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'a1, Merton, descending In a
'achuto from a runnway bnlloon,
fads, hlmseir on an English island,
W supposing he js In Germany,
; Mprlscs a. German wpy Into repeal
WfJ himself. Wandering about the
"JsHrid he meets the Scollay family
mux, wife, two daughters snd two
M one n halt-nit, from whom he
J,rns one Rcndall owns the iiland.
IV seeking Mr. Kendall he moot a
. Isiari named O'Brien and n Doctor
Jleedall, suspicious ihnractcrs, and n
bedraggled old man by the roadside,
, who asks for "a wax match." Later
t. 1 lL J-,J u.. 1-
P-V
fi nasaearcjii's inc isianil over, uul i-t
? U..I.1. a- ij kit- 1L. ...! tH
f order to solve the mystery himself
." i4plJS the- part of a German. Instead
' a pf finding out anything he succeeds
ftC" Sin getting himself arrested after two
Barrow escapes from death, once at
' night when some one strikes at him
in 'the dark, and again when tired
' npon on the beach in the da; time.
..Luckily ihe officer In command Is his
cousin, to whom he tells his story and
(who makes a fruitless Investigation.
Soger's cousin, Commander White
clett, visits him at a ftospltal where
he is recovering from wounds re
ceived in a North Sen nanl fight.
I-jV AND HEBE IT CONTINUES
," QOMETHING is very far wrong In
J that place. Submarines have been
seen for certain two or three times, and
signals on shore, and the devil knows all
what. But we can't find a clue or a
irace of anything to lay our hands on!"
"And all this is since O'Brien left?"
He nodded.
"Tea. If he were in it you were
quite right in suspecting a gang. If
he wasn't, then the fellow, or fellows,
are still there. I am quite certain now,
Roger, that you were absolutly right.
Som one Is actually living in that com
paratively small island and working
lot of mischief, and we haven't even
th foggiest notion who to suspect."
"Have you applied to Mr. Bolton?"
I asked a little maliciously.
"Damn Mr. Bolton! The fellow
botched the whole business. He lost
the1 scent while It was still warm, and
now it's as cold as mutton and one
has to begin all over again I wanted
badly to have a yarn with you about
It, Roger. You may have some ideas.
Bolton, had none and I have none."
"Are you allowed to tell me exactly
what has been seen?"
"I am not allowed, but I can tell
yon, if you won't repeat nnything."
And so I may not go into particulars
in this narrative. However, that makes
no difference, for beyond indicati.g
- that the northwest end, out by the Scol
lays farm, and the barren uninhabited
i tip, of the island beyond, was the danger
zone, these particulars gave no clue and
suggested no fresh idea. Of course thej
1 naturally suggested people living in that
vicinity, and yet this was far frtim in
evitable because that coast was the
best for the enemy's purpose, and his
friend or friends on shore might come
some considerable distance to get in
touch with him. In tart, it wmild h n
KV,?Jpretty obvious precaution to live as
WtKfr'j cm m ., m
K?fs irom tne scene ot actual operations
gi c as possible : though equally obviously it
would.be a less convenient arrangement.
Aiufor the precautions JvJiich White
elettprtaj able to take, all that I am
permuted to say about them is that in
steadiof the amateur const patrol ar
rangement In vogue when I was there.
lewj&en from a certain unit were put
on Uhe job instead. But my cousin
tad noi.contr'ol over this, nnd ns he
alone "tca1izeSMn fact, could realize
tne peculiar danger on this particular
Island.- The number of men spared for
Ransay was very small (you could count
them on one hand with something over)
and they were but ordinary honest
members of this unit at that no ex
perts at the game. Consequently he was
a little doubtful whether the safeguard
WAS nnv hutter tlinn KAfnA
$jf Well,- we talked the whole thing
E, , over ana over again, and I honestly
t could suggest nothing to add to what
i naq-ioiu mm before. And then I
asked 'him.
"Have you yourself seen no cause
whatever to suspect any one? Noth
ing happened even a very little thing?"
i? He bezan to shake Ms tmnrl -.,1
jfr&e l::'..:j .
&jf"Velt. there was just one litle thing
? f, Mu uic busihuiuu lur a moment,
-, but then, I came to the conclusion that
t. my suspicions wouldn't hold water. A
v. short time aeo Doctor RpnHnll nm,
&?0i in to aee me and begged for leave to
3. keen another drunk nKnt V 1!1
3.an flfrnhnlfo nntfont TTn caM t. unA
'$V" heard, of a man whose friends wanted
YJ- to send him up to him, and offered to
?H . lTAmme all Knrts nf ninnns, nf tilt
,, , lionesty, etc. I gathered that the doc
!' ior roust be pretty hnrd up and this
rV 11t,ent woW make all the difference
10 mm, in tact ne virtually told me
to." .
