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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-05-22
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The marriage Of Miss Dorothy Boden
% 500 Sixth street and Fritz Johnson
Of Moline was celebrated AT . o'clock
this afternoon A. the rectory of St
Joseph's Catholic church. Dean ]. J.
Quinn officiating. They we're accom-
panied BY the brides sister. Mrs.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-05-22
SOUTH PARK MISSION SOCIETY.

The May meeting OF the Women 5
Mission society OF the South Park
Presbyterian church was held yester-
day afternoon In the home OF Mrs. A
L. LorinE. 1897 Twenty-ninth and a
half street. Mrs. c. ". HAYES con-
Quoted the devotional services and the
program was given over TO receiving
reports from various mission meet
ines. Mrs. Charles Boehme reporting
on the Presbyterial Mission society
meeting held at Alexis and Mrs. Rob
ert Lee OF Broadway church told OF
the meeting OF the Board OF the North
west meeting held In st. Paul. Both
reports were splendid and were great
y appreciated by the members
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-05-22
GENESEO COUPLE
welded 70 YEARS
NJ. and Nrs. Aivin Graves. Parents 81
judge Graves. VIII Celebrate
Next Tuesday.

Mex, Tuesday Alvin : Graves and
Martha X. Graves. pioneer residents
% Henry county and parents ot Cir
euit Judge r G.. Graves. viii celebrate
their TOth wedding anniversary IN
Gsn~seo. Both are over 80 years old
and each enjoys fair health. Friends
In Geuesco and Henry county are pre-
pariuE 30 observe the unusual ami
vsrsaTy in an appropriate manner
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-05-22

George Hines and Mr.. Hines. The
bride wore as a wedding gown a dark
blue suit with hat 10 match. Mr.. and
Mrs. Johnson will remain in the city
for several weeks before taking up
their residence in Dubuque.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-05-22
LICENSED TO WED


f.lneois. M. MAY e--Tee county
s-asA fury last sixht Indicted one %
SIS owa -ze=bers. Toilivsr Turisy o;
Ca-risrd. for tertiary.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-05-22

AIies-T-zss her. Voc surely eoar
.Aisk shs eoeia keep . ssersss Marie
We'll. TIVE trusted hsr ~t'h other
,sszEs. ard sss ssss tss9--sostna
transcript
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-05-22
Real Power.

Nodd-Do you think il is true that
a great, nay. a gigantic force like the
press OF this country. Is controlled by
the advertisers? Todd-Why not the
press? Ny wife is.-Yale Record.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-05-22
SONS OF VETERAN
TO PLAY BIG PART
tsss-d camps from OtAer Cirs~- -
stzss wul - Present. Durfz< La
eanpmsnt IN nsltn<-
s0TrE1oE DryyI TO conn JrsE !
xir Fsasnrr Wu - E4a6 srom ssr-
ma IL ne@s kspt ~ ~ sSas
% Vstsrans-

Afa meestaF tast siEnt % t1s Maisz.
.sn5 ~ aaas % veterans O. vas &C.
.eat-f p. as7fsr sosa % ve.erazs sssa
gsa=rsa. rametea. fresasEsso~z.
esl-ssafF aat rrfncetsr % ssts14 sAs
saa4sl sras- rreampueas 90 tks q A.
I1ae o. aaf q aaf 60
49, 5ar a fsr parsGs Jgns 2 Ire
gsf4fs w.- bs guests az ths taenl
esa5. cad al eatertalensas eemmas-
e. Fts seaetsfrt
sr.e. HlsIsrsa uas also discussed
a4I committees aa FrEtsfraslss. ias5r-
arss taf frafe work appoiatef. ne
n-s rrHs vt arc as pages anf escort
a- Veterans rrau Fsr sralss Co taear
easas. tI1srf-rs. ant gafe thea
s-rs reE-EsI.H asrrsl ia tsts dlFse-
COO
Tf-e H-H Hra1ers were sabsr la
ltsa .E. srl It Wut 8e isitiasrd be-
frr I.H- ev-.llHF Che tl-1t~rselp
oil H- .rHr fl tlH rfr asna~rs
have .er. r.H.esF-E f1 attend m~u1ar-
a r.Hlrr1v aE ore sreoaf
N-...H ..r.. tHf vfI arrrrt .r
a. Fr..F-r meer.He af ere Gasp
v .. H. #r0fsv
e..sfaHe- af enc soldiers
msa..# ...e HpEt. composed ~ 60
bows -.H SCHOOL t9r afBssHs asafe-
rs.- .He eH.s OF veterans AZ Nor-
na .. F bel one Of ere pleasing
saH.r.s no 1Fr e~eam9merf TIE
Haae VIII ur .r wa'H~ t1s
siar H coke parf Orb f.r Parat-
rlrnr D6mipE Jane o.
.....a.....4.... ......g.e
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-05-22
Frsinguished.

