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REMARKABLE TALE
Of Haunting Monster, Told by
Tramp Sailor.

THE Specter of Unrest" by u. H.
Couzens, will be found in our next Sun
day Magazine. Mr.. Couzens has Travelled
great deal, having spent years in gov
eminent work in the South seas and also
working through the west with the Unit
ed States internal revenue service. This
Is South sea story. told in the first
person.
The teller was sitting in his house
one sticky, stormy evening, when a tramp
sailor appeared, and. after drinking q
few high balls. proceeded to draw a pic
ture. To quote. From out the black
background there looked a face. 1t was
like nothing in heaven or earth. The
skill of the work was marvellous. The
malignant eyes seemed to CLEAN green
and the flesh to have a sickly, poisonous
cast. 1t was haunting, uncanny thing
like some fiesh-eating monster; purely a
fantasy. but mastery piece of work.
nevertheless"
This. he explained. was "My personal
demon. my aviator. the thing l have seen
for years, asleep or awake And then he
went on and told his remarkable story.
There is a strange and unexpected climax
to the tale. which brings out to the fullest
Mr.. Couzens exceptional talents as a
story writer.
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up and go to the country until it's all
over"
TN be back in a few minutes said
Burton. as he left the office.
Wouldn't We just love to know what
cards the others are hiding said Dick.
Il now know exactly how Mr.. N Bona =
parte felt about pm. on the day OF his
justly celebrated game at Waterloo. L
wish it were over
| Ivan knocked and was admitted. ':Mr.
! Claude Lorrain is here and he has. been
| drinking. he announced. shall L tell
1 him to call week after next?
mo" replied Dick, grimly, admit MN.
/ have been abused all day without haN-
ing a chance to strike back: il will be a
relief to abuse some one else
! Lorrain entered with his usual assur-
ance Nothing but a certain sheen TO the
eyes indicated that he had been drinking.
| Pm all in. Dick" he said. without en-
| barrassment. I've been on the wrong
side of every move and I'm stone broke.
What can YOU do for me?'
Dick looked at him coldly. Il can send
YOU up for five years. il i want to-" he
replied. with harsh distinctness, but 1
don't want to. All | want is to tell you
that YOU are a contemplate scoundrel,
and to advise YOU to leave this country
as soon as possible.
! rs that ALP asked Lorrain. with
sheer We'll. when I want advice. I'll
let YOU know. What I want now IS
money You promised all kinds of things
to get me over here, now you pretend
Cut it out interrupted Dick, sternly.
''It did not require an anesthetic TO tear
YOU away from your beloved country, and
you had been here before. anyway, and
knew the conditions. Emil and Ivan will
soon be provided with funds to carry out
their plans. or with positions which will
make them observation-disclosures they
prefer-but as for you. you are a sneak.
a thief. fow-grade, treacherous scoun-
drel"
1t was a luxury to lay a biting en-
pha sis on each epithet.
You're a liarr' cried Lorrain.
Dick smiled Overwhelmingly, as he stood
with his muscles at feline readiness.
Thanks" he said heartily. Il have
been called that before today. but was
not able properly to resent II. We are
about the same size and age / shall
have to ask you to take IL back at once.
or I'll punch your head of-you thief!'
CTo be continued tomorrow)
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much as his predecessor of 1881. 1t VIII
be seen. therefore. that wages for labor
have practically quadrupled since the
dawn of the age of labor-savlng ma
ming laboring men were violently opposed
to the adoption of such machinery.
More patents have been issued for in
ventions relating to transportation than
upon any other line Of human ACTIVITY:
These inventions have resulted in great
saving to the people, and have made pos
sible a civilization which could never
have come into existence but for them
In the early history of the country IT
was no unusual thing TO pay from 20 to
so cents ton per mile for the trans
portation of freight. Today the average
ton of freight in the United States is
hauled full mile for less than l cent
In no other realms have the labors OF
the American inventor and the fostering
care of the patent office served better
purpose than in the development of the
apparatus with which the farmer pro
duces the things that men eat and the
raw material out of which they make
their clothing. Without the farm ma
chinery which the United States has
given to the world. mankind necessarily
would be stih race of small farmers;
There could be no big cities: a thousand
arts and sciences could flourish only IN
an Indifferent way. If at all.
The development OF agricultural ma
chinery has SO enhanced the productive
power of the Individual farmer That 1ully
three-fourths of those who formerly OBJ
tanned their living by filling the soil may
now find profitable occupation in other
voca TONS According to authentic sta
tistics. it cost an average of S4.9o an acre
to cut wheat with an old-tme sickle. The
invention of the grain cradle reduced this
cost to $50 an a. re. The big steam har-
vester threshers have lowered it TO %
cents an acre. When the Chica go world s
fair was held a delegation of foreign
agriculturists were taken to big Dakota
ranch and shown how American wheat
may be harvested at a smaller cost per
bushel than the mere cost of food or
slave labor under old-time conditions.
1t is estimated that if the worlds croD
OF wheat were harvested without the aid
of modern machinery of American inven-
ton the annual additional expense would
be half billion dollars. More than OG0
patents have been issued upon inventions
relating to agriculture by the American
patent office, and the present-day value
Of the farm machinery and tools in the
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though I had forgotten that there was
joker in this deck"
CHAPTER XXI.
An Explosion.

