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RUINED CASTLE FOR SALE
HAS A ROMANTIC TALE
structure "'Twi1t Oxfordshfre md
"io"restcrshirc" Dates From 1865.
Legend OF the MlstIctoc

LONDON June 1.-THE following
advertisement the papers here do show
regarding castle ancient-thc Castle
Of Mistlctoe:
To be sold. ruined castle Of -rea,
historical and romantic Interest, dat,
inE from 1866. situated in pic
,uresque river valley famed for it's
trout. within about one and one-half
hours OF London. with the old manor
land around it
Twi@t o%fordahire and Gloucester
shire an ancient castle stands amid
the wasted wilderness OF Wild we'll
wooded lands. With mile "a river
"indrush. full o four pound fattencd
trout, where the snipe fit through the
hr trees and the wild duck fy about
For this very ancient castle. il was
oui't ionS years ago, when William OF
the Normans paid visit don'tchcr
know; when the world was fun o.
knlshis and knaves and priests and
and tears. the year cn-siy,r-siN
md the legend Of the castle that is
told IN OHfordshirc by the yokcl and
the farm hand and the ride TO hound
tioc mat the Young and ancient know.
o. the Kissing OF strange ma idcns
meath the houEh Of mistlotoe.
FOR II happened in the ages that
are lost to modern men that they held
feas, a Christmas as they knew Of
ieastihg then. with my feudal lord and
lady AZ the top seats of the board for
the filing of relations and tho BIRTH
da% Of tho lord.
And when at last tho fcasting and
the eech-makiDE were DER a young
and comely minstrel burst through the
open door and sat upon bench 'twixt
the feasters and the fire and sang them
hymns harmonious and smotc upon his
Tyre.
So tuneful was his playing and so
rich and full OF tone that the lady o!
the castle claimed the minstrel for her
own. and she left her guests and pud
ding with graceful little bow and
nun6 her arms about his neck and
Kissed him on the brow.
II happened a the moment that he.
meath the rafters high there hung a
bouSh OF nistlctoe that caught tho
minstreVs eye and. according TO tho
fashion Of the minstrels of the day h.
made song about il. and he sang i,
right away.
And ever since this happened at the
tune OF Christmas cheer. young men
have kissed strange maidens when the
nlstietoe hung near: but the records
that relate II leave us modern men 10
guess the comment OF his lordship on
his ladys forwardness.
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URGES FAIR DRY LAW
Charles Schwab Fnvors search Of Gel
lars OF All Rich People for
Booze stocks.

WASHINGTON. juno lift national
prohibition is to be tho lot of the ma :
lion. Charles NJ. Schwab, chairman OF
the board Of directors OF the Sethlc-
hem Steel Company. wants prohibition
enforced on basis which would max c
the wine cellars disgorcc their hoard
cd stocks Of good cheer.
AT any rate, that is what Schwa b
told members of the second Pan Amer
lean commercial conference today
in referring TO the prohibition Dues
ton in order 10 dehne the word con
Sistent.
II am one Of tho people that believe
in being consistent" he said. Some
one sa id to me the other day: Are you
a prohihitionist:' Well, | thought a
little about it and thought Id better
not commit myself.
III said: Yes, under one condition
lie said. What is it?' ! said. That
everybody is treated alike. | don't
believe in prohibition that will enable
me or other rich men of the country
to store their cellars with wines and
whiskys for the rest of their lives
while people who have not the money
,ust do without it,
II believe in fair play for all. II
we arc going to have something to
drink, let's lave it. If We are not.
let's ali do without il. don't care
which II is, but let's be consistcnt.'
There was much applause. Schwab
was silent as to whether he intended
TO practice what he preached.
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CHICAGO SCHOOL. GIRL
D|SPELs OPAL THEORY
DisclOScS Facts About Jewel That
Had Been Lost to Dealers i'm
Jcwclry.
y lien TS VALUED THE; NJ
When Queen Victoria Assembled the
Throne i'm 1897, Her Coronation
Gifts Included Some Magnificent
Varieties OF Much Discussed Stone.
NCIENTs VALUED THEM

