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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-05-19
The Argus Daily Short Story
Her Mission-By Manuel Cor da.
Copyrighted. 1911. by Associated Literary Press

| I was born In Madrid of eminent
though not noble parents. When I was
sixteen I formed the acquaintance Of
.Alonzo Gonzales, an anarchist.
I entered the university year be-
fore Gonzales left it, and It was dur
ing this year that 1 was converted to
the theories OF the anarchists. There
were others OF our set that were cap
tured BY Gonzales, among them a girl,
Dolores Sierra, who had been a play
mate of mine. But Gonzales, so far as
he was able, kept his converts apart,
maintaining great secrecy in oil his
PROSECUTING work. I conceived great
reverence for him, which later was
turned to horror. When L was nine
teen he persuaded me to join one of
the anarchist circles of Madrid. 1 had
been initiated only a few months when
the society decided to put out OF the
way a statesman high In power, who
was considered an obstacle to anarch-
isttc principles. One night when 1
went to meeting of the circle it was
announced that lots were to be drawn
with a view to determining some mem
Der who should assassinate the person
in question.
Up to this moment had been fasci-
mated by the romance 1 conceived to
pervade these efforts to equalize the
social strata. When / put my hand
in a hat to draw a bit of paper that
might compel me to kill a man and
probably be executed myself as q
felon. the illusion vanished Ike a mi
rage, or. rather, it was changed into
repulsion, and when the paper / drew
was opepsd and saw by skull ana
crossbones on 1t that 1 had drawn the
order to commit murder / was frozen
with horror.
did now what should have done
in the beginning made confidant
Of my father. He saw at once the
terrible position in which ] was placed,
but, instead Of making 1t worse for me
by reproach, kept his head and consid-
cred what 1T would be best for me to
do. The result of his deliberations
was that I should pass out of exist
ence-that Is, that 1 should disap-
pear from the world as myself and re-
appear as far away as possible from
the place of my exit as some one else.
A few days later, with what ready
money needed and certificates of de-
posit in the Bank OF France, payable
TO me as Ebenezer Swift, disguised as
an old man, left the city. Ny object
in taking an English name was that
/ proposed to settle eventually in
America, and intended to give out
that had been born of an American
father and a Spanish mother.
1t was a year later that I turned up
at New York as nature made me, ex-
cept that my beard had grown. Pre-
tending that my eyes were sensitive
to the light, continually wore dark
glasses. It was not absolutely neces-
sary that / should earn a living, for
once a year my father RENTED sufi-
cient funds to carry me for twelve
months. We knew that my family
would be watched, that my location
might be discovered; hence there was
to be no communication oftener that
that interval
One day. so I learned long after
ward. Dolores Sierra went to my
mother and told her that for my
safety she must know where I was,
stating that the circle 70 which / had
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-05-19
Korsa,s PcincipaI Ports.

Fusan and Jinsen are the two prin.
cipal ports of Korea. Fusan is one OF
the best ports in the far east, only
thirty miles from the northern ex.
tremity Of Tsushima island, Japan.
The town has fine streets and is
densely populated. All over the town
commercial activity is in evidence
The population includes 10000 Japa-
nese, whose administration of the
town is rapidly increasing its prosper
ity. Jinsen. open TO trade since 1882,
was then only a small fishing village.
1t is also prosperous, with a popula-
ton of $500, one-third japanese.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-05-19

steps which led to the water at the
old Oyster Bay casino. He struck the
sandy bottom of the bay with his
shoulder, and his neck was twisted
His companion dragged him out, and
he was carried TO a hotel and later to
his home at Glen Cove. From there
he was removed to Roosevelt hospital,
New York.
All sensations OF the body were cut
off, and he could feel nothing below
the neck, yet he was in full possession
of his senses. A month later DR..
Able of the hospital staff, assisted by
Drs. Robert f. Weir and Arthur L.
Fisk, surgeons. and Drs. Pierce Bailey
and Edward d. Fisher, neurologists,
performed the operation. Duryea was
too weak to take ether, so he went
under the knife knowing that the
slightest move or mistake meant death.
The operation took nearly an hour.
The back portions of the two verte-
brae were removed, laying the sheath
of the cord bare and relieving the
pressure. Then the incisions were
closed. The parts of the bone remov-
ed were replaced with Il kind of girls
tie which grew perfectly, protecting
the cord.
For days after the operation Duryea
felt nothing, but finally nervous sen
sations began TO return and increased
in force. His breathing improved and
his digestion became stronger. Then
he began to take solid food. and after
time he was placed in a reclining
chair and wheeled about the hospital
The angle at which he lay was grad
uany increased until within a few
months he was able to sit upright.
According to the physicians who ex-
amined him later full muscular power
was not restored, but the patient was
able to move around with ease.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-05-19

