flpF.--Wj-' --; v'r' Ji " c H,' (w. -u..s . EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1919 ,r",rw(VfTW3rf -''., li.' I f k 16 I 1 u Ifv lif ES l M ,fe- 7Yie Second Bullet CWrlrtt. 1010. by Ilobert M. McDrlds & Co, Copyright. 1B10 by tho I'ubllo Ledger Co THIS STAUTS THIS STORY A dinner party Is being held nt tbo homo of Colonel and Mrs. Lcdynrd. Among those present nrc their daugh ter, Trtxy: her friend, Bcbc Conies; Cornelius Swnrthmorc, Wendlo Brad clock and Mrs. Allison Har'shome. Mrs. Uartshorne's past history is clothed In mystory. In her presence mention is mtde of the release from prison of tbo president of the River ton Bank after serving four years of a twenty- car sentenco for conver sion of the bank's funds. Sirs. Harts horns suddenly leaves under tbo pre tense of a sovero headache. She is accompanied by Swnrthmoro. who ex presses his lovo for her and obtains her promise of marriage. She. sees a face at the window which illls licr with terror, the significance of which Is not revealed. Sho is found dead on tho floor in tbo morniug by her sus piciously acting Trench maid. Mn tildc. Detective Paul Han ey and other officers arrive on tho scene, the i. tr.11.1.. la mini nnlinp othcers nciieve iwuin - -""', " information from them Harey brings out various facts by the qucs- l-..r f nrrgtlla nnd OtllCr Wit- ncsscs Mrs. Uartshorne's peculiarity in keeping large sums of money lnoe nbout the house; her carelessness with her jewels. Harvey asks Ito-e Adare, a social secretary, in clo-j- touch with Mrs. Uartshorne's friends, to nwst him in unraveling the niysterj Bra.l dock admits to Honey that it was he who srntvMrs. Hartshorn" the ?..-,-000 pearl Vcklr.co. that she l'roni.s'd to be his wife nnd that nu antagon ism exists between him n'' fswuiiii mpre. whom he accuses of unscrupu lous busiucss methods. Daisy Bnvne B trained nurse, Iornw HyrjcJ th" sho saw a woman assisted n to t c Hartshome house in the middle of tho night by a man nnd another womau. AND HERE IT CONTINUES T DIDN'T know what to do then; I 1 felt as if I ought to corao forward and tell what I had seen, but I was afraid I would get in the papers and then the doctor would Enow I had been to blame for Donald's relapse well, not really to blame," she corrected herself hastily, "but that I had been careless with him and disobeyed orders. I wouldn't be trusted on another cne if be knew, and I have my mother to support in the country, bo you can sco what a position I w as in t "Tho' murder puzzled me, too, for none of the papers mentioned the pos sibility of Mrs. Hartshome having come homo ill or under the influence of alco hol, nnd I was positive there had been no pistol shot while those other people were in the house or even after they had 'driven away. I thought of ; for hours until the truth finally came tsTe' stopped with a shudder, and Paul leaned toward her. :?hatTm have been her dead body which they carried into tho house between them !' , ,,.., noSa Adarc, who was seated a little apart, uttered a low exclamation , but Taul merely nodded. ,1C did you still hesitate to tell ,, what you knewr' , "xes. miss uu)i" ---for, ft moment and then looked up de flator. "It wouldn't have done any good to Mrs. Hartshome for mo to have come forward, and I had to think of myself! It wotricd me, though, so tLTl wasn't fit for anything; .no her doctor wanted me on a case yesterday. Tmt I was so nervous and upset thnt 1 couldn't take it. Then this morning Miss Adare, here, came to see me on a business proposition and said Doctor Davis had spoken of me to her in con nection with it. I didn't recognize her as tbo young woman who had rushed with tho policeman into the Hnrtshornc house and I believed her." She spoke in an injured tone and Taul glanced at Rose, but the latter was gazing demurely down at her folded hands. . ., .., ;n "Doctor Davis was mo puj .." charge of the Fraser case and I was clad he had recommended me because ihat showed he didn't hold me respon sible for little Donald's relapse and the business proposition sounded feas ible enough," Miss Bayne continued, uw. nlkl it over and Miss Adare In cited me to lunch and then we took a , 11, .,-. ,wtriBd to have dinner together. Nothing was said about the murder at first, but speaking of Doctor i. t nnorl thn ITrnser case, ana Miss Adare asked where they lived. "When I told her 'on Farragut street it seemed to bring up tho Hartshome af fair quite naturally and before I knew it I -was telling her everything, hhe brought me hero and persuaded me that I ought to tell you, too, promis ing me faithfully that you wouldn t get me into any troublo over it. You won't, will you, Mr. Harvey? I'll never he careless on another case, and I vc told you this of my own freo will." ""STou won't get in any trouble, I promise you, Miss Bajne," Paul reas sured her. "Now, to go back to that night. "You say that your patient fell asleep about midnight, and that you watched over him for an hour or more before going to the library. Can jou fix tbo time more definitely than that?" "It was after balf-past 1, because I loolced at him then and he was still