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have been wearing. We put them on one side, but they ain't enough evil dence. Lenora's idea Is that you should get hold of Craig and hypnotize him into confession"
 That's all right" Quest replied, but how am to get hold of him?"
 Laura glanced once more carelessly around to where the guard stood
 "Lenoras gone up to the professors $ ngain this afternoon. She is going to try and get hold of Craig and lock him in the garage. If she succeeds, she will send a message by wireless at three o'clock. It Is half-past two now"
 "Well?" Quest exclaimed. "Well!"
 You can work this guard, If you want to-" Lenora went on. q have seen you tackle worse cases. He seems dead easy. Then let me in the cell, take my clothes and leave me here"
 Quest followed the scheme in his mind quickly.
 Tt is all right" he decided, but am not at all sure that they can really hold me on the evidence they have got. If they can't, shall be doing my self more harm than good in this way"
 Its no use unless you can get hold Of Craig quickly" Laura said. He is getting the scares, as it is'
 I'll do it,' Quest decided Gall the guard, Laura
 She obeyed. The man came good- naturedly toward them.
 Quest looked at him steadfastly through the bars.
 T want you to come inside for a moment" Quest repeated softly. "Un- look the door, please. take the key on your bunch and come inside"
 The man hesitated. but all the time his fingers were fumbling with the keys. Quests lips continued to move. The warden opened the door and en. tered. A few minutes later Quest passed the key through the window to Laura, who was standing on guard.
 Without word. and with marvellous rapidity. the change was effected. Laura produced from her handbag a wig. which she pinned inside her hat and passed over to Quest. Then she flung herself on to the bed and drew the blanket up to her chin.
 How long will he stay like that? 2" she whispered. pointing to the warder who was sitting on the floor with his arms folded and his eyes closed.
 Half and hour or so," Quest an- swered. Don't bother about him. I shall drop the key back through the window"
 Quest reached Georgia square at live minutes to three. A glance up and down assured him that the house was unwatched. He let himself ir with his own key. threw Lauras clothes on. and. after a few moments hesitation. selected from the ward- robe rough tweed suit with 6 thick lining and lapels. Just as he was tying his tie. the little wireless which he had laid on the table at his side began to record a message He glanced at the clock. It was exactly three.
 Quests eyes shone for a moment with satisfaction. Then he sent on his answering message. put on a dus- ter and slouch hat. and left the house by the side entrance. In a few mo- ments he was in Broadway, and . quarter of an hour later a taxicab de- posited him ct the entrance to the
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CHAPTER XII.

Craig's surprise was real enough as he opened the back door of the pro- fessor's house on the following morn ing and found Lenora standing on the threshold.
 Lenora smiled pleasantly.
 q came to this door," she said, "be- cause wanted little talk with you"
 Craig's attitude was perfect. He was mystified but he remained respectful.
 "Wnl you come inside?" he invited.
 She shook her head.
 "I am afraid" she confided. "of what l am going to say being overheard. Come with me down to the garage for a moment"
 He opened the doors of the garage, leaving the keys in the lock, and they both passed inside.
 You can say what you please here without the slightest fear of being overheard. miss" Craig remarked.
 Lenora nodded, and breathed a prayer to herself She was nearer the door than Craig by about half a dozen paces. Her hand groped in the little bag she was carrying and gripped something hard She clenched her teeth for a moment. Then the automatic pistol flashed out through the gloom.
 Craig" she threatened. If you move I shall sho6t you"
 It seemed as though the man were a coward. He began to tremble, his lips twitched. his eyes grew larger and rounder.
 What is it?" he faltered. What do you want?"
 Just this," Lenora said firmly. "I suspect you to be guilty of the crime for which Sanford Quest is in prison. am going to have you questioned. If you are innocent you have nothing to fear. If you are guilty there will be someone here before long who will extract the truth from you"
 The mans face was an epitome of terror. Even his knees shook Lenora felt herself grow calmer with every moment.
 T am going outside to send a mes sage" she told him. 'I shall return presently"
 Don't go," he begged suddenly. Don't leave ne! l am innocent. I have done nothing wrong. If you keep me here, you will do more harm than you can dream of"
 Tt is for other people to decide about your innocence" Lenora said calmly. q have nothing to do with that. If you are wise you will stop here quietly"
 Have you said anything to Mir. Ashleigh, miss?" the man asked pite- ously.
 Not word"
 A expression of relief shone for a moment upon his face. Lenora point. ed to stool.
 "Sit down there and wait quietly" she ordered.
 He obeyed without a word. She left the place, locked the door se- curely. and made her way round to the other side of the garage-the side hidden from the house. Here. at the far corner. she drew a little pocket wireless from her bag and set 1t on the window sill. Very slowly she sent her message:
 have Craig here In the professors garage, locked up. # our plan has succeeded, como at once. 1 am walt Ing for you.
 There was no reply. She sent the message again and again. Suddenly, during a pause. there was little flash upon the plate. \ message was con.
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Loose Talk.