belonged had condemned me to death,
that they knew where l was and
that must be warned at once. With
out thinking what she was doing my
mother told her where l would be
found in New York. My father was
absent at the time and when he re-
turned my mother having learned that
she had been 1ndiscreet in giving my
whereabouts, did not dare tell him
wha+ she had done. She trusted Do
lores implicitly and preferred to rely
on her to protect me rather than reveal
her action to my father. The conse-
uuence was that I was not advised or
the matter.
Living with a sword suspended over
ones head is by no means pleasant
In nv case it brought on q nervous
breakdown. The summer was on, and
] was advised to go up to the Cats
kill mountains. / therefore went to
one Of the hotels on the summit, hop
ing to recover my lost nervous vigor.
/ had not been there a week before
met with a great surprise. Walking
out one afternoon, 1 met girl coming
toward me, and when we met who
should it be but Dolores Sierra.
Cut off as l had been for more than
a year from every one l had known
before, her appearance gave me
thrill 1 sprang toward her with
cry of Joy. Instead of meeting me in
the same spirit she stood as if para
Iyzed, all the color leaving her face.
"Dolores" / exclaimed. what
brings you here?"
T am so surprised" she stammered,
"at meeting you that r. She could
get no further.
But, Dolores, how strange that I
should meet you of all others, and the
very one 1 would rather meet
She put her hand to her breast. Her
breath was coming quick. For mo-
ment I thought she would fan.
sprang forward to catch her, but she
waved me back. waited till she had
somewhat recovered, when she said to
me:
my meeting you Unexpectedly after
pour sudden disappearance has star
tied me. 1t was reported that you had
been made away with by the anarch-
lists"
but WIFI has LndL 10 60 Win your
coming to America? p
ITO meet one in the flesh whom you
have supposed to be dead you must
admit is liable TO cause a shock" she
replied without noticing my question.
Butt
"'Come; let us walk together"
By slow degrees she brought out that
she had come to America because there
are fields open to women in which they
may make their living. She had no
dowry, and in Spain dowry was nee
essary to marriage; therefore she pre-
ferred to be occupied among those of
her own sex who were used to work
and where there was work TO do.
There is no work to do up IN these
mountains" I said
The question took her unawares
That her presence IN America was not
explained by anything she had told me
/ did not doubt. But what was her
object in coming? as We walked on
] probed the matter. wondering al the
while at the strange occurrence. Then
suddenly theory suggested itself to
me- Might she not have come 70 pro-
tect me! And would she have coma
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-05-19
Fortune Hunter.


Believe me. gentle Carrie.
And take my word for II
The man you want to marry
Is neither good nor Gt
Although he calls you Honey
And tries his best 70 please.
He only wants your money
TO live a life OF case.
So when he comes tomorrow
10 make a friendly call
Your uncle's pickax borrow
And meet him In the hail,
And II the walls you spatter
And slightly muss the place
II really will not matter.
Suc4i stains you can erass-
Harsh looks will never feazs him;
a hint won't drive him hence.
He'd like TO have you raise him.
So raise him Ger the fence.
And when he has departed
On finding where he stands
Go 70 your room light hearted
And wash your dainty hands.
It's not the fortune seeker
who makes the husband true
And helps the vessel weaker
TO steer the passage through.
They sound all right IN counting,
They talk OF love and life.
But as for the supporting
They leave that TO their Wifa
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-05-19

