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Yes. You'll no doubt be ashamed to
recognize Harry in couple OF years;
men have no taste"
This was, as you will agree. too dull.
Besides, the god in the corner was
making hideous faces at Debbil-Deb-
bill. and when a god makes faces at
you the best thing you can do Is to
close your eyes.
And under Debbil-Debbil's eyelids there
were such funny little stars, all
streaked. as he 1azily peeped at the
god. with eyelashes. And when a voice
goes out of the window and sits on a
very far off gravestone what can you
do but forget to listen?
A few minutes later, when the voice
had come back and the god ceased
shutting his great mouth, mamma was
sitting in papa's lap, exactly as IL she
were a little boy, and he was saying
quite softly. "Thank Qcdr'
Debbil-Debbil was a Christian child
and went to church every Sunday. but
it seemed as if papa was thanking the
grinning god with the gilded ears for
having stopped making faces.
Suppose" papa went on. a moment
later, I'VE go to-well, to Italy for the
winter?"
Yes"
You and 1 and-Debbf-Debb
Mamma rose, and. speaking very
snuffily, said suddenly. ''Yes-oh. Dan.
dearest, how perfectl But where can
the child he? have neglected him so
or late. I nave been-ashamed to look
him in the face"
THAT beast of a Watson forgot To
give me my supper announced Debbil-
Debbil, for he felt that his moment
had come.
You little demon-you are there?'
Yes. 1 watched the shadows dane
Ing and then You came-Fm 50 hun
CRY, mamma
You should have told us you were
there. mamma said, a little doubt
fully, between a hug and a kiss.
Yes, mamma; 1 wi1l--next time.
truly-ulyr
All right. young son. Cut along
now to your supper. Edith. it's a pity
10 waste that moon. What do YOU saw
10 spin UP the driver"
Debbil-Debbil ate his supper and
went 10 bed. When you are very young
there are bound to be some few things
you can't altogether understand. ara
you think about them until they get
ali tangled up, and then suddenly dis
appear, which may be just a. wsil.
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IJhen the door opened and two people IN Debbl Deb

