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THIi ARGUS.
Published dally at 1C4 Second ave-
'. Rock IiUnd. I!L (Entered at the
postofflce as second-clata matter.)
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authority In the rrerrlaes.
All communication, of era-imentatlre
character, political or reilgloua. mu.t
have real nam. attach ?d for publica
tion. N euch article, will be printed
ever fictitious eis-natv.re.
Telephone In all department. Cen
tral Union. Rock I.I.nl lit. 1143 and
114.
Friday, April 10. 1914.
Now a shoplifters' trust has been un
earthed on the western coast. Com
binations more df Mrur live, but bear
Ins more dignified title?, have long
been parading under the guise of big
business.
Woman has again proved her right
to the last word. Tho Augustana coed
debating; club ha fairly defeated one
young man's team and will meet an
other aggregation of the opposite sex
In the finals.
That "comprehensive" subway pro
posed fcr Chicago seemed a trifle too
"tncompreaens ive'" for the voters.
They want a subway, but Insist on
seeing the preliminaries carried on
open and above board.
Time was when a baseball player
was satisfied to get hi name en the
sporting page. But tince the Federals
came into their own he h3s been trav
eling along side the war news on the
first page nearly every day.
Here is a grain of comfort for mem
bers of the gentler sex w ho blush when
tney behold a weigr.ing siauon: Jim has yet been made, says the Quincy
Ruffo, the Italian tenor, ho'.ds that only j journal.
"beeg" women are beautiful. He says) x'njer the present disconnected sys
the sylph-like ones remind hiai of a ; tem anv qUP6tion of conservation is
piece of macaroni.
Senator Lodge, one cf the bulwarks
of the republican party, cites the Dec
laration of Independence in justifies-,
tlon of President Wilson's stand for
repeal of the Panama canal tolls ex
emption. That ought to hold the cal
amity howlers for awhile.
The Municipal Leag'i of "Rock Is
land County has reiterated its prom
ise uttered before election that there
will be an improvement in the man
ner of conducting saloons here. To
fall to make good is more than likely
to have its answer if there is another
local option election, as it is declared
by the anti-saloon f jlks there will be.
Once more the nurserymen rise to
remark that this baa been an ideal
spring for fruit. The freezes of the
last two nights, they say, were benefi
cial rather than otherwise, because
they will help to retard growth. The
trouble with the fruit prospects is that
they are too good. They create a feel-
log of foreboding. Something a almost
sure to happen.
Milwaukee has a Merchants and
Manufacturers" association that pro
" Sects the consumer against the dis-
Jytoneet advertiser.. Recently a con
cern there announced an all wool
sweater at a cut price. The concern
i was prosecuted for fraudulent adver
tising, bad the association won Us
case. Good tip to every other city In
the land. The merchant who tells the
truth through the advertising columns
of the newspaper is the merchant w ho
eventually meets with the best uc-
,' cess.
THE OFFICE OF CORONER.
' About a year ago the Journal of tho'
American Medical Association com
mented on the inadequacy of the ma
chinery in this country for proper con-
duct of the coroner's office, and stated
': that thorough rehabilitation along
modern lines was urgently needed, ir,
was alio stated that so long as tho
croner remains an elective officer
.kith a continuous tenure of at moat
'' four years, it Is not likely that the of
' flee will be filled generally with prop
" rly trained men. A bill Is now pend-
ing In the New York legislature to do
away with the ancient coroner system
and to substitute for It a st ni of
medical examiners. The bill provides
- for a new officer to be known as the
chief medical examiner, who must be
, , skilled examiner, who must be a
.skilled pathologist wit.i at least ten
.. years' practical experience in the per
forming of postmortem examinations,
. to be appointed by the mayor, and to
. . hold office tmtli he resigns or Is re
moved for cause after a hearing. He
-will appoint assistant examiners, chein-
lsts, clerks, etc., as may be deemed
-necessary, subject to approval by the
board of estimate and apportionment.
