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BENNINGTON. VT, JULY 20, 1914.

There is said to be danger of a
strike in big league base bali. Any
depression in this line of business
can't be laid to the tariff anyway.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1914-02-06

color and comfort and pleasure would
hum and sparkle on just the same,
though he was no longer within the
circle of its efulgence-slaving per-
haps, he thought with a twisted smile,
at some tawdry occupation that called
for no experience, TO pay for a meal
in some second-rate restaurant and a
pallet In some shabby-genteel. hall
bedroom. till his clothes were replaced
by ill-fitting .hand-me-downs"-till by
wretched gradations he arrived finally
at the status of the dime seat In the
gallery and five-cent cigarsl
There was one way back. 1t lay
through the hackneyed gateway Of
marriage. Youth, comeliness and fine
linen, In the world he knew, were a
fair exchange lor wealth any day.
Outlet for cutlet"-the satiric phrase
ran through his mind. Why not?
Others did SO. And as for himself, it
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1914-02-06

cross-street and circled into the yawn.
ing mouth of his garage.
A little later, the bulldog al his
heels, he assembled the steps of his
club, where he lodged-he had dis
posed of his bachelor apartments a
fortnight ago. The cayernous seats of
the lounge were all occupied, but he
did not pause as he strobe through
the hall. He took the little pile of
letters the boy handed him at the
desk and went slowly up the stairway.
He wandered into the deserted libra,
ry and sat down, tossing the letters
on the magazine-littered table. He had
suddenly remembered that 1t was his
t~wenty-ffth birthday.
In the reaction from the long strain
he felt physically spent. He thought
of what he had done that afternoon
with a ems OF satisfaction. A re-
versal of public judgment, in his own
case. had not entered his head. He
knew his world-its comfortable facuL
ty Of forgetting, and the multitude OF
sins that wealth may cover. To pre-
serve at whatever personal cost the
one noble monument his fathers
-
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1914-02-06
CHAPTER II.
Vanity Valiant.


THE witness is excused"
In the ripple that stirred cro the
court room at the examiners abrupt
conclusion, John Valiant, who had
withstood that pitiless hail of ques-
lions, rose, bowed to him and slowly
crossed the cleared space to his coun-
sci. The chairman looked severely
over his eyeglasses, with his gavel
lifted, and a statuesque girl, in the
rear Of the room, laid her delicately
gloved hand on a companions and
smiled slowly without Withdrawing her
gaze, and with the faintest tint of col
or In her face.
Katharine Fargo neither smiled nor
flushed readily. Her smile was an in
dex of her whole personality, languid.
symmetrical, exquisitely perfect. The
little group with whom she sat looked
somewhat out Of place in that mixed
assemblage. Smartly groomed and
palpably members of a set to whom
John Valiant was a familiar, they had
had only friendly mods and smiles for
the young mar at whom SO many there
had gazed with jaundiced eyes.
To the general public which read its
daily newspaper perhaps o M of the
gilded set was better known than
Vanity Valiant" The new Panhard
he drove was the smartest car on the
avenue, and the collar on the white
bulldog that pranced Or dozed on its
leather seat sported diamond buckle.
To the spacewriters Of the social COL
umns, he had been a perennial inspira-
ton. The patterns of his waistcoats.
and the s%plendors of his latest bache-
lors' dinner at Sherry's-with such
items the public had been kept sufi-
GENTLY familiar. To 1t, he stood a per-
feet symbol of the elder ease and in
solent display of inherited wealth.
And the great majority of those who
had found place In that roomy cham
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1914-02-06
CHAPTER III.
The Turn of the Page.


John Valiant stirred and laughed, a
little self-consciously, for there had
been drops on his face.
Presently he took a check-book from
his pocket and began to figure on the
stub, looking up with a wry smile. ITO
come down to brass tacks," he NUT
tered, when I've settled everything
(thank heaven, l don't owe my tailor!)
there will be a little matter of twenty
eight hundred odd dollars, a passe mo-
tor and my clothes between me and
the bread-line!"
Everything else he had disposed OF
everything but the four-footed COM
rade there at his feet. But I'd not
sell you, old chap" he said, softly;
mot a single lick Of your friendly
pink tongue; not for a beastly hum
bred thousand"
He withdrew his caressing hand and
looked again at the check-stub. Twen-
ty-eight hundredi He laughed bleakly.
Why, he had spent more than that a
month ago on a ball at Sherry's! This
morning he had been rich; tonight he
was poor!
: What could he do? He could not
remember a time when he had not had
all that he wanted. He had never bor-
rowed from a friend or been dunned
by an importunate tradesman. And
he had never tried to ear a dollar in
his life; as to current methods Of maxi
ing a living, he was as ignorant as a
Pueblo Indian.
He rose grimly and dragged his
chair facing the window. The night
was balmy and he looked down across
the darker e Of reefs, barred like a
gigantic checker-board by the shining
lines of streets, to where the flashing
electric signs of the theater district
laid their wide swath Of colored ra-
dance. The manifold calls of the
street and the buzz of trolleys made q
dull tonal background, subdued and
faraway.
10 be outsidel Al that Light and
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1914-02-06
79ho
MLIANTSdVRGlNA
~ HALLI IK1INI RIVLSS POST SSS @Ttrr0
ILLUSTRATED ~ LAUREN STOUT

