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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-07-23
wa5cn, MS proresee, as dinner was

wa0cn' nIs proIegee, as dinner was
Immediately announced.
Miss Remington was seated next
to Durham at the table, with the
Judge on her other side. The young
man was pleased with the arrange
ment. and sat furtively studying the
delicate tinting Of her face, the dainty
line Of cheek and chin and ear. the
nweep Of her dark lashes, and the
ripple Of her brown hair, as he tried
to converse easily with her, as an old
friend might.
At length the Judge turned to the
girl and said:
Miss Remington, you remind me
strongly Of a young woman who was
in my Office this afternoon"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-07-23
CHAPTER II.

ct am afraid / have been a long
time" he said alphabetically, as he
closed the door of the carriage, after
dress to the driver. In the uncertain
light of the distant arc-lamp, the girl
looked small and appealing. He felt
a strong desire to lift her burdens
and carry them on his own broad
shoulders.
1--WE brought some things that I
thought might help" he said. would
you like to put on this coat? 1t may
not be just what you would have Sc
lected, but it was the best l could
| find that would not be recognized.
The air is growing chilly"
He shook out the coat and threw it
around her.
"Oh, thank you," she murmured
gratefully, slipping her arms into the
sleeves.
"And this box has some kind of q
i hat, l hope" he went on. 81 ought
to have looked, but there really
wasn't time" He unknotted the
strings ami produced a large picture
hat with long black plumes. He was
relieved to find it black While he
united the strings, there had been a
growing uneasiness lest the hat be
one of those wild, queer combinations
of color that Cornelia frequently pur-
chased and called artistic"
The girl received the hat with a
grateful relief that was entirely sat
! isfactory to the young man.
And now" said he, as he pulled
out the gloves and laid them gravely
in her lap, we're invited out to din
ner."
Invited out to dinner!" gasped the
girl.
Yes. It's rather q providential
thing to have happened, think. The
telephone was ringing as 1 opened the
door. and Mrs. Parker Bowman, to
whose house was invited, was ask
ing for my sister to fill the place OF
an absent guest. My sister is away
and I tried to beg of. I told her
; had accidentally met hope you viii
pardon mel called you friend"
OH" she said. THAT was kline
of you"
Il raid you were a stranger il
town, and as I was your only &C
asaintance, l felt that should SHOW
you the courtesy of taking you to ;
hotel, and assisting to get you off oI
the night train; and l asked her t.
excuse me, as that would give her al
even number. But it seems she hat
] invited some one especially to NEE
: me, and was greatly distressed no
: to have her full quota of guests, s,
= she sent you most cordial invitation
e to come to her at once, promising L
take dinner with you some time i
t you would help her out now. Some
: how, she gathered from my talk tina
e you were travelling, had just returne
y from abroad, and were temperate
S separated from your friends. She
n also sure that you are musical, an
n means to ask you to help her out i
G that way this evening. T told her
l, was not sure whether you could b
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-07-23

