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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-08

progress down the aisle securely an
nexed her old admirer. old DIR. Perry.
as well as his sou. Philip. Passing the
singing seats. she picked mp the hum
BILE Cephas and carried him along in
her wake. chatting and talking with
her little party while her father was
nj the horse sheds making ready to go
home between services. as was his
habit. a cold bite being always set out
on the kitchen table according to his
orders. BY means of these clever
maneuvers Patty made herself the TO
Gus of attention when the Wilson par
~ came out on the steps and vouch-
safed Mark only n nonchalant nod.
airily fiinging little greeting with the
nod. just a How dye do. Mark? Did
you have a good time in Boston,"
Patty and waitstill. with some OF
the girls who had come long distances.
ate their luncheon in n shady place I'M
der the trees behind the meeting
house. for there was an afternoon serv-
ice to come. a service with another
long sermon They separated after the
modest meal TO walk about the COM
mon or stray along the road to the
academy. where there was fine view.
Two or three times during the sum-
mer the sisters always went quietly
and alone to the Baxter burying lot,
where three grass grown graves lay
beside one another. unmarked save by
narrow wooden slabs, so short that the
initials painted on them were almost
hidden by the tufts of clover. The
girls had brought roots OF pansies and
sweet alyssum and with knife made
holes in the earth and planted them
here and there TO make the spot a trifie
less forbidding They did not speak
TO each other during this sacred little
ceremony. Their hearts were too full
when they remembered afresh the alb
sence of headstones, the lack of care,
in the place where the three women
lay who had ministered to their father.
borne him children and patiently en-
dured his arbitrary and loveiess rule.
Even Cleve Flanders grave-the Edge
wood shoemaker. who lay neXt-even
his resting place was marked and. with
a touch of some ones imagination,
marked by the old mans own lap
stone. twenty-five pounds in weight, a
monument of his workaday life.
Waitstill rose from her feet. brush
ing the earth from her hands. and Pat
~ did the same. The chuTchyard was
quiet. and they were alone with the
dead, mourned and unmourned, loved
and Hnloved.
Il planted one or two pansies on
the first ones grave" said Waitstill
soberly. Il don't know why we've
never done it before. There are no
children TO take notice OF and remem-
Der her: it's the least we can do. and.
after all. she belongs TO the family"
There is no family and there never
was" suddenly cried Patty. "Oh.
waity. waity. we are so alone. You
and I! We've only each other in all
the world. and I'm not the least bit OF
help to you as you are to me, I'm a
silly. vain, conceited ill behaved thing.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-08

souudIy rs II deserved.
The ignorant cause OF Patty's dis
trcss was II certain Annnbel Franklin,
the daughter OF n cousin Of Mrs. VII
sons. Mark had stayed ut the Frank
lin house during his three weeks visit
in Boston where he had gone on bust
ness for his father. The young people
had naturally seen much of each other
and Marks ,iuflammable fancy had
been so kindled by Annabel's doll-like
charms that he had persuaded her to
accompany him to his home and get
taste of country life in Maine. Such
is man. such is human nature and such
is life. that Mark had no sooner got the
ybiIom object of his affections under
his own roof than she began to pail.
Anuabel was twenty-three. and, to
tell the truth. she had palled before
more than once. She was so amiable.
so well finished-with her smooth fax
en- hair, her neat nose. her buttonhole
OF a mouth and her trig shape-that
she appealed to the opposite sex quite
generally and irresistibiy rs n worthy
helpmate. The only trouble was that
she began to bore her suitors somewhat
too early in the game. and they new
er got far enough to propose marriage.
Flaws in her apparent perfection ap-
Denred from day to day and chilled
the growth of the various young loves
that had budded so auspiciously. She
always agreed with everybody and ev-
erything in sight. even to the point of
changing her mind on the instant il
circumsta noes seemed to make it ad-
visable. Her instructive point of view,
when she went so far as TO hold one.
was somewhat cut ard dried-in a
word. priggish. Her father bad an
ample fortune. and some one would in
evitably turn up who would regard
Annabel as an altogether worthy and
desirable spouse. That was what she
had seemed to Mark Wilson for a full
week before he left the Franklin
house in Boston. but there were mo-
ments now when he regretted. fuGi-
lively. that he had ever removed her
from her proper sphere. She did not
seem TO fit into the conditions of life
in Edgewood. and it may even be that
her most glaring fault had been to de-
scribe Patty BaXter's hair at this very
Sunday dinner as "carroty," her dress
altogether dreadful and her style of
beauty "unladylike." Ellen Wilson's
feelings were somewhat injured by
these criticisms of her intimate friend.
and, in discussing the matter privately
with her brother, he was inclined TO
agree with her.
And thus. so little do we know of the
prankishness of the blind god, thus
was Annabel Franklin working for her
rivals best interests. and. instead of
reviling her in secret and treating her
with disdain in public. Patty should
have welcomed her cordially to all the
delights of Riverboro society.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-08

