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snapped off close to the handle. 1t
was the square-ended appearance
of the broken blade that suggested
to Robert that he might be more
successful using it as a screw driver
to take out the screws of the
hinges. This proved to be much
simpler affair than his assault on
the lock, but, even then, the work
was tedious and slow; 1t was near
midday before the door was hinge
less.
The man levered with the handle
Of his knife until he obtained a
finger-hold, then, exerting all his
strength, he pulled, straining until
at last the lock-fastenings, already
weakened by Roberts early efforts,
could no longer stand the pressure
and parted, and, with a splintering
of wood and a smother of dust, the
door fell in.
Robert stepped over it and CROPPED
his way along the passage, which
showed before him in the dim light
which came through the grating
Then, at the first turn, he wa,
plunged into inky blackness, and he
had to proceed more cautiously.
He felt in his pockets, but his
match box had evidently been
taken from him, or he had left It
in the billiard room, and he had to
feel his way with outstretched
hands, one touching the wall as a
guide, the other held out at arms
length before him.
The time seemed endless, until
at last he made out patch of diff
fused light. to which he CROPPED his
way. He found It to be the open
door leading into the scullery.
The weather had evidently taken
a turn for the better while Robert
had been at work on the door, and
he reeled little and put a hand
over his eyes as he came into the
strong sunlight which was pouring
in at the big kitchen windows; then
he crossed the room to the stairs
and ascended to the floor above.
It came as no surprise to him
that he was still in Adderbury Tow
ers; he had not thought II likely
that his enemies would have given
themselves the trouble or taken the
risk of his removal. He threw open
the great 'front.' door and stood in
the porch, drawing in great breaths
of the Summer air.
He treated the dining room as
he had the hall, drawing up the
blinds and pushing open the
French windows. The sunlight
showed him the room as he had
last seen 1.-THE oval table still
strewn with the litter of Sunday
nights feast, the chairs pushed
back as the diners had left them
when they rose.
The hungry man drew a chair
up to the table and investigated
There was not much that a man
might eat who had practically
starved for three days Sweet bis.
cults, chocolates and preserved
ginger and fruits were hardly the
fare for which Robert was looking,
neither was his the thirst to be
slaked with Chartreuse or Kummel.
And then he remembered that on
his way through the kitchen he
had seen a buffers tray containing
what had been removed from the
earlier courses Of the banquet, and,
taking a knife with him. he de.
scended the stairs. He saw now
that the kitchen was Uttered with
the remains of cooking, and he told
himself that, not only the master,
but the servants OF Adderbury
Towers had left their posts at very
short notice.
There was plenty on the buffers
tray to stay Roberts appetite, the
ar. taaa d..
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previous afternoon. and
asking why he had not re-
turned. Robert wondered
what lies Dartin had made
up about him and what
excuse they had sent in
reply to the wire.
Stella, too, would be
.-.s2., av,l ,,,sxA xLs.
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'.In a little bedroom in MAZDA
Vale q girl smiled in her
sleep as she dreamed of the
morrow which would bring
her lover back"
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-11-15
Notable Gathering.

Next June the tri-cities will be host to sew
..eral thousand persons who will come for the
biennial convention OF the National Association
::of Music Clubs. 1t will be one Of the largest
conventions ever brought to the community
The visitors will remain for the greater part
! of e. week
y Local musical organizations have taken
Hsupon their shoulders the responsibility OF en-
:tertaining the delegates among whose number
will be included the most distinguished men
and women in the nation engaged in the pro-
motion Of things musical II will be the first
tlme the national association will have held
-onc Of It's conventions in this section Of the
country, and the decision to have the gathering
here lie . compliment to the growing impor-
lance Of the community as musical center
Many citizens not directly interested in must
cal activities will be called upon to contribute
= share IN making success Of the convention,
and they shouN not hesitate when they are
pressed for service. II will be comparatively
easy to engineer the undertaking i each does
his or her share and not seek to shift all Of
she work to the shoulders of the few who have
been es,erprising enough and confident enough
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-11-15


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The psspts rassdent hsfs. o. q the btsgsa
pspel0 coafroafing the community will b
u hsssipg Il The delegates. white Ill q ~
l,ots,s viii be availabie, II Il not likely that
those places viii have adequate aecnnods-
tions and It viii rsmsin for The people to
open their homes TO delegates during the inset
Ing. Music a. an ESSENTIAL Of rational life IL
rapidly coming more 70 BE- appreciated and .
ape rscogniton u local development has been
paid b. the National Association Of Musical
Clubs in voting it, biennial convention here.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-11-15
The Girl and the Auto.

