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SYNOPSIS.

), no New York home of James Brood,
~. y ..V and Riggs, his two old pensioners
DsgeS comrades, await the coming OF
IHo a. SO con, Frederic, to learn the con
B7oou wireless from Brood, put FRED
eas liter reading, throws 1t into the
enN ID leaves the room without Word.
" 5 en- tells Lydia Desmond, MS nahcee'
lIs ~ he message announces MS Iather s
AA s zoe and orders the house prepared
ssi', nn immediate Homecoming. Mars
Y unnnd the housekeeper ana Lydla S
ps ssnr tries to cool FrederlCs temper
sSo intending changes. BROOD ana MS
a. snv arrives, She wins Frederlcs iiklnS at
~ meeting. Brood shows dislike ana
l1l.d hostility to his son. Lydia and Mrs.
~ meet in the jade room, where Lydia
~. ~ as Brood's secretary. The room,
sA I1Ssted by a great gold Buddha, Is fur
sslnS in oriental magnitiCence. Mrs.
LII after a talk with Lydia, which
s.soa the latter puzzled. Is startled by
20 Z. onnearance of Ranjab, Broods Hin
!. . sryt Mrs. Brood makes changes
Y - household and gains her husband
... sS TO send Mrs. Desmond and Lydia
g W. She tries to fathOm the mystery
w |, ss,ood's separation from his first wife,
q "a pi bis dislike of his son, but fails. Mrs.
~ ~, ~ fascinates Frederic. She begins to
n py'R aniab in his unCanny appearances
IS. "a 5jsanDearances, and Frederic, remem-
Inc y u' his fathers East Indian stories and
W S,-rS SelIef in magic, fears unknown evil.
0. I 1b'' performs feats Of magic for
h SaSys and Riggs Frederic's father, jeal-
- ga'' uniustly orders his son from the
M gi.Dsr table as drunk. Yvonne follows
S,tliIr TO the jade-room and influences
s.u'i ia apologize to his father and the
me- for his alleged lapse. Brood tells
n story of Ranjab's life to his guests.
Ee Killed woman" who was unfaithfu'
h him. Yvonne plays with Frederic's
Efatuation for her. Her husband warns
N that the thing must not go on.
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CHAPTER IX-continued.
at sounds rather ominous."

