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f^2^2':S;2i3cS^:S-2<S;j I Sable I I Lorcha | for Just a moment 1 was literally, ^s well as flguratelvely, taken aback, for the tone of the ringing jlce which greeted me carried me the years at least Into the past, when Lionel Hart? ley and I had ridden to hounds to? gether st Melton Mowbray, while fel? low guests at a house-party In the neighborhood. "You bally Yankee!" he was shout? ing. "Fancy running into you In this fashion! I'm Jolly glad to see you, nj| chap!" Though my delight at seetng him wss st that moment tempered by ab? sorbing Interest In m? mir *;!jn. It rose a few minutes later to unadulterated ecstasy, when I dlscoverd that he was stationed st Port Said, and occupied what seemed to me Just then one of the moot Important posts in the Brit? ish Foreign Service?secretary to the Governor General for the Suez Canal. ??You're going to Cairo, I suppose?" he hazarded. "Nc." I replied. "I'm going with you. and I shsll not let you out of my sight, my friend, until you have proved you're something more than a figure? head stuck up In the Egyptian sanda " "If there's any little thing I cun do ?" be began; but 1 interrupted him. "There's a very big thing you can do," I corrected. And then 1 told him. "What a lark!" he cried, refusing to recognise the serious side of it. "Fancy one of your American multi? millionaires passing coai on a British freighter." "Paeelng coal!" I exc.aimed. What rot! Surely they wouldn't?" "Ob. wouldn't they?" he broke In.' "That's Just what they would do. Ho Isn't sn able-bodied soaroan, is he? Ton ?an safely wager ae'a sn experi? enced etoker, or at leas a trimm, r by this time." "Dont. Hsrtley, don't,' 1 protested. It's too cruel to think of." "Never mind, old cbsp," was Ms re Joinder "There's a good time com? ing. We'll have him out and washed and dressed and sitting sc table with us sn hour sfter the old tub lets her anchor drop. And 111 wager you a tenner that there won t be a miss In any part of .he programme." v When, at breakfast. I told Evelyn the good news?omitting, of course, ell reference to the coal-handling sug? gestion?she demanded that I hunt up ' Hsrtley, at once, and present him. discretion, however, seemed to me In this instance, the better part of obedl-1 ?nee. I did hunt Hartley up and 1 did present blm. but not until I had al? lowed time for the first flush of Eve? lyn's fervor to cool. > He was a very good-looking young chap; Evelyn was both grateful and Impulsive, and I- was In love. . Onr landing at Port Said was msde on ?he i.-or.ilng of Saturday, the fifth of DeeemV r. and all that day and tho next, we waited 1n more or less con? stant expectancy and a boiling temper? ature for tidings of tho tardy Glamor? ganshire. Hartley, meanwhile, was a model of hospitality, but Port 8ald Is primarily a coal'ng station on the sea-edge of the desert, snd aside from the con? crete docks, the ships, the light house, and the nearly naked Nubians that swarmed everywhere, it proved utter? ly laekior; In objects of Interest. Sunday night brought some small relief from the Intolerable heat, and grateful for the respite, sll four of our Ibtle party were early to bed. Grad? ually we had come to believe that our wsltlng wss likely to be prolonged. The earthquake at Malta having de? layed one vessel would In all probabil? ity delay others ss well. Including that which we bad come so far to Intercept. Bo, utterly worn out by nervous ten? sion snd the fatigue of the tropical cli? mate, wo found rest grateful, snd slept soundly. Just how soundly was dem? onstrated wh*n. at an hour after mid nleM. thr*?e reioundlng knocks on my hotel chamber door only roused me, dully, and left Kvelyn und her maid and Dp, Addison, who eecunted adja? cent rooms, in deep slumber, totally undisturbed. With what seemed almost superhu? man effort, 1 spurred nivself to con? sciousness snd struggled up on elbow. "Who's there?" I called. "Hsrtley." came the anewer. "Open the door. I thought you'd died of Port Said ennui " And when I had sleepily risen and admbted him he went on hurriedly. "Male* hant??, n?w, old chap! Th* bally freighter has Just come In. and I don't propose to lose that tenner throuKh dilatory methods on your part." Hut I n*?