''Of course you said no?"
"I was sympathetic, but told him I
R -ft W" aifBlu 11 hub no goou. 1 OKID
wani 10 seem 100 snarp wuii mm, just
In case he might be a wrong 'un and
would be tho better of a little show of
gtiv i guilelessness. Of course I let him know
iSr lafj... 1.A n..il.ln'f lio ,!. A11 T,...
Psiiihoncstly, Roger, I can't think there
Rf was really anything suspicious in his
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ru ' " sums uu nuuuui uis luunaie. in
tfie second place, the request would be
r. v i'oo partiaceii, 11 ne meant miscmei.
,iyi "Still," I said, "It shows the man
M .hard up. Suppose he has been
tempted?"
to?J "In tnat case we musj also suppose
!"I'H ... .H.ivu hum ULni;iru a UllUU,
I9d then he wouldn t be hard up any
Bore.
i 1 M ,"One doesn't know his difficulties.
He might require a lot to cover them,
jjMei be in need of a fresh cheque bow.
Asd there a one thing, Jack, that has
, Aatle me wonder sometimes. He Is a
fjK Above the, ordinary local doctor in
iteb a place. What's he doing there?"
' VV'el'" Ba' mjr cous'n a'ter a mo-
saWt'a thought, "the problem In my
M&d. always comes back to tb, that
Hyare never likely to get much for-
jtjkW until we can station a spy of
own in tne place to watcn wnat t
on. And bow can' one possibly
that without giving away who
watcher is? If tbey know who he
t. k will find out nothing and prob-
faly bave bis throat cut. That's the
SIcalty,"
t''?a(d nothing for a moment. A
Mtttant idek was beginning to dawn
i ,my mind
"Nothlnit to suggest?" he asked,"
"I mpj," I said, thinking bard.
T-
From the
have let Doctor Itendall have that
man?"
My cousin stared at me.
"I shouldn't take the responsibility
myself, but I daresay if I were luna
tic enough to back him up, the powers
that bo might agree."
"Jack!" I exclaimed, "I'll be the
alcoholic patient !"
Tor n moment I thought my cousin's
eyes w-rc going to start out of his head.
Then they subsided and a grin began to
steal over his face instead.
"By Gad!" he murmured.
"I'm the very man for tho jobl I've
actually spoken to at least one of the
gang, in that Island, apart from the
old chap with spectacles. I know the
ropes, so far ns they ore knowable. In
fact Io a kind of prescriptive right to
the job."
He nodded.
"I quite admit that you have: also
that I'd sooner have you there thau
nnyone else. Looking back, I think you
had a most sporting try last time, and
I must sav it seems to me that oulj
some devilish bit of bad luck prevented
jou from bringing it off. Though what
actually the bit of bad luck was has
oftcu puzzled me. But then," he
added, "you aren't the fellow he
wants."
"One drunk is as good as another so
long as he pavs the fee."
"But supposing, for the sake of ar
gument, he had some reason for wanting
this other man. Would he take you
in that case'"
"He must or he'd give himself
away !"
"True for you. Boger. But how arc
we going to open negotiations without
arousing suspicion? One might ns well
face all the difhcultics."
"Oh, we can easily fix that up," said
I. "My guardians will write and say
they have heard of his excellent system,
et cetera, and have hopes of making
arrangements with the naval authori
ties, and so on. There will be no diffi
culty at all so for as that goes."
"But, my dear chap, when you'd got
there they'd spot you."
"With this beard dyed black?" I
cried, as inspiration trod on inspira
tion's heels. "And a pair of gold
rimmed glasses, and this limp which
will hide even my walk, and a complete
change of clothes; who will spot me?
Remember I wns only there for a very
few days sir months ngo."
"Your voice?"
"I only spoko in my natural voice to
the two Rendalls; never to the doctor;
in fact I've only met him once."
"But his cousins saw a good deal
of you."
"I haven't been on the stage for
nothing." I assured him. "I'll change
my voice very little, not enough to make
it difficult to keep up throw in n lisp
or something of that kind. You can
trust me to do the- thing thoroughly.
Jack."
Mv cousin looked at me carefully.
"Yes," he admitted, "I think you
are changed enough already to puzzle
'em ; and with your beard dyed black
by the way, don't forget to dye your
hair, too, old chnp! and glasses, etc.,
by jingo I do believe you'll pass!"
