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MAGAZINE SECTION for April 2, 1916

VII! WHY uluH you say So. l
thought you'd probably just come out.
I'll turn round and take you back
"No, never mind, Joel; / guess I'll
go down with you" replied the young
man.
Nothing more was said till they stopped
in front of the Popular Cash Grocery.
Then Joel remarked: ..yg
al don't want to interfere with your
business, Walter But if could make
any suggestion, it would be this: don't be
in a hurry When MIR. Starr gets here,
things will be different. Once we start
things to moving Mudge'll fall in line.
When he sees his land going up in value,
and business booming, he'll sing differ
ent tune. If there's any good nature in
him. it'll come out then. That II be your
chance, don't you Think"
"By George, believe you're right, re-
piled the young man, with sigh of relief.
WHEN the three forty-one pulled into
Boxton station next afternoon, a
number of people got off. But it seemed
as if only one man was getting off, and
that man was J. Bradlee Starr. The con-
ductor shook hands with him and babe him
good-by. The brakeman called, Good
luck, Mr.. START Numerous faces at the
windows expressed a genuine feeling of
loss. Then the train itself drew reluctantly
out of the station, and committee of
three took charge of Boxton's visitor.
Joel Tibb, Walter Eadbrook, and Henry
Treadway surrounded MIR. Starr, shook
his hand fervently, and moved with him
toward waiting carriage.
well, I'm here!' cried MIR. Starr. aye
gods, what a beautiful country! This
beats anything l ever saw!"
Messrs. Tibb, Eadbrook, and Tread
way looked around at the surrounding
landscape with palpable establishment.
perhaps you'd like to 60 right to the
hotel?" suggested Joel Tibb.
II should say not, was the reply. II
want to see this town before dark. Intro
duce me to everybody-man, woman,
and child. Ye gods! What hills! What
a view from the station here! But the
railroads got to build decent station.
"We've tried to get them to build
a new one,' replied Henry Treadway.
But they won't do it."
won't they? Just wait till we get
isn't he wonder?" whispered Tibb
to Eadbrook. +Was l right or not?'
Then they drove along. Mr.. Starr
fired question after question: "Who owns
that land there?'
Ezra Nudge"
"Nice-looking property over here.
Whose is it?'
Ezra Mudge's.'
"That's the box factory over yonder,
volunteered Mr.. Eadbrook. "A good
paying property"
who owns it,"
Ezra Nudge
MIR. Starr turned swiftly upon the
committee of three.
This man Nudge he said, lis our
man. Looks like he comes pretty near
owning everything in sight. l can see
MIR. Nudge and myself having little
talk right away quick. He must be rich"
Rich as Cresus," said Joel Tibb.
"And meaner than all get-out.H
Mr. Starr sat back luxuriously.
"The meaner the better he philoso-
phized. I'VE don't want him to hold
hands with US; we want him to help
b,net Dnxtnp Tho p,aanar he is the
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ceeded in saturating the old couple with
some of her own effervescent spirit, or
they must finally have crushed it out of
her. Not so: they all went their own
paths and confounded the critics.
Early in the morning, especially in the
fresh cool spring the women that lived on
the outskirts of Boxton saw her galloping
down the road on the little bay mare that
Ezra, in some moment of exhilaratiOn,
had given her on her sixteenth birthday.
"There goes the Searles girl, they would
remark. "The way she acts, you'd never
think she lived with the meanest man
in Boxton. There's something mighty
strange about that business. There's some
thing Ezra Nudge wouldn't want to have
known, or miss my guess"
Ezra Mudge's house was about half
mile from the post-office. Once day, UNI
failingly, he went down to. the village.
He stopped at the box factory and cast a
few shrewd glances at the workers and
the work. Then he went for his mall
Everybody greeted him with Difference
and respect; nobody greeted him with
warmth-a fact which did not seem to
affect the aged financier's tranquility.
When he went into the post-office, loafers
began to dispense. If you had asked
them whether they We're afraid of Ezra
Nudge, they would have profanely de-
MED it; but, somehow, they drifted away
when he arrived.
If you needed money and had property,
you might summon courage enough to go
to Ezra with the proposition of a mort
gage. You would then discover that you
did not know all there was to be known
about your own property. You would
hear one of two DEGREES, which were final
so final that no man in sound mind had
ever been known to add word to them:
81 guess | can" or 81 guess not"
You knew, when you got the money,
that you would be treated with appalling
business. II you met your payment, you
looked Ezra in the eye and said, "Ive
come to take up that mortgage, MIR.
Nudge" and you said to yourself, "You
haven't caught me this time, you old
weasel Equally, in case of default, you
knew what to expect. In that case you
went with bitterness in your heart over
to the blacksmith shop, the clearing
house of Bottoms troubles, and wretch
eddy placed your name upon the roster of
the Anti-Mudge Club. This entitled you
to the free use of the expression, "mean-
est man in BoXton.'
