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adventure to Qe met j
if half an hour latdT^
F~ "Was It necesfy to keeP that in- <
visible letter?" jSpljil*
IB "No," said Jos."Would
it hftjpaptir affairs a <
^ri^rious turn Ifjj |d &flen into alien ]
"Decidedly," a 8$$ Jones, "it ]
would mean fligH I^M^e Black Hun- 1
dred or a long J tie ander cover, if
our friend Brainy that Russia I
was now taking interest in !
the doings of the?j5<fc'?undred. And <
eventually all owjSS?* would have 1
to be done over
L "You look a UP- Any- j
thing happened keen-eyed ]
butler.
"Nothing. mu<&jp >Mtde a cigarette i
out of the letteri|g^P0^ed it."
Jones chuckleHRBr5^ lUttl *uu
have had an ad' wjjlfti13* some >
but it can wait.' "jjjjBfr
"Because I ws pack off to
Washington." raSj
"Washington? lg|
"Yea. I wai ; jHE *? Interview ]
those officials 4$*'ino,st famillar
I with the extradffl^y8-"
"A new kinky Mm
"What I wiahfegF1 iB this: Can i
L a Tuau, formerl^j^^'8-^?' take out
c uattralization itpflBOf1(^ hold to the
f protection of tf 'Kd States 8ov*
' eminent? ThaeNflBby, a poisoner,
menaced by SilfelBr-011168 an American
citizen. WW abducted and
carried back topflj Could he look i
to thf? Koverimpi' protection?
, That, ia what to flDd out"
I "That will b?jH When shall I
"As soon aJfflUn pack your ;
"That's alweffifl|d," replied the
teporter. "Y<S*| I'm eternally
shunted hlthe;?MB at a moment's 1
notice, so I alv8ijjfie an extra grip
packed for quliflH."
"The Rus8i?laH| wants Bralne,
Vroon, and tt?4?f$3i and tonight
I'm going to ?flKnt them out to
him. It wouHnp me more than
anything I k&Jjjgg eliminate' this
v precious trio ijawftn fashion. It's
thorough; aafJH^ accomplished. ,
L good-day to thfwHhundred in America.
The gngion in Russia
has still sonn^Bal significance,
hut'on this wfjmhe water it is
D| merely an amjHn of merciless
"I'll take t| v^rain out But
you will tell Itft"
HDT OU&Uljr. VMRQ
MM|| 44And take fflwM^our own heels.
juM Yon were waiNH the hotel."
'1 know itflfatB watcher coald
Kleam notttngfiti&iervan as a name
suggest gjlflHKo the fool who
HHSpllowed me.ttaflR, we both knew
R^Hthat he wasnrfl^) peek through
QBttthe keyhole. jfuHlptel, you know,
^^n^^Kill retainsibdj^f-fashioned keyraDHSflVo
keep agSgln good humor,
M^^HH^Bppose," l^i??n. "Well, I must
HHHjd my w0o Jrae th.it flyer."
two &fcMKps and Jim bur^^^^ried
off. Tljiu^yatched" him till
lie diaappeai d<p^the subway.
' "Ho'# ? ? win hn mnrmnr0l1
k O, ? HWht UC UIUlun??vi*?
"and a brav^H^od money.is only
P ail incident iuMpfaffairs after all.
[ I'll be a goduttHknd let the two
L be happy, sii tfcKrtove each other
L and have pfljfiin a thousand
I ways." '?|
L Meanwhile jHgan agent settled
L down before Hug portfolio; and
j once or twic^^Hrote he thought
he heard a ^Hfctside the door.
No doubt thi^H of Hargreave's
\ hatf been walKgd followed. By
and by he roafljw^ig revolver, end
tiptoed to th<^M|)]iquely so that
r- % the watcher o^Mjght not become
I aware of hi^Hhh. Swiftly he
I swung back tHKn(j the member
of file Black HBh stumbled into
m the room. ^Ktantly the Rus|
sian caught the collar and
B bfld him up. )
B jf"What wer*j,ing .outside my
The man d^ftiswer. He was
B^L trying to colI^Khoughts.
