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The open published formula appears on | ty-five thousand. posed him then and there to the pres- | tunities. STORY FROM THE START From the comfortable financial situation to which he had been born, Peter Milman, American gentleman of the old school, and last of his family, is practically reduced to penury through the misfortune of a friend, Hazen Brewer, whom he had unwisely trusted. Learning of Brewer's sui- cide, which means the destruction of his last hope, Milman engages a French butler, Achille Lutry, who speaks no English, and is to replace Sneed, servant of long standing. By Lutry, Milman sends letters to Prof. Fleming Bradney, Floyd Malet and Nee- land Barnes, men whom the world has classified as failures, once of high position. In response, the three call on him at his home. After dinner each relates the circumstances that wrecked their careers. - CHAPTER III—Continued aii “Tt is all so confused and hard to anderstand,” Bradney said slowly. “I am not a business man in any sense. I was convicted by the univer- sity authorities of stealing the money | entrusted to me to build a laboratory which cost a. quarter million dol- lars, Not all of it, naturally. I think 1 was supposed to have made away with something like seventy thousand dollars. The anony- mous denor of a hundred thousand dollars whose gift had started the thing had expressed a wish that I should have absolute control. It was given me. A contractor showed me { how, by using inferior materials, I | could make a commission—that’s his term for robbery, not mine—of twen- I should have ex- ident, but he begged for a chance, and | It was at a period of my life when I was drunk with the joy of my oppor- His offer was soon forgot- ten.” Fleming Bradney made a ges- ture almost of despair. “Somebody | ot at my papers and altered figures | and estimates until even the faculty | hich wanted to believe in me, be- Hleved me gullty. I would not ex- plain. I had the hot anger thgt In- nocence feels when It is accused of treachery to its ideals. It was kept out of the papers for the sake of the university, but I was done with. Nat- urally I fought, enlisted friends, and even lawyers, but I had no money saved, and it was useless.” “What did Mr. Milman mean by eaying the story had never been told in its entirety? Floyd Malet de- manded. He turned to his host. “Is there anything else to ft?" “A great deal more,” sald Milman. “Recent exposes of conditions in the building trades make It easier to un- derstand. The man who offered Mr. Bradney a bribe to pass poor con- etruction was not acting for himself. He was a subcontractor who would have made possibly a few hundreds out of it. He was acting for the in- evitable ‘man higher up, who in this case was Paul Raxon. Perhaps you bave heard of him?" “Not the man who downed Interna- tional Motors?” Neeland Barnes cried. “Yes. I know a great deal about Paul Raxon. 1 have followed his ca- reer with deep interest, It was Paul Raxon who decreed Professor Brad- ney's fall. He was used to breaking men who defied him. Of course, we shall never get evidence of this. The subcontractor, whose living depended upon Raxon's favor, would never tell. There was one man who believed in Professor Bradney when the inquiry was started. This was the anony- | mous donor of the hundred thousand dollars.” “I heard of that,” Bradney said, ‘and 1 begged thew tg give his name so that I could thank him. I have often vowed if ever it were possible to do something for him I would, but that's unlikely. What could I do, who made a bare livelthood?"' Brad- ney surveyed his garb with scorn. “No decent man-servant would admit me to his master's house. I look what I am—a failure, and yet, God knows, not a cent of that money stuck to my fingers. What on earth should I want money for except for my work?’ “This Paul Raxon,” Milman con- tinued, “is one of the ablest men in New York. No decent man hag a chance when pitted against him and his accomplices, He is not of the usual contractor class. He began life as an architect, but always desired wealth, and found his profession too glow a method to gain it, Yes,” Mil- man sald in a slow, meditative way, ‘1 know a great deal about him, 1 even subscribe to a clipping bureau. ¢ that T may miss nothing. You will Ye surprised to bear that I had him cllowed for a long time by a private atective” “Mar T gsk why?’ Bradney returned. WYNDHAM MARTYN W.N.U. SERVICE COPYRIGHT /n the UNITED STATES Let me “1 shall tell you presently. speak first of the misfortunes, equally undeserved, which befell Mr. Floyd Malet.” ! The sculptor flushed. “I don't think anyone but myself knows what they were,” “There you are wrong,” Milman cor- rected gently. “A dozen years ago America discovered that Mr, Malet was a genfus. Some of you may have seen the herole figure of Stonewall Jackson at Raleigh. That made him.” “I remember now,” Neeland Barnes exclaimed. “There was some sort of wild studio party where a woman was killed. T don't see how that could hurt an artist.” Neeland Barnes had formed his opinion of the morals of artists from the fiction writing of sen- timental women. “Surely that wouldn't put him down and out?” “It did,” Malet answered bitterly. “A sculptor depends—in this country, at all events—on commissions from public bodies, many of whom have women among them. When my name was besmirched It was deemed un- wise to employ me to decorate bulld- ings consecrated to drama, literature, or the arts. Even politics had to be protected from my impure touch! I lost the award I had been definitely promised for a statehouse because my morals were—so the report ran— loose, My fallure was just as com- plete as that of Professor Bradney. I had a little money, and that went in lawyers’ fees. My friends were few and not influential. “Like Alfred Gilbert, 1 destroyed what I thought was poor, and that is why there are not three of my works | Remember It Was Late at Night. left in the world today. I have failed, but I could have done good work If the incredible had not happened.” “As 1 remember, the thing was rather—er—delicate,” Barnes said. “You shall judge. A poor girl ac- costed me on the street and said she wag starving. To one who had lived so long in Paris, It was nothing out of the way to take a hungry gamine to my studio and give her a meal and a little money. I remember it was late at night, and I first saw her on a bench in Bryant park just as the first snow of the year began to fall. I was selfish enough to think her thin, draped figure would do for one of the models of a group I had in mind which was to be called ‘Winter. She told me something of her history. It was commonplace. I had heard it before. I do not mean It was not true. 1 mean, rather, that it was the usual story of the ambitious girl trusting THE PATTON COURIER too well the man who defers to marry her.” : “I know,” said Neeland Barnes wise- ly. “lI know. Waiting for the divorce.” “She shrank from going up In the elevator because she wus so shabby. 80 1 helped her up the long flights to my studio. She fainted when she got there, and I gave her brandy. She was 80 ill that I wanted to send for a doc- tor. Instead she used the telephone. I dld not hear the number, but I knew It must be to the man she spoke. Very reluctantly he agreed to come and see her. I think the fact that I Insisted on speaking was the cause, Perhaps he imagined I knew his name and more about him.” “Then you was?’ Floyd Malet shook his head. “Nor do I now, but 1 remember him dis- tinctly. He was a thin man with a black mustache and brown eyes with red flecks in them. 1 knew he was a man who had been successful with women. I met him at the entrance. He wore a fur coat whose collar con- cealed his face. Outside it was still snowing hard. 1 judged him to be one used to getting his own way. 1 did not like his manner. There was a snarl in it. Perhaps my studio~you know what a dirty, unluxurious place a sculptor’'s workshop is—did not Im- press him. The girl had died while I was waiting for him. He cried out that It was a trick I had played himy Then he ran out for a doctor and the police.” Malet shrugged his shoul- | ders. “I never saw him again. Some- times I wonder if he was run over | and kllled, or if, when he found I did not know his name and did not find any letters In the girl's pocket, he left me to bear the blame. “1 sent for a doctor, who in turn sent for the police. When I told them the story of the man with the fur coat | whose face 1 could not see distinctly, | whoke name I did not know, and of whose address 1 was unaware, I could | see they thought me lying. And when I told them the girl had not taken the elevator, IT could see they thought it | was a vulgar Intrigue.” f “But the man with the fur coat | didn't walk up,” Neeland Barnes re- minded him. “But the elevator boy denied having seen him,” Malet egplained. “It was my word against his. The record of the telephone call could not be traced. I made a bad witness. Nobody identi- fied the girl, and as I admitted giving her brandy, the thing was treated in the papers as a drunken debauch, and I was marked as a Parisian decadent. It was my finish.” Malet sank down In his chalr. The sensitive face was marked by suffer- ing. The stamp of realized failure | seemed upon him. Bradney leaned for ward and put an arm about the bowed shoulder of the smaller man. It was a protective, brotherly action born of sudden sympathy and understanding. But he had nothing to say. Malet shivered a little as a light wind swept along the little garden. He rose from his chair and held out hig hand to his host. “You have made me forget and you have made me remember,” he said. “I am grateful, Mr. Milman.” “But I cannot let you go yet,” sald the other. “There should be some cedar logs already blazing In the i drawing room.” He turned to the others, “We shall find it more agree- able in the house.” He put his arm in | that of the sculptor. “Never think you ! are a failure” he sald earnestly. | “Your Stonewall Jackson is one