He ~as positively burning with
iovs for her
oh. IL vas all right Her father
pat sin out
I, IL an everlasting duty. the duty o:
s<srx brave vAlor II still value
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-05-22
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

Emil ". Knochenmus of Moline and
Miss Lena Bricker of this city were is
sued a license in Peoria today to
marry.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-05-22
KINGS HERALDS HAVE MOTHER
GOOSE PROGRAM.

The annex OF the First Methodist
church was we'll filed last evening
when the Kings Heralds of the church
held q Mother Goose reception, pre-
senting a program adapted from
Mother Goose rhymes TO mission work
The program opened with an exer-
else, Curious Cradles in Different
Lands" given by Ethel Frederick,
Martina Taylor, Elizabeth Ward, Cath
crime kennedy. Leota Edwards, Hazel
Long and Esther McNutt. Then fol-
lowered an exercise when the follow
ing members of the society in the re
spective roles reCited mission rhymes
as Mother Goose called them in.
Mother Goose. Marjorie SaIa
Old Woman in the Shoe. .....-..-.
....-..--........-...M Marjorie Walker
Old Woman Under the Hill-..-.---
..--.- ............ Ethel Stevens
Tom the Piper Eugene Burton
Dame Trot- Gladys Dice
30 Peep. .............. Ruth Clement
Boy Blue. .-..----. William Lavender
The Miss from Primrose HILL.
Observation-Disclosures. Louise Wilson
Nilkmaid ......... Margaret Gsrretsou
Simple Simon .-.......H Harold Stevens
Lucy LoCket. ...-........- Ruth Harms
Miss Noffitt. ..-.--.... Margaret Ward
Jack Homer .......... Frederick Stapp
Little Boy that Lived in the Lane.
-.-----............ . Raymond Johnson
Mary. Mary Quite Contrary. ...-.-.
---.-...-..-...... Gladys Elliott
Jack and Jill............-.........
Eugene Roseberry and Florence
Tams.
Later a Mother Goose drill was Civ
en- and each of the young people did
his or her part remarkably we'll
Helen Lavender recited Circus Day
Parade" while stereopticon views were
shown of a circus parade and must
cal numbers were played on a grapha-
phone The young folks sold candy
at a booth and from the evenings pro
ceeds realized $50 10 apply on the
thankofferinE and enable the Kings
Heralds to retain the conference ban
ner won last year.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-05-22


rsstr. ike Fsase~. tas tts eye on
-t1sr proatrers. Treat and several
arters fsss saFth af fbs presenT fron-
ter wEief f1grtaits into Austria.
Being especially coveted N6f oaiT az
teF r1FJE. bsf along the eastern shores
% tEs AGriafsc nlEhf EseE Emmang-
els Interests BE- enhanced b. force.
s1see ere Balkan var Nthsaia's stains
has been 1aerrrasa- and iss proximity
20 fbe sostaere sst % italy. as ueii
ss Trtrstes EFzrnFss 60 tas uoTtteru
tis~. ras- both desirable as additions
Co tfatisc terFs9Fq
Nastrss's oGiF M~tltf- aaTan cut
Zee ts rsrasEE ere A4E.sr.e. auf o.
wa9lE be % ts posfsaer Co FFaErF tf
esstErF ally wsata ed iE b9sfiiaE
Nsssrts's ravsf force oprratsus from
er,a. near ere NsrlsFfe.s E6rth~Fr -Ef.
rTtLN'S ~TEfNgTu ~ LAND AM
~Et.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-05-22
HnIihar in London.

