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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-06-04
The Argus Daily Short Story
A Handsome Tip-By Dorothea Hale.
Copyrighted. 1910 by Associated Literary PresA

p9rtook of luncheon, then strolled
up to the castle. They we're stopped
at the posterp by q lackey, but on
mentioning the name Of Comyns they
were conducted to a reception room in
the living apartments Of the castle.
After a wait Of ten minutes Mr.. Co.
myns entered and said that he had OBJ
tained the necessary permission.
Mr.. Comyns was between thirty and
thirty-6ve years old. 1t was seldom
that he smiled, but when he did his
face changed from the serious to the
genial. He was apparently a gentle
man. but there are many grades Of
gentlemen in England, and the girls
could not make out to which grade he
belonged. They fancied that he might
attend to some business for the duke
OF was his solicitor or was there to
sell him something. One point trou-
bled them from the frst-they feared
he might not be so respectable,
though he had avoided the subject of
tips. as to decline crown or two If
offered to him. They had often re-
ceived favors or what they supposed
were favors from men Just as genteel
looking whose palm they had crossed.
Miss Van Tromp determined to watch
his English. II he were not a gentle
man he would surely make blunder.
perhaps IN an unguarded moment drop
an "h."
All this they talked and thought over
while waiting. Mr.. Comyns led them
out into the courtyard and thence to
one of the towers. He began In that
clear. well modulated voice with which
the two girls had heard the gentle
manly guides In Westminster abbey
show that old pile for the modest sum
of sixpence. This confirmed their opin-
ion that he would expect a tip. He
spoke fuently and as If he had often
before reeled of the identical words.
This tower he said. was built in
the reign OF William II. and is, of
course, Norman. The upper part was
put on later and is Gothic. A breach
was made here where you see differ
ence In the stonework by the Round
heads during the close of the war by
which Charles I. lost his rascally
head"
Surprised at this. Miss Van Tromp
asked:
Does the duke consider King
Charles /. rascally?'
at doesn't matter to me what the
duke thinks. Everybody knows that
Charles /. was treacherous. mean. I'M
true to his friends and altogether un-
worthy OF sovereignty"
Does your British nobility USUALLY
LaKe tnat ground" asked Misc Sher.
man
81 don't know. The opinions OF most
Of them are worth nothing anyway"
The girls were puzzled. How dare
this man within the ancestral home Of
one of the British aristocrats speak so
disrespectfully OF them? Presently
their guide led them into the gallery
of family portraits.
THAT old fellow up there was the
Earl of Habersham and became the
first Duke of EIliston- He got rich by
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-06-04

from Sweden to be present on this
occasion.
At the villa de Chantal, the beau
tiful seminary for girls on the TWEEN
tieth street heights. viii be celebrated
In connection with the annual COM
mencement exercises of the instftu:
ton, the tercentenary of the founding
of the Visitation order Of sisterhood
under whose auspices the school is
conducted. Arrangements for elabor-
ate exercises in commemoration OF
this event will bring the distinguished
prelate, Bishop Dunno, and others of
standing in the Roman Catholic
church.
The exercises at both these institu-
lions will occupy several days, and
added to the significance of both oc-
casions historically and in religious
and educational way will come in the
broadcast sense q high order OF adver-
Using for Rock Island which it should
appreciate and avail itself Of to the
fullest extent.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-06-04

Miss Mildred Van Tromp, an Amer
lean multimillionairess in London. car
ed nothing for marrying title. brt
she did care for the castles of old Eng
land. Miss Van Tromp's cousin, Miss
Adele Sherman. was with her.
One morning the two tourists took
train at London railway station, in
tending to visit Halloween castle, the
residence of the Duke Of Elliston. On
the journey they chatted about the
castle they were going to see, refer
ring occasionally to their guidebook.
A gentleman in the same compartment
sitting opposite them, who had been
buried in his paper. spoke up:
Elf you ladies are going to visit Hal
iowen castle i fear you will be dis
appointed. 1t Will not be open today
to visitors"
The girls looked much crestfallen.
The gentleman continued:
The castle is only shown during the
dukes absence. He returns today"
Miss Sherman. who usually acted as
spokesman, thanked the gentleman for
his Information and asked If there was
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-06-04
Rock Island as an Educational Cente,

