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down the aisle, saying something in a
low voice to everybody as he passed.
And when he came to them, he smiled
encouragement and made an extra bow,
murmuring "First call for dinner, if
you please, madam"
They were the centre of discreet
attention in the dining-car; and neither
the ring on her wedding-finger nor their
bearing and attitude towards each
other were needed to confirm the
general conviction.
He tried to do all he could to make it
easy for her, but he didn't know how, or
he never would have ordered rice
pudding with a confidence that set
their own negro waiter grinning from
ear to ear.
She bit her red lips and looked out
of the window; but the window, black
ened by night and quicksilvered by
the snow, was only a mirror for a very
lovely and distressed face.
Indeed, she was charming in her sup
posed role; their fellow-passengers
criticisms were exceedingly favorable.
Even the young imp who had pronounc-
ed them B. and G. with infantile
unreserve appeared to be impressed by
her fresh, young beauty; and an old
clergyman across the aisle beamed on
them at intervals, and every beam was
a benediction.
As for them, embarrassment and
depression were at first masked under
a polite gayety; but the excitement
of the drama gained on them; appear
ances were to be kept up in the roles
of a comedy absolutely forced upon
them and that brought exhilaration.
From mental sef-absolution they
ventured on mentally absolving each
other. Fate had done It'll Their
consciences were free. Their situation
was a challenge in itself, and to accept
it must mean to conquer.
Stirring two Jumps of sugar into his
cup of coffee, he looked up suddenly
to find her gray eyes meeting his across
the table. They smiled like friends.
'sOf what are you thinking?" she
asked.
''I was thinking that perhaps you
had forgiven me-" he said, hopefully.
81 have"-she frowned a ittle-"I
think have"
"And-you do not think me cow
ard?"
NO." she said watching him, chin
propped on her linked fingers.
He laughed gratefully.
Gas a matter of cold fact" he
observed. eff we had met anywhere in
town-under other circumstances
there is no reason that 1 can see why
we shouldn't have become excellent
friends"
"No reason at all" she said, thought
fully
"And that reminds me-" he went on,
dropping his voice and leaning across
the table, 'I'm going to send back a
telegram to my sister, and fancy you
may wish to send one to your wandering
brother"
"I suppose I'd BETTER" she said.
An involuntary shiver passed over her.
t'He's probably frantic" she added.
Probably" he admitted.
'tMy father and mother are in
Europe" she observed. 81 hope my
brother hasn't cabled them"
nod baffor raf those fala-
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girl we never heard of. And Pm on
my way to stop itl-the young foolI-
and I'll stop it if I have to drag him
home by the heelsl Here's the tele-
gram we got late this Afternoons
regular bombshell." He drew the vel
low bit of paper from his breast-pocket
unfolded it; and read:
ST. AUGUSTINE, FLORIDA.
I am going to marry to-
morrow the loveliest girl in the
United States. Only met her
yesterday. Love at first sight.
You'll all worship her! She's
eighteen, a New-Yorker, and
herr name is Marie Rutherford
JIM.'"
He looked up angrily. "What do
you think of that?" he demanded.
'Think2" she tbinL7,,
her hands helplessly, staring at him.
Marie Rutherford is my sisterP' she
said.
"Your-sister," he repeated. after
a long pause-"your sisterP'
She pressed a white hand to her
forehead, clearing her eyes with a
gesture.
'Tsn't it too absurdP she said
dreamll y: my sister sent us tele-
gram like yours. Our parents are
abroad. So my brother and 1 threw
some things into a trunk and-and
started Oh, did you ever hear of any
thing ike this?"
Your sisterP' he repeated, dazed
My brother and your sister. And I
am on my way to stop it; and you are
on your way to stop it"
She began to laugh-not Historically
Dut 1t was not a natural laugh.
"And," he went on, Owe lost another
sister In the shuttle, and you've lost
another brother in the shuttle. and now
there's a double-shuffle danced by you
and me"
Don't. Don'tP she said, faint from
laughter.
eyes, will" he said. "And I'll saw
morei I'll say that Destiny is taking
exclusive charge of our two families,
and 1t would not surprise me if your
brother and my sister were driving
around New York together at this
moment looking for usI''
Their laughter infected the whole
dln1ng-car; every waiter snickered;
the enfant terrible grinned; the aged
minister of the Church of England
beamed a rapid fire of benedictions on
them.
But they had forgotten everybody
except each other.
From what 1 hear and from what
l know personally of your family"
she said, ''it> seems to me that they
never waste much time about anything
1--WE are rather in that way" he
admitted. 81 have been in a hurry
from the time you first met me-and
you see what my brother is going to
do"
Going to do? Are you going to let
him?''
"Let him?" He looked steadily at
her, and she returned the gaze as stead
lily. eyes," he said, ''I'm going to let
him. And if tried to stop him, I'd
get my deserts. l think 1 know nv
brother Jim. And fancy it would take
more than his brother to drag him away
from your sister" He hesitated a
mnmont ffTS bo
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He gets his mail at Gorham.
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decorate the church parior.
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The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-05-12