fast asleep. It was the time for his medi cine hut Doctor Davis bad Instructed mo not to disturb Donald unless he were awake and restless." She paused. "I went Into the library a few minutes later, and I couldn't have slept very lone there at tho window before the sound of the motorcar aroused me, be cause when it had driven away again, I went back to the sickroom to find Donald choking and called Miss Wray. It was only a quarter of 3; she put it j h chart. I should say that car drove up to Mr. Hartshorne's door Between twenty mmuies oner nuu uu "Could Jon tell the color of the car ' ,, "No, only that It was very rfark. It Mt have been a high-powered, expen tv car. though, for the hood was extra leer and it looked massive, looming up there under the light from cthe street lMBP." t . ""Too said that the woman who rode away in it was bareheadsd and had on a JB, dark cloak. Did you catch a rtiapse of her face under the lamp7 Do yon think yon. would know her gain" Mlsa Bayne recoiled. "Mercy, no I" ehe gasped. "She was tall and graceful, but, you couldn't tell whether she "was stout or thin muffled la' tha lo cloak. And I never shadow. Her hair seemed dark under tho lamn. but I couldn't be sure. I've Hold you everything about it that I re member and could suenr to, .Mr. lint vey. May I go nmv ? It's late and I I'm too nervous to talk nbout it any more." "Yes, I think I have enough informa tion now to work on." Paul roc and held out his hand, '"this would havo been of inestimable benellt to me had you come forward sooner, but thank J on for telling me now, at any rate; jou have cleared up one or two obscure points very nicely for me, Miss Bnyne." The young womnn shook his hand, bowed coldly to Rose Adarc nnd de parted "When the emphatic thud of the ftrcet door lcnrhed their ears Paul turned w ith n siulle of vv arm congratula tion to his hostess. "May I ii'k what business prupo sitlon jou suggested to that vnuiig per son and what stroke of positive genius put jou on her trail' ' Hose laughed hrnrtilv "I wanted her In Mart n test cure with me a sort of private sanitarium. our in ireni me srk niavcti Help them I, . , , ., ' , 1 to manage the linanccs." Then her face grew gtave "I began think , ing after 1 loft ou yesterday morning, ir. Jiarvev I. Jlll!l 1 tWIN WllllllfTlltTT IV 1111 llll1 I was wondering who on that at stuH would be likelv to lmvei been up during the night, nnd all of a sudden I lemeinbercd that when I lnstl""""' sincc ,hc bot'i' was diu)vered and saw Mrs Hnrtshorne's body nud ran.o '"'o done no more than cn w ' ui in mi' Mi-ecc in nnd a pnlti email there w is ,i doi tor's Inndiulct in front of the house opposite. It was still there whin I looked nut of the drawing-loom vvimlnu while I wn ted for rou nml Chief Burke to send for me nearly two hours latu. 1 thought somebody mu.t have bteu verj ill over there to keep n dottor that long, and it struck me that it an one in all that street had been nwako and stirring when Mrs. Hartshome came home it would be some one in that house. "After I left Mrs Cowles yestcrdny I walked through I'arrogut stnet The landuulet was there again and 1 I got into cnnver-ation with the ihauffeiir." Miss Adare had the grace to blu-h most becomiuglj. "I found out the doctor's name and ofiicc hours, and late yes tcrdav afternoon I went to paj a pro fession tl cull cm him. I I had a nueci kind of a pain which he couldn't diag nose, but he was most helpful in other wn s. I asked how the little l'rnser boy was, saving 1 knew the familv. and he spoke of the i elapse nnd the night nurse leaving He mentioned her name and just ounn off thnnce I looked her up in the nurses' directory nnd went to see her this morning. The minute I began talking to her and saw how he shied nvvav from anv mention of Parnigut Street 1 realized thai: T ,,u on the right track, and I stuck to her-l iji lit, . ","'; ., hroU llonu "" t0,(1 me llcr Miss Adare," Paul shook her hand solcmnlv, "1 can't express mv personal gratitude to you, but I eau tell you how much I ndmiro what jou have done. It was master! j. Chief Burke has no one on his stafT who could have iiiuaied it. You have beaten me nt my own game " "Nonsense!" She flushed again, rosilj. "I line a n litini.li, that's all; it probably wouldn't happen again in a thousand jears. But 1 don't believe that giNs story is going to be such n lot of help to jou as I thought it would, ' 1lnv-':, y11 ,!"ew some of it be fore, didn't jou? You weren't surprised a bit when she said it ni iu... -r..t- Hartshome s dead body that had been uiuuguc 10 me nouse. "No," Paul responded gravely. "I knew from my tirst examination of the body that Mrs. Hartshome had not been killed in her own home. But Miss Bajne's testimony ns to the hodr and method of returning the bodv and nic ueacnption ot those who accom- plished it is of the utmost importance." "Still," Bose mused, "two mm nnd a woman and a limousine, there's nothing very definite aboul that, is there? I wish to goodness I'd been in that window instead of Miss Bnyne! Whore do jou suppose they killtd poor Mrs. Hartshome? Where could she have been those three