"Now! the thing is how to get per
mission : First, leave for me, and, sec-
DREAM LAND ADVENTURES -By Daddy
"BUMBLE BEE BUZZ"
(In this adventure Peggy and
Billy have an amusing time among
he bees and birds.)
The Bachelor Bee
T)UZ-Z-Z-Z! Bum-m-mble-buzz-z!
JJ Bum-umble-umble-umble-buzz!"
Peggy, sitting on a shady bank near
the woods, looked around eagerly for
the bee that was making so much noise
with his "Bumble-umble-umble-buzz-
zz!" I
There be was a big. fuzzy bumble
bee. hungrily buzzing from wildflower,
to wildflower and greedily sucking up
their honey, like a boy running loose in
a strawberry patch and gobbling juicy,
ripe berries ns fast as he could.
"Bumble - umble-umblo-buzz-ji-i!"
sang the bee, almost bumping into
Peggy in his haste to get from nn open
rose to a fragrant honeysuckle bloom.
"Oh, go 'wny, go "way!" shrieked
Peggy, dodging quickly.
"Bumble-umble-uzz-zz-z-z!" boomed
the bee, forgetting the honeysuckle and
dodging back toward Peggy as if to at
tack her.
"Go 'way. Leave me alone !" cried
Beggy. jumping to her feet and striking
out widely with her hat.
"Bumbleumble-buzz-z-z-z!" hummed
the bee, circling around Peggy s head.
"I'm not afraid of you," cried Peggy
stoutly, still striking out with her hat.
"But you make me nervous with your
umble-umble-uzzuzzz, and I don't want
to get stung."
"Bumble-umble-buzz-zz-zz !" buzzed
the bee, as if to say "This is fun! I'm
scaring her."
"What's the matter. Pertrv?" cried
Dillvr Tinlrvtut-rt minntnn ftAm Vi nmnAa !
where he had been chasing butterflies
with a net.
"A bumble bee a whopping big
chap!" cried Peggy.
"Umblc-umble-uzruzz!" teased the
bet- darting past Peggy's ear nnd cir
cling around Billy's head.
Whish! Billy's net flashed in the
DOROTHY DARNIT Orators Should Keep Off Rugs
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I ond, leave to land an alcoholic on the
island. What about Uncle Francis
could he pull any strings for us? And
will he, if he can?".
"The very man," said Jack, " If he
really will take the thing up. He's in
It with the best kind of big-wig for our
purpose. And I rather think the idea
might appeal to his sense of humor.
Anyhow, I'll sec him tonight when I
get back to town, and, falling him, I'll
try some one else."
And that was the abrupt end of those
restful days, dozing in a deck chair lis
tening to the cawing rooks at Winter
dean Hall Convalescent Hospital,
A Little Dinner
ON THE Tuesday evening, Just four
days later, I hobbled up the steps
of mv uncle's club nnd put thp same
question I had so oftcu put before to
the same sleek benignant hall porter.
"Sir Francis Merton?"
He wns as benignant as ever, but he
handed me over to an attractive war
worker with a detached air that showed
he was quite unconscious of ever having
seen me before. For nn Instant I was
chilled, nnd then I realized the happi
ness of the omen. If my beard alone
so changed me, there would be no fear
of recognition when art had re-enforccd
nature.
The only other guest had already ar
rived Commander John Whltcclett.
My uncle was talking to him confiden
tially before the fire, and at the sight
of tliut familiar, upstanding figure, with
the dominating nose nbove the deter
mined mouth and the fresh complexion
and snow-white hair and genial eyes,
all Just the same as ever, I felt a sud
den sense of confidence in the issue of
my adventure. With such an ally nt
my back, the chances of failure seemed
almost negligible.
"Well, Roger," he cried in his bluff
strong voice (though I noticed it was
discreetly lowered while there was any
one within earshot), "I hear you've
taken to liquor so badly that your
friends have got to remove ynu from p so -rltv!
We always did think It would
come to something of this kind; eh,
Jack?"
"He always was a bad egg, sir,
said my cousin. "I don't mind betting
he hasn't brushed his beard."
"And that limp!" added Sir Francis.
"Gad, I believe he's been kicked down
stairs by an indignant husband !"
However, he pressed my arm as he
laughed, nnd it was not a critical pres
sure. "I can't shave owing to my shaky
hand," I explained, "nnd the limp Is
port in the big toe."
"Port?" exclaimed my uncle. "No,
no, my dear fellow, It's whisky poison
ing you suffer from. You began in
secret in your sixteenth year and have
been a trouble to your friends since you
were twenty-one. However, I've got all
the particulars written out for you, and
mind you get 'em into our head and
don't contradict yourself or me when
you go to live with that doctor fellow."
