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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-04-25
wITTE NEVER WORE UNIFORM
He Wnd Direct WI, OF arttiuv
Results tie Sourbt

When the late Prince Wit'c had .,..
got project in his head he never Cd.
tered from his purpose. and If onr..
ton were too strong II Resigned ...I
disappeared. lie generally srcnt rt. o.,
tircmcnt in his native Caucasu. ,.i
worked as private explorer i'm comm,
ing the geological survey of that conn.
try. lie knew he would lac sour r,,
some day.
One reason for his unpopularit, 10. 80
ciety was that he never would Ve,r
uniform in "A country where , MAJ,
worth Is estimated or was until out,o
recently. by the quantity Of gold ou a..
epaulettes. This wonderful man hoo 90,
lie, after taking university dcrrc,
booking clerk at Tinis railva, A.
ton.
! met him at ST Petersburg al ,to
time of President Faurc's visit. vrIfcs
correspondent of the TrHtb Cnri,t,.
courtcsies had been extended to t,,,.,i,
journalists, and ! wished to share .,
them l had foind the Forcirl Dn,
officials there rather slow though 49,.
ognized they wanted to he ubIrur
Russian said to me: "Whv dom ,.,
go and see Witte AT tho Finance bo
partmcnt. and If he can do what ,o,,
want. IL will he done at Once ~,
don't know him" at doesn't mite.
You don't even need to ask for ,p .,'.
pointment. "Wednesday is his ,av. IA.
receives every body" At the Tt,,s,,,
| round thirty or forty people si'f..c
round waiting room. some OF Thorn
holding envelopes. probably pcii'.,,s
An usher added my name To- a list and
took my turn. Witte gave about ope
minute to each applicant. collecting ,ba
envelopes as he went down tho room
When he came to me. not noticing I
was foreigner. he said "Shto 80
sprocitie?" which may he translated h,
the shop phrase What can H., ro-
YOU" He asked this In a uuiet. indt,.
ferent way without any politician ,up.
sivcncss. ! stated my object briefly p,
French He replied IN the same Ian.
guage and in the same quiet tone. ",;o
and see my chief secretary. and e,,. var,
come from me-" Without V.utn. az
my thanks. ne gave mo hurried "a
jerky handshake and passed on to The
next visitor.
| wondered whother I had been 1914, M
but on calling on The chief secretary Us
gratified to find that everything V.r.,cJ
was granted to mo on the spot. and
civil and quite unhopcd Tor initiate.
taken IN extending TO me further favor.
All charming and some impor'sn,
Ntte had great mental powers and .,
magnificent physique. looked sad. often
gentle, and WAS actualls angelic n hs
private life He could he Ui,tv M, ,e
the French say. did not like his VII IN
bite or tear the flesh
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-04-25
Prof. westlnke on the Duties Of
<eutrals.

In the presence of recent events
The CoHect'd Papers OF JohH West
lake on Public international Lar
Cambridge University Press. edited
by l.. OPPENHEIM. member of the In
stitute of international Law, of which
Prof Westlake was founder, and his
successor in the Whewell professor
ship in Cambridge, undergocs a dis
cipline which is the common lot of all
works Of It's kind dating back Of the
present war: something in the way of
a literary moratorium, But such pro-
found and practical studies as Prof
Westlake's cannot be cancelled by the
ravaging red hand of the war god or
the war lord. The British professors
writings on the subject. to which he
devoted long working life, from 1856
to 1913, are valuable especially be-
cause with keen analysis OF elemen-
tary principles they combine a pene-
trating examination of cases" At
the moment the abstract philosophy,
examination of the moral and juridical
fundament of international law" is
subordinate to the concrete application
Of the code. In this book the two are
pretty clearly divided between a re-
vised reprint of the "Chapters on In
tornational Law" first published in
1894, and series Of later, somewhat
topically inscquential hut essentially
homogeneous. papers.
An cNpcdient that has been sug-
Gosied for the repression and punish
ment Of violitors of international
convention - "non-intercourse." filthy
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-04-25
DEFENCE OF SPRING POETS
Missouri Editor Says Let Them
sing, u Does Them .ood