BgM "I'm a det|V said the man
finally,.thinldflKv his way clear.
^HH^^|nd what IIS expect to learn
j^H^^SS^kking IhlBe kevhole of my
me your
in his
hope
would waver,
thief." declared
rns such I shall I
fy*ver to the hotel
Pfcjp tell me exactly
,QlWdurub; He hung
^pd the deep sea.
' the organization
Ujtruth; If he kept
ged In jail, perfyfihe
hadn't a sav
unnwvhej
IvesjSupplied
H^SHUWBttp&^o^f how the seal
HHMmfon^ fcr when the
HHBHH ? -Aely levered with
^E^G|^|8pfr*aH $\j&
HnH?S|||:Beam which is a
BRHHMV 9cS fur^Barer, is the
SK^uEBsb^h ^ 'n?ri'
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infold MacGr&th)
op police record. Presently his
nerve gave way in face of the steady
3ye and hand, and he confessed the
w hy and wherefore he had sought the
k(?yhole of Servan's room.
"We are after this butler. Whereer
he goes we follow."
"Well, you've wasted your time, my
m an. All I am here for is to take
3\ er some, property Mr. Hargreave
le't in France for sale. I know
ac thing about your private feuds.
Nc >w, get out. But keep out of my
wity: I am not a peaceful man."
The spy tumbled out as he had
tumbled in, by an act of gravity; and
Se rvan was. alone. He spent two
3a is in comparative idleness. Then
things began to wake up.
* * * * * #
1'or a long time the leather box
apr incc TL-Vilph wan InRorihAfl '"Stanley
Ha rgreave" lay in peace undisturbed.
A. busy spider had woven a trap
acrsss the handle to the quaint lock.
Tho box was still badly stained from
its immersion in the salt water. At
a. c ertain time it was quietly withdra
svn from its hiding place. It was
stealthily opened. A hand reached in
and when it withdrew a packet of
pap ?rR was also withdrawn* The box
was again locked and lowered; and
pres ently the spider Returned to find
that" his cunning trap had been total!*
destroyed. With the infinite patience
of his kind he began the weaving
of another trap. Perhaps this
woujfd be more successful than its
predecessor, i
Liter Henri Servan received a telephone
call. He was Informed that hiB
purpose In Anierlca would be realized
,by his presence at sach and such
a box that night at the opera. Further
! information could not be given
over the telephone. Servan seemed
well satisfied. He dressed carefully
that evening, called up the office clerk
and inquired If his box tickets Tor the
ppera had arrived, rfe was informed
that they had. Instantly the spy, wjio
had dared to linger about the hotel,
overhearing this conversation, determined
to notify Bralne at once. And
at the same time, Norton, In disguise,
determined not. to lose sight of this
man whom he had set himself to
watch.
The spy left by one entrance and
Jim by another. Jiin had learned
what he desired: that the Russian
agent would be followed to the opera
and that it was going to be difficult
to hand the documents to him. The
spy emereu a urug mure auu telephoned.
Jim waited o\itside. When
the man came out he strolled up the
Btreet and entered the nearest saloon.
Jim's work was done.
It was Bralne's lieutenant, however,
who took the news to Braine.
"We have succeeded."
"Good!" said Braine.
"He will go to the opera. He will
have a box. Doubtless they have ar?
ranged to deliver the papers there."
"And the next thing is to get the
number of his box." This Braine had
no difficulty in doing. "So that's all
It Was Stealthily Opened.
fixed. He calls himself Seryan
and registers froiji Paris. I'll show
the fool that he I has no moujik to
deal with this tii*e."
"And what are Ithese documents?"
asked Olga. \
"Ah, that's what we are so anxious
to find out. Sotof papers are going
to be exchanged 'between this Russian
spy and Jonbs or his agents.
That these paperi concern us vitally
I am certain. v That is why
I am going t< get them if
there has to be a murder at the
opera tonight. N)rton has been to
vv asmngton. tie w*s seen coming out
of the Russian ejnbassy, from the
secretaries of statA and war and a
dozen other office^ I've got to find
out just what all 4 its means."
