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The Detroit times., 1909-03-12
CHAPTER XXI
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For q very little while Jacqueiine
vas sorry for Ernest. He looked so
unhapIs. so detected, that she fel'
contrition for having led him on, maue
him an unwilling partner IN hel
scheme Of revenge. But he was sucl
a homeless. angular, wooden sort OF
: nerson. so devoid Of humor, ina,
Isroueline could not imagine MIN
realIv In love and actually suffering.
what were his feelings at losing
something which he never possesSc
compared TO hers?
Think OF how | parted from MN
this afternoon, Ernest she SAID al,
most tearfully. Il was happy anu
conadent. He was all mine.
Ernest sat apart. Immersed IN
gloom. refusing TO sympathize win
Iacmehne. filled with his cwn woe.
81 was here, this very evening. al
most resigned 10 fate" he said plain
lively Il had little happiness. on
not much. just enough to keep me
alive And then | received your let
ter And them
He broke on abrutly as the memory
NJ his cruelty to Charlotte weGs
through him like a sharp knife and
made him vince Jacqueline did nor
see this. She had her own sorrow
and she was impatient that Ernest
should obtrude his.
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| common sense and economic science
and proved to them that the colors
they were risking their lives 10 via
back were worth but So many shill.
ings or sterling value. tell me. which
would the stern workers OF the 64th
regiment have found IL easiest 10 un-
derstand, common sense or poetry ?
Which would they have believed
science. which said, 1T is manufac.
tured silk or Imagination. whose
kingly voice has made IL "colors." |.
Is In this sense that the poet has been
called. as the name imports, creator.
manner, maker. He stamps his own
Keeling OH form or symbol. names II.
and makes II what 1t was not before
giving 10 feeling i local habitation
and name. by associating IL with
form. Before. IL was SILK. so many
square feet; now. It is a thing for
which men will die.
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Just a Few Assorted Jokes
Those Servants.

Those Servants.
Lady OF the house-So IL was an
unexpected circumstance that the
servant OF my friend was at the shop
at the same time you pawned my
watch? or course you said II was
yours
Servant Girl-Naturally; sh said
the same thing. Then how We both
laughed !-Meggendorfer Batter.
Keeping Lent.
Harduppe-Er, what was the de.
nomination of that bill you loaned
me?
Cuttlng-Epuiscopa /, think--it
keeps Lent SO well.--Life.
A Blow at Child Labor.
He was new member OF the har-
Dor board In a northern seaside town.
and was attending his first meeting.
The board was discussing proposal
to place two buoys at the entrance to
the harbor for the guidance OF marin
ers
II beg To propose as an amend
ment," said the new member. that
one man should be placed there In
stead Of two boys. as the latter are
too young for such a responsible po-
sition Tit Bits.
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Should the State
Cure the Drunkard
Its Laws Help Make?
unqusstionabIy IL Should. but
Would Il Not Strike You as
Being Just a Bit lncon-
slstent?

.:. .. ss .s. . ssss s" s, @ 10,
sss 'ss s,s the .s sssTs. . . .S
poles courts but who are left
nunar:d. III time s
for 80 . o oS Be oss s %
s. w.sd be % now @ men s s
sham. to themselves .Sser and the Community
Mich, H.
The of IS Detroit business
He his full but he should want it
Il printed
He good citizen for the that he is interested in his
fellow and would help him.
difference spirit
dent whether his solicitation misplaced in where
overnduge in the of whisky.
There wherein drinker will help himself
This would be able refrain from the
= use of whisky and will
On side of him there evidences of the terrible effects
4 Of the stuff he drinks
There prisons asylums victims
nothing of the early the churchyards that whisky has dug
His inevitable end stands before him. the red flag OF danger is
before his very eyes and yet he
We correspondents solicitation here is misplaced
and it is.
This drinker yet ntegenty and
at that point where he slave to alcohol yet way
for escape is and he will avail himself of it,
There many types of drinkers.
There is the beer drnke whom seldom hear of needing
There the young whisky drinker youth beginning
who is smart
There a while
gets
Next the drinker whisky the
who dikes drinks solely the effect
bolster his midtown shattered
The siiest dnker the who thinks whisky will drown
! his troubles.
He of stupor multiplied.
The drinker and keep
from whisky reached drinks
It for his bodys sake.
These whisky drinkers their sefapponted doctors but
their are in improper hands
The of the recently this city for the
calls solicitation
more properly placed.
With this the desire for drink disease.
He mind body his will destroyed and his
system impaired where doctor is needed.
Here for the for the that
( stage where he would be able to himself
He longer capable of contemplating the effects of the
poison in the glass he holds
is his medne strengthens the weak body while lasts
/ and then leaves weaker yet
He will whisky until his
freed of the whisky and his body and mind made
There first accomplish this and such
held, criminal but
patient and the his doctor
These gold cures" temporary only rule.
They doctor the impaired body and send built
but they supply the patient with backbone.
little absurd after ALL though doesn't be discus
sing the oy the of these whisky patients makes
Licensing the providing pills :or the effect
IMAGINE HOW II WOULD LOOK WERE YOU TO BE-
HOLD MOTHER FEEDING HER BABY GREEN APPLES
OUT OF ONE HAND AND HOLDING THE PARAGORICI
BOTTLE IN READINESS IN THE OTHER.
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From Another Point of View