JOEL TIBB'S sententious warning,
"When you go up to see Ezra be
the second part, had left sinister impress
sion on Walter Eadbrook smind.- And yet,
who was Ezra Nudge, that he should
brighten decent young man who had
good business and owed not a dollar to
any man?
These matters were in Walter Fad
brooks mind as he left Henry in charge
of the store the following afternoon and
walked slowly up the road toward the
Nudge mansion.
The big stone house was situated on
little knoll overlooking the river. Along
the base of the hill, on the roadside, was
four-foot stone wall made of hewn
stone. Surmounting it was a hedge of
evergreen. closely knit. 1t was kept
nicely trimmed at no expense to Ezra.
He did it himself.
When he arrived at the near end of the
hedge, the young man stopped and looked
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THRILLING EXPERIENCE OF A LIFETIME AT Sc

she had crashed into a transatlantic
mail packet. the Vile du IIavre, bound
from New York 10 Havre. She had
struck the steamer amidships. knocking
two compartments into one. and the
French vessel sank within ten minutes.
The Scotch ship. being in ballast
and having n collision bu.khead.
managed to survive the shock. and her
captain instantly had set about the
work of rescue. Many were struggling
IN the water that dark morning. he
told me. but he had his boats over
loard and managed to pick up those
cI!nging TO an overturned boat from
the Vile du IIavre. as well IA others
desperately trying to keep afioat with
life buoy>, spars and debris from the
French ship.
MY own work did not end with the
transfer OF cighty-fve survivors TO the
Trimountain." Capt. Urquhart con-
t!nued, and for most OF tho day I
sailed around the melancholy scene
with the distressed Passengers looking
for other survivors, but without much
hope. Rain was falling, clouds were
low and heavy uni gul.s were flying
low. seeming 10 conduct "A requiem
mass over the bod!e, OF 226 departed
souls who had zone down in the sea.
"Once more | hailed the Scotch ship
and asked her captain If he was sure
that his ship was safe. About this !
had my doubte, but he Treasured ne
that 1t was all right; so | dipped my
flag and bade him "A final farewell.
leaving with him n Clergyman, q Mr..
Weiss, who remained on the Loeb
Earn 70 care for a brother minister
so badly injured they dared not re-
move him to my own vessel. Nine
days after we of tho ~Trimountain
landed at Cardiff, all we'll"
Capt, Irquhart walked aCros his
Brooklyn drawing room and stood for
II few moments in front Of an oil paint
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In the end we find him led logically
tn set up an American factory in
Frankfort, employing 1000 hands-he.
the American exporter 10 Europe. He
continued to export from New York
via Hamburg. The war found him in
this situation. Now he Is anxious to
hc among the first TO export directly
from New York to Russia and beyond.
This American of curse knows the
rad intimately. and he is willing.
under the circumstances. 10 talk freely.
Any Na American product-I may
say anything that bears the name
AmeriCan-wili sell I'm all these coun-
tries II properly represented" he says.
The Germans covered the market by
personal call of their representatives.
In addition they SGT up stock rooms
and offices in the largest cities.
Their travellers were afable. but
aggressive. and 10 conclude a trans
action offered what might seem a
miracle to Americans. namely, six
months, nine months and twelve
months FOR payment. but all Russian
merchants give accepted bills OF ex-
change. readily discounted by Rus.
san banks. on which the rate Of 8
per cent. interest prevails. They pay
these notes AT maturity. and Dun and
liradstreet give reliable information.
from Riga TO Smyrna. Tho merchants
give long credit and feel they have a
right 10 demand t."
The curious thing Il that the Ger
man statesmen who procured the bust.
ness were consistently underpaid. Not
a tenth of them earned above 10, 900
marks a year. Most received a guar.
anteed salary and a small commission.
He told OF the representative Of an
Offenhach-am-Ehe!n leather firm who
sought 10 close a contract involving
100000 ruhles IN Warsaw. lie enter
tanned the Russian customers as guests
nj his hotel FOR forty-eight hours. and
the bill OF expenses was 200 rubles,
practically l per cent OF the AMOUNT
& business involved. He got the con-
tract, but lie might have failed TO
get il. And the beauty Of II was that
the profits justified the risk"
american goods had little 70 fear
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similar TO that in which Postnik r
and Kalamatiano seem to have inter-
estcd the Chicago Association Of Com
merce.
"True success can be obtained only
by establishing branch houses. w';h
men In charge to stay and get the
bulk OF the business" says my Aniefi-
can. THE agent who has a number
of other things to sell or even tire
American manufacturers " repre-
sentative sent out on a hasty trip to
! pick up trade will only skim tho
ground.
