Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-09-15


for more, and it was the hero of the
steerage who brought them. That was
the reason I'd telegraphed Eyes, yes"
for I thought, He saved a little boy,
why shouldn't trust him, without an
Introduction, to save meT
"Look here said the bronze man to
the Evening Bat, 1--WE got just five
minutes TO spare. You can have them
If you like"
Tie Evening Bat looked at him,
Grossly at first, then his sharp little
face seemed turning into a point OF
admiration. by Jehosarhat" he
CALCULATED. Homemade goods will
get the preference over British this
time, duty or no duty"
l couldn't think what either of them
meant. though at first l was afraid my
man intended the other to understand
that the FIVE Minutes awauld le devoted
10 knocking INN down, or something
else violent. as Il punishment for i'm
pertinence to defenSeless foreigner.
But my mind was almost instantly re-
lieved, for the two men walked off to-
gether quite amicably and stood talk
ing at a distance.
A moment later one of my boxes
went by looking very fat and friendly,
! on the shoulders of Il porter who APP
parently had no head ! rushed out
and seized it-not the head. but the
| box; SO there was something encour-
aging, but had two pieces of luggage
| to wait for still.
Most of the other IBIS" were more
| fortunate about getting their things;
| nevertheless they seemed far from
| easy in their minds, and, though they
| protested almost tearfully that they'd
! nothing whatever to declare, stern per
sons in uniform stirred up their boxes
as l used to do with the nursery pud
ding when all the plums had sunk tc
the bottom.
| I was very tired and very hot. hotter
than I'll supposed people could be. ex
cept in a Turkish bath, and was be
ginning TO be hungry. too. for I'd lunch
ed principally off the statue of Iiber
ty ard skyScrapers, which were moro
F., filling than lasting as a meal.
| famed myself with my handker
chief as well as | could and felt sure
was slowly getting appendicitis, be
cause whenever Americans feel uncom
Portable in any way it seems almost
! certain to turn eventually into that
probably on account OF the climate
\ Would my other boxes never come?
thought. Most of the BIS" were going
home. They had homes. lucky people
and if they liked they could presently
have tea
World without tea,
+ All me-
Il When I was small and my nurs,
talked on Sundays about heaven an,
hell. making the one sound incredibl.
dull. the ether incredibly painful.
used to think that I'D rather so t
neither. but just he stuffed. like moth
er's Blenheim. Beau Brummel. who's
soul fancied had leave to stop in hi
body so long as moth and rust did NO
corrupt He seemed rather ont o
things, though. poor dear. standing fol
ever in the same position III Il glas
case. with one paw up begging 70
something which nobody gave. Will
the years dragged on. and I'd begu
to feel as If l were falling into hi
state when / was roused from Il stupi
dream by the man of the steerage sue
denly looming over me.
81 beg your pardon" said he, takin
Off his hat and speaking in a mic
American voice. as nice for man 6
Sally Woodburn's is for n woman
"Please don't suppose l mean to
rude or intrusive, but wanted to tie
you that 1 think you won't be annoye
again. and-just one thing more. Ma
thank yen for your goodness on shi,