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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-05-23
SOCIETY BOOSTS COLONEL
Leaders Will BE on Hand TO Root for
Roosevelt

Washington, May 23.-Mansions in
Washington. villas at Newport and
country estates along the north shore
will be deserted within few days. as
their occupants entrain for Chicago,
where they intend TO camp until after
the Republican nomination is made
Most of those who intend TO make
the trip are going for the purpose of
sitting on the side lines at the Coli
scum and roofing for Colonel Roose-
welt. whose administration is still
looked back upon as the most glori-
era
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-05-23

RUSHING TO TURKEYS All
Germany and Austria Sending Men tc
Mesopotamla.

London. May 23. - -Four thousand
German troops are expected at Bag
dad In June" says the Times Buchar-
est correspondent. Twelve thousand
Austrians already are there.
THE Turks are weakening the de-
fense OF Constantinople, sending all
possible reinforcements to Asia Minor
and concentrating a large force at
Marach, three days march northeast
of Alexandretta (on the Mediterra-
mean in Northern SYRIA. where they
fear an attempted landing by entente
allies"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-05-23
Swiss Ready to Resist Invasion.

Paris, May 22.-Switzerland Is pre-
pared to resist with all the forces at
her command any invasion of her ter
ritory by troops of the belligerents.
according to an interview with Presj-
dent Camille de Coppet sent to the
Journal by Its correspondent
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-05-23
Police Protection Asked.

Chicago, May 23.-Asserting that
striking express wagon drivers had
committed acts of violence against
the company's property and fearing
further violence officials of the Adams
Express company have asked that 100
police be assigned to guard their
wagons and protect their drivers
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-05-23
HOME RULE HURT, DILLON
CABLES.

London. May %. - John Dill
lon. member Of the house of
commons for East Mayo, who
recently bitterly denounced the
government methods of deal
ing with the Irish revolt. has
sent the following message 10
Judge John p. McGoorty of the
Irish Fellowship club, Chicago:
THE Irish insurrection has
inflicted serious injury to the
Irish cause. All hope of secur-
Ing home rule In the near flu
ture depends more than ever
on the union of the Irish race
throughout the world"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-05-23
KILLS A RESCUE WORKER
Cincinnati Hotel Man Says He Loved
Woman He Shot.

Cincinnati, May %. - According to
his statement to the police Harry r.
Toker, a hotel manager. shot and
killed Mrs. Mamie Sherrard Beatty,
widow of the late Rev. Sherrard Beat
ty, who was pastor of the Hope Mis-
sion here.
Toker said he was in love with Mrs.
Beatty and that she refused to marry
him.
She was forty-four years old and
prominent in relief and rescue work
In the slum districts
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-05-23
"Fichtino Parson" Dead.

Quincy, Mass, May 23.-Rev. Ed
ward Anderson, known In Grand Army
of the Republic circles as the fight
ing parson," is dead at the age of
eighty-two. He was an associate of
John Brown and at the outbreak Of
the Civil war enlisted as private,
rising to the rank of colonel.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-05-23
DAUNERS OF T.R.
START DRIVE"
Begin Earnest Efforts to Sc
cure His Nomination.
Roosevelt Committee Has Represe nts-
tives in Nearly Every State Endeav-
orlng to Gain Support of Unpiedsed
Delegates to Chicago.

orlng to Gain Support of Unpledsed
Delegates to Chicago.
Washington, May PA Roosevelt
"drive" for the Republican presiden-
tial nomination is about to be made.
Friends of the former president are
convinced the drift of sentiment is to-
ward Mr. Roosevelt, and his forces
have been organized in an endeavor TO
land the nomination for him.
This week will witness important
developments bearing on the Roose-
welt candidacy.
Mr. Roosevelt will issue a pro-
nouncement on the subject He will
be given an opportunity to speak his
mind on the occasion OF a visit to Oys-
ter Bay by a Roosevelt Republican
committee headed by George Won Len
gerke Meyer, who was President Taft's
secretary of the navy and William
Loeb, Jr, who was President Roose-
velt's secretary
The Roosevelt committee has repre-
sentatives in nearly every state and
will do a lot of missionary work
among the nearly 700 delegates to the
Chicago convention who are unin-
structed as to candidates.
The "Old Guard" asserts Roosevelt
was stopped" long ago and that If
they can check the Hughes movement
one of the ''favorite sons" will be
chncnr, ~ Chin
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-05-23
COURT STATUTE ANNULLED
Supreme Tribunal Bars Wisconsin
Corporation Law.