CHICAGO. June 14.--whcn Miss
Edna Hnls, pretty Chicago high
school girl. won a class prize with am
accomplished what she had set out to
rio. but it developed her essay laid be-
icrH the world facts regarding the
crs themselves.
Miss Bills is the daughter OF a jew
eicy who recently bought a collec-
lion Of ApstraIian opa!s. She was
manted to know why they we're con-
3idcred unlucky. Her father vas un-
able to tell her. Other jewelers. did
not know. Nobody CO Id throw light
Miss Bills was determined to mud
out. At the annual competition Of
her class IN English she chose opals
as the theme OF her essay. She did
come remarkable research work she
delNcd through extensive photography
Of precious stones. The secret eluded
her.
Esteemed hy AncIcntn.
of tic mos; highly esteemed gems. 1t
vas regarded as a taisman. but, to
"Gr to br as aooe ,hst IT
make the wearcr beloved Not word
did she find which attributed bad luck
10 the gem. Then q chance cross ref
eerence in, her reading guided her to
John Ruslin's "Dcucalion." There she
found the story OF the libel and its
REPUTATION.
Sir Walter Scot; was the creator OF
the opal myth. In Anne of Geicr-
STEM" one of his last novels. written
in the early part Of the nineteenth
century. he introduced an opal which
was. supposed to he endowed with
magic power. and which brought dis
aster and tragedy TO all who came
within its influence. The story of the
master romanccr OF his time was
widely read and the superstition that
all opals arc Uniucky was born. 1t
Travelled around the world and became
The Lightning Ridge opal fields in
Australia were discovered little
after Sir Walter set the myth aSoing.
When Queen Victoria assembled the
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-06-15
WIFE is WORTH s175
such Is Valuation Placed Upon Her
ny Baptist Preacher In
Pittsburgh.


PITTSBURGH June li.-Onc wife is
worth Sl15 a month in the estimation
o. DR.. j. y. Mount a local Baptist
preacher
Rev. Mr. Mount got all the men Of
ms congregations to attend services in
onservati on OF Fathers Day. They all
came said DIR. Mount wearing dan
delions IN their lapels and expecting
TO be ?attcd on tho back. masscd
them where ] could better get az them
and then | told them the value of
oman from a financial standpoint"
Here are some of the things the
clergyman told the mon:
You pay everybody but your wife.
our son gets pocket money. your
daughter a clothes allowance, but your
wife gets only thanks and sometimes
not that. Ii YOUR wife dies YOU pay a
housekeeper SIS = month and then hire
another woman 10 come in and do
the washing and heavy work. Ever
time Your children get sick you have
nurse. Any wife in the world IL
worth SI15
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-06-15
ADOPTS PLUV|US POLICY {
PROTECTING AGAINST RAIN
English Have New Form Of Insl,r-
ance Which Is Received With =
Enthusiasm. ts
ALL DRIZZLES ARE BARRED
-
-
Takes Observation-Disclosures Downuoui.
for Policy Holder to Realize on
Weather Nmcricni,
Has No Language to Describe Il.
ILL DRIzzLEs ARE BARRED
ny ROBERT wEILEs urrCuIE


