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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-10

FOR RENT Six-room cottage, partly
modern; 200 Sixth avenue.
FOR RENT-Half of double house, six
rooms; modern conveniences. Phone
307.
FOR RENT-East half double house;
modern; 2S02 Sixth avenue. Phone
4541-k.
FOR RENT-Six-room house, partly
modern; close in. Rent $3.50 431
Ninth street.
FOR RENT-Seven-ro house, strict
ly modern, 2517 Seventh avenue In
quire 2739 Seventh avenue.
FOR RENT -Six-room house; partly
modern; S04 Twenty street. In
qure 1880 Twentieth street.
FOR RENT-After May Is, three-room
strictly modern house, at 422 Twen-
ty-second street, phone R. l. SIS.
FOR RENT-South part of modern
double house with or without garage.
Inquire 900 Twenty-second street.
FOR RENT - Six-room house; 2215
Sixteenth-and-a-ha street Inquire
FOR RENT-Nine-room strictly mod
ern house; good location. Inquire
German Trust & Savings bank, Rock
Island.
FOR RENT-East side double house;
modern: 1418 Fifthand-a half ave
nue.; call or phone 1427 Sixth ave-
nue..
FOR RENT-North side new double
house: six rooms; strictly modern:
907 Forty-third street; phone r. l.
4521-L.
FOR RENT-Modern furnished house
for three months. Reasonable rental
to right party; walking distance;
desirable locality. 1912 Eighth ave-
nue.. Phone 3952-k.
FOR RENT - Duplex house; five
rooms strictly modern; lower floor;
rents S26 One four-room strictly
modern apartment; rents SIG; 1920
TWenty-ffth street, Inquire 3923-L
FOR RENT-Ten-room strictly mod
ern house; laundry room in base
ment; garage; walking distance. In
quire 1119 Fourth avenue, between
10 and Il a. m Phone $40.
FOR RENT-Seven room modern
house and barn; hen house; II
acres land; fruit; garden; two
blocks from car; can be leased for
two years. A. F. Schmidt, POOL SeT-
enteenth street, phone 462S-X.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-10
For Saie-Miscellaneous.

FOR SALE-Velie ton truck wagon.
Phone R. l. 1929
FOR SALE-Old lumber. Inquire Tax
man Bros. Phone r. /. 305.
FOR SALE-Genuin Ponderosa to-
mato plants; lit Third avenue.
FOR SALE-Coal range, tables and
fruit jars, reasonable. Phone 2Sl4.
FOR SALE-One 36x6 hot water tank
with coils. Apply Palace Dye Works,
1914 Second avenue. city.
FOR SALE-Cheap, one-half ton auto
truck: first class condition; call X.
|. 1885 or 3570-L.
FOR SALE-Old family horse, har-
ness and surrey; want good home
for horse Phone 3646-L.
FOR SALE - Gas fixtures, used in
eight-room house; in first class con-
dition; very reasonable; 9O3 Fiji
teenth street
FOR SALE Hamilton Il Jewell
watch, slightly used; also Brownie
camera at a bargain; SIG Forty
fourth street.
FOR SALE-Or trade, new player
piano; will trade for good second
hand Ford runabout; address
Piano" care The Argus.
FOR SALE Strawberry, red and black
raspberry, gooseberry and asparagus
plants. Mrs. NJ Campbell, 1918
Twenty-ninth street, Rock Island.
FOR SALE = Large Cretors popcorn
machine, 3x9 feet, good order; price
right. Address w. P. Lockwood,
100 Third avenue, Cedar Rapids,
Iowa
FOR SALE-At bargain, hose reel,
one cot with mattress, one white
enameled wash stand, and other
miscellaneous articles; 953 Seven
teenth street.
FOR SALE-White Wyandotte eggs
for Matching, 81 to SIS; from good
laying strain. H. D. Spitznas, TWEEN
ty-fourth street, South Rock Island.
Phone .S91, ring 5.
FOR SALE-Lumber tearing down
the block, Third avenue and TWEEN
tieth street: doors, windows and
choice pine lumber cheap; kindling
wood so delivered in Rock Island ;
Lewis Roofing Co. phone R. |. 30l.
! FOR SALE - Thoroughbred single
comb White Leghorn eggs, from the
celebrated Ferris stock Of Grand
Rapids: 81 per Is eggs. Also thor
/ oughbred White Queen Indian Run
ner duck eggs; So per setting. S. c.
| Hawley, 2501 Twelfth street. Phone
| 14e
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-10
Free Trip TO Fl0rida's
Newest = @Gat0 Grow
fEng Section

