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Thursday, July 16, 1914.
' He who fights and runs away has it
'. ct a pood many of ahe candidates who
. j .personally filed their own petitions.
' Y Instead of blaming the present state
I tit the market for their securities to
Trover-regulation, the rai'roads, in view
'. of recent revelations, should be thank
Mag their lucky stars that there are
"even a few Investors left.
- It turns out that the stand-pat re
publicans are also blaming the ad
ministration for the failure of the Lorl-mer-Munday
banks. This is stretching
', the credulity of the public even farther
than the aforesaid bankers attempted
to stretch their securities.
The decision of Messrs. Jones and
Warburg to stay in the fight not for
personal reasons but because they
feel that they owe it to the president,
SB1 convince a good many that they
'are the right men for the places for
which they have been nominated.
The Hammond, Ind.. man. who, tfter
falling heir to 7,00O,000. hired five of
his friends at $5,000 a year to help him
opend it has indicated an easy way
oat for the Moline man who la said to
have had a million or so of Russian
wealth suddenly dumped upon his de
fenseless head.
Those who have never become recon
ciled to either the antics or the flavor
of the cockroach will Join with a v!m in
the swatting campaign which the de
. part m en t of agriculture is trying to in
augurate against this pestiferous in
sect on the ground that it is a carrier
of cancer Infection.
Slowly the dignity of the newspaper
photographer is gaining recognition.
A few years ago when the Duchess of
Marlborough visited the United States
an attempt to get a picture of her
started a riot. This trip over she
obligingly stepped out into the sunlight
and posed for the camera man.
While the few beneficiaries of Wt.ll
street's manipulations have been
squealing and cry eg "persecution," the
many who have been feeding the hop
per all these year3 have not been say
ing much but, depend upon it, they
will be heard from at the next election
and what they lave to say will not
iconvey much consolation to the cap-
-talns of finance, either.
Al Jennings, the rorcrmeC bandit, is
now running for governor of Oklaho
ma. The ether day, in addressing a
crowd at JIuskogf-e, he said: ' I have
done things as a lawyer I would have
been asham d of in my palmiest ban
dit, days. In fact, I have given up the
practice of law that I may lead an
honorable life." Of course, Jennings
refers to the Oklahoma type of law
yer. With trouble in Santo-Domingo,
Haiti, the Central American states and
Mexico demanding our attention at the
present time, it lookB as though the
United States would be Justified in
creating a new cabinet officer at the
Jjead of a department of revolutions to
put down insurrections among our
southern neighbors in much the same
manner as paid tf.re departments of
cities fight fires. By imposing a rea
sonable tax for each revolution nipped
, la the bud the new department might
';3 made self sustaining.
The French people have always been
Vnown for their thrlftlness and the
present generation Is fully up to its
, predecessors in this respect. A recent
government loan was subscribed 4J
times over and more than 1700.000,000
was paid into the treasury. Seven
eighths of this large sum was paid in
actual cash and the other eighth In
treasury notes and bonds. The present
-bond issue urpasses all records ana
Is the best possible proof that the
French people have every confidence
In their government. The credit of
the French nation will not suffer as
. long as its people continue to show
such evidences of thrift as this.
-j, Down in Oklahoma they have in
augurated a custom of having "take
Ot back" days. The mayor of a city
-or other properly constituted) head of
local government sets aside one day
each year when thoso with grudges
against each 'other are expected to
Set together, shake hands rnd forget
ntbeir differences. It's a sort of clear
ing house of personal relations. The
suggestion is offered that after the
jpresent hostilities among county offi
cers la settled, regardless of the out
come, it would be appropriate for the
board of supervisors to designate such
a day for Rock Island county. It would
at leart be a popular more among the
many voters and Jaxpayers who feel
that the show which has been put up
for the last year or more has not been
worth the price of admission.
MISSISSIPPI AND NILE.
The N'ew York Commercial la
authority Ifor the statement that the
Vnited States government has retain
ed Sir .William Willcocks. the dlstio
gulshcd English engineer, who has per
formed 6uch wonders with the river
Nile, es consulting engineer in the
work that is soon to be attempted with
the Mississippi river, says the New
Orleans States.
