davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1917-04-03

skin ladij, &c Sc ne more Anglia prisiliti do tega,
ia hi V syoji politiki spoStovala zakone clovec-
nosti III mednarodnih dogovorov.
To blokadno politikO omeniam to izrec-
no = sta prcdsednik Wilson in DRAWN tainik
Lansing iincnovala illegal and indefensible'
(Bethmann Hollwcg ie tn sam rabbi a~ngleske be-
scde.)
'NaSe pricakovanje, XII smO ga gojili osem
mesecev. je bilo popolnoma razocarano, ne lie ia
hi Anglia Opustila svoje nezakorAte in neopro-
stivc blokadne politike, ampak neprenehoma 10
je ojacavala.
Anglia skupno $ svojimi zaveznicami je
predrzno odklonila nase mirovne ponudbe in raz-
glasila vojne ellie, XII ~pomenijo nase in nash "a
veznikov %unicenje. Tedaj smo well brezObzirnO
vojskovanje 5 submarinkami V roke. To smo mo-
rail- storiti "a svojO lastno obrambo.
&c smatra -ameriski narod to "a razlog, da
napove vojno nemSkemu narodu, 5 katerim ie wee
kakor so let zivel V miru, ce hoGe $ tako akcijo
pomnoziti preiivanje krvi, tedaj nismo mi tisti,
ki bono nosili breme odgovoruosti "a TO.
Nemski narod, XII ne Guti ne s~OvraStva ne
nasprotstva napram Zedinienim drzavam, pre-
nesc tudi 10 :"
No ie ma Ia na6in Svetohlinsko zagrnil Use
grehe svoje Wade, Sc je obrnil ma who'd, ia IL
pregovori a Rusiji. Kar ie IN nadeklamiral, se
pa re lahko imenuje vrhunec pretkanega licemer.
silva. GovOril ie oj, tako je govoril, sc hi bill
lie sc nekai casa govoril, hi bill lahko sugeriral
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1917-04-03
Bethmann H0llWeg0ve zanke.

Me ne pOmaga. Treba st je pomeniti U Fad
mi Bcthmam Hollwegovi govoranci, Xxi jc Z Ii
ccmberskim akcentom vrgla cello kCpico brezob-
raznlh lazi V svet, 4 namenom, da napravi elm
vetjo zmeSnjavo med vsemi narodi. Zameriti Sc
vcda ne moreno tega nemSkemu kancclarju. On
zastopa scdanJo NemciJo oziroma Memo Waldo i'll
sluzi njcnim interesom. Njegov eli je zmaga.
a dasi govore kanoni ma vOjni najglasnejso be-
sebo, vendar ne govore edine; Bethnlaun Hollweg
Sc p~Osluzuje torcj tudi parliamentary diploma
ticnih bcscd, ia hi Z njih polnocjo lazc dosegcl
svOj namcn.
Bethmann lIollweg ina : tcga stalisca tudi
pravico, ia lazc in zavija. Obzalovati jc lc, da
ina $ 10 mmctnostjo Sc vcdno toliko uspcha pri
ncmSkcm narodu; gorje, &c hi "a dosegel tudi Y
tujini!
Ogromna vccina ljudstva - poprecno velja
to IA vsc narOde - Sc do danaSn jcga dneva nj
dognala, V kakSni ncizmerno vazni dobi zivimo.
NOjna : svojimi grozotami jc napravila vtisk ma
masc. To lc razumljivO. Ali la vtisk jc tako
okupiral v>c misli, da jc vecina prczrla, kaj Sc
pOraja ob tch bolecinah in kaj more nastati liz
tega kaosa. V resnici Sc je masa zopet odrekla
svoic pravicc do odlocenja ali vsaj soodlOcanja
lii JIG prcpustila politiko dobrovoljno tistim, XII
50 81 jo prilastili. Masa je izgubila pogled Ia
tistc velikc p%oliticne probleme, XII Sc sedaj resu-
jejO, in &c Sc ne Zdrami Sc, doklcr he DO prcpOZnO,
bodo res vIadaioci sani, povscm po svoji wolff
rcSevali tc problcmc, od katerih je vendar odvis-
ia bOdocnOst mas i'll pogoji njenih bojcv Ia ma
daljnje ellie.
Tudi Bethmannov govor je namenjcn masam.
Take reel sc ne govorc lie zato, da prideio V ste
nograficni zapiSnik. Tudi zaradi 'zgodovine"
nc. Kajti zgodovina ne bo vedno lc prcpisava-
la. kar sovori Ia ali oni drzavnik, tcmvcc DO pre-
iskavala d~ejstva in bo ncodvisno mgotavjala
kriviO ter locila laZ od rcsnicc. Ampak za ire
notem vtisk gre Bcthmann IIollwcgu; in cimbolj
dosczc tisti vtisk. Xxi 81 ga zeli, tenn vecja JIG ne
varnost "a intcrcse dcmokracijc.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1917-04-03
PoVOD VoJNE.

