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The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1911-06-22

find Breed. While he was searching
for the millionaire Sumner Rollins ap-
peared.
Il came down rather unexpectedly"
he said II suppose Kelyin's In his
officer
mo" said the doctor, rather shortly
"Mr. Kelvin Is not In his office. He Is
out with Mrs. Rensselaer, and young
Rensselaer, and Miss Breed fishing
fishing In a private lake for pet fish
that come up to be fed when they are
calledp
1T doesn't sound much like sport"
confessed Rollins, but, after all,
envy them. Where is Mr.. Breedr
Again the frown returned that all the
morning had crossed DR.. Elephants
brow. 81 don't know" he snapped,
''but he is some place about the house
I'll find him for you"
He stepped into Henry Breeds dim
Did library. slamming the door behind
him.
Going back through the upper hall,
Rollins stopped for a moment In
Blaggs room, where the wireless OPP
orator sat idly at his instrument, the
greenish light giving to his gaunt fea-
lures a particularly deathlike ghastli-
ness.
He handed Rollins two wireless
messages, which the latter read with a
passing frown. One was signed by
the head of an immense packing house
In Chicago. the other by the president
OF the largest fruit shipping company
on the western coast To both he
dictated the same curt reply;
discussion positively closed"
Blagg read the answers with a grim
smile. ALLOW me to congratulate you, "
said he ''You may not know 1t, but
you are doing splendid preliminary
work for the social equity cause"
The preliminary work. repeated
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er rows are empty. but they'll an up.
they'll 6li up" and he nodded his
head in satisfaction. Those other
sides were filled by the bread busi-
ness, but this is railroad dividends In
cash. solid cashr'
Dr. Zelphan was looking about him
In amazement There must be mil.
lions herel" he gasped.
Millions" cackled Breed. bis wrin-
kled old face breaking into leathery
smile; there's over a billion and a
half! How did you come herer' he
cried. You were told that that little
room upstairs was my strictly private
study-that wished no one to come
into IT,"
Exactly" agreed Zelphan dryly.
"But now that have found the way
] am coming whenever you do or l
am not going to stay at Forest Lakes"
Don't go away. doctorw pleaded
Breed in sudden fright. Don't leave
me. When you arrived was nerv-
Gus wreck, but since you came 1 have
been ale to do q lot of work-good
work, splendid work.
That's because you at first did
what l told you. But of late you've
grown careless. You give me the slip
every morning now, and can't find
you. When you should be out In the
fresh air you are down here in this
unhealthy atmosphere with unhealthy
thoughts, counting money-not the
money that you have. but the money
you expect to make. hadn't the
slightest idea that you were mere
miser."
"a miser. DOCTOR" Breed smilingly
expostulated. "is man who boards
his money for its own sake He never
uses It for pleasure or comfort; he
never even puts II to work. But this
money of mine by the mere fact of
its being here is tremendous dyna-
mo. by the mighty current Of which l
can sway almost the entire social and
economic universe-to it's own good, to
Vs own good" he hastily added.
ewith 1t, when duly increased. l can
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II over and caught his breath. TT Is
q generous salary" he admitted. "more
generous than | should have dared to
ask for"
"Huh. am saving money on IT,"
declared Breed IFS only a portion
Of thousand fancy salaries that ex-
pect you to stop at once"
Rollins nodded his head In compre-
hension 81 will take great pleasure
I'm stopping few of them"
Kelvin conducted Rollins TO a room.
next to his own. that had been fitted
with n commodious desk and all that
should go with II Rollins sat upon
the desk and looked about him smil-
ingly
Looks fairly complete. doesn't itf
Did you have a hand in this7''
mo" said Kelvin. puzzled and
pidued as well. 1T has been arrang
ed for long time, think. Mr.. Breed
has probably been planning to make
Forest Lakes the capital of New York
city"
Perhaps the capital of the United
States" retorted Rollins. smiling In
answer to the Jest who knows?
He has n good start He has paid a
lot Of attention to detail too. Every
thing Is complete now except tor a sec
retary." and idly he touched one Of the
row OF buttons along the right hand
edge OF his desk. the one marked
Secretary"
Instantly the door OF the adjoining
room opened. and a sober faced and
noncommittnl looking young man. rud.
dy checked and clean eyed and tow
headed. walked In. notebook in hand.
Hello" said Rollins who are
your"
81 am your secretary. sir came
last night My name Is ,Tens Nelson"
Swedish. eh?' guessed Rollins.
"Yes. sir" said Mr. Nelson. ~ am
a graduate Of the Minnesota Technical
college. founded by Mr.. Breed. and am
one OF his scholarship men"
Rollins smiled over the naivete OF
this admission
"All right. Mr. Nelson" said he
You nave telegraph operator here.
! believe. Mr. Kelvin?"
"Wireless." amended Phillip.
Rollins glanced mt his row Of buttons
and nodded his head mfr. Nelson
you may take these marconigrams "
and without any hesitation he began
debating peremptory discharges to q
long list OF railroad officials.
Thus set In the new empire-the EN-
pire of the iron highway. an empire
which held under its absolute control
the commercial destinies Of the na
tion. an empire more powerful than any
ever conceived by man II was q reign
that began peacefully and quietly as
the stern RU;ins, with a smile. dis
possessed half a thousand men from
their fat sinecures. But as he worked
Henry Breed. attended by DR. Zelphan
and carrying bundle OF golf sticks.
stopped In the door moment
by the way. Rollins" said he.
there Is only one personal provision
] wish to make, and that must be seen
to from the first. want my dividends
all In cash-nothing else, understand
just cashr'
One day several months later DR.
Zelphan was very angry. He couldn't
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right great wrongs, change unjust
laws, destroy and build anew entire
civilizations. shatter and recreate gov
ernments! Think, doctor! Handled
with my experience and the genius of
young Kelvin, this money has already
bankrupted nearly every enemy had
In the world, destroyed the iniquity
of the New York Stock Exchange and
given me absolute control of every
mile of railroad in the United States.
No miser's money could have done
that"
Incidentally" observed Zelphan,
Several hundred thousand people were
thrown out Of work, a thousand or so
starved to death. a few hundred COM
mitted suicide and other hundreds de-
serted their families"
"For their iniquities the Lord shall
bring suffering upon his people," SOL
emnly declared Breed, and reached
down nervous hand for his Bible.
Ee~nT yws1y
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CHAPTER XII.