hours after she left the Ledjnrd dance and wiiat pos- sesseu ncr to slip away like that "I'm afraid we're not going , to like!u,euts ,JuriDS the-evening, for tho answers to that riddle when w, learn them, Miss Adare." Then Paul's tone lightened. "You will be adding another to your list of professional ac complishments now; that of detective. My plainclothes brethren will have to look to their laurels." "I wish I could! I mean." she. amended, "I wish I could do something more in this case. If nny little point comes up that you think I could verify for you, or if there's any snooping to be dono where I'd stand a better show than a man, will jou let me know?" "I will, indeed," Paul assented heartily. "By the way, you don't hap pen to be going to the funeral tomorrow afternoon, do jou?" "I don't hnppen to be staying awav if there's breath in my body'." ictorted Hose promptly. "There's little enough I can do to show respect to the woman who's been kind to mo! I sup pose the crowd that made so much of her so short a time since will avoid it like the plague. I'm curious to see if sho had even one real friend among them." "I wish you'd he more curious still," Paul suggested "fio early, get a seat nbout the ce ter of the church on the main isle, if jou can, and watch the people; leave before tho end of the service and wait in the vestibule to sec them come out. Not only those DOROTHY DARNITHe I SEEN VOU IN A, '(qo'oOT MUCK.i ftymjia IHF HVBALO ' WHY OotsfT VOU I WHAT IS GOOD M HA1 R GUONt j-:;';;; ,;.. ..f-'vA'6LK.i.-.flV' 'ff frjUSfr. . - -iSa.-., iUw .a - , , i-BJt.hif 1 firtiitfifrMiiiriSiiii ' iiiiiilMiiiiifli - '-liifiiifi By Robert On Chipperfield you recognize, but the strangers. Don't let anything escape you. You can re port In mo later, if you will. Will ou do this?" "Surely I" Her eyes glowed. "Leave It to me, Mr. Harvcj I If there's a guilty Lousclenco in the crowd and 1 don't bpot it I'll stick to being a sec retary for the test of my days. But you don't think those peoplo who I liroilglll mi' uimj iiuuiu nuuiu vvutuiv there, do you" "No," responded Paul as ho shook hands once more. "I think they will find themselves otherwise engaged to morrow." Where Death Lurked Till" inquest on Monday morning was not a protracted one and resulted In the familiar noncommittal verdict of murder by u pirsoii or persons unknown Paul dlil not produce the Inter cvideine which lie had obtained from the re luetant Miss B.ijnc, nor hail he as jet taken Chief Burke into his i onlidencc. As he mil in the latter's iilhcp In the cnily afternoon the vial" of othi lul dis ll'llllllli IIIIU lllllkllll V ul.foro ,m ,.,,, ' , . T ,, U. ? ,"l tlint. l'' content and chagrin were poured out me you, Paul Die chief assured Jmn glooinilj 'lint - -" " "- "- - i ,,iat '"'Uiebt was the biggest flzlc mW ,,IC history of the department! 'limp first stood looking down on it! V!lit mi jou hear tho holler the evening j frs make alinut it! I tell von we ve , , iln i.tiiiAlliIni. i,.lrl .In II nlllib ' .... .,.. ..v... ... "-' - , ' iitiiini-ii tmili, ulimif ,11 I loll it. II M. n In i '"'";,,, ' "'", ," ," " "; , , , ' got 10 no bomciniiig, auu no k quicis. i Pnul nodded. "I know," he assented patiently "Has nny report come in vet on that missing girl. Sadie Mullen?" I "Xonc whatever." the chief responded witli emphasis. "You're on the wrong track about her, my boy. She's the onlj one who holds the key to tl.c situation nnd we've let her slip through our fingers! We don't rare how Mrs. Hnrts borne left the Ledvnrll hotiso or when. What wo want to know is who got into her own house nnd killed her. And jou won't find that out with the line of investigation vou've been following " "Majbe not," Paul admitted, with Ids ejes on the clock. "I'm expecting u young lady to call, chief. I took the liberty of telephoning to her in jour name nnd I'd like to have jou hear what she has to saj. After that, if jou like, I'll diop the method I've been working on nud take my orders from jou, sir. She is late no, she's com ing now. Don't expect too much, it is only one of the soilcty crowd Mrs. Hnrtshorne traveled with, but I think she ciin conoborate a certniu thcorj of mine." J !- oinmu niu ui'i'i iinin.u wuw u blender figure stood haughtily on the As he spoko the door opened nud a threshold. Clad iu purple velvet .with a glowing cluster of violets against her sables, and tooue of the same rich hue upon her auburn hair, she looked al most regal as she stood sllcntlv regaid mg them with a calm, disdainful gaze. "Good afternoon, Miss Ledjnrd," said Paul suavely. "Allow me to pre sent Chief Burke. The chief is anx ious to learn whnt jou know of last Thursdaj night's event." Ignoring him, she bowed coldly to the stout figure which had arisen affably from behind the desk "I am at a loss to understand your message, Mr. Burke." Her tones were even and metnllic. "We my father and all of us have done all in our power to convince your special investigator that we know absolutely nothing of the tragedy, but lie has persisted in aunoj -iug us. I have come as you requested, but I must beg you to be brief; I have an