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CHAPTER xk-continued.

"If money meant that we would be
compelled to lead the sort of exist
ence most Of these people d." he re-
torted, "Fd take measures to be broke
as soon as possible"
You're awful!" Hazel commented.
Bill snOrted again.
Tomorrow, you advise our hostess
that we're travelling" he instructed.
"When we come back We'll make head
quarters at hotel until we locate a
place Of our own-if you are sure you
want to winter here"
Her mind was quite made up to
spend the winter there, and she frank
ly said so-provided he had no other
choice. They had to winter some
where.
"Oh, yes, I suppose so. All right
well winter here" Bill acQuiesced.
''That's settled"
And, as was his habit when he had
come to similar conclusion, he re-
fused to talk further on that subject.
but fell to specializing idly on New
York. In which he was presently
aided and abetted by Hazel. who had
never invaded Manhattan. nor. for that
matter, any Of the big Atlantic cities.
New York. she was constrained to
admit. rather overwhelmed her. She
traversed Broadway and other world
known arteries, and felt trifle duDl-
Gus amid the unceasing crush. Bill
piloted her to famous cafes, and to
equally famous theaters. She made
sundry purchases in magnificent shops.
The huge conglomeration of sights
and sounds made an unfOrgettable I'M
preston upon her. She sensed keenly
The colossal magnitude of it all. But
she felt distinct wave Of relief when
they were Granville bound once more
In a week they were settled COM
fortably in q dOmicile of their own
five rooms in an up-tO-date apartment
house. And since the social demands
on Mrs. William Wagstaffs time grew
apace. a capable maid and cook were
added to the Wagstaff establishment.
Thus she was relieved of the Onus OF
homework. Her time was wholly her
own, at her own disposal or Bits, as
she elected.
But by imperceptible degrees they
came to take diverse roads in the swirl
Of life which had caught them up.
There were so many little woman af-
fairs where a man was superauous.
There were others which Bill fatty re-
fused to attend. "Hen parties" he
dubbed them. More and more he re-
manned at home with his books.
Sometimes Hazel caught herself
wondering if they were getting as
much out Of the holiday as they should
have gotten. as they had planned to
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In SheoI.

Satan banked the furnaces of ever
lasting torment, saw to it that there
was plenty Of red-ash birthstone on
hand and told his friends that if the
temperature went down to less than
G,OOO in the shade to turn on the
forced draft. Then he went to preside
at a conference he had called on the
banks of the Styx.
Roll . call showed that Lucifer.
Ahriman, Belial, Samuel, Beelzebub,
Titan, Shedim, Mephistopeles. Asmode-
us and MOlOch were ON hand.
Nov, gents" said the original heat
administrator, 1--WE have come to con-
fer on the matter of punishment for
one Bill HohenZOllern and his SIX
trifling and healthy sons who have
been abominating the earth. What
shall we do to 'em?"
six billion years in the heated here
after without their medals" they
shouted, as with one voice. Whereat
the conference closed.
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"Ah, too bad!~ - murmured.
Thought I'd catch him.
by the way" he continued, after
pause, "you-ah-well, frankly,
have reason to believe that you have
u good deal Of influence with your hus-
band in business matters, Mrs. Wag-
staff"
"Well. don't know; perhaps I
have. Why?"
"Well-ah-you see," he began rath-
er lamely. ''The fact isl hope you'll
regard this as strictly confidential, Mrs.
Wagstaff. wouldn't want Bill 10
think I, or any of us, was trying to
bring pressure on him. But the fact
is, Bills got mistaken impression
about the way we're conducting the
financial end Of this mining PROPOSE
ton. You understand? Very able
man, your husband, but headstrong as
the deuce. I'm afraid-to speak frank
ly-he'l create lot of unpleasant
ness. Might disrupt the company, in
fact, If he sticks to the position he
took this morning. Thought I'd run in
and talk it over with him. Fellows
generally in good humor, you know,
when he's lunched comfortably at
home"
I'm quite in the dark" Hazel con-
fessed. "Bill seemed a trifle put out
about something. He didn't say what
it was about"
"Shall I explain?" Mr.. Brooks sug.
gested. you'd Understandable you
might be able to help. don't as rule
believe in bringing business into the
home, but this bothers me. l hate to
see a good thing go wrong"
Explain, by all MEANS" Hazel
promptly replied. IF I can help, I'll
be glad to-"
''Thank you" Mr.. Brooks polished
his glasses industriously for a second
and replaced them with painstaking
exactitude. "NOw-ah-this is the sit.
uation: When the company was
formed, five Of us, including your hus.
band, took up enough stock to finance
the preliminary work of the undertake
ing. The remaining stock, seventy-five
thousand dollars in amount, was left
in the treasury. to be held or put on
the market as the situation warranted.
With the first cleanup, Bill forward.
ed facts and figures to show that we
had a property far beyond our great.
est expectations. And, Of course, we
saw at once that the thing was ridicu.
lousy undercapitalized.
$50 we held a meeting and author.
lied the secretary to sell stock. Nat.
urally, your husband wasn't cognizant
of this move. for the simple reason
that there was no way Of reaching
him-and his interests were thorough
~ protected. anyway. The stock was
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Paris Chauffeurs Are Schemers

