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EVENING FtfBTJIC LEDGPEK PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY,
MAY
30, 191D
7Yie Man From the Clouds
By J. STORER CLOUSTON
Atilhor or "The Spy In Black," "The
Lunatic nt Iarge,'J etc.
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tOtwHoM. Hit, ill OtoroHlT. Doran Co.)
) THIS STARTS THE STORY
" i. A British sublieutenant Is sent up
ajvlookout in an observation balloon
'fcf a cruiser patrolling the North sea
'In the summer of 1014. Strong winds
r blowing toward Germany break- the
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J'Y CIOIO ooiuias luo boiiv ......
ff' hours of drifting in the clouds, the
' j.subUeutenant, seeing land, and think-
i In he in about to land on German
territory, jumps out with a parachute
rX mud lands safely In a pasture, where
j1 he, meets a man wuom nc auuresien
iln German, xms man uses pass
word in speaking to the sublieutenant,
"who fails to answer it satisfactorily.
The nun leaves him. but not befnio
Vjf. , the sublieutenant has discovered he-Is
:? now an an island near the English
coast, and the man is n German spy.
Ha secures food and shelter at n
small house on the beach, where he
ltarns one, Kendall, xowns the Island,
which adjoins another containing n
British naval base. Determined to
capture the spy and win recognition
from his government, he sets out to
explore the place, meets a Doctor
Rendall and a man, O'Brien, sus
picious persons living alone in a houe,
who direct him to the home of the
owner of the island.
AND HERE IT CONTINUES
ABOUT a hundred yards further on I
rounded n corner and came upon a
very miserable figure. He was nn old, old
man with tinted spectacles nutl a ion,
only this grass was Bhort and well
tended and there were one or two
flower beds before the door nnd ivy on
one of the walls (where the wind was
least destructive) ; nnd though tliemnu
sion was weather-beaten and plain ami
giny, it had nothing of the bleak ami
chilly aspect of the other house.
It simply looked as though it had
lived n long and stormy life nnd had
now gone to sleep.
At one ido stretched n hlgh-walled
garden with the tops of a few stunted
trees just showing their heads, nnd close
nt the back of the plnro one could see
n collection of farm buildings, cry like
the mansion architecturally, only grajer
and more weathered. A fairly bleep
roof, urow-stepped gables, rough -cast
myself to piny tho part I had arranged., proceeded next to tnkc stock of the
They seemed ns though tney woum oo
a llttlo dllHoult to deceive.
However, thnnk hcaen I hnve lived
don n most of the virtues that embarrass
the joung. I had lied heforc, becu
found out nnd lled through It: so 1
clicked my heels together, bowed and
inquired :
"Is Mr. Itcndnll In?"
(M accent wasn't really quite as bad
as that, but 1 should hac to invent
fresh towels to Illustrate what it ac
tually sounded like.)
I had expected home slight symptoms
of alarm, but she answered with per
fect composure and In a voice that
matched the hair and blouse:
"rs. ho is. Will ion come in?"
1 bowed again and entered the innn-
wnns, .mm rauicr smiiu w-inuow. -.'. ,,f Mr. Kendall.
clilol
ed to my untutored ojc to be the
fcatiitcs of the whole stone gathering.
"Somebody very primitive, obviously
lives here," 1 said to myself as 1 pulled
the bell.
Out it came bndilj in my hand so I
CHAPTER VII
At tho Mansion House
A1
room. -
It was not large, but pleasantly pro
portioned, low In the ceiling, nnd pcr
odcd with n delicate jet distinct flavor
of the past. 1 fouud msolf instinc
tively wondering how 'one could repro
duce this particular flavor on the, stage ;
no armor or tnpestry or any of the
usual antique paraphernalia to be al
lowed, for bejond the thick wnlls and
rather small windows, It was ho difficult
to lay one's finger on any olio specilic
thing that palpably suggested age.
l'lunlly I decided that it was impossible
to re-create mich nn atmosphere, it
was compounded of stillness within nnd
the glimpses of primeval iiiet without,
of u touch of comfortable shabbincss, of
plenty of eldcrl books, and of u faint
odor of the dampness of centuries min
gled with the scent of hone suckle. My
suspicions were suddenly lulled, and
DAILY NOVELETTE
TWO INCONSISTENCIES
By Grace Prcndcrgnst
S I followed the girl through the with that piompt decision which has
carefully pushed it baik, and tiled a ' that O'Brien?"
hall, n man's nlcc asked:
'Is landed me in mid pulled me out of so
many holes, I decided to drop my Gcr-
left
still. As I approached he peered at
me as though he were more than half
blind, and then, In an extraordinary
thin, high, piping voice he said :
"A fine day, mister I"
This time I did the Teutonic bully.
