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THIS STARTS THE STORY
A homo party is being given at tbc
country home of Katherine and
Bingham Harvard. Among the guests t
Is one Conrad Belknap. Convinced '
that ha Is concealing his real identity '
and that he Is there for some ulterior
purpose, Katherlne determines to
ferret out the mystery. IlealUIng
that he is suspected by Katherlne,
Belknap threatens to Recuse of a
crime her brother. Roderick Max
wllton, who Is believed to bo dead,
If Katherlne makes any move against
him. Roberta, n confederate of
Belknap's, arrives on the scene under
the name of Senorita Cervantez.
Belknap accuses Roberta of deceiv
ing him She admits the secret pres
ence of Roderick and her love for
Roderick is rovealed.
Roberta confesses to Ilarvard that
she is the divorced wife of Belknap,
and that he has compelled her to be
come a participant with him In bin
career of crime. She admits that he
Is in reality one Crnnshnw Belding.
as has been suspected by the authori
ties. She confesses her love for a
stranger Carruthers, a man with a
scar on his face, who has come to the
house tn the guise of a Secret Service
operative. Carruthers is thought by
the othors to be Bralnard. but
5? Roberta refuses to divulge Ms reai
&" n.m Sh mtii he has been falsely
suspected of crime. Belknap is hid
den by Katherlne in n secluded lode-?
called the Nest, from which he is un
able to make his escape. Katherlne
makes a secret visit to him.
He tells her that his object In
coming to her home is to steal a
famous jewel belonging to Madame
Savage, one of the guests. He also
confides to her that Ilobcrta is' in
love with her brother.
AND 1IEHE IT CONTINUES
fiTpHKN I snvv him!" Katherlne ex-
claimed in a half whisper.
"Possibly," he rejoined coolly. "But
you would not recognize htm. He
possesses a hundred disguises so she
has assured me, ard 1 believe her. If
I did not know the impossibilitj of his
entering the secret service bemuse of
the crime Hint is charged against him
..i .. i.;m, 1 linnnen to know he did
ft not commit) I would have thought that
Camithcrs, whom jou heard me defy,
might bo he. But that is absurd. He
i could not get into that department with-
out a clean record."
Belknap had been pacing up and
f'J j.n on.l etnnninir nnti nacinir asam.
Ev" Katherine had resumed liei ..hair. Now,
sne sat wim f-iur,i- .,.... -
straight lu front of her He noticed the
fact and passed around to her Hide of
the table until lie stood beside lior chair,
within reach of her
"You see." he said, "that I rould
seize jou now. if I were sc, disposed.
Tou hnvf been off jmir guard."
Bhe raised her ejes to his and smiled
wanlv. without (hanging her nttitude
"Possihlv." she Kind: "but 1 do not
think that jou will attempt it."
Ho shrugged, with n measure of ion
) tempt in the gesture He had taken
that position with that ei.v purpose in
view in case she should denj Ins last
poa the one he was about to mane
If she guessed his purpose, she gave
no sign of the fact
"Mrs. Harvard." lie said. "I have
thrown down eerj card I possess, face
VS. un. on the table. I would lommit mur-
IV. Arr n dozen times over, with no legard
for the ictim, if b doing -o 1 tould
... .!, n- f VH. 1 xronl.l nerl
- . - .. . i
fire Roberta for it; and I .annot make
V" '"' "r "'. . .
a stronger statement mail umi
Are'
you giving heed to what I aj "' '
f "Yes 1 might follow jou better if
you should stand ii little farther awa
say against the table behind jou ou
can ns entllj seize me from there as
where jou ale. it jou ime tne mina
to do it,"
XIa n.nAl ttoL ,t nf-ff n Ciei, lintll 111
weicht was anainst the big table, and
o uu,u u.,- .-,. -
stood with hands renting lightly upon it
at the sides. He hniil :
"The jewel is of no value to anjbody
save n collector. If it were stolen, no
body would dare to buy it. Mme. Sav
age does, not appreciate It. It is a
great care to her, and there is not a
doubt that she would be glad to be well
rid of it. If jou will let me out of here
tomorrow night at two, or the night fol
Jowing, ut the same hour I win iiccine,
upon which one to emploj and if iou
will, jourself, remain here, waiting,
HI j. f.vinM. I !1l nromive loii this :
whetlier I suiceed in obtaining the jewel
or not, I will, after the attempt to get
it. co nwiu I will disappear. I will
Jiot dve up hope, of securing the rubj,
scmetimp. hut
1 .wilt never cross your
paUi again nor Roberta's Nor your,' "" " "y logethcr. I paw his
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brother's. I wi l,ae tnrm ire 10 - ' 'm" ; "'" uul ri-rosnup
-marrV when they will I w.ll not mf:1. ll.uUed."