in kind. He is sad, and shakes his head
mournfully. my whole evenings work
will be wasted by the time this cars
pulled back to the garage. 1 won't
make any money tonight"
As like as not, the sympathy Of his
passenger is aroused, and she gives
him good tip In addition to the fare
indicated BY the taximeter-and then
walks up hlll. When she is out of
sight the dAaunbw lifts the hood
again, twises q valvs and the engine
starts with q bang. He hops to his
seat and rattles back to the boule-
wards, hoping to find another easy
mark.
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| very AoIe man, your f1uSoano, 6u
/ Headstrong as the Deuce"
listed on Change. A good bit was dis
posed Of privately. We now have ,
large fund in the treasury. It's I
cinch. We've got the property, ant
it's rich enough to pay dividends OF
a million. The decision of the stock
holders is unanimously for enlarge
ment Of the capital stock. You under
stand? You follow me-"
"Certainly," Hazel answered. "Bu
what is the difficulty. Bill"
'Bill is opposed to the whole plan,
he said, pursuing up his lips with evi
dent disapproval of Bill Wagstaff and
all his works. "He seems to feel that
we should not have taken this step
He declares that no more stock must
be sold; that there must be no enlarge
ment of capital. In fact, that we
must peg along in the little one-horse
way we started. And that would be
shame. We could make the Free
Gold Mining company the biggest
thing on the map, and put ourselves
on Easy street."
He spread his hands in a gesture OF
real regret.
"Bill's fine fellow" he said. land
one of my best friends. But he's q
hard man to do business with. He
takes a very peculiar view Of the mat
ter. I'm afraid he'll queer the COM
pany If he stirs up trouble over this.
That's why hope you'll use whatever
influence you have, to induce him to
withdraw his opposition"
"But," Hazel murmured, in some per-
plexity, from what little know of
corporations, don't see how he can set
up any difficulty. How can he stop
you from taking any line of action
whatever"
ooh, not that at ALL" Brooks hastily
assured. "Of course, we can OutvOte
him, and put it through. But we want
him with us, don't you see? We've a
high opinion Of his ability. He's the
sort of man who gets results; prac-
teal, you know; knows mining to T.
Only he SHES at our financial method.
And If he began any foolish litigation,
or silly rumors got started about
trouble among the company officers, it's
bound to hurt the stock. It's all right,
I assure you. We're not fOfsting
wildcat on the market. We've got the
goods. Bill admits that. It's the reg
ular method, not only legitimate, but
good finance. Every dollars worth of
stock sold has the value behind 1t.
Distributes the risk a little more, that's
III. and gives the company a fund to
operate successfully.
IF Bill mentions It, you might sug-
gest that he look into the matter a
little more fully before he takes any
definite action" Brooks concluded, ris-
ing. II must get down to the Office.
It's his own interests I'm thinking of,
as much as my own. OF course, he
couldn't block reorganization-but
we want to satisfy him in every par
ticular, and, at the same time, carry
out these plans. It's big thing for all
of us. A big thing, assure you"
Go BE C0NTzNUEDA
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The Reason.
"Simpkins is bluff man. isn't her
Eyes; that is why l was calling him.
KIDNEY TROUBLE OFTEN
CAUSES SERIOUS BACklcHE