Of the success of Sir William Will
cocks in Egypt there can be po two
opinions. The waters of the Nile have
been used for Irrigation purposes for
many centuries, but experts say tha
in all the history of that ancient coun
try no system was ever devised equal
to that recently installed under the
supervision cf the English engineer.
The statement that the problems of
the Mississippi and the Nile are very
much the some will, however, be suo
Ject to seme dispute. The Mississippi
j is a much more turbulent stream than
the Nile, and that it will prove as
amenable to the systems that have
worked so well in Egypt is something
that remains to be proved.
However this may be, the problem
of the Mississippi is one that must be
taken up and settled in this country
and the sooner the better. The views
cf Sir William Wlllcocks are to be
reduced to writing after a personal in
spection or the .Mississippi river and
its problems, and the plan he proposes
will then be considered by a board o?
engineers from the United States
army.
WILSON AND BUSINESS.
There is no evidence that the presi
dent has changed his attitude toward
business, as Is the gleeful assertion of
some Of his political opponent. It is
business that has changed its attitude
toward the president, says the New
York World.
Mr. Wilson's attitude toward busi
ness was revealed in his speeches as
a candidate and as nresident-eleot.
It was stated with more precision In
his inaugural address and In his re
marks to congress on the subjects of
tariff reduction and banking and cur
rency reform.
On every occasion the president has
informed business very frankly as to
the nature of the democratic program.,
and he has never failed to invite ad
vice, counsel and co-operation. If
business from long habit understood
this to mean dictation, it has discov
ered its error.
In this respect the recent visit to
the White house of a delegation from
the Chicago Association of Commerce
is noteworthy. For once, at least, im
portant business men addressed the
president Intelligently and with self-
respect. They asked no favors. They
made no absurd plea of poverty and
helplessness. They had wise sugges
tions to offer bearing u constructive
legislation and executive p"cy. They
bullied nobody and they tried to flim
flam nobody.
This is exactly in line with the
president's attitude from the first. He
seeks information and assistance.
The Chicago men urged hlm to push
the trade commission and securities
bills and to let the Sherman law alone.
It wss good advice and honest as well.
It was precisely what Mr. Wilson has
asked from business men and It is
what be needs.
There is no mystery as to the presi
dent's attitude toward business. The
remarkable thing is that business.
with all its sagacity, could not per
ceive earlier that a sincere man charg
ed with solemn duties who asked for
counsel could not be bluffed or stam
peded in the old disreputable way.
THE CAEE OF THE HORSE.
These suggestions for the treatment
of working horses in hot weather have
been published by the New York Wo
men's League for Animals:
Load lightly and drive slowly.
Stop In the shade if possible.
Water your horses as often as possi
ble. So long as a horse Is working wa
ter la moderate quantities will not
hurt him. But let him drink only a
few swallows If he is going to stand
still.
When he comes in after work sponge
off the harness marks and sweat, his
eyes, his cose and mouth, and the
dock. Wash his feet, but not his legs.
If the thermometer Is 75 degrees or
higher, wipe him all over with a wet
sponge. Use vinegar water if possible.
Do not turn the hose on him.
Saturday night give a bran mash
cold and add u teaspoonful of salt
peter.
Do not use a horse hat unless It Is a
canopy-top hat. The ordinary bell
shaped hat does more harm than good.
A sponge on top of the head, or even
a cloth, is good if kept wet. If dry it
is worse than nothing.
If the horse Is overcome by heat get
him into the shade, and remove har
ness end bridle, wash out his mouth,
sponge him all over, shower his legs
and give him four ounces of sweet spir
its of ammonia, or two ounces of sweet
spirits of nitre, in a pint of water, or
give him a pint of coffee, warm. Cool
his head at once, using cold water; or,
if necessary, chopped ice wrapped in a
cloth.
If a horse Is off his feed, try him
with two quarts of oats mixed with
bran and a little water; and add a lit
tle salt or sugar. Or give him oatmeal
or barley water to drink.
Watch your horse. If he stops
sweating suddenly, or if he breathes
short and quick, or if his ears droop,
or if he stands with bis legs braced
sideways, be Is In danger of heat or
furstroke and nedg altcntiou at once.
If it Is so hot that the horse sweats
in the stable at night, tie him outside.