. much as a straw in their way, be- I ..:"" "a".a- l
fore or after it.
-"' ... . .
1 will do more. This-
J will, withiu a few daji, bend jou
dotu.mentary proof of jour brother's en
tire innocence of the charges that lie
tt...t l.l. ..1,1, thf. cri eminent Such'
is tiTpr "e that I am willing and eager
r-Mnr th. opportunity I seek. W.ll
to pay'for the opportunity
jou pny it?"
"Wnir moment. sne reimvu in a
(.low-lr unon her fret
Her entire manner was if she were
Utterlv absorbed in the contemplation of
-his offer and. ns had been the case
with licr n moment before, Belknap was
, tb,ti time taken off his guard.
She arose directly In front of her
efcair and stood there w ith bow ed head
ttorlair o full minute while he watched
kfnnrnfulr and expectantly.
." Tl! whole mind was centered upon
Tow tone as If deeply Impxcd bj what ,,lle 6r1 part of 0,,r l'"tiou by saying
ie had sahl- and as .h&pok- she got!'t ' "l tell you exactly where ho
lie nail wiu. ami n i bp fouu( whout flrgt oblnlng
I Ihe -possession of the coveted ruby.
( k ' .After another moment she moved
. 'iVly nearer to him, until, in fact, she
stood nearly oesiue mm ; wiuini, iij,
lirtce the lenetli of his arm.
5-"l Tbeu ho heard a sharp click. He
. w Ker Jean backward, away from the
h tMe. The table itself dropped like a
plummet through tic noor, ana, occouho
ki. was leaning aealnst It, carried him
CWUb- it. An instant later he found
Mmu-tr In utter darkness, for the aper-
ture'Bbore the table, In the floor over
I 1 1.11. I..! C.,1 olnsnK
"k ii? Z.. ' ' , i,,,i. q,1 (lien he ceased
t swear. The floor above him slid open
"The j(nce was on guard, Mr. Bel
Uan," he heard Katherine say. "Stand,
'.nil i ,! t will brlue jou back. Then
talll leave Jou. But 1 will tell you
o fe Night Wind
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'l lie tiible itself dropped like a plummet through the floor and
shnll hae jour opportunitj and I will
keep to my promise in regard to It "
Katherine went straightway in
search of Roberta, and not discovering
her among the guests who were scat
tered about the grounds, tougtit her
in her room. The door was quickly
opened in response to her summons,
and she stepped inside, closed the dnor
behind her, nnd turned the kej.
"I have come," she taid abruptly, "to
ask jou about my brother Roderick. You
maj speak out , there is no longer any
neeessitj for loieelessness. I have
known, almost Fince the hour of jour
nrnul, thnt jou are Roberta of the
telephone talks with me."
Uoliertn gasped. Katherine contin
ued: "I know still more no matter how;
fm example, that jou were once the
wife of Conrad Belknap, and that you
are now willing and eager to become
my sister-in-Inw ; hut "
"A moment, please, Mrs. Harvard,"
Roberta said quickly when Kntherine
' '" ' " s HUOUeillJ cnu-
isciniis of lie seier tv of her ton
' o "mi-i in hut ic fin in it cr lono. iihfi
. .. '" . '
i it should be so
. ... vv ....Mw iink
i "Well?" Katherine questioned her
"I lme never been the wife of Con
rail Helknnp." Uohertn replied in her
natural oiee nnd smiling, "because,
iar as i know, there is tin Bi,..h
person The nnht name nf the ,
I married ten lears ngo. and whom
rrtn b.A.. .. f f -r , ,
.'' iMf" n onrau jteiKnan. IS one
mm is remeinDeretl in the neighborhood
of your Kentucky home. I had sup
posed that Mr. Harvard would men
tion it when he told j-ou the rst of
my story, although he did say Unit he
intended not to talk with you about
it until after I had done fro."
