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CHAPTER VI.
it "You are both fortunate and unfortunate.
Mr. Brewster," said Mr. Grant,
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a chair in the office of Grant & Ripley
the next day. Montgomery wore a
slightly bored expression, and it was
?. v lutnt that he took little interest in
the will of James T. Sedgwick. From
far back in tne recesses of memory he
now recalled this long lost brother ot
his mother. As a very small child he
had seen his Uncle James upon the few
< evasions which brought him to the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Brewster.
But the young man had dined with the
Drews the night before and Barbara
had had more charm for him than usual.
It was of her that he was thinking
when ht. walked into the office of
Swearengen Jones' lawyers.
The truth, is, Mr. Grant, I'd contpletely
foi-gotten the existence of an
uncle," he responded.
"It is not surprising," said Mr. Grant
genially. "Every one who knew him
in New York nineteen years ago believed
him to be dead. He left the
city when you were a very small lad.
going to Australia. I think. He was
off to seek his fortune, and he needed
it pretty badly when he started out.
This letter from Mr. Jones comes like
a message front the dead. Were it not
that we have known Mr. Jones for a
I long time, handling affairs of considerable
importance for him, I should fee!
^ inclined to doubt the whole story. It
seems that your uncle turned up in
Montana about fifteen years ago and
there formed a stanch friendship with
old Swearengen Jones, one of the richest
men in the far west. Sedgwick's
will was signed on the day of his death,
Sept. 24. and it was quite natural that
Mr. Jones should be named as his executor.
That is how we became interested
in the matter, Mr. Brewster."
"I see," said Montgomery, somewhat
puzzled. "But why do you say that I
am both fortunate and unfortunate?"
' The situation is so remarkable that
you'll consider that a mild way of
^ putting it when you've heard everything.
I think you were told in our
note of yesterday that you are the sole
heir. Well, it may surprise you to
learn that James Sedgwick died possessed
nf an estate valued at almost
a plgeonnoie in nis ues*. ?uijum ma
glasses and prepared to read. Then,
as though struck by a sudden thought,
he laid the paper down and turned
once more to Brewster.
"It seems that Sedgwick never mari
led. Your mother was his sister and
his only known relative of close connection.
He was a man of most peculiar
temperament, but in full possession
of his mental faculties. You may
find this will to be a strange document,
but I think Mr. Jones, the executor,
explains any mystery thai may be suggested
by its terms. While Sedgwick's
whereabouts were unknown to
his old friends in New York, it seems
that he was fully posted on all that
was going on here. He knew that you
were the only child of your mother and
therefore his only nephew. He sets
forth the dates of your mother's mari
lage. of your birth, of the death of
Robert Brewster and of Mrs. Brewster.
He also was aware of the fact
that old Edwin Peter Brewster intended
to bequeath a large fortune to you,
and thereby hangs a tale. Sedgwick
b| $7,000,000."
U Montgomery Brewster sat like one
petrified, staring blankly at the old
lawyer, who could say startling things
in a level voice.
"He owned gold mines and ranches
in the northwest, and there is no question
as to their value. Mr. Jones in
his letter to us briefly outlines the history
of James Sedgwick from the time
he landed in Montana. He reached
there in 1885 from Australia, and he
was worth $30,000 or $40,000 at the
time. Within five years he was the
owner of a huge ranch, and scarcely
had another five years passed before
he was part owner of three rich gold
mines. Possessions accumulated rapIdly;
everything he touched turned to
gold. He was shrewd, careful and
thrifty, and his money was handled
with all the skill of a Wall street financier.
At the time of his death in Portland
he did not owe a dollar in the
world. His property is absolutely unii.rtnmKovD/1
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ernment bond. It's rather overwhelming.
isn't it?" the lawyer concluded,
taking note of Brewster's expression.
^ "And he?he left everything to me?"
"With a proviso."
"Ah!"
^ "I have a copy of the will. Mr. Ripley
and I are the only persons in New
York who at preesnt know its contents.
You. I am sure, after hearing it. will
not divulge them without the most
careful deliberation."
Mr. Grant drew the document from
was proud. When he lived in NewYork
he was regarded as the kind of
man who never forgave the person who
touched roughly upon his pride. You
know, of course, that your father married
Miss Sedgwick in the face of the
most bitter opposition on the part of
Kdwin Brewster. The latter refused
to recognize her as his daughter, practically
disowned his son and heaped
the harshest kind of calumny upon the
Sedgwlcks. It was commonly believed
about town that Jim Sedgwick left
nnnntrv three or four veal's after
this marriage for the sole reason that
he and Edwin Brewster could not live
in the same place. So deep was this
hatred of the old man that he tied to
escape killing him. It was known that
upon one occasion he visited the office
of Ids sister's enemy for the purpose
of slaving him. but something prevent<*d.
He carried that hatred to the
grave, as you will see."
Montgomery Brewster was trying to
gather himself together from within
the fog which made himself and the
world unreal.
"I helieve I'd like to have you read
this extraor?the will, Mr. Grant." he
said, with an effort to hold his nerves
in leash.
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Mr. Grant cleared his throat and be- I
p-nn in his still voice. Once he looked |
up to find his listener eager, and again
to find him grown indifferent. He wondered
dimly if this were a pose.
In brief, the last will of James T.
