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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-05-20
FAVORBELMONTENTRY
WestCheSter Racing Association Opens
Metropolitan Handicap; Part Of Pro,
Ceeds 10 Crosses

NEW YORK, May 70 Nine horses
were cardcd to start In the Melropol
tan Handicap with which historic
classic the Ncstchestrr racing asso
citation today opened It's season at Bel
mont park Formerly the prizes for
this event had aggregated $4,000 but
today 1t had guaranteed value Of
$4,000 The distance Is one mile and
the race for three year olds and W
wards
August Belmonts double entry Rock
View aud Strombol, were picked us
fayontrs before the start aud Rock
View carried top weight Of IA pounds.
II was understood that betting be-
tween individuals, memoranda NJ wug
crs and settlements after cnch rice
would be- permitted, but no deposits
before the race would be- allowed The
meeting was TO continue until June ..
Part Of the proceeds was to be de
voted TO the Red Cross, White Cross
and Blue Cross societies
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-05-20
GAME HALTED BY RAIN
Victory Is Delayed for Senators by
Flooded Field nj Muskogee; Wealth
er Is Threatening To-day

MUSKOGEE May 20 After u
series against the Fort Smith Twins,
the oklahoma city Senators yesterday
came 10 Mu,kogec with "hIood In
their eyes, und the hope Of ylcto-
riouS series against the Nets strong iu
their breasts Yesterday they were
fuilrd by a heavy downpour aud con
ditIon, favor the same weather today.
The Senators have won five out Of the
Inst six game, and expect to clean up
the Nets In shape that will allow
them To tnrke the Tulsa Producers
iu record foru The Tulsa series win
start Sunday The Senators nllghted
from the train here In fine condition
and predicted An easy victory over
the Mrls They will meet today. or
In case weather conditions nre good,
tomorrow on the home lot Of the Mus
kogcr buticrs
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SUFFRAGETTES WRITE TO
PRESIDENT ASKING PARDON

NEW YORK, May 20 letters 10
President Wilson IN which the writer's
apologize Tor the attempt by suffra
gists to approach the president during
his recent stay I'm tins city, with All ap
peal for the suffraglst4 cause, have
been mailed II was learned today To
the president hy number ot SUI
frage leaders Among the writer's were
Miss Mary q. Hay, chairman " the
Women Suffrage party.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-05-20
NATIONS GREAT SCHOOLS TO
CONTEST At san FRANCISCO

san FRANCISCO May 20 The
university Of peunsy aud Syra
cuso, It was learned today will send
crews here to compete In the inter col
lrglate regatta TO be- held IN July un
der the auspices Of the Panama Pm
ctric exposition Harvard ulso has
agreed 10 send Il crew In the event Of
1t victory over Yale Washington Uul
yersity has assured the officials It's
eight will participate
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-05-20
Two Mnnle Ikmns

McALESNER Ok. May ~ Greatly
handicapped by lack Of men the Met
Alr@ter Miner. Yesterday hrld the top
uotchrrs 10 Il 3 10 victory, after a
particularly hard fought and well play
rd game In which the locals had II
catcher ON shurtstop. two pitchers I'm
the ont field and an outfirldrr on sec
oug hnse Two home runs. one 10y
ONrnI nnd the other by Fowler, were
the only earned counters I'm the game
The holes IN the NcAlcstcr team viii
be- filled today Boy the addition ~ two
new men to the squad McGee. short
stop last yrur with Topeka, Kan, and
Nnrdly utility man last year with
Muskogcc and this year with Waco
viii Join the team
Score by innings
sherman ........ ...O2O OOO OlO ,
McAlester ..... ......OOl 600 900
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-05-20
FOOTBALL TEAMS WILL PLAY
AT FRISCO EXPOSITION

WASHINGTON, May 20 The foot
ball team of Washington aud Jeffer
son university, It was announced last
night will play at the Panama Pacific
exposition al San Francisco on Sep
tember IS The opposing team will
be Michigan or Carlisle.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-05-20

TULSA, OK. May 20 Eight cor.
-ccutIye Victories Is now the record
held by the Tulsa Producers since
their victory yesterday over Fort
Smith The Producers stuck to their
heavy hitting streak and the Twin
hillsmun Herring allowed n hits thut
urttcd counters The second uf the
Fort Smith Tulsa series today Is rN
pcrtrd 10 net another game FOR the la.
calls who are RuNlousIy hoping to have
won ten strnlghts when they line NJ
against the senator, Ia the next series
here
Score by innings
Fort smith ...........O .OOO COZ OlO {
Tulsa .... ............lOl 90 OON y
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RIFLE TEAM CONTESTS
OPEN TO CIVILIANS

