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oceangoing tug was sufficient introduce
ton. Throwing ahead of her a solid
shell she raced in pursuit. and as the
Three Friends eaped TO full speed there
came from the gunboat the sharp dry
crackle OF Mausers.
With an explosion of terrifying oaths
Lighthouse Harry thrust shell into
the breech of the quick firing gun.
Without waiting To aim II. he tugged
at the trigger. Nothing happened He
threw open the breech and gazed i'm
potently at the base of the shell. II
was untouched, The ship was ringing
with cries Of anger Of hate, with rat
like squeaks OF fear.
Above the heads of the flibusters
shell screamed and within a hundred
feet splashed into a wave
From his mat in the lee scupper
David groaned miserably. He was far
removed from many Of the greater emo
tions
ITS no use" he protested. They
can't do, It's not connected"
whats not connected" yelled Carr
He fell upon David. He half lifted.
half dragged him to his feet.
"If you know what's wrong with that
gun, you fix 1t. Fix IT," he shouted. "or
I'll"
, David was not concerned with the
vengeance Carr threatened. For on
the instant a miracle had taken place
with the swift insidiousness of NOR
phine peace ran through his veins,
sootted his wracked body, his tangled
nerves. The Three Friends had made
the hsrbor and was gliding through
water fiat as pond.
But David did not know why the
change had come, He knew only that
his soul and body were at rest, that
the sun was shining, that he had passed
through the valley of the shadow and
once more was a sane. sound young
man.
with a savage thrust of the shoulder
he sent Lighthouse Harry sprawling
from the gun. With swift practised
fingers he fell upon its mechanism. He
wrenched it apart. lie lifted IT. reset.
readjusted II.
Ignorant themselves. those about him
saw that he understood, saw that his
work was good.
They raised n joyous, defiant cheer.
But a shower of bullets drove them to
cover, bullets that ripped the deck.
splintered the superstructure, smashed
the glass in the air ports, like angry
wasps sang in a continuous whining
! chorus. Intent only on the gun. David
worked feverishly, He swung TO the
breech, locked 1t, and dragged il open,
pulled on the trigger and found II gave
before his forefinger.
He shouted with delight
1--WE got II working" he yelled.
He turned TO his audience, but his
audience had fled, From beneath one
of the llfehoats protruded the riding
boots of Col, Beamish. the tall form Of
Lighthouse Harry was doubled behind
n water butt, A shell splashed to port,
shell splashed to starboard For an
instant David stood staring wide eyed
at the greyhound of boat that ate
up the distance between them, at the
| Jets of smoke and stabs OF flame that
sprang from her bow. at the figures
crouched behind her gunwale firing In
volleys
To David II came suddenly, conv!nc-
ingly, that In dream he had lived II
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David She's a filibuster' She's
pirate! Where are we going?"
ITO Cuba"
David emitted howl Of anguish, rage
and protest.
What for?" he shrieked.
The young man regarded him coldly
To pick bananas" he said.
Il won't go to Cuba shouted David
i've got to work I'm paid to sell ma
chnery. ! demand 10 he put ashore
I'll lose my job if I'm not put ashore
I'll sue you. I'll have the law"
David found himself suddenly upon
his knees His first thought was that
the ship had struck a rock and then
that she was humping herself over a
succession OF coral reefs. She dipped,
dived, reared and plunged Like a
hooked fish she flung herself in the air,
quivering from bow to stern.
No longer was David of a mind 10
sue the flibusters II they did not put
him ashore. If only they had put him
ashore in gratitude he would have
crawled on his knees. What followed
was of no interest to David, nor to many
Of the filibusters nor to any of the
Cuban patriots Their groans of self
pity. their prayers and curses in elo-
quent Spanish rose high above the crash
OF broken crockery and the pounding Of
the waves.
Even when the searchlight gave way
to brilliant sunlight the circumstance
was unobserved by David. Nor was he
concerned in the tidings brought for
ward by the youth in the golf cap. who
raced the slippery decks and vauted the
PROSTATE forms as surefootedly as 4
hurdler on a cnder track. To David,
in whom he seemed to think he had
found congenial spirit. he shouted
Joyfully.
