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Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1910-12-10
CHAPTER IL

- T had been a forlorn hope at best.
this attempt OF his 20 escape Kel
~ iogg-Duncan acknowledged II
when. his packing rudely finish
ed. he started FOR the door. Robbins re-
luctantly Surrendering the suit case
after exhauStiug his repertory OF de-
vices 10 delay the young man But at
that instant the elevator gate clashed
In the outer corridor and Kellogg's
key ratified in the lock. To an accom-
panying confusion OF voices. all mas
culine and all very cheerful.
Duncan sighed and motioned Rob
bins away with his luggage NO hope
now be told himself. "But-O Lordr'
lncontinently there burst into the
room four men-Jim Long. Larry Mil
Ter. another whom Duncan did not i'm
mediately recognize and Kellogg him
self-bringing with them an atmOs-
phere breezy with JubilatiOn. Before he
knew IL Duncan was bOiSterously over
whelmed lie got his breath to find
Kellogg pumping his hand.
NAT" he was saying. you're the
only other man on earth was wish.
ing could be with me tonight Now
my happiness is complete. Cad. this
Is iuckyf"
you think SOP countercd Duncan.
forcing a smile. Hello. you bOys!'
BE gave a hand TO Long and Miller.
How're you an7" He warmed to
their friendly faces and unfeigned wei
come My. but it's good to see your
There was relief In the fact that Kei-
logg. after a single glance. forebore
to question his return; he was to be
counted upon for tact. was Kellogg.
Now he strangled surprise by turning
to the fourth member Of the party
"Nat." he said. II want you 10 meet
Mr.. Bartlett MIR. Bartlett. Mr.. Dun
can"
wholesome smile d1wned on Dun
cans face as he encountered the blank
blue stare OF young man whose very
smooth and very bright red face was
admirably set OF by semi-ewning
dress Great Scott"' he cried. warm
~ pressing the lackadaiscaI hand that
drffted into his willy Bartlett
after all these years.
A sudden animation replaced the
vacucns stare OF the blue eyes. dun.
cam be stammered II say. this IA
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TURN.
whatever. Whenever / had to go out
on a spree I'd always get Nat 20 show
me round"
Il was pretty good at that" Duncan
admitted. triGe ruefully.
But Willy ratified on needless. HE
knew more pretty gels. y know. / say.
old chap. d'you know as many nowY'
Duncan shook his head. The list
has shrunk. I'm a changed man, VIII
ly."
COW. l say. you're chawfn," willy
argued incredulously. Il don't believe
that, y know. hardly. l say. you re-
member the night you showed me how
10 play faro bankT'
I'm never forget it," Duncan told
him gravely. And ] remember what
a plug we thought my roommate was
because he wouldn't come with u.s.
He nodded significantly toward the
amused Kellogg.
Not him?' cried Willy, expostulant.
"Not really? Why. IL cawn't beg'
Fact" Duncan assured him. He
was working his way through college
way through my allowance and then
some. That's why you never met
him. Willy. he worked and got the
habit We loafed with the same re
suit That's why he's useful and
you're ornamental and I'm He
broke OFF In surprise. Hello" he said
as Robbins offered tray to the three
on which were slim stemmed glasses
filled with a pale yellow effervescent
liquid. why the blond waters Of ex.
element. please?'' he inquired. accept
ing a glass.
From across the room Larry Miller's
voice sounded. Are you ready. gen
tlemen? Wen drink TO him first. and
then he can drink TO his royal little
self. To the boy who's getting on In
the world, To the junior member OF
l. j. Bartlett x Coz
Long applauded loudly. Hear hearr
and even Willy Bartlett chimed In
with an Unconditional. Good work.
Mechanically Duncan downed the
toast. Kellogg was the only man not
drinking II. and from that the meaning
was easily TO be inferred. With 8
stride Duncan caught his hand and
/ crushed II in his own.
Harry" he said little huskfiy. 81
can't tell you how glad am. It's the
best news I've had in years"
-Kelioeg's responsive pressure wa,
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1910-12-10
BETTY GRAHAM

