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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-02-22

Virginia stood at the window and
watched it disconsolately.
"Of course l shall have to have a
cab" she said, cor I'll spoil my gown"
'Of course" said the young man
who reclined comfortably in big
brown leather chair by the fireplace.
"Of course, if you insist on going out"
Virginia whirled around and looked
at him scornfully. why should 1
stay at home?" she demanded.
Because life is too short to risk get
ting your feet wet and your chiffons
damp when you might sit here and
talk to me-" was the lazy reply.
Virginia. with all her rosy ruffles
a-futter, crossed the room and stood
IN front of him.
Would you really want me to stay,
Bob" she demanded, when it is my
duty to go: 1t isn't as If it were an
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-02-22

eringly. And your great-grandfathe
was almost frozen at Valley Forge for
this"
The young man smiled. "Well, not
exactly" he said. "but what's the use,
Virginia? Stay here and talk to me
and let the world go by"
Her eyes flashed. and at her sharp
look Cunningham flushed little.
please telephone for my cab" was
her command, and then. as he rose to
do her bidding, she came back at him
with the announcement: You can sit
by the fire and dream. if you wish.
don't want you to go with me-"
He turned and looked at her. do
you really mean that, Virginia"
YES" she said, Il really mean it."
He telephoned and came back, then
in silence they sat. one on each side of
the fireplace. waiting.
When at last the cab drove up, he
helped her into her fur lined wrap and
When he rose to his feet he asked,
, ''Shall l come for you?"
NO" she informed him. Mrs. Ere
linghuysen will let me come home with
her. l need not trouble you to leave
the fire"
He laughed little. "Oh, don't rub
1t in," he said as he preceded her to
| the cab.
He stood bareheaded I'm the SHOW as
| the cab drove away. and Virginia s
| heart gave little throb of admira-
| ton. How very good looking he was,
| and how lazy, He needed lesson.
Later she thought of him when the
devoted d. A. RS, having read pa
pers and sung songs expressive of
! their patriotism and of their desire
| to perpetuate the name and fame of
their heroic forbears, listened to the
: speaker of the evening
1 Dinner followed. and in a glitter of
gorgeousness the daughters trailed up
| stairs to the dining room. Flags dec
grated the long hall. rosettes of buff
and blue were everywhere, and in the
center of the huge table was cherry
| tree, at the foot of which lag shining
, Ratchet tied with red ribbons.
I Virginia, with Mrs. Frelinghuysen
opposite. and with a famous old ad-
miral on one side and n callow cadet
J on the other. was bored to extinction.
Her thoughts crept back somewhat
longinsly to Cunningham, to the bright
fire on the hearth and to the big
brown leather chair, which since their
! engagement had come to be called
"Bob's own" Her own low wicker
one sat close to it.
Mrs. Frelinghuysen and the admiral
argued.
did you agree with the speaker
asked the stately dame, that there are
few men now like the ones of Wash
ington's timer
NO" he said somewhat gruff1y
There's nothing to bring 1t out now
nothing TO bring it out. But let the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-02-22
RECORD OF COURT HOUSE
Real Estate Transfers.

Jane S. Gable to Emma Lagerlef, lot
1. block .. Buford & Guyers addition
Rock Island. $365.
w. E. Kemble to C. NJ Cannon, lot
in southeast northwest section 6-17-1w.
$500.
w. f. Ke:nble to Herman Lind, lot
in southeast northwest section 6-17-1w.
$500.
Lucy Griffin to Frederick l.. Volk
west 81 feet lot 8, block As, lower addi
ton Rock Island. 5000.
Henry S. Clendenin to Robert G
Clendenin, lot 1, block 1872, New Shops
addition East Moline 81.
w. J. Bleuer to c. NJ. Cannon. lot
in southeast, northwest section 6-17-1w
81.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-02-22

