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uneasy. profoundly 30: and grntituce
was no part OF his emotion. BE well
understood that Florence was never
susceptible to impulses Of compassion
In conflicts such as these: In fact, II
there was warfare between them. az
perienee had taught him TO be wariess
when shs seemed kindest He moved
away from her. and went into another
room where his condition was o Of
Increasing mental discomfort. though
be looked for q while at the pictures
In his great-uncie's copy Of Paradise
Lost" These Illustrations By n. Gus
tavs Dore. failed to aid In reassurnK
bis troubled mind.
When Florence len. he fmpuisiveiy
accompanied her, maintaining a nerv-
silence as they comprised the
short distance between Uncle Joseph's
fr'nt nte and her own. There, how
ever. he -
Look herei You don't hat to 20
and believe everything that ole girl
told you. do your
mo- said Florence heartily. Il
don't haf to-
well. look here be urged, help
less but to repeat You don't hat to
believe whatever II VS. abe went and
told you. do your
what WAS Il you think me told
me. HerbertT-
-An that gur-you know. Wen.
whatever It wal you said she told
you
IT didn't said Florence. 7 didn't
say she told me anything ar all"
SWELL. she did. didn't EheT-
why. mo- Florence replied. light
~. eShe didn't say anything to ne.
Only I'm glad to have your opinion
of her. how she's such a story-teller
and aii-if ! ever want to tell her.
and everythingr-
But Herbert had greater alarms than
this, and the greater obscured the
lesser. Look here" he said. IF she
didn't tell you. how'd you know IT.
thenf-
How'd I know vhntf~
'That-that big story about my ever
snvin' I kness I had"-he gulped again
pretty eyes,
"oL. about thatI" Florence said. and
swung the gate shut between them
swell. ] guess It's too late to tell yor
tonight. Herbert; but maybe II you
and that nasty little Henry Rcoter dc
every single thing / tell o to, and
do It Just exnclsly like l tell yeu fror
this time on. why maybe-I only 50,
'maybe-weil. maybe III tell yor
some day when l feel like It"
She ran up the path. up the steps
and crossed the veranfa. but paused
, 1922-01-21

The Biacsumaiied Partners Made No
Reply, on Account Of an Inability
That Wa Perfect for the Moment
she had decided not to change the
name. after all.) She informed them
that they were to be her printers,
nothing more; she did not care tn get
all inky and nasty. she said. She
would, however. do all the writing for
her newspaper, and had with her a
new poem. Also. she would furnish
all the news and It would be printed
Just as she wrote 1t. and printed nice
ly, too, or else-"look outl"
Thus did this cool hand take pos
session Of an established Industry, and
IN much the same fashion did she CON
tinue to manage It. There were I'M
~suppressible protests; there was Co
vert anguish; there was even q strike
but It was a short one. When the
printers remained away from their
late newspaper building. on wednes-
day afternoon. Florence had an inter
view with Herbert after dinner at his
own door. He explained colby thnt
Henry and he had grown tired Of the
printing press and had decided to put
in all their spare time building a the
alter In Henry's attic; but Florence
, 1922-01-21
PART THREE

