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Mrs, H. r Rinns. Of Ashland, IL VS.
i,,ns her sister, Mrs. j. y. Roberts. on
Mosby street.
AIR Russell Thenauit, OF King VIII
liam, II visiting his eounsin. Mr., w. ~
Chenault on Twenty -second street,
The Paramount baptist choir VIII
render cantata sunday night insteai
OF the regular sermon Mrs. ;. y.
Gary IL training them and the pubic
Is invited. seats free.
were suceessful In receiving first and
secord prizes in the Womens Exhibit
at the State Fair,
Mrs r. III. Durvin is able TO be out
again aftef. an Illness OF two months
with fever.
Mrs. ~ A. Grimm, who has been Wis
ttins her sou, here. for several weeks,
win leave the first parl Of the week
for North Carolina,
Mrs H. G. Heckier ~ very sick al
her nome on the MechaHtcsyiile Pike.
Mrs X Walter HeadieA has returned
home from q pleasant trip 10 Ports
Mtss Beatr.ce and Ethel Wayne, OF
cartersviiie, are the guests o. Mrs
Charles, 0s q street
|, Mr.. Allen Powell Of North Carolina,
~ soAndinG some time II the home vi
Mis- brother on Twenty-thtrd stree.
rhe home OF Mr.. and Mrs, W. H.
Fleming waM the xcene OF much en-.
ioyanrnt Tuesday evening from eight
ia eteveg when the many frihds OF
Miss Mary Louise Fleming gethered "a
celebrate her tenth birthday and pre-
sentsd her NTH many BEAUTIFUL tokens
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Among those present were Louie TIL
Ter, Ethel and Ruby Lane. jamie Leeke.
Mamie Epps. Bernice stephens, Rose
Charlie Martin Linwood Deaton. Allen
James. George Coles. and Mr.. and Mrs,
Roberts. Mr. ard Mrs stokes, Sir. and
Mrs Fleming.
Mrs Ida Hall. of Columbus. ohio. Is
the guest of her sister, Mrs. u. ID. Pat
terson on Bal dwyn street.
Mr.. Edward Smallwood, of Washing
ton. r. C.. is visiting friends on the
avenue.
MIR r H. tiillis. has returned home
after Il pleasant stay of ten days with
friends and relatives at Mineral Va.
Mrs. &. \. t'eivey continues. 10 i'm
prove al tho Virginia hospital, where
She has been for ten days. Although
see her friends
Mr.. ard Mrs. Raymond STANLEY. OF
Farnivilie. are the guests Of Mrs. stan
legs sister. on Mosby street.
Mrs, L. Sstrlctland. who has been
very Ill IS some what improved.
Daughters Of Liberty, will be held
AT the Town hall Monday night
MIR. and Airs. j. X. Tiiler have re.
turned home "a, Leesburg, Va. after
spending Fair week with Mrs. Tom
Garrison on Twenty fourth street stree. -.
buckingham county. Is visiting her
mother, Mrs. Holman. who Is very III
at The Retreat for the Sick.
Miss Ruby crenshaw, left for her
homs Thursday, after spending the
summer here with her sister, Mrs
Warden. on Twentieth street.
Master Robert Carter who has been
suffering for some time with a very
bad arm from being vaccinated Is
getting ON very nicely now,
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Highland Springs

Mr. Marker moved his family from
Richmond Wednesday and will make
their home in the village in the new
cottage Of Mr. Frank Reed, on Juniper
avenue.
Mr. Shutz. who recently seld his
farm. has moved to Richmond where
he will make his home.
Mr. Woods little daughter, Dolly.
who was bitten by snake several
days ago. is getting on nicely.
Mrs John Rose and MIR. and Mrs.
NJ. ], Barnes Il Son. who AZ been
visiting Mrs Ben Rose. has returned
home
Mr. Smith Thornton and Leon Left
wich, Of Roanoke. are the guests OF
their uncle, Mr.. r. b. Barton
Mrs. Haywood Harris met with a
very painful accident by scalding her
hand very badly.
Mrs Fisher and Mr.. Aignew have
laid foundations They both Will build
cottages on Juniper avenue.
Mrs. Claude Montague and two chill :
dren,Fof Jacksonville. Fla. has return
ed ~ their home. after spending q very
pleasant visit with Mrs. II. w. Iiar-
RTE. III Linden avenue.
Miss Beulah Wells, OF Petersburg, Ia
visiting Misses Leffie and Hattie Left
witch. 81
Liberty Hail social viii give : box
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Highland Park

