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he continued his lonesome way beyond mild
envy for those OF the wealthy and great who could
afford luxures such yachts and big automobiles
like the that suddenly swung down along the
driveway and came to halt if in waiting
Tiger" Reilly, the athletic looking guard and
the two captives stepped out the planks and
two walked sedately behind if this
merely the party of some wealthy uptown New
Yorker, homeward bound. They crossed the Gin
dered tracks the strip OF open where Riverside
park stretched its lean length and to the
automobile. The four men in the lead entered it,
and the two others returned to the yacht which
swung out and away to its customary berth
at the foot of Thirty-fourth street. its voyage at
end
The automobile gave loud coughs and sputter-
ngs and pulled noisily away, leaving the police
in the distance still filled with envy, and the
night it was before any
The captives and captors taciturn they
rode through the upper streets of the city the
former having been convinced that anything they
might do would merely bring violence down upon
themselves, yet remaining watchful for opportun-
ity to make cutlery for help. No such oppor
tunty The drive not long one and
the machine stopped abruptly outside darkened
place, where iron gate creaked dismally it's
hinges they passed through, and, arm-in-arm
with Reilly and his companion. walked up the
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tual pique by declining all courtes,
les? | had thought better OF you
than that"
The voice was calm and its US
ual incisive tones filled with a
faint note OF regret amounting al
most to reproof. Morgan Testers
hand came up suddenly and grasp
ed the other as if he were ashamed
of having displayed enmity until
he had further cause. 1t was diff
cult to choose the attitude he
should assume in the face of sucn
conditions and such overtures.
Moore turned toward the vice
president-elect; and Reilly, as if
to hasten and close unpleasant pre-
liminaries, started to introduce
them with. "Mr. Holbrook, this is
-" when the recluse turned and
held up warning, deprecatory
hand.
The Nations Pawn" he said,
with a half-whimsical smile. "Only
a pawn. Mr.. Holbrook, I am glad
to meet you. and to find that Meth
err of you gentlemen appears the
worse for your experiences. which.
of necessity, must at times have
been unpleasant. For that only, l
grieve."
He motioned them to be seated,
and, to their surprise, he stopped
before his chess board. Morgan
Lester. watching the mans every
movement. saw that he placed
the two most prominent black
pieces in a position of jeopardy,
where they were threatened by at
tack and hemmed in by scat
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BOOK TWO.
CHAPTER Nv.

TT was just before sunset, thirty
hours after the country had
4 been stupefied by the disap-
pearance of the men who were to
take oath of Office as president
and vice president, when big
yacht hove to in New York harbor.
The yacht had steam well up, as
was shown by her slowly smoking
funnel and the wiseacres of the
water front conjectured that she
had come from a spring cruise,
the fishing banks perhaps, or some
other equally indefinite place Off
below the sweep Of bay. She was
not contented with her ground or
else had other business. for. when
night had settled more closely and
the lights of the city tieered
through sheen of thin March
rain, she slowly swung off, and.
without attracting any attention,
crawled slowly up the North river
until she came abreast of Ninety
seventh street, where she nosed
her way cautiously in against the
long idle wharf. In the darkness
and dreariness of the night, the
few old barges that were moored
there looked like ghosts of forgot
ten traffic watching the shunting
of the freight cars which had sup
planted them.
No one save a policeman up in
Riverside park saw the yacht pull
in, and he gave no attention as
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type OF woman whose work is wen more
important and who is the absolute OPP
posite in every respect of the type men,
ton. This second woman is small and
quiet. kind of mouselike in her ways.
looking up in a sort of frightened, shy
manner If any one speaks to her sud-
denly and scurrying away just as fast
as she can from observation, Yet the
! have in mind has for fifteen
years been in charge Of the statistical
records of a very important brokerage
firm. She is a recognized authority and
her services. according to the statement
of n of the financial magnates at its
head, simply cannot be estimated in dol
lars and cents.
Naturally l have formed my conolu-
sions in regard to the business woman.
and even in the time my work has been
located here l have seen a decided change
in her personality and point Of view.