When your back aches, and your blad-
der and kidneys seem to be disorderod
90 to your nearest drug store and get Z
bottle of DR.. Kilmer's Swamp Root. Il
is a physicians prescription for ailments
Of the kidneys and bladder.
It has stood the test of years and has
. reputation for quickly and effectively
giving results in thousands of cases.
This preparation SO very effective, has
been placed on sale everywhere. Get .
bottle, medium or large size, at your near
est druggist.
However, if you wish first to test this
preparation send ten cents to DR.. Kilmer
& Co., Binghamton, N. Y, for a sample
bottle. When writing be sure and men,
ton this paper.-Adv.
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ers of that group, there was no telling
what might happen His interests
might become permanently identified
with Granville.
Bill informed her from time to time
rs to the progress of his venture. The
company was duly Incorporated, with
an authorized capital of one hundred
thousand dollars, five thousand dollars
worth of stock being taken out by each
on a cash basis-the remaining sew
cnty-five thousand lying in the COM
pany treasury, to be held or sold for
fit when work began to show what
the claims were capable of producing.
In early March came a telegram
from Whitley Lewis saying that he
had staked the claims, both placer and
lode; that he was bound out by the
Telegraph Trail to file at Hazelton.
Bill showed her the message-wired
from Station Six.
Il wish could have been in on it
that was some trip" he said-and
there was trace of discomfort in his
tone. II don't fancy somebody else
paving my chestnuts out of the Goals
for me. It was sure a mans job to
cross the Klappan in the dead Of win
ter"
The filing completed, there was am
pie work in the way of getting out
and whipsawing timber to keep the
five men busy till spring-the five who
were on the ground. Lewis sent word
that thirty feet of snow lay in the
gold-bearing branch. And that was
the last they heard from him. He
was a performer, Bill said. not a cor
respondent.
So in Granville the affairs of the
Free Gold Mining company remained
at a standstill until the spring floods
should peel off the winter blanket of
the North.
Ultimately. spring overspread the
eastern provinces. And when the
SHOWS of winter successfully gave way
to muddy streets and then to clean
pavements in the city of Granville.
new gilt sign was lettered across the
windows of the brokerage office IN
which Paul Lorimer was housed.
FREE GOLD MINING COMPANY
p. H. Lorimer, P. J. L. Brooks. Sec.-Treas.
William Wagstaff. Manager.
So it ran. Bill was commissioned
in the army of business at last.
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get when they were struggling through
that interminable winter. She was
But not Bill. If she ventured to give
tea, he fled the house as If from the
plague. He made acquaintances OF his
own, men from God only knew where
individuals who occasionally filled the
dainty apartment with malOdOrOus to
bacco fumes, and who would cheer
fully sit up all night discoursing ear
nestly on any subject under the sun
But so long as Bill found Granville
habitable she did not mind.
She wished fervently that Bill would
take up some business that would keep
him in touch with civilization. He had
the capital. she considered, and there
was no question of his ability. Hel
faith in his power to encompass what.
ever he set about was strong. Other
men, less gifted. had acquired wealth
power, even 4 measure Of fame, from
a less suspicious beginning. Why not
he?
But she could never quite bring her
self to put it in so many words to Bill
The cycle of weeks brought them to
January. They had dropped into some
thing of routine in their daily lives
Bills interest and participation in so.
cial affairs became negligible. When
he was not absorbed In book or
magazine, he spent his time in some
downtown haunt, having acquired
membership in club as a concession
% their manner of life. Once he came
nome with flushed face and overnight
eyes, radiating an odor of whisky.
Hazel had never seen him drink to ex-
cess. She was CORRESPONDENCE
shocked, and took NO pains to hide her
feelings. But BIN was blandly undis-
turbed.
"You doat naod q look 20 horri.
aed," he dsawled. I'm going straight
to bed. little person. Sccld not, nor
fret. William will be himself again
ere vet the morrow's sun shall clear
The horizon. Let us avoid recrimina-
ton. Good night"
A week or so later he became sud-
denly and Unexpectedly active. He
eft the house as soon as his freak
East was eaten, and he did no. come
aome TO luncheon-a clrcun .ance
which irritated Hazel, siEce 1t one
If thosa rare days when she ..,rself
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CHAPTER XIV.
A Business Journey.