"It means that \ie time has come
for us to fly," sak Olga. "We have
failed. I have wan]ed ;*ou. We have
still plenty of montp left. It is time
we folded our tenfa and . stole away,
quietly. 1 tell you I ^eel it in my bones
that there is a pft before us somewhere;
and if you f<i|ce issues we shall
all fall into it." j
"The white featl^r, my dear?"
"There is altogether some differfence
between the white\feather and common-sense
caution."!
"I shall never gjre up. You are
r
der his tough, thicd skin he has an
inch or more of blub er. When the ice
closes up the open i vater in the Arctic
the seal selects j1 spot and begins
to drill a hole to th< surface by pressing
his warm nose qj ainst tbe ice. Nobody
knows how mj| iy hours it takes
him to accomplish^ lis task, but be
n nnnnnn }f O T* #4 nlii? 1_ U <% tn SN. Vn1 \ rtnfl
ii auagco n> auu tuuiUUgU uw 10 UUI?B^u
lo work most of .theptime, because the
surface of the^ho^b is continually
freezing, be ke9jb3: i| open all winter,
Seals have betenSknown to drill In
free to pack up and go if you wish.
As for me, I'm going to fight this out
to the 'bitter end."
"And take my word for it, the end
will be bitter."
"Well?"
"Oh, I shall stay. You know that
my future is bound up <n yours. In
the old days my advice generally appealed
to you as sound; and when
you followed it you were successful.
Prom the first I advised you not to
pursue Hargreave. See what has hap
pened!"
"Enough of this chatter. I've got to die
some time; it will be with my face toward
this man 1 hate with all my soul.
You trust to me; I'll pull out of this
ail right You just fix yourself up
stunningly for the opera tonight and
leave the rest to me."
Olga shrugged. She was something
of a fatalist. This man of hers had
suddenly {,'one mad; and one did not
reason with mad people.
"What shall I wear?" she asked
calmly.
"Emeralds; they're your good luck
stones. You will go to the box before
I do. I've got to spend some time at
the curb to be sure that this Servan
chap arrives. And it is quite possible
that our friend Jones will come later.
If not Jones, then Norton. 1 was a
fool not to shoot him when I had the
chance. We could have covered It up
without the least difficulty. But I
needed the information about that paper.
With Norton going to Washington
and Jones conferring with this
Servan, I've got to strike quick. It
concerns us, that I'm certain. Perk
up; we've lots of cards in our sleeves
yet. Be at the opera at eight-thirty. Pay
110 attention 10 any one; wait for me.
Remember, I shan't write or send any
phone messages. Be wary of any trap
like that to get you outside. Now, I'm
off."
Jones approached Florence immediately
after dinner.
[ "I have important business in the
I city tonight. Under no circumstances
leave the house. I shall probably be
followed. And our enemies will have
need of you.far more tonight than at
any previous time. I shall not send
I you phonp or written message. You
have your revolver. Shoot any strange
man who enters. We'll make inquiries
after."
"We are near the end?" whispered
Florence.
"Very near the end."
"And I shall see my father?"
Jones bent his head. "If we succeed.
*
"UliawA In Aon rroi' fMnVirkC rtf )lPP
A UC1C LB UaU()Vt WUAM?M?*0 w.
lover. , ' '
"There la always danger when I
leave thiB house. So be good," the butler
added with a smile.
"And Jim?"
''He has proved that he can take
care1of himself."
"Tell him to be very careful."
"Ill co so, but it will not be necessaryand
with this Jones set forth
upon what he considered the culminating
adventure.
The usual brilliant crowd began to
pour into the opera Braine took his
stand by the entrance. He waited a
long time, but his patience wan rewarded.
A limousine droVe up and
out of the door came his man, who
looked about with casual interest. He
dismissed the limousine, which
(wheeled slowly around the comer
whero It could be conveniently parked.
Then Servan entered the opera
Braine hurried around to the limousine.