London. May 22.-Today is a holt
day on the stock exchange here and
the Liverpool corn exchange. Elk
changes in both cities will be closed
Monday (whitsuntide).
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-05-22
LADIES or EAGLES Card PARTY.

The ladies OF the Eagles conducted
a card party az the Eagles hall yes
terday afternoon. i've tables OF cinCh
being played and prizes going 20 Mrs
VIII Kruger. first and Mrs. Joseph
Grotcgut. second The ladies viii
hold another party iu two weeks al the
home when the game OF 500 will be
played
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-05-22
C.LN. WITH MISS ENGSTROM.

C. l. y. club girls were the guests
last evening OF Miss Florence Eng
strom who entertained az her home,
s8l1 Eighth avenue. All the club
members were present and there were
two visitors. Misses Esther Hedburg
and Florence Peterson. the latter
pleasing with a number OF instrument
tai numbers. The young women spent
the evening with their fancy work,
and chatting and the hostess served
refreshments. Miss Hildur Herrstrum
viii entertain az her home in Moline
in two weeks
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-30
Notice of Application for Tax Deed
Under Section 8 of Chapter 1888,
Laws of Florida

Notice is hereby given that c. A,
Parrish, purchaser of tax certificates
Nos. 996, 997, 1000, 1901, 1904,
1906 and 1908, dated the 9Th day of
August, A. d. 1912, has filed said
certificates in my office, and has
made application for tax deed to is
sue in accordance with law Said
certificates embraces the following
described property. situated is Polk
county, Florida, to-wit: Sc IA of
SW Ia section II, township &c
south range 81 east, assessed as the
property of Unknown and embraced
in said certificate No. 996.
NE IA of section 10, township 26
south, range 81 east, assessed as the
property of unknown and embraced
in said certificate No. 997.
NE IA of SW IA of section 81,
township 26 south, range 81 east,
assessed as the property of unknown
and embraced in said certificate No :.
1000.
NE Ia of Sc IA of section /,
township 81 south, range 81 east.
assessed as the property of unknown
asd embraced in said certificate No
1901.
ST, IA of Sc Ii of NV IA OF
section g, township % south, range
81 east, assessed as the property OF
Unknown and embraced in said GER
tificate No 1901.
NV ii of NE Ii of section l9
township 81 south. range 81 east, as
sessci as the property of Malloy and
Miller and embraced in said certi.
ficate No. 1906
E ID of SW Ii of section 90
township 81 south, range 81 east
assessed as the property of C. w.
Garrett and embraced in said certi
ficate No zoos.
Unless said certificates shall be re
deemed according to law, tax deco
will issue thereon on the 18th day
of January, A. d. 1916.
Witness my official signature anC
seal this the 18th day of December
A. d. 1915.
j. A. JOHNSON.
Florida 4S4S
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-30
ALLIES FIGHT BEHIND
:. TEXAS BALED HAY

Texas baled hay is the refuge be-
hind which the armies of the al
lies in Europe find safety, according
to report just sent out from Gal
weston. A dispatch from that city
says many thousands of tons Of
Texas hay are being used as bull
wark against bullets on the lines of
defense by the British and French
governments.
This fact came to light by the
statements of foreign buyers of hay,
who also direct the compression of
the bales before shipment from Gal
weston, to make them as nearly bull
let proof as possible.
Three ordinary field bales are COM
pressed into one bale before being
loaded on vessel This process
gives the bale a desnity that is said
to make it equal to steel plate in
stopping bullets 1t is stated that
trenches are being lined with the
bales of hay.
Mr.. Jacob S. Collins was the first
Savannahian to bring back from
Texas this story of the use uf
American hay for defensive pur-
poses in Europe. He received the
impression that it was marsh grass
that was being used and said a
former Savannahian had a contract
for shipping it to France and Eng
land. 1t is probable the Europeans
are making the same use of marsh
grass that the Confederates did OF
cotton bales at New Orleans and
elsewhere during the war between
the States.-Savannah Press
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-30
Classified Advertising
WILLIAMS BARGAIN COUNTER