1T sounds rather ominous."
III he waits long enough you may
discover that you love him and his 60
hg would give you infinite pain. Then
d the time for him to 60"
Good heavens!" he cried, in aston
bhnent. What a remarkable notion
d the fitness"
nThat will be his chance to repay
you for all that you have done for him,
! Iames," said she, as calm as a May
morning
by joye, you are puzzle to mel"
be exclaimed, and a fine moisture
came out on his forehead.
let the boy alone, James," she
vent on earnestly. HE is"
"See here, Yvonne," he broke in
aernly, that is matter we can't dis
msS. You do not understand, and l
annOt explain certain things to you. |
came here just now to ask you to be
fair to him, even though / may not ap-
pear to be. You are"
THAT is also a matter we cannot
discuss" said she calmly.
But it is a thing we are going to
discuss, just the same" said he. sit
down, my dear, and listen to what l
have to say. Sit down."
For moment she faced him defiant
y He was no longer angry, and there
N lay the strength that opposed her.
She could have held her own with
hin II ne had maintained the angry at
utute that marked the beginning of
tAeir interview. AS it was, her eyes
Iell after brief struggle against the
dominant power in his, and she
Obeyed, but not without significant
tribute to his superiority in the shape
Of an indignant shrug.
He took one Of, her hands in his, and
sfoked it gently, even patiently. 81
Will come straight to the point. Fred
enc is falling in love with you. Wait!
100 not blame him. He cannot help
himself. No more could l, for that
matter, and he has youth, which is a
spur mat have lost. | have watched
am, Yyonne. He is-to put it cold
aoOdedly-losing his head. Leaving
ne out of the question altogether if
3Ou choose, do you think you are
sllte lair to him? am not disturbed
y your account or my own, but-well,
ant you see what a cruel position we
" likely to find ourselves"
Just moment, James," she inter.
@pted, sitting up very straight in the
wan and meeting his gaze steadfast-
e VIII you spare me the coniectures
sla come straight to the point, as you
have said"
ae turned a shade paler. WELL" he
esah deliberately, sit comes to this,
uear' One OF the other of you will
nave to leave my house if this thing
goes on" ~
one shot glance of incredulity at
~ set lace. Her body became rigid.
lou would serve me as you served
= y real mother, more than twenty
stncing '''' n.y.
James ~ - your house.
Cass--s We 'anno' us
\, But choose to discuss it," she
s ~ firmly. THE truth, please You
0Foge her out?"
She made her bed, Yvopne." said
be huskily. 'onne' saiu
\ az sue leave you cheerfully, glad.
\. . would go if loved another, or
Ss. one plead with you-oh, l know il
&, DID she plead with you to give
sOa enance to explain? Did she?"
v,, sus was on her knees to me-" he
temples. ' ''anuins out On dis
liEa onne arose. She stood over him
~ s, an accusing angel.
;hls uu % this day. James Brood-tc
as. very hour, you are not certain
: You You did right in casting her OIL"
d, sel you, l was certain-I was sure
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his voice. The gates were being
opened at last! She saw the thing
that was to stalk forth. She would
have closed her ears against the reve-
lations it carried. Mother will be
worried if l am not at home"
Guido Feverelli. An Italian born in
Hungary. Budapest, that was his
home, but he professed to be a gypsy.
Yes, he wrote the devilish thing. He
played it thousand times in that
room down-and now Frederic plays
it, after all these years. 1t is his
heritage. God, how hate the thing!
Ranjab! Where is the fellow? He
must stop the accursed thing. He"
"Mr. Brood! Mr.. Brood" cried
Lydia, appalled,. She began to edge
toward the door
By a mighty effort, Brood regained
control of himself He sank into a
chair, motioning for her to remain.
The music had ceased abruptly.
He will be here in a moment" said
Brood. Don't 60"
Suddenly he arose and confronted
the serene image of the Buddha. For
full minute he stood there with his
hands clasped, his lips moving as if
in prayer. No sound came from them.
The girl remained transfixed, power
less to move. Not until he turned to-
ward her and spoke was the spell
broken. Then she came quickly to his
side. He had pronounced her name.
"You are about to tell me some
thing, Mr.. Brood" she cried in great
agitation. 81 do not care to listen. |
feel that it is something | should not
know. Please let me go now. +"
He laid his hands upon her Shout
ders, holding her off at arms length.
81 am very fond of you, Lydia do
not want to hurt you. Sooner would
have my tongue cut out than it should
wound you by a single word. And yet
must speak. You love Frederic. Is
not that true?"
She returned his gaze unwavering
ly. Her face was very white.
Eyes, Mr.. Brood"
1T is better that we should talk II
over. We have ten minutes. No doubt
he has told you that he loves you. He
is a lovable boy, he is the kind one
must love. But it is not in his power
to love nobly. He loves lightly as
he hesitated, and then went on harshly
-"as his father before him loved"
Anger dulled her understanding
she did not grasp the full meaning O
his declaration. Her honest heart ROSE
to the defense of Frederic.
''Mr. Brood, do care for Frederic,
she famed, standing very erect before
| him. "He loves me. | know he does
You have no right to say that he love-
lightly, ignobly. You do not know hin
as ! know him. You have never tries
to know him, never wanted to know
him. You-Oh, / beg your pardon MI
Brood. IL am forgetting myself"
81 am afraid you do not UNDERSTAND
yourself, Lydia" said he levelly. "Yo'
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Greysolon Cigars are mild,
SCHOOL PRINCIPAL. !:
LOSES APPEAL
Anti Union Man Must Serve Jail
Sentence For Disobeying
Court Order.

COLUMBUS. Ohlo, Jan. 1.-The
state supreme court has decided. a
TECHNICAL question against Superinten-
dent Frederick of the Cleveland pub
lie schools, who is resisting, the
sentence of Common Pleas Judge. Neff
Of 10 days in Jail and $500 fine for
sal of teachers who are members of
a teachers union.
Frederick had appealed to- the court
of appeals In Cleveland, :but:th court
refused. to consider. the case unless an
appeal bond was filed. This he and
the school board refused to, do ,on
the ground that superintendent was
a public officer and bond was UNI
necessary. On this point the supreme
court ruled ana decided: against
Frederick on the ground that there
was no. error in the court of appeals
action in declining to- review the case
because, the school board refused ITO
file bond.
While the. question: Of the right Of
school, teachers to affiliate :. with a
labor union was. not PUT rsquarely, be-
fore the supreme. court, organized
workers are disposed to look upon
tfle rnlihg as an indication OH the
part Of the court that tsAthers have
the same rights IN this matter as
other" employees: Of the state and ma
tional government :..~ .
The efforts of the Cleveland school
board against the teachers union has
attracted wide attention. Last May
the board voted to bar all union
teachers, and Superintendent Fred
erick proceeded to apply the order.
Because of his violation of contrary
orders by Judge Mem he was sentenced
to Jail for 10 days and paid fine of
$500. He and the school board have
been defeated in every legal move
since that time.
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USE BR|D MONEY TO
STRENGTHEN | | |: \ Ct ! UNION
-. 81 IL . - - -. ;ETII2: :
Laundry Workers, Organizers
Turn 81, 600 Over to Toledo
.~ Organization.

