The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1912-11-22

gold lettering: 1.-THE Private Life OF
No. $50"
He handed the volume to Stuart
closed the safe and resumed his seat.
"You may take that book with you,
Jim" he said quietly II trust to your
honor not to reveal it's contents eX-
cept in the discharge of your sworn
duty as an officer of the law. You will
find in it the record of the distinguish
ed presidents private life for the past
ten years without the omission of a
single event of any Importance"
Stuart glanced through the book with
amaZement.
How did you come into possession
of such facts?"
"NO trouble at ALL" was the easy
answer 1T only requires little mon
ey and n little patience and a little
care in selecting the right men for the
right job Any man in the business
world who thinks he can do as he
pleases in this town will wake some
morning with a decided jolt. The war
for financial supremacy has developed
a secret service which approaches per-
lection. Not only Go l Systematically
watch my employees until / know ev-
cry crook and turn of their lives. but
watch with even greater care the
heads of every rival firm in every de-
partment of the Industrial world where
my interests touch theirs.
81 not only watch the heads of firms;
l watch their trusted assistants and
confidential men. In that big safe a
thousand secrets lie locked whose rev.
elation would furnish matter enough to
run the yellow Journals for the next
five years. Modern business is war.
the fercest and most cruel the world
has ever known. 1t is of greater i'm
portance to a modern captain of in
dustry to know the plans of his enemy
than it ever was to the commanding
general of an opposing army"
Il see," Stuart responded thought
fully.
There are men down there in the
street now" Bivens went on dreamily.
who are wearing silk hats today for
whom the prison tailor is cutting suit
have their records in that silent little
steel clad room It's a pitiful thing
but it's life
1.-THE scarcest thing in New York to-
day. Jim. is the man who can't be
bought and sold. The thing that's be
yond price in the business world is
character combined with brains.
That's why | made you the offer / did
once upon a time TO come in with me.
There are positions today in New York
with a salary Of half a million year
waiting for men who can fill them. II
| could find one man Of the highest or
der of creative and executive ability
who would stand by me in my enter
prises ] could be the richest man in
the world in ten years"
Stuart lifted his eyes from the rec
ord be was casually scanning and
smiled into Bivens' dark. serious face
The look silcnre6 the speaker The
little man knew ius.jnctiyely that Stu
art was at tLgt moment weighing his
own life and character by the merciiess
standard he had set up for others.
Judged by conventional laws. he had
nothing to fear. lie was faithful
member of his church. He gave lib
orally 10 its work and gave generous
ly TO a hundred worthy charities. he
loved his wife with old fashioned 10y
atty and tenderness and grieved that
she was child,pSs. He stood by his
friends and fought his enemies. asking
no quarter and giving none
Yet in his heart Of hearts he knew