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MARCH 2, 1907.
THE SUNNY SOUTH
THIRD TAGE
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| Ranks of Capital in England and America Threatened |
i jg? By Millionaire Proselytes to Socialism \
alignment fs taking i
place in the never-ending J
war between capital and !
socialism.
The millionaire is es
pousing tlie cause of the
socialist. In both the
great English-speaking
nations of the world the
astonishing spectacle is at
tlie moment presented of j
the wealthy making com- !
mon cause with the la-!
, . borer in favor of the ideal
of Public ownership of every source of I
wealth.
in England, titled men and women !
e:e devoting their wealth to the cause,:
and such famous members of the no-i
biiity as the countess of Warwick,
duchess of Sutherland, countess of
Aberdeen. Lady Somerset. Miss Lyttle- j
ton and Lady Balfour frequently ad-‘
dress meetings in the public streets.
In the 1 nited States the espousal of!
the cause of socialism by men like J. !
G Phelps Stokes, Robert Hunter, .lo- 1
seph Med ill Patterson and Daniel Kis-
sam d oung, all of whom are so libe- |
rally blessed with wealth that it might i
lw expected that they would be found
firmly lined tip against a program
which. If successful, would take from
tnem all they have, is another demon
stration of the same phenomena.
in tlie past tlie animating force of so
cialism was tiie ragged, penniless ora-
t" 1 ' who stood on corners and ha
rangued the public. When it was not
his experience to lie chased by police
men as crank or firebrand, he was re
garded pityingly, even by those lie de
sired to help. Then capital had an
easy time to discredit socialism, but
now that it must fight desertions in its
own rank, united wealth will have a
less easy time iit striyin
the vigorous propaganda.
Countess Warwick Delivering a Socialistic Address at Memorial Hall, London:
IN AMERICA.
The American trend among the
wealthy in favor of socialism has man
ifested Itself in all sections of the
country.
The case of Joseph Medill Patterson
was one of the first
attention.
This Chicagoan is a son of R. W.
Patterson, editor of The Chicago Trib
une, a most conservative man, who is
ardently opposed to even tiie milder
forms of socialism, and has not hesi
tated to characterize it as "the wildest
fanaticism of tiie age."
Joseph Medill Patterson is only 28
years old, but lie is,a student, and lias
spent a great part of his life in a study
of means by which the condltion-of Ills
fellow man could be improved.
In the recent campaign where E. TV.
Stokes married Rose Pastor, a beautiful
Jewish cigar maker and settlement
worker, it was understood tiiat the
pair Intended to devote their lives to
alleviating conditions in the slums and
to settlement work in New York.
For a time they labored faithfully
in this field, hut now they have aban
doned it in order to devote every en
ergy to the fight for socialism.
, In explaining this act, Mr. and Mrs.
Iiain public j ftfokes say that tlie extension of char
ity can only touch tiie surface, and
I that the only way to really benefit the
(abject poor of the nation is to force
a system of government that will re
sult in abolishing both great wealth
| and extreme poverty.
THEY ARE EARNEST.
■ Mr. Hunter, Mr. Stokes and Mr. Pat
terson have really become the active
factors >i a s" lalistic campaign that
differs m of its precursors!
, from the fact that the meetings in-
1 stead (if being held i;: back of cigar j
■ Fred Williams. William Kent, ex-Sen-
| ator John Ford, John Brisben Walker,
Hamilton Iiolt, Ernest Poole, John J>e-
Witt Warner and A. .1. Boulton.
Resides Mr. Patterson, ('Ttieago lias
other men of advanced thought among
its millionaires in the persons of men
like it. R. McCormick, president of the
sanitary district board of trustees;
David R. Forgan, president of the
First National bank, and Duke M.
is going to make all the money he
ence of thi
thousand m
one man '<■;
he kno
force this choice
"and permit tiie
unfair system wlte
t live ill misery, s
have more money
upon
exist-
e ten
. that
than
Zuleika
i
BASER and I had done
the war correspondence .
act together in the Boer J
war, the Spanish-Ameri
can and the Philippines, j
to say nothing of the
days when we saw to
gether strikes in Chicago
and St. Paul, as well as ,
when guns flashed at the j
outdriving of tlie gambler j
element in Dead wood.
It was years after we j
had been apart that we j
met one evening in the cosy bay-win- j
dow of the red room in the Press Club. !