Washington, May 23.-The supreme
court annulled as unconstitutional the
Wisconsin statute making 1t the duty
Of the state officials to revoke the
license to do business In the state Of
any foreign corporation which shall
remove into any federal court any
action against 1t by any citizen of the
state upon any claim or cause of ac-
tion arising within the state.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-05-23
FRANCE AIDS POOR TENANT
New Law Regulates Settlement of
Unpaid Rents.

Paris, May %. = The law voted by
parliament TO regulate the settlement
of unpaid rents accrued since the war
began and to accrue pending the ter.
mination of hostilities, estimated at
$4,000, 100000 francs, exonerates arbi-
trarily from all obligation modest ten.
ants, paying from the equivalent of
$12 up to $3.50 per year, according to
the importance of the town In which
they reside
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-05-23

to Great Britain, making further pro-
test against interfering with Ameri-
can mails. was laid before President
Wilson. The general terms Of the
note were framed at the state depart
ment, but the president Is including
some OF his own language.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-05-23
SENT TO ISLAND IN THE SEA
General Townshend and Staff to Be
Turned Loose There.

London. May 29.-General Town
shend. in command at Kut-El-Amara
when the British force surrendered 10
the Turks. WILL with his staff, be sent
to the island of Prinkopo, in the sea
of Marmora, by the Turkish authori.
ties
This information comes from Con
stantinople and the message adds that
the general and his stan will be al
lowed full liberty
Others of the command will be sent
to Damascus.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-05-23
Lawyer Kills SherIn.

Elberton, Ca. May %. - Sheriff N.
HALEY OF Elbert county was shot and
killed In the courthouse by Arnold
Worley. an attorney. Worley charged
HALEY with being unduly rough with
. negro priIoner.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-05-23
PROGRAM COMPLETED FOR
MOOSE CONVENTION.

: Chicago, May %. - Oscar K
: Davis, secretary of the Pro-
: gressive party's national com
: mittee, completed the program
: of the Progressive national con-
: vention, which will open at the
: Auditorium June T. Ii Is made
: for three days.
; George A. McKinlock was
: elected treasurer of the local
: committee on arrangements for
: the convention. The executive
: committee will meet in New
: York Wednesday to select the
: temporary chairman of the con-
: vention.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-05-23

King Alfonso of Spain may initiate
peace negotiations in the near fu.
ture, Madrid papers say
The Spanish ruler plans to first
sound out peace sentiments in each OF
the belligerent countries
IL the results are satisfactory he
will send two Spanish statesmen to
belligerent capitals to work out plans
for a truce.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-05-23
RUSSIANS TO AID BRITISH
Large Body of Slav Cavalry Reaches
the Tigris River.

London, May 23.-Relief for the
British forces in Mesopotamia appears
imminent
A large body of Russian cavalry
has joined the British army on the
Tigris river This was an unexpect-
ed move.
Thus far no explanation of the ex-
plot has been made.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-05-23
British Seize Dutch Mail.

Berlin, May 23.-It is reported from
Amsterdam that the British have ~
moved the first class mail from The
Dutch steamships Grotivs and CrAAk
tsrland, bound for ~ Dnot ynAtoA
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-05-23
New Minister to RoumanIa.

Paris, May 23.-M. BlondeJ, French
minister to Roumania, will be sue
ceeded by Colonel de Saint Aulaire,
adjutant to the resident general OF
Morocco, the ministry OF foreign af.
fairs announced.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-05-23
KILLED IN AUTO ACCIDENT
Alfred M. DaIrympIe, New Jersey Re-
publican Leader.