There was introduced in the last
session of the Maine legislature a bill
supported by petition signed by 600
Catholics, which sought to place the
management of the property of the
church in the state in the hands of a
board Of directors, and providing to
this end, for the abolition of the cor
poration seal OF the Portland diocese,
by which control of all church proper
" is vested in the bishop. The bill
was adversely reported upon by the
legislative committee to which it was
referred and was Overwhelmingly de-
feated in the house. Now Bishop
Walsh, OF the diocese of Portland, has
retaliated against six Catholic mem
bers of the house who voted for the
bill, by interdicting them.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-05-19

American Consul Boney at San
Luis Potosi. writes in the consular re-
ports that single owners of Mexican
land control in some cases more than
half a million acres, on which are To-
Gated towns, mines, and rivers, pre-
senting a condition somewhat feudai
in aspects" Inheritance has not oper-
ated along the theory of three geneT-
atoms from shirt sleeves TO shirt
sleeves" because the heirs buy the
shares of one another or hold the land
in common. The large tracts, he says
do not monopolize public resources, as
the government has reserved a strip
10 meters wide on each side of al
navigable rivers and a strip five
meters wide on each side of flotable
streams, and the ownership of land
does not carry with it even a prior
right to mines of precious metals
which may lie underneath. This would
be an improvement over the United
States law if it meant that the people
got the returns from the natural re
sources. but this is not the case, these
going 10 the favorites of the govern
ment.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-05-19
May 10 in American
History

17o0-Israel Putnam, famous Reyolu-
tiOnaFy soldier, died; born 171S.
DISQUALIFICATION OF the treaty under
which Mexico ceded California and
New Mexico TO the United States.
1SG4-NathanteI Hawthorne, novelist.
died; aged fifty-nine.
1909-Henry II. Rogers. fnancieF and
director of the Standard OH com
pany. died in New York: born 1910.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-05-19

I Speaker Adkins has brought his
first reign to climax by defylng the
president of the United States and
the governor of the state of Illinois -
and enforcing his defiance with the
RaVal
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-05-19
q startled the WorId

when the astogn0iEss claims wers
made for Bucklen's Arnica Salve
but 40 years Of wonderful cures have
proved them true, and everywhere on
earth for burns, boils, scalds, sores
cuts. bruises. sprains, swellings, ecze
ma, chapped hands, fever sores and
piles. Only 25 cents at all druggistG
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-05-19
Time to Get Acquainted.

"Why did the ladies' whist club
break up?"
cts demise became q necessity"
"As howY
"The ladies' discovered that they
got each others husband and children
dreadfully mixed up. they saw them
SO seldom"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-05-19

Colonel Roosevelt rises to remark
that the American people will not
stand for President Taft's information
al arbitration peace proposal. Let's
see, who is Colonel Roosevelt?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-05-19

The Illinois state senate has declar-
ed that Lorimer was elected United
States senator by corrupt methods.
But what does the United States sen
ate think of 1t about this time.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-05-19

In other words Teddy does moi
want any international peace ar
rangement binding Uncle Sam from
getting into a fight If he thinks there
is provocation.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-05-19

A flower, when offered in the bud, is
no vain sacrifice" says DR.. Watts, but
how about the bud that is offered in
the flower, Dr.. Watts?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-05-19

Lon9sd For a New Line.
"Why are you going westr
'Just for n change"
"Change of wbatT"
"Of creditors"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-05-19
The Difference.

"She is clever"
"Why?"
"She made such a fool OF him."
'But not as clever as the otherT
1'Why?"
"She kept him from being a fooL"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-05-19
Prsfarred campanY,

To dodge the lights and blare OF bands
Into a quiet way he turned.
A robber said. Hold up your hands"
Then for the maddlng crowd he yearned.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-05-19

The expression putting the lid on"
may refer TO different things, such as
donning the first straw hat.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-05-19
unFounded Rumor.

Great baby that one Of mine, old
man"
what is he likeT
1.-The picture OF his dad"
"Poor childl Doesn't his mother feel
bad about it? l heard the baby was
pretty"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-05-19
Evident.

