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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-05-15

''.Trh.iat SOP" responded Pike aim
lessly.
''Of course rs so. man" replied the
other shaking him vigorously by the
shoulder. Wake up. can't you? It's
worth fifteen thousand 4 year TO you"
Pike turned quizzical eyes upon his
friend and folded the letter he held in
his hand.
Much obliged to you, Tom" he said.
letter here that-jolted me little.
I'm thinking of going away for n
spell"
Going awayw CALCULATED his friend
with wide eyes. Going away!
WhereT'
Il guess I'll take n trip across the
water replied Pike dreamily. al
ways wanted to see those foreign
parts, those Venices and Romes and
Londons. Must be Il queer tribe over
there, Tom. Not much like us plain
folks here, ell: Lots of high and
mighty dukes and earls and things and
| coats of arms and crowns and coaches
with white horses. chg
Tom Perkins sat down in a chair
| with gasp of establishment. He
stared at his friend with frank amaze
ment written on his face and opened
| his mouth twice before his lips formed
| the words.
Europe" he said at last.
Europe" he replied. Say, Tom.
you remember Jim Cooley? They sent
jim over there. didn't they? Made
him vice consul or something over in
London? Id maybe get chance tC
see Jim and talk to him about-about
old times
His voice died down, and he regarded
the wall again.
"Never happened to hear of folks
over there of the name of-of Haw
castle. did you. Tom?" he went on. 81
don't know what sort of business they
are in. but l guess they're well to do
Never happened to hear of them, ehT
Perkins shook his head, and Pike
went on:
Maybe I'll write to Jim Cooley anG
ask him about these people. Jim d b
likely to know 'em, guess. Vice con
sui must be a pretty big bug ovel
there"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-05-15
! The Man
From Home
By BOOTH
HARRINGTON
and
HARRY LEON
WILSON

could see the worn steps leading up to
the veranda and himself approaching
half fearfully along the gravel walk
that led in from the rusty gate.
On the veranda sat the big man with
the heavy features and the cOrncob
pipe. and he heard the voice again bid
ding him come up. And then there
was call to some one within, and Il
woman emerged with a white bundle
in her arms.
"Show her to Dam" he heard the
mans voice say. and then, when the
woman had removed bit of the fan
mel covering from the little face and
he had looked upon it. startled, abashed
and marvelOusly choking as to the
throat. the big voice went on again:
shes going to be Ethel, Dan. that
bundle of infancy. And maybe some
of these days she'll he getting herself
in n tight place. and it's going to be VI
to you, Dan, TO help her out, and
you're going TO promise me that you'll
do it. boy. Horace. the other kid. he'll
grow up maybe to have. sense. and
he'll look out fer himself. but its a
tough place for girls, Dana mighty
tough place"
He could almost hear the hushed
voice in which the boy had given the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-05-15
CHAPTER 7.
IT'S a GIRL""

Bank building. the gnunt young man
with the stern features and the kindly
gray eyes that always seemed n perpet-
ual rebuke to the face in which they
We're set ruminatcd over the letter he
held in his hand. His back was 10 the
door-a half glass door which was also
the main and only entrance to the
room and which bore upon its trans
lucent surface In ragged letters. worn
by the polishing the glass had under
gone, the words. Daniel Voorhees,
Pike, Attorney ut Law"
Pike himself had queer twist of
feature. sort of whimsicality that
pervaded the very atmosphere about
him. and the smile with which he re.
garded the letter he held had Il world
of Renaissance and sadness in it.
AS he GaZed ut it the letter seemed
TO fade into nothingness. and in its
place there rose the picture of Il day
years before, a day that caused the
dingy walls of the Office to become
tenuous and gauZy. and through the
gauze he seemed to see another Office
q ramshackle sort of place. with Il tin
sign showing through the window
which Informed the passerby that real
estate was tie commodity dispensed
within. To Pike the picture grew yet
more distinct. and in the broken bot
tom cane chair he saw the figure of n
heavy faced man in his shirt sleeves
engaged in smoking Il corncob pipe.
In another corner Of the room he
could see red headed boy porting over
a pine table. labOriously copying in a
round hand some title deeds. Then.
through the reaches of the past. he
seemed to hear the heavy faced man
remove the pipe from his mouth and
heard him speak.
DAN he said. cts q girlr'
And he heard the gasp the boy gave
forth as he turned about on his stool
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-05-15
her short or money, 90 you. ana snes