Lee Shippey, making = def"'. % ~
spring poet % ll.CgInsy ~, Jcrs ,o.
makes tho surprising stItcmc'' '..'
SIN years not one spring poem hes I'c
offered for publication. Here is who
SAYS.
why. when sNCr1 bird and nHe.
tree and blade Of gra~S waits '. -...
it's Maker, and even dumb hI',. ...
and romp, fun Of tho joy OF i..c
is a sin against nature Ia too .0
press ones huoNauyy So To- go -...r.
poets sing II does them goo. ...
do us no harm
And, instead Of swattlug tN,r .,
tie cana gtrhtS" otu-.'p '.
fashioned country editor N"u
columns with uutuk mrd,rln, .,..- %
boiler plate and warnings IA ~pl .G ..
that his paper cannot spare -l.e
them. For he * a liar as u,'
misauthrope W, ha', beer ..r.
country paper SIN wears and r '.t.
less than nifty poems htN" .',0 '
mItted 10 MS, not one OF W..
spring poem, Nud ", have .r
that this paper. being edited .'
Of verse. has attracted moro -..'
buttons than most country n...
tract
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-04-25
The Drama Of the Day.

u l. difficult in writing history +
the drama To- follow any course Of de-
Nclopmcnt which wnu'd IN the story
a. almost any other art Ice the srlcn-
tlfc method of tho auth =. But there
is surh an appalling contrast between
the drama of the present day and thut
which history must take as the start
Ing point In Thc ModcYa Drama
a.. w. HucbsChD, which * an at
tempt to treat the subject in sChol-
arly ana scientific fashion. there is the
difficulty of making the theatre of the
day seem part Of the greater insti-
tuition which is back f II. when such
names as Sophocles. Shakespeare,
Mnlierc and schiller We're representa-
tive of the drama in their times.
LrDwlG LEwtsoHN recognizes this
difficulty in his readable and serious
attempt 10 review the modcrn drama
in lis relation 10 the past. Perhaps
ii - in writing of tho theatre in Eng
land that the difficulty Of the historian
Is greatest, After Shakespeare there
is nothing that holds the stage to-day
which might properly he called ma
tional drama except she Stoops 20
Conquer THE School for scandal"
or The Rivals" Il is from these
plays with the theatre of Shakespeare
mat any repertoire of so-callcd old
comedies would have To be made up.
What is there in the contemporaneou
English theatre which is worth the
efforts of historian?
Naturally it is to the plays that
have had least popular success that
Mr.. Lcwsohn turns with the greatest
interest. So We find him rather con-
tcmptuouS Of pinero, who might he
considered the foremost English play
wright of his time with the exception
If Shaw. To praise highly Galsworthy
and Barker and find high merit In
su,h plays rs THE Madras House"
which seems to the autho" "onc Of
the most fascinating OF modern plays"
That il has known no success what
ever with the public does not escape
the writer, who is equally aware that
the plays Of John Gllsworthy, in
which he takes such pleasure, are
also almost negligible so far as the
active theatre is concerned. Mr.
Lewisohn is sensitive to the qualities
which make "A play seem worth while
to-day. He writes on that point;
hasten, even at the risk of quite aban-
duning IN" lone OF history for that of
polomcs, TO answer an objection that is
constantly made to the establishment of
rigid standards In the art Of the theatre.
The drama, Il Is said is popular art.
tn" great pliywrights Of the past, Soph-
ocles, Shakespeare, Molitrc. were the pop
ulr playwrights of their own day. This
IL historically true, and n continues true.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-04-25
MOUNTAINEERS SING SEA SONGS
Curious survival OF ola CpuIIsb
Ballads In i>cutnrL>