Newark, n. j., May 23.-Alfred M.
Dalrymple, Republican leader in New
Jersey, is dead at his home here as
the result of injuries received when
an auto In which he was riding slid
off an embankment
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-05-23
SIBLEY'S FORCE
REPORTED SAFE
Reaches American Side of
International Boundary.
BANDITS FOLLOW TROOPS
Small Squads of Mexican Desperadoes
Moving North in Wake of With
drawing American Soldiers--Peons
Told Villa Has New Army.

drawing American SoIdiers--Peons
Told Villa Has New Army.
Marathon Tex, May 23-Colonel f.
w. Sibley's detachment of the second
expeditionary column has reached
Boquillas, on the American side of the
international boundary, according TO
information brought here This re-
lieves the tension, as reports had been
current that the troops had been at
tackled by bandits
Columbus, N. NJ, May 23.-Four
bands of Mexican bandits are moving
north in the wake of the withdrawing
American troops committing depreda.
tiOns and spreading terror in the viii
lagos. 1t is believed here that the
MeXicans who fired on thirteen troop
ers of the Seventh cavalry, wound
ing one, were members of one OF
these bands
These bands are moving in squads
VI lIolu hity tO seventy anu nave kept
far enough behind the retiring Ameri-
cans TO avoid a clash.
Many of the inhabitants of the re-
gion around San Antonio, Mex, are
fleeing north in the wake of the Amer
lean troops
General Pershing has sent back cav
airy detachments to attack and dis
perse the bandits.
Stories that the American troops
are withdrawing because Villa had
recovered and was recruiting an army
to fight the American troops have
been circulated among the Mexican
poems and are believed responsible
for the new outbreak of banditry.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-05-23
Desperate Efforts to Stem
Invasion Fail.
GERMANS ARE REPULSED
Paris Report Says Repeated Assaults
of Crown Prince to Break Down
French Defenses Northwest of Yer
dun Are Without Result.

Vienna, May 23-Massing in heavy
force on the Southern Tyrol front
Italians are making desperate but un-
successful attempts to stem the Aus
trian invasion of Italy
Saturday and Sunday the Italian
commanders hurled their Alpine forces
at the Austrian crown princes lines
in desperate counter attack. Each
onslaught was repulsed.
An official statement from the Aus
trian war office reports the capture
of several more Italian positions and
the taking of 1900 prisoners
About 10000 Italians, including
many officers, have been captured
since the Austrians began their of.
fensiye a week ago
The Italian attacks were of the
greatest violence in the Astico val
ley, where the Austrians for the first
time since the beginning of the war
have obtained a foothold on Italian
soil.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-05-23

Rome May 23.-The Austrians lost
10000 in killed. wounded and missing
sive in the Tyrolese Alps, according to
Berne dispatches
Their losses for the last four days
are believed to have been almost
equally as large.
The hospitals at Trent are reported
filed with Austrian wounded. Hos
pital trains are now proceeding to
Bolizano and smaller towns where
the barracks have been transformed
into hospitals
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-05-23

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La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1916-12-04
Y. CARRANzA RFSOLYERA E NARTES 81
ACEPTA 0 No FL PROTOCOLO
Cuando el Primer Jefe leia su discurso ante el
Congreso Constituyente, Ia luz elecr ca fue
apagada Sc produjo gran a'arma

yreSo ConStituyente para p0ner en-
manOS de la AS;tmblca I'll prOyccto
de reformaS a la Constitution Gc-
neral de Ia Rcpilblica.
Ell caso fu6 e. Siguiente: Ell los
momenterS en que el Primer Jefc Sc
encOntrlba dando Iectura al diScur-
so en- Que abOgaba por las refOrmaS
que deSca que Se hagan h Cons
tituci0n. In luz electrical fut apaga-
t!a y cl teatrO qued0 compielamcnte
Il OhScuraS.
Una gran alarma Se produio, puSS
todus Icl t.iputa(luS constituencies
~ IeyantarOn de SllS aSientGS y pre-
tendieron Salir vi0lentanente del
teatro creyendo que Sc trataba de
rua caSO grave.
FL Primer Jefe turO que tcrminar
In iectura de Su iniOrme al Congre-
so Siend0 aiumbrad0 con candelaS.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1916-12-04

