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Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1919-03-21

place to battle in, and enough green
stuff to eat.
''In the winter we need a shed
where we can keep warm and some
corn ground up like a mash to eat.
Our wings are strong and we can
hurt people with them. And we
geese don't bother to have young
ones until we are a year old and can
give proper advice to our children.
And our eggs are large and white, they
are.
''We like swamp land, and land that
others make fuss about. We're not
cranks about the land we're given for
our homes"
We'll" said Mr.. Gander, after a
pause, "are you through?'
"For the time being" said Mrs
Goose.
"Well, then, will talk" said Mr.
Camden.
go ahead" said Mrs. Goose.
Pm not going ahead at all" said
Mr.. Gander. Il shall stand quite still.
/ will not walk if l do not want to
walk. And as 1 don't want to walk I
will not walk"
Il didn't mean you were to go ahead
walking" said Mrs. Goose.
"Oh, Goosey, Goosey," said Mr..
Gander, show did you expect me to go
ahead? On my head, perhaps?"
mo, no, nor shrieked Mrs. Goose,
in her shrill voice. Il meant you to go
ahead with your talking, and not walk
ing"
"Ohn' said Mr.. Gander. t'Why didn't
you say so in the first place and not
waste all this valuable timer"
SIS the time so valuable?" asked
hrs. Goose.
"Of course, said Mr.. Gander.
"What makes you think SOP" asked
Mrs. Goose.
Il don't think so,' answered Mr..
Gander, "but it is so, just the same.
When they were all deciding that time
was valuable they didn't stop to ASK
my opinion"
"They wouldn't ask the opinion of a
gander," laughed Mrs. Goose, her pink
bill wiggling with amusement.
"And neither would they ask the
opinion of a goose" said Mr.. Gander,
standing very straight, his beautiful
white body looking very handsome.
His orange legs also made him seem
very fine looking.
''Tit for tat" said Mrs. Goose, in a
snrill voice.
"DO you wish me to talk?" asked Mr..
Gander, proudly.
ooh, go ahead" said Mrs. Goose.
"You made that mistake before, -
said Mr.. Gander, land made me quite
confused"
well, you're a silly gander," said
Mrs. Goose.
~"And you're a silly goose, which is
worse" said Mr. Gander. "As you
mean me to talk ahead and not go
ahead 1 will do so.
what I want to say is this:
IF ever l heard a goose live up to
what was expected of her-that is, to
be regular silly goose-you did it
when you talked so long without stop
ping.
You told me all about ourselves, our
ways and our habits, and everything
L
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1919-03-21
GREEN'S AUGUST FLOWER

Has been used for all ailments that
are caused by a disordered stomach
and inactive liver, such as SICK heau-
ache. constipation, sour stomach,
nervous indigestion, fermentation Oh
food, palpitation of the heart caused py
gases in the stomach. August Flower
Is a gentle laxative, regulates dlgesuoh
both in stomach and intestines, cieaiis
and sweetens the stomach and alllneh-
tary canal. stimulates the hVer 10 90
crete the bile and impurities from the
blood. Sold in all civilized countries
Give it a trial.-Adv
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1919-03-21
Buddhism Up to Date.

One of the latest features in the
modernizatiOn of the world comes in
the form of a recently built Buddhist
temple at Honolulu, which temple,
gloats Popular Mechanics magazine, is
built of concrete.
The cost of this novel structure, one
of the few Buddhist temples on Amer
lean soil, was $4,000, which was do
mated by japanese residents of Homo
lulu.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1919-03-21
CAR HITS TRAIN; 35 HURT
Coach coIIides With Passenger Train
Near Toledo, O., and Rolls Down
Sixteen-Foot Embankment

Toledo. O., March 11.-Thirty-five
persons were injured, none fatally. it
is believed, when a Toledo, Bowling
Green & Southern traction car. south
bound, colIided with Glover Leaf pas
senger train at the crossing in Maui
NEE. nine miles south of here. The
car. after hitting the train, rolled
down 16-foot embankment.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1919-03-21
CONSERVING the Sound.