Unless he cools off during the night he
cannot well stand the next day's heat
FACTS ABOUT HUNGARY-AUSTRIA
Austria-Hungary, toward which the
eyes of the world are now turned be
cause of the recent assassination of
Archduke Francis Ferdinand, heir to
the throne of the dual monarchy, and
his consort, the duchess of Hohenberg,
Is a land of strange contrast, accord
ing to a statement issued by the Na
tional Geographic society at Washing
ton. D. C.
"In spite of Its Important position,
both geographically and politically,
but few people realize exactly what
they mean when they speak of Austria
Hungary, and to many the words Aus
tria and Hungary seem interchange
able terms for the same country," reads
the statement, "What, then, is Aus
tria, what is Hungary, and why are
they always bracketed together?
"The Austrian empire is a constitu
tional monarchy formed of three king
doms, Bohemia, Galicia and Dalmatia,
tv-o archduchies. Upper and Lower
Austria, and a collection of duchies,
countships and margraves of princely
rank; all of them united in the person
of the Emperor Francis Joseph. The
adjacent and entirely independent
kingdom of Hungary, in addition to
Hungary proper, includes Croatia,
Slavonla and Transylvania, countries
formerly Independent, but now,
through intermarriage, conquest and
inheritance, all possessions of the
Apostolic King of Hungary, who hap
pens by a purely historic chance to
be also sovereign of the empire of
Austria. The possession of a unifying
link in the person of their common
ruler has led to the Ausleglelch, or
'compromise, whereby the two coun
tries, for mutual convenience, have
agreed to join forces in maintaining
joint diplomatic and naval and mili
tary services. Beyond this the two
countries are entirely independent,
each having its own constitution, legis
lature and administration.
"No country in Europe, except only
Hungary, contains within its borders
so many diverse nations and tongues
as the Austrian empire. Each of the
three great ethnic streaks of Europe
is represented the Latin, the German
and the Slav, with the latter predom
HYGIENE IN THE DESER1
Our Latter Day Methods Were an Open
Book to Masses.
Nothing under the sun Is new. Facts
have proved that even the pitch which
hygiene has reached at the present
day was equaled and in many instances
excelled under the laws of Moses.
The particular and careful manner
in which animals are slaughtered ac
cording to the laws of the Talmud is
acknowledged today to be the most
sanitary method possible.
Professor Koch gave to the world
the valuable results of his investiga
tions in bacteriology, but several
thousand years before that the Mosaic
law pointed out the danger to human
ity from tuberculosis in cattle, but did
not forbid poultry as food. It was not
William
Beans
Our esteemed medical predecessor,
Galen, wrote that "beans are harder
to digest than other foods and give
bad dreams." Galen's wife must have
been a bad cook. Or maybe the man
was too fond Of beans .
When properly prepared and eaten
in reasonable quantities, as determined
by the individual's relative-physical
activity, beans are not only digestible
but highly nutritious.
Flatulence after eating beans Is due
to bacterial fermentation in the in
testinal tract. The use of catsup or
other carminative flavors with the
beans tends to prevent discomfort
from flatulence. Another way to pre
vent this gas-formation is by soaking
the beans in water containing soda
and salt and then par-boiling to ren
der the skins and outer layers more
digestible. The entire removal of the
skins by sieving is sometimes advis
able in cases where beans are apt to
disagree.
Economy and Energy In Beans.
Baked beans form a prominent part
of the dietary of lumbermen In the
lumber camps. They furnish a large
amount of working energy for a very
small cost, as compared with other
foods. While persons engaged In ac
tive outdoor work can assimilate beans
to better advantage than Indoor or
sedentary workers, still the latter
class can and should include beans
and peas In the larder as a mere mat
ter Of economy.
Ten cents will pay for as much
available food In the shape of beans
as you can buy for 40 cents in the
butcher shop. Beef, however, is
more thoroughly assimilated in the
process of digestion. But even con
sidering that difference, beans are still
the more economical.
It matters very little whether yoa
prefer string beans or dried beans,
green peas or canned peas, there is
no other variety of food more nu
tritious cent for cent. Both peas and
beans are rich In protein, or vegetable
nitrogen, which is quite as suitable
for working requirements as is ani
mal nitrogen, or lean beef. Dried
peas at 2 cents per pound furnish
twice as much energy to the body as
wheat flour at the same price.
