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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-10-15

John w. Rovane ST., Suggests
That School Board Take
Steps to Close Certain
Alleys.
WILL TALK TO COUNCIL
Member Hamill Named Com.
mittee to Present Matter
Other Petitions Are
Received.

The need of playground for the
school children was informally dis
cussed by the school board last night
following the receipt Of a letter from
John w. Rovane ST., in which he
asked the board to take some steps to-
ward the sealing of certain alleys to
be used as Fairgrounds until proper
playground facilities could be pro-
vided. The board appointed L. A.
Hamill a committee of one to confer
with the city commissioners on Mr..
Rovane's letter.
In his letter, Mr.. Rovane spoke Of
the danger of children playing in the
streets now, and suggested that until
proper playground facilities could be
provided, that If the consent of the
owners of abutting property could be
secured, certain alleys throughout the
city be closed, and the grounds used
for play purposes.
Superintendent Aldrich remarked
that the problem of a playground and
supervised play was one of the big
problems before the school board at
the present, and that there was a
need for supervised Fairgrounds. 9th
err members of the board agreed that
the playground matter was very i'm
portant, and that something would
have to be done shortly.
President Lutz spoke of residents
in the Wells and Carey districts, re-
porting that the school yards were
used on Saturdays and Sundays pro-
miscuously, and that crowds which
invaded the yards at this time were
composed Of men and boys, and that
their language was not always cen
sored.
Other Petitions Presented.
Tie board received petition,
signed by number Of the mothers or
children in the Carey district, asking
that sanitary toilets be installed Of
the first floor in connection with the
kindergarten room at that school.
The board referred the matter for de-
cision to the member in charge, ana
he has the power to act.
Secretary Archer G. Miller reported
sending letter to the fire marshal,
asking for an inspection of TIE two
new schools. He received letter
saying that this matter was in the
province Of A. L. Urick and that when
one Of his men were in this district
he would call The fire marshal
called attention to the fact that
about the only fire laws which his
office governed were those concern
ing fires escapes and doors opening
outward.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-02-24

now; we fooled them handily-thanks
to your faith and bravery, sweetheart!
and everything is going to be well
with US from now on. Over In Jersey
the minister is waiting now to marry
US; and down at the White Star dock
the boat is waiting that is to carry US
on to England the moment we're mar
ried. Think of that-and that love
you. Nothing can possibly break the
strength Of that combination!"
For another minute she rested a.
she had ever since sinking into her
corner of the taxicab-moveless, taut,
unresponsive.
Then a long sigh shook her to her
very heart, and of sudden the small
fist In Alan's grasp relaxed and her
face turned to his like a flower to
the sun. a face TRANSPORTED, its lips
now soft and yielding, its eyes un-
closed and smiling into his a smile
all misty with unshed tears.
Alan" she bresthed gently. 1T
can't be true! I'm trying 90 hard to
believe-but all the while | know I,
can't be true!"
He converted q skeptic with the
mute eloquence Of his lips
Head upon his shoulder, the cir
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-02-24
CHAPTER XVII.
The Rinn.


Theirs was the last vehicle to swing
between the gates before these last
we're closed.
And this was quite as we'll; for Alan,
rising for one last backward glance
through the rear window, started in
voluntarily and choked upon an ex-
clamation when he deserted q power
full touring car tearing madly toward
the ferry-house. it's one passenger half
rising from the front seat, beside the
driver, and exhibiting countenance
purple with congested chagrin as he
saw his car barred out of the carriage
entrance.
Quickly sensitive to his emotion, the
girl caught nervously at Alan's hand.
what is it, dear?"
"Marrophat." he snapped.
She uttered hushed cry of dismay.
Don't be alarmed, however," he
FASTENED to comfort Der. He's lost
the race: the gates are shut-even the
passenger gates-and there must be
q company spotter somewhere near by.
for the gateman is virtuously refusing
to be bribed by Q roll Of money "a
thick as my wrist" ..-- .--
At that instant the taxicab rolled
aboard the ferry.boat: the deck gates
were closed: hoarse whistle rent the
roaring silence of the city; winches
ratified and chains clanked; and the
boat wore ponderously out Of its slip
$50 much for Mr.. Marrophat!" Alar
crowed, sitting down. Fooled asainl
He can't stop US now!"
why that perhspss Why tia
tonef" he demanded sharply, strucl
by the foreboding her accents con
fessed. E-..-.
This isn't the only ferry. There
the Pennsylvania and the LackANanpl
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-02-24
CHAPTER XVIII.

