!(- ,v y -f-wSWi'. rrTJrwnr, v. ' V '' "f ' EVENING PUBLIC LEDGEK PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, JULY 12, 1919 p 77 WORLD FOR SALE By SIR GILBERT PARKER Author of "The 8eat of the Mighty," "The Money Master," etc. DAILY NOVELETTE DREAMLAND AD VENTURES -By Daddy "THE SINGING STRANGER" THE BABY SOJF By Anna I.. Finn fcV .t .- . v4r m ii I A 4 if i? im Ktt J3 J "4 ll h Jul rt Copyright, 1010. by Harper . Uros THIS STARTS TIIK STORY ' Flcda Druse, daughter of Onbriel Druse, of gipsy blood. shoots In n canoe the Carillon rapids on the Bagalac river where it llovvs between the towns of Mnulton 'iinil Lebanon In the Canadian Northwest. She it rescued from tlie whirlpool below bj Max ltigeillv. a manager of greri terests, who has come to Lebanon to unite the two towns and make them the center of cnimncrie In the western north. On the shore 'he is insulted l)j Felix Mnieliiind. a powerful but disreputable diameter of Mnulton Jngolbv attacks Mnulinnil. who vows Tcvcnge Kleel.i is claimed hv one Jethro Fnwe as his wife under a gypsv custom which united them in marriage when thej were cluldieii rieda rejects him Miiuhand stn up a feud between the two towns in order to foil Ingolby's ambitions strike is to be called Ingiilhv s new bridge is to be blown up and lie him nelf, thrown into the met IiikoIIh detennines to mingle that night with bis enemies in Miimtou iliguiMd as a French Canadian. Inpdln and Fawe meet fur the hrst tune am! a quarrel over Fleela ensues between them. AM) HKKi: IT ('0M1M1 The Romaiiv hesitated, then shook his head and inutteied ihaolie alh "Yen well ' was the- elusive le-ph Ingolbi pressed a bell. ami. in mi i Stant, .lim Iteaelle was in the looin He had eviebnth bin at the kevlmle "Jim," he Kind, "show the gentleman out." But suddenl.v he cnujtlit up n box of cigars from the table and thrust it mte. the Roman1, s hands. Tltcv re the bct to be got this siele of Havana " he sniel chceril.v "Thov'll help you put more fanc.v t-tlll into lour pln.vnig tiooil night. "loll never plnjed hettei than you've done during the last hour, I'll stake in life on that (iood night Show Mr Fawe out, Jim The Roman hail not time to thrust back the cigars upon his host, and dazed bj the strategv of the thing, bj the superior force anil mind of the man who a moment ago he w'enild hne killed he took the box and turneel toward the door, taking his hat dazedl from Jim At the door, however, rate lung sight of the sl.v grin on the mulatto servant's face, his rage and understanding re turned to him. and he faced the master ful Goigio oure again "Bj God, I'll have none of it!" he exclaimed roughly and threw the box of cigius on the floor of the room. Ingolbj was not perturbed. "Don't forget there's an east-bound train every day," he said meaningly, and turned his back as the door closed. In another minute Jim entered the room. "Get the clothes and the wig and things, Jim. I must be off," he eaid. "The toughs don'tget going till about this time oer at Manitou," responded Jim. Then he told his master about the clothes .having been exposed in the room when the Romany arrived. "But I don't think he seen them," Jim added with approvaK of his own conduct. "I got 'em out quick as lightning I covere?d 'em like a blanket " "All right, Jim; it doesn't mntter, That follow "s -EpL-otKer things to think of than that. He wag wrong, however. The Romany vtag waiting outside In the darkness not far away watching and waiting. For Luck TflELIX MARCHAND was in the highest spirits. His clean-shaven face was wrinkled with smiles and sneers. His black hair was flung in waves of triumph over his heavily lined forehead ; one hand was on his hip with brae satisfaction, the other with lighted cigarette was tossed up ward in exultation. 