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$4,000 COUNTRY
CLUB FOR BRYAN
Organization Is Being Perfected That
viii Give sryah One of ses.
Country cIYb' in 1exa'.

Quite a numbet M representative
business men OF the City Of Bryan
met yesterday afternoon in me offices
OF Doremus. Butler & Henderson and
went into temporary organization
for the purpose OF building a $4,000
Country Club. Mr.. ]. w. Bats was
elected temporary chairman and Mr..
Jordan Lawler was elected temporary
secretary OF the organization. Com
mittees were appointed to solicit mem.
bers for the new organization and
much interest was displayed by all
those present.
1t is the purpose OF this organiza-
ton. which has not yet been official
ly named. TO purchase 100 acres OF
land. which has already been surveyed
and lies to the right OF the Bryan and
College road just across from the
main bridge opposite Dellwood Park.
to build for the citizenship OF the city
Country Club second to none in
Texas. There will be thirty acres of
the plot under water for fishing pur-
poses. $4,000 OF the proposed amount
to be expended viii be put into club
house The club house Will be equip
ped with everything that tends to
make pleasure Tor Its members. Pool
'ao'es' oo"iins alleys gymnasium
swimming pool not ana coid tun
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ANXIOUS ABOUT cAvALRYMeN.
(By Associated Prcss)


San Antonio, Texas, June a.
Whether the little force Of the Tenth
Cavalry engaged In the carrixal fight,
fought their way out successfully
through the MexIeans which surround
ed them, 10 still unknown today.
There 10 no news from General Perish.
ing since last nights report, which
was based on strsoslers who escaped
before the carrixai battle ended. Gen
erai Funston 10 expecting q eomplete
report momentarily.
Army officers here feared that the
casualties to Captain Boyd's command
were terrlfleaiIy heavy as indicated BY
the fact that " twelve were killed, the
wounded would number forty. accord
Ing to army proportions. which meant
practically a whole troop. or fifty pei
cent OF his command.
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by Sheriff T. c. Num- Immediately az.
ter the shooting and he left at once
with deputies and found upon his ar
rival the woman lying on her face
In the mud with the baby playing be-
side her: the old man was gasping
for breath. As soon as little atten-
tion could be given the victims Of the
deadly weapon chase was started
for the murderer and he was found
just after dark In custody Of Y. L.
Peters. Justice OF the peace at Harvey.
and was later brought to the Brazos
County Jail and locked up.
The weapon used was a $50 Cots
six-shOOtcr and only four shots we're
fired.
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IMMEDIATE ACTION :,
FOR M|L|T|ANEN
(By Associated PressJ

Washington. June 23.-Immediate
action on the resolution authorizing
President Wilson to draft into federal
service all the National Cuardsmen
who are willing to take the oath un-
der the new army Law was asked to-
day in the house by Chairman Hay Of
the military committee. He has Of
fered an amendment declaring that an
emergency for the draft now exists
instead Of leaving the questio up to
President Wilson.
Chairman Hays amendment car
ried unanimously this afternoon after
suspension Of the rules. This de-
clares that the emergency now exists.
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lMoue to Arbitrate Between u. 5. and Mexico
WOULD HAVE REPRESEN-
. TAT|VES MEET At FL PAS0

Mediation Is the Latest Proposition to Settle the
Troubles Between the United States and Mex.
leo, Though no Basis to Work on Is Named
Political Exiles From Mexico in Ell Paso Have
Gone Back to Mexico and rendered Their
Services to Carranza- Is Much Un.
easiness at Headquarters Regarding the Re.
mainder of Troops Who Were Engaged in the
Late Clash-The War Department Has Is.
sued Rush orders for All Guardsmen to Be
Hurried to the Border-Another Mexican
Raid Reported.
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cans, according to reports, crossed the
border In pursuit.
To Hurry Militia.

Vby AbsOCIHttu FftHs.I
Washington, June 23.-(Bulletin.)-
Secretary Of War Baker today issued
orders to all departmental command
ers to send to the Mexican border all
militia available Immediately on or
ganization without waiting for the
completion Of mobilization Of the sep
arate states. The commanders were
requested to notify General Funston
when each-troop. battery or other unit
was ready. when II will be forwarded.
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New York, June pa movement
to call a conference Of American and
Mexican citizens at EI Paso to mediate
between the United States and Mex
leo was announced today by the Amer
lean Union Against MilitarIsr. The
Union sent teIegrams to W. J. Bryan,
David starr Jordan and Frank p.
Walsh asking their participation.
Other kilograms were sent prominen,
Mexieans. No date was set for the
meeting, however.
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OIL Wells Abandoned.