TN the meantime DR.. Zelphan, cross
ing the library. paused before the
door at the far side of the fire.
u place and after moment Of
frowning hesitation resolutely thrust
open the door and entered. To his sur
prise Henry Breed was not there.
In the corner Of the room, on the
same side as the safe. a door stood
open, and Zelphan. with an angry de-
termination to see everything here, ap-
preached that closet He put his hand
upon the rear wall at the deeper side,
and It yielded to his touch. swinging
backward into narrow space from
which came a damp odor and a faint
CLEAN of light
$50" said DR.. Zelphan aloud. and
Immediately he squeezed back into the
narrow space and descended the two
flights of narrow stairs to the big
vault, the existence of which he had
never even suspected. In the center of
the vault, with the light from cluster
OF electric bulbs cleaning down upon
his bald head. with one of the many
Iron drawers upon his knees and with
an old, well thumbed Bible on the
bench at his side. sat Henry Breed.
In his hands was a package of the pa
per money with which the drawer was
filed. and he was gazing, rapt. at the
opposite side Of the vault He turned
without surprise toward the familiar
figure Of DR.. Zelphan and chuckled as
he patted the drawer.
This is the first row on all that
side to be filed" said he. II began
at the lower corner there. All the 9TH
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Teacher-Now, Tommy, suppose a
man gave you $lOOto keep for him and
then died, what would you do Would
you pray for him ?"
Tommy-No, sir but would pray
for another like him.-United Presby-
tcrian.
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control Of railroad stocks. and for tnir-
ty days there waged the great battle
of the proxies. battle no less bitter
because silent. no less ferocious be-
cause unseen, no less relentless be-
cause there was no bloodshed
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-30

