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''if I am a little upset. The informa-
ton you have given me is startling. "
Peter Bragg made no comment,
Angus, however, lowering in the back
ground. was intrigued.
why startling" he inquired.
MIR Pitt moistened his lips and re
sdmed his seat.
This firm of luke & Co." he ex-
planned, has, for a long time, been d
mystery to us-to me, especially, and
my cashier and our traveller. They
have done their business, either buy
ing or selling, always during the aft
ernoon and in a manner that. If you
follow me- has always been prejudi-
cial TO our transactions. The price
of some of our smaller articles of pro
duce is very much affected by any
knowledge of impending purchases.
| am beginning to understand what j,
all means luke G. Cor rather my
blackguardly partner - has simply
used his knowledge of our morning
transactions, of such contracts as We
have accepted or refused, to- make
profits for luke & Co. during the aft.
ernoon."
But surely" Angus pointed out
what he gains with luke G. Co. he
loses with YOU
He has only third share in our
business, Mr.. Pitt explained bitterly
less than that, as a matter of fact
as he sold some of his shares not lone
! ago-but now / know he just about
owns luke & Co Furthermore, oui
credit has not been so good lately
! and we have heen obliged, to seel
financial accomns aation outside. Some
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rupted, rising to his feet. AZ have
brought a friend to witness this"
He crossed the room. unlocked the
door and signed to some one outside.
George Angus entered, very debonair,
with bunch of violets in his lapel.
Pitt led him to the table.
This is my friend Mr.. Angus-my
partner. Mr.. Sinclair Hope" he an
nounced. Mr.. Angus will witness this
document"
Very glad to, indeed" Angus ac-
guessed quite a pleasant way out
of a difficult situation"
Sinclair Hope moistened his dry lips.
MAY l ask, sir. whether you are
aware of the nature of the pressure
that has been placed upon me?'
Il know all about it," Angus admit
ter. Mr.. Pitt and | spent an hour or
so together this morning"
"And you approve"
Entirely. The laws so Internally
unfair" Angus went on, leaning back
in his chair and hitching up one of his
trouser legs. Sometimes a man of
sprit-like Mr.. Pitt-has to take
things into his own hand You see,
without a bob in the world at Mr..
Pitts time of life and losing his daugh-
ter and all that he'd probably commit
suicide anyway, so he may just as well
make use of his desperate state to
try to do himself a bit of good. Fol
low me-"
do himself bit of good?" Sinclair
Hope repeated in a dazed tone. BY
becoming a murderer"
mo need to use ugly words" Angus
protested There's no absolute stand
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the jungle lands. farming fields. for
ests and tribal estates. In the future.
one of the Government soil collectors
may be sent to Palestine. Rome and
Italy. Uncle Sam desires TO secure
samples of the Oldest-farmed soils in
the world in order to ascertain how
these lands have borne up under the
brunt and burden of continuous crop
ping for thousands of years.
Russia was the first country in the
universe to inaugurate scientific soil
studies and field survey work. Spa
ciouS Russia, which has variety OF
soils which approximate the great
number found in the United States,
has made important contributions 10
creations soil knowledge during the
many years that her scientists nave
been engaged in such research. Even
today. although racked by revolutions
and internal strife, Russia has con-
tinued her soil experimentation. The
revOlutionists and bolsheviks as well
as the nobility have appreciated the
underlying Importance OF such SCI
entific Investigations.
The early Romans were experts at
soil management. They recognized
six different soil classifications. This
range includes warm and cold, fat AND
lean and sweet and sour SOILS. A lat
soil. for example, according to Roman
definition was one that was fertile
and productive as opposed to a lean
soil-thin and impoverished. The
Romans were rich in practical eXpe-
rience in the handling Of soils, but it
was not until about the outbreak of
the Civil War that Russia fostered
the first real scientific research of and
with soils.
The United States Department of
Agriculture initiated it's soil survey
operations in 1900. The first surveys
were made in the Pecos Valley, New
Mexico and the Connecticut Valley in
New England. The Maryland GeOlog-
ical Society co-operated with the De.
partment of Agriculture in pioneer
surveys made in that State.
The outstanding significance of soil
surveys from the dirt farmers stand
point is that the work provides the
scientific foundation upon which his
future farming enterprises can be sub
stantially based. For example the
State of Iowa may wish to know
what advice is :he best to give it's
farmers concerning the use of ferti-
lzers. Iowa requests the Govern
maat to make soil surveys of the UNI
surveyed counties in the Hawkeye
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THE DOOR WAS OPENED T..


