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CHAPTER x.-conItlnued.

IM
"Ch. ! see; a family arrangement.
ing. but am unable to conceive what
I have TO do with it. / met Mistress
Mortimer by accident, and then was
fortunate enough to dance with her
once. IT'S scarcely likely we shall
ever meet again. The daughter OF a
colonel Of Queens Rangers is not apt
to come again into contact with an
officer OF the Maryland Line. I don't
know why you should single me out
In this matter, I don't even know the
lady's brother"
Her brother?"
Yes, the family renegade; the twin
brother on Lees staff."
could not perceive the expression
Of the mans face, but he was a long
while answering.
"Oh. yes. She told you about him?'
ut was mentioned. Would / know
the boy from any resemblance to his
sister,"
Yves. at least / should suppose
so. You must have become very init
mate for her to have told you that.
You see it--it is a family secret"
Nothing for Tories to boast over
] should imagine. However, II came
up naturally enough while We spoke of
the sufferings OF the American army
during the winter. 1t Is a sad thing
the way this war has divided families.
Has Mistress Claire any Colonial SEN
timents?"
How the devil do I know! She
would not be likely to air them before
me. ] don't know what fool trick you
played on her last night. but she's on
the right side Just the same"
Il think so, too"
His ann was SO di~sagreeable
that ! instantly determined to have an
end. l had more important work be-
fore me than quarreling with this fell
low, and, somehow. his claimed init
macy with Mistress Mortimer grated
upon me strangely.
III that is all ypu requested an In
terview for, Captain Grant" said
coldly. IN trouble you to return to
yenr nan
Irritated that 7 bad even c~ondescend-
ed to question hir1. l turned back up
he road to where the men we're yet
susy about the wagons, spoke a few
words to DHvai. he explaining to me
me best route toward the river cross
ng at Burlington. and then swung in.
TO the saddle and sent the black for
yard to the crest Of the ridge.
permitted the animal to go his
gait, and for q mile or more he kept
Up a hot gallop. finally firing to a
rot. SO far as | could judge from the
Pew stars visible we were travelling al
most due north. However, | was GER
calmly getting farther away from the
British lines. and could swing TO the
left at daylight. 1t made little differ
.snce where struck the Delaware;
avery mile north added TO my safety.
My horse had fallen into a long,
4rwinging lope. bearing US forward rap
idly. The moor had disappeared. but
che sky was glittering with stars. and
4 could distinguish the main features
pf the country trRversed. was on the
immmit OF a eight ridge. but the road
weryed ito rhe right. leading down
Inro a broad valley. There were no
.iignA or nabitations. until we rounded
The edge Of a small grove and came
suddenly upon q little village Of a
siozer houses on either side the high
way. These were wrapped In dark
liess, apparently deserted, shapeless
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cHApysH XII.


Interview Peter.
accepted the wine gratefully. and
sat II silence while he served the
msat wondering It the odd charactsr
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1t seems so.s coolly- I'VE know
who We thought you were. but l am
beginning to 1oubt your being tina
right -. 3aGaRs - ~ hax o.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-09-08
MExICO,s NF,y ULECTION.

It would be natu: al for the average
American, not specially informed
about MexicaRc onditions. to assume
that the national election to be held
in October will be after the manner
of elections in this country, with the
same safeguards TO assure their hon
est conduct. No assumption could be
farther from the truth. Mexican cleo
tons always have resulted the way
the party in power, in control of the
military and police, has wanted them
to go. During the administration of
Porfirio Diaz not one in 100 Of the
people qualified voted at elections and
those who did were faithful servitors
of Diaz. The others did not vote eth
er because of their conviction that it
was a profltless operation, or because
they feared that vote against Diaz
would expose them to persecution.
/ For in Mexico the voters writes his
name OF his ballot and the election
officials thus easily find out which OF
/ the voters are friendly and which un
friendly to the government.
II most of the voting strength Of
Mexico is in territory under the rule
Of Huerta, then the result of the ap
preaching election is a foregone con
clusion The choice of the people will
be the choice of Huerta. If, on the
other hand, the constitutionalists OF
revolutionists, are in control Huerta'.
man will be beaten.
But whatever the issue Of the cleo
ton, the man elected president vii
be constitutionally elected and wheI
that comes to pass the way will b.
opened to this country to extend rec
ognition to the new government.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-09-08
DIED As THE FooL pIETH.