rushing the
snaTled the thing
the o
Rockefeller didn't have hair his
exhum
make sure no burying
IN of
years they tell g
referring
4 a suburb
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port at once 10 the others.
let's be on. Thanks, Ernie.
The marquise, lamenting her bridge
party. went cut quite forgetting 10 say
good-by 10 Ernest. The able, VINO
had eorged biscuits. thanked him cor
diallv and congratulated himseH lhat
they had not been in the way
Ernest let the flock out the front
door and then returned TO the library
For an instant he stood looking sauiy
a, tho door which hid JacqGeline.
II Jacqueline is with any man -
is some one whom she can neNei
love" he said slowly TO himself Ie
peating the words OF CarteIet.
He walked over to the door, open
cd II stood aside and said simply
Come
"Jacoueline stepped into the library
Her blue eyes were downcast her
hands were clasped in front OF her.
She looked the lovely peniient
"you have heard he asked
she nodded. Ernest shook his mead
sadly ~ as,,ad
natheticalIy. III revenge was all you
wanted. why choose man VINO ioNeG
Won Jacoueline: what harm nave /
ever done vou9 You might have gone
10 any one-any onc-b but me
Forgive me-" she pleaded iou
are right. II was cruel acted win
ont thinking. | have only one eN
cuse. | was utterly wretched- loNea
him So" -.
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By.
JOSEPH
O'BRIEN

There's no comparison for you be-
tween your love for me and my love
for him
Looked Stupidity at Her.
Ernest could find no adequate an
swer for this bit Of purely feminine
reasoning and he remained silent.
looking stupidity at Jacqueline. as she
stood, a vivid picture OF sorrow. In
her little heart Jacquelinc knew IL
pected her little plan OF revenge 10
bring everything To happy ending,
not really considering Ernest, who
might remain mopish But just at
this moment II appeared terribly real
To her, and she wasn't missing a bit
OF the agony ii brought.
Ito he Continued.)
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The Cloud.
BY JOSEPH DUNN.

The little cloud that floats along
In hazy beauty DER the blue.
In robe OF white. SO pure and light
With moonbeams shining through.
From nothingness, unseeking comes,
To nothingness it goes;
Moves, or Is still. but at the will
OF the breeze that round II blows
Unaskng dons or lays aside
Its fieecy robe OF shadowy light;
All silent there it fades in air.
And leaves its beauty 10 the night.
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Black Eye for Blackstone


Your honor" said Muman Pruiett,
the criminal lawyer. since reports
and modern law are not sufficient to
convince you, let me read this section
from Blackstone, the father OF the
common law and undoubted authority.
He supports my contention precisely.
You had as well sit down. Mr..
Pruiett; have decided the point
against YOU" replied the court You
need not cite more cases. have over
ruled your demurrer, and do not care
to hear you read the section" Il
know YOU have. your honor. | knew
you have, sarcastically said the re-
doubtable lawyer, II know II. but
iust wanted To show the court what
fool Blackstone was. "-Oklahoma
City Times.
Too Close a Fit.
Mr.. Mcclure Ito hospital attendant)
-"Phwat did we say the docher's
name was?"
"Dr Fitzpatrick"
"Thot settles il. No docther Wild
thot cognomen will git chance TO
operate ON me-not II know II.
why not?'
We'll. yez see. my names Patrick"
--Lippincott
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lrate Parent--Am | To understand
there is some idiotic affair between
YOU and that impecunious young ass.
Lord Bilaris
Fair Daughter (very swectly)-
Only you. papa, illustrated Bits.
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Casa city. Mich.
GETTING Down to Rrsss lacks

Il love you"
I've heard that before"
IL worship you madly."
Loose talk"
Il cannot live without your love-"
Get some new stuff
VIII you marry me?'
Well. now, there's some class {
hat cleveland Leader.
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A branch train OF Kansas railroad
carried an old woman passenger the
other day. who was very fldgety and
nervous and was continually poster
Ing the conductor With questions.
which door do so out?' she ask.
Cd OF the conductor. as the train pulled
into the station where she wanted 10
gst or.
Go, either way. madam" replied
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New York mas about 10000 passen
ger elevators and about 10000 for
freight service. 5000 OF the former
being In otfice buildings
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ItLets Him OFF chean.