The power of the present coroner Is
limited so that this officer will hold In
quests only In cases referred to him by
the district attorney, acting- as a mag
Istrate. The new law also marks the
abolishment of the coroner's jury, a
body which Is costly, useless and often
ridiculous which might be said also
Of the petit Jury. The medical In
vestigation of crime i.i to be the duty
'of Qualified medical officers, capable
and responsible. The bill Is the result
of av Joint conference of committees
as
cf fbe New Tork academy of medicine.
Ttrustees of Bellevue and allied hoepl-
ta, district attorney's office. profes
or of pathology In the leading medi
cal schools. City club. Citizen' union
and short ballot association. It pass,
ago would result In the removal of a
pornl-lous, s'ow. Inefficient system,
which is a relic of obsolete soclul con
ditlor.s. IRRIGATING WITH SEWAGE.
A profitable means of disposing of
feu-ape from institutions and small
communities in districts where no gen-
eral system of sewage disposal Is avail
able is disclosed by a report of expe
riments carried on by the department
of agriculture at the Xew Jersey train
ing school !ocated at Vineland.
In the past the sewage from this in
stltution. which has a summer popula
tion of about 600 Individuals, has been
a nuisance, ruining considerable land
and creating a breeding place for raos
qultoes unless kept w-ell covered with
oil. In 1913 this sewage was spread
over about twice as much ground as
formerly, and this lnd. instead of be
ing Injured, was made to produce
heavy crops of alfalfa and silage corn
thus doing; away w ith the nuisance and
securing a valuable crop at the same
time.
It w-as possible to run this sewage
over a part of an alfalfa field planted
previously and compare the yields
from the irrigated and unlrrlated
tracts. The part of the field on which
the sewage w-as run yielded at the rate
of o tons per acre for the season, w hile
the part of the fie'.d receiving no sew
age yielded at the rate of but 3 tons
per acre.
The yields of corn were not deter
mined, but the yield on the land on
which the sewage water was run was
so much larger than that on the land
not watered that the directors of the
school are putting In the equipment
necessary to spread the sew-age over
still larger areas in 1914-
LANE AND CONSERVATION.
It is beginning to look as if the Wil
son administration will settle for all
time the question of the conservation
of natural resources In this country.
Secretary Line's proposal for a con
servation commission which shal! de
cide all questions of conservation and
settle upon all policies for the develop,
nient of public resources is the most
definite plan- for a settled policy that
practically a matter for the joint ac
tion of the president's cabinet. Public
lands are under the jurisdiction of the
interior department. The department
of agriculture has control of the na
tional fcrest3. The secretary of war
is charged, with responsibility for the
water power still owned by the people,
Above all of them is the attorney gen
eral, who decides upon the legality
of any executive action.
Secretary Lane w-ould centralize
conservation within a commission.
composed of men expert on the sub
ject and carefully selected so as to bo
be3-ond the influence of those who
would exploit the public resources for
private gain.
A subject allied with conservation,
as it is popularly understood,' Is the
control of floods in American rivers.
The New-lands bill, which by means of
reservoirs, forestration at headwaters
cf streams, dredging and diking aims
to keep our unruly rivers under con
trol, has been referred by the presl
dent to a committee of cabinet offi
cers, who are about ready to report fa
vorably on It.
"QUAI'MT marriage notice.1
William Cullen Bryant Broke the News
Gently to His Mother.
The following' letter from William
Cullen Bryant to bis mother, quoted
by Professor Chubb In "Stories of An
tbors." Indicates that the author of
"Thanatopsls" could enjoy bis litUe
JoLo on occasion:
i "Dear Mother I hasten to send you
the melancholy intelligence of what
bas lctely happened to rje. Early on
the evening of the eleventh day of the
present month I was at a neighboring
bouse In this village. Several people
of botb sexes were assembled In one
of the apartments, and three or four
others, with myself, were In another.