"Mr Harvard has not talked with
me about jou at all," Katherine said
"Then, how ".
"No matter hon Wo will lonve .lio.
k-h-uuh m ..unr personal connection
'th things that haie been happening
at Mj quest until later. Just now I
i " ant 3 on to tell me. and at on.e !,.
i J ''" communicate with my brother.
i J kno" ,ll!t jou .can tell us, 1 know
....... ...... iiiu-,l leu me. i know that
..,. mei mm in me middle of Saturdaj
''.'" '" u,lw,11" Dox-eiuer hj the lake.
snw 10u mere toirether
I PHKP mnu tn i-- ,.....i nti
i ' , ' ' irauon. u ncre
... ..... muuin, ana now can i commu
nicate with him?"
"He is not far away, Ka Mrs. Har
ard. He is, in a sense, untehin,. n.
J,ou- ' but-I beg you t
' '"" mC.whP" .' R.tBtc """""ly
you to he
that
I am acting under his positive and im
peruuve insirueiions when I reply in
DOROTHY DARNITIt
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his consent You would not have me
break my solemu word to him?"
' "No, but "
"But jou can communicate with him,
if jou will. I can get nny message to
him that you wish."
"Thank jou," Katherine replied,
somewhat coldly "Please inform Him
that he must make himself known to
me, nnd let me speak with him, alone,
at once; before the dinner hour tomor
row, certain!). Cun you do that? Can
jou communicate ruth him before you
sleep tonight?"
"I thluk sa. J will try. lie .he
loves you very dearly, I know. He has
only thought that for the sake of all
concerned jou should not know ofvhis
nearness until until he belleied the
hour to be propitious."
Katherine incited
Suddenly without warning of herin
intention she opened her arms nnd
folded theni nround Boberta, who
started back, or would have done so if
she , ould, because of her surprise ; for
Kntherine, quite unintentional!), but
because of the iutensitj of her feelings,
had thus far spoken, and preseried a
demeanor, of hauteur, reserve and cold
ness "I know part of jour storr. Ito
bertn,' Katherine said in a more kindlj
tone, while she held her in that clo&e
embrace "You shall tell me the rest
of it jour own side of it another time.
But, I know that jou lote Itodeurk, I
know that you have not hesitated to
make great sacrifices to protect him
from your common enemj. Moie still,
although I hae been uware from the
beginning that jou were associated with
Conrad Belknap in some inexplicable
way, I haie been drawn to ion, I have
believed in you, nnd I hne grown to
Iom" you
I Thus, we will leave them together.
lor Kobcrla would not liaie it that the
story she had to tell should unit
Everything that she had told to Bing
ham Harwird she repeated to Katehrine
In u much more intimate waj and she
added much to it, of a personal nature,
which there had been neither time, in
clination nor neeessitj to relate to him.
Katherine, in all respects have one,
gae confidence for confidence. She ad
mitted that the knowledge she alreadj
possessed of Itoberta's past had bcq
told to her by Belknap, and bhe con
fessed that she had assisted him to
make his escape But she went no
farther than that Khe said nothing
about the Nest, nor did she admit that
she knew aught of Iiclknap's intentions
or plans after his departure.
At the Nest, Helknnp Lad not en
tirclj lost his equilibrium when the
tuble against which he leaned, nnd the
floor under it,
had Imppenn
,.,, ,,,,lflp ui
Honr under it. sank beneath him; but it
I so buddenlj, and with
uexpectednes.s, that he bnd
Might Have Been a Washer!
By VARICK VANARDY
AtrUior of "The Two-Tattd Man,"
"AUm lh Night Wind," etc
ii!lSl!Ii
carried him with it
been obliged to clutch the edge of the
table madly with his fingers, aud so to
steady himself, in order to keep his up
right position.
One'ithinks quickly under such cir
cumstances, and his first thought had
been that Katherine had but plajcd
upon his rapt eagerness concerning the
jewel, in order tofget the best of him
nnd then to repudiate his offer and
him
His amazement when she called down
to him that she would accept his propo
sition and would keep to her promises
in regard to it, was intense.