Jack winked at me from the shelter
of our respected uncle's back and I had
a responsive smile. With all his virtues,
Sir Francis Merton had never been fond
of playing second fiddle, and this mas
terful seizure of our scheme and dic
"Oh. go 'way. go 'way!" shrieked
Peggy, dodging quickly.
air and the idle hum of the bee turned
into a frightened buzz. Billy had caught
him.
"Buzz-z-z-z-z-E-z! Bnzz-z-z-z-z-z-z!
Buzz-z-z-z-z-z! begged the bee,
seeming to say: "Oh, let me go! I
was only fooling." It struggled hard
and beat the net with Us wings.
"Poor thing, it will hurt Itself." cried
Peggy in quick pity, "turn It loose,
please!"
Billy gave the net a toss, and sent
the bee bounding up into the air, sing
ing a little song as he did so.
BuirbU bee. bumblo bie, buii away to your
neat.
Hurry our honey rweet to the one you love
best.
The bumble bee had darted away for
all he was worth, but when he heard
Billy's song he whirled back again.
"I'm Bumble Bee Buzz," he buzzed
in a language that Peggy and Billy
could understand as plainly as their
own talk. "I'm a bachelor, I haven't
any nest and I love my own self best.
I eat all my own honey and I play
among the flowers from morning until
night."
"What fun I" exclaimed Billy.
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Author of "The Spy In U
Lunatic at Large,
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The
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tation of all the details was exceedingly
characteristic. At the same time he was
as shrewd as ho was peremptory and
I felt satisfied his details would be
sound. '
"It's nil right so long as he doesn't
insist on disguising himself too. nnd com,
ing with me," I whispered to Jack as
we went into dinner.
"What I'm afraid of Is that he'll go
Instead of you!" said Jack. "I never
saw him keener about an Idea."
We dined at a corner table whence
we could see at once )i any one ap
proached too near, and I think my uncle
must have arranged that neither of the
nearest tables should be occupied; so
he was able to get to work with the
soup.
"I've arranged everything, Roger,"
he said, "you are on furlough so long
as this job lasts. No questions will be
asked nnd you'll have a free hand. Only
of course Jack will always keep an eye
on you, and I shall be able to advise
both of you according to circumstances."
Jack winked again hurriedly, and said
with as much deference as though he
were speaking to an admiral.
"That's very good of you, sir. I ahall
keep you in touch with the situation, for
I take It It will be safer for Roger not
to write more letters than necessary."
I glanced my thanks at him, and our
uncle, after frowning for a moment
dubiously, agreed that he feared he
must be content with hearing from the
commander only.
"But there will be no harm in ray
writing to you, Roger, now and then,"
he added.
"No harm at all," I agreed.
"Well then," continued our host,
"we come to the specific arrangements.
Only two persons at tha admiralty
know of this scheme, but thay ar
quite powerful enough to get you into
this Island of yours all right. Of course
people who happen to hear of it may
open their eyes a bit and talk of the
slackness of our naval authorities, and
it will do no harm, Jack, if you damn
them a bit yourself confidentially, you
know, in case any one asks you how
the devil this drunken fellow here has
got Into the plae."
"If I simply give em my canam
opinion of the drunken fellow's char
acter," said Jack, "no one will dream
for an instant we're supposed to be
friends."
"They may guess we're near rela
tions however, old fellow," I suggested.
Sir Francis guffawed.
"I wonder If Roger will be as witty
after a few weeks teetotal diet?" he
chuckled. "Mind you, Roger, you've
got to play the game properly. No
bringing a flank In your baggage or any
humbug of that sort."
"Don't you think an occasional re
lapse would add a touch of realism?"
I suggested.
"Oh, If yon can find liquor In the
"Ob, it isn't so much fun to be an
outlaw," buzzed the bee. "I have my
enemies."
Just then King Bird, who had been
sitting on a dead tree nearby, suddenly
darted at the bumble bee and would
have swallowed him in a second If
Peggy had not shrieked a warning.
"Stop! Don't cat that bee," she
said.
King Bird checked himself in mid
flight. "All right, Princess Peggy. I'll not
touch him if he is a friend of you ond
Billy Belgium. But be looks like an
outlaw to me. You'd better watch
him." And away flew King Bird to
look elsewhere for his lunch.
"Buzz-z-zz! Umble-umble-uzzuzz!
I am an outlaw, but a good outlaw,"
buzzed Bumble Bee Buzz. "I thank
you for saving my life. If yon like, I'll
turn you Into b&& and we will have a
jolly time playing among tha flowers
and feasting on honey."