How unreasonable are those resi-
dents Of Brooklyn who object to hav.
ing an enthusiastic socla. rcformer
circulate the report that the girl pu-
pills in one of the high schools visit
II resort whose patronage aronses
suspicious as to the moral tone en-
forced by It's proprietor.
They are not satisfied even with
the explanation that the accusation
was circulated by the rcformer with
out facts to back It up. They are
unrcsponsive TO the thoroughly salts
factory acknowledgment that 1t was
merely rumor. They hold tho OBJ
viousy reactionary opinion that the
reformer should not give currency to
derogatory tales unless he has cvl
dcnCr % support them. II reform T.
thus 10 br shackled. whence will com,
the material with which to- shock thu
sensation seeking auditors? More
over. IL should not lc overlooked tha
the rcformcr retailed his rumor II
such fashion IA to escape entirely ths
possibility Of prosecution for slander
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A Storm Belt Ahead.

An incidental advantage to the Ad-
ministrat,on's frank change Of front
regarding adequate equipment for ma
tional defence will be the cover such
action will afford e. "A probably In
cvitable bond is-r Bond issues In
times of peace are never popular, On
the eve Of Presidential election they
impinge upon in,lisrrrtlon.
Whether made necessary by extrav'
agance or by I'll advised application
of theories Of uplift to tariff revenues.
there Is a distinct limit to public toll
Grafton of management resulting in "A
deficit that can only he made good by
tho Governments appearance In the
ma fket as a borrower. Even as meas s.
ure necessary to the furtherance OF
so popular movement as that for an
adequate navy and army. the tendency
to look askancc at II and to inquire
minutey into Just how much and how
little the war preparedness programme
Is responsible. will he very strong and
will naturally be- pressed with em
barrasslug insisience by the party IN
opposition.
Yet with that disagrecahle feature
quite inevitable, the imposition OF a
bond isNle 10 meet a deficit OF aquivo
cal origin will be much alleyiatcd by
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ONCE A CAPITOL.
Save the Hotel Royal Of New Or
leans. Grandeur in Decay.

To THE EDITOR OF THE S,'S--Sir: The
Seattle DdlV TimcS. commenting upon
the fact tnat the Eotcl Royal In New
orleans Is To be torn down TO make
way for modern skvsrraper, reviews
the history OF the hotel from slave auc-
ton days. and says:
A wonderful place was the Hot! ROYAL
In those days! There the Tennessee back
wood dsman." wh, had travelled down tho
Mi~ ssipp with his pocket fan OF Amcri-
can collars. met the descendants Of th"
Areadian.. the Dons from cuba and MeN-
ico and the children OF the Virginia cav
alters. who had thrust way westward
through Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi!
20 the Old French city by the sidc OF the
Father OF waters, Likewt hs met tho
gamblers Of ,he Mississippi packets--and,
II fortunate enough 20 escape from their
clutches. hs later mot those o; the Hotel
Royal.
Some rich man might put some o'
his wealth 10 good use in buying up this
old hotel and its site and turning Il
, over to the Government so that ms
famous structure might no preserved
as historical relic.
saw this old hotel in l9l2. and was
greatly impressed by the, spectacle !;
presented Of ancient grandeur gone to
decay. Let mo cite an account of the
Hotel Royal as given on card that Was
presented TO IN" when | went through
! the old place othe Hotel ROYAL and the
/ ST. Louis Hotel are the saNeb:
ON ST LOUIS uorrr.
Tho building formerly known as IN. g
/ Lou. No'si Vas erected IN 1896 10y the
: improvement. Bank Tho edihce was com
lncnced ny Nj. pcrou!ny, a dis.'nruls b d
architect In tho EOS tn STATE bought ~
building and used I, until The capital wa.
| mi el n is
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TuskeRee's Maker.