of it. he was inclined to be ashamed
Of his own misdeeds. Bessie, too-it
was for his sake she had been agitated
and she certainly was looking remark
ably pretty.
If a man like Angus could look al
her so admiringly, she must be out Of
the ordinary. A wave of something
like generosity mingled with his in
stincts of self-preserVation.
Your father has been very angry
with me, Bessie" he said, "and not
altogether without reason. We have
now come to an understanding. While
you are here. and before your father
and this gentleman. l wish to ask you
whether YOU will marry me. We hav'
spoken of this before, but I think il
is time that we had a definite undeY
standing"
She came happily over to his side,
You mean it?" she whispered.
"Of course, my dear" he replied.
Sinclair Hope extended his left han
toward Bessie and leaned across til
table toward his partner.
mo ill-feeling, eh, Pitt?" he begged
you can afford to forget. You've
won. Well take that empty ware
house of Griffith's, across the way
and work this business for all its
worth. I've got very reliable informa
ton, and there's a lot of money com
ing our way in ginger during the next
few months"
Henry Pitt had the largest soul thai
ever existed in a small man. H.
stretched out his hand and graspe
his partners.
fCopyri9ht. 1927
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ard of crime, you know. It might be a
moral peccadillo on Mr. Pitts part to
insist upon your sharing his departure
from the world, but there's a kind of
Justice about it, isn't there?
Besides, there's another point of
view. Surprising you decide to believe
that Mr. Pitt is bluffing-Which he
isn't-and you take this matter to
court and say that your signature was
obtained by threats. Mr.. Pitt here
would place the facts in the possession
of his lawyers and the whole of the
transactions between Pitt & Hope and
luke & Co. would be disclosed. Legal
~ you might win your case. From an
actual and social point of view you
would cease to exist as a respectable
member of society, just as l honestly
believe you would cease to exist as a
human being the first time Mr.. Pitt
was able to find you. So there you
are, YOU see. Good reasoning, don't
you think? A bit of the primitive
sprung into our everyday life. Much
| better than the courts
| Sinclair Hope swallowed hard, took
up the pen and scrawled his name
| across the bottom of the document.
Angus followed suit.
LAS a matter of form, Mr.. Hope, -
he said, II must ask you whether you
| have affixed your name TO this docu-
ment willingly and without compul-
| sion"
| Sinclair Hope nodded. At the mo-
ment of his greatest humiliation he
| found himself admiring the cut of
| Angus's gray tweed suit, the ease and
nonchalance of his manner.
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State. This field program Identifies
all the soils. locates them and deter.
mines how many square miles of each
variety compose the States surface
Crop and fertilizer experiments are
conducted on the most popular and
predominant soils. The farmers even
tually benefit in the certified facts and
figures which Uncle Sam circulates
about the fertilizer requirements of
each soil and crop and how they may
best be satisfied
The soil is a product of its environ
ment. The same soil never occurs in
two different environments. There
are more than 100 different types Of
soil in the American corn belt. but
only - to 20 of these are important
agricultural soils vh'ch produce corn
and bread grain, hay and forage as
we'll as pasture crops in large amount.
That huge belt Of country from the
south Atlantic seaboard to the Mis-
sissippi River. which produces a di-
versity of foods and farm produce. de-
nends upon 10 to Il leading soils for
its important cash crops.
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after the soil survey in certain
county has been completed. One of
these county soil bulletins is COM
plete catechism of soil standards and
peculiarities and agricultural prac-
tees in the designated district. One
who will but read and study these
soil reports can gain basic and guar
anteed information about the lands
and farming practices of every sec
ton of this country which has been
surveyed.
Our national Bureau of Soils boasts
a personnel of the worlds leading soil
scientists-specialist who have delved
deep into land and soil research and
who can answer the multiplicity of
questions which the farming and gen
eral public ask. No other country
has organized it's soil studies in a
comparable manner to the United
States. We know more about our
soils their possibilities and potential
ties than any other nation, empire or
kingdom under the sun.
The vast array of soil samples as
delivered by express in our National
Capital comes in sacks and packages.
each of which contains about one-half
a gallon of soil. This soil sample is
placed in a marked and identified jar
and is stored in the soil laboratory. A
small amount is placed in one of the
bottles and filed with the library col
lection" The balance is used in
chemical, mechanical and physical
tests.
Profile samples of the various soil
types are also collected in the field
and eventually added to the Wash
ington collection. A profile of GER
tain soil consists of from three to six
samples taken at different depths.