l was demonstrating with my small
daughter, remarking:
Ruth, everything l tell you goes in
one ear and out the other" The next
time l spoke to her, she was holding
one ear tightly.
why are you holding your ear? /
asked
"To keep what you're saying from
going out that ear" she replied
Cleveland Leader.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1919-03-21

Mrs. Goose.
''Of course I do" interrupted Mr..
Camden.
''Of course you do" said Mrs. Goose,
''but you don't seem to know that
creatures can repeat what they know.
/ can repeat what know about my
family just as children can tell what
their daddies did when they We're lit
tie and just as they can recite poetry
in schools"
You have no sense, no sense;
you're a goose all right" said Mr.. Can
der. and Mrs. Goose grinned and said:
well, you wouldn't have NE ca
nary bird, would you?"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1919-03-21
A Fall in the SPRING.

Mrs. Gadabout-How do you like
my new fall hat?
Mrs. Observation-Disclosures mean fan
hat? Don't you know this is spring.
Mrs. GadabOut-Well you shoutd
have seen my husband fall over in a
faint when he saw the bill.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1919-03-21
FIND SIX BODIES AFTER BLAST
EXPLOSION Occurs at Baldwin Chain
and Manufacturing Company
in Worcester, Mass.

Worcester, Mass, March 11.-An ex-
plosion occurred at the Baldwin Chain
and Manufacturing company. Six bod
les were recovered.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1919-03-21
WHY NOT TRY 1T?
Any farmer who raises grades won

grades would realize larger
profits if he raised purebred
SHORTHORNS. They don't
require any more room, nor
any more feed, nor any bet
ter care than the grades
should have. But they sell
for more money. A Kansas
farmer produced "a head
from one registered Short
horn COW in IL years. Two
brothers in Wisconsin pro-
duced ll9 head from one in
IA years. The value counts
up when you're breeding
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1919-03-21

OOOSo, anu MI I.
E m en- Goose,
k II w II a S NJ r.
Gander, said
"Of course we
are"
"Some people"
said Mrs. Goose,
81 ike t o h a V e
sheep keep their
great lawns cut
short, but we can
Go the Work pet
ter and we're not
so delicate as
sheep.
1--WE are strong
and can look af-
ter ourselves if
we're given plenty
of shade and a
good sized tub or
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1919-03-21
Farm Opportunities
i'm United States

III YOU are interested, write to the Homeseekers'
Bureau. q. g. Railroad Administration Washing
ton, for free information, naming the state the
advantages of which you desire to investigate,
and giving full particulars about your require
ments.
The Romeseekers' Bureau is NOT selling real
estate. Its mission is TO furnish dependable data
by states regarding land values, production,
markets, climate, schools. churches, roads, etc.,
to those who wish to engage in farming stock
raising, dairying, gardening and kindred pursuits.
a letter will bring free booklet which may help
In solving your problems of living.
Address J. L. EDWARDS. Manager, Room
1000, Agricultural Section, u. S. Railroad
Administration, w Washington, d. G.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1919-03-21
The Difference.

"What a 1ueenly figure your neigh
boris wife has, and such splendid
carriage!"
Eyes, but we've got new auto"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1919-03-21
Statesmen Killed in War.

Eighteen members of the British
house of commons lost thelr hNes ~
the recent war
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1919-03-21

The world is kept busy and wears
out many a good pair of boots boosting
men up to do their duty.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1919-03-21

Intuition IS what some people claim
to have when they succeed in making
a good guess.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1919-03-21

of which would 60
in a book or
story about the
+ m d G n G. e e S e
family.
IF you had
been talking TO ig-
norant creatures
who didn't know
about us that
would have been
one thing; but to
tell me such
things was silly,
indeed. / know
all about our fam
lily history, just as
much as you do"
"Oh, perhaps
you do" said
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1919-03-21
Contrary Result,

