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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-23

than any other reflex.
Its no worse starting single handed
.han being left single handed offered
Mis- winslow somewhat ambiguously.
Lots does that's thrifty"
Seems as if we could do a little
something 10 help her get ready. seems
though" Mis- Moran suggested; Il
dunno what"
81 thought I'd slip over after supper
and ask her." Mis- Winslow said;
maybe I'd best go now-and come
back and tell you what she says"
Mis- winslow found Mary Chavah
sitting by her pattern bookcase cut
ting out a pattern. Mary's face was
flushed and her eyes were bright. and
she went on with her pattern. thrilled
by it as by any other creating.
II just thought of this" Mary e1-
planned. looking vaguely at her visitor.
1T come to me like fash when !
was working on Mis- Bates basque.
VIII you wait just a minute, and then
I'll explain it out to you"
without invitation. Mis- Winslow
laid aside her coat and waited. watch
ing Mary curiously. She was cutting
and folding and pinning her tissue
paper. oblivious of any presence.
Alarm. suspense. doubt. solution. tri-
umph. came and went. and neither
woman was conscious that the fame
of creation burned and breathed in
the room as truly as If the product
were to be acknowledged.
.'Therer" Mary cried at last. See
it-can't you see tin gray wool?"
1t was the pattern for a boys top
coat cunningly cut in new lines of
seam and revers. with pocket. a bit
of braid, a line of buttons laid in as
delicately as the factors in any other
good composition. Mis- Winslow in
evitably recognized its utility, exclaim-
ed and wondered
MARY Chavah. how did you know
how to do things for children
How did you know how:" Mary in
quired coolly.
why, I've had EN-" Mis- winslow
offered simply.
do you honestly think that makes |
any difference" Mary asked.
Mis- Winslow gasped in the imme- |
mortal belief that the physical basis of |
is the guarantee of both |
spiritual and physical equipment.
Gould you have cut out that coat?"
Mary asked.
Mis- Winslow shook her head. She
was OF those whose genius is for cut
ting over.
WELL" said Mary, 81 could. 1t |
amt having 'em that teaches you to
DO for 'em. You either know how or
you don't know how. That's ALL
Mis- Winslow reflected that she could
never make Mary understand, though
my mother. she thought complacently.
would know in minute. The cutting
IF the coat did give her pause. but
hen. she summed it up, coat included.
Mary was queer" and let it go at
hat.
II didn't know" Mis- Winslow said
hen. but what l could help some
about the little boys coming. Seven
Inder fifteen does teach you some
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-23
CHAPTER VII.
4 Christmas Carol.

- RUCE'S baby. II would be a
TX Rule too The third genera
ton. the third generation.
And. accustomed as he was
70 relate every experience TO him
ssH. measure IL. value It by its own
value 20 him. the effect of his rehec-
ron was 81 first single-the third gen
,ralon OF Rules. was he as old as
thati
Il seemed only yesterday that Bruce
had been a boy In a blue necktie 10
match his eyes and shoes which for
some reason he always put on wrong.
80 that the buttons were on the inside.
Rruces baby. Good heavens. 1t had
been q shock when Bruce graduated
from the high school. shock when he
had married. but his baby, II was in
credible that he himself should be so
Old as that
This meant. then. that IL Malcolm
had lived Malcolm might have had
child now.
Ebeneze- had not meant TO think
that II was as IL the thought came
and spoke To him. He never allowed
himself to think Of that other life OF
his when his wife. Lefty. and his son.
Malcolm. had been living Nobody in
Old Trail Town ever heard him speak
Of them or had ever been answered
when Ebenezer had been spoken 10
concerning them. 4 high white shaft
IN the cemetery marked the two graves
All about them doors had been closed.
But with the thought Of this third gen
Grafton the doors all opened. He look
81 along ways thar he had forgotten.
A be went he was unconscious. rs
be was always unconscious. OF the lit
tie street He saw the market square.
not as the heart Of the town. bur rs =
place for buying and selling. and the
little shops were to him not ways OF
providing the town with life. but ways
Of providing their keepers with n live
lihoOd- Beyond these was a familiar
setting. arranged that day with white I
background and heaped roofs and laden 4
bOushs the houses standing side 10y
side Ike human beings. There they .
we're. Ike the chorus TO the thing he
was thinking about They were all /
thinking about il too. Every one of B.
them knew what he knew. Yet he
never saw the bond. but ne thought
they were only the places where men
Hvel who had been his factory hands
and would be 80 yet IL be had not ont
them away. Ben Torrev. shOveiin@ or
lis front walk with his boy sweeping
behind him: August Muir. giving his
Errle girl = ride on the snow shovel:
Nsttie Hatch. clearing the ice ont 0f
Ter mail box. while her sister-the
zne one-watchcd from her chair by
;ae window Interested as in a real
rent Ebenezer spoke To them from
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-23
Notice of PubIication,