It went horribly against the grain to
strafe such a miserable object, but with
no one looking on I thought that thc
klnd of Hun I was supposed to be would
probably treat a worm like this to a
touch of the All-Highest.
"Be dashed and damned to you !" 1
growled.
Tho old boy started pcrceptiblj. and
In rather an eager voice he nsked :
"Have you got a wax nintch, mis
ter?"
"Wax match? No, and be con
founded!" said I. (
For the next quarter of a mile or so
I felt too ashamed of injsolf nnd too
contrite to think much about what tin
old fellow had said, and then suddonl.v
It began to strike me that a wax nintch
was rather n curious thing to nsk fot
A match was natural enough, but wli,
need it be wax?
And then I stopped, wheeled round
and walked back. I told myself that I
I was growing absurd and getting pass
words on the brnin. Still, there seemed
no harm in exchanging a few moic re
marks with the old man.
i But when I reached the same spot on
the road lie was gone. There were
one or two small houses not far away
and it was quite possible he had reached
them by now, especially if he wanted
his match badly; though it would nieau
moving a little faster than T hail given
aim credit for. Or he might be lying
down out of sight having n nap, and
as the day was Warm and he had appar
ently nothing better to do, that seemed
a very possible solution. Anjlinw, theie
was no sign of him, and if there had
been, I told mself he would probably
have proved to be merely the islaud
patriarch with a senile fancy for wax
vestas, so I resumed my jouruej to the
"big house.
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DREAM LAND AD VENTURES-ByDaddy
. "THE QUEST OF JOYOUSNESS"
TTlTlinrjUnUTA, In her white dress,
-J crouched on the hearth rug with
one nrm around Napoleon's shnggy neck.
Dick, from the deptljs of the armchair
on the other side of the fireplace
watched it and wns almost happy, for
this was the last time, of course, that
he would sec her.
I'tcn ICthclbcrla, who usually talked
a great deal, had hardly spoken during
the evening. Her left hnnd wns quite
hidden lit Napoleon's long hnlr, but Dick
wns quite sure that upon the, third
finger there wns a new diamond ring.
He began to wish she would sny some
thing, nnj thing, just to end this long
silence.
"Do ou know, Dick, T thought you
would come to see me Inst evening."
The remark startled Dick, though he
had been thinking of thnt tery thing.
"I did come," lie answeied; "hut ou
ncic engaged."
"Ah! ou came when T had callers?
But ou could hae waited. They
weren't here long nnd you've done it
before.
"Yes, because I wasn't going nway
them, nnd there wns no baggage to look
after or tickets, or homo affairs to
settle. They're nil settled now, and that
is wh I hate a whole exening to inflict
upon jour hospitable goodness.
Kthclhertn Ignored the Inst part of
this" speech. "So you are really goiug
tomorrow morning, nnd there is nothing
in tho world Hint will dissuade jou,"
she mused.
"Wlij shouldn't T go?" he nsked. "It
is a good opening, quite ns' good ns the
one i hne had here, and the future
lins grent possibilities. I believe it is n
man's duty, when he gets out of col
lege, to look up the neediest plnce In
his country, and go there and do nil In
his power to make thnt part of the
country strong. It's ery selfish always
to thing only of one s self.
itneinerta nnd looked up with on
amused little- smile. 'Tou arc right,"
she said thoughtfully. "It Is very selfish
to think only of one's self."
"Tor nearly a year," Dick continued,
"I hap been thinking of going out
there. So this offer -only brought mnt:
tcrs to a crisis. It isn't a sudden Im
pulse." "And every one thought you weie so
nicely settled here."
"Oli. I don't know. Of course, it has
been comfoitnble nnd pleasant helping
1 ncle mchnrd, nnd no doubt some day
I would haf the whole practice most
of it. nt nny rate. But I want to strike
out for inj self, nnd now is the time
and there is the plnce to do it."