At last came In a little elderly gentle
man, pale, tbln, with a solemn counte
nance, pleuritic voice, booked nose and
bollow eyes. It was not Ions lefore
we were summoned to attend In the
apartment where be and tbe rest of
the company were gathered. We went
In and took onr seats. The llttlvj eld
erly gentleman .wit b the book nose
prayed, and we all stood up. When
be bad f nlsbed most of us sat down.
Tbe gentleman with tbe booked nose
then muttered certain cabalistic es
prcsslons. which f was too mucb
frightened to remember, bnt I recol
lect that at tbe conclusion 2 was given
to understand that ! was married to a
yonnsr ladx of the name of Trance
Falrcblld. whom I perceived standing1
by my sldo and whom X Lope In tbe
conrst of a few tnostbs to have tbe
pleasure of Jntrodurlsjfo you as your
daughter-in-law, which Is a matter of
some Interest t" tbe poor girl, who has
neither father nor mother In tbe
world."
Washington Anyone who attempts
after May 1 to briny Into the United
States certain Hawaallan fruits, nuts
and vegetables will face a penalty of
$500 line or Imprisonment for a year
or both. The products barred are
these which might Introduce two dan
gerous pests, the melon fly and the
Mediterranean fruit fly. They Include
tomatoes, squashes, green peppers and
string beans.
St. Paul Minnesota received $82,538
the Inheritance tax on the estate of
Charles O. Gates. Payment was made
without a contest.
Chan-Chan, the Ruined Chimu Capital
Chan-Chan, the ruined old capital of
the Chlmus, 1 not in China, notwith
standing that the name nilghf suggest
such a location to the uninitiated. If
the Chlnnig ever lived In oriental
lands our archaeologists have fal'.ed to
discover the fact. They were Ameri
cans. Just as were the Incas, whose
traditions traced back an unbroken
line of kings for a thousand years be
fore the Spanish conquest, and whose
civilization la so much better known
to us; and ence upon a time these
same Chlmus were formidable rivals
In all the arts of w ar and peace, of the
Incas. They dwe.t along the shores
of Peru, as did the Incas cn the high
Andes, and like the Carthaginians of
old. were a seafaring people.
"Mystery abounds in pre-Columbian
America." writes Walter Vernier In the
March Issue of the Monthy Bulletin of
the Pan-American union, "and the far
ther modern research penetrates Into
the ancient civilizations of Mexico,
Central America and the west coast
of South American, the more the mys
tery of their origin seems to deepen.
Among the problems presented to arch
aeology and anthropology none, per
haps, is more fascinating than that of
the Chlmu people of Peru. What wo
read of these dwellers of the north
coast of the land made famous by the
Incas Is contained In casual references
by the early Spanish chroniclers;
what we see of their civilization con
sists of stupendous ruins near the
modern town of Trujillo."
The ruined temples and palace walls
of this ancient city, richly ornamented j
in oas-rener. me vast, irrigation worKR,
'be sounds containing the sepu'ehers
of once powerful rulers, all indicate
that the ancient Chlmus were worthy
rivals of the "children of the sun" who
finally conquered them.
The Incas, so tradition says, came
from the south to settle the region
once occupied by an ancient race of
cyclopean builders. The Chlmus cf the
coast are said to have come from the
north on a flotilla of rafts, and savants
are not agreed as to the time cf their
Invasion. Some think there is evi
dence of two earlier civilizations; oth
ers that everything points to a rela
tively short occupancy of the valleys,
extending over only a few centuries
prior to the advent of tho Spaniards.
Racially the Chlmus, in common with
Electric Locomotives for Panama Canal
Electric locomotives of a new de
sign will be used to tow- ships
through the Panama canal. In all,
forty of these locomotives are to be
built at Schenectady, N. Y., by the
General Electric company and the
first lot has already been finished
and sent to the Isthmus. It Is ex
pected that all steamships will be able
to run most of the distance across
the isthmus under their own power.