LONDON. June 1.-THE "rluyius
policy" is becoming popular in Eng
iali -
No. .Nnnatc.lc, the Pluv,us policy has
nothing to do with Mrs. Pankhurst
or the suffrage movement; nor yet is
/, the name Of a new skirt lust i'm
:lirance against rain-thats all. g.
Eut in this pleasant isle. where the
native counts that day lost whose loW
descending sun does not shine through
a raincloud, the marvel only is that no
bright mind had ever hit upon this
scheme for Sarnering the nimble guinea
before this. &?
Weather. Well. honestly. II you wish
10 discuss English weather with AN
American eXpatriate take him down
TO the cellar and away from public
place where possible parrot might
PICK up some new twist in bad luu-
sulSe yhe snowstorm that blocked
:. was TIT only departure from tbs
day rain OF three months past. Rain
is like the boiled pudding of old Eng
!dhu-it a national institution. Is
Not New Scheme.
our paper halls the new Pluvius poi-.
ICY ISSUED oy an insurance company
as an ingenious scheme" biandiy overs
looking he fact. of coui Sc that it is
IN America for fifteen years and mo,ag.
~ Tie terms OF the rem:,. liuble Dig
ccoNery. seaside hotels will DC put Il,
the rcsi,ior OF returning to their
guests from 20 to 40 per cent of their
weekly hotel bills ir there should be
more than two days rain in seven pro-
ducinG a total fall of not less than o. In
OF an inch. The official rain gauge WIN
DC established In insured hotels. and
upon tho lasLits registered thereon.--
or .hercii!- rebates will be rcturnedt
But there mus; be at least that o.2u
or :,n iuch. remember. .
Drihnlcs Arc Bnrrcd.
49,.
Ecbatc Will be refused on Scotch,
mists. pea soup foSs" and drizZlGA
aud there's no provision against nai1
ard sncw-- likely to fall anywhere nd
any time in England. Indeed this
f!u'iuS policy is an Ingenious schemti.
FOR the Insurance company issuing 80
the papers say that clubs intending
to erect marques at Henley during.
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TO BE GUARANTEED ABOARD
sailors May He Permitted on Shore
Leave 10 Wear Special! De-
aligned Trousers.

WASHiNGTON. June 1.-THE big
Dottomcd pants OF the navy arc going
10 be quardntined on shipboard
Representatives Oliver, of Alabama
"hd Nlnson OF Georgia members OF
the Naval Affairs Committee. are
man. They stated today ina tbey
VII! bring the matter up before the
committee before the present hearings
arc concluded and favorable action is
expected.
secretary Daniels has displayed sym :
pathetic interest in the movement and
IS expected 10 make formal RECON-
nendatior 10 Congress.
Tho proposal is 10 permit sailors on
shore leave 10 wear civilian clothes
or provide them with special shore
pants. But this cannot come until
aiter peace is promulEatcj
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Sued for Divorce, This Citizen Of Ohio,
Husband Of Richest Woman, Asks Alimony

'RONTON, o.. June I1.-Thc d.
Norre suit or Minnie ". Wright.
Lawrence County's richest woman,
against her husbnnd, ID. Gregory
Wright, was opened In the Common
pIenn Court here before Judge
Lnyuc.
The iiHt of wltnrssc, reads like 70
Rucst Hist Mt fashionable zOral
function. Bankers, manufacturers.
inuycrs and ministers arc among
those summoned to testify. The
summons of servants also IN evident
In the Witness list.
Mr. WrfEht, who IL represented by
the INV firm of Andrews & Irish. IL
contestinE the suit and il asking
that the court inward him nlimony.
Ills resIdcnce sincc the separation
has been In Philadelphia.
MIR. Wright denies every nIieGa-
tim mndc by Mrs. Wright in her
original petition. He Inns sum-
moncd twenty-five witnesses AMI
Mrs. Wright has like number.
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HEN SOUNDS ALARM
"Biddy" Is Aroused and Gives Narn
ing, saving Missouri Family
and Home.

FULTON. MO. June IA hen be-
longing to Mr.. and Mrs. j. T.. Blank =
cnSh:p is candidate for either T.
;. {. or Carnegie medal for ii WAS
due 10 an alarm by her that the Blank
tnshin home was saved from fire j few
rights ago Mrs. BiankcnShip had
placed 'biddy" with her brood OF
chicks IN the kitchen.
About II o'clock the housewife was
awakened by the suuawkinS OF the
hen. She awakened her husband and
they found the Kitchen cabinet on
lire. They cNtingnishcd the names.
1t is supposed mice and ma tches
started the blaze
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ENGLAND BEGINS
WAR ON THE RATS
Aid of 100000 British Subjects
Enlisted in Latest
Onslaught.
GOVERNMENT BACKS PLAN
People Are Being Educated to
Learn Rodent Is Menace
to Health.
GOVERNMENT BACKS PLAN
u, FORBES w. rAuunalRN.

