The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-05


Those springs do strenuous work;
But mayhap that some night
When those coils are too tight,
They'll break and snap with jerk.
| All would that our days were nameless
| And clocks were unknown to all men.
! What joy when at play
Or at work night or day
| We'd know real liberty then.
(And now suppose the old clock has weights
instead of springsD WINNIE.
THE marriage of King Alexander of Jugo-
sIavia and Princess Marie of Rumania has
Linked the dynasties of three Balkan coun-
tries forming powerful barrier against future
wars in this turbulent part of Europe, accord
! ing to the Associated Press correspondent at
Belgrade
| What one wonders, became of the power
/ full barriers" when Cousin wilhelm started a
row with Cousin Nick and Cousin George butted
in? Mixing royal blood never halted a war;
spilling royal blood on the battlefield might
have deterrent effect.
| RE-READING the paragraph above we get
the unpleasant shock that it sounds like some
thing Arthur Brisbane would write Well
we've written it, so let it ride
CHAPTERS FROM THE "REMINISCENCES OF
A DUOGENERIAN.
III. Octave Thanet.
My brief contact with the vivid personality
of Octave Thanet (MlsS Alice FTenchl was
more important influence in my life .lan the
brief period over which it extended and the
few words needed to tell of it indicate. At a
crucial moment during my Tri-c!ty newspaper
days our paths crossed like those OF two COM
cts the of great, the other of lesser ma ni-
tude and again we were lost to each other in
the vastness of life.
1t was on a winter afternoon during that
drowsy forty-fve minutes before deadline when
everyone, tired out with his days work, hopes
that nothing will break. yet knows that he must
hold himself ready for any emergency, that 1
sat before my typewriter futiley trying to ar
range my thoughts for a feature story. The
telephone the city desk rang. l heard the
editor speaking from behind the pile of direc-
tories and assignment books that hid his dimin-
utive form but could not hinder the emana-
t!ons>of his powerful personality.
Yeah .... Yeah Octave Thanet?
........ Yeah. ....... Thanks ...... G'bye
........ Red" he called, Octave Thanet got
hurt in auto accident See what y'can get
on it. Put machine border on it and make
it snappy. Y'got just ten minutes"
l seized a telephone book and thumbed
through it, but. forgetting that Octave Thanet's
real name is French, l tried to find it in the
rs. Then l saw my mistake and looked in
the Fs. There it waS-Davenport 95S.
took the telephone. but our own exchange
board girl was more than usually slow that
day. Impatient juggling of the hook until
lazy voice responded, Hello.
More waiting. More hook juggling "Y'got
seven more minutes" said the city editor.
An agony of waiting. Finally, Number,
Davenport 9-5-S"
Davenport 9-5-ST'
Yeah" Cod Why did she have to take
the time to repeat
Another wait. Five minutes"
voice at the other end of the wire. "Yes?"
YES"
This is the - --. We understand
that Miss French has been injured Can YOU
tell US about it?"
Yes. :. An automobile accident down.
town Nothing serious, :. She will be
Thank you
Three minutes"
I inserted paper in my machine and my
fingers raced over the keys like mad Five
lines suffced to tell the story.
laid it on the desk. The city editor looked
at his watch and said, "Y'just made it."
RED.
SHE nodded gaily, repeating the word
Nothing. in a 1ue-like note of mirth'-Des
Moines News version of Linda Lee. Inc
clipped by E. ". L.
Something like the chortIe of a cb;mnor
swallow, we conjecture.
LIE MOQUEUR.
Pour famour de Michael lie Mooueur
l am astonish',
You know YER well
l have pupee
You make of me
One mock.
Yes?
Thees leetle beast !
parable-n 'est-ce pas?
Certainement!-
For lie Rouge,
The one admitting
He ees-wat you say?
All, oui, Out
Up in air!
You remembaire
He I'm Eat weak spot
In zoze turquoise dome
An burs' through
Mile tonneresi, how he burs,
Up in Eat air. TrDy
So this is June The month of lovers. we'd
oing oeIls ct cetery and &c and so forth June,
the month that rinnes with moon and duns
and spoon and soon
ct % me11ols lanaI RE MIG.