Sedgwick bequeathed everything, real
and personal, of which he died possessed
to his only nephew, Montgomery
Brewster of New York, son of
Robert and Louise Sedgwick Brewster.
Supplementing this all important
clause there was a set of conditions
governing the final disposition of the
estate. The most extraordinary of
these conditions was the one which required
the heir to be absolutely pen'
niless upon the twenty-sixth anniversary
of his birth, Sept. 23.
The instrument went into detail in
respect to this supreme condition. It
set forth that Montgomery Brewster
W?LS lO nave I1U UlUCl nunui>
sion than the clothes which covered
him on the September day named. He
was to begin that day without a penny
to his name, without a single article
of jewelry, furniture or finance that
he could call his own or could thereafter
reclaim. At 9 o'clock. New York
time, on the morning of September 23
the executor, under the provisions of
the will, was to make over and transfer
to Montgomery Brewster all of the
| moneys, lands, bonds and interests
mentioned in the inventory which accompanied
the will. In the event that
Montgomery Brewster had not in every
particular complied with the requirements
of the will to the full satisfaction
of the said executor. Swearengen
Jones, the estate was to be distributed
among certain institutions of charity
designated in the instrument. Underlying
this imperative injunction of
James Sedgwick was plainly discernible
the motive that prompted it. In
almost so many words he declared that
his heir should not receive the fortune
if lie possessed a single penny that had
come to him in any shape or form
from the man he hated, Edwin Peter
Brewster. While Sedgwick could not
have known at the time of his death
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than apparent that he expected the
young man to be enriched liberally by
his enemy. It was to preclude any
possible chance of the mingling of his
fortune with the smallest portion of
Edwin P. Brewster's that James Sedgwick
on his deathbed put his hand to
this astonishing instrument.
There was also a clause in which he
undertook to dictate the conduct of
Montgomery Brewster during the year
leading up to his twenty-sixth anniversary*
He required that the young man
should give satisfactory evidence to
the executor that he was capable of
managing his affairs shrewdly and
wisely; that he possessed the ability
to add to the fortune through his own
enterprise; that he should come to his
twenty-sixth anniversary with a fair
name and a record free from anything
worse than mild forms of dissipation;
that his habits be temperate; that he
possess nothing at the end of the year
which might be regarded as a "visible
or invisible asset;" that he make no
I endowments: that he give sparingly to
It's mine, isn't u:
"It is not yours until next September."
the lawyer quietly said.
"Well, I fancy I can wait." said
Brewster, with a smile that cleared
the air.
"But, my dear fellow, you are already
the possessor of a million. Do
you forget that you are expected to be
penniless a vear from now?"
"Wouldn't you exchange a million
for seven millions. Mr. Grant?"
"But let me inquire how you purpose
doing it?" asked Mr. Grant mildly.
"Why. by the simple process of destruction.
Don't you suppose I can get
rid of a million in a year? Great
Scott, who wouldn't do it! All I have
to do is to cut a few purse strings, and
there is but one natural conclusion. I
don't mind being a pauper for a few
hours on the 23d of next September."
"That is your plan, then?"
'Of course. First i snail suostantiato
all that this will sets forth. When
1 am assured that there can be no posibility
of mistake in the extent of this
fortune and my undisputed claim I'll
take steps to get rid of my grandfather's
million in short order." Itrewster's
voice rang true now. The zest
of life was coming hack
charity; that he neither lend nor give
away money, for fear that it might be
restored to him later; that he live on
the principle which inspires a man to
"get his money's worth," be the expenditure
great or small. As these
conditions were prescribed for but a
single year in the life of the heir, it
was evident that Mr. Sedgwick did not
intend to impose any restrictions after
the property had gone into his hands.
"How do you like it?" asked Mr.
Orant as he passed the will to Brewster.
The latter took the paper and glanced
over it with the air of one who had
heard but had not fully grasped its
meaning.
"It must be a joke. Mr. Grant," he
said, still groping with difficulty
through the fog.
No, Mr. Brewster, it Is absolutely
g( nuine. Here is a telegram from the
probate court in Sedgwick's home
county, received in response to a query
from us. It says that the will is to
be filed for probate and that Mr. Sedgwick
was many times a millionaire.
This statement, which he calls an inventory,
enumerates his holdings and
their value, and the footing shows $6.345,000
in round numbers. The investments,
you see. are gilt edged.
There is not a bad penny in all those
millions."
"Well, it is nit her staggering, isn't
it?" said Montgomery, passing his
hand over his forehead. He was beginning
to comprehend.
"In more ways than one. What are
you going to do about it?"
"Do about it?" in surprise. "Why,
Mr. Grant leaned forward slowly, and
Ills intent, penetrating gaze served as
a check to the young fellow's enthusiasm.
"I admire and approve the sagacity
which urges you to exchange a paltry
million for a fortune, but it seems to
me that you are forgetting the conditions,"
he said slowly. "Has it accurred
to you that it will be no easy task
to spend a million dollars without in
some way violating the restrictions in
your uncle's will, thereby losing both
fortunes?"
CHAPTER V.
A new point of view gradually came
to Brewster. All his life had been
spent In wondering how to get enough
money to pay his bills, and it had not
occurred to him that it might be as
difficult to spend as to acquire wealth.
The thought staggered him for a moment.
Then he cried triumphantly, "I
can decline to accept grandfather's million."
