The Monmouth herald., July 29, 1921, Image 7

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GAME WAR HERO
LOSES HIS NERVE
is
YOUR DUTY
IS CAUGHT IN HOLDUP
TO Y O U R
HOM E
Escapes From Prison, Goes to Chicago
to Meet His Wife and Finds De­
tectives at Rendezvous
Instead.
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MONMOUTH HARDWARE
J. EL W in eg ar, Proprietor
Chicago.—Overseas they called him
"the gamcst tuau of a hard-boiled reg­
iment." In the uildst of the terrific
artillery bombardments at Toul and
San Miliiel he drove bis team and
plied his shovel and never faltered
under Ore until he dropped.
Hoy l.ittle. top sergeant of company
11 of the forty-fifth engineers, came
home from Uie war to Chicago with
his left arm and side paralyzed from
shell shock. He was able to work but
little. His go\eminent pension didn't
couie.
Ue was cheerful withal. He could
huttle with life and win against all
the hard knocks, he said.
Then he fell in love. After a while
they were married and took up their
home near Twenty-eighth street aud
Cottage (¡rove avenue. A few months
—and discord.
Little was broke. His pension still
hadn't arrived. He was crippled, and
no one wanted a crippled employe. He
was discouraged and desperate. This
was In September, 1919.
Meets Tempters, Falla
About that time he met two men
who gave the unities of Philip Hurt
and Janies Walsh.
They told how-
easy money could he gotten ; they pro­
fessed great friendship for him. They
proposed, finally, a trip to Milwaukee.
Little went.
The trio held up a Jewelry store,
were caught, and sentenced to seven
years each in Waupun prison.
Little, crippled, was sent by the
Wisconsin authorities to the prison
hospital at Mendota. He became a
trusty and escaped. He went first to
Duluth, thence to St. Paul, Kansas
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Printing
Hannibal on Record as Having Played
Mean Trick on King Eumsnss
of Pergamuo.
Exposed to Police by His Wife,
I®. l l i l . W e s t 1 r s N e e »paper f a l ò » )
Crippled Veteran Tries to
Janet Darcy stepped from the train
1 at Wlllowby Junction, and stood peer­
End HiTs Life.
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City, St. Louis. He came back to Chi­
cago on Friday.
Wife Trap« Him.
lie telephoned his wife that he was
here “I’m going straight," he told
her. “If I hadn't been blue and des-
pera'e, 1 wouldn’t have gone crooked
belore. Hut now I’m through. Will
you meet me?"
She did—Friday afternoon. Little's
pension of $90 a month had been
granted finally and was coining to
her regularly. Friday night she said
she'd meet him again, at Cottage
Grove avenue and Twenty-eighth
street.
Instead of Mrs. Little. Detective
Sergeants William O’Connor. Charles
Kgan. and Thomas Burke accosted
him. Little fought them with his one
good arm until they locked him In
cell No. 1 at the detective bureau
"Who betrayed me?” he asked.
“Was it my wife?"
That evening he was found In his
cell with his withered arm hanging
limply on the floor In a widening pool
of blood.
He had torn the handle
from a tin enp and severed the ar­
teries In one wrist. He then lay down
to bleed to death.
His Nam« Waa " B o o n "
Excelsior Springs. Mo.—Suspicion
Oregon Agricultural College
rested on a stranger In Liberty a few
C O R V A L L IS
,
days ago when he stepped Into a
restaurant and asked permission to
• ave his grip a short time
Ofll
■ ers of the law In the restaurant sus
:«M »ed the man and the grip Immedl
tttely and decided to keep a watch
or results. On lifting the bag It wat
found to be heavy. After anllflng If
aie sleuth declared It contained beet
•eyond a doul»?. while the other held
" j >ut strongly for wine When the own
W h e n it c o m e ? to n e a t ir retnmed he was Immediately put
a n d e f f e c tiv e p rin tin g .nder arrest. "What have you In that
a n y K in d w e w ill rip." asked the officer, and trembling
the man returned “Only Booze’
g u a r a n .ee to g iv e y o u .y Whereupon
he opened hla baggngt
s a tis fa c tio n .
zilllngly and nut bopped a little pup
py who answered to the name.
Foe in f o r m » ! k m
wedding
and other inviti irions, pam-
phlets. folders, letter heads,
statements, ship iping tags.
envelopes, etc ., constantly
carried in stoc k for your
accommodation.
Get our figur es on that
printing you 1 lave been
thinking of.
Lay in a Widening Pool of Blood.
When Hannibal was about to be at­
tacked by King Eumenes of Pergamus
at sea. that crafty person decided that
In a ,’atr fight the king would win.
The enemy had more ships and more
men, and Hannibal and all hla follow­
ers would be at the bottom of the sea
If any attempt were made by him to
engage the vessels of the king as In­
dividual units.