If yon don't know beans yon should
make it your business to get acquaint
ed with them, no matter how far from
Boston you live.
Dr. Brady will answer all quesUons pertaining to health. If your ques
tion is of general Interest It will be answered through these columns; if not
It will be answered personally if stamped, addressed envelope Is enclosed.
Dr. Brady will not prescribe for Individual cases or make diagnoses. Ad
dress all letters to Dr. William Brady, care of The Argus, Rock Island, 11L
inating, as to it belong 15 out of the
26 million people inhabiting the em
pire. The Hungarian, or more prop
erly, the Magyar, is perhaps the keen
est patriot in Europe, and he manifests
his enthusiasm by seeking to Impose
his language and customs upon his
Slavonic fellow-cltiaens with a persis
tence that neither opposition nor pas
sive resistance can dimish.
"In these lands, bo mixed In nation
ality and language, there Is no less a
variety of religions; Roman catholics
predominate, but Greek orthodox, Un-
iat Greeks, Lutherans, Calvlnists, Jews
and even Armenian Gregorians, aro
found within their borders. The customs-union
between Austria and Hun
gary has rendered these countries a
commercial unit; but, roughly speak
ing, Hungary is the agricultural and
pastoral . country, while Austria is in
dustrial. Hungary is also the richest
country in Europe in mineral deposits,
the range of which is singularly wide.
Austria is, after Switzerland, the most
mountainous region In Europe, more
than four-fifths of her vast territory
being over 600 feet above sea level.
Mountain climbing is the great nation
al game, like baseball in the United
States. Old, young, mlddlyaged, all
take a keen Interest In it. Even Em
peror Francis Joseph is . an enthus
iastic mountaineer at more than 80
years of age. In his time he has
scaled most of the great peaks of his
country.
"Vienna, the imperial city, the capi
tal of Austria, owns her own electric
and gas light, street railways and om
nibuses, ice manufacturing plant, ware
houses, stock yards, brewery, wine cel
lar, all the pawnshops and even the
undertaking establishments. Budapest
the capital of Hungary, formerly two
cities, Buda and Pest, is Paris, Vienna
and London in one, a combination of
the gayeties of the capitals of the
world, with a little distinctive Hungar
ian paprika spice thrown in.
"Even in the remotest corners of
Austria-Hungary the strong arm of
the law is ever present, the river
stretches and the back country being
policed by heavily armed constab
ulary. many years ago that specialists dis
covered that fowl tuberculosis was
harmless to man.
The yearly exodus to the country
and seaside Is no new innovation.
Moses, the great lawgiver, prescribed
not only feasting at certain seasons of
the year, but the removal of whole
families to great camping grounds in
th open spaces, where they could live
near to nature. Pearson's Weekly.
The graveyard of theatrical produc
tions is the storehouse. Alas, many
productions find their way to the store
house when they are only a few weeks
old. One New York firm Is going to
sell at auction costumes and sets of
scenery that represent a cost of $400,
000, expended upon hapless ventures
in dramas and musical plays.
Drady,M.
as Food.
Questions and Answers.
T. W. K. inquires: Is alcohol or
the liquor habit a cause of epileptic
fits?
Reply.
Alcoholism is considered a vefy po
tent factor of epilepsy. Children of
parents who have been devoted to
the liquor habit are more liable to be
epileptics than are children of teeto
talers. The New York Medical Jour
nal recently had a report of a gVoup
of seven cases of epilepsy In the first
born child, the disease in each in
stance being attributed to a single
debauch on the part of the ordinary
temperate father. If this was coinci
dence It was a most remarkable coin
cidence. '
m
A Reader asks: Will morphine stop
any kind Of pain? Will it stop sick
feeling? What is the effect of its use?
What Is a safe dose and how often
can it be taken? What is the differ
ence between ether and morphine?
Reply.
Complete reply will be sent if stamp
ed addressed envelope is furnished.
Morphine will stop most any pain or
sick or other feeling. The effect of
its use frequently is the morphine
habit. There Is no safe dose -except
in the hands of a physician. Ether is
used by Inhalation and is very rapid
in effect. These are terribly danger
ous drugs to experiment with.
W. C. writes: My wife Is 27 years
of age and weighs 22S pounds. She
is gradually taking on more flesh.