"And to help our country, too, Dick.
And. oC course, jou'l! be very busy and
happy. Wh.. Dick, it's just the nicest
kind of n future imaginable. You are
wise to choose it. I am so glad for
OII.
Dick did not reply, lie was staring
ntf'thnt small left hand, whose fingers
kept themscUcs so persistently behind
Nnpolcon'H neck. Of course, he knew
the ling wns there, butSie wanted to
see it.
'THE QUEST OF JOYOUSNESS'
(I'rpail od HUlltt ctmalnff Joyous
ncss, hate ft wonderful ride up a
mountain nnd a thrilling coast down.
Frowning l'hil misses the fun and gets
into trouble because of his grouvhl
ncss.) Phil's Willi Slide
TUST as Frowning Phil and Wantlt
My way seemed about to slide Into
tho jaws of the hungry mountain lions
wnlting on the ledge nt the bottom of
the cliir, they slopped abruptly. Their
coats had caught on jutting rocks, nnd
they hung suspended over the open
mouths of the snnrling beasts.
Joyousness, standing nt the door of
her house in the valley far below,
handed Peggy and Billy each a pair of
field glasses. With , these they could
see plainly every movement of Phil nnd
the dwnrf. The mountain lions, seeing
their expected dinner hanging just out
of their rench, clnwed nlnly nt the
cliff nnd leaped as high an they could.
One of the leaps brought n lion within
snapping rench of Phil, but he, thrashing-
out with his foot, kicked the lion
right on the nose and sent it sprawl
ing backward, tearing mad.
Peggy and Billy couldn't help laugh
ing nt this, but their laughter was
cut short when the glasses disclosed
wriggling, swaying creatures in a rocky
crevice close to Phil nnd the dwarf.
"Ilnttlesnnkes!" whispered Billy.
Phil saw the snakes at that very mo
ment. Scared into n panic, he gnc
such n jerk that his coat tore free
from the rock and down he Hopped right
on top of the mountain lions, bringing
Wnntit Myway tumbling with him.
Tlicy hung suspended oer (ho open
mouths of tho snarling beasts
The mountain lions Aerc knocked
lint, nnd before they could rise Phil
nnd the dwarf had dug their fingers deep
Into the denture's soft fur. Tho lions,
who had thought they were going to
have nn easy dinner, were startled by
this unexpected form of attack, nnd
bounded away down the mountain with
Phil and Wnntit Mjwny clinging des
perately to them. The lions were scared.
but they were not half so seared as
Phil nnd the dwnif.
Suddenly a wide chasm yawned be
fore the Ikciug beasts. They gathered
themselves to leap it and ns they ilew
Into the air l'hil nnd Wnntit Mwny
tumbled off, Inudlng on n bumpy incline.
Biimpct, bump, bump! went the two,
with worse bumps to' come, for they
landed right in the midst of n grazing
Hock of mountain sheep.
The mountain sheep weie scared, and
so they did the fust thing that popped
into their heads they butted. Wham !
r-
m
a joung buck sent run uotincing
front of nn old nun, uud wham ! thai
old rum butted him in front of tlijr
leader of the flock, and whaml lha
lender of the tlock butted, him half way
down another bumpy incline. Bump,
bump, bump! Phil landed right nt tho.
feet of Joousncss. And close behind
him wns Wantlt .M.uwiy.
"You're just In time for dinner,'
cried .Tojousness. "The clock Is be
ginning to strike six. Half a mtnuto
more and ou d hne been too late, for
my dining-room floors nlwns close on
the last stioke!"
"Ob, have ou lots of fried chicken
and pineapple ice?" nsked Ilill, rubbing,
his bruised bend.
"We haeift any chicken or pine- j
nppic ice. e nam iiciicious pur
, a.. .1 .1nt. n.il fel..H li.H.if ilin.lnAlrn
with Ice cream on top." 'rte-l
Aw, shoot I I wnnt chicken and
pineapple ice!" bawled Phil. ''A
"Zowio! Over we go again, yelled.
Wault Mywny disgustedly. He flopped
over on his head and Phil flopped with
him.