Throughout the afternoon adult
members of the Atwater family con
nection made futile efforts TO secure
ali the copies Of that weeks edition
OF the North End Daily oriole. 1t
could not be done.
II was a trying time for -the fam
Ivy Great-aunt Carrie said that she
had the worst afternoon Of my OF
EN-" because young New.and Saun-
ders came to her house at two and did
not leave until five; all the time count
ing over. n by one. the hours he'd
spent with Julia since she was seven
teen and turned out. unfortunately.
to be q Beauty. Newlnnd had not re-
strained himself. Aunt Carrie said.
and long before he left she wished
Jnlia hnd never been born-nnd as
for Herbert rlingsworth Atwater,
Junior. the only thing to do with him
was to send him to some strict mill
tnry school
Florence's father teiephoned to her
mother from downtown at three. and
said that Mr.. George Plum and the
ardent vocalist, Ciairdyce. two of the
suitors. had Just left his office. They
had not called In company. however.
but coincidentally ,and each had a
copy of the North End Daily Oriole,
already somewhat worn with folding
and unfolding. MFR. Clairdyce's condi-
tion was n of desperat. calm. Flor
ence's father said. but Mr.. Plum's agi-
tation left him rather unpresentable
for the street. though he had finally
gone forth with his hair Just as he
had rumpled It. and with his hat in
his hand. They wished the truth, they
said: Was II true or was It not true7
Mr.. Atwater had told them that he
feared Julia was indeed engaged,
though he knew nothing Of her
fiance's previous marriage or mar
riages, or of the number of his
previous children. They had respond
ed that they cared nothing about that.
This nan Grum's record was a matter
of Indifference to them All they
wanted to know was whether Julia
was engaged Or not-and she wasi
1.-The odd thing to me-" Mr.. Atwater
continued. TO his wife, us where on
earth Herbert could have got his story
about this Crum's being a widower, or
divorced, and with all these children.
Do you know II Julia's written any OF
the family about these things and they
haven't told the rest Of us7"
.No," said Mrs. Atwater. TIN sure
she hasn't Every letter she's written
to any OF us has passed all through
the family. and I know I've seen every
n Of EN-. She's never said anything
about him at all. except that he was a
lawyer. I'm sure 1 can't imagine
where Herbert got his awful inf5rma-
don: 1 never thought he was the kind
Of boy to Just make up unpleasant
things"
Florence, sitting quietly in a chair
nearby. with a copy of Sesame and
Lilies In her lap, listened to her
mothers side Of this conversation
with an expression OF impersonal in
terest; and If she could have realized
how completely her parents had for
gotten NATURALLY enough) the details
Of their first rambling discussion of
Julia's engagement, she might have
felt as little alarm as she showed.
"weli." said Mr.. Atwater. I'm glad
{ isn't our branch OF the family that's
, 1922-01-21

~"s " 1881
Them
before opening the door. Then she
called back to the waiting Herbert
the only person I'd even think Of
telling about II before / tell you would
be a boy 1 know" She coughed. and
added as by an af~terthought. He'd
Just love to know all about II; 1 know
he would So, when tell anybody
about II I'll only tell just you and this
other boy"
"what other boyY- Herbert de
manded.
And her reply. thrilling through the
darkness. left him paraiyic with hor-
ror. "waiiie Torbini"
The next afternoon. about fcur
o'clock, Herbert stood gloomily at Che
main entrance of Atwater & Rooter's
newspaper building, awaiting his part
ner. The other entrances were not
only nailed fast, but massively bar
ricaded. and this one Consisting of
the ancient carriage-house doors. open
ing upon q driveway through the
Yard had recently been made enec-
tive as an instrument Of exclusion.
A long and heavy plank leaned against
the wall, near by. ready to be set in
hook-shaped iron supports fastened to
the inner sides Of the doors; and
When the doors were closed. with this
great plank in place. q person inside
the building might seem entitled to
count upon the enjoyment of privacy,
except In case of earthquake. tornado,
or Are. m-fact. the size Of the plank
and the substantial quality Of the Iron
fastenings. could be looked upon.
from a certain viewpoint. as a heart
felt compliment to the energy and per
sistence Of Florence Atwater.
Herbert had been In no ccmpli-
mentary frame Of mind. however,
when he devised the distinctions. nor
was he now In such a frame Of mind.
he was deeply p~essimistic IN regard
to his future. and also embarrassed in
anticipation of some explanations It
would be necessary tc make to his
partner. He strongly hoped that
, 1922-01-21