Galveston. Texas. June 2S.-Ail oil
camps in the Tuxpam region were
abandoned and all activity came to a
stop. according to American and
British refugees arriving this morn.
ing on the British tanker San Ricardo.
The refugees said the Carranxa com
mander at Tuxpam issued statemen,
that a state OF war virtually existed
between the United States and Mex
leo. admitting that no declaration had
been made.
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ExlLEs LEAVE El PAso.
tBy Associated Press -,

Ei Paso, Texas, June 23.-Numerous
Mexican political exlIes crossed into
Juarez today. offering their services
TO carranza. Among these was Gen.
eral MareeIo caraveo, who was sen.
70 General Trevino, who will assign
him to an army command.
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Fired on Posse.

(By Associated Prcss)
San Antonio. Texas. June 23.-The
bandits that the sherifrs posse has
been chasing within eighteen miles OF
here for three days. fired on two OF.
ficers from the brush today but Meth.
er was hit. The fire was returned but
the bandits, who had dwindlod to four.
escaped.
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Nebraska Guard 10 Move.

Wy AHsoclAtcd ircHal
Lincoln. Neb, June ss.--Thc entire
Nebraska National Guard. numbering
about twelve hundred. has been or
dered to move to the border. Governor
Morehcad announced today. They
viii move In a few days.
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ANOTHER RAID REPORTED.

(By Associated Prcss)
Columbus, N. NJ, June 23.-tBul'e'
,in.)-lt was officially reported that
Mexieans crossed the border, ralded
an American ranch. rustled horses
and mules and escaped. The Amerl.
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No Orders to Attack Americans.
(By Associated Press.

IBy AssocIAted Fress.I
Washington. June 23.-Arredondo
today personally informed the South
and Central American diplomats that
Carranzistas In Chihuahua State we're
under orders not to attack the Ameri-
cans unless the Americans assumed
the aggressive. When asked whether
Trevino's threat had been rescinded.
he said his instructions from Mexico
City did not mention II.
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GERMANS REPULSED
IN M0UNTTEUTi
tBy Associated Press, /,

London. June 23.-The Germans last
night launched heavy attacks on the
Champagne district. Their violent as
saults on the French trenches in the
region of Mountteut we're repulsed az
ter severe fighting with grenades and
bayonets. This is according to the
French official statement.
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London, June 23.-There is con-
tinued progress for General Won Lin
singen's forces in their fighting west
and southwest Of Lutsk, despite the
counter attacks by the Russians. 1t Is
announced today. The Russian At
tacks near Brody were repulsed.
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woopMeN OF THE WORLD.

Regular meeting tonight at s p m,
Sovereign Jno. A. Moore. Jr., will
speak on Temperance" Al mem
bcrs are urged to he present
J. d. MANN. c. c.
J. II. REED, Clerk.
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man, and that Is true. 1 doubt the ex-
istence Of the kind Of caring we hear
about in poems and plays and novels. l
think 1t must be Just a kind of emo
tionaI talk-most of il. At all events,
| don't feel it. Now, we ear go faster,
please
Just where does that let me out?'
he demanded. How does that excuse
you for"
1T isn't an excuse" she said, gently,
and gave him one final look, wholly
desolate. II haven't said l should
never marry"
"What?" Jim Gasped.
She inclined her head in a broken
sort of a~cquiescence. very humble, un-
fathomably sorrowtul.
Il promise nothing" she said,
family.
You needn't" shouted Jim. radiant
and exultant. you needn't. By
George! ! know you're square; that's
enough for me! You wait and promise
whenever you're ready
Don't forget what l asked" she
begged him.
Talk about the weather. | will!
God bless the old weather." cried the
happy Jim.
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CHAPTER VffI.