Alrs Emma Estiftes. vi tharlnttes~
vile. IL s,sit4ag her cousin. Mrs. VIII
liam II Piont
Mr. Wiliiam Smith and daughter,
Miss Marchie, are guests Of Mrs, :. G..
Meredith
Mrs JOHN Spratl.N, Of -arry county,
is visiting a, the home Of Mr.. William
Sprailey.
Mrs. w r Nawter. no was injured
last Tuesday. when returning IRON the
fair by an automobile running into her
buggy, liz stili confined Ia her room.
Miss Emily Cooke and Miss Marian
Campbell of King William county. are
the guests of Mrs. Y. r. tanpheil, on
Delaware avenue
Mrs. w f. Smith and sen, clinton.
Of Brunswick county, and Mr.. William
Wright, OF Philadelphia are visiting at
Mr. : l.. Manson's home, 90 Florida
avenue.
Miss Lucille Smith viii spend the
winter with her uncle, Mr. =. l.. Man
sol}
Mrs J, T. kanmpf and little son,
John Thomas left Thursday 20 visit
her father. Mr.. George Saunders, AT
Ayieits. King William county. Va. She
will he away two or three weeks.
Mr. and Mrs, /. l.. Phillips Of Next
co, Mo, are Visiting inelf son MI Luz
ther Phillips. on Second avenue. They
viii also visit IN Lynciihure before re-
turning "a their Western home.
Miss Meddie Clay Smith. Of Mem
phis TEEN. who has spent the SUM
loer With her cousin Miss Alma
Vaughan viii leave for her home nexi
Thursday.
The Mothers Club Of Highland Park
school will NEE, Tuesday afternoon In
the assembly hall at 3 30 +. M. All
members are urged 10 be present.
Mrs. ". c Todd left SATURDAY af-
ternoon fat a short stay IN stanton.
Va.
Holly Chapter. Order .of the Eastern
Y Star will meet IN Northside Hall
4 Thursday evening. October IL. at r.
/ VI Or. Frank NJ. Reade. worthy grand
patrons Of Virginia. is expected To visit
F; the chapter al this time, and the chap
ter VIII also Nave a china show er. =
! Miss Lucy Dalton. worthy matron re-
quests "a meeting Of the ladies at the
hall Monday afternoon to make final
I arrangements fer the regular meeting
on Thursday
The friends of Miss Lillian Watkins
gave her linen shower Friday after
+ noon at her home. on Third avenue.
from . to O'clock.
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Enporia

Especial To The Richmond Virgtnian
EMPORIA, VA, Get. 2~-Many EN-
porians attended the State Fair in
Richmond this week and were we'll
pleased.
Mrs John NJ. Madra. of Harrisburg,
Pa. is visiting Mrs. r. c. Mills. this
week
Mrs Theo Barrow, who has been
visiting her daughter. Mrs. r, Walker
Turner. at the home Of Mrs Ellen
r. Turner. has returned 10 her home
In Smithfield
Miss May Camp. who has been Wis
ting al the home Of Mrs. r. j. Eoen-
ran. returned home this week.
Mr.. r. II. Huckstep visited friends
in this town this week and has re-
turned to his home at Pleasant Shade.
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. A. Hardy have re-
turned home from an extended visit
to Mr. Hardy's parents In Lunenhurg
county
MIR. and Mrs John I. Wyche, Of
Weldon. n. t., visited relatives here
this week,
Miss Natalie Hardy. OF Itunenhurg
county, is visiting Mrs. Katie s.
Brown and Miss Ada Brown this week.
The local chapter OF Daughters Of
the ConfederHcy here have Appointed
-
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Miss Ethel Herring. Of Ghariottes-
vile, liz visiting her relatives. Mr.. and
Mrs G.. Y. Jones.
MIR. aud Mrs, August Duckhardt are
housekeeping at the home OF MIR. VIII
liam II. Zimmerman, Jr. on Virginia
avenue.
Preaching at Mizpan Presbyterian
church sunday AT II A, NJ. and =; 10
r NJ. by the pastor, Or. y, Is, Wal
thall.
The regular services Will be con-
dtleted at Highland Park Methodist
church an Sunday. Preaching by the
pastor. Rev u II Merritt, IN the eNe-
ring. Revival services will begin and
continue each evening next week. Key.
4 C. Hatcher, pastor Of broad stree,
A. T.. church will preach beginning
with Monday night
At Ascension Episcopal chapel Et-N.
J, IL PoindeSter will preach az II
o'clock The evening service VIII DE
held as usual
The regular meeting II the Wo-
mans Guild Will be held AT Ascension
hap.l Tuesday afternoon at T. M,
Election Of officers will be held and
a full attendance Of mem bers Is ear
..estly requested.
AZ Northslde Baptist church rally
dan exercises will be held at the |
o'clock hour. In the evening al
o'clock Rev s. IT. Templeman. the
pastor. will preach
Captain w q. kabte and wife tnee
Enslow) are visiting at Mr., l., h. r.n-
alon's bone on Third avenae,
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Virginia