A* I entered, T heard "Fraser's voice
away above tiie normal pitch of that
room: “Hello, Mad el 1!’* We gripped
hand to hand and enjoyed it as only
men can who have been a-flood and
a-field together, and have met shot and
shell. Then Fraser turned and said:
“Made!!, please permit me to present
to you my friend Sergius, tlie Count
Haljoneski. of the staff of his imperial
majesty the Czar of Russia!“ Of course,
f was willing to meet the count.
The conversation drifted along, and I
found the count a rather good sort of
chap. He possessed tlie peculiar old-
ivory colored sort of complexion, and
the well-groomed aspect of the aristo
cratic class of Russians. We dined at
the club, and later Fraser, ha Yin;
to attend to the getting out of iiis n
paper, of which he had become
ount to spend
rooms upst
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New York <itv.
not dcln
Eclit<
arm, and ;i voice din
| ears the saying: "\V<
have waited for your
! ed me from the sands,
| a came), bore me to
j Long- after the sun ha
I from the direction we
rrived at a stoppin
ned
• have
■Dm in£'
and ti
the ea
a messenger
of the condit
ertainty of s
n ,Philadelphia.
:inong those wil
finned e:
uf imp
for so
ing.
li is liardly to lie expt
relative of the Vandci biltf
he found lighting in the ra
who would overturn the
e hall,
found
< man
e plea
■iallsm is powerful and inspir
ted that
would e\
iks of the
existing (
what to do with. I prefer to
be one of the robbers rather than the
robbed."
But should socialism triumph.
Young proclaims his willingness to
torn all he has over the state, and work
the same as any other man to do his
share of manual toil.
England’s rich soi
are most active and
America in willingn ■
lives of comfort to
tion of an altruistic
A few years ago th
wick was one of ti
king’s set in Englisl
ialists at present
vie with those of
ss to give up their
lid in
ideal.
■ countess of War-
leaders of tiie
society, rich and
m, Daniel Ivissam j Then she
Mr. and Mrs. Jnruos C. Flialjrs Stokes, the New York Settlement Workers and
Millionaires, Wiio Have Taken Uo Socialism.
The Countess of Aberdeen, Who Takes Deep Interest in Socialism.
Duane ran for mayor of Chicago on tliej
platform of municipal ownership of the
street railways, young Patterson took
his side warmly, and was an effective
vote-getter on the stump. Partly in ;
gratitude, but mainly because of a be-j
Ref in (lie ability of tlie young re
former, Mayor Dunne appointed him!
commissioner of public works. Patter
son only held tiie place a short time
before he resigned. In a 1 cmarkoble
letter, lie said that for tlie people to I
own only tlie railroads was merely com
promising a great question, and that!
he wanted to be free to fight for a
system that would result in a more,
equitable distribution of the country’s
wealth.
Two years ago, when J. G. Phelps ■
stores and in
in tlie palaces
ragged clothe
once a! feature
given place to
of gently bre<
But though c
roundings, tiie
gathering - is i
Besides those
mi nt b-r.ed. . u.
■•heap hails, take place:
r>f millionaires, and the
of the street beggar,
it such gatherings have
to lie di
hose names ha 1
nun are lined
united.
have bet-
tip ;
Young, is ;
K. Vanderbilt.
FRANK SPEECHES.
But quite apart from his Vanderbilt
connection, Mr. Young is rich in his
own right, lias married into an aristo
cratic family, and owns a magnificent
home in Philadelphia's suburbs, and is
cial firmament. Now
and the former votary
elegant and extravaga
among tiie people, h
fights, talking to the
preaching the principb
ent system gives lie
in
tor. I
e\ enin
where
later.
Fount Haljoneski was most entertain
ing. Stories of nis experience with his
serfs on his vast estates in Russia—of
iiis service in tlie Russian navy, fol
lowed each other in delightful rapidity.
The seconds ran into minutes, and the
minutes spun into hours, before l
noticed that the bottle had been emptied
l wire.
In the club we kept some fairly good
cigars, and T was using them myself.
Count Haljoneski preferred his own
cigarettes, which my sense of smell led
me to believe were of the true and real
Russian brand. While waiting for Fra
ser. J begged from the count one of his
cigarettes. He handed me his cigarette
case. It was a most fantastic affair,
not the kind we usually see in America,
| but a case which held. T should say,
VIj probably one hundred cigarettes. Tt was
tr j of gold, and heavily studded with jewels
outlining a 'beautiful female form in
! stones, which shot out a sort of opales-
j cent radiance, giving the thing an eerie
| appearance.