go on their way further into the
park. If the park is closed to every
body, why did he allow those other
people to stay there? It certainly is
not right to allow some in the park
and keep others out.
Why doesn't the civil service comm
demand that the force learn what
manners and decent behavior mean?
Carl Berreitter, 1928 Mohawk.
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SAYS WAKE UP!- Harvester
trust recently advertised in the pa
pers in an effort to induce their
workers to return to work.
A striker was arrested a few days
later for distributing hand bills, urg-
ing the workers not to return to
work.
Will the workers ever wake up to
the fact that they will continue to
get such raw deals until they are
united, politically and industrially?
AS a first step, quit voting your mas
ter's ticket Let Labor First" be
your watchword. Be true to your
own interests. B.
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monuments 70 your QeaQ the same
as we do."-John F. Kendrick.
LINCOLN PARK LIBERTY. -, A
great deal is being said about the glO-
rious institutions of this country and
how they are advanced when COM
pared to similar institutions in other,
countries. Real patriotism is only
possible where the citizens Of a cOun-
try have Just cause to be proud of it.
Here I wish to give an instance that
was anything but conducive to pride
in our institutions.
Sunday morning, 1890 a. m, |
headed toward Lincoln park, so as
to get some fresh air. l walked
through it from Webster av. Before
I got as far as the building where
the lions, etc, are kept / saw as many
as seven couples sitting on the
benches.
Right north Of the building an Of
fcer stopped me. Where you goin' %
he. asked. I answered 1 was walking
north toward Diversey blvd. well, -
he shouted, get right around where
you came from and make it quick"
The vocabulary Of our guardians
of law and order includes many cUss
words, and this policeman was no
exception to the rule, and, must say, |
he made a wonderful use Of it. Il
thought, Don't butt against-a stone
wall, much less against this pile of !
solid ivory" and turned around to go. |
Just as. turned he and saw cOu-
pie sitting on a bench, apparently !
very bUsily spOOning, but the officer
walked by without saying a word. |
Then he saw about five or six fell
lows coming along. He stopped them,
argued a few minutes, then let them !
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! NEEDS NO ARMS am interest
ed in this question Of preparedness
q that is growing to such prominence.
With our country located between
two massive oceans, have we any
thing to fear? Have we not at all
times minded our own business fair
" well? Have we not in the past
kept out of trouble, spent our idle
time in developing our minds, until
today we have left in the background
the mineral, vegetable and animal
kingdoms, and we stand forth in the
human kingdom as no people of any
country have ever stood before?
America needs no arms, but she
does need a court of arbitration, To-
Gated at Washington, where all ques-
tons and national and international
disturbances may be adjusted. We
desire but the good of the world and
the happiness of the nations. Yet
some deem us as stirrers up Of strife.
/ dare say if every American (were
it possible) were to convene in one
assembly the cry would be that all
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everything, packed venires, accepted
perjured testimony and financially
rewarded Christian jurors who had a
fOndness for blood.
1 Investigated the above cases.
They are understanding American
traditions now. They remind one Of
what a noted English Socialist is re-
ported to have said when he sailed
into New York harbOr and saw the
Statue of Liberty: 4 see you erect
monuments to your dead the same
as we dO."-John F. Kendrick.
The Delta independent., 1916-05-05
fHeraId.)