abyss. An intermittent chorus OF signal
screeches comes from the stationary steam
engines that are driving the painting steam
drills. Shouts OF drivers. cries OF news
boys. and over all. lending a m undertone
for the rest. is the continuous crash and
roar Of the elevated They may have made
the Glorious Fourth perfectly safe and
sane. but they haven't touched the noises
Of the other Ss4 days-with 8s5 for the leap
years.
Is IL a wonder that the peoples OF Europe
find tho American voice harsh? 1t is either
talk high and be heard, or learn 10 con-
verse on our fingers.
Hear the touching plant of young man
who gave Up his air castles and ballroom
here IN the city and returned 10 HIS home
sweet-home in the Middle Vest think It
was Eudora. Kan.
1T will be quieter out there" he said,
tust before his train bore him away. u
hunted for rest and quiet in this mans
town and 7 found Il not. 7 lived down
town first. near a crossing Of the surface
streetcars and 4 station Of the L In that
way 7 got the fun benefit Of all crashes
from the crossing and all the dismal
screams OF the L trains brakes.
Finally I became tired of living with
this enforced insomnia. and I moved into
an apartment house. II was on Riverside
Drive. and was ten floors toward heaven.
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DIDN'T HAPPEN IN NEW YORK.

The story Is related by a red demon who
stands as he tells IL with a hand resting
In rather a familiar manner on the top of
the relatees head. Tho demon tells how
he came into the midst or "A CHASTITY forest
and found a man sitting on a rock ~hers
was nothing around him but snaky. blood
red flowers ana gaunt trees that rocked and
crashed. The rock was labelled 'Desola-
ton" The demon hid behind ono or tho
gaunt trees and determined % get the
mans goat. So he called up a great storm
that raned blood and shook the trees. and
he called IN prehistoric animals 10 below
az the man-and the man still sat upon the
rock
To see that the man stuck 20 the rocA
made the demon sort OF sore and he
changed his tactics. lie told the tempest
10 cut il out and made the beasts fade
away and quit their believing And he
cursed the forest with the curse OF ST.
lence The man got up so that he no long
er sat upon the rock. and listened. There
was no sound in all the desert wastes. You
could have heard pin drop in the next
county--hut the pin didn't drop. That got
on the mans nerves. lie turned his face
away and beat it hastily afar or. so that
the demon saw him no more. IL was tho
silence that got his goat.
Where was all this? Oh. in Egypt, I
think-certainly nowhere near New York.
the city OF clangs and crashes
T. 5. TISDAI.E.
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their tug. When tug would get a JOB
OF towing something she would steam up
the East River until she came 70 that part
OF the island where her crew patronized
the bars. Calling the men was simple
matter The captain stepped over TO the
whistle and put his foot on the cord Tugs
have whistles larger than those on trans
atlantic liners.
His men sleeping In saloons, no matter
how far away, would hear the whistle. and
know n was their own boats. They would.
therefore. proceed esurely 10 the pier
knowing that there was no use OF hurry
ing. as the captain would keep right on
whistling until they all got there and his
crew was numerically full.
II these things happened around mid
night or in the smaller hours Of the morn
ing the tugboat people didn't care. What
was It to them II they reused Up a few
million people in a couple OF city wards
from dreams Of things as they ought 10
be? r. II was AT night. and all else was
still the tugboat captains rather liked II
more. for then their men could hear the
whistles palmer.
Well. Mrs. Rice and her assistants got
after that noise nuisance and killed II. she
has also made tentative complaints against
/ the motor boats and other craft IN the
Hudson River. and It would be we'll for the
mariners 70 take a warning and save the
usual amount Of stitches by reforming
+ themselves IN time.
And worst Of them all is the modern
motor car horn. When "horseless car
riages" first Matched out they weren 50
| bad 10 the ear, FOR when they had ho-r
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-30