ing down my weekly checks. bad luok
10 you not 20 have man who could
earn them"
His desperate honesty touched
Spaulding a trire 81 the risk OF not
seeming business man 20 himself ne
inclined obviously 90 relent, 10 give
Duncan another chance.
Duncan" he said. what's the trou-
bleT'
i thought you knew that: thought
that was why you called me in with
my route half covered"
you mean
y mean } can't sell your line"
~wbyT"
God only knows want TO badly
enough It's just general incompe-
tence. ] presume"
What makes you think thatT'
Duncan smiled bitterly Expert
ence." be said
You've tried-what else7'
a little Of everything. all the Jobs
open 10 a man with a knowledge Of
Latin and Greek and the higher mathe-
matics-shipping clerk. timekeeper.
cashier. all OF EN-"
And yet Kellogg believes In you"
Duncan nodded dolefully ~Harry's a
good friend We roOmed together at
college. That's why be stands for
me"
He says You only need the right
opening
And nobody knows where that Is.
except my fortunate employers It's
the back door going out for mine every
time Oh. Harry's been a prince TO
me. He's found NE four or Eve jobs
with friends or his. like yourself. But
! don't seem TO last You see. was
brought up to be ornamental and ir
regular rather than useful. 10 blow
about In mOtorcars and keep a valet
busy sixteen hours day. and all that
sort OF thing My fathers failure
you know about thatT'
Spauldine nodded Duncan went on
gloomily. talking q great deal more
freely than be would have talked at
any other time-suIering. In fact. from
that species OF auto-hypnosis induced
by the sound OF hts OwD voice recount
luE us LnlSlOfIunes WHICH Sttuns eNpe
cially TO affect a man down on his
luck
THAT smash came when I was eve
years out OF college-f'd Bsver thought
OF turning my hand TO anything In all
that time I'd always had more coin
than ! could spend-neyer had to con.
slider the worth OF money or how hard
IL Is TO earn. My father saw TO all
that de seemed not to want me TO
work: not thas hold that against him
He'd an idea I'd turn out a genius OF
some sort or other. ] believe. Well.
be failed and died all In a week.
and ] found myself left with an ex-
tensive wardrobe. expensive tastes. an
impractical edncatiOn-and not so
much OF that that you'd notice it--and
not a cent | was too proud to look 10
my friends for help In those days--and
perhaps that was as well: 1 sought
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~ ECEIVER at ear. Spauiding.
OF Messrs- AtwRter & SpauId-
IN ing. importers OF motoring
garments and accessories, lis
tened TO the SWITCH board operators
announcement with grave attention.
acknowledging il with toneless IAN
right: send him in" Then. hooking
mp the desk telephone. be swung round
IN bis chair TO face the door OF his
private office ana in brief ensuing
interval palnstakin irOned out Of his
face and attitude every indication Of
the frame OF mind IN which he await
ed his caller. IL was, as a matter OF
fact, anything but a pleasant one. He
had a distasteful duty TO perform. but
that was the last thing be designed TO
become evident Like most good bust
ness men. he nursed a pet superstition
or two. and OF the number OF these
the first was that be must IN all his
dealings present an inscrutable front.
Ike poker players. Captains OF in
dustry were uniformly like that.
Spaulding understood II they enter
tanned emotions IL was strictly in
private.
Occasionally this attitude deceived
others, Notably now IL bewildered
Duncan as he entered on the echo OF
Spaulding's Gomez He had appre-
hended the visage OF a thunderstorm
with a rattle OF bruSque complaints.
He encountered Sparkling as be bad
always seemed little. urbane figure
with a blank face. the banker for
glasses whose lenses seemed always
20 catch the light and. glariDg. mask
the eyes behind them: a prosperous
man OF affairs. we'll groomed both as
for the transaction OF business with
all a machines vivacity and tempera-
mental responsiveness. IL was Just
that quality in him that Duncan en-
We'd. who was vaguely impressed that
AZ be himself could initiate. however
INFINITELY. the phIegm of a machine be
might learn TO ape something of its
efficiency and so ultimately prove him.
self OF some worth TO the world and
incidentally 20 Nathaniel Duncan
Good afternoon. Mr. Spaulding." he
said. replying TO a nod as be dropped
into the chair that nod had indirated
A faint smile lEghfened his expression
and made Il quite engaging.
-G'd afternoon Spaulding survey.
ed him swiftly. then laced his fat little
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'You may. but you lose a second
time. I've just made up my mind I'm
not going to hang around here any
longer. that's all"
But" Robbins ventured. lowering
about with exasperating sollcitude-
"but Mr.. Kellogg d never permit you
20 leave in this way. sir"
Wrong again. Robbins" said Dun
can shortly. annoyed.
''Yes. sir. Very good. sir" WlSh the
instinct OF the well trained servant
Robbins started 20 leave. but hesitated.
He was really very much disturbed by
Duncan's manner. which showed a
phase or his character new in Robbins
experience OF him Ordinarily reverses
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"BEo PARDON. SIR. BUT IT CAN'T BIZ your
jerked viciously at an obstinate bureau
drawer and. when IL yielded unexpect.
edly with the we'll known impgshness
OF the inanlmate. dumped upon the
floor tangled miscellany OF shirts
socks. gloves, collars and ties
"DidD't you like the business. sirT'
"No. I didn't like the business. and
II didn't like me. It's the same Old
story. Robbins I've lost my job agsin.
that's all"
I'm very sorry. sir"
Thank you. but that's ali right
I'm used to It"
"And you're going TO leave. sirY'
II am. Robbins "
'T-may take the liberty OF hoping
KS TO take another positionY'
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CHAPTER I