State of illinois. Rock Island Coun-
ty-ss:
In the Circuit Court September
Lars p. Bergstrom vs. Carrie Berg
strom.
Affidavit of non-resIdence of the
above named defendant, Carrie Berg
strom, having been filed in the clerks
office of the circuit court of said coun-
ty. notice is therefore hereby. given to
the said nonresident defendant that
the complainant filed his bill of COM
plant in said court, on the chancery
side thereof. on the ,23rd day of No
vember, 1914, and that thereupon q
summons issued out of said court
wherein said suit is now pending, re-
rurnab1e on the first Monday in the
month of January next. as is by law
required.
Now, unless you, the said non-resi-
dent defendant above named, Carrie
Bergstrom. shall personally be and APP
pear before said circuit court, on the
first day of the next term thereof to
be holden at Rock Island in and for
said county, on the first Monday in
January next, and plead. answer or
demur to the said compliments bill of
complaint, the same and matters and
things therein charged and stated viii
be taken as confessed, and decree en-
tered against you according to the
prayer of said bill.
GEORGE w. GAMBLE, Clerk
Rock Island, Ill, Dec. 8, 1914.
Edward L. Eagle compliments So
licitor.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-23
Notice of Publication.

State of Illinois. Rock Island Coun-
ty-sS:
In the Circuit Court. January term,
A d. 1915. In Chancery.
Edna j. Petersen VS.. Albert o. Peter
sen.
Affidavit of non-residence of Albert
o. Petersen. the above defendant hav-
ing been hled in the clerks office of
the circuit court of said county, notice
is therefore hereby given to the said
non resident defendant that the COM
plainant filed her bill of complaint in
said court, on the chancery side there
of. the 2Sth day of November, 1914,
and that thereupon a summons issued
out of said court, wherein said suit is
now pending, returnable the first
Monday in the month of January next.
is by law required
Now. unless you. the said non-resi-
dent defendant above named. Albert
o. Petersen, shall personally be anS
appear before said circuit court, on the
drst day of the next term thereof l.,
be holden at Rock Island. in and for
the said county. on the first Monday in
January rcXt, and plead. answer or de-
muir t. the said complain ant's biII OF
complaint, the same and the matters
anc Things therein charged and STAGED
viii he taken as confessed. and "A de-
cree entered against you according 10
the prayer of said bill
GEORGE W. GAMBLE, Clerk
Rock Island. Ill. Nov. IS. 1914.
Schriver * Schriver. complainant's
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-23

bunions all can find instant re-
lief in TONGO, the greatest of all
foot remedies II soothes and allays
the pain and burning at once. Don't
think for a minute becaus YOU have
tried powders and ointments and tab
let's that dissolve In hot water. with
no great relief that all hope is gone.
Go TO your nearest druggist and get
TONGO-your relief will be instant
and your comfort perpetual. and YOU
will bless the day YOU read this pa
per TONGO is for sal by all drug
gfsts - cents. or sent by mail pre-
paid by Dennison Phnrmucal Co.. Chicago
1ou win always find Tongo at John r.
~chueider's. Chas. .. >trate's. Otto y.
i.ver's. A. y. R-iss and College Phar-
macy, Rock Island, HI.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-23
Administrators Notice,