Writing Of tho 'curious survival ..
old English ballads amouG the noun.
tainoers of Kentucky, W. \ BHdlo, r
Hurp"rS Maya inc calls attention 70 ~,
strange fact that tho most ycrs so. .
OF these songs are sca ballads
'Strdngcst Of all. perhaps. In = la.f
where most of the important Wtfc..
courses are naVigahle ouly uu horse.
back, is the persistence with which
memory of tn" sea fingers in these trans
planted ballads. There are fcw mog,
tain men for whom the ocean Vog'i
not be novelty. And yet. althoucI .
must be difficult for most of them =
10 figure IL themselves what that vas.
nat. trackleSs "Npansc, with an cmW.
horizon. really looks like. there Is o..
parently, nothing thai 80 appears p.
their imagination as sea voyage
a ShiDwreCk
Does TINS suggest p"ss hlc 80
ton for tho NcN"d question uf 'ho pf..
OF these fautically minded highl ,pu,.
and Of their ancestral pursuits e,
'ainly their language is anything o.
nautical, as in THE salt sea. where
deck is referred to in very uhhr
fashion as the 'noor'
" They had not been sailing YER, 'ons
They hadn't been sailing bu' thrc. We
She throw herself upon Tho cold roo-
And there she began 20 weep
"Bu, even II their forefathers she
prove 10 have been sailors or Tina .
watermen, il would not be oxtraogdr.t.
II. in the course of century or 50. '..
had become trife shaky COZ. Off,. o.
such minor points Of technical scan.
ship.
"A man on Beaver Creek told r
that his family was descended from o,
OF Rlickheard's pirates VINO. when ..
band was beaten and hrokcr u.
Alhemarlc Sound, sought an aevlgw .
these hills Perhaps II was no
brought with him that capital r,t'.
ballad with n real lit II IT, l.Nc s...
OF Gilherts, The Lone and IT,.
some Low which j. ono of the .rt..
variants OF 'Th. Sweet Trinity and gor.
mcmoratcd a supposed incident IN y
career OF Sir Walter Ralclgu r
Low whence the corrupt .
musical refrain in this American 80
sion.
" There was li,,e ship and en-. "a p.
upon the SeR.
And she went hy The name ~ n. W
Golden Trce
And she sailed upon IN. Ion. and '-.
lonesome low.
And she sailed upon tn. 'oreson. .'
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-04-25
John shaw BILLINGS, Arm, Doctor
aud Librarian.

The memoir OF J0hh ShdW RRNnUS
by DR.. FIELDING n, GARRISON out
nams) Is largely aUtohographical, for
the memoirist makes extensive use
of l'r. BislinSsS diaries ana letters.
John SHAW BILLINGS was born April
II, 1881 in Cotton township. Switzer-
land county indlana, lie died in this
city IN March Of 1918. His long, husy
HE makes story in two chapters,
OF which the hrst is riNil war stun
and the second record of work n
the New York Library.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-06
MAY HALT
PARADE IN CANAL
International Fleet Cruise to
San Francisco Now Seems
an Uncertainty.

Easluetor. ID. C.. Jan. 5.-Tae pos
-.r,f-i-, rf q, .-,s-r-re-,le-t of the .r,iza
80 .,..-r-..--..5---r 49,. go rr.-,,.
''- ''--t- TOD sun 'e-7e'' l-i' o17t
fre Panama Canal iu connection with
Obj. opening OF the canal and the exc
-.-..-r- -.-s .5-ra-ts- I'm -ra course
.-
Garrison and Colonel Goeraals. gov
.rua- uE the canal
rI..-rr rr. --r-- earth slide. a-
......-...... ....... ......-..-.-.. r...... .-..
.'i- %. Colonel F'-.atl7
report. -.a earth movements continue
sr r.. r..a.aa-.roE of Gold H#u AT
-.r- point tho -sre-.rerw wber- masses
ar s.-ra ON the Side Of the canal. bv
trn.- -r.af pressure. are continuously
forcing rock and soil ia great quaint
tras .u the canal prism
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-06
Villa Zapata Forces Said
to Have Lost Several
Thousand Killed.
OBREGON IN CONTROL
Black Smallpox Breaks Out in
Coast City and People
PanlC-StTlCken.