sought the floor and her cheeks hung
out signals of abashed but certain wei
come. She heard the family settle in
their seats somewhat hastily, the click
Of the pew door and the sound of Law
yer Wilson's cane as he stood il in the
corner: then the parson rose to pray.
and Patty closed her eyes with the
rest OF the congregation.
Opening them when Elder Boone
rose to announce the hymn. they fell
amazed. resentful. uncomprehending-
on the spectacle of Mark Wilson find
ing the place in the book for a strange
young woman who sat beside him.
Marx himself had on n new suit and
wore seal ring that Patty had never
observed before. while the dress. pc
lisse and hat OF the unknown were of
a nature that no girl in Patty's posi-
ton. and particularly Of Patty's dispo-
sition. could have regarded without n
desire to tear them from her person
and stamp them underfoot or, better
still. faunt them herself and show the
world how they should he worn,
Mark found the place in the hymn
book for the creature. shared il with
wriggled and Patty secured a better
view. once. Mark shifted his hand on
the page so that his thumb touched
that of his pretty neighbor. who did
not remove hers as IL she found the
proximity either unpleasant or improp-
err Patty compared her own misera BILE
attire with that of the hated rival in
front. and also contrasted Lawyer Will
sons appearance with that of her IA
Their: the former. we'll dressed in the
style of n gentleman of the time. i'll
broadcloth. with fine linen. and tall
silk hat carefully placed on the floor
of the pew. while Deacon Baxter wore
homespun made OF wool from his own
sheep. spun and woven. dyed and fin
ished. at the fullinG mill in the VIII
Iage. and carried n battered felt hat
thar had been matter Of ri0iculs
these dozen years. The deacon would
be buried in two coats. Jed Morrill, al
ways said. for he owned just that
number and would he too mean to
leave either Of 'em behind him.
The sermon was fifty minutes long.
time enough for a denl of thinking.
Many housewife. not wholly ortho-
dox. cut and made over all her chill
dren's clothes. in Imagination: plfHned
the putting up of her fruit, the maxi
Ing or her preserves and pickles. and
arranged her meals for the next week
during the progress of those sermons.
Patty watched the parson turn leaf
after leaf until the final one was reach
ed. Then came the last hymn. when
the people stretched their aching limbs
and rising. turned their back on the
minister and faced the choir Patty
looked at Waitstill and wished that
she could put her throbbing head on
her sisterly shoulder and cry-mostly
with rage. The benediction was said,
and with the final Amen" the pews
were opened and the worshipers crowd
ed into the narrow aisles and moved
toward the doors
Patty's plans were all made. She
was out Of her pew before the Wilson's
could possibly leave theirs and in her
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-08
CHAPTER x.
THE Green Eyed Monster.