She's fired two blanks at u.s." he
cried; now she's firing cannon balls"
Thank God" whispered David; per
haps she'll sink u.s."
But the Three Friends showed her
heels to the revenue cutter. and so far
as David knew hours passed into DAYS
and days into weeks. II was like those
nightmares in which in a minute one is
whirled through centuries OF fear and
. torment.
Sometimes, regardless of nausea. Of
his aching head of the hard deck of the
waves that splashed and smothered him,
| David fell into broken slumber. Some
times he woke TO dull consciousness
| of his position, At such moments he
added to his misery by specializing upon
the other misfortunes that might have
befallen him on shore.
Emily, he decided had given him up
for lost and marred--probably a navy
officer in command of battleshp. Bur
dett & Sons had cast him off forever
Possibly his disappearance had caused
them 20 suspect him: even now they
might be regarding him as a dcfau,tcr
as fugitive from justice His accounts
no doubt We're being carefully over
hauled. In actual time two days and
two nights had passed, to David (,
seemed many ages
on the third day he crawl6d to the
stern, whore there seemed less motion
and finding a boats cushion threw It In
the lee scupper and fell upon It, From
time TO time the youth in the golf car
had brought him food and drink, ant
he now appeared from the cooks gale,
bearing a bowl Of smoking soup.
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D, WILLIAM BRADY. NJ. ID.

TN recent article DR.. Charles W.
Eliot Of Harvard sums up bis
i knowledge 10 date OH now to oring
up a boy. the doctor undoubtedly
had our family in mind when writing the
article. He doesn't say so in so many
words. but any one can tell by reading
between the lines, closely though they
are printed that we boys inspired the
article--we boys and father.
Sons OF the same father and mother.
says the doctor often exhibit great
variety and sometimes marked con-
trasts. Casper and Anthony were
right there with the variety. and Cyrus
and I contrasted beautifully upon every
point)
The inquiry into the boys nature
should reveal on the one hand uhis is
Jasper to T) his natural excellences
or gifts casper got most of the gifts
In our family. and on the other (here's
where Anthony comes in) his natural
defects And now it is much more
important. however. to find early as
possible the gifts than to find the de-
fcienCes. for one gift ma be the
making of him las a matter of historical
fact one gift of a little tin sword
directed Jasper's talents toward military
iife, and he now rambles up and down
the Atlantic coast inspecting army
posts; whenever he discovers the
slightest evidence of inefficiency on the
part OF officers in command he draws
his little tin sword and-swish. swish! -
on goes head. while he may get
along through life in spite of serious
deficiencies tAnthony Is struggling
along somehow, sure enough).
Throughout the whole training Of a
boy. continues the doctor, with one merry
eye on certain back yard Of Chapel
street in the beautiful village Of Canaan
daigua. in the well known State of
New York, attention should be given
chiefly to developing and increasing his
capacities, innate or acquired.
Father, practised this precept just
as II he had graduated from Harvard
For instance. Anthony ha% an innate
capacity for digging canals Ia. the back
yard. Jasper acquired the same ca
pacity in due time, and all we boys
followed the game in desutory
fashion. so that in the course of the
first three weeks of the long vacation
we probably turned several million
yards OF earth and constructed very
extensive and complicated system Of
canals between the barn door and the
rear porch.
Father observed the progress of the
work and stamped 1t with his approval
However, he suggested relapsing into
theoretical heavy black type, why not
run the excavations right out into the
garden? This idea impressed us favor
ably too. Father got the hoe and
marked the general dir 'ct!on in which
the canals should go.
We set to work with enthusiasm
kindled anew. and ran a system of par
allel canals clear through the garden,
each boy carrying his canal between two
rows Of potatoes. Just pile the earth
over against the potatoes on either side
of the canal" said father And before
we realized how little pleasure We were
really deriving from the pastime We had
hilled up all fathers potatoes.
Had Dr. Eliot been supervising the
operations and consulting personally
with father he could not have voiced
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Killed up all fathers potatoes.

that would compare with me. could
get so absorbed in my book or eame
that mother would have fairly 10 dr. 2
me to the woodpilc when she wanted
an armful of hurryingup stuff tp com.
plete the baking.