There used to be game. or rather a
pastime. called ''bat ball.. 1t was played
with a large rubber ball. board bats. and
by as many boys as the community could
furnish and the locality accommodate.
The object was to keep the ball in the
air. and whichever boy was responsible
for allowing it TO descend to earth was
relocated to the side lines. AS there was
no umpire there was considerable discus
sion among the players-but the ball,
which really had the chief cause for COM
plant, was too busy and too dazed to
utter single word of protest. Dick was
now in a position to sympathiZe with the
ball.
While he was still trying to understand
how it had happened that his hand was
jerked from the steering wheel, and that
he now found himself clinging desperately
to the rear axle, he perceived Miss Bur-
ton closing the door behind her and adj
vancing toward him menacingly.
Now, you've done It,, she remarked,
with heavy and direct accusation.
Il suppose So admitted Dick. his mind
still occupied with the clever manner in
which his uncle had slid the high card
from his sleeve and taken all the TRICKS
in sight. Il can't quite see how to get
control of the lead again. but I'll figure
II out a1ter Wnlle.
''She Is in an awful condition" said Miss
Burton. who sometimes awaited herself
of the feminine prerogative of totally ig-
nOring another's remarks and continuing
the line of her own argument unweak-
ened by the influence of sentiments i'm OPP
position. ''She has got to that stage
where she respects you, and that is gen
orally fatal to love-"
What are you talking about?" asked
Dick. trying to fix his attention on what
Miss Burton was saying.
Naturally, l am talking about Kate =
replied Miss Burton, with dignified sar-
casm. What are you thinking about?
7, car Wit n
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Listen, uncle am convinced that the
trust idea is essential to social evolution,
and that the sooner it is applied to all in
dustries the sooner will come the great
age of freedom. That is why encourage
it,. none of MY views has changed. Will
you or will you not merge with Burton?''
Il wish Burton were in Ballyhack"' eX-
claimed the old snan, 'angrily. Il want to
fight him.. want you to help fight him,
1 want to wipe, his name out of the di-
rectory-I hate him. No, / won't merge.
Then YOU go and beat your head
against the wall while longer cried
Dick. with answering anger. You scheme
for a merger you pick out a wife for me.
you turn me adrift, agree to marry the
girl of your choice, l find a merger and
bring it to you on a silver platter. you
own up that you are whipped and yet you
won't merge. Oh. you are too obstinate
to reason with. II you don't want
chickens. what do you set hens eggs
for?"
The controversy had stimulated Ban
nington's circulation and he now felt as
fit as ever You young whipper-snap-
per-" he shouted, shaking his finger in
Dicks face. you can't talk to me this
way. You think I'm whipped? I'm not.
Ten minutes ago feared might be, but
I never was before and I'm not now
You think that you can boss me around
and ram Burton down my throat? Bah
I'll cut you out of it entirely and ham.
mer Burton until he comes to the scratch
Do you want to know hOw?. I'll tell you
how You gave me the right to make
your fool nut locks for this contract. I'll
make 'em, I'll sell EN- to Burton for halt
his profits for the next year, and by the
time that you wake up out of your dream
you'll look like a bubble that's been hit
By q comet"
Inc oin man sane gs neau q loss ano
holding his chin in his hand and looking
weakly at the carpet. He stood thus for
several minutes his forehead wrfrkling.
1t looks to me-, he said, slowly, las
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her through these wretched streets, and
waited in a drug store-some way drug
stores always seem respectable, no mat
ter where you find them. Well, when she
came back she was in one Of those ethe-
real moods where a woman says that she
can never love again. but will always re-
spect and treasure the memory, and all
that sort of talk Now. this is all nom
sense-a woman can always love again.
It's her nature to love; she begins by low
ing doll and ends by loving an ideal
both rather unsatisfactory makeshifts-
but in the meantime she loves real live
men. until she finds them out. You have
been dilly-dallying and shily-shallying
with her until she thinks that you are a
namby-pamby. Now. / know that you
are not a namby-pamby'-D shook his
head with sober sincerity-"but she
doesn't You must be firm with her. You
must not let her do all the talking. You
talk fast enough with other people, but
with her you just sit and listen. as though
what she said was really worth while.
Don't interrupt me. I can only stay a
second. Assert yourself. you always do
with other people. have generally found
you to be overbearing. l can't stay an
other second, she is waiting at the drug
store until l get back. l. had to invent
an idOtic excuse. all for your sake. ! am
going back to her now, and l am going
to bring her here by some hook or crook.
When she comes. you be your natural self
and there as more brute than angel in
! that I'll warrant. Make her do whatever
you wish. and whatever She does not
wish. and that will make her love you
again. This is your last chance-I haven't
| time to listen to word-don't you dare
, to fail me-
AS the door closed Dick sank heavily
into his desk chair. Il wonder if some
one really was in here, or whether am
beginning to see things?" he asked him.
self. doubtfuly. but her suggestions be-
gan to interest him, and soon his mind
was fully occupied with his love affair
| and the possible effect of following Miss
Burton's advice. His mind was so fully
occupied. in fact, that few moments
later. when Mr.. Burton entered, Dick
looked at him in unaffected surprise.
Il have been thinking 1t over, said
Burton. briskly. land / find that it will
be impossible for me to merge with your
uncle-we have been enemies too long
Mr. Richard Bennington had entered
the outer Office. had been stopped by Ivan.
and now just as Dick stumbled over an
attempt to invent a remark which would
impress Burton, Ivan knocked on the
door.
Come in," called Dick. in relief
Ivan entered. closed the door and said.
Mr. Richard Bennington, sir"
Burton rushed over to the door marked
"Vice President" and which opened into
the closet. This is a put-up job he
said. angrily, as he opened the door
few inches and turned to face Dick. but
refuse to meet him. shall just step
into this room. suppose il opens into
Don't go in there cried Dick. running
over to the door. slamming it and stand
ing in front of it. The vice president
has not had any lunch yet. and it always
makes him surly to miss his lunch.''
Mr.. Burton was outraged. Il must say.
Mr.. Bennington" he snapped, that this
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firm has the most unusual officials / have
ever heard Of