Washington. D. C.. Jan 6-Black
smallpox has broken out az Vera Cruz.
Mexico The town is in the throes OF
an epidemic
Carloads of dead and wounded from
the battle OF PuebIa were being
brought into town today. according 10
Consul Canada. whose only iaforma-
ticu from Carranza sources was that
rHa 1uIa-Zapata troops had been de-
faa-ad heavily.
According 90 Tho Carra0za agency.
General Obregou is i1 complete CON
troll OF Pueb A dispatch 10 tho
agency here says. Dead and wound
ed filled tho streets when Ioyalists en-
tered the city and tra number was
gently augmented by sharp street
lighting. i'm many instances with the
bayonet ft is believed the rebels lost
thousands killed and wounded.
five thousand were taken prisoners.
Obregon wired he would be attack
ine Nezico city within 30 days"
The faU of Tuebla came after six
hours OF what is described as having
been the most furious bombardment
10 which amy Mexican force has yet
been subjected
General Obreeou. commanding the
Carranza troops worked into position
about the city Monday night with vir-
tually aU his forces. which are report
ed TO have aggregated NOT lees than
10000 men, He had determined 10
make the battle as short as possible
and hrew nearly all his men into ac-
riou. beginning the lighting early in
4l.r. r.r r.-.r. Frrr.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-06
is ABSENT
IN RONALDS CASE
Chicago Chemist Fails 10 Find
Traces Of CarbOl.c Acid IN
Womau's Stomach.

Chicago. III. Jan. G.-Corouer HoH
zaa aa1 CHersls- 1cssasfy lave
reached no conclusion regarding the
-arse 90 death OF M-s. H1uaIds These
officials merely state that tha stomach
was not f1 normal condition and THAT
no traces % carb1iIc acid have been
found fu fact. they are not sure
whether the woman died ot poison.
They admit the coalition ot tle
stomach might have been cag-sI from
the use % zoo much druE- They be-
i.Evr the solution og tEe mE tr-v lies
usr rls 1lattool agtro-iflea. bgt VIII
bg ir q better poe flon 20 judge when
thev receive the raEt Of tl- organs
for eNnrlt1ntiou-
LTattooa. Ill., Jan. E-T u.I never
enter that house again said ur. iI. H..
E11a.ds 90 t.s guards E4ea Ee left
ELs residence 90 accompany the body
% BITS aifr M-s- Alice E1r-'la. to
West salem. where Ear win Boz buried.
It viii be- Impossible fo- m- t1 live
there now that my vife So dead
u- H1ua.ds went t1 West salem iu
tho custody % John RogacE. one Of Che
men uhr have been ul'cuiuE over
him since last FRIDAY night when
ra.z1b1-e found r.m beside fEa body
% his dgtuE v-ifs. As there is no
charge aFaiust t1s physician. .- ..as
been anticipated riE guard may have
dlf.crIty .u inducing ur toEails tD
return 20 Wattoo1-
u- RuruIds. Who iE o. morphine VIC
tim. has been deap purdert since hls are
rest Every pr-e-ufio- g. beiuE taken
90 guard aEaifst an ltfempt az suicide.
fe Is beluE given one grain of NOR
paine O. day. which ls ole-.1grru a.a
regular dose.
ur. o. r. Efrcsuar and ur. o. O..
Baker. by direction 1f Coroner Cpns.
rxarriueJ fae throat and brain OF Mrs.
H1raIta q chemical analysis 90 tle
o-xsrs 900 De- made in chicago The
lower part % tlr throat showed traces
Of q corrosive substance which the
doctors eos might have been carboUc .
ucld
Coroner Cook admitted there were .
sfaua % a corrosive 90 the stomach o. .
yI-4 H11aIdf uhar tlc chemists tu .
Chlcarp began tEsir vorE. He said
the chemists found considerable Cii il .
tre stomach The Oh Ers NOT been .
nnaIyxed as yet
ur. KIccsuer said the woman's skull .
rsa nor been fractured. but thar there .
lad been observed between the skull
and the scalp siEus of hsmorrlaEes. F.
.uaieatins that thrTs might have bcsl .
scalp injuries.
The coro1ers jury las been dis
missed uut- J1u- Is. when Sc Uiu r--
convene 90 determine the cause of
,fr. Rorai1s' death and name. - pos
sls.-. the person responsible While
.ha suicide theoEy g. retained by
,eus os the officials. the most of those
xo~Ea1r ON the case advance lEc
.h~s-y that Ers Ronald vas muir
se-rd o. died from che effects of al i.
llsEai operation
The police have arrested Carl Eea-
Kin. Who about ten weeks or two
azo j. said 60 have euteavored
.s obtain information from John Red
nan. a former convict. shat be would
s~snana f1r Killing a woman Redman
avs ReaEl1 told him a usn would
nance the deal
Redmans statement follows: J.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-06
Flames Break in Under
ground Car During the
Morning Rush Hour.
SCORES ARE OVERCOME
Entire Department Of the City
and Gr tU1uIa1CeS Sum-
m0red To- the Scene.