Rock Island as an Educational Center
What Rock Island is gaining row
and will continue to gain during the
coming week, through the commence
ment exercises of the. public schools,
which will send out into the world as
promising a lot of young men and
women as ever faced the problems of
life, to be followed by the exercises
of similar character in those other
branches of education in college and
seminary located here, are advantages
as much to be priced as any
asset the city could desire. The edu-
cational opportunities that city az
fords present the first index to it's
character. Rock Islands public school
system has an established reputation,
and the young people who emerge
from the portals Of the high school
with the documents of success in their
hands have gained a foothold at the
very outset which they should not
underestimate. Those therefore who
have been so fortunate as to complete
the prescribd course, should not mis-
take what the graduation means to
them. Instead of being the finish it
is the beginning. They are, as the
term implies, at the commencement
They have gained the equipment. The
duty incumbent upon them now is to
apply it, either in higher development
if the opportunity affords, or in the
worlds school of experience as the
case may be. The boys and girls of
Rock Island who are today thrown
upon their own resources must pre-
pare to give an account of their talents
The real struggle has just begun.
The coming week will witness in
Rock Island in the line of education
two distinctive but all important
events. One will be the 50th anniver-
sary of the establishment of Angus
tana synod and the great educational
and theological college bearing it's
name, and located on College boule-
ward. It will attract an attendance of
some of the foremost educators and
theologians among the Swedish and
Lutheran people in the world, headed
by the famous divine, Bishop Won
Scheele, who comes across the waters
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-06-04
ROOSEVELT NOT LIKELY
TO GIVE TAFT REGIME
HIS ENDORSEMENT

CONTINUED from Page Five)
times read that Roosevelt cannot af-
ford to indorse the Taft administra-
ton. The price the ex-president
would be compelled to pay for such
an indiscretion would be large por-
ton of his present popularity. From
the standpoint of the historian, such
a finale to his career would do great
damage.
President Taft has worked hand
finland with Aldrich, Cannon and
the exposed and discredited Balm
ger. Roosevelt cannot indorse Taft
without indorsing Taft's associates in
government. Endorsement of this
crowd would be even more than the
great popularity of Theodore Roose-
welt could stand.
The Taft administration is discred-
tied with the country at least to the
extent that it is dominated by men
like Aldrich, who in turn are domi-
mated by the greedy corporate in
terests. President Taft has made
Aldrich's cause his own.
Being Fooled.
The president is undoubtedly be-
ing fooled.
Just keep cool and stick by Aid
rich" he is being advised by men
like Guggenheim. Stephenson of Wis
consin and Lodge of Massachusetts,.
THE feeling against Aldrich will
soon blow over and then the grum-
bling against the administration will
turn to hearty commentator"
The president apparently believes
this brand of philosophy. He is
sticking to Aldrich. He is waiting,
hoping that the tide of adverse pub
lie sentiment will change.
But he will not abandon Boss AID
rich; indeed, he could not if he
would. Therefore, the cause of the
president is as much a lost cause as
is that of Aldrich.
Ex-President Roosevelt has never
made it a practice to champion
causes that are lost and it is almost
impossible for the insurgents to be-
lieve that he will begin at this late
day.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-06-04
No Chnnca-

He loved his wife. or claimed he ala.
And yet the silence was unbroken-
In just an even dozen years
No word by him TO her was spoken
The neighbors shook their heads ana
said:
There surely must be trouble brewing.
It seems a pity, too. for he
Was. oh. so ardent IN his wooingT" d,
The days ran on and into weeks
And into months as time went Tying.
But not a word from him there came
To break his silence long and trying.
Sometimes IL almost seemed that words
Were just about 10 find expression.
But every time. on second thought.
The unborn sentence met suppression
Though strange the statement may ap-
pear,
His wife, the picture of commitment.
Did not appear TO notice II
Or hold his silence IN resentment
1t didn't seem TO worry her.
For he was SO polite and formal
In fact, as far she could see
1t was a situation normal.
"why is itY' asked a friend one day
Who, after information seeking,
Inquired as TO the reason why
He had cut of his family speaking.
ct haven't" he replied. with spunk
II try my end TO hold with her din.
But for some years haven't found
A place where could get word In"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-06-04