--~-- ==.:, anu I InanR you &c c::.:SS.-:
I will return them to you as soon as
possible"
The cab began to go slowly, and
Tryon Durham noticed that another
carriage, just ahead of theirs, was
stopping before Mrs. Bowman's house.
/ There was no time for hating deci-
sion.
my friend" he said earnestly, 81
cannot leave you alone, and l do
not see a better way than for you to
go in here with me for little while,
till am free to go with you. No one
can follow you here, or suspect that
you had gone out to dinner at a
strangers house. Believe me, it is
/ tho very safest thing you could do.
This is the house. Will you go in
with me? If not, 1 must tell the
driver to take US somewhere else"
"But what will she think of me-"
she said in trepidation, "and how can
do such thing as to steal into q
woman's house to a dinner in this
way! Besides, l am not dressed for
formal occasion"
The carriage stopped before the
door now, and the driver was getting
down from his seat.
Indeed, she will think nothing
about it, Durham assured her, lex.
cept to besglad. that she has the right
number of guests. z Her dinners are
delightful }, affairs Z usually, and you
have nothingtto do but talk about i'm
| personal matters for a little while
, and be entertaining She was ms 81
insistent that you take no thought
about the matter off dress. She said
it would be perfectly1 understood that
you were travelling. and that the invi
, tation was unexpected. : You can say
that your trunk has not come, or has
gene ahead. Will you Gomez"
Them the driver opened the car
rage. door.
A. In an instant the girl assumed the
Il self-contained manner sshe had 5worr
] when she chad first spoken to him
I She stepped quietly from the car
rage, and only answered in a low
voice, az suppose I'd better, if yol
!, wish it." -
I AOGhoLA H2uSCQ lOI unCAuCuI "
| give the driver direction about car
|. !rying the great F,pasteboard box t,
/ his club. This idea had come as
sudden Z inspiration. He had no
| thoughtlof the necessity Of getting ri,
4 oftthat box before.
:. III it becomesnecessary where shall
] r.say you are going this evening?
|. he. asked in a low tone, as they turner
! to 60 up the eteps. She summone
:, a faint, Pickering smile.
J 2, When people have been travelin
i abroad and are stopping over in tn
I city. they often go to Washington, d
[! they not?" she asked half shyly.
j The door swung open before the
. could say another word, and til
! young man remembered that b
must introduce his new friend. A
, there was no further opportunity t
ask her about her name, he mu.
trust to luck.
The girl. obeyed the motion of til
: servant and slipped up to the dres
inS-room as IL che were a frequer
!, guest in the house, hut It was IA som
: trepidatioa that Tryon Durham r
. moved his oveTcoat and arranged h
7 ascktie. He had caught passiu
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-07-23
CTo BE CoNTINUED.)
FIND BODY OF MISS VOSS

Lake Geneva Girl Who Disappeared
from Uncle's Home Discovered.
eKnosha, Wis, July 23.--The mys-
terry attending the disappearance from
Kenosha of Miss Laura Estella Voss,
IS years old and daughter of Gustav
Voss, wealthy Lake Geneva man, on
last Tuesday was cleared yesterday
when the body of the young woman
was found in the lake off Kenosha.
Miss VOss disappeared from the
home OF her uncle Tuesday night. She
left a letter in which she intimated
that she would commit suicide. 1t is
said that the young woman was des-
pendent on account Of family trou-
bles. .s.&.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-07-23
Webb Act in Force Aug. 10.

San Francisco, July 23.-The Webb
anti-alien land law, passed by the leg
islature and signed by Governor John
son more than two months ago, wifi
become effective Aug. 10 without in
terference from the electorate of the
state through the medium of the refer
endum. Time for filing referendum
petitions against laws passed at the
last session expired yesterday.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-07-23

was at her house that he was TO dine.
He took the receiver. resolved to
get out OF going TO the dinner If it
we're possible.
Good evening, Mrs. Bowman" -
"Oh, is that you, Mr.. Durham?
How relieved am! am in a bit. of
difficulty about NY dinner. and called
up to see II your sister ,ceuIdn' help
out Miss Mayo has failed me. ( Her
sister has had an accident, and. she
cannot leave her. She has just
phoned me. and I don't know what to
DO. Isn't Cornelia at home? Couldn,t
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-07-23

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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-02-01
CHAPTER v.
We Reap What We Sow.