Or. BOOKER r. WASHINGTON work
among the members Of his race was
ba sed on the belief that the negro
would win social and political ad-
vancement only after he had achieved
economic Independence and stability.
He held that time was better spent
in demonstrating the capacity Of the
black man in those callings that are
now open TO him than IN seeking op'
portunities in fields where every factor
vas opposed to him.
This policy brought DR.. WASHING.
roy into conflict with many other
leaders of the negroes, hut he main
tained II from the beginning OF his
work at Tuskegee. He was not less
concerned with the progress or the
blacks In the United States than were
those with whom he could not agree
as to methods: their dispute was oyei
the means to be used. not the end &c
be sought. His belief was supported
hy the intelligent Judgment Of thou
sanN.s Of citizens who saw in Tuskpge|
a possible instrument for the solution
Of a pressing problem.
Did the schools success depend or
DR.. WAsHISoroN's energy and per
sonality. or was he able to install al
organization competent to continue It
Such questions will be answered II
the not remote future; 1t IS to h
hoped that the institution in whlcl
he labored for more than Il genera
tion possesses the apparatus and per
sonnel necessary to Its contlnuanc,
and growth as memorial to this sen
slble and interesting educator.
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COlum umbia University.

The 1915 report of the president of
Columbia University ilumnes many
Of the problems of college manage
ment. Or. BUTLER says: columbia
has consciously ami with success sep
arated the task Of pure administration
from the task Of academic legislation"
The Justice Of the distinction Is quite
generally recognized. bur many col
lcge is pestered with Internal diSsen-
sion because Of failure to realize II IN
practice. Congratulations to Pres!-
dent BUTLER and his staff from fellow
educators will have sincerity empha-
size'l by some honest envy.
Not only collegians but business
men inclined to sceptical regard Of
collegiate business management will
be impressed by the full exposition
OF Co,umbia's budget system. The an
nual deficit is fixture in college
finance. but Coiumbia's Of last year
was only $13.5O0, in contrast to the
$4,000 Of the previous year. Gifts
| and requests In 1914 were SSll.l1l,
little more than half Of those for the
year before the war began. Attention
Of municipal finance boards should
be directed 10 this paragraph $50
accurate are the budget forecasts that
the difference between the estimated
| income and the income actually col
lected and the difference between thu
budget appropriations and the amounts
actually expended are almost always
very inconslderable."
In time when the rule OF reason
has been more or less obstructed by the
willingness to rule Of some professors
Columbia has had .ts experience In
free speech. Never. 30 the report IN
forms us, have academic critics beer
80 severely criticised by she non-aca
demic world. Columbia's mail bags
have been crammed and 1ammed Will
protestant communications IN mos
instances, Dr. BUTLER says. exhibit
Inc a hostility bnsed on inaccurate re
port of the original PROFESSIONAL utter
ance. But OF course some Of then
reveal narrowness Of view or stupid
ity." Often those who accuse the pro
fessors of demagogy are dema gogue
themselves, fearful. perhaps, OF bein'
surpassed in their fine art.
1t II evident that Columbia Cniver
sity. with its 5000 students It's splen
did endowment and equipment and II
efficient corps Of administrators. ha
no longing for academic seclusion, bu
means TO be OF and for the people
In few more years her restored foot
ball team may be able 10 beat ial
and Harvard, placing this town on al
equal footing az an educational cen
tire with Cambridge, Masa, and Ncy
Haven, Conn.
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worth anything practically. would