AT first II seemed to me that having to
struggle against a more conservative and
complex atmosphere in the East than the
Western woman has had TO face the bust
ness woman. particularly in the Wall Street
section, vas putting On an artificial ag-
gressiveness. was obliged or thought
she was Obliged to hide her real sell con-
tinually for fear her sensitiveness would
be hurt, for fear she would be misunder-
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fed piles. to a strong sheet Of manila
paper and are sent downstairs to the
president Of the bank, Mr.. Vanderlip.
and when they are returned to me, either
that day or afterward, are Immediately
placed on the files in a form that / have
found most oonvenient-that Is. pasted
on manila sheets, where they can be
easily read and handled
Miss Spencer makes a little conversa-
tional tack away from the specific details
OF her work. to which she returns later.
MY own personal observation of the
m engaged in work Of this kind
has given me lots Of surprises she says.
when l had the opportunity to take it
up l thought Of myself as really hardly
filing the required formula OF the bust
ness woman. particularly the woman
whose work ooh her along these lines.
y pictured such a woman as simply
radiating nervous energy. swapping at
new ideas as a little puppy snaps at bits
OF biscuit or a bird hops about from his
perch to the floor OF his cage, never quiet.
l thought Of her as rather severe in dfess.
doing away with all the feminine "trip
peries that I love and meeting men In a
good fellow kind OF way instead Of keep
ing alive their admiration for the sex
along accepted lines.
.Wel. l have found that type Of woman
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MISS SPENCER is HER Own CLIPPING BUREAU

the brown tints Of the book bindings
looks up from behind a vase containing
sweet peas and ounce leaves and replies
mildly to the usual question that she
is the person sought.
There are skyscrapers of formidable
looking volumes on the table desk within
easy reach. the telephone il near by and
lining the walls Of this and two other
rooms are the books and files over which
Miss Spencer presides Fol- her duties
she has prepared herself by a thorough
library training in a Western university
and some actual work in banking and
commercial circles in Chicago. She has
been connected with the National City
Bank for about three years.
Miss Spencer say that the work. while
it Is not Of the variety usually selected
by women. affords a certain stimulating
excitement that more than makes amends
for any lack that it may possess.
you feel. she says in a very low pitched
soft toned voice, that you are right in
touch with actual life and that your
fingers are right on the pulse Of the great
body Of progress.
in other library work you are more
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people who come with proper introduo-
ton. just as We have received similar
courtesy from other downtown houses.
.Thcy began TO gather it In 1904 and it
practically fills oil necessary require
ments. You may be surprised to know
that rarely Ia there q demand that in not
covered by the data Of the last fifteen
years. The finance Of to-day does not
onoer itself greatly with the past.
My own work. The most important
Is that OF the early morning. As soon
as I get to the office l 20 Over all the morn
ing and all OF the evening papers left
over from the previous afternoon: added
to these / read whatever weekly or
monthly periodicals, trade Journals and
magazines have arrived.
From these l clip all the items that
have any value 10 the president or other
official who may look them yer exer-
else my own discretion in the matter
and by long and almost bitter expert
ence l have learned what information
TO CLEAN and what to avoid.
All these clippings. sometimes several
hundred in number. are carefully pinned
after having been separated into classi-
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stood by the very me whose good opinion
she naturally and ~femininely oraved In
her pioneering.
THAT time has long since passed. wo-
men down here andtin other business parts
Of New York are to-day just themselves
and they are Just as varied 10 type as are
the women whose lives are bounded by
domestic rules or those who are COM
monty known "a society women. and the
two extremes ! have mentioned have
between them a whole lot Of interesting
personalities, so different that TO say
that a woman looks like q business or a
professional woman has no more real
definition to II than TO say that she looks
q domestic or social woman.
The same advance along the right lines
10 noticeable In the dress Of the Wall
Street woman. II used to DO that q woman
either went TO the s1trems Of wearing
foolish utilities TO business for fear she
would look the part or adopted an az
gressive masculine cut TO her clothes for
fear she wouldn't.
sNow the business woman simply
studies the suitability Of time, place and
action. She realizes that second hand
fnery is Questionable in every place,
but more than anywhere else In the bust
ness world, but u she 10 a true oma she
loves ~femininitics Of costume too well
to deprive herself Of them when she can
we'll afford Il wear the best Of the kind.
