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RUINED FIRM SUES
H0RSE.PoISoN BOSSES
Ask $4,000 Damages From Men
Now In Tombs-Driven Out
of Business.

A. an aftermath OF the horse poison.
Ing campaign. run against Harry
Wicker and Maurice Weiss, owners OF
the Star o. X. Ice Cream Company, the
two partners to-day filed a $4,000 dam.
age suit against Max Swirsky ana
David Kalhofer. who are now In the
'Tombs. charged with being ring.
leaders Of the gang that poisoned the
horses.
The complaint discloses that the xanr
was 30 successful In its work that
wecker and Weiss had to give up their
business when they found their horses
dead and crippled and the machinery
In their plant ruined.
IT 10 charged that Swirsky and
kalhofer IN February. 1910. hired
Samuel Freedman and Thomas o'Brisn
to ruin the plaintiffs business. The
campaign began In March. the COMPLAINT
recites, when acid was spilled upon two
horses. In June poison was admins
tered to several horses and one was
killed. Then the engines were crippled
In the factory. the company's delivery
wagons burned and 200 ice cream cans
stolen. In October. 1910. Wecker and
Weiss were compelled TO retire.
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NEW YORK BANKERS
GAVE $4,000 or
MEXICAN BOND LOAN,

PARIS. Jan. 3,-Thc loan TO Mexico
recently arranged here by AZ inter.
national group OF bankers for the sole
use OF meeting the January interest ON
the Mexican Government and the city
Of Mexico bonds amounted to about
&s0.ooo. OF which total New York
bankers took ssO.ooo. London Ss.lS,.ooo
and Paris N.M0O The negotiations
were conducted BY Albert Turrcttini.
general manager Of the Banque de
Paris ct des Pays has. who was assisted
by the Mexican Minister Of Finance.
Adolfo de 10 Lama.
some curious points OF view developed
At the conference Of the bankers here
~ TO what might happen In the event
Of the inter, u Of the Mexican debt be-
ing dsfauited. One view which was
strongly supported BY hnanciers who
disc pprovs OF Washinytons policy to.
ward Provisional President Huerta was
that 80 the loan Of 1910 II secured by
g per cent. OF tho Mexican customs and
the loan OF 1918 by 81 per cent. II would
be the duty and the privilege Of the
European governments whose subjects
hold the bonds 10 seize the customs
houses by international landing parties
and to collect the interest themselves.
The section holding this opinion also
affirmed that tho United States Gov
eminent could not blockade the ports
OF Mexico without destroying the value
OF the customs receipts mortgaGcd to
foreign bond holders. These points OF
view will arise again when tho next in
terest and installments fall due unless
tho situation In much changed In thu
interval. Al tho French Foreign Office
Il WAS said that this Government ma,
no sympathy whatever with these views
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TOO i'll TO MOVE.
WOMAN IS SAVED
THROUGH WINDOW
Smashes Glass as She Sees
Flames Eating Way To-
ward Her Bed.
NElGHBOR SEES PERIL.
Lies Unconscious From Loss of
Blood as Painter Makes
Daring Rescue.
NElGHBOR SEES PERIL.

Mrs. John Cofchur. twsnty-ons years
old. living At No. ~ Second street.
Brooklyn. lay In bed this morning.
happy In the consciousness Of approach.
ing motherhood. Her husband had
gone to work. and she was alone In her
apartment on the second floor when FIRE
broke out In the front room. adjoining
that In which she lay. She heard the
cracking Of flames and smoke circled
through her bedchambcr. In terror.
she tried to rise. but her condition made
II impossible.
A light we'll spans the distance OF q
few feet from No. 81. the adjoining
apartment. the home OF Mrs. Mary
Ann stanley. Mrs. Cofchur screamed
for aid. shs made vain effort to raise
1hs window. She pounded on the pane.
for the flames were roaring In the next
room. With all her strength she struck
the glass with her hst. smashing ". and
then fell back on the bed. exhausted.
Mrs. Stanley heard the crash Of glass
and looked across the liGht well from
her own window. The girls arm was
wedged In the broken glass and blood
was streaming down her barred arm.
PAINTER SAVES WOMAN ThRo'
WINDOW.
Mrs. Stanley 10 past middle age and
not active In her movements. The sight
Of the poor girl In her helplessness and
danger unnerved her. She tottered to
the door Of her own apartment and
screamed for help. Meantime some one
had seen the names from the street
and turned IN an alarm. william Man.
gin. . paintsr living on the floor below.
heard the cries Of Mrs. Stanley and
rushed W the stairs. unaware Of the
Are. Mn. Stanley. In her terror. could
only point to the opsn window.
Aangin saw what had happened. The
girl was unconscioua The painter
bSaAgsd himself between the twe win
dow Sits and tried to raise the sash.
He realised there was no time "a
spare and kicked the window In. The
glass fell on the girls face. cutting hei
severely. AAasis tore away the sast
and. reaching In. grsspsd the giri In hi
arms- IN . few moments he had hsi
through the window Of Mrs. Stanisy'i
apartment. He laid her on the bed q
the hrs apparatus came into the street
With the nremen came an ambulance
from ssney Hospital. and the sufferer
was taken there. The doctors said hsI
c(odition was serious.
The firsmsn made short work Of tn
IRE.
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DIAMOND CUT DIAMOND.