"You cannot decline to accept what
is already yours. I understand that
the money nas Deen paia 10 you uy
Mr. Busklrk. You have a million dollars,
Mr. Brewster, and it cannot be
denied."
"You are right," agreed Montgomery
dejectedly. "Really, Mr. Grant, this
proposition is too much for me. If you
aren't required to give an immediate
answer I want to think it over. It
sounds like a dream."
"It is no dream, Mr. Brewster," smiled
the lawyer. "You are face to face
with an amazing reality. Come in tomorrow
morning and see me again.
Think it over; study it out. Remember
the conditions of the will and the
conditions that confront you. In the
meantime I shall write to Mr. Jones,
the executor, and learn from him just
what he expects you to do in order to
carry out his own conception of the
terms of your uncle's will."
"Don't write. Mr. Grant: telegraph.
And ask him to wire his reply. A year
is not very long in an affair of this
kind." A moment later he added:
"Hang: these family feuds! Why
couldn't Uncle James have relented a
bit? He brings endless trouble on my
innocent head just because of a row
before I was bom."
"He was a strange man. As a rule,
one does not carry grudges quite so
far. But that is neither here nor there.
His will is law in this case."
Suppose I succeed in spending all
but a thousand dollars before the 23d
of next September! I'd lose the seven
millions and be the next thing to a
pauper. That wouldn't be quite like
getting my money's worth."
"It is a problem, my boy. Think it
over very seriously before you come
to a decision one way or the other. In
the meantime we can establish beyond
a doubt the accuracy of this inventory."
"By all means go ahead, and please
urge Mr. Jones not to be too hard on
me. I believe I'll risk it if the restrictions
are not too severe. But if Jones
has puritanical instincts I might as
well give up hope and be satisfied with
what I have."
"Mr. Jones is very far from what
you'd call puritanical, but he is in
tensely practical and clear headed. He
will undoubtedly require you to keep an
expense account and to show some
sort of receipt for every dollar you
disburse."
"Good Lord! Itemize."
"In a general way, I presume."
"I'll have to employ an army of
spendthrifts to devise ways and means
for profligacy."
"You forgot the item which restrains
you from taking anybody into your
confidence concerning this matter.
Think it over. It may not be so difficult
after a night's sleep."
"If it isn't too difficult to get the
night's sleep."
All the rest of the day Brewster
wandered about as one in a dream.
He was preoccupied and puzzled, and
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ceiving a distant nod in passing, resentfully
concluded that his wealth
was beginning to change him. His
brain was so full of statistics, figures
and computations that it whirled dizzily,
and once he narrowly escaped being
run down by a street car. He dined
alone at a small French restaurant in
one of the side streets. The waiter
marveled at the amount of black coffee
the young man consumed and looked
hurt when he did not touch the quail
and lettuce.
That night the little table in his
room at Mrs. Gray's was littered with
scraps of pad paper, each covered with
nn innnmnivhonsible maze of figures.
After dinner he had gone to his own
rooms, forgetting that he lived on Fifth
avenue. Until long after midnight he
smoked and calculated and dreamed.
For the first time the immensity of
thjjt million thrust itself upon him. If
on that very day, Oct. 1. he were
to begin the task of spending it he
would have but 357 days in which- to
accomplish the end. Taking the round
sum of $1,000,000 as a basis, it was
an easy matter to calculate his average
daily disbursement. The situation
did not look so utterly impossible until
he held up the little sheet of paper and
ruefully contemplated the result of
that simple problem in mathematics.
It means an average daily expenditure
of $2,801.12 for nearly a year, and
even then there would be 16 cents left
over, for in providing the result of his
rough sum in division he could account
for but $999,999.84. Then it occurred
to him that his money would
be drawing interest at the bank.
"Hut for each day's J2.S01.12 I am
getting seven times as much," he soliloquized
as he finally got into bed.
"That means J19,607.84 a day, a clear
profit of J16.S00.72. That's pretty good
?yes, too good. I wonder if the hank
couldn't oblige me by not charging interest
?"
The figures kept adding and subtracting
themselves as he dozed off,
and once during the night he dreamed
that Swearengen Jones had sentenced
him to eat a million dollars' worth of
game and salad at the French restaurant.
He awoke with the consciousness
that he had cried aloud, "I can
do it, but a year is not very long in
an affair of this kind."
It was 9 o'clock when Brewster finally
rose, and after his tub be felt ready
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stantial breakfast. A message had
come to him from Mr. Grant of Grant
& Ripley, announcing the receipt of
important dispatches from Montana
and asking him to luncheon at 1. He
had time to spare, and as Margaret and
Mrs. Gray had gone out he telephoned
Kills to take his horse to the entrance
of the park at once. The crisp autumn
air was perfect for his ride, and Brewster
found a number of smart people
already riding and driving in the park.
His horse was keen for a canter, and
he had reached the obelisk before he
drew rein. As he was about to cross
the carriage road he was nearly run
down by Miss Drew in her new French
automobile.
"I beg your pardon," she cried.
"You're the third person I've run into,
so you see i in nui uisii iiiiiiiaiuia
against you."
"I should be flattered even to be run
down by you."
"Very well, then, look out." And she
started the machine as if to charge
him. She stopped in time and said
with a laugh: "Your gallantry deserves
a reward. Wouldn't you rather send
your horse home and come for a ride
with me?"