there was no objection TO inspection Of
hotels, under proper conditions, but
the hotel Eroprieto.s proposed that
they should have a voice in the rum
ming of their own business. The bill,
in its original form, he said, was I'M
fair, and made it possible for any per-
son, happening to have grudgc
against hotel, to order an inspection
Mr. Hen said the hotel men simply
wanted a reasonable bill Mr.. Hen
during his stay in Des Moines. also
assisted in the organization of the
Iowa Association Of Hotel Keepers.
Boys Legs Crushed.-E d W a d
Lynch, II years of age, while playing
with a number OF his companions IN
the Rock Island roundhouse at Fifth
and Farnam streets Saturday. hal
both legs caught in turntable. Both
limbs were badly crushed and cut, but
no bones were broken. The boy was
removed to his home. 923 East Sixth
street, in the city ambulance.
Ball Big Success.-In point of al
tendance the annual masquerade OF
the Davenport street car men held
Saturday night at Turner hall, eclipsed
any similar event given in the tri-cities :
for a number of years. 1t is estimated
that close to 1000 people were in at
tendance. Both halls were used for
dancing and even then room for "A
peep-in at the merry waltzes and two
steps was at premium. 1t was a
good natural and orderly thrOng of
merry-makers. The Davenport mill
tary band furnished the music and the
merry dancers held the floor until the
early hours of morning. AS result
of the event a neat sum was realized
for the sick benefit fund.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-02-22

tate to do a thing like that when a lot
of women were in danger. especially
the one that he loves better than his
life"
Virginia looked at him wistfully.
do you really love me-" she asked,
latter 1 was so-so-hateful this after
noon?"
His answer was so satisfactory that
she was all rosy with bushes when
she asked her next question.
Tell me just how you opened the
door,
His eyes twinkled. and then he gave
his answer in one immortal sentence:
Il cannot tell a, lie, Virginia. I did
it with my little hatchetv'
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-02-22

come and he's the one that does the
big things"
Virginia began to wonder If she had
been hasty in her condemnation of
Bob. She wished that she had let him
come with her. She wished-and. as
if the fairies had heard, she saw Cum
ningham's fair head in the doorway
He came straight toward her, and
even as she watched him Virginia was
aware of a strange commotion i'm the
room. Women were rising from the
seats and men were shouting: then
chairs crashed as their occupants
moved them back in haste and made
for the stairway, and over and above
all wavered a thin blue banner of
smoke.
Mrs. Frelinghuysen," said Cunning
ham as he came up, 1.-The building is on
| fire. 1 have turned in an alarm, but
we must get out at once
The old officer and the young cadet,
| each trained to act quickly, sprang to
| their feet.
You look out for the other women"
Cunningham directed. "I'll take care
| Of Miss Cary"
AS they hurried toward the doors a
man came running to meet them. go
to the back stairway" he painted.
There's perfect stampede Oh the
front 1t won't do for another person
to pack against that crowd"
| The back stairway was long and mar
row and at the foot the door was shut
and locked.
| Cunningham wrenched at the lock,
but it held. Then the strong young
| cadet tried it. and then the Old admiral
| eXerted all his force, but still the lock
held, and all the time the smoke was
| growing denser, and they knew that at
the head of the stairway the fire was
raging. cutting off retreat
Virginia. overtaken by panic, scream
cd, but Mrs. Frelinghuysen, stanch
even in that moment of great danger.
said: They'll get US out, my dear.
Don't worry
But though Cunningham and the
callow cadet and the strong old ad-
| niral hurled themselves against the
door it held.
There's Il window up there" said
the cadet. I'VE men could climb
Cunningham shook his head.
"But the women couldn't" he said.
and turned this way and that rest
lessly. Then suddenly, like a flash.
he flew back up the stairway and dis
appeared into the smoke.
"Oh. coward, coward" Virginia's
thoughts condemned, and, as If in an
swer of her doubt of him. she saw
him coming back. In his hand was
shining weapon-tbe Ratchet that had
been laid at the foot of the little cher
ry tree on the table.
"Stand backr' he shouted, and she
heard the old admiral say, THANK
Cod She was conscious of the
splintering of wood. rush of outside
air. babel of voices, and then she
tainted. When she came to herself
she was in n carriage. and Cunning
ham was bending over her.
81 got you out of that crowd as
soon as could" he said as she open
ed her eyes There were dozens Of
carriages. and / simply took one"
Virginia chung to him. sobbing, "Oh.
Bob, Bob. are you hurt?'
Nothing that bandage or two
won't help" he said, but his face was
drawn with pain. We'll 20 back to
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-02-22

everyday affair,
but a Contiren-
tai dinner to Gel
citrate the birth
day of the Fa-
t Il er of II ] S
Country is Il diff
ferent thing" g.
Certainly" her
fance n greed,
but it n t
worth going cut
in q ii I h i $
storm"
Virginia sur
viewed him with
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-02-22

reason come and
you'd find that
some jof our lazi-
est men would be
the best fighters"
Virginia leaned
forward eagerly.
'Bo you really
thitk that?" she
ASKED.
The old man
nodded.
bCertafnly. Miss
Gary. Been my
expe rience. ]
haven't a bit OF
use for the man
who brags. Jus,
get one OF those
God In him and II
act as If it was al
room. hut let wal
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-02-22
Washinaton Wa. ] p.udv.