The proposed $40 tax on bachelors
might discourage some cheap bach
elors but after all what is $40 to the
usual spring millinery bill?-St. Louis
Post Dispatch.
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Inferential.

Ethel--Jack simply raved over my
figure and my complexion.
Maud--And Is he still ia the asy-
Nlum.--Boston Transcript
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Famous Gems of Prose
POETRY IN BATTLE.
By FREDERICK w. ROBERTSON.

lecture Ehton ems
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The Sole Ohstaele.

the ticket puncher Both ends OF the
car stop. "-Kansas City Journal
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To the Editor Of The Times:

To the Editor OF The Times:
have been a reader OF your paper
for several years and take pleasure
In reading the particulars that oa'y
appear In the editorial column.
have a topic which wish TO pre-.
sent to you. and II you think we'll o. :. y
/ should be pleased 10 have you write
un an editorial topic OF II. BY calling
the matter to the attention OF Ponce
Commissioner Smith, the judges o.
the recorders courts and the ponce
courts, Il might do a vast amount OF
GOOD in saving the many VINO are 60
jno down 10 drunkards' graves
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CHAPTER xx.-(con,,nued.)

0 s: {: s. E.. =: =; !: : !:
let's he OF. Thanks, Ernie.
The sun., 1909-02-27
Speaker wadsworth on Gov. .Hughes's
Nomination Machinery Patent.

The criticism made by Speaker
WADswoRTH at Lockport last night Of
Governor HUGHRs's singular scheme
of government by party committees is
temperate and fair but abs olutely de-
structive. In fact, TO state the Hughes
plan az it appears in his Brooklyn
speech of February 20 is to condemn
it, As Mr.. WADswoRTH says in effect,
the advantages. real or supposed, Of
direct primary nominations disappear
in the Governors strange proposal to
establish, strengthen and perpetuate
bossism, TO put the bosses upon the
statute book. Instead Of being more
representative OF the voters the party
machinery is to become narrowly and
hopelessly oligarchical The political
committee is to become the official
nominator. Instead of breaking the
slate" it is to be tablet of the law.
We ask our readers TO take the trouble
TO read 80 much Of Mr.. WADswoRTH's 8
speech as relates to Governor HUGHEs's s
proposition and its probable, il seems
TO us inevitable. results il il were once
set up by law. The Speakers s construc-
tive suggestions can be taken for what
they are worth. His official primary
blanket ballot" for instance. for this
wicked town, where grave frauds have
been perpetrated." Here Mr.. WADs-
WORTH talks as a truly good rural Re-
publican who views with alarm great
Democratic city. But what he says
about the Hughes arrangement for max
ing political committees bosses of their
parties is truth and soberness, such as
men Of all parties, and particularly the
friends of direct nominations, should
carefully perpend.
We regret not TO find in Mr.. WADs-
woRTHs speech or anywhere else any
explanation or theory OF the Cover
nor's sudden plump and plunge from
the heights Of the austerest direct nomi-
nation into his present ludicrous pud-
die. What has happened to him this
year? In the task of humanizing and
mellowing himself has he sacrificed
something Of his prudence and invin-
chile good fortune? Az any rate. every
kindly heart must bleed for his inn ocent
betrayal of primary nominations.
The sun., 1909-02-27
Full or Surprises.

Murgatroyd, in Mr.. William Hamilton
Osborne's story Of THE Red Mouse;
Mystery Romance Dodd, Mead d Com
pany), was prosecuting offioer Of remark
able strength Of character. He startled
US when ne accepted Mrs. Challoners
bribe Of sseo, 900, turned over 10 him With
the understanding that he was to set free
the lady g husband, an inebriate and lber-
tine who according to his own confession
had murdered Col Hargraves in Cradle
baugh's gambling house. Though he
startled us Murgatroyd himself had great
poise. He never flinched as he took from
Mrs. Challoner the brown paper parcel
containing the bribe and locked II up in
his safe. Mrs. Challoner, too, was sinsu-
larly cool in the matter. Few ladies, We
dare say, would part with $500, 900 (all they
had) with the entire unconcern for the
money that marked the transaction on
her part.
The story after this has many turns that
will surprise the reader. Murgatroyd
was a great fellow. He certainly deserved
the happiness which the somewhat offish
young lady who wanted him to be a
United States Senator finally consented
to bestow upon him. 1t may be learned
in the story what he did with the $3.50, 600
The tale is undeniably interesting.
The sun., 1909-02-27
A New Obstacle to wedlock.