fHera1d)
Born. to Lee Davis and wife on Sat
urday. a fine baby boy.
The Delta baseball team came up
Sunday and put il over our boys to a
tune of II to 8. in twelve inning
game.
Mrs. Lon Hogan of Delta was the
guest of Mrs. Harry Adams over Sun
day. returning to her home Monday
morning.
F. d. WilIoughby. the real estate
men. reports the transfer of the
Hotchkiss hotel from 3. Goodwin. a
real estate man of Kansas City to Mr..
VIM Mcmillan Of Hotchkfss. The deal
was closed last Saturday. Mr.. Sayre.
the present occupant. will continue as
proprietor
The many f1neds Of Mrs Bobbitt
were very much disappointed the first
fered a relapse and II had been neces-
sary for fier to submit to- another
operation. The latest reports however
are more favorable and there are now
stronger hopes entertained for her re.
covery.
A message was received here Sunday
evening by Mrs. KIingnsmith from
Mrs abrams who LETT here last week
with her husband for Rochester, Wis
consfn. where Mr.. Abrams expected
to undergo an operation, which stated
that upon examination the doctors
pronounced his case hopeless and that
an operation woufd not be attempted.
and chat he had therefore returned to
Valley Junction. Iowa. to- the home
'of his daughter, Mrs Fred Hanback,.
Who accompanies them from here.
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ley Monday looking over his Dry
creek ranch.
P. c. Freshour has been quite sick
the past few days but is some better
at this writing,
Mr.. Jas. X. Grant received word Mon
day of the death of his mother at War
wick, Canada.
F. J. Stewart and w. C. Overhults,
are building very neat fence in front
of their properties.
Mr. S. X. Musser, of Delta, were mar
ried at the latter place last Saturday,
Father Bertrand officiating.
Our merchants note an Improvement
for poultry and eggs in the mining
camps. No doubt the demand will be
greatly increased when the weather
permits prospecting operations.
Quite an exciting runaway occurred
Wednesday. Miss Theresa Gipe left
her horse and buggy standing on the
street while she attended some bust
ness. A horse in a team belonging to
John Buzzhrd became excited for some
reason and his antics caused Miss
Gipe's horse to start off at a rapid
gate southwark with the buggy. j. II.
Keller mounted saddle horse and
gave chase. overhauIing the runaway
below the Bari ranch. No special
was done
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Official Call for Democratic skzte

