit made his escape aw
so far as I know has not to this en
been taken.
tThu t nrnrtPi1 the result of my fI
ploit to mv chief he paid me my
to date and discharged me. I
bim if he didn't think it quite
under the circumstances that I B0"
have made the mistake I did. He re
plied that I was not hired to rna"
mistakes, but to take advantage or
mistakes of other persons. .
I was constrained to leave
work for some time after tnia ' p.
but I afterward drifted back to It aw
when I did adopted for my motto -w
slow." So in the end my mlstase w
a blessing ln disguise, for I now na
the reputation of never c PP lJJ
bracelets ou a person without w
sure I'm right
March 27 in American
History.
Colon! J. W. Kr.nuiu. Pf"J
war. were massacred t
Tex., by Mexican Indiana ,
m-f-Vera'crnz. Mexico, -urreoderel,
to the United States roy.w
inaaded by General Winaeld Ik,
18SS-Fells O. C. Parley, noted an
died: born 1MU2.
190&colonel William Lamb, n-"'
the Confederate defense or f
Fisher, North Carolina.
died: born 1S3U
all the time The ArT