These samples are secured at stipu-
lated distances below the surface.
The range is anywhere from to 10
inches down as far as 6 feet below
the surface. They include specimens
of the upper soil, the subsoil and the
parent rock from which the soils were
formed by natural decomposition and
weathering.
DR.. c. +. Marbut, who has Travelled
extensively abroad seeking soil sam
pies for the United States Govern
ment, has brought to Washington all
the specimens obtained from South
America, Sumatra, Philippine Islands.
Cuba and Europe. DR.. A. f. ShantZ,
who invaded darkest Africa in quest
of plant and soil material has pro.
vided hundreds of soil samples from
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Telescopine Shovel.

THERE is in use a very useful form
of shovel with telescoping han
die, to be found in the outfits of auto
isis, campers, surveyors and others
having need of such an implement on
odd occasions. 1t is of steel through
out, the blade is = by So inches the
handle is 1G inches long extended, and
the tool weighs only pounds. The
handle of this shovel can be regulated
to short, half handle, or full length,
or telescoped into the hollow part Of
the blade, making it easy to carry and
possible to put into the tool box OF
the motorist or camper. taking up lit
tie more space than the size of the
blade. When the handle is telescoped
part way, lock rings hold it at the
length desired. When extended. the
tool is quite strong and serviceable.
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Of our paper is discounted with luke
Il Co. They have made us pay
through the nose for it, too, by
George
Angus murmured q word of sym
pathy There was something pathetic
about the sight of the little man who
was cropping now for his hat.
our fee for the inquiries will be
25 guineas." Peter Bragg announced.
Mr. Pitt counted out the notes.
Then he took up his hat.
Il am much obliged to you. gentle
men, ! am sure" he said, AT any
rate, YOU have solved the problem
that has disturbed me for SO long.
know now where Sinclair Hope
spends the hour between 3 and f."
X X X Il
MR.. HENRY PITT lived in a
gloomy, smoke stained house in
one of the back-waters of Mazda Vale.
The dining room in which he spent
that evening was in itself an epitome
of discomfort and untidiness. The
carpet was threadbare and ill-swept,
the furniture was old and shabby,
without having become so gracefully.
The fragments of an insufficient and
observed meal, set out upon crum-
pied cloth, remained upon a corner
of the table. The ornaments upon the
chimney piece were of the taWdrieSt
description. The pictures upon the
walls, tina frames of which were, in
most cases. peeliug and the glasses
cracked. were seedy reproductions Of
Victorian gloom.
Pitt. without alcohol, tobacco, book,
or newspa per- had spent three hours
in a horsehair chair. with a great gap
in its side. drawn up over a torn frag
ment of rug to a smoldering fire.
There was no indication in his face
as to the direction in which his
thoughts had been wandering. He
remained the same nervous little man.
blinking occasionally as he watched
the sooty bars. glancing up now and
then at the boot of a passing taxi
At midnight one stopped. There was
the sound of key in the door. A
moment or two later a girl swung
into the room.
"Hullo. Dad" she exclaimed. You
not gone to bed?"
He turned around and looked at her.
She was a handsome girl of type that
seemed to have been evolved by the
fashions of the day. She was showily
dressed-a pink wrap over a pink
frOck.
She was possessed Of shapely and
we'll displayed legs, pale cheeks, with
little too much color, brown eyes. a
trifle furtive in their expression. She
swung the door to behind her and
glanced discontentedly around.
What Il filthy room" she complain
ed. Dad, can't you afford to do some
thing about ito move. or. at any
rate. get a decent servant? Your din
ner looks as if it was foul"
1T always is
She laid a collection of jingling.
snowy baubles upon the table. The
moment seemed to her to be suspicious
fer framing the thought that had been
in her mind for some time.
IF you have really made up your
mind that you won't or can't move out
of this miserable house, Dad or en-
gage a decent servant, l shall share
some rooms with Molly Fell. She has
the offer of some in Baywater that
aren't half bad"
Then Mr.. Pitt spoke up for the first
time. His daughter looked at him in
ama1ement.
Go and sit down in that chair" he
ordered.
She stared at him. His finger was
outstretched and his hand was not
shaking. There had been a curious
note of command in his tone. Slowly
she obeyed him.
How long have you known where
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Prince George on the Nelson.

Prince George of England mas been
appointed to serve on the new battle
ship Nelson. acting on the staff of the
commander-in.chief of the Atlantic
Fleet. The prince recently qualified
as an interpreter in French, after four
months of study.
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eyes, I am signing it of my own
free WILL" he admitted.
