Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-04-16

wait lie haS.ened To assure her. She
gave the cashier thirty cent check
and a bin and in her excitement rush
ed off without the change TO see with
her own eyes the latest bulletin. Dill
wood smiled at the cashier
'Oh. these women. he said whimsi-
cally. IF you will lay that change
aside. will Tell her to come for it be
fore she leaves"
Pm sorry | gave you such fright"
he said when he found her peering
through ,the bars down the track.
I'm always expecting wreck-it's
one of my horrors The casual friend
liness of her tone showed q childish
Indifference TO his being a stranger
Perhaps you haven't lived in Il city
long" he hazarded. an indefinite some
thing causing him To imagine that city
ways We're strange to her.
"Oh. yes-ages-twO years Her
eyes were still focused on distant
point Oh the track.
DilwOod found himself possessed OF
an amount of curiosity foreign 10 him.
The piquancy of her face. vibrating
with the JOY of living. yet frank To Il
childiah degree. fascinated him.
81 you don't mind my talking to you
and-Bobbie, he suggested smiling
into the friendly face of the boy. who
had been taking stock of him admiring-
| ly. Dilwood knew he had a good
| tailor and was gratified to see that he
| had at least made good impression
| on Bobbie.
The boys smile brSadened.
You won't find talking TO my sister
a hard job. She does it all herself" he
| winked sociably
| "Now, Bobbie Tisdale, you are al
ways pretending that talk too much
and that can begin in the year one
| and bring history up to date in an
| hours conversation"
| Dilwood patted Bobbie on the back
| with an affection not generally ELECTED
BY small boys, but he no longer looked
| npon Robbie as small boy. He was
u method Of procedure. 81 hope, then,
you will consider that you have known
me at least fifteen minutes and will
skip tile creation. the fall of Rome. the
civil war and few other items and
bring history far enough down to date
to tell me friendly things
I'm the beginning accepted Il posi-.
tion under the civil service and moved
20 Washington and put Robbie in the
| public schools. where he played foot
ball the first part of the term and fail
| ed i'm Latin the second part thereof"
she laughed.
/ ssrhara +ol.1 49,, .Lo xnt.
everything she knew in a few min.
utes." declared Bobbie disgustediy
But she's promised not to tell John
abont the Latin. He's coming on this
train we're>waiting for She perfectly
daffy about john
An unreasoning dislike to- the name
OF John sprang. full grown. TO the
heart Of Mr.. Dilwoody rs it permitted
to ask who John may be-" he asked
gloomily
"Oh, he may he president some day
Or most anything in that line" declared
the boy airily. but just at present he's
our big brother coming to spend his
two weeks vacation with u.s. Her
been in Chicago six months learning to
he lawyer. He's a clerk In Erskiae
& Dilwood's Office"
Dtlwood made a basty search for his
carticase
i Il happen TO be Dilwood.r and his
entire satisfaction with his. lot In life
beamed from his eyes. He is re-
markably promising hoy. Miss It's
dale" He was in the meantime trying
! feryently to remember just which OF
the twenty employees was Tisdale. He
himself travelled for the firin and spent
livery little time in the Office.