The latest freak in matrimonial re-
form takes the form OF bill introduced
in the Illinois Legislature requiring that
oil applicants for marriage licenses
must swear that they have not been
intoxicated twice in the preceding year
The stupid inadequacy Of such provi-
sion must be apparent to any one ex'
oept an unbalanced fanatic. Indeed, the
futility of all statements OF all sorts
eIacted from persons resolved to wed
as means OF producing good or prevent
ing evil may be set down as axiomatic.
Nobody is ever deferred from the
course he proposes to himself in so i'm
petuous a career az that which leads ia
the altar by all the red tape that may
be tangled around his feet. The only
effect OF such legislation as Represen-
tative GRAVES has initiated at Spring
field is to embarrass and humiliate
honest and well intentioned people in
the most delicate crisis Of their lives.
In many cases, il Is to be feared, these
coarse and cumbersome obstacles TO
mntrimony discourage the timid and
the modest and actually prevent unions
which il should be the policy of the
State TO encourage.
On Wednesday THE Sun printed a
summary of the vital statistics Of this
city for 1908 as compiled by the Health
Department They showed a falling
Of in marriages, as compared with the
previous year, Of about 20 per cent
1t would be interesting to know how
much OF this is due 10 dread of the City
Hall preliminary, but OF course the
figures are not ascertainable. A Roman
Catholic Bishop. however, presiding
over a diocese in the western part OF
the State. denounced the license Law
just a week ago as a dangerous hin
drance and an unwarrantable embar-
rassment to those seeking TO be joined
in wedlock. Among the least Of the evils
which he pretty frankly stated wa
that young couples had contracted 'he
habit of going over the border into
Canada OF making trips TO some Other
State in which they could have the
ceremony performed without any OBJ.
noIious paternal interference OH the
part of the authorities.
The sun., 1909-02-27

What degeneration is going on in the
high Roman soul OF the Hon. CBAMF
CLARK Of Pike county. Missouri! Wednes-
day he said in the House Of Represents
tives:
Read the market reports Of yesterday ant
see what Is happening. Stocks going OF every
where which Is a premonitory symptom OF com
In. panic. hate 70 say that, but believe II"
What will Pike county say when il
knows that BrAUcHAMP CLARK 10 study.
ing stock reporter Can even he touch
pitch and not he defiled? Perhaps
though, he is allowed to glance at thess
charts OF the money changers in the hops
OF finding something unpleasI Mt for wal
Street. and presumably benedcont to thu
-tiller OF the soil Anyhow. q stern ant
rock bound Missouri Democrat must b,
tickled to death 10 think that he smells I
panic Only it is mortifying 10 him tc
think he smells il when there 10 no election
near.
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The Mail Subsidy Bill.