Telegram3 Especial para Ia FhE->SA-
0UERETARO. Diciembre 3
Don NenuStiano Carranka conleren-
riG hoy eNtcnSamente con StiS con-
Seiero~ acerca del protOcOio de Ira
tado firmado por SuS Delegates
las Gumferrngi;l> de Atlantic City
Nlnguna declaration ~ hiZO Il los re-
prcScntantcS de Ia preESa acerca de
Ia tratadOS por eI Primer Jefe Y los
micmbrOS de >u gabinete.
DiceSe en los cirruloS oficiaieS
que prObablemcnte cl pr0Nim0 mar
Res dccidiri el >en6r Ca..ranla 81 da
SUI aprObaci0n al protOcoIo uue Ee
trajO el ingenicr0 Alberto }. PAM
81 Se rehuSa a firmarlo.
\ variadiSimOS concentrates sc ha
preStadO el incidente que sc reqis-
tr0 en- el TeatrO Iturbide antenochC.
criandO el Primer Jefe. EenuStiano
CarranLa, Se preSent0 ante el Con-
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1916-12-04
e. CGRFLICTO DEL CNdBUSTI.f
BIZ IN fSpAHA I Los
ODRER0S
ESTOS kCO2DlfG1 PEDIR Al C0DIfRKO
QUE IATfRVtHGA en- LA EXPLG-
IbCiGH De LAS MlNiS

MADRID. DiciemDrc dr l9l6.-lN
cSta era de prOtcStas Y reclamaclo-
Hes. los .cicmcntoS acralaS de Ma
drid 10 ,Giian quedarSr airaS y efec
iivanca,c anOchc han iado Ducna
mIcStra de clio.
En- cl tcairo ''BaFbiari' 80 reun!c
ron los anarQuistas mas conoc!dos
!" la capita! cSpahola. y ante un pu
b!lcO numerOsisimO pr0nunclaroa
diScursOS de tonOS violenti>lmos con
ira 81 ALA de las subsistcncias, de-
clarandosc dcspu6s a lamar frascs
.rGesas V agrias contra el G0Dlerno,
las autoridadcs y los acaparadores
por haber traido la presente grave
crisis del trabajO y de los allmentos.
Termin6 el meeting de los anar-
quistas acordando elevar una en6r-
gica exposition al Gobierno y ad-
herirse a Ia huelga general que ten
dri lugar el dia IS del eHtrante Di-
ciembre.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1916-12-04

guna. Ia complete confianZa dc. Pals.
ou,s sus trabajos cn e. D@p2rtancn-
to ,.e Municioncs en cI Ministclio de
L. Guerra. 10 colocaron 4 los oj0s de
sus ccuciuIadaHos como uno Ge los
hombres ird;spensablcs,
81 Lloyd George qucda fuera del
lfinisterio de coa!ici6n, empreatcr@
una gira por les pr!ncipaleS ciudades
del pals para dar = conoccr las "a
tas del Gabinete : p"dir una conduc-
a muchc mas cncrgica en- Ia guerra.
10 que le valdria acknowledgements
grvnjearse las simpatias popularcs )
captarSc q voto general que en- las e
lecciones parlameat&riaS 10 mand"r.a
sin duta Westminster como Primer
Miais,ro. Tai rcsuitado Sc considera
Tan solo como question de tempo, pc
70 los que cs;:in Al tanto de estos q
surtos consiGerar cue Asquith pue-
de "coger a. toro por los cac"no'"
p.eseYtanGo 81 r"auNc;a juntamen.e
con IL de sus comraHeros.
A<ouith IN trabajado grandemente
duronte Ia epcca que ha trabajado q.
frc.,s Gel Ca3incte ingles y @-@c;as
s.s ,s.Sc~-ps r!a.:.IvC Uat,o.
. = .;y..:-,,-., ,,,,.-... o,
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1916-12-04
RENUNCIOEL NINISTRO De GUERRA.
INCLES SIR DAVID LLOYD GEORGE
Tma sy serbs aracter crisis ministerial Gran Brett Pues
Ia ocurrencia de- George efectuara todo s GoJierno
CE QUE CAERA EL GABEIE De C0AICON QOE PRESIDE Ms AS Il