WASHINGTON, May 20-Cvilian
rifle club teams viii participate In
the four day rifle tournament an
nounced today. The competition has
been approved by the war department
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-05-20
AHA! AHA! IT ALSO
RAINS IN INDIANAPOLIS

INDIANAPOLIS. May % Rain to
day caused IA postpOnement of the
first elimination trials for the 5OO
mile automobile race 10 be held here
May -
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Seven in Five

BOSTON. May 20 Pittsburgh scor
ed seven runs m five innings off Ra
gan Wedncsduy MammauN Of the Wis
itors holding Boston without Il run.
Score: X H. b.
BOSTON ..... 900 900 900 q l
Pittsburgh ,.... BOO O4U OOO-i lO u
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-05-20

CHICAGO. Nw 20 Chicago de
fcated Philadr0phm @ ro : In the final
game Of the series Wednesday, the Wis
iting pitchers AL. being unsteady
Score. H. II T..
Philadelphia .o9l o2o 100 10 .
Chicago ........Uul OaO OJN y
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-05-20
Hearn Batted Hard

PITTSBURGH, May 20 Newark
scored three runs from five hits OF
Hean In one inning Wednesday. de
festlng Pittsburgh. Z IN g Mosely
was steady throughout the game uev
er being I'm danger
Score r. n n.
Newark cod. .OO3 OOl 300 10 Il
Pittsburgh ..... 900 OO2 OOl 3
Batteries: Mosclcy and Rarlden
Hcnru. Rarger aud OConnor.
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mrut this year hus reached lGN2, nm
Increase " - per rrnt over last y"hTs
registration, aud practically double
the enrolment uf Two years ago.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-05-20
Pitcher Wins Own damn

nENlSON TcN MAY ~ with "A
Jwu.busr MT In the ninth lap, the Den
I,un mouudcr lllggenbotham yester
day won his own game against Paris
when by sacrifice and steal he slid
across the home pillow Tor counter
That run made the score ! to u In IN
yur ~ the lrculs. after nine innings
" game that WIS not only almost
crrurless hut which was rhe speedlest
pitchers hattlc ever staged on the la
rnl lot. Phillips FOR the Paris Snap
pers. and Hlggruhotham ror the locals
held down the hill
Score 10y innings
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WESTERN ASSOCIATION

Results Yesterday
NnskoRee oklahoma CITY. rain
nenisOn ! Paris u
Alester sherman
Tulsa a Fort Smith
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Waco A. San Antonio
Shreveport at Houston
Fort Worth at Galveston.
Dallas of beaumont
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Cnomhs shuts En- Ont

BROOklNN May 20-Jack COombs
of Brooklyn blanked Cincinnati , to
0 yesterday scoring his second success
slye shufuut aud his third straight
victory " the season.
Score X II. h.
Cincinnati 900 900 900 q 3 /
Brooklyn .. zee. 900 lOl OON . v l
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Result. Yesterday

New York 5,'tilagu !
brooklyn 2, tu.luuutl D
Philadelphia d. ST Louis 3.
Boston D, Pittsburgh Z
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DANES IOday,
Cleveland at Milwaukee.
indianapolis nj Minneapolis.
Lusyllle nj ST. Paul.
Columbus at Kansas CITY.
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Garnes loday

IlttHburgh nj NrR lurk
cincinnati At Philadelphia.
chicago at Boston
~ Louis At brooklyn
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-05-20
Maruuard Wins Game

NEW YORK, May 20 MaQuard
went into the box In the ninth inning
Wednrsdn, and retired two men with
the bn-r- full the home team defeat
ing Chicago to l. Murray made IA
sensational one handed catch.
Score. RH. T..
Chicago .. 900 lOO OOO-l 10 o
New York .. 80 9O2 OON .. q /
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Fort smith M Tulsa
uklahoma CIV NJ Muskogpr
Paris NJ nrnison
sherman a. NcAlestpr
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Rssults Yesterday
Fan Antonio q. Dallas ;
Galveston s shreveport o
Houston Fort Worth {.
HenumOuf "a Waco 2
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YESTERDAY Results
Pittsburgh 3. Newark
All other games postponed
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-05-20

Washington at Cleveland
Philadelphia at Detroit
New York at st Louis
Boston at Chicago
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-05-20

Games To-day
Buffalo At " Louis
BROOKLYN AZ chicago.
Baltimore ~ Pittsburgh
Only three games scheduled
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-05-20