.suiS ssa ss'; 8: 81, e 9 q p55S ssi. s sc.:s;s .s q
~ nspne.. asrssrt minEsworth Atws-
doe OF z fail-nedEsd Newspaper. the North
? DAILY ortoae Hsrberts small. cousin.
any kind OF partlcspauon IN he ,ntsr,
pri,s on account OF her intense and nat
sanoysd. and not Al al s sSs n asy.
tsS . assspt.d for in.sraoa ' n ,hs onoai.:.
ssvsaes. Ike eI poem san. S1 somsasa IL
from the insxperienos OF the youthfai
publishers IN the art p~reservatve." Her
republication OF the MASTERPIECES. with its
beauty unmarried, are scorned, and the
break bstxeen Hnss .Atvatsr and tb-
The Sunday following the 1rst xppear.
ehee OF ne oriole florcnce's particular
s5uE- Patty Fsirehild pays her q visit
openly expressed disapprovai, By Master
Herbert Atwater and Henry kooter. Not
4 all ~disooncerted BY, , c~oolnsss Of
Fnirchild indulge In a series OF Innocent
Sunday games. Among them IL one called
.Truth.'' the feature Of which Is q con
both to be Kept a profound secret The
agreement is duly carried out
Declining emphaticaiiy to participate IN
Rooter. Tiorencs IL ,iaued sy Miss Fair,
child's open deeertion 20 tho enemy. her
erstwhile bosom friend apparently enjoy.
the visitors n leaving with them
PART TWO.
On her visitors departure. Florence
learns through a conversation between
her parents. that her aunt. Julia Atwnter
IDOL OF the greater part OF the male popu-
lauon OF the place, but at present out If
engaged to a gentleman OF the name OF
Crum. altogether unknown TO the At
water family. Induigins in speculation
Mrs. Atwater concede thai for all they
know he may be n wfdower. or divorced.
with any number Of children. etc. Flor.
In her room that evening Florence
finds two brief notes used IN the after
noon game OF Truth and Unfortunate
isdy.s query as to whether they did mol
nd Henry admitted they did. and hse
tlsmen would care to have Il known
possssslon Of pretty eysa'@ 1I Fsorsnes pe ns
placed IN her hands, FOR among tho
bin. gifted with a r~emarkabic talent for
disposition The combination q made
1ltn uEthnc1t III EAottu1r ttLAAct lilAt =
threat to put waiiie Torbin in possession
OF the secret concerning their pretty
eyes" wouid bring Herbert and Henry
groyeling at her feet and probably lead
70 her greatly. desired participation in
their journalistic enterprise.
AcauaintinE the two unfortunates With
her knowledge of their awful secret. they
make complete submission and F1orence'
becomes the undisputed master mind OF
the Orioie.
In the next issue, with which the erst-
while proprietors of the sheet. have little
to do, editoria1ly. among the news"
items is related the engagement OF Mas
Julia AtwRter to Mr.. Crum, the gentle
man being referred TO as q wtdower. also
divorced. and with q great many chill
drcn."
Among the most ardent and hopeless
admirers of the beautiful Julia 10 q youth
OF the name of Noble Dill. an a~itogether
commonplace and uninteresting individual,
notable only among his fellow townsmen
for his devoted attachment to the object
OF his AFFECTIONS; He ia however. F19r-
ence's Ideal. and that young lady. desir
Gus OF breaking the news OF Juita's en-
sagement gently" hersaif presents him
With a copy Of the oriols containing the
announcement
, 1922-01-21

~what.s this about Herbert having
pretty eyes'r" Mr.. Joseph Atwater in
quired; and Herbert shuddered On
Gle Joseph had an unpleasant reputa-
tion as n joker.
The nephew desperately fell back
upon the hopeless device of attempt
ing to drown out his opponents voice
as she began to reply. He became
vociferous with scornfui laughter bad
iy cracked in the scorn. FLORENCE
got madi" he shouted. mingiing the
purported information with loud cack-
linga "She got mad because 1 and
Henry played games with Patty She's
tryin' to make up somep'ni to get even
She made 1t upi It's all made upi
She
mo, no.. Mr.. Atwater interrupted.
let Florence tell us. Florence. what
was II about Herbert knowing he had
pretty eyesf"
Herbert attempted to continue the
drowning out he bawied, "She made
1t upi It's somep'm she made up
herselfi She"
Herbert" said Uncle aoseph---n
you don't keep quiet. IN take back
the printing press"
Herbert substituted another guip
for a continuation OF his noise.
Nov, Florence said Uncle Joseph,
~tell US what you were saying about
how Herbert knows he had such pref
ty eyes"
Then It seemed a miracle befeil
Florence looked up, smiling modestly.
"oh, 1t wasn't anything. Uncle Jo-
ssph," she said. ~ was just trying
to tease Herbert any way I could
think up
"oh, was that aii7- A hopeful light
faded out of Uncle Joseph's large
and inexpensive face. I thought
perhaps you'd detected him In some
! indiscretion."
Florence laughed. II was Just
teasin' him. It wasn't anything, Uncle
Joseph
Hereupon. Herbert resumed a con-
fused breathing. Dazed, be remained
, 1922-01-21