engagement." "Sit here, please, Miss Ledyard." The ihief gallantly rolled forward a huge leather armchuir. With an expression of tho uttermost boredom, she seated hersilf and loosened the furs about her throat. "I have nlready told Mr. Hnrvey " she began, but the younger man inter rupted her. "It is what you have not told me that we wish to hear now," he said with nuiet firmness. "Your own rnove- in- stance, Miss Ledyard raised her eyebrows. "I assisted my mother to make the affair a success. I helped her receive and then danced, like the rest, ueally, Mr. Harvey "You dnnced until supper hour?" "Certainly; and afterward, until the affair broke up at - o clock." "Miss Ledynrd, did you enter thel inlm, V.nfnro nnnr?" Tie AVpd conservatoiy before supper?" He eyed her stendlly. "I don't know." The supercilious look was gone now, but a mask had dropped over her stiffened features. "I don't remember." "Please try to think. Miss Ledyard. I am sure jou have not quite forgotten." His tono was fraught with deep sig nificance, but she returned his gaze in bland impassivity. "Mr. Harvey, it Is impossible for mo to recall such a detail. I do not know that I entered the conservatory at nil thut uiglit " She paused, but not with any con scious effort; it was rather that her voiced died away in her closing throat ns if an iron hand had clutched her. The chief bent forward so suddenly thnt his swivel chair squeaked n protest. Paul had taken from his coat pocket a paper packet. Unfolding it he dis closed a fragment of n woman's scarf. It was a delicate opalescent, silky tiling of palest sea-green with a silvery tinge Might Buy a Rug for It! like foam. Its shimmering length was stained with grent blotches of rusty brown vvhtio the fabric had dulled and stlffeufd. , An odd, tremulous sign uoatcu out mn'llin tenRP nlr. Illlf tlmrn itrna allnt.nA iipon'lhc tense nlr, but there was silence uijtll Paul asked; "Do jou recognize this, Miss Led jnrd?" ' "Nn " Her tono was still even, but hushed as though she wcro wait ing. whiJ'eioiigerUo0"011 ' ' "No. I have never " "Miss Lcdjard, somo of your servants are faithful to jou, lojal oven to tho tAtmt of abetting a felony, but jou made a mistake on Saturday night when jou dismissed Louise, jour maid, for her disobedience in leaving the cloak room where sho was stationed during the dance, nnd permitted her to ru mutt,- iiu ti'iKiuKiiiK uhul miUUHUU. OI1U positively identities this staif as yours m r tia i1nmnl.,M 1.1 .. t . !.!..... Ltl.. and even loid mo tho liaiuo of the shop wlieie it was puri.liabcd." ' uu huvc just supplied tho motive, voursilf, for such n statement from lur. The word of a discharged kciv- niil .' ' sho shrugged. "I was about to add, when jou interrupted me, thai - ' t ....... had never seen the bcarf it that is what it is before, in my life." . Noxr, thclcbs it was found stuffed behind the radiator in jour boudoir. An ( H,,rf tiiifl linen tmi.ln ,.. 1.,,.. I, ..-- ,un,llbiJ iu Jollr bntlltllbi for ih'Q (lor Ilml Mnok(J wcrc rcnmrke(1 ,, by i, . . V . Miu.auij iu jour unintub, lor tho odor i ...1 . """ siiioKo were remarked upon by jour mother when she entered vour nimrt- ment inter. You can sco where the uid has been pnitially eonstiincd." Paul voice wns stern. "There can be "u 'I'icstlon ns to these stains, Miss I-:u''ur!!; Would jou care to examine u nc uc-m it out 10 ncr, nut sue recoiled. , "Certainly not! What has it to do with me? If you believe u servant's hes " "I have another witness. When vou go upon such a grim, nocturnl errand, 'Miss Lcdynrd, jou should not choi n chauffeur who is unfortunate enough liKe myself ns to nossess an In. iirmlty which renders him distinctive. even under the rnjs of a street lamp." "What do vou mean?" Her voice was hoarso nnd shaken now, but her small head was proudly erci t, "I mean that jou, jour butler Hick son nnd his you, William, jour rhauf fcur, couvejed the body of Mrs. Hurts homo from jour home to hers, nnd placed it where it was later discov ered !" 1'auU advanced slowh, step by step, as ho hurled his indictment nt her. His slender figure seemed to tower over her. "I menn that from before midnight until after 2 o'clock in the morning, while the jaz band brnyed and jou supped and danced, the body of the murdered woman lay where it had fulleu, among the oichids in tho conservatory which lind been locked by jour orders! I mean that jou, Beatrice Ledjard, killed the woman who had supplanted jou " "A-nh !" The snarling scream which tore its way from her distorted lips was more like that of some wild beast than human, and like n tigress she crouched, her tawny eyes blazing. "Stop! I canlt bear it! I shall go mad, mad!" Then all at onco her tense foim re laxed nnd she crumpled in her chnir with a high, thin, wailing cry which broke into tearing sobs. The chief, with lax jaw and pro truding eyes, wns staring at her like one in a trance. Paul waited until the storm had spent itself before he spoke again. "I can go into details, If you like; trace step bj step and hour by houi all thnt jou did" 'Tor God's soke, no!" She thrc-r up her slender hands ns if to ward off a