Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-09-19

| OTeu WOmeH' HuuibB tbelr boy aSleen
had crept away TO the rest they mead
ed so much.
James the Red put on bis shirt ana
his uniform, cap and all. From cor.
ner he dragged a pair Of old canva.
shoes. rubber soled.
From a cigar box in n closet earn.
/ revolver which must have cost 81 d,
when It was new and which had CO..
nothing on the happy day when youpg
| Mr.. Doherty captured It In honorabe
combat.
It wouldn't shoot, and James the
Red knew it, but he was going to see
James the Black-peaceably II be could.
II not, then by force Of arms.
The surreptitious entrance appealed
to him more than the loud and drs.
matte, hence the sneakers.
He left his own house without sound
or challenge and from the yard SURVEY.
ed the Job to be done. 1t was simple.
Across the street was the house o.
Henkel, the painter, and Henkel had
every style ladder but Jacobs james
the Red chose one twelve feet long.
he crept to the sidewalk and sur.
veyed the street No sound-therefore
no cop!
He logged the ladder to bis own
yard and, staggering, raised the end
to the window where the light burned.
The ladder, as If a conspirator, never
creaked, and presently the Red poked
his head into the dimly lighted room.
On the bed lay the wrath of bis
friend, hollow checked and white-a
sight that made the Reds throat close.
He crept into the room, silent as
thief and feeling like one. Not until
he had reached the head Of the bed did
he whisper:
"Jimmyi'
The sick boys eyelids rose slowly as
If the weight Of death had been on
them. and his eyes, dull Of expression,
moved toward the intruder.
"Lo, Jimr' he gasped.
Then his eyes closed again as II the
effort had been great
"How dye feeI?" Jim asked. Tie
eyes slowly opened again.
"I'm all cool now" said Jimmy faint
~. ave been so hot, and now feel
sleepy-awfully sleepy"
The eyes closed again, but the boy in
the DeQ spoke once more.
why do all the flowers have stars In
themP' he asked dreamily.
James the Red had watched his own
cousin die months before.
Out of the window he went and
down the ladder into the street
1t was raining in earnest and the
night was black.
james the Red stepped into it and
was swallowed up.
An hour went by.
"Jimmyr'
The eyelids lifted weakly.
James the Red knelt on the floor. bu.
not in prayer.
He had taken blanket from the bed
and in its folds was something with
which he struggled.
He twisted and wrenched and his
face contorted In unison with his wrig-
Cling arms.
An explosion, muf1ed by the blanket,
announced his triumph.
He held a glassful of foaming, jump
ing stuff to Jimmy's face.
Drink it quickr' he said.
"I never take no BOOZE" said James
the Black. IT never will touch It"
"This amt BOOZE" said James the
Red.
What was a lie to him now?
Drink itr'
He put his arm around the Blacks
shoulders and, lifting his head, poured
the stimulant between his lips.
The sick one made q face. He tooz
the next dose in silence and, when the
third was ready, took It with a lite
sigh.
Jimmy" he whispered twenty min
utes later, feet gettin' warmer low
Give s'more medicineT'
But Jim, with the caution OF nurse,
withheld the hagon. 1t was hall
empty, and he guessed that tai
would do.
The first of dawn showed through
the window.
I'm going, Kid" said James The
Red. But James the Black made Nd
reply. He was snoring.
He was still snoring when DR.. Whl-
fer came ut o'clock and gave ver
3ict that made Mrs. Moore weep wiz
Joy.
In the complaint book of n police sfa-
ion was written, spontaneously VIII
he beginning of the Blacks Gonzales
renee, an article from the pen OF ooe
Sergeant Mulqueen, famed for rs
erseness:
AN understood young man in mes
;enger boys uniform rang the base
nent bell at the home OF Henry
% Remington avenue, ear!
his morning and, fiourishing pistol
held up the butler and forced him
i've him bottle of champagne. Inc
,utler says the fellow looked Ike
desperate criminal"
Newspapers of the day, IN an enon
o gid the rhetorical lily. added ths'
ir. Carstairs was leading cltizes
Who founded the Great Telegraph com'
ANY and made fortune thereby.
Sept. 10 IN American