Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-12-10
TALES OF CITY
STREETS.

1 81 IL s'iihpSoh. WHO was manager
of Lillian Lewis. an actress of some
note 20 years ago. was in Rock Island
this week as member of the Clara
Thropp company. playing In a Dolls
House"
| Yes. Lillian is dead" said the vet
eran growing reminiscent She fell
victim of consumption. and the end
came on her ranch down in Texas.
lC. c. knell. your furniture dealer &C
those days. went broke on Lillian. He
was the manager of the old Harper's
theatre. I knew him we'll knew my
star better. and counselied with him
10 keep his bank account where she
could not lay hands on ii. but what
had TO say on that point did not
make any impression. He sent her
thousands at a clip. | never could
understand what she was doing with
the money she was getting from Knell
unless she was putting it away, and
am satisfied that is what she did.
Tor some years later she had saved
enough to buy herself big ranch and
SO into retirement. She was a polish
ed woman. She encouraged Knell in
1
completely under her control. One
season l remember when We were
here our next stop was in Chicago.
knell chartered a special train on the
/ Rock Island and went up to the CITY
with the company l could see that
furniture store fading away, and told
Knell so. but il was no use. And YOU
say he is dead, too? Well. probably
they both lived long enough to regret
their folly
Two young people whose homes are
in county village are not living to-
Sether, and until the mother of the
girl relents the separation will con-
time. There was objection TO the
young man ever since he began to call
on the young woman; but he was an
ardent wooer. and during the summer
nights there were clandestine meet
! ings, and a date fixed in the fall when
they should slip away and be married
without the knowledge of the parents
of either. The plan was carried out.
and their wedding was solemniZed one
week ago. Once they were man and
wife. the couple took il for granted
that the opposition would disappear.
They drove to the home of the girl.
but the husband did not get beyond
the doorstep. When the girl threw
her arms around her mothers neck
and said she was bride the mother
pushed her aside and went after a ket-
tie that was boiling on the kitchen
stove and there was a foot race with
lei
in advance down through the barn
yard. He disappeared over the fence.
united his horse and drove back to
the bosom of his own family. There
he has remained. Letters that he
writes TO his bride are intercepted
by the unforgiving mother. and the
girl is not permitted TO get out of
her sight. The young man has learned
not to come 10 the house. with the
threat that there may be something
warmer than water for him if he. yio-
lates the Injunction. II
There was temperance sermon in
the story an old man narratated as
he was leaving the police station the
other morning after having been af-
or spree. He said that he was rs
years old and did not have a dollar
in the world. Il have no blame To
put on anyone's shoulders" he said.
Il have been the offender against my
self You know Frederick Weyer-
haeuser. OF course you do. We got
on the scratch together. and ! plugged
along doing fairly well. but somehow
weakened at the finish and here |
am. For a number OF years | have
been working for Mr.. Weyerhaeuser
chopping trees in his northern timber
lands. Time works wonders. Today
he has millions. and THE old man
peered through the window. II was a
cold. raw day. and he buttoned his
coat around his neck. pushed his bare
hands into his pockets. and was gone.
his eyes dampened with tears. He
had just % cents. The first saloon
that he came TO got il.
There is a Rock Island Wholesale
house that has an employe that is not
on the payroll. He is the first one at
the Office in the morning. and the last |
one TO leave for his home at night. |
When the mail has been opened and |
assorted he takes a trip to the ware |
house. passes an hour with the men /
there. and returns to the Office, and |
remains until the lunch hour. He
takes his hour with the remainder of
the help and is back at his post when
the whistle blows. He has been with
the house for years. He is fox ter
rier. and his master was veteran en-
pioye of the firm. Simply because
his master quit the house was no rea-
son why the dog should. and he has
not had a holiday since 4