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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-01-17
DAVENPORT

German Operated On.-James F.
German, 40 East Twelfth street, joint
proprietor of the Hotel Davenport, was
operated upon Saturday at Mercy hos
pftal. the object of the operation being
TO relieve fistulous opening back of
the ear which was caused 80 years
ago by an injury received while at
work upon the arsenal. During the
past year it has grown gradually
worse, causing much pain. So great
did the pain become about the middle
of December that he was confined to
his bed with it, and it was finally de-
cided that an operation was necessary.
Coaster Breaks Leg.-Joseph Smith,
1927 Liberty street, while coasting
down Rock Island street Saturday
evening on loaded bob collided with
wagon which was crossing at Fifth
street, and suffered broken leg. He
was Immediately picked UP by a po-
lice officer, who was nearby at the time
of the accident and was carried into
a nearby building, and the ambulance
summoned. He was taken to St.
Luke's hospital. where his injuries
were dressed. The leg is broken be-
tween the knee and the hip and while
it will necessitate his remaining in the
hospital for some time, no serious re-
suits are expected.
Suit for Sons Death-A petition for
authority TO bring a suit for damages
for the death of her son, James z.
Klouda, who net his death last spring
by coming in contact with a live wire.
according to the verdict of the coron-
er's jury in the case. has been filed in
the district court by Mrs. Mary e.
Klouda. the mother of the child. who
has been named as administrator. The
suit names the A. A. Arnould Construc-
ton company as the defendant, and
the amount which will be sued for is
$4,000 The child was killed by
touching a live wire near the corner
Of Sixth and Farnam streets a few
moments after coming home from
school, the wire which caused his
death having been wrapped around
telephone post after having been
broken down by a tree falling upon it.
Take Out Nomination Papers.-Nom-
nation papers were taken out at the
city clerks office Saturday by friends
Of the various candidates for nomina-
ton on the democratic city ticket and
these are now in circulation. They are:
For mayor, George w. Scott; for city
,lerk, Hugo Moeller; for treasurer, w
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-01-17

+s1akAza.sss EaN ~ II ~ n "a ka4 90 80
that will give Bobby a steady Income
and steady bueiness.'
Bobby will be well enough off any
way. He won't have to go into busI-
ness
Orde's brow puckered.
II know man. Bobby is going to
work. A man is not n success in life
unless he does something, and Bobby
is going to be a success. Why, Tay-
lor." he chuckled, 1.-The little rascal
fills the wood box, for a cent a time.
and that's all the pocket money he
gets. He's saving now to buy a thou
sand dollar boat. I've agreed to pool
in half. AT his present rate of income
I'm safe for about sixty years yet"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-01-17

S h g h a q first
learned to love.
She had all his
confidence.
3 o b by had
urn ed out a
sturdy, h o n e 5 {
little fellow, with
m ore t h a n a
S tire a K of his
mothers charm
and intuition.
ST want to give
him all til 9
chance there is
Orde explained
to Carroll. "a
boy ou g h t to
start where his
father left off
and not have to
do t b e S n m g
thing al over
again"
"W by do mt
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-01-17

in Iowa after being called here by the
death of her sister, Mrs. William Teet-
ers of Pleasant Valley.
me Baptist revival services which
are being held are progressing finely
and are well attended
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-01-17