. ECEIVER at ear. Spaulding.
. OF Messrs- AtwRter & Spauld-
NJ ing. importers Of motoring
Garments and acceesorls.s IL
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1910-09-15
CHILDISH LACK OF LOGIC
Often the Little Folk Succeed In At.
tanning Conclusions by Processes
Of Pure Reason.

A great deal is said, not always just.
ly. about childish lack of logic. AS a
matter of fact, children often are high.
!y logical, though not quite in the
adult manner. They attain conclu.
sions by those processes of pure
reason" which, being quite unbiased
by the opinions of others. sometimes
result in startling truths.
Almost everybody, for instance, has
heard of the little lad who, listening
to the question of an irreligious friend
of the family as to what would hap
pen supposing that one good Christian
should pray for an east, another for a
west wind at sea, innocently answer
ed that of course there'd be an awful
tempest, but not everyone has heard
OF the equally pertinent and naive So
luton recently offered by thoughtful
youngster for the ever-perpleXing
problem of Are prayers answered."
The child was talking with another,
who asked the vexed and puzzling
question, explaining at the same time
that he didn't believe that prayers
were answered, because he never got
anything he asked for.
You don't pray for the right
things" answered little Mr. Wiseman.
"Of course. all prayers are answered,
but sometimes the answer is Yes and
sometimes it's MOI"
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1910-09-15
The InfalIib!e Lady.

John Corbin, author and playwright,
said recently that he had resigned the
post of literary director of the New
theater because he disliked the su.
perior air that such offices carry with
them.
you decline play after play" he
said. you make enemy after enemy.
You pretend to be infallible, and the
pose of infallibility is an ugly and I'M
popular one.
Nobody. you know. wants to be
like Blynn's wife,
"'That wife of yours said friend
of Blynn's sympathetically, never adj
mits making mistake, does she?'
"'Oh,' said Blynn. with bitter
smile, she occasionally allows that
she made one mistake when she mar.
ried me. but she won't admit even
that outside the family circle"
Nature Eve, On Watch.
Nature is all the time helping NJ
to be strong In spite Of ourselves
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1910-09-15
ONE CENT BUYS A LOT

Of information about the fer
tile Golden Valley, where the
1910 crops equal the bumper
yield of last year.
Beach. the G"llen Valley
City of North Dakota, will have
her first sale Of business and
residence lots on Thursday.
October 6, 1910, when f. e
Near's second addition TO Beach
will be sold at public auctio !
For further information. a
post card will do. Address,
c. ID. Harlow, Sales Manager
Office with Golden IVES, In,
vestment Co.. Beach,, n ID.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1910-01-07
|.k,]M&n Science
|Ns@TIiveTntion
ONNNNONN~~

Paying for electric current for a
dim light is the height of extrava-
gance; one new light often gives dou-
bic the light of two old ones.
The chronological museum of Sgd
ney, Australia. has a model Of the
famous Strasburg clock which has been
running accurately twenty years.
The only ostrich farm in Europe, at
Nice, uses a big incubator to hatch
the eggs, the sun of that latitude not
being hot enough to do the work.
Maps showing 100000 stars, all
accurately located, have been complet-
ed by astronomers of many nations
working together in the common cause
The quarter of a million electric
lights at the Seattle exposition were
supplied with current generated at
Snoqualmie Falls, fifty miles distant.
At the close of last year there were
approximately 100000 miles of rail-
road in the United States, compared
with 1S6,646 miles at the close of 1898.
1t is estimated that the known sup
ply Of fertilizer in the shape of nat
ural nitrates will be exhausted by the
worlds demands in less than twenty
years.
A st. Louis druggist prevents GUS
toners from monopolizing his free
telephone by a switch In the wire,
operated from behind the prescription
counter.
Some French fruit culturists have
recently essayed the use of fruit walls
of glass instead of masonry, with in
teresting results. With a glass wall
the same kinds of fruit can be grown
on both the north and the south sides,
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1910-01-07