"Hurry." warned .Toousness. Pcsstf
nnd Billy followed Hopeful Smiles nnd-Cheer-Up.
into tho dining room to find .
spread before them n luscious, mouth---- '
watering, appetizing banquet that wasv
far beond their hungriest dreams.
"Bong!" sounded the clock on the .
last stroke of six.
"IIiiiii. I" tlntnmn,! 4li .lintni riftn.
door. Frowning Phil nnd Wnntit My- t "
way, still standing on their heads, wcra J
left outside. . ,
(Tomoriaw will he told how the ,
chase for Joyousness ends in a sur- J
prise.)
BRUNO DUKE, Solver of Business Problems
By HAROLD WHITEHEAD, Author of "The Business Career of Peter Flint" etc.
Copyright.
THE PROBLEM OK THE FIHE INm
laige brass knocker instead, a niassho'
affair that looked as though it had once i
hi en port of a shipwieck. I knocked!
Instead of the prehistoric being I had expected, a girl stood in the open door
it's some one to see
"No." she said,
jou, tntlier.
She showed me into a room and closed
I knocked twice, I knocked thrice the door, nud in the coin so of the next n Idle, thin whith did not o.cur to me
As I topped another rise I got the'" f,r,,s'' "satiou
and then the door opened nnd 1 cujojed I few minutes I nine to one or two prettj
! obvious conclusions. She was clcnrl.v
best view I had yet seen. of the ,i of
the island. A group of larger build
ings on another hillock, still well over
a mile ahead, wos evidently the mansion
at last. Behind n I saw the doctor's
bouse and noted with n nod unto myself
that it stood distinctly in the northwest
district of the island.
It was no long walk from that bleak
habitation to the Scollays' on the shore.
And now 1 addressed myself to a
delicate question. If I were going to
keep up the part of suspicious strnngei
at the Kendalls, at all events to begin
with, what account of my nrrivnl should
I give? It must be a tale plausible
enough to keep them in doubt, for un
less the laird himself were actually
vrup to his neck in treason (and though I
was prepareu iur unyiuing uy inis nine
there, were limits to the assumptions 1
ventured to make), he would certiiinl.v
wire either to the police or the nuvnl
authorities and I should immediutel.v
become a mere -spectator. In fnet, I
would probably not be allowed even to
stay and look on.
And this wns not mere selfish desire
for glory and excitement. I was quite
capable of seeing that my tale might
not convince older and wiser people ns
thoroughly ns it convinced myself. In
'fact, I felt a strong presentiment that
I should merely be put down as a bril
liant liar and the spy hunt would coine
to an end with the spy still in the
Island. That was where I still do think
I was justified in playing the hand
myself.
But what tale could 1 tell? The
truth that I had dropped out of n
' balloon? Who would believe it for an
Instant unless 1 produced the hidden
parachute? And If I unearthed the
parachute, the whole island would know
in a couple of hours and the people I
was after would also be convinced. And
It would not be a conviction that I was
a fellow Hun.
And then I chanced to turn my head
P.Wvmllea out to sea I saw a ship, quite
K v , distinctly qnougu iu bvu. ;,
Vpp 'cruiser of mujh the same type as the
JWf-shlp I Sail soarea OUI oi yesurruuj. a
PTk flit.wi in the details of the inspiration
.. t iltnt nnd nhen at last I saw her
'Vhead away into the far distance the final
touch was given.
" When I drew near the house the
jw road showed a tendency to meanaer,
I ?4- tod as I was getting pretty hungry and
I', ji wnnted on luncheon with the laird, be
' M patriot or traitor, i leu m? uiga
t and followed a path across a
' .. .1 nn...i.l. 4V.A l.nt,cj. Anil ta
clover neia. auj - ---
kfitm were so near and I could Bee half
aVoen other homesteads not far away,
yt there was not a Hying soul in sight
''.-any sound, save from the peewees
nr the gulls. I don't kuow how to
tha ImDresaion of out-of-the.