Ever hear OF blood red diamondsl
Not rubies. Red diamonds. The cost
Hest stones In the 'oEld.
Seven Of them are worth Si,ooo.ooo.
At least, seven Of them WERE worth
:, .ooo, coo. And those seven were the
cause Of some Of the most exciting
adventures that ever happened here In
New York
These adventures are told In . thrill
ins vet irresistibly rolIicking way ID
"Dianond Cut Diam'nd," by Jane
Bunker, one OF the funniest, most STIR
ring romanees Of the decade.
"Diamond Cut Diamond" will begin
In Mondays Evening World.
Don't miss Z word OF this big fiction
sensation. 4 isn't Just like any Other
book you've read.
thrills, laughs. suspense. love-al
mixed together and combining to make
. story that WINS.
Read Il.
Remember, diamond Cut Diamond'
wili begin In Mondays Evening World
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ancs at the Hotel Aston.
Since the Cornish production there
have bsen repeated efforts to have the
pretty masQus put on In this city. but
the President would not consent. He
has now withdrawn his objections and
arrangements are under way for the
Hotel Astor performance.
The cast will be practically the same
~ At Cornish. Including. besides Mis-
Wilson. Joseph Lndon Smith. Percy
Mackaye. Ernest Harold Baynes and
Mrs. Juliet Barrett Rublee Witter
Bynner. who took the part Of the plume
hunter. will not. however. DO able to
appear In the forthcoming perform.
| ancs.
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ACTOR DIES IN HOSPITAL.
Leslie keayon Was Stricken 1T ths
Lambs Club.

Leslie Kenyon. the well known English
actor, who was stricken with apoplsxy
late Tuesday afternoon In the Lambs
club. died at Miss Alston's private
sanitarium. No. 70 West Sixty-first
street. this morning. lie was attended
by DIR. Oscar NJ. Lesser OF No. ga West
Forty-ffth street and removed yester-
day morning from the Lambs Club to
the sanitarium.
Kenyon had been appearing In promi.
nent musical comedy roles In this coun-
try for several years. and ut the time
he was stricken was rehearsing with
Charles Frohman's new musical comedy
The Laughing Husband" He had Just
returned to the club from Q rshsarsai
whom he WAS taken VI. u
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FIenr FOR CRAVE PLOT
KEEPS BODY umbuRIEO
Relatives in Court Over Ownership,
and Funeral of Frederick
I. sl.-7 Meese Is Held Up.