worth anything practically. would
have to he simple. direct unencum.
bcrcd with correlated subjects: and
to I've effective 1t would have TO in
vest the new tariff board with some.
thing more nearly like real power
power to study. investigate and report
from time 10 time. No one has yet
pointed out how this necessary power
can be bestowed without an amend.
ment Of the Constitution.
No matter how good Is the inten.
ton OF the hill which Senator GORE
So politely asks us 10 help improve.
its defects are nagrant and almost
grotesque. 1t not only creates n ster.
lie organism but IT also duplicates
existing agencies of information. such
as the consular report system as to
trade conditions abroad and the null
tifarious activities Of Brother RED
FIELDS men IN the domestic field. II
does not abolish the parallel worl;
which 1t duplicates. Most Of all. in a
most incomprehehsible manner It ties
up. vague and general functions of
trade promotion with the specific ad.
visory function In regard to the tariff
schedules. We trust the Senator will
pardon us for saying that his Inter.
national Trade and Tariff Board
seems to us an awful muddle Of legis
lative enterprise. We advise him to
simplify. even II he has to begin all
over again.
Meanwhile II remains true that nm
I'll a constitutional amendment shift,
the seat Of power, purely advisory
tariff commissions can study and In
vestigate and recommend scientific
and bipartisan tariffs till all i'
blue. and Congress can legislate un
scientific and partisan tariffs all ,h'
same. to carry out partisan theories
to promote partisan ends or 70 fr,
the fat
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Red Victor Rends the Veil.

Illuminating the future with the M
rivalleI radiance of his own glorious
thatch. VICTOR MURDOCH sees far and
clear into the politics of 1916. The
Democrats are to he hopelessly split
by February: the Republicans are al
ready torn by conflicting ambitions,
confused by selfish counsels. Red VIC.
TOR Is n pessimist. but he Is compelled
10 acknowledge the fact:
Tho Progressive party has every rea-
son to plunge into the campaign with
vim. vigor and a determination to win"
Were he not hound to conservatism
and dedicated to sobriety Of statement
by the high duties of his national
chairmnnship MURDOCH Of the flaming
topknot might he suspected of Orti
mism. Nobody else can hope TO find
vim and vgor in the army OF socia
tustice that fought In 1912 under ths
standard Of leader now Indifferent
silent and darkly muslng. The de
termination to win is expended in th'
ranks Of the Republicans. But NIc1oI
knows tho truth. He rockets to al
the warning:
"All those who attempt to pose a!
reformers when they are really not re
formers are beaten"
Mr.. MCRpocK ought 10 know. He
posing as reformer. was beaten to ;
! frazzlc In Kansas IN 1914.
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FARMING AS BUSINESS.
Use or Neglect Of Timbcrlands A.
fects Profit Percentages.

To THE EDIruR OF TIE SUS--Sir: Tho
New England farmer has been living
along too contentedly OH per cent.
business basis successful merchant
never goes afoot when he can ride. Ac-
tive working capital must earn per
cent. or better. A large part OF tho farm
homo should be looked at as stock In
hand. II the farmer doesn't work to de-
velop that as a business man and keep
hooks. some one else ultimately will
and have all tho benefit and enjoyment
of that extra 2 per cent Tho business
farmer should be paying himself fair
living wages and per cent. interest on
his stock in trade or else he should want
to know why.
Trees should he reckoned By the
farmer either as liability or an asset
when he Is looking over his STOCK IN
trade The old school lumbcrman mas
biassed sentiment too much TO his own
advantage in his references to forestry
as something for the rich man to play
at who wants to keep trees to look at.
Twenty years ago possibly the porta hic
sawmill had a place In moving onto
lots whore the pine timber was dense
and cutting off the largest and ripest
trees. Even then. though, selective cut
ting and thinning would have been IN
order II we had known what We know
to-day. Then timber stu!npage was
worth but one-ifth OF what It Is to-day
and you could hardly blame The farmer
for letting the mill onto his land, when
with all the long teaming he got so ut
tie for his logs at the old water mill
But to-day for him to allow an outside
corporation TO come onto his property
and cut clean Is too much like forced
sae of the stock in trade. IL is lko
leaving n 6 per cent. investment which
he might work nj himself and earn gpod
wages besides for a 4 per cent. one. Tho
sum received for his lot seems big, but
| possibly tho purchasing agent is not
| paying him over a compounded per
| cent. for his original investment. He
failed TO get his 6 per cent and bought
"A gold brick.
Timber commands enough to-day SO
| that the farmer Is paid FOR going into
/ the woods AID carefully selecting out
| that part Of the tree crop which Is ripe
| for cutting each winter and also tho
! cost of the hauling 20 mill even though
| It be ten miles.
| Local banking and agricultural !nsti-
| tutions should bear a large part OF the
responsibility for this actual shortstsht-
| edness. PAU. W, GoLpsBrRY.
NEW York. November 10.
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and skilfully avoided running any indi.
vldual's good name by assailing the
repute Of an entire school. Does not
the finished art Of this accomplishment
appeal to the trained intelligence Of
teachers, pupils and parents;
Loose talk is the vocation, the avo.
cation, the profession. the trade. the
task and the amusement Of n certain
type Of rcforner Of other folks habits.
II sustalns great industry and sup.
ports in enviable luxury not few
well clad and persuasive citizens. II
enjoys special immunitles and privi.
lcges, and II It endangers the good
name Of few hundred innocent
schoolgirls It only fulfils its mission
Our Brooklyn friends must learn to
he philosophical.
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MIDDLE AGED RELIGION.
Il Neglect of the Church Due TO In
difference or to Matured Intellect