! 1 took I lie cigarette, and lighting it,
. held the peculiar case in my hand ad
miring intently the unique setting in
the realiza-' l| ie gold, when I began to feel half
i hypnotized.
I Fraser still did not return, although
1 I had left word with the hallboy that
! ho should, on his arrival, be at once
j asked to my rooms. Tlie eigaretles in
ardrobe.! the count’s case I iiad been consuming
the so- j voraciously.
j i liked them on account of their I
j strange flavor, which seemed to biend
. with the wine. I have a faint remem-
j brance of hearing fount Haljoneski say-I
j Ing: “T see that you hold In your hand I
! my cigarette ease in a manner which I
j leads me to suppose you admire it. I
j am pleased. It lias long been in my j
j family. It was owned by one who came j
l long before my great-grandfather's j
j grandfather; it Is linked with tlie his- |
j tory of Russia, and it is to me more I
j than an icon. It is a. talisman, a fetish, I
! or a good luck. It has strange charms.” |
| lie continued, “that antique—it is what |
I tlie negroes call voodoo." and. pausing (
(while lie lighted another cigarette, lie
: said: "When held and viewed by the I
per:-;:: a whose nature is broad and deep,
! whose soul is attuned and whose men- j
j talty is en rapport, it is said to give to |
| his vision a presentiment of Zuleika.”
“Who is she?" 1 endeavored to Inter- )
pose.
"She. !( is understood, was a woman j
of that type who have blasted and shall \
forever wreck the hopes of man and the !
joys of her sisters. Perchance she was j
tlie wife of Potiphar. the Egyptian, and j
being such, fancied tlie admiration of tliej
Hebrew Joseph. Zuleilca was as Eve!
was to Adam, or the enchantress to St. j
Anthony. The Loreli on the banks of
the Rhine—”
I-Ierc his voice sounded to me as com
ing from an interminiahle distance, and
consciousness ceased. Then swift
, swallow's wing, I seemed falling, „
| the sense of floating, as it were, out J f
space, with the freedom of a bird, j a
rhen for tlie one-milllonth of a second
a blank, and then! Ah. never again
for me, in tiiis world, can come such a
moment!
The bright glare of the sun. for an
instant burned and blinded my blinking
eyes, while in amazement I gazed at
tlie sun's reflection from the dull,
brown stretches of ceaseless, moving
sands.
One solitary palm "waving at the hori
zon measured tlie distance of my vision.
I was alone, a wanderer, neglected, de
serted, forgotten, on a Sahara. In my
nostrils I smelled the hot wind of the
desert and on my tongue the ever-mov
ing sand gritted against my teeth. T
tasted tlie bitter-sweet flavor of the
desert, whi'ch parches the lips and
throat. I saw the mirage of the oasis
in the distance, and stumbled toward
it, but to fail fainting in the hot, in
hospitable sands. I was aroused to
consciousness by the clasp of a friendly
its walls
th a 'jireiil
Usmounted.
AN INCREDIBLE REPORT.
commander-in-chief mean while
advancing with tlie main army na
(1 promised. Presently the booming
nnon at a distance proved that the
•d attack had begun, and his march
mo ve
opian Whose f;
misshapen lorn
ing: “Zuleika
low!"
[ followed 1
lared halls, adorned in gold in myi
devices, through chambers of a dista
and length unknown to moderns. 1
cold marble statues of hideous face
past others^t/T graceful forms. I he
tlie sighing of vestal maidens lon-
for their lovers, and the groans
gladiators dying to please monsters,
followed on, and on, and heard the
heat in the triremes, and the chan: of
tiie galley slaves, and then there was
a brief, overpowering silence, 1 fol
lowed.
My eye.- smiled, and my tired ea-s
knew the sound of purling brooks, at d
listened to the songs of bulbul and of
green bird. Perfumes came to me, the
rose of Asia, the lotus of Egypt, and
wearied with the senses, 1 rested at tlie
bkldance of the guide on a heliotrope-
crowned seat beside a fountain. It
sprayed a sprinkling stream perfumed
with unknown odors, over leaping fish
which were sparkling in a silver lake.
Enraptured with the gorgeous beauty
of the night, dr ink with its perfumes;
and the melodies m it's singing birds.