Taking the dazed young man by the
hand, az though he had been a child.
the Reverend Mr.. Wright led Alan
back to his study and established him
In . comfortable armchair beside his
desk.
"Sit there and compose yourself, my
dear young friend" he insisted in
soothing voice.
At the elbow of the Reverend Mr..
Wright telephone shrilled impera-
lively With a gesture Of professional
patience he turned to the instrument.
lifted the receiver to his ear. and
spoke In musically modulatsd accents.
Yes Yes: this ID Mr..
Wright. Al. yes. Mr.. Dgby.
Not ccmingf But my dear sir.
Mr.. Law Ii already here must tell
you"
He checked With q repyQying dance
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-02-24

chung passionately TO t.m. -! me
again that you love mel" she prayed.
Promise me you'll never let anything
come between us. Promise me, Alan
promise me you'll be kind to me al
ways, dear!"
Can you doubt will be kind?" he
murmured reproachfully.
Il am afraid - she whispered.
How could be anything else. Low.
ing you as do?"
Il am afraid
why should l be unkind to you5"
1T isn't that. I'm Just
afraid"
"Of what?"
"Of losing you.''
But that can never bel"
"You can't be sure. What II you
were to find you'd been mistaken"
She caught her breath and added
hastily-"That you didn't really love
me, l mean"
"Oh, that's ridiculous!"
II can't be sure. Nothing in life IL
! permanent. What is love? Illusion Of
the senses! What is happinessf A
will-o'.the-wisp! What is life? A
make-believe!"
Dearest" He held her more close
ly still. "You are nervous and over
wrought. You don't know what you're
saying. You can't mean what you're
saying. But say that it's SO
that life Is all make-believe. Then
make-believe you love me-"
"Oh, but l do. dol"
"And make-believe for little we've
caught the will-o-the-wisp-only for 9
little-until you wake up and realize
that it's all real and true"
She closed her eyes again: Eyes,
she breathed. you are right. Lett
make-believe it's all true for . littl'
longer and forget :"
He could by no means account To-
this strange humor; but no did hi
best to comfort her, none the less ten
derby because Of his mystiHcation. An,
for . long time she let illusion blin,
her. resting quietly in his arms. NAL
. ing believe
j, Only on approaching the Twenty
third street ferry they, must need
rouse and sit apart constrainedly 70
! fear some one might glance through
tho window and surprise their secret
Al il one needed the evidence Of
; caress exchanged to know that the
: were lovers. who had eyes to sec tn
. flushed loneliness Of the girl shrinl
} ing back In her corner or wit to Intel
: pref the radiant happiness that shon
in Alan's face as he bent forward IN
, watched warily from the window.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-02-24
oopyrigha, ma b. Louis Joseph vssss
Sweetheart! Ny bravest little

Sweetheart! Ny bravest little
,woman!"
The hook hung steadily within six
inches of the windowledge. Alan ex-
tended his arm.
Nothing to fear. except lest hold
you too tight, dear one!"
Without a word Judith set her foot
beside his in the hook, surrendered to
his embrace. and closed her eyes.
Immediately they were swung away
from the window, over toward the OPP
posite sidewalk, and gently lowered to
the street.
Maybe this isn't a good scheme!"
Alan exulted in the innocence of his
heart. But l think it is. And those
workingmen think it a great lark-I
told them the simple truth, you see:
that we were eloping!"
BY way of answer Judith breathed
only a word of tenderness.
And that instant the hook paused
and Alan stepped of upon the side
walk.
Safe and southland not a soul
over there the wiser as yeti" he de-
clared with a derisive nod toward the
home of Urine. Come along. Here's
q limousine waiting. In twenty min
utes we'll be at the ferry, in forty over
in Jersey, within an hour married,
within four hours safe at seal"
CHAPTER XVI.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-02-24
Make-Relieve.