He would hnvo replied to her if she
had gien him time; but ut onee the
table, and the two or three feet of
flooring around it, began to rise toward
its former position, so he decided to wait
until he was once more fuee to face with
her. When, however, his head was
again above the level of the lloor, he
snw that she had gone, that the iloor
wa to the outside world was closed,
and that he was again nloue.
"What a woman!" he muttered for
perhaps the hundredth time since he
had been in the chalet ; and then again,
"What a woman !"
How fervently he wished that he knew
the sicicts of that mjsterious house
or some of them at least. But he had
already onvinced himself of the utter
fruitlessness of searching for them
He had passed hours and hours nt that
task, with absolutclj no result; the
mysteries of the marvelous mechanism
concealed within tho Swiss chalet de
fied him.
"But," he told himself, "I have her
promise; and she will keep it."
He selected a book and tried to read,
but having ho recently dwelt nt length,
nnd in words, upon his passionate long
ing to possess the Eye of Nadja. it oh-
sorbed him and he could not take his
mind off of it.
(CONTINUED TOMOIUIOW)
Anybody Could Truthfully
Say
after reading
Penny of Top Hill Trail
that
it is a "rattling good yarn"
"absorbingly interesting"
"will keep the reader guessing"
"a book that jou can't lay down"
and many other things, if he begins
this
charming roninuce
bj Belle K. Manlntcs, on this page
of the
Hunting public ledger
tomorrow
It Is a story that literally "has
evcrj thing."
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DAILY NOVELETTE
MOLASSES CANDY
By June It. Johnson
TT WAS a bitter cold night" thus
J- begins a certain ballad I know,
"and our (hero" ; but Paul Gordon,
trudging the deserted country road this
night was feeling far from a hero
indeed, he felt more like a lonely, home
sick laddie who longs for his mother.
He had Just received his discharge
papers from the army and now,, with
a month's pay In his pockets, he had
started out for the world of hotels and
restaurants n lonely ntmosphero for a
chap who has lost his mother and a real
home.
The lad was suffering from pangs of
homesickness tonight. His two years
in the army had helped to lessen the
pain of his mother's death, but now,
memories came thronging over him, old
fnmlliar faces haunted him.
Suddenly a light gleamed ahead then
another, for the country road now led
nut on a quiet suburban street.
Children romping, fireside groups, n
girl singing these were pictures that
Paul could sec through the lighted win
dows, nnd his sense of loneliness in
creased. Then something different something
stronger than the home scenes came
to him. It was the elusive, tantaliz
ing smell of molasses candy I
He sniffed the air eagerly. It brought
to his mind the picture of an old-fash
ioned kitchen, a little mother stirring a
brownish mixture in a pan, a boy whose
face was lighted up with anticipation.
Molasses candy! How Taul did love it!
Nobody, he thought, could quite make
candy like his mother, but the smell of
this promised to rival even hers.
Prom the glare of a street light, he
aw the house where the candy was be
ing made. Unconsciously he drew near
er until he stood in the shadow of the
porch. Why he had come why he stood
there, he could not have told. He
just seemed to have a desire to stand
nenr this candy to smell its elusive
sweetness even if he were not to taste
Then he gave a start, for a figure in
white appeared on the porch. He could
see her place the pan on the porch rail.
A pause, then n hurry of steps, a
u-...i i.i.i nn his shoulders nnd a girl
ish voice exclaiming angrily : "So yorc
our candy thief? Well, I've caught
you at last! How dare you steal our
La. ,,, dare you? Come into the
canny; now "" - - .,,
house at once. I'll show you to father!
" . .... u.,i v.f irlrl'u imnera-
Dazed, ram nm) " "" ; .
live tone, and found himself n a tiny,
home-like kitchen with nn eJorlyeou.
pie. seated b.fore an old-fashioned
h The 'man rose as the two entered and
tor answer to the girVs breathless
stormy tirade, said in a drawling Yan
kee tone: "So jouH-e the candy thief
don't look like one!" Then turning to
the girl: "I.elia honey, we cant verj
well convict him until he's had a fair
chance to explain. Speak up, m boy.