1 waited to see Zuleika. She, that ra- ;
diant woman, the prototype m Hem : of
Troy, the forerunner of Venus. This j
"Daughter of tlie Gods," more beautiful j
than Cleopatra! Bidden as a guest, why j
should T not wait and anticipate the joy
of seeing tills incomparable paragon of ;
womanhood!
Thus, in the keenest pleasure of my
fancy, I waited in the moonlight.
I waited and waited for tlie denoue- i
ment, and waited, wondered, and so
waiting was aroused by Fraser, who
said: ‘‘What do you mean by talking;
about Zuleika? "Who Is she? 1- siiej
a friend of your wife’s?"
I said: "I don't know. ' and, looking j
at my finger, I found tiie stub of a
cigarette, made in Russia and brand*
“%uleika."
It bad pone oTf. Count Haljoneski, m
watch, my toilet articles and my jewi
had gone with the cigarette.
We tried to 'catch him, but did no
and according to 'Clubdom Fraser mac
good for "Thy losses, barfing my tag
but 1 am always, and: nlways snail 1c
waiting to meet /.rfffiira face to fae<
I am always arid always shall 1
equally afraid of Russian eigarettt
and Russian counts.- Will G. Taffendei
In San Fran” ’ Co News-Letter.
HOW WASHINGTON TURNED THE
Tide at the Battle of Monmouth.
Continued from Second Rage.
troop
ilers Washington
ng with his arir
when a conntry-
ss haste with th*
ontinontal troops
ington was deep-
for giving what
t doubted was a
dry man declared
pointed to an
st then came tup
in a fright. The
ee arrested to prevent
alarm among the ad-
I was promised a first
le repeated his story,
still could not
THE BORROWED BABY.
Continued from First Page.
■ tty face and a pen behind his
>d out and surveyed the antic
l with mild interest. S5he saw
■nine down on him like a w
.- of
him
hirl-
S: mpsonviilc
she demand-
5. Right this
pocket and began de-
lestly to eat it.
him speechlessly and
ler throat. Of course,
ve tr.at, and he strode
nan a lesson in man-
snducnly got tup with
enornti vs
speech, but
adt ;
bite
ind
the anii te
he waved his hafl|
grunted. HallOf
id. Tlie rain iiad stopped and vfFw
■■gau in puff. It was starting tiack!
knew Tie could stop it!! exulted For
ma! K-jllam coi.li! only hold his bur-
subud-; ively and wonder, until it
tha.1 the baby’s fat her
prevailed upon the conductor io
He was wise enough, how-
i on .Ttlon r'nis conjecture to
I ..
all this is over,
of all that was
nt. is going out
•lection 1
•ome tin
tiie light as Morris
of the socialist iiuro
Gaylord Wilshire, <
Socialist Magazine:
H. Giddings, of Fid:
ham Phillips and Ra
the magazine v.ritei
Single Taxer: Arthui
ililquit. the scholar
■ment in New York;
ditor of Wilshire's
Professor Franklin
: Hilda : i lavid Gra-
Stannard Raker,
: Ernest Crosby,
Brisbane, George
the head of
spired by vii
he abandons
ho his. to g'
preach the do
11 is speech*
i large house, is yet in- ;
it he believes to he truth, j
!he social life that might
oi!t on the streets and
’trine of socialism,
s are startingly frank.
■•holesale ct
deny that
•ondition <
’ merchant,
long as
iffairs exist
t to. and that she
ime when revised
prevent one hundred!
tion from robbing tiie
( parts.
It is said that only
trl of Warwick det
om renouncing her right to
ioperty and turning it ovi
pres- |
than site
will wel- I
laws will
of the popula-j
tlier ninety-nine i
> of tlie (
fountess |
all her!
to tlie l
the
he
state to lie used for the people.
ENGLISH WOMEN SOCIALIST. j
The countess is an excellent speaker, I
and makes a particularly strong ap- !
peal by pointing out tlie injustice of
forcing children to go to sehol, who j
have had little or no food and are!
hence physically unable to study. It 1
is mainly due to her influence that a'
new law went on the statute books I
which compels public schools to pro- I
vide free meals for children.
Lady Warwick wants the house of|
Tobacco Bad
as Morphine
An Absolute “Stopper" tor the Brain-
Killing, Nerve-Destroying’ To
bacco Habit Has Been Found.
You Can Try It Absolutely Free.
Tbe tobacco habit is a curse, and every man k'vvw-
it. Some "smart kids" don't know it. Most met
would like to Quit, it thej’ knew they could do &
"easy" without causing them discomfort.
r
is against the hold-j
s. favors woman suf-
basis of good citi-
a basis of god eiti-
than tlie holding of!