the others quivering nerves like hot
sandpaper. "Oh, lord mol How should
you? You've been too busy playing
polo and winning bridge prizes. How
many board meetings have you at
tended this year? Your vote is prox-
led as regular as clockwork. But
you're supposed to know. The people
down there in the street won't ask
questions about patent-leather pumps
and ponies: they'll want to hear about
such things as rotten irrigation loans
In the Stony-River Valley-to market
an alkali desert that is the personal
property of the president of this cor
poration."
Valiant turned a blank white face.
"Sedgwick?"
Yes. You know his principle: It's
all right to be honest, if you're not
too damn honest He owns the Stony
River Valley bag and baggage. 1t was
a big gamble and he lost"
Valiant was staring at the other
with a strange look. Emotions to which
in all his self-indulgent life he had
been a stranger were running through
his mind, and outre passions had him
by the throat. Fool and doubly blindI
A poor pawn, a catspaw raking the
chestnuts for INSCRIPTIONS men whose
ignominy he was now called on, per-
force, to share! In his pitiful egotism
he had consented to be a igurehead,
and he had been made a tool. A red
rage surged over him. No n had
ever seen on John Valiant's face such
a look as grew on it now
He turned and without a word
opened the door. The older man took
q step toward him-he had a sense of
dangerous electric forces In the air
but the door closed sharply in his face.
He smiled grimly. Not crooked" he
said to himself; merely callow. A
w~ellmeaning, manicured young fop
wholly surrounded by men who knew
what they wanted" He shrugged his
shoulders and went back to his chair.
Valiant plunged down in the eleva-
tor to the street. He pushed past the
guarded door, and threading the
crowd, made toward the curb, where
his bulldog, with a bark Of delight,
leaped upon the seat of a FURNISHED
car, rumbling and vibrating with pent-
up power. There were those in the
sullen anxious crowd who knew whose
was that throbbing metal miracle, the
chauffeur spick and span from shining
~cap-visor to polished brown puttees,
and recognized the white face that
went past, pelted it with muttered
sneers. But he scarcely saw or heard
them, as he stepped into the seat, took
the wheel from the chauffeur's hand
and threw on the gear.
He drove mechanically past a hun.
bred familiar things and places, but he
saw nothing, till the massive marble
fronts of the upper park side ceased
their mad dance as the car halted be
fore a tall iron-grilled doorway with
wide glistening steps, between win
dows strangely shattered and dark.
He sprang out and touched the bell.
The heavy oak parted slowly; the con
fidential secretary of the man he had
come to face stood In the gloomy
doorway.
81 want to see Mr.. Sedgwick."
You can't see him, Mr.. Valiant"
But l will" Sharp passion leaped
into the young voice. He must speak
to me-"
The man in the doorway shook his
head. He won't speak to anybody
any more,' he said. "Mr. Sedgwick
shot himself two hours ago."
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1914-02-06

Eagerly sought for is the Cent-a-
Word column of the Journal. If you
lost anything, q lot for sale, a house to
exchange, or to buy anything there Is
no quicker way of obtaining that result
than an advertisement In the Journalss
special Cent-a-Word column.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1914-02-06