Zclo spretno jc speljal Bcthmann HoIIweg
svoJo diplomaticno argumentacijo V tako strujo,
Ii jc vodilo zopet do popoldne ncdolznosti Nemci.
ic, kar Sc tice vojne.
ubogi Nikolaj! Skoraj bi Sc cloveku Sc smi.
iii. Zdaj JIG torej edini kriv vojne!
Bethmann Hollweg ina le to napako, da pre-.
rad pozabi, kar JIG sam vcasi govoril. Ali pa nlisli,
da drugi tako nitro p~ozabijo. Sal smo Sc vendar
cd NIGGA poueili, da JIG Anglia zakrivila vol.
no! Takrat seveda car Sc nj bill brez moci.
Ne sania Sc nam, da bi oprostili caria ME.
COVE krivde. kakor je sploh zagreSil mnogo hui
dega wee 5 svojo zlocinsko pasivnostjo, kakor
4 aktivnostjo takO lima tudi svoj delez pri cd.
govornosti "a vojno. VeGalimanj "a imajo vse
kronanc glave, kakor ga ina tudi kapitalizem
vseh dezel.
Ampak to ne more oprOstiti meinSke Wade.
Ona in avstrijska imata glavni del. odgovornosti
"a vojno; to je danes re dokazano dejstvo. I'm
&c bi sc nemska avtokracija zdaj rada otresla Nj
kolaja, sc vendar ne more otresti svoje krivdc.
V tenn, ko ''Odklanja" Bethmann Hollwcg
legende, sc jh pa sam p~osluzuje V sv0je name
ne. Res je pac, Ola nemski kancelar kljub svoji
ucenosti he pozna pravih gibcnih sill v sedanji
druzbi. On govori o gospodarstvu, o industriji
in trgovini ma Kitajskem, pomona teh moci pa
ne razume. cato pa neprenehOma ~filOzofira o boz
ju med germansko i'll slovansko raso, in tudi v
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1917-04-03
NEMCIJA IN

Prvc besedc il B%cthmann posvctil .Ameriki.
y ten hi treba mnogo razpravljati. Fakta so vc-
cinOma znana i'll mi smO re V %prcjSnJih razpravah
dokazali, ola 80 vsi ngavori nemSke Wade publ.
Kakor drzna i%roniia je slisati, ce govori Beth
mann o mcdnarodnem pravu i'll cello o mcdnarod-
nth rogOjih, XII Jill krsi Anglia.
Nsak nevtralec ina pra vico, da kritiZira An
CLIO - in sploh vse voiskujoce sc drzave "a
radi njiI postopanja in zaradi teptanja medna-
rodnega prava. Anpak nesramno ~postaja, ka-
dar kritizira vcckratcn morilec majbnega tatu.
NemGiia JIG priccla vojno Z nczaslisano kr-
Sitvijo mcdnarodne ~pogodbe - 2 %napadom ma
ncvtralno Bclgijo. In Sc danes krsi mednarodnO
pravo Ia stramOten nacin Il yandalskim pustosc-
njcm francoskih krajev, IL katerih Sc umika ME
ga vojska. Bio hi torej V njcnem intcrcsu bolJe,
ola hi sploh molcala o mcdnarOdncm pravu, kaJ-
ii elm izrecc to besedo, mora clOvek prvi hip MI
sliti ma njcne grehc.
Tudi jc res, ola je med krsitvami AngliJc in
krsitvami Ncmcije razlika, XII nj brez pomona.
Chicaski mcsarji so SC pac drli, kakor da Jh So-
licjo, ko 50 jim AngIezi konfiscirali IA NemciJo
namenjeno meso. MIN je- ~govcdina gotovo vaz-
ncjsa kakor zivlienie drugih Judi. Oni hi bill
tudi zaradi tega mesa pognali Ameriko ia voino,
in municiiski kapitalisti hi jim bill sekundirali.
Ampak clovcku' vcndar nj predpisano, ola mora
vsc dogOdke sveta ~presojati . njihovega profit
tarskeea s~talisca. In Z vsjega eloveSkega sta
Iisca je vendar prokleta razlika med konfiskaci-
10 Armourjevega mesa, pa med brezobzirnim po-
tapljanjem Judi.
Zaradi tega ne bono trobili dzingovskih pc
smi in Sc ne bono identificirali z Morganom. AM
pax roper poizkus, ola 81 nemska vlada umila ro-
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1917-04-03