: lords abolished,
j ing of big estat
lie awarded on
lie awarded on
zenship rather
, property.
Lady Aberdeen was a pioneer in the
battle for socialism. She Iiad to face
a terrific opposition at first, but she
finds the way much easier now. Tlie
duchess of Sutherland is a hard worker
for tlie betterment of the working
classes, and Lady Somerset lias to her
credit the founding of industrial schools
all over England where poor children
can master trades.
Altogether, thirty-five noble English
women are fighting the battle of ad
vanced thought.
Burns tbe Brain to Ashes.
Lady Warwick Addressing a
Crowd of Dock Laborers.
t
Only One "Bronio Quinine"
That is LAXATIVE RROMO Quinine.
Similarly named remedies sometimes de-
taeive. Tlie ftrst and orijrinaal Cold Tab
let is a WHTTE PACKAGE with bla«ck
and red lettering 1 , and bears tlie signature
of E. W. GROVE. 25c.
Prayed for Sain.
(Prom Illustrated Pits.)
Kittle Pet (before retiring:)—Mama, j
may I pray for rain?
Mama-Y-e-s, if you want to; but |
why ?
Kittle Pet—Sussie Stuckup didn't invite
me to her picnic tomorrow. \
“Easy-To-Quit” is a pesitiTp. absolute “stopper’
for any tobacco habit. It is a war*able remedy
und any Indy ran jjive it SECRETLY in food oi
drink. It. ia harmless; leaves no reaction or bad
efU-r effects, and it. stops the habit t<* slay
Mothers, sott the young smoker’s brain, he e*u
not do it himself. Wives, sisters Mid Mvet’ or-m
help save the mind, body and futc r c «f Roms oni
\v! o is near and dear to you. Without jour help i 1
may net be done.
Knyphau.sen, and
of his army to th
j ^ i maud of "Lord Cornwallis This? move
then ment made it imperative for Washington
' strengthen his advance corps, and he
once detached Leo with Scott's and
Vamum's brigades to support tie force
under Latavert. . As Lee was the senior,
lie would of course assume command ot
the whole detachment. A letter from
Washington to Lafayette explained mat
ters. and tlie "latter gracefully turned
over tlie command to Lee when lie
joined him on the twenty-seventh.
That same evening the enemy en
camped on high ground near Monmouth
Court House. General Lee with the ad
vance corps made his camp five miles
distant at Englishtown. Washington
with the main army rested three miles
in pis rear. The ground occupied by Sir
Henry was protected by woods and
morasses, it was carefully reconnoitered
by Washington in person, and its
strength fully recognized, hut lie knew
that should tlie British lie allowed to
march ten or twelve miles further un
molested. they would gain the heights
of Middletown and lie in a still better
position.
Washington therefore determined that
an attack should lie made on their rear
early in the morning as soon as their
force should be in motion. Tills plan
ho laid before General 1 .ee in tiie pres
ence of his officers, ordering him to pre
pare for tlie attack, Looping ids troops
lying on their arms ready for action at
a moment’s notice. His own force, he
added, would he equally ready for at
tack. Having fully explained his plans
In detail, he rode back to his own camp.
HASTY MOVEMENTS.
Fearing, from intelligence that reached
him after midnight, that Sir Henry t’lin-
ton might slip away in tlie darkness,
Washington sent an urgent order to Lee
just before midnight to detach six or
seven hundred men to lie near tlie ene
my's lines and to give notice of their
movements. They were also to hold
them in check should they attempt ;o
march, until the rest of tiie troops
should come up. General Dickinson was
assigned by Lee to this duty. Morgan
was also ordered to tin ready with his
troops for skirmishing.
At dawn on the twenty-eighth a breath
less messenger from Dickinson informed
Washington that tlie enemy were in mo
tion. lie at once sent orders to Lee to
pusli forward and attack them unless
there were powerful leasons to tin* con
trary, adding that lie was marching t,o
iiis support. The main army followed
fast on the heels of tnts order, the men
throwing away their knapsack; and blan
kets that they might inarch the more
rapidly.
ivn> phausen, in command of the Brit
ish vanguard, iiad started at dawn to go
down into the valley between Monmouth
Court [louse and Middleton. Sir Henry
remained in camp yet a while longer to
allow the long baggage train to get well
to the front, but at eight o'clock lie also
took up the line of march towards Mid
dleton. Lee, meanwnile. had advanced
Portia.
