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MARCH 2, 1907. THE SUNNY SOUTH THIRD TAGE \ ••••••••• | 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 igr This is the newest ami most intros!in,: j> working out tlie solution and you \\ \iu)i;n if \ot \it 10 si missi lines divided into sections with dots in ea ' name of a great city in the United States. Tl used figures in spelling 7.7.V. You are sure to be wonderfully entertained ii nr U,si)Sl It] ) TO IS 10 SIAN DSO>I KLY H 10- ' I,. At th< top of tin- adverti-i meat you will see three section. Each one of the three lines of dots spills die ere ;.)«• * went v six lett ers in the alphabet and we have I of b?rer<. LETTER A“ IS NUMBER 1, LETTER NUMBER 2 LETTER < ’ IS NUMBER 3. etc., throughout the whole alphabet. Now to illustrate, in the top line in the fiist ~*<tion you wil! find fourteen dots, so that letter is “S " This is all the information w< art going • givt cap and si idj it out for j ourself. W e will give on Man'll 30 tli, 1907, One Ifsanrfrcd Dcllrir* in ( ;ih»i Prize* to tliONe penuui.M who we ml us l In* neatest correct names of the three eities. Twenly-the Hollars in Unsli is ||*«* first prize. Ten Dollars in Cash Is the N'*eomI Prize. Next Ten, S2.50 Each. Five Dollars in Cash is the Third Prize. Next Thirty-five, SI.00 Each. Here are 38 prizes, making a total of One Hundred Dollars In easl*. \c money required. Von do not have to send us one cent. It absolute; test. 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Address: 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. thn t fee:;;, package to ;:s. we ■•••;’! ae'd you .- : * * vwimticr. «. tr.Hi You fill !>“ 1 ‘c■ A iive tt'ftt you did it, A S' - - ROKkBS It*: IAS AND « lir.4 Fifth and K.:.cc S'.n., PON. id »rnd it . by until. 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 wifi - him.