"How can you turn us into bees?"
demanded Billy. ,
"With pollen from the wishint rose.
I have some on my whiskers. When
I kiss you, make a wish to be a bee and
a bee you'll be."
With that Bumble Bee Buzz flew to
PCggy's lips and before she could jerk
away he gave her.a sticky, honeyed kiss.
Instantly she turned into a lively young
honey bee.
"Peggy, Peggy, where have) you
gone: snouted tuny anxiously.
"Buz-z-z!" went Peggy in bis ear,
and Billy ducked and slamied bin hands
around. He thought another bee was
niter mm. And as Billy ducked, Bum
ble Bee Buzz kissed him. Ttlllv .
ished from Peggy's sight, but flying
beside her in the air was another honey
bee. Without any introduction Peggy
uew ii was .uuiy,
(In the next installment they have
a happy jaunt among the flowers un
til they come to the den of Bpider
Manylegs.)
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I place, relapse by all means, bo long I
as you don't give yourself away in
your cups. But you've got to arrive
without bottle, flask or cup in your
possession."
''It might be rather a happy touch,
sir, if I were to go round sponging for
drinks."
(continuedTtomorrow)
DAILY NOVELETTE
THE HAND-ME-DOWN
By MARY LOUISE BUZZELL
T3E city was pulsating with eager
ness to welcome the boys from over
seas scheduled to arrive on the transport
due that day. Hester Harwood never
had joined thoso thronging the piers
almost daily to wait for some loved
one's coming for John Linwood, the
mnn she loved, had failed to give any
sign that he returned her love. Ha had
sought her society so much that she be
lieved he cared for her but, neverthe
less, he had enlisted and sailed for the
other side without a word.
But today, being her Saturday half
holiday from her work, she decided to
go down to the pier. .She wanted to
get away from her loneliness and the
walk would at least give her fresh air
and keep her from thinking.
So she made her simple toilet and
reached for her coat, frowning a little
as she realized how thin it was, and
how inadequate to protect her from the
cutting wind sweeping through the
streets. But It was all she had why,
no there was the co'at Cousin Anna
had sent her, but which she had never
worn, having a girlish prejudice against
wearing the cast-off "finery" of her
rich cousin the girl who had always
had so much, while she had scrimped all
her life.
"A cheap serge gown and an expen
sive fur-trimmed coat!" she fretted be
fore the mirror. "How I hate such com
binations and how I hate hand-me-
downs! If it wasn't for mother " She
choked at the thought of her little
mother, patiently waiting on the Ver
mont farm till their combined earnings
enabled them to take life easier.
But once in the street, 'the cheering
and insistent ringing of bells made her
forget her poverty, and Bhe found her
self smiling with the jubilant crowd.
Standing at the curb a woman dropped
some of the red carnations she held
but before Hester could attract her at
tention to her loss, a big limousine
whirled her awav.
Reaching the waterside, she found the
transport already at the pier. Khaki-
clad figures clung to every vantage
nolnt. every port-hole framing a head.
At first she could distinguish nothing
but a blur of faces and waving hands
Then one face stood out clearly, and
John Linwood was looking at her, his
brown eyes alight with love! She had.
thought him already home, having seen
a "John Linwood" listed among former
arrivals and here he was, his stead
fast glance openly expressing the love
he had never voiced. Suddenly he be
gan to scribble on a scrap of paper,
which willing hands passed along till
it rested in her outstretched palm, and
she read: "My darling, thank you for
doing what I asked of you. Will see
you soon.
"JOHN."
What could he mean? Why, he had
not written since going away ! But what
mattered it? It was enough that he
loved her the rest could wait.
With the smile she gave him she
threw a kiss, then abashed at her own
boldness, turned and fled homet AJetter
tucked under her door bore her "name
In the handwriting of her cousin Anna.
"My dear Hester," it ran, "how
can you ever forgive me for what I
have done! Motoring through Hills
dale, I met John Linwood at your
mother's house. Ordered overseas only
that day, he had no time to see you,
so gave me a letter for you, as I in
tended paying you a call on my way
home. But before reaching your city,
I was intercepted by a telegram telling
of the death of my dear mother, so
went straight through to New York.
And the letter Iptrusted to my care
entirely slipped my mind until recently.
Be kind and write me your forgiveness
for losing your letter for Hester, I
cannot find it though I have searched
the bouse over and over. God grant
that John Linwood comes safely back
to you, for I want you to have the
happiness you deserve l
"Your loving consln,
"ANNA."