Every now and then q tragedy Is
recorded for which no cause or reason
Of any kind can be given. One of this
kind of tragedies occurred recently
on the coast of Maine. A betrothed
couple, children of highly respected
parents who were pleased with the
betrothal, were found dead in a flower
bedecked boat, floating on the waters
that laved the shores of their home.
With every prospect of happy life,
healthy and carefree so far as is known
in their worldly affairs, they entered
into a pact TO die together, and left
their homes to enact the tragedy, dec.
Grating themselves with flowers as II
for a wedding. When found their
bodies were cold in death with pistol
wounds in each body, showing how
they had enacted the tragedy.
What can be said of such a tragedy
except that the parties to it died "as
the fool dieth?" To them life was
not worth the living. With avenues
of happiness and usefulness open be
/ fore them, with good to be accom-
plished in the world and wrongs tc
be righted; with homes TO be builded
and families and friends to cherish and
to be cherished: with the sunshine
of hope and the promise of heaven
I Illuminating the true horizon of life,
these foolish youthful humans sum
moned themselves into the presence
of their Creator.
How many young people there are
today who are unconsc.ously cultivat
ing that most reprehensible feeling
that life is not worth living. The re
sponsibilities of life are to be de
sired and embraced rather than dread
ed and abhorred or avoided
Happiness comes with the accep
lance Of responsibility and usefulness
There is enough to do in this work
for all, and glory enough for all II
doing it. To die in the harness O
duty is to die as hero. To die as tn,
young couple who enacted the TRAGEDY
on the Maine coast is to die as tn,
fool dieth
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-09-08
MOTHERS PENSION

within the last year. A number of
cities have provided similar aid by
municipal ordinances. New York
state barely missed joining the move
ment. The bill passed the lower house
but failed in the senate, 1t, or sim
liar bill, will be brought up again be-
fore the next legislature, when it will
probably become a law. 1t is not un-
likely, considering the rapid growth
of the movement, that within two or
three more years nearly every state
in the union will have decided that
widows and deserted mothers must
have the helping hand of the state,
if necessary to keep their homes in
! tact.
Illinois is. credited with the initia-
ton in this country of this method of
extending the helping hand. In that
state the provision, which is section
/ of the juvenile law, was, passed just
two years ago, and went into opera
ton July l, 1911. California and Col
orado soon followed her example.
Since the first of this year ten more
Washington, Utah, South Da-
kota, Idaha, Minnesota, Iowa, Nebras-
ka, Ohio, New Jersey and Pennsyl-
ivania-have passed similar laws. In
addition, Missouri has authorized Kan.
sas City to adopt the system. Wis
consin without definite enactment, has
been conducting a similar enterprise
in limited way, and in three other
states city ordinances or the powers
bestowed upon state boards have es
tablished therein the principal of wild
Ows' pensions. Similar laws are now
being considered by seven other states
Such law should be on the statute
books of every state. 1t is not only
more humane to do this than to sep
crate mothers and children, but bet
ter provision is made for the future
and it is cheaper, from a monetary
standpoint.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-09-08
THE REAL BOOSTER AND THE OBJ.
STRUCTIONIST.


II is not the man of ordinary means
who opposes public improvements. He
is not the obstructionist~ in the wide
awake town He is invariably the
booster. The man who is mos. hostile
TO progress, who fights vigorously and
tirelessly the projects that look to bet
ter things in a town is, as a rule, the
man who has more than his share of
this worlds goods. He fights paving
improvements in front of his property,
and opposes new walks; he is opposed to
anything and everything that increases
taxation for the good Of the community
as a whole. and in the end lodges his
| own taxes II he gets a chance.
You don't hear the man who owns a
modest little home and perhaps a few
houses besides, which he has acquired
| by industry. saving and thrift, stand
ing in the way Of propositions that
! promise for the city's upbuilding. He
welcomes paving, welcomes municipal,
! expansion, welcomes industrial devel
opment, and in addition gives to the
full extent of his opportunities to al
enterprises that make for the city.
! highest interests.
! II is this man, the man OF average
holdings, who will be found boosting fol
the propositions which are TO be placed
before the people next Thursday, fol
he realizes that Rock Island canno
stand still, tina, it must either go ahead
or slip back, and that the future al
well as the present in all that pertains
to the city is involved in all the pend
ing propositions.
The real booster may always be re
lied upon in Rock Island.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-09-08
(Albany Argus.)

