The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-06-07

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ing as solemn as ever. This helped
me to recognize him Court was in
session. The case was the most i'm.
portant he had been called upon 10
judge. The class of 1880 had been
accused of painting the high scboo,
with yellow paint History repeated
itself further. in that nothing could
be proved against them Harry Peter.
son was the detective on the case.
In the world famed Grand theatra
sat a spell-bound audience, and after
deafening outbreak of applause the
great actor gained the center of the
stage, and we heard the wonderful
voice saying,
gle me cannie hour at cen.
My arms about my dearie, O."
1t was John Kiedaisch recitins
Burns.
In the Office of the worlds greatest
newspaper, The Keokuk Comment. of
which Norman Ringstrom is editor |
saw several members of the old class
The Man in the Moon told me that
the success OF the paper was due To
the experience gained by Norman in
editing the old school paper Florence
Megchelsen was writing Advice to
the Loyelorn,' and Guy Fulton was
writing jokes. The Man In the Moon
added that Hobbs still had the bali
also the book
In the lad ,i+
ry Lienhardt viciously welding a
baton before band of musicians
while the air was filled with "Ach Du
Lieber Augustine. So our leader of
the little German band had risen
to famei When the band stopped
playing to laugh. | sympathized with
them, for | knew that Henry had
sprung one of his killing jokes.
] saw that verna Larson was sec.
rotary of the city Y. w. c. A. and
also doing noble work in the city
slums.
Then, as pointed the telescope to
a smooth white drive of the city.
saw limp, dark form on the pave.
ment. II was the body of man On
the body was the bulk of monstrous
automobile. Heavens, what an awful
sight! How terrible the accident,
But tie form moved, and head APP
peared from under the machine. The
face wore q familiar grin. 1t was
only Roy Strickled repairing his car
The Moon Man said that Roy had a
vented device ~ which car coul,
be driven with only one hand. and had
later improved upon it till neither
hand was needed and the moon
should know.
Marion Bradford, supported by Lola
Mccain and Minnie Raber, had become
a successful suffragette. and in the last
campaign had defeated Edgar Smyser
for mayor of the city by small ma
jority. Helen Sloanaker had become
a renowned author and had just pub
lished several papers on the "Eleya-
ton of the Soul
The Moon Man told me that the Gle.
ments around the higher regions had
been slightly disturbed by the passing
of Merton Morris. He had become a
vi NiiCAiilSN, uut 10 course
under Mr.. Vestal. and while expert
menting in his laboratory had mixed
HI, o 4, and X C O3. He was due
to pass on his return trip soon. The
Man O. the Moon said that another
mortal man had visited him. 1t was
Leslie Worthen, who was wiring the
milky way with electricity. On earth
he was also conducting an Information
Bureau for good little high school hoys.
| was unable to locate Elizabeth
Warwick, but the Man in the Moon
said that, being unable to decide which
Of her many suitors she could be hap
piest with, she had retired into single
blessedness. Cheer up, Elizabeth,
too, have cat and parrot. Besides
being an old maid. she and Helen
Hodge are conducting a popular dane
ing school.
heard that Dorothy Worthen had
been several years on the stage and
had made great hit in comic opera
Her latest song hit was MY Old Ken.
lucky Home"
| saw Martha Philip on a hay rack
with crowd of young people. She had
been elected Official Chaperone and
was most popular since Miss Solo
mons reign. Bertha Bode had been
happily married for years and was
living in the west. Raymond Walker
was captain of the Hamilton White
Sox
I next turned the telescope to the
old north road. Staring from the bars
OF the old insane asylum beheld
Pete Meinhardt. The Moon Man
said that his responsibilities in X. II.
S. had weakened his mind. (Poor
PeteD
| saw that Barker Davis and Dor
othy Williams were playing Romeo
and Juliet in New York. Florence Tai
bolt was travelling in Europe with
Elizabeth Tanning. Leila Haggott and
Hazel Johnson for the improvement
of their minds. No. certainly not
Florence's, the rest of the bunch. The
two Bland girls were running cook
ing school which rivaled the depart