...i u.ffl recoverinc from his be
wilderment, spoke up, and under tho
gradually softening glances of his smal
audience poured out his irouoies
loneliness, homeslcKness, uiu-uui-ment,
with the ring of truth in his
voice. ,..,,, ,-
"I'm not vour candy thief, he fin
ished with emphasis. "I had no iutcn
tion of stealing your candy, but the
smell of it brought back memories; my
feet followed my thoughts nnd I came,
to jour porch. And now," whimsically,
"I find myself in here trying to clear
mjself of suspicion."
And then just -nt this cnticnl mo
ment a noise was heard on the porch,
,.,! ihe four rnshine out there found the
onrtv thief a little, thin, wriggling
mite of a dog, hungrily noiing the over
turned pan of candy.
Of course there was a hearty laugh
nil around and then everybody found
nut. much to their surprise, that thej
ero iroine to become friends. Store
mnlnsves w ns noured out, for the Pres
tons insisted upon Paul's spending tho
eienine with them, nnd he nnd Lena
made some more candy amid much mcr
rttnent
And ns she btirred the candy the girl
confided to Paul: "You see, lately our
molneses candv has been tipped over
while cooling and eaten by some one
and I was bound to find the thief.
Who'd ever suppose it would be a poor,
starved doggie? So I waited tonight for
the thief and when I saw jou naturnlly
I judged from appearances," and the
girl smiled.
And so Paul Gordon's evening was
spent much more pleasantly than he
had expected. For these honest Yankee
folks father; mother ond daughter
had taken into their hearts nnd. home
tills straightforward young chap who
was evidently so much in need of good
companions
A contented tnbby purring on tho
rug, the fragrant smell of Mr. Preston's
pipe, the pleasant conversation before
the glowing fire and the molasses candy
now cool nnd firm placed in hand's
reuch; these wore the homely pleasures
that Paul shared with the Prcstons.
Who could wish for more?
And in the months that folI6vved Paul
was a frequent and .welcome visitor at
the Prestous' humble home. -Was it only
molasses candy that attracted him?
Anjwnj, no one was surprised when
nuotlier little cottage was built next
door with n certain cater and a certain
maker of molusscs candy Installed as
the occupants.
Thus Paul Gordon found a home and
huppincNs, all because of Masses cnn((j !
The next complete novelette Little
Things That Count.
DREAMLAND ADVENTURES -By D6ddy
"THE GIRL IN THE TOWER"
(Hollo, 1h montvu, tells Pteou
and Silly about a beautiful maiden
tcao U impriioucd In the toicer of a
cattle. Billy makes a rope ladder and
they no to rescue her.)
Climbing (he Walls
TTOW shall we cross the river?"
' " said Rollo, the monkey, looking
nt the rippling stream that stretched"
between them and tho great wall that
.surrounded the tangled wood where
stood the stately castlo In the tower of
which was Imprisoned the beautiful but
sad-faced maiden.
"I will carry jou across," declared
Billy, and ho led Peggy and the monkey
to the bank of the river. There he took
off his shoes and stockings and rolled
up the legs of his trousers. "Now,
climb on my back," he said to Peggy,
and she did as ie said, riding pick-n-back.
Rollo mounted to Peggy's shoul
ders, holding In his arms the rope
ladder which Billy had made to scale
the walls of the castle. Thus loaded
down, Billy stepped out brnvely into
the water. Swifter and swifter and
deeper and deeper flowed the current,
but Billy went slowly and steadily for
ward, testing the ground at each step,
so that he would not step on smooth
rocks, nor sink in soft sand.
It was deeper than ho thought in
tho center, and tho water gurgled around
his legs as if seeking to sweep him
away, but Billy was sturdy and the
weight of Peggy nnd the monkey held
him steady, so on he went to the safety
of the shore.
Here they faced the great stone wall
that surrounded the tangled wood in
which stood the castle. It was n very
smooth wall with sharp spikes at the
top, nnd It was so high that when,
Peggy Btood on Hilly s shoulders ana
Bollo stood on Peggy's head he was
less than half way up.
"I guess we will have to try the
gntc," said Peggy, but when they looked
nlong the wall to the gate they saw
it was guarded by Iron bars, and be-
THE BUSINESS DOCTOR
By HAROLD WHITEHEAD
Author of "The Business Career of Peter Flint" and "Bruno Duke
Solver of Business Problems"
Docks
nd
FOR months' contractors hod been
busy constructing a new dock.