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vIRGILlNA, VA. Oct. a-Mr. Henry
Bryan, OF south Boston. visited his
sister. Mrs. a. l. g, Stephenson We'd
resday.
Mr. w H. Crowcll. Of Durham.
stepped over to see his father, Mr.. ".
G. crowell. before Going to New York
saturday,
Miss Mary GrOWeIl has left for New
I1of,don, n o., where she will spend
some time with her grandmother, Mrs.
Margaret cr0well
Miss Margaret Pittman has return
ed to hor home at Milton. N, G..
Miss LILLY Amir. Of Durham, has ac-
copied tho boAiti0u - hrst assista ut
IN the Krado1 school at Cornwall
MIR. W. r. Harris has returned from
WsshinEton. D. G.
MetAr. John r. Hin. ". i. Gregory.
w. NJ Pieasanty. Rev. I. b. HtIl ana
Mesdames James Rattershin n.
Hill and Mfsses Francis anG Little
Lsverster Hin. ATTENDED The Richmond
fair this week.
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CHURCH HILL NEWS

Mrs 0rman Rose and little daughter
Of Kansas CITY,. are the guests OF i"e
formers sister. Mrs. John collins. 81
North Thirty sixth street.
Misses Annie and Emma Binns, or
Charles City county. are the guests 81
Mrs James Fox, OF NortR Twenty sixth
street -
c}pAl or bellevue school, VIII deiiNtf
The address al tie Rally DAY sasl ,,iTs
IT .Inion Station, tomorrow Htoi hi.9 r.
Mrs. Chaadiek. accompanied bA MISS
FARLEY. ~ tlar.mof'i, a. ~ Ftsi ~
hsr mother, Mrs. Christian sehaarf' "t
North Twentystiftfe street
Mr. l.. A. Marston OF Charles city IN
the guest of his mother Mrs Barnett,
VI North Thirty- second street
Miss Ethel Long. Of King and 0usrh
county Is on a two weeks visit 10 Mrs
Atkinson, Of North Twenty hffh street
Messrs W II Barnett, W Bar
nett. Z. f. Barnett. and iInwuod Baf-
nett. are tbs guests OF friends on ms
Mr and Mrs T. = snort. of .22s
S4nshie street, who have been visiting
friends and relatives in New J orr.
Philadelphia ansi other northern HN-
ieH, have returned home.
Mrs. d X Dupree. Of Cincinnati
<9it4t-. Ess.sse7t- Alfs
james Fox, IF North Twenty stA
Miss Rebecea M-rston, Of Charles
city liz The guest Of her sister, MRS
Earnett. Of North Thirty second
street
from Trhanna, Where she has nee y
spending the summer. accom- pan med W
her cousin Miss Mary Barton
Mr.. aud Mrs Harry Oliver Who have
been the guests this week Of ihelf
father Mr.. Oliver Of $685. r. Broad
street. hhye returned 10 Iaeir nome 10
frHviisnee FORGE Their son, Masi.t
Franklin Oliver. Will be the guest OF
his grandfather. for the next tNo
weeks
Miss Bessie Wright. who has been
visiting Miss Ethel sehaatf for the
raxt two weeks. has returned To her
home in l.snchbufe. accom- panied bs
Miss Naude Long. Of King and tsueeu,
Nsf0 Will be her guest for ssvsFhi
weeks.
Mrs j. g. Taylor and Airs. saliie
their aunt Mrs. L. 4 Guy. OF 1901 ~
\ Broad street. Friday,
AIRS Atkins, Of seb North Thirty
n second street is aHfte sick
Mi*s Leila Walaen, u brasoasyiiie
i King and Queen county II the snes'
M Mrs. John spence, Of Ghinboraza
Y, N Mrs. Ruby Flee, and daughter Miss
VI EmMa Fleet and Wilhelm Fisst, ol
kin9 and Queen county Gun. are the ,.a sseSa'
Frtends Of Mr. ", T. Barlow. u
N SK a31e1nHburg, who was operated on fol
IL kha6aatettts II the vifEtBia hospital
~ Vf}H ~ pleas<d 10 know that he has re-
u ee1 ~ sufzcisntiy 10 BE- able 10 return
E Mrs LaciIie Eas,woode. Of wes
Vtnf. Who has been the gusst Of Miss
0nete Thomas Of zszf Y. Grace street
I'M p tetuYaAA home. ~
Es Lalla and Ida Bsrio~. " VA
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Mosley $ Junction