Whm ana BacK-oi-Dejuuiiucss jiru-
far tLta H of. eileuee ana space
hr.ih Wok of the bouse and its,
.pwt' ,-,iTjr ::::rz
t tteww a w . ?r
htiu,
Instead of the prehistoric being I hnd , Mr. Kendall's daughter, nnd they wore
expected, n girl stood in the open door tCn:ill.v tleuilj in the habit of lccciv-
looking nt me out ot n iputo remnrKnni.v ;n!j Kits nt odd times from .ur.
bright pair, of ocs discoui'crtiiigl u'lirien: iu fact they evidently cou-
bright in fact. She wns die.sscd iu ,.i.i,i i, u,m be or Miss ltendall her-
the very smartest and most-up-to-date f ,.oui,i scarrelv have opened the
country kit: short tweed skirt of a ()U1. to ,,,. .lso, her icpl.v might be
pleasing greenish hue. stockings to ' tnkeu as imphinK thnt if Mr. O'Brien
match, brown broguod shoes, nud n )mil ,)(,pu t,)e j,,,,., lt oui,i uot have
blouse that might have tome fiom Pans. . . , , , , ,
But whether or no this were the true
interpretation, 1 so thoroughl disliked
and suspected () llnon that any sug-
maii accent. That the dimming Miss
Kendall might miss it, nnd wonder what
hud become of it. wns (I must confess)
Her hair was dressed us fnshionnbl as
the rest of her, oud her face wns of
precisely the kind I had lenst expected
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in sec, liiui.i imu iMiii hi-uiij iiiisi-ic-,. :..,:.., t i l.
features and delicate ejcbinws and mi,'u" ul "" , " ,""" ,,,"?"
entirely sophisticated expression. There j l make mo glnd I had stalled on the
was no doubt she wns decidedly pictt, defensive. ., , . ,,,,,.
and quite delightfully ficsli and Him-I "Otheivvise. snid I to nnself, whut
looking. But her cos weie her best a charming girl to hud in such a place,
feature. As I looked straight into them However. I reminded myself that I
for an instant I uuhl scuicel bung I had not come here to be charmed, and
SELF-SLANDERERS
We arc all wi etched siuneis, whatever our station",
Decluied Thomas Phiitton MeStitch.
He professed his adherence to infant damnation
And predestiuntion nnd sich.
But I noticed (though never ouie mentioned his crime)
He'd play with the babies for bonis at a time.
Mick Diddleton. Bolshevist, nnnrchist. tough,
At the "Ixiud-holding class" would inveigh.
To confiscate wealth was to him not enough
The owners he'd kill right nway.
But though milk nnd crackers is always his lum li
He bought every Liberty Bond iu the bunch.
Ill the mental equipment of nil tjiere's a kink
That leads to a judgment untrue.
It is not what jou sny, it is not what ou think,
That counts, but the thing thnt jou do.
"Bj jour deeds we shall know jou" cast, west, north and south,
And not by the words thnt tonic out of jour mouth.
GRIF ALUXANDBU.
until iiftcrvvnid
.hist ns 1 hnd ionic to this decision.
iu walked th" I.iiid. nud in two minutes.
1 hud come to another decision, which
was to ndheie to the plan of campaign
1 had thought of us I walked, iu so
far as keening m business to ln.vsclf
was loucerned. M.v fust impiession of
Mr. Kendall wns of height, nud n cer
tain quiet, founidable qualltj. He was
gnu -hnirul, with n close-clipped gm-
led mustache, loose clothes as though
he had shrunk u little iu giitli, and the
unmistakable nir of a man who hud
seen considerably moic of the woild
than the island of Kansay. He re
ceived me quite politelj and hospitably,
but Willi ever moment that passed I
grew nioie acutely conscious of some
thing deterieut behind his cuuitesy. A
sense of u stiong personality iu the
buckgiouud, not actually hostile us yet,
but ironic nnd critical, set me instiuc
tivelj uncHustnutly on guard.
I gave him my name nnd then 1
said iu u quiet confidential wu.v :
"I'orgive this intrusion, Mr. Kendall,
but the fact is my ship has evideutl
beeu culled awnj."
I glanced tow aid the window, nnd
follow lug my lotrtc ho could see the smoke
of the i miser just visible on the hori
zon. He gave u little nod, but said
nothing.
"I wns landed lust night on a cer
tain piece of business," 1 went ou,
"and it is no part of that business to
make uutclf conspicuous, and so' 1 have
taken the liberty of comiug to your
bouse."
"You wish to wait beie till your
ship ic turns?" lie iuquired.
"I thought perhaps jou might know
of some lodging wheie 1 might remain
quietly."
.