There can be little doubt that he
was in early life good deal of dan
dy," writes the author Of 1.-THE True
George Washington" and he adds that
this liking for fine feathers never quite
left the great man. Washington's dia-
ries fairly bristle with notes about the
fine clothes he frequently ordered.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-02-22
BRIDGE AT CLINTON USED
Northwestern Road Opens it's New
Structure Without Ceremony.

Traffic was opened today over the
new bridge of the Northwestern road
at Clinton. There was no especial
ceremony in connection with the vir-
tual completion of work that has
been in progress for more than a year
and which has involved the expendi.
ture of many hundreds of thousands of
dollars. There was no interruption OF
traffic, the old bridge serving up TO the
time the new one was put into use.
Work will be started at once in the
wrecking of the old bridge and it will
be completely removed and the piers
taken from the river in time for the
opening of navigation.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-02-22

we II ~ ptNh W
your house, and
in an hour we'll
never know the
difference"
Yes, we will
know the differ
ence." Virginia
sat up and wiped
her eyes. "Oh.
how brave you
are, Bob, and
how unjust I
waS"-
"Oh, cut it
out" he said
slangily. I" n o
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-02-22
IN THE CHURCHES

First Methodist. - Revival services
will be held every evening except Sat
urday during the week.
The Silver circle will meet tomor-
row evening in the Sunday school
rooms Supper will be served at 6
O'Clock and important business will be
transacted. The meeting will. close in
time for the revival services.
Choir rehearsal will be held in the
church Saturday evening.
The Epworth league will give an en-
tertainment in the church under the
direction of Miss Iva Pearce Friday
evening, March II.
Spencer Memorial Methodist. - The
Ladies' Aid society will give chicken
pie supper in the church this evening
from 5 to o'clock. At S o'clock there
will be a patriotic program in the
church with addresses by Judge F. d..
Ramsay, II. A. Weld and S. J. Fergu-
son l.. X Eihl will present to the
church a flag
Mrs. Boomers bible study class will
meet in the church tomorrow even
ing.
Thursday evening the Young Ladies'
auxiliary will meet at the parsonage:
tS27 Forty-fourth street.
The choir will meet for rehearsal
Friday evening in the church.
Services during the week will large
| tI,n4 ,hoy
may attend the revival services at the
First Methodist church.
| South Park Presbyterian - The
teacher training class will meet this
evening at 7:30 with Rev. w. G. Ogle
wee, 3015 Tenth avenue.
| The Junior association will hold a
| Washington meeting in the chapel to
morrow afternoon at 4 o'clock. Prayer
services will be held at 1880.
Thursday afternoon the Woman's
guild will give a coffee at the home Of
Mrs. J. T. Stephens, SIS Twenty-nintt
lstreet
United Presbyterian.-The Kate Hill
Mission society will meet tomorrow
evening with Miss Bessie Bryan, 152;
Tenth avenue
| Prayer services will be held in The
Church Wednesday evening at 7:50.
The Ladies' Aid society will NEE
Friday afternoon with Mrs. Georg'
Reddig, 1917 Ninth avenue.
|
) First Swedish Lutheran.-The con
Ifirmation classes will meet Monday ev
ening at and Saturday morning at
10 clock.
! Prayer services will be held Wed
; nesday evening at 1880.
| The choir will meet for rehearsa
Thursday evening at s o'clock in tn
church.
Grace Lutheran.-The Forward sc
: ciety will meet this evening at tn
/ parsonage
/ The confirmation classes will NEE
; Wednesday and Friday evenings a
, 7 O'Clock.
: Lenten services will be held in tn
, church Friday evening.
: Zion Lutheran. The confirmatio
: class will meet this evening at Z. TIL
English class will meet at 1880, an
, the finance committee will meet q
l Sis
| Cottage prayer meeting will be hel
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-02-22
Wa.hinaten No Orator,

He was not speaker. which was per-
haps due to actual humility and
shyness. On one occasion he attempt
ed to read shoft speech, but failet.,
whereupon he remarked, 81 hav.
grown blind as well as gray In the
service Of my country. ~
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-02-22
NEWS OF THE NEIGHBORS