III III mas tie IuOSl oihNi iiANS
ever heard Of"
81 know it. / know it, admitted Dick,
but just take seat. Ivan. tell my uncle
that 1 shall see him i'm a few minutes
Now. then Mr. Burton. / am ready to lis
ten to the reasons which prompted your
change of base"
When Richard Bennington received the
news that his nephew was comforting
with the president Of the National steel
mills he whirled on his heel and stalked
out of the office. his face twisted into a
scowl.
Il have found way to get around our
contract" said Mr. Burton, confidently.
Il admit it is liable to cause a little de-
Law and may probably cost me a lot of
money in the end, but it will cinch this
present government deal. put Bennington
mills out of business and end your career
with a smash
Must be rather a clever scheme" was
Dicks dry comment. He knew that much
of Burton's confidence was assumed and
| resolved to meet bluff with bluff. That
peculiar condition known in the vernacu-
| lar as second wind had come to hlm
as often in his foot ball career it had
| come in time to change defeat into vic
tory He looked Burton calmly between
! the eyes. WELL" he resumed. Il have
done the best could for both of YOU My
idea is the only possible one under pres
| emf conditions. 1 was perfectly willing to
| extend your tenures of office, but if you
deliberately refuse, 1t is on your heads
| that the responsibility must rest. You
| know i'm your heart, Mr.. Burton, that the
| offshoots of your central business will
. hamper you as much in retreat as they
benefited you in advance. This Is also
true although in less degree, with
Bennington holdings You have perhaps
noticed that the market has rallied lit
tie lately / intended ii to close with an
upward trend. but if nothing but war will
satisfy you. why, war it is.
Dick rose to his feet, his own words
having produced auto-intoxication, and
the long-delayed reaction having given
him full command Of his nerves. AS he
looked smilingly- into Burtons eyes. they
!; both more than half believed that his
words were conservative and final. Il
have all my plans made he said, even
~, land unless l send forth the word to
switch them. the bottom will start to fall
out of the market few minutes before
closing time and tomorrow you will be
fleeing from the wrath of the mob
Again it was personal contact which
rested heavily on Mr.. Burton. He found
himself looking into the confident face of
a fighting man, a powerful man. young
man. and the old habit of a thousand
ages still ran in his blood-the habit of
defending ones self from physical danger
by means of ones own physical force
Oftener than We are aware these old
primitive habits, which Turk i'm the blood
secure from the attacks OF reason, leap
forth and grip us at the most inopportune
moments.
Il can't tell what to do said Mr.. Bur-
tOn peevishly. IT don't see why you
can't-Tll walk around bit and think IL
over
Better make up your mind one way or
the other l am strongly tempted TO lock
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nominated by steam-roller