of the | few great things we have.” didn't know who he “You are saying that to hearten me,” Malet answered. “Am 17° Peter Milman laughed “You shall judge for yourself.” Although the drawing room was a [ finely proportioned apartment and contained many beautiful things, Malet had eyes only for his marble group | which stood near the window. He had never learned where it was, but it was this work he had believed to be his | best. He approached it almost nervous- 1¥. Was he to find, after all, "that he was only one of the second-raters? The group had been exhibited under the name of “The Settlers,” and repre- sented one of those herolc American families of Colonial days standing at bay, facing death In the form of “King” Philip's Indian warriors. None spoke as he gazed at it. Even Barnes felt that the emotion which he | could not fathom had in it some un- usual quality. There were tears In Floyd Malet's eyes as he turned to Peter Milman, and his voice was husky. “Yes,” he sald in a low voice, “it is good. I should have been among the great ones.” “You are among them,” Milman as- sured him. (TO BE CONTINUED.) For a long time Iceland prospered in her trade in the down of the elder ducks. which was prized all over the world for making pillows and quilts. As always in such cases, however, the pot-hunters overworked the industry and the res: 't is that now there is no great amount of money in It. Very severe laws protect these birds, and the taking of the down from the nests is carefully regulated. Sea birds of various kinds make their nests in the cliffs and the hunt- ing of these birds is a regular but per- ilous activity, They are caught with nets on the end of long poles, and also by trays made with horeshair snares and having a4 live bird as a decoy tied to them. In some cases men are let down with ropes from cliffs hundreds of feet so as to gather eggs in other- wise inaccessible places. These wild birds, such as puifins, | I | auks, guillemots and terns, collect in such vast multitudes at some of these rookeries that they will sit perched so close together, as to form a solid | This helps them to keep warm. | mass, The noise made by their strident cries is overpowering, and when they are scared up and all take wing the rush of alr is like a tempest.—Pathfinder Magazine. Chinese Philanthropy Odd Quaint forms of philanthropy are evident in almost every part of China, Funds are maintained for transporting to his native province any man who dies away from home, another or- ganization provides cofting for poor children, end agpther society sets up “drinking fountains” of tea or water for the thirsty coolies who are lowest in the scale of Chinese labor. | mals, ! %. » “ ad "* ot 1 TRY THIS 2 teefaeleelselond & “ 4 By EDNA PURDY WALSH a Coeteeee teats ates a outset oets obese etree’ Te ee teste tests soeieieeieeioieiesieaiediuoisairairafsadrienioaeaieaielsdeieafiios Exposing a Funnel Secret HE simple funnel usually lies hid- den in the utensil drawer, and is used so seldom that it is dusty when the occasion arises for it to be taken out to assist In pouring Into a small necked bottle or jar. There are daily uses for the funnel, however, and one of thera Is its practicability as an egg separator. The white of the egg quickly drops Into the dish below, leaving the yolk intact at the funnel . neck. Many housekeepers find the funnel an excellent mold for salads. A do- mestic science teacher originated a new cake by placing a funnel in the deep cake dish, upside down, the cake is baked a graduated hollow Is left In the center to be filled with whipped cream or gelatin, The funnel also serves as a pastry decorator in the emergency, and in the event occasioned by the breaking of the glass percolator top, a fun- nel placed upright over the center spot will prevent the coffee from fly- ing into the air. The sides of the fun- nel will drop it back again into the pot. Growing Plants in a Sponge HE sponge makes an excellent soil in which to grow certain deco- rative plants. For a very coarse sponge in water, squeeze it half | dry, then sprinkle in the openings red clover seed, millet, barley, lawn grass, oats, rice, etc. dow where the sun shines a portion of the day, and sprinkle it lightly with water dally. The sponge soon livens into a mass of living green vegetation very re | freshing to the eyes. The seeds used may be varied, ac- | eording to fancy, but the above named seeds in a hanging sponge are prettier than a sponge set in a dish or plate, though excellent results may also be obtained by planting other seeds, grapefruit seeds, carrots, etc. The ‘seeds which produce delicate feathery leaves are the prettiest for in- door plants. Golden millet brings a surprisingly quick result in leaves and decorative “fruit.” Sweet clover seed also brings quick results, and has a hardiness not so easily affected by change in temperature as many seeds have. 1 Creeping bent grass seed .pro- duces a dense growth and is also very hardy. 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