7 "'Ah az last. said 10 myself, I have
found peace and quiet!
II laugh at myself now for having hunt
| ed Il IN the corporate limits of the five
borouChs. Out on the drive there was the
rattle OF the buses to keep up the good
work of the streetcar crossing I had fed
Furthermore, the Hudson River was teem-
ing with motor boats and all manner OF
craft that used that water thoroughfare
AZ all hours. chug-chugging and whisting
at each other continuously. without any
apparent reason other than 10 keep me
awake I firmly believe that even the sail
boats had whistles on them II looked
then Ike a conspiracy against me-but
have afterward learned that most inmi-
grants have the same experience.
Well that wasn't the thing that made
me determine 10 leave town and get some
sleep. It was worse than any Of those.
You remember that I was on the tenth
story. Before long a contractor cleared
of the vacant lot next our apartment house
and began the erection OF another Just
ike II. In n few weeks they were up even
with my room. and the steel workers were
busy with those ear-splitting compressed
Dir hammers. that sound Ike giant wood
ueckers az work Soon afterward an aero
naut passed my window while I was try
ing 10 get small nap. II was a holiday
and the steel workers we're silent. The air
mans machine didn't have a muller on II.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-30
Came Nervous Persons Are
Now Protesting Vigorously
Against Night Gar
bage Removal.
TILE. rattle! 61ank!

ATTLE. rattle ~f,iank!
- Bang
IN whoa. there. you Imogene horseV
,,.,r,hIe rattle. roar! Clank, clank,
Gee I'D there. you lmogene!"
=. rrers needless 20 say that the above
..ksn from a photographic record OF a
-.s,5en;ial street at midnight. when the
r.-bare collection gang was pursuing ITS
80 They have nothing 10 hid, these
shoee men. Why should they sneak
60, IN gumshoes and guide their clat-
s.rsrr horses in guarded whispers?
90 course. the rest OF the town may be
.-,.,,r n sleep. with discouraging results.
s., thew will ind that when the gang has
assa5 on TO waken and keep others AWAKE
- ones lust left will enjoy their innocent
.,,,,,bsrs all the more. because they had
:. nola them off so long. II the men in the
.',stv brown uniforms were TO go about
- work without a little wholesome clat-
,s- they might be arrested by green po-
,iosran for trying TO steal the garbage
CO.. Stealth IS always suspicious.
AZ about this juncture an irate citizen
s,,,ts his head and the upper portion OF his
,o.aras out Of a sleep-deserted bedroom
81 adds q little something to the night
sounds
say" he yells. you could make those
,,rs rattle more II you stood on the other
s.ss NJ the street and threw them at the
,o,s Of the stoops. They would then he
sbls 10 roll unsteady all the way down
- the bottom. A further Improvement
vould be 10 hang bells and pieces Of
,ss,ns on the cans and carts. You Swiss
tsr.r.ngers are overlooking a whols lot Of
Improvements.
IN bet he s a grouch-that fellow. III
stead OF keeping inside and RETAINING from
,bs angry utterance OF mis- burning
,5ouehts. he fings them into the rssound-
,,r streets and adds 70 the clamor He
--obsbly woke up the maiden lady In the
nsrt room who could sleep on the steps
~ the national Capitol while ashcans were
royjpr down II. but who simply can't make
,ss -avened sleeve OF care knit when she
hears the voice OF a man. The crouch
who airs his wrongs is always present in
large numbers when some patriot IS Try
Ing 70 make a speech.
About the time the patriot has taken MS
A-st glass Of water and gets ready 20
put a not one straight across the plate
half his audience begins 10 yell:
Louder Louder.
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cause a few bored appearing hremen are
going out for a little ride on a lot Of gold
and silver vehicles-is that any excuse Tor
making noise like Chinese section OF the
Fourth OF July street parade?
Now and then a huckster comes down
the street When he does You hear about
r. There are hundreds Of banana mer-
chants in New York with voices that would
knock the steel roof of the Metropolitan
Opera House. That man Caruso couldn' Z
get a Job with a clothes-line peder who
had any respect for HIS profession. Erico
may be on intimate terms with the do-re-
ne-fa hut be hasn't the force. that trans
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-30
A. DrexeI Bdde of Philadelphia, by Coupling Boxing with
Religious Instruction, Is Doing Good Work Among
Boys and Men in That Municipality.