She has thought of trying some of
the "fat reducing schemes. Will you
state whether there is any virtue in
these treatments?
Reply.
There Is no virtue in the so-called
"fat reducers." No one but her per
sonal medical adviser can safely treat
her for obesity. '
e
Rex asks: Can a disease or blood
or skin that has been inherited or
caused through vaccination be cured?
Reply.
I know of no disease caused by vac
cination. Most inherited blood or
skin diseases can be cured or greatly
helped by good treatment not by to-
called "blood purifier.
HENRY" HOW1AND
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A man prefers the one who makes him
laugh;
The cares that he must carry through
the day
Are forgotten or diminished more than
half
If there'a Just a chance to laugh along
the way!
But woman ah, God bless her
How her heart does ever leap
With love true love and tender
, For the man who makes her weepl
I like the maid who gives me cause to
smile,
' ,1 love the child that gives me little
care;
Men praise the onea who keep them
laughing while
' They bend beneath the burdens they
must bear.
But woman ah. God bless her!
Her love is true and deep
i For the child that brings her sorrow
And the roan who makes her weep.
Couldn't.
Mrs. Walsingham laid aside the
magazine which she had been read
ing, and with a troubled look on her
countenance said:
"I have just been reading about Sid
ney Lanier."
"Have you?" her husband asked.
"Who is he?'
"He was a poet. It says in this
article that he married in haste and
repented at leisure. There Is some
thing that worries me."
"Well, what is It?"
"You married me in a good deal of
haste. Have you repented at leisure?"
"It has been impossible for me to
do that. I haven't had any leisure
since I got married."
Not Always.
A little henpecking." he said, Via
good for the average man, but it is
foolish for anyone to permit his wife
to become possessed of the idea that
her word is always law. In my own
case, I never "
"Henry," his wife called, "is It going
to be necessary for me to tell you
again to wind the clock and go to
bed?"
"No, dear, I'm going. Good-night,
boys."
MUCH ALIKE.
"You have Just
returned from a
trip to the West,
I believe. Where
did you go?"
"Oh, to Vancou
ver, Seattle, Salt
Lake and around
that way."
"Stopped at Salt Lake, eh? I'd like
to go out there. They say there has
been a great change there during the
last few years that the Mormons and
Gentiles are very much alike now."
"Yes, I heard of a number" of Mor
mons who had affinities."
A Poor Memory.
"Can you remember the names of
all the men who signed the Declara
tion of Independence?"
"No, my memory for names Is very
poor. The only three that I can re
call are John Hancock, George Wash
ington and Andrew Jackson."
From a Lady Contributor.
I wish I were a Hottentot.
For though he wears what clothes
(rot.
He's almost "altorether."
And when I take oft all I can,
I've still Rot on a coat of tan.
And oh! It's such hot weather!
he's
Profits of Poetry.
"I know a poet who gets two dollars
a line for his work."
"That's nothing. I know a poet who
got J2.000.000 for three or four words.
He asked a rich widow to marry him."
The Flitting of Tern pus.
"Tempus fugit, you know."
"Yes. I met a young woman the
other day who said her mother had
been one of the members of the orig
inal 'Florodora' sextet."
Why Not?
One of the preachers has asked the
members of his congregation to bring
their canary birds to church. Why not
try to save some of the parrots?
"A Harmony of Souls" is the title of
the latest picture of Bob Leonard and
Lloyd Ingraham. Among the features
Of this one-reel drama is an orchestra
Of 25 artists. In the story Leonard
himself had to direct the orchestra.
But Leonard's fine musical training
stood him in good stead.
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The Daily Story
The Spot Down Deep By Oney Fred Sweet.
Coprrlfhted. 1(14, by Associated Literary Bureau.
The pair bad progressed as far from
tbe depot as tbe farm Implement shop
when Burke's tall companion Interrupt
ed his reverie caused by the sight of
tbe old town again, tbe dark boar that
lny npon it and the thought of the mis
sion on which he had returned.
"I thought It was more of a place
than this." the fellow slurred, "after
bearing you tell about it- Why. the
train hardly stopped loDg enough to let
us off."
"They're all alike, these tank towns
In the corn belt, Burke snarled, star
ing resentfully about blm "a green de
pot, a red elevator, a Main street, a
church, a school house, a cemetery and
a few houses. And don't let me for
geta bank!" .