Assembly.
Pursuant To, TIM action of the Demo.
cratic State Central Committee at a.
meeting held at Denver Colorado,
March, 4th. 19l,S notice is hereby given
that an assembly of delegates repre-.
sentfng the Democratic, party Of the
State of Colorado. is hereby called
for snd will be held on the rsth day
of May. 1917 at the hour Of 1900
O'Clock a. mn Of said day in the city
OF Colorado Springs for the purpose
OF eiectingr twelve I'D delegates and
twelve 12J alternutes to, the Demo
cratic Natii1nal Convention to be held
in the City of st. Louis, Missouri on
the 18th day OF June. 1916. and for
the further purpose of siecting q Ma
tfonal Committeeman for the state of
Colorado
Under section, of Article TX Of the
rules governing the Democratic party,
three 90 Delegates and three 49, al.
ternates are spportioned to- each OF
the four congressional districts OF this
State Of Colorado. one OF whom shall
be q delegate at large, and two district
delegates and afteEnates.
The delegates and slternates AT
large and the district delegates and
afternates are selected upon the rec
ommendation OF a majority OF the
Democratic State Assembly from each
| OF said districts
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deck at night sadly mars the trip.
The nights are the best part of it in
this part of the world under usual
conditions, what with the trade wind
clouds, the phosphorencence in the
water, the wonderful moonlight and
the new stars. Already the Southern
Cross is in sight low down over the
bows, at almost half past ten. We
crossed the tropic yesterday at about
two o'clock in the afternoon, and
signalized the event by going down
below for a heavier wrap and went
to bed before nine to get warm. My
room mate (the ship is so full have
to have one) is Nova Scotia woman,
wife of a sea captain. She sailed
about the Pacific Tropics for four
years in her husbands ship, and she
never before felt so cold so far south.
All day today and yesterday we have
been seeing the flying fish. They do
not flap their wing-like fins, but go
through the air like aeroplanes. They
skim and dip and rise again like
swallows on the wing. We see their
silver sides and bellies and the flash
from their wet scales, and they look
much lighter than they do in market,
where one sees their dark backs. l
am going all the way down to Dem
arara where we are due about Monday
the fifteenth, thence i want to take
a steamer trip up one of the. South
American rivers to see the tropical
forest, and l do not know just what
will do after that. l have a return
ticket. and six months from purchase
before it expires.
AffectiOnately
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Mrs: VIII Maxwell spent last week
in Delta at the bedside of " Hengstler
who, isi very low.
II. j.. Waters has sold his half inter.
est i'm the Green Valley coal mine lease
to c.. w.. Rjnshart.
Dr. Pollard and Ben Reed returnsA
from their hear h,znt the latter part Of
LASH week.. bait failed to locate Nj:
Bruin.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. S. Lowell and SONS
tcft Wednesday, by wagon for the
northwest part OF the state whore
they expect to take up a homestead.
G. A. BiIistrom has purchased the
Coalhy coal mine and SS acres of coal
land. He is preparing tn open the
mine in better shape than ever before.
Reader Light. OF the state fish and
game department was at Cedaredge
the fore part of the week making ar.
engagements for the placing of a large
number OF trout in the lakes this
spring.
last Thursday and while there went
to the county poor farm to visit Bob
Hickman. He found the patient grow.
ing very weak and unable to sit up
The passing Of this pioneer Is but the
matter Of very short time.
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do feel that this screening of the
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tChronicle)
Edwin McCully lis back after m ex-
tend,ed stay in Telluride. Tf
Ted Pacheco was thrown from q
tors< a few days ago and the conse-
quemex are he is suffering with n lanse
back
W. r. kirkpatrick Is driving the
stage from HotcaRiss to- Mahs.r while
Custer Mcleod is looking over the
Rxnadox country.
Mrs H. J. Dixun cams In frun Nefs-
rasRa Last week and will spend the
summer months visiting with her pnr.
enfs- Dir. and Mis-. Jhmes Patterson
County judge w. w. Dinsman was
a Crawford visitor wednesday. An
his political fences i'm Crawford are O.
X and need M fixing we do not know
what his misfiSn was.
John CampbeIl returned "wednesday
evening from the Mormon land and
singie-handed.. too. and We hope he ia
now satisfied to be a citizen OF Crnw
ford for AZ while.
Mrs. Il. A.. Browne WINS hostess OF a
Shower" psrty Thursday afternoon in
honor of FRS. Olga K Richie. Dainty
handkernAiefs were the gifts presented
the bridSefect. and the ten guests
were sested tn mn elaborate two-courss
lunchesn at 4 o'clock.
The Delta independent., 1916-05-05
Port of Spain,


How keep wishing you and Herbert
were here with me. / do not know
anyone else who would be so inter
ested in all the new out of DOORS This
morning l went early and had about
three heavenly hours in the botanical
gardens. These are the ones Kings
ley describes in "At Last and they
really deserve all he says of them.
Think of a great tree SO full of hum
ming birds Uured by it's fragrant
blossoms) that their murmur is as
loud as the murmur of tire bees in
a blossoming linden at home. There
are plants on plants and plants on
these again, riot OF life. One with
five or SIX sorts of air plants on one
tree, the leaves of some of the big
palms, when they witlier away from
the trunk leave their woody brown
bases like a series of bracelets all the
way up. Great green fern fronds and
long trai1ers grow out of these. In
one tree I saw two great cacti.. the
kind that grow straight up like green
poles and air plants growing on these.
There are even some air plants Cthea
commonest Sort. looking like the top
OF pine apple) living on a telegraph
wire near by. All the vegetation
seems as il it were Plastic. One secs
branches springihg apart and their as
1t were melting together again. Nat
uraI gratis abound. suppose tine.
strong winds that blow at certain sea
sons. swaying the lush growth, cause
of the great rains growth is rapid
and grating happens. One tree
have seen. a tropical willow. looks as
If its boughs had been twisted as one
pulls taffy candy, and had stuck to-
gether as taffy would. One tree,
called the "DeyiIs'' tree because It
makes itself gorgeous in lent, is Just
huge mass of orange scarlet bios
som. In landscapes it has the effect
of our sugar naples turned scarlet
by the first frost Then among so
much that is new one lights suddenly
on some thing familiar. In one place
found what thought was sensitive
plant growing wild at my feet, touched
1t and saw 1t shrink at once IKE a
live thing and saw also that our old
friend vervain grew close beside 1t.
II seems as II in the riot and revel
OF vegetation there should be gorgeous
} birds. but there were not. There is
J SO far as / have seen. nothing SO pref,
ty as our blue birds. and gold finches
: and until this morning when heard
! sweet note with the unmistakabfe
: dious bird song. The island abound,
in a big yellow brested ny catcher
I called "Qu est Gu It dit" becaus,
y that is what It seems to say. There
h are vultures around the harbor. small
d err and darker In color than our tur
n key-buzzards. but with similar wing
t and habit of flight. and also larg'
# black gulls with very long and slende
e wings. There is also blue bir'
s called "Old Witch" very numerous an,
e pervasive. He has a parrotlike beal
and long magpie tail and goes wher
N cattle Craze. His other name, "Ticl
ia Bird" tells why.
q Opposite this hotel is a greta leve
Ir expanse called n savannah with man
ID cattle grazing on 1t. some Of ther
Is being the real Hin1o breed with tn
1t heavy folds Of skin at the throat. an
the pointed horns, and one sees ever
e sort OF cross breed ami our coin,no
The Delta independent., 1916-05-05