hour of that golden morning which fol-
lowed the night of his return to New
York, Mr.. Law was permitted to es.
TEEN himself The happiest Of mortals.
And inasmuch as this is not only
longer uninterrupted term of happi-
ness than is humanity common but is
more of that emotion than ordinarily
leavens the whole Of q lifetime. Alan
was perhaps to be envied, even though
establishment when 1t came was sud
den, sharp. and to him unspeakably
shocking-a swift, unpresaged plunge
from sunlit peaks of supreme content
to the black depths Of bleak Aver.
nus Of despair.
The beginning Of the period was
synchronous with the slam Of taxi
cab door that shut away superfuous
world from the company Of two who
loved.
The sound spelled safety as well %
success in Alan's understanding.
The car slipped smoothly away from
the curb. pursued only by little gust
OF semi-ironic cheers from the little
company Of working men who had wit
messed 40 well az measurably partici-
pated in the putative elopement from
the house Of Trine.
Vigilant for any indication that their
evasion had had . witness in that
strange home Of deathless hatred.
Alan watched it through the little
window in the back of the cab until .
corner blotted out the vision Of It;
then with . sigh Of relief sank down
by the side Of the woman to whom his
every thought. impulse and emotion
were dedicated.
"Rose!" he whispered, and tenta,
lively touched one Of the hands that
lay clenched in her lap.
She responded with never . sign t.
indicate consciousness either Of hii
touch or his whisper.
And reminding himself of the strain
imposed upon her by the experience
through which they had Just passed
Alan excused her unresponsiveness OF
grounds of reaction. and for the tint
felt constrained to let his sweetheart
rest and regain her normal poise
there was bliss enough for him In tn,
consciousness that he had won hel
safely away. that nothing now NOR
than . short hours drive across tow
and by ferry across the Hudson stool
between them and the marriage tina
should prove the contamination Of a
their trials Barring accident
Alan had too often suffered the pen
atty Of disappointment for over-indul
gence in this failing Of his for depreci
ating the unforeseen. not to make tn
mental reservation, Barring acc
dents!" with little shiver Of dread.
Had any Of Trine's household bee
cognizant Of his daughters escape
Alan argued. interference must hav
been instant.
Despite the reassuring aspect, tn
preoccupation Of his companion Q
wore upon him that he was present.
no longer able to refrain from disturb
ing her.
"Rose!" he begged again, closing
hand tenderly over hers. "Dearei
girl, don't worry another instant! D
calm yourself: remember We are sal
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-02-24

Ito Be Continued
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-02-24


distorted lips drove recognition home.
Gee. fellers, look't who's here! II
it amt tn guy what threw me off'n
that girder this mornin'. Stand back
and let me kill TIL"
Without the hesitation of a heart.
beat Alan swung heavily for the thugs
jaw. The blow went solidly home.
The man fell like poled OK.
Pandemonium ensued. Rallying to
their comrade, the ruffians attacked
Alan with one mind and one intent.
Murder would have been done then
and there had il not been for a rotten
banister-rail, which gave way, precipi.
tating the lot to the ground floor of
the hallway.
simultaneously the lamp on the wall
was struck from its bracket and
crashed to the floor. its glass we'll
breaking and loosing a food Of kero-
sene to receive the burning wick. The
explosion followed instantly. In a
trice the hallway was lake Of burn.
ing oil. and hungry flames were lick.
ing up the rotting wallpaper and eat.
ing into decayed baseboards and stair.
treads.
Still lighting like a mailman, con.
testing every foot Of the way, Alan
was borne down the hall and out O,
the front door. A scream Of "Fire,'
greeted him as he reeled out into the
open. II was echoed by . dozen
threats.
The doorway vomited men and
women of the tenement They choket
II for time, blocking both egress ant
ingress. By the time they broke on,
and left the way clear . solid wan O
name stood behind It.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-02-24

The rapidity with which he COM
pleted the change Of tires proved him
an excellent chauffeur. an adept at his
craft: but the delay was one disas-
trous for all that. 1t worked together
with what Alan pardonably described
as the devils own luck to bring the
touring car in sight at the precise mo-
ment when the chauffeur was cranking
up and Alan on the point Of re-enter-
ing the cab. And though they were
on again before Alan could close the
door, the attempt was hopeless from
the start.
And yet-whether or not because
Alan's distaste for Interference had
been too convincingly demonstrated
| the touring car for the time being
contented itself with trailing about
fifty feet in the rear. while the taxi
ned the tenement purlieus of.the Ho-
boken waterfront and found its way
| Into the broader streets Of an unpre-
| tentious suburban quarter.
/ Not until they were well into the
suburbs, with few dwellings near and
no pedestrians to interfere. DID Mario
rs,ets purpose become apparent. Then,
however-and it happened while Alan
was looking back-the touring car
drew in swiftly and easily and Mario
phat, rising in his seat leveleA . 10
volver over the windshield and fred.
The crack Of his weapon was prac.
tically coincident with . metallic thud
beneath the rear seat OF the tAxicab.
Not for some moments did Alan ap
preciate the viciousness Of the scheme
eurmising that the gasoline tank had
been punctured By the bullet, he VA
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-02-10