w u u o u nam commune HOtST
you let him con- bltStneSS?"
tinue your business?" smiled Carroll.
by the time Bobby's grown up this
business will all be closed out" re-
piled Orde seriously.
Three years after the conversation
last mentioned, which would have
made Bobby just eight, Orde came
home on a summer evening, his face
alight with satisfaction.
He believed he had found the oppor
tunity, twenty years distant, for which
he had been looking so long.
Orde and his wife sat together on
the top step. He slipped his arm about
her. They breathed deep Of the happi-
ness that filed their lives. Two shad-
owy figures defined themselves ap-
preaching up the concrete walk.
"Hellov' called Orde.
"HelloI' a voice responded.
Taylor and Clara" said Orde to
Carroll, with satisfaction. lust the
man I wanted to see" The lawyer
and his wife mounted the steps.
Clara Taylor stopped short and con-
sidered Orde for moment.
LET us away" she said seriously to
Carroll. MY prophetic soul tells me
they are going to talk business. and If
any more business is talked in my
presence 1 shall expire. Come. Car
roll; let's wander down the street and
see Nina Heinzman."
The two sauntered away.
Look here, Taylor" broke in Orde
abruptly; you told me the other day
you had fifteen or twenty thousand you
wanted to place somewhere"
Yes replied Taylor.
''well, 1 believe have just the prop
osition''
What is it?''
California pine" replied Orfe.
California pine" repeated Taylor.
"CalifOrnia's long way off, and there
is no market, is there?"
Its cheap" replied Orde succinct-
~. 81 don't say it will be good for
immediate returns, but in twenty or
thirty years it ought to pay big on a
small investment made now"
Taylor laughed.
Laugh all you please" rejoined
Orde, ''but I tell you Michigan and
Wisconsin pine is doomed. Twenty or
thirty years from now there won't be
any white pine for sale"
'Nonsenser' objected Taylor. You're
talking Wild
"All right" said Orde quietly. "WeIl.
what do you think of Indiana as
good field for timber investment
"Indianav' cried Taylor, amazed
"Why, there's no timber there; it's
prairie"
"There used to be. And all the
southern Michigan farm belt was tim
bered, and around here. We have our
stumps to show for it, but there are no
take your map and see how much area
has been cut already. That'll open
your eyes. And, remember, all that has
been done by crude methods. The de-
mand increases as the country grows
and methods improve. 1t would not
surprise me if some day thirty or forty
millions would constitute an average
CUT
'Why is it that no ONE
Because" Orde cut him short, "the
big things are for the fellow who can
see far enough ahead"
What kind of a proposition have
your" asked Taylor after a pause
ST can get 10000 acres at an average
price of So an acre." replied Orde. |
about 100000 feet in timber"
That's about 20 cents a thousand"
Orde nodded.
"And of course you couldn't operate |
for twenty or thirty years. and there's |
your interest on your money and taxes |
and the risk of fire and
s ,'Of course" agreed. Orde impatien |
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-01-17

improvements already existing con-
demned and sold as a public utility to
the highest bidder. He offered further
guarantees as to future improvements.
In addition were other and more po-
tent arguments proffered behind closed
doors. Many cases resolved themselves
into a bald question of cash. Others
demanded diplomacy. Jobs, fat con-
tracts, business favors, influence, were
all flung out freely, brides as absolute
as though stamped with the dollar
mark. Newspapers all over the state
were pressed into service. Among
these delicate and complicated cross
currents Newmark moved silent, cold,
secret. He seemed to understand them,
20 play with them, to manipulate them
rs elements of the game.
The fight endured through most of
the first half of the session. At the
last, however, the bill passed the board
The company had its charter.
Its cost US plenty, anyway" Orde
said when the charter bill became a
law. The propositions got a load
on 1t. 1t will take US a long time to
get out of debt The river driving
won't pay quite so big as we thought
it would he concluded, with rue
full little laugh
at will pay plenty well enough re-
piled Newmark decidedly, and it
gives US vantage point to work
from. You don't suppose we are go
ing to quit at river driving, do you?
We want to look around for some
timber Of our own. There's where the
big money is. And perhaps we can
buy a schooner or two and go into the
carrying trade. Newmark & OrI1e
means something to these fellows
now"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-01-17

and two, If not four, other Curtiss ma
chimes. several distinguished foreign
aviators are to be present with Bleriot
and Farman aeroplanes. Among those
who came from France are Cutler.
Mason, Miscarol and Paulhan, who IL
accompanied by his wife.
The prize list amounts to $4,000
and Will be divided among aeroplanes,
dirigible and spherical balloons.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-01-17
CHAPTER 81.

n n the course of the next eight years
Newmark & Orde foated high on
that food Of apparent prosperity
that attends a business well con-
ceived and passably well managed.
The Boom and Driving company made
money, of course, for with the margin
of so per cent or Whereabouts necessi-
tated by the temporary value Of the
improvements good years could hardly
fail to bring good returns. This. it
will be remembered, was a stock COM
pany. With the profits from that bust
ness the two men embarked on a sep
arate copartnership.
NOrde lived at ease In new house
Of some size, surrounded by grounds.
He kept two servants. A blooded
team of horses drew the successor to
the original blackboard. Newmark
owned a sail yacht Of five or six tons,
in which. quite solitary, he took his
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-01-17
SAVED
FROM AN
OPERATION
ByLydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound

De Forest, Wis.,
after an opera
ton four years ago
II had pains down
ward in both sides,
backache, and a
weakness. The doc
tor wanted me to
have another opera
ton. ItookLydia E.
Pinkham'S Vegeta-
bic Compound and
i am entirely cured
of my troubles. -
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-01-17
To Cure a cold In one pav