To THE EpIron or THE St'N-S'r. Scv.
oral of tho leading religious Journals
have recently published articles COM
menting on the difficulty that the church
encounters in reaching or retaining its
hold on the men OF middle age Tho
writer's seemed 20 imply that men OF ma
ture years are apt to he SO hound up In
worldly affairs as TO cause thom to neg
lect the reliGio associations OF the
church. 1t apparently does not occur
to them that because mon OF middle lirc
arc AT the maximum OF their mentality
they are better qualified to weigh men
and religious affairs than they were
before arriving AT that time of life. and
that II IL the fault of the church that so
many good men remain outside.
In common with tho great mass az
mankind In this country. have the
greatest respect and veneration tur
Christianity, the religion OF Christ; but
when we see churches dedicated to the
Most High desecrated by tho prescuc,
OF so-called evangel!sts whose riba.d
jests and blasphemous utteranccs ar,
disgusting to those who object to a
merger OF tho church and vaudcy lie
when instead Of pastors who allure I,
| brighter worlds and lead tho way" ",
sec them on every hand dragging polite,
into the church. Is it any wonder that
so many men refuse 10 follow then
| leadership?
II a man holds a,oo' from tho church
! Ia ho To be branded as "A miserable sin.
ner" some years ago | hcCamu assr,
| clitcd in business with two guutlcmcr
| both OF whom were prominent in Churrl
| WORK, one n high official in a crrtl.i
| church, tho other prominent in tuc sun
| day schools Of that city and the State
| shortly after engaging IN the nusiuc.,
venture one OF the partners cautinuc,
| III" to no On my guard against the ao
| scnt member, who. n" sand. WIS .u ll
| nitlCat"d lii", TN,- one IN turn tpl,
! m" IN confidence that tuc other m"u'h,
! Of tn" firm WAS n g.tuI rasyul pr,
! shortly conNin' ed that both V,g" si..,,t
; truthful in this ust uor. # tho rhur,.
| would purge .tsrlt o. Su.h u W,l.
hay" an attraction Tor jnus" Wn, nu,
prcfor 10 hold communion with 's,. Grr,
Spirit apart Frou those Nhu y.ll,. =, g..
| tho elect. tNL pl' tn. Mas,
| SPRINGFIELD, Mass, November l3.
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City Pensions.

OF the various pension funds FOR
the benefit OF municipal employees
now calling for contributions from the
taxpayers pocket the Bureau of
Municipal Investigation and Statistics
tells the Comptroller that:
In snort, all the systems were es-
tabrished in total disregard Of tho prin.
oaples Of mathematics and the practical
experience ana business methods OF
prosperous insurance companieA"
Since 1905 the public treasury has
been depleted IN the sum Of s29,714,'
900 to support these benefactions
and the burden Is rapidly growing
heavier. The police fund called for
$193,o 900 ten years ago; for 1914 1t re-
Quired $1,45O.0OO. Annuitles for in
capacitated employees having thirty
years service TO their credit cost $751;
600 in 1918, and more than three times
that In the next year. All this has
been accomplished without the aid OF
actuaries, and in consequence some OF
the pension funds arc practically bank
rupt and all Of them will be unless
they are reformed.
This condition has been invited by
the city BY Its reckless disregard fol
experience and Its failure to take ad
vantage Of the easily accessible statis
tics OF insurance No private cor
poration would embark in a scheme o
benefits without attempting TO coun
the cost; yet the city did this, an'
now while It pays heavily in cash 70
its blunders. the recipients Of pension
themselves may suffer as innocent vic
| Tins Of its stupidity.