svolem zadnjem govoru jo JIG srecno p%rimahal
do 'panslavizma Maj st pa misli o pan
slavizmu, kar ST hoce, ma tel vojni jc popolno-
ma nedoizcn.
Panslavilem kot politicem faktor jc bill uto-
plJa ncInatne peStinc zaneSenjakOv. Panslavi-
ZEN kot gOspodarska moe je bill sploh nemogoc.
Edini realm pomen je mogel imeti V nekaterih
kulturnih panogah, pa tudi ne V vseh in tukai
ie neSkodljiv.
Treba je lie pogledati, kako 80 spojcne drza-
We ma emi in ma drugi strami in kako poliglotno ~
pomcsane vojske obeh partij, pa mora clovek spo-
znati absurdnost fraze o boju med germansko in
slOvensKo rasc. Ampak Bethmann Holiweg je gao
stall najInanje pctdcSet let "a svojo dobo: o pie
menski vOjni Sc pu JIG sanjalo, kO j. bill Y Ev-
ropi sc mir, in tch SAM sc ne more izncbiti.
SpOn,in ma panslavisticno poSast nu pa pri-
haja sedaj pray. &c Sc ne more Ncmcija wee pla-
Siti $ caristicnimi kazaki, So pa plasi $ panslaviz-
MON.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1917-04-03
VILJEMOV APPEL.

Bethmann Hollweg sc sklicujc tudi ma tcle-
gram, XII ga JIG kaizer pred izbruhom voine postal
Nikolaju. Tudi o tenn telegram hi bilo boljc, &c
hi bill Bethmann molcal.
&c hi bilo sO ViljcInu takrat res "a ohrani-
tev miru, JIG pOpolnoma jasno, da bi bill moral
svoJ telegram adresirati nekam drugam. Ne ma
NikolaJa, ampak ia Francjozefa hi bill moral a.
pelirati.
kaksen pa je bill p~olozaj'
Avstrija je bila poslala svoj ultimatum Srbi.
j. Ia sc je nekaterin zahtevam podvrgla, "a
druge je pa izjavila, da maj Sc predIoze razsodis-
Gu v Haagu. &c hi bila Avstriia to s%prejela, hi
bill mir reSen. In Avstrija hi bila TO nedvomno
sprelela, ce bi j bill IL Berlina ~razlocno pove-
dali, da DO morala sama snesti kaso, Ge 81 10 sku.
ma. Tisti hip, ko je Nemcija Avstriji dovolila, Ola
marsha cez .Savo, je bila e~vropska vojna neizo.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1917-04-03
BETHMANNovE oBLJu8E.