FARM of 20 acres on edge OF town,
all in cultivation, newly fenced
and cross-fenced, grove of 100
trees. fine water, good land. Own
err must sell. $500. Terms.
% ACRES excellent citrus and truck
land, all fenced, 16 acres cleared
and fortified, balance in good
round timber, on hard road, about
miles from Lakeland. This is a
good bargain. Price $500; small
cash payment, balance in easy
yearly installments.
TRACT of $40 acres uncleared, truck
and fruit land, good location, good
land. Will sell all or part at $25
per acre.
20 ACRES 8 Ia miles south of Lake
land, 10 acres in cultivation and
set to orange and grapefruit one
anG two years old. All fenced.
Small house, on public hard road.
Price $4,000. Easy terms.
20 ACRES combination truck and
citrus farm, modern broom house,
2-story barn and out buildings, all
fenced, good land, fine water, an
ideal country home 1-2 miles
from Lakeland, on hard road .
Price $4,000 cash, or terms can be
arraigned.
20 ACRES fine truck land all cleared
and in cultivation, under fence /;
good farm house; only 8 miles
from Lakeland. This is a rare bar
gain at $1,000; half cash, balance
in two years.
IL ACRES near town, lake view, all
fenced, acres in cultivation
splendid land, one 5-room and g.
room house and barn, excellent
water About rs young orange
trees; one of the best propositions
in this section Price $4,000
Terms If wanted
G. J. WILLIAMS,
TELEGRAM Bldg. Phone Sc Black
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-30
JAIL TERMS FOR SPEEDERS

When a man has had warning
after warning, in fines for speeding
his automobile, and when pays no
attention to them, but speeds again,
the only thing to do is to give him
as severe punishment as the laws
permit That is what was done in a
case in police court yesterday, and
there is not a doubt that the think
ing people of the community will
say the defendant was given his
just deserts Because this is per-
haps the first time in Georgia that
an automobile speeder has been sent
to jai! for sixty days without the
alternative of a fine the case will at
tract great deal of attention: and
it is right that it should, because
the sentence imposed should con-
vince not only this defendant but all
automobile drivers who are given to
speeding that it is better to remain
within the law.
1t is not understood that every
person who is guilty of exceeding
the speed limit will be sent to Jail
without the alternative of paying
fine, but that when fines will not
break the speeding habit something
even more unpleasant must be tried.
There is rarely any excuse for speed
ing; when a life depends upon max
ing speed it may ne permissible but
that occurs only negligible number
of times in the course of a year.
Especially is there no reason for
speeding for the mere pleasure of
riding fast, for that is not only
breaking the law without the slight
est grouse, but it also is endanger-
ing lives of both the persons in the
automobile, those in other vehicles
and pedestrians. The risk and it's
possibilities are too great price to
pay to give a reckless man a few
minutes of exhiliaration.-Sava
nah News
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-30
PROMPT DELIVERY
OF FORD CARS

For several months we have been
unable to get though Ford cars to
fill OFT orders, but with three car
loads (1S cars) unloaded this week,
and four more car loads in transit,
will have few more than we have
order for, so can, while they last,
make prompt deliveries.
LAKELAND AUTO & SUPPLY co.
1860
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-30
Almost Elht

Al lolson tells an gmusing story of
his first golf caddy. Jolson found driv-
ing of rather difficult and communed
with his cdddy as TO the reason ne
missed the ball so frequently. The boy
sagely delivered the following advice:
The first thing you've got to learn. Mr..
Joison. is 70 'consecrate' your eye on
the ball. Then you can hit it."
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-30
FOR SALE

FOR SALE-Some beautiful homes,
small cash payment, bal. like
rents. Lakeland Automobile and
Supply Co. 1868
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-30
Almost Impossible Task.