blow. "I'll tell jou mjself! It's all true, except the charge that I killed her! I did not; she must have killed herself! How jou discovered ther rest I do not know, for Hiekson would never hnve betrayed me. Wc thought wc had arranged it all so carefully, safeguarded it from any possible dis covery. I had no nnimosity toward Mrs. L Hnrtshornc; I had given her no thought save to doubt the wisdom of our sanc tion of her with no knowledge of her antecedents. "I saw her enter with the Gnylors on Thursday night, and go upstairs to fBave, ,c,r ,cak- l UOdllCd to her When she came down 1 as I told jou, and went on dancing. I didn'.t even think of her again, I swear it! More than an houi Inter it must have been about a quarter to twelve I slipped into the conservatory alone. I Was warm and fatigued and the lights and noise of thnt jazz baud had made me dizzy; I wanted u moment's respite in the cool, com paratively fresher air. I started toward a bench when nil ntonce I saw her hing there nmong'the orchids, her pistol clutched in her hand and a hideous stain spreading on her breast! "I screamed, I think, hut the blare of the orchestra drowned my voice, i could feel myself sway und evcrj thing began to whirl before me, when with n final blast the music ceased. I pulled nuself together, somehow, nnd turning, ran to the door leading to the bnllroom with onlv one thoueht in my mind; to keep nny one from, entering until I had decided what to do." (CONTINUED TOMOnROW) DAILY NOVELETTE SUSAN THE THIRD Ily Mildred Lavolo MTySAIl me; what a problem that child -' is!" Susan tho first, grandaunt of Stftan the third, often lamented to Susan the second, aunt of Susan the third. They had expected to find a nice, pretty, little girl who idled about in a hammock devouring chocolates and rnn,1ln(T lnrn tfnr'na. Ttnf tngtpnd. they a rather piain girl, a trifle over tho nveragc height, who wore flat heels and plnin, tailored clothes, and who positively refused to be pretty. However, the two Susans immediately hunted the place for n suitable hus band for their rather indifferent niece. "Ilmmie is such a nico boy, my denr," Susan the first would say. "He , ., it AMfA .. I eonlC3 from ,hc ,cry lcst of P0plc nml has plenty of income to make him inde pendent. Now, do be nice to him." But although Susan the third did try to be nice to Jinimic, somehow they were not suited to each other. Then Arthur came, then Prank and finally George; but it all ended the same way Susan was bored by them, and they were bored by Susan. So Susan the third turned her back entirely upon socictj and announced to the family that she intended to run tho furm. "rnrmiug!" exclaimed the mid-Victorian Susan the first. "Why, that's a "Whj, that's shocking 1" ejaculated Susau the second, who, by the way, was a relic of the Pompadour period. But the two linrrilicd Susans could not nltet Susan's determination. In due time she was tunning her own fnrm bj the daj and reading literature on farming by uiglit. But Susan the third soon discovered that she needed a superintendent, so a joung man of n fined appearance nnd fairly good education came from a nearby agricultural ml lege to fill the position. He was n very business like person, and had very little to saj except mi business. And because the Aunt Susans had little else to do, thej framed up a love affair between the tiiitd Susau and her superintendent. One dny it became necessary for Susuu the farmer and Jicr superintend ent to go to town on n business trip. Oif thu vvnj hack they had many break downs, nnd it was nearly midnight be fore they returned. Of course, the two elder Susans wcro up waiting for her. "Ah, my denr!" cried the first as her niece entered the room followed by Her superintendent, Mr. Dodd. "Come here, you joung rnscal, nnd tell us all nbout it." "Yes," chimed in Susan the second. You naughty, naughty cirl! But T knew that this was coming when I wntched you both nround the place." ousan the third Rtnred at her nimt in nmazement, nt first not quite com prehending what they were sajtng. Then suddenly the true situation came to-light. Without n word, excent a scornful little laugh at the absutd sup position, she Iiastcnpd off to her room, But tho next day the rumor that she and Mr. Dodd were engaged had spread all over the town. She was embarrassed, so was Mr. Dodd; but they both stood the test well. "l am sorry," she told him. "But jou see how absurd it nil is? However, it would shoclc mv aunts too much if thej knew the truth. So for their snkes we must bo deceitful, for n while, at least." And ns the summer faded into autumn Mr. Dodd announced the fact that he would soon have to return to college, where he had a special class in agri culture. "I shall be sorry to see you go," Susan told him, "and very sony about our funnj tuake-believe engagement. But I shall not hold jou bound to any thing so ridiculous uuy longer." And she handed him the little ring which he had given her to seal their make believe engagement. "Susan," lie said. "I have wanted to tell you right along that I have not been make-belicvinir. I wns reallv sin cere nbout the whole