Win a grow Chum tore himself from
the restraining grasp and dashed into
the bushes. "A child, no doubt" he
thought as he plunged in pursuit, "and
that lubberly brute will scare it half
to DEATH"
He pulled up with an exclamation.
In a narrow wood-path a little way
from him, partly hidden by wind
fall, stood a girl, her skirt transfxed
with a wickedly jagged sapling. He
saw instantly how it had happened;
the windfall had blocked the way, and
she had sprung clear over it, not
noting the screened spear, which now
held her as effectually as any railroad
spike.
In another moment Valiant had
reached her and met her face, flushed,
half defiant, her eyes blue CLEAN Of
smoldering anger as she desperately,
almost savagely, thrust wild tendrils
of f1ame-colored hair beneath the
broad curved brim of her straw hat.
At her feet lay great armful of cape
jessamines.
A little thrill, light and warm and
joyous, ran through him. Until that
instant he had not recognized her.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-02-10

today" he confided to the dog, as he
tramped through the lush grass. IF
you see me ladle the muck out of
that fountain with my own fair hands,
don't have a fit. I'm liable to do any
thing"
His eye swept up and down the
slope. There probably isn't a finer
site for a house in the whole South"
he told himself "The living-rooms
front south and west. Well get
scrumptious sunsets from that back
porch. And on the other side there's
the view clear to the Blue Ridge"
He skirted the lake. only to grub
out some of the lilies-there's too
many of them-and straighten the
rim-and weed the pebble margin to
give those green rocks show. I'll
build little wharf below them to dive
from, and-yes, I'll stock it with
spotted trout"
He was but a few hundred yards
from the house, yet the silence was so
deep that there might have been no
habitation within fifty miles. All at
once he stopped short; there was
sudden movement in the thicket be-
yond-the sound of light fast footballs,
as of some one running away.
He made a lunge for the dog. but
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-02-10
A ScrupuIous Officer.

AT Marengo, while Napoleon recon
noitered the enemy's movements and
gave his orders in writing. a cannon
ball struck the officer to whom he was
debating and threw him mutilated on
the ground. Napoleon ordered anOth-
er secretary. He came. At the mo-
ment when Napoleon resumed his dis
patch the wounded man raised him
self. General" said he in a dying
voice = general = we stopped there"
And he repeated the last words that
Napoleon had dictated.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-02-10
All Alike.

A Glasgow schoOlteacher was re-
viewing the assembled ranks prepare
tory to marching them to their classes
the other morning. As he walked up
and down the lines he noticed one boy
whose boots had not been BACKED and
who was standing slightly in front of
the others. Wishing to shame him into
methods of neatnesS, the teacher ex-
claimed, 1.-THE boy with the dirty
boots. step back into line And
straightway the whole line shuffled
back pace.-Glasgow News.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-02-10
Ole
VALLANTS@VIRG[lNIA
@T HALLI TN1INIL RIVIS pS $751; S"Eznrn))
ILLUSTRATED ~ LAUREN STOUT