*ded no urging Wide awake st his flrM gafjteace, I was already filn?'ng on my clothes He still chat? tered on In hi* rhumm: \vn>, but I acsrcel) heard h'm. Conscious; only of tho murmur of his pleasant, cheery English voi^e, my rhmights ware out in the nigh', sevens ih i waters of th*? harbor, down hi t\%% lafifng of a rusty ocean tramp, where a ?woetlag stoker was giving battle to despnl*- i sweat? ing stoker who, in faraway America, OADod ? pleasure craft almost as big as the ship whose fires he had been feeding for forty days across two seas. "How about the doctor?" Hartley asked, as I slipped my arms into my coat sleeves and snatched a cap from a closet peg. "It's too late now." was my an? swer. "You should have reminded me. I forgot all about him." And it was true. I had forgotten everything, ex? cept the Imminence of the rescue and the urgency of haste. To one In Cam? eron's plight every fretting minute must count a drop of torture. The heavens were splendid with tropic stars, and a faint breeze from the sea gently ruffled the spangled black harbor waters, as Hartley's launch, guided by a pilot of experi? ence, headed for the twinkling lights of the recently anchored freighter. Silently I sat, with gaze straining, watching the indicated sparks grow larger and brighter, moment by mo? ment, until at length their gleams re? flected in the waves, and their back? ground emerged in a great dark shadow, which silhouetted itself against the less opaque sky. "There she Is!" Hartley cried In en? thusiasm, as her funnel and masts somberly denned themselves above the black of her hull. "We'll be able to hall her in another minute." Then I heard the voice of our helmsman ring out, and presently there was an answering shout from above, and an exchange of greetings, succeeded by directions; and the next moment, I was following Hartley up a swaying rope-ladder to where an outheld lantern glowed overhead. "Yes, Secretary to the Governor General," I heard my friend saying, as I put foot on the Iron deck. "You're Captain Murchison, I suppose." The captain's affirmative was more than deferential; it was obsequious. He was not a tall man, but broad, rug? ged and bearded, with long, powerful, gorilla-like arms out of all pioportion to his stature. I could readily fancy him an ucjy antagonist. Unaided by Hartley, 1 concluded, I should have had small chance indeed of success. But the low-born nritan's respect for official authority was evidently strong in him. and I felt that if Cameron was aboard we should be able to effect hia rescue with a minimum of effort. "I should like to see you in your cabin, Captain," Hartley proposed, and when we were closeted there, he con? tinued: "There Is a report that you have among your crew^a United States subject who wss brought iboafd, drugged, and forced to remain aboatd against his will. His government has Interested Itself in his behalf, and un? ices he is restored at once to his friends serious complications will un? doubtedly ensue." The captain, despite his respect for authority, frowned. "There's nothing to that report, sir," he said, boldly. "I'm not shanghaiing men In these days, sir. Every moth? er's son I've got on this boat shipped for Hong Kong, sir, of his own free will and accord." "I dare say you fully believe that. Captain Murchison," was Hartley's diplomatic rejoinder, "but this time you'happen to be mistaken. I don't suppose you have any objection to our Inspecting your crew, have you? Sup? pose you have both the watches piped forward, and we'll settle this little business for ourselves, Mr. Clyde, here, knows the man." Captain Murchlson's glance at me was undlsgulsedly venomous. Reluct aiiMy he rang for his steward. "Send the bo'sun here," he directed, doggedly. "We'll begin at the bottom, Cap? tain," Hartley suggested, when the boatswain, oap in hand, stood in the doorway. "First, I want to see every man Jack you have working in the stoke hold." Although the master gave the nec? essary directions I mistrusted him. Be? tween the boatswain and himself i telt that there was an understanding which required neither voicing nor signal. And as. a little ater, we stood on the forward deck, under t'.ie bridge, and by the light of a lantern viewed one after another of those swarthy, grimy laborers who had crowded up from below, I was convinced of the correctness of my intuition. For Cam? eron was not among them. And then a chill /ear gripped me. Could a man of his habits and train? ing, suddenly called upon to assume such labor, survive Its rigors? He was naturally robust, but he had been weakend by an Mlness. Might he not therefore have succumbed to tho strain died, and been buried at sea? Hut one consideration sustained me. In their cunning cruelty, tho Chinese who had arranged for his transporta? tion must have stipulated that he be delivered in China alive. Otherwiso their vengear.ee would not bo com? plete. It was not likely that anything had been left to mere chance. Tbo probabilities WtfSj that Murchison knew definitely what was required of him and was to bo well paid for hia services. I'pon his seamed face, now, there was something of a sneer gs, our ex amlnntlon concluded, he said: "What next, Mr. Hartley?" Hut for a moment Hartley, who was standing thoughtfully with brow contracted, his lower lip gripped be? tween Anger arid thumb, made no re? sponse. Before he spok?