NelnSki kancclar pravi sedaj, ia bo Ncmti-
ia rcSpektirala voljO ruskega naroda. Maj 81 u
rcdi SvoJc notranJc razmcre, kakor hocc sam.
Bcthmann We, kako Sc love kalini, ampak mi
he vcrjamenio, da bodO Rusi kalini.
TIA hip nina NcmGija dovolj moGi, Ola bi po-
magala Nikolaju: cato hi bill Bethmann neumen,
&c hi napovedoval njegov povratek ma tron. AID
pa nenski Spioni V Pctrogradu ne podpiraio re-
publike, jc tudi gotovo.
Jasno je, da je Nemciji sedaj Sc wee lezecc
na separatnem miru z Rusijo. kakor pref. Ia
kaj sedaj vedo Rusi, zakai SC bojuiejo: pref MISC
vedcli tega. BOZ "a svobodo Jill DO gotovo boil
navduSeval. kakor boz Ia Carigrad.
Ampak &c hi Russia danes sklenila separa-
ten mir Z Ncmcijo, hi pomenilo to skoraj toliko,
kakor da hi pomagala do image Nemciji, men,
sko-avstrijski avtokraciji. Pc TAXI zmagi hi Sc
vsc, kar ic V Nemciji in V Avstriji absolutistic-
mega, Sc bolt utrdilo. In mic nj boil logicno in
naravno, kako da bi Ia u%trjcna avtokraciia v
svojem interesu tajno ali javno ~podpirala vse,
kar hi sc V Rusiji zgcnilo V prid staremu rezi-
mu.
Sal nj dovolj odstramiti carja! TAX problem
Sc nc resi- dcfinitivno V Stirina jstih dnch. De-
mokratitna iiusija BIO imcla Sc dovolj dolgo opra-
viii roper reakcionarnc %poizkuse. Ma Francoskcm
Sc je po revoluciji neprenchoma vracala monar-
hija. Kitajci so Sc V masi dobi imeli take izkus.
ME. In Bethmapn Hollweg sam prcvidno pravi,
da ne more nihce reel, kako Sc VISA rec 4a Ru-
skem k0nca.
On lahko govori l. jezikom. Kaj ie V ,rcu,
to jc druga rec.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1917-04-03
VILJEM IN

S'NSi PliEhd'd SVioStdHid u.
vLJEM IN NIKoLAJ.
Use meje drznosti presega tisti del Bethman-
novega govora, XII Sc bavi L ruskimi razmerami.
kar hi nemSki kancelar T. MIN rad dosegel, je
sevcda Jasno: ) carlmom je nemSka ylada tai
no mesetarila "a separator mir, novi rezim be ra-
ia 4 lepimi besedami vjela V isto mrezo.
Da je nemska vlada ~podpirala avtokraticni
III rcakcionarni rezim V Rusiji, nj lcgenda in
pravljica, aInpak zalostna resnica, "a katero go
wore tudi dokazi.
&c Sc Je preganJanemu ruskcmu revOluciu-
narju posrecilo, da je uscl ccz mejo carjeve OBJ
lasti, tedaj je bilo zanj bolje, maj jc Sci kamor-
kOli IA syctu, lc V Nemcijo ne. Vpliv carizaa
jc sicer segal dalcc i'm marsikj e so Sc mu. vladajo.
ci faktorji Pc nepotrebnem klanjali. Toda ma
NcInskem mu JIG uradni aparat naravnost sluzil.
Pruska policija je roper ruske begunce oprav-
ljala sluzbo ruskc policijc. VrSila jc pri Nth his.
ne preiskavc, zapirala Jill je in kot ~'neljube tut
ce' jih JIG odganjala ma rusko mejo, kjer so
carski birici re cakali mamie.
) svojim lastnim absolutizn,om je oficielna
Nemcija podpirala ruski absolutizem. In da jc
bila drzava, V kateri je mogel Viljem izreci svoj
glasovlti Sic vOlO, sic jubeo' - "tako hocem.
takO ukazujem', ali pa svoj "EinG Colt, Elm Reich,
elm Kaiser authorizations, tega nc more utajit
nlti BcthmannOva zgovOrnost.
Bio je popolnoma naravno, da je nemska
Nidud poupFdld ruSkO SamOVlauO, ker so to "a
htevali interest njeni avtokracije, ~nnjeneya cariz-
ma.
' zapisnikih rajhstaga IL prcdvojnih casov.
ko Sc nj vladal ~zloglasni "Burgfricdcn" V Mem
ciji, Sc lahko najdcjo Stevilni govori sociaIno de.
mokraticnih poslanccv, XII so ocitali nemSki vladi
TO podpiranje ruskcga carizma. In V registril
nemskih jc Sc najdcjo imcna sociaiistov, XII ~
bill zaprti zaradi zalitve ruskega carja in ruske
Wade. o solidarnosti rusko-nemSke avtok.aciie
torej MISC razsirjenc lie ''legcnde' med sovrazni-
XII Nemtije, ampak Nemci sami so io izkusali Ma
svOjem telcsu.
Nprico tch nep0bitnih dejstev je paG predrz.
no, &C So della Bethmann HOllwcg sedai tako. ka.
kor da 81 nj nikdar zelcl kaj druzega, kakor re.
publikO ma Ruskcm.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1917-04-03

