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vice Of his phySician: and on that day stones picture disappeared from the place il had occupied upon the front page of the Bulletin.
 IL was a victory complete and final. but it was not without its sting. for on that same day Bobby faced an empty exchecquer It was Johnson who brought him the sad but net ment wh Chalmers and Agnes hap pened to be in the office. Seeing them. Johnson h sitated at the door.
 What is it, Johnson?" asked Bobby.
 Oh. nothing much" said Mir Johnson with a pained expression. I'll come back again."
 He had a sheet of paper with him and Bobby held out hls hand for it.. Still hesitating. old Johnson brought 1t forward and laid it down on Bob by's desk.
 You know you told me, sir, to bring this to you"
 Had the others not been present he would have added the remainder that he had been instructed to bring this statement week in advance of the tir when Pobby should no longer be able to meet his pay roll. Bobby looked up from the statement without any thought of reserve be- fore these three.
 Well, it's come. I'm broke"
 Not so much a calamity in this instance as it has been in others" :" said Agnes sagely. Fortunately your trustee is right here, and your trustees lawyer, who has two hun dred and fifty thousand dollars still 10 your account" Bobby listened in frowning silence, and cid Johnson, who had prepared himself before he came upstairs for such a Continge ncy. quietly laid upon Bobby's desk one of the familiar gray envelopes and withdrew It was in sCribed:
 To My Son Robert, Upon the Turn
 ing Over to Him of His Sixth and Last Experimental Fund.
 ''lf a man fails six times he'd
 b tier be pension d and left to
 live life Cf pleasant ease; for
 everybody has right to be
 happy, and not all can gain
 happiness through their own ef- forts. So, if you fail this last
 time, don't worry, my boy, but
 take measures to cut your gar
 m mt according to the income
 from a million and a half dollars,
 invested so safely that it can
 yield you but two per cent. If
 If the fault of your ill success
 liac with nnEhnIv it lice Jritb
 me, and blame myself bitterly
 for it many times as 1 write
 this letter.
 Remember, first, last and al
 ways, that l want you to be
 happy
 Bobby passed the letter to Agnes and the envelope to Chalmers.
 This is little premature" he said, sminng at both of them, for I'm not applying for the sixth DOT ion.
 Agnes looked up at him in sur prise.
 Not applying for it?"
 No" he declared, T don't want it. I understand tn re is a provis- ion that l can not use two of these portions in the same business"
 Both Chalmers and Agnes nodded.
 T don't want money for any other business than the Bulletin" declared Bobby. "and if my father has it fixed that he won't help me as want to be helped, I don't want it at all"
 There is another provision about which you perhaps don't know Chalmers informed him; If you re- fuse this money it reverts to the main fund"
 Bobby studied this over thought fully.
 Let it revert" said he, "I'll sink or swim right here"
 The next day he went to his bank and tried to borrow money. They liked Bobby very much in- deed over at the bank. He was a vigorous young man, young man of affairs, young man who had won a great public victory a young man whom it was generally admitted had done the city an incalculable amount of good; but they could not accept Bobby nor the Bulletin as a business proposition. Had they not seen the original fund dwindle and dwindle for two years until now there was nothing left? Wouldn't another fund dwindle likewise? It is not part of a banks desire to foreclose upon securities. They are quite well satisfied with just the plain interest. Moreover, the Bulle- in wasn't such heavy security, any how.
 Bobby tried another bank with like results, and also some of his firm business friends at the Traders club. In the midst of his dilemma President De Graf of the First National came to him.
 T understand you have been try ing to borrow some money, Burnt ?"
 It sounded to Bobby as if De Graf had come to gloat over him. since he had been instrumental in ional through the mire.
 "Yes, sir, I have" he nevertheless answered steadily.
 Why didn't you come to us?" de- manded d De Graf.
 "To you?" said Bobby, amazed. 'I never thought of you in that con- nection at all, De Graf, after all hat has happened"
 De Graf shrugged his shoulders.
 That was like pulling tooth. It hurt and one dreaded 1t, but it was so much better when 1t was put. Until you jumped into the fight Stone had me under his thumb. The minute the exposure came he had no further hold on me. It is the