Results Ysstorday
All Umr, YDstponed rain
lanes Today
nrnNu. pa. Nrs MOines
lNu.Hn H A. Joseph
Topeka Hf Sioux city
NI hIH s. omaha
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% SOUTHERN LEAGUE ~
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q q OOuun 10000 900 900 q
st,sIIps of the T~ams
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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-05-20
FEDERAL LEAGUE

. 900 10000 ooooo y
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-05-20
WESTERN LEAGUE

100000 10000
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-05-20

Mobile % thHttauOoHa
Nrv Orleans 7. Memphis
Atlantis q Little Rock
Birmingham 3. Nashville 2
Gamea Today
chattanooga no New Orleans
Little Rock at Atlanta.
Memphis Ht Mobile
Nashville at birmingham.
The Want Ad phone Of The Times IL
l., b. y. 80. -....
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-13
AGES OF VARIOUS LANDS
Many European Countries That Can
by No Means Be Considered
a. Old.

Compared with France and Ger
many, Switzerland is old. Under Ma
poleon's patronage the sturdy little
Alpine states were united into ar in.
dependent, but rather loose, fedora
ticn in 1903. In 1s4S new confed-
Grafton was fCrrled, modelled on that
of the United States. and holding the
cantons together in more strongly
centralized federal power. In 1874
a revision of the constitution gave
still greater power to the central gov
eminent II is interesting to note that
at the congress of Vienna the powers
of Europe agreed never TO violate the
neutrality OF Switzerland. or to at
tempt to move troops through the
passes of the Swiss alps,
Greece has been an independent
kingdom since 1892, Roumania since
1862, Bulgaria since 1886 Montene'
gre became Independent in 1873 and
was made a constitutional monarchy in
! 1905. The Portuguese republic was
established in 1910. Turkeys new
regime is five years old.
/ Russia stands, alongside of Eng
| land, as our rival In point of age The
| empire Of the RomanCffs has changed
but little since the time when Ivan
the Terrible, in 1854. threw off the
Tartar yoke.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-13
WHERE HAPPINESS DWELLS
In the Simple Life and Few Desires,
Was the Opinion Of Famed
Jeremy Taylor.

Said Epicurus. ", feed sweetly upon
bread and water, those sweet and
easy provisions Of the body. and l
defy the pleasures OF costly provi-
sions," and the man was SO cOnndent
that he had the advantage over
wealthy tables that he thought HIM
self happy as the immortal gods; for
these provisions are easy, they are to
be gotten without amazing cares; no
man needs to fiatter II he can live as
Nature did intend: he need not swell
his accounts and intricate his spirit
with arts Of subtlety and contrivance
he can be free from fears, and the
chances OF the world cannot concern
him. And this is true, not only in
those severe and anchoretical and
philosophical persons who lived mean
ly as a sheep and without variety as
the Baptists; but in the same proper
ton It is also true in every man who
! can be contented with that which is
honestly sufficient
All our trouble Is from within us;
fountain can cool all my heats, SC
that | shall have neither thirst mol
pride. lust nor revenge, envy nor am
bition. am lodged in the bosom OF
/ felicity: ana indeed no men sleep sc
soundly as they that lay their heads
upon Natures lap. For a single disf
and a clean chalice, lifted from the
spring, can cure any hunger ant
thirst: but the meat of Ahasuerus hi
feast cannot satisfy my ambition ant
my pride He therefore that hath tn
cewest desires and the most quiet pas
eions. whose wants are soon provide
for, and whose possessions cannot b.
disturbed with violent fears-he tina
dwells next door to satisfaction AM
can carry mis- needs and lay then
down where he pleases-this man !
the nappy man; and this is not to b
.,one IN great designs and swellin
lortunes.-Jeremy Taylor
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-13
Sign Number
Twenty-Five
~
By DORIS ADA MATTES0N
(Copyright, 1913. BY ". q. Chapman.)