Two young women Saturday night in Chi
cago accepted an invitation to go joy1iding
with three drunken men. Sunday morning the
bodies Of the girls were found on the lake
front. The young women had been made
drunk. were drugged, then thrown from the
machine. Rendered helpless, both died OF ex-
posure, so the coroners physician decided.
Any night on Second avenue in Rock Is
land, il you are at all observant, you will see
girls being picked up by strange men in auto
mobiles Whisky and dope are obtainable in
Rock Island as well as in Chicago Many
girls see nothing wrong in accepting an invi-
tation to take an automobile ride, assuming
that they are able to take care Of themselves
under all circumstances. Some Of the holder
fsthc young things even court cave-man tao
tics in wooing. They never saw man whom
they were afraid Of. Perhaps the two girls in
Chicago had similar opinions Of themselves.
But they took one ride too many.
II Is hoped that all Rock Island girls who
have been In the habit OF taking joyrides with
strange men will see this editorial and will
proht by the moral that It carries Some OF
them will see It, and some Of them will
heed the warning but others will net. They
will say that the Chicago girls were softles
they we're not hard boiled. and that nothing
HE what happened to them could betall such
as they. Let US hope not
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-11-15

tiers; she must be a stranger; and
her complexion, unlike the Indian
maids, was fair like that of a rural
English girl. go
She, too, came on. and as May
looked at her she smiled a vel
come. The girl was thinking deep
ly, So deeply that she never noticed
May and her smile. Dipping a pew
ter mug into the brook. she lifted il
to her lips and cried aloud: Maker
OF the Universe. send nay love to
my man and bring him here to me.
May could stand their indiffer-
ence no longer. Even this last xirl
who now was accompanied at the
brook side by the Indian maid and
her brave, toge her with the colon
ial maid and her lover. also clad in
the garb OF an early settler. did
not notice her.
Only this last girl. the one who
looked like her, vas alone, and she
must oe made to speak ard tell who
they all were and why she u,ons
had her wish unanswered,
AS MAJ called out, she hoard
An unrestrained laugh. and opening
her syes she lost sight Of the low
ers, and there In their place stood
George laughing and calling 70
her.
The brook had resumed its .or.
NAL size. and as May stood m
George ieaped across the brock. and
a. In answer to her wiah, he came
near and clasped her in his arms"
George end May ara egain com
ing towards the. house. but this
time from the opposite direction
Between their coming sr1 their 20
ing, II Indications count for any
thing. these two will be together
tor life.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-11-15
HEAVEN AND GERTRUDE

makes it a certainty here. 1t is
love.
There can be no heaven for a
heart that hates, and there can be
no hell for a heart that loves. Jesus
came to teach us to love one an
other. Perfect love casts out fear.
! Heaven is not a. mechanical para
disc. Things can never make peo-
pie happy Some of the most I'M
happy people l have known had
everything that money could buy.
but they lived for self. Love lives
for others.
| Little gold star war mother. a
man who has learned from the King
OF Love TO "lay down his life for
the brethren will not find the door
of happiness shut in his face in any
world. He has heaven within.
! And if you have learned this Sc
cret-and you have-One is coming
to meet you in the shadows Who
will say: "He that loveth much. is
much forgiven"
Heaven is the home country of
the King of Love. One must believe
in the king. Then will come that
ecstacy which says: Il know whom
| l have believed"
! There is no 81 ecter gertrude than
this.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-11-15