But my favorite inhibition stunt va,
performed on cold winter evenings
when father would become ubscsscd w.5
his terrible. Unsuitable craving for
little recreation. Buried though v,.
in my book. lost to all external imprrs.
sions. ] could not help feeling "a cold
shudder creeping up and down my back
at the ring of the crosscut as h. got u
out of the tool house. Then | inhibited.
believe me, when father opened Oh,
door and called out cheerily. wei
who's going to buck the line with ma
tonight? Don't all speak at once "
one will be enough" Silence Bu.l.
ness of inhibition all around the table.
Mother looking appealingly al father.
oh. II all fathers could only he mothers'
Come. srs. I'm waiting" More
furious inhibition.
The saw sways and means Soma
one passes by and you can hear the
snow crunching under his feet. Terrible
bowling of wind in the chimney Tho
saw sways and creaks Ugh. "Anthory'
Come. sir"
Poor Anthony He was alert m
right. but he never acquired the knack
Of inhibition.
The doctors ideas on bringing NJ
boys are right. He shows a remarkable
insight and keen appreciation Of tha
way boy likes to be brought up. Bu.
II was quite a surprise TO me 10 read
his article for I had never been aware
that he even knew my parents, much
less their method of doing II.
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But what Of Anthony and Cyrus?
The doctor declares that the alert boy
is often troublesome to parents. and
all promising boys show more or less
alertness of mind and senses. Anthony
was the alertest little chap that ever
grew.
He was so alert that he always got
the biggest piece of pie, or II there was
but one piece to go around 1t never got
any further around than Anthony.
Father and mother were terribly
troubled about him for years. His alert
ness gave them no peace or rest.
II mother placed dish Of hot grease
on the top shelf of the cookie cupboard
Anthony never failed to pull the grease
over upon his face. II David Bogg OBJ
jected to the hardness or speed OF An
thongs snowballs Anthony was never
anywhere TO be found when David reg
istered his complaint. II Lew McClel-
land charged the assailants of his
cherry tree with the old army musket
Anthony got the cherries while some
one else got the shot And finally
when the new railroad came through
Canandaigua Anthony accepted the
choicest job, while everybody else was
wondering II they would ever really
complete the road.
But to return to the doctor. Some
parents. he tells us, are annoyed when
a child gets 40 absorbed I'm "A book or
game that 1t makes no response to u
question or "A command. but they never
should be. The child has unconsciously
inhibited all sights and sounds external
to it's occupation for the moment; and
success in such inhibition is favorable
sign In any child.
AS an expert inhlbitor | dare say
there was never a child, in our time,
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What Are You Known By?

N1D you ever experience the sensa'
l. ton of hearing yourself rhysi-
cally described by another who
did not happen to know that you were
within earshot? II so you may have
heard yourself pictured as that short
legged man with the scragey gray
mustache. you know.
You may have been panied or amused
it all depends upon your sense oi hn'
NOR or the fitness of things. But d. MOI
despair at your portrait. Just us''n
some time to a pair of men when or"
of them is trying to recall 70 h.- ."m-
panion a third individual, the latter seen
perls,ps only once years ago 10y me
auditor. The gentleman jogging 'H'
other mans memory is likely to ske.'n
something like the following
"Oh. sure)you remember him-tN' ''.-
low with long yellow teeth-he parted
his hair near his ear and he had s,"
on his chin!"
Now. I do" cheerfuly replies 10
other at this piece Of graphic de- '.'
ton, and then adds his own touch; li,
was with little chap who suffered emo
wore big spectacles OF tortoise shell
And the interesting question IT brings
up II why do people, generally eroJ ne
remark defects and singularitleS r1f'''
than projections and beauties y 'a"H
with long yellow teeth might haN' na'
fine eyes and a noble head set upon no
shoulders, and n begoggled chap VIZ
stammering tongue might have '''
Greek profile and an artists han7'
We are assured that beauty Is ''''l'
where yet people seem to take par''u,
lar note of the ugly. No douo' . b.,
easier to see the ugly than the beau. ''.