Copyright. 1915. by W. @. Chapman.)
Tom Stibbs was Just setting the last
Of q sixteen-sheet poster in place on
Sign Il OF the Universal Advertising
Syndicate, when the ladder under him
shook. He looked down quickly.
Hello, there!" he shouted. What
ever are you about?''
A man had come rushing around
the corner at q high rate of speed.
As he turned 1t he glanced backward.
This caused a stumble. His hat fell
OF. The next moment he was up the
ladder. He was q nimble, quick-acting
individual, for like an acrobat he
pulled himself up alongside OF the bill
poster. Then he grabbed the long
flaring paste brush from his hand and
gave him a blow directly under the
chin. Tom Stibbs went headlong to
the inside edge of the sidewalk,
uttered a groan and lapsed into in
; sensibility.
Almost Immediately two police Off
GERS came dashing around the street
corner. They glared ahead. but the
object Of their pursuit had vanished.
Where's he got to-" painted one Of
the officers.
Bless me, If know" retorted the
other. Must have slipped into some
doorway"
"No-aha!" calculated his compan-
ion and he stopped and picked up the
tell-tale hat Then he glanced up at
the sign and the ladder set against it.
There the bill poster substitute was
industriously welding the paste
brush.
"That1l do. my hearty" sang out
the officer, drawing weapon. "A
clever trick that, but we've got you
Come down and give up your booty
and arrange for good long term, for
you've grabbed something worth
while this time"
But the man on the ladder had M
thought Of giving in so readily. He
continued to manipulate the brush FOL
q moment or two. Suddenly hi
whirled about. Bang! went thu
brush, directly into the face of cn'
Of his captors. Splash!-the contents
of the pail deluged the other Trust
ing to their momentary discontinue
the thief, for such he was, sprang Il
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-13
HER PROMISE kept
ss HAROLD CARTER

foor Joe Marshall had little
enoush 10 leave to his little ten-year.
oiu daughter when he Law ON his
deathbed. Education counts for littla
without force of character. and folks
said that only Joe's wife had kent
MN IN the straight and narrow path
al all. But he was a man of good
FAMILY and education, and he had had
sense enough to discern what his
more practical wife could not. that
Elise. even at ten, was the promise
Vi MS own youth never fulfilled. Joe
called her to his bedside.
you're all, Elise" he said to her.
-FOUR mothers a good woman, but
sne hasn't your character. want
you to promise me something. Prom.
Use that you'll look after your mother
and her interests all through YOUR
life"
Elise promised, hardly knowing
what her father meant, and Joe Mar.
Snail closed his eyes for ever.
A year after his death Louise Mar.
snail married again. Her second hus.
band was a widower of sixty, with a
grown son. Elise considered that
Robert Joyce and her new stepfather
were equally her mothers interests
The mite of girl, grave-eyed and
wistful. moved neglected through the
Dig house. When her mother died her
position was still more lonely. Rob
ert absorbed all her thoughts. He
was ten years her senior, and wild
She tried to restrain him, in her timit
way, but he had just left college ant
gone into the business world, so tina
they seldom met Elise remained a
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-13

the ground from the ladder and start
ed down the street.
Halt, or I fire." rang out from one
Of the officers.
The speeding fugitive disdained to
reply.
The officer did fire. The fleeing
man threw up his arms, whirled about
and went down like a clod. The Off
GERS ran up to the spot where he lay.
Done for" reported one Of them
soberly-"shot directly through the
heart"
where's his plunder?"
They searched, but in vain. Then
one OF them summoned a patrol
wagon A crowd gathered. but dis
persed as victim and officers rode
away to the station. All the general
public knew of the case was the in
formation furnished by the daily
prints the next morning This was to
the effect that Barney Flynn, profess
.ional thief had snatched wallet
/ containing very valuable document
4
| land Waldron. had fed with II. was
rursued and shot dead, Tut the wallet
! n"' 'ound
| Either Barney Flynn bad passed IL
| 20 some unsupported AMI undiscov
e-rd accor lice, or mad flung il into
hiding in some OBSCURE spot along his
/ route.
Two DAYS later there appeared In
the newspaper al offer of. $1,000 fol
the recovery OF a blue oblong wallet
bearing the initialr IN gilt, "R. W.,
ana containing a will signed by Abnel
| Waldron
Just one week after the shootinf
OF the criminal a young man passed
and repassed Sign 81 OF the Universe
| Advertising Syndicate Ten times
twenty times in fact all through th'
long afternoon this individual wen
ever the brief route that Barne,
Flynn had followed Always his eve,
were on the ground.
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home until her stepfather died. All
the money went to Robert. She inner
tied nothing. and she went to work.
At first she secured position In
the little town. hoping that Robert.
coming home sometimes. would feel
her influence about him. But Robert
never came home. and the house was
sold. Robert was making name for
himself on the stock exchange. He
lived swiftly, went the pace. worked
hard and played hard. At thirty.
three he was a name to be reckoned
with. He was a forceful man, as
many learned to their cost who
crossed his path
Elise went to him and asked for a
position. The big man, who did not
remember her until she told him her
name. roared with laughter and Of
fered her fifteen dollars week to 60
home and live quietly IN the little
town. Elise, with tears OF vexation
In her eyes. declined. She begged
until he placed her under one OF his
clerks. Three months later he was
surprised to discover that she was
still with him. He made her his sec
rotary in a tit OF kindness.
Little by little Elise made her way
into the big mans confidence. once,
when she ventured mildly to display
displeasure at prank of which ne
told her. his frown made her fear
that she had lost her precarious foot
hold. But it came back; Robert apoi
oeized the next day for having spok-
en- OF it. and after that he seemed 10
relv on her judgment a good deal
poor little Elise watched drearily
through her employers innumeraoie
love affairs. Ladies. redolent OF nne
nerfumes and rustling silken skirts
swept into his Office; flowers adorned
his desk; once there was a hght' anu
Robert trounced his rival while Elise
looked on aghast. her heart quiVerihs
,,,il che saw Roberts fist strike the
aggressor to the floor Then she ran
IN him and looked into his lace SO
eagerly that Robert forgot his anger
and smiled back al her, and took hef
ont m lunch That was a gaia DC
casion. but Elise was forgotten
through long. dreary weeks while
d;screditable scandal pursued IT'S un
oven way through the columns OF the
newspapers ia,
And now she chung to her promise
N Joe, and looked for the day "hei
sbe could tell Robert that she nae
rodaamed II She tried in innumera
h1o ways 10 steady the big man
Tnare was a bottle OF bromo seltzei
aIwavs tactfully placed at mis- desf
uben ne was late IN the morning anc
Ronert always accepted 1t in silence
% r,ue, nave known where 1t cam'
,rom hut nothing was ever said.
Then came the panic that FOLLOWED
rho noon. Robert was by this tin'
a millionaire several times over IN
aoaIs were the talk of the street On
hing was never said among all tn
oharpes made against him II va
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-13