Through the open country Bibbs was
borne flying between brown fields and
sun-tiecked groves of gray trees. to
breathe the rushing, clean air beneath a
glorious sky. Upon Bibbs' cheeks there
was a hint of actual color, but unde-
niably its phantom. This apparition
may have been partly the result of a
lady's bowling to him upon no more
formal Introduction than the circum-
stance of his having caught her look
ing into his window a month before.
1t senmed to Bibbs that she must have
meant to convey her forgiveness. Nor
did lie lack the impression that he
would long remember her as he had
just seen her; her veil unanimously
blowing back, her face glowing in the
wind.-and that look of gay friendli-
ness eossed to him like a fresh rose in
carnival.
By and by. upon a rising ground, the
driver halted the ar, then backed and
tackled, and sent 1t forward again with
its nose to the south and the smoke.
They passed from the farm lands, and
came, in the amber light Of November
late afternoon, to the farthermost out
skirts Of the city. The sky had become
only a dingy thickening of the soiled
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mars business to go ahead ana make
'em bigger? Isn't It his duty? Don't
we always want TO get bigger and big
gerT"
"Ye-es-T don't know. But / feel
rather sorry for your brother. He
looked SO ~lonely-and sick
Hes gettin' better every day" Jim
said. Doctor Quincy says 80. There's
nothing much the matter with him,
really-it's nine tenths imaginary.
Nerves! People that are willing to
be busy don't have nervous diseases.
because they don't have time to imag-
inc EN-"
You mean his trouble Is really men
tal?'
"Oh, he's not a lunatic.'' said Jim.
Hes just queer. Sometimes he'll say
something right bright, but half the
time what he says Is way off the sub
jcct, or else there isn't any sense to it
at all. For in .ance, the other day I
heard him talkin' to one OF the darkles
In the hall. The darby asked him what
time he wanted the ear for his drive.
and anybody else in the world would
have just said what time they did
want it. and that would have been all
there was to it; but here's what Bibbs
says, and I heard him with my own
ears. What time do | want the carr
he says. Wei, now, that depends
that depends he says. He talks slow
like that, you know. I'll tell you what
time | want the car. George he says,
If you'll tell me what you think Of this
statue! That's exactly his words.
Asked the darky what he thought Of
that Arab Edith and mother bought for
the hall!"
Mary pondered upon this. HE might
have been in fun, perhaps" she sug-
gested.
"Askin' a darby what he thought OF
a piece of statuary-of a work Of art
Where on earth would be the fun of
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that's what's the matter. and that's all
the matter. Oh, not one o. these big
dreamers that put through the big
deals! No, sir! You're the kind o.
dreamer that just sets out on the back
fence and thinks about how much trou-
BILE there must be in the world. That
amt the kind that builds the bridges,
Bibbs; It's the kind that borrows if-
teen cents from his wife's uncle's
brother-in-law to get ten cents worth
o. plug tobacco and a uickel's worth o.
quinine!"
He put the finishing touch to this
etching with a snort, and turned again
to the window.
Look out therer' he babe his son.
Look out o. that window! Look at
the life and energy down there! Look
at the big things young men are doin'
in this town.. He swung about, COM
ing to the mahogany desk in the mid
die OF the room. Look at what your
Owl brothers are doin'! Look at Ros-
coe! Yes, and look at Jim. 1 made
Jim president o. the Sheridan Realty
company last new years, and it's an
example to any young manor ole
man. either-the way he took ahold of
1t. Last July we found out we wanted
two more big warehouses at the puup
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3 sibbs Taking His Constitutional"

