Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-09-09

| that letter. wiib no more compunction 1 than if if had been addressed to him | self. H read as follows: My Dear Mr Closby--I take pleasure in calling your attention to the fact that your royalties are steadily increasing. be- | ing $2.cca3J0 for this month. an increase of nearly $1d0 over last month and of over S.o0 above the month previous fG"r lat est shipment looks very promising. By the way think you had better send me a sample of the spanglervile city water | for ailalys
 The mayor laid down that letter on the. table before him and viewed it with bnlging eyes. Hes been using | the city water" he putfed. "Exactly." agreed Wallingford, in specfins the absorbed mayor with scant l liking. Your city water possesses l some delicate chemical property that makes it highly valuable to Mir. Closby ! in q secret process of art manufacture | This letter shows just how valuable" The new letter was from a New York bank. and the mayor opened it with | fingers that trembled from indignation 1 He read:
 
 | quest. We inclose herewith an itemized 1 statement of the amounts deposited with i Us to your credit by your agent. MT. Tut 1 tie, Nc tlnlst that by comparing this ! with your duplicate deposit slips you vii! 1 ht able to locate the slight discrepancy 1 between your estimated balance and ours Within, on a long folded slip and i compiled by an adding machine, was a statement of steadily growing monthly deposits extending back over three 1 years and totaling to over $4O.0O0, i mostly invested ill bonds.
 To say that Mr. Sawberry was horri i fled is putting it mildly. And we | have trusted that man"' he declared in sorrowfnl anger What does he manu facture?'
 Solemnly Wallingford produced from 1 behind the bureau the illuminated checkerboard and placed it before the mayor. By it's side he set an ebony box, it's lid and sides apparently inlaid with glass in elaborate Louis QuinZe decorations.
 The mayors sorrowful indignation increased. And he never showed these things to Spangerville!" he com plained bitterly.
 1 Never once," agreed Wallingford "Why, these things could have been made the city industry and a great at traction at your Saturday festivals. All your unemployed people could have be- come artists and the city council grown rich from their well paid labor on this beautiful glazed inlay"
 "Glazed inlay" repeated the mayor. "Is that what he calls it?" And he once more inspected cnriously the box and the checkerboard. That man has held back the progress of his town, he concluded, with woeful grief that such things could be. "I reckon the city council I'll fix him. They're in ses- sion now. I'll take these things right over to them. By the way, you're not going to charge anything for the loan of them, are you?"
 "Certainly not" Wallingford assured l him. "I have brotherhood principles myself. l regard everybody's money as common property" and he smiled blandly.
 l Wallingford wrote an elaborate re- ccipt for the mayor to sign. MT. Clos l by has patent on the process he stated, and he has money to prosecute any infringement. Selfish of him to patent it, when the only infringement possible must come from Spanglerville no other town having water like | yours
 That's the very point" said the { mayor eXcitedly. The city water! ] 1 figured il all out while we were sitting here. The council will pass an ordi nance this very morning placing a tax nf dollar q quart on all city water 'lsed for art manufacture.
 The door opened. and tall. thin mau with gray sideburns and jet black hair and muStache entered on tiptoe. That man was Blackie Daw!
 Hist" he said. Henry Closby. This morning he expressed bottle of Spanglerville's city water to New York Hist He prepaid it!'
 Wallngford glanced at him wonder ingly. You see. Mir Mayor." he re signedly explained. If you attempt to | tax Mir. Closby he can move away from Spangervile. The only thing the city can do is to force Mr. Closby to sell you his patent secret process and good will at a fair figure" and he looked at | his watch.
 "l must hurry right over to the coun c.l meeting." the mayor observed