Ruman:a. cue {! pueh!o ;1g.os Il,
v,S'n caa 'H,"-O Gesa%.@Io.
81 Sc Hcgara or"an:2ar IN G:t-
binete con Lloyd George L IL cabvza.
Ia question entonccs que Cuedaria por
Solucionarsc, s"ria n Dc Qui@n ocul:a
ria q MiaiStcrio de II Guerra. que
ha venido Gcsemp"nanGo has;a aho.a
e. Minist"o dimitcnte. Los candida
tos mas abocados scrian Sir EdwlG
Carson :" Lord Derby. sicndo iadUda-
blc que q Aimirantc Fishc:. ser::a la.
mado Ge aGcvo q! Almiranta%go.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1916-12-04

-..rr...., r-..s-fal aara IL .EEN~N
-C>,T.,rs nir;aro;,ra 3-Ta c.rj-
-.....:..;..,,.;..r .,.,,,ri5 nov una forma
......',.,,.,,.. .y.,d, con mo,:vo
-. =, ,..,..,,,.., mo q l5;9iSfro IL. II
E...,.,.. -. D,,.r6 Tlov6 George. pre-
.ent6 a Primer Ministro Mr. As
Cr;-R Dr,puos ,!e este hscho, TO
go 10 que ocurra 2hora no podra sig
.;ficar mas que n raptara de Il
ca.rici5n.
o. n~,nos;c;.,. prese9raGa aver oa-
p, - rorn,aci5n de m Consefo lie
......r.. ;~.-o-q4o nor Il Prime Minis
,~a ". Asouiyh. Andrew Bonar law.
D...,s lov5 t;.a~ro. Arthur ]. Bal
.,,,.. =. Sir Edward Carsoa. no fut
W.. one IN arreg:,o para in,entar
.or,:,r o. rn-r,31 NrfS.erio L. cues.
49,, nor, os-ri., N s2be,. ou:ancs
.ar.n los que permanezcan en- SIS
rresros = lTr Asopirh con los vi
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1916-12-04
:r;,.s,. q:c VIII: IA :: dar nitro g0!pc
Ell la frCntrra

i."- h&D.ta:!Les 10 Ia f"oEtcra,
">pr;i.a.n"nir i" 2Iuci'"o luGarcS
cI ,.andc las pajruIIaS amrr!ranas
nu s"n nay .u"rt"S, - mGrstran
icm"r,>"> i" Ode 81 JEFF" r'bclde
,"ya 4 pon'r "h jur-:o una q" S,fa-
"S'raiH=rlEas Hacienda rrrcr Ii,. e.
dIrigr 81 "rcidrnir y ~" an rraR-
dad marc.n ilaria ia frunIrl3 con Bl
pHop|>l!" lie iar Giro =J.pr comp
e. ,ir columbus.
La cnncrntra.iIn dr n. iropas
rarranriSIaS Iur ;. halIaban rn Ia
,.r.l6u .rr;I,utai .,r t,hInlauu, .aa
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1916-12-04
Sc lIcv0 cirn muchachas Francisco
Villa

AntrS de- Salir. sr=lln 10 refIc-
rem los inloIrur> enyiado> por Osu-
na 4 las auluri,iadrS milIiarcS de
CiIdad .Iuirrz. Villa rScugi6 las mu-
charhas mas bunitaS Il" Chihuahua,
habirndu oD!i.aiO Il mas ir cicn a
acompalar 81 eiircito. Las mu-
chacnaS. dicrn Ios informcs, todaS
llorusas. turiGron que ScguIr los
yillistaS. SicHio alguna> de- elias Sc
.uidas dc Sus mairrS. que lanzaDan
.ritos de dolor porque los vlllistas
las arroiaban de su lado, para que
no salyaran Sus hijas.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1916-12-04
La :tuaci0n lie la ciudad cS cSpan-
t0Sa