Results this year have been next to
marvellous; up to $500 an acre from
potatoes, up to Sc hamper for beans;
peppers, eggplant, strawberries, toma-
toes and practically all vegetables
produced handsomely Bearing groves
and pineapple fields in the heart of
this rich district, producing large in
comes and excellent yields of hay and
forage crops prove the value of In
dian River Farms as Florida's fore
most trucking, citrus fruit and general
farming section
Come down and see these fertile
lands at the worst season Of Floridas
year, the summer season, the rainy
season; the season when the growers
are producing the least of any time in
the year, but come down to Vero and
see how delightful and what a Won
derful section this is even at its
worst.
Call or write for further details re-
garding this free trip, May Is, to pur-
chasers, or any information you want
regarding the crops in this tried and
proven section which seems destined
to be the most valued land in all
Florida.
INDIAN RIVER FARM COMPANY
Suite A, 500 Putnam Bldg,
Davenport, Iowa.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-10

FOR SALE-Lumber tearing down
the block, Third avenue and Twen-
tieth street; doors, windows and
choice pine lumber cheap; kindling
wood ST. so delivered in Rock Island;
Lewis Roofing Co. phone R. |. 301.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-10
Miscellaneous.

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GALL F. /. 2646 for the cleaning ma
chine to come to your home and
clean carpets, rugs, upholstering,
mattresses, white coat your base
ments; let US be your home clean
ers; prices reasonable. Griffe Vac
uum House Cleaning Co., 900
Fourth avenue, Rock Island.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-10

FOR SALE-Cheap, six-room house !;
also two-room house on same lot;
inquire 1919 Tenth avenue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-10

FOR RENT-Modern furnished light
housekeeping suite; no children,
references: S11 Forty-second street.
Phone 1858.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-10
Superfuous Hair.

hair, moles, warts, on
face and arms, permanently removed
with electric needle. Address Miss
A. NJ. Kittredge, / Argyle flats,
Brady street, Davenport. Phone S04
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-10
Abstracts of Title.

ABSTRACTS of title prepared or con-
tinued to date covering any real es
tate in the county. Prompt and ac-
curatc service at reasonable rates
Rock Island Title Abstract COM
pany; }. j. Ingram, president; W. j..
Sweeney, secretary, 209-2l2 Central
Trust and Savings bank building.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-10

TO buy, sell or trade business,
house or land: write to Western
Business Exchange, SIS Brady St,
box 344, Davenport
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-10

WANTED-Cook or girl to help in
kitchen, 725 TWenty-third street,
phone R. |. 1897.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-10
Wanted-Female Help

WANTED-Girl for general house
work. 966 Thirty-eighth street
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-10
For Rent--Eooms.