NAlUdHg al , u.s.
The state of New Jersey in April of
this year passed "An act TO promote
home life for dependent children"
The first section of the act will give an
idea of the general scope. Il. Any
widow who is the mother of child
or children under the age of 16. and
is unable to support them and to
maintain her home may present Pc
tition for assistance to the court Of
common pleas of the county where
she resides"
On July 25, ,23 widows and Ga chill
dren appeared before Judge Boyle in
Camden, in the common pleas court,
pleading for pensions under the above
act. This act allows mothers of one
child, SO; two children, s14, and addi-
tional children 81 each monthly. One
of the applicants had six children.
This is the first time since the pass
( age of the act that such pension has
been made.
In connection with countrywide dis
cussion of the education and best de-
velopment of the child has come with
in the past few years many definite
steps for preserving to the child the
benefits gained only from proper home
influences. In the belief that separa.
ton of mother and child Necessarily
works to the detriment of the child's
development, many states have enact
ed legislation that will enable mothers
too poor to maintain their children
to keep them at home instead of plac
ing them in various institutions. This
is being done through a pension OF
allowance system.
Thirteen state legislatures have
passed these so-called widows pen
sion" laws, the greater part of then
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-09-08

works \of art by the Underwood
Simmons bill, but Senator Thomas OF
Colorado, who because of his facility
in debate has become one of the DEM
ocratic spokesman, answered in high
IL conclusive fashion. After explain
ing that the bill exempts from duty all
works of art imported for public mu-
seums, and provides for the rebate OF
all duty if art works privately pur-
chased are donated to public institu-
tons within five years, Senator
Thomas thus defended the duty on
art:
"Of what value to the public are the
great collections of some OF the
wealthy denizens of the leading cities
of this country, immured like pris'
ouers in dungeons in their own pri,
yate collections, to which no man or
woman, save by their gracious per
mission, can have access? Why should
we permit importations of that sort
! to be made free of duty when we levy
! large tribute, and must do so, upon
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-09-08

They claim that men are gittin' SO they
don't believe in he'll,
And unless they're maxim money folks
don't think they're doln' we'll;
II all that people tell us of the human
race is true
1t would seem as though religion hasn't
gst much left to do.
Here's book I've jest been readin', and
it says mems god today
Amt the God our fathers worshiped in
their p.ous, simple way.
And it's true that men are crowdin' for
the money they can git
But 1 notice that the average is e.
Quite
Good
Yit.
remember when most people thought
old Nick would get 'em sure
If they stole or lied or cheated or lived
lives that wasn't pure;
STILL in spite of thinkin' that way, men
would cheat you when they could;
Fearin' that there was n devil didn't
seem to keep 'em good.
I remember when folks used to set
around. afraid. at night,
Thinkin' that the old boyd git 'em II
they didn't do jest right,
But that didn't stop the cheatin'. ner
make thievin' rascals quit
And reckon that the average Is
Quite
Good
Yit
It's true a few are tryin' to grasp all
there is in sight,
And I know that men are cheatin', they
still cheer the ones that fight;
They have legislated Satan out Of biz
ness, and they say
That our fathers didn't worship the same
God we do today;
Men are crowdin' one another, and they
crush and steal and lie,
Never fearin' lakes of fire may be ready
when they die,
But there's others, oh, my brothers, that
still follow Christ, and il
Seems to me as though the average is
Quite
Good
1t
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-09-08
His Glorious Record,

Let me see, colonel" she said in
her sweetest manner, where was it
you won your spurs?"
"At Cape May" he replied.
Cape May?" she echoed. why,
there never has been a battle at Cape
Mayt"
NO" he admitted, but there were
three grass widows in the house
where 7 stayed there last summer,
and l got away from the whole
crowd"
Then, with her nose pointed in the
direction that all good people hope
some day to go, she left him alone
in the corner.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-09-08
Capital Comment
BY CLYDE Il. TAVENNER
Congressman from the Fourteenth District.