For war orders, I admit that we
may be able to sit at ease and extJrt
shipment (. o. b.. an American pot.
money deposited in an American bank
in advance: but 1t won't do for the
| grind trade. any more than our cd
American tendency TO insist on our
own methods Of packing and shipping
the merchandise itself. These are d.
tails which count. II the Germans
| observed them, We can"
As a mitigation. he points out that
all goods shipped to Russian mcr-
| chants are habitually delivered "un-
frankie" freight and duty paid by tie
purchaser. AS to the tarin. il was
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Other wise your American friend
was right about Hamburg. The whole
thing was there. We shall obvlate all
temptation to ship via German free
ports"
The friend mentioned ie an American
manufacturer OF Photographic sup
plies. who eight years & began a
s~uccessfu. campaign In Germany, Rus
s!a and the Balkans. WHEN the war
broke put he was at Czernowitz. en-
route for Rumania, selling big bills Of
American goods-half of which were
made in Germany. II came to that
after eight years Of financial success.
so he ruefully admits that Germans
made Use of him.
To ship his goods to Russia this
American found only thp route via
Hamburg. with It's woOderful bonded
warehouse or free harbor district. At
first he vas delighted.
Renting an office and stock room
in Hamburg" he told us. II could bring
in my American goods. manufactured
or half manufactured. without duties
or forma.ities; and I found In the free
| harbor zone OF the Hamburg suburbs
n cheap factory building for finishing
up"
This procured cheaper entrance OF
his goods for sale in Germany. while
all that he shipped in bond from Ham
burg to Russia paid nothing but the
Russian duties. The Hamburg worth
les even showed him how 20 profit by
German p~restige-by employing Ger
man customs brokers in Russia. They
took to him wonderfully.
Anything American seemed TO find
favor with German merchants. manu-
facturers and consumers he says
MY success was great. They "a
my products preference: hut" there
begins the butt but Germany is great
at Initiating. She floods her markets
with these limitations. which answer
nearly every requirement. but AT
greatly reduced prices. Under these
circumstances I saw wherein II would
be profitable 10 devote more attention
to other European Notwithstanding
navia. Italy. Austria. the Balkans and
particularly Russia"
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Aged Captain of Clipper Ships Tells of the Loss of the French Steamer
Vile du Havre, Which Went Down With 226 Lives

ing which represents hts ship. the
T~rimountain, with n Loaf alongside
and in the middle background the Loeb
Earn with her bowspr.t gone That t.
all. excepting for sky and sea. Not a
trhce of the Vile du IIavrc is 10 be
seen.
AS soon "a ! could find a compc-
tent artist in Liverpool" the captain
went on, Il engaged him To- make a
painting OF this experience OF mine.
| described to him every possible de-
tail. and this picture, as - see II.
Is a faithful reproduction of what o.
CURED after daylight broke.
Later on, partly through invosliga-
tons by Mr.. Weiss, who aftcrward
wrote "A book about the disaster. and
partly from Rescued passengers. |
learned that the might Of the con sion
was a bright starlight night and that
Il strong breeze was blowing. Lights
We're distinctly seen from both ships.
The captains were below. but reached
their decks just as the ships struck.
THE VILE du lIayre's officer on dc,k
went down still standing on Tho
bridge and WAS never heard from
again. BH his side was the captain.
but he. fortunately, was saved. Somr
one had Numbered: a few spokcs oi
the wheel. moved in the right Gigcu-
ton at the right moment, would have
prevented the collision. Both captains
were below when the ships lights
were reported and they were exon
Grated from blame IN their respective
courts"
Among tho most priced possessions
in Capt. ~Crpuhart'S home b.. a sold
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inc laos should become fuH n'ds'd
sailors
FROM No t. about 1869 tho snip
bu!!dlnS industry grew. ana 80 AS as
large as l.lVo tons register W,''
Iaunched n; ESSEX . ragged COM
pi"te Tor tn" north Atlantic trad ,tr-
rHlnE passengers AS wei - ir'IEh. &"
m nom Europe. The ~shiihu''i..r
industry during this time had grown
al over the seacoast' from Mtn- O.
Mafy'ahdi II IN" cfatt RANGED from
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1888 and 1895 Rookery Building, Chi
cago. Mr.. Postnikof is an American
Of Russian antecedents who long rep
resented the International Harvester
Company In Russia. At the same ad-
dress you get in touch with X. II.
kalamatiano, agent OF the j. !. Case
Threshlng Machine Company in Russia
before the war.
1t might also be we'll to write to
the Chicago Association Of Commerce
and learn h name OF several Chi
cage banks which are studying the
question Of Russian credits. In New
York a powerful syndicate headed by
the Guaranty Trust Company is al
ready In relation with six OF Russia's
strongest banks. and the National City
Bank, after undertaking n Russian
a has made connections reaching
out into the great development.
IL from Paris I can tell you these
things OF America. you may imagine
the stir which the matter is making.
