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ing down my weekly checks. bad luck
to you not to have a man who could
earn Them
His desperate honesty touched
Spaulding a trife. At the risk of not
seeming business man to himself he
inclined obviously to relent, to give
Duncan another chance
Duncan" he said, whats the trou.
ble?"
II thought you knew that; thought
that was why you called me in with
my route half covered"
"You mean
81 mean can't sell your line"
"WhyY
"God only knows. I want to badly
enough. It's just general incompe-
tence, presume"
"What makes you think that"
Duncan smiled bitterly expert
ence," he said
"You've tried-what else?"
"a little of everything. all the jobs
open to man with knowledge of
Latin and Greek and the higher mathe-
Misunderstanding clerk. timekeeper.
cashier, all Of 'em."
"And yet Kellogg believes in you"
Duncan nodded dolefully. "Harry's a
good friend. We roomcd together at
college. That's why he 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 me four or five jobs
with friends Of his, like yourself. But
I don't seem to last. You see, 1 was
brought up to be ornamental and ir-
regular rather than useful, to blow
about in motorcars and keep q valet
busy sixteen hours day, and all that
sort Of thing. My fathers failure
you know about that?"
Spaulding nodded. Duncan went on
gloomily, talking great deal more
freely than he would have talked at
any other time-suffering, in fact, from
that species Of auto-hypnosis induced
by the sound Of his own voice recount
ing his misfortunes which seems espe,
cially to affect a man down on his
luck.
"That smash came when I was fiv'
years out Of college-I'd never though,
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when they had been classmates. what
time Duncan shared his rooms with
kellogg. very much younger and suf-
fering exGuisitely from oversophisti-
cation. His drawl barely escaped be-
Ing inmitable. His air did not escape
1t. "Smitten with my old trouble"
Duncan appraised him-"too much
money. Heaven knows l hope he new
er recoverS."
AS for Willy, he was momcntarily
more nearly human than he had seem
ed from the moment of his first APP
pearance. You know" be blurted,
''this is simply extraordinary. l say,
you chaps, Duncan and haven't met
for years, not since he graduated. We
belong to the same frat, you know,
and had jolly time of it, If he was
an upper class man. No side about
him at all, " know, absolutely none
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whatever. Whenever l had to go out
on spree I'd always get Nat to show
me round"
81 was pretty good at that" Duncan
admitted, n triilc ruefully
But Willy ratified on Needless Gle
knew more pretty gels, y know. l say,
old chap, d'you know as many now"
Duncan shook his head 1.-THE list
has shrunk. I'm n changed man, Will
ly"
low. l say. you're chawfin." Willy
argued increduIously. II don't believe
that, y know, hardly i say, you re-
member the night you showed me how
to play faro bank"
"I'll 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.
mot him" cried Willy, cxpostulant.
''Not really? Why, it cawn't bev'
"Fact," Duncan assured him. "He
was working his way through college,
you see, whereas was working my
way through my allowance and then
some. That's why yon 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 PM He
broke Off in surprise. ''Hello," he said
DoIo <Io
on which were slim stemmed glasses
filed with pale yellow cffcrvescent
liquid. "Why the blond waters Of ex-
citement, plense" he inquired. accept
ing glass.
From across the room Larry Miller's
voice sounded. Are you ready, gen
tlemen7 Well 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 & Cor
Long applauded loudly. "Hear, hearw
and even Willy Bartlett chimed in
with an unemotional. "Good workw
Mechanically Duncan downed the
toast. Kellogg was the only man not
drinking 1t, and from that the meaning
was easily to he inferred. With q
stride Duncan caught his hand and
crushed it in his own.
"Harry." he said little huskily, IT
can't tell you how glad am. It's the
best news I've had in years.
Kellogg's responsive pressure was
answer enough. "1t makes it doubly
worth while to win out and have you
oil so glad" he said.
$50 you've taken him into the firm.
eh?" Duncan inquired Of Bartlett.
The blue eyes widened stonily. 1.-THE
governor has. I'm not in the business.
y know. Never had the slightest turn
for 1t. whnt?" Willy set aside his
glass. ~ say. must be moving. No,
I cawn't stop. Kellogg, really. was
dressin' ut the club and Larry told me
about it. go just dropped round to
tell you how Jolly glad am"
'Your father hadn't told you, then7'
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r THE e
HUNTER
= -
Novelized by
LOUIS JOSEPH VANCE
From the Play of the
Same Name by
WINCHELL SMITH
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Copyright. 1910. by Winclell Smith and
Louis Joseph Vance
Copyright. 1910. by Wincl,ell Smith and
Louis Joseph Vance