And this was the girl she had thought
purse-proud and patronizing. Repent
ant tears filled her eyes, and as she
tossed the hand-me-down coat over
a chair, a paper fell from one of the
pockets. It was the missing letter.
And reading It she knew what her'lover
meant in his note, for in this letter he
told of bis love for her. But when she
saw the Regiment listed to return,
he wanted her to be at the pier; and
If she loved him to wear red carna
tions; for even if too shattered in
health to imposevthe burden of a sick
man upon her, "Just the knowledge of
her love would belp him to bear any
misfortune. v
And when John came, she said: "I
love you, deair but I should have loved
you just the same had you come back
crippled for life. And I shall never
cease to bless the hand-me-down coat
that brought me your letter; nor the
hand-me-down carnations that told you
I loved you."
(The next complete novelette Jack
Plays Cupid.)
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BRUNO DUKE, Solver of Business Problems
By HAROLD WHITEHEADMuthor-of "The-Business Career of Peter Flint;' etc'
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THE TROBLEM OF GETTING COM
MISSION SALESMEN TO STICK
"A Skirt Is No Argument for Cutting
Down the Wage Scale"
IT WAS agreed that i' should at once
go Into the factory and learn about
the Glider Car. Then I was to take
two or three weeks actually selling the
car.
Duke felt that by that time I should
know enough about the car and the
selling of it to teach others especially
as I had already taken a course in
salesmanship in New York and read a
whole lot of'books on the subject.
He promised to map out the subject
matter of each talk and perhaps to give
one talk himself. He was to prepare
the newspaper advertisements and to
decide who should be allowed to take the
course.
"Who will be able to teach the stuff
afterward? That is if we need any
more courses the whole thing mlcht
fizzle out, you see." Feather scowled as
he spoke.
"The manager of your Springfield.
Mass., salesrooms could do It well. That
fellow Dollber, I mean."
"Him!" jeered Feathers. "He's the
poorest man we have. I'm just about
to fire him."
"That may be quite true, but because
he Is a poor manager does not mean
that he can't teach others what to do,
and leave it for others to see that they
do It."
"Let him to come to Detroit, Mr.
Bralnard, and watch Flint handle It.
Dollber will be able to do it for himself
afterward.
"Have we got to recruit Detroit men
for all the country? You rather dodged
the question before, Mr. Dulce."
"Did I, Mr. Feathers?" Duke grin
ned sarcastically. "Well, I'll try not
to wiggle out of it this time. Dol
lber1 If he makes good will run classes
In Detroit for all nearby territory and
if a man is willing to go anywhere for
more distant territory we can send hlra.
In fact, it might be possible to run a
A POSTAL PERIL
I hate the postofnee: particularly'
that part of it which deals with unde
livered letters. A more callous, hard
hearted, fish -blooded institution it
would be difficult to imagine. Ugh !
(or words to that effect.)
"Why this venom." say you.
Attend! I will bare my sonl.
In the first place 1 was late for
breakfast. I always am, but on this
occasion I was later than usual. I
had. been to a "little dance and supper
party" the night before, and I woke
up with a mouth like mud and jazz
modic pains In the hend. Then I cut
myself while shaving, lost my collar
stud, broke a sock -suspender, and shut
my thumb in a drawer. From all of
which I gathered that It was to be one
of my bad days. I was right.
Gerald looked up as I entered the
room. "Good morning, old thing," he
said, cheerfully.
I looked at him gloomily. "Bad
morning," I said. "Very bad morning,
indeed." """
"What's up.iaee?" saloSthe Flapper.
"Don't-speak with your mouth full,"
LI replied, pleasantly.
"Behold! Joy bas come amongst
us," said Dorothy.
"Shut up all-of you," I said. "I'm
ill."
(All of this, by the way", Is an ex
cellent portrait of morning In an Eng
lish home. However.)
"Any post this morning?" I asked.
"Only thts.'V said Gerald, holding up
an officlal-looklnr enevlope. "It has
come through the returned letter office,
but It can't be, meant for any of us,
although the address Is right"
He handed the envelope over to me,
and when J saw what was on It, a cold
horror gripped me, and I prayed for a
Kwlft death. You know how the post-
office people deal with letters they are
unable to deliver. They simply open
them, copy the signature, and address
THE SIMPLE LIFE
My tastes are simple, I admit.
Each day my every want supplies.
I never bad desire to sit ,
In councils of the great and wise.
As happy as a king I'd stand -
If I but owned right here and now
A busy city acre and
A hundred thousand dollar cow.
No dainty viands ever tempt
My palate or my pocketbook.
From costly habits I'm exempt.
Extravagance still gets the hook.