'I know. But-ah. well. preaching
is not in my line; but shall keep the
boy.
II shall fight that"
Very we'll"
They may let him choose. They let
Minnie Cummings Loloto choose"
Who'll let him choose? Who dares
come between my son and me? I'd
I'd see them damned firsti Who has
right to interfere between my boy
and me? He is mine. tell you. II you
prefer that hulking critfa to him, be
satisfied with your bargain. 1 have
done nothing, I tell you. I have been
faithful to you in every thought, even
while you have torn me to pieces with
your cruelty. i have worked for you;
l have forgiven you things over and
over again. Now it is over. / love
you and you hate me. Go and live with
this man.. but don't try to drag my
child into your hideous relations. You
are my wife, whatever those men out
West may say. and mine you must re-
main until you die. Now go and be
to him what ever you like"
Papas, as a rule, laugh and toss little
boys up into the air. They also read
newspapers and tell one to go away.
But it is only once in blue moon that
papa turns very white and speaks
like that.
Evidently mamma, too, was struck
with the phenomenon. for she stared
most wonderingly up into papA's face
'.You-why-do you know whas you
said?' she asked.
Il do, and 1 mean every word of it.
I tried to keep, cool and be modern
as you call it, but I'm not modern. I'm
old fashioned and-heavy minded, pos
sibly, and what 1 said 1 mean"
You said that you love me-"
He laughed. Didn't you know 1t?
When did you think 1 stopped? Con-
veniently, ON Mr.. Mainwaring's appear
ance?"
"You-you have been so horrid to
me. You scolded so about every man
who came near me-"
Yes, of course. A vile characteris-
tic. no doubt. but it is anime and 1 do
not blush for it,"
Il can't leave-Debbil-Debb
"Oh, yes, you can. Mrs. Readell left
her boy when she married that Pole.
and Carry Hedges gave up little
Gladys -
Mamma made funny little sound in
her throat.
Poor little Gladys. He dresses her
in the queerest way.'
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March who is to remind him then that
Grown people are so delicately ab-
surd at times!
Il am not going to marry Connie
March, Edith. Did you think I was? ?"
Most people-think-''
Most people are fools. Now, listen.
If you choose to go off there and di-
vorce me I'll not oppose you. You may
do it. 1t is quite the smart thing to
do, and you will be one of very smart
flock. I am not smart. When mar
ried you 1 knew you were human
being, not saint, and / did not ex-
pect perfection. I'm not eloquent or
very clever. l couldn't lead a cotillon
to save my life. I'm little bald, and
1 am jealous. These things may all
be faults. though 1 can't help some
of them. On the other hand, l have
never had a Irritation since our mar
riage, / do not drink, I do not gamble
and l do not wear overshoes. These
may be, in default of greater ones,
called virtues. Don't you think so?"
You are-ridiculousi"
That, too. And as you prefer the
other man to me, take him. But 1 be-
lieve in the-the seriousness of mar
riage; it may be a nuisance, but it is
a necessary one; and l do not think
that having accepted certain duties in
life 1 have the right to shirk them
because they begin to-bore me. So
Harry and 1 will plod along as best
we may without you. / know nothing
against Mainwaring except that he is
a dishonorable hound
DAM
'Oh, yes; that is the word, for he has
sat at my table and pretended to be
my friend-and I am as you like to
say old fashioned enough to consider
him a Scoundrel"
Debbil-Debbil wished they wouldn't
talk about hounds. He didn't dare come
forth out of his shadow, for mamma
the cross new mamma-would sc01d
him, and possibly slap him-out of
that painful sense of justice-but he
was hungry, and the beast, Watson,
had forgotten.
Very well--he may be a scoundrel,
bur he is sympathetic, and he-he loves
me-
Does he. Edith?' Debbil- -DebbiI,
though hungry. ached suddenly. Papa's
voice was very sorry.
And you say he loves you?"
DAN must have Debbil-Debbill I
have done nothing wrong; it is only
in-com-"
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against you, as matter of fact" she
returned, with sudden calmness. "ex-
cept"--
Except that I am Dan Trafford and
not Hugo Mainwaring! 1t is pity that
you did not realize little earlier-be-
FORE Harry's advent, at least-that
Mainwaring is your twin soul, and
not T."
She gave short laugh. Yes, 1t is a
pity. AS to Harry. of course, Daniel, he
goes with me-" There was short
pause.
You have not called me Daniel since
the day when you made the mistake of
saying I. Edith Blanchard, take thee,
Daniel Henry, to be my welded hus-
Hugo Delaware-etc' BY all means
let us be biblical-on prayer-bib-
whatever you call it. Therefore, as to
Harry of course, Edith Blanchard, he
stays with me-"
Now Debbil-Debbil, whose really truly
name was Harry, could not understand
all of this. The words were queer, and
SiAS 'OiSNS NO0i ch lOp, Dul al ios eit
derneath.s
The ugly god in the corner glared at
him. and Debbil-Debbil wondered if that
beast of a Watson had forgotten his
supper!
Surely, you would not be so cruel as
to deprive me of our childr' Mammals
hanky began sopping at her eyes again.
Debbil-Debbil could smell the sweet
smelly stuff in his corner, and he won
dered where he was to be taken.
Meantime the tree shadows continued
their slow dance and the moon paths
reached clear across the floor
Papa laughed. "Of course ! am. 1t is
now so much the fashion for young wo-
men to give up their children for new
husband that the inventors of laws will
soon have to begin arranging for the
new relationships arising therefrom. In
the meantime | am Debbil-Debbiis
father, and do not intend to give him
the chance of forgetting the trifing
fact"
And when you-marry Connie
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Dy BdroneeS Won Mutten ;.