The twenty-six letters of the alpha
bet may be transposed in so many
millions of ways that all the inhab-
itants of the globe could not in a
thousand million years write out all
the possible transpositions of the
twenty-six letters, even supposing
that each wrote forty pages daily,
each page containing forty different
transpositions.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-30
Astonished Hiram.

list listen Hiram Tallgrass, to this
here piece in the paper. will ye?" ex-
citedly exclaimed Ma Tallgrass. 1t
says as how old Deacon Medders boy,
Jim, what went ter the city tew years
ago, has jist got tew thousand dollars
for a new serial" BY heck" an
swered Hiram. Il Inowcd Jim wuz
buyin' up second hand mattresses
when he fust went ter the city. but
Ill be hanged if | ever thought he
wuz dom it ter make breakfas food
outen them, Judge.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-30

Center for Pens and Pins.
Birmingham England is a large
producer of pens and pins.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-30
Miscellaneous

Having purchased and subdivided
the Jesse Keen estate of SO acres
one half mile west of city limits, We
are now selling in 10 and 2O-acre
tracts some of the finest truck and
farm lands in this section at the
right price and terms. For paricu-
lars see G. C. Rogan, Rooms l and
2, Deem & Bryant Bldg. Phone lac.
1896
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-30
]. A. JOHNSON,
4859
Knew the kieaninn of Il.

Pa. what does 1t mean when pub
lie man is said to be at the zenith of
his popularity" 1T means, MY son"
replied the defeated candidate, rueful-
ly, that he is about ready to hit the
toboggan. Birmingham AgeHerald.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-30
In the Circuit Court of the Tenth
Judicial Circuit of the State Of
Florida, in and for Polk County.

Florida. in and for Polk County.
In Chancery: State Bank of Au-
burndalc, Corporation Under
the Laws of the State of Florida
VS. Belle Hamilton and William T.
Hamilton. Her Husband.-Mort-
gage foreclosure.
1t appearing by the affidavit of the
solicitor of record for complainant in
the above styled cause, that the res
idence OF the said defendants, Belle
Hamilton and William T. Hamilton.
her husband, is unknown, and that
there is no person in the State of
Florida. service of subpoena upon
whom would bind said defendants;
and shat the age of the said defend
ants iC unknown, but believed to be
above the age of twenty-one years;
1t is therefore ordered that said
defendants appear in the circuit
court of the Tenth judicial Circuit
VI l.4t oldlt VI III lOi
Polk county. at the office of the clerk
of the said court at Barlow, Florida,
on the sixth day of March, A. d.
1916;
1t is ordered further that this or
der be published in the Lakeland
Evening Telegram eight consecutive
weeks, and that copy of same be
posted within twenty days after the
making of this order. at the door of
the court house in Barlow. and that
a cCpy thereof be mailed to the de-
fenGants at lake Alfred, Florida.
their address as stated by the bill
herein filed
Done and ordered this 18th day of
December. A. d. 1915.
(SeaD
J. A. JOHNSON,
Clerk of the Circuit Court.
A. X. ERICKSON.
Solicitor for Complainant.
4s5s
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-30
FOR SALE

PARK HILL LOTS FOR SALE-On
easy terms. All streets clayed,
cement sidewalks, electric lights,
city water, shade trees. See G.
c. Rogan or S. NJ. stephens. S29
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-01-11
Women's, Misses and
Boys Underwear

Cbidron al wool 75c and s5c vests and pants for SOC
Chldrens CSC Fleeced Union Suits for------.--- 43c
Boys S5c Feeced Union Suits for soc
Boys $125 Wool Union Suits for .-.----------- oSc
Womens $125 Fleeced Union Suits for-.-.-----. SOC
Women's 81 so Fleeced Union Suits for $1.15
Womens $175 Fleeced Union Suits for. $1.3o
Womens 1926 Fleeced Union Suits for-------- $1.35
Womens $3.50 Fleeced Union Suits for.----.-- $1.60
Women's $3.50 Wool Union Suits for.--...-- $1.2O
Women's $1.75 Wool Union Suits for .-..--.- $1.45
Women's $500 Wool Union Suits for ...--... $1.65
Women's 1926 Wool Union Suits for-.--.-.-- $1.s5
Womens $3.50 Wool Union Suits for....------. $2.1O
Women's 2.75 Wool Union Suits for----.-... 1925
Women's 1926 Wool Union Suits for--...-.. $2.45
The Tupelo journal., 1915-10-22
(Copyrightby Western Newspaper Union)