Passers-by used to shrug their shoulders
nnd sav, "Don't sec what those people
ore doing. I suppose they'll get the
dock built some day, but there's no
sign of U yet after all these months.
The'contrnctors knew what they were
about, however, and kept right on with
their job. Then, suddenly, almost
miraculously it seemed to the criticizing
passers-by, the dock wnsiohipleted!
(llv the way, liave you ever noticed
that destructive criticism is generally
the child of ignorance?)
"Wonderful!" exclaimed the passer
by. "Why. less thnn three months ago
there was hardly anything done nnd
now it's ready for use. They certainly
'bucked up' the last few weeks."
But they hadn't. The contractors
had merely kept on nt the same steady
pace working to a definite plan. Of
course, the foundations were below
water and unseen to the pnsser-by
hot the unseen foundations had to be
well anil surely made before the visible
structure could be erected.
Once it was completed it merely re
quired attention nnd repairing to keep
in a usable condition tne uock wiuvu
received and dispatched men and mer
chandise to all parts of the world.
Thatvdock is an excellent illustration
of the 'value of advertising. Tho. be
ginning of an advertising campaign may
not show results, but it lays the founds -Hon
nf lmsiness success.
Tn lime the effect of persistent nnd
consistent advertising will show nbovo
waterrSuddenly results are produced
which are not the outcome of the latest
hundred dollars spent, but ot the accu
mulnted advertising power.
What a pitj that so many business
men begin advertising Investments that
they are too weak-bplncd to carry
through. How often they lay the foun
dation and fail to erect the top structure
which completes the. "dock" that makes
so easy the dispatching of goods all
over the world.
Some people spend on advertising a
lot of money for a brief period and then
stop. They have laid a big foundation
fnosslblv blircer thnn their business
warrants) and nothing more. How much
better it would have been to nave com
pleted a small "dock.
A Binall, thorough, consistent and
continuous advertising campaign is far
preferable to a bigger, spasmodic, dis
connected plan of publicity.
Some people don't ever advertise at
all and then wonder why It's so hard
to get and hold business. They have
no advertising "dock," which makes
the shipping of merchandise so easy a
task.
Stolen Fruit
Stolen from "Getting the Most Out
of Business." by St. Elmo Lewis (Bon
aid Press Companj ) :
"In this land of personal liberty,
where the doctrine of individuality has
led us' to believe that any 'man is ns
good as nny other muu, both in price
Copyright. 1010, bj Hell bsndlcate. Inc.
2&AlMr i T"i TTiT"1' ' "fgisvTi"T
4GA ' VTi A i jt
Ho took off his shock and stockings ,
sldo jt was a watchman sitting In a
little house. There was no chance of
getting past cither gate or watchman.
"na! I have n plan. I haven't
played cowboy for nothing!" exclaimed
Billy, nnd he took from his waist a
clothes-line lasso that was fastened
there. He whirled the lasso around his
head and sent the loop flying upward.
It settled over one of the spikes, and
Billy pulled It tight. Before Billy or
Peggy could say a word, Rollo had
grasped the ropo and gono scrambling
to the top, where he perched, grinning
and chattering.
Billy tied the ropo ladder p the lasso,
and Rollo pulled it up, fastening It to
the spike. Billy climbed up the sway
ing, twisting ladder to see It it was
safe, nn'd then Peggy followed. When
they reached the top they pulled the
ladder up, fastened It so it could be
jerked frco from below, let it down on
tho other side of tho wall nnd slid to
tho -ground. They pulled the ladder
after them and were ready to go on.
Now they found themselves in the
tangled wood with trees and shrubbery
so dtuse they couldn't possibly, foree a
wny through to the castle.
"Follow me," chattered Rollo, nnd
away he went up among thebranches
Advertising ,
and value, we shall have to develop a
larger realization of the applicability of
common experience to the solution of
individual problems.
"' 'Our city is different,' cried New
Y'ork when municipal research work
was begun. 'Our situation is different,'
snid tho Standard Oil when advertising
was proposed a few years ago, hue now
this corporation has come to advertis
ing. 'Politics is different,' said Sena
tor Hannn when i was proposed to
spend ?300,000 In the magazines and
newspapers on display columns to fight
free silver. In 1008 Hitchcock went
over his card index, paid for advertising
in the magazines and won. In 1001
'Our business is different,' said the
banker when asked to advertise for
deposits or to sell bonds, but Vandcrlip,
with tho salesman's instinct, organized
a sales department for the National
City Bank.