The substitution Of Olrs. Dora Moose
oa1 Asr slx children ~ defendants In .
eult AleA In the supreme Court by Her
nssn Mssse In the stead of'ths late
yvUoGeiek Moose. her husband. disclosed
te-1ay that his body has been In re-
eo1ving vault az the Lathsran Cemetery
s>oce September while preliminary steps
. legai tattis over the ownership q
~ Asess burial plot In the cemetery
we're being taken.
uenry Moose. the plaintiff. u the
pephev Of the dead man. Three years
- The plaintiffs father and his
uteAer. the dead man. purchased two
SuSial plots In the Lutheran Cemetery.
4 sioesr Of Frederiok Mssss died and.
soapsding 10 Henry Moose. he loaned
~ Net 10 his uncle % that the sister
4tUAt - eurisd. Then the family
sQuabbls arose. Frsdsrick Mssss and
N wife claimed that Henry Mssss
M sivea the burial plot to F'rsderick
sDe his family outright Henry Meess
esougtt suit In June. isi2. and In Sep.
t10ees. 1919. while the action was stiil
pondlng. Frederick died. Henry told
tie cemetery authorities no was the
oWnee Of the plot and that he would
~ permit his uncle's intsrmsnt
shsrsta.
Ascending to Joseph d. Kelly. attor.
neg for Mrs.. Messs and her children
ne families will be moro deeply involved
negt Monday. when Kelly will ash
ouprems Court Justice 0avegan to com.
Dsl Henry Moose to bring his sister
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GRP0F TAMMANY.s
ON SERVICE BOARD
GROWING TIGHTER
Commissioner Maltbie Shows
How 1t Is Increasing Salaries
Without Just Reason.

In the New York City Public Service
Cor,r,,..,or ..a,co, a,1srspcss betvesn
-, :.
"'e'""e'' ""'e "e'e'oPe" w
charges made by Commissioner Milo II
Maltbie that the majority OF the board
IL trying 20 Tammanyise the service. In.
cr.a.. a.., ,,rocs..a,,,v Mi, nm thu
-.,,. ,,., .,sa ana ru.,
-. -
'"" sap .'
commissioner "a'o'e 10 'uppo, 10.
Ms s'and ny commissioner E"sis' os'
opposed 10 them ID MAJORITY consist
Ing OF Chairman Mccall. Commissions
Cram and Commissioner Wiliiams' Wh"
override the protests.
Commissioners Maltbie was asked TO-
day Tor a copy OF the pendins Waro
COW subway advertising contract
Il have not seen II. ne repheo. ns
only information 1 nave coheerhins
Is what have been able 10 learn rro"
outside sources. presume the COR
tract 10 In possession OF some "e"
Der OF tne commission OF Hs eou"se-
out II mas not been SHOWN 10 me- nor
passed throush 'he seere'ary o"e0
nat mas oeen uo'e III '"is 1"s.
similar 10 praeuees IN sesern o."ei
The evening world., 1914-01-03

.UOtIcing . strong odor OF gas coming
esOa the two basement rooms at No. "a
wset Thirty-nfth street. occupied by
ysank Dunn. . truck driver. and his
ulfe, EllsaAeth. Mrs. Anna Hauser. the
lonAlgsos, entered and found Mrs. Dunn.
NJ Wps u years old. lying dead. fully
lre6oeA. on the noor near . Eas tube
USIdA had bssn disconnected from Q
annoll stove. Dunn left for his work
A6y1v IN che morning and not long after
- janitrsO smsllsd the gas. The
ps1Ies are inclined to think the death
Vho accidental.
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Performance at Hotel Aston
viii Be With Same Cast
as at Cornish, N. H.

Miss Eleanor Wilson probably will ap-
pear In New York on Feb. "a In the lead
Ing pdSt Of the bird masquc "Sanctu.
sry." In which Che was spplauded At
the Cornish. ". H.. performance for
the benent Of the Sanctuary Of Birds at
Neriden. N. H.. last summer. II 10
planned to have the New York perform.
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or.ece vents sIOo, ooo, 900 Lo.,