nffair, but of course I knew you couldn t want n fel low like me. I am plain and common and just ordinary, while you "are clever, capable nnd self-efficient. I am very glad to have taken part in even n mnke-believc affair which involved jou. And I shall never forget jou." "Then if jou don't want to you don't have to," calmly replied Susan. "1 once thought jou were all business nnd agriculture, but now I know different. I I often hoped jou felt that way, that is, I wished it wasu't a mnke-believc affair at nil." "You do!. Do you really mean it?" "I ccrtuiulj do." "Then our engagement may bo con tinued, may it not?" "Yes, that is, provided you promise not to tell my Quints about the first proposal. It would shock them to death if thej knew that they did the proposing." "All right, then. I promise." The next complete novelette "Biscuits DREAMLAND AD VENTURES-By Daddy (Cranky Jimkina and Laughing Man race their motortrucks for a fortune. Cranky Jimkina gcta ahead when Laughing Man stops to do Kind' hcjj to persona in need. Finalty Cranky Jtmkiiis gcta stuck in a day hole.) Laughing Man Gives a Tow pBANKY JIMKINS turned a sour face toward Laughing Man's pas sengers when they made fun of him be cause his truck was stuck In the clay hole. "Get out of the way and let me by," jokingly Bhoutcd tho Laughing Man. At that an evil grin took the place of the sour look on Cranky Jim Kin's face. "If I enn't win, you can't win,'.' he answered, "i'ou can't get by me." So it seemed. His truck was stuck right in the middle of the road, nnd Laughing Man couldn't possibly get around it without getting Stuck, too. But now a ucvr joker arrived on the scene. It wns Balky Snm, the army mule. He gnlloped up the bank and sat down whero he could look nt the spinning wheels of (Cinuky Jlmkins's truck. "Hee-haw! Hee-haw! What fun I" brnyed Balky Snm. "You'd ought to get n mule truck instead of a motor truck. I never get stuck in the clay." Cranky .Timklns couldn't understand mule talk, but he scented to know Bulky Sam was making fun ot hint, for ho scowled daikly and looked nround for something to throw nt the saucy mule. He couldn't see nnj thing but n long tow rope that wns n part of the truck's outfit. When bis eyes lighted upon that tow rope Cranky .Tlmkins hnd a bright Idea. In less than a minute he tied a knot in the rope and made a loop like n lasso. He whirled the THE BUSINESS DOCTOR By HAROLD WHITEHEAD Author of "Tlit nnnlnns Career of Vetir Flint" nnd "nrnno Duke Solver of Business Problems" Doublo-Mcaning Ptoflt Figures SOME one once said that figures can not lie. Perhaps they can't, but It it mighty easy to misread them. Tor instnnce, during these bewildering dnjs of readjustment to post-war con ditions, we rend n lot about the high cost of living nnd of the sins of profiteers who are blamed for the dwindling value of the dollar. The obvious retort of the "profiteer" is to publish figures which "prove" how rcmarknbly cheap they sell their product, and what a miserable sliver of the dollar remains with them after pajing all expenses. Some people (foolishly perhaps) think of this profit ns n return on the capital of the business, whereas it is the profit on each turnover of cnpital. So many people do not thoroughly understand this difference that I'm us ing this day's space to illustrate just what it means. Let us suppose that a company says that they make only two cents profit out of every dollar. That does not menn that they can only pay 2 per cent dividend nftcr pajing all expenses. Dealers in perishable commodities anticipate turning over their goods every two weeks. That means that during the year they turn over their enpitnl In vested in merchandise twenty-six times. Bv turnover is'mcant the buying and selling of the commodity. Suppose I have a hundred dollars and trade with it. I buy a hundred dollars' worth of bananas, let us say, today. If I sell them within a week I have turned over my cnpital in n week. If I then buy more bananas and sell them again nt the same speed, I have a turnover of fifty-two times during the jcar. That is, I use my capital fifty-two times during the year. Now let's come bnek to our dealers who make but two cents on the dollar but turn over that dollar twenty-six times during the year! The amount of profit each dollar ,of capital Invested tn commodities will earn them is not two cents, but twenty six times thnt amount, or fifty-two cents. Think of It, fifty-two cents profit on tho invested capital! Fifty-two per cent prbfit for the stockholders! Wouldn't you like to hold some such stock, especially when we know that C per cent or 7 per cent is the aver age return on Investments? When the stock ts held principally by "the interests" who control the business, wc can see who makes money. True, profit musj; not be judged by the turnover, but by the earning on invested capital. So as to prevent a misunderstanding, let me add that all invested cnpital'ls not involved in turnover. Much cnpital is locked up in equipment nnd plants. For the sake of argument, let us grant that one-fifth of the capital is locked up in equipment. That means that