But when they reach the locks they
will be handled entirely by electric
locomotives. Kour locomotives will
be used on each ship, two forward and
two aft.
The Panama locomotives each
weigh 82.500 pounds. They are 32
feet long; 8 feet wide and 9 feet 3
inches in height over the cabs. Each
locomotive has an available tractive
effort of 47,500 pounds and a wind
lass rope pull of 25.000 pounds. Four
of these locomotives will be quite
sufficient to handle all ordinary ships,
but in case of the larger war vessels
six locomotives will be used. In all
cases two of the locomotives will be
fastened astern to act as a brafte on
the vessel's movement and to direct
her In the course.
PAWNEE
EARS ago, out in the part of
Jf our country which is now
called Oklahoma, there lived
On Indian tribe called Pawnee.
These Pawnee Indians were a fine
large tribe and from their relics we
have learned many interesting
things about Indian customs and
ceremonies.
Like most other tribes, the Fawr
nee Indians had many yearly festi
vals at which time there was danc
ing and feasting and general rejoic
ing. One of their most interesting
ceremonies w-as the animal dance of
the Pawnee medicine men.
The Pawnee dwellings were larger
than ordinary Indian wigwams,
they were built of posts and straw.
, The posts were thrust upright in the
frround tail ones in the center and
horter ones around the sides, istronjj
strips of leather or tough grass
braided were stretched from post to
post and then the whole big roof
was woven thick and firm with straw '
and grasc. Around the sides, the
Straw was fitted down carefully to
the ground so that the water would
drain off well.
As the time drew near for the
animal dance, the inside of the med
icine men's hut was gayly trimmed
jwitli animal trophies.
I Skins and feathers were hung on
j the walls, stuffed birds and small
.animals were hung from the ceiling
and shells and bones were strewed
around on the floor.
In the very center of the dwelling-
large tire was built in a huge tur
tle shell which was turned upside
down and half buried in the dirt
floor.
Around that was coiled an im-
fnense snake. The snake was of clay
the body about a foot and a half
thick, thirty feet long and gayly
painted green and blue and yellow.
.The head was turned faring the en
trance and great hlark fangs were
Copyright Clara
nearly all the Pacific coast peoples of
South America north of Chile, pre
sent the characteristics found among
a large portion of the ancient and
modern iiinhabitanls of Central Amer
ica and Yucatan utterly distinct from
tho highland type of the Inca Conquer
ors. Be that as It may, there are remark
able evldeuccs of the advanced civili
sation of this extinct race. The irri
gation works, aqueducts, reservoirs
und canals whose ruins may still be
seen make It certain that the engineer
ing skill of the Chlmus was' of the
very highest order. The water was
brought down from the Muchi river,
which was tapped at a considerable
distance from the city. The aqueduct
is 6n feet high, and from tho top or
the ridge overlooking the city one can
trace the plan by which the water was
distributed down the slope over the
city and the surrounding land. Every
vhero are canals and reservoirs irri
gating field j and gardens, protected
by a great wall which ran for miles
on the Inland side of the c ity. A study
of these canals suggests a differentia
tion in irrigating land for cotton and
corn cultivation. The long staple cot
ton of Peru was extensively cultivat
ed even in this remote period, and fine
ly woven cloth, dyed in gorgeous col
ors, was worn by the wealthy Chimus.