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets.
Druggists refund money IL It fails to
cure. z. W. Groves signature is on
each box. % cents.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-01-17
gYNoPSIs OF PRECEDING CHAP
TERS

TEhS.
CHAPTER I.-Jacke orde, lumber
man, has his drive of logs held up by
2 dam built by an irascible mill owner.
CHAPTER II.-Orde declares war on
Reed. the mill owner.
CHAPTER III--A stranger named
Newmark joins Orde's river crew.
CHAPTERS ", V, VI-The drive
lures. and Orde invades a gambling
house at Redding and outwits the
CHAPTERS VII, VIII. - Newmark
suggests to Orde that they found a log
CHAPTEK M-orde meets carron
CHAPTERS X--XI.-The log driving
company is formed by Orde and New
mark and begins business
CHAPTERS XII, KILL XIV.-Orde
seeks the companionship of Carroll
3ishop. who returns to New York.
CHAPTER XV.-Orde makes improve
nents along the river to facilitate log
CHAPTER xvI-orde visits the
Bishop family in New York.
CHAPTER XEH.-Orde is deeply in
Owe with Carroll, but the girls mother
icHAPTERs XVIII, xix, xx-Gar-
fon confesses her love for Orde. They
we'd and depart for the west.
CHAPTER XXI-The couple go to
i've. at Monrovia, and Orde resumes
CHAPTER xxII-one Heinzman i'm
PORTS a crew of lawless men to ruin
BRIDES business.
lamp of the intruders and discovers
heir leader to be the Rough Red. an
hld friend of his. who promises Orde
That he will do him no harm
CHAPTER XIV. = Orde returns
home.
CHAPTER, xxv.-orde and his lum-
sncounter on river. A son is born to
Carroll and the riverman."
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-01-17

company was most successful
It's prospects for the future
were bright. The drive had
been. delivered to its various owners
1t price below what, 1t, had cost them
Ieverally and without the necessary
attendant bother Therefore the log
sers were only too willing to renew
heir contracts for another year. This
lid not satisfy Newmark, however.
''What we want he told Orde, SIS
charter giving US exclusive rights on
he river and authorizing US to ask
oil I'm going,to try and get one out
" the legislature"
He departed for Lansing as soon as
The assembly opened and almost i'm.
nediately became lost in one Of those
lerce struggles of politics not less Bit
er because concealed Heinzman was
ilready on the ground. Newmark had
he shadow of right on his side, for he
applied for the charter on the basis Of
he river improvements already put in
ey his firm. Heinzman wanted. the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-01-17
CHAPTER &c.

'EUHE first season of the Boom
company was most successful.
Its prospects for the future
were brfght. The drive had
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-01-27