I suppose II you were epigrammatic and
accustomed to putting things In a few
words you might say that the woman
no longer explains, and that 10 q great
advance along the right lines.'
In regard to the difference between the
business woman Of the East and her sister
Of the West. Miss Spencer finds not q
variance brought about by trade or pro-
fession but a difference that is just as
marked In every class from the working
girl to the wife OF the millionaire.
Everything out there seems to me
more wholesome and simple than here
she says. she Is not reserved because
she does not have to be, and when you
meet her for the first time you feei as II
you had known her always, and 1t Is not
merely on the surface but II Ii really a
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CANES AND THE TARIFF.
A Simple Way Of Saving 40 Per Cent. |
Duty on B%lackthorns for Gifts.

A traveller from Europe who arrived
recently brought with him a dozen black
thorn canes. He purchased them in
London as souvenirs Of his trip. intending
to present them to friends. The n
were very fine specimens Of the black
thorn and were appreciated by those
who received them.
These must have cost a good round
sum- said one man. 'and the duty must
have been quito an item
THAT'S where you make a mistake
was the reply. .You will notice that
when I visited the store in London
where they make q speciality Of n
and walking sticks i told the clerk what
/ wanted and he showed me q handsome
lot finished in different styfos and the
cost vas from q dollar each up. While
I was trying to make up my mind which
70 .sl.cth s asssd me Il ! yas Eyaing to take
Nov those clerks on the other side
are we'll posted OF many things that We
pay little or no attention to. and he sur
pfieed me by his knowledge Of tho tariff
laws here. but whom ] thought II over
later ] concluded that 1t vas a part Of
his business to understand our laws
because many Of that store: customers
be batter for me 10 purchase that
had no ferrules. for two reasons First,
I could not correctly guess the length
Of canes my friends would carry and 1t
would be an easy matter for them on this
side to take the cane 10 q store, have It
cut to the proper length and finished.
'Then ne added the other reason. II
you have ferrules on the canes they are
finished articles and as such you have
70 pay duty Of 70 per cent. on them when
you reach New York: Without the
tured and are admitted free
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bettingp Why should the gaggists have
been busy all these years with the pleasant
spoken. good natured CHI who, just by
way Of a greeting that comes natural to
him. asks II it's hot enough for you?
you don't want him to say when he
meets YOU on a sizzling day that you're
wearing a bum hat,'or that your feet are
not mates, or that your trousers 9
pressing, or that he hears you were
stewed to the necktie night before last,
or that I've wishes your wife d quit prac-
Using on the piano for the balance OF the
summer, do you?
Well, he doesn't'do any Of these things.
He Just ups and asks you. to be civil n
to pass the time Of day. IL it's hot enough
for you; and il you're not q Crouch and q
crab, and il you have any thinking power
OF your own, and II you don't permit
yourself to be swayed and bulied by
these gaggists that I'm talking about
you'll Just make reply as TO whether it's
hot enough for you, like you'd reply to
any other civil question, n let 1t 60
at that.
AN Of the fellows that I know who ask
me II it's hot enough for M are bully
decent chaps, people that I like and moth.
ing whatever like the pulpnuts portrayed
by the jokesmiths. They're all right. !
hope they'll keep right On asking that
question a. long a. they live and that
after they die they'l-er-well, no, !
don't wish that, Of course; but say. on the
level now, and all Of this e~xtraneous mat
ter aside. Is II hot enough for your
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AntidOte for Troubles.

From the Youths Com ponion.
We always wondered a little how Amos
Dore and his wife got along really"
Aunt En- Macombor said frankly. Some
In the peighborhood said they'd never over
heard q single loud or cross word on either
side. but Lie Daniels always stuck to 1t
that Amos was as mis'sble at home as q
man could be.
He never spoke right out til Amos died
and Mis- Dore went back up country to her
folks. Then he let out,
WHAT queried Aunt Ems visitor.
Well, Amos worked logging Alongside
OF Lie every winter, and summers they
said Aunt. En-. .impressiyely, that Amos
complained Of his shoes hurting him about
al the lime Finally Lie asked why he
Why don'i you get a pair big snoushi'
WV s'll tlll dll :Ss.ss ' 7 ts ass' q M, 's sss:a
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fundamental quality, as you will soon
find out II you put her to the test.of friend

fundamental quality. as you will soon
find out II you put her to the test,of friend
ship.