^he lights, save, those demanded
by traffic regulations, were out
Tfee chauffeur was huddled in his seat.
"My man," said Braine, "would you
like to make'some money?"
"How much?" listlessly. The voice
WttB ULL UUlCUi
"Twenty."
"Good night, sir."
"Fifty."
"Good night and good morning!"
"A hundred!"
"Now you've got me interested,
What kind of a Joy ride do you want?"
"No Joy ride. Listen."
Briefly the conspirator outlined his
needs, and Anally the chauffeur
nodded. Five twenties were pressed
into his hand and he curled up in his
seat again.
Servan entered his box. In the box
next to his sat a handsomely gowned
young woman. He'threw her an idle
glance, which was repaid in kind.
Later, Braine came in and sat down
beside Olga.
"Everything looks like plain sailing,"
he whispered.
Olga shrugged slightly.
During the intermission between the
first and second acts, Servan took the
rear chair of his box, near the curtains.
Braine, watching with the eyes
of a lynx, suddenly observed the curtains
stirring. A hand was thrust
through. In that hand wa^a packet of
papers. With seeming indifference
Servan reached back and took the papers,
stowing them away In a pocket.
Braine rose at the beginning of the
second act.
"Where are you going?" asked Olga
nervously.
"To see Otto."'
A bold attempt was made to rob
Servan while In the box, but the timely
arrival of Jim frustrated this plan.
So Braine was forced to rely on the
chauffeur of the limousine.
As Farrar's last thrilling note died
away Braine and Olga ro3e.
"Be careful. And come to the apartments
just as soon as you can."
"I'll be careful," Braine declared easily.
"You can watch the play if you
wish."
When Servan entered the limousine
he was quietly but forcibly seized by
two men who had been lying In wait
for him, due to the apparent treachery
of the chauffeur. Servan fought val
this manner through 50 feet of solid
Ice. Whether or not they take turns
In the slow drilling is not positively
known.
It is at these "seal holes" that the
polar bear seeks food in the winter,
and there the Eskimo waits, spear in
hand, for his weekly supply of meat
At the Ticket Window.
"Tbatlnan is a poker player," said
the ticket'Seller, afte^ hftipushed -a^bit
of pq^teboard .out/to a hurried man^
carrying a aplfe "There's a great]
taiilly, for ail that be knew what tho
end of thlB exploit was going to be.
One of the men succeeded in getting
the documents from Servan's' pocket
'Done, my boy!" cried the victor.
"(Jive him a crack on the coco and
we'll beat it."
"Just a minute, gentlemen!" said a
voice from the seat at the side of the
chauffeur. "Ill tike those papers!"
And the owner of the voice, backed by
a cold, sinister-looking automatic,
reached in and confiscated the spoils p
of war. "And I shouldn't make any
attempt to slip' out by the side door."
"Thanks, my friend," said Servan.
shaking himself free ffom his captorB. c
"Don't mention it," said Norton ami- t
ably. "We thought something like M
this would happen. Keep perfectly
p. i I,, . a
'{
b
t ,
EJralne and ftla Accomplice Plan Cap- tl
ture of Servan. t u
S t(
quiet, you chaps. /Drive on, clmuffeiirij ^
drive on!" n
"Yes, my lord! To what particular 0
police station shall I head this omnIbus?'"
' . . p
* "The nearest, Jones; the very near- b
eBt you car think of! Some day, when/
I'm rictx, 111 hire you for my chaof* ^
feur. Hut for the present I ishall ex-1 ^
peel: at least a box of Partaj?as out of i{
that hundred." ' tl
Jonea chuckled. "Til buy you a box .
out of my ovrn pocket That hundred
goes to chiijlty." C1
"Here we are! Out with you," said
Jim to his prisoners. He shouldered a
them into the police station, to the C(
captain's desk. 0|
"What's this?" demanded the cap- ?
tain. ft
"Holdup men," said Jim. "Entered ^
this man's car and tried to rob him," h(
"ITh-huh! An' who're you?" ^
Jim showed his badge and card.