urgent, sir. l gathered from the fact
that you wired me to come home that
you wanted my advice
A second time Spaulding gestured
with his eyebrows, for once fairly sur
prised out of his pose. Your advice?"
"Yes,' said Duncan evenly, "as to
whether You ough. to give up your
customers on my route or send them a
man who could sell goods"
well" SpANlding admitted.
oh, don't think I'm boasting Of my
acuteness. Anybody could have guess
Ell as much from the great number of
heavy orders / have not been sending
you"
you've had bad luck"
You mean you have, Mr.. Spaulding.
1t was good luck for me to be draw
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'You may, but you lose second
time. I've just made up my mind Pm
not going to hang around here any
longer, that's ALL"
But Robbins ventured, lowering
about with exasperating solicitude-
but Mr.. Kellogg d never permit you
to leave in this way, SIR
"Wrong again, Robbins" said Dun
can shortly, annoyed.
"Yes. sir. Very good, sir" With the
instinct of the well trained servant
Robbins started to leave, but hesitatcd.
He was really very much disturbed by
Duncan's manner, which showed 4
phase Of his character new in Robbins
experience of him. Ordinarily reverses
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In one Of Rudyard Kiphng's
writings he tells of the ship
that found herself" and in THE
Fortune Hunter" NE have the
fascinating narrative of "a
youth ~ho found HIMSELF" The
youth is like the ship-he had to
have his course laid straight BE-
fore his career began to make
substantial headway. The story
of Nat Duncan is one that in
dramatic form, as written by
WincheH Smith, has attracted
the attention of thousands of
playgoers throughout the cour,-
try. As a nopel, written by Louis
Joseph Vance, it becomes a mar
rafipe of profound appeal TO the
young and old and especially to
those of US who in our youth
dwezt in a rural district far
enough removed from the metro
politan centers TO be practically
world in itself and to ITSELF
Usually it is the country lad who
ventures into the great cities to
seek fortune and fome's favor.
But here we find a dowr to date
city youth, Who, a failure at en-
eryfhing he had undertaken, in
pades the rural districts to make
a millionaire of himself That
which befazzs him prompted
great New York newspaper editor
to say Every American should
read this great story" for The
Fortune Hunter" in spite of its
enjoyable hu,nor, subtilely point
ed by its talented authors, teaches
the vital lesson of the need of
charity and tolerance for the
less fortunate of human beings.
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AAS1oASs
~ ing, importers of motoring
garments and accessories, lis
tened to the switchboard operators
announcement with grave attention,
acknowledging it with toneless "All
right; send him in" Then, hooking
up the desk telephone, he swung round
in his chair to face the door of his
private Office and in a brief ensuing
interval painstakingly ironed out of his
face and attitude every indication Of
the frame of mind in which he await
ed his caller. 1t was, as matter of
fact, anything but pleasant one. He
had distasteful duty to perform, but
that was the last thing he designed to
become evident Like most good bust
ness men, he nursed pet superstition
or two, and Of the number of these
the first was that he must in all his
dealings present an inscrutable front,
like poker players. Captains of in
dustry were uniformly like that,
Spaulding understood. If they enter
tanned emotions it was strictly in
private.
Occasionally this attitude deceived
others. Notably now it bewildered
Duncan as he entered on the echo Of
Spaulding's "Come! He had appre-
hended the visage Of thunderstorm
with rattle Of brusque complaints.
He encountered Spaulding as he had
always rseemed-a little, urbane figure
with blank face, the banker for
glasses whose lenses seemed always
to catch the light and, glaring, mask
the eyes behind them; prosperous
man of affairs, we'll groomed both as
to body and as to mind; a machine
for the transaction Of business with
all machines vivacity and tempera-
mental responsiveness. 1t was just
that quality in him that Duncan en-
Wed, who was vaguely impressed that
If he himself could initiate, however
infinitely. the phlegm Of machine he
might learn to ape something of its
efficiency and so ultimately prove him
self of some worth to the world and
incidentally to Nathaniel Duncan.
"Good afternoon, Mr.. Spaulding," he
said, replying to nod as he dropped
into the chair that nod had indicated.
A faint smile lightened his expression
and made it quite engaging.
"G'd afternoon" Spaulding survey
ed him swiftly, then laced his fat little
fingers and contemplated them with
detached intentness. Gust get in.
Duncan?'
ION the $3.50 from Chicago. I got
your WIRE" he resumed. II mean it
got me-overtook me at Minneapolis"
"You haven't wasted time"
n fancied the matter might be
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BEG PARDON, EIH, LIT IT CAN'T BE your
3erked viciously at an obstinate bureau
drawer and, when it yielded unexpect-
eddy with the well known impishness
Of the inanimate, dumped upon the
floor tangled miscellany of shirts
socks, gloves, collars and ties.
Didn't you like the business, sir?"
mo, didn't like the business, and
It didn't like me. It's the same old
story. Robbins. I've lost my job again,
that's ALL"
"I'm very sorry. sir"
"Thank you, but that's all right.
I'm used to It,"
"And you're going to leave, STRIP
II am. Robbins"
"I-may take the liberty of hoping
It's to take another positions"
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CHAPTER I,