The Green Eyes Monster
"EaTHILE Thee | Seek. Protect
EAf in. Power was the first
EG hymn or his particular
sunday morning. and 1t
nsua!iy held Patty's rather vnErant at
tenriou to the end. though il failed 10
do 80 to.lay. The BaxterS occupied one
OF the wing pevs. Il position always 10
l,o e1v.eyl. rs one could see the singers
without turning around and also OBJ
ser-e everybody in the congregation
their entrance. garments. behavior and
especially their bounets-without being
in the least indiscreet or seeming to
have n rowing eye
Lawyer Wilson's pew was the sec
ord in front OF the Baxters in the same
wing. and Patty. seated decorously but
unwfllinCly beside her father. was i'm
patiently awaiting the entrance OF the
family. knowing that Mark would be
with them n he had returned from Bos-
ton Timothy Grant. the parish clerk,
had the pew in between and afforded
most edifying spectacle to the COM
nunity. as there were seven young
Grants Of churchgoing age. and the
ladies' of the congregation were always
counting them. reckoning how many
more we're in their cradles at home and
trying 10 guess from Mrs. Grants live
" OF chastened countenance whether
any new ones had been born since the
Sunday before.
Patty settled herself comfortably and
put her foot on the wooden cricket"
raising her bum calico a little on the
congregation side. just enough to show
an inch or two of petticoat. The petit
coat was az modestIy long as the frock
itself. and disclosing n bit OF il was
norhinE more heinOus than casual
exhibition OF good ueedlework. Deacon
Baxter furnished only the unbleached
muslin for his daughters undcrgar-
ments. bur twelve little tucks laborious-
II done by hand. elaborate inch wide
edcinS. cTOcheted from white spool cot
ton and days Of bleaching on the grass
IN the sun will make a petticOat that
ccn De shown IN church with some jus
-ifable pride
The Wilson's came up the aisle a mo-
ment later than was their usual habit.
just after the parsOn had assembled the
pulpit. Mrs. Wilson always entered
the pew first and sat in the far end
Patty had looked at her admiringly
and with a certain feeling Of proprie
torship for several Sundays. There
was obviously no such desirable moth
er-iD-iaw in the meeting house. Her
changeable silk dress was the latest
mode. her shawl Of black llama lace
expressed wealth in every delicate
mesh. and her bonnet had n distinction
that could only have emanated from
Portland or Boston. Ellen Wilson usu
ally came next. with as much Of
smile 70 Patty in passing as she dared
venture in the deacon's presence. and
after her sidled in her younger sister.
Selma. commonly called silly" and
with consfdera BILE reason.
Mark had come home, Patty dared
not look up. but she felt his approach
behind the others. although her eyes
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-08

son and the neTghbors. that her very
soul shrank from the prospect II she
could go alone and have no responsible
ity over Patty's future. that would BE-
a little more possible, but she mus.
think wisely for two.
Aud how could she leave ryory
wien there might perhaps come en-
sis in his life where she could be use
full TO him? How could she cut her.
self off from those Sundays in the
choir. those dear. fugitive glimpses OF
him in the road or ut prayer meetins'
They were only sips OF happiness,
where her thirsty heart yearned fG
long. deep drafts, but they were i'm
measure big better than nothing.
Freedom from her fathers heavy
yoke-freedom to work and read and
sing and study and grow-oh. how she
lorged for this, But at what cost
would she gain it If she had to harbot
the guilty conscience or an undutiful
and rebelIous daughter and at the
same time cut herself of from the
sight of the one being she loved best
in MI the world.
She felt drawn toward Ivory's moth
er today. Three '7eeks had passed
since her talk with Ivory In tbe
churchyard. but there had been no pos
sibiiity of an hours escape from home
She was AZ liberty this afternoon
relatively at liberty. for. although her
work. as usual. was laid out for her, 70
could be made M somehow or other
before nightfall She could drive over
TO the Buyntons' place. hitch her horse
in the woods near the house, make bet
visit. yet he in plenty or time 10 60 up
TO the river field AND bring her father
home to supper.
Patty was over nj Mrs. Abel DAYS
lsarnin. Il new crochet stitch and helfei
in. her To start log cabin gull
Ivory and Rodman she knew were
both away in the Wilson hayheld. No
time would ever ne more faroraols
So. instead of driving up Town Hoiss
hill. when she returned 10 the villses
sh,. kept On over the bridge.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-08