"My man is waiting at Fifty-ninth
street. If you'll come that far I'll go
with pleasure."
Monty had merely a society acquaintance
with Miss Drew. He had
met her at dinners and dances as he
had a host of other girls, but she had
impressed him more than the others.
Something indescribable took place
every time their eyes met. Monty had
often wondered Just what that something
meant, but he had always realized
that it had in it nothing of pla
ionic aneuiiun.
"If I didn't have to meet her eyes,"
he had said to himself, "I could goon
discussing even politics with her, but
the moment she looks at me I know
[ she can see what I'm thinking about."
From the first they considered themselves
very good friends, and after
their third meeting it seemed perfectly
natural that they should call one
another by their first names. Monty
knew he was treading on dangerous
ground. It never occurred to him to
wonder what Harbara might think of
him. He took it as a matter of course
that she must feel more than friendly
toward him. As they rode through the
: maze of carriages they bowed trequently
to friends as they passed.
They were conscious that some of the
women, noticeably old Miss Dexter
actually turned around and gazed at
them.
"Aren't you afraid people will talk
about us?" asked Monty, with a laugh.
"Talk about our riding together in
the park? It's just as safe here as it
would be in Fifth avenue. Besides,
who cares? I fancy we can stand it."
"You're a thoroughbred, Barbara. I
simply didn't want you talked about.
When I go too far, say the word and
drop me."
"I have a luncheon at 2. but until
then we have our ride."
Monty gasped and looked at his
watch. "Five minutes to 1!" he cried.
The matter of his engagement with
the attorney had quite escaped him.
In the exhilaration of Miss Drew's
companionship he had forgotten even
Uncle James' millions.
"I've got a date at 1 that means life
and death to me. Would you mind
taking me down to the nearest elevated?or?here,
let me run it."
Almost neiore uaroara was aware
of what was happening they had
changed places, and the machine, under
Monty's giudance, was tearing
over the ground.
"Of all the casual people!" said the
girl, by no means unequal to the excitement.
"I believe you're kidnapping
me."
But when she saw the grim look on
Monty's face and one policeman after
another warned him she became seriously
alarmed. "Monty Brewster, this
pace is positively dangerous."
"Perhaps it is," he responded, "but
if they haven't sense enough to keep
out of the way they shouldn't kick if
they get run over."
"1 non i mean me peupie ui mc ?utomobiles
or traps or trees-or monuments,
Monty. I mean you and me. i
know we'll either be killed or arrested."
"This isn't anything to the gait I'll
be going if everything turns out as I
expect. Don't be worried, Babs. Besides,
it's 1 now. Lord, I didn't dream
it was so late!"
"Is your appointment so important?"
she asked, hanging on.
"Well, I should say it is, and?look
out, you blooming idiot! Do you want
rrL-lllo/19" Thn Inst remark was
hurled back at an indignant pedestrian
who had escaped destruction hy
the merest chance.
"Here we are," he said as they drew
up beside the entrance to the elevated.
"Thanks awfully?you're a corker?
sorry to leave you this way. I'll tell
you all about it later. You're a dear
to help nte keep my appointment."
"Seems to me you helped yourself,"
she cried after him as he darted up
the steps. "Come up for tea some day
and tell me who the lady is."
After he had gone Miss Drew turned
to her chauffeur, who was in the t<>nneau;
then she laughed unrestrainedi..
..^.,1 iho fnintecf vhmlnvv of ji trrin
stole over the man's face.
"Beg pardon, miss," he said, "but
I'd hack Mr. Brewster against Fournler
any day."
Only half an hour late, Brewster entered
the office of Messrs. Grant &
Ripley, Hushed, eager and unconscious
of the big splotch of mud that decorated
his cheek.
"Awfully sony to have kept you
waiting," he apologized.
"Sherlock Holmes would say that
you had been driving, Mr. Brewster,"
said Mr. Ripley, shaking the young
man's hand.
"He would miss it, Mr. Ripley. I've
been dying. What have you heard
from Montana?" He could no longer
check the impatient question, which
came out so suddenly that the attorneys
laughed irresistibly, Brewster
joining them an instant later. They
| laid before him a half dozen telegrams,
responses from bankers, lawyers and
mine operators in Montana. These
messages established beyond doubt the
extent of James T. Sedgwick's wealth.
It was reported to be even greater
than shown by the actual figures.
"And what does Mr. Jones say?" demanded
Montgomery.
"His reply resembles a press dispatch.
He has tried to make himself
thoroughly clear, and If there is anything
left unsaid it is past our comnrehension.
I am sorry to inform you,
though, that he has paid the telegraph
charges," said Mr. (Irant. smiling
broadly.
"Is he rational about it?" asked
Montgomery nervously.
Mr. Gran; gave his partner a quick,
significant fiance and then drew from
his desk ttift voluminous telegram from
Swearengei Jones. It was as follows:
Oct. 2.
Grant & Ripley, Yucatan Building,
New York:
I am to be sole referee in this matter.
You are retained as my agents,
heir to report to me through you
weekly. One desire of uncle was to
forestall grandfather's bequest. I shall
respect that desire. Enforce terms
rigidly. He was my best friend and
trustee me wun disposition <u an uuai
money. Shall attend to it sacredly. |
Heir must get rid of money left to him I
in given time. Out of respect to memory
of uncle he must take no one into
.lis eom.dence. Don't want world to
think S. was a fool. He wasn't. Here
are the rules I .vant him to work under:
1. No reckless gambling. 2. No
.diotic hoard of trade speculation. 3.