cdnuIoate nominated DS Stedh-rOlef
methods?
Popular selection of candidates foI
President and Vice President would mean
a saving Of hundreds of millions of dol
lars now wasted through industrial mac
tivity due to the unsettling of conditions
incident to every presidential campaign.
Under presidential primaries the party
celebrates would select for their nOmi-
nees the individuals possessing the con-
fidence of the greatest number and the
general electorate would elect the man in
whom they had the greatest confidence.
Confidence in our government is a pre-
requisite to full business efficiency.
"Assuredly this plan of nation wide
presidential primary should receive the
cordial Endorsement of every man who
contemplates being a candidate for the
nomination. No man could consider him.
self a presidential possibility if he ques-
toned the ability of the people to ex-
press an honest and intelligent choice
among men who aspire to be the ma
tons chief public servant"
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NAMES MILITARY COURT.
Acting Secretary of War Selects
Trial Board for Court-Martial.

In view Of the ineligibility Of Gen. j.
Franklin Bell. commander-in-chief of the
Philippines division of the army. who is
the accuser Of Capt. Jacques de L. La
fitte Of the 18th Infantry. and First Lieut..
George f. Price. 18th Cavalry. now on
duty in the Philippines. to name a court
martial to try them. the acting secre-
tary Of war, Robert Shaw Oliver. has
designated officers to conduct the trial.
The nature of the charges is not known
at the War Department. The court-mar-
tial Will consist of Coils. George X. Hun
ter, Lea Febiger. George s. Young. John
c. Gresham and Frederick w. Sibley,
and Lieut.. Coils Charles NJ Candy,
Henry l. Raymond. Arthur c. Ducat
Abner Pickering, Eben Swift Henry L.
Ripley. Charles X. Noyes and John III.
Beacon. Capt. Edward T. Donnelly OF
the 1st Field Artillery will act as judge
advocate.
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By FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

Following list of subjects in the great Serial The
American Government by Frederic Haskin which began
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ALIMONY FOR MRS. vERMEULE.
Justice Wright Orders Husband to
Paw 500 q Month.