"From now on we can have ohiF
soft drinks"
"What hard luck!
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1919-03-21

Keen your liver active. your bowels clean NH, ey
.oStns Tir pierces Pleasant feilets anu sou !"
. Iaan Ihesithy. wealthy aud wise. Adv.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1919-03-21

Real education is not so inuch lhe
learning of what we do not hiio" AZ
fhe doing Of what we do NOT now uo.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1919-03-21

When some people talk it is a waste
of time to .yawn.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1919-03-21
DADDY',} EVENING
ufAlRY TALE e
1ynARY GRAl1Am BONNER
90 Ae AUTHOR
THE EMDEN GEESE.
. 01NdhA i DVIN.
- 0l> Ae AUTHOR

"We are very useful" said Mrs. EN-
den Goose, usually known as Mrs.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1919-03-21
S4nn the Hn.n.

The hurt of a burn or cut stops When
Coles Carbolisalve is applied. IL meas
oricl,Iv without scars. 25c and 50c by
ii Irryyogists For free sample write The
w Cole Co. Rockford, lH.-Adv.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1919-03-21

A flirt and her conscience are soon
divorced
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1919-03-21
8 Wholesome. Cleansing.
Refreshing and Healing
Your
Eyes

'2 Drops" After the Moves 4oWSoi.ns or S3s
xrili win your confidence. Ask YOUR Druggl:s
-. 90 As,,rine when your Eyes Need Care. M-i3
N4rrarae Eve Remedy Co., Chicago
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1919-03-21

He Changes His Mind.
81 can't eat this stuff"
"Never mind, dear. | have some fine
recipes for making up left overs"
''In that case I'll eat it now"
There are no golden-tongued orators
because it is silence that is golden.
It's the underIog who is anxious for
the peacemaker to get busy.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1919-03-21
The Proper Method.

"These are very rude walters in this
place There is one system they should
be put under"
what is that?'
"Civil service rules"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1919-03-21

Sympathetic.
HAS he sympathetic nature"
every. | have never met him when
he wasn't sorry for himself"
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1919-11-11
MSS MSSl MSsl
LII bajky ceskosloven-
ske republice sir denne pol

ske republice Siri denn6 pol
sky tisk. Naivni. hloupounke,
pruhledne. Pro zajimavost
pro zasmani zaznamenavame
bajky "Dziennika Cseszynske-
ho'. Z Karvira pry byly odvo-
lany diva pluky. ably utlumily
hladove boure Y severnich Ce-
chach. Slovacky pIuk eislo II,
bred nedavnem ubytovany na
Oravsku chtel pry nasilim do
stati Sc pres hranice a dati Sc
do sluzeb polske armady. Ma
plesbis citovou agitaci ma T6Sin
sku venovali pry Cechov6 100
millionu korun. Vyvraceti po-
dobne Iii neni treba a
take neni nutnO splaceti stej--
nou zbrani. Polske Iii mali vel
mi kratke nohy a nedovedou,
at jsou sebe nehoraznejsi, "a
kryti bezprikladny neporadek
a zoufaly stav polske zeme.
Baikami Jea-v nlkdo nevyhral
a nevyhraji jimi Polaci ami ma
T6Sinsku.
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1919-11-11
Napsal Upton Sinclair