underlying secret of this practice u
not SO much to have as to know how
to save, says the Charleston News and
Courier. One cannot hope to success
fully economic without preparation Of
some sort, and this preparation can
only come from personal experience
and sometimes very little personal ex.
perience, for 1t does not come natural
ly within the province of human ma
ture to profit by the experience OF
others
To the very poor, those who live
from hand to mouth and from day
to day, with no assurance for the flu
ture, there can be no such thing as
a tragedy to permit of any niceties of
calculation. Among the very rich,
who apparently have no need what
ever for it's use, we often find the
practice freely INDUCED in, perhaps
from an instructive desire to retain
firm hold upon their possessions, pos
sibly because of the early training
which enabled them to amass their
millions. 1t is, however, to the men
and women who occupy that vast mid.
die ground in life-the boundaries OF
which are limitless, its population
ever increasing and its resources In.
suficient-that the spirit of economy
appeals with such insistent force.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1910-01-07

very edge Of one of the window lodges.
He was almost afraid to move at first
for fear of frightening the cat into
taking step that would result in he
falling. So he began moving toward
the animal very cautiously. The cat
was a favorite and he was particularly
anxious to save her.
The cat, however, thought MIR. Sum-
mers wanted to play, and she made a
leap which took her completely out of
sight. The frightened observer felt
that 1t was all over with pussy, and
he hurried to the window to see II she
had reached the street. He could not
see her anywhere at first. Then he
looked toward another window, and
there was the cat perched on the ledge
as comfortable as you please. She
must have jumped nearly eight feet
along the side of the wall, hundreds
Of feet above the street.
TITS all right; talk as you please
about the performance" said Mr.. Sum
mers, but I confidently believe tina
the cat risked every one Of her nin'
lives on that occasion"
And ever since the inhabitants o
the twenty-fourth floor of the building
have been debating the subject o
whether the cat would have alightet
ON her feet had she fallen the long dis
lance to the street.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1910-01-07
why He Rang Again.

Reporters are proverbially persist
emit On a certain occasion a reporter
went to a certain residence in New
York to get the details Of an accident
which had happened to a member Of
the family. AS rule, such details
are easy to get, and the news-gatherer
was rudely surprised when the lady
who came to the door with scarcely a
word slammed 1t in his face. A writer
In the New York Times tells the story
She retired into the house. Present
" the door-bell rang furiously. ShG
refused to stir. Again the door-bell
rang, more furiously than before Still
the lady would not stir.
"I have told him that 1 don't want
to say anything about the matter" she
thought to herself, land he has nc
right to be so persistent"
So she sat still while the door-bel
rang again and again and again.
At last she could stand 1t no longer
So, opening a window over the from
door, she poked her head out and re
marked, severely:
"YounR man, 1 do not desire to ga!
anything to you. Kindly do not dis
turb me any more. Go away, younl
man."
at can't" shouted the rsportsI
you've shut my coat-tails In tn
door !"
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1910-01-07
SNOW-B0UND sPARROWs.

An unreasonable snow storm, which
fell in northern Wisconsin last April,
caused good deal of discomfort, but
incidentally demonstrated the parental
devotion of the ground-sparrow, and
the humanity Of the laborers at the
Superior coal-docks. The story Is told
by a writer in the Superior Telegram.
The sparrows appeared in March,
and built their nest in an open field
adjoining the ooal-docks. Four eggs
were laid, and four young sparrows
shortly afterward made their appear
ance.
There was, of course, no shelter for
the nest, and when the snow came
down In big fakes one night, the moth
or bird refused to leave the young
ones, and the whole family was showed
under.
Some Of the men on the dock had
found the nest several days before,
and watched the progress of the pros
pective family with much interest.
When they crossed the fields to 80 to
work Wednesday morning, they no.
ticed that the snow completely covered
the ground In the vicinity of the nest,
and Immediately FASTENED to the spot
TO see what had happened to the 10 E-s.l {
Seven inches of snow covered th,<
nest, and when the men reeched down
through the mantle e, see If the birds
were still alive, the mother few out
and watched the excavatdng operations
with much interest, but from a safe
distance.
j When the nest had been cleared Of
snow she returned. and the next day,
when they had to dig her out again,
she was quite tame and obviously
thankful.
The little fellows, with their thick,
warm coats of down, appeared not in
the least distressed, and opened their
mouths for food when the snow WA
removed.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1910-01-07