No endowments to institutions of any
character, because their memory would
be an invisible asset. 4. No indiscriminate
giving away of funds. By that I
don't mean him to be stingy. 1 hate a
stingy man, and so did J. T. S. 5. No
more than ordinary dissipation. I hate
a saint. So did J. T. S. And both of
us sowed an oat or two. 6. No excesw\e
donations to charity. If he gives
as other millionaires do I'll let it go at
that. Don't believe charity should be
spoiled by indulgence. It is not easy
to spend a million, and I won't be unreasonable
with him. Let him spend
it free I v. but not foolishly, and get his
.n? ney's worth out of it. If he does
that I'll consider him a good business
man. I regard it foolish to tip waiter
more than dollar, and car porter does
not deserve over live. He does not
earn more than one. If heir wants to
try for this big stake, he'd better begin
quick, because he might slip up if he
waits until day of judgment. It's less
than year off. Luck to him. Will
write you more fully. S. Jones.
"Write more fully!" echoed Montgomery.
"What can there be left to
write about?"
"He is explicit." said the attorney,
"but it is best to know all the conditions
before you decide. Have you
made up your mind?"
Brewster sat silent for a long time,
staring hard at the floor. A great
struggle was going on in his mind.
"It's a gamble, and a big one," he
said at last, squaring his shoulders,
"but I'll take it. I don't want to appear
disloyal to my grandfather, but
I think that even he would advise me
to accept Yes, you may write Mr.
Jones that I accept the chance."
The attorneys complimented him on
nis nen'e ana wisnea mm success.
Brewster turned, with a smile.
"I'll begin by asking what you think
a reasonable fee for an attorney In
a case of this kind. I hope you will
act for me."
"You don't want to spend it all in
a lump, do you?" asked Mr. Grant,
smiling. "We can hardly act as counsel
for both you and Mr. Jones."
"But I . must have a lawyer, and the
will limits the number of my confidants.
What am I to do?"
"We will consult Mr. Jones in regard
to the question. It is not regular,
you see, but I apprehend no legal difficulties.
We cannot accept fees from
both sides, however," said Mr. Grant.
"But I want attorneys who are willing
to help me. It won't be a help if
you decline to accept my money,"
"We'll resort to arbitration," laughed
Ripley.
Before night Montgomery Brewster
began a career that would have
startled the world had the facts been
known. With true loyalty to the Little
Sons of the Rich, he asked his
friends to dinner and opened their
eyes.
"Champagne!" cried Harrison as
they were seated at table. "I can't |
remember the last time I had champagne."
"Naturally," laughed Subway Smith.
"You couldn't remember anything after
that."
As the dinner progressed Brewster
explained that he intended to double
his fortune within a year. "I'm going
to have some fun, too," he said,
"and you boys are to help me."
Nopper Harrison was employed as
"superintendent of affairs," Elon Gardner
as financial secretary, Joe Bragdon
as private secretary, Subway Smith
as counsel, and there were places in
view for the other members.
"I want the smartest apartment you
can find, Nopper," he commanded,
"Don't stop at expense. Have Pettingill
redecorate it from top to bottom.
Get the best servants you can find.
I'm going to live, Nopper. and hang
the consequences."
To be Continued
MOTORBOATS FOR WAR.
Distances They May Travel and Their
Possible Speed.
"Motorboats can easily travel 1,000
miles with an average speed of 22
miles an hour." said Robert F. Edge
nf r.nndnn Eturbinrl. to a Washington
Post reporter. Mr. Edge is interested
In the construction of motorboats
for naval warfare, and, continuing his
observations, he said: "Enormous as
this radius of action is, I believe that
a person will have to live only to a
reasonable old age to be able not only
to cross the English Channel as he
does now by a motorboat, but the
Atlantic ocean as well."
As to the use of the motorboat in
naval warfare, Mr. Edge said: "The
possibilities are enormous and the
advantages supreme. Owing to the
speed at which it travels?25 miles an
hour can be kept up now, which is
the beginning of marine motoring?it
is next to impossible to hit a motorboat
with a big gun. The smoke from
an enemy's gun, after a shot has been
fired, can be seen, and in the interval
before the projectile can reach the
boat there would be time to stop it or
alter its course. The lightness of the
boat and the consequent absence of
momentum allows it to stop practicfilly
when the engine is stopped. In
motion the boat is almost invisible.
It lies down in the trough of the
waves, or in the track cut by itself as
it progresses. Herein lies its great advantage
for scouting or going out to
view the enemy, who can be seen
without the knowledge that they have
been watched. The motorboats offer
the only means so far devised of at
tacking an enemy s suuumrm^. ?jc- i
hind a motorboat a torpedo can be
trailed, the submarine outside a port
sighted and exploded, and a rapid return
made without giving the enemy
a chance of retaliation. A motorboat,
moreover, is practically immune from
attacks by a torpedo."
XV To a writer a little money in the
hand is worth a great deal of fame in
the newspapers.
^Miscellaneous Reading.
TO AID THE FARMER.
Congressman Lever Would Make Census
Reports of Benefit to Cotton
Growers.