her short or money, 90 you, ana sne-s
had to borrow"
Perkins shook his head gloomily.
Don't ask me-" he said Il don't
know anything about women. Why,
Dan. l thought you'd mapped it out
to marry
"That'll do for that" said Pike
quickly. "We'H not talk about that
now. Tom. Suppose you go down to
Archie Toombs ard ask him about SOr-
rento and how to get there and when
a fellow gets there after he starts. I'm
going TO write letter to Jim Cooley
and get him to hunt up this Haw-
castle"
When Perkins had gone Pike pulled
open the letter and read it once again.
1t was the most formal OF notes. be-
ginning Dear Mr. Pike and ending
yours sincerely" 1t contained brief
notice CT the writer's intentions, or,
rather. Intentions in the event of
certain contretemps that =" her seemed
inevitable, and trusted that the end
would meet with his approval.
He sighed as he folded it and re-
turned ii to its envelope.
"And that ends the guardianship"
he muttered. wonder what I'm go
ing to do with the old house nowY
From n drawer in his desk lie pulled
| n framed picture that showed Il deli
| Cately featured girl. with big. frank
| eyes and a wealth of light. curling
hair that was half hidden by big
garden hat. There was smile about
| the lips that seemed very engaging.
and the muslin dress she wore had
been accentuated in its simplicity by
the art of the London photographer
Pike had preserved the picture which
| had been given to him by Old John
Simpson the day before he died. and
he sighed rs he looked at it.
Then he laid it face down upon the
desk and dropped his chin into his
hand. 1t may have been an hour that
he sat there, and in that time never Il
| thought of his legal business crossed
F! his mind He was busy with n fanci-
full picture of an unknown city that in
spite of his desire seemed to take on
the aspects of Il larger Kokomo, and in
his fancy he could see big, we'll knit
young fellow bending eagerly over to
look into the face of girl, and he
heard her call him Almeric.
Must be Il mighty fine man." he
mused-"a fine big man-tO capture
her."
Then Perkins came in to ask if Pike
wished to sail from New York fol
Havre in two days time, stating that
it would be necessary to leave that
night if Pike wished to take passage
on her.
I'll go. Tom,' he said. "Maybt
you'll drop in here once in awhile and
tell folks that ask for me that I'll be
back in month or So"
!. Then he sat down and wrote to jim
Cooley at London.
At that night he stepped aboard NJ
eastbound train and the next after
noon was in New York. Sorrent,
, seemed q long way off, and it wa.
with heavy heart that he walked vi
the gangplank of La Provence.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-05-15

required promise and the awe with
of humanity TO arrive was already
motherless, and then the picture faded
again. Then came a succession of sim
liar views.
He saw the dingy real estate office
grow into a respectable brick building,
and then into Il handsome stone edifice,
and the heavy featured man turn
grayer and grayer and more somber
and more Woodworking, and he could
remember the day when the tiny Ethel
was brought to the office for the first
time and of the manner in which she
began to grow up. He recalled the day
when she reached the mature age of
twelve and Of how he had presented
to her Il Bible for a gift and of the
manner in which he had blushed for
all his twenty-five years.
And then he recalled the day when
John Simpson had confided to him
that the kids" were to be given ad.
vantages and were to be sent abroad
to school. There came n blank after
that. but he recalled as if it had been
but yesterday the feeling with which
he had gone off into Il corner and
wrestled with the grief that had beset
him. He could even see the flutterine
hand that. waved to him from the cal
window as the train took her and he,
brother away. ......
Suddenly the door behind him opened
and shut quickly. and quick steps
caused him to drop his feet to the
floor He turned and found visitor
at his elbow.
"Dan," said the newcomer. att
all yours. Jenkins just got Telegram
that the X. and c.. has decided to offe
you the representation for this end o.
the state.''
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-05-15