Der to listen to the ugly tale of squan-
dered millions, looked to him with a
resentment that was sharpened by his
apparent nonchalance.
Long before the closing session 1t
had been clear that, as far as indict-
ments were concerned. the investiga-
ton would be barren of result. OF
individual criminality. flight and sui
eide had been confession, but more
sweeping charges could not be brought
home. The gilded fool had not brought
himself into the embarrassing purview
of the law.
The jostling crowd focked out into
the square, among them a fresh-faced
girl on the arm of a gray-bearded man
in black frock Goa and picturesque
broad-brimmed felt hat. She turned
her eyes to his.
80 that" she said, lis John Valiantl
I'd almost rather have missed Niagara
Falls. l must write Shirley cambridge
about 1t. I'm so sorry I lost that
picture of him that I cut out of the
paper"
Il reckon he's not such a bad lot"
said her uncle. He hailed a cab.
Grand Central Station" he directed,
with a glance at his watch, and be
quick about 1t. We've just time to
make our train"
Some hours later, in an inner office
of a downtown sky-scraper, the newly
appointed receiver of the Valiant Cor
poration, a heavy, thick-set nan with
narrow eyes, sat beside a table on
which lay a small black satchel with
a paddock on it's handle, whose con-
itents-several bundles of crisp papers
he had been turning over in his
heavy hands with a look of incredu-
lous amazement. A sheet containing
a mass of figures and memoranda lay
among them.
a knock came at the door, and a IA
entered. The newcomer vas gray.
haired, slightly stopped and lean
jowled, with a humorous expression on
his lips. He glanced In surprise at
the Uttered table.
Fargo" said the man It the desk,
do you notice anything queer about
me?"
His friend grinned. mo, Buck" he
said judicially, unless it's that neck
tie. 1t would stop a Dutch clock"
Hang the haberdashery! Read this
from young Valiant" He passed
over a letter.
Fargo read. He looked up. "Securi.
ties aggregating three m%illions!" he
said in a hushed voice. why. unless
I've been misinformed, that represents
practically all his private fortune"
The other nodded. Turned over to
the corporation with his resignation as
a vice-president, and without a blessed
string tied to emil What do you think
of that?"
Think! It's the most absurdly
idiotic thing l ever met. Two weeks
ago, before the investigation y =
but now, when it's perfectly certain
they can bring nothing home to him
He paused. "Of course l suppose it'll
save the corporation, Ell? But it may
be ten years before its securities pay
dividends. And this Is real money
Where the devil does he come in
MEANWHILE"
The receiver pursed his lips. 81
knew his father" he said. HE hao
the same crazy quixotic streak"
He gathered the scattered docu.
mants and 1ocked them carefully with
the satchel in a safe. Spectacular
young asst" he said explosively.
Il should say sol" agreed Fargo
DO you know I used to be afraid my
Katharine had a leaning toward him
But thank God, she's a sensible grill
= y I
Dusk had fallen that evening wher
John V%aliant's Panhard turned into 8
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1914-02-06

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Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1914-02-06

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The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1914-06-23
Chicago Grain

Chicago, June 2s.-Wheat today
.yent down into the seventies that
sold for less than 80 cents "A bush
The new decline took place after
ews came that an official estimate
pa, the Kansas total yield tins season
ht the huge aggregate of $50 600. 600
bushels Opening prices. which were
y shade off to hc higher. were fol-
owed by q setback all around. with
uly at 7a&c
The close was heavy. 1HtMc O.
IA ihc under last night.
u Speculative purchasing on the part
Do big houses made corn firm. The
anaFkot after opening Nc down "a
u y hc advance, scored a moderate
General upturn
The close was strong at a gain of
"a ~ sc 90 y q Hc net.
4 Oats saggcd because Of sales by pit
Traders.
Lower prices Tor hogs Nrakened
v rovisions.
Closing prices:
wheat-luiy. 7sNc. Sept. zoe
Corn-July 69h G.. sept. 67Nc
Oats-Juiy. 3gHc. Sept, 37Kc.
Pork July. $50 20. sept. $50 06.
Lard-July. Noo7: sept. $40 %.
RIBS duty, &lif2. sept. t1t.s0.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1914-06-23
MONTENEGRO ODD
IN KINGDOMS Of
THE WORLD
Game of Life Played on Fun
ny Plan; Women Are Pro-
ducers and Man Is Judged
by Cut of His Clothes.

Washington. D. c., June ga
Oeorge Higgins Moses. former Unit
ed states minister to Greece and
Montenegro, Ia a communication 20
the National Geographic society al
Washington. u. c., describes Monte
negro Rs one OF the oldest countries
In the wOrld. There the women are
the producers. clothes make the man,
the king is greater than the min
istry, the chamber or the conssitu-
ton. ana a man may be imprisoned
Tor eating hedgehog A man who IL
struck may XIII the striker. provided
Il he done al once; IL he delays. he
Is punished as "A murderer.
The writer paints King Nicholas
In glowing cOlors. I'm the 81 years
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1914-06-23
The Metal Markets.

New York. June chopper quiet:
spot to August. st3.aO a 13.70.
Tin firm; spot to June. &3O.75@
31.25. o
Iron quiet. unchanged.
London quotations,
Copper dull. spot, tGi; futures. f6i
lis Cd.
Tin firm. spot, fi3s is Cd. futures.
fifi IS Cd.
Iron. Cleveland warrants. Sis 30.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1914-06-23