In the art of pottery they were in
advance of even the laces, for of all
the remarkable work in clay that has
been excavated in Peru none can com
pare In skillful workmanship with that
found in Chan-Chan. Some of these
earthen vessels representing human
figures, heads and groups, were por
traits of contemporaneous persons,
and the observer is struck with the
forcefulness with which the varied ex
pressions of the face are depicted. It
is from relics such as these that we
get our knowledge of the intellectual,
moral and religicus life of these an
cient Chimus, whose only living trace
may be found in the language, the
Muchiea, still spoken in the port of
Eton. Peru, and the neighboring terri
tory. The empire was conquered by
the Incas some 150 years before Pi
zarro arrived upon the scene and as
a race they hae vanished from the
face of the earth, having been scat
tered apd finally absorbed by the con
querors. The locomotives are propelled by
means of a rack, or cog rail,-while tow
ing and while going up or down yie
steep grades from one lock level to
the next, at a speed of two miles an
hour. While running idle, or on re
turn tracks, the speed is changed to
five miles per hour and the locomo
tive Is propelled .without the use of
the rack rail. The locomotive is driven
by two 75 horse power electric
motors, one being direct connected
through reduction gearing; to each.
axle. In the center of the locomotive
is located a vertical windlass with a
drum holding S00 feet of one-inch
steel hawser cable. This windlass
cable Is handled by two 20 horse
pow er motors. One of these motors is
geared for a rope speed of 12 feet per
minute, at a pull of 25,000 pounds.
and its function is to adjust the posi
tion of the ship for anchor or while be
ing towed through the locks. The
other motor is geared for a rope
speed of 200 feet per minute and its
d ty is tp take up slack, or pay out
cable as may be required.
The locomotive has two cabs, one at
either end. The traction motors, as
well as the windlass motors, are con
trolled from either cab.
INDIANS
thrust out to greet newcomers.
Around the sides of the dwellings
were large stuffed animals wild and
fierce looking altogether it was a
stranger sight than any menagerie
you ever saw.
On their faces aiwf irnj tccre "iVwrrj
of small animals.
When the day of the animal dance
came the medicine nipn dressed
themselves -in tikms and feathers.
Necklaces of animals' teeth hung
around their necks and belts from
which bones Iunilecl, hung from
their waists. On their faces and
arms were painted pictures of small
animals and from their feet dragged
skins of . small animals they had
killed.
Jn a solemn procession they
marched into the dwelling prepared
for them.
All day long, they danced and
'10,w,p' around the huge clay snake.'
till they fell .asleep, exhausted, on
tne noor. i
Then the next day, every one in!
the tribe feasted and spent the day;
in nappy rejoicing.
Tomorrow
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HENRY" HOWLAND
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He .farted writing
Verne, that were
easily under
atood. And here and there
was some person
who told him
that they were
good:
He dealt with
themes that were
common, his lAn-g-unire
was plain
and strong-.
And a few people
frankly told him.
he. wm blessed
with the gift of
ong.
He began to throw
In Italic hap
hazard. It may
be said.
And here and there
was a foot-notn
to enlighten the
one. who read.
And hero and there
was a stanza too
deep for the com
mon kind;
The people began to marvel at the might
iness of his mind.
He dropped the rommon. adopting an al
legorical style.
And the critirs had to interpret his mean
ing, after a while.
And the people were filled with wonder,
not understanding a bit.
And the poet had fame and riches and
fancied that h was It.
His meaning got deeper and deeper, Mil
even the critics themselves
Were etumped if they read without ta
king their reference books from the
helves.
And h)3 glory kept growing and spread
ing, he was hailed as a prophet. In
deed; Whenever lie wrote a new poem six na
tions stopped working to read.
Thus, filled with thoughts of his 'great
ness and scorning the simple ways.
He wound and criss-crossed and doubled
in a metaphorical maze.
Till, clutching his brow, he read slowly
his latest, and said with a sigh:
"It's so deep that I can't understand It
my God, what a wonder am I!"
Won in Spite of Herself..
"Why is it," he asked, "that the
prettiest girls generally marry home
ly men?"
"Do they?" she replied. "I haven't
any idea of ever marrying a homely
man, that is, as long as you and I
oh, dear, whit am I saying? I mean
that I wouldn't care for you If you
were homely, and and I'm so fool
ish I let's talk of something else,
please, won't you?"
Being a game young man, however,
he spoke right out then and succeeded
In persuading her to be his.