the mamma of ages ago, when the tu-
she began to cry so much.
The shadows of the graceful chairs
stools still, those of the trees danced
slowly.
Me and my true love-"
When the door opened and two peo-
pie came in Debbil- -Debbil stopped
singing. as was perfectly natural. and
looked up toward them.
Very well, Edith papa said very
quietly. Il have done my best, and
have failed. You must now do as you
like"
You know what I like, Dan. II
can't stand 1t any more" She was cry
ing. 1t is really wonderful where all
the tears stay until they are cried out.
Debbil-Debbil in his dark corner
added another perplexing question to
the list the answers to which the world
cwed him.
Cant stand me any more
Yes"
"well, I'm not vain man, but sure
ly-Hugo Mainwaring? A brainless i'd
lot, Edith"
He is not! He can talk well enough
when you aren't there frightening
away all his ideas with your horrid
stare"
I quite understand that my pres
ence may easily be the-the reverse. of
inspiring to him. However. as well he
as another. May 1 ask what your-and
his-plans are?"
She stopped sopping her eyes with
her hanky and sat down on the sofa
nearest her
Yes. 1 shall go~to South Dakota at
once, and then as soon as it's over
I see. You are quite sure he will?"
Papa was never as beautiful as
James the footnan, but he wasn't al
ways quite as ugly as he looked in the
moonlight at that moment. Debbil-
Debbil had seen a sneer and didn't ad-
mire it.
Mamma gave little cry "sure?
That is just like you, Dan. 1 should
think you'd show me some gratitude
for doing it in this nice. honorable
way. Think of the scandal we might
have made"
Immensely considerate of both of
you. Also by invoking the blessing of
the divorce court you secure compara-
tive surety in the little matter of that
other ceremony. Tous mes compli-
mentsr'
Mamma rose and moved so rapidly
toward him that if every little boy
didn't know that mammas never lose
their tempers and always act from a
rigid sense of justice Debbil- -DebblI
might have thought she was going to
slap papa,
"You-you-I hate you, Dan Traf-
fordr' she said, breathlessly. I wish
had never seen you"
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An0 Al Df IN CC0IdDQ nti0Tf gfs
M DON shadows on a highly pol
fshed old oak floor are as much
more wonderful than ordinary
sun shadows as a pearl is
mere wonderful than 2 pea. Debbil-
Debbil. who was sitting quite as cross
legged as the most unspeakable Turk
OF them all. knew this fact. though ne
had never expressed it even to his one
constant companion, himself AS he
sang. IN a key so high that the second
syllable of before" was on a note as
shriIly sweet as that Of a bird, his
grave eyes rested with aesthetic ap-
proval on the Interviewing ghosts Of
delicate sfoliage that danced a slow
minuet over the mysterious surface
that looked so fun OF depths. and was
yet, as he sat on it. so reassuringly
solid under his little olive breeches.
sut me an ny true love viii never meet again
3n the bOnny, bonny banks Of Loeb Lomond.
There is a rhythmical grace to the
old air which adapted it well to the
stately movement Of the moon-thrown
shadows.
Debbil-Debbil knew many songs. but
this was one of his greatest favorites.
When he stopped singing he noticed
that the shadows were still dancing.
They are singing TO themselves" he
said aloud.
1t was not late but it was in the au-
tumn, and the friendly moon that was
such company for a lonely little boy
was already higher than the wall of
the graveyard. No one had taken the
trouble TO close the blinds in the draw
ing-room. for Mrs. Trafford never sat
there; she disliked the view from the
windows, and always sat in a small
apartment called the roseroom.
Debbil-Debbil. therefore. who rather
enjoyed the prospect of the mussy old
tombstones on the other side of the
wonderful wall that looked from the
windows so low, but which proved on
approach to be utterly impregnable
from a would-be scaler's viewpoint.
had the drawing room pretty much to
himself II you think, however, that
the room was ever empty you just show
how peculiarly little you know.
To say nothing OF that enchanting
transient the moon, and the tree shad-
ows, there was an Indian idol in one
corner, who, while his looks might fall
short of the ordinary standards Of
beauty, possessed all the charm sup
posed by some old Frenchmaa to be
distinctively that Of lie beau laid"
Cultivate taste for cavernous nos
trils and an ear to ear grimace, and
youIl find you really miss them in the
average symmetrical countenance.
A nervous child might have been
afraid of the great face that grinned at
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was sitting IN Papa5 lap

him IN the moonlight. but Debt;- Deb
bill was not OF that ilk.
Opposite, startlingly different in her
shimmering white satin gown, a spark
~ thing in her bright haiT-mammsi
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You'll tax the hlsh road and I'll tax the low
road.
And III be in Scotland before ye.
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DON shadows on a highly pol
ished old oak floor are as much
more wonderful than ordinary
SIM shadows as 2 7earI Is
Bisbee daily review., 1906-08-15