ATHENS. Greece. ian. "a blll
author!sins the Greek government to
Issue . new loan OF 500. o0o. 900 was pre-
scented to the Chamber Of Deputies to .
day. The loan. which 10 to be redeem.
able In nifty years. 10 to bear s D.,
cent. interest. end the minimum sries
Of issue has been hxed at SI%
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csanss.. arenas tie rerner. pulled a. 70
ssddea halt and fairly shed nremen.
% fapldly did they alixht. draSgins Q
iens ladder after them.
Fismss we're showing nov In the
fee6i bshiaA the women still left at the
window. but In . jIffy the long ladder
vas run up and Capt. John J. Walsh.
acting battalion chief. mounted II like .
squirrel lie grabbed Mrs Buguelin.
paoed her 10 Fireman Bernard J. Gal.
vim tsieW him and started upward again
o. Mile Mosssr.
Ieet alone. the French girl's courage
the window. hung by her hands and.
screaming wildly. seemed about to let
90 when walsh called to her that he
would get her. He got one hand on her
foot just - the girl abandoned her
hold. Her whole weight swung by
waish's right hand. He kept his grip
on her ankle and her body flashed by
him until. with her hanging at arms
length. the Captain checked her Night
PoNg FIGHTER. FALLS, BUT
ctiNos TO THE GIRL.
The strain was too great for Walsh.
TIE captain was swept on the ladder.
bet he twisted himself a. he fell and
turned In such . way that he topplsd
between the ladder and the parlor win
oew.. from which . rush Of flames had
broken the glass and out OF which hrs
and smeks was pouring.
TAers was . cry from the crowd 90
A. - q IN
RI ana brown. but there was another
c.s. this thne Of wonder. ~ the crowd
saw that even In his fan he had not
let 90 OF the girl.
She was swung neaviiy against the
wall Of the house with force enough to
knock the breath out OF her body. but
an instant later Walsh appeared at the
hre alied window. Ills helmet was
gons... Blood streamed down his face
from . cut on the forehead. Sparks
giowed on his clothing. and II was only
whsa burst Of name hshtsd the smoke
that he could be seen clearly. But he
STOOD thsrs safe. holding the sensslsss
gin and slowly drawing her up until he
csulA ct her IN hi1 arms.
GALLANT RescUGR AND GIRL
CARRIED 70 SAFETY.
Beneath him his men we're working
like madmen raising another ladder e
him. and On instant later Calvin ieapet
up the runGa grabbed the girl. whom HI
passed 70 men below him. and ther
helped his csotaln 20 the street
There were four other maids In tn
house when the IRE started-f.izsie ant
Rose NcIldowney ana two girls know
as wfnifred and Anna. who had CONF
to work his morning and whose name'
Good not b learned. They all escapst
BY the hack door into the yard.
ne nre started when Mamie Ham
neal lighted the Christmas tree on tn
pasior door 10 show Il 70 little Oregory
The others were upstairs and when
candle ignited tho himsy decoration
an the tree 6urst into Name the MAX
caHieA the boy upstairs. where ~
ran 70 warn the others. 30 quickly
az ths Gre spread that escape BY III
stairway was cut on.
TIE blass went through the sntr
houee ana diA about ei.eD damage
Mr.. Begusiin and the children vel
cared for by DR.. Joseph r. Smith. VII
jivso Nsxs door. at No. n Eighth avsnu,
> --aal the ceiorsd girl was taken to III
Heay Faoiiy Hospital.
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CHESTER 4 CHRISTMAS SHIP.
CrulseP Wrought DsIatsa letter.
From Men IN slexican Waters.

,0ULrPORT. Miss. Jan. S-Ths COM
IN; to this port Of the scout cruiser
Chester. bringing John Lind from Vera
Cruz, gave the vessels officers chance
to dispose Of . great deal Of delayed
mail from the warships that have been
in Mexican waters. Much OF II. It was
said, was posted by the men on the war
.hip. before Christmas.
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WALLACE BRUCE DEAD At So,
was a. Author and Consul 10 Hdin.
buPgh UndeP Harrison,

burgh Under Harrison.
Wallace Bruce. author. and Consul to
Edinburgh. Scotland. under President
Harrison. died yesterday OF paralysis,
aged sixty-nine. ut dc Fun!ak SPRING.,
rla.. where he had gone for his health.
His wife, Mrs, Anna Bruce. telegraph
the news TO his daughter. Mrs. q. H.
Alternately. OF No. ALA Hancock street,
Brooklyn.
Mr.. Bruce was graduated from Yale In
1857. He was q member OF Alpha Delta
Phi and Ph! Beta Kappa. He was the
author OF several volumes on Scotland
and on the scenery OF the Hudson. The
funeral will probably be held at his
Brooklyn home. No, vt stuyvssant ave-
nue..
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WILSON STANDS PAT
ON MEXICO AFTER
TALK WITH LIND
President Declares There Is No
Change in His Policy or
New Plans in View.
HUERTA MUST GET OUT.
Special Envoy Returns to Vera
Cruz at Once to Continue
His Mission.
HUERTA MUST GET OUT.