LONDON. juno l,.--Britain has
, hcw war on its hands. lust the other
o: hostilitics to he existing against
,n n oo rat Ho kinSdom. OF which there arc
With the government is the Board of
Trade and the Board OF Agriculture.
and the official offensive has already
eNtcrminat!on exhibition at the Zoo
logical Gardens.
:, we di On: begin this, war. but we
dallied with the enemy until the danger
- really alarming. Now we are get
ting busy
paiSn of its kind against the rat that
INC government has undertaken. We
nave nay begun to realize tho gravity Of
and health point OF view. and bv
mutual co operation between civic or
hope to get the pest reduced to normal
proportions.
a Thrcc-Timc Villain
The rat mcnaces health in three
M ,9s:;oa It d. iransmis plague through
by trichinoals ana causes rat Biz,
fever. This summary of guilt has been
10 the death has been declared And
there isn't going 10 be any peace con-
ference. the authorities say.
Any unfortunate rat that might have
discovered chamber of rat horrors
without parallel in rodent history
There arc. all kinds Of traps-barrei
traps. stockade traps. tank traps steel
traps. PIT traps cage traps and AN
ingenious design called the mystic
automatic trap.
There are virus aud posons and
modern lethal gases III tubes to en-
terminate the rodent. Dainty sweet
meats of deadly character espccialIv
designed for Mr.. and Mrs Rat and
their children when hungry were dis
nlayed. Nothing could have been more
lComtlnuel ON SINH nnrnG \ &C
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Mrs. Wright l. represented by John
son &c Jones.
The "rlEhts Ncrr married In
lronton October II. 1000, tho we'd
ding being socini event. The
bride nj Tint time was the widow
OF Lindsay Kelley, one Of the
pioneer Iron manufacturers OF this
section, ,yhc left her 70 fortune cnti-
united mt Si,O0D, 900.
Wright WINS II clerk In n rhiladcI-
phtn brokers' Office AT the time he
met Mrs. Wright. lie rumc on here
to- assist In rstnhIixhinr tho Supe-
rior Portland Cement Company, a
Si'hi,o0O concern. I'm which Mrs.
wright "hs heavily intcrcntcd. lie
Wnn ut least twenty-five ycnrs his
brides Junl1r. No children hayc
been born to- them, md they have
been separated for about n ycnr.
In her petition. Mrs. Wright nj
icGes TINT W right hnS spent S5OOO0
or her money in wastcfuI living upd
ms never provided for her.
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MANY AMERICANS
AWAIT REPATRIATION
English Writer Differs With
Reports Of War Depart
mcnt.
F lNDS 1000 IN CAMP
Fighting Forces of Five Nations
Are Cared For at
Winchester.
ny BERTHA SMITH. 4. u. 6.

LONDON. June IA visited Morn
I'M Camp, lust outside tie old world
that the United states military anu
thorities in England announced that
mere mere we're only ten American sol
d Ill., n ;sr, n NJ the camp; beg to
ihorities There we're about 1900
Americans there that day.
Rash of me to differ from csta o.
lishcd authority" I will explain.
Members Of the American expedition
AIRY force il il true. have gone from
this camp. sold their furniture and
handed the camp over TO the British
War Office. But II is now being used
as a rHpatriation center for all the
Joined the British homeland forces
Md among these are many Americans
The camp has nearly 10000 inhabi-
iants. There are Britons who hes ri
the cal! 20 fight when they were bear
ing the white mans burden in many
tar.oh places There are Americans
and Canadians and Australians and
New Zealandcrs. who have ali done
their bit" with the British forces dur
Ing the past few years.
Want 10 Get Home.
These men are now longing TO get
back TO their pcacetime iabors and
their neaceJime homes. Gradually they
are being drafted In and out OF Morn
Hill! Camp. where they 20 through all
the formality OF ceasns to be soldiers
anu ot SettinE lTce passage nome.
Number TWO Company at the camp
consists OF Americans-nen who joined
the British army because it offered
them the best opportunity of lighting
for freedom and justice. The authori-
ties eXpec; that $1,000 will PASS
through during the next eight months
II was these men | went to camp
10 see. and I found some hundreds Of
them in what may be regarded as
their own best parlor." IL IS "A con-
crete clubhouse. Us BY A. feet. on
one SIDE the windows open OH the
M'nni nu1d Si,: =.
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DOG KNEW HIS MASTER
Answers Quickly When Told to Roll
Tub to settle Dispute Of
Ownership.