"it's Bibbs Taking His Constitutional"
air; and a roar and clangor of metals
beat ~deafeningly on Bibbs' ears. Now
the car passed two great blocks Of long
brick buildings, hideous in all ways
possible to make them hideous. And
growing bigger, spreading over a third
block, where two new structures were
m-ushrooming to completion in some
hasty cement process of a stability not
over-reassuring. Bibbs pulled the rug
closer about him. and not even the
phantom Of color was left upon his
cheeks as he passed this place, for he
knew 1t too well. Across the face of
one of the buildings there was an enor-
o sign: sheridan Automatic
Pump company, Inc"
Thence they went through streets of
wooden houses, all grimed, and adding
their Owl CRIME from many a sooty
chimney; fimsy wooden houses Of a
thousand fiimsy WITNESSES in the fash
Joining, built on narrow lots and nudg-
ing n another GROSSLY. Along these
streets there were skinny shade trees,
and here and there a forest elm or wal
nut had been left; but these were
dying. Some people said it was the
scale; some said it was the smoke; and
some were sure that asphalt and "im-
proving the streets did il: but Bigness
was in too big a hurry to bother much
about trees.
Onward the car bore Blbbs through
the older parts of the town where the
few solid old houses not already de-
molished were In transition; some were
being made into apartment buildings;
others had gone up~roariously into
trade; one or two peeped humorously
over the tops Of Office buildings Of one
story in the old front yards. Altogether,
the town here was like Q boarding
house hash the Sunday after Thanks
giving: the old ingredients were dis
cernible.
This was the fringe Of Bigness' own
sanctuary, and now Blbbs reached the
roaring holy of HOLES itself. Magnif-
cent new buildings, already dingy,
doomed hundreds Of feet above him;
newer ones. magnificent, were
rising beside them. rising higher; the
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that? No, you're just kind-hearted-
and that's the way you ought to be, Of
course"
Thank you, Mr.. Sheridan" she
laughed.
"See here" he cried. isn't there
any way for us to get over this Mister
and Miss thing? A months got thirty
II days in it: I've managed to be with
you a part of pretty near all the thirty
one. and l think you know how l feel
by this time"
She looked panic-stricken immedi-
ately. "Oh no." she protested, quickly.
mo, l don't, and"
"YeS, you do" he said, and his
voice shook a little. You couldn't help
knowing"
"But dor she denied, hurriedly. "f
do help knowing. l mean Oh. wait!'
What for? You do know how 1
feel, and you-well, you've certainly
wanted me to feel that way-or else
pretended"
Now, now" she lamented. You're
spelling such a cheerful a%fternoon!"
"'Spoiling' it," He slowed down the
car and turned his face to her squarely.
"See here, Miss vertrees, haven't you
"Stop! Stop the car a minute" And
when he had complied she faced him
as ~squarely as he evidently desired
her to face him. Listen. 1 don't
want you to go on, today"
why not?. he asked, sharply.
II don't know"
"You mean it's just a whim?"
II don't know she repeated. Her
voice was low and troubled and hon.
est, and she kept her clear eyes upon
his.
"Will you tell me something's"
almost anything"
"Have you ever told any man you
loved him."
And at that, though she laughed, sae
looked a little contemptuous. NO."
she said. And I don't think / ever
shall tell any man that-or ever know
what 1t I'm in earnest, Mr..
Sheridan"
Then you-you've just been flirting
with met Poor Jim looked both furi-
Gus and crestfallen.
Not n bit" she cried. "Not one
word! Not one syllable! I've meant
every single thing"
II don't"
"0f course you don't" she said.
"Now, Mr.. Sheridan, l want you to
start the a r Now! Thank you. Slow
~. till | finish what I want to say. 1
have not dirted with you. have de-
liberately courted you. One thing more.
and then / want you to take me
straight home, talking about the
Weather all the way. ! said that l 90
not believe : shall even care for any
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I streets were ia,d open to their entraiis
and men worked underground between
palisades, and overhead in metal cob
webs like spiders in the sky. Trolley
cars changed and shrieked their way
round swarming corners; motor cars
| OF every kind and shape known to mar
babbled frightful warnings and frantic
demands; hospital ambulances clam
ored wildly for passage; steam whistles
signaled the swinging of titanic
tentacle and claw; riveters ratified ike
machine guns; the ground shook to the
thunder of gigantic trucks; and the
conglomerate sound of it all was the
sound of earthquake playing accom-
paniments for battle and sudden death.
And in the hurrying crowds, swirl
ing and sitting through the h~robdinSna-
gian camp OF iron and steel, n saw
the camp followers and the pagan
| women-there would be work today
and dancing tonight. For the Puritan's
dry voice is but the cracking of a leaf
underfoot in the rush and roa of the
coming Of the new Egypt.
Bibbs was on time. He knew ii
must be ito the minute" or his father
would consider it an outrage; and the
big chronometer In Sheridan's Once
marked four precisely when Bibos
walked in. Coincidentally with his en-
trance five people who had been al
work in the Office, under Sheridan's di-
rectiOn. walked out. They departed
upon no visible or audible suggestion,
and with 4 promptneSS that seemed
ominous to the newcomer. AS the mas
sive door clicked softly behind the
elderly stenOgrapher, the last of the
procession, Bibbs had a feeling that
they all understood that he was a fail
ure as a great mans son, a diSappoint'
ment, the queer one of the family,
and that he had been summoned to
for that was exactly what they under,
stood.
"Sit down." said Sheridan.
1t is frequently an advantage fol
deans, schoolmasters and worried IA
theirs to place delinquents in the sit
ting posture. Bibbs sat.
Sheridan, standing, gazed euigmatic
ally upon his son for a period OF
silence, then walked slowly to a win,
dow and STOOD looking out of it. his
big hands, loosely hooked together by
the thumbs, behind his back. They
were soiled, as were all other hands
down town, except such as might be
still damp from a basin.
well, Bibbs," he said at last, moi
altering his attitude, do you know
what I'm goin' to do with you?'
Bibbs, leaning back in his chair, fixed
his eyes contemplatively upon the cell.
ing. II heard you tell Jim," he began
in his slow way. You said you'd send
him to the machine shop with me if he
didn't propose TO Miss Vertrees. So ]
suppose that must be your plan for me,
But"
But what?" said Sheridan, irritably,
rs the son paused.
'Isr':: there somebody you'd let me-
propose to-"
That brought his father sharply
round to face him. You beat the
devil! Bibbs, what is the matter witt
you? Why can't you be like anybody
eIse?'
Liver, maybe" said Blbbs, gently.
Bob! Even ole Doc Quincy says
there's nothin' wrong with you organ
ically. No. You're a dreamer, Bibbs
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SYNOPSIS.