Montagueovi busilo srdce
mocne rozechvenim, ale Bates
pocinal 81 chladne a zcela re-
meslne. Kdyz byl jiz popustil
nekolik zavitku lana, ustal a
septal MontagueoW: "Podivej-
te sc nyni ven."
Montague Sc naklonil pres
okeni ram. Videl proud svetla,
rinouclho Sc z okna pod mimi.
Rodney stal ma rinse mad o.
knem.
"Jest6 blize," pravil Monta-
que die toho, jak soudil, a
Bates jeste jeden zavit odvi-
nul.
Ted, zaseptal, a Montague
vyhledl znovu z okna. Rod
ney Sc byl obratne odrazil cd
rohu okenni fimsy a drzel Sc
po strane okna, takze vnitr-
ku pokoje nebylo lie jej spa
triti. Dal zurivy signal rukou
a Montague, vtahnuv hlavu
zpet, zaseptal: "Jeste nfz"
Kdyz potom opet vyhledl
ven, Rodney stall jiz ma spodni
rinse okna, opren o jednu je-
10 stranu.
Ted upevnit," zahucel Ba-
tes. A zatim co drzel Bates
lano, Montague oYijel je opet
z opet okolo psaciho stolu, ma
cez konec jeho upevnil kolem
nohy koupaci vany.
"To myslim, bude drzeti do
bre," pravil Bates; i sci pax k
oknu a zdvihl klubko motouzu,
iehoz druhy konec byl priva-
zan k Rodneyovu zapesti.
"To ie mas telegraf," pra-
vii. "Dle Morseyovy sousta-
Wy"
"U d'asa!" vyrazil ze sebe
Montague. "Vy mate vse do
bfe vypoGitanop
"Na nahodu nesmi Sc pocl-
tati," pravil Bates. Gale tise!'
Montague videl, iak sebou
ruka, drzici motouz, skuba.
"Okno otevreno," pravil Ba-
ties, hne ddodavaje: HVyhrar
no! Name je!"
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1919-11-11

vedomo, kterak slova, nez-li
vnikaji V osamelost prostory,
vychazivaji z ust. A vyzni-li
tax truchle V ticho, mivaji to-
liko raz divine ozveny SLOW, ne
slysene projadrovanych my
slenkou.
Wal isem 81 maitressu, mia
dou divku, obdobnou vSem
mladym divkam, iez V Parizi
zivori V zameStnani nedoslatec
mem k jich obzive. Byla nezna
dobra a prosta. Rodice jeji by
deli V Poissy, kamz casem do
chazivala ma nekolik dni ma
navstevu.
Rok zil jsem nj zcela kid
ne, iinak ohodlan il propustit,
jakmile by Sc mi naskytla mia
da bytost, iez s dostatek by sc
mi libila, abych Sc nj mohl
ozenit. One V pripade tom mi
nil jsem pojistit maly duchod.
Jet obycejem, jak znamo, We
spolecnosti nasi platit lasku ze
ny: je-li chuda, pencil a je-li
bohata, Diary.
Lee jednoho dne oznamila,
re je s outezkem. Byl jsem o.
hromen a mzikem postihl jsem
veSkeru zkazu sveho zivota
Zrejme Sc mi zjevilo pouto,
iez vlacet jsem mel vsude a
stale: V budouci sve rodin6 a
We starobe sye az do sve smrli.
Byla to zena, jiz polio sc
mnou spolecne dite a bylo to
dite, iez mi buda treba opatro-
vat a vyehoyayat chranit,
pr cem2 nezbytno skryvat Sc
be pred nim a ie pred sve-
tenn.
Zvesti tou byla mysl mole
vSecka skruSena a zm6tena tuz
ba, liz jsem nechapal, ale citil
V srdci SVEN hotovou Sc proka
Eat jako ytiravec, skryty Ia
portierou V ocekavani pokynu,
aby Sc odyazil dale, zlocinnym
vznetem vznikat pocinala Y
hloubi me duse. Kdyby sc tax
udalo nestesti? Jet tolik ma
lych tvoru takovych, kteri uni
rail- drive, nez-li Sc rodi k zivo-
tu,
Oh, smrti maitressy sve ne
pral jsem 81 nikterak! Ubohou
divku miloval jsem velice. Ale
bazil jsem nepochybne pc
zhoube ditete prve, nez bych
ia spatril pohledem.
PriSlo na syet. Mladenecky
pribytek mil premenil Sc tax
! We faleSnou domacnost dite-
! tenn. Wee hrozna! Podobalo sc
vsechnem detem jinym Naklon
nosti nemel jsem k nemu nizad
ne. V otcich 4 praVidla probou
ziva sc laska t9prve pozdeJl.
, Nehonosi sc instinktivni a vrou
ci nehou matek :prichylnost le
jich procita jenom znenahla,
nebot' mysl jejich vie Sc toll
lo pasmy, icz. snuff Sc kazde-
! no dne mezi bytoStmi zijiclmi
vespolek.
| Prosel dalSi rok.
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1919-11-11
PROC BYCHOM Sc NETE-