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MoSLEY'S JUNCTION, VA, Oct. 8
Mics Bette White and Mr.. Alan
White visited their mother sunday.
Mrs. J. r. Fiournoy II quite Ssch
In her hame,
Misses Edna and Rosahelle Holmea
OF Sandy Hook. Md. were guests u
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. r. Fiournoy ~ theis
home, Woodland" for the we19.
Mr., Charles Smith. Of Richmond
was q guest or Mr. and Mira !. T.
F'lournoy for the week end.
Little Eidridge Eagles. who hAa
been Ill with typhoid fever, II still
improving under the skill of DIR. j.
b. Bailey.
Miss Virgie Goode, Of Richmond,
is visiting Miss Matte Bailey.
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party Friday, October Is. al Liberty
Hall. All members are requested TO
be present.
The Daughters of Liberty will meet
Monday night in the Odd Fellows Hall.
Mrs. John j. Harris. Of Macon. \. G..
is visiting Mrs, II. W. Harris, of Lin
den avenue.
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a committee and made all necessary
arrangements for the uVveiltng 81 =
Confederate monument on the third
OF November.
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liamshurg- are visiting Mrs, Fleet. o
East Broad street
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-01-21

vinest form of life which we call
thought When you open a book
there is a resurrection, and the soul
of man. perhaps of an age or people,
looks out and speaks to you. In its
simplest meaning says Bishop
Brooks, "a book is a life standing be-
tween two other lives and putting
them into association; an intellect
translating a truth which lies behind
it into character or pleasure, or action
in the man who stands before it
Every nation produces its noblest
literature out of its life. Libraries do
not appear until men have deeds TO
record. Sargon I. was proud of the
achievements of his nation and there
fore founded his great library in Baby
Ion Darius l. had been victorious in
many wars before he chiseled the
boastful record on the rocks Of Be
histun. Homer did not sing until there
were heroes to sing about.
Literature of EIizabethan Period.
The golden age of Augustus was
the flower of the rugged life which
won for Rome it's name and power;
and the valor Of prince and peasant,
from King Arthur down, made posi-
BILE the brilliant literature of the
Elizabethan period, which still nour-
ishes the intellect and imagination OF
the English speaking race.
THE library which this institution
is gathering, and which will be housed
in this splendid building provided by
the munificence of its friends. will
contain the best of human life through
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-01-21