IN POSITION TO GET FACTS.
"I think." said
the poet, "that I
shall turn my at
tention to sociol
ogy. It seems to
me that a great
book might be
written on how
the poor live."
"Weil," his wife said, with a heart
felt sigh, "if such a thing can be done
you ought to be able to do it. But
I almost hate to think of your biogra
phy soing out in that form, after the
high hopes we've had."
Why He Was Late.
"Ah," she cried, pointing an accus
ing finger at him, as he got home
shortly after eleven o'clock. "You
forgot that this Is the anniver
sary of our wedding! Don't tell me
that you didn't! You wouldn't be get
ting home at this time of r.ight if you
hadn't let it pass clean out of your
memory.
"You wrong me. Margaret: honesh
you do. I 'membered it jush well as
1 ev r remembersh anyshing in m' life.
Honesh. Thash reason 'm late. I b'n
out tryin f'rget it. Honesh."
The Fitness of Things.
He started aa a milkman.
In quite a modest way;
By uaing water freely
He made the venture pay.
Becoming a great magnate.
He kept on aa before:
By making urn f water
He added to hi. store.
At last the doctors gathered
Where he was lying dead:
"Poor man. he died of water
t'pnn the brain." they .aid.
In After Years.
You told me once." she pensively
aid when they met In after years, he
being a widower and she a widow.
that you never could learn to be
happy without me."
I know It, he replied. "In those
days there was an adage that I had
not tested."
. "What was It?"
"'Live and learn."
Safe.
"Don't you ever get to feeling nerv
ous for fear your husband may fall In
love with his typewriter lady?"
ph.no; not at all. phe's my moth-
Evidently Not.
"It Is said that Japanese bablea
never cry."
"Is that so? What's the matter,
don't they use pins over theref
Felt the Power.
Bill Music has a wpuderful influence
over us.
Jill I know it.
"Did juii ever feel the power of a
singer over you?"
"Sure! I married one!" Yonkera
Dtatasmnn.
"eaT. JL .Nile
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The Daily Story
The Kiss Stealer By F. A. Mitchel.
Copyrighted, by Associated Literary Bureau.
The rallrond, like everything eise, is
a development. Tbe first rails were
strap iron on wooden leams. The first
onr was a stagecoach, then several
fstagecoaches together mounted on
wheels. Then came tbe passenger car
of the present day, only much smaller.
When these cars were pulled through
a tunnel tbe passengers were left In
total darkness. Indeed, the lighting of
railway cars passing through tunnels
is a feature of recent years.
When Tom Arnold was about to re
turn to college for his sophomore year
he was asked if he would escort a little
girl who was going in the same direc
tion to boarding school. Tom didn't
like being burdened with the care of a
"little girl," but be couldn't very well
decline. When be saw his charge he
didn't mind taking care of her so much
ns he had thought he would. Lucy
Atwood was fourteen years old, but
tall enough for a girl of sixteen. She
was very demure and appeared to be
utterly devoid of conversational pow
ers. Her protector, having reached the
advanced age (to her) of eighteen,
probably filled her with such awe as to
prevent conversation with him.
But if Miss Atwood was tongue tied
she was very pretty, there is nothing
more delicate, to a young man espe
cially, than a pair, of pink coral lips.
Lucy's complexion was as soft and
downy as a peach, and her Hps were a
combination of beautiful curves. Tom
couldn't keep his eyes off them. He
was young and a sophomore in college,
a combination that can occur but once
in a man's life. His thoughts, his ar
guments, therefore were sophomorlc:
"I have been burdened with the care
of a tongue tied kid without recom
pense. It behooves me to look out for
my own reward. I don't know any
payment that would suit me better
than just one kiss of those lips. In
half an hour we'll get to the tunnel. It
requires three minutes for a train to
go through it, and one can do a great
deal in three minutes."