Congressman Lever today introduced
In the house a joint resolution which
is designed to be of great benefit to
the cotton farmer and the manufacturer,
says a Washington dispatch of
Monday. The resolution directs thel
census bureau to collect and publish,!
in addition to the cotton reports now
being made, statistics of baled cotton
in the United States and summarizing
it sis November 1st, December 1st, January
1st and March 1st. Explaining
the Intention of his resolution, Mr. Lever
said, "The census bureau now
gathers and publishes during the sell
ing period, summary reports as to the
amount of cotton ginned, and thereby,
furnished information as to the production
of cotton. This gives the manufacturing
and the buying world almost
exact knowledge as to the supply
from which the demand is met. It
puts them into full information as to
the amount of cotton which the farmer
has for sale or is likely to have during
I the selling period. My resolution is
Intended to give the farmer the same
information with respect to the needs
of the manufacturer of cotton as tne
present system gives information to
the manufacturer with reference to
the production of cotton. Aside from
the influence of dealing in futures
upon the prices of cotton the law of
supply and demand regulates the
price. The system now in vogue gives
the buyer of cotton an advantage for
the reason that it gives him information
as to the supply, while the seller
of cotton and the producer is put to
[ the disadvantage of not knowing the
demand for cotton and the necessities
j of the manufacturer. This resolution
Is designed to put the buyer and the
seller upon an equal rooting to tne
end that the law of supply and demand
may more Influence the price of the
product.
The census bureau now publishes
two reports, one on March 1st and the
other on September 1st, as to the
stocks on hand. The reports are available
alike to the buyer and seller, but
they are not full enough to protect
and give equal advantage to the seller.
My resolution intends to put the
cotton world in possession of full information
as to the supply and demand
during that period when the
bulk of the cotton goes out of the
hands of the farmer. My resolution is
necessarily confined to the amount of
cotton on hand in the United States,
but during the past six months the
census bureau sent its representative
to Europe with a view or percecung
an arrangement whereby the amount
of cotton on hand In the various warehouses
and mills of Europe would be
furnished to the census bureau from
time to time upon Its request. It is,
therefore, now possible for the first
time, lif my resolution becomes r law,
to furnish complete statistics both as
to the production of cotton and as to
the amount of baled cotton held as
stock in the mills, warehouses and
the like. The cotton farmer has a
Just complaint under the present system,
that he has not been given an
equal advantage with the buyer of
cotton and it is fortunate, through the
good work of the census bureau, that
we are now in a position to legislate
along lines which will put both the
producer and consumer upon the same
footing, as far as the publishing of statistics
go. I regard this resolution as
of vital importance to the cotton business
and I shall press It most vigorously.
Whatever tends to unhamper
the action of natural laws must tend
to bring about more natural and ideal
conditions."
? Col. M. P. Tribble, one of the best
known and most highly esteemed citizens
of Anderson, died at his home in
that city last Friday morning at 10
o'clock, in the 70th year of his age.
? It develops that, although she declined
the presidency of the South Carolina
School Improvement association,
Miss Mary T. Nance is not to give up
the work in which she has been engaged
for a number of years. She will
change her residence to Cross Hill,
Laurens county, however.
? Dispensary Auditor West has submitted
to the governor some interesting
tabulated statements, showing dispensary
sales and profits under the old
state system as compared with the
new county system. The last full year
under the state system, 1906, showed a
total of 122 dispensaries, sales of $2,585,137.16,
and profits of $575,975.94.
The year before there were 145 dispensaries.
They sold $3,122,796.09 worth
of liquor at a net profit of $870,318.07.
Last year there were 92 county dispensaries.
They sold liquor to the amount
I nf si fU4 214 21 and made a net profit
of $934t600"90T
? Columbia special of January 18, to
Charlotte Observer: The Chester
county board of control has found It
impossible so far to dispose of the
county dispensary stock, left on hand
I when the institution was voted out of
existence last November, and it is understood
that there is some talk of
asking the legislature to allow the institution
to be reopened long enough
to work off this stock, amounting to
something more than $5,200. Nothing
will be done, however, it is said, until
the consent of the people of the county
has first been obtained. An attempt
will be made to obtain this consent
either by holding a public meeting or
by circulating a petition. If the people
of the county are willing for the
dispensary to be reopened and kept
open long enough to work off what
stock is on hand, the county delegation
will be asked to introduce a bill to that
effect, which it is believed would readilv
oass. Chairman John C. McAfee
went to Lexington a few clays ago to
sell the stock to the dispensary board
of that county, but was unable to
make a deal. A proposition has been
received from the Richland board to
take what stock its representative may
come up and select, at 50 cents on the
dollar: but the Chester board feels that
this would entail entirely too great a
loss on the county. All of the stock
and fixtures and the bottling apparatus
have been gathered in the main
dispensary building so as to cut down
rent and other expenses.
? Anderson special of January 16,
to the Greenville News: A rather
unique deposit was made at one of the
local banks here yesterday just before
the clock struck the closing hour.
A well-to-do farmer of Broadway
township, who is considered a good
business man and a prosperous one,
walked into the bank, and in his hand
held a little brown jug, stopped up
with an ordinary corn cob. The farmer
was fairly well known by the corps
of clerks in the office and they began
1 klm nVtAiit ho in rr ool/lrior
KUJIIIfc mill auuui liic juft, a.-'ning
him if it contained anything- good, etc.