Just let me loiter in the shade
And chew my crust of bread until
I've sensed the taste of butter made
From milk at fifty plunks a gill.
Ah, life is still as fine as silk
Or bank account without a doubt.
A pipe, a book, a glass of milk
- What is there left to dream about?
Yea, bol For gloom there's no excuse.
The simple life Is mine, vow
An acre,- say, at Tenth and Spruce ;
Ahundred thousand dollarcow!
GRIF ALEXANDER.
Copyrlrht. ISIS, by the 1311 Syndicate, Inc.
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class for1 fellows who are willing to go
anywhere. But, Dollber will also go
to other big cities and recruit salesmen
and saleswomen. Is that qulto clear,
Mr. Feather?"
"Then he'll do absolutely nothing but
hire and train men?"
"That's nil It's bctterfor one to do
It properly than for twenty to bungle
at the job"
There was quite a tussle on the ques
tion of having women to sell Glider
cars, but finally Bralnard settled the
matter by saying:
"We've never used women before,
but there's lots of things we are doing
now that we never did before; so, I
think, Feathers, we might try them for
a time give them a good tryout."
"You codld get them for less money
than men, of course, Mr. Duke?" quiz
zed Feather.
"No, absolutely no, Mr. Feather. If
they can do the work as well as men
they should have the same money. A
skirt Is no argument for cutting down
the wage scale!"
"I agree with Mr. Duke," Bralnard
spoke with more crisp decision than I
thought him capable of.
That, of course, settled the matter
and after a little more general talk the
meeting came to a close.
On the way back to the hotel Duke
said to me:
"Peter, we must Btudy friend Odd a
bit now."
"Why?"
"Because, if we hire and train sales
men for hlra, we must get men and
women who will work In harmony with
him. Incompatibility of temper broke
up relations between salesman and sales
manager as often as It split the har
mony of a married couple.
"Feather Is to write Dollber at
Springfield and arrange for him to be
here in two weeks' time. In the mean
time you go through the factory and
familiarize yourself with ,the Glider Car
and Its comparative points with other
cars.
and send them back. This wretched
thing wns addressed to:
"Biffles,"
The Hall,
Little Becket,
Kent.
I knew that every one was watching
me closely, and I felt the blood mount
ing to my face. I realized at once what
had happened, and I mentally kicked
holes in myself for not being more care
ful over addressing ray letter to Molly,
and for having used such a ridiculous
signature. It may sound very nice
when Molly says it, but it looks dread
ful on the outside of an envelope.
"We'd better give It back to the post
man when he comes," said Dorothy.
"Er no," I stammered. "I shouldn't
do that. Because well you see it's
meant for me." (
"You?"
"Ys. It's a letter I wrote to my
er tailor."
"Indeed?" said Gerald. "You must
be on pretty good terms with him, if
you sign your letters 'Biffles.' "
"Not at all," I said. "That's my
telegraphic address." This feeble ef
fort was greeted with howls of derision.
"My poor child," began Gerald.
"Oh, jgo to blazes!" I said, and I
took cover behind the Telegraph.
"And this Is my brother," moaned
Gerald. "OchoneJ Ochone! (what
ever that may mean). Ochone! Och
one!" "What's her name?" said Dorothy.
"Tell me what she's like, George,"
chimed In the Flapper.
"Yes, 'Biffles, tell us all about her,"
said Gerald.
That finished me. I threw down the
paper and jumped up.
"As a family," I said, "you are dis
gusting. You are lineal descendants of
Paul Pry, and your name Is Mud."
"And yours is 'Biffles,' " said the
Flapper.
With an effort ,1 refrained from
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"As soon ns you feel able to talk the
car Intelligently, get Odd to give you n
few leads, nnih after you've sod not ' '
less than three cars you'll be able to :
tell others how to do it."
I knew Duke has sold cars, so he
knew what ho was talking about. Ho
returned to New York on another ense,
while I went through the factory. "V 5
I soon learned the salient points of'
the Glider Car, and then asked Odd for '
some leads.
I got some, and I got some experi
ence, too, before I sold my three cars !
TODAY'S BUSINESS QUESTION
What is "Indorse"t '
Answer will appear tomorroie.
ANSWER TO SATURDAY'S
BUSINESS QUESTION
An "Embargo" is the order of a
government forbidding ships to leave
its ports.
In this ItlOM Xfr. TVhlll.)tnd tntll nu. ."Vl
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wcr rcaacrs ousiness questions on
buying, selling, advertising and employ
ment, m
G. P. A. Why not turn over tha
selling of your South Dakota farm to n
good real estate concern?