gibma. kajti to jc postavilo balkansko vprasa-
mic ma dnevni red, in tn so bile priladete vse ka-
pitalisticnc drzavc, tudi Russia.
Da Sc je Nikolaj podal vojni stranki, je go
tovO res. Ali on Sc il he hi bill mogel podati
in vojna stranka ma Ruskem ne hi bila mogla zma-
gait, ce Sc ne hi bill Viljem podal nemSki voini
>tranki in &c ne hi bila avstrijska vojna napo-
we'd. izrecema Z dovoljenjem Nemcije, dala sig
nala IA sploSno vojno.
Nikolaj ie kriv. cato 50 mu Rusi dali east
no strazo V Car.kerl Selu. Toda ujegova kriv-
da ie ~njcgOva. Niljenova ie pa Niiemova.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1917-04-03
XAVIER CARJEv svETovALEC.

Bethinann Hollweg nam prlpovedujc, kako
je vehki demOkrat Viljem leta 1903. svetoval
Mlklavzu, maj sc he upira "opravicenim zeljam
svOjcga naroda pc reformah.'
Idaj pa scvcda mOramo biti prcpricani,
Zdaj Je dOgnano, da Viliem sploh nj monarh, Sc
naJmanJe pa avtOkraticen monarh. kaj, Sc! lie
prcdsednik dcmokraticnc republic ncmSkc ic,
i'll njegov kajzerski naslov nj mic druzega, kakor
naslov.
On ic svetoval carja refornc!
Toda - ljubi gospod Bcthmann, kdaj ic BIZ
10 to.
Leta 1908. Ne pc japonski yojni, ckscclcmca,
ampak pc moskovski rcvolnciji. Ia revoluciia
Ie pac bia posledica japonske vOjne, Y katcri ru-
ska armada ma srcco Rustic, nj imcla srecc. Am
pax kajzcrjcv svct nj priScl pc vojni, tcmvcc 20
rcvoluciji.
In to je razlika, ccnjeni kancelar!
NemSka vlada jc %razumela, da hi mogla ru-
ska revoluciJa imeti wee uspcha, nego hi bilo car
ju ljubo in ncgo hi bilo vsled tcga tudi kajzerju
ljubo. Moskovska rcvoluciia st jc lahko IA ell
KRAFT potlacila ruska rcvoluciia Sc 5 tenn nj mo-
gla ubiti.
Tcdai jc Vijem svctoyal Nikolaju: Daj Jim
raSi mezincc, siccr ii vzameio cello roko. - In
potem hi Sc lahko &c meni kaj zgodilo - 81 jc ma
THEM mislil.
Liljem je dajal carju "dcmokraticnc' svc-
tc. Cudno! Zakaj nj sam vpcljal parlamcntar.
mega rezima V Nemciji! Zakaj nj dial sam sebi
dobrega sveta:
S svojo sugestijo je hotel Viljem utrditi carl
ZEN ma Ruskcm in S tenn utrditi svojo lastno moe
V Neinciji. In NikOlaj Sc ie ravnal pc ~njcgovem
svetu, pa jc S TEN res IA nekaj casa ustavil re-
volucijo. Kako dolgo jc ucinkovalo to zdravilo,
vidimo sedaj.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1917-04-03
RUSKI REvoLUCIoNARJI.