Moline, where he will take charge of
a school.
Guy Elliott was on the jury last
week
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-02-22

Wednesday evening at the home of
Mrs. Louisa Seaberg, 1903 Seventh av-
cnue. The cantata choir will meet in
the church Wednesday evening at 1880.
The little girls society will meet
Saturday afternoon at o'clock with
Edith Kjellberg, 1924 Forty-second
street.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-02-22
DAVENPORT

School Election calIed.-The call
for the annual school election has
been issued by p. n. Jacobsen, chair
man of the citizens committee The
convention will be held in the Grand
opera house Monday evening, March
/, for the purpose of nominating two
persons for school directors OF the in
dependent school district of Daven-
port. Each ward will be entitled -
five delegates, to be selected at eau
cuses held next Friday evening.
City Wins Verdct-After being out
80 minutes, the jury in the $500 dam
age suit of Florence C. Becker VS.. the
city of Davenport Saturday returned Il
verdict in favor of the city
Hien Helps Unite Hotel Mem. II.
Hen, manager of the New Kimbail
hotel, has returned from Des Moines,
where he appeared before a committee
of the legislature in opposition to the
enactment of the hotel inspection bill,
now pending. The bill was framed ut
the instigation of the commercial
travelling men. Mr.. Hen said that
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-02-22

Moline Lock Report.-The annual re-
port on the operation and care of the
Moline lock for 1908 has been sub
mitted to Major c. S. Richie, IN charge
of the river work between st. Louis
and st. Paul, by Junior Engineer j. IS.
BasSett The report covers the work
of constructing the guard cribs and
also gives statistics on the use of the
lock during the year The report
shows that 2,746 craft of all descrip-
tons, including government vessels
passed through the lock, and a total OF
1864 lockages were made. A total o:
12.G1S passengers passed through the
lock and 59,273 tons of freight, most OF
the latter being carried by governments
vessels engaged in construction work
Anniversary Program.-The program
, for the celebration of the anniverSar
les of the births of Washington and
Lincoln, to be held at Turner hall at
o'clock tonight by the four German
organizations of the city, has beer
completed. julius Goble. professor 81
! German language in the state univer
sity at Champaign. is to make TIL
! principal address, and it will be deliv
cred in the German tongue. DR.. p. II
Vessel. chairman of the joint commit
| tee on arrangement. and William A
/ Meese are to speak in English. The
four societies sponsors for the celebra
ton are the C.-G. turverein, Plat
deutsch verein. Understanding vereir
and Moline Maennerchor The wo
mems auxiliary societies of the frs
two named organizations are also aid
ing in plans.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-02-22

e world was white, and
the snow was still COM
ing down. The wind
drifted 1t into corners
and piled it up on the
bare branches of the
trees.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-02-22
MOLINE

Day OFF at Big Shops.-Every depart
ment of the Silvis shops closed down
Saturday evening, and work will not
be resumed till tomorrow morning
The employees are given a holiday to-
DAY in honor of George Washington S
anniversary. A report was circulated
that the plant would not open again
till March /. but this is em3haticaily
denied by Superintendent Seidel.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-02-22

Edgewood Baptist.-Tomorrow even
ing there will be farewell reception
in the church for Rev. J. c. H. Read.
who leaves soon to become pastor of
the Congregational church at Sher
rard. There will be a good program
and refreshments tomorrow evening.
Prayer services will be held in the
church Wednesday. evening.
The Ladies' Aid society will meet
for work Friday afternoon with Mrs.
Sperbeck. 419 Forty-fourth street.
The choir will meet for rehearsal
Friday evening. The new song books,
Famous Hymns" will be used prepar-
atory to revival services to be given
the latter part of March. when L. d.
Lenkin of Quincy, an evangelist, will
be present.
be held in the church Wednesday ev-
ening.
The choir will meet for rehearsal
Thursday evening in the church.
The Ladies' Aid society will meet
Friday afternoon for work in the
church parlors.
Friday evening the b. Y. p. u. will
give an experience sociable in the
church.
Central Presbyterian.-Praye serv,
ices will be held in the church We'd
nesday evening at 7:30. At $50 the
teachers and officers of the Sunday
school will hold meeting.
Friday afternoon at 3 o'clock the
Woman's Home and Foreign Mission
society will meet with Mrs. C. Hoppe
1113 Fourteenth-and-a-ha street. The
annual election of officers will be held
at this time.
Aiken Street Presbyterian.-Tomo
row evening at 7:45 there will be al
| illustrated sermon by Rev. Marion
Humphreys on the life of Christ. The
stercopticon will be used to illustrate
| the sermon.
Wednesday afternoon at $50 the La
dies Sewing society will meet witt
Mrs. f. J. Tom, Eleventh and Aiker
streets, South Rock Island.
Christian Science.-The weekly tes
timopial meeting will be held in tn,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-02-22
Aiken Street Presbyterian.-Tomo-