~ 0OSuuSoo vVOsUSys
Il have to 20 to the Klappan," Bill
apprised his wife one evening. Wan1
to come along?"
Hazel hesitated. Her first instinc
tive feeling was one Of reluctance te
retrace the nerve-trying trail. But
neither did she wish to be separated
from him.
II see you DON'T" he observed dry
~. "Well, l can't say that l blame
you. It's stiff trip"
"Tm sorry l can't feel any enthusi'
assn for such a Journey" she remarked
candidly. Il could 60 as far as the
coast with you, and meet you there
when you come out. How long do you
expect to be in there?"
Il don't know exactly" he replied
I'm not going in from the coast
though. I'm taking the Ashcroft-Fort
George Trail. I have to take in pack
train and more men and get work
started on q decent SCALE"
But you won't have to stay there
all summer and oversee the work, will
your" she inquired anxiously.
Il should. he said.
For a secbnd or two he drummed
on the table top.
But is there any real necessity fol
you to stay on the ground?" She pur.
sued her own line of thought. Il
should think an undertaking of this
size would justify hiring an expert to
take charge Of the actual mining oper.
atoms. Won't you have this end Of 1t
to look after?"
"L0rimer and Brooks are eminently
capable Of unfolding the dignity and
importance Of that sign they've got
smeared across the windows down
town." he observed CURLY. 1.-THE chief
labor Of the Office they've set up will
be to divide the proceeds. The work
will be done and the money made in
the Klappan Range. You sabe that,
don't you?"
I'm not stupid" she pouted.
''I'm going tomorrow" he said. II
think, on the whole, it'll be just as
well if you don't 60. Stay here and
enjoy yourself. I'll transfer some
more money to your account. I think
I'll drop down to the club"
She followed him out into the hall,
and, as he wriggled into his coat, she
had an impulse to throw her arms
around his neck and declare, in all
sincerity, that she would go to the
Klappan or to the north pole or any
place on earth with him, if he wanted
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Brotherhood.

Brotherhood should be as high as
our love to God, deep as our love for
ourselves, and as broad as the human
family.
Brotherhood is not a hobby, but q
kinship, privilege and responsibility.
Men today are eager and hungry for
the great redeeming truths expound-
ed In a warm human and brOtherly
way.
Brotherhood is not a vagrant eddy,
but tidal force moving with the
trade winds" of the spirit.
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First Use Of oara.

The idea of propelling ships indie.
pendently Of the wind first led to the
use of oars. The discovery Of land ve-
hicles and the means Of peopul.
sion Of lana vehicles aoon led e n.
tempts to utilize Il a behalf az ves.
sells. It Is claimed that the first at
tempt at this propulsion was made
by Blasco de Garay, at Barcelona, in
1883.
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Matrimonial Weather.

"Can you adapt yourself to sudden
changes of temperature?" asked Mr..
Twobble, whose favorite occupation Is
watching the thermometer.
'I'm sorry to say l cannot" replied
Mr.. Dubwaite. although I've been
married for twenty years, my faculties
still become paralyzed when falling
barometer indicates domestic
squall "-Birmingham Age-Herald.
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Patient Little Penny.

The patient little penny is coming
into its own. Not that it has not
had a certain popularity for religious
collections and blind beggars. but
aside from the purchase Of papers
and matches and to put into weigh
ing machines it has not been in
Middletown transcript., 1918-07-27

great demand of late years. The
nickel was king. It did not go to
church so often, but it was exclusive
and preferred to keep its own COM
pany. Now it cannot accomplish much
without the aid of the brownie, which
until packages are reduced at least
will enjoy something Of it's ancient
glory.-Richmond Times-Dispatch.
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The Great Grievance

The Great Grievance.
There is one big advantage which
an aviator has over chauffeur"
"What is that?'
'The aviator can speed anywhere
he wants to without any pedestrians
having the right Of way"
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Life isn't question of how much
you can make but of how much you
can do,
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GERMAN EDITOR
is FOUND GUILTY
tBr Associated press.l


Sioux Falls, s. d., April 11.-Con-
rad Kornemann, president Of the
] South Dakota branch of the German
, American alliance and editor OF
German language newspaper here,
was convicted by a jury on four
counts of an indictment charging
violation Of the espionage act, in the
United States district court here
last night
Letters which Mr.. Kornemann had
written to relatives and friends con-
stitute the evidence presented
against him at the trial. The let
ters were seized several months ago
in raids on German newspaper in
Aberdeen. s.. D., and on Kornemanns
newspaper Office and home here.
In a letter written to r. w. SAL
lett, editor OF the Aberdeen paper
who was taken into custody at the
time, on a charge OF failing to file
correct transiations of articles APP
pearing in his paper, Kornemann
declared:
II have never given any declara-
ton of loyalty and will never do It,
nor subscribe to any Liberty loan
(the name is to me already an emetio
because hypocritical and uislead-
ing.)'t
1t was developed at the trial that
later Kornemann purchased $4,000
worth of Liberty bonds.
Judge J. d. Elliott deferred passing
sentence.
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new YORK SETS
TERRIFIC PACE
~ Associated PEess.l