'I've got him. I've got him like that" he said, transferring the cigarette to his mouth, and clenching his right hand as though it could not be loosed by an earthquake. "For sure, it's a thing finished as the solder of a panni kinlike that." He caught up a tin quart-pot from the bar-counter and showed the solder ed bottom of it. . He was alone in the bar of Bar bazon's Hotel except for one person tho youngest of the officials who had been retired from the offices of the rallwnys when Ingolby had merged them. This was a man who had got bis position originally by nepotism, and represented the worst elements of a national life where the spoils sys tem Is rooted In the popular mind. He had, however, a little residue of that discipline which, working in a great Industrial organization, begets qualms as to extreme courses. He looked reflectively at the leadeu pot and said in reply: "I'd never be lieve in anything where that Ingolbi is concerned till I had It in the palm of my hand. He's as deep as a well, and when he's quietest it's good to look ont. He takes a lot of skinning, that badger." "He's skinned this time all right," 'was Marchand's reply. "Tomorrow'll be the biggest day Manitou's had since the Indian lifted his wigwam and the white man put down his store. Listen bear them. They're coming!" He raised a hand for silence, and a rumbling, ragged roar of voices could be heard without. "The crowd have gone the rounds," he continued. "They started at Bar bazon's and they're winding up at Barbazon's. They're drunk enough to night to want to do anything, and to morrow when they've got sore beads they'll do anything. They'll make thnt funeral look like a squeezed orange; they'll show Lebanon and Master Ingolby that we're to be bosses of our own show. The strlke'll be on after 6ft the funeral, and after the strike's be- " run there 11 be en, men sur!" He paused sharply, as though he had I'one too far. "There'll be what?" whispered the other; but Marchand made no reply, nave to make a warning gesture, for Ilarbazon, the landlord, had entered be hind the bar, , "They're coming back, Barbazon," Marchand said to the landlord, jerking his head toward the front door. The noise of the crowd was increasing, the tjs raucous shouts were so loud that the Vr lirie had to raise their voices. "You 11 tin n land-office business tonight," he o" declared. At Marchand' words Barbazon fcKi'" .. i tmmi tonight, the less to spend toraor ' .-"lMftTrii. n, ( hm n,nil, V5T.- ,?--:7T..njT -ir-r M M . s r.rsi . . i .r-fi-- f'.i . . i t i1jW ' 'SA&.1 - '.':' '' .(..IS I J I , mm . - v -jj e .c .itm- . .- z r :u n 'Mm m 'Suppose the touli it into their and there's going to be a stiike the next day, and after that there't going to be something else " "What else?" Barbazon asked, his beadv ejes fastened on Marchand's face "Something worth while better than l all the rest." Barbazon's low forehead seemed to disappear almost, as he drew the grizzleel shock of hair down, bj wrin kling his forehead with a heat, frown. "It's no damn good, m'sicu'," he Kro"Ie(1- "Am i n fonl? Thcj'll spend money tonight, and tomorrow, nnd the next day, nnd when the row is on; and the more the spend then, the less they'll hne to spend by nnd b. It 8 no good The stead trade for me all the time That is my idea. And the something else what? You think there's some thing else that'll be good for me? Xom de Dieu, theie's nothing you're doing, or mean to do, but'U hurt me nnd ever -bod " flnt,. rnim i !nn (a it- Tin rTlfl TftTl ' J.HUV, n ,i w ii t ti i it ii ui-j - exclaimed Mnrchand louelly, for the crowd was now almost at the door. "You're a nice Frenchman nnd patriot That crowd'll be glad to hear you think they're fools. Suppose they took it into their heads to wreck the place?" Barbazon's muddy face got paler, but his eyes sharpened, and he leaned over the bar-counter, and said with a snarl : "Go to hell, and sny what you like, and then I'll hnve something to say about something else, m'sleu' !" Marchand was about to reply angrily, but he instantly changed his mind, and before Barbazon could stop him, he sprang over the counter nnd disappeared into the office behind the bar. "I won't steal anything, Barbazon," he said over his shoulder as he closed the door behind him. "I'll see to that," Barbazon mattered stolidly, but with malicious eyes. The front door was fluDg open now, aud the crowd pourc?d into the room, boisterous, reckless, though some were only sullen, watchful and angry. These last were mostly men above middle age, and of a fanatical and racially bitter type They were not many, but in one sense they were the backbone nnd force of the crowd, probably the less intelli gent but the more tenacious and consist ent. They were black spots of gather ing storm in an electric ntmosphere. AJ1 converged upon the bar. Two as sistants rushed the drinks along the counter with flourishes, while Barbazon took in the cash and sharpl checked the rougher clement, who were inclined to treat the bar as a place for looting. Most of them, however, had a wholesome fear of Barbazon, and also most of them wished to stand well with him credit was a good thing, even in a saloon. mmmLxrJ :.?. 