"Oho! -Hey; there; I mean you!"
said the captain, leveling a finger \t t
Otto. ' "Lift up that ,hat; lift it tip.
Sure, It's Fountain Pen Otto! Well, ^
well; an' we've been lookin' frr yo#;
for ten, months on the last t forge rr u
case. Mr. Norton, iny thanks. Talc* T
"ein"below, sergeant. \ YouH be har6 n<
to make the complaint in th' mornh^ n,
sir," he addled to S&rvan. y<
"11'.' it is laecessarj."
'It may bo against Otto'sf pal. I y,
don't; know him-" in
"Very well."*
And Jones and Norton and Servan *1
trooped out of the station. " { ; : y{
At last J Dnea and the reporter ea- ia
te red a cheap restaurant and ordered 'w
coffee , and toast. ^ *t
"You're it wonderful man, Jones, ,
even If you are an Englishman," said m
Jim as ho called for the check. ej
"English? What makes you think *
I am English?" asked Jones with a curious
glitter In his eyes.
"Ill tell you on the night we put the
rollers under Bralne and company." &
Jones Btared long and Intently at 81
his young partner. What did he really
know?
(TO BE CONTINUED.) - ^
HAD REAL CAUSE FOR GRIEF P
III
Happy Event, Under the Circuit^ ,li
ittanccB, Brought f!ev* rte of Joy u
to the Small Boy. ,n
ti
"Boo-hoo!." yelled the itmall boy di*? ta
consolately, as he wandered down thin w
street;, hneadlng his eyes with htl lc
knuckles. ' v
"My dear little chap, what's thin
trouble?-' asked a benevolent old {gentleman,
stopping a moment for a be?.* *s
ter view of the small, miserable one. P1
"My Biater'ti getting- married tc? P'
daj'!" broke out the youngster wratfc- al
fully, and then again made the street
resound with his lusty lament n<
"But, my dear little chap," exclaimed
the. kindly old soul, binding down to w
stroke the youngster's head conBolinjr
ly. "yon ought to be ve:ry glad you?
sister Is going to be happy. Anyway/ *n
lt'e nothing to cry over." bi
The "dear little chap" jerked biM th
head free and burst intb more violent Pi
and ear-piercing music as he spluf*
tered sarcastically: th
"Oh, ain't it? If?if you'd been pal.t ^
a quarter a week to k-keep out ef thvj P?
way when her young m-man came to
the house, you wouldn't be sorry when th
your sister had gone and g-got mri- th
ried, would y-you?" w1
in.
Name far the Indian Children. w
Small people catch cm to much mo* a *n
from the ialk of thair elders tha \ 111
grownups generally suppose, says th )
Caldwell News. A little girl of four 11(
and one-half years one day last week w'
was poring over her primer. It wai m
a lesson about Indians. The mothe* ea
explained Che pictures to the littln a<3
one, telling her some of thu. cuatom.i fe
of the tribe, and ended by te>!ing he in
1' ll/lwnri wnro nallA>! fVi
Iine luumil I.U1IU1BU n<?u
"papooses." The next dap girl w]
was heard to "read:" "Th? IiicMana
t do not live in houses, and they fell st
' their children Bull Mooses."
^ CO
deal to be learned from the way a fr
passenger lays down his fare. Tligt co
chap?the thing that gave him ana/ ro
was the wa.y he laid down his coin.
The average man slaps his t.ickel w:
down and lets it lie. This man held
his curved ii^he first Joint of his
forefinger ajj^Lsed it gently-toward nc
1 ^ ^
Confessions sf a
Mail Order Man
Br Mr. M: O. X.
Revelation* by One Whote Experience in
the Buaineaa Covera a Ranee Prom
Office Boy. to General Manager
AIL TO 8UBS1DIZE TH^ COUNTRY
EDITOR.
In waging a campaign for1 In
reased mail order business I wanted
lie country press on my side. ]
ranted to get more kind words Into
lie columns of the small newspapers
nd country weeklies because I realcpH
thon no T (in nmv tho nnwor nf
,W1* v"v"? wtie
country press and the great
alue it possesses to present a claim
3r preference before the people ol
tie community.