Christian Science.-The weekly tes-
timopial meeting will be held in the
church Wednesday evening at 7:45.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-02-22
His Little Hatchet-
How He Used 1t
The Storyof Coursp That Hung Fire but Was Brought
to d Satisfactory Conclusion Washinston's Birthday
By JEROME SPRAGUE

Copyright. 1909. by American Pres. Association
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-02-22

Zion Lutheran. The confirmation
class will meet this evening at Z. The
English class will meet at 7:30, and
the finance committee will meet at
Sis.
Cottage prayer meeting will be held
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-11-23
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER %, 1909
Thanksgiving Proclamation !

"The Lord is in His holy temple. Enter into
His gates with thanksgiving and into His
courts with praise"
Annually the people OF this Republic gather
on definite date to acknowledge the goodness
of the God of our fathers and our God, IN His
Providence toward us. This is seemly and but
His due. The citizens of our State have much
for which to be thankful. Ours is a State Of
marked natural, industrial and Vocational ad-
vautages. Our educational opportunities are
exceptional, our transportation facilities I'M
usually adequate, our industries prosperous, our
homes happy and our people healthy, comfort
able and contented. We have sufficient for our
necessities and even the luxuries OF lite are
found on every hand. We are blessed with q
civilization that assures liberty OF person and
security of property. under written Constltu-
tion and the laws OF the land. Surely our cup
runneth over
Now, therefore, I, John Franklin Fort,
Governor Of the State of New Jersey, by the
grace of sufirages of my fellow citizens, to whom
am grateful, do hereby fix
Thursday. the 18th day Of November,
1909, as a day Of general thanksgiving and
prayer, and do recommend that all our people
upon that day desist from all business and
gather in their respective churches and other
places of public worship, and there acknowl-
edge their obligation to Almighty God, the
Father of all mercies, for the bountiful bless
ings which He has bestowed upon US.
"Given under my hand and the great seal OF the
State at the city of Trenton, this 18th day OF
November, in the year of our Lord one thous-
and nine hundred and nine, and of the indie
pendence of the United States the one hun
dred and thirty-fonrth.
s'By the Governor.
"s. D. DICKINSON, Secretary of State"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-11-23

THERE is one phase of the law that is ex-
tremely hard, yet how to overcome it is
difficult to determine. 1t is where person
is arrested on suspicion of having
committed a crime, and then it is
discovered that there was a mis-
take. The reputation of the arrested
party is seriously affected and heis herald
ed as criminal, even though he is inno-
cent, and there is no redress. A case of
this kind has just been brought to atten-
ton in this county. A robbery was COM
mitted at Florence, and woman who was
In the house at the time declared she knew
the robber, giving the name of citizen
and neighbor On the description given
by the woman the man was arrested and
when taken before her was identified as
the guilty party. He was brought to Jail
and was afterward bailed out by his rel
atives. The announcement of kthe arrest
was great shock to the community where
he had lived respectable life for 80 long
time, and although the Identification ap-
pcdItu W NC COmpl6be tucEc vert many
who refused to accept it as true. That they
were justified in this stand seems to have
been correct from the results of last week
when man was arrested In Chicago who
is said to be the real robber. So closely
does he resemble the first man taken into
custody that 1t is not surprising that the
woman should have been misled. But
the honest man, with his good character
of years standing. is the sufferer True,
it has been established that he was wrong
ly accused. but there is nothing to be done
for him to recompense for the hours of
torture and shame suffered by himself and
family, and the fact that he was dragged
to Jail for something with which he had
no connection will haunt him for long
time. Yet his arrest was within the right
of the law, but that does not give him
much comfort. The old idea that it is
better for ninety-nine guilty men to escape
rather than one innocent man be punished
appears In rather ridiculous light in this
instance.