The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-07-24
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The man next door
/ do abhor;
HIS alarm goes OF
At 4:S0.
Tonight I'm in
An awful fix;
I can't get home
Till $50.

The Consolidated Press says Ford will turn
out "in the neighborhood Of 10000 VEHICLES"
this month. Query: When is Ford not a
Ford? Ans: When It's vehicle.
REVIEWS OF FAMOUS FICTION.
Ne. III. w s
THE SPANISH NOVEL.
Pepita Jimenek
Ju.a Valera
Behold the delayed but none the less inter-
esting review of the Spanish novel. For an
example have chosen the shove by the above,
(for why should write those names again
consider the wear and tear ON my typewriter).
This one is known Is religious novel. The
author was gay, reckless man Of the world
IA gambler and famous matador; therefore
he was nicely qualified to write a religious
novel. %
Well, in the first place, Pepita married an
old gentleman who, like the well known feline,
was possessed Of nine lives His chief char
acteristic was his ability to survive more or
for it states that
". she nursed him with admirable
devotion and In his last painful and fatal
sickness she watched over him :"
So you see there WAS last fatal one. This
proves that no matter how many fatalities you
manage to survive. one Of them will get you
: sometime many cases, the last enc
One page s.:
"Pepita and found ourselves alone
| together"
This is probably the original Of that o,a
| vaudeville joke, where the young man in the
palm beach suit looks carefully about the
stage and then says, Are We alone?" and the
young lady in the sports costume replies Wit
tily. NO, we are together.
The FIRST sentence IN Part 3~ssads:
THE history Of Pspita and Luisito
should, properly speaking, end here"
So took the author At his word and SO far
have neglected to read Part s. BY the authors
own admission II ID unnecessary.
! great deal Of study. The one thing you have
to study most about is why it should be rated
as classic. LIE MOQUEUR.
| JUST yesterday We learned that James L
conferred . MONOPOLY Of rolf ball manufac-
ture upon James Melville for II years". That
settles II: W shah have to take up golf I'M
doubleday James was an ancestor Of our Grand
father Melville.
sNst That Loved 6sesar Less, But
| from MAS Heart and Home coll
Dear Mrs. Thompson:, am widow
q years old and have tour children, the
| Oldest one being IT, Ny husband has
been dead for one and one-half years
and still cannot believe that he has
|
fne. and must cay could mover have
| had better man to me-
/ would like very mach II You would
tell me whore can nnd . friend Who
IL as nearly like my former husband "a
| possible He was kind, Jolly, neat. polita
and above all honest He was 4 snod
providsr and he had NO bad hahits h
l. was respectable.
I MI It is possible b lnd q man Vim
will answer the description, l viii an
pfeciate It very much, and - II can
not enjoy life once again.
ALoNKLY WIDOW.
THE United States nsh hatchery n MAJ.
chester. Iowa. lot all IL game 6sh - th.
result Of cloudbafsG TOO much vate- ~
the damage Sounds Ike = paradox. doesns
ttt? .'a
Y-A-8. He. OUGHTA BEEN HonHrED
Sir: Il doth appear that Melvin Trotfer a.
not Derforn Inst - he'd onxht'ee. MsrrssS
pair1, when rightly hitched, are great: nut IN
trotter seened no speedy fpR his runntn. msts
SOLOMON PUFIL
PRU0SIAN yUlQER BORN m ANrrr
tGAM DEAD From 0A1lCnRk-A hesS
line. -
0ea1ls1es o1 xsMn.