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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-04-09

But" expostnIated De WITT, 1T is
his majestys only chance. To stay
would be fatal. Escape is the only pos
sible"-
There is one thing" said Hawthorne
Eravely, that your majesty cannot run
away from"
"Eh?" calculated the king
History retorted Hawthorne. You
can't run away from history. It will
brand you through all ages as the cow
ardly king who let himself be bluffed
OF mis- throne"
You are right, Mr.. Hawthorne" an-
swered the king in sudden decision.
while his dropping shoulders squared
themselves and his wontedly list!eSs
manner took on a strangely royal dig
nifty. You are the best of our advis-
ers. De Witt, we have changed our
decision. We shall remain"
"Sire" exclaimed the chancellor from
the window. the square is black with
people. Some one is haranguing them"
"Of course some one is" sneered
Hawthorne. "A mob must always be
told what to do"
"A mObr' muttered the king. II fear
q mob above all things"
"Bahv' shifted Hawthorne. "a mob
is nothing The only thing to fear is
the mind that does the mob's thinking.
/ That's the thing TO fear-and 10 beat
| And I'm going TO beat 1t. Your najes-
ty will give orders 10 have my friend
( Blake admitted? He is at the gate.
can use him just now in my business
! at a nod from the king the chancel-
| Tor hurried TO the door, gave an order
to an attendant in the anteroom and
! returned
| Yes" went on Hawthorne. "Once
let me get a strange hold on the mind
that's doing the thinking for that mob
out there and I'll send this silly revolu-
ton screeching up tree"
You have plenty of confidence, Mr.
Hawthorne" commented the king in
half admitting irony.
Sure l have. That's what I'm here
for. And guess I've got corner OIL
the local confidence market. A revolu
zion is nothing but politics, and politics
is nv middle name. Hello. there" as
distant clock struck, midnight
Time for our guests to drop in"
Your majesty" exclaimed a life
guard officer at the door, "a crowd /!
at the gates! Regiments of the army
are with It General Hohenloe is a
their head, and he demands admittanc,
in the name of the nation"
Then" drawIed Hawthorne, ''le
the nation in"
NO. nor cried the king. Hold tht
gates. Hold
NO nothing of the sort" snapped
Hawthorne. Let 'em IN Let III til,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-04-09

whole shooting match Your majesty.
it's your one best chance--the only
chance you'll get"
Captain, order you to hold the
gates" repeated the king. and the Of
fcer, salutiDg, ran back 10 his post
"Oh, your majesty complained
Hawthorne as If correcting q stupid
child; you're scribbling .. K. on your
own death warrant. Why can't you
leave this thing to mel Don't butt in.
III see you through l told you l
would"
There is nothing you can do" re-
piled the king. If the mob were al
lowed TO enter the palace we should
Ill be butchered ike dogs
We're not sausage yet Sire. beg
of YOU
You cannot understand. sir" said
the king You do not know what II
means when the blood OF Borrowing
IL up"
The blood OF ROrrovina has nothing
Oh the blood Of any other burg The
nations knocking at the gate. and
your majesty bars II out"
There was a confused roar from ont
side that shook the window castings,
then a series Of shots and yells.
Trina" screamed the king, come!
We must fy. We
Stop" ordered Hawthorne. blocking
the frantic monarcDs progress from
the room. You've got TO stand your
ground. Why. even the most ARA ut
towards will dare TO shoot at man
that's running"
Let me passr' walled the king.
Let
A deafening explosion shook the pal,
ace.
There" sighed Hawthorne; the ma.
ton just wrecked set OF perfectly
good gates. Stand your ground. sire
Any man may be Knocked down. but 1t
takes q lot 10 knock good man ont
"FOU-you are right MI Haw
thorne." quietly agreed the king. quite
himself now that the Iast chance ot
safety seemed gone. and We thank
you for preventing our escape ana fOI
giving Us the opportunity 10 die Ike a
king"
Now. you're talking" approved
Hawthorne raising bis vnice 10 hs
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-04-09