Estate of Seymour B. Hawley. de-
ceased.
The undersigned having been ap-
pointed administratrix of the estate of
of Rock Island, state of Illinois, de-
ceased hereby gives notice that she
Bell. Judge of the probate court OF
Rock Island county, at the probate
court room. in the city of Rock Island,
at the February term, on the first Mons
day in February next. at which time all
persons having claims against said es-
tate are notified and requested to at
tend for the purpose of having the same
adjusted. All persons indebted to said
ate payment to the undersigned.
Dated Both day of November, A ID.
1914. MRS. ELIZA HAWLEY,
Administrators.
Jackson. Hurst & STAFFORD. attor-
neyS.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-23
GET TO THE CAUSE
s'es Island People Are Learning the
Way.

Way.
there IS but little peace or comfort
= the man or Woman with a bad
ack The distress begins in early
sorning-keeps up throughout the
'ay It's hard 10 get out OF bed. it's
A7ture 70 stOOp or straighten. Plsst-
80 and iniments may relieve. but
'zrnot cure II the cause IS inside
ias kidneys When suffering so. use
vans Kidney Pills. the tested and
''oFen kidney remedy. used in kidney
troubles for over 30 -ears. DOan's
Aieney Pills are recommended by
lousands for just such cases. Proof
. their effectiveness IN the testimony
9 ihis Rock Island resident
Deans kidney Pills ha~ certainly
:one fine work IN my case" says c.
y Fisher. Of s32 First avenue. Rock
sand u suffered from rheumatic
wages in ny back and my limbs
ere SIN. did not sleep well and
: ne morning ! felt all tired out
Nnen saw DOau's Kidney Pills ad-
= got a supply az the Harper
H'ese Pharmacy They gave me i'm
-s1iste relief The action OF my Kid
- vas regulated and all the other
-s-nies we're removed
rflce 800. az all dealers. Don't sim
- ask for a kidney remedy get
SoNns Kidney PIlIs-the same rat
~ Fisher had. Foster-Milburn Co..
'nps, Buffalo. y. Y.-CAdv.)
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-23
IIIl2;! 5lAI 2i; Y ~ $ NIX

to you that the above named complain
ant has filed in said court
it's bill of complaint against
you. on the chancery side of said court;
that a summons in chancery has been
issued in said cause against you return
able to the next January term of said
court, to be begun and holden in the
court house in the city of Rock Island.
in the county of Rock Island and state
of Illinois, on the first Monday of jan
nary, A. d. 1915, at which time and
place you will appear and plead, answer
or demur to the said bill of complaint as
you may see fit,
Dated at Rock Island, Ill, this 5th
day of December. A. D. 1914.
GEORGE w. GAMBLE,
Clerk of Said Circuit Court.
Walker, Ingram & Sweeney. solicit
tors for com lainant.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-23
Bates. whose mind never lightly for