- his ittltndej changed. Quickly he had assumed a, poso of hm? nlng Intentness. Behind us. somewhere, a clamor had Brisen. Voices, rx< :t? d. hoarse, fremescent, yet muffled by distance, echo d dully. "That mnp, next, Captain," lie said, coolly. "Tho man they're trying to k? < p below." It may hate been that his hearing was more tcute than mine, or it may only hare b<en a guees, 1 don'1 know. Jut, whichever It was, It hit the mark. It scored a hull's eye at long range. Captain Murchlson'l indifference gave way Instantly to palpable uneasi? ness. His hands, which had been deep In his coat pockets, came out as though jerked by springs. One of them canted bis cap from his brow to his crown and tho other clutched agi? tatedly at his beard. And in that mo? ment the riot advanced, the voices waxed louder and more distinct; scur? rying feet resounded on the metal deck. I saw the captain start hurriedly toward tho starboard rail, intent evi? dently on meeting the rabble which was approaching on that side, and I saw Hartley boldly block his way. And then, almost at the same instant, I saw a tall figure with naked torso as black and shining as polished ebony ?black with grime and shining with sweat?come runtring backward around tho corner of the deck house. Saw It with an Iron bar held menac? ingly aloft against Its pressing pur? suers; a\d even in the uncertain light of the deck lanterns, recognized it at once, "by its outline and the character? istic set of Its head upon Its shoul? ders, nudo to the waist and collled as it was, as the figure of tho man I sought. "Cameron!" I cried, chokingly, my fast-beating heart crowding my utter? ance. And all unmindful of the dirt which covered him I flung my arms about his waist from behind. "Cam? eron! Cameron! Thank God! Thank God!" I heard the Iron bar drop resound? ingly to the deck; I heard Hartley's voice raised in anger, strident, stac? cato; and I heard the receding shuffle of fett as those who had pursued now bached away. There followed-then a moment of silence, while the body I had held twisted out of my arms, and having released Itself, turned and > faced me?a moment of silence, only, for against the sudden stillness there now rang out a weird, palpitant cry, born of surcharge d emotion, as Cam? eron, casting himself forward into my arms, buried ! ! . ?e In the angle of ! my neck and shoulder. CHAPTER XXVlll. A Final Problem. It is doubtful whether in all Egypt there was ever such another period of Joyous thanksgiving as that which fol? lowed the bringing of Cameron to the little hotel In Port Said. I am in? clined to question, too, whether in the space of a single waking day four per aons ever talked more, or with more mutual Interest, than did the four of us there gathered. The heat, the files, the poor food, and the miserable ac comodatlons. generally, were not merely gladly tolerated, but absolutely disregarded. In the exuberance of our rejoicing, annoyances which had loomed large on the preceding day dwindled to the 1 mperoeivable; and from early morning until late night ex? periences were exchanged, adventures told and speculations Indulged in. (TO hK CONTINUED) Don't You Beii *ve It. Some say that chronic constipation cannot be cured. Don't you believe it. Chamberlain's Tablets have cured oth? ers?why not you. Give them a trial. They cost only a quarter. For sale by all dealers.?Advt. Reg] Batate Transfer. A transfer of real estate from W. F. Brunson t.? T. W. Boyle of a lot partly within and partly without the city of Bumter on North Main street, consideration $7,<hh>, was left in the auditor'! other to he recorded. The lbxt Cough Medicine. "I have used Chamberlain's Cough Remedy every since l have been keep? ing house," gays L. e. names, of Mar bury, Ala. "1 consider it one t f the I set remedies I ever used. My children have all taken it and it works like a I charm. For colds and whooping COUgh it is excellent." For sale by all deal? ers.? Advt, Marriage License Record. Licenses to marry were Issued Mon? day to Moultrie Burrows and Ida <'ouk of Sumter and Chester Dwyer and Lettie Johnson of Plnewood. Methodist Minister Recommends Chamberlain*! Cough Remedy. Rev, James A. Lewis. Milaca, Minn., writes: "Chamberlain's Cough Rem? edy has been a needed und welcome guest In our home for a number of yeara I highly recommend it to my fellow! as being medicine worthy of trial In cases of colds, coughs and croup." Give Chamberlain's Cough Remedy a trial and we are confident you will find it very effectual and con? tinue to use it as occasion requires for years to come, as many others have done. For sale by all dealers.?Advt. First Woman*! Stock Company. The Woman'i Building Btock Com? pany Of Columbia was lSSU< d a char? ter Monday at noon, this being the first woman's Stock company In this Btate, The Federation ? f Woman's I Clubs H behind the proposition and its members have subscribed to the ' !to< k company which held its first Imeeting Monday, when officers and directoii w