81 have. 1 never guessed II before,
and it's magnificent discovery. How
ever. it suggests unwelcome refiec-
tions. Aunt Daphne, how long do you
estimate a man can dine like this on
well. say on hundred dollars?"
''Er hun'ed dollahs, sub? OATS er
right smart heap o. money, deed ct is!
Well sub, pens on whut yo' raises.
Eff yo' raises yo' own gyarden-sass en-
chick'ns en- aigs, All reck'n yo' kin
live longah dan dat ar Methoosalum,
en- still hat mos of it in de OF stock
in"
"Ah! | can grow all those things
myself, you Think"
"Yo' cert'n'y kim" said Aunt Daphne.
"Evybody do. De chick'ns done peck
TO deyselves en- de yuddah things-yo'
o'ny gotter courage 'em en- dey jes'
grows"
Valiant ate his dessert with a
thoughtful smile wrinkling his brow.
AS he pushed back his chair he smote
his hands together and laughed aloud.
Back to the soil!" he said. John
Valiant, farmer! The miracle of it is
that it sounds good to me. 1 want to
raise my own grub and till my own
soil. l want to be my own man! And
I'm beginning to see my way. Crops
will have to wait for another season,
but there's water and pasture for cat
tie now. There's timber-lots of it
on that hillside, too. l must look into
that"
He filled his pipe and climbed the
staircase to the upper floor. There
were many bedrooms with great four
posted, canopied beds and old-fash-
toned carved furniture of mahogany
and curly-maple, and in one he found
a great cedar-lined chest filed with
bed-linen and napery. In these rooms
were more evidences of decay The
bedroom he mentally chose for his
own was the plainest of all, and was
above the library, fronting the vaga-
bond garden. 1t had a great black
desk with many glass-knobbed draw
ers and a book-rack.
He fingered longest in a room
whose door was painted The Hilarium.
1t had evidently been a nursery and
schoolroom. Here on the walls were
many shelves wound over with net
works of cobwebs, and piled with the
oldest assemblage of toys. There
were school-books, too, thumbed and
dog-eared, from First Reader to
Caesars Gallo Wars, with names of
small Valiants scrawled on their fly
leaves. He carefully relocked the door
of this room; he wanted to dust those
toys and books with his own hands.
IL the upper hall again he leaned
from the window, shifting the far
flung scent of orchards and peach
blown fence-rows. The soft whirring
sound of a birds wing went past, al
most brushing his startled face, and
the old oaks seemed to stretch their
bent limbs with a faithful brute-like
yawn OF pleasure In the room below
he could hear the vigorous sound Of
Aunt Daphne's hard-driven broom and
the sound flooded the echoing space
with a comfortable connection
He went to his trunk and fished out
a soft shirt on which he knotted a
loose tie, exchanged his Panama for
SLOUGH hat, and whistling the bar
carole from Tales of Hoffman,, went
gaily out. Il feel tremendously alive
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-02-10
What He Was countlno.

What is that man over there-the
one counting his fingers?" That's
Dobbs, the poet But he isn't count.
Ing his fingers; he's counting his
feet."-Boston Record.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-02-10

We are glad again for the
third time in two years to
announce a big reduction on
Goodyear tires, effective Feb
ruary 1st.
Goodyear policy on price is
to give the utmost in a tire at
the lowest possible profit. Our
reductions are made to that
end, without ever reducing
the quality.
That always means, with
our matchless output, more
for the money than any other
maker can give.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-02-10
Only Fair Basis

We consider profit margin on
a tire the only fair price basis.
We keep the margin just as
low as our line allows.
While we do that, Goodyear
tires will always undersell any
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-02-10

AS rubber came down our
prices came down AS our out
putmultiplied, reducing factory
cost, our prices came down
with it. In two years our re-
Notwithstanding the pres
ent-have totaled 45 per cent.
Last year we increased our
output 26 . per cent. A few
days ago the embargo on rub
Der was modified so that sup
plies seem assured. The mar
ket price for rubber seems for
a time established. Fabric
costs less than last year. 50
under our minimum profit pol
icy, we announce this new re-
ductiOn.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-02-10

CHAPTER HE voluntarily turns
over his private fortune to the receiver
for the corporation.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-02-10
Effective February l
Reduction No. :
On Goodyear Tires
Making Total Reductions As per cent in Two Years
To Give Always the Most for the Money

tire that compares with them.
That is because we have the
largest output. We have a new
factory, modernlY equipped.
and we have worldwide facil-
tiles for buying rubber, of our
extra grade, at the lowest mar
ket price.
For a long, long time most
tires have soil much above
Goodyear prices. Some have
sold one third higher. A few
have sold lower, as some al
ways will, because of less rub
Der, less quality. But we can
and do, under all conditions,
give more for the money than
any rival tire can offer.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-02-10

CHAPTER Hills entire remaining
possessions consist of an old motor car.
white bull dog and Damory court. a
neglected estate in Virginia.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-02-10
COSD7NG1I L2lz 6Y e066S-hEIRnL ca
SYNOPSIS.

CHAPTER John Valiant, a rich So
ciety favorite, suddenly discovers that the
Valiant corporation, which his father
FOUNDED and which was the principal
source Of his wealth. has failed.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-02-10

CHAPTER IV-He learns that this es-
tate came into the family by royal grant
and has been in the possession of the
Valiants ever since.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-02-10

CHAPTER Won the way to Damory
court he meets Shirley cambridge, an au-
burn-haired beauty, and decides that he
IS going to like Virginia immensely.