"You inherited quite nice little for
tune said the Pueblo lawyer. YES"
replied the fortunate youth. II sup.
pose you will pay lot Of your debts
now" Il had thought OF 1t. but I
concluded to make no change In my
manner OF living. I don't want to BE-
accused of gulgar display.
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Going TO eat today asked the
villa volunteer Yes replied the
second officer. we are going to have
horse meat" Well replied the sol
der. perhaps we can do better than
that. There's n yankee automobile
out yonder that has turned turtle
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The militia officer asked me to
make an advance on Dead Horse
Farm Uncle-How much was II
WORTH Nephew What? Uncle
This ranch he wanted an advance on.
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MAUD GOING
Affectionately,

P. S. Since I wrote the above, or
ders are changed and it is decreed
that here among the islands we need
not hide. Tonight the decks are all
open. The stars are like the desert
stars. so many. so bright. so near.
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west slope.l

w. b .Stockham Of Delta. was cal.
Ter at the w. 8. Gorsuch home Friday.
Y. c. DIX and father we're IN the val
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D<DNT's-

Don't carry large sums OF none,
around with you. Hold-ups are NOT
iaheard Of.
Don't hide money AROUND the
nouss. There are few burglars left.
Don't be extravisaut. put your
y snsy In this hank and add all you
40 spare to u.
Dont fail to take this advice ana
'ov wM hsvs ~ easy and happy
~ 49, 4
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1916-02-15

was al one and same thing-a dis
,n4ut.ou made ~ Mr.. SeiDels without
lie shadow Of a difference.
Why, these gentlemen mere he
SAID, pointing 10 Mr.. Seibels, Mr.. Har-
!ington, and tee others, "know that
they are in an ironclad trust. And l
will further make the statement that
| have good reason to believe, after
my experienc of fifteen months as
State warehouse commissioner, that
the companies in this trust are re-
CURED to put up and nave put up large
forfeits against any violation of the
agreement. Of course this is not a
matter susceptible to proof, but these
gentlemen can deny it here and now
if they want to-
1t may be stated, parenthetically,
that there was no denial of this fact
by any insurance man present.
Senator McLaurin called attention
to article tx, section 13, Of the cosstl-
tuition, which forbids trusts and mo-
nopo,ies. and makes it the duty of
the legislature to enact sucn laws as
will carry out the letter and the spirit
of this provision of the fundamental
law.
He did not want to have to con-
tinue to 90 outside the State to get
competitive rates, he said because he
would prefer to deal with the South
Carolina agents-and he believed the
agents around the country would be
glad to be 1e,ie2ed of the arbitrary
rules imposed upon them by Co
,vmb:a ring" whose members sat in
an office in Columbia and decreed
what rates every agent should charge
upon every piece of property.
The hearing was spicy Senator
McLaurin did not mince words, and ne
cited the facts as shown in mis- re-
port, and urged that the people OF
South Carolina, and town and coun-
try agents, be relieved of the lnlqul-
tous operations of an oppressive
trust. maintaining exorbitant insur-
ance rates, working through a little
Columbia ring I'VE might as we'll
lose our property by fire as to have 1t
eaten up by exorbitont fire insurance
rates." he said.