SILL? - A budem Sc radovat
re VIC zdravi a spokojenosti do
ckaii j5rae sc 1otilcteho trva-
nj naseho sboru. Tudiz v ne
deli, dne Ifho listopadu v So
koiovne ma Wendell ul. Zaca-
TEX We 3 hod. odpuldnc. I've
Zabavni Vybor Sboru Starych
Osadniku.
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1919-11-11

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p09l@l pro ieN@e
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= % s'oi''i Neii sS "o0'"'H
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@to ~ ue'et u.t.
4e''ein ~ NsJa"ii'' GO
ISein ~ ~ 'ipei uehei.' iieho
4teei's oh ohech ilouih' Je% ueii
'i'lo y y" Veoeia 'eeef oo Ji'ra
D'e "'o'e S'"io Se ope'i eihi
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"A J"' J@ pyl Jeno oiohy eiah'
ie't s'e1h iotlu heJhro4heJsl'
va oh"i'lAihu 'oiio heiiilhu
~ 1eohie ol'le' aliN oych '
lii'i u SVEN ie'Si pooit osai
p"i0i'e NIUE one F@po4ihiAy'
!eZ io@uiIa' hry%e a rye iiysi'
anu oy uiEe ''iaVe ZViie James
"Slo u|dVieho hlouol uuse'
Cn' AuS oS9h "ie0poh oSl
i"oiil S7'ile''
al oiiei "e Ia v0oite no
>" II" Oeio = toIuhul SEe oieJ
ie pony 0eih' Jehz i!iu oyi oo
my III ~ piee'eHl heJaheio
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"a sSicnhl III oeolci heoozCi
NoNi' Oieul d lViiuii' pohieull
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10 . chNiii ozVai Sc hotar'
10 -oe mus oytl zhlceno'
ood uluzi hylull hlaEou.
h0z@"l SFicA pecilVe odoeln
'ti "hhy opSahuJlci hepezpeche
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1919-11-11

Montague dial dve zidle k
oknu, a nyr.i oba ma dlouhoH
chvili usedli u okna.
"Jak iste Sc dozvedel o teto
porade?" tazal Sc Montague.
"Bud'te opatrny," septal mu
Bates do ucha. "Nesmite de-
lati hluk, protoze Rodney mu-
81 miti ticho. ably je slysel.
Montague zpozoroval, ze
provaz sebeu opet skuba. Ba-
tes hlaskoval pismeno "a pi-
smenem.
Waterman Duval. Po-
vida nam, kdo tam je. David
Ward. Hogan. Prentice"
"Prentice!" zaseptal Monta-
que. "Jak to, ten ie pfece V
Acknowledged horach!"
"Pfiiel dnes do New Yorku
zvlastnim vlakem," septal Ba-
tes. Ward mu telegrafoval,
te strany isme, tusim, do
stall pokyn schulz. Henry
Paterson To ie hlava Petrole-
ioveho trustu dnes. Bascom 2
Empire banky. To je Water
manuv clovek." :"
"Jiz Z toho vyctu imen po-
mate, ze jde neco velikeho,
hucel Bates. A potion hlasko.
val jeste jmena jinych nekte-
ych bankeru, samych to hlav
nejdulezitejsich 1stavu We
Wall Street.
"Mluvi o Stewartovi,' ozna
moval Rodney.
"Fo je stara historic" "a
mrucel Bates.
price, zvestoval Rodney.
"Price!' zvolal Montague.
"Ano," potvrzoval Bates.
"Videl jsem jej dole We dvora-
ne. Myslil jsem 81 iihned, ze
pride"
"Ale na konferenci Water
manem!" zvolal Montague.
"To je V pofadAu." prayil
Bates. proc pax ne?
"Vzdyt' jsOu pfece nepiateli
ma smrt!"
"Ah!" pravil Bates. "de.
nom neverte podobnym vt-
cem!"
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1919-11-11