weather of the coast and the entertain mcrt afforded by this Playground of tke Nation During the greater part of the year, Arizona has climate widely celebrated for its agreeable and healthful qualities. But, for the sum- mer months, more and more is Los Angeles assuming her place as the so- cial center for Arizona, her position as the commercial center having been taken many years agone. There is the kindliest of feeling here for the people of the sun-kissed land. They assimi- late we'll with the Californians, they are broad -gauged, cosmopolitan and yet thoroughly American in fiber and thought. They are welcomed most heartily. We cannot have too many of them and their influence upon the up building of the community is given heartiest appreciation.
 Closely connected as we are by com mercial and social ties, it is natural that Los Angeles has become well &C., quainted with the things that go to make up the prosperity of the territory to the eastward. Her struggle for the maintenance of the integrity of her name and of her boundaries has been watched with interest and good will. It is probable that the practical defeat of joint statehood in the last congress was hailed with as much joy in Los Angeles as it was in Phoenix. It is felt that prosperity and development in Arizona have their direct effect locally. Because of these things, Los Angeles joins in friendly spirit and in welcoming presence with the Arizon- ans who today will gather by the thousands upon our seaside sands.
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from doing wrong. It is in this way that it conserves it's own interest and obtains the reward to which it is en- titled. It is through its concern for the welfareAof the people that it gains the influence and achieves the power that makes it independent of any obli- gation save that of fidelity to it's high responsibilities,
 To place itself on this sort of footing newspaper must be as impersonal as an institution can become with flesh and blood behind it. It must be, to perform its perfect work, nothing less than an organized conscience and judgment, imperyious to any influence at variance with it's task as a public in strmctor and guardian. This will doubt less appear nebulous to those individ- uals who never rise above personal motives, and whose purview is bound. ed by their selfish interests. But even to people of that stamp, a newspaper which they could affect by their per suasion or sway by their advice, one way or another, would be of no ac count to them, because it would carry with it no force and it would have nt place in the community.
 What newspaper is for is to giv' the public square deal and to rende to the people in the way of true ant honest service full equivalent for al of the support which it is certain t receive If it follows that rule-Ex.
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NO JoINTURE FOR MESA.
(PhoeniX Gazette.

What is undoubtedly one of the most loyal communities in the terri tory is the pretty. hustling town of Mesa The south side city is well known as a business center for who has not heard of it in connection with its immense trade in cantaloupes in the past and later read of it as ship ping train loads of sugar beets that will find their way Into sugar during the course of time.
 But Mesa promises to become fla nous as being a city where there is practically not a joint statehood ad- vocate to be found. 7 A representative of the Gazette spent couple of days in the city this week and during the course of interviews with every mer- chant and the professional % element took particular pains to enquire as. to statehood sentiment. At every turn he was met with the assertion that
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KING EDWARD AND
 EMPEROR WILLIAM VISIT

CRONBERG. Aug. 14.-Emperor William arrived at the Castle of this evening, where ne was welcomed by Prince and Princess Friederich, Karl of Hesse Nassau and the Crown Prince and Crown Princess of Greece. With the Emeperor was a large suite including Count Eulenburg and the Prussian ambassador, Frieherr Won Jenisch, and Secretary of State Von Tschir- schky.
 King Edward will arrive here at S.45 o'clock tomorrow morning from Frankfort where Sir. Frank Lascelles, British Ambassador to Germany. and Consul General Oppenheimer joined the royal train. Emperor William will meet King Edward at the station and conduct him to the castle. where a breakfast will be served. Both rulers will remain at the castle Wednesday night.
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The Santa Fe New Mexican con tinues to warn the friends of joint statehood in that territory that they must be up and doing, late and early, if tEey hope to poll the desired major ity in favor of the proposition. One thing is certain, the percentage of the votes in Arizona against joint state hood will be much larger than the per centage of the vote favoring it in cur sister territory.
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sTgRILIzEo BARBER SHOPS.
A Famous Shop in the Carrolton Hotel,
 Baltimore. Maryland.