received . marx OF o. In History tx.
smiufion at the coneusion Of the
school Tern last June
Blue hair ribbons are in style
again.
-suss Patty Fairchrd Of this CITY
has not been doing as well in Decla.
nation lately as formerly.
MR. Noble Dm of this City Is sell
dom seen on the streets of the City
without smoking = cigarette
.ariss Julia Atwnter Of this City is
out OF the City.
The Mr. Rayfort family Of this
City have been presented with the
present OF a new Cat by Geo. the man
employed by BALI & %. This cat is
perfectly beautiful
-aIisx Julia Atwate- OF this City Is
visiting friends in the soth- The fam
lily have had many letters from her
that are read by each and all IN the
fanild-
Mr.. Noble DIN of this City Is In
business with his Father.
From letters to the family Miss
Julia Atwater OF this City IL enjoying
her visit in the south a greadeai.
'lfiss Patty Fairchild Vof the 7 A
Of this City. viii probably not pass In
Arithmetic -nless some Improvement
takes place before Examination.
Miss Julia Atvater of this City
wrote 4 letter to the family stating
while visiting In the South she has
made an engagement to be married TO
MIR. Crum of that City. The family
do not know who this MR. CRum is
but 1t is said he is a widwer though
he has been divorced with q great
many children
-subscriee Now 25c. Per Year Adv.
z5c. up.
-Atwater & Co. Newspaper Building
rs Cents Per Years"
II may be assumed that the last of
the news items was wasted on Noble
Dill, and that he never knew of the
neighborhood improvement believed
20 be imminent as a result of the nnal
, 1922-01-21

nurried I the point OF panic. Henry
did Florence-did she 70 and ten
you-did she tel 7cu-r
Il didn't hardly nodce what she
was t1Ikin' about Henry said. dog
red1y. -shs didn't have anything 10
say that I'd ever care two cents about
She csme up behind me md walked
along with NE q ways. but I got too
many things on my mind 20 hardly
pay the least attention to anything
she EVER talks about. She's a gfrl
what I think about her the less people
pay m 'tention to what she says the
better on they arr
That's the way with me. Henry.-
his partner assured HIM earnestly. Il
never pay any notice to what abe
says The way I rgure II u about
her. Henry, everybodyd be a good
deal better OF II nobody ever paid
the least notice to anything she says
I never " notice what shs says
myself"
II don't ether said Henry. IAN
I think about Is what my father and
mother y. because I'm not goin' to
have their advice all the rest O. my
life. after they're dead. II they want
me to be polite. why. I'll do II and
that's all there is about It."
Its the same way with me. Henry.
II she comes fappin' around here
olattin' and biubbin' how she's goin' to
have sosnep,m to do with our news
paper. why. the oily reason ia ever
let her would be because my family
say I ought to show more poiitenesa
to her thar up to now. 1 wouldn't
do It In any other account. Henry"
Neither would L. That's Just the
same way ] look Mt 1t. II 1 ever begin
to treat .Ief any better, she's got nv
fathe- and mother to thank, not me.
That's the only reason I'd be willing
to say we better leave the plank down
and let her In, II she comes. around
here like she's liable to-"
-weiI." said Herbert. "rm willing.
I don't want to get in trouble with the
family
And they mounted the stairs to
their editorial. reportorlnl. and print
ing rooms: and began to work In "A
manne o only ~preoccupled but APP
~prehensive. Now and then they would
give each other a furtive glance. and
then seem to reflect upon their fathers
and mothers wishes and the troublous
state of the times. Florence did not
keep them waiting long. however.
She might have been easier TO bear
had her manner Of arrival been less
assured. She romped up the stairs
came skipping across the old floor.
swinging her hat by a ribbon, flung
open the gate IN the sacred railing.
and fiounced into the principal chair.
~immodestiy placing her feet on the
table In front Of hat chair. Add
tlonaily. such was her riotous lIveli-
ness. she affected to light and smoke
the stub of a lead pencil. "Well.
men," she said heartily In a voice as
sumed to be that OF a tail. powerful
mani don't want to see any loafin'
around here. men. l expect to have a
pretty good newspaper this week
yes. sir. a pretty good newspaper
and ! guess you men got to jump
around pretty brisk to do everything
/ think OF, or else maybe l guess I'll
nafo ~ Turn yuu vi huu kct hoAhC hc"
ones that1l be more obedient- 1 don't
want 10 hnf to do that. men,"
Tho blackmailed partners made nc
reply, on account of an inability that
was perfect for the moment.
Florence made 1t lear to them that
henceforth she was sole editor Of the
North End Daily Oriole. (She said
, 1922-01-21
THE NORTH END daily oRIoLp