Eheridan's attempt 20 make a business
man of his son Bibbs by starting him In
the machine shop ends In Bibbs going TO
a sanitarium, a nervous wreck. On his re-
sister Edith. He fnds himself an incon-
fiderable and unconsidered figure in the
New House" of the Sheridans. He sees
Mary Vertrees looking al him from a
summer house next door. The Vertreeses.
old town family and impoverished, call on
the Sherldans, newly-rich. and afterward
discuss them. Mary puts INTO words her
parents'sunspoken wish that she marry
one of the Sheridan boys. At the Sheri-
dan housewarming banquet Sheridan
spreads himself. Mary frankly encourages
Jim Sheridan's attentions. and Bibbs hears
he Is TO be sent back to the machine shop.
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CHAPTER VII Continued.


"Rihbst" Edlth's voice was angry,
and her color deepened suddenly as
she came into the Ioom, preceded by a
scent of violets much more powerful
than that warranted by the actual
bunch OF them upon the lapel of her
coat.
Bibbs did not turn his head, but
wagged it solemnly, seeming depressed
by the poem. Pretty young, isn't itT'
he said. There must have been some
thing about your looks that got the
prize, Edith; l can't believe the poem
did IT,"
She glanced hurrledly over her shout
der and spoke sharply, but In a low
voice: II don't think it's very nice Of
you to bring Ii up at all. Bibbs. l didn't
want them to frame it, and | wish to
goodness papa'd quit talking about it;
but here, that night, after the dinner,
iidn't he go and read it aloud to the
whole crowd of EN-! l thought I'd die
OF shame!'
Bihbs looked grieved. "The poem
isn't that bad, Edith. You see, you
were only seventeen when you wrote
It,"
"oh, hush up" she snapped. 81 wish
1t had burnt my fingers the first time
/ touched 1t. Then l might have hat
sense enough to leave 1t where II was
l had no business to take II, and I've
been ashamed"
mo. no." he said. comfortingly. "II
was the very most fiattering thing ever
happened to me. 1t was almost my
last fight before / went to the machine
shop, and it's pleasant to thiuk some.
body liked Ii enough to-"
"But / don't like IL" she exclaimed
al don't ever understand it-and papa
made so much fuss over its getting the
prize. / just hate 1t! The truth is ]
e dreamed it d get the prize"
you have to live 1t down, Edith
Perhaps abroad and under another
name you might find"
"Oh. hush up! I'll hire someone to
steal 1t and burn 1t the first chance ]
get" She turned away petulantly
moving to the door. "rd like TO think
/ could hope to hear the last Of It be.
fore | dle."
"Edithw he called. as she went into
the hall.
the matter?o
~ want to ask you: Do I really look
better, or have you Just got used ia
meY'
what on earth do you mean? she
said, coming back as far as the thresh.
old.
when I FIRST came Won couldn't Look
at me-" Bibbs explained, in his impcr.
sonal way. But I'VE noticed you lock
at me lately. / wondered IL I'd
Its because o look so much bet,
ter" she told him. cheerfully. This
month you've been here's done you nc
end Of good. Anybody could look a!
you now. Hibhs. and not--not GET"
axirk 80 49, 49, N.Y. "a
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Lacking sympathy and under

Lacking sympathy and under
standing Of a fine nature, isn't
II possible that a slave-drivlng
father could practically force
his frail, dreaming son to sui
eide by making him do work
which he Is fitted to do neither
mentally o physically? Would
the father likely feel guilty Of
murder In such circumstances?
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