4. mr.&7m-.. li fill WIHIi $ w I Jw sasmr m w m DOROTHY DARNIT Dorothy Took the Ham's Part tMJTflP?,?fl, u A-r1 tuF) IlKHHBQ 1 I'M MAD, IAD( I PBKlittle qirl, please ill . . , A , T" K3 LADTes' FAVOrVte' 'WMl MAD-HA-HA M DON'T INTERRUPT I I f HlNK HES ( HES NO HANj Wftl 5 TNOALF AS") JjkV 1 S.,I?U A ' -J " "IJte CUREDjT. r4x&&KZ . ,7r nsk lo-zW yTr.riSHmi tSJ V sT . -i rvr - '. Tg -iSE flr. , VW& J&T-Z.. mJr 'Tfr'tSPTO' A W- tfT-Jr , a yT6e9& A.cPtJLi 3,dLJSME ! "- Ijty i, i3 l I ' &3MrK : a -1 5 "va smXfr T. tw& 'hi .s-suffi v g 'S.i!! j .. t k s heads to recti the place?" For a little time the room was packed, then some' of the more restless spirits, their thirst nssunged, sallied forth to taste the higer and old rjc elsewhere, anil "i.use Cain" in the strtets. When they went, it became possible to move about mine freelj in the big barroom, at the cud of which was a billiard table. It was notable, however, that the more sullen elements staled. Some of them were loud in denunci ation of Ingolby und "(he Lebanon gang"; they joked coarsely over the dead Orangeman, but their cheerful vio lence had not yet the appearance of rcalitv. One 'man suddenly changed all that. ! He was a river-drher of stalwart pro portions, with a red handkerchief round his neck, and with loose corded trousers tucked into his boots. He had a face of natural ugliness made almost repulsive by marks of smallpox. Red, flabb hps and .u overhanging Trow made him a figure which men would avoid on a dark night, "Let's go over to Lebanon tonight and hnve it out," he said in French. "Thnt Ingolby let's go break his windows and give him a dip in the river. He's the curse of this city. Holy, once Manitou was a place to live in, now it's a place to die in ! The factories, the mills, they're full of l'rotes'nnts nnd atheists and shysters; the rnilway office is gone to Lebanon. Ingolby took it there. Manitou was the best town in tho West; It's no good now. Who's the cnuse? Ingolby's the cause. Name of God, if he was here I'd get him by the throat as quick as winkln'." He opened and shut his fingers with spasmodic mr.lice, and glared round the room. "He's going to lock us out if we strike," he added. "He's going to take the bread out of our mouths; he's going to put his hte on Manitou, nnd grind ber down till he makes her knuckle to Lebanon to a lot of In fidels, Protes'ants, and thieves. Who'B going to stand It? Protes'ants, and thieves. Who's going to stand it? I say bagosh, I say, who s going to stand it!" "He's a friend of the Monseigneur," ventured a factory-hand, who had a wife and children to support, and how ever pnrtisan, was little ready for that which would stop his supplies. "Sacrc bapteme! That's part of his game," roared the big river-driver In reply. "I'll take the word of Felix Marchand about that. Look at hira ! That Felix Marchand doesn't try to take the bread out of people's mouths. He gives money here, he gives it there. He wants the old town to stay as it Is and not be swallowed up." j,mMrm mm& Iks? VflM&V ji Mmm f.ra 4'JMf i V "Three cheers for Felix Marchand," cried some one in the throng. All cheered louelly save one old man with grizzled hair and beard, who leaned against the wall half way down the room, smoking a corncob pipe. lie wns a French Canadian in elress nnd ap pearance, and he spat on the floor like n navvv he hail filled his pipe with the strongest tobacco that one man ever offered to another. As the crowd cheered for Felix Mnrchand, he made his wav up toward the bar slowly He must hae been tall when he was oung; now he wns stooped, yet there was still something ery sinewy about him. "Who's for Lebanon?" cried the ' l.if ni r ..Irirft t till nil mtlll Wlm' w., i.v. ,..... ...... .... ........ ...... o for giving Lebanon hell, and ducking Ingolbj in the rivei? "I am I am I am all of us!" shouted the crowd. "It's no good wait ing for tomorrow. Let's get the Lebs by the scruff tonight. Let's break Ingolbj 's windows and sonk him in the Sngalnc. Allons nllons gai!" Uproar and broken sentences, thrdats, oaths and objurgations soundeel through the room. There wns a sudden movement towards the door, but the exit of the crowd was stopped by a slow but clear voice speaking in Frnech. "Wait a minute, my friends," it cried. "Wait a minute. Let's ask a few epiestions first." "Who's he?" nsked a dozen Tolces. "What's he going to say?" The mob moved again towards the bar. The big river-driver turned on the grizzled old .man beside the bar counter with bent shoulders nnd lay, jdrnwling speech Whnt've you got to sny about it. son?" he asked threateningly. "Well, to ask a few questions first that's all," the old man replied. "You don't belong here, old man," the other said roughly. A good many of us don't belong h,eTrte'" the old man replied Quietly. It always is so. This isn't the first time I've been to Manitou. You're a river-driver nnd you don't live here cither," he continued. "What 'vc ou got to say about it? I ve been coming nnd going here for ' '-g-bagosh, whado I " B"' "U"y.,ttp We,Te feui. huih iu uu. ,,u ic KUlUg IU TU1SU hell in Lebanon." 'And give hell to Ingolby," shouted some one in the crowd. "Suppose Ingolb.v isn't there?" questioned the old man. "Oil, that's one of your questions, is it?" sneered the big river-driver. "Well, if you knew him as we do. you'd know that it's at night-time he sits studiin' how he'll cut Mnnltou's throat. He's home, all right. He's in Lebanon anyhow, and we'll find him." "Well, but wait a minute be quiet a bit," said the old man, his eyes blinking slowly at the big river-driver. "I've been 'round a good deal nnd I've had some experience in the world. Did you ever give that Ingolby a chance to tell you what his plans were? Did you ever get close to him and try to fig ure what he wns driving at? There's no chanco of getting at the truth if you don't let a man state his case but no. If he can't make ou see his case then Is the time to jib, not before." "Oh, get out!" cried a rowdy Eng lish roadmaker In the crowd. "We know all right what Ingolby's after." "Eh, well, what is he after?" asked the old man, looking the other in the. eye. "What's he after? Oof oof oof, that's what he's after, ue'g tor nis own pocket, he's for being boss of all the woolly west. He's after keeping us poor and making himself rich. He's after getting the cinch on two towns and three railways and doing what he likes with it all; and we're after not having him do it, you bet. That's how it Is, old boss." (TO BE CONTINUED) it: m' 'iwm4r.11 .' l , 1 ii 1 r,u 1 1 1,, , i tw t 1 ! -J - 1 - iiM.i.i MilliTii. p 11 finin.jii,-, ; 1,11.1.11 .:j f. - r1 ,. "-In. , I'M - c. ''-" " I'll J i . r " .. :' r ft B J. -iiMlilf-lllTriil. 1. Hi T Li ThIVi MMlMBIihilli'n- I '-"' lfmVTi 11 ' i 1 ' T " ihlV n J fm iia 1 rnhMVifflMinn nlirJUTHMtftrilrllltiii IHilfculiliinirrilTtifftf itifc JAMES MKRRITT wns pleased be jonel expression. For the Hrst time in his business career he had been given n day off, and the prospects of It filled him with pleasurable anticipation. "For once In m life I'M hnve n nice, unlet day tomorrow." he sollloepiied. Hut his Usions of rest nnd hnnSony soon Minished. when Helen, his charm ing joung wife, henrel the news. "Oh. Hint's perfectlj lovelv. Jimmy dear." she said "And to think It should hap pen so luckilj ! nu kow t1(,y nrc miming n baby's show up at O.'g, and I've tiled all week to get up with l James, but I simpl.v can't leave my preserving Se. jou can take him to nioriovv," she enelod ery confidently. "Wlij. Helen." her husband exclaim ed in astonishment. "Who ever heard of a man going to n baby show ?" "There, I knew jou'd refuse," she re- I piled, "nml spoil the darling's chnnce oi winning nrst prize. .onsensc," her husband retorted, "Lvery mother feels the same waj nlxuit her baby. Thi'ie is nothing un ustial about Jiunes." Helen, however, wns determined that "joung hopeful" should cuter the con test, nnd tij us he would, her husband could not dissuade' her. lie realized how futile It would be to argue, for Helen's word wns law, and there was no alternative' for Jimmy other thnn the one of taking his loung son to the bnbj show So this was the way he was to spend his day of rest. Bright and carl