For Rent--Eooms.
FOR RENT-Furnished rooms for
light housekeeping; GIL Sixth street.
FOR RENT-Modern furnished room.
929 Seventeenth street.
FOR RENT. Modern furnished room;
use of phone. 519 Eighteenth street.
FOR Modern furnished rooms;
private family. 1913 Fourth avenue.
FOR RENT Modern furnished room,
20l6R Third avenue, Flat |. Phone
1858.
FOR RENT-Modern furnished rooms,
also board. Call 513 Twenty-third
street.
FOR RENT-Furnished rooms for
light housekeeping, SGT Twentieth
street.
FOR RENT-Modern furnished front
room for gentleman; hot water. 105
Sala fats
FOR RENT-Furnished light house
keeping rooms up and down stairs,
307 Third street.
FOR RENT-Two unfurnished rooms !:
all modern conveniences; inquire
1888 Twelfth street.
FOR RENT-Two strictly modern fur
nished light housekeeping rooms,
1905 Third avenue.
FOR RENT-Modern furnished light
onnirr 900 !,
street; very central.
FOR RENT Modern furnished room
for gentleman; board if desired
74S Seventeenth street.
FOR Modern furnished house
keeping rooms; phone, gas, 709
Twenty-second street.
FOR RENT-Four large rooms: cleo
trio lights. gas and toilet; rents SIS
53b TWenty-siXth street.
FOR RENT-Modern furnished light
housekeeping rooms; bath and
phone. 1874 Third avenue.
FOR RENT Modern furnished light
housekeeping rooms; 1929 Four
teenth-and-a-half street; phone
1865.
FOR RENT-Modern furnished light
housekeeping suite; no children,
references; S11 Forty-second street
Phone 1858.
FOR RENT-Nicely furnished room
for one or two gentleman. Three
blocks from business district. Phone
R. l. 3570-k.
FOR RENT - Two modern furnished
light housekeeping rooms, private
family; near car; 1105 Fourteenth
and a half street.
FOR RENT-Five rooms, upstairs
rents $40; 15O71a F'ifth-and-a-halt
avenue; inquire 1929 Fourteenth
street
FOR RENT-Modern furnished front
room, private family, walking dis
ance, 1913 Twenty-second street
r. I. 1243-L.
FOR RENT Modern light housekeep-
ing suite; newly papered; gas stove
Phone service. On car line. Also
sleeping rooms, sos Thirty-eighth
street Phone 1863
FOR RENT-Reasonab a very well
furnished front room, lavatory IN
room, instantaneous heater for bath
and every other modern convent
ence, at 933 Seventeenth street.
FOR RENT Furnished rooms for
housekeeping: clean, large rooms on
ground floor; gas range, refrigera-
tor; $3.50 per week to people of good
character only; 1416 Third avenue
phone 452-X.
Wanted-.Situatio ns.
WANTED-Position as housekeeper
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-10

FOR RENT-Two strictly modern fur
nished light housekeeping rooms,
1906 Third avenue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-10

FOR RENT-Furnished light house
keeping rooms up and down stairs,
307 Third street.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-10
Wanted--S Stu a tions.

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WANTED-Position as housekeeper
by widow either on farm or in
city Call or write 430 Fifth street.
by young man "a years old Ad-
dress Louis Smith, 4421 Fifth ave
nue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-10

opportunity for some
worthy young man to earn his tut
ton for business training by do
ing janitor work; Browns Business
college
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-10

FOR RENT-Modern furnished room
for gentleman board if desired
74S Seventeenth street.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-10

FOR RENT-Modern furnished rooms,
also board. Call 513 Twenty third
street
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-10

work by young
woman working her way through
college. Remington operator. Will
do stenographic wvrk if necessary
Address W. H. K, care P. o. Box
346, Davenport, Iowa.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-10

FOR RENT-Modern furnished light
housekeeping rooms; 229 Sixteenth
street; very central.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-10

FOR RENT-Two unfinished rooms !;
all modern conveniences; inquire
1888 Twelfth street.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-10

FOR RENT-Modern furnished room,
20l612 Third avenue, Flat |. Phone
1885,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-10

FOR RENT-Modern furnished front
room for gentleman; hot water. los
Sala fats
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-10

FOR RENT-Nicely furnished room
for one or two gentleman. Three
blocks from business district. Phone
R. l. 3570-k.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-10

girl for general
homework. Small family. House
cleaning done. Inquire J. ". Ward,
1712 Twenty street
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-10
Civil Engineers.

CIVIL engineer Walter n. Schroeder
Civil enginee, surveys, maps, plats,
drawings, COZ Safety Bldg. Phone S..
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-10

WANTED Situation as collector by
experienced, sober, strictly honest
man; references furnished if desir-
ed Address Collector" care Argus
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-10

WANTED at Crescent Maca-
rOni & Cracker Co, Davenport.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-10

FOR Modern furnished rooms;
private family. 1913 Fourth avenue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-10

FOR RENT-Modern furnished house
keeping rooms; phone, gas, 709
Twenty-second street
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-10

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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-10