and looked with startled eyes into the
kindly blue ones that glimmered into
his own.
"A-girlr' he seemed to hear the boy
say. "A little girl, Mr.. Simpson,"
In his fancy he saw the big man
nod. saw him place the pipe back in
his teeth and extend his two palms
until they were foot or so apart.
"a girl. Dam" he heard. bout so
long. Dan, and purifier than all get
out. An she's goin' to be Il big re-
sponsibility, my boy. Wei have to
sell heap of lots to pay what she's
gOin' to cost, Dana whole heap of
lists"
~ And gradually the picture seemed to
fade away, and. like n dissolving view
its place was taken by another-the
picture of half timbered house that
stood back among some trees at the
corner of Main and Center streets. He
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-05-15
THE GREAT ROOT
JUICE is HERE
Ii Is Predicted that Many Will Call
at the 4. III. Thomas Drug Store
During the Demonstration.

The Root Juice demonstrations be-
gin at the T. II. Thomas drug store
today. The scientist said: 81 earn
estly hope that Root Juice will do as
much good in Rock Island as it has
at FIT. Wayne and other points. 1t
is easy to say remedy will cure
certain troubles, but we have posi-
tive proofs that Root Juice will cure
rheumatism, indigestion, catarrh of
the stomach, constipation, nervous
weakness and most of the kidney
complaints. 1t cures by removing
or destroying germs that often infest
the body and weaken and disease the
digestive and secretory organs. The
Juice also has wonderful soothing
healing and tonic action on the stom-
ach, bowel, bladder, liver and kid
neys What it has done at other
points, it certainly can do in Rock Is
land. | feel safe in predicting that in
less than two weeks scores of local
people will be loud in their praise OF
the health promoting juice" News
paper reports indicate that many ex-
perience. rapid Improvement from the
very start The demonstrations will
continue at the T. II. Thomas drug
store a few days. The juice is sold
for 81 abottle or three bottles fol
$3.50. 1t has created a great sensa
ton during the past few months or
account of the many seemingly re.
markable cures it has made. The T
, H. Thomas drug store.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-05-15
DAILY SHORT STORY.
CONTINUED from Page Four.)


Down III the same CI:iIr.
Mr.. Strong WAS al the telephone He
was using vigorous language and
dancing around.
We'll. and how's the tomato mar
ket:" asked the caller as lie g!ared at
her and rung off.
1T is yoU-you who have done this
thing" he exclaimed. Ito revenge your
self! You. Your
Yes. / have cornered every tomato
in the county. 1t wasn't for revenge.
but to give Cupid Il chance. How much
will you take for your factory. cash
DOWN. 1t hasn't any pedigree To speak
of, but l think Mr.. Scribner. the car
Innter, can give it one"
II won't sell to you! Your tomatoes
can rot on your hands,"
"Oh. no. they won't, Jacob" ,huckled
Miss Hilda Il can sell them at Il very
nice profit. But your factory can stand
idle while / build one of my own. Bet
ter talk business. Jacob Strong. That
SOD of yours is a nice young man. and
l think heap of my niece It's a love
UldlCn, ana II WOulu DE Il pity 10 see
, it broken off. Isn't there some way
that can turn these tomato contracts
over to you and let your factory begin
work? There's money in the canning
business, and l don't want to kill an
| industry"
Mr.. Strong fought for an hour and
then gave in and shook hands. BY the
time the contracts We're assigned to
him he was smiling. BY the time the
woman In the rusty old bonnet was
ready TO go he was ready to remark
blandly:
Just so. Miss BaScOmb; just so. Mr.
and Mrs. Scribner are most worthy
people. and if Horace is in love with
their daughter i have no objections tC
a marriage. He is old enough to judge
for himself. and it is not for me TO in
terfere. Good day. ma'am. good day
and thank y0u ever so much for call
| ing
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-05-15
HAPPY RESULTS.
Have Made Many Rock Island Resi-
dents Enthusiastic.