If anything could have prejudiced
Hamilton Gregory against Fran,s In
terests it would have been her Slight
ing allusion to the one who typlfied
his most exalted ideals as that
woman" But Fran was to him nothing
but an agent bringing out Of the past
a secret he had preserved for almost
twenty years This stranger knew OF
his youthful folly, and she must be
prevented from communicating 1t to
others.
It was from no sense Of aroused
conscience that he fastened to lead
her to the front room. In this crisis.
something other than shuddering re-
coil from haunting deeds was i'm
perative; unlovely specters must be
made to vanish. -....
How much did this girl know? And
how could her silence be purchased?
His conscience was seldom asleep;
but Goals of remorse are endurable,
however CALLING, If the winds of pub
licity do not threaten to fan them to
q blaze.
He tried desperately to cover his
dread under voice of harshness:
What have you to say to me-"
Fran had lost the insolent COM
posture which the secretary had in
spired. Now that she was alone with
Hamilton Gregory, it seemed impossi-
BILE to speak. She clasped and UNI
clasped her hands. She opened her
mouth but her lips were dry. The
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-02-01
Sidewalk Sketches
BY Howard L.Rann

idleness, the most common Of which is
tired feeling in the soles of the feet.
There are a great many people in this
world whose underpinning has become
so exhausted that they can't go down
to the creamery for pail OF butter
milk without sinking down on dry
goods box and resting their feet with
one hand while discussing the tariff
with the other. ;-
ldleness in the home is a great dis
appointment to young brides who
didn't know what they were getting
at the time they signed up. Every year
thousands of young men get married
who never do any hard work except at
meal time, after which they retire
from active business pursuits and kick
about the high cost of living. An idle
husband. who calls it days work to
change his necktie, can put loves
young dream on the hummer quicker
than any other affliction.
Idleness is a great luxury, which
vies with the electric toaster and the
limousine foot-warmer, but it is fatal
to people who have to work for liv-
ing.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-02-01
ByJ0HN BRECKENRIDGE ELLIS
4. 1872, .s Eo.,,s-Ncrriii Company.

Gregory which Fran's presence had in
spired, melted to potential helpful
ness; at the same time, her dislike for
the girl solidified. That Fran should
have laughed aloud in the tent, re-
moved her from the secretary's under
standing. But the worst indictment
had been pronounced against her by
her own shameless tongue. That one
so young, without a home, without
fear of the dark streets, should have
all the money she, wants.
What do you adviser" Gregory
asked his secretary gently.
Grace cast disdainful look at Fran.
Then she turned to her employer and
her deliciously curved fact changed
most charmingly. II think" she re-
sponded with faint shake of rebuke
for his leniency, that you should not
need my advice in this matter She
had occasionally feared that his ir-
resolution at moments calling for i'm
portant decisions limited at weakness.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-02-01
Wapello county people are intereste

Wapello county people are interested
N the announcement, made In the
Courier Saturday, that the agricultural
appropriation bill now pending In con-
gress. increases the appropriation for
crop expert work. the greater part OF
which will be spent in the northern
states. A separate appropriation Will
be made for the south, which has been
receiving the bulk of the benefit OF
the crop experts services. The peo-
pie of this community are interested
because Wapello county is determined
to secure the services Of crop ex-
pert. The Commercial association
and he Wapello County Farmers
institute are cooperating to this end.
A mass meeting will be held at the
Y. NJ. C. A., auditorium Tuesday after
noon. Feb 4, when plans will probably
be completed for a campaign to bring
crop expert to the county. Prof
c.. J. Coverdale of Ames college will
address this meeting. The county Will
only have to pay part OF the expense
of employing crop expert. Inc
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-02-01
G. Copyright. :!

CHAPTER IV.-Continued0
Just without the portal, Hamilton
Gregory paused irresolutely. He did
not know what course to pursue, SO
repeated vacantly. Il am willing to
pay
Fran interrupted flippantly: i nave
all the money want Then she
rasset swiftly into the hall, rudely
brushing past the secretary
Gregory could only follow. He spoke
to Grace in low voice telling all ne
knew of the night wanderer. Her attl-
tude called for explanations, but he
would have given them anyway, in
that low confidential murmur. He did
not know why it was-or seek to
know-but whenever he spoke to
Grace, it was natural to use a low
tone. as if modulating his touch to
sensitive strings as if the harmony
resulting from the interplay of their
souls called for the soft pedal.
What is to lie done: e Grace IN
auired. Her attitude of reserve toward
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-02-01