"At that I have an idea tbe place
seems a little different to you from tbe
others. Burke," the tall man went on.
"Just think this was your world all
the time that you were a kid. Every
one of these two story buildings must
have loomed like, a skyscraper then."
"Cut the comedy. Slim, Burke broke
in, halting his harried pace a bit to
express himself more forcibly. "It's
all familiar enough. These towns
around here haven't had a new brick
In them these past ten years. And tbe
folks In them aro as changeless as that
statue of 'Justice up there on top of
tbe courthouse unless It Is that some
of the kids have grown up. And if
they've grown tap very much they've
pulled out like I did."
They had. reached tbe center of tbe
town a point where the main street
intersected with tbe street leading
from the depot. "Tbaf s the joint," he
said as he threw bis thumb over his
shoulder toward the brick building on
tbe corner. The tall man turned to
scan the tin sign, whose lettering,
WELL," BS BAXD, "lOU'VB COME HOKE.
Loans and Deposits." was foreshort
ened by tbe slight breeze that sway
ed it.
"It looks soft, he answered after a
shrewd scrutiny of the surroundings,
but if s one thing to crack them these
days and another thing to get away.
The ' way we've planned, though, 1
can't see where there can be a leak.
"Right on this corner Is where the
show bands used to circle and. play.
explained Burke, "and from this cross
ing down there to the park was the
distance set off for the 100 yard dashes
on the Fourth of July. I won one of
them once with my pants rolled up
and wearing a pair of white wool
socks. They said I was over tbe age fix
ed and wouldn't give me the money."
At Burke's initiative the two started
on down the street.
. "Here's the hotel, he went on in
the tone of a guide. "It's where you'll
utop. You can look tbe part of a Chi
cago drummer ail right."
"I suppose there's something In com
ing back Hke this that kind of touches
a spot down deep," suggested the
stronger companion as tbe two passed
the point where tbe stores left off and
the homes began, "even though a fel
low's been in the game yoa bave and
has come back for what you've come
back to do. I know"
"Spot nothing!" Burke cnt in dis
gustedly. "When we take the bump
ers tomorrow morning at this time on
that train that just palled oat this
town '11 be entirely off the map so far
ns I am concerned. It's been oat of
my mind for years as it is. I came
back because I knew there was a soft
Job here, that was alL There's the
folks place, halfway down the block
there, where you see the big maple
looks as If It was about ready to tum
ble over.' Til meet yoa In tbe alley
there Just after dark tonight Yoa
find out what you're supposed to and
count on me. So long."
It bad been a long time since Bark'
bad tried the a oar at Dome In t&eean
morning hours, but he found no lock to
prevent his entrance. Aad he bad In
creased his ability at stealthlness In tho
years that be had been gone, so that be
was easily able to make his room up
stairs without being beard.
It was as If be bad been gone but a
day the smoky kerosene lamp on tbe
bureau, the varicolored quilt on tbe
sagging bed. Once, on being bait
aroused, be expected to hear tbe rattle
of trucks and the yell of a newsboy,
but. instead, there came only the crow
of a, rooster welcoming tbe dawn.
He surprised his mother when she
was at the task of getting dinner as he
stalked half dressed through the kitch
en on the way to the sink.
"There, now, can't a fellow, come
home jonce In awhile without thre b.
he comnl"ni
man cave a Kttla tAt-ti . .
... ' .v
ed toward bim.
ueres pgr
ijuucu, wraug me arms away ftl
about his shoulders. Tm ria
nearly dinner time I'm buncry."
"I wasn't counting on yon,"
mother answered apologetically Jr
ing the tears from her eves and'-
lnff for the pantry. Burie noticed
she limped in her walk. She bJ
his mother had.
Tbe door she opened gave a rW
of the queer shaped and colored
such as he bad never seen except?
borne. Tbey were accompanied b !!
odor that had been peculiar to tfan
too. His mother came back with
of the biggest Jars from toe
the shelf currant Jelly.
Burke was wiping his face o ,
red bordered towel when his ftt,
came In. Tbe old man bad his rtka
his band and slowly removed bis iWt
black hat before be spoke.