Atwater q Co., Owners q Propreitors
Subscribe NOW Is Cents Per Year. Sub
scriptopB should be brought to the East
Main Entrance Of Atwater q Co.. News
paper Building every Afternoon
go TO vi rs Cents
, 1922-01-21
PosMs

Ny Foul By Florence Atuater
When my heart Is dreary
Then my soul Ia weary
A a bird with q broken w1nu
Who never again will sing
Like the nornd Of q vast amen
ina comes from . church Of men
When my soul 10 drcsry
II could never DO chesry
But I think OF my ideal
And everything seems real
Like the sound of the bright church bells
peal.
Poems by Florence Atwater WIN be III
the paper. each and every a
Advertisements 40, saoA Up
Joseph X. Atwatsr Co
III South Iowa ST.
Steam Pumps
NEWS OF THE CITY
Mics Florence AtEater Of tins city
, 1922-01-21

MR. Noble Dm of this City Is sell
dom see on the streets Of the City
without smoking = cigarette
, 1922-01-21

Miss Patty Fairchnd OF his City
has not been doing AS well In Decia.
nation lately n formerly.
, 1922-01-21

Miss Julia Atwnter Of this City is
out Of the City.
, 1922-01-21

The Mr. Rayfort family Of this
City have. been presented with the
present OF a new Cat BY Geo. the mar
employed by BALI 4 %. This cat Is
perfectly beautiful
, 1922-01-21

Blue hair ribbons are in style
again
, 1922-01-21

received . mark OF o. In History Ex-
aminfion at the e~oncusion Of the
school Tern last June
, 1922-01-21

-Afisx Julia Atwnte- OF this City Is
visiting friends In the soth- The fam
lily have had many letters from her
that are read by each and all IN the
famild-
, 1922-01-21

.sfr. Noble DIN of this City Is In
business with his Father.
, 1922-01-21

From letters to the family Miss
Julia Atwater OF this CITY Is enjoying
her visit in the south a greadeal.
, 1922-01-21

'1fiss Patty Fairchild Vof the 7 A
of this City. VIII probably not pass In
Arithmetic -nless some improvement
takes place before Examination.
, 1922-01-21

.Arlrs Elorence Atrater q tHls city
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-27
Be Careful What You
Wash Your Hair With