The TELEPHONE Pea.
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It's a rather large n a.
sized Pea but so mellow q
and tender that it fair " s
ly melts in your mouth
and the favor is de-
licious. -
The STEUBEN, can...
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of beer, became properly grateful. He
was willing to repay King for his lit
tie attention by giving him a careful
| history of Graustark, past, present and
future
The old man was rambling on. "The
young prince has lived most of his
life In Washington and London and
Paris, sir. He's only seven, sir OF
course you remember the dreadful ac-
cident that made him an orphan and
put him on the throne with the three
wise men of the east as regents or
governors-the train wreck near Brus-
sells, sir. His mother, the glorious
Princess Yetive, was killed and his
father, Mr.. Lorry, died the next day
from his injuries. That, sir, was a
most appalling blow to the people of
Graustark. There never will be an
other pair like them, sir. God alone
preserved the little prince. The col
lision was from the rear, broken rail
throwing a locomotive into the prin-
cess coach. This providential escape
Of the young prince preserved the un-
broken line of the present royal fam
ily"
II say, Mr.. Spantz, 1 don't believe
I've told you that your niece is most
remarkably beau
"As was saying, SIR" interrupted
Spantz so pointedly that Truxton
flushed, "the little prince is the idol
of all the people. Under the present
regency he is obliged to reside in the
principality until his fifteenth year,
after which he may be permitted to
travel abroad"
Spantz was eying him narrowly
You do not appear interested in our
royal family" he ventured coldly.
Truxton fastened to assure him that
lie was keenly interested. Especially
so now that l appreciate that the lit
tie prince is the last Of his race"
"There are three regents, sir, in
charge Of the affairs of state-Count
Halfont, the Duke Of Perse and Baron
Jasto Dangloss, who Is minister Of po-
lice. Count Halfont is granduncle
of the prince by marriage. The Duke
Of Perse is the father of the unhappy
Countess Ingomede, the young and
beautiful wife Of the exiled Iron Count
Marlanx. No doubt you've heard Of
him"
81 remember that he was banished
from the prlncipality."
"Quite true, sir He was banished
in 1901 and now resides on his estates
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I We come upon him at last-Iuckily
for US we were not actually following
him-after two years of wonderful but
rather disillusioning adventure In mid
Asia and all Africa. He had seen the
Kongo and the Euphrates, the Ganges
and the Nile, the Yangtsekiang and
the Yenisei; he had climbed noun
tains In Abyssinia, in Siam, In Tibet
and Afghanistan; he had shot big
game in more than one jungle and had
been shot at by small brown men in
more than one forest, to say nothing
Of the little encounters he had had In
most unoccidental towns and cities.
For twenty days he had Travelled by
caravan across the Persian uplands,
khara, striking off with his guide alone
toward the sea of Aral and the east
ern shores Of the Caspian, thence
through the Ural foothills to the old
Roman highway that led down into
the sweet green valleys of n land he
had thought Of as nothing more than
the creation Of a harebrained fictionist.
Somewhere out in the shimmering
east he had learned, to his honest
amazement, that there was such a
land as Graustark. AT first he would
not believe but the English bank IN
Meshhed assured him that he would
come to it if he Travelled long enough
and far enough into the north and
west and if he were not afraid Of the
h0rdships that most men abhor. The
dying spirit of romance famed up IN
his heart. His blood grew quick again
and eager. He would not go home
until he had sought out this land of
fair women and sweet tradition. And
so he traversed the wild and danger
Gus Tartar roads for days and days,
like the knights of Scheherazade In
the times of old, and came at last to
the gates OF Edelweiss.
Not until he sat down to a rare din
ner in the historic Hotel Regengetz
was he able to realize that he was
truly in that tabled, mythical land of
Graustark, a quaint, grim little princi-
pality in the most secret pocket Of the
Neklu E4Gdb IHdullts IDl5 WAS tlle
land OF his dreams, the land of his
fancy. He had not even dared to
hope that it actually existed.
And now it becomes my deplorable
duty to divulge the fact that Truxton
King, after two full days and nights
in the city Of Edelweiss, was quite
ready to pass on to other fields, com
pletely dlslllusiOned in his own mind
and not little dlsgusted with himself
for having gone to the trouble to visit
the place.
Where We're the beautiful women
he had read about and dreamed of
ever since he left Teheran? On his
soul, he had not seen half dozen
women in Edelweiss who We're more
than passably fair to look upon. True,
he had to admit, the people he had
seen were of the lower and middle
shopkeepers and the shop
girls, the hucksters and the fruit vend-
ers. What he wanted to know was
this: What had become Of the royalty
and the nobility of Graustark? Where
were the princes, the dukes and the
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CHAPTER 7.