@ .s# "l-rs faaI gIs
...t-.. ra we're avsrclus br
-... ..... r.-.....l -..-
H. r." subway at tre re'Futl 70
..r .... morning ia the
-..... ..-.-.. ..-
@ @ Hi- ia
..f... .el only
...... .. -.-.-s...
't"F
... ...l .n farl were
e-l ar .c.rr The fae- that
ss ..re-#r.1 Jed r1 the
srrr -.-H ..r. U.-F had been a.l.-
cd. ..au sa.rEar Wood and
.-. rr- E.r.rG aare.urrE a. fs-.
..rr. ll1 been no faral.-
ree r. hospital reported
ono injured woman at- 'l ."e "al
--.. ..-...-.
,
-.-
.--..,.- -.
-,.-.-- --.+ ~.
.-..-.-,- 80.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-06

EDITOR PERSON IS FINED
FOR BRANDING MAN SCA8

~rt ..... Jan 6H-lu the fed
era. CORE r.. rsa.ertay Carl = Per-
sa rI..r Ht fs- strike Br. ctin az
t..a.er t. pleaded guilty 90 charge
r-tar .er.rrTgua and fetaua-
..r ~ru.r tsr1.ea tae mails ana
vs fr-I 5000 all costs by rEise
. Tho charge against Per-
tar Eas ..as u- sud printed 'ss gr.t-
- - l.1.lssaa smp,grs o. tho
l.'s1s reerral railroad ,a aE.ch Er
ta.r. q man H rs-aH
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-06
GERMAN SPIES IN
CANADIAN TROOPS

New Vors. Jan. -Forty-tArss Ger
n.aa spies we're arrested an1ouE Cana
fiaa trooss watch sailed for England
iast ta'L according 90 Charles Walter.
a. attorney At Tosuoto. who returned
frosi E.nziazd to-day walter said be
vas iaFksiy Instrumental 10 tteatify-
iHs tts prisoners aad cagsisE their ar
s~sts. Oas % the alleged spies va
killed ~ troops before osaec-s eoE-d
sssgenL.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-06
.R.ae-n - U. -.

"Rear.u told me- trat --vour6
stake him to uII rHa money He needed
a feu minutes later Eaali- said -.
mes SAY. John. what would - tus.
to get SOU f1 k4I a woman.
EU. o. woman said. L would
not kLl man unless was awful
mad
some Lme -ate- went 90 tle
home OF Er-. Emma Sea-baruurH.
found EeaE.l there. Eaa-Iu invited
ms go take "a ValE uirH him. and when
we rrlctad "a downtown street Dee said
90 me. John. D ann not Eifd.uc SOU.
What viii you take f1 tIi O. woman
3 answered him il the same way as be-
fore When ve returned 90 the home
% Nrs. scn=b1rCl-l EHaEiu asked we
the same questions as before. Mrs.
Scarbo-1ugh and her daughter heard
the questions and told EaaE.u NOT 90
continue DDS requests.
H.duau said le I.l Iu. believe az
the time that Erar.u mad aly serious
intentions. but that le thought best
on learning uf tl- mystery surround
luE the death rf Airs BHuaids. t1 teI
the police what Ha huea.
q. ~. Purcell lad lis wife ELll re-
use 90 EIye further Information re-
rardiuE tle death OF Alrs. Ronaids
purcell has been deprived OF NOR
phiua. Ila remains rru Iu tLe state
mrut that Doe has told aI le knows.
Airs. Purcell ls rp De- questioned asalu
iomorroN-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-06
MUST GO SLOW IN
MILITARY OUTLAY

Washington. n. C.. Jan 6-Chief
results OF last nights conferences of
Secretaries Daniels and Garrison and
congressional leaders. were a general
conclusion that the governments rev
enue the coming year would not bear
extensive additions 10 military estab-
hshmcnts.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-06
MILLION SPENT TO
ELECT PENROSE?

