Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-09-06

go. on. dcarie.
II had her to lunch today and I
got her IDEAS"
.About war;"
.I}wasn't going to bring up the sub
iect. but I'd beer reading that dandy
new disarma ment article about our
setting the example to the other ma
tions-.The Mission of America by
Professor Doyen. The magazine was
open at it, and Nellie saw I'd been
reading it. give you my word that
when / told her-as had to-that !
thought it was the finest and most
practical thing I'd ever read she be-
came positively violent
Il know" Jim nodded. And there
are so many things which you and /
can't nnderstand-not being in the
navy
That was exactly the tone. I could
hardIyEeep from laughing at her one
minute and the next telling her what
an infant she. was. didn't realize
what the navy was doing TO her be-
fore. Now l know. Instead Of grow
ing in thought or experience since
she's left Elgin she has been actually
going back. She's year older than ],
and she used TO be older really, but
her mental age now is about the same
as Mart's. He was home for lunch
and agreed perfectly with every ridic-
ulous thing she said"
he just asked me what Lieutenant
Wendell thought as though no one else
knew anything 4 Il
Being eighteen, he's Just at the
army and navy stage. l suppose you
were once, too, Jim, but-thanks be-
Agnes kissed him quickly-"you went
into business and outgrew it Why,
Jim. wouldn'. dare marry II / be-
lieved that the world had to be con-
trolled by force and fear
And I'd never have asked you 30
marry me In such world"
"Of course not: so the world isn't
that way. America-the millions like
you and /, Jim-can show the rest of
the world that it's not i told Nellie
we'd agreed on that, and you felt, too.
that Professor Doyen was right-or
mostly right When war threatens the
way to keep It of is not to resist-that
only. makes war sure-but to refuse
to resist and the enemy cannot make
his soldiers kiln us. There can't be
any war. can there?"
"Of course notr' Jim was impatient
TO hold her close and dismiss discus
sion.
That's what I told Nellie. but she
Just idug he'd al ne. She said the men
would have to resist or they wouldn't
be men, and the women would drive
the men on to it when war really came
But said that wasn't So"
Jim brought her head down on his
shoulder. Lets talk about getting
married. Agnes"
Married, dearT'
yes; when
Two hours later Jim drove again to-
ward town In the bright moonlight
He smiled at the recollection Of his err
rand to the factory early in the even
ing. Agnes had made him forget-or
remember only with amusement-the
wild alarms which had disturbed him.
Agnes and he were going to be mar
ried in three months; they had decided
on the day. He was happy and he
whistled as he drove along. The win
dows Of the factory laboratory were
dark now and the place seemed de-
serted: lint Al he wac nnp0sffe the
end Of an alley, some one leaped out
at bin and called his name.
Wendell, having showed himself, re-
treated abruptly into the darkness of
the alley and, as Bob beckoned, Jim
backed his car into the alley.
Lights out" Wendell ordered. Jim
switched them OF.
whats up?s
3You were just coming down to hnd
out" Bob challenged
mo; was here at 8 o'clock"
'tWhat did you md r
Just Ing0uf and I5nioe, working at
their valve"
Working on their valve. That was
all you saw 2"
What else was there to seer
Those mel" Bob motiOned toward