Ex-President Roosevelt in a speech
in London declared in effect that
it is the bounden duty of the white
race to govern the yellow, brown and
black races without their consent lin
the interest of civilization There
is a wide gulf fixed between Mr.
Roosevelt and Thomas Jefferson, the
author of the declaration of indie
pendence, says the Springfield Reg
lister, which might have gone further
and observed that there is also a wide
gulf fixed between Roosevelt and
Abraham Lincoln, author of the eman-
cipation proclamation, and who repeat
eddy voiced the same sentiments that
no people were competent to govern
others without the consent of the gov
erned
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-06-04

The death of w P. Bettendorf
means a loss, not only to Davenport,
but to the industrial and commercial
communities of the three cities. Hav-
ing founded a great manufacturing in
stitution on the basis of his own genius
without capital to start with he had
become the head Of what was destined
to be one of the giant enterprises of
the country. He was liberal in his in
vestments for the good not only of
Davenport, but of Rock Island as well,
and beyond his wonderful capacity for
development he was one of the best
hearted men who ever lived. Truly
the death of such a man is a misfor-
tune.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-06-04

New National Park Near Trenton, N. J.
4 commission was named the other
day by Governor Fort Of New Jersey
to further the project to establish a
national park on both sides of the
Delaware river at point above Tren-
ton. n. j., made historic by the cross
ing of Washington and his army in
Revolutionary days. Pennsylvania and
congress will be asked to aid the move
maOt
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-06-04
June 4 in American
History

1752-John Eager Howard. Revolution
airy soldier. born; died 1927.
1SS7-William Almon Wheeler, states
man, died; born 1919.
l906-United States Senator Arthur
Pue German of Maryland died;
born 1899.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-06-04
A Dreadful Wound

from knife, gun, tin can, rusty nail,
fireworks, or Of any other nature, de-
mands prompt treatment with BUCK
lens Arnica Salve to prevent blood
poison or gangrene. It's the quickest,
surest healer for all such wounds as
also for burns, boils, sores, skin erup-
tions. eczema, chapped hands. corns
or piles. twenty-five cents at all drug
gists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-06-04

Special Bells For London Pageant.
A special peal of bells is being cast
for the pageant OF London. They Will
be used in each of the twenty-four
scenes. but the great occasion for the
zeal will be the scene showing Dick
Wilmington and his cat at Highgate
hill
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-06-04
Quite Proper.

"JohnY
"Yes, dear"
81 saw you coming out Of a saloon
yesterday"
"And how glad you were, weren't
your
"Glad?'
Certainly. You wouldn't have me
stay in a saloon. would you?"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-06-04
Wants Quick Action.

Wants Quick Action.
truth crushed to earth will rise
again"
els that SOP"
Eyes"
'That sounds good"
att is good The eternal years Of
God are hers"
Eternal? Nothing doing for me,
then. unless she gets a derrick and
does the Job more quickly"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-06-04

$4,000 to $4,000 a year salaries
have no occasion to come to the pub
lie with poor mouths as an excuse
for raising the cost of carriage.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-06-04
Kept the TnIna at Homo.

For the past year we have kept the
king of all laxatives--Dr. Kings New
Life Pills-in our home and they have
proved a blessing to all our family"
writes Paul Mathulka of Buffalo, N. Y.
Easy. but sure remedies for all stom-
ach. liver and kidney troubles. Only
% cents at all druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-06-04

No doubt the Minneapolis million
Rire who tried to smuggle $4,000 worth
of things through the New York Gus
tom house is a standpatter who be-,
lieves a high tariff is the country's
salvation.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-06-04

The railroads are not worrying half
so much as they would have the pub
lie believe. They are still in good
standing with the interstate commerce
commission.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-06-04

Every little while Senator Lodge
and Sunny jim Sherman get a
three-line paragraph in the newspa-
pers. And they are such grateful
souls
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-06-04

Every young fellow should bear in
mind that the day will come when
he will know as little as his father
knows now.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-06-04
Freight Rate Advances Held Up.