everything entering into the affairs
and daily transactions and affecting
the very existence of hundred mil
lions Of people? 1t seems to me that If
single commodity can he named
that ought to bear duty, and per-
haps prohibitive duty, it is a great
and valuable work of art when pur-
chased and retired from the active
world by some wealthy and selfish in
dividual.
Whenever these articles are to be
secured and collected simply as
matter of personal pride or vanity or
self qualification, and then segregated,
so to speak. from the public gaze, l
do not know of any principle which
justifies the nation that such acquisi-
lions should be permitted without the
! imposition of duty, thereby giving
a revenue to the government. Sena-
| tors contend that works of art like
/ these must forsooth be permitted to
come into the country free of duty as
necessities, while bread and meat and
other necessities of life go there only
! over the protests OF SENATORS VIII al (
so much concerned about the protec'
ton and salvation of the aesthetic
tastes and desires of the country"
A new problem has come up in that
wonderful pioneer region in eastern
British Columbia, known as the Peace
River Country. The Canadian min
lister of agriculture has been urged tc
take steps to protect settlers against
the depredations of wild horses which
have made raids upon the ranches Of
new settlers, killing domestic horses
and leading away number of well
bred domestic mares which have beer
imported at a considerable cost. The
!. wild horses are supposed to be th'
descendants of horses abandoned dur
ing the gold rush to the Yukon terri
tory in 1878. From the Bow rive,
: westward these animals have raideC
the ranches of settlers as far west a
| Kamloops and even the contractors OF
/ the Grand Trunk Pacific railway hav,
: been pestered by the mischievou
stations.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-09-08
The Daily Story
THROUGH FIRE-BY. CLARISSA MACKIE
Clpyrighted isIs by Associated Literary Bureau

The long piazza of the boarding house
showed n row of rocking chairs sway
ing gently to and fro. Under the
spreading naples on the lawn were
gay hammocks and more rocking chairs,
and down on the sunny tennis court
white clad forms darted after dying
balls.
Old Mrs. knight occupied the most
comfortable chair. 1t was hers by
tacit acknowledgment after many sea-
sons occupancy, but it was generally
understood that when Mrs. Knight
passed beyond, the realm of summer
boarding houses the chair of state
would be filled by that second in rank
of boarders. Mrs. Henry Tillerby. Mrs.
Tillerby had grown irascible in the
waiting for the chair, and nothing
save her undying determination to APP
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-09-08
BY THE J. w. POTTER co.

tTERMS-Ten cents per week by carr
rfer. in Rock Island.
Complaints OF delivery service should
be made to the circulation department,
which should also be notified in every
instance where It is desired to have
paper discontinued. as carriers have no
authority IN the premises.
All communications OF argumentative
character. political or religious. must
have real name attached for publica-
ton. No such articles will be printed
over fictitious signatures.
Telephones in all departments. Cen
trail Union. Rock Island las. has and
2145.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-09-08

brow magazines
nowadays of the
q democratic tariff
proposition TO as
sess duty on
works of art I'M
der certain condi-
tons. These jour
nails seek to con-
vey the impress
sion that the DEM
ocrats are at
tempting to pro
tect" the Ameri-
can artist, and a
number of merry
laughs have been
had at democratic
expense.
Senator Elihu
Root expressed re
greet in the senate
that a duty had
been imposed or
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-09-08
Rev. Andereck Dead

Assumption, H., Sept. 9.-Rev. W. R.
Andereck Of Assumption, III, and for
mer pastor of the First Baptist church
Of Duquoin, died suddenly Saturday OF
hear failure He was widely known
throughout central and southern Ill
nois and at different times was pastor
OF Baptist churches at Kankakee and
Monmouth. For q year he was a field
worker for the Illinois Anti-SalooI
league and later accepted q call &c
Assumption.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-09-08
The Projects to Be
Voted For