the next morning, James. Jr., waR placed in his cnrrlace. looking spie nnel span in his best bib nml tucker, and quite unassuming for n prospective prize w inner. "Now be sine nnd tell the judges just how old he is nnd all nhotit hira, Jimniv." Helen Instructed, nnd making ceitain that everthing was in order, stood on the pinzza and watched her hiisbanel wheel the baby down the avc nue until he wns out of sight. Although to all outvvnid npnearances Jimniv wns enjoying a fair sharp of happiness, nevertheless inwnrdlv he was vi'r.v iniiili disgruntled for having such nn obligation imposed upon him." The baby show was being conducted ns n special feature in one of the large department stores. Ai riving nt the des tination, Jimmy took the linbv in his arms and proceeded in search of the contest. He had little difficulty in locating it, however, for ns ho entered the store n nriety of all kinds of noise greeted him. It seemed to Jimmy as though every baby in the city were there, and that each was trilng to out do the other to see who could cry the loudest. And to make matters worse, Jimmy was the onli man prpsent, and naturally nttracted a great deal of at tention. He joined the long llnc.of contestants nnd after what seemed to him an eternity it finally came Jnmes, .Tr.'s turn for enrollment. Jimmy heaved a sigh of relief. Never before had he witnessed such chaos and confusion, nnd deter mined right then nnd there that he never would again, nt least so far as a babv show was concerned. He was congratulating himself for getting along so well when, ns he was half wav home, he happened to think that he had nn errand to do for Helen, but in the excitement forgot all about it, so there was nothing to do but go back. I'lncing the carriage among n long line of others he entered the store, nnd although he was gone but n few minutes, .vet in that short tune a number of other carriages had been ndded to the line, and ns Jimmy returned in search of his he admitted that he wns some what confused. Of course, he knew the babe's carriage, he argued, for it was gray nnd he had put clown the shnele be fore entering the Rtore. "Oh, es, there it is right nt the end," he thought, and without further examination started home. Helen wns right on hand to greet them. "Oh, the darling, is he asleep?" she fondly inquired. "I don't know; I guess so," her husband replied, when to Jimmy's nstounded enrs Helen ex claimed, "James JTerritt, what have you done? Oh, where Is the baby?" for as she turned bnck the hood Instead of finding fair-haired James, Jr., a bright pink bow at the top of a mass of nretty brown curls met her gaze. Jim my in his excitement had nothing less than taken the wrong carriage. For the time being he was dumfounded. Words failed him. "Why er, I must have taken the wrong carriage," he stam mered, and without further explanation darted down tho avenue in search of his own as well as to find an owner for the one he had mistaken. A frantic mother was making wide-' spread search for her baby when Jimmy appeared on the scene, feeling very much embarrnssed, nnd he had no little difficulty In convincing her that he was not trying to kidnap her baby. Meanwhile Jnmes, Jr., slept peace fully right where his father had left him outside of the store. Helen was so delighted to have the baby safely back again that she forgot to inquire whether he hnd won a prize or not, although he was fortunate enough to claim one of the smaller ones. Jimmy, however, did not forget the incident quite so quickly. In fact, it is indelibly imprinted on his memory as his perfect day of rest. The next complete Amateur Waitress. novelette The -.- -- i .- (A itranpe lird song dratci PenoU nnd Hilli into the wooili, ichcre they find thnt the singer is a mysterious old man ieho is scckinff a daughter. A poung grl comes in anstcrr to his call.) Surprises for All TIIK stranger clasped the fair maiden to his breast, then, as If doubting his good fortune, held her away nt arm's length while he gazed down Into her eyes. 