Tudi mi ne vemo, kaj Sc lahko Sc zgodi IA
RuSkcm. Vlada i'll socialist vedo, da Jill eaka &c
veliko della in tudi veliko skrbi. Lahko nastanc
TAX polozaj, da ie Ia Rusijo IL notranjih razlogov
mir ncizogiben. Interest momenta lahko nasta.
nejo bolj pereci cd interesov bodocnosti.
Doslcj nj resnih znamenj take nevarnosti.
In &c jc ne prinese kakScn poseben veter, tedai
j. Bcthmann HOllweg zaman pihal Rusom ma dn-
50, kajti polozai nj danes tax, kakrsen JIG bill oh
zacetku vojne.
no je izbruhnila, jc imela vojna pretczno
Observation-Disclosures znaGaj. Dogod-
Xxi so to izpremenili. Danes je ia chi strani av-
tokracija, IA drugi demokraciia. In najbolj jc
to povzrocila ruska rcvolucija.
Tcga Sc ruski rcvoluciOnarii zavedajo. Ii
sti ruski socialist. XII SO V caristicni dobi naspro.
tovali vojni, ker so incl argumente IA to, so da-
nes "a NADIA jevanje vojne, ker imajo razloge "a
to. In teh %razlogov jim ne odpihnejo Bethman-
move sladke besede.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1917-04-03

kc kakor PLAT, ie treba protestant. kcr hi st
STEER priznala gorosta ana laZ.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1917-04-03

BolSarski ministrski predsednik Radoslavov
Jc V sobranju izjavil: 81 ozirom ma to, Ola jc bill
ma Ruskem absOlutizem wren oh tia, upam, da DO
klnalu ~uglajena pot, da sc vrnejo mirni odnosaji
med Rusijo in Bolgarsko."
Gotovo, Bolgarska hi mela lepo priliko!
Morda je govor Radoslavova mamenje razpolo-
zenja V dezeli.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-05-11

tention to itself, suppose the
more poignant will be my expert
ence.
IL have lately come back from a
long exile spent in hideous place.
| brought with me the first hunger
for love | had ever known. But l
found no answering need in the
heart | turned to. | have been
thrown back on myself, to eat my
heart out, because | know now
that it is my own fault. II | had
tried sooner to make myself a
lover | would not have to resign
that place to another man.
"Why do | pour these personal
sorrows upon you, my Lady of
Sympathy? l am heartsick for
comfort.
Yours, j."
Bambi laid her cheek against
the poor, hurt letter, and cried.
my poor, bungling Jarvis, how
l must have hurt you"
She read it again, and all at
once light flooded in.
"Why, it's Richard, of course!
He thinks I'm in love with Rich
ard! The dear old goose! He sees
so little and sees that crooked"
She went in search of him, de-
termined to tell the whole foolish
story, to explain the imaginary OBJ
stacles that divided them. But he
was not to be found. so the i'm
pulse died, and she determined to
play the farce out to its end, and,
now that she knew the core of the
whole situation, she could make it
count for their final readjust-
ment.
She wrote him at once:
MY Dear Jarvis: At last l feel
that there is truth between us. |
have suspected that you we're not
happy in your love life. But
wanted not to pry into locked
chambers. Now we can he glad Of
the bond that lies between us, for
l, too, so heart hungry through
the days.
II have not spoken to you of my
home, or my husband, but now
that you have become such a part
of my thought life, | feel no dis
loyalty in the truth.
MY husband is a man who has
never felt the want of affection.
He is so self-centered in his devo-
ton to his work that | have al
ways been shut out of his heart.
At first this did not trouble me,
for | was ambitious, too. But so
many things have happened to de-
velop me this last year, to
awaken me to my full woman
hood!
Il have had to face. as you do,
the ache of an unwanted love,
tossed back to eat it's way like a
corrosive acid. Once, not long ago,
| thought, perhaps, things were
going to change for me. thought
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baroque pearls, an exquisite demi-
nine bauble.
"Oh, Jarvis, how charming! It's
like a lovely lady's happy tears!"
she exclaimed.
He blushed happily.
Thus 1t was that Jarvis was well
coined into the family circle again,
and this time he became an inte-
grail part as he had never been be-
fore. The day after Christmas he
came to Bambi with her story.
81 find myself intensely inter
ested In the mysterious woman
who wrote it. | would like to
know her."
1--WE no doubt she is very fas-
chatting" she said, coldly.
you don't object to my interest
in her "
"Object? My dear Jarvis, you
may be interested in all the women
in creation without any objection
from me-"
So they began their co-partner-
ship.
These were days OF keen delight
to them both.
The first interruption came with
the advent of Richard Strong to
spend the weekend, and Jarvis
made no comment when Bambi an
|nounced his coming and declared
Saturday q holiday. He even
agreed to meet their guest at the
station. The two men came back
together in amicable converse.
II am so glad you could come.
Richard" Bambi greeted him, in
her eager way.
Jarvis started at the Christian
name, and flashed angrily at
Strong's reply:
Happy New Year, francesca"
Richard and Francesca-so they
had gone as far as that on the road
to intimacy, was Jarvis hurt
comment to himself.
The two days dragged by, in tor
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GAMBLE AND
BURNHAMLET
BAIL FORFEIT