: TOLEDO, Ohio, Jan. president
Brock of the. International Laundry
Workers union: assisted by Business
Agent Quinlivan of the Central Labor
union, and two newspaper men, have
disrupt the Laundry Workers union,
which is preparing to increase wages,
Brock first told the three men of
the offer made by President Wunder-
Itch of the Reliable Laundry, COM
pany, the largest union concern in
the city. Wunderltch : promised Brock
$1,000 and $2O0sa year if he would
lift the <chartert*sof the union and
ship 1t to the Headquarters organ
1zation at. Troy, My. Brock told his
friends he intended to:accept the offer
and expose the employers methods.
He then asked that they search him
thoroughly: Quinlivan and the news
paper men followed Brock, who had
the: charter and unions documents
with him: They, saw him meet Wun-
derlich. when the latter passed some
thing to Brock and then they both
stopped at *,. an g., express ,Spss office, where
the charter was left.
At a special meeting of the Central
Labor union Brock and Quinlivan, told
their story, and the former showed
the $1,000 In IS 10 and $500 bills.s t'4>s
1t was decided Ito use the, money. to
further the wage. movement of the
laundry workers. The incident is be.
Ing used by these workers in their
organizing campaign to point to the
value Of an Organization that employ
ers will spend such sums to destroy.
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CONVERT |: R BILL l|E| L: |
MORE CONVERSION
Spectacular Evangelist Put on I'm
fair List by Philadelphia
Unions.

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 1.-The
Building Trades Council of Philadel-
phia has declared the Billy SUM-
day revival movement unfair to or
ganized labor. The decision, given
out, calls on all affiliated locals men,
bers and friends to act accordingly.
The action of the council follows
olonged trouble with union elec-
trlcians working for Gates & Shep-
herd, electrical contractors. The inn
mediate cause is strike Of men
working on the new Sunday Taber-
nacle at Nineteenth and Vine streets.
The Building Trades council took
immediate action in the strike, which
was called a week ago last. Saturday
because the firm .disregarded an
agreement to pay overtime wages
Officers Of the Billy Sunday Commit
tee refused to act and permitted the
work on the tabernacle to go on with
strikebreakers. :: - >-.>;sss: .-.-*@
The strike at; the tabernacle was
followed" by similar! action Il of. cleo
tr1clans at: several = other Gates &;
Shepherd operations, among them the
Harris building, Southern high school,
Methodist and Metcar buildings. 1922.
The resolution Of the council EN-
bodying the action is as follows: ~ = ~
Whereas there is d movement
throughout the country known dis THE
Billy Sunday revival movements hold
ing: religious meetings addressed by
the Rev. Billy Sunday and $3.50
whereas tits the intention ,of, the
Rev. Mr.. Sunday to- hold some of the
aforesaid meetings in. Philadelphia,
which has caused to be- erected at the
northwest corner Of Nineteenth and
Vine street a building for that p,ir-
pose; and =" - - - - '.'.> 81 '
Whereas the men employed to
erect the said building; with the ex-
ception Of one trade, are unfair to
organized labor, especially the cleo
trical work, :whichsis being: done by
strikebreakers in the employ of: Gates
& Shepherd, electrical contractors, To-
Gated at 1916 SAMSON street; and
Whereas the aforesaid conditions
were brought to the attention OF the
proper officers of the Sunday move
ment, who refused to remedy the
same: therefore. be it
Resolved, That we, the Building
Trades Council of Philadelphia and
vicinity, in regular meeting as
sembled, held Saturday evening, De-
cember 10, condemn the Sunday
movement as unfair to organized la
Dor, and call attention to our affiliated
locals, their members, friends and
sympathizers to the aforesaid facts,
trusting them to act accordingly"
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STOPS.
fr-,
*. RAILWAY. STRIKES
t>;a--
U. s. Board Of Mediation Report
! Shows % Cases Amicably
Settled.