obydli sve, kde povalovaly Sc
uviny a pleny a puncochy ne
zvici rukavic a stere jine veci'
druhu podobneho, potrousene
po skrinich, postelich, kfe-
slech vsade, a co predevsim
,vypuzovalo mne domova, byl
kirk ditete, jez vrestelo bez
rozdilu, kdyz bylo pfevlekano
myto a chovano kdyz uklada
no bylo ke spanku a zvedano
z kolebky, stale a stale.
Zatim ucinil jsem 81 nekoli
kero znamosti a We kterems sa
lone setkaval jsem Sc tou,
jez Sc mela stat vasi matkou.
Zamiloval jsem Sc do nj a vzni
kla We mn6 touha nj Sc Ole
nit. Dvoril jsem Sc il a posleze
pozadal isem o jeji ruku. Ma
bidka mole dosla vyfizeni priz
niveho.
TAX octl jsem Sc v osidle:
mel jsem bez ohledu ma dite
sve ozenit Sc mladou divkou
tou, jiz jsem zboznoval, ii spi
Sc doznat sc k pravde vzdat
Sc nejen il, nybrz i scesti a bu
doucnosti a vseho, nebot' jeff
rodice, lide prisnomyslni a MIRA
vodatni nebyli by mi il dali,
kdyby okolnost ia byvala jim
povedoma?
V nevyslovnych uzkostech
mukach dusevnich prozil
jsem cely mesic. Tisicere hru-
zne myslenky rojily Sc mi zji
trele hlave. A citil isem vZma
hat sc v sobe nenavist ke sve-
mu synu, malemu onomu zivou
cimu a krieicimu organismu,
jenz hradil mi cestu, pferyval
mi zivot odsuzoval mne k e.
xistenci bez kazde nadeje a
bez veskera doufani, jez cini
mladosl tax vnadnou a vab-
nou.
Toho casu nahle onemocne-
la matka druzky me a octl
jsem Sc S deckem o samote.
Bylo to V prosinci. Vladla
strasliva zima. Jaka noe!
Maitressa mole byla Sc pra-
We vzdalila z domu. Poobedvav
samoten V tesne jideln6 sve We
sci isem ticha do mistnosti,
kde dfimal hosik. Usedl jsem
do kfesla u krbu.
Venku svistel studeny suchy
vftr a drncel sklenenymi tabu-
lemi a oknem zfel jsem skvit
sc hvezdy ostrym onim leskem,
jakym Sc trpyti Ia mrazivych
neci.
A pokuseni, jez stihalo mne
po celJ jiz mesic, znova Sc
mi loudilo V mysl. Co sed6l
jsem bez hnuti, obestiralo mne
pronikalo mne a hnetlo mne q
hlodalo V hloubi duSe me, jak
hryzne jen utkvela predstava
V mozku ci snetivy rak V ma
Sc. Zdalo Sc mi, re veZi mi ne
ien V hlay6, nybrz i ysrdci v
cel&m tele. A sziralo mne, jak
by byvalo mne hltalo drave
zvire. Hodlal jsem je odmir-
nout zapudit a vnimavost syo-
il pristupnou ucinit novym ma
dejim,, jak Sc otevira svezimI
v6triku rannimu okno, aby =
vypustil zkazeny yzduch noe
nj. Lee nebyl jsem 10 ami IA
vterinu Yzdalit je sveho zrete.e
Rvalo mi vsecku utrobu. A ci-
til jsem hroznou bolest, skutec
nou bolest fysickou a moralni
pri kazdem zatnuti lacnych je
no sparu.
Nebylo pochyby: zivot muj
byl znicen. Kterak vyvaznout
2 teto pohromy? Jak ustoupit
a jak sc doznat?
A miloval jsem tn, jez Sc me
la stat vasi maJkou, laskou va
snivou, jiz roznecoyala jest4
! neprekonatelna prekazka,
Lmocnoval Sc mne StraSliyy
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1919-11-11