Bates, whose mind never lightly for
sock old ways or embraced a contre
temps. what a funny time to travel
Likely catch the Group and be down
sick on Mary's hands the first thing,
said Mis- Moran. It's a pity it amt
the spring of the year.
Mis- Winslow looked at them search
ingly to see if her thought too far out
distanced theirs.
What struck me all of heap" she
said, lis his getting here then. That
night. Christmas eve"
The three women looked at one an
other.
That's So" Mis- Moran said.
"Him-that child Mis- Winslow put
it. getting here Christmas eve. used
to Christmas all his life, ten to one
knowing in his head what he hopes
he'll get. And no Christmas. And
him with no mother. And her only
month or so dead"
We'll" said Mis- Mortimer Bates,
Its too bad it's happened so. But
it has happened so. You have to say
that to your life quite often, I notice.
1 don't know anything to do but to
say it now"
Mis- Winslow had not taken off her
cloak. She sat on the edge of her
chair, with her hands deep in its peck
cts, her black knit ''fascinator" fallen
back from her hair. She was looking
down at her cloth overshoes, and she
went on speaking as if she had hardly
heard what Mis- Bates had interposed.
He'll get in on the express" she
sol he IN
go to the city to meet him. The man
he. travels with is going to put him
on the train in the city. The little
felIowli get here after dark. After
dark on Christmas eve"
And no time for anybody to warn
him that there won't be any Christ
mas waiting for him." Mis- Moran OBJ
served thoughtfully.
And like enough he'll bring a little
something for Mary for present"
Mis- Winslow went on. How'll she
feel them
Amt it too bad it amt last year,"
Mis- Moran mourned. Everything
comes too late or too soon or not at all
or else too much so, seems though"
Mis- Bates impulse to nonconformity
had not prevented her forehead from
being drawn in their common sym
pathy; but it was sympathy that saw
no practical way out and existed tame
ly as a high window and not as
wide door.
Well" she said. Mary amt exact |
ly the one to see it so You'll never |
get her to feel bad about anybody not +!
having a Christmas. l dunno, if it |
was any other year. as she'd be plan
ming any different"
No" said Mis- winslow thoughtful
ly, Mary won't do anything. But we
could"
Mis- Bates forehead took alarm-the
alarm of the sympathetic nearer who
is challenged to be doer.
''Do?" she repeated. You can't go
back on the paper at this late day.
And you can't give him a Christmas
and every other of our children not
have any just because were their pa
rents and still living. There amt
thing to do"
Mis- Winslow's eyes were still on her
)vershoeS. Il don't believe there's
never not a thing to do" she said.
Il don't believe it"
Mis- Bates looked scandalized
That's nonsense" she said sharply.
and it's Sacrilegious besides. When
God means n thing to happen there's
rot thing to do What about earth
Iuakes and-and cancers:"
II don't believe he ever means
earthquakes and cancers" said Mis-
Ninslow TO her overshoes. !
Prevent EN-. them" challenged Mis-
Bates triumphantly
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-23
CHAPTER VIII.
"a bout" Mary ChaVah.

">TF we took the day before Christ
mas an had il for Christmas
observed Tab Winslow. would
that hurt:"
Eat your oatmeal" said Mis- Wins
low in the immemorial manner OF
adults.
Would il. would it, would IT," per-
sisted Tab in the immemorial manner
of youth.
And have Theophius Thistledown
for dinner that day instead:' Mis-
winslow suggested with diplomacy.
On which Tab ate his oatmeal in ST
lence.
But. like adults immemorinlly. Mis-
Winsiow bore fer more the adult man
ner than its heart. After breakfast
she stood staring ont the pantry win
dow ut the sparrows on the bird box.
1t looks like Mary Chavah was 20
ing TO be the only one I'm Trail Town
to have any Christmas after ALL she
thought. that little boy coming 10 her.
So.
He was coming week after next,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-23

State OF Illinois. Rock Island Coun-
ty-ss:
in the Fourteenth Judicial Circuit. In
and FOR said County Of Rock Island
To the January term, A ID. 1915. Bill
TO Foreclose. No. 1854
The Black Hawk Homestead Build
ing. Loan < Saving Association. com
plainant vs.. William j. Bleuer. Alfhild
+. Bleuer and Thomas J. Medin. defend
ants
To the above named Thomas ] Me-
an nonresident defendant,
Amdavtt OF your non residence hav-
ing been filed in the Office OF the under
signed clerk Of said court in the above
entitled cause. notice is hereby given
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-23