The farmer received their taunts jokingly
and in good humor, but finally
surprised the young bank aspirants by
asking for the cashier, calling the cashier
by his Christian name as if he had
known and played with him since early
cnuunooa. rne casiner vitmc imward,
and the farmer planted his little
brown jug on the money counter. The
cashier was about to remonstrate
against such a bold offer to taking a
"nip," when the farmer remarked that
he had brought something good In the
jug, and if he (the cashier) could get
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would leave It (the contents) with him
for sometime. The cashier pulled out
the corncob, and protruding out of the
neck of the jug was a crisp ten dollar
bill. The cashier then got busy and
with the assistance of all the clerks in
the bank office managed to draw out
$1,000 in new bills, resorting to a hat
pin to extricate the money. The farmer
had decided on this unique way
of keeping his money for deposit. He
laid he could not get to it to spend it
and then no one would suspect the
contents of the Jug. The banker is
now looking for other people with jugs
with like contents.
KING OF DIAMONDS.
Had $5,000,000 Annual Income and
Saved $2,500,000 Each Year.
It Is doubtful if Harry Barnato, the
South African millionaire, who died
the other day, knew exactly how much
he was worth, says the London correspondent
of the New York World, or,
If he did, realized the prodigious power
his wealth might have exerted.
Prohablv he was the richest commoner
in Great Britain. His income for the
last two or three years was $5,000,000,
and an estimate has been made that
he was worth $50,000,000. For the last
ten years Harry Barnato, who began
life as a Juggler, had saved on the
average $2,500,000 a year. He had often
shown, incidentally not boastfully,
checks for $400,000 received in payment
of monthly dividends.
Harry Barnato never talked about
his possessions. Sometimes his intimates
chaffed him about being the
modern Croesus. Then he would say
very gravely:
"It is better that I should have this
money instead of somebody else, for
I take care of it and do a certain
amount of good with it. Somebody
else might waste it without profiting
a human being."
Had Harry Barnato been worth ten
times as much he would not have
changed his manner of life In the
slightest. So far from being parsimonious,
he was generous, but he uas
not extravagant, and he was anything
but luxurious. Outside of his raiment,
he did not spend $25 a week on himself.
He lived very quietly? indeed,
not more than half the rooms in his
great house on upper Hamilton terwavo
in iisp! hut. of course, it
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cost great sums to maintain that establishment.
He passed most of his
time between his home and the office
of the diamond syndicate in Ely place.
Barnato would arrive at the office of
a morning wearing a frock coat and a
silk hat. The hat's brim had a rakish
curl; the wearer's mustache was curled;
he looked for all the world like
the proprietor of a circus?until he
began to talk business. He smoked
cigars which are kept in the office to
offer to prospective buyers. He had
his luncheon at the office for nothing,
and his tea, too. If he wanted a drink
a dozen men rejoiced to pay for it, for
the privilege of talking to him for a
minute.
If Harry Barnato thought he was
right he would dispute a shilling's balance
in a bargain, and, gaining the
shilling, would toss it to the first beggar.
He owned and ran a few horses, but
never bet more than (5 or $10 on one
to win or for the place. Two ideas
beset him; one that his dead brother,
Barney Barnato, was the most sagacious,
clear-headed man that ever
lived; the other that the house of Barnato
Brothers, conducted by his nepnews,
Sol and J. B. Joel, is the most
remarkable and successful business
establishment in the world. But Harry
Barnato very seldom went into the
senator's private office, where he had
such vast interests. They preferred
to conduct the business without consulting
him, and he had great faith in
his nephews, and did not want to interfere
so long as he received his huge
checks.
Mrs. Asker of Berkeley Square, Harry
Barnato's daughter, is to receive
from his estate nearly $5,000,000.
What disposition is to be made of
the rest of the money and property left
has not been made public.
GREATER THAN NIAGARA.
TL- ' |? South Amer- I
ica Leap 213 Feet.
Larger than Niagara Is the cataract
of the Iguazu Falls, almost at the intersection
of the three frontiers of
Paraguay, Brazil and the Argentine
Republic, says the Chicago Tribune.
The river takes its name from a Spanish
word meaning great waters.
About twelve miles from its mouth
the bed drops suddenly down a rocky,
perpendicular cliff, some 213 feet high,
hence there is a waterfall of that great
height. At this spot a delightful little
island, beautiful with vegetation,
divides the river Into two arms so that
the total width is about two miles and
a half. The Brazilian arm of the river
forms a tremendous horse shoe here
and plunges into a great chasm with
a deafening roar, while the arm on the
Argentine side spreads out in a sort
of amphitheatre form and finishes with
r.ne grand leap a little over 229 feet.
Below the island the two arms unite
and How on into the Parana river.
From the Brazilian bank the spectator.
at a height of 280 feet, gazes out
over two and a half miles of some of
the wildest and most fantastic water
scenery he can ever hope to see.
Waters stream, seethe, leap, bound,
froth and foam, "throwing the sweat
of their agony high in the air and
writhing, twisting, screaming and
moaning, bear off to the Parana." Under
the blue vault of the sky this sea
of foam, of pearls, of iridescent dust
bathes the great background in a
shower of beauty tnat all the more adds
to the riot of tropical hues already
there. When a high wind is blowing
the roar of the cataract can be heard
nearly twenty miles away. A rough
estimate of the horsepower represented
by the falls Is 14,000,000.