'I nm ugly. My nose Is big, my back is bent, nnd whiskers cover my face," he said. "Can you care for n fnthcr like mo?" "Your outside may not be handsome, but one can see into your heart through your gentle eyes, and I know it is good and beautiful," nnswered the fair maiden. . "But my clothes arc old and cheap. My cottage is humble and far from the rich things of city life." "Love is more precious than riches. Give me that and I shall be content," declared the maiden. "oii have spolccn well," cried the stinnger "I tnke you for my own lov ing elniighter Whnt is your name, fair child?" "Donnnbclle," she answered. A look of wonder came into the eyes of the stranger. "Don that's my name! And Belle that is the name of my lost sweet heart. l)onnabellc! How queer!" "Belle is the nnmo of my mother, too," spoke up Donnnbelle "Here is her picture." She held a lket out to the stranger. He looked at it nnd gave a queer cry: "Bello! My Belle!" "Oh, I knew you'd like her," cried Donnnbclle I nm glad, for if lou'he took off his ugly, big noso, showing BRUNO DUKE,Solver of Business Problems By HAROLD WHITEHEAD, Author of "The Business Career of Peter Flint," etc (Cosrrurbt) THIS PROBLEM OF THE NEW RESTAURANT Beginning to Itulld Up a Habit I CAN best tell the remainder of Bruno Duke's plnn by relating what hap pened. By his order, I went over the Newnrk city directory, and put a pencil mark against every nnme of n man or woman who lived in Newnrk, nnd whoso busi ncs or occupation was such ns woulC indicate that he or she was in a com fortable position you know what I mean able to live comfortably and en joy some of the good things of life. iVfter that I went over m.v marked list with the telephone book nnd checked in the telephone book the names that were nlso in the city directory. By this means we secured in the telephone book a quite select list of names. To each of these names we sent n letter telling them nbout our "Golden Hour Teaspoon and offering to send them one with our compliments if they would return to us the card which we inclosed, so thnt we would be sure that it would reach them and that it would be acceptable. I ought to explain that we took care to send only one letter to a home. In some cases I found three or four names nt one nddress. We took n chnnce wherever it seemed possible, nnd we addressed our letter to Mrs. Somebody, for wc decided that if Mrs. Somebody liked the epoon sho would make her men folks get her enough to make up a set. by having a sufficient number of menls at "The Golden Hour" restau rant. Say, the number of returns we got was tremendous. One letter came three weeks later from Dallas, Texas. It Feems the people hnd recently left Newark for Dallas, eo our letter wns forwnrded to them there. After thev advertisements began to appear people began to come into the restaurant at all hours of the day asking for their "free" spoon. Some people were obvious grafters, for they got quite "huffy" when we told them that distri bution did not begin until the next Mon day. We had a number of exhibition spoons Btolen from the tables, but we calculated thnt they were "well stolen." One man, however, we did hold up, for he not only stole the spoon off his own table, but deliberately went to two other tables and appropriated the exhibition spoons for them. Miss Elam handled him all right, for she marched up to his table with an other spoon which she placed in the empty glass-top box. Then, turning to him she said with nn Innocent smile but with a straight, cold look: "We do occasionally sell n few spoons for a dollar each, nnd, If you wish, I'll be glad to wrap up the three spoons which are In your outside righthand pocket. I fear that they may .get Rcrntchcd without any wrapping. I really think, however, that it would be cheaper for you to wait until next weeix when wo give them away." He flushed and said lamely : "I thought they were free this week I beg your pardon" "It is an easy, mistake to make, sir, please say no more about It." She picked up the three spoons which he had Copyright, by th Bell Syndicate, $3X1 Xj! - ' For the next thing sho hnerr there sho was hack In her own homo nnd nil alone tnke me, you must take mother, too. We arc all alone in the world. Father died when I was a baby." "With all my heart I'll take her, too," cried the stranger. "I have senrched the whole world for her, Have you never heard her speak of her childhood lover Don?" "Often. We prayed for him every night," nnswered Donnabelle, her eyes glistening. "Can you be he? But no He was tall and handsome, and not so