ner today. De WITT. see that he is set
free at once. We cannot afford clash
with the United States by imprisoning
one of its greatest citizens. We
Through the open window of the
study vaulted man and stood painting
in front or the desk The princess gave
a little cry De WITT clapped a hand
to his sword hilt Then they saw who
IL was.
Hawthorne. diSheveled. his clothes
SOiled ana Uumbled, his face dirt streak
ed. his hair III disorder. was before
them.
The guard wouldn't let us in at the
gates" he explained suayely. so
left Blake there and Skinned a tree by
the wall and then climbed a water
pipe Excuse me for not knocking.
WAS q bit pressed for time"
I'VE We're told you were in jail" said
the king dryiy, first of the group TO
find voice.
I'VE we're but at last found key
that opened the door and let US out"
"a key"
"A gold one" replied Hawthorne,
jingling some coins in his pocket And
we came here on the run. There's the
deuce and all to pay, your majesty.
The prince and his crowd plan to at
tack the palace at midnight. IN less
than ten minutes you're to be &c,
4 thToned, and
so" cried the King. while De WITT
! gasped aloud in hOrrOr. and Irma stood
. speec and CHASTITY pale. $50. that
is why my hfe guards were sent &c
MaCovitz They strike while we are
unprotected
I Your ma5esty's safety is the first
considera ton. cried DE WITT The
crowd is already gathering around the
palace. but We can smuggie your maj
eSty and her royal highness out through
one Of the rear entrances. and you car
cross the frontier before
He is right" agreed the chancellor
"Ycur majesty's only safety lies IL
instant flight. There Is but single
file Of the life guards on duty in the
palace. They cannot hold the gate.
against the mob and the army for five
minutes"
10 run away from ny capital by
night unused the king under hi
brpath An exile, Dethroned.'
sire" pleaded De Witz, there il
not an instant to waste. beg tina
your majesty will prepare TO go a
once"
You are right sighed the king
I'VE must 20 and at once"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-04-09

cnpdves were restrained merely ny hu-
man effort some one was In danger Of
being killed. So post haste a number
OF the guards went in search OF heavy
rope and chain, while about twenty
held the two captiveS to the door so
that they couldn't play any tricks. The
newspaper man was allowed only two
guards. for It was very apparent that
he didn't care to take issue on the
merits of mis- capture.
While the guards were searching for
rope the angry prince stood about and
cursed at Blake and Hawthorne. Final
~. when he found that he could bring
nothing but smiles from his prisoners.
be went stamping out of the room leav-
ing the Americans in charge of the
guards
When the rope arrived they were
bound up with as many knots as Bor-
rowan ingenuity would permit. Then
the two were ioaded on to a dray and
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move so long encountered and dis
graced
The nation that crowned yen has
spoken You are king no more. Here"
he went on dramatically, throwing
document on the desk-"here is the will
of an outraged people 1t is your abdi.
cation. You must. sign 1t here and
now. What is your answer?"
His majesty" interposed Hawthorne
before the king could speak. has depu-
ttzed me to give you bis answer"
"You?" roared Hohenloe. "You are
the rufflan who today brutally assault
ed Prince Vladimir, future king of Bor-
rovlnaw
Kill him" rosred the crowd, and
they surged forward.
Hawthorne did not give ground be-
fore the angry advance of soldiers and
civilians. He stood where he was and
grinned pleasantly into the mass of
glowering faces.
II is hard to attack a man who stu
pidy refuses to be scared and who
grins instead Of covering or even show
ing fight. And the mob paused an in
slant, irresolute, even as Irma, seeing
the Americans dire peril. inVoluntarily
cried:
'Mr. HawthorneP
The name caused looks of sudden
curious interest among the scOwling
faces. None OF the crowd but had
heard or read Of this American Croesus
and Of his supposedly boundless wealth.
In that bankrupt country the very
thought of so much wealth was awe
| inspiring.
"HawthorneT muttered Hohenlos in
bewiiderment
My friend. bfr. Anthony Hamilton
HawthOrne-of America" put in the
king. for once quick to seize the psy.
/ Geological moment
And now a wondering murmur ran
through the crowd.
"Hawthornew mumbled one and an.
other OF the conspirators. "Haw-
/ tbOrne, the richest man In the world!
| For By this dme the tale of HaW-
| thOrue's winnings had sweIled 10 I'M
beieyable proportions, and his notorie-
/ y In BOrrOvina had left RockefeIler's
far behind They stared at him as at
/ a demigod.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-04-09