KANSAS CITY. MO-. June Ire
sponse OF little trick dog TO the
voice Of his master settled dispute
over his ownership in court here.
For several weeks two parties
Gained the dog. Both contenders
boaSted OF the tricks they had taught
him. Lawyers agreed to let the dos
decide.
The dos blinked sullcnly while tho
flrst man attempted TO induce him 10
30 through his act"
Come, roll this tub With bark
or delight the dog answered the second
."sos Jed. He's S6asff dog" Said the
RwyolS.
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EARLY WORMS CAUGHT
Robin Follows Missouri Man About
the Field to Get His
fill.

LIBERTY, Mo, June IA pct
robin that makes its headquarters at
the home of w. T.. Norton. of this
place. has shown keen intelligence in
getting worms.
Mr. Norton noticed tho robin fol-
lowing him about the fields while
planting and discovered 1t picked up
worms his hoe uncovered The next
day tho robin returned and repeated
tho performance. Although MIR. Nor
ton has completed planting he digs
worms twice a day. the bird hopping
along nearby and picking them UP.
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INCREASE TOBACCO LEVIES
Germany Plans Further Ta1 on Smok.
ing Materials During Next
Few Months,

BERLIN. June li.-Germany plans to
materi ill: j: crease its income through
uc"easce cigarette and tobacco taxes.
Smokers see prospects of further hard
ships in this. The cigarette tax yield
ed 02O.O00.O09 marks in the first nine
months of 1919. simultaneously, c-
garettcs steadily dctcrioratcd in quail
ity until they were both expensive and
wrctchcdly poor.
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JAPAN SHORT OF TIN
Government Begins Manufacture I'm
Order 10 Help Satisfy Great
Demand.

TOkOY, June 14.--In view of the
present shortage Of tin plate. as re-
suit of the insufficient supply from
abroad. the government iron foundry
at Yawata, kyushn. will shortly start
In 1915 the United States. the prin-
cipal exporter. supplied from 10000 to
$1,000 pounds of tin plate to Japan.
and In 1917 about $1,000 hounds
Though the supply from abroad viii
possibly become greater 1t will not be
enough to satisfy the enormous do
mand in Japan
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MAN SENTENCES HIMSELF
Imposes Sentence Of FIFTY Dollars
Which Goes to Salvation
Army Fund.

CHICAGO, June 15.-Its not often
that a defendant is permitted TO name
his own fine and decide what shall be
done with tt--but such was the good
fortune Of Patrick O'Malley, politician
and saloonkeepcr. recently arrested for
accepting bet on the races, *
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Aims AT Crows, shoot. Toes.

PORTSMOUTH. June 14.--Instead Of
shooting crows. as he planned. Will
liam Simmerins, forty, farmer, shot Oft
the toes Of his right foot.
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Evening star., 1919-12-01
The Isle of Conquest"

Norma Talmadgn pictured in "The
Isle of Conquest is the feature of the
anniversary week at CrandalIs Metro
politan Theater, and also at the knck-
erbocker. The star is first shown as Il
young girl taken from a convent by u
financially embarrassed mother to wed
a wealthy prohigate. AS the wife, Miss
Talmadge brings into play her strong
emotional powers. The ship on which
she is travelling is wr' cksd and she is
rescued by man who has fallen from
respectable estate to the work of "stok-
ing The one hating women because
Of the faithlessnesS of his former
tiancee, and tn Ut :. despis NJ m -
cause of the bestiality of her husband.
start life on the island under Sensible
conditions. Her discovery that all men
are r.O1 alike. and his tlat TIL" "irl he
rescued is different from the woman to
whom he had been engaged, bring the
inevitable love The atorv is based On
a popular novel, by Right of Con-
quest"
The photography is fine, the scenes on
the island especially furnishing u back
ground of artistic beauty
Evening star., 1919-12-01
POLI'S-"M -"Maytime."