Tho Arst contribution to- ths 1890 Argus
Santa Claus fund wss received in this morn
ing's mail. It was in the form Of . Is check.
The Santa Claus fund committee has be-
gun planning its work Of taking care Of the
poor Riddles OF Rock Island at Christmas
time. This is the 18th year of The Argus
santa Claus fund 1t had its start from a
thought inspired by letters that came to the
editor from little folks who trusted the paper
with the responsibility of getting their wishes
before the attention OF old Kris Kringle. The
Argus investigated some Of the homes from
which the youthful missives came and it iis-
mas for number OF little folks unless Mr..
Goodfellow came to the front Thereupon The
Argus put the situation up to its readers. 1t
asked those knowing of homes where there
were little folks who might be neglected at
Christmas unless others than their own fam
lilies provided for them furnish the names and
addresses to The Argus. The paper then re-
q1ested funds.
You know what the response has been.
Each year the enterprise has grown. The
Argus Santa Claus fund has become 4 Rock
Island institution. II has one mission only
and that is to see that not child in Rock Is
land wakes on Christmas morning withou,
something to greet his eyes to sustain his be-
lief in Santa Claus. 1t takes considerable mon
en- to finance The Argus Santa Claus, but the
goodfellows Of Rock Island have every year
nobly responded to the appeal in behalf OF
the poor children. and there ia no reason to
feel that they will fall short of their obliga-
ton this Christmas. But the thing to keep in
mind is to send your contribution without
delay.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-11-15
THE DAILY SHORT STORY

at the heart Of May that George
while he was away, might learn to
care more for the University City
and its young people md forget the
home folk.
Two. years Of waiting and lone-
illness waiting for George had pass
cd. His vacations from college had
been spent away from home: the
time being used in travelling and in
visits made to new friends. May
had heard from him regularly at
first. but as time went on, her fears
seemed to have reached realisation,
his letters becoming few aad far
between.
One of Nays favorite walks was
down through the woodland to the
meadow where ran tho little brook
that IN old Indian baseet weaver
had told her. was called by his peo-
pie. The Wishing Brook. He told
her the Indian legend and he said
that any one who drank Of the wa
ter and hreathed . wish at the same
time, would have the wish granted.
And here on this afternoon, tired
from her exeftioas In the WORK Of
the morning. taking . book. she
sought for the last time she said
to herself. the wishing brook and
IT. charm. Finally reaching the
bank. SIZE stopped over the stream.
and cupping her hands, brought the
water to the level Of her lips and
unconsciousiy said aloud. Dear
brook. lot me have my wish. send
my lore to George and let It bring
him homo to me SAFE"
1T was Just ~ vail for her peace
Of mind that she had not seen two
ons looking young men who when
hey saw her approaching stepped
bahtnd trees vhsre. uatching her,
they eoald remain unseen.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-11-15
TIE WISHING BROOK.
BY Miss Irene Blue.
tCOpyright 1920. Wheeler
syndicate, Incl


!, During the early part Of an after
noon I was sitting on the verands
81 = pretty little cottage well sit
uated in q town Of Central New
Hampshire
Mrs. Dawson. my hostess, on
coming out, remarked: Here are
George and May coming; and
pokiRk up noticed q young couple.
What 10 the special INTEREST,"
! : asked. We'll, II it isn't Just like
ne to forget that you do not know
them and probably have not heard
Aeir story. In . town like this al
neEs is meat and drink to Us. and
win tell you the story about
George and May II you care to
iisten."
Nov" said she. Il mentioned
that George and May were coming
~ It is only lately that they have
been seen together. This was not
always 49," she continued. Since
their early days they had lived side
by side on farms about three miles
out from the Village, and IS o ne
c1ssity for the companionship Of
playmAtes they were moro rather
han less together. f.
Back zDo1n the house about Z mile
or so there Is betv(een the farms,
Equally dis.ded ~ to ownership. =
Niece OF woodland that was the
Maygrcund Of George ana May m.
81 the time came when the village
nsAocl and academy were unable to
teachsthem more.
George. graduating hrst. was to
ieAye Tor college: md while his en-
ta1elasA ran high IN his prepare.
- cef news scenes, fear clntchsd
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-11-15