old. While you forgive me If I hurt you are bent with years. But the stranger was only laughing. "I nm young ngaln now that I have found you nnd Belle, my beloved," Jie shouted. With that ho stripped off his whiskers. They were false, ns Billy hnd suspected. And he straightened the stoop out of his bnck, standing tall and sturdy. And, most surprising of all. placed on the table, nnd with another smile left him. I had a funny experience myself. A Ijttlo weasel-faced woman came up to me where I wns standing near the door and said In a snippy manner: "Hem, young man, do you worki ere?" "Yis, madnm," I Raid. "Hem, novv I want to see one of them spoons. I'm In a hurry, so step lively , oung man." I gave a little bow and passed her one of tho spoons. She turned up her nose slightly as she examined it sus piciously. "Hem, it Isn't very heavy ! Is It real silver?" i "No, madam, electroplated on nickel silver." "Hem, well, how long is It guaranteed to wear, and do you give new ones for them ns don't wear proper?" MONEY HABITS Former President William Howard Taft is far from being a rich man, and let his finnncial circumstances nre such thnt it must hac been n surprise to innny,. to learn that he arrived in De troit some time ago "dead broke" and was compelled to walk a mile and a halt to the city hall to get a check cashed. The popular idea is that men of money nlwnys have it with them. In deed, there are some who ask, "What is the use of being rich if you have no money?" Yet others' look at it more philosophically nnd say that one of the ndvnntages of being a millionaire is that iou do not need to carry money. A millionaire can always borrow money nnd his nod is ns good as his wad. Somo j cars ago there was told a very amusing story of a plot to take a num ber of tho richest men in America out to sen in a yacht and hold them up The scheme was said to havo been per fect in every detail save that of first of all providing the victims with cash. John D. Rockefeller, Pierpont Morgan, Russell Sage, Harriman and other mag nates were aboard the vessel, but when tho brigands began to "clean them up" tho total cash In the company was nbout sixty cents. Rockefeller had only a few of those pennies which he Is said to carry for children and Rus sell Sage could show nothing better than a well-worn nickel. But they are not all like that. A San Franciscan tells of going on a trip with some very rich men who bad difficulty in settling for their hotel bill. The only man in the group with any money wns Charles M. Schwab, and he had nothing less than n roll of $1000 bills. He was not then the multimillionaire he is today, and he may have changed his habits. The late King Edward of England was frequently without a cent in fact, it was said that he never carried any money. On one occasion he was asked what was the most exciting adventure ho ever" had, and It was thought that ho would tell of some hairbreadth escape from a tiger in India, but no; he said that It 'vns on n moor in Scotland at the end of n day's shooting. The mist was beginning to thicken into a rain and Prince Edward, as he then was, wanted to light bis cigar. There was not a match in the company. At last By Chas. McManus his own well-formed taw benctOi. "I put on a disguise, whllu looMne tor n daughter," he laughed. "I wantM her to love me for myself alone. El noro was fooled, and so was M1m Golden -Hair, who wanted a rich man for a father. Behold 1" As Quickly as ho had snatched off bis whiskers, the stranger slipped oat of his shabby clothes, and stood before them clad In the garments of a million aire. And that wasn't all. He whistled 4 new bird song, and from a Bhort die tance nvvay came the sonnd of a throb' blng engine. The bushes parted like a curtain, and Into view rolled the largest and handsomest automobile Peggy and Billy had ever seen, driven by a chauf feur in gorgeous livery. "This is what Miss Golden-Hair missed by being greedy instead of Iot Ing," Bald the stranger. "She will have a wealthy father, but one not hal sq rich as I am." ''"" -jjaaay .Don. I'll have loved tou just ns much if you hadn't a cent and so would mother, too," cried Donna belle. , "My Bolle. Let's hasten to her at once," cried Daddy Don. Ho tossed Donnabelle among the cush ions of the automobile and Peggy and Billy