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(Continued.)
CHAPTER XVII.



What is the business. Mr.. Craig.
head, of the Universal Nitrates and
Air Products Coz"
Mr.. Craighead, looking down into
Broadway from the window of his
office, ceased his mysterious count
ing and tallying. snapped stop
watch and turned to the group of
reporters. His look was reproach-
full.
Gentlemen" said he, "you are
Grass Roman soldiery. am Arichi-
modes making calculations; and, in
stead of allowing him to equate his
equations, you javelin him with
questions. Tell the journalistic
Marcelli who sent you that Ark
won't be disturbed"
Tell us about these abstruse
studies of middle Broadway" said
a young man with a snub nose.
81 am determining" said Mr..
Craighead, "the ratio of out of town
visitors to cliff jewellers. by observ.
ing the number who try to see the
cornices. The Carson Craighead Co.
must know this. Then my plan for
aiding the Society for the Proven
ton of Noise-by the way, there's a
story in that"
what is it?" asked a tall, young
man who wore a bored look and
glasses.
"A law" said Mr. Craighead, "to
compel cabmen to take out licenses
"They have to now!" snapped a
young woman in a sailor hat.
you're stalling us Off"
at hurts me-" said he. "to be &C
cused of deceit, by one SO fair in
terms which make 1t cinch that
she's wise to all the flash patter
along the pike Of slang!"
"But about this noise story" said
the snub nose.
my BILL" resumed Mr.. Craighead,
twill compel cabmen to be so
trained in good vocal schools that
their cry, or bay. or powl will re-
sound through the streets melod-
iously. surprising the double
tonguing of hounds, when the horn
OF the hunter Is heard on the hill.
Each will be given pitch for his
'Keb!' Keb! Minor effects may be
introduced through accidentals or
accidents. Full choruses will swell
to the blue dome in blockades. This
raw material for music for more
vital than Wagner's or Strauss will
be written down by the tonic sol. ia
system, and Music, gentlemaid, will
be young again. At the ferries and
stations serried columns of cabmen
will compete in antiphonal chant,
deep, musical, elevating like the
Greek chorus. Art, in that day
This reform, Mr.. Craighead."
said the slangy young lady, twill
come with your plan Of teaching
burglary and housebreaking in the
public schoolS?'
do not sneer." protested Mr..
Craighead. Until we do that, the
yeggmen have us faded. And sneer-
ing distorts the features. Delay
sneering!"
But about the Universal Nitrates
and Air Products Co.," said fat
man with perpetually poised pencil,
"and its connection with the aero
nef company"
Merely fortuitious," replied
Craighead. THE aeronef company
is an ephemeral agency for profit
and l scorn it,"
"But you are director?"
ooh. yes! Oh, yes!" replied Craig
head. But the greater things had
not occurred to me when l went
into 1t. / was ILL., l was under a
claim. l was chemicalizing in that
reaction which results In the prod
uct known as tungstate Of alcohol
ism. or magalo conversation. A nat
ural monopolist. General Theodo'
Cahson. NJ. A., took advantage of
my weakness and got me into 1t.
Honor rooted in dishonor stands,
and faith unfaithful keeps me
falsely true: and stay with him In
his fight with Aerostatic Power.
Then | shall give my whole atten-
ton to the Universal Nitrates and
Air Products Co., which is 10 the