This was the basis of a plan Tom
formed. Before reaching the tunnel
be would go into another car, first
noting the exact position of his charge.
As soon as the train plunged into dark
ness be would re-enter, make bis way
to where Lucy sat, take the kiss and
retire. Some time after the train bad
emerged Into the light he would go
back to his seat, yawn, take up a
newspaper and begin to read as if
unconscious of anything eventful hav
ing happened.
It was a very pretty scheme, but
more tempting to a youngster of eight
een than to a full fledged man. There
was one thing about it, however, that
Tom didn't like. Tbe kid had been
rlaced fn his care, and he didn't con
sider It quite honorable to avail him
self of the situation to take what didn't
belong to him. But tbe more criminal
the act, the more horror attached to
being found out, the more attractive
tbe scheme.
Tom sat looking sideways at those
Hps, before which every vestige of
honor faded. Nevertheless as the train
approached the tunnel his courage be
gan to fall him. What an awful thing
for him to do! But how nice! Sup
pose the girl should scream and some
one should grab mm: rne very
thought gave him the shivers. But he
was at an age when the greater the
risk the greater the temptation. He
fell, and great was the fall thereof.
lie had often been through the tun
nel and knew the approaches well.
Some tea minutes before the train
reached it he told his charge that be
would go into the smoking car for a
while if She didn't mind sitting alone.
She said she didn't, and Tom, having
noted that the scat was tbe third one
from the door on tbe right, left the
car. He didn't smoke, fearing that
the odor of tobacco would give him
away. He sat looking out through a
window, tt prey t numerous emotions.
'When the train entered the tunnel.
summoning all his resolution, be hur
ried into tbe car he had left and count
ed the Seats on the right by putting a
hand on each till be came to the seat
required. Folding Lucy in his arms,
he took tbe desired kiss. There was a
smothered cry, followed in a few mo
ments by the sound of an opening and
closing door, then no other than the
rattling of the train.
When daylight came again several
passengers who sat near Lucy looked
In her direction for an explanation of
the cry they had heard. She gave no
Indication of anything unusual. She
was wiping the dust from her face
with her handkerchief. She would re
move a portion of it, look at the smudge
It had made on ber handkerchief, then
rub off some more, scrutinising it also,
especially in one corner.
Some twenty minutes after the train
had left the tunnel Tom Arnold came
back and snttdown beside bis charge,
nad Lucy looked him in the face she
would surely have seen signs of guilt
which, despite bis efforts, he was un
able to conceal, but she was looking
out 'through the window and did. not
give him a glance.
Tom was dollf lite.I with the success
of hl.x scheme. It was toot the kiss
that pleased him, for to have enjoyed j
that he should have been Intent upon !
It rather than on committing a robbery, j
it was the fact that be had carried out
his scheme without having been detect
ed. He wondered that Lucy made no
mention of the stolen kiss, but a very
young and delicate miss might feel
abashed at communicating such a thing;
to a young man.
When the journey was ended and
Tom left hla charge at the door of her
school be looked acruUnlsinslv into
ber eyes to aee If he could detect anv
evidence of ber suxpectiug him. She
reiuruetl His gaze with a childlike sim
plicity that reassured him. ami li lefr
her feeling very comfortable.
One June morning, w hen the trees,
the flowers and epeola!ly th.
were In bloom, a young man whofcS
been Invited to s,,end a wk elM
tbe country place of a friend ,nnil!I
ont on the veranda in negHgw, n"s
costume, plucked a rose, sniff.,,
It in tbe buttonhole of bis flBB' 2?
descended tbe step and at rolled
the grounds. Having examined ,u
tennis court, the stables and other,
tures of the place, he Munfered toJ?,
a hedge, which was just the brtrtTu
enable blm to look over it. I the Jl
joining grounds was a pa?od, ,D
pagoda a hammock and In the hi
mock a feminine figure. But wfc.i.m
thelady was old, middle aged or yZ! '
he could not see. HP thought be wJ
like to satisry himself on this Mint
Walking back and forth aloni V
hedge, he looked for an openln? M
length, finding a piace where the bed
was thinner than at others sad twl
ing, he wormed his way through. thocrt
when he reached the other .Me bit
costume wm somewhat disarranged.