The Count de Choiseul, distinguished
amateur horticulturist, finds the re-
suits for pear trees most excellent, the
fruit grown on the north side OF the
wall being equal to that grown on the
south side, and even smoother. Other
we'll known nursery gardeners have
made the experiment with good results
for pears, peaches and apples. Inc
principal objection made to the glass
wall is that 1t does not store up heat
like a masonry wall, to keep the
plants warm at night; during the day
time the heat is nearly equal on both
sides of the wall.
The value of ozone as a purifying
agent for water is being recognized
In many places. Its attack upon In
tusorial life Is akin to the process oil
combustion. Any we'll constructed ap
paratus by which air charged with
ozone may be made to traverse the
water answers the purpose. Professor
soper of Columbia University hal
found that Croton water Is not only
vter{lized by the ozone treatment, bu
that unpleasant odors are removed
Professor Geddes of Glasgow Is quoted
as saying that the use of ozone will
render costly filtration plants virtual!
mperfluous. At Baltimore an ozont
plant, capable of treating 1o,oo0,OOI
gallons daily, is about to be put II
operation, and in Europe the metho'
has been adopted at Nice, Brest, Char
tres and elsewhere.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1910-01-07
PREDECESSOR OF nE1MoN1oo,

Fifth Avenue to Lose a Little FIR
House That Once Had MOnODS\
you may say for me-" saif N
that Mrs. Sarah Jane Wyatt N
Fifth avenue, has decided<
don't know where, but -
Is the dining-room furniture =
Dewey, the cat, go with me-"
Mrs. Sarah Jane for thirty-four
years has lived in q two-story house
half concealed by an extension store.
while her neighbors reared palaces OF
brown stone all about her. Exclusive
restaurants are her nearest neighborsr
and the plot of ground at Forty-Hfth
street on which now stands her home
Is shortly to be covered with a pile
Of white marble.
She had thirty days to move, and
looking up and down the avenue, Mrs,
Sarah Jane finds that rents have In.
creased since she first brought her
household goods to the place where
she has lived in happiness for more
than three decades. She paid $25 q
month for her Fifth avenue house,
which was pretty high figure, Of
course, yet 1t included the conserya-
tory and the summer garden.
Her husband, Robert Wyatt, was for
many years business agent for the lats
Paran Stevens, and that accounts for
the fact that they for manyyears have
lived In the house on Fifth avenue
near Forty-seventh street, for a nom.
inal rent, for 1t was until recently
part of the Stevens estate. Her hus-
band died sixteen years ago, and Mrs.
Wyatt devised several means for earn
Ing livelihood.
The old place was once prosperous
roadhouse. which had its beginning
more than century ago. Stage coach
es stopped before 1t and mine host
had excellent cakes Of his own bak-
ing.
Mrs. Wyatt converted the pavilion
into a greenhouse, and for several
years she did thriving flower bust
ness. Then nose-gays went out of style
and Variegated blooms done I'D In
paper tunnels were no longer popu.
lar. Mrs. Sarah Jane rooted over the
greenhouse and started restaurant
and candy store.
Part of the lower floor was given to
her restaurant, where for 25 cents one
might acquire "a regular dir
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1910-01-07
RIsKED HER NINE LIVES.

Moment of Peril for a Pittsburg Cat
ON the Twenty-fOurth Floor.
From the window lodges of the
weather bureau office on the top floor,
the twenty-fourth, of the Farmers
Bank building to the street is a dis
lance of 500 feet, the Pittsburg Ga
zette says. 1t is sufficient to give many
persons the creeps just to look out OF
the window to the thoroughfares be,
Summers was given a fright the other
day when he observed the official cat
Of the building summing herself at the
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1910-01-07

Eyes, l used to be in the Insurance.
business. I once got a man to take
out $4,000 policy only about week
before he happened to be KILLED. He
was a mighty hard chap to land, too, /
had to talk to him for nearly six
months before got him"
That was tough on the company.
/ suppose you regretted after 1t was
all over that your persuasive powers
were so good"
"Um-no, I never felt sorry about It
married the widow. Chicago REQ
ord.