Ma ytime." with its delightful music
and it's pathetic story Of true love
overcome by circumstances too strong
to be conquered by the lovers. re-
turned to Washington last night,
opening at Polls Theater. 1T is really
play with musical numbers inter-
sperSed., The story is by Rida john
son Young, who also wrote the lyrics
The music was composed by Slgmund
Romberg. "Maytime" covers a stretch
the first three depicting episodes in
the lives Of the lovers. Ottille Van
Zandt and Richard Wayne. and the
last act dealing with their grand
children.
Ott;lle- played charmingly by Caro-
lyn Thompson, is the daughter of Col
Van Zandt, head of an old New York
family of wealth. When the play
opens. in 1870, she is in love with
with Richard Wayne. a young man in
the employ of her father, but her
father insists upon her marriage with
cousin, Claude Van Zandt, and sends
Richard away. The second act takes
place fifteen years later. Ott:lie Is
Claude Van Zandt's wife. Her nus
band has shown himself spend
thrift and a drunkard. Richard re-
turns from South Africa a millionaire
10 find that he is too late. Claude van
Zandt threatens to besmirch his wife's
with Wayne at Nine. Delphine's night
club, and to prevent such catas-
trophe Wayne Immediately asks an
other girl to marry him.
And so the play runs. In the end
Ottilie is shown Il widow. with all her
fortune gone. The grandchildren
however, Of Ottilie and Richard meet
and love in the present day. and 1t is
to be supposed marry.
William Norris plays Matthew van
Zandt who marrieS three times Tor
money. a different wife in each OF the
ri:st three acts. and finally as an aGed
and tottering beau. engages hlmSel1
Ermintrude D'Alber, of the inter
Garden show. He is capital and SO
s Edna Temple. who takes the part OF
E,rmintrude. Her dancing Is very
raceful.
Melvin Stokes. as Richard Wayne; ;
Arthur Albre. as Rudolpho, gypsy.
Ind later as Signor Eivalla; Douglas
J. Wood. as Claude Van Zandt, all are
good. Nina Valerie gives graceful
md attractive Spanish dance IN the
second act. will You Remember,
Jump Jim Crow" and Road to
PARADISE" are among the very pretty
and catchy songs.
Evening star., 1919-12-01
BELASCO-"The Unknown Pur-
ple."

THE Unknown Purple" a prologue
and three melodramatic acts, at the
Belasco this week had a previous
opening in Washington and year 5
N in New York city, That the absorb.
--g interest of th4 story is maintained
through a decidedly 'narrative' intro
duction and touch of prosiness at
te beginning p.o.es the power o.
the play. The audience last night
waited patiently tOr the denouement
and was amply rewarded. George
Probert. as the inventor of the mys-
terious light. the use Of which
renders him invisible. holds the sym
pathy at all times: Herbert Ashton
his convict friend and the butler at
the home of the man on whom the in
-antor seeks revenge. gir reS abb. sun
port; Benedict MacQuarrie is thor
oughly capable and hatable villain
nd young Arthur lie Wen is charm'n"
rs the inventors son. Joseph Slaytor.
the b6astful detective. brings the con-
trast necessary to relieve the tension.
and Miss Vivian Allen, as his wife, is
Il splendid foil to the languid beauty
- Miss Jean Stuart.
The. mechanics of the play are
un;oue. In the prologue Peter March
ont disccN ers. through the reading
. a newsv:per nv q convict in the
next cell, that his wife has divorced
I'm and married the man resporsible
cor his own Incarceration Tren is
.rormed he determination to make use
t his invention, unknown to the
.:orld to gain revenge. Returning as
wealthy financier, he accompliShes