"Of nil the silly, childish cants in
this world the cant 'my business is dif
ferent' is the. most tormentiugly pro
vincial." Readers' Questions Answered
Jfr. llftitcArnd ici'JJ muicrr in this
column questions on marketing, buy
ing, telling, advertising, letter-writing.
business education, and on matters per
taining to the choice of a vocation. All
questions will be answered in the order
of receipt. A'o anonymous correspon
dence can be acknowledacd. Header's
Initials only will be published. Jt will
tahqfrdtn four to fifteen days for a reply
to appear.
Alter a row w 1th the boas he fired ine
He wb In the wronR. so I left, but he
won't Rlv. me any reference I tried for
a job and totd the man my old boss was
crooked, but he won't bellee me. Should
IfffMue the boss and how should I po about It?
O 11. F.
No, son, don't talk about suing the
boss. It won't help you nnd perhaps
he's not wholly wrong. Are you sure
jou are quite innocent? Better forget
it, nnd when you try for a new job
say 'I' got fired from my last job. 1
guess it was as much my fault as the
fault of my boss, but I've learned my
lessoiji. Y'ou can be sure jou'll have no
cause to want to get rid of me." A
FACTS ABOUT THE SUN
A1
S WE now know, the sun is merely
a star not a very bright star, orct
a very faint one. The reason It np
peais (so bright to us is that, relatively
speaking, we aro very near to it; the
r-iar next nearest to us is 270.000 times
more remote. All of the stars contain
almost the sumo quantity of matter,
but some give out less than one one
thousandth part as much light as the
sun, whereas others give out many
thousand times more. If we were as
near to Sirlus as we are to our sun the
solid earth would boil away and wc
should exist only In the form of gas.
Sirlus is about fifty times as bright as
our sun.
Wheu we say thnt we are relatively
near the sun wo must still recollect
By CHARLES McMANUS
of the trees, swinging from limb to limb.
But Peggy nnd Billy couldn't follow
thst way because they were not
tnfitfLrtra
"nap-a-tan-tenl" sounded a sham 4
noise, nnd there was their old friend
Reddy Woodpecker grinning at them.
"Follow me!" sild Reddy, and bo
darted to where n small brook babbled
from tho tangled wood. The stream
was almost hidden In the undergrowth,
which closed over It like the roof of i
tunnel, but its pebbly bed offered ft
watery path through tho woods. Billy
put Peggy on his back and waded cau
tiously into tho darkness.
On and on he went, the tunnel grow-"
ing darker and darker and tho water
colder and colder until the bushes
closed around them so thickly they could
go iio farther. And Billy's feet were
right In tho chilly spring where tho
brook had Its source.
"This way," cried Reddy Wood
pecker, darting to one side. They fol-
lowed, stcnnlnc through a leafy curtain'18
into a summer houso at the edge of
tho castle lawn. ' '
Close at hand was the high castls
toiyr In which the beautiful maiden
was imprisoned. At the, foot of the
tower was Rollo, the monkey, waiting
for them. .
"How shall wo ever get up theru?"
whispered Peggy. But Billy saw
way. Ho pulled a fish line from bis
pocket nnd tied one end to RolIo'tJ
belt. Then he pointed to nfaln-water
pipe that led down from the roof, lu
a second Rollo was going up the pipe
as though it had been a tree.
Wheu he got to the castle roof, h
leaped to the window of tho tower.
Instantly there arose loud screams from
within.
"Gracious met He has scared the!
beautiful girl Into fits!" exclaimed
Peggy.
I "Yes, and she will alarm the whole
cnstlc," said Billy.
(Tomorrow will be told the Strang
story of the girl of the toicer.)
frank admission of partial error will
really help you under the circumstances.
Realizing the great opportunity jour ptvper
has rut before the nubile through your
column, I would like very much to ret your
advice regarding tne rouowins: 1 nave an.
Idea for a parlor came, both Instructive
and amusing for older children and grown
ups. It Is also useful., as many pretty
things! can be made for the home. This -'
game could be mado to retail for about
t-ewnty-flve cents, reaming a fair profit.