In New York you are struck imme-
diately by the selfshness and self-eeeking.
You find 1t OF course at a tension in the
business and professional world, for the
competition Ii tremendously keen and 1t
Ia q case OF the survival Of the ffttest.
l am much impressed by this as shown In
the conversational reserve; l don't mean
In protecting the interests Of the house
with which she is connected by refusing
to chatter of its doings. but In a more
general senset The business woman Of
New York always seems to be or her
guard, even when she Is with her best
friend.
what questions am I called upon to
answer? Oh. every sort that has any
bearing on the banking business, For
instance, the other day l was required
suddenly to find out about a little railroad
that died from anemia several years ago.
l wouldn't dare tell you jnst how many
books | had to look through before dis
covered every little item that related
directly to this road or had an indirect
bearing upon 1t.
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SHE IS A BANKS LIBRARIAN
ONE or THE SPECIALIZATIONS
WALL STREET NEEDS.

Miss Florence Spencer Tells OF the Private
Libraries Financial Concerns Main.
tain and OF the Women Who Manage
Them-A New Feminine Calling.
Slowed away In some Of the big build
ings OF Wall street, their presence per-
haps unsupported by tile regular GUS
toners of the banking and brokerage
houses with which they are connected,
are a number Of capable young women
Who are trained librarians o. a special
kind. The libraries Of which they have
charge are made up Of volumes Of sta
;istics. legal decisions. financial and COM
mercisl reports and the like. These young
women get good salaries for their work,
and the specialization Of their talent
gives them professional standing.
One Of the largest and most important
libraries OF Wall street Ia that Of the
National City Bank. On the top floor
OF the banks building there Ia a collection
OF some a.50O volumes, presided over by
Miss Florence Spencer. who is a very
satisfactory example Of the librarian
class mentioned.
As you discover her retreat by walk
ing through a long suite of sunny rooms.
the view from the windows Of which en-
braces the wonderful roof pictures of
New York blending with marine insets.
you recall the statement Of an English
visitor that New York was the quietest
city in the world. Not a sound pene-
trates the heavy walls; even the footballs
are lost in the pile Of thick rugs, and when
you softly open the door of the principal
library room you are not at first conscious
that it is occupied. Finally a slim. girlish
figure in a gown whose color fits into
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HE WILL ASK IT..
Summer Resolution OF the Man With the
PrOtrudinE Jaw.

The man with the protruding jaw and
the rumbly voice was saying:
zone OF he gags Of the ground and
lofty funnyists for the last forty years
OF so has been about the man who in
quires on a hot day Is it hot enough for
your
well, it's time that that gag was
canned. cancelled, scratched, erased,
written of. daubed out. cut away, Topped
loose and sent to the boneyard along
with a lot Of other passe and decrepit
gage that ought to've been timed about
the time that Artemus Ward and Josh
Billings cashed In.
What's the matter with the man who
asks il it's hot enough for you?
whats wrong about his question?
why shouldn't he ask il it's hot enough
for you?
why should he be a target for all these
funnyists who pick up a little thing like
that and masticate 1t and macerate 1t
for a hundred years or 80. till everybody
who reads the first line knows the rest
OF II by heart. no matter in what way
it's twisted?
III the day is hot why shouldn't a man
say sof
when the days cold We bleat about
II and discuss it and comment on II and
compare Thermometers and brag about
how cold il Ia on our second story porch
about it. don't we?