Washington. D. C.. Jan. 9. - That
more than million was spent in be-
half Of Senator Peurose in his recent
successful campaign for collection.
was alleged before the senate cleo
tious committee soday by Representa-
tives Palmer and Ripley Of Pennfyl-
yanLA
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-06
AsTRoNCmICAL EVENTS

Evening stars. Jupiter. Saturn. Morn
Ing stars. Mars. Venus Tie square OF
PEGASUS + formed nv three stars %
constellation Pe-asus and one ur con
srellation Ancromedai seen due west
about p IL
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-06

Carmi IT,. Jan. 6.-AEter au irvesti-
cation hy health officers the Holy
Roller revival services here were or
dered suspended. Quarantine resuia-
lions were placed in eject when 10
was discovered that q child % one OF
the leaders had diphthcria Do vas
said medical AID had been denied the
child. who had been ~ several days.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-06

h-7e-.s st1u. t.i. Jan william
lasEer af Mansfield received Ford
taaf l's eotEer. uEo= be- had sought
.'- uary years. had been seated in
irGsrscr cggEty. Eats state. Wheu a
estt ee hs was termed over to
'tFue~ re rear. folIowiaE tH@ death
q. BIS ataeF His mother lost track
ei ses son aad each had sousEt the
c.asr rhey had besa separated -s
years
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-06

"I"V#-IrI- ONO jan 3 = EaFfHrr
oe.a coat s5erarora whose mines have
Been closed by strike since April
Aav- decided 90 reopss uade- ths
"epss shop
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-06
Mlchig70 Legislature Orgsnizes-

Lansing aIicl-. Jan. 5.-Tae #7fh
Michigan legislature 5aEan its ses-
sioas today Representative Smith oil
Lapeer win b= speaker OF the house.
and Walter Taylor, Kalamazoo, presi-
dent protein OF the senate, they hav-
ing been selected az republican eau
Gus last niEhl There are only seven
democrats in the total membership OF
I-5
IL was late when organization was
completed and both houses adjourned
10 meet in joint session tomorrow when
the governors message viii be heard
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-06

Auro-a. Iil. JAM ca large yellow
cer Monday night climbed power
wire pole o1 the FOX and Illinois Ju-
ION railway from Norkvulc TO Morris.
short c'rcu.tsl the trolley wire, ana
-ed up, the road for half an hour. The
lights oF Morris went out for a mo-
weut. PASSENGERS along the line had
fo sit FOO dark cars tuu the cat was
located
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-06

Tampico I'LL. Jan. 6.-The Pitney
hotel a large frame structure and one
uHn3is. was destroyed BY tire. The
loss IS $4,000.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-06

T~Haul. I'l-. Jan. G.-The first short
course iu business ia the United
States was announced by the Unvers-
ry OF illinois for Feb. l-6 Many
DL-n.El .uncarns viii send employes-
Evening star., 1915-06-27

was taken except the one beside him. And
so with sudden daring ! said:
MAY |, Robert-even supposing the
future Mrs. MacAllister hears of it-st
here?"
He looked at me astounded, then seemed
to collect himself and laughed "I'll an
swer for her not minding," he replied.
And then, with cheerful, downright good
fellowship in his tone, he went on: "Y on re
the first to hear of it, Margaret-kee it a
secret for a few days longer I'm going
to be married in ten days-ten days from
tomorrow. It's rushing things somewhat,
but we're going to rent the llemingways'
apartment they're going abroad) until
VIC can get our own nest furnished. |
cant even get off for honeymoon just
now; but Peggy doesn't mind"
was stunned for an instant; but a stab
to the heart often affects Il woman like
an invigorating hypodermic.
"Peggy?" | knitted my brows smil-
ingly over the name. There were no
Peggys among our mutual acquaintance.
"Iou don't know her he offered.
"Dear, sweet little girl. have her down
in the Office
Tie wasn't looking at me. Ihe tram
sped on. know laughed too. had to
laugh to hide what was going on within
me. Life is IA mask.
I'm crying!
7 HAVE been doing nothing since Jerry
and the baby left but groveling in the
dregs of my loneliness. Their going left Il
void. And look at the conclusion of my