"Sbe Is quite young"
"Think so?"
at know It. she is a lot younger than
the other women of her age"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-05-19

Speaker Adkins ought TO take some
thing for that head trouble before it
is too late.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-05-19

Preferred to Meditats.
''TIe has an ear for music"
(which carr"
''The deaf one"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-05-19
To Make IL Desirable.

TO MAKE IL Oesirabie.
"Going to move this spring.
mo; we are satisfied where we are
"Can you stand the landlord or fol
another years rentP'
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-05-19
THE ARGUS.

BY TIVE J. w. POTTER CO.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-05-19

When ones finances are short, time
seems short. too-the time the bank ex-
tends.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-05-19

THERE is only one person who is
concerned in seeing that you get
what's coming to you. and that's your
self.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-05-19

visit to the dentist Is painful
enough without hts making it neces-
sary for you to visit the bank as well.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-05-19

The reason that everybody is giving
advice so freely is because 1t is a per
ishabIe commodity and would spon II
not disposed of.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-05-19

The facility with which some people
keep out OF trouble is equaled only by
their ability to get you In.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-02-23

Mr.. Kennedy is the senior member
Of the House OF Representatives from
Sampson County. Mr.. Kennedy was
first elected to the Legislature In
1906 by a majority of $40, In 1908
by majority OF / ,010 and again in
1910 by a majority OF over 1900.
At this rate the Republicans will
make 1t unanimous in Sampson in a
few years-with the exception of a
few undesirable citizens who will be
debarred. Mr.. Kennedy has served
his county faithfully. He has intro
duced several important bills for his
county. among them being road law
for Sampson, which abolishes the of
flee of inspector of public highways.
And another to allow commissioners
to sell portion of the farm at the
County Home and to repeal stock law
of Turkey Township. He has also
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-02-23
Bro SALARIES FOR WAKE.


The bill 20 put the officers CT wake
County on salaries was Monday IN
troduced IN the Senate By Senator
Skies and Ia the House by Repre-
sentative Battle.
The act l. to 90 into effect the
first Monday In June, 1911. The bill
also creates the new oaace OF auditor
aud names II. @. Holden 10 I'LL the
job. The salaries named are IS fol-
lows:
Sheriff. s2.75o yearly.
Clerk Of Court. S2.750 yearly.
Register Of Deeds. s.. 500 yearly.
Treasurer. $4,000 yearly.
Auditor, 81 $50 yearly.
All OF the officials are allowed a
nice sum for clerk hire.
The sheriff Is given authority 80
appoint one chief deputy at a salary
OF $3.50. q jailer and one Office
deputy whose salaries shall be fixed
ers.
The clerk OF the court may appoint
a deputy clerk at $500 a year and
additional clerk hire and assistants
as found necessary. Premium On his
bond Is 10 be paid by the county.
The Register OF Deeds may appoint
a chief clerk at $3.50 year. Addi-
tional clerk hire and assistants shall
be allowed by the county commits
sioners II they deem 1t necessary,
paid for out of the fund created.
Premium on his bond shall be paid
by the county.
The county auditor, the new Of
ficer created by the act, is to give
bond in $4,000, premium to be paid
by the county. He is to make out
a copy of the tax list of each town
ship and deliver to tax collector, To
perform all the duties with regard
to the tax list and taxes now per-
formed by the Register OF Deeds.
By the time the county pays all
these fat salaries, premiums on their
bonds, the clerk hire and pay Mr..
Henry Holden for carrying Wake
Forest for DR.. Skies, the reporter
can't see where the county will save
any more.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-02-23
Bob Deatheridge Re-committed to
Prison.

Bob Deatheridge, white, from Sur
~ County, who was released from
States Prison last fall, after having
served a term of two years for lar
ceny, has been re-committed to serve
another year for a repetition of the
same offense. 1t is said that when
he committed the second offense for
which he now has to serve year,
he entered the same house through
the same window as on the previous
occasion.
John T. Cook, white, also from
Surry County, was brought here to
serve five years in States Prison for
manslaughter.
Joe Powell, colored, from Samp-
son County, has been placed in the
penitentiary to serve twenty-five
years for murder in the second de-
gree.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-02-23