In humanity. but why take the e'.'-'
way?
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Continued from Seventh Page.

From the pilot house there was
sharp jangle of bells to the engine room
and the speed Of the tug slackened.
Come on" commanded the young
man briskly. THE pilots going ashore.
Here's your grip. here's your hat. The
ladders on the port side. Look where
you're stepping. We can't show any
lights, and it's dark as"
But even as he spoke like flash of
powder, as swiftly as one throws an
electric switch, as blndingly as train
leaps from the tunnel into the glaring
sun the darkness vanished and the tug
was swept by the fierce, blatant radi-
ance of a searchlight.
1t was met by shrieks from 200
threats, by screams. oaths, prayers, by
the sharp jangling of bells, by the blind
rush of many men scurrying like rats
for a hole TO hide in, by the ringing
orders of one man. Above the tumult
this one voice rose like the warning
strokes Of fire gong, and looking up
TO the pilot house whence the
voice came David saw the barkeeper
still in his shirt sleeves and with his
derby hat pushed back behind his ears,
with one hand clutching the telegraph
TO the engine room, with the other hold
ing the spoke OF the wheel.
David felt the tug like hunter taxi
Ing a fence. rise in a great leap Her
bow sank and rose. tossing the water
from her in black. oily waves the
smoke poured from her funnel, from
below her engines sobbed and quivered,
and like a hound freed from leash she
raced for the open sea. But swiftly as
she fed, as a thief is held in the circle
Of policeman's bullseye. the shaft OF
light followed and exposed her and held
her in its grip.
The youth in the golf cap was clutch
ing David by the arm. With his free
hand he pointed down the shaft of light.
So great was the tumult that to he
heard he brought his lips close TO
Davids ear.
That's the revenue cutter" he
shouted. She's been laying for us for
three weeks. and now" he shrieked ex-
ultingly "the old mans going to give
her a race for it,"
From excitemert from cold. from
alarm, David's nerves were getting be-
yond his control
"But how" he demanded how do
get ashore?"
"You DON'T"
"When he drops the pilot, don't l.
"How can he drop the pilot?" yelled
the youth. The pilots got to stick by
the boat. So have you"
Csvid clutched the young man and
swung MIN so that they stood face tc
face.
"Stick by what boat?" yelled David
who arc these men? Who are you;
What boat is this?"
In the glare of the searchlight Davit
saw the eyes Of the youth staring a
him as though he feared he were in the
clutch Of mailman, Wrenching him
stff free the youth pointed at the pllo
house, Above It on a blue board "
letters Of gold leaf foot high was tn,
name OF the tug, As David read II hi
breath left him, a finger OF ice passed
slowly down his spine, The name n
read was the Three Friends.
THE Three Friends" shrieke,
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OPINION ON RAISING
BOYS-AGAINST THEIR WISHES

boy, IL wisely followed up. may assure
his success in life.
Fathers early discovery Of my gift
for discrimination suggested 10 him the
ACCESSIBILITY of making me a doctor. 1
leave It to any of my patients, past or
present. whether he succeeded.
Says Or. Eliot: Among the life occu-
pations which present themselves to his
choice. let every boy make sure that
he chooses an occupation or business the
product Of which is always useful and
never harmful to society at large. In
my case there seems to be a steady de-
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Did Dr. Eliot Have You and Your Brothers in Mine
When He Wrote His Recent Article
How Bring Up Boy?

stuffing Of other articles of furniture.
every alternate inspection bringing to
light precious stores of very interesting
and instructive reading matter - ro-
mances of the James boys, the Wright
brothers. Old King Brady mot n name
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In training children. continues DR.
Eliot. the effort should be to train their
sense To accurate observation. Father
took me by the hand that evening and
conducted me on tour of acute obser-
walton. 1t began with the parlor couch.
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mand for the product and, whatever
harm II may do to the individual, II
rarely proves harmful to society at
large. 30 | feel that father and made
pretty good job OF II.
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sake), and other great characters OF
early Elizabethan times.