cause he disapproved of the thickness
of the parings he found in the pigs
pail. and he stood over Patty at her
work in the kitchen until Waitstill was
in daily fear of tempest of some sort.
Coming in from the shed one morn
ing she met her father just issuing
from the kitchen where Patty was
standing ike young Fury in front OF
the sink Fathers been spying Mt the
eggshells settled the coffee with and
said Id no business to leave so much
good in the shell when l broke an egg
j will not bear it He makes me fee
fairly murderous, You'd better not
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-08

but will be better. will. You won's
ever give me up. will you. Waity, even
if I'm not like you? l haven't been
good lately"
Hush. Patty, hushr' And waitstili
came nearer to her sister with a moth
erly touch Of her hand. IN not have
you say such things: you are the help
fullest and the lovingest girl that ever
was. and the cleverest, too. and the
liveliest and the best company keeper"
NO one thinks so but you" Patty
responded dolefully. although she
wiped her eyes as II a bit consoled.
II is safe 10 say that Patty would
never have given Mark Wilson a sec.
ond thought had he not taken her to
drive on that afternoon in early May.
The drive. too. would have quickly fed
from her somewhat tickle memory had
IL not been for the kiss. The kiss was
indeed decisive factor in the situa-
ton and had shed a rosy. If somewhat
fictitious light OF romance over the
past three weeks. Perhaps even the
kiss, had II never been repeated. might
have lapsed into its true perspective
in due course of time had IL not been
for the sudden appearance of the stran-
ger in the Wilson pew The moment
that Patty's gaze fell upon that fash
ionably dressed, instantaneously dis
liked girl, Marquis Wilson's stock rose
twenty points in the market. She
ceased in jify To weigh and consider
and criticise the young man. but re-
garded him with wholly new eyes.
His fgure was better than she had
realized, his smile more interesting.
his manners more attractive, his eve
lashes longer; in word, he had sud
denly grown desirable. A month ago
she could have observed with Idle and
alien curiosity the spectacle of his
thumb drawing nearer TO another fem
ininei thumb on the pnge Of the Waits
and Select Hymn RooE Now. at the
morning service, she had wished moth |
inS so much as 20 put Marks thumb !
'""T 'nfo his pocket whore II belonged |
80 the girls thumb smnrtly and
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-08
Collar Line
Steamer
Helen Blair

Leaves Rock Island for Musca-
tine and Burlington
Every Monday, Wednesday and Fri
day at p. m. connecting at Burling-
ton with the steamer Keokuk
For FIT. Madison, Keokuk and
Quincy
An excellent 5-Day Vacation Trip.
giving time TO see the Great
Keokuk Dam and Lake Cooper
in daylight.
Low Round Trip Fares. Ticket office
foot 18th St. Tel. r. I. 1873.
w. n. LAMONT, Aat.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-08

Fred Kerr, the actor, was playing =
Raneiagh. and at the Lake hole GROW
eight successive balls straight me-
The water. He had no more LEFT y
his bag. and there was nothing na''
to be done-axcept enc thing ssrns
his bag of clubs, he walked dra1s =
ally 70 the lakes edge. Then ID
broken voice. he said:
"Old rond. have these as wsii' ei'
turning, with a sigh, walked homf'
All the news ali the tlme-sa
Argus.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-08
Making II CompIete.

10 be Continued Next wednesda'
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-18
BUSINESS NOTICE.
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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-18
Considering Comfort. 1t Certain
Iy Beats the 0Id-Fashioned
Way of Posing.