ere elech d< Old Age. Old age as it comes hi the orderly I process of nature is a beautiful and majestic tine;: it stands tor exper? ience, knowledge, wisdom, counsel , ' h it i^ old age as it should be, but ' old age :is it often i* means i.r dl I gestion, torpid bowel!, a sluggish liver i :iud :i g< neral foellnft <?f ill health, de? spondency and misery. This in al? most overj Instance is wholly unnccca I nary, One of Chamberlain's Tablets taken Immediately uft< ? supper will Improve tie d gesilon, ton., up the llv , er and regulate the bowele. Tint feel? ing of despondency will give way to i one < t hope and good < beer, For Bale b\ ail th ai- i M, Vdvt. THE ONE-MILL LEVY. HOUSE PASSES BILL TO THIRD READING. Public Schools to Ho Given Additional Support by Extra Tax of One Mill on all Property?House Strongly In Favor of Measure. Columbia, Feb. 17.?An additional ) one-mill tax for public school pur- j poses Is the provision of a bill, of fered by the ways and means com- j mlttee as an amendment to the Mitch- | ?'11 bill, which passed its second read- i Ing in the house tonight. The opin- j ion of the House seemed unanimous on the advisability of such a tax and the question was whether the original bill or one of the numerous amend? ments should be passed. The bill which passed the House tonight is largely the work of W. P. Nicholson and has the endorsement of the State Superintendent of Education, the ru? ral school supervisor and other edu cational authorities of the state. The passage of Mr. Whaley's motion that all second reading bills be con? tinued until next session may be tak? en as evidence that the General As? sembly will adjourn sine die next Sat? urday. The first bill to be considered by the House tonight was the MUchell bill to provide for an additional one-mill tax for school purposes. Mr. Klbler took the Hoot to propose an amendment so that the law, if enacted, will apply only whore the ma? jority of the Voters wish it. The amendment proposes an election in each of the counties to determine whether or not they wish the extra tax for school purposes. Messrs. Jame s and Mitchum thought that the bill did not make adequate provision for the' country schools. Mr. C. T. Wyche spoke strongly for the' Mite lu ll bill ami saiel that it would go to the schools Which neeel it most. Approved by educational authorities and amended at their direction, Mr. Rembert thought the original bill Should pass. That the- bill would bene? fit those' localities which.need it most was the opinion of Mr. Nicholson, who made an earnest plea f*>r the bill. Mr. W. W. Scott, of Anderson, spoke in favor of his amendment, to the ef? fect that the tax fund should be dis? tributed as the three-mill tax procee ds now are. Mr. r.rice thought that the passage of the Mitchell bill would mean a par? tial and unequal distribution of the fund. He thought the amendments should be printed in the Journal and debate adjourned until tomorrow, so that the> members might aceiuaint themselves with the bill. On mothm of Mr. Whaley the pre? vious question was ordered and nu? merous ame nelmonts were re>ad. The Hemso agreed to the committee amendment, which is a substitute for the' Mitchell bill by a vote e>f Gl to l.">. On motion of Mr. Nicholson the' clincher was applied and the bill we nt to third reading. The bill of the ways and means committee wa.s originated and push? ed through the house largely through the e fforts of Mr. W. H. Nicholson. It Is nothing less than a substitute for the original bill. It provides that the one-mill tax shall be? distributed as follows: For high schools, $00,000; for rural graded schoeds, $4f>,000; for lengthening the school term, $60,000; for the erection of school buildings, $40,000; for the payment e?f certain applications now on file in the ofiice of the Superintendent of Education, $:io,ooo; for public school libraries, $5,000; for the Mate board of com? mission for teachers, $s.O00. Any amount not specifically apportioned shall be> turned over to the county board e>f education for the use they see lit. Mr. Whaley moved to continue un? til next session .;!' second reading House bills, since V\* y could not pass both bouses if adjournment is to be haei on Saturday. Mr. Belser moved to except all local bills and a number of others, which he specified, which motion was tabled. Mr. Whaley's motion was th< n passed, though there was considerable opposition. FEMALE INTELLECT BETTER Chicago Biologist Announces Results of Iiis Ex|ierlincntH. Chicago, Feb. if -After a se-rie-s e>f I experiments Prof. E. II Harper, e;f the department of biology of the Northwestern University, announced ? t? day thai for Intellectuality, the fe? male Is her male s superior. Prof. Harper used eh.