on every "flOO of capital, eighty dollars ore used for goods. If that eighty dollars earns .2 per cent on every turnover, it earns $1,00. On a twenty-six time turnover the eighty dollars earns $41 .GO. Therefore, on a hundred dollars of Copyright, 1010, by the Hell Syndicate, Inc "THE LAUGHING MAN" BBv9BBB9v ' itv J V He whirled the loop loop around his head and whizz, he threw it over Balky Sam's head. Balky Sam was surprised, but didn't try to jerk away. Ho was n good fellow, nnd when ho found he had been caught ho cheerfully set about pulling Cranky Jimkins out of tbo mud. Ho wns n good puller, nud tbo truck be gan to move forward. "Bow-wow 1 StopJ That chap is nn enemy of mine and tried to kill me," barked Johnny Bull to his friend. As Balky Sam didn't seem to hear him above the roar of Cranky Jimkins's en gine, Johnny Bull leaped off Laughing Man's truck and jumped in Balky Sam's iwaj-. "Don't drag him out. Drag him into tho ditch," bnrked Johnny Bull, and nt that Balky Sam gave a great sidevvise pull that jerked the truck out of the rut and into the soft clny nt the Bide of the road. That put Cranky Jlmklus in a worse fix thnn before, and to prevent his itising Balky Sam to help htm Johnny Bull snapped at the tow rope and gnawed it apart with his term, "Ho, ho, ho! Now I can get bv." shouted the Laughing Man nnd he capital tho company could dpclnre n dividend of 40 per cent and have a small margin of 1.C0 per cent on hand. And this nil out-of the "trifling" profit of two cents on every dollar received for commodities. Tho amount of profit per turnover must be gauged in its relation to the number of turnovers made during n jenr. A concern which turns over Its capital twice n yenr (this is about what jewelers do) would not get along nt nil on'n 2 per cent turnover profit. A concern which turned over its cap ital, say thirty times n yenr, would come mighty near to being a profiteer if it made the same profit per turnover. Get this distinction clear in jour mlniL and you'll liavo n truer under standing of figures relating to profits. Headers' Questions Answered Mr. Whitehead will answer in this column questions on marketing, ouyinij, selling, advertising, letter-writing, busi ness education, and on matters pertain ing to the choice of a'vocation. All ques tions will be answered in the order of receipt. A'o attonlmou corrcapojtdciice will be acknowledged. Headers' tnitiah only u ill be pttbliihcd. Ft will take fiom four to fifteen dnyi for a reply to appear. Do you blleve in a Arm's teaching sales manship to its store clerks? Q It V If such concerns ns the National Cash Kcgister Company prepare books on sell Family fs Foundation of Society Human fellowship has its source nnd pattern in the family, which is the unit of the state and of the church. Kvcry thing depends on the nature and ideals of that small society founded on the basis of n 'common life. Nothing i more important thnn men's conception of the privileges, the duties, and the claims which come to them ns members of this specinl group, created by n higher will than theirs, In the most In timate relation which human life can give. Here are found alike the most satisfying joys and the sternest demands of self-sacrifice. In this circle men ex perience, the highest hnppiness and the most poignant sorrows. The heights and depths of human life are reached in the home. If we begin by attempting to love men in the muss we miss the significance and force of the deepest nnd truest af fection. We give to others, not the homage of an equal fellowship, but, at the best, the service of nn ordered kindliness. Itousscau, Robespierre and Knnt failed in their different ways be cause in their theory of philanthropic fellowship they ignored the worth, of family life. They thought of men ns Individuals, as if each man came to full maturity in his own powers, and not, ns is the fact, that each soul is born with strongly marked characteristics de rived from his nmestors, nnd must be affected by the dominating influences of his family relations. Plato, on the other baud, who founded his theory of politioal life on the basis of the state, fell into the op posite error, scarcely less unsatisfactory than the individualistic theory of so- By Chas. McManus started his truck forward. He picked his way cheerfully and kept his wheels going steadily and so he went right over the bad clny spot, crept around Cranky Jlmkins's ditched truck and moved forward to tho solid ground beyond. "Yah I Yah I Yah I Stuck In the mud 1 Stuck in tho mud! Now Laughing Man will beat you in too homo o4 Parmer Field," jeered the little o1, woman, the lame boy and the men nnd women who had been picked up. The Laughing Man didn't jeer. In stead he stopped his truck and un fastened a wire tow ruoJ rrom a rack at the side. . "I'll not leave nny one stuck in the mud even if ho Is a rival seller," hs said to the surprise of the others and also to their admiration. He hooked one end of tho tow rono to his own "truck nud tossed the other end to Cranky Jlmktns, who eagerly hitched it to his machine. a Mn. ..! II ...l T ...1.l- lf.