any time. He was n great demand a. the
festivities Of the Pen and Pencil Club IN
Philadelphia. where he would appear in The
boxing ring with any local celebrity with
whom he could arrange a bout He be-
came an unbeatable amateur champion in
his class, and there are many husky labor
ers and longshoremen who could claim tho
distinction Of having been licked by a
MISUNDERSTANDING. did they but know
who their antagonist Of those days really
was.
Biddle went abroad and met amateur
fighters I'm Europe. He fought for the pure
love Of lighting and 70 keep in condition.
When he came back to America he went
into the publishing business and became
the firm friend and patron OF some Of the
leading pugilsts Of the day, notably Bob"
Fitzsimmons. whose hook. Physical Cult
IRE and Self-Defence' ne published.
But Biddle's real chance 70 devote HIM
self IN his favorite sport came when his
grandfather. A. J. DreXel. died, in lS93
leaving TONY" Si.0o.e" Some might think
that with his undoubted position in the
front rank Of Philadelphia society and
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Yors dangling That Drives Morpheus the Woods

carrying power. that MAKES ior
success in the huckster business
We are entirely at the mercy OF the locai
noise merchants just now, too. Yrs isaac
I. Rice president OF the Society for the
/ Prevention OF Unnecessary Noises Is IN
Europe. When Mrs. Rice went away the
/ Society for the Prevention. etc, went into
its summer Attenuation.
/ Mrs. Rice gets results. The best thing sne
ever did in the prevention line was the
| subduing Of the tugboat whistles We
weren't all here then, and perhaps there
/ are some among you who would Ike TO
! hear about II.
/ Tugboats always have been rather
/ noisy class OF water fowl. but they aren' I
one-half as bad these days as they we're
before Mrs. Rice got after them. The
crews OF many boats when not at work
: would embark on Manhattan Island and
seek out the unretring saloons There
| they would waste their slender sustensnce
! in riotous living and wait for the call Of
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and a lot Of burned gasolene fumes hoated
into my room, accompanied by blue smoke
That finished me- I resigned my job at
the pickle works and bought a ticket for
home.
"I must have some sleep
And who could blame him.
Another thing that adds n tho frightfu
noises Of our town Is the efficient Fire De
partment. Now, set me right I don't say
that the Fire Department should be done
away with. or anything Ike that. But they
could make a little less noise when they
string ont OF their open-face houses 10 an
swer the inevitable false alarm Just be-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-30

NUMB brain could deny that this is a town
Of great clamor.
Listen about you. There is n constant
roar Ihere are bells. bells. bells-more
nehs than in the late Mr.. Poe's poem
Lutte refined bells, belonging 10 ladyliko
electric broughams, and big. rough street.
car g1gs that clang at you to get out OF
me way or have one OF your favorite legs
cut off.
Crash' crash. crashl Hear the music of
these same streetcars as they pass a cross
ing! Screech, screech,-that is the agon,z
ing screams of their air brakes as they
come TO a reluctant stop.
Boom! What was that? Why they are
putting up cloud ticker building over
there. and that noise comes from the blast
ing OF the living rock for the foundation
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-30
But the Rattle of the Cart
and Can Is Lost in the
Grand Chorus That
Mocks at Slumber.

II was simply . plain bulb and brass AZ
fair that produced a simple "honk.' Every
one understood and respected this. sven as
is done in these days
But observed II soon happened mat
automobile building got down 70 such a
fine point that the cars themselves wers
practically perfect. and there was no OUT
let ,or the ingenuity Of tho hrepresnns
inventors. Then, alasi did thsss turn 10
the production Of automobile hornsi You
know the result. Any man who has orc
OF these old bulb horns on his machine 70
old-fashioned-hs probably wears red nsn-
mel underwear.
What the motorist has To have uisss
days Ia horn which viii scare walker
20 death II no fails to run over BIN with
the wheels OF the machine. You can nSvsr
tell when a rampant oar In coming toward
vou t,,st what sort Of Q noise IL wfu make
in telling you 70 Jump fur your precious
life. II may grow1 and bark and Fowl At
you with al the sar-splitttng disooids Of
dog and cat fight