Then she called up the dumbwaiter:
Mae. Is that you. Mae?"
Hello, Margaret! Say, I'm mighty
tired tonight. They're only lust get
ting ready to sit down to dinner. MI.
Wright was late. as usual. I'm about
tired of this Job. l think I'll move
next month"
81 guess l could tell somebody where
Wright spent the afternoon. if l cared
to-. Say. listen, Mae!"
Il can't, Margaret. She's calling
me"
Just a minute. Listen! Wright
was joy-riding through the town with
his stenographer in his auto, as loving
ias you please. with half the town
watching him. Took her nome after
4aaGHlaa Ma.-G5aan was JUST +alhfffHfEs
the old woman about It."
You don't say! Say. this is no
place for a respectable girl. I'm going
to move on. for sure. Oh. goodness!
There she is calling again!"
Mrs. Wright had called peremptori'
ly to hide the shock of the news. She
had stood with her hand upon the
jamb of the door during the entire
conversation. She had seen Daisy
Dean, her husbands s~tenographer, two
or three times, and she had noticed
with disapproval the little affectation
of the girl always to have a bunch OF
daisies upon her desk. Once or twice
her husband had come home wearing
one of the flowers in his buttonhole.
He had come home with n that
night.
Wright, who loved his wife sincere.
ly, had not failed to note the little sign
of jealousy against the girl who was
his business confidant. On that &C.
count he had said nothing about the
reason for his automobile drive with
her that day. Perhaps he would have
been wiser had he done 80. But the
meal passed almost in silence, and he
attributed his wife's moroseness to
her plea OF a nervous headache.
The Tupelo journal., 1915-10-22

rUE
to her home she hurried back. biting
her tips and sobbing. to fling herself
upon her bed and indulge in the Bit
terness of her self-immolation.
She felt the universal suspicion, she
felt that she was an object of scora
and pity. On the last evening of these
length recovered, Wright returned to
his home thankful that matters at the
office would thenceforward assume
their old routine. The following day
mis- wife's father would deposit the
sum to his credit, and all would be
plain sailing.
He came home to find the fat empty
and his wife's belongings gone.
The Tupelo journal., 1915-10-22

task OF going over his affairs nee
more.
An nour later he gathered his pa
pers together and thrust them away.
He opened a private drawer and
pulled out a revolver. Quietly ne in
serted a cartridge in one chamber
and raised the weapon to his forehead.
Daisy Dean looked up to see Rob-
ert standing in the doorway. He hest
tated, and came forward i~mpetuously.
He kneeled beside her and took her
hands in his.
The girl, overcome by the first
token of sympathy she had received,
burst into unrestrained sobbing. Rob-
ert drew her head down on his Shout
der.
1T is not true, Daisy" he cried.
Dear. you know how long l have
loved you. Be my wife and let US give
the lie to the world"
Before he left Daisy had promised
to become his wife.
AS Robert was leaving her, elated
with happiness, Wright was raising
the revolver to his forehead.
And he, too. suddenly became aware
that was standing in the
doorway. 1t was his mother. She had
seen the newspapers, had hurried to
his apartment, and then, instinctively
guessing where he had gone, had hast
ened to the office.
She saw him seated at the desk and
knew that a minute later would have
been too late. She a to him with
a cry. The weapon dropped from his
hand and rolled under the desk.
Twill, my dear boy!" she sobbed.
Come home with me now. You must
not think of that Remember that
you are my boy through everything
and who has ever cared for you as
much as II"
He rose from his desk and put his
arms about her.
You are right, mother" he said;
and they went out of the office to-
gether.