^s in Inves? tigations, but he says: "The theory that the Bame revelations may be ap? plied to men and women will llnd ready support In s ou.' quarters." j In his experiments the sciential I use.I a mixed breed of Scotch <'??Iii. i iand English bulldog, the former be ling chosen on account of its Intelli i gence and th ? latte r for i'-; tenadl y. '"I f< und thai Iii nil th > f: ill tli female displayed a remarkable quick ncss In grasping Ideas which the mal? after numerou t slugi hi fl >i Is fin d |y accompli! he d," said I T< f. Hai per "Tili: SEW FREEUOJ " IS TITLE or PRESIDENT-ELECT'S LA? TEST WORK. Tells lli> Policies in Politics??too-e velt, Tail. Alilricli ami a Number of Corporations Scored as Author-, of Political Wrong-. New Volk, Fol). 17.?A now book by Woodrow Wilson, entitled "The New Freedom," will make its appear? ance tomorrow. According to the publishers it is the first time in the history of this country that a Presi? dent-elect on the eve of his inaugu? ration has addressed to the country a profession of his faith and a state? ment of his intentions. Governor Wilson, it appears from the preface is not quite sure whether he ought to have credit for writing the book. lie says the hook is the re? sult of the editorial literary skill of William Bayard Hale, who put to? gether in their right sequence the more suggestive parts of Mr. Wilson's campaign speeches. The book, however, is more than a mere collection of campaign speeches. The early chapters deal with the philosophical doctrines which the Governor of New Jersey poured into the ears of Democrats, Bull Moosers and Republicans alike on his Wes? ten- tour. In the later chapters, un? der the sling of the reproaches made during the campaign by his leading opponent, names are freely used, and Colonel Roosevelt, President Taft, Senator Aldrlch, George W. Perkins and a number of well-known corpor? ations are scored aa the authors of political wrongs. As told in the preface, Governor Wilson has attempted to set forth in large terms which may stick in the imagination "what it is that must be done if we are to restore our politics to their full spiritual vigor again and our national lifo?whether in trade, in industry or in what concerns us only as famlies and Individuals?to its purity, its Self-respect and its pristine strength anl freedom. The new freedom is only the old revised and clothed in the unconquerable strength of modern America." Freedom Governor Wilson defines in one of the closing chapters in these terms : "The greatest thought one can have of freedom is as a gift that shall re? lease men and women from all that pulls them back from being their beet and from doing their best; that shall I liberate their energy to its fullest lim? it, free their aspirations till no bounds confine them and fill their spirits with the jubilance of realizable hope." AM his energies w ill be used, the President-elect says, to bring about | the now freedom. He says that it is a "vision" w hich has come to Demo? crats because of ' the long endurance of exile." Here is the "vision" which is to be the main prop in the new President's program: "We must put heart into the people by taking the heartlessness out of politics, husines and industry. We have got to make politics a thing in which an honest man can take his part with satisfaction because he knows that his opinion will count as much as the next man's, and that the boss and the interests have been de? throned. "Business wc. have got to untram mel, abolishing tariff favors and rail? road discrimination, and credit de? nials, and all forms of unjust handi? caps against the little men. Industry we have got to humanize, not through the trust, but through the direct ac? tion of law guaranteeing protection against dangers and compensation for injuries, guaranteeing sanitary con? ditions, proper hours, the right to or? ganize and all other thing! which the conscience of the country demands as the worklngtnan's rights. "We have got to cheer and inspirit our people with the sure prospect! of social justice and due reward, with the vision of the open Kate of oppor? tunity for all. We have got to s? t the energy and the initiative of this great people absolutely free, so that the future of America will be greater thin the past, so that the pride of Am? rlca w ill grow with achievements, so that America will know as she ad? vances from generation to generation that each biood id' her sons Is greater and more enlightened than that which preceded it. know that she is fulfilling the proinis.