I outlined a plan to whip the counry
newspapers into line and arrange
>r them to carry my advertising matjr
as well as to persuade them ta
ive me free reading notices and ed:orlals,
telling what tf' great help and
omfort the mail order bouses were
j the people of the country.
It was nothing more nor less than
ribery. I believed that I could get
lie editors of the country newspaerB
to be false to their home inter3ts
and foster ours, for a price,
had the money to pay them and I
aought lots of dollars could do the
ork easily and readily.. -,
I worked months over that camaign.
I prepared ah electrotyped
ilvertisement In which I advised
:ie use of the mall order medium and
rged the. readers of each newspaper
>: send into the big cities for the catlogue.
I prepared sheets of "press
otices" and editorials, with elabrate
and plain instructions for their
tie. I was going to convert the peole
of thd whole country to mail order
iiying. . '
I expected to spend thousands ol
liars during the course of the noxt
jw years, but It would be worth it,
I obtained the results. I was after
le people's dollars.
A strong form letter was prepared
i the first step, this letter to be. seat
at to the editors of the country newsapers.
From advertising agencies
nd from various other souroes I
implied a liBt of something like 19,.
)0 newspapers, all'of whlch wei'e pubshed,
in small towns. I was already
red with the big daily newspapers,
he only touble was I couldn't-someow
or another fix it with the coun7
newspaper.
The letter read something like this:
0 the Editor:
Dear 'Sir?You are tmblishin* a newsoa
ir for business reksons'? not for your
jalth.' \
You find it difficult to obtain adequate
ipport from the merchants tn your town,
hey do not appreciate the value of your
rWspaper as an advertising medium.
We know that you , are printing a live
jwspaper to your community and that
m are entitled to toore support than you
e^recelving. #/?.; .
The-postal laws, under which you enjoy
e privileges of second class postage for
ailing your newspaper, require you' to
jcefct. all legitimate advertising offered
your rates. '
Enclosed please find a contract for adtrtUlnfc
to the amount of............ dolrs.
Please sign it and return ,to us and
e'; w*ni forward electrotypes of adverlements
to be run together with inructlons.
In giving you this business tt is but
itural that we shall expect you to run,
tch week, the reading notices and ediHals
sent herewith.
Very truly yours,
BLANK ADVERTISING AGENCY.
: . ? ? . v .
Yes, It was a great scheme. I exacted
to swamp tbe country with
igared editorials knd splendid no:c3
about the 'mail order business,
cheerfully anticipated that I would
lit the country merchants out of busiuss.
I even went so far as to figre
out a plan for taking advantage
! the conditions of business depreson
that would inevitably follow such
sweeping fall in values and consld ed
the organization of some Sort of
land trust to buy up the\ richest
Lrms and most desirable town prop ty
in the communities where the poly
would work out the quickest I
as becoming a multi-millionaire wlthlt
delay.
But I experienced the most astonhing
disappointment of my life. The
an; so well considered, so carefully
anned, so craftily laid out, was an
)solute fizzle.
Why? It was the perversity of the
swspaper editor. He would not be
>ught, he would not be bribed, he
ould not be cajoled or threatened.
In reading the -preceding letter you
ive noted the "bunk" and the jollyg,
followed by the appeal to his
isiness instincts and then the covert
resit about the postal laws. Yes, the
an was well laid.
But who can delve into the soul of
e man who will spend his days and
ghts in running a country newspa>r
in a community that will not give
lequate support? Who can fathom
ie motives of a man who hustles all
e time to boost his home town, but
bo has difficulty at times in collectg
the subscriptions to his paper and
bo falls to obtain more than a grudgg
pittance in advertising from the
erchants in his town?
I could not understand it. I be;ved
that every newspaper editor
ould be overjoyed to receive repl
oney to the amount of many dollars
,ch week, merely for printfpg the
Ivertising copy and, of course, the
w paragraphs in the way of readg
notices and editorials, which I
ought he would like to have with
tiict. to fill up his paper.