Few sightseers ever catch a glimpse
of the great Iguazu Falls, because it
takes six clays to make the picturesque
journey of about 1,250 miles from
Buenos Ayres amid the fair fertile
plains of Santa Fe and the savage luxuriance
of the virgin forest, passing
through the territory of the missions
and the ruins of Jesuit churches and
convents.
Parents Have the Best Opportunity
For the Right Kind of Work.
(Rev. W. A. Hafner.)
The importance of home instruction
in the development or any people cannot
be over estimated. As our homes
are so will our people be. If we would
have a pious people, we must have
piety In our homes. God, knowing
this, has taken every necessary precaution
to purify and to keep pure the
home.
Perhaps the chief. means used by
God in the development of his people
is religious instruction. He began by
teaching men, and then enjoined those
taught to teach others. When God
determined to make known his law to
men, He first gave the law to Moses,
and Imposed upon Moses the duty of
declaring that law to Israel. So Moses,
having been taught of God, called
Israel together and said unto them:
' Hear, O Israel, the Lord thy God Is
one Lord.
"And thou shalt love the Lord thy
God with all thine heart, and with all
thy soul, and with all thy might:
"And these words which I command
thee this day shall be in thine
heart:
"And thou shalt teach them diligently
unto thy children."
It is the duty of all who have been
taught to pass the truth along to otners,
but God, with special emphasis,
has made It the duty of parents to
give religious instruction to their children.
"These words shall be in thine
heart; and thou shalt teach them diligently
to thy children."
Now, if no other reason could be
given why parents should perform this
duty to their children, it is enough to
know that God has enjoined it. This
with us should be the end of cavil.
Eut apart from this all sufficient reason
many other good reasons can be
assigned why this duty can be laid
upon parents. I shall now mention a
few of these.
1. Because children, as a rule, are
more closely associated with their parents
than they are with others. They
shelter under the same roof, they eat
at the same table, they sit around the
same fireside, and, being thus closely
associated parents have splendid opportunities
to teach their children the
truths of God.
2. Because children naturally trust
their parents. Unless parents in some
way have betrayed the confidence of
their children, their word Is sufficient.
The majority of children demand no
greater proof for the truthfulness of
any statement than a thus saith father
or mother. This confidence that chll
dren naturally place In their parents
gives the parents an open door to
the hearts of their children. The parents
are thus enabled to reach and to
teach their children as perhaps no one
else can do.
3. Because parents are naturally
interested in the welfare of their children.
Parents, worthy of the name, love
their children better than others love
them. This love begets In parents
a lively Interest In the welfare of their
children. God has shown his wisdom
and goodness In committing the spiritual
training of children to those who
love them best, and who are most Interested
In their welfare. Other reasons
might be stated why God has Imposed
this duty upon parents, but for
lack of space, I shall have to let those
already stated suffice.
This God Imposed duty Is one that
you cannot delegate. It Is a common
practice In many of our homes today
to leave the religious Instruction of
their children to the church and Sabbath
school. This is a serious mlsnKII/lran
am vmir tPllStS.
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and unless God has Incapacitated you
In some .way for the discharge of the
duties Imposed, you must answer for
the training of those Intrusted to you.
The church and the Sabbath school
may prove valuable helps to you In
the discharge of your duty to your
children, but they cannot relieve you
of your responsibility to those children.
Should you neglect this all-Important
duty, you not only cheat your children
out of their rights, but you rob
your own soul of the blessings promised
to the faithful. Yea, further, your
unfaithfulness will affect church and
state. If righteousness is not taught
in the homes then church and state,
which are aggregates of these homes,
will also be lacking in righteousness.
One reason why there is so much lawlessness
In our land today is because
obedience to law Is not taught and
enforced in our homes. Perform this
home duty faithfully, and lawlessness
win gradually uisapijccu.
Notice, please, how parents are to
prepare for giving Instruction: "These
words * * shall be in thine heart."
Here is the starting point. We must
ourselves be taught of God before we
are prepared to teach diligently our
children. We must endeavor to render
obedience to God's commands ourselves,
before we can impress upon
our children the importance of obedience.
I fear here is Just where many
parents fail. Not having "these
words"?God's commands and statutes?in
their own hearts they cannot
"diligently" teach them to their children.
But some may say "children are so
slow to learn that we consider trying
to teach them a hopeless task." Yes,
they are slow to learn the truth. The
same truths must be told them over
and over again, the same faults must
be corrected day after day. It seems
an endless task. But I wonder if our
Heavenly Father doesn't some times
think that we are slow to learn the
lessons he would teach us. He gives
them to us line upon line, line upon
line," over and over again and still
we know them not. Yet He continues
with us, and so He would have us do
with our children.
Yes, home instruction is a difficult
task; but If faithfully performed, the
results that follow will more than compensate
for all our efforts. Remember,
parents, you have largely within your
power, not only the making of your
home, but the making of your church
and state as well. Be faithful to your
trust, and home, church and state will
call you blessed, and God will say to
vou at last. "Well done, good and faith
ful servant * enter thou into the
Joy of thy Lord."
itir" In the beginning of the twentieth
century it is not so hard to get into
print as it is stay out.