~ ECEIVER at ear, Spaulding,
Of Messrs. Atwater g. Spauld-
~ ing, importers of motoring
arrnorta ond ooaoreo,.;oe. l;n
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-07-06
THE ToRRID WAVE.

The torrid wave in the East is some
thing phenomenal; and the long lists Of
deaths and prostrations by heat are q
sorrow to the nation. Crops also are
suffering in the farming belt, and the
discomfort and damage to the com
munity by such extreme heat make the
year a record one in this respect
New York City appears to have suf-
fered the most in deaths from heat, no
less than twentysix being reported
from heat alone Kansas City reports
five, and great suffering is reported IN
all of the East and the old West. Chi
cago suffered cruelty. The Pacific coast
gion has been not only agreeable in
temperature, but strikingly cool for a
week past 1t is now beginning to
warm up little here, hut nothing to be
very seriously considered
The striking difference between this
mountain country and the East in the
matter of suffering and damage from
heat brings to the front again in q more
emphatic manner than ever before, the
propriety of the suggestion that the
summer capital Of the Nation should be
fixed in the West, among the heaven
soaring peaks. where life is always en-
.ioyable, where sunstroke is never
known, and where even in the most
torrid season the nights arc comfortable
and restful, and the days never dis
tressingly sultry. If it were not for the
extra session of Congress, this would
be good year to enforce upon the
country the necessity Of having the
summer capital in the West, where bust
ness and pleasure could be combined
with the maximum of comfort and
ease
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-07-06
SAFE AND SANE IT WAS.

The celebration Of the Fourth of
July throughout the country was safe
and sane, sure enough. On the morn
ing of July 4th we printed a little
table showing the deaths and injuries
by celebrations on Independence Day
in the past. For the eight years given
the deaths aggregated 1862, an aver
age practically of 20s per year. The
injuries numbered $500, an average
of 4452 per year.
1t is too early yet to compile the
casualties Of the Fourth of July this
year, but the preliminary report from
the Chicago Tribune, which makes Il
speciality of collecting this sort Of
news, shows but thirteen deaths, COM
pared with twenty-eight reported the
first night last year. The number of
injured reported is 294, as against 1855
reported up to the same hour last year.
This is certainly a tremendous gain
for sanity and safety. All that we
have to do is TO keep right along on
the same good path. and presently
there will be neither deaths nor wounds
to report as result of the celebration
of independence Day in the United
States. And surely that is consum-
nation most devoutIy TO be wished.
For, of all the distressful things in
connection with the joyous celebration,
killing and manning of human beings
is the worst Of all.
The country was not SO fortunate in
the matter of fires; for many fires
are reported, started by firecrackers
and other explosives. This damaging
result Of explosive Fourths will be the
last to put an end to; but persistence
in the doctrine of safety and sanity is
bound to win also here
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-07-06
g. M, FREED INDICATED.