+ x
THERE was the sound of taxi
l. stopping outside. swift footsteps in
the outer office. The door was opened
and closed.
Bessie, pale and GREATNESS. advanced
toward the desk. A look of relief
shone in her face as she looked at the
three men. Angus alone rose to his
feet and bowed
I'm sorry" she faltered. II didn't
mean to rush in like this. | was
frightened"
'Frightened?" her father repeated.
81 saw you come out of that gun
smiths shop" she told him. Il went
in, and they told me that you had
bought a pistol there and some car
tridges I went to Mr.. Hopes rooms
but you weren't there. | couldn't
help it. I'd been everywhere L could
think Of l had to find you"
Mr.. Pitt produced his new acquisi-
ton from his pocket. gingerly extract
ed the cartridges, and handed it across
to his daughter.
you may keep 1t, If you like. my
dear" he said simply. Hope and /
have decided to settle our differences
in another fashion"
| SINCLAIR HOPE. whose brain had
- been working rapidly during the
! last few minutes, rose to his feet He
/ had a new feeling. almost of admira-
| ton, for his partner, and, in the light
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day in the middle of the afternoon, five
days a week, right in the heart of the
city,"
1T seems a little ineXplicable," Peter
Bragg confessed.
Its right on my nerves. You're pri-
waite detectives-well find out for me
what Frederick Sinclair Hope does be-
tween the hours Of and 4, and name
your fee"
The commission appears to me to
be one we would accept" Peter Bragg
observed. after a moments reflection.
81 should like a few more particulars.
How old is your partner"
He pretends to be a good deal
younger. but / should think he's the
same age as me-5l."
Has he any marked tastes?"
1--WE never seen him in my life out
side business hours Mr.. Pitt con-
fided. Il live with my daughter out
Kilburn way. Mr.. Hope is bachelor
and has a fiat somewhere in the West
End He amt my sort. If ever I've
seen him reading the newspapers
when he's been through the markets,
it's the social bits he turns to, and he
dresses every morning as if he was
going to a wedding. instead of to sell
coffee. He wears an eyeglass, too and
has the name of his club printed on
his cards.
''Tell me the name of your firm and
the address Of your business prem
ises." Peter Bragg invited.
pitt e. Hope, Limited is Grass
mary Lane" was the prompt reply.
And your commission TO us is that
YOU want to know what your partner
Mr.. Sinclair Hope, does between and
4 each day of his life?"
Want to know" Mr.. Pitt eXclaim
ek tugging at his struggling rec
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World Soil Samples Brought Here

"ORTY- FIVE THOUSAND bottles
L of soil-the most complete col
lection of soil samples ever as
l. sembled-are stored in volumi.
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HE SEEMED SUDDENLY TO
HAVE CROWN IN SIZE THE
POOR LITTLE INSIGNIFICANT
BEING FOR WHOM HER WARM.
EST FEELING HAD BEEN ONE
OF KINDLY CONTEMPT. HIS
HANDS WERE GRIPPING HER
SHOULDER. HIS FACE WAS
CLOSE TO HERS.
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Eyes, I am signing it Of my owl
free WILL" he admitted.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1927-04-06
D|Az ARMIES IN
| Strong ADVANCE
Conservatives Capture Impor-
tant Key Positions

Managua. Mic, April S tP-Cap-
ture of TERRA Azul. Muy Muy. to-
gether with hills and positions sur
rounding Matigus. was reported 10
the conservative president. Adolto
Diaz. by Commander-i n-Chief vi.
quez last night. While Matiguas it.
self has not been occupied. General
Niquez announced. the liberals had
Withdrawn virtually all their troops
for the purpose of protecting their
retreat.
Muy Muy had been In liberal
hands for some time. The attack
ing party routed 1000 liberals, in
Guiding cavalry. General Noguerra
Gomez led the attack on TERRA
Azul.
General Niquez said many liberal
prisoners were taken. while several
hundred were killed and many
wounded. He reported the conscr-
vative losses were slight in COM
parison.
The general assured President
Diaz that the advance would con.
tinue and that the conservative
troops would follow up the liberal
general. Moncada, who led the
fighting at TERRA Azul
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1927-04-06
i "a 4 = l
North & Judd
TO START SEASON
Rockies in Camps OF New York
Baseball Clubs Tremble at
Thoughts OF First Games.

New York. April 6.-tPN-1n the
travelling training camps of this
towns big league representatives.
down below the Dixie line today an
attitude we'll expressed in the
words, Just before the battle
mother" may be found.