guards.
hauled to the Jail The newspaper
man was allowed the privilege of walk
ing
once inside the jail they were placed
in separate cells They didn't know
just huv long they were scheduled to
wait. but Hawthorne had come TO
very decisive conclusion Jhat he was
going 90 he ont at there ~ time 10
prevent the attack ON the palace even
II he had 10 de- the nercu'rau trick Of
pushing down the walls Of the jail
For long time the only sound that
came to Hawthorue's ears was The mo.
notCuouS pounding Of the guard who
was walking up and down outside
Later came the rafting o. chains. aud
In walked the prince. putting and Illus
tering. He seemed careful 10 stay
more than reaching distance from the
barred door on Hawthorue's cell
Welcome Urt.e ray Of sunshine" was
Hawtuu-ur's greeting
The prince VAS unable 10 reply He
just frothed at the mouth
~ n isn't good Tor sore ewes 70 So
you again" said Hawthorne. who re-
fused to !et his good nature leave him.
81 suppose you've dismissed two OF
three regiments Of ,ou- soldiers now
that you haze my friend ana / locked
in here
mo. I haven't. but III let you IN on
little secret. I've picked out six Of
the cracs shots Of the army. and to
morrow Mt O'Clock they are going 10
have little practice With you as a tar
get"
Great said Hawthorne.
The first one will try to see that
his bullet goes through your heart
In case he should miss. why. the sec
ond will try"
Yes. prince" said Hawthorne. But
have you thought Of what might hup-
pen in case the whole six missed me-
There was 10 answer forthcoming to
that. but in a little while. when the
prince reCained his power OF speech.
he said:
There is one way you can avoid be-
ing a target"
"How's that-by killing myself to
night"
No. You've lot Of money. haven't
you:"
Have T.
Well. haven't yoU?"
WHO told you:" asked Hawthorne.
this time just little bit nervous
One Of the papers came out today
and said that you were millionaire
from America over here looking for ex.
element"
Well laughed Hawthorne. - don't
know about the truth Of the financial
end Of that story. 5ut the excitement
end Is all true I'm looking for il and
u binding ii in abundance"
If you have this CON- said the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-04-09

heard above the thunder OF onrushing
footsteps and shouts. 60 into that
anteroom. all OF you. And stay there
ill I've had word with EN-. Then.
sire, when you come out remember to
back up anything / say. That's your
only part IN the game, to back my
play. Now then"
Blake, suit case and overcoat In hand,
entered from the anterOom, where the
ten in the moment OF panic to announce
him.
Hawthorne had to order Blake into
the anteroom with the rest
Then he dropped carelessIy into a
chair at the desk. a bare half second
before a motley throng of troops and
civilians. led by Hohenloe and Radul-
ski. burst noisily into the study.
At sight of the young American la.
lilly lounging. feet up at the desk and
trying to light a cigarette. the mob
halted in momentary surprise.
They had expected to find the king
covering IN terror in q corner of the
room. and the presence Of Hawthorne
bewildered them.
We'll. boys" said Hawthorne, glanc-
ing pleasantly up from his task of Gig
arctic lighting, what can | do for you
this EVENING"
Wen attend to this fellow later"
called Hohenloe to his followers.
First, where is the kingF'
Oh questioned Hawthorne polite
ly. "you request an audience with his
majesty? I'll fx it for you"
we are here to administer swift
tustcep announced a fat orator in the
crowd
There's where you have the bulge
on civilized countries, where Justice Is
painfully slow" said Hawthorne. His
majesty will receive you. however,
now?
At his last word the auteroom door
opened and the King. followed by his
companions, entered the study His
majesty's withered old face was death
ly pale, and be could scarcely support
his totter1ng weight But outwardly
be was calm and regal.
At the sight of him the mob gave
voice as might a pack OF hounds al
sight of the Kill.
Your majesty" explained Haw
thorne, this. / believe, is deputa TOR
respectfully entreaung al audience"
"No"' vociferated HohenlOe above
the clamor, the army and the popu
lace OF BOrTovina and-the princes!
must retire" be broke Of imperiously
at sight Of Irma
Mo- refused lrrua haughriiy
"YonT royal highness.' Hawthorn,
reassured her. don't let this little dem
onsuation bother you Everything {.
going to be all riGHt Nov then zen
tlemen. speak up. What 90 you wautf'
HohenIos turned formally 10 th'
king
AUGUSTUS III. Of Borrovinn," he de
claimed. in the uame Of the army anC
Of the nation that you nave niisruied
il is the command or the people that
! you be deposed from the throne you
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-04-09

@1AWTHORNE was thoroughly
aroused to the situation by
e<yT1EySs this time. De knew full we'll
NL5Es13I that to run away would
merely be PLAYING into the hands of
the prince. He knew. too. that if be
had any good cards to play be would
have to play them fast The kings
advisers were persistent in their urg-
ing that be depart from the palace and
turn 1t over 20 the mob Hawthorne
was equally determined that the king
shonldut 90 it. He felt now that It
was his personal fight against the
prince. and he was going To win it II
be bad to spend every cent in his pos
session.
Then. too. there was q suspicion per
hans barboring somewhere in his brain
that II he saved the kingdom for the
old king maybe the princess might
think pretty well of him be did not
dare fancy that she would think well
OF q maria get out she might
That very thought pmt all the courage
that an American could muster into
his system.
II the king left the palace II Womb
be over bis dead body, Hawthorne told
himself
III GO" said the king.
"Yon must do nothing 81 the Sort
herceIy conusdicted Hawthorne. step
ping in front of the king. That
would be the last and worst of all your
p blunders. 1t would wind you up for
f good"
SIR mildly eXpostnlated the king.
: ut is far better TO ran away than to
be sent away. especially when one Is
not certain where they Will send him. "
You're wrong GeHled Hawthorne.
Believe NE. us always a whole lot
. safer and better and wiser to stay and
F face the mGsic II we'd run away at
Bunker HtN and Lexington and Get
tysburg aaI Santiago. where would
the United States u todayf We'd be
running yet"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-04-09