The tariff hearings in congress are
warming up. Representative Long
worth was questioning witness VINO
did not make direct reply to a ques-
ton when he said to the witness: III
| had as much experience as you on
this question. think l would be able
to answer yes or no. The witness
replied: "And if had as much expert
ence leading cotillons and participat-
ing in society as you have, l think
would be able to answer any question
that you might PROFOUND on social
matters" The tariff seems to be one
question that cannot be discussed
without stirring up wrath.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-02-01

Idleness is loose-jointed habit
which, when persisted in, leads to
laziness apd curt note informing the
addressee that the undersigned will
try to wiggle along without him after
Saturday night. 1t Is destructive
vice, and will cause man s. ambition
to curl up at both ends and run off
the track into the nearest pool hall.
Idleness Is caused by securing too
much rest at the expense of people
who have to meet the pay roll, 1t is a
very expensive luxury for employers
who are not conducting sanitarfum
for hobble-footed hirelings. After an
employer has enjoyed feast of idle.
ness and a famine of work during the
busy season, as a result of having his
entire crew inoculated with the hook
worm, he will wish that he had been
born Hottentot, with nothing to do
but run around in red flannel under
suit and nobody 10 pay off but the
hired girl.
An idler is a prccrastinator. and a
procrastinator is a person who never
does anything today that can possibly
be put off until the week after next.
There are a great many excuses for
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-02-01
Press Comment.
BREAKING THE NEWS.

Christian Science Monitor: First a
man is nominated for the presidency
and then, after he has known all
about it for weeks, he is informed Of
he is elected. and after he has known
of his election for more than two.
months, he is told about 1t by the cleo
toral college Then two months more
elapse and he Is told about 1t cnce
more, when the Inauguration takes
place. There is hardly a possibility OF
the principal facts escaping one who
is on the high road to the white
house.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-02-01
While Lawmakers Wait.

Des MONIES Tribune: A man went,
into a store where firearms were kept
for sale, in an Iowa town, last week,
and bought revolver That night he
killed his wife with it.
IT didn't know he Intended to COM
NIT murder or would not have sold
it," said the man OF whom he bought
the weapon.
The next day a young man walked
into the same store and asked to see
revolvers. He selected one. "How do
know" said the storekeeper, "but
what you intend to kill someone with
this gum"
Nothing like that" said the youth.
al want to hold up a man" And he
paid for it and took it away.
: That night he held up a man with
the gun and took his money, and when
the police arrested him they found
the gun and he confessed his crime.
"I supposed he was merely joking
said the storekeeper.
Why should the legislature delay
passing law to put a stop to that
sort Of thing?
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-02-01

The Iowa association OF Southern
California sends greetings to all
Iowans everywhere" and invites them
to attend the annual picnic at East
lake park, Los Angeles, on February
%. Iowans enjoying balmy winter
at home while their friends In Cali
fornia are shivering will hope that
there are enough overcoats on hand so
that the Californians can enjoy their
davis outing
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-02-01
crop LOSSES FROM RIVER OVER
t'-.. FLOW,

The Courier today republishes in
another column an article showing the
need Of river Improvement which was
published three years ago. At that
time in order to bring the matter 70
the attention of the legislature. the
Courier obtained accurate figures from
the boards of supervisors OF tnirty-five
Iowa counties showing the amount OF
land flooded by Iowa rivers during
neriods Of high water and the amount
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-02-01