lets with history, translation and com
mentary so that we can drink in the
thought of those past ages just as
though their great men rose from the
dead to teach us.
THE valley of the Tigris and the
Euphrates and the valley of the Nile,
here in the library. offer to teach the
valley Of the Mississippi how to be-
come rich and great, and avoid the
mistakes which plunged item into
desolation.
1T is wonderful TO think how this
library will stand here, as We foudly
believe century after century. like the
vatican and the Louvre and the Bod
leian doing its work of instruction
and inspiration, crystalizing the life
Of the land and at the same time feed
ing it with fresh thought
Generations will come and 20;
they Will each draw upon this foun-
tain Of learning, and yet It will never
be diminished; rather It win grow. for
It will quicken other intellects AMI
they will return to It the products
Of their own thought. In this library
will lie latent seeds OF scientific knowl-
edge which will spring to life in some
mans brain and produce great practio-
al inventions TO bless the world Her0i
VIII come youths whose horizon has
been limited to the village or the farm,
and when they have conversed for
few years with the masters whom they
find here, they will go forth citizens
(Continued on page Thirteen.)
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the consummate flower of all litera-
ture. and that means of all civilization.
1t contains. as perhaps no other in
stitution in the world today, the best
of all that remains to us out of the
great libraries of the past, and the
cream Of human thought in the pres
ent. There you find clay cylinders
from the palace Of Sargon, the winged
bulls from the temple gates of Nine
yah, the black Obelisk of ShalmaneZer,
and thousands of tablets from Baby
lon. There you may look upon the
fragile and priceless papyri from the
tombs and temples OF Egypt. and also
upon the Rosetta stone by which
their strange hieroglyphics were de-
ciphered for a puzzled and waiting
world
IF it was true as Napoleon said to
his soldiers under the shadow Of the
great pyramid, Forty centuries look
down upon you how much more truly
may one who stands In the British
museum say, Forty centuries welcome
you to their fellowship and instruc-
ton. Here they wait to teach you
their wisdom, and warn you Of their
foIlies'
Drink In Thought OF Past Ages.
And the thing in which we may re
joice today is that by the magic of
the printers art all these treasures OF
the British museum may become ours
In this library for which the new
home is being provided. This artist
of the press will put in our hands a
facsimile of these cylinders and tab
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1000 years. 1t will make this whole
community. as well as the students III
this college, the heirs of all the ages
All that mankind has done, thought
or been will lie as in magic preserva-
ton in the pages of these books as
Carlyle has said, and fortunate are
they who have the taste and take the
time to enrich mind and heart with
the treasure.
President Porter OF Harvard once
said that a savage visiting London
with Livingstone could appreciate ev-
cry thing butt its libraries. The city
teeming with life was only an i'm
proved and enlarged African village,
the great ships atthe docks were only
big canoes. the palace Of parliament
had it's counterpart for him In the
council hall of his chief Even the
cathedrals and their solemn services
were not altogether strange, for he
too was a worshiper. But the library
at the British museum, with It's rows
upon rows. and tier above tier of my5-
FERROUS things called books; the stu
dents pouring over black symbols upon
the white pages so quietly, and with
such intense interest, now smelling,
now frowning, or weeping; what could
it mean? He had never seen anything
like this in his primitive life.
Flower of All Literature.
"And can we wonder at this awe In
the breast of the savage? What in
telligent man does not feel the same
awe creeping into his heart when he
stands in that great museum. 1t IS
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-01-21
Ceremonies Today at Site
OF Denkmann Memoir
iaI Building.
ATTENDANCE is LARGE
Or. L. A.. Johnson President of
Augustana Directorate Puts
Corner Piece in Place.
CONTENTS OF CORNER STONE BOX.