dents Enthusiastic.
No wonder scores of Rock Island
citizens grow enthusiastic. 1t is
enough to make anyone happy to
find relief after years of suffering.
Public statements like the following
are but truthfully representations of
the daily work done in Rock Island
by Doan's Kidney Pills.
Mrs. William \. Pannell, CTS
Third avenue. Rock Island. H.. says:
"Ncarly every member of my family
has used Doan's Kidney Pills and
they have been so beneficial that we
consider them an excellent kidney
remedy. About month ago l pro-
cured a box of Doan's Kidney Pills
at the Harper House pharmacy and
it required but a few doses to re
IieVe me of severe attack of back
ache. Another member of my family
used this medicine at the same time
and was completely relieved of kid
ney disorders. We would not be
| without a supply of DOan's Kidney
Pills on hand
For sale by all dealers. Price 80
cents. Foster-Milburn company. Buff
faIo. N y. sole agents for the Unit
ed states.
Remember the name-Doan's-
and take no other.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-05-15

s feet on
the desk of
the office in
the Central
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-05-15
Shake Into Your Shoes

Aliens Foot Ease. i powder. Relieves
painful. Smarting. nervous feet and in
growing nails and instantly takes the
sting out of cornS and bunionS. It's the
greatest comfort discovery of the age.
Aliens FoOt-EaSe makes tight or new
shoes feel easy. 1t is a certain cure
for sweating. callouS. swollen. tired.
aching feet. Try it today. Sold by all
druggists and shoe stores. BY mail for
25c in stamps. Don't accept any sub
Stitute. Trial package Free. Address
Allen S. Olmsted, lie Roy. y. Y.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-05-15
(To be Continued.)
The Worlds Best Climate.

is not entirely free from disease, on
the high elevations fevers prevail,
while on the lower levels malaria is
encountered to a greater or less ex-
tent, according to altitude. To over
come climatic affections lassitude, ma
laria, jaundice, biliousness, fever and
ague, and general debility, the most
effective remedy is Electric Bitters,
the great alternative for every form
of bodily weakness, nervousness and
Insomnia Sold under guarantee at
all druggists. Price soc.
All the news all the time-The Argus
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-05-15

and whether the guardees want him to
attend to business or not. If you're
sons, I'd say you've done about all
you could he expected to. You've kept
the money together. haven't you:
You've made it grow You've sent it
along regular-over there. What more
could any one want?"
Maybe that isn't enough"
when are those two coming homer
went on Perkins. why don't they
come back and spend Johns money
where it was made-at home?'
Il don't believe they're coming back
right soon," replied Pike. Things
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-12-08
PREPARING TO PUSH
THE PEONAGE CASES

Washington, D. c., Dec. 7.-Govern-
ment attorneys are preparing TO push
the peonage cases against prominent
citizens OF Mobile and Monroe coun'
ties, Alabama. against whom indict-
nients were returned by the United
States grand jury several months ago.
he cases are expected to be heard In
the United States district court In
Mobile within the next few days.
Most important of the peonage pro-
secutions are those concerning the
Monroe county residents. Attorney
General Wickersham has reviewed the
cases. and has instructed United
States District Attorney Armbrecht TO
prosecute the case to the end There
was some talk few days ago Of those
OF Monroe county indicted for peon.
age pleaolng guilty with the under
standing of minimum fine, but the
government attorneys have declared
that no quarter Is to be shown, and
the case against each individual will
6e pushed with oil the vlgor possible.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-12-08
S A | @ @ n | s
ROBBED AT
NIGH I
DOORS OF THE PLACE FOUND
WIDE OPEN.
Crystal" $50 Short and Police Have
a Choice of Theory as 70 HOW
Money Was Obtained.

Just how it happened Is not def
nitely known. but that there is some
thing like $50 short at the Crystal
saloon today Is beyond the peradyen-
turc of a doubt
At few minutes after l o'clock last
night the patrolman noticed that the
rear door OF the saloon was open
The policeman passed through the
place, locking both the back and front
doors behind him, thinking, perhaps,
that the rear door had been inadyert-
antly left open and that there was
nothing wrong about the premises.
1t was later discovered. however
that the money left for the night
usually concealed in n safe place. had
been taken There are no evidences
that either of the doors. or the win
dows. had been opened by means Of
skeleton key. or broken into by
force According to the conclusions of
the officers. one of two theories is cor
rect. The man who stole the money
concealed himself In the saloon and
was shut in when the bartender closed
for the night, or the bartender left
the back door open and the fellow
entered without hindrance
The money is gone and so Is the
thief.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-12-08
RESULTS AT JUAREZ.