Cash on hand-Gj cents.
The bOokkeeper paused again. Ebe-
nezer. frowninG. reached for the book.
In his wife's fine faded writing were
her accounts-after the % cents was a
funny little face with which she had
been wont TO illustrate her letters.
Ebenezer stared. Grunted. turned To
the last page of the book. There in
bold figures. the other way Of the leaf.
was his own accounting. He remem-
bered now-he had kept his first books
in the back of the account book that
she had used for the house
Ebenezer glanced sharply at his
bookkeeper. To his annoyance the
man was smiling with perfect compre-
hension and sympathy. Ebenezer avert
ed his eyes. and the bookkeeper felt
dimly that he had been guilty of an
indelicacy toward his employer
Family life does cling 20 a man.
sir he said.
do You find it so:" said Ebenezer
drily Read. please"
At noon EbencZer walked home alone
the melting snow. And the
thought that he did not think. but that
spoke to him without his knowing.
said:
Winning n puZZle-S2.jO. She. never
told me she tried to earn a little some
thing that way"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-23

For tired aching.
burning. swollen
feet there's moth
ing like TONGO.
You may think
you We tried them
all. but II your
feet n urt you
h VENT used
TONGO. For the
policeman. the
barber. the tired
shop girl, the
woman with the
tight shoes, the.
man with the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-23

place. Ebenezer put his hands out.
cropping. They touched an edge OF
something that swayed. he laid hold
of it and drew ii out and set down
on the faint rug of light a small
wooden hobbyhorse.
He stood staring at il. remembering il
as clearly as il some one had set before
him the old white gate which he be-
strobe in his own boyhood. 1t was
MaIcolm's hobbyhorse. dappled gray.
the tail and the name missing and the
paint worn off-and tenderly licked
off-his nose. When they had moved
to the other house he had bought the
boy a pony. and this horse had been
left behind. Something else stirred in
his memory. the name by which NAL
colin had used TO call his hobbyhorse.
some ringing name-but he had for
gotten. He thrust the thing back
where il had been and went on with
his search for the account books.
By the time he had found them and
had got down again in the office the
bookkeeper was there. keeping up the
fire and uttering. with some acumen.
comments on the obvious aspects of
the weather of the climate. of the visi-
BILE universe. The bookkeeper was a
young man. very ready TO agree with
Ebenezer for the sake of future favor.
but with the wistfulness OF all indus
trial machines constructed by men
from human potentialities. Also he
had a cough and thin hands and a lit
tie family and no job.
Get to work on this book Ebene-
ger babe him. Its the one that began
the business
Il don't think il seems the man
began doubtfully.
We'll. don't think said Ebenezer
sharply. that's not needful. Read the
first entries.
M. I,,I-I-,,rn-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-23

Light entered through four broken
panes OF skyliGht. 1t fell in n faint
rug on the dusty floor. The roof sloped
sharply and the trunks and boxes had
been pressed back to the rim of the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-23
LEGAL.

Continued Next Saturday.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-23
Oh! My Feet
My Feet Hurt
They Ache and Burn and Pain Me So
I Can't Stand It.

Get ToNGo-Instant Relief.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1914-12-05

auences Of his being absoAA.
Burke. in his own defense se34 ID
was . graduate Of the Universaty q
Michigan and had once been wealthy
Several years ago. he claimed. he ~
vented q valuable process foN 80
verting kerosene into gasoline %
before he could perfect his title
the patents. his wife. he said. eo1|
spired with Colin H. Livingston q
Washington, d. c.. representative q
the Standard Oil Company, 70 ~
prive him Of the fruits OF ME dc
covery.
Burke said he had written Presi0oAi
Wilson from Ludlow Street jail q
complain OF the way bis pats
claims were being juggied In Wash
tngton and had received q reasSurtn|
reply from the President. In tn
meantime. the inventor declared, hi
wife and Livingston were prepafinl
TO operate under his processes an,
would make a fortune. II was part q
their plan. he alleged. to keep him Il
jail or send him to an insa ne asyluN
until their deal with the Standard O(
Company was completed.
Magistrate Marsh paroled Burke, 4
the hands Of his counsel for furthe
hearing next week.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1914-12-05
SAYS He IS VICTIM
Of CONSPIRACY TO
DECLARE HIM MAD
Charles r. Burke Accuses Wife
of Trying to Railroad"
Him to Asylum.