New York, April 11.-Publication
Of the official subscriptions to the
third Liberty Loan in the New York
federal reserve district, showing that
up to last night the amount exceeded
$157, 900, 000-more than double the
sales Of the second loan for the same
period-encourage the army of
workers to redouble their efforts to
strive for the goal Of 81, 500, 900. 900 or
$500, 100000 more than the allotted
quota.
Washington, April 11.--Liberty loan
subscriptions ofiicially reported to-
day from eight of the twelve federal
reserve districts for the first three
days of the campaign amounted to
S212, ZOOS, $50. The New York district
contributed $1b7, 100000 Districts
not reporting were Dallas. Minneapo-
lis, Richmond and Philadelphia
Subscriptions by districts were as
follows:
Boston, so. $4,000; New York.
$157, 200. 000i Cleveland, $3.50;
Atlanta, S1,411 400; Chicago. s2g, 1876, :
600; st. Louis. 81, 100; Kansas
City s1.251,450: San francisco. ST.
123 $50.
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CASUALTY LIST
HAS l24 NAMES;
MOSTLY WOUNDED
tBy Associated Press.l

Washington, Apri. -. Today's
casualty list from General Pershing
gives Ia names. AS announced by
the war department. 1t shows one
man was killed I'm action. two died of
wounds. FIVE died Of accidents, and
thirteen OF disease. Sixty-nine men
we're severely wounded, thirty slight
~ wounded. and four men were re-
ported missing.
The following officers were named
in the list: Major Edwin r. Rimball,
died OF wounds; Captain Francis j.
Cahili missing in action: died of
and Cadets William j. Wyts and 9.
A. Brader; slightly wounded, Lieuts.
Patrick ]. Bowling and Eugene
Henill.
The list follows: Killed In action,
Pvt. John PelSey.
Died Of wounds, Maj. Edwin r.
Kimble, Corp. Thos. J. Roberts.
Died of accident. LIT. Charles d.
Seward: Cadets G. A. Brader and
William ]. W'hyte: Privates Frank
Bellizi and Leland A. Mathews.
Died Of disease. Corporal Furman
Peoples and PTivates Leo Francis
Farrell, Elmer William Shoemaker,
Morgan Taylor. William +. Brack-
man and Isaac Simms: Bugler
Andrew Andrew A. Dickes and
Private Bonnie r. Sellin. Privates
Allen ]. Durward and Charles w.
EppIe: Privates lobe Brackette,
Leland Johnson. Frank Sheppard.
Wounded slightly. LieuteDants
Patrick J. Bowling, Eugene c..
Hamlll; Sergeants August Hahn,
Bernard j. Leavy, William Fl. Mont
ross, Timothy J. Sullivan: Corporals
Dell j.. Delashmutt John Farrell,
Harry Ingham. William r, Neacy,
-Arbie Spears. Harry A. Welcome;
Mechanic Thomas J. Fleming;
Privates Thomas b. Plunkett, John
u. Sullivan. Joseph Panyoti, Neil
Meurlin. Clifton Bell. William d.
Burke. Vernon c. Buxton, Edmund
Cassidy, George Conselyea, Michele
Defago, Lawrence Finnerty, Jas III.
Fraser, Frank Gustave. Robert
Johnston, John A. McDyer, Ernst
Porter, James Tracey.
Severely wounded. Lieutenants !
LeonidaB B. Faux. James Frederick |
Leslie; Sergeants Otto r. Lemke, |
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majestic THE WARRIOR"
A THE STRAND TO-DAY, FRIDAY AND SATURDAY
Shibyard Head Hopes For
1000, 900 Tons Of Shipping
From y. S. Yards in 1918

pany. and chairman OF the board OF
the New York shipbuildinE corpora
ton.
Mr.. Baldwin expressed the view
that the construction of 1000 600
lightweight tons of shipping can be
expected of American yards in 1918.
He estimated approximately the same
tonnage from other countries, and
added that wooden ship construction
had not yet been found satisfac-
tory.
He asserted that the preliminary
stage OF the building OF fabricated
ships was over and the actual race
for speedy construction under way.
On June 80. 1914, the speaker said,
his corporation estimated the worlds
shipping at 100000 gross tons. BY
Jan. /, 1918, he, said. it had decreas-
ed to 100000 tons. or about SO per
cent OF the original.
Tonnage los6es for 1918, he esti-
mated at 100000 to 10000, 900 from
all causes. He thought, however.
that the maximum efforts OF the u
boats had been reached. In 1913, he
said that American shipbuildinR
would be in full swing. fulflling all
demands upon it.