(COXTINTKD TOMOKKOW)
service I'd be glad to' do lt but I know
Dick, the girl said presently.
speaking very slowl.v. ns if she weie
weighing the words. "I think I hnve
not mentioned it to jou before, so 1
urn tell jou now, beenuse I shall
probably not so,, jou again I have de
cided to go nwny."
"You going awa.v !" he gasped.
"Yes. I feel just as A cm do about
using one's college course to help one's
rountrj. nnd i wnnt to do some good
with mine. I hnve decided to go simth
ns a school teacher. It is one of the
neediest places iu flic country, and the
future has great possibilities. Oh
with a dcpiecatoi gesture ns he began
to speak. "I've been thinking of it for
nearly a jear, so this isn't a sudden im
pulse." "Hut jour father "
"Why, be is heartily in sjmpnthy. I
talked to him nbout it Inst week, the
ufteinoon he met jou in town nnd you
told him of jour intention of going to
Alaska."
"Hut, Bertha," Dick managed nt last
to say, "I thought I thought Inck
N'ciitoii, jou knovv. I.nst night I hope
jou will forgive mo I really could not
help seeing. When jou nud Jack are
mariicd, of couise Oh! it isn't my
affair, 1 knovv, but I can't help caring
about it, because well, I haven't nnj
light to say it to nn engaged girl, but
jou knovv what it is because I can't
help loving you his voice choked.
"I mount never to tell jou all this,"
Dick went on, nfter n few minutes,
"though jou must have known it long
ngo, I ve loved jou ever since that
first class day. And now "
It was quite still iu the room, only
the crackling of the tire nud the spat
ter of rain on the tices outside being
heard.
"Dick," a Aoice said in the clearest
of sofft topes, "did ou know that your
cousin Helen is going to mniry Jack
Norton? They've loved each other a
long time, but thnt foolish old under
standing of his father nud mine has
kept them apart. .lack told me nbout
it last night ami left the decision to
me. He's a dear boy, but I never could
think of inarriug Win. My father
wasn't half as angry ns I thought he's
be. So t-"
"Bcitn, Berta, let me see jour face!"
Dick hail crossed the room with a
hound nud was bending over her. Kthel
berta drew back, laughing a little, and
SUHANCE AGENTS
milH day Marlovv signed up Dulntch
for 'his fire insurance on "Plnnt
Number ?," we all hnd lunch together nt
thp Hllard Hotel. It was a kind of
celebration affair, for that Dulatcli con
tract -was the biggest one secured up to
date.
, "Mr. Marlovv, you pretend to be an
e.xpcit on insurance, don't jou? I
menu n leal djed-iii-the-wool expert.
Mnilow looked a bit embarrassed,
while Brown laughed and said:
"It there's any ninn within a thou
auil miles of this spot who reull
knows the ins nud outs of insurance
ospecinlly lire and life thnn Fred Mar
lovv well. I c never beard of hiin,
that's nil!"
"That's just hbout what Mr. Duke
snid." wns my comment a remark Hint
evidently delisbted the clover but mod
est Marlovv. "Moreover," '1 continued,
"Mr. Duke snjs that right here in
Keohoo nrc plenty of men nnd woincnt
who would give real money to know
something of the intricacies of insur
ance "
"What's tho idea?" Brown queried.
"Do jou wnnt Fred to become, nn in
surance consultant? Iln, hn ! I like
that Fred Mallow, insurance consult
nut. Intoivievvs by appointment ouly.
Ten bucks per interview paid to his er
secretary.' Hu, hn, ha!"
We were all in a sufficiently genial
mood to 'Join in Brown's menimeijt.
When we ceased joking I took up the
subject ngain by sioing:
That, however. iiCnot the idea al
though even thnt isn't so fut fetched.
No. Mr. Mnilow. what .Mr. uuke sug
gests is thnt jou, CocTome a teacher of
insurance."
"A teacher of insurance ', (lood heav
en above! What! How? I dou't
follow jou," he blundered Into silence.
"ICeehoo has a splendid Y. M. C. A.
anc part of its most popular activity is
its educntionnl department; m cuurBc
of Herbert Venublc. I find that Veil a -lib
is a Cnliforniuii Oakland, I believe
lie's n real live wire and is nnxious
to give Keohoo the kind of educational
courses that will-help the community.