The officials of the U. s. Land Office
in Salt Lake have just decided a case
of good deal Of prominence that has
been pending for some time. We refer
to tho case of Mr.. Charles Nj, Freed,
who made certain coal land entries
here on the advice of his attorney,
Mr.. Booth. who was afterwards np'
pointed u. S. Attorney and directed
to prosecute cases of other entries as
frauds upon the government. Ot
course, nothing came Of these prosecu-
tions, and in some Of the cases, particu-
larly that of Mr.. Freed, nothing ought
to have come of them; for there was
nothing wrong about them at all; the
entries were perfectly legal, Mr.. Freed
was entitled to make the entries, and
there was no reason whatever to assall
him on account Of them.
But, when these entries were at
tackled, it was in the height OF the new
zeal for conservation, and every
one who made any entry at all of gov
ernment lands was under suspicion of
fraud IT was an unjust, cruel suspl-
cion, totally unwarranted, and now in
Mr.. Freed's case it is officially de-
termined that he did nothing wrong
that the suspicion against him was un-
Just. and the contest against him is
dismissed. But in the meantime a
howl of virtue has gone up on behalf
of government officials. and paying
places have been made for many
aspirants. Along with the Freed case
number of other cases specified are
dismissed as not having any faint of
fraud, but entirely legal and proper.
1t is true that appeal to Washington
will lie against this local finding; but
if made doubtless it will be~ without
avail, for the whole case has been gone
into thoroughly.
1t is a gratifying outcome to all OF
Mr. Freed s friends, who Will rejoice
to see that his name is thus cleared of
every faint of accusation. Every one
who knew Mr.. Freed knew all the
time that he would do nothing con-
sciously wrong, for he was a man OF
uprightness, candor, and honor, a good
citizen, a law-abiding man, above re-
pronch in every respect. Still, 1T Is n
satisfaction to have the official clear
ance and to know that every shadow
of accusation against him has been
wholly removed.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-07-06
THE SOLE LEGISLATION.

1T is good to see that the opposing
Senators are being forced into a right
state of mind, by reason of the senti-
ment of the country and by the hot
weather. on the Canadian reciprocity
agreement. There is consensus of
opinion now that the so.called debate
is likely to be materially cut short. and
that vote will be reached on the main
question much sooner than has been
thought heretofore.
1t seems incredible. but it is actually
the fact, that the Senate is Just waking
up TO the fact that the reciprocity bill
is the sole legislation brought before
Congress. Inasmuch, however, as the
President s call for the extra session
mentioned the reciprocity agreement as
the business for which the extra session
was called, and named nothing else, ii
must be that the Senators have, until
now, failed to read the President IS
proclamation calling Congress together
in extra session. But it is better late
than never. 1t is better for the Sen
ate to sense, even at this late day, that
the reciprocity bill is the sole legisla-
tion for which they were called in ex-
ira session, than to keep on ignoring
the fact.
Some of the amendments suggested
as those by Senator Bristow of Kansas
are not worth the formulating. He
intends, it is said, to propose as amend
ments the free admission Of sugar, lead
and rubber manufactures from Canada
gar, bounty on lead, and has no rub
Der manufactures except as they might
be fostered by bouDties or premiums
his notions are so crude as to be anus
ing in their ineptness. To admit free
| Of duty articles produced under boun
| ty system would be violative Of the
cardinal principles Of the Republican
party, as laid down by President Taft
from the National Republican plat
form, and as traditionaIly entertained
this being the imposing of tariff du
ties on the production of articles where
that production is unequal as between
| this and other countries. Surely moth
ing could more absolutely and certain
! lg make production unequal than the
fostering of manufactures by prizes
and bounties
! 1t will be in vain that such sill;
amendments as that would be proposed
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the men chiefly concerned. To have the
offspring of the two antagonlstlc per-
sonages concerned primarily in that
agedy meet under such circumstances
is a coincidence of more than common
place concern: and it would have been
vastly desirable to have the two men
meet and talk the matter over, each
giving his expression to his ideas and
"reminiscences. Unfortunately, how.
ever, this was not brought about.
We note, however, some inaccuracies
in the paragraph quoted. Joseph +.
Smith. now head of the Mormon Church,
is not the son but the nephew Of the
founder of the Mormon Church; he is
the son of Hyrum Smith, who was a
brother of Joseph Smith, Jr., who re-
ceived the revelations, y And as the
perpetrators of the crime of slaving the
two Smiths have been supposed to be
unknown, ii would be of interest to
know how the part which the oman
named Madison took in the assass-
nation comes to be disclosed.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-07-06
INDISCREET AMERICANS