A remarkable story involving
charges Of conspiracy. the theft Of
patents worth millions Of dollars, and
attempts Of q wife to railroad" her
husband to an asylum. was unfolded
In the West Side Court toe day. when
Charles Russell Burke. just out Of
Ludlow Street Jail. after having
served six months for failure to pay
his wife alImony. was hailed before
a Magistrate on a charge that he Is
insane and should be confined.
Burke. q scholarly appearing man Of
middle age. who said he was nephew
OF ono Of the original founders Of the
Standard OIL Company. and formerly
connected with the International
Petrol Company, one of the Stand
ard subsidiaries, was arrested as he
stepped out Of tho door OF Ludlow
Street jail last night on a war.
rant obtained by his wife, Mrs.
Katherine P. Burke. of No. ss7 West
Fifty-sixth Street. He appeared in
court to-day. nanked by DR.. r.. II.
Copeland. Of No. So Central Park
West. ana DR.. J. g. Seward, OF No.
200 West SEVENTEEN Street, to fight
against being committed to an
asylum. Mrs. Burke had her physi-
clan. DR.. r. W. Brown, to provo
Burke was lunatic and might at.
tempt her life.
Mrs. Burke took the stand to say
she married Burke twelve years ago,
and that he had deserted her in 1909
and gone West. Later. in Canada, she
charged he had married Miss Lulu
Ahearn. after which the frivolous
Burke started separation suit. While
Burke was In Ludlow Street Jail. Mrs.
Burke asserted. he threatened her
life. She said she feared the conse-
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1914-12-05
CHICAGO POLICE
HEADS INDICTED
Captain, Lieutenant and Former
Detective Named in Counts Based
on Graft Confessions.

CHICAGO. Dec. 5.--Indictments
were returned to-day naming two po-
lice officers and a former detective in
volved in the graft confessions OF
Barney" Bertsche and the brothers.
Frank and James Ryan. The defend
ants, charged with conspiracy to OBJ
tain money by fraud and with brib-
cry. arc Capt. James J. Halpln. Lieut..
John Tobin and former Detective
Walter O'I3rien.
O'Bricn was dismissed from the
force six months ago for alleged COM
plicity In the protection Of persons
engaged in tho clairvoyant swindles
conducted by the Ryans. Bertsche
Is said 10 have confessed 70 States
Attorney Hoyne month ago inn
plicatinr the police indicted and
others not yet formally named In court
proceedings, and the Ryans. Bertsche
Is said to have admitted himself the
go-between In the payment Of pro-
lection money to the police.
II paid my three and four hundred
dollars every week to Halpin Just like
rent. II was so regular" Bertsche IL
quoted as telling HOyne.
Tho money which Bertsche alleges
he handled. IL said by Hoyne to have
come mostly from the Ryans, who
confessed to having proHted by
swindling through clairvoyant par
Tors to the extent OF tens OF thou
sands of dollars annually for several
years.
Hoyne says that before the case Ia
| concluded other policemen will be
brought to trial and the qualifications
OF the expose will he followed in de-
tail through mass OF police cOrrup.
ton involving every form OF vice and
crime from pocket picking to safe
blowing and bank robbery.
| Specifically the indictments charge
| Halpin-Three bribery offenses and
three instances OF participating In
u confidence game. Tobin-Thret
charges of operating n confidence
game. O'Brien-Three charges OF
operating n confidence game. Another
indictment charging the operation OF
a confidence game was voted against
another detective, Pressure of time
to perform the clerical work involved
prevented its return In court to-day
1t will be returned next week.