0ULFPORT. Niss.. Jan. S.-Prssi.
dent Wilson announced to-day that his
conference with John Lind had dsvel-
oped no change in the policy Of the
Washington Administration toward
Asxic" and that no new plan or move
in the situation had been decided upon.
Standing in the sun At . railway cross
iag in this city to-day the Chief Execu.
tive made this plain to newspapermen
gathered about him. He halted stories
that he had decided to change his meth
DDS and to substitute force for the pres.
ent method Of diplomatic and financial
boycott.
JUST A "oer TOGETHER TALK"
WILSON EXPLAINS.
The President referred TO the confer
ence as q get together talk" He ex-
planned that although Mr.. Lind had con-
stsntly been sending full dispatches. q
conversation Of . few hours had been
tdeemed worth more than weeks Of tele-
graphic communication, with the added
| value OF a1ording an exchange OF View
points regarding the situation.
President Wilson added that there
had been no special occasion for Mr..
Linds visit--no advices. excitement or
new questions.
The President said that his CONVEX
sation with Mr.. Lind had covered the
whole field OF conditions In Mexico
but that no particular measurs.or plan
had been dwelt upon.
When asked II he was more hopeful
| for Q speedy settlement OF the trouble
Mr.. Wilson made II clear that his per-
sonsl view Of the situation had not
changed. The President had held that
the Husrta Government 10 Giowly be-
inr crushed. not only by the Constitu.
tionaiist forces but through incssant
Isolation and that inevitably It mus,
' =. i..,.s we. ..,A Of report. Tia,
YSovisdesal Y1esiAsAt xusTts OF SOM
As~h eAessl Of tAs 8usSta Govern
meat vas % bsasa Ne Chester ~
salAs
well. I didn't see them II the
were there"
EMDARoo ON ARMs WAS NOT
DISCUSSED.
The President laid emphasis ON tn
statement that nothing specific such .
the removal Of the embargo on ann
OF similar moves had been discussed
He said that the Chester would leav
for Vera Crus this afternoon. and tina
Mr. Lind would remain there indea
hitely.
There was no question but that tn
/ President was very much pleased viii
: his LONG conference with LIND. Whsr
} for the last two or three days ne M
, seemed much concerned. to-day he va
plainly In high spirks.
Lind will not 70 to Mexico City on HI
return, but will remain In Vera Cru
and be In constant touch with the d
partment BY cable.
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GERS. Mr.. stiliman and Mr.. Bakery &C.
quired together by stock purchases and
voting trusts control Of the National
Bank Of Commerce. with its eiso.eeo..
900 Of resources: of the Chase Nat
tiopal. with its 4l25.oo0.ooo: OF the
Guaranty Trust Company. with 1885,
600, 900; Of the Bankers Trust Conn
pany with S2os.oo0.oo0. and Of several
smaller but important financial insti'
tutions.
They became Joint voting trustees IN
great railroad systems. and finally IA
II the allies were united In q single
concern) loyal and efficient service IN
the banks-like that rendered BY Mr..
Dawson and Mr.. Lamont In the First
National-was rewarded by promotion
to membership in the Arm OF J. p. Nor
gan 4 Co.
Thus equipped and bound together. J.
p. Morgan 4 Co.. the National CITY ana
the First National easily dominated
Americas financial centre-New York.
BANKERS COMMISSIONS o.
PRoFlTs.
The operations Of these bankers are -
vast and numerous that even very
reasonable compensation for the service
performed would. In the aggregate. pro-
duce for them incomes DO large - 70
result In huge accumulations Of capital
But the compensation taken by the
bankers - commissions or proats 10 far
from reasonable. Occupying. a. they -
frequently do. the inconsistsQt position
Of being at the same time seller ana
| buysr-the standard for so-called com.
pensstion actually applied 70 not the
rule Of reason" but AL the trsms
will bear" And this 10 true even whsre
there 10 no sinister motive. The weak.
ness Of human nature prsveuts msa
from being good judges OF their own
dsservings.
The syndicate formed by J. p. Nor
gan 4 Co. to undsrwrtts the United
States Steel Corporation took for their
services securities which melted tez6oc-
900 In cash. OF this huge sum. J. p.
Morgan 4 Co. received. a. syndicate
managers. t126oo.0oo. In addition to the
share which they were entitled to re-
csivs A. syndicate members This sum
Of 1000. 900 was only part OF the tsss
paid for the services Of monopolisinS
the steel industry.
In addition to the commissions taken
specifically for organising the United
States Steel Corporation, large Gums
were paid for organising the several
companies Of which II y composed. For
instance. the National Tube Company
was capitalized At tso.0oo.o0o Of stock,
100000 OF which was common stock.
Hall OF this &%oooo.oo0 was taken BY J.
p. Morgan q Co. and associates for bro.
motion services, and the @ao.ooo. 900 stock
% taken became later exchanSssbi>
into s25.ooo.ooo Of Steel common. Com.
missioner Of Corporations Herbert Knoz
Smith found that:
More than Si5o.ooooo0 Of the stock oi
the Steel CORPORATION was issued directly
or indirectly Through sxchange) fol
moro promotion or underwriting Ger,
, vices. In other words. nearly one.
seventh OF the total capital stock Of tn,
Steel Corporation appears 10 have beer
issued directly or indirectly to pro,
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Dya::! III: ::s s. -: :;ss ftl$ ois!9aAs sn:
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GIRL FRIGHTENED TO DEATH.
shock Following Crash Of Trolley
aaA Auto Proves Fatal.