Hannibal therefore
gave out word that all his ships were
to Join In an attack on the ship car
rytng the king, on the theory that with
out a leader the enemy would soon
be demoralized. To find out what
ship the king was on he sent a mes­
senger Just before the battle with a
| tablet to the enemy's fleet. The me*
senger was directed to the ship bear­
ing Kuineues. aud all of Hanuibals
fleet had merely to watch the little
boat to Identify the king's vessel.
When the battle begaD Hauutbal's
boat rushed to the side of Cumenes'
ship, and the former's sailors began
to hurl great earthenware pots Into
the king's boat. The d efen d ers of the
ship at first laughed at this que* r
method of w a rfa re , but their laughter
promptly changed to howls of terror
when It was discovered that the pots
were filled with poisonous snukes of
the most deadly v a rie ty . The ship
tu rn e d aud fled for shore. Its decks
alive with the hissing, gliding snakes
The o th e r ships also tre a te d to snake
bombs followed suit, and Uunulbal
j was the victor.
It, “likeness,” of htnisetf In full rega­
lia. a pair of hla favorite horses cavort­
ing Bohl» under tils wM» The old
man Is right well pleased with the ef­
fect, and so fs his good dame, though,
when questioned as to the portrait'«
resemblance to her husband, her an­
swer was somewhat equivocal. “Very
like.” she said, "but particular the but­
tons.”—Lond >n Tit Hits.
Croesus’ Immense Wealth.
ing through the half-darkness. The
Croesus was king of Lydia In th*
small station waa closed and locked
middle of the sixth century before
for the night, and the great t r a l D r u s h
Christ, and, while most of our men ol
| ing again on Its way left Janet a
ufflueuce began tn comparative pover
| solitary arrival. Troubled, she walked
ty. he luhertted riches gathered by s
the length of the platform, then sat
long line of wealthy ancestors, each
down on the crude steps to think the
of whom combined In his owu person
situation over. She hafl left her beauti­
financier, monopolist and king.
ful city home that afternoon hastily,
Croesus, who Inherited a fortune
and In an unenviable frame of mlnS.
steadily Increasing through n m y gen
Mother, father and the governor were
«rations, had control of wide realm*
all Insistent In their demands for an
of agriculture, rich mines and th«
early marriage, while Janet was not
commerce of wealthy and populoui
sure that she wanted to be murried
nations. If the monopoly of a sing!«
at all
Industry can now produce hundred»
In her hasty departure Janet had
of millions In u single generation,
never considered the possibility of her
what could measure the wealth com
present position. Taxis, she supposed,
Ing from a monopoly of many lndun
awaited train arrivals In even Wlllow­
tries for nearly two centuries?
by town.
Aunt Clara belle's cottage. Janet
knew, nestled at the foot of the strag­
Philosopher Exonerated.
gling village street, two miles away. It
Jean Jacques Rousseau, son of s
was Dot the walk of the two miles
watchmaker, born In Geneva. Switzer
thut she feared to attempt, but the un­
land, In 1712, Is ooe of Geneva's beat
accustomed darkness of the tree bor­
known celebrities. He disapproved ol
dered road. As she sat on the station
the unjust distinction then made be
steps, the sheltered girl became nerv­
tween the aristocracy and the poo re i
ously alarmed; the spot was exceed­
classes, and as champion of the lattei
ing desolate and the purse In her
he exposed his convictions In th<
traveling cloak pocket was Oiled with
“Contrat Social,” which, together with
bills. Desperately, at last she arose
his “Emile,” was committed to thi
and began her
stumbling
way.
liaises by the public executioner. Bui
Ruts and twisted brambles seemed set
the very descendants of his fierce op
like a trap for the unwary.
poueuts erected a statue In hla honoi
Then, almost directly before her, she FRUGALITY DECREED BY LAW
on the tiny Island which he—as ar
suddenly saw a light. Someone, bad
almost pious devotee of nature—loveC
come from among the trees to the Early French Monarch Must Have
so much, and which Is now known at
roadside, and the someone carried
Been Unpopular with the Fair
Rousseau's Isle.
a lighted lantern. Janet drew back fear-
Sex In Hit Dominions.
fully, but as the light went twinkling
The Society Invasion.
on, noiselessly she followed. It would j In the reign of Philip the Fair of
“ 'Spike' Scroggins, the prlxe-flghi
be useless to try to locate Aunt Clara- | France (129-1) au economy wave
announcer, Is wearing evening clothe«
belle's abode In the confusing twist of spread throughout the couutry. This
for the first time In his life.”
ways.
movement wus largely Influenced by
"He looks somewhat embarrassed.'
This light must lead to some com­ the extravagance of the hlgherups as
“Not more so than the referee. Hi
panionship, perhaps to the village, well as the mounting costs of living,
was so flabbergasted he addressed
where she might be accommodated for which seemed to embarrass the poor
'Spike' as 'm ister.'” — Birmingham
the night; Janet steadily and with new folk In those days as much us It does
Age-Herald.
courage pressed onward. The striding at the present time.