after her. Then he climbed in himself nnd nwoy they went Hcke.ty splinter through the woods, nnd down the road. They went so fast that Peggy closed her eyes and In closing her eyes she must have gone to sleep, for the next thing she knew there she was back In her own home, nnd all alone. (In th next installment Peggy and Mlty have a part in a story of a dif ferent sort.) "We give no guarantee with them, for they are free to our patrons, but I we can assure you that they are excel lent quality and will give splendid satis faction." "Hem, It's as I thought," and she I planked the spoon on the counter. "It's t just a catch, and you can't catch mel" Then she left me and sat down at ail table and ordered n slxty-five-cent lunch ! TODAY'S BUSINESS QUESTION What is "Tarc"t Answer will appear Monday. ANSWER TO YESrERDA1'S BUSINESS QUESTION A "Time Bargain" is a contract for the future sale of stook. OF RICH MEN a clergyman came on the scene and,1 niter n nine Hesitation, confessed to having one "Inciter." Would it Hght7 it wns n critical moment. All tho over coats in the group were enlisted to shield tho mntch from the wind. It was n success, nnd ns the cigar began to dinw Prince Edward remarked that to bo without a match was worse than to be without money. Some men make n "point of alwtvs keeping a five, ten or twenty piece or bill m their clothes as a resevre. and it is said that after a time they become so accustomed to it that they think of themselves as "broke" when they havo nothing else. The Ex-Soldier's Guide In view of the large number of men now being demobilized, a few hints as to tho present prospects of employment will be useful. Coal Mining This important occu pation will probably offer in the nearj future great opportunities of accumu lating wealth. Returning soldiers with experience of trenches and underground passages will find it a congenial em ployment, with frequent leisure at a maximum rate of strike pay. Hanking This calling will prove emlnentlr suited to second HeutenRntfi with experience of overdrawn accounts or to army pay clerks. The banking'.. profession, having for some time past been recruited with female labor, will' be found an excellent substitute for a' matrimonial agency. Railway Work This occupation pro vides much healthy excitement wltJ nhnnpft ftf TirnrTinffnn tn Mrh nffiitk --" .--. . .,...,. the government. A knowledge of how to pack 120 passengers Into a space normally suited to 30 people is required, as also strong vocal cords and a gift for sending luggage to the wrong destination. ' Government Unemployment TM3 occupation was formerly known ns munition making. It is a calling re quiring little skill, consisting chiefly of signing one's nnme every day at a labor exchange and drawing one's pay. The wages are not high, but as a!l spare time occupation it affords a wel-jl come addition towards meeting one a super tax. Constabulary or Police force An' arduous occupation, consisting largely of hunting for dogs without muzzles and taking notes of street accidents. The grave shortage o beer, the lack of domestic servants, and the necessity of having frequently to change Into civil-? J f .1 - . 1 ..lll... ...IA4a I lan uresa vu uueuu nuiac luiuiuiticu meetings make this occupation less at- tractive than in pre-war days. - Controllers This war-time occupa- tion is now largely on tne wane, we number of controllers- having been re cently much reduced, and several oll the most important hotels vacated.il rVineerfeil action is to be taken br the remaining controllers to retain their, j functions (and salaries), but the tiros' I pects for fresh applicants for control-fl lerships are not bright. -ft The Church The position in this Industry is somewhat involved. Thetl status of the clergy of the humblel ranks has materially improved elnce the National Union of Curates was formed, and the average -cage now ob tained Is almost half as much as hit received bv a corporation dustman. Oh' the other hand, the higher clergy are5 1 in serious straits, and several dln4- taries are being compelled by the chllLJ! of penury to let their, paUeei.-r4? deaneries to prosperous draBsM ufttiai tarn's wr manufacturer;-" 4 TituCu .1.1 rii.ivi.i ' '. 7TTm,Tf'!'s""mm? """" C .: c " .,
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