Have YOU had your photograph
taken in bed vet Mrs van Aston
gould"
Not yet, my dear Mrs Morganbit
bat | have studio engagement to
have it done tomorrow.
That's what society leaders viii be
saying soon. for the fashion Of hay
ing ones photograph snapped show
'ne ones self reclining under blanket
and quilt has been launched in Lon
don. Not in London, Maine, no; Lon
don, England. whore baseball is
'glorihed FOUNDERS
No one knows just who started il,
hut the in-bed- portrait fad Is grow
ing N popularity in dear Of Lun-
non" Il certainly beats the old
fashioned way Of posing when COM
fort is considered.
LooE at Miss Nellie Brlarcline
shown above. Doesn't that pose seem
restful to you who have had to pose
with your eyes staring al rag doll
and your neck clamped in an iron
brace" More power to the men or
women behind the 5000 society fad,
May this one fashion sweep The
world
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-18
BRITAIN AIMING
MORE GUARDS
FOR ULSTER
BY HERBERT TEMPLE.
Special Gable to The Atlanta Georgian,


LONDON. March 1S.-The intense
gravity OF the Ulster situation was
shown to-day by the action of the
Government in increasing the force
Of royal constabulary in that Irish
province. Large shipments of am
munition, intended for use by the
constabulary are also being secretly
made by the Government.
The War Office has counseled
against the presence Of troops in IL
ster and Premier Asquith and other
members of the' Cabinet have de-
cided that if force is to be considered
on the part of the Unionists, the con
stahtT7ary should be used against the
auti-home rule army.
Captain James Craig, one of the
Unionist leaders in Ulster has lef,
for Belfast on mission reported to
be connected with the mobilization of
1000 veterans of the Boer war.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-18
3 ARE ARRESTED
WITH OUTFIT Of
CRACKSNEN
Police Seek to Connect Gang
With Griffin Robbery-0ut-
fit Found in Basement

Win the discovery Of complete
safe blowers outfit in basement ct
No. 50 Brookine street ana the arrest
of W b. Gray A. o. Perry and Rex
ford Fields on suspicion. the police
believe they have solved the mystery
Of the robbery Of the Walker Bros
store at Griffin last Saturday Yegg-
men who blew the safe got away
with $500.
The tin that the robbers were IN
Atlanta was given. the local Police oy
G. r. Walker member of the firm
looted by the bandits. Walker re-
ported to chief Jet Sunday, and early
MONDAY morning Gray and Perry
we're behind the bars. Later Fields,
who resided with the others at No. 50
Brookline street called at the station
house 20 see the prisoners, and he, too,
was put under arrest.
Woman's Actions Suspicious.
Sergeant Billiard and Plainclothes
officer Shaw. armed with a search
warrant. found the yegg' outfit after
the men had been arrested. Their at
lention was attracted to the basement
by the actions of Mrs. Fields, who
appeared to he anxious that they
make no INVESTIGATION there.
Buried under the floor the officers
found bottles Of nitroglycerin. eXplod-
ing caps fuses, oil Of mustard pis-
tolls, oyerals, sJee saws and safe Bis
about the most complete outfit Of
the kind ever seen in Atlanta.
Buried with the tools was ron -;
torn gTeenbdcks that evidently had
figured IN an explosion. The frae-
ments Of Bills represented more than
800,
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-18
STATE CHAMBER
SEEKS FACTORIES
Cities and Towns in Georgia Are
Asked to Tell What New En-
terprises They Need.

Georgia cities and towns are alive
as never before in building then-
selves up, and many Of them are put
ting forth strenuous efforts 10 induce
manufacturers to locate among them.
Tho Georgia Chamber Of Commerce
mas sent out letter TO practically
every city and town in the state ask
ing specific questions as TO just what
kind OF new enterprises would best
pay in those communities and what
cooperation and financial support
would be offered as an Involvement 80
secure new enterprises.
The answers have been promot aud
enthusiastic. and it is believed that
this movement will result in bringing
2 number OF factory builders from
other sections Of the country to Geor-
gia. After compiling the answers r.
oeived, the Georgia Chamber of Com
merce has i..certed notices in -
trade papers in the various lines
throughout the United States. telling
Of Just what factories are needed N
this state and offering TO give full
and free information to anyone who
would write to the organization,
1t is interesting to note the Naries y
Of industries that are wanted by va
rious localities. When ii is known
that thee are already 5000 man +
featuring Establishments in Georgia
md that last year the value Of the
products Of these factories Was S202,-
SOS. coo, IL is apparent that Georgia 5
progress in ma nufacturing from no"
on will he even greater than that ot
her agricultural production.