A few months ago, President Taft
found it obligatory upon him to rep
rimand Commander Sims Of the U. S.
Navy, for indiscreetly saying in an
after-dinner speech in London that if
Great Britain got into a difficult war.
every American ship and every drop
of American blood would be at her
service. 1t was an unfortunate speech,
and the Commander suffered the loss
of several numbers in the promotion
sheet, for making it.
Not long ago, Admiral Badger, while
being entertained at an official ban
quet in Copenhagen, inadvertently
gave toast to HThe German Navy
instead Of to "The Danish Navy" a
most awkward mistake under any cir.
cumstances, but peculiarly bad under
the circumstances in which the error
was made, since there is no love lost
between the Danish and the German
navies No official notice appears to
have been taken of this slip.
Consul General John l.. Griffiths at
lSouuOu IL .IHc loIeoL NltIlHD VI IN III
discreet or manageable tongue He
made speech before the Pilgrims
Society in that city on May 23rd, in
which, report is, he made a fervent
plea for an Anglo American alliance,
offensive and defensive, against the
world. Inevitably this was reported
to the administration, with an inquiry
whether or not it was authorized or
met with the approval of the President
And now the State Department has
called upon Consul General Williams
to report Just what it was that he did
say.
1t is important for American Off
cials or officers when abroad to guard
we'll their tongues. For they are ac-
countable to the administration pri-
marlly, and in less degree TO the world
at large, for their utterances. 1t
would seem. however, that this ought
TO be so we'll known as TO prevent loose
talk. But. unfortunately, it does not
prevent it, and the assured result is
trouble for the loose tongucd orator,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-07-06
MoRSE'S VAIN STRUGGLE.

II appears that Charles ". Morse, not
content with the refusal of President
Taft to grant him pardon for his
criminal violations Of the banking law,
has been making further efforts to get
his liberty, The claim was made IN
his behalf that the judge who sentenced
him to fifteen years Imprisonment did
not have power under the law to de-
liver such sentence, that the utmost
extent of Imprisonment that he was
lawfully entitled to impose upon Morse
was ten years. This has been taken
into litigation, and Judge William T.
Newman, Of the Federal Court for the
Northern District Of Georgia, heard the
case. He decided that, until the ten
years sentence had been served, which
it was admitted that the Judge had
authority to impose on Morse, it is too
soon to raise the question. At the ex-
piration of the ten years hearing
will be proper as to whether Morse can
be further held or not.
Morse's plea further urged that, AS
he was convicted or miSdemeanorS, ne
ought not to be held in a prison which
the law authorizing it described as one
for felons. On this plea also his ap'
plication was denied, on the ground
that the place where he is incarcerated
is common prison in which all persons
committed by due process of law are
held.
1t is rcassuring to the public that
Morse is thus held securely to his sen
tence. He richly earned all that he
received. President Taft's review OF
his case was so strikingly just as well
as severe, that there can be no ques
ton about the propriety of holding
Morse rigidly for the full term OF has
Jail sentence.
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to defeat Canadian reciprocity. The
notion is altogether absurd, and might
as well be dropped first as last,
But on the main question, ii is good
TO see that .he Senate has finally real
lied what il is in extra session for, and
it is supposed that it will now give
its attention to that matter. If 1T will
dc so intclligently, and without need
less windy speeches, for about two
weeks, it ought 10 he prepared to come
TO a vote
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-07-06

King George reviewed the boy scouts,
$4,000 in number, commanded by Gen.
Sir Baden-Powell, in Windsor Park, on
July 4tb, TO the great satisfaction of
himself and Of the boys. The boy scout
movement is in many ways the most
promising development of recent times,
both in Great Britain and the United
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