1 suggest that ou call ou Vennble and
point out to him the value of insurance
knowledge nnd offer to put on n course
on that biibject beginning next fall.
You'll give jour services, of course.
Neither Mai low nor,Brovvn spoke for
n while. Thou Mnrlow said slowly and
thoughtfully.
"Of course
Business Questions Answered
I
littlc nbout how to teach."
Wheie docs that help us?" asked
his more piactical partner.
"The help is indirect hut positive,
f explained. "It will keep jour nnmc
nnd business before the public nnd ulso
give jou imJmnte ncciuniiitances with
the student the follows most lntoiestod
iu insurance, joung fellows lookiug to
insurance ns a career, business men
anxious to know something more of in
surance with a view to saving money
ou their jiolieies, olhco men and secic
tnrios, in whoso duties the care of in
surance matters is inclifdcd."
"That's so, by ginger" Brown ac
knowledged then to his partner he
snid, "llo to it, Fred it's n good
idea."
"It the Y. M. C. A. will put ou the
course," Mnilow drjly commented.
The upshot of it wns that Mnrlow
agreed to see Venablt if I would go
with him.
Wc then got busy nud planned buch n
course us Mnrlow felt would cover the
subject. He got cpiitc enthusiastic over
it and finull we mapped out a course
which required twenty-six sessions of
nn hour nud one-halt each to conjplete,
"We can give two sessions n week
and so finish the job in one winter."
Did Venublc look with favor on the
plnu?VHc did, nnd before the week wns
out tltc newspapers announced that "the
Y. M" -I.. A. had completed nrriiuge
lnentjiJfor the well-known insurance ex
pert, J'red Marlovv, of the firm of Mnr
low ft'IJiovvii, to gto a course on in
surntfcej-iucluding insurance belling-
MIC I-UIIIIUK IU1I.
A few chis later, little folders out
lining the couise were printed nud dis
tributed nil over the business section of
Keohoo.
"Sonic good publicity," chuckled
Brovvii.
Marlow's only comment was, "Never
miml the publicity, I wnnt to put over
the best course I know how it's a good
service, I think."
you
I,...... 1MI.it" ..ti., fin..... Tints.. arllfilaa I
i "HI , .til. nil. i'iuiiu un ... ..t ,
and iiIro our miswera to correspondents. I
I rid wondering If ou could clve me advtc
on a problem which I Bin trvlnir to boIvc.
nairely. how to Ftcure a belter position. ;
hiu thlrt-to married and a graduato ;
of tho Penii Charter bihoot, havlnc taken !
tho Imtlu and Oermrm course with honor.
I fished lu enter Pennsylvania, hut in
Erandmother objected, so. after pasMwr th
cxamln itlona, I did not take a course i
The llrst two ear after school. 1005-OT. 2
I wan a milesman In New York for a
hlmult company. Then I returned to Phlla-
delphia. and secured a position "Willi my I
Present cniplovers as an assistant book-1
keener I learned bookkeeping lv actual I
experience, and In two soars became head J
bookkeeper, mis position i nave imeu e.tr
since ami bavo alsu leen th cashier for I
the last seven vears. I am thoroughly fa-
miliar um parous, oanhinn, nnu iib.b im ,
helped with cost accounting, but the com-I
Pnv belnir a small one, 1 have now reached t
as high a position ns I can expect to Ret. ,1
I havo studied accounting on tho Bide artT
am thinking of studllnu Spanish, with "..I
view to tho future business when peace la I
Blirned . ... ...M
What I want Is to secure a position wltli i
more of a future than my present one. and
lt appears to me that a position with ft
Inree company would offer more opportunity,
but am at a loss how to start.
T .ulirh, nrfrt Chat T hsndlo the credit ena
of the business Imludlnir the correspondence,
and that I am very quick to le'ra.,, t
1.. t, b. I
How much accounting do you really...
know? Could jou pass the certified pubJ
He nccniintunt examinations? If not,'
I urge jou to study hard nud take (antlj
pass) the e.xaniiuntious.
Then I suggest that jou connect up
with n good firm of public nccountnnts.
The vnried exncricucc will be most help
ful nud the acquaintance you will mnta
will he most beneficial.