As thi
an excit
rear coach neared
d group coaid be t
the platform. The group w
of a hysterical woman, a
baby, the
perspiriMg
pas ft ngers
tlie train c:
the woman
conductor
at man and as u
as could crowd int
me to a pause th<
jumped to the
sprang liyst
the station
ade out on
■i composed
an with a
l x '*> : < a r. d
nany more
v. As
the man and
ground. The
■ a 11 v for the
l red.
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With the brigades of Wayne and Maxwell
to support the skirmishing line. Being
joined by Lafayette with tiie main body
of the advance corps, he iiad now four
thousand men at command besides those
of Dickinson and Morgan, some six thou
sand in all.
Reaching the heights of Freehold to
reconnoiter with General Wayne, Lee
saw a force of Britlsn under march, blit
partly hidden by the intervening trees.
Supposing tiiis to be a mere covering
party of about two thousand men, lie
detached General Wayne with seven
hundred troops and two pieces of artil
lery to hold it in check by skirmishing
in its rear, while lie himself took a short
cut through the woods with the rest of
his troops, to get in its front and eut.it
from tlia main British army. Lee 'at
abies ami kissed them until they
ered. The two men exchanged
ourtesies of regret, but the women
at each other with undying ha-
Each had come to the conclusion
t was” all tlie fault of the othei
: one. and that it had been quite premeai-
: tnted.
( The conductor, anxiously eyeing hi*
j watch and with one hand on the hell
! rope, gruffly ordered them to hurry up,
1 but lie scowled tenderly at both babies
j in turn. He had two of his own and
i had come back very Willingly. The fat
I man, with tears lying on iiis cheeks,
1 brokenly confided lo the crowd that h*j
! was a father himself. As the train
dWimlled out of sight the fat man was
I still on th* platform, panting and mop-
I ping his brow and quite unable to get
over his agitation.
I HaTIam patiently and painfully extract
ed some information from the lumpy-
! faced agent. They could get a train
I bock within an hour, and would reach
j the city fully half an htJfir before Aunt
| Martha could possibly leave it. Further
more, they could 'have the baby safely at
home long before Mrs. Bartlett would
return from her half-holiday, and Por
tia was blissfully happy. She sat down
is the dingy waiting room and gave Hai-
lam tlie baby to bold while she restored
her hat from her left ear to its proper
angle, and while she did swift. deft
things wit it eight hairpins. She was
not so busy 'but that she was able to
note, looking up through her long lashes
at Hallam towering over her, how id*
and strong and reliable the tall young
man looked with that sort of a bundle
in iiis arms .and to wonder with a thrill
how she could have done without him
this day. She gave another passing
thought or so to the question she had
long lieen debating abont him. and when
she' finally held out her arms for the
baby she had quite ~Tfiade up iter mind.
Half asleep, the baby raised a chubby
hand to nestle against iter neck, and it
lay drowsily smiling up at her Hallam
was very thoughtful. The light came
dimly through tlie grimy window-panes,
and lit up Portia’s char profile with a
Mors- that reminded him of a certain
nytgnificenf stained glass window—a Ma
donna group that he had once seen in a
cathedral, and he unconsciously took off
hi shat.
"Portia." he raid gently, bending over
her. , ,
The lone was of unmistakable
canoe. Site smiled reassuringly at
hut hold up a warning finger.
"Careful now.” she said. "How often
must I tell you to behave yourself?"
• •[ won't liehav'e any more. ’ he said de-
fianlty. "Portia—”
"For goodness’ sake, remember where
we are." she whispered. "That wood-
oarved agent is watching us. and lor
mercy’s sake bets eating another red ap
ple!"
"He don't count," said Hallam. stand-
ln<* between her and tiie agent and put
ting one firm hand on her shoulder.
"Nevertheless I’m going to strictly ob
serve the proprieties. I’m not going to
propose here, hut I'm coming over to tlie
flat tonight to do so. Have you any
idea what sort of an answer I'll get?"
“Come over and see. " slip challenged
him. smiling up mischievously.
•J wish that apple fiend would go
away for a minute." he earnestly whis
pered.
She laughed happily and suddenly
stooped over to kiss the borrowed baby.
As slu- did so her warm cheek rested
lovingl/ for a moment on the tall young
man’s hand. The knobby-faced ageni
proved nimsclr to be human after all.
He considerately went outside. t
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