As the railroads resorted to the
injunction writ to restrain the en-
forcement of alleged confiscatory q
cent fare laws. so the United States
government, acting on the petition
{ of organized bodies of shippers, has
employed the writ to restrain the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-06-04

Pierpont Morgan says there are no
more great fortunes to be made. That
means that Rockefeller has got about
all there is.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-06-04
Needed the Credit.

Needed the Credit.
81 hear you have inherited a for
tune"
Nothing In il. old man."
''But how did such a rumor get
around? Everybody is talking about
IT. Who started it,
Il did. / wanted TO get my trunk out
of the boarding house"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-06-04
His Deliaht.

Mercy. Johnnie. what Ianguager'
Miner
Yes, yours"
"Ain't II De peaeHi naSt rye bear
practfcfuP a week on dS&@
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-06-04

Doubtless the legislators who killed
the fish bill thought those behind it
were suckers.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-06-04
Humor and
Philosophy
PERT PARAGRAPHS.
by DUNCAN ~. Sr1fTH

STILL the flowers bloom in the
spring. without permission or him
drance from the trusts as long as they
try their blooming only in the back
woods
There are people who stay up IN the
air long time VIII L.-~e no connec-
ton with airships. parachutes or bal
looms.
We often Judge a man by the things
he doesn't get and the people he does
not know.
Man wants a whole lot here below.
and some Of them want the lots In
blocks OF a hundred.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-06-04

When a woman hits her thumb with
a hammer she then understands why
swear words were invented.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-06-04

Drawing dividends is strenuous
enough for a lazy man.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-06-04
Generous Man.
II ff. cys

Generous Man.
'Ts he good to his wifeY''
"He is. indeed"
IDEALS gently with her failings. I
suppose?'
ayes, and lets her keep % cents out
of every dollar she earns"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-06-04

How would a presidential ticket
composed of Ballinger and Lorimer
strike youi
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-06-04

Good habits may become 50 nxed
and Interchangeable that they finally be-
come Irritating to people other than
their owners.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-06-04
Certainly.

"What should a young man do the
first year out of colleger
"What should he doT'
Yes"
TRY to get some useful ideas in bis
head, Of course"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-06-04

''How MUCH WOULD HE TAKE FOR TIP
any one In service at the castle who
for a handsome tip would make an
exception Il their case. To this he
replied:
81 am going to the castle myself and
shall see the duke. / think it probable
that ! can secure his permission TO
show you through his ancestral abode.
II You Will be there"-he took out his
watch-''at. say. 2 O'Clock will let you
know what can do for you. Ask for
Mr. Comyns."
The ladies thanked the man for his
courtesy and when the train reached
the station went to an inn, where they
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-06-04
Had Enouah.

81 heard you were working this
morning"
Il was"
What is going TO happen7"
well. that isn't going TO happen
again."
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-06-04

A rapid man makes a big noise. but
no one cares for his ultimate destlna-
ton.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-06-04

the wilderness do spring, for
besreh he fruit yield
JoaH,22
Swift he Of he rain,
Swift treacns
Over hill and plain.
through valleys outspreadtr6I
Treadirs
Racing. and rising and falling
Thned o ecstasies
enthralEns
Is song
the softest Of grooming
Yet road
buds tuning,
Hearing the crocuses RISE
Starihe. and snovny cleaning,
Cear is call Of RAIN
ROusirs
TIN the
Bounding and brawlng they culver.
Clear IS the Can-and it goes
under
Singing
Breathing Of to the clover
Swift rain
Threading and treacins and tripping
Over valley plain
Datntly dancing and dipping
Aye. and the flowers take heed,
the hollow
Shaking
Laughing wahen follow.
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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-06-04

1t wouldn't be 80
bad II knockers
were discriminate
ing, but discrimi-
mating kickers are
rare.
The dollar mark
is Illuminating, and
there is this notice
able thing about It:
1t is as oftsn the
mark of the yellow
dog as OF anything
else.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-06-04

Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver
Tablets will brace up the nerves, ban
ish sick headache. prevent despond-
ency and invigorate the whole system.
Sold by all druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-06-04
THE ARGUS.