-'H' nun iiuuj, Liiuu uuuKUlllfc tiiau. He turned on all his power and Cranky Jimkins did tho snmo wltli bis en gine, nud with n great grumbling nnd roaring Laughing Man's truck pulled the other out of the clay and up on tho solid road. Then he climbed down nnd unhooked tho tow rope. But did Crnnky Jimkins bay "Thank you"? He did not. Ho didn't even stop to cast off Laughing Man's tow rppo,, but sent his truck ahead and rushed on toward the homo of Farmer, Field. "Well of all tho mean tricks, that's thu meanest!" cried' Laughing Man's passengers. "But Cranky Jin kins will not win the fortune. Drivo on, Laugh lug Man." (Tomorrow will be told how Laughing Man does another act of kindness and gains an unexpected reward.)" ing and if they Jiavc schools of Instruc tion, don't jou think that the small concern could safely copy the lead df such successful organizations? T havo a store In this town and occasion ally sell a house or lot nnd do some renting. I want to know what to do In case thing come up without havtnsr to hire a lawyer If I am rentlnir for other people, so as not to make mistakes and so havo less. What to do if a tenant leases a store nnd violates Ids lease by nonpayment of rent and won't movo or cancel lease, so it Isn't a Hen on tho property. r Can I have It taken off the records anr way? If a partv leases a plot to drill a r well, tho well proving dry, and will not re move rlsglng nor pay any attention to r- quests to cancel lease so property can be sold, what can be done about It? The lease waa for one year the well to be drilled In that year. Miss K. E. T. I am afraid I cannot be of much help to you, for I do cot nnswer legal ques tions. The danger of commenting on legal questions is that facts have to bo considered other than those first stated, and ndvico offered on incomplete in foi motion is worse man useless. Let me state that unless you have a thorough knowledge of law it is foolish to try to bl your own attorney." A little knowledge of law Is a very dan gerous thing. Why don't you sec some local lawyer and fix up a price with him to handle all your questions? It may be you could arrange with a worker in some real estate concern to help you on these matters. (CONTINUKD TOMORROW) ciety. The state is not the beginning but rnther tho fuller development of social life. The family is the true unit of fellowship. Christianity has given the home new sanctiou, dignity and purpose. Those nations which hnve been most loj-nl to family life have been the readiest to acknowledge the claims of that faith. Indeed, it mny bo asserted that Chris tianity cannot be understood except by those who acknowledge the dominant realities of family life. The terms in which its revelation is framed are de rived from the hojhe, The declaration that God Is the Father can only be ap preciated by those to whom fatherhood is recognized as a sacred status. The revelation of the Divine Son has its significance only In so far as men have learned what sonshin implies in their relation to him fronu whom they havo ( sprung and to whom they are bound by a responsive affection. Similarly the Divine Spirit, the Spirit of Unity, is most fully realized when men know the ,J buctcu uonus or love ior omers in tne i unity of n common birth. Not only has the home been the seed plot of the faith, but wherever Chris tianity has been operative there family life has been ennobled nnd purified. This is true to such a degree that we may venture the assertion that the measure of our faith as Christians is,, most surely tested by the ehnrncterfof our homes. There wc giye expression to such faith as we have, There we manifest its operntive foiceC In no other sphere can its power be shown so beautifully and so pcrsuasjvely, Men nnd women have left their families to live in other communities devoted to the service of religion, nnd we must ac knowledge their devotion and the high service they have rendered to the world. But no fellowship can be so deeply re ligious or so pure a sphere of piety as the Christian home. Its fellowship is from God. It is more than a phrase to speak of the kindred points of heaven and home. If affection and loyalty begins at home, and it must begin there if it ex ists at all, It may not end there. Lovo of home nnd family may be deep but narrow, nnd thus being perverted, it fails in its fruit, which is the wider fel lowship of thut higher relation of the brotherhood of all men. The church Is the family grown larger and more com plete. It Is the household of faith. Jt this were kept In mind and adopted as the norm of Christian fellowship the difficulties of reunion would vanish in the solvent of our reciutckened sensn of fbrotherhood, s x The home is the woman's realm. It she lose her influence there she forfeits the highest grace of life. Nothing can compensate for it. The enlarged liberty of opportunity which has come to women in our time is no adequate ex change for that gracious ministry of the home which in Us gentle royalty 1 the crown of woman's life. Lon4w BBvsV'sHw HBHBnV'nE r ?:. m . . J- "J ,Ti ..1 '"" ' ' , s r m
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