The barber shop in the Carrollton hotel, Baltimore. sterilizes everything 1t uses in the shop. The sterilizing Is done by neat. The towels, the razors. the strops, the soap. the combs and brushes are all sterilized before being used ou a customer. Where there is no sterilization, have the bar Der use Newbro's Herpicide. It kills the dandruff germ, and it is an antisep- tic for the scalp. and for the face after shaving. All leading barbers every where appreciate these potent facts about Herpicide and they use it. De stroy the cause, you remove the eff feet"
 Sold by leading druggists. Send 10c in stamps for sample to The Herpicide Co, Detroit Mich.
 BISBEE DRUG CO, Special Agents.
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We note with pleasure that the two thousand Arizonans who celebrated Arizona day at Ocean Park last Sat urday were unanimous in opposition to joint statehood. Hon. Mark Smith and other old time residents of the territory made speeches and they were all pitched in the same key, arousing great enthusiasm for the sentiment of Arizona for Arizonans."
Bisbee daily review., 1906-08-15
ARIZONANS.

The occasion of the gathering of the Arizonans at Ocean Park on Sat urday brought the following editorial in the Los Angeles Times:
 Today loyal Arizonans will hold celebration upon the ocean strands. They will celebrate TO particular ami versary-siEply the facts that they are ATizcnanS and that they are proud of their heritage. Those who expect hat the ocean front will be drenched n gore and that pistols and chaparejcs will be the attire de rigeur for the day will be disappointed, fer the Wild West has passed in Arizona and today her citizenship is of as high char acter as is known in any of the sub divisions of the Union. This, however, has become well known to the south ern Californian, who now looks for ward with pleasure to the annual in cursion of the residents of the heated region of the southwest.
 It is estimated conseryatively thai Los Angeles and its appurtenant re sorts now hold at least 4000 Arizonans there to enjoy the cooler summe
Bisbee daily review., 1906-08-15

Mir. Bryan has literally read the riot act'' to the Hopkins-Sullivan po- Iitical machine in Illinois. Bryan's candidacy for the presidency will not be the result of machine work, it will be the result of the peoples will.
Bisbee daily review., 1906-08-15
MITCHELL LEAVES PHOENIX.

James Mitchell. the 19-year-old boy, who came to Phoenix several days ago badly bruised and beaten, which he claims was done by an Arizona ran ger near Gila Bend, left for Los An geles.
 Judge Johnstone and District At torney Baker are both of the opinion that the story told by the boy is true. Judge Johnstone. in speaking about the matter, said that the ranger had no
Bisbee daily review., 1906-08-15

right to arrest the lad without having warrant sworn out against him and could not keep him priosner and dis charge him at his will.
 Furthermore, Judge Johnstone says thas he still believes that the boys
Bisbee daily review., 1906-08-15

the speaker knew of no voter in Mesa who would declare for jointure at the November election.
 There was one exception, however, that of a merchant who said that he believed he had heard of one man who had declared for jointure. but only one and he could not recall his name.
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story is to be relied upon, because the ranger admits that he slapped the face of the boy, and the judge says that no light slaps in the face would give person pair O. black and blue eyes
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TERRITORY OF ARIZONA,
 County of Cochise. ss.

I, N. A. Patterson, circulation mana ger of the Bisbee Daily Review do solemnly swear that the above state ment gives the actual and bona fide ciculation of the daily editions of the Bisbee Daily Review for the month of July, 1906, and that from the state ment all spoiled and left over papers have been deducted.
 N. A. PATTERSON.
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Postmaster Cassidy has announced that he is out of politics which may mean that he has his machine so ar ranged that it will run automatically.
Bisbee daily review., 1906-08-15

The democratic party in Arizona was never in better shape to win great victory. There is not sign of dissention anywhere along the battle line.
Bisbee daily review., 1906-08-15
BlSBEE DAILY REVIEW, BIsBEE, ARIZONA.

The Bisbee Daily Review will be mailed upon request to subscribers leaving the city during the summer months. Changes of address will be made as frequently as desired; mo- tices of such change should give both the old and new addresses
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A conservative estimate at this time is that Mark Smiths majority this year in Cocihse county will ex:. ceed one thousand.
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NOTICE.

A reward of $500 will be paid for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the parties stealing The Review from subscribers.
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resigned his wied politics he is the Charley" still the nominal neither cews
The Springfield herald., 1906-09-14

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Delegates

DWlGHT miSER, CHalrlIllil
by S. E. S2EcKMANN, Secretary.