Las prin.ipalcs GALES de la ciu-
dad So rncurutran l!cnaS de monte
nrS de currpOS medic incincrado>.
Todos aqucIIOs cadavcros que 10
puiicrOn ser rgc1@ld0S para su i'll
cincrari6E. So cGuuclitran rCgadGs
DOR tGda la riu lad. ell cStado de
ir.scGmpUsioi1n.
FL pueblo, que durantc una Sc
mana ha rstado cscCni!dO para cS-
capar la furia dc los rcbc!des,
Sc ha encontrado. al sa!lr de Sus
cScOndrijoS, con un cSpcctacuio y
una situation ell extreme dOIorosa.
para los haDtamtr> ic Ia dcsOiada
tiudad, uilcs tCios Sc los llevaron
los villistHS. y la pcstc esta dcsarro-
lland0sc Ell todos los lnSanos dlstri-
tos donde el pueblo Sc agiomcro
para ponsrse salvo de Ia lucha,
primero 3 despucs, de los ajenta-
dos ie los vIlliStas.
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LIBROS EN- ESPANOL.

Compre uated sus libros en- espafol
Ignacio E. Lo2ano, GOT Dolorosa ST. San
Antonio. Texas. Su casa es Il mas barata
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tra>a i Ia 5a. pIana, col. Ga.)
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1916-05-04

managers. That was how we happen
ed to run into Jim Pollock"
Where did you meet Mr.. Pollock"
ooh, he was on the job at the apart
ment when we got home. Playing the
humble but persistent swain-wanted
to lay his fortune at her feet and give
her life of gilded ease. He pleaded
all that sort of soft-music stuff, and
told her she didn't realize how cruel
the world was to a girl (men always
say that and how she would suffer to
see her mother growing old and lack
ing the comforts she could not earn
for her. Then he pulls out his wallet
and taps 1t, saying, All that have is
yours, Mary, even if you don't marry
me- Business of soft musicr'
"Were you in the room while this
was going on?"
"No,' she answered, winning a gale
Of laughter from the courtroom, "but
you can't brush your teeth in New
York apartment without the people In
the next door fat hearing you, and ev-
erything that Mary said or Jim Pol
lock said, might as well have been
shouted through a megaphone."
did Miss Page seem touched by Mr..
Pollock's offer?' said Langdon. repress-
ing smile with difficulty.
mo, she stood up to him spunkily
and told him fat where he got off.
I'm going to get work. she said, but
even, if didn't my mother and would
never accept any help from you.
have only one thing to ask, and that is
| that you leave here at once and do not
| come again. He came out in the hall
where had the door all nicely opened
! for him. I told him sweetly that I'd
| opened it for him to get out, but I'd
| be shot before it ever opened to let him
| in again. I ran back to the sitting
room, to find Mary in a dead faint. 1t
| was such long time before she came
round, and then she was SO dazed and
! terrified that we were all scared to
death, and swore q solemn VOW then
and there that I'd be the busiest little
stage mother and chaperon and advice
giver to Mary that any girl ever had
Her voice suddenly trembled, and the
quick tears filed her eyes as, turning
to Mary, she cried eagerly:
"And, Mary, I've kept my word
haven't I? Haven't IY'
Mary nodded, smiling through mel
own tears, and the spectators who
throughout the breezy testimony of the
young actress had been in gales OF
laughter, suddenly sobered. They saw
the brave heart under the butterfly ex
terror, and realized the wisdom and the
goodness behind the vulgar words.
Langdon, seeing the judge frown al
this SCATTERING of legal precedent. ask
ed his next question quickly.
"You and Miss Page did secure posi-
lions in the same company. did yor
notT"
"Oh, yes. in The Blue Feather.
Mary took to it like G duck to water
. and made a hit with the stage mana
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his and said, Please be glad, Mary. ]
heard that Pollock had gone into bust
ness here and l worried so about you.
I felt I had to come. Let me be your
friend and protector. even If can't BE-
anything more, won't you, Mary?
ooh, but you oughtn't to give up your
practice, Phil she. said. beginning.
Just like a woman, to kick against the
thing that pleased her most You
you-may not like it here But he
laughed at that. and they began to
talk so much that I got worried and
butted in by reminding Mary that she
was an actress now and had to hustle
Then Mr.. Langcnn had to be told al
about it, and the result was we had to
run three blocks to get in at the stage
door before they began to keep tabs or