Brushing off the dirt and straighten.
Ing the hang of his clothing, he nisa.
tered toward the pagoda. There w
no movement of the figure in the him
mock, and. the morning twins warm be
fancied the occupant might be a.Wp
He had no business in the ground
but he was a venturesome fellow, with
no end of resource and assurance, d4
had an excuse ready in case he met
any one. Drawing gradually nearer to
the pagoda, he finally reached pofct
near enougn ror tjim to see ldr
asleep in the hammock.
She was young about twenty-ana
fair to look upon. She seemed to be
sleeping so soundly that the yotms
man drew nearer, even to the steps of
the pagoda. There was something la
the face of the sleeper that seemed
familiar to him. He thought that be
had seen her before, then that he bal
not, vibrating between these two opin
ions, at last deciding that he bad not
One feature especially charmed him
the lady had a very kissable mouth.
For a young man to stand looking at
a young lady asleep with a kisMble
mouth is dangerous not so daneeronj
to the young lady as the young man,
for there is certainly no harm in one
being kissed who doesn't know of tie
fact. But the young man taking that
which does not belong to him Is liable
to the consequences of his rash act
Then suppose tbe lady is awakened br
the process! Such a contingency would
naturally strike terror into any sensi
tive man.
The watcher drew nearer and nearer
on tiptoe till he reached the hammock,
then, bending over the sleeper. In one
of the alternate risings and bendinm
finally lightly touched the lips with his.
The sleeper slumbered on. Not a mus
cle twitched. The young man wa
tempted to take another, hot suddenly
the abyss on which he stood occurred
to him, and. turning, he tiptoed swar
to the opening of the hedge and passed
through. Then he began to wonder at
the recklessness, the folly, the awful
ness of what he had done.
When he untied his scarf at Bressinr
for dinner that same evening he missed
a stickpin surmounted with a horse
shoe that he had worn during tbe da.r.
He wondered how and where he bad
lost it. Then he remembered worfcin;
his way through the hedge. He must
have dropped it there. He was tempt
ed to go out and look for it, but be bad
barely time to dress for dinner, so be
must needs put off the search till morn
ing. When he went down to dinner whom
should he see but the girl he had kissed
in the hammock. He was seized with
a terrible fright, but on being present
ed to her she gave no evidence what
ever of ever having seen, met or beard
of him before. He was assigned to ber
for a dinner companion, and by the
time they were seated at table he bad
regained enough of his equanimity t
remark that it had been a very M
day, that he hoped It would be coder
tomorrow and that be feared the sim
mer would be an oppressive one.
However, the lady made it easy f"r
him by being agreeable, and he gradu
ally forgot that if she knew how be
had robbed her she w ould despise bin".
After dinner the company strolled out
n to the veranda and spent the even
ing under the moonlight amid the fra
grance of roses. The thief of the !
quite recovered from any qualms of
conscience and was glad he had dor
it. especially since the girl had. n"'
awakened.
On Monday the young man W In
earlv train to the city. When tne pw
man arrived during the afternoon r.r
brought a small package aciarc-eu
Thomas Arnold. Esq. Opening It tw
recipient took out a handkerchief.
one corner of which were his iim
and n stickpin with a horsesnoe row
ing.
Arnold sank dow n In a chair, witn
n,0an' He1
lie saw it all. When he had
the girl in the tunnel she had u'
his handkerchief fn.ra his pocket. S
had since grown to be a young
and after he had kissed her a secee
time she had found his stitkpin
tbe hedge.
April 10 in American j
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lSM-John Uv.ward Payne. "
-Home. Sweet Home." died:
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cal reformer, died; boru lt
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