Because" the chancellor answered.
at Is rather a pity we did not know It
sooner. There is long account OF this
Mr.. Ha wthorne in today's Scimitar Ii
seems ne is a great American capital
ist. a man Of boundless wealth and un-
limited power in the United States"
All" exclaimed the king. that prob
ably accounts for his dictatorial man.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-04-09
G 1902

ard shrubs. order nov from the Dlv-
export Nursery, east end o. Los q
street. We do landrczDe l-sd- e.
Phone North 349g-I.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-04-09
CHAPTER vi.
The Crisis.

LYlHEN the dust died away and
" the prince found that the two
VI Americans had escaped be
ID was insane with anger.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-02-21

of investing 100000 in municipal
buses, to be used in a fight on the
d. u. r. wherever the company's
franchises have expired.
Aid. Maurice Heating frowns on
Mayor Marks plan for the city to op-
crate motor buses on the Western
boulevard
The plan is not practical, and It Will
only serve to hold up municipal own
ership," said AID. Heating. Friday. TN
the first place the people that have
been growing for years for any kind
of service TO take them to and from
work, will have to be satisfied with
the motor bus line. They will have to
stop growing and accept the situation
After all these years OF impotence
they might as well growl little long
er until the growls grow into a terrible
roar for municipal ownership.
Secondly, think the motor buses
will prove too slow and cumbersome
for transportation purposes on the
boulevard. The city will have all kinds
of trouble with that proposition be.
fore 1t is through with it,
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-02-21
A VERSATILE CHAP is CORY
SPECIAL cARTooNsT DOWN AT PANAMA CANAL FOR THE TIME
HAS HAD AN UNIQUE CAREER, BESIDES BEING ONE
OF AMERICAS GREATEST cARTooNisTs

John Campbell Cory, special car
toonist for The Times, who has gone
TO the Panama Canal to draw pictures
of the big ditch and the people there
and to write about the big project and
the men and women who are building
it. is one OF the most famous cartoon
lists OF To-Day.
Cory is a natural-born artist and
genius. lie was world renowned
delineator OF horses before he ever
made a cartoon. He never had les
son in drawing outside the grammar
school and the practice Involuntary
gained while decorating the autograph
albums Of beseeching schoolmates.
His talent was utterly disregarded
until his twenty-first year. when Dan
Cupid took him in hand and literally
showed him into public prominence.
He fell in love with pretty school
teacher and, encouraged by her be-
lief I'm his ability, he resigned the
captaincy OF the Waukegan baseball
team and went to Chicago and began
TO work out a career as an animal
artist at So per.
Within year he reached the tow
ering heights OF a $25-dollar per week
horse artist for weekly turf jour
nal and Immediately Jared up state
where the pretty teacher presided,
kissed her right before the whole
school and dismissed the urchins for
the day. They lost their teacher and
Cory won loyal helpmeet.
For nine years he drew nothing but
horses for the turf papers. Then, In
spired by Homer Davenport, he de-
cided TO become .cartoonist. His
success was almost instantaneous, the
greatest publishers OF daily papers
in the world Immediately bidding for
his services.
Suddenly firing of his art. he re-
signed his post on the New York
World and went 10 Montana, where
he became a prospector and made a
lot OF money Cor everybody but shim-
self. Before lie left the state he could
cut out. lasso. throw and brand a
steer single-handed and was willing
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-02-21
RIDE MUNIC-
IPAL BUS ON WEST BLVD.
CONTINUED from Page one)