Most soaps and prepared sham
poos contain too much alkali, which
is very injurious, as it dries the
scalp and makes the hair brittle.
The best thing to use is Mulsi-
fed cocoanut oil shampoo, for this
is pure and entirely greaseless.
It's very cheap and beats anything
else all to pieces. You can get
Mulsified at any drug store and a
few ounces will last the whole
family for months.
Simply moisten the hair with wa
ter and rub 1t In. about a teaspoon
full Is all that is required. II
makes an abundance OF rich.
creamy lather, cleanses thorough
ly. and rinses out easily. The hair
dries quickly and evenly. and is
soft. fresh looking. bright. fluffy,
wavy and easy to handle Besides,
it loosens and takes odt every par
ticle of dust, dirt and dandruff
Be sure your druggist gives you
Mulsified (Adv1
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-27
VOTE RESCINDS
ACT CREATING
new TOWNSHIP
Doubling Legality OF Past Proceed
ure, Board Withdraws Consent
to Incorporation.

All action Of the Rock Island
county board of supervisors rela-
tive to extension of the township
boundaries of Rock Island to In
clude the municipality of Rock Is
land has been rescinded.
BY vote of % to 10 yesterday aft
ernoon, the board adopted motion
of John II. Richards. Hampton
member-and then adopted Carl L.
Anderson's motion to expunge the
proceedings from the record.
The attempt to extend the town
ship boundaries has not been aban-
doned, for while the board was yet
in session the members who called
the special meeting and attempt
ed to prevail upon the membership
that the extension was affected.
were planning to renew the petition
and conform with LOCALITIES which
opposing board members said in
validated the recent resolutions.
On the roll call vote on rescind-
ing the action the AYE" vote came
from Supervisors d. A. Bailey, ]. w
Beck, A. p. BerZelius. Albert l.
Blaser, c. d. Butter, George
Stroehle, Louis C. First, William
Gerhardt, W. II. Groh. Albert Hof-
er, C. G.. Hogberg, John Upton,
George F. McNabney, William f.
Nichols, d. B. Noah. c. c. Opdycke,
W. S. Pate, John +. Richards, L. 4.
Schaye, Thomas Watson, William
Whitney and j. f. Weaver.
Those voting against the rescind-
ing were Supervisors Carl L. Ack-
erlind, Carl l.. Anderson, Clinton
J. Baxter, Ben Benson. Frank Ber-
anek, w. F. Bradley, J. J. Burgess,
William H. Efflant, L. X. Eihle.
Henry NJ Hendren, J. B. Johnson,
James Kelly, J. Austin Schaible, w.
II. Schillinger, Harry H. Starr, Zach
Einfeldt. NJ A. Titterington, Frank
Wilkey and Myron J. Yolton.
Absentees were George Buck,
Frank P Styvaert and Henry G.
Wilke of Moline. and William F.
Hansgen of Rock Island.
Speeches were plentiful before
the board took final acton. W. H.
Schillinger maintain I'd that the use
made of the term annexation" in
his letter to Attorney General
Brundage misled that official and
caused him to render the opinion
that the resolution passed by the
city council of Rock Island regard
ing the creation of a separate town.
ship was insufficient Possible
mandamus proceedings to compel
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-27

Abysinia, as well as review the
unions leading up to the for-ation
of the body of the church begin
ming with the uniting of the asso-
ciate and associated reformed
churches in 1858. There are six
scenes. The cast of some one hum
dred people has been rehearsing
this week
Miss Mary E Baird of Eg.-p who
has been in active mission work for
several years, is directing the re-
hearsals for the presentation.
which will be given at the First
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-27
How Soldier
DISPERSED Attacks

For two years my stomach
trouble was very bad, my doctor
had TO inject morphine on several
occasions when / was stricken
with these attacks. Since taking
bottles of Mayr's Wonderful Rem
coy l have been entirely well and
arm serving in the artillery. having
been pronounced in perfect health
by government physicians" 1t is
a simple. harmless preparation that
remove the catarrhal mucus from
the intestinal tract and allays the
Inflammation which causes practi-
cally all stomach. liver and intesti-
nal ailments, including appendicitis.
One dose will convince or money
refunded. Bengston's drug stores,
Rock Island, Davenport, Moline,
and druggists everywhere.-(Ad-
vertisement)