Juarez, Dec. -Four long shots won
today. while the other two events
We're divided by split first choices.
Jimmy Blute Won two races when
Goldfinn and B0nbury won, both at
good prices. The track was in better
shape and is rapidly getting fast. Re-
suits
FIRST RACE Selling. six furlongs:
Gibson, won Hands Around, second;
John Sparks, third. Time. 1;17.
SECOND RACE-F1ve and a half
iurlongs, selling: Deli, won. Lady
Panchita. second; Rustem, third.
Time. ,09 As,
THIRD RACE-Six furlongs. sell
Ing: Gold Finn. won; Hannah Louise,
second, Gladys Louise. third. Time,
1:162-5.
FOURTH RACE-Slx furlongs. sell
l2g: Bonton, won; Execute, second /;
Hancock, third. Time. 1:174-5.
FIFTH RACE-Fiye and a half fur
longs: High Culture. won; Henry
Mann, second; Gondola, third. Time,
1.13.
SIXTH RACE-Mile, selling: Ban
bury. won DR.. Downie. second; Bon.
Me Prince Charlie, third Time
l;i61-5.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-12-08
NEW AND OLD
WAY OF FIGHTING
Freddie Welsh and Johnny Sum-
mers Represent the Two
Styles In Their Contest

When Freddie Welsh and Johnny
Summers went twenty rounds before
the National Sporting club of London
November S the best two liGhtweights
in England met The old redoubtable
Jim Corbett goes one better, he de-
clared it would be the greatest light
weight fight in history and that no
one Is likely to see its equal in this
generation It was such In many re-
Spects, although no knockout was
scored. Welsh winning on points. He
outclassed his rival from the outset
In cleverness, footwork. sidestepping
and infghting, ringing the knell on the
old-style stand-up and-punch game of
which Summers is a master. posses
sing besides terrible wallop. Hav-
ing won, Welsh now de6es Battling
Nelson. and Is willing TO meet the
American title-holdeT here or on Eng
llsh soil.
John r Coryell, English expert in
matters pugllistic, gives a splendid
resume of the battle, describing the
shock made upon English sports by
Welsh's new-fangled-they may be
dubbed AmeTicaniZed = maneuyers,
and supplemented by an account OF
the new English champions plans. II
follows:
Fred Welsh is lightweight cham
pion of England. No one disputes his
title now; and there is no one In
sight to contest it. He had already
beaten every other claimant but john
ny Summers, and him he met and
beat last Monday night. He beat him
so thoroughly through every round
that there was but one opinion on
the result Summers was SO com
pletely outclassed that even his most
ardent admirers lost all hope for him
by the fourth round AS for Sum
mers. | think he was convinced by
the third round that he had no pos
sible chance. I never saw such
bewildered, daZed look on man s
face as on his as the conviction grad
ually formed in his brain that he
could never hit his elusive antagon-
ist, but that his antagonists fists
seemed frightfully multiplied, each
gloved fist landing at will
Both men were in the pink Of con"
dition; and | am sure Summers new
er fought better In his HE All that
he knew he tried, but when he boxed
he was so much out-boXed that he
looked like a school boy; and when
he fought he was either made 10 look
foolish because he could not land a
blow, OF he was so fiercely out-fought
that his legs weakened under him, and
he was glad to hold on,
There Is no doubt he would have
been Knocked out by the fifteenth
round if Welsh had been permitted to
fight In the American way, but over
here they detest in-aghting and look
upon IL as a horrid innovation not
to be tolerated. They admire and de-
mand open hghting-hitting and get
ting away: they are shocked at any
blow that is not straight from the
shoulder. They saw Welsh get under
or away or inside of all his oppon-
ents famous rights and lefts with such
ease as seemed TO indicate that ne
| knew just what the other was going
to do: then they saw him dart In and
smother poor Summers In a perfect