jsou nepfateli?"
"Ovsem, ze myslim!"
"Ale, clovece! ia vam mo-
hu dati positivni fakta, jez
vam to dokazi."
INA kazde faktum vase"
small Sc Bates, "mohu vam po-
dati pil tuctu opacnych fakt,
ze nejsou nepfateli."
"Ale to je naprosto obsurd-
nip pocal Montague.
"Tise,' rekl Bates a po=oro-
val skubani provazu.
Led, oznamoval Rodney.
ITO je Cummings, take
ieden mrtvy", pravil Bates.
"Boze. ii no tam chuda ka po-
lozili!"
"Kdo to ucinil?" tazal Sc
montague.
Waterman" odpovidal Ba-
tes. "Paroplavebni trust SOU
tell S jeho Novoanglickymi
zeleznicemi, a ted je rukou
sekvestora. Ia kratko uslys;-
te, ze trust preset do Wa .er-
manovych rukou."
"Myslite tedy, re Ia posled-
II srazka byla pfipravena?"
"Pfipravena! Muj boze, to
bylo to nejvetsi pohlceni male
rybky, co jsem kdy poznal "a
celou dobu sveho zivota We
Wall Street,"
"A Waterman to tedy byl?"
IS petrolejovym trustem.
Sli po MAIDEN Stewartovi. Jak
vite, vyhnal je z Montany, a
musili jej vykoupiti "a deset
mlilionu dollaru. Ale on byl
ak hloupy, ze Sc pax odebral
do New Yorku a pustil Sc do
bankovnictvi; a ted mu sebra-
| Ii jeho banky s mimi porad-
my dill onech deseti millionn ~
"Cloveku Sc az tail dech"
pravil Montague.
"Jen 81 Settle dech, = bu-
dete jei dnes vecer jeste potre-
i bovati," del Bates suse.
Montague chvili sedel, po-
noren myslenky. "Mluvili
isme o Priceovi," zaSeptal.
"Myslite Johna S. Price?'
"Znam jen jednoho Price y
znela odpoved'.
"a Wy nemyslite, re by on a
Waterman byli neprateli?"
"Pravim ien tolik, re Price
e jednfm Watermanovych
E; jednatelu V kazde velke veci,
kterou Waterman provadi."
"Ale, clovece! Coz pax me-
i majitelem Missiissippske O.
celarske spolecnosti?"
"Jest ieiim majitelem pre-
Watermana," pravil Bates.
"Ale to neni NOME" kritel
Montague. "Coz pax neni
Waterman interesovan V Oce-
larskem trustu? A neni snad
Mississiippska ocelarna hlav.
MIN jeho konkurentem? ?"
MA Sc vseobecne "a to" pra
vii Bates. Gale to ie prost6
saba Ma oklamani obecen.
stva. Ia posledni ctyri leta ne
bylo mezi mimi ami stinu vaz'
ne konkurence, od te DOLBY to-
tiz. co Price strhl ma sebe akcie
)ro Watermana."
Montague hledel V uzasu ma
sv6ho pritele, nejsa temef schc
zen slova.
pane Batesi," pravil, "by
sem nahodou jeSte pred krat
kou dobou We spojeni Pri'
Gem a Misisssippskou ocelaf-
lou spolecnosti a sice We spo
cni velmi duvernem; a vim s
,aprostou urcitosti, re co pra
yite, neni pravda."
"ye velmi tezko odpovedet
ma vase tvrzeni," odpovedel
Bates. "Musil bych znati do.
bre ia vase fakta a musila by
byti nejvys presvedciva, aby
"a mne ucinila DOZEN, nebot
jinak znam tuto vec velmi du'
! ladn6 a Sice primo re Zaku-