never alleged that Robert Joyce went
back on an agreement. But others
were less scrupulous. The collapse
of the big Western pool was caused
by treacherous partners. who sneaked
away from the compact, leaving Joyce
to shoulder the burden. Rich as he
was, it was more than he could
carry.
Those we're wild days at the office.
most half the night. fighting the drop
ping prices as the stock found its own
level again. Mortgages were called.
loans negotiated; every penny Of cash
that could be procured was obtained
to help the big man fight his grim
battle against those who we're forcing
him to the wall. Once Elise was in
trusted with the secret mission Of
selling Joyce's Rubens. The har-
assed man dared not let his creditors
know that he was at his wits end.
For the first time the girl went to the
big house to carry through the deal.
She saw that it was nearly bare. Pic
lures. silver and costly rugs-all had
| gone; and still, like q wolf at bay.
Joyce fought for his respite.
For three weeks the battle went on.
with alternating hope and despair. At
last. Robert Joyce. grown gray and
old, found himself done for. He acted
with singular quietness in those days.
The flightiness had all gone out of
him. He was the reed and Elise the
oak
He called her to him. Miss Mar
dressed her as that have thou
sand dollars saved out of the wreck,
honestly saved That is for you.
shall send it to you tomorrow
Il couldn't" the girl began. But
he stopped her sternly and asked her
to leave him. Elise went to the door
AS she was passing out she heard
something snap behind her. She
rushed back Robert Joyce still sat
at his desk, and he was dropping
cartridge into a revolver.
In an instant she was at his side
She snatched the weapon from his
hand and flung it upon the floor. And
kneeling down, she buried her heat
! in his coat and sobbed heartbrokenly
/ Joyce looked at her in surprise
His hand stroked her dark hair
why, Elise" he said, Il nevel
thought you would care. I have al
ways fought my own battles. Do yo'
\ know you are the only one, the onl.
one who cares?"
Elise still sobbed at the Illustration
of her life's work, the failure to fu
| fill her promise to Joe.
What does it mean to you?" h
| asked. bewildered. why do 20
care?"
At that moment Elise knew tha
she could speak. She could tell hir
at last Of her promise, and that
was because he was the last link tha
bound her to her mother. But sh
II did not. She raised her wet face
! ! his.
Because love you" she viii
s pered.
And as he said nothing. Come!
want to take you back to Newbur
II You have fought good fight. Rober
:. Now you must rest at home, befol
you begin once more.
~ He placed his arm about her. "Wit
= you. then. dear" he said. Lord. VIII
=, a fool / have been. never knew
:, , loved you all the while!"
"a Copyright. 1915. by w. q. chepman)