If the rain comes down pretty steady
and powerful we're there with a lot Of
betty stories, aren't we. about how we
couldn't see our hands before US out
our way, and all that kind Of chinny bunk.
aren't WEI
III there's a nifty little hailstorm we
prattle about IL, don't we. about the size
of the hailstones in front of our house.
and about what q narrow escape our fox
terrier pup had from being killed by one
of the hailstones when he foolishly scam
pered out into the yard. and how the
rattle Of the hailstones on the roof sounded
like the battle OF Antietam-we're there,
aren't we, with an endless chain OF son.
versational fuff -wuf about the hailstorm.
aren't WEI
usual fog don't We all get out onto the
gabfest firing line, and stake each other
TO moro or less fanoiful stories about the
thickness Of it out where We live. and
how one Of our young 'uns came near
getting lost trying to get home from the
grocery, 10 which he'd been o n TO get
a bar OF soap, and how when we struck
a match 1t didn't Illuminate a radius OF q
quarter OF an inch and refused to do moro
than sputter before going out-we con-
verse largely and expansively through
our .ohapeaux about the big young fog.
don't we2
sUh-huh. All right. Well theni
sWhat's the matter with q man asking
II IT, hot enough for yopt
OF the climatic game. ! presumed
Then why should u b barred In the
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or less connected with the past. There
Ia q story told of q mar who was asked
II he had read a certain book much talked
about at the moment, and he said In a
very tired tone no. he was waiting to
see II 1t would blow over. Most of the
modern fiction 1t seems to me is In the
state of blowing over or else 1t has already
blown. Naturally when your work is
among books Of that kind it has more or
lees Of an ephemeral character, just as
the library work associated with the
classical departments takes you away
from the present and ties your interest
to dead and gone periods,
-The work in a library OF this kind
brings you every day face TO face with
live !ssues. You sTs studying the CONNER
You Q your country forging ahead.
making its mistakes and learning by
them, you read the minds of the greatest
hnanclers Of the age, and columns Of
figures that to many are simply columns
Of figures are to you symbols Of power.
epoch making lines and curves. ! don't
see how any one can call thcm dry.
-There is not a book in the library
which has any value to the curiosity
seeker; the bindings are practically
valuelees, just able to hold the contents
together, and probably judged by a mere
question OF market worth the newspaper
clippings are the crux OF the whole COL
lection. but judged by its importance
as a whole in saving time and strength
the value Of the collection cannot be
overestimated.
Like most libraries Of this kind in
similar establishments. it consists Of the
State reports OF legal decisions. histories
and reports Of railroads, statistical in
formation of all kinds, and incidentally
We have reports covering the histories
and standing Of some 10000 corporations.
While 1t is a private library, the bank
officials allow the courtesy Of it's use to
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cate than the hardy terriers, and the
owner should bear in mind that, like
other house dogs he ia liable to pulmonary
troubles. Care should be taken to keep
him from running out into the cold from
a heated house during cold weather, and
no should not be allowed to sleep in a
draught. Excepting the Pekinese spaniel
the Boston terrier commands higher
prices than any other house or pet dog.
Il make a speciality Of training dogs
to a limited extent. OF course a young
dog hat is h~ousebroken commands a
much better price than the same dog
would fetch u~nbroken., l train the pup
pies to do simple tricks.
The majority OF people want their
house dogs trained to keep out Of the
dining room during meals. This is a
lesson that requires patience. self
command and perseverance,. usually
accomplish 1t in one meal,
Before going to the table | put the
dogs am training in the next room,
remain there. OF oourse they run after
M and try to climb into my lap as soon
az ! take my seat, / speak to them
gravely but not severely and taking
them back into the next room make
them take their seats just where l first
placed them. Maybe this second time
they will remain but a minute or so longer.
NV y" WV cSoh tiV oAS seSA6 NV NAbo
dining room and pulling at my skirts.
Il often repeat this performance a
many as a dozen times before making them
understand what is meant. When. how
ever, they once get IL into their minds
they will sit contentedly and bulge
until l snap my fingers for them to come
to me.
\ never soold or punish my dogs unless
it Is absolutely necessary. Even II !
didn't care for the dog as an individual
KINDNESS would be to my advantage, as
dogs show OF much better when accus-
toned TO kind treatment. ! have known
persons to refuse to take a beautifully
marked puppy. a really fine animal,
because 1t was cowed. They didn't real
ize that all that was needed to make 1t
a good dog was kind treatment and gentle
words.
'In a kennel IL dogs are properly trained
and well cared for they nay he allowed
the run OF the gardens and as much of a
farm as there Is. My place has five acres
and the dogs have the run Of It. They
have all beer taught not to scratch in the
garden and to let the poultry alone