Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-07-11
DAILY STORY
HER THIRD DUTY.

he came into Il large fortune and re-
solved that he would spend nine-tenths
of the income in benefiting others.
This would leave all he needed for
himself He also determined that, so
far as possible, he would conceal his
good works from the world. Had he
given in the usual way this would have
been impossible. He refused all gen
eral charities, combining his benefac-
tions to such cases as came under his
notice Indeed, he never missed an OPP
portunity to make some one happy.
Miss Margaret Miller, a young lady
who had been brought up in attiuence
TO meet poverty on the threshold or
womanhood, received, on the applica-
ton of friends, an appointment of sec
rotary to Mr.. HuXford. He was going
abroad for q few months and put her
in charge of his entire correspondence,
not fearing TO have any one open any
letter he might receive. She was 10
keep him advised of his affairs, i'll
Guiding applications for assistance, by
letter or by cable in urgent cases, and
he even left fund for her to draw
on to save suffering in cases requiring
immediate attention.
Notwithstanding Mr.. HuXfOrd's &C
ton III not letting his right hand know
what his left hand did he was not in
sensible to the good opinion of the
world. Just before leaving he said TO
his secretary:
by the bye, Miss Miller, 1 would
like you to cut out anything you may
see about me in print"
you mean of Il pleasant natureE
"Well, yes. L don't see how L can
have an enemy in the world to speak
evil of me, but L may have, so if you
see anything unpleasant you needn't
keep it,"
Miss Miller'S place was no Sinecure.
She was kept busy reporting TO her en-
ployer the many applications for help,
replying to the applicants and trans
hitting relief when the directions ar
rived to do SO. Every evening she took
q huge bundle of papers and perlodl-
Gals home with her and looked them
for pleasant references to the
philanthropist.
When Mr.. Huxfordtreturned he said
with Il smile: You have not been
troubled, 1 suppose, pin clipping the
good things that haves been said about
me in print
Not in clipping Them she replied,
though / did my duty in looking for
them"
Then they We're not numerous?'
Il regret to say that there was not
ONE
Mr.. Huxford tlssught for q few mo-
ments and then, said:
Il am not surprised. / amy not Suth-
GENTLY prominent to take uptspace in
newspapers. And with that the sub
ject was dropped. Miss Miller was
given vacation and soon after her re-
turn to duty her employer started for
another trip.
Miss Miller fe said, before start
ing on my last trip I asked you TO pre-
serve anything good said about me i'll
print. 4'his time / wish,you would clip
anything bad said about me-"
Mr.. Huxford was gone, but half the
time of his previous trip and when he
returned had forgotten all about the
clippings. He found Miss Miller ill
rom overwork and sent her into the
country at once to ,recoup. When she
'eturned there was. plenty for her to
10 and she was very busy, One day |
Mr.. HuXford said to her:
Didn't 1 ask you to clip {items-un
iattering items-about me before l
eft on my last trip?''
You did,
II was doomed to disappointment |
hat no one had anything good to say |
# me; now L suppose i shall be cha
;rined at being ignored entirely"
Don't you think you will be happier |
t not seeing the unf1attering refer
nces?'
"Oh, there are unfiattering refer
noes, are there? Please let me see
hem''
Miss Miller opened a drawer in her
esk. took out a huge bundle of clip
ings and laid them before her en-
loyer. He Cooked quite disconnected
t first. but, sregaining his equanimity,
egan to examine them, reading aloud
xtractS.
We do not< see the name of a certain |
loated bondholder. who IS silently buy
g the stock of the - railway with
lew to freezing out the small stockhold~
IS and getting their property by fore
osure. on the list of subscribers TO the
race church FUND. The gentleman is one !
the pillars of the church
He threw the clipping into the waste
asket, and the other Clippings soon
,llowed.
Miss Miller" he said, Il am about
shut myself.up from the world, put
ng my property in bond and mort
age and withdrawing from active in
estments. Then perhaps my acts will
ot be misconStrued."
THAT won't help you ,she replied.
Some day you'll have totforeclose a
ortgage or lose an investment. If
)u do the one, you will be called a
-ute; if you do,the other yout will be