The doctor continues his discourse
impatiently: The early discovery by
parents of special sense gifts in their
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-05-01

keep up and maintain Its expensive
plants. Such organized religion as
that is foreign to my thought of reIi-
gion. Unions can do a great deal to
show us how to live according to the
teachings of the Carpenter. of Naza-
reth. Geo. M. Waterman.
A Square Deal in Taxation.-
state's's Attorney Hoyne has started
in on a campaign new to states at
torneys of Cook county-he is going
to use all the power of the law to
make taxdodgers quit lodging their
taxes and pay them.
In this campaign he should have
the cordial support of every honest
citizen. -...
No argument can be advanced that
will convince the average man that it
is fair to make one citizen pay taxes
on a thirty per cent valuation of his
property and another on ten per
cent. o.
The rate would be much lower and
nobody who now pays his fair share
Of taxes would pay more if every
body paid on 100 per cent valuation.
At that it wouldn't make any diff
ference in>money paid whether taxa
ton were based on 100 per cent val
uation or on 10 per cent valuation
provided everybody listed properly
on the same basis. It would mean a
high valuation and low rate in one
case, and low valuation and high
rate in the other.
That, however, is not involved in
the fight Hoyne is making. He is
fighting special privilege in taxation.
He insists that the rich should pay
on the same basis as the poor.
There have been tax officials in the
past who have permitted rich and in
huential citizens to escape their fair
share of taxation, while making the
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citizen without a pull pay more than
his share.
An official who plays favorites in
taxation is setting himself above the
law, for the law never contemplated
that any citizen should enjoy spe-
cial privilege in the distribution of
the expense of government.
In substance Hoyne's fight is for
a square deal in taxation, and all of
US ought to be for that.
Crazy Newspapers.-The Tribune
was coming along fine while it was
backing up President Wilson on his
canal tolls policy. The7Trib was get
ting in good with the public just as
fast as Hearst was getting in bad.
Then somebody lost his head and
the Trib began trailing behind Hearst
in his crazy attempt to plunge this
country into a fool war with Mexico.
On the war thing the Trib is now
nearly as bughOuse as Hearst.
And if Wilson aveTts war both
Hearst and the Trib will look like a
pair of dirty deuces in a new deck.
-O-O-
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Motive Was inadequate.

u. The defendant had no adequate mo-
tive when the people say he committed
the crime.
90 The defendant neither feared Tor
had reason 20 fear Rosenthal until The
World decided on Saturday, July g. 70
publish the latter's AFFIDAVIT. II he had
planned murder before that he then knew
that suspicion would point TO him at once
upon the execution of the plan.
g. The defendants conduct Just before
and after The World publication. aside
from the alleged murder talk with Rose
on the telephone. was utterly inconsistent
with any thought OF murder in his nnd.
=. The defendants request did no., in
eact. supply the motive which induced
Rose. Weber. WALTON and Schcpps 70
commit the murder. This is shown to 4
demonstration.
1T may be said that the foregoins con-
siderations admit Of argument. Let thai
be granted now come 10 two matters
concerning which. It seems 70 me. reason
able minds cannot differ and which add 20
,mprobablity and incredibility verita-
hle demonstration CT fa'sity.
Il. The story OF the Harlem conferen-'
is Incredible on its face, and the manne.
o. its narration by the Witnesses proves
q 10 be pure fabrication The failure 20
produce the two chauffeurs who drove the
conspirators 20 the meeting or TO account
FOR their non-productioD condemns The
story as false
80 ScAepps was an Cmpilce.
Il now briefly outline his connection
with the case according TO the people 6
evidence. lie ana Rose were bosom
friends and almost constant companions.
lie went 10 see the gunner a least three
times before the murder. taking money
and messages from Rose. lie knew then
20 be pretty tough customers 10 wss
q; the Harlem conference, but RENAME
where he could see and not hear. After
the meeting he rode downtown in tie
same car with Rose, Weber and Nallon.
During that ride not word was said
~ the proposed murder though Weober
and Vallon had had no linking OF It be-
fore the meeting. lie went on the Sam
Paul outing with Rose, Weber and Val
Ion. and. though every one else vas tslk-
ing Of Rosenthals 'squeal, lie heard not
word OF *;