CONTENTS OF CORNER STONE BOX.
Biography Of Mr.. and Mrs. F. C. A..
.Denkmann. bound in morocco.
Photographs of the Denkmann fam
lily.
The Augustana Observer for Febru-
airy and March, 1909.
The Rock Island Argus, the Moline
Dispatch, the Moline Mail, the Rock
island Union, and the Davenport
Times.
"Aueustana," issue Of 1910.
( "Hem4andet," issue of 1910.
Ausustana college catalogue for 1908
F1eos.,
Copy of the Holy Scriptures.
Dr.. N. Forsander's edition of the
Augsburg Confession and Luthers
/ Small catechism.
Minutes Of the Augustana Synod for
1909.
Names of architects and builders.
Names Of library building committee.
Names of corner stone committee.
Program Of corner stone laying Ger
emonles.
In the presence of hundreds Of stu
dents and friends Of Augustana col
lege. with impressive ceremonies, the
corner stone of the Denkmann Memo
rial library, the splendid structure now
being erected by the Denkmann heirs
for the college. was laid this afternoon.
! The ceremonial act of setting the stone
/ in place marked an epoch in the his
tory of the institution, constituting, as
it did, the first important event Of the
I jubilee year, the 50th year of the ex-
tistence of Augustana college. 1t was
also significant of the new period Of
growth and development upon which
j the institution is now entering, the
. new library being one of the impor-
/ tant additions to the educational facil-
tiles Of the college which will make for
Greater Augustana."
Ceremonies i'm College Chapel.
Owing to the severity of the weather
it was considered advisable to limit
the program as much as possible at
the library site. The greater part Of
the program, therefore, with the excep-
ton of the corner stone laying ritual,
was carried out in the college chapel,
which was thronged to the doors. The
program commenced at 2:36 o'clock in
the college, the college band render
ing a couple of selections while the
procession was forming. The march
to the library site was then commend
ed, with the band in the lead.
Order of Procession.
The order Of procession was as fol-
lows:
Augustanatb band.
Preparatory students.
Academic students.
Conservatory and business students.
1 College students.
Seminary students.
Faculty members.
Members of Denkmann family.
Speakers.
/ Visitors.
DR.. L. A Johnston, president Of the
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CONTINUED on Page Thirteen)
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1910-09-10
CHAPTER w.
Numbers Seven and Nine.

Afterward, when | tried to recall our
found that my most vivid impression
was not that made by the revelation
of the opened curtain. / had an In
Simultaneous picture of slender blue
gowned girl who seemed to sense my
words rather than hear them, of two
small hands that clutched desperately
at the seat beside them. The girl in
the aisle stood, bent toward us, per-
plexity and alarm fighting in her face.
With twitching hands the porter at
tempted to draw the curtains togeth-
er. Then in a paralysis Of shock, he
collapsed on the edge Of my berth and
sat there swaying. In my excitement
shook him.
For heavens sake, keep your
nerve, man." l said bruskly. You'll
have every woman in the car In hys-
terics. And II you do, you'll wish
you could change places with the man
in there" He rolled his eyes.
A man near, who had been read
ing last nights paper, dropped II
quickly and tiptoed toward us. He
peered between the partly open cur.
tains, closed them quietly and went
back, ostentatiously solemn, TO his
seat. The very crackle with which he
opened his paper added to the burst
ing curiosity of the car. For the pas.
sengers knew that something was
amiss: l was conscious of a sudden
tension.
With the curtains closed the por
ter was more himself; he wiped his
lips with handkerchief and stood
erect.
Its my last trip in this car" he re-
marked heavily. There's something
wrong with that berth. Last trip the
woman in 1t took an overdose of some
sleeping stuff, and we found her, jes
like that, dead! And 1t amt more'n
three months now since there was
twins born in that very spot. No sir
it amt natural"
At that moment thin man with
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Z ROBERTS, RINEHART

I fancied, although / was not sure,
that my appearance brought startled
look into the young woman's' face. l
sat down, and, hands thrust deep into
the other mans pockets, stared rue
fully at the other mans shoes.
The stage was set. In moment
the curtain was going up on the first
act of the play. And for a while we
would all say our little speeches and
sing our little songs, and !, the vii
lain, would hold center stage while the
gallery Kissed.
The porter was standing beside low
er ten. He had reached in and was
knocking valiantly. But his EFFORTS
met with no response. He winked at
me over his shoulder; then he unfast'
ened the curtains and bent forward.
Behind him, I saw him stiffen, heard
his muttered exclamation, saw the
blush pallor that spread over his
face and neck. AS he retreated a
step the interior Of lower ten lay open
to the day.
The man in it was on his back, the
early morning sun striking full on
his upturned face. But the light did
not DISTURB him. A small stain OF red
dyed the front Of his night clothes
and trailed across the sheet: his half
open eyes were fixed, without seeing,
on the shining wood above.
grasped the porter's shaking shout
ders and stared down to where the
train impaired to the body grisly
suggestion of motion. Good Lord" l
gasped, "the mans been murdered"