The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-09-15
THE TRuANE.

THE I1UANE.
NJ pillows hot and lsnpy- meath my head.
WitA staring yss / watch vagas shadows
creep ~
About the room and hover Der my bed
TO drive away the blsssed truant Sleep.
An esfae Light, bsaiks .shosaay claw.
Olov> dimly near the door; q sudden ch11l
Winds swiftly down my shtvring spine
lis but tan speeding up tho hill. :
T rloee INV weary eyee. resolved to ooixs
And hold the truant, but tbs all In vain.
A sound OF someone tapping-ah! the breeze
Has brushed the curtain 'gainst the window
pane! I
The night drass on. but slssD still ssshs
sleep that knits up the rave'rd s'esvs a
balm Of hurt minds. great natures second
course"
Comes not to me to Danish dumb despair !.
Another light shines softly DER my bod
And then about the whole room seems to
It is tho dawn! Before it ices all dread
And with 1t comes the blessed truant, Sleep!
IT was kind and Thoughtful a our revefed
Ma to provide marked sample ballots for your
guidance today. was 1t mot! And No trust you
anent q similar kindness on the part OF the
Bixbill organization, ITO show who NOT to
vote for"
What In Fast Could Be Ssntitiouseri
(From the Illinois state Register.)
Mrs. Rogers
no" answered MIRA Smith.
"Oh. to ses your sister in Blakes-
ville?"
mo" was the sentiious answer
rOTHER morning We inserted with oul
lily white digits the metal slug bearing the
ca ption for our verses, The Cynic." We have
since decided to con1ne ourself to writing this
Tympany Of Tommyrot Putting THE Cynic'
upside down, however. was appropriate
enough. Cynics are. mentally at least, topsy
turvy.
Meanwhile the Asphants Mstter: sFor to b
or Not for to BA"
(From the Galesburg Republican Register).
The sample ballots for the primary
election on Wednesday, Sept. Is. are out,
and you will notice that from the num-
/, Der Of aspirants for Office. the judges
and clerks Of election will have all they
can do when the ballots are ready for
to b counted.
! A BAY STATE person who APPARENT,
wantssto take humor out Of cartoons asks
why don't cartoonists learn to spell? W.
surmise that they spell quite as we'll rs Ne
pcrters, eopy-readers, or editors. but as thei
compositions are engraved. not typed, 1t Il
rather difficult to correct their lapses from tn
mot 4
spell. One spells or one doesn1-B L. T.
"ONE spells or one doesn't" long stor,
| in q short sentence, that Since most Of u
don't spell, we've often wondered If one coult
really depend on Webster. But, again, man!
don't consult him. Dictionaries are >even les
thumb-marked than bibles.
SCREEN STAR WHO DIED OF poison
AND HER HUSBAND" Democrat
The French authorities blame only tn
poison.
us Los Angeles in northern or southern
California; the worlds greatest newspape
inquiries Of the world at large. When . COP!
Of that Trib. reaches the City of Celestia
Shimmying another temblor will result
IF he will pardon the delay we'd like t.
ask Sam Greenblatt, who . week or so ag
married Miss Zelda Sheskind. whether she
kind to him.
"KNEELING IN PEN AGED MINISTER
DIES PRAYING."-The Argus.
Poor man." sympathizes E. F., what Va
he in fort? Well, one might, were one face
ticusly inclined, say he was in the right churc
but the wrong pew.
TODAY citizens Of Illinois had somethiu
In common with tho Russian bolsheviki.
THEY advanced On the polls R e MIG