IT HE was a tall, rawboned. rangy
& young fellow with a face so
81 b tanned by wind and sun you
had the impression that his
skin would feel like leather if you
could affect the impertinence to test it
by the sense of touch. His clothes fitted
him loosely and yet were graciously
devoid of the bagginess which char
acteri2es the appearance of extremely
young men whose frames are not fully
set and whose joints are still parading
through the last stages of college de-
velopment
This tall young man in the panama
hat and gray fannels was Truxton
King, embryo globe trotter and search
er after the treasures of romance.
Somewhere up near Central park, in
one of the fashionable cross streets,
was the home of his father and his
fathers father before hin-a home
which TruXton had not seen In two
years or more. II is worthy Of pass
ing notice, and that is all, that his
father was a manufacturer; more than
that, he was something Of a power In
the financial world. His mother was
not strictly social queen in the great
metropolis, but she was what we
might safely call one Of the first Ia
dies in waiting" which is quite good
enough for the wife of a manufacture
er, especially when one records that
her husband was a manufacturer Of
steel. 1t is also n matter of no little
consequence that Truxton's mother
was more or less averse to the steel
business as a heritage for her son
Be It understood here and now that
she intended TTuxton for the diplo.
matte service.
But neither Truxtons father, who
wanted him to be a manufacturing
Croesus, nor Truxton's mother who
expected him TO become a social Solo
mon appears to have taken the young
mans private inclinations into con-
sideration.
Young Mr.. King believed in ro-
nance. He grew up with an ever In
creasing bump Of Imagination, con-
tiguous to which, strange to relate,
there was a properly developed bump
of industry and application; hence 1t
is not surprising that he was willing
to go far afeld IN search OF the things
that seemed more or less worth while
to a young gentleman who had suf-
fered the III fortune to be born in the
nineteenth century instead Of the sew
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HE WAS BANisHEp twenty-five years
IN ''oA' of age. The Iron
Count is fully sixty-five'
I'D like to see If She's really beau
tiful. I've seen but one pretty woman
in this whole blamed town, your niece,
Herr Spantz. I've looked 'em over
pretty carefully too. She is exceed
tngly attract
"Yop will not find the beautiful wo.
men of Fdelwciss in the streets, sir"
snapped Spantz.
Don't they ever go out shopping"
Hardy. The merchants, if you will
but notice, carry their wares to the
houses of the noble and the rich. But
tomorrow the garrison at the fortress
marches in review before the prince.
Ii you should happen to be on the ave-
nue. near the castle gate at II o'clock
you will see the beauty and chivalry
Of Graustark The soldiers are not
the only ones who are on parade"
There was an unmistakable sneer in
his tone.
You don't care much for society,
I'd say" observed Truxton, with a
smile.
Spantz's eyes famed for an instant
and then subtly resumed their most
ingratiating twinkle. I'VE cannot all
be peacocks," he said quietly. You
will also see that the man who rides
beside the princes carriage wheel is
an American, while Graustark mobiles
take less exalted places"
"An American, ehY''
"Yes. Have you not heard Of John
Tullis, the princes friend? He, your
countryman, is the real power behind
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Americans charge and begged him to
stand by him through thick and thin
until the lad is able to take care of
himself. AS II there were not loyal
men in Graustark who might have
done as much for their prince!''
King looked interested. Il see. The
people, no doubt, resent this espionage.
Is that it?"
Spantz gave him a whitening look, as
much as to say that he was fool
to ask such a question In a place so
public. Without replying, he got to
his feet.
Il must return. 1 have been away
too long"
The American sank back in his chair.
Suddenly he became conscious of q
disquieting feeling that some one was
looking at him inteDtly from behind.
He turned in his chair and found him.
self meeting the gaze of a ferocious
looking, military appearing little man
at a table near by. His waiter ap
peared at his elbow with the change.
"Who the devil is that old man at
the table there?" demanded young Mr..
King loudly.
The waiter assumed look Of ex-
treme insolence. "That is Baron Dan
gloss, minister Of police. Anything
more, sirT'
Eyes. What's he looking SO hard at
me for? Does he think I'm a pick
pocket?"
"You know as much as 1; sir" was
all that the walter said In reply King
pocketed the coin he had intended for
the fellow and deliberately left the
place. AS he sauntered across the little
square his gaze suddenly shifted to
second story window above the gun
shop.
ITO be continued
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Copyright, 1909. by George
Barr Nc Cutcheon
Copyright. 1909, by DOdd.
Mead q Company

7ruxton King, a millionaire S
son, sets out in search of ad-
venture. Where better could he
look for stirring events than in
faroN Groustark, where the age
of chfpafry YET survives in oil
its romantic opportunity; where
rules Prince Robin, the most
precocious boy monarch in the
reatn, of fiction where the reds
of Europe plot his murder in
mysterious underground refreotsi
where gallant Truxton King and
brave Uncle Jack" fight val
iantfy for the preservation of the
prince and the love of beoutf-
fuE princesses; where American
pluck and manhood are pifted
against foreign intrtgHers, and
where honesty and courage are
mighfier than fae sword? Read
of Prince Robin, son Of an Amer
ican princess of Olga PlatonoVa,
the girl with the dread mission;
of Marlonr, the Iron Count Of
John TuHis, tie American bul-
wark o ia foreign fhronej ofIopely
Lorraine and of daredevil Truxfon
King, and then ven will under
stand why an American lad is
Prince of Groustark and an
American author prince of story
teEIers
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In a Vicious Circle.

II wonder what makes a mans hair
fall out so fast when it once starts?'
Worry! Nothing tends to make a
man bald so much as worry, and moth
ing worries man so much as the idea
that he is becoming bald" London
King.