WANTED-Lady; large manufacturer
will establish active lady of good
address and ability in permanent
town; $50 to 800 per month; ex-
perience unnecessary; all or spare
time; occupation; cOngenial to wo-
man of refinement. For particulars
address Parker Manufacturing COM
pany, 1928 North Twelfth street,
PHILADELPHIA Pa
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-10

trio lights. gas and toilet; rents SIS
536 TWenty-SiXth street.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-10

$3.50 BUYS rooming house (light
housekeeping, making net profit of
81 per week; one block from main
business district and all street cars.
Phone r. |. 452X.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-10

FOR RENT Modern furnished room;
use of phone. 519 Eighteenth street
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-10

good working conditions; clean
work and fair pay Griswold Manu-
featuring company, Fifth avenue and
FOrtieth street, Rock Island
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-10
Wauted-Male Help.

WANTED 49, LabOrers and machine
hands; Rock Island Mfg. Co.
WANTED-Boys; must be Is years of
age or over. Mutual Wheel COM
pany, Moline.
WANTED-Boys; you can easily earn
money while going to school; apply
r. |. News agency, 120 West Seven
teenth street.
WANTED - Men; learn the barber
trade; day or evening; it pays; few
weeks qualities; jobs waiting; tools
given; wages Saturday; will show
you. Catalogue mailed free. Write
today, Moler Barber College, los S.
Fifth avenue, Chicago.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-10

FOR RENT-Furnished rooms for
light housekeeping. 527 Twentieth
street
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-10

FOR SALE - Large Cretors popcorn
machine, 3x9 feet, good order; price
right Address w. P. Lockwood,
100 Third avenue, Cedar Rapids,
Iowa
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-10

same by paying for this ad and iden-
tifying at The Argus office.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-10

FOR Strawberry, red and black
raspberry, gooseberry and asparagus
plants. Mrs. NJ Campbell, 1918
Twenty-ninth street, Rock Island.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-10
Business Chances.

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FOR SALE-Confectio store doing
good cash business, 1921 Third ave-
nue..
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-10

FOR SALE-Or trade, new player
piano; will trade for good seconi
hand Ford runabout: address
Piano" care The Argus.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-10

FOR SALE-Genuine Ponderosa to-
mato plants; lit Third avenue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-10

LOST-Tuesday morning in business
district, one five and two two dollar
bills; return TO 301 Twentieth street.
Reward
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-10

FOR SALE-Cheap, one-half ton auto
truck; first class condition; call r.
|. 1885 or 357O-L.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-10

FOR SALE-Velie ton truck wagon.
Phone R. J. 1929
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-10

FOR SALE-Hamilton Il Jewell
watch, slightly used; also Brownie
camera at bargain; S26 Forty
fourth street.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-10

FOR SALE - Cigar store, located in
Rock Island, doing good business;
also doing a periodical business. Ex-
ceIlent location Cash. This is
good investment for someone. Ad-
dress Cigar Store care The Argus.
The business of the American Shoe Re
pair company, located at 1908 Sec
ond avenue, including machinery,
tools, stock will be sold by me at
public sale TO the highest and best
bidder for cash on Thursday, May
II. 1916, at 10 o'clock a. N. Otto
Priester. receiver.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-10

Attorneys and counselors at law.
Money to loan on real estate.
Rooms, 209-212 Central Trust build
ing
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-10

FOR SALE-Old family horse, har-
ness and surrey; want good home
for horse. Phone 3646-L.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-10

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FOR RENT-Furnished rooms for
light housekeeping; Gil Sixth street.
FOR RENT-Modern furnished room.
929 Seventeenth street.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-10

WANTED Competent girl to do gen
eral homework; no washing; good
wages. Mrs. NJ. L. Henderson, 1046
Twenty-third street Phone 1877 ev-
eningS.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-10
For Rent-Houses.