Ray Gamble, proprietor OF tho
Olympia oyster & Fish Co., and
Kenneth d. Burnham, chief clerk
of the Northern Pacific, who were
arrested last Thursday night after
a chase by dry squad Officers on
the Sixth avenue boulevard, ON
charges of having liquor unlawful
" in their possession with intent
to sell, each forfeited 500 bail
when their case came up for trial
in the police court Thursday after
noon.
At the time of their arrest, four
cases of Sunnybrook whisky, con-
tanning 4S quarts, were found con-
cealed under lap-robes In the tom
neau of CANDLES car.
Gamble and Durham still face
state charges of having an unlaw-
fnl amount of liquor in their pos
session.
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At eleven the Professor said
good night. Immediately Bambi led
the talk to their proposed work,
and held it there, firmly. until
midnight chimed. Jarvis told her
of the sale of the street Songs"
to Strong's magazine, and an
nounced that one hundred dollars
of 1t was to be set down in the
Black Maria account. She laughed
and congratulated him.
Finally she rose.
"Your rooms are always ready
for you, so l do not need to go up
and see about them. A Merry
Christmas, Jarvis Jocelyn."
He laid his hands on her shout
ders and looked deep into her eyes.
He thought he felt her tremble
under his touch. but her glance
was as frank and emotionless as a
boys.
"A Merry Christmas to you,
Miss Mite" he answered, with a
sigh. She laughed. unexpectedly
patted his cheek with her hand,
and ran upstairs.
Christmas day in the little house
was a real celebration. 1t was the
first one in the Jocelyns' married
life, and the entire household en-
tered into the spirit of Yuletide
with enthusiasm. At Bambi's sug-
gestion, they hid the presents all
over the house. The subsequent
search and discovery were carried
on with much laughter and shout
ing. Ardelia's delight over her
gifts was vocal and extreme. The
Professor continually forgot which
presents were his, and collected
every one else's into his pile, from
which the owner forcibly rescued
them. A pair of silk stockings for
Bambi, which he absent-mindedly
appropriated. caused much mirth.
Jarvis gift to Bambi was a dull
gold chain. hung with tassels of
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he wanted me. But now | have
come to know that it is to another
woman he turns for sympathy and
understanding.
80, you see, my dear, we two
have the same heart history. No
wonder we have felt our way thru
time and space, to clasp hands in
such deep affinity. lay my hands
upon your head, Jarvis.
"Your Lady
ooh, my dear, my dear, we have
found each other at last, in all
truth. 1t was meant from the be-
ginning of time that it should be
so. Let me come to you. | can
not bear to live another hour with
out the touch of your hand. To
think that | do not know your
name, or the color of your kind
eyes! Say that | may come?
"Devotedly,
Jarvis"
Jarvis, My Big Boy: You may
not come yet. 1t is part of a
dream, cherished since you came
to be the heart of me, that we
should not come together until the
night of the opening Of our play.
l know you will poohpooh this as
sentimental nonsense. You may
even call it theatrical. But let me
have may way, this last one time.
Afterward, my way shall be yours,
beloved. Write me to say you will
be patient with my foolishness!
81 am afraid of our meeting.
Suppose | should fall short of your
ideal of me? That you should
think me ugly or old, | could not
bear it. | have come to know all
my happiness lies in the balance
of that one night, toward which
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this for me-" said Jarvis, as he
read the dispatch.
That's because I'm in 1t,
boosted Bambi. with a touch OF
her old impudence. I'm your
mascot"
THAT must be it
at means a midnight train for
you, to make it comfortably. Do
you suppose you will stay more
than a day."
81 should think not, | don't
know"
Continued Tomorrow