ing care OF the machines to be used,
so that 1t Will not be necessary to
make the six-mile trip to and from
Belle Isle twice a day. These offers
will be considered In a meeting OF
the parks committee next Monday
afternoon at $3.50.
Mayor Marx was we'll pleased with
the trip. He said that he figured
that one bus could take in $14 day,
at half capacity. with straight three
cent fares.
Aid. Barnett favors running the
buses down Lafayette-blvd. to the
city hall, after they have come down
the Boulevard.
Aid. Littlefield said that he had
been assured by President Campbell,
OF the ferry company, that the COM
pany would give Belle Isle ferry SER
vice to the Boulevard as soon as ar
rangements were made to bring traf
fic to the municipal dock at the foot
OF the Boulevard.
Asked what effect the heavy buses
would have on the boulevard surface
Commissioner Haarer waved his
hand In imitation of a scoop-shoveI
and said: II have nothing TO say.
The surface was frozen, Friday, and
the wheels made little impression
on It,.
The bus cost $500, and seats 2
people. Many of the aldermen talked
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-02-21
ADAMS, NABBED AS
SWINDLER, FREED
Chicago Man Who Caused Ar
rest of DetrOiter, Admits
HI Made Mistake

Franz Adams, arrested here on the
charge OF swindling DIR. William Kir'
by. OF Chicago, out OF $4,000 in a
overlapping deal, proved to the salts
faction OF the police and the courts
Friday, that he had told them the
truth when he stated that he was the
victim of mistaken identification OF
an old photograph.
He was discharged in police court,
when DR.. and Mrs. Kirby came TO De-
troit. Friday, looked at Adams, and
both said. "That is not the man"
Adams explained TO The Times, at
the time of bis arrest, that the AFFAIR
was case OF a wrong lamp" and
that he was the victim OF identifica-
ton OF one OF his old photographs,
taken when he was only about Is
years old.
The man who swindled DR.. Kirby
once accompanied Mrs. Kirby on a
taxicab trip, and she had identified
the picture OF Adams. as that OF the
man who accompanied her. DR.. Kirby
had also identified the picture. So
had several hotel clerks and others.
But Adams had dozen prominent
Detroiters ready to swear that they
were with him, IN Detroit, when the
swindle was perpetrated In Chicago,
and Adams stoutly maintained his in
nocence.
He has a good idea who the swim
dler Is. and the man bears slight
resemblance 10 Adams. The police
are now looking for the other man.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-02-21
DEATHS

Horald MtGreg0r. t29 81 Aabin. ?
years, brOncno pneumonia, william
Nicholson 1876 Beala, Is years. rhcu
matIc ,ndocardl tits; Crank Gommond.
81. Mary's hospital. 40 years, pulmOn-
arv tuberculosis Mary Terry, As
twelfth. AZ years lobAr pneumonia.
Frances Swnrt .Totel Cadlllac, 81
years. urcmia; Adolph Lindvall, 10d
FORT west. 8, years. Brights disease
Wtrucfrc,t Mckinney. Provid snce hos
nital "a years loblr pneumonia: kath-
rsa Lurdon SolvaN hospital. 20 years.
A. wears. loha~ pneumonia. Karl Wilke.
az scott 80 years, tumor OF stomach
Mary Walkowiak, Grace hospital. 30
wears. pueEperal scpsis; August Bienga.
6sS Alexandrine. So years, carcinoma
Marie Hoffman. S61 second. ~ years.
ca rcInoua caroline Darrin. 1SS Wegu-
lar. 81 years hemlple2i1 Mary Finer.
son, ~ Marys hospital. =, Sears. car
dlac decomposition William Glove
land gcO kirby - wears arferi0
sclerosis: Catherine Mther iti Hamil
ton. 75 years typhoid fever; Otilia
ABRAHAM. $50 Piquette. years, scarlet
fever.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-02-21
TRIES TO SHOOT UP
CITY HALL FLAG; NABBED

Emil Gabelman, OF Toledo. was ar
rested at -midnight, Thursday. as he
stood on the Campus Martius and
tried to perforate the iagstaff on the
city hall with bullets from his re-
yolver.
man Hood interrupted his amuse-
ment. He said that as long as one
did not sweep the main streets with
his artillery fire, in his home town,
It was considered perfectly proper TO
burn gunpowder In Toledo.
He found that things were differ
ent here, when he was arraigned be-
fore Justice Stein, and bound over
TO the recorders court for trial on
the charge Of carrying concealed
weapons.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-02-21
NEGRESS Is CHARGED
WITH SWINDLING

Jennie Wilson, Negress, who claims
10 be a real estate agent at No. 140
Canfield-ave., was arraigned before
Justice Stein, Friday. on charge OF
obtaining $50 from Joseph Bush. of
No. 27S Macomb-st., under false pre-
lenses.
Bush alleges that the woman offered
10 sell him some property at No. s7s
McClellan-ave., and accepted pay
ment Of $3.50 on the pace. The prop
erty Is owned by stephen Donahue,
who was considerably surprised when
Bush went to claim his purchase, Don.
ahue denies all knowledge OF the
transaction. The woman will have
an examination on March 4.