FOR Six-room cottage, partly
modern; 200 Sixth avenue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-10

FOR SALE-Coal range, tables and
fruit jars; reasonable. Phone 2S14.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-10
Lost and Found.

ring with five Yale keys
notify The Argus; reward.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-10

LOST - Lady's noseglasses, in case
with DIR. Ludwig's name in same
Notify The Argus office.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-10

FOR RENT-SiX-room house, partly
modern; close in. Rent $3.50. All
Ninth street.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-10

FOR RENT-East half double house;
modern; 2S02 Sixth avenue. Phone
4541-k
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-10

FOR SALE-Old lumber Inquire Tax
man Bros. Phone r. /. sos.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-10

FOR SALE-One 36x6 hot water tank
with coils. Apply Palace Dye Works,
1914 Second avenue. city.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-10

FOR SALE-At bargain, hose reel
one cot with mattress, one white
enameled wash stand, and other
miscellaneous articles; $50 Seven
taenth street
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-10

WANTED - Nursing, by experienced
professional tunder) nurse; best
references; salary as agreed. Ad-
dress "A So" care Argus
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-10

FOR RENT-Modern furnished light
housekeeping rooms; bath and
phone 1874 Third avenue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-10
For Sale-City Property.

FOR SALE Strictly modern seven
room house, 929 Seventeenth street.
FOR SALE-Lots; hill location; $3.50
and up: terms if wanted. Phone r.
I. 3929-Y. O. J. Brien.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-10

FOR RENT-Half of double house, six
rooms; modern conveniences. Phone
307.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-10

FOR SALE-Six-room house, with
summer kitchen; cheap if taken az
once; 1926 Sixth avenue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-10
Painting and Paper Hanging.

PAPER cleaning; reasonable; H. Me-
Gun. Phone r. |. 1861.
CALL Maring Bros. for paper cleaning
and paint washing. Phone 3583-Y.
WALL tinting, paper cleaning, and
painting; work guaranteed. Phone
1868.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-10

FOR RENT Modern furnished light
Housekeeping rooms; 1929 Four
eenth-and-a-half street; phone
1866.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-10

LOST-Will party who took ladies'
white gloves by mistake at X. G..
hall Friday night phone r. |. 579-k
1880 Third avenue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-10
Observation-Disclosures.

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SEARLE & MARSHALL-AttOrn
at-law. Office, 302-303 Safety build
ing, Rock Island.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-10
For Rent-Misc ellaneous.

FOR RENT-Corner store on Third
avenue; suitable for grocery or
wholesale liquor store. Inquire
store" care Argus.
The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1916-06-01

dies. I wonder If the worthy gods are
those we can take with us
Midas must teach all to be as Midas;
the young must be raised in his religion
The manuscript ended there. and
Sheridan was not anxious for more. He
crumpled the sheets into a ball, depos-
iting it with vigor) in a wastebaslzet
beside him; them rising. he consulted
Cyclopedia Of Names. which book
agent had somehow sold to him years
before; a volume now first put to use
for the location of "Midas." Having
read the legend, Sheridan walked up
and down the spacious office. exhaling
the breath of contempt. Dam foolv'
he mumbled.
He felt very lonely and this was,
daily. his hardest hour For a long
time he and Jim had lunched together
habitually at a small restaurant near
the Sheridan building. where they
spent twenty minutes in the consump-
ton of food, and twenty in talk. with
cigars. But now Sheridan remained
alone in his office, he had not gone out
to lunch since Jim's death nor did he
have anything sent to him-he tasted
until evening.
1t was the time he missed Jim per-
sonally the mOst-the voice and eyes
and handshake. all brisk ana alert. ali
businesslike. But Shevidan's sense OF
loss went far deeper. Jim was the one
who would have been surest to keep
the great property growing greater.
year by year. Sheridan mad fallen
asleep. night after night picturing
what the growth would be under Jim.
He had believed that Jim was abso-
lutely certain to be one of the biggest
men in the country. We'll, it was all
up to Roscoe nowl
That reminded him of a question he
had in mind to ask Roscoe. 1t was
question Sheridan considered of no
present Importance, but his wife had
suggested Though vaguely-and he
had meant to speak to Roscoe about it,
However, Roscoe had not come into
his fathers office for several days, and
when Sheridan had seen his son at
home there had been no opportunity.
He waited until the greater part of
his days work was over, toward four
o'clock. and then went down to ROs-
GOES office, which was on lower floor.
He found several men waiting for bust
ness interviews in an outer room Of
the series Roscoe occupied; and he sup
posed that he would find his son busy
with others, and that his question
would have to be postponed but when