Following are the propositions TO b
voted for at the special election Sept
II, which separately and coiIectiVeI
promise for Rock Islands Improve
ment, development and expansion, an
every one Of which is entitled to tn
approval OF the voters:
Purchase Of Island City baseball
park, II acres, $4,000; 1o-year
bonds.
Construction Of elevated tank at
reservoir station, $4,000; 1oyear
bonds.
Flooring Of Rock river bridges
with concrete, $1,000; five-year
bonds.
Installation of police alarm sys-
TEN, $4,000; 1o-year bonds.
Extension Of water mains along
Eighteenth avenue from Twenty
fourth TO Fifteenth street, and in
newly annexed territory, $4,000;
elsht-year bonds.
Erection Of new fire station in
newly annexed territory and ex-
tension Of fire alarm system in
that district 10000; eisht-year
bonds.
Annexation of further strip Of
territory in South Rock Island.
running from the city limits -
Brashar street, south, and from
Twelfth street west to the Missis-
sippl river, exclusive of the tract
already made part Of the city
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-09-08
Not In lilo Line.

Tell me- he said to the grccer's
clerk, Gust what is the difference be-
tween this Brie and that cake of
Camembert? Which do you consider
the better kind of cheese and why?"
81 must ask to be excused" was the
reply. Comparisons OF this kind are
always odorous."
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-09-08

Bear in mind that the bonds for
waterworks extensions, including Gle.
waited tank on the bluff as we'll as the
mains on Eighteenth avenue and out
into the newly annexed territory, ae
sregatlne $4,000, all told, are not to
be paid by general taxation, but out Of
the earnings Of the waterworks de
partment.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-09-08
How SMART

"And co." she said, those glasses
you wear magnify, DO they?"
YES" he replied, they increase the
size of everything l look at
why don't you take them of some
time when you are in front OF a mir
ror," she asked. and see yourself as
others see you?"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-09-08

half day because of the heat, did the
humanitarian thing. There is nothing
more outrageous than crowded and
imprisoned humanity on such days
as we had last week and no edu-
cational good can come from it. Let
the children loose when the weather
is steaming.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-09-08
Sept. 8 in American
History.

1SB3-Famous night attack on Fort
Sumter. Charleston. by Federal
marines and sailors. About 200 as
saiIants landed from boats on the
beach and were repulsed at tbs
parapet.
19O0-GaIveston devastated by a West
India hurricane; 1000 deaths and
a property loss of S25.000.OOO.
1911-Dr Thomas Dwight. distinguish.
ed anatomist. who succeeded DIR.
Oliver Wendell Holmes at Har.
ward. died: born 1S43.
All the news all the time-The Arxus-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-09-08

A good illustration Of the fact that
some men have more money than
brains is afforded by those Mexican
planters who loaned the Huerta gov
eminent couple OF million dollars 20
finance a fight with the United States.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-09-08

With two men claiming TO be gov
ernor, and three running for mayor.
the Empire state continues to live up
TO its reputation OF being a place of
much miXed-up politics.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-09-08

We may worry, but Wisconsin does
not She has a bigger crop than she
knows what TO do with. Senator
LaFollette is certainly making good
in his state. His policy. OF course,
makes the crops.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-09-08

They are putting up the shutters
at the summer resorts" remarks an
exchange. Wish they would put them
up on the summer weather and keep
them up
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-09-08

Gowns OF a St Joseph dressmaker
brought from PaI:s were seized by
customs officers at New York because
she failed 70 declare them. No harm
done. Loss can be replaced by rigging
up some mosquito bar and Sitting # to
tho knee.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-09-08

The proprietors Of those Paris cos
tune shops had better be on their
guard. An American woman who was
robbed by an Apache caught him and
turned him over to the police.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-09-08
Pitfalls of SUCCESS,

Flows your son, the lawyer. get
ting on?''
"Badly. poor fellow. He's in Jail"
"How's that?'
HE was retained by horse thief to
defend him. and he made such a good
plea that the judge held him as IN
--~~ssorY.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-09-08
FORESIGHT.

Ma" said the
little boy, pas
got a neY sign
on the store. He
doesn't call it a
drug store any
more, but 'phar-
macy" I wonder
what made him
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-09-08

Kansas exclaims, in a cloud Of dust.
that it is today "one OF the most flour.
ishing and prosperous states in the
union II still has Walt Mason. So
what's the matter with Kansas?