WASHINGTON Jan. lin, the
first annual report of the United
States board of mediation and concili-
alton it is shown that there have been
20 cases Of differences between rail-
road employers and their employees,
Involving 1868 of the latter.
Some of these cases were submitted
by one side, some by the other, and
some jointly, and in all except two
strike votes had actually been taken
before the services of the board were
requested. There have been, however.
but two instances where this vote be-
came effective, and this for a short
time only. In other words, no rail-
road strike of any serious consequence
has occurred in this country during
the first year Of the operation Of the
board. : ..$ ss.;s " "a.
In one Of the cases where the strike
vote did become effective the request
for mediation services was not re-
ce1ved until late in the evening. and
the strike was set for s. O'Clock next
morning. It lasted, however, but u
hours. In the other case the applica-
ton for mediation was received from
one Of the parties, but It was de-
cl1ned by the other. An an1icable at1-
justment was reached, nevertheless,
with no destruction to property and
with but slight detriment to public
interest. 81 $ss.I.
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COMPENSATION :.
LAW HELD INVALID
...-
Kentucky Act Declared Unconsti-
tutiona1 by Court
Of Appeals.


FRANKFORT, KY, Jan. 1.-The
court of appeals has held the work
mems compensation act, passed by
the last legislature, Unconstitutional.
Chief Justice Hobson: and Judge Mil
Ter and LEASING dissented.
The majority opinion believes ia
constitutional law"tean be drawn by
the Legislature, hut objection is
raised to the present. act because of
the limit Of the fanfesoeannt specified for
various damages trthe claim being
made that the p]ktsng> OF. limit is
against the STATE Substitution. Objec4s
ton was also made to the section
that provides If an emplqye continues
working for an employer. after he had
posted notices that he. has paid prem
iums into the fund the employee
thereby accepts the provisions of the
act. On this portion of the law the
majority opinion says:
when the employer accepts the
provisions of this act, the employee is
automatically drawn: into this So
called contract and made subject to
its provisions under pain of being de-
prived of all his causes of action. It
cannot be then said that he has VOL
UNFAIRLY elected to accept the pro-
visions of the contract"
Judge Miller: in a. minority opin-
ion, declared that the compensation
law SHOULD not sbe set aside upon a
mere speculation or conjecture."
: In no case.'r he continued, "has an
elective compensation act, been held
invalid; on the contrary, statutes con-
tanning elective features substantially
like the Kentucky statute have .ex-
pressly been unhe1d, IN Wisconsin,
Ohio, Massachusetts, and Minnesota;
while Washington and Montana have
gone further and sustained com pull
cory acts. : = sczc:z1 ::11s1 : Il
Kentucky Is" to Abe the first state
making this radical dep Arture, and in
doing so this court fails, it seems to
me, to make the essential legal dis
tinction between compulsory and
elective acts ~ giving more effect
to imaginative cases i than TO Feai
cases. : g. I ~ = ~ :
1.-THE fact@is~snots stoabe overlooked
that the elective feature Of The act,
which is mats fnef con trolling dies
ton in the majority opinion in this
case, is not. inin1ical to any provision
peculiar to the Kentucky constitution;
the elective feature is to be given the
same effect under, the constitutions
of the various states wherein COM
pensation laws have been passed. b
I'm view of the, uniform line of de-
cisions to the effect that the elective
clause is elective and not compulsory
I am of the opinion that the Ken
lucky compensation. act is valid
and enforcible law" -
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With the widely varying attitudes Of different
people towards fresh air it is impossible to satisfy
all of our patrons all Of the time, and the air in
crowded car is at best likely to seem impure by COM
parison with the fresh air in which the passenger
has walked several blocks or waited several minutes
before taking the car and it often than
it really is by Of the variety Of odors nclud
ing various kinds of perfumes used by passengers.
e The company endeavors to come near as pos
sble to pleasing all Of its patrons in the matter Of
ventilating and in heating it's cars as well as IN
other features Of ito service and instructions to ito
employees are given with that end in view. Patrons
who have extreme notions either about the temper
ature or purity Of the air must necessarily yield
somewhat to the notions Of their fellow passengers
Conductors are instructed and passengers are -
quested not to open the deck ventators Immediately
behind the smoke pipe from the car heater O. when
these open gas from the heater is likely to enter
the car. III q. go
This notice refers particularly to the yentila-
ton Of cars. We may issue another notice pn the
subject Of heating street cars later.
IA Duluth 3hsst R,ilnsy ca
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Keep the profits in the pockets Of
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Greysolon Cigars, for Csc. and
for Csc.
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GARMENT WORKERS
ENLARqING UNION