*-- uru^fi ?
Anil- lue aaowcio. vvucw. vvuai a
orm!
One would Imagine from the anrers
I received in response to my
mrteous invitation to take money
om the mail order houses that the
untry editors were wealthy and all
de In their own automobiles.
Indignation, reproach, invective,
rath, disdain.
They did not want the money. They
ere poor but proud. They would
>t bo bribed. They would not print
e fulsome and false boostB which
had forwarded with the contract
be signed. They would stand by
elr home town. They would be loyal
the community in which they lived.
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the local merchant!. They would stani
by their subscribers and would no
prostitute the coluim^ of their neve
papprs to inveiglf the people In the!
community to send their money to m:
mail order house.
I haven't recovered from my astor
ishment yet' To think that the pool
est paid and hardest worked ?m#n Ii
every community should decline i
good business proposition out of sent!
xnent. I couldn't understand It
And. even yet I insist that .was th
most chivalrous act taken with pei
feet accord by thousands of men seal
tered all over ibe country, that T-hav
known of. Honest and loyal to thei
; home commwiities Ir could not fall t>
; admire their dislntarestedness'cwhii<
deploring that ; a great scheme ha<
failed of accomplishihent
What was their recompense? Dli
the merchants' in their home- town
sprinig to th# support of thosi atewsBfl
pers as a reward. for their docllns
tlon to Introduce competition.; I don*
know. Ask the editor.
Of course, this plan filling it ,wa
necessary for my success to evolve i
new plan. I must* get Into close toad
with the people In the country! I ha<
my appropriation of thousands of dol
lars, and more, so I. worked out an
other plan.
I'm not going to tell you Just wha
it was, but if you will renlember tha
a few years ago there was a grea
fl^ck of mail order Journals flying al
oyer tne country?prooamy every reaa
er of this article has received man;
copies, samples and otherwise?yoi
can guess what became ot thousand
of dollars.
Hert s, something that the buslnes;
men In every small clty should give i
careful thought to. Perhaps yoi
. do not know it, and perhaps you neve:
heard of it. I give the tale out of ad
miration for a good enemy, a good am
. ,.i_ rm. i. .it'ui?. i.
1ft ltftU ilguiei. 1 Utile 1? IIULUJ115 u
; the story for me to be proud of, be
cause I was the l<Aer
But you* business men in the smal
towns, were the gainers. It was wortl
millions of.dollars to you. It is wort!
millions to you every year.
What did the newspaper editor ge
for. this servtoe. to. the business mei
of the community? Aakhim.
If he had rendered a similar aeryta
for my mail order, house be wouh
have been handed a pocketful of ad
, vertifling contracts thatj -frould havi
made hia newspaper a very pitofltabli
business Indeed^ It would have beei
worth it
What did the business men of hit
home town do for him after he ha<
chased the mail order magazine com
petition away?
Ask the newspaper editor in you
towp.
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\ Reforming a Chief.,
In "Among the Primitive Bakongo'
lit. John H. Weeks teils the story 0
a tibier, Mampuya of Klnkuzu, yt?
, called on him at Wathen station t
request that a teacher be sent .to hfi
town".' He seemed a very quiet, gentle
manly sort of a man, say# Mr. Weeks
Snd I was very much surprised t<
ear that he had not always been bi
deferential and modeqt.
'v. Mampuya at one time treated th?
people, of his town in yery cbntemtu
' ous fashion, and was always extorting
on one plea or another, fowls, goats
and other goods from them; M las
they could bear his extortions no long
er, and so they hound him securely
put him on a shelfin his own house
built a fire under him, and eprinklei
a quantity of red pepper on it. Thiii
they went oat, and shut the door close
ly behind them. The pungent smoto
filled the hut, and Mampuya sneeze*
tremendously!. He wonld have diet
if there had been a little more peppe:
on the fire. At last they took bin
out of the smoke, and tied a sticl
across his chest to his extended armi
withy the intention of punishing hin
ntlll further* hut thftv lp.t him nit m
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payment lof a fine and many promise!
of betteA bebavi ir?which promise!
he haa scnipulously kept.