In order to curb this extravagauce
figure before her turned abruptly down
a hidden lan e; at its end Janet saw a statute was passed during Philip's
The law has no hantV In the greatest
reign which prohibited common citi­
the outlines of a small house.
punishment of all—that of having to
The man, as she drew near, put down zens from wearing furs, precious stones
live for life with the person whose
his lantern to open the house door. or gold. This privilege was bestowed
heart you have stolen.
Janet silently waited, a t unannounced only upon those who could afford It.
he entered and struck a light. She such as dukes, counts aud burons,
saw at a side of the room a sick wom­ whose annuul Income amounted to
Concerning Proverbs.
an lying upon bed, with a child fret­ 6.000 livres a year. At the same time,
ting at her side. The tall man ladles of this runk were restricted tv
A proverb Is seen at ita best when
advancing lifted the child gently In one single gown each year.
It Is uot over-famlllar to us. Then
Knights Whose Incomes exceeded
hla arms and with a laughing word
we can enjoy the sudden Malt flavor
3.000
livres'per
annum
were
permit­
sent It after an orange toased on the
of cynicism, the aearchlng Irony that
floor. Then, throwing aside hla cloak, ted to have more than two suits each
made Huron describe proverb« as
he bent an anxious face over the sick year either by gift or purchuse. If
"edge tools of speech, which cut and
his
Income
was
less
thnn
this
he
would
woman, Janet, studiously regarding his
penetrate the knots of business ol
face, was all at once reassured. “Yes, be compelled to appear before the
affairs.”
magistrate
and
explain
his
extrava­
doctor," she heard the woman gasping
France, as might be expected, 1«
gance.
ly answer a question; then. Impulsive­
rich In the edge-tool variety of prov­
ly, Janet stepped past the lantern Into
erb— though the edge, naturally, auf
the room. The doctor glanced up i
fers In translation. “He that cannol
Perfect
in
One
Particular.
sharply.
“The nearer th«
The old and highly esteemed coach­ pay let him pay."
“Take off your wraps," he startlingly man of a family has at last resigned church, the farther from God.” Spain
commanded, "and come here."
himself to a tension and a lodge-gale hn.<* proverbs, with a smoothness, a
Half unconscious of her own action keeper’s duties—If he Is by no means characteristic blandness In place ol
Jan et Darcy obeyed.
resigned to the sight of the chauffeur the sharp French rapier thrust. “I-el
“We will have to work fast," the ; who now reigns In his stead. The that which Is lost be for Ood." "A
man told her. "Kindly follow dlrec- ! blow of the loss of his post has been fool, unless he knows Latin Is nerei
tlons without question. Hot water at softened slightly by the presentation a great fool.”—V. U. Frledlaender, U
once." I’eremptorily he Issued his or­ of a handsome portrait, or. as he calls Country Life.
ders.
Janet, the sleeves of her white waist
rolled high, went to the cold kitchen
stove. There was wood piled near,
and matches.
Desperately, as the woman's labored
breathing reached her, she bent to her j
task. A fire was crackling st last
beneath the kettle. Janet's soft fingers
were smudged and blistered, but her
eyes shone victoriously.
She saw the perspiration on the i
young doctor's forehead as she re­
sponded eagerly to his demands.
“It's pneumonia." he told her as
they rested. "Pretty bad. but I think
we will be able to break It. Kural
postman Informed me of the cose, re­
turning from his route this evening.
Immediately I telephoned to the city
for you. That Is, I telephoned for my
usual nurse, but I suppooe you hap­
pened to be the only one available at
the time. You made good time get­
ting out. Now, we will leave our
e d u c t io n
patient. Look to the com tort of the
child."
Janet turned with a smile In her wear-
Iness—this language of command ah«
had never known Impressed her
pleasurably. It was aa If lx*ween the
strong capable man and herself ex­
isted some bond of understzmdlng and
sympathy.
Janet washed and fed and coaxed
the baby to sleep. Then, disheveled
and star-eyed, she sought the watch­
fully alert physician.
“Any further orders?" she asked
quietly.
It was ten days later when Janet
Darcy stood In the small house door­
way, while Sukey Wells sang Inside,
with the patient now well on her way
to recovery. Alan Brent, looking down
rn the volunteer nurse, smiled a very,
very tender amile. To him. she had
Just made full confession); to him she
hajJ tol<J her story.
"You are wonderful," be said softly
"I think," mused Alan Brent, the ,
doctor, "that I will send little Sukey
Wells, our general helper. In the morn
Ing. You will both be kept busy.”
“But. o h ! Janet, you who have been
so sheltered, are you certain that yon
will never regret yqur refusal to mar
ry the great governor?"
Janet Darcy'• answering smile war
confident.
“Your light” she said, showed m*
m y una » y ’
in Fisk
prices does not
m ean a low ered quality.
R
E v ery Fisk T ire , large o r
small, is a standard Fisk
T ire .
P resent low prices are on
tires w h ich have m ade
the nam e Fisk fam ous
for q u ality and m ileage.
T h e re is no b e tte r tire
value in th e w o rld than a
Fisk T ire at the present
price.
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