anA Auto Proves Fatal.
WORCESTER. Mass. Jan. s.-After
lying unconscious since Christmas Day.
Miss Anna wheeler. daughter Of Dr..
Charles d. Wheeler. died to-day In the
City Hospital. The hospital physicians
are OF the opinion that the girl was
frixhtened to death when IN automobile
in which she was riding was struck
by q trolley car.
The physicians believe that fear Of
the blow from the approaching trolley
car caused a rupture Of blood vessel
In her brain.
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- ~ Isst - fesnA artielss 81
~ V0stlesA b Tho Weird win -
49, q TIE Worries lnfesuna.
NJ - 0assaa. Paia1sss DsilAlA0
laoslA Hast RsW, WsssAS
- Seeh g 80 nsea1wnyl
Sse $50 ~ 80 wc!s6's
Vehlyn 0fflees 10 Wesblag.
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y 2sssss =: ps'ssass = ~
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The private fortune Of the chief actors
In the combination have not been ascsr-
tainsd. But sporadic evidence indicates
how great are the possibilities OF sccu-
mutation when one has the use Of other
peoples money. Mr.. Morsan's wealth
became proverbial. OF Mr.. stillman'a
many invsstmsnts. only one was spscifs'
oaAay referred to during the Pujo invest
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1914-10-09

to use all her influence with the people
she knows" she went on. $50 | an
going to ask you not to let your coun-
try ever go to war against mine while
you are chief of staff"
Mine against yours ?" he equivo.
Gated. why, you live almost within
gunshot of the line! Your people have
as much Gray as Brown blood in their
veins. Your country! My country!
Isn't that patriotism ?"
Patriotism, but not martial patriot
ISM" she corrected him. my thought
is to stop war for both countries as
war, regardless of sides. Promise me
that you will not permit iti''
II not permit it," He smiled willis
the kindly patronage of great mar.
who sees charming woman founder
ing in an attempt at logic. ut is for
the premier to say. merely make the
machine ready The government says
the word that makes it~move. / able
to stop war! Come, comet"
'sBut you can-yes, you can with a
world" she declared positively.
"How?" he asked, amazed. "How?''
he repeated blandly.
Was she teasing him? ne wondered.
What new resources of confusion had
ten years and tour around the world
developed in her? Was it possible that
the whole idea of the teachers of peace
was an invention to make converse
ton at his expense? If so, she carried
it off with sincerity that suggested
other depths yet unsounded.
Very easily" she answered "You
can tell the premier that you cannot
win. Tell him that you will break your
army to pieces against the Browns
fortifications!"
He gasped. Then an inner voice
prompted him that the cue was
comedy.
Excellent fooling excellent" he
said with a laugh. Tell the premier
that should lose when / have five
million men to their three million!
What harlequin chief of staff I
should be! Excellent fooling! You al
most had mel"
Again he laughed, though in tho
fashion of one who had hardly unbent
his spine, while he was wishing for
the old days when he might take tea
with her one or two afternoons week
1t would be fine tonic after his iso1a
ton at the~apex of the pyramid sur
veying the Difference of the lower
levels. Then he saw that her eyes,
shimmering with wonder, grew dull
and her lips parted in a rigid, pale lire
as if she were hurt.
cTO BE CONTINUED1