Pri.ca of I democracy.
The price that Harold pays for de
mocracy is in a slovenliness of speect
which I find, often sive and Emmelint
finds utterly districting. It .'seems t
'pity to have his nchool drill in pho
netlcs and the memorizing of good lit
erature vitiated liy the slurred ant!
clipped syllables ?<f the street Har
old says, "It is me " and frequently h<
sa^s, "It 1b nuttin'.^ The final g of the
participle has virtually disappeared
from his vocabulsry. He sometimes
says, "I ain't got nuttin'." While Em
meline is distracted I am merely of
fended, because I recall that there if
a great body of linguistic authority
growing up in favor of Harold's demo
cratic practices In phonetics and gram
mar. When Harold says, "jt is me,'
Professor Lunsbury should worry. Bj
the time Harold grows up it will profr
ably be good grammar to say, "I aln'1
got nothing." By the time Harold
grows up, the Decalogue, in its latesl
recension, will read, "Thou shalt nol
hftTB none other eods before I." and
"Thou shalt not bear no false witness
against none of thy neighbors."?
Simeon Strunsky, in Atlantic.
The blazed Tree Trail.
A trail of blazed hemlocks, hickor
les and oaks, declared 4o have been
made nearly a century ago, was recently
cited by the state of North Car
olina to prove to the United States
Supreme court its claim to a large
section of disputed timber land along
the Tennessee line. The state's claim,
the Washington Star says, was set
forth in a brief filed by Attorney General
Thomas W. Blckett.
When North Carolina ceded the territory
now embraced in Tennessee to
the United States in 1790, a commission
was authorized to mark the
boundary made by the surveyors ol
"three hacks over a blaze on each fore
and aft tree and with three hacks on
each side-line tree."
The line thus established, he saye,
substantiates North Carolina's clain*
to the disputed timberiand.
The Right Thing.
Mrs. Bridey?I admire the man who
says the right thing at the right time,
don't you? {
Spinster Friend?I'm sure I coul^jfc
I ever had the pleasure of meewf
such a man. ~ |
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to
usefulness to
! Deborah had enthusiasm and
' devoid-tif fear (Rom. 8:31). Shy
to nerve the entire amy of Iartg^^l|9|
, Verse 15 tells us who l^was ihat iron
. the stars tdughtagalnBt Sisera, mesltt- ^ flj
> Ing that God turned the elements to tho ,
advantage of Israel's army. Showers Jffl
of meteors have been recorded Instills
, land In rectent times and 5:Jfl tells of v; II
I the floods of water that "swept awsj,":"'
; overthrew, the chariots of Sisera. Tie r-0
. word "discomfited," we are. td&, JH
' scarcely suggests the sudden tentjl^H
| and confusion which fell upon Slsera't
army. Like all of God's victories, r . JM
was most complete. By this mB
the resistance of the Canaanlteii. is ."JO
completely overthrown and the Israel- JJ
ltes secured the complete ascendency H
l over the land. Sisera fled northward JflE
toward Hazor, the capital city,. a)onjjr:
the same path followed by the Turks^y aB
| In'1799, when Napoleon and his allies
defeated their army on this same flell^^H^H
| Barak followed the main army airag&Ii
' the chariots and thereby missed'
! chief prize. Sisera lii bis flight came
' to a settlement of the Kenltes, whlc&^^flH
be thought he could trust, and <urae&
llltO 1116 IttllL Ul v?aci| vuo n nv v? ^
ber. Weary, he fell into a dftep steep,
Taking a hammer and a tent pin she , M
, drove it through his temples Into tJre^^aj
( ground, completing the victory of tDb. M
borab and Barak, and fulfilling thW
prophecy of verse 9. We are told that .'"gH
the Bedouin tents of the women
always closed, whereas those of the -jl
men are always epen on one
For a man to enter the. tent of
woman^othti^flflw that of his wife, is ;
^ Ja^l dBmded h?\ife a^d reptiRation
hythe only