BY THE }. w. POTTER CO.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-06-04

Continued from Page Five)
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-06-04

sald Essry~h.r.. In bo4.. Zoe and 2se.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1910-03-24

handkerchief. removed his coat and
hung It upon a nail. He then took his
seat. by invitation, at Biellnskfs
right.
Brethren" said the latter. rising.
"of the Society Of the Enemies OF
Russia!" lie spoke very distinctly.
but not loud The most absolute ST.
lence prevailed. First we must de-
eide what to do with this man who
has introduced himself into our midst,
and has learned the secrets of the
order Though do not personally be
lieve him TO be spy. though am
confident he was brought here by &C
cident. yet he is not OF us, and he 10
a friend of the naughty and wealth
pampered aristocrat whose name
forms the password OF the evening.
He was on his way To her residence
when he was brought here"
During this time Hardy remained
standing. with his opera hat beneath
his elbow and his ulster thrown over
his arm His eyes we're fixed on the
little ball in Hulin's handkerchief.
which, shining in the gas light. held
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1910-03-24

Il went to the Slaviansky Bazaar TO
get slender, dark man with eye.
glasses" he explained. who should
give me the password for the night
The Princess Romanovna.' This man
came out, hailed me and gave me the
password. l bring aim here, and then,
ten minutes later, along comes this
other slender, dark foreigner with
eyeglasses. who, II seems. is able to
find his cwn way about That is the
truth, Brother Bielinski. call the
Virgin to witness the pious
soul crossed himself
Very we'll" said Bielinski, a tall
man, stoop-shouldered, with thin. hook.
nose and keen. furtive eyes. very
well. May | ask. my friend" turning
to Hardy, whether you are a member
of the Brotherhood, and, II not. why
are you here?"
The explanation is very simple.
replied Hardy in French. in which
language the question had been d.
rected. Il am an American merchant.
residing in Stryetensk. have an ac-
quaintance with the Princess Ro-
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1910-03-24

manovna. on whom | was about "a
call told the cabman to drive me
to her residence. and he brought me
here. I know nothing OF your amiable
Brotherhood. nor do I wish TO learn
anything" Here he took out his
watch and consulted 1t coolly. las we
have no possible business together,
will now bid you good night, aud pro
coed on my way. II ! do not hasten
shall be too late for my call"
But why does he not speak Rus
siam" asked Ivan. "He spoke to me
in good Russian"
do you understand Russian" asked
Bielinsh.
Il speak It imperfectly." replied
Hardy. 81 have been in the country
only a short time"
You speak II well enough to under
stand" exclaimed Bielinski, "or you
would not have made so shrewd an
effort to get away. I am not sure now
that you are not a spy. At any rate,
1t will be a long time before you will
see the Princess Romanovna."
Hardy nOllceu lndl tue ldSt tWu
words were spoken with an emphasis
Of hate. which reminded him of the
Christian voices at Stryetensk, spit
ting out "Moschks! Moschke! The
Jew, The Je~l" Truly this Holy
Russia is a breedlng-ground for many
violent hates.
They all moved silently down 70
the extreme end OF the hall ard passed
through a door into a large square
room, furnished with chairs and
divans and a round table, upon which
were a number Of books and maya
zines. Crossing rSls. they entered the
council chamber, long, narrow apart
ment. with benches running around IT,
and a long table In the center, with
chairs placed for about 20 people.
The Enemies OF Russia seated them
selves on the benches and at the table
Bielinski, who was evidently the
chairman, took his place at the head
of the table. Felix Hulin. after taking
the terrible sphere from his pocket
and laying It carefully on the table on
tiny couch formed Of his crumpled