Goheral accounting concerns nrc net
tunllvt needing aualificd mea right now.
and thp use of public accounting is-l
growing rnpidly
Don't, however, think thnt a knowl-
of accounting is sufficient. You-
if I could he of nuy
rose blowly to her feet. Then their
ejes met. Napoleon whined again, but
no one paid any attention to him.
"Berta," Dick said after a time, "tell
me, Hnd you any serious thought of
go'ing South?"
"Cortniuly. Quite ns serious as yours
of coing to Alaska."
Dick laughed foolishly. "Well," he
snid. "I don't think I need go after all.
Uncle Dick needs me. Ho wnsu't nt
all nlensed with my plans. But a fel
low has to do something with himself
when he can't bear the old associations
auy longer."
"But how nbout the country, Dick?"
"The country?" he recalled. "Why
wl, we'll buy some extra Liberty
Bonds." '
The next complete novelette "Gee
Wlilzr.
VODAY'S BUSINESS QUESTION
What is "Compound Interest"?
liuiccr will appear tomoriow.
ANSWER TO YESTERDAY'S
BUSINESS QUESTION
.1 "C'oMitiioit Carrier" is a public
conveyor of goods or passengers.
edco
need n cood knowledge of English. You.
should hnve ji practical understanding (
nf pcmioinics. nnd otl should be a good.
mixer a fellow whom people like. YoiiY
can help that ability by studying salesl
mnnshln.
The school of accounting you attend
cau help you to locate with an nc-'
counting concern (or with a business
house, for that matter).
Do j-ou read the Journal of Account
ing? If not, do so. You could adver
tise in it for a job aud expect some re
If you prefer corporation 'nccounthigj
write to (or if your tunc win permit,
call ou) n number of -the more pro
gressive concerns for nn opportunity to,
demonstrate jour ability.
A NUMBER OF THINGS
In South America two dainties are'
lizards and baked centipedes.
The historic, battle of Waterloo wus
begun and finished in eight hours.
The first submarine boat was tested
in Plymouth harbor, England, in 177-1
The ex-Emperor William II was tho
first king of Prussia who ever lost his
throne.
The music at Irish wakes was- origin
ally for the purpose of 'driving away
evil spirits. '
Tho cxpcndlturcs'a j'enr of the United
States reclamation 'service are nbout
$8,000,000.
The lust midline for manufacturing
postage stamps wus tho iuveution of
James BognrdiW, who was born at Uats
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kill, N. Y., 110 jears ago. When the
British Government ndvertiseu lor 11
postage stamp mnchiuclu 1830, Bogar-
dus wns tuie of iliUO ciimpetltorn lor tno
prize, which was avyafded him for hli
device. Before that he Jiad Invented a
uew'klnd of clock, a "rlugflier'Vfor cot
ton sninninc. nn eccentric mill, a ma
chine for engraving 'figures on watch
dials and n machine for printing unnK
notes. t
Re-eduction statistics nrc very en
couraging In Franco nud Canada! in
France 45,757 disabled soldiers havo
been re-educated in the schools, in
cluding Serbians-, Creeks anil Russians,
who were ndmittcd on the 'Mine,' terms
as their own men. In Cnnnda.'by tho
end of 1IU8, -OIK men had completed
their training aud U1C9 men were iu
training, with S001 moro cases ap
proved. An inch of rain descending on an acre
of laud would fill more thau 000 barrels
of forty-live gallons each.
Houses cotistr.ucted entirely of salt
are a unique feature ot some ot tue
villages iu Hussion Poland.
Slorc than 12000 yea'rs ago the ancient
Qnuls made good soap of bccj;Li ashes
nitd the fat of goats,
A field marshal never retires, but re
mulns on the active list aud dravui full
pay till the day of his death.
Tho Milcide lato of Germany wnii
before the war the highest In (he.w'orldl
twenty-one in 100,000 jcarlj-.
A Chicago druggist fired n shotgun
at a" burglar who eutered his store,
puttlug tho intruder to (light nnd thus
suving nbout $170 iu bis ensh drawer,
hut smashing with the shot a $-50
showcases uud $-o0 worth of bottlcm
Au addition of a small quantity of.
sodium ur magnesium to lend hardens
the metal considerably. If tin be added f
to either of these alloys Its brittlenes '
i somewhat diminished and iti r-.
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