As the Republican national platforms
in 1904 and 1908 demanded appropriate
legislation to extend and improve the
merchant marine, this means of pro-
noting the interests of American
shipping may be considered as good
Republican doctrine. II the Sixtieth
Congress adjourns without sending the
Gallinger mail subsidy extension bill
TO the President il will not have done
its duty
When Republican national conven-
tions call for fostering legislation they
mean subsidies and nothing else, as
appears plainly enough from the reso-
luton adopted at Chicago last June:
we adhere to the Republican doctrine oi
encouragement to American shipping and uIgc
such legislation as will revive the merchant ma
rIpe prestige OF the country so essential to ma
,lonai defence. the enlargement OF foreign trade
sRa the Industrial prosperity Of our own people.
The postal subvention bill now be-
fore the House does not change exist
ing mail contracts, but seeks to develop
new lines to South America and Asia.
1t provides that the ships used must be
American built, owned and officered
and that their crews must contain an
increasing proportion of American sail
ors. In case these ships should be
needed for transport or other military
purposes in time of war they must be
turned over TO the Government.
At the present time there are only five
or six American steamships plying Ia
the far East, none to Australia, and
the service to South America is so poor
that the important mails are sent by
way Of Europe.
The Republican party is pledged to
subsidies for the development of the
American merchant marine, and it
should do it's duty or eliminate the
policy from its national platforms. II
the country has to wait for the treat
ment proposed by the Democratic party
we shall be confronted indefinitely with
the necessity Of shipping goods in for
eign bottoms and doing without a war
transport and auxiliary service.
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is quoted at $40 in the open market--at
least. 80 rumor from the land Of the pos
sum says. We should Judge from the
number and size Of the orders TSceived in
Georgia for the possum. dead for the
table and alive for a pet. that the entire
rural population must be out In the woods
earning the boom prices offered for the
"marsupial'-under this grandiose name
ia humble Billy Possum known in de-
spatohes from the seat Of war.
Testimony 10 the toothsomeness oi
roasted poesum Is overwhelming. You
can like the looks Of Didelphis virginians
or not. he eats we'll. II may be doubted
though, whether he will oust the guines
pig as q pct, even with the countenance
Of a President. Mr.. W. T. HoBNADAI,
no mean authority. says:
As q pet or cage animal the opossum shows
or very poorly and Il rather uulnteresung. In
the daytime It's sole desire is TO curl up into .
furry ball and sleep. II disturbed II opens III
pink mouth very wide In silent protest, and a,
soon as the trouble 10 over again tucks Its head
under Its body out of sight and sleeps on"
Any attempt to associate this dulled
witted little beast with Mr.. TAFT senti-
mentally or commercially deserves TO
fail. No one can imag gine him playing
possum."
The sun., 1909-02-27
Brad Dansins's Masterpiece.

With the cynic who declared that an
Industrious legislator was an intelligent
constituencies greatest curse we have
no sympathy. Palpably this was one of
the all too frequent attempts TO diminish
the dignity and minimize the impor-
tance of our faithful public servants.
II refutation we're needed Of this idle
SANDER we should take this occasion
to emphasize the public services Of the
always industrious member Of Assem-
bly, from Greater Rensselaer,, the Hon.
BRAD DANsING.
Our attention is especially directed
toward the Hon. BRAD by his latest leg
islative contribution, bill to close the
State canals on Sunday. What a sim
ply admirable proposition is here! How
instantly il must commend itself TO
that vast army of reformers who are
always in search Of a proper medium
for their activities For no one can deny
that it is ludicrous spectacle. contra
diction breeding disrepect OF the law,
this state of affairs that permits the
front door Of every saloon from Lake
Erie to Montauk Point to be closed, that
makes it possible for politicians in rival
boroughs to obstruct even the side
entrances, and at the identical time
allows every canal from Gowanus to
the Tonawandas to stand open, invit-
ingly open.
Tho proposition Of the Hon, BRAD has
deeper human side, however. TO
every other mule upon the face Of this
State a day Of rest is assured by law.
But the canal mules, many Of them,
indeed, constituents Of the Hon. BRAD,
must toll increasingly along the weary
trail, perpetuslly pursued with that pro-
family which makes even the semblance
The sun., 1909-02-27

OF Sabbath impossible TO all within
hearing. Surely no reformer not des'
titute Of all brotherly love, no legislator
not devoid Of all fellow feeling, can fail
to be deeply moved by the thought OF
this sad procession bisecting the State
each seventh day and raising an all too
feeble protest against an anomaly oil
law that leaves them, alone among
mules, outside the purview OF the
statutes.
BY all means, gentlemen OF the Legis-
lature, permit the Hon. BRAD to have
his canal closing, mule protecting meas
ure. Let him return to his grateful
constituents, including the canal mules,
bearing the fruits OF at least one valu-
able public service. Henceforth, more
over, he will belong 10 the whole State,
il not the nation. Henoeforth a mere
city or a single county will be too small
to compass his genius, for the New
York voters, like those OF Kansas and
Iowa, are not ungrateful to those who
serve them faithfully.
There in, in addition, another impor-
tant aspect to the Hon. BRAp's pro-
posal. For several weeks now our
apprehensive ears have been deafened
with reports Of approaching combat ct
the Capitol; of Governor and Legislature
about to join in frightful contest over
the sacred cause Of reform. II that be
true we hasten to interpose our good
offices. Let the Governor and each
legislator. laying aside all personal
pride. strike hands over the proposition
OF the Hon. BRAD. For we would re-
spectfully remind them all that a bill
that benefits so many mules can at least
hurt no public servant. II the legisla-
tors will follow this course, pass this
measure and thereafter speedily ad-
journ, a grateful public will remember
them as having accomplished more for
practical reform and done less Incl
dental harm than any Legislature of
recent years.