I have thought out a' plan for putting it
on the market myself as I believe It 4
the only way to get all there Is In It. but
It would necessitate a capital of about 4nO
or J300 to start. I have been advised to
sell It outright to toy manufacturers, but
usually the sum paid for such things" Is ry
small. Now would ou be kind enough' to
tell m- how I could secure the necessary
capital as I have no security to offer, with-,
out having to deal with loan sharks or
others of that type. nd also how-to protect
mjself against havlni my Ids "?'n ,A."2
could It he patented. a there ' nothlnr
mecranlcal abjut It: simply an Idea and
nstructlons to carry n oui. -"-- -,-r
that snv Information or advice you cop rlv
me v.111 be greatly """"'anP.Knn (
it ,. i.f,-f- n ImnV account, sec th'
president of the bank nnd ask him If hel y
can commend jour proposmou u- "j
of its depositors.
Most bank presidents know of deposi
tors who arc always ready to invest, a
few hundred or thousand dollars in( a
proposition that "looks good.
'A -iewspaper advertisement for an
Investor may quite reasonably be ex
pected to produce inquiries. Another
method would be to go to some manu
facturer and arrange with him to make
vour game for jou. If it appeals to
iiim he will be willing to make it-on
the understanding that if you do not
sell it the sales rights revert to him.
It would save jou a lot of time and
enerev to be relieved of nil manufac
turing problems so ns to devqte yorlr
efforts to selling. The little you would
save by making the game yourself would
be more than lost In the time It would
take that could be used for selling.,
A word of wnrning be sure jou esti
mate your sales costs carefully and
don't forget to consider overhead ex
penses, bad debts, advertising (this item
is essential), salary for self and com-"
mission or salaries for salspeoplc. See
that the retail price is such as to
allow jobbers and retailers toi make a
profit. Even if jou don't expect to use
these channels of distribution, you may
wish to do bo some day, so establish-now
a price that cares for it. Most people
with ventures such as yours forget to
anticipate future expenses nnd so cell
too cheap and fall.
Follow these suggestions and work
hard and you'Jl succeed i
(CONTINUED TO.MOBBOW)
Hint it is 03,000,000 miles away. Ita l
diameter is 800,000 milts, or about. "H0JJ
times the diameter of the earth. If weI
represent the earth by a small pea, the
sun would be the use of a globe about
two feet in diameter ahd would be sit-,
uated at a distance of 220 feet from,
the pea. The pea would travel round
it at a speed of four feet a day nnd
would carry with it a largo grain of
samL.one-sixteenth of an im.Ii in diam
eter, situated six Inches away from It,
to represent our moon. If we should !
seek to place the nearest star on that,
same scale, we should have to put it
more than 11,000 miles from the pea,
The generaj structure of the sun may ) I
be likened to a hugo bubble; the 'in- 4
terior is gaseous and the exterior Wfj
composed of clouds several thousand
miles in thickness, which are known as t
the photosphere. The clouds are com
posed of liquid drops like our clouds,'
but instead ot consisting ofwater the
drops are believed to consist of melted
carbon, silicon anu timer rjiemicat eie- v
ments that fuse only at the very high- ,1
st known temperature, and that are Jl
tnereiore me, iirsi 10 conuenne irora avr j
guscoun BIUIU wutru I'uuieu uy raumuuii.
jnto space. It is the photosphere that"
torms 1110 origin suriace 01 ine sun
that wo see. ,
The surface of the photosphere is
broken up Into nodules from 400 to C00 f
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IJlltCO uviUBOt, u,f.u Hum ihiil punug .-
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somfewluit like the rounded lops of our
cumulus rloUfls. Above them lies the
chromosphere, which owes Its red or ..
pink color to the red spectrum line-of V
hydrogen gas. The ehromospnere,
which Is from 10,000 to 15,000 miles io
depth, is really on oceanof fire, sending
up enormous flames that occasionally
reach an altitude of 400,000 miles or'1
more, ihe lowest ana hottest part oi is
is called the reversing layer. The asmes.
sometimes move with enormous veloe
ity 250 miles a second, for example;
should such h flame reach us itwowi"
engulf and destroy our little planet j
nn instant, of Uwe, oUthVt Coyajlii..r
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