OF his reign he has doubled his ter
ritory, added 1--we Adriatic ports TO
his possessions, and has organized
ministries. the courts. finance, and all
the departments Of the government"
ne says. Where, when he came TO
the throne, only a few difficult trails
threaded the hills. today a splendid
network OF roads connects all the
principal points OF the Kingdom, and
II may be said OF Montenegro. alone
among nations, hat wherever one
may so at all In a Wheeled convey
ance one may go In an automobile.
Nicholas has established posts and
telcgraphs. so that whereas once a
MonteneKrin mobilization was effect
ed by stentorian h%allooing from peak
90 peak. cetinje In 10 constantly in
touch with all parts OF the country
and with the outside world. He has
modified the laws, a task already be-
gun by his predecessor. He " q
statesman at once bold and cautious,
"a diplomatist Of many talents. a ca
pable administrator and a thought
ful reformer.' writes Mr.. Moses.
Again and again he has repressed
the warlike ardor OF his mountain
GERS. and has led them 10 battle only
when no other curse was nossibie.
"At the creation. 10 runs the Mon
tenegrin legend. AN angel was sent
forth To pick up the superfluous
stones OF the carth's surface. He
placed them In a bag. which burst
rs he was flying over Cernagora, one
81 the loftiest OF the Black noun
tains. and certainly the landscape
bears out the tale. European dress
has made slight inroads In this part
of the world. 4 Montenegrin's habit
n as costly as his purse can buy. and
there the apparel proclaimE the man.
The hagEy blue trousers are the san
for h king or the peasant. as Is the
gaiiy colored sash which holds the
invariable revolver. But from the
red packet and the redingote one
connoses whether the wcarer be a
a OF substance and consequence
or not. Among the women there are
slighter distinctions.
The women engage In the pro-
ductive pursuits. And yet the man
has capacity and when tRken from
his bellicoEe environment of his
mountain home becomes one Of the
best Of workers, His 500 years Of
freedom have given the Montene-
grin a fine sense of order. and II IL
a current saying along the Dalma-
ton coast that when a Montenegrin
applying Tor a Job Is asked what he
cRn do he invariably answers. SUI
perintend'
Respect for age IL enioined by
law, and In the articles regulating
public -c0nveyances u is provided
that the traveller may have the seat
indicated by his ticket. bat Il Is add
ed. The Difference due by youth 10
age requires that the former yield
the better place To their seniors An
other article declares the equality Of
all before the law. aud LAYS down the
democratic principle Of the uniyer-
sal ownership OF land and the equal
right Of all 20 hold office.
Practically the only motor ears
In Montenegro are those In use by
royalty. and "a the machines purr
along the splendid roads all the
peasants working In the fields, even
the most distant, straignten them
selves n make a deep o%beisance as
the ear passes. and az every halting
place the people swarm up IN the
hope that they may have the priyi-
lege of kissing h royal hand"
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1914-06-23
WALL STREET CLOSING WEAK.
nr Irnscd Wire 20 EVcninR Hcrnld.

New York, June 23-General
Acavincss attended speculation today.
The market was subjected TO the adj
tcrse Influence Of the supreme
,ourt's intermountain rate case de-
sion and the delay Ia announcing
The freight rate ruling. Net losses
IN many eases amounted to a point.
.rhe close wgh veal
Closing prices on The more inn
Hortant stocks were
Amalgamated. 50h.
Sugar. t04
Atchison. ash
Northern Pacific, 11OA.
Reading. t6fA
Southern Pacific. 90 *
Union Pacific. 1864
steel. Ga.
Steel preferred, iO9A.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1914-06-23
IN THE
LIVE STOCK MARKET

Chicago. June 23.-H Receipts,
00o. slew. 10 cents lnweF Bulk,
+ 2o@S25; light, ssO5ms.a0. mixed,
00m $50: heavy. f7semS $50.
ugh t1,90aS05. pigs, tT.t5aS.go
Caitio-RcceiptE. assoc; steady 90
'rong Boeves. S7.50H9f0: steers,
$50 s2 20. stockers and feeders,
i5mSi5; COWS and heifers. 81. 20 a.
|s5. calves. $1,000 1899.
Sheep-Receipts, i3.0O0; SLOW ana
|eady sheen, s530as4o. yearlings,
) .a0m T.50; lambs, $500 SIS;
rings. ss.55H940.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1914-06-23
Money Market

New York, June 23-Mercantile
paper, 3h a. per cent.
Commercial bills. StS5h.
Bar silver. SO &C.
Mexican dollars, f4c.
Government bonds steady. railroad
bonds irregular.
Cal money firm, IN az per cent.
Time loans easier; so days, 90 per
cent 30 DAYS. az per cent; six
months. 81 per cent.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1914-06-23
Today's Market Reports


steers. 81. 20Ms.35; cows. 1.5O:
heifers. ts.5Om 800: stockerE and
Feeders. $4,000 $50; pulls. $500
100; calves, S6.0OG 1900.
sheep - Receipts. 1900. steady.
Lambs. $3.50 @sf0; ycarllngs, $3.50 a.
7.25: wcthers. t4.75M625i ewes.
Sf25a5 .2s; stockcrs and feeders.
S3.Oom 100.