Russia il determined 10 throw of
permanently the Quasi-monopoly Of
supplying her peop.e with all kinds OF
merchandise which Germany enjoyed
before the war-and give II 70 America.
You ask. why America? What
about her allies, France. England and
Italy? The answer IL that We have the
goods. and the gan TO I'll Is greater
h great Russia. where German
profits Were simply srormous. We do
not realize the markets they monopo-
Lied. In Russia II was partly due %
favorable tariff rates which Germany
extorted after the Russo-Japanese war
and which Will never be renewed.
Much. however. was due to Germany's
way OF laying hands on other peoples
business
Germany had laid hands On ever
the French trade with Russia says
Michel Botschef. There was no line
of steamships from northern France 70
the Baltic. so French merchandise was
shipped 20 Russia via Hamburg.
Up TO n year before the war there
was NJ line from New York to the
Baltic. 30 American merchandise was
shipped 10 Russia via Hamburg. II
was a fiattering invitation which we
made to the United States when the
Russian East As.atic Company put
direct boats between New York and
the Baltic. They had not been run
ming a year when Germany declared
war on us"
He added:
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~HE most thrilling experience
ever had during my whole
life al sea-" said Capt Cr-

life at sea, SAID capt Cr-
quhart. happened late in
November. 1873. when my ship. the
Trimountain, bound from New York to
Bristol, England. ran into n dense fog
on the banks OF Newfoundland"
The captain sat in his Brooklyn
home recalling the days when the flag
Of the American merchant marine was
swapping in every breeze.
"At about 10 o'clock that night he
continued. the fog cleared and the
stars were shining brightly, 4 little
later I took observations by the polar
star. computed my latitude. found my
longitude by dead reckoning and gave
the course east by south. to the officer
on deck and then went below 10 lie
down on a lounge, Il compass being
over my head. l seldom looked at the
general chart. for I had crossed the
Atlantic so many times that / knew
the way from New York to England
about as well as l knew the way from
the Battery to Harlem.
Nevertheless I did not sleep sound.y
and about l o'clock in the morning
went on deck again. After a brief talk
with the chief officer l went back to
the lounge and tried again 10 sleep, but
could not. once more / glanced at the
chart and while / was doing so the ship
gave a tremendous lurch.
any Cod ! exclaimed. she's struck
. rock!'
II bounded on deck, only 10 and that
the lurch was caused by a sea larger
than the others she had been tumbling
into. Much relieved. ! told the chief
officer to change the course, after
which 7 went back to the lounge for
the third time and slept like a child
until daylight. when the second officer
called me and said there was n dis
abled sailing ship Jour points on tho
starboard bow / had slept IN my
clothes Of course that night and was on
deck In three jumps. I ordered the
yards braced up and kept the Tr-
mountain close to the wind in order to
reach the disabled vessel.
AS we drew nearer I saw she was
flying the English flag OF distress,
union down. Her bowsprit was gone,
her bow stove in and above decks
everything was in disorder and con-
fusion.
Evidently there had been a COL
lision; but where was tho other ship
this one had crashed into? Now I was
within mailing distance and saw that
h was a large iron ship. also that a
large number Of people were on board.
In answer to my question her captain
said that he had run down an ocean
steamer, that more than 200 had gone
down and could 7 take fifty passen-
gers?
"'Yes,' ] replied. and q hundred II
you have them
"At once ] hove 70. under her bow,
and In three hours eighty-ivo Of his
passengers and crew were transferred
- my ship, A number had been In
3ured: these and the women were
hoisted aboard, while the unin1urcd
men made their way up the side on a
ladder.
Quickly I learned the brief story
Uf disaster. This sailing vessel, with
stove IN bow and bowsprIt gon wac
tho Loeb Earn. hailing from a mort In
Scotland and hound from London 70,
New York, II | o'clock that mornlnn
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"uij Tho consequence was that when
steam took the place az sails we
ranked in third or fourth place. 30 far
as -, nl"r BAN, marine wa, Concerned.
TIN. LAW r.r.r to- IA NO, a.fec, rs
d'>tlvtH't-''us.y when wood VAS tho
material used trr shiphn,dinE. and If
Il had boom repealed when iron ships
, IA" - %" used. No doubt We would
nave ought our ships n TIE cheapest
n'trNo'. Ike other nations. n would
nave r's"nrd our los prestige
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medal struck to commemorate his
work OF rescue and presented 10 him
Icy the Government Of France Equally
priced Is a large salver OF plate. beau
'ifu,ly engraved and chased. which
wls presented 10 him BY the British
Government, Not merely ala he take
aboard his ship the e~.ehty-ayc sur
v!yurs. hut he also cared for many OF
them who were manglcd and bruised.
capt. Cruuhart Is now drawing
near the eighties" as he expresscs