"Well." he said, "you've co boat'
Tbe removal of tbe bat showed v
white bis hair had become, tat
fsce was like It in spite of Its contatt
with sun and wind. He cams orcrti
wash bis gnarled hands In tbt sta,
basin with bis son.
"I've tbe garden nearly an In ajuj,
be continued finally. Tm going n
put in onions again this year. Ttxy
take lots of work, but if ths'seuoi
turns out Just right they bring em
than other stuff."
Burke noticed that tbe table h
been shortened up until the cbectertj
cloth touched tbe floor on all tides, bat
tne aisnes were the same, tbt tod
cooked the same.
"How long you going to stay? fit
father inquired at length, pourim
coffee into a saucer.
"Oh. I only 1I be here a day or two,'
answered Burke. "It's pretty iui
here after one is used to Chicaeo."
"Just a day?" his mother flattered
"Still traveling for that Chia
house?" the father Interrupted to to
quire, eying his son as ht cooled o
coffee at his lips. "Timet aint bw
so very good out here."
"I'm still .with them." sptrra
Burke. "It's been a little dull via
us, too, lately, but" he faltered torn
instant "we're expecting quits a Wj
piece of business out this way soon."
"The plaster on the wall back d
yoa's all healed up now. Do yon
tlce It?" the father went on. polnttsi
to Burke to turn around. Toa ftm
boys used to lean back so much whs
yoa sat together there on tbs bock
that It was always broke off. Then
wasn't much use fixing It"
The mother entirely ceased with h
pretension at eating and nerrooilj 1
gered tbe tablecloth.
"Sometimes." she interposed In u
effort to appear unaffected by tbe ref
erence Just made "sometimes yoorn
tber goes to the hall door and calli n
yoa all upstairs Jnst as if yon were tl
here yet He colls eacb of yon a?
crate by name. 'It's time for school."
Her attempted laugh with the wot
Tell lame, and to keep brave abe start
ed In to clear off tbe dishes.
Burke sought the lounge in the fit
ting room, tbe springs of which bii
been ruined by bis acrobatic tttuti
years before. He could close bis era
and m av-prv nnchanired oblectlntvl
room the cheap organ, at which it IS
sister had spent many "weary Bonn
In practice: the enlarged crayon por
trait of his little brother, who had be
taken by diphtheria at tbs time 1
their quarantine during the awful eoM
spell, and his father's wsr relics m4
encampment badges. '. ,
He had planned to get plenty
sleep, but he wss surprised to flni
dark when be awoke. Tbe lamp la tin
kitchen was already lighted, and
was barking outside. Bubblnj W
eyes. Burke avoided his mother, bosf
In the pantry, and found his way too
the back yard. He had not conutefl
the apple tree spreading Its branch
but he refrained from cursing wn
brushed his face in the path. At t
alley he found his partner paclnj
Impatience. " '
"It's a fine time to be coming. JM
waiting man complained sarcastic
"I've been waiting half sa boat
What was the matter?
"I fell asleep," explained Burke, "w
I'm awake now clear awake." B'
paused a moment before goinf
"I'm not In on the deal." bs throat
cislvely. .
His companion's chagrin ana re
prise could not be coucealed
the darkness. For a moment
stood, two shadowy forms sraaj
each other. '
.... . an! W
Iow, cneres no - . -. ft
Burke. "I'm not only not gobi w " 1
. .. ha n ff
on tms jod, dui i m uv v. -altogether.
I'll shake hands
If yon want to. I suppose yo sr
appointed." ,
Burke caught tbe tall mani i
bled reply as be started back tot v
bouse. .Kiji
"Disappointed." he echoed, ij
the agency will be omrwbl0,
my using up two months' expe"
y in trying to get evidence "
that would stick."
July 16 in American
History.
lS30-Margaret Fuller Ossoll. d,
thinker and author, drovI
shipwreck oft Fire island;
1SS0-E. Z. C. Judson (Sed BuntW
romantic author, died: born
1897-tieneral Joseph Conrad,
veteran of tbe Army of B
berland. died; born 1S30-
. Jack Blystone, new director of J
comedies, with Bess Meredyth M
Ing woman and Ernest Shield
ing man, is now producing a 1P'
entitled "TheJThird Pary t the
Coast studios,
in; a fuss
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