Justice Wright has ordered Charles
yermeule. an employe of the bureau Of
engraving and printing. to pay his wife'
Clara Vermeule. $50 per month as per-
manent alimony. The wife brought suit
for a legal separation charging elue..s.
Tbev have one child. Mermeules salary
is said to be $IS3 per month. Attorneys
Carter & Brooke appeared for the wife.
who was awarded a legal separation and
custody OF the child, Harold a. Ver-
meule. =.
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SENATOR BOURNE URGES
PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES
Wants Republican National
Committee to Seek to Have
Them Held in Every State.

Senator Jonathan Bourne, jr., of Ore
gon. apostle OF direct primaries. progress
sive among the popular government"
progeny and president of the National
Republican Progressive League, wants
the national republican committee, when
II issues a call for the national conven-
ton next summer TO nominate President
Taft's successor, to recommend the hold
ing of presidential preference primaries
In every state of the Union.
THE power of popular selection Of
candidates is of utmost import to good
government Mr.. Bourne says In letter
which he today sent to every member Of
the national republican committee, for
the ballot Is of little value to the voter II
he must cast 1t for one OF two candidates.
both selected by federal oficeholders or
, professional politicians
He appeals to republicans to adopt the
primary plan Of nominating a candidate
for President In preference to the time
honered convention plan. by saying:
Raps Steam-Roller Methods.
rs 1t wise TO jeopardixe the election
on the assumption that the party cleo
,torate will subsequently support a candi-
date nominated by steam-roller methodist
In the call to be issued for the national
republican convention MIR. Bourne wants
included "a strong recommendation that
in all states. wherever practicable, the
state committee call presidential prima-
ries at least thirty days prior to the re-
publican national convention, thus giving
every member of the party an opportuni-
ty to express his preference for party
candidates for President and Vice Presi.
dent.
This system Of direct vote for candi-
dates,' he goes on to say, has already
been established In five states. having
been first adopted in Oregon I'm 1910 by
the enactment of my presidential prefer
. ence bill. i inclose herewith q copy OF
the Oregon Law which has been followed
braska, North Dakota. New Jersey and
Wisconsin. Where that law has not beer
enacted and where state laws do not pre-
vent. a popular vote can be had In pri
maries IL state committees so direct. and
i believe they win so order II requested
by the national committee.
Right in Principle, He Says.
II urge this action upon you because
believe it is right in principle. expedient a.
a party measure and beneficial to the In
dustrial welfare Of the nation. It Is RICH
in principle because tho members of tn,
party are entitled to an effective voice II
the selection of candidates they are ex
pected to support for election. 1t is ex
pedient as a party measure. for no part,
candidate could go before the countr,
with q stronger argument than that H.
had been selected by direct vote Of tn
members of his party and not by con
yention dominated by operators Of
steam roller. Is 1t wise to jeopardixe tin
election on the assumption that the part.
electorate Will subsequently support
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This is part of chapter on the patent once
from the book THE American Government by
Frederic J. Haskin, which will soon be offered
to the readers of The Star on the most advan-
tageous terms. See notice later
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NEED MONEY FOR BABIES
Brooklyn Nursery and Infants
Hospital Faces Deficit.

The BROOKLYN Nursery and Infants Hos
pital. No 3a6 20 80 Herkimer street. is
sadly in need OF funds. For the first time
IN It's forty years work in this borough
the institution Is beginning to run behind
financially. SO far. the debt accumulated
amounts to only 5000 but there is pros
pect OF moro debt unless tho phllanthrcpic
people OF this borough get together and
help II tide over It's present difficulties
From the FIRST Of the year Brooklynites
have been busy giving away their money 20
projects OF this sort. Only few weeks
ago the Young Wouers Christian Associa-
ton collected s45so00 for building new
boarding house FOR working girls and for
improving It's Eastern District branch.
No. long ago the managers decided that
the only way out OF their difficulties was 10
close up the hospital through the summer,
but Mlss Louise Howard the nurse in
charge. and other members opposed the
idea. The hospital had not once been closed
since II was opened twenty years ago they
said. and TO close II at this time would
bring ruin. So II was decided 10 keep the
hospital open and make an appeal for
funds. One such appeal brought In 50 from
an unknown gver. believed 20 be poor
workman.
The difficulties Of the institution began in