- that she has made to mankind." This process of "release, emanci? pation anl inspiration," G >\? rnor Wilson polntu ?Mit. requires many drastic reforms. Ho names the wrong, and tells w bat must >" doll v. Uh them. The tai iff and the trusts and Wall street came in ;l shaT" Mori! ? ? w i , . , , i to Ihe : uui dtanshlp of jn, ,. [fairs; he objects to consult - j ing Chiefly or exclusively, the capital - ' ists and manufacturers on tariff and j currenc y legislation. In the chapter j entitled "Life Cornea fr<.m the Soil,"' he ?peaki of "that grout voiceless mul? titude of men who constitute the great body and the saving force of the na? tion." Public opinion, he SSjrs in the succeeding chapter on "The Parlia j mint ? f the People, * is not formulat ? d In the privacy of Congressional Committee rooms, but rather in the country, on the farms und around the 'stoves of village stores. in this COB* m otion Governor Wilson tells a little 1 story. j "In a lecture that I once gave," he I said, "I said that public opinion WSO j not typified on the streets of a busy I city, but was typified around th? stove ! in a country store, where nu n sat and probably chewed tobacco and spat into a sawdust box and made up. be? fore they got through, what was the neighborhood opinion both about per? sons and events and then, inadvert? ently, 1 a deled this philosophical re? flection, that, whatever might be said j against the chewing of tobacco, this at least could be said for it: That it gave J a man time to think between senten j ces. Ever since the n I have been represented, particularly in the ad verttsements of tobacco firms, as In favor of'the use of chewing tobacco." In a chapter entitle el "Let There Be j Bight," Governor Wilson advocates public e xposure as a check for all bad ' practices of politico* He regards no ! air so wholesome as ' the air of BtteT , publicity*" anel says: "You have got to cure diseased poli? tics as we- nowadays cure tubereule>sis. j by making all the- people who suffer from it live out of doe?rs; not only spend their days out of de-ors and walk around but sleep out of doors; always remain in the open, where the y will be accessible to fresh, nour? ishing and revivifying intluences. "I, fe?r one, have the conviction that government ought to be all outside and not inside. I, for my part, be? lieve that there ought to be no place where anything can be done that everybody does not. know about it. It we.uld be very inconvenient for some gentlemen, probably, if government were all outside, but we have consult? ed their susceptibilities too long al? ready." In discussing the Payne-Aldrich tariff, Governor Wilson says there is a "nigger" concealed in almost every wood pile?some little word, some lit? tle clause, some unsuspected item, that draws thousands of dollars out of the pockets of the consumer and yet does not mean anything in par? ticular. Initiative, referendum and recall are treated only brielly. He favors them, excepting only the recall of judges, where they are needed by the I people to regain their right of repre? sentation. He aims to show in this connectiem by a review of legislation under his leadership as Governor of New Jersey people- can get what they want if only they refuse to stand quietly by and see things done which they voted against. His arraignment of "political bosses" leaves no doubt that such creatures will be most un? welcome guests at the White Honss. In the chapter headed "The Eman? cipation of Business," the President? elect speaks about the need of new patent laws. Inventions, he says, have bee-n discouraged because of the policy of corporations to "push" wha: they have already spent millions to I advertise. The modern genius, he says, is thwarted by an inability to get capital and credit for new schemes which may influence incalculable dam? age upon the established order of things. He objects to the "standard? isation" of manufactured products, he says, anel thinks that a goeul man> wonderful developments arc smoiher Bd by the "pigeon-hob* process" of the trusts. who buy up the patent rather than allow them to be exploit? ed even in a small way. The trouble about conservation cf / natural resources, the Governor points out in the same chapter, all lies in the fact that the Government hasn't any polic y regarding it at present, but is simply "marking inu." As shedding light upon his inten? tions, the- President-elect says in a la? ter chapter: ? In all that I may have to do in public affairs In the I'nitod States." be- says. 1 am going to think of towns such as 1 have seen in Indiana, towns e.f tho old American pattern, that e?\\ n and operate their own in- , dustries, hopefully and happily. My j thought is goin^; to hi- bent upon th - multiplication e>t towns e?f that kind ?nil the prevention e.f the concentru tion oi Industry in this country in such fashion and upon BUCh a scale that Jt.-vs that own themselves will be im- * j possible. "The welfare, the very existence, of I the nation rests at last upon the great ? iss . . the people; its prosperity de? p- nds a. last Upon the spirit in which \ about their work in their sev ernl communities throughout the j broad land, in proportion as her tov an : he r countrysides are hap* p> and hopeful will America real i/? the high ambitions which have mark ? < d her in the eyes e-f all the world."