Benson. ~ c.. Feb. is.-Mr Bill
Frank Lee. wealthy and prominent
farmer. OF Oak Forest community.
eight miles east OF here. VAS killed
III a most horrible manner AT the
sown gate, just east OF Benson. ~ IL
O'Clock to-day. Mr.. Lee left home
early this morning for Benson. and
had reached the city limits. when his
mule. becoming frightened. ran away
throwing him out, between the wheel
and the shaft. breaking his neck and
crushing his skull, from which death
resulted almost instantly. For a dis
lance of one hundred years he was
dragged between the wheel and
shaft, strewing blood and hair along
the road. One ear was torn OF and
was found about seventy-five feet
from the body.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-02-23

Ssnasor sake8. os Wake. IasrU-
dacsd \ bill 81 he seaAse Tn@a3as
providing Tor pT1nary elections -
Wake coansy to aosnlaass candidate.
f0r beth parties Taka u ungnss 10
tie eoansy and IL unjust 10 sAe Pc
publican party. The ecan,y sacal6
not BE forced 10 this expense and tie
Republicans shoald Do allowed 80
nominate fnelr candidates in sha
manner they may SEQ It. n ether
words. the Democrats should ~sAln-
NJ" on their own side.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-02-23

ESasov C.KS.sAa@s 81 ssSez. - Il
sAs 14~xAszxsaTv kAsnAs &c u1s@-
aos8s~s a@~a AzxA saaaxsss - EAa@~
AakA-scn<1 e@xe sw~sx*s saz sAs &c
CNsseAxs@se saasssxs s~ss4 aosAaax.
after sxkxanx 80 ssxs msass 80 sAssF
rfupwszv. she m~xTn TAxre -. @ns
es~a : su~a 49, assoas peasae.s. ssS
u - voassnaAl xAazsn~ fnr spss~.
pssAssa@a a. lie M2ssu1 nassexs
tAsy oaxAs - - p~askoaea ssaal
wssA ne SegtasFa soAAas~s. - &c
pag ear saxea tie NAnHs - sAsy 50.
Is ham a~@a name=s - CunxTess tAas
wsates. kut nus - ss~ say - Eli
10 sAat eject. There are Bet snaay
Of The 81 go IS sors tefs. 80 10y
not wive tassn asmaIi sata 20 live on
wagle shsy do ssay here Every oAs
Who ealaasea "a tie service oaxAt 80
get the sane par tkey as 70 gss
whgie in servso~. bot Ees nnsharE
Thea | ihlnk II wa2 as Ter moasA.
ThEs II no more than The coifsxen.
schools and ash and river appFoprsa-
lions are getting. and 10, getting
over half Of g. Where does IN 20.
Justice demands that confsaevase
soldiers be penssoned. The little pit.
tanes that some Of them get nos Ia
worth very little 90 them. And wheu
they have their pensions the rail-
roads should give them half fare and
the State ought to pay the other halt
and carry them all free and back
home. Hope some smart man wiii
get this through the Legislature.
W. VI. BI.ALOCK.
Rougemont. -. C.. Feb. IL. 1911.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-02-23

Thirty years OF association-think
OF it. How the merit of a good
thing stands out In that time-or
the worthlessness OF q bad one. So
there's no guess-work in this evil
dence Of Thos. ATiss, Concord, Mich,
who writes: 'sI have used DR.. Kings
New Discovery for thirty years, and
its the best cought and cold cure
ever used" Once it finds entrance
in home you can't pry it out. Many
families have used it forty years.
It's the most infallible throat and
lung medicine on earth. UneQualed
for lagrippe, asthma, hay-fever,
Group, Quinsy or sore lungs. Price,
Soc, $1.00. Trial bottle free. Guar
anteed by all Druggists.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-02-23
Just Half in Bed

Clyde, Ky.-Mrs. I. A. Decker
writes from Clyde, SCI recommend
Cardui, the woman's tonic, to any
woman In need of a remedy. For
i've years, was unable to do my
work. Half my time was spent in
bed. At times, could not stand.
AT last I tried Cardui. Now I am
well and happy. and can do my own
work" Don't suffer pain, headache,
backache, and other womanly misery
when your own druggist has on his
shelf remedy-Cardui. Get bot
tie for your shelf.