Of this land that could be reclaimed If
the rivers were Strengthened.
No action was taken at that time by
the legislature. but that body is now
considering the river Improvement
question through a resolution intro
duced which asks the legislature TO 60
on record concerning the proposed i'm
provement of the les Moines river for
water power purposes by the govern
ment and private capital. The Cour-
Ter believes the subject is Of suffi cient
importance to Justify the republish-
ing of the article showing crop losses
due to river overflow. The informa-
ticn that article contains was &C
quired after considerable correspond
ence and it is as accurate today as it
was three years ago and as important
in the relation it bears to the river
improvement proposition.
The army engineers who made an
examination of the Des Moines river
suggested two plans of improving the
river. One contemplates that the work
shall be done by the federal and state
nments, the former to bear the
bulk of the expense This plan pro-
vides for the deepening and straighten-
ing of the channel with a view to max
IL: the stream navigable to freight
carrying boats, and, of course, this plan
would go far to minimize the loss from
river overflow, as the deeper channel
would carry off the water even at
flood stage. The other plan provides
mainly for improving the river so as
to deye1on water mower
It would seem that in considering
this matter the legislature should dis
cuss the question from every angle.
Thus far the government has given
more attention to the Des Moines river
Improvement plans than the state has.
The army engineers have issued a
printed report of lao pages in which
the questions Of making the stream
navigable and developing water power
are exhaustively treated. Considered
from these two angles the improve
ment is held to be worth while. The
state can find an added reason for aid
ing il this proposed river improve
ment work in the figures showing the
crop losses from river overflow. Mil
lions of :res of productive Iowa land,
now subject to overflow at every
7 cc--iod of high water can be made to
grow crops every year if the rivers
are improved. Iowa cannot AFFORD to
ignore this question of river improve
ment much longer.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-02-01

An Ames student has found new
use for the parcel post. When his al
lowance runs short he saves a laundry
bill by wrapping up his socks and
shirts and sending them home to moth
er for home laundering, receiving the
finished product also by parcel post.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-02-01

The election Of democratic sena-
tor in Delaware gives the democrats
complete control of the senate after
March with majority of two. The
democrats then will have the president
and the majority of both houses OF
congress- the same condition as ex-
listed in the last Cleveland administra-
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-02-01

A dispatch from London gives the
reassuring word that the note drafted
by the Balkan allies to the Turkish
diplomats was delivered by Stojan
Novakovitch. 1t was feared that Sto-
Jan might stumble over the rest of his
name before he got those papers in
the hands of the right parties.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-02-01

The presence of member of the
fair sex in the Colorado legislature
seemingly has not toned down the
rough spots in debate. One OF the
male members of the senate got ex-
cited during a debate the other day
and declared that 1.-The women of this
town drink more highballs and cock
tails than the men do anyhow, and
they smoke more cigarettes, too"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-02-01

council of grain exchanges pays $1,000,
and the remainder of the expense Is
shared by the government and the
county. The costs of the enterprise
will be between $4,000 and $500.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-02-01

The election of a young man named
William Mckinley by the Illinois legis-
lature may be good omen. The
Lorimers. the Lee O'Neil Browns, and
names Of that ilk have been heard the
most in recent times in that legisla.
ture. A Mckinley should be able to
do some good there.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-02-01
Hard Times and Advertising.

Leslie's Weekly: Hard times! A
prominent advertiser who spends a
fortune every year in publicity has
established significant rule. When
ever he notices slowing up of BUSH
ness, he increases his advertising. This
ia the reason: when business is
booming it is unnecessary to fight for
it. It comes Of itself, but when bust
ness is slow I insist on having my
~bare of it, and the easiest way to get
It is by calling attention to the value
of my goods. do not wait for hard
times. / scent them in the distance
and before anybody else gets busy !
make my contracts for advertising on
a big scale and get my orders in be-
fore my competitors know what am
doing" The logic and common sense
of the attitude Of this gentleman &C.
counts in large part for the remark.
able success he has achieved.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-02-01

After taking sixty-five ballots the
Illinois legislature Is still without a
speaker. That legislature needs some
thing. Perhaps it's a new one.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-02-01

You've done fine January and Feb.
ruary you can do your worst. You're
a short month anyway.