If you have any question as to the re
liability of any of them, your banker
can quickly find out for you whether
or not they are dependable.
A brief ad In this paper after this
style might help:
I OWN A DANDY FARM IN SOUTH DA
KOTA
Tho itory Is too lonr to publish here, but
I've rot It all written out ready to tend to
any one Interested In buylnr It. Here are
Tew (acts: ISO acres adjolnlnr national
hlrhway. 100 acres of It level prairie, the
rest fins pasture: live, nelrhborly community,
rood schools and church close by, place well
fenced: splendid water.
You could also advertise In the farm
journals. If you really want to (et re
sults I advise' you. to consult a good ad
vertising agent and pay him to write
up the ads and the general story to send
to Inquirers.
strangling her, and, turning on my heel.
I strode out of the room. As I closed
the door, I heard muffled shrieks, and I
shuddered as I thought ot the future.
That was three weeks ago, and ever
since then my life has been made a
misery to me. I am alluded to as .
"Biffles" on every possiblo occasion.
When I go out. they ask me if I'm
going out "Blffllng" : and yesterday
my birthday I was presented with a
cigarette case with "To 'Biffles,' from
his brother and sisters" engraved on it.
Thus it goes on. I cannot stapd it
much longer. Another three weeks like
the last, nnd I shall be in my grave
"Blffled" to death.
I would have preferred to have kept
the details of this dreadful affair locked
for ever in my breast, but a sense of
duty to my fellowmen compels me to
stand here as a horrible example. You
who are young and lovesick, be warned
in time. If you- must write love
letters and I suppose you must let
your signature be something frigid and
formal. "James Q. Jones." or "Hi F.
Smith," as the case may be. Then. If
anything does go wrong, and your mis
sive comes back to you, the ghouls in
the returned letter department won t
have the opportunity of blasting your
young life as they have blasted mine.
Oh! how I hate the postofflce! Des
mond Carter, in London Opinion.
A NUMBER OF THINGS
Eugene King, of Kennebunk, Me.,
estimates that In fifty years as a black
smith be has shod more than 100,000
horses. 4
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis N. Thayer, of
Brockton, were born in May, were mar
ried In May and nil of their three chil
dren were born in May.
The annual payment to the govern
ment of Panama from the United
States, under, Article 14 of the treaty
of November 18, 1003, is $250,000.
Today the United States is the largest
manufacturer of natural dyes in tha
world, having been almost negligible as
a producer prior to the war.
The United States maintains one of
the largest printing plants in tha coun
try. It issued 1102 reports during the
last fiscal year at a cost of $310,000.
They contained 64,407 pages.
Mrs. Myrtle Kennett, sixteen years
old, who was married recently and
whose husband is a painter of smoke
stacks, works with him dally, and says
she enjoys sitting on the swinging seat
of a steeplejack, 200 feet in the air.
One of the largest American flags
was displayed in the Grand Central
railroad station in New York durin?
the Liberty Loan campaigns. The width
was given as sixty-five feet: length. Ji
130 feet 5 stripes, five feet wide ; weight,
400 pouncs.
Congress first adopts an amendment i
to the constitution by a two-thirds vote ',
in each house. It is then submitted to t
tha state legislature, and when three-
fourths of them have approved or "rati-
flea- it, it Becomes part, of the constitu- X l
tlon.
A boulder weighing forty-six tons,
which is to be the base of a Grand Army
monument on Town Hall lawn, East
Providence, B. I., has been moved two
mile on rollers through the streets,
It broke down a forty-ton gear on the
first attempt to move it.
Litigation over the estate of Nathan
iel Oilman, of Waterville, yMe., has
lasted for more than fiftv-elrht vcars.
Mr: Glfman died in 1850 an'd his will
was filed lor probate in October. 1860.
and some form of litigation is still pend
ing, une o: tne heirs was missing for a
while. Detectives traveled all over the
globe and finally located her in London,
bo anxious are the farmers in north
ern Alberta to overcome tbo difficulties
occasioned by the shortage of labor
that they are buying up tractors as fast
as they can get them. One firm alone
has sold in this district no fewer than
200 ot these machines, for which the
farmers in every instance paid cash in
advance in order to insure early de
livery. This enterprise on the part"
ot tne tarmers is not only Helping to
solve the labor difficulty, but it is aluo
resulting in a gratifying increase in
the acreage of farm land under cultiva
tion. A Peoria. (111.) Inventor has secured
a patent on a drill that actually will
bore a perfectly' square hols, or, in fact,
a hole of , any desired shape. It is done
by having a bit boring a round hole'aud
working' In a perpendicular shaft, then,,
having other bits operating horizontally
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