! CLEVELAND, Jan. 1.-The. organ
izing campaign Of the International
Ladies' Garment Workers union is
proving successful, and it Is now pre-
dicted that the thousands Of workers
in this industry will be enrolled in
the near future. While employers
are opposing the campaign, in some
instances, union officials declare that
over one-third OF the workers have
Joined the organization. ~ .:s...z s#
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IOWA LABOR TO ASK
u FOR NEW LEGISLATION

N DIES MONIES. Iowa, Jan. 1.-The
iowa State Federation Of Labor has
it's legislative program to
Ve presented to the next state ASSEM-
4 Iy. The proposals include: Regn-
b Lting the hours Of women workers.;
a4or semi monthly pay day instead
Tof once month; tree text books IN
all public schools asaee' dght-hour day
on public Xasks 81 party
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:blems on election ballots: for day

blems on election ballots; for day
labor to replace the contract system
on public work; for the establish
.ment of museum OF safeguards for
all dangerous machinery. under the
supervision of the bureau Of labor:
Tor the proper lighting and ventilation
of AL workshops, stores and factories:
needed changes Ii the worknsn's
compensation law: better factory In
spection Laws; to provide a state COM
.y,o tasion TO fx 3 standard of safety 81
aetoE' Ind work shops i and IN
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We: | lila IL ION |
OIL 81 RECT
CARS
49, :.t - ~ A. :@.-r.~%sr~

CAk
The season has arrived when street car patrons
interested in the ventilation Of the cars. Some
interested in ventilation only as it affects the
temperature while others consider the temperature
matter Of secondary Importance as compared to
the purity Of the air. With the thought that it .
may add to the comfort Of the latter we wish at
outset to inform them that there are two sources
Of bringing fresh air into that not gem
orally known, and that can never be closed by the
passenger who objects to drafts.
One consists Of twenty six oval openings in the
steel side frame Of the car about one inch from the
floor These openings communicate directly with
the outside through twentysix holes in the sls
one directly under each window pocket. The air
which comes through these openings passes over the
heating pipes, and being warmed by them, is not
recognized as 'fresh air. although it comes d.
rectly from the outside.
The other means Of ventilation is the suction
pipe of the air compressor which opens into the
body of the under Of the Seats The pump
which furnishes compressed air for operating the
brakes and whistle is working much of the time,
although it is not usually heard except when
Is at standstill It pumps all the air it uses from
the interior of the car, forcing equivalent volume
of fresh air to enter the car from the outside.
These two hidden means Of ventilation are not
sufficient to supply fresh air to all the passengers
in a crowded car with doors, windows and ventila-
tors closed, but they help materially and will keep
the air pure without other openings when there
only a few passengers aboard. ~-~:@ j,
" For the information Of our patrons we give below
in full our instructions to employees regarding the
ventilation of cars: -"
Regulate windows and deck venti1ators ~
80: to suit the passengers Except in ex- sz;
d tss 1sn saa Spsn :. the ~a s
objected to by passengers .~*#.#
DO not under any circumstances. open
window or deck ventilator after 1t has been
closed BY passenger until such passenger
car as pure possible. In cold
weather open ventilators and let out foul
air after dischareing all heavy loads; then
close them again and allow car to warm up
opportunities for doing this at some time
mina1s. You viii find that the people in
air, and you will be guided accord
tngly. r."
back Of smoke pipe roof Of II these .z-s.
ventilators opened by 4 passenger and
smoke coal gas enters through same
pr smoke comes II, 70 through hoe ven.o1.
=: to having them Closed and others opened
through ventilators leave them open while
passenger who opened them remains =S=
With the widely varying attitudes Of different
people towards fresh air it is impossible to satisfy
1ofo ,,o%vor oil of <hot un1 Tho oir % Il
Norwich bulletin., 1915-01-07

Postmaster D. c. Murphy has re- ceived the following from Postmaster General A. $. rBurleson: The conlmis- sion for relief in Belgian. headquarters 71 Broadway. New York, has under taken to transport free of charge from all points in the United States dona- tions of food and other suitable sup plies destined for the relief Of the sui fering non -con1 batants in Belgium. Since the parcel post regulations pre- vent the sending of parcels collect, this free offer of transportation must take the form or 9. return to the gender of the money spent in prepayihg the post age. If you desire to aid the millions of men, women and children now in desperate straits, enclose your dona- ton and send it to one of our nearest inland forwarding agents. All the states in the union have certain cities to which tsese donations can be sent There are two in Hartford and one in Middletown.