The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1912-12-05

statement like that unless know it t
be true2'
How did you discover itT'
Every simply"
Bivens stepped to one OF the great
steel safes and drew out manuscript
notebook of some 300 pages of type
written matter On the back of the
morocco cover was printed In plain
gold lettering: 1.-The Private Life Of
No. &C.,"
He handed the volume 10 Stuart
closed the safe and resumed his seat
you may take that book with yon
jim" he said quietly ~ trust to your
honor not to reveal its contents ex-
cept IN the discharge Of your sworn
duty az 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
amusement
How did you come into possession
of such facts?"
"No trouble at ALL" was the easy
answer. 1T only requires little mon
ey and little patience and 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 decided jolt The war
for financial supremacy has developed
a secret service which approaches per-
nf I a ftoQ ilv |
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.
~ not only watch the heads of firms:
! watch their trusted assistants and
confidential men. In that big safe
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 fiercest and most cruel the world
has ever known. II is of greater i'm
portance to a modern captain OF in
dustry to know the plans Of his enemy
than IL ever was TO the commanding
general OF an opposing army"
81 see." Stuart responded thought.
fully.
'"There are men down there in the
street now" Bivens went on drea mily.
"who nre 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, ,
bnt it's life. :
1.-The scarcest thing In New York to- s
day. Jim. is the man who can't be /
bought and sold The thing that's be /
yond price In the business world is I
character combined with brains. Z
That's why ! made you the offer | did O
once upon a time to come In with me- n
There are positions today in New York '
with a salary OF half million a year s
waiting for men who can oil them. IL a
] could 6nd one man of the highest or n
der Of creative aud executive ability r,
who would stand by me in my enter. a
priser ! could he the richest man In =
the world In ten years" lie
Stuart lifted his eyes from the rec
,nd he was casually scanning and
unified into Rivens' dark. serious face
The look silenced the soeakef. The
title man knew instDctivcly that Str -
IT was at that moment weighing bis pi
wn life and character by the merciless co
tandard be bad set up for othera OF
judged BY conventional laws. he had sh
othing to fear. He wan = faithful m
,ember Of his church. He gave lib CT
rally ~ its work and Gavs generous tb
: to q hundred worthy charities. He or
wed his wife with old fashioned 10y
lty and tenderness and grteved that =,
be was chiIdleea He stood BY his "
r,snds and fought bis enemies, asking W
o quarter and giving none.
Yet in his heart of hearts be knev W.
rat, however loftily be might die G,
purse At present about character" fe
honor" ''integrity" and ''tAir reai- Tr
lg." he had stolen the formula from
10 big hearted employer, Woodmau,
18th which he had laid the foundation
I bis fortune. II was tho nrst half
iillion that came hard Il was this
rst half million that bore the stain of a. ~
1Ams. ~,
His other question: BILE acts on which
,e fate Of millions had often hung be ~
I'D no dIticulty In Justifytng Bust w,
ess was war.
Bivens waited for Stuart to speak. =.
he moment was one big with fate.
tuart was about to reach = decision us
lnt would make history. No one "
new so well its Importance as the az
zen intellect that cleaned behind the ~.
tile black eyes watching with tire ~.
IS patience. Below he could hear 80
10 roar Of the city's life. Men bought 'n'
Id sold with no fear OF tomorrow. ~
ct single word from the lips of the lug
II. clean shaved young officer of the r nv
W and a storm would break which -
light tear from the foundations inst- %,
tons on whose solidity modern civ 'e'
zatiop seemed to rest ~
well. JIM" Bivens said at length.
ou are going to act2'
Stuart rose abruptly, his reply sharp
ID clear: .
yes. I'm going to act-''
'At onceT'.