and make s1s and $40 per week. 1
try to make his home happy, but I
see l can't. He will take all we
make and go to the pool room and
stay until after midnight. If l get
after him he will slap me.
love my husband and do all I
can to please him, but l can't. He
will get angry at me and tell me
he has got a sweetheart uptown.
He will not take me anywhere and
makes fun OF men when try to get
him to do right.
Please tell mo what to do, for l
am in-trouble. MRS. D.B.
1t Is unreasonable for you to
work and Try so hard and get only
abuse from your husband. Prob
ably you have done too much and
lifted the responsibility from his
| shoulders.
To go on living IN the way you
are Eow will bring nothing bat un-
happiness to you. If you must
wal IA you might 10 WCtl i've aWaV
from your husband. where you will
have peace OF mind.
Tell him that you have decided
to go away and support yourself.
but IL he csres to support you while
you take care Of the home duties,
you will remain with him. If he is
spending his income on the upkeep
OF the house he will have little left
to sQuander in a pool room.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: There ia
young man who lives Just about
q half block from my home. We
know each other fairly we'll, bu. be
hardly ever speaks to me and I do
not to him. He. says where thew
ara acquainted it is the iady's place
to speak first, and | don't think 40
] think It is ths opposite. want
TO be neighberly, but do not want
to get out Of place. Which in right
! am told by my friend that ! am
too proud TO sneak.
NEIGHBORS
In America your friend is RICH,
In most OF the countries abroad
however. the man speaks first
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-11-15
4 Mothers Way.

A mother contributes today's
Health Talk:
/ noticed . query from q little
Cir. who asked you why mothers
do not tell their daughters the
truth about human reproduction,
snd ] thought perhaps my own ex-
perience with my 6-year-old daugh-
ter might be OF interest.
You must have the confidence OF
your child and always strive 70
keep it by answering ALL Ques-
lions so that the child win under
stand, and don't be afraid to say.
II don't know just what that Is.
but We will look 1t up" and then
proceed without fail to look it up.
remember rs child I was very
curious, and when l went to my
mother she appeared much embar-
raised and would give me no Salts
faction. so my Information was
cleaned from questionable sources
and my heart almost broken. There
fore l watched my baby girl, and
when little questions began to come,
about the age of three, l began to
tell her story l made up of win
kie and the Peach Tree" Winkie
ate a peach and wanted more, and
! his mother told him how, in thu
hard shell of the peach pit, was an
other tiny tree and how Nature
(God) had packed a lunch for II
and how when it was in the earth
the warm sun and rain helped it tc
grow, etc. and then how the bios.
SONS came and were pollinated and
many peaches grew. We had that
story over and over again, theI
! new questions were asked and
each answered truthfully. Whe1
the baby was four she asked just
how she got here, and she was tolG
how all through the fruit and vege.
table and animal kingdoms-i1
fact, everything with life-some'
what the same thing takes place
and how much more wonderful il
was than the most wonderful fair!
tale, but this was not all true
Also I impressed upon her thai
there are all kinds Of people in thu
world and that it was not right fol
her to talk to everyone ON this sub
ject, but that she should always
come to mother or daddy with hel
questions and they would be an
swered truthfully. When she learn
ed how she came to be, how Coz
had given her life into the care o
mother and daddy. she threw hel
arms about us and said. ooh. moth
er, dear. oh, daddy. love you 81
much"
She knows now how most thing!
come to be. She is not embarrass
ed when she asks me questions
and she has only the most sacret
conceptions of the relationship be
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-11-15

1t is now possible to Cross the continent
New York to San Francisco. by train. in 80
hours and IS minutes. with a stopover Of an
hour In Chicago. Not very rapid, when one
thinks Of air travel. but then most Of us are
not In such great hurry but that We can de-
lay our appointments to suit the railroad
schedules. Then II Ia more comfortable to
feel that you are few feet from the ground
instead Of couple Of thousand feet in the air.
One can sleep sounder and ones meals feel
more secure after they have been eaten.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-11-15
M6I1o SnNaAM AID Ay1r.4n

tween man and woman.
n having . child's confidence
you safeguard her against 20 many
little indiscretions as she grows
older and she understands why she
should not. do some things. :.
When l was IL l visited a girl
friend over night. and out OF .
clear sky volunteered to enlight-
en- her from the store of question
able information I had picked up.
I'll never forget how l respected
her for the answer she gave. Il
dor't care-~to talk about that,
please" she said, "for mother has
told me all about it,.
Don't thrust information on the
child, but answer all questions
fearlessly, truthfully and with rev
efence MRS. e. M. S. :
QUESTIONS AND. ANSWERS.
That Victorious Neuritis.
What are the symptoms OF neu7
-itis! am very nervous and:
| M. ". J.
Acknowledgements" and neu-
ritis are in no way associated. l
regret it is against my principles
| to tell readers the symptoms OF
various ailments.
vamped BY Lady Nicotine.
l have noticed in some Of your
interesting articles that you speak
Of tobacco or nicotine as-well,
you have repeatedly used the
phrase "Vamped by Lady Nicotine.
Do you mean that in a mere faceti-
GUS way or is it possible that to-
| bacco, used in excess, may cause q
man to become wholly estranged
from his wife-a husband OF whose
faithfuIness there can be no ques,
ton? MRS. H. 1.
Answer-Tobacco is notorious fol
Just such an influence. 1t works
havoc in youth by reason of its
narcotic influence - putting judg-
ment and honor in allegiance and
encouraging the breaking of such
wholesome restraints. In after
years the toxic effect Of prolonged
or excessive use manifests itself in
actual degeneration or functional
and organic impairment. Lady
Mic is what l called her.
A Candid Opinion.
! wish some time you would pub
lish in your department your can
did opinion of operations, such as
appendicitis operations, for exam.
pie. MRS. M. E. l..
i Answer-My opinion Of append
citis operations is that hey bring
wonderful relief. are safer thar
the treacherous disease without op'
Grafton. and are not half so un.
pleasant as some patients had lee
me to imagine I've been there, sc
can speak from the patient
point of view.
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She was conscious only Of a de-
i!cious sense Of rest, and az she sat
there it seemed strange that on the
other side Of the brook, which seem
cd wider than usual, there were
'everal Indian tents that she had
never noticed before. And the
young people-and the children
surely she knew them, but only In
an Indefinite way. II was strange
also that none Of them apparently
noticed the brook-perhaps the
children had been. told to keep
away from it But, see. here comes
an Indian maiden. Certainly said
May. I know her; perhaps she will
come and talk with me- The In
dian maid approached the brook:
dipping into the waite. with q cup
made Of birch bark, she looked to
tho heavens and cried aloud: o,
Great Spirit Of the Wish, send my
love to my bFSSe and bring him
safely hack to ma
May was all ready to call out.
whsn ths maiden and the tents
slowly faded from view ana IN their
place was the house Of IN early sat
tlsr. Well, thaS seems qsaer.' May
thought .end 3sst - ! Vas gazing
to spsak to her. Nov I Vonder Who
II n Who o6cnuaoa that hN090 and
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-11-15
BIZ DR.. JAMES I. VANCE.
FOUNDER O: Inter Church World Movenen!
and Chairman Federal Council Of
Churches of Americal

The other day l had letter from
a Woman signing herself "a Gold
Star War Mother" I knew at once
Of the tragic sorrow into which her
pen was dipped when she wrote.
She was one Of the hundred thou
sand mothers who led the way and
gave their best that liberty might
not perish from the earth. One may
well stop and listen when such a
woman's heart speaks.
In the little note were two ques-
tons.
E'irst-What will take a man to
heaven. and after he gets there,
make him pleasing to God?
Second-What will take woman
to heaven, for sure and everlasting
stay and happiness forever?
The two. questions are just one.
They are the reaching out Of a hu-
man soul for gertrude about goal
that shall adequately compensate
life for all its losses.
/ What answer can I give? I can
only declare my faith.
| The thing that makes heaven a
certainty hereafter is the thing that