Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-05-30

| He thought thai Sherman should have
come up to him frankly and thanked
/ him for standing by him so far as e.
/ fight for him. But Blake was a think
ing sort CT boy. and IT occurred TO
him that If the tables were turned. II
some boy bigger and stronger than be
had fought for him. how would he
! feel toward that other boy: He could
not quite put himself IN such posi-
! ton. for he had good strength for hi
age and was not fearful. Neverthe-
| less he could excuse Sherman on tho
! ground that be had needed protection
from bigger boy. had secured It and
would naturally feel demeaned By ac-
| cepting it.
! Blake went OF to his room and. gianc-
| ing at his study table. saw sometime
or it, fat and round. wrapped in white
/ paper. Taking off the cover. he came
to some oil paper. which contained
| something soft. Removing this wrap
! per. he uncovered n pie.
by Jove!" he exclaimed. 81 won
] der how that came here"
He ate half the pie. then bethoughf
himself who had left IL there. Nu-
merous inquiries failed to elicit the
donor. He racked his brains to dis
| cover what friend be had that would
! thus favor him. but could not think
! of any one. One person occurred to
him as the possible giver-that was
! Russell Sherman. But the pie had
been tied up with n very narrow blue
! silk ribbon instead of a string. the
| ends being tied in a bow. Blake knew
| that no boy would ever tie up any
thing with a bow. No; some of his
| aunts. sisters or cousins must have
sent II to him.
! He thought that when he met Sher-
man again he would say something to
make him feel easier about his posi-
ton. He found an opportunity one
day when coming out of recitation.
"Hello. RusseIl,' he said.
Hello. Baker was the reply.
"Going 20 win the valedictory?"
II don't know"
81 hope you will"
:"WhyT"
'-Oh. think you're pretty good sort
| Of a fellow"
81 don't believe you respect me
much"
YES. do. Why do you think j
| don't?"
| ''Oh. don't fight my own battlesr'
You would with boys of your size"
81 haven't had a chance before this
| TO thank you for that fight you had
| with Potter 1t was mighty good of
you"
Blake felt RusselI's hand feeling for
his and saw a pair of grateful eyes
turned upon him. Thinking the affair
was getting mawkish, he made pre-
/ tense of wishing to catch up with an
other boy and ran away. When he
went to his room to prepare for sup
| per he saw another gift on his table.
! This time it was a cake.
Again Blake questioned the maids
and others in the house. but no one
could, or, rather, would, tell him who
| had left the gift.
Meanwhile Russell Sherman was dis
! tinguishing himself in his classes. con-
| tinualiy gaining honors.
Graduation day came. and the boys
made their speeches. Last came Sher-
man with the valedictory. He had
| fulfilled the expectations of his teach
ers, his standing being higher than had
| ever been reached in the school before.
! AS soon as he started to speak persons
| in the audience began TO whisper to
each other: How young he is. His
| voice hasn't even changed" The boy
acquitted himself well and received
more enthusiastic congratulations than
are usual on such occasions. The
world admires strength, but loves
| weakness.
The graduating class separated.
some to go the next autumn to college.
| others into business. During the sum-
| mer Tom Blake went to a farmhouse
where boarders were taken. On ascend
| ing the steps he saw girl in a white
! dress dart into the house. He thought
nothing of this. however. till supper
| time, when he saw the same girl sit
ting at an opposite table and trying to
hide her face from him. After supper
he met her in the hall. He stopped
her and asked:
IT beg pardon. Aren't you a sister
! of Russell Sherman" =.
II am Russell Sherman"
And then it all came out that Edith 1
| Russell Sherman. having been denied
admission to the normal school. had
donned boys apparel and entered as a
boy. As soon as she had been grad
uated she returned to the dress of her
own sex.
Tom Blake and Edith Sherman arc
now studying at coed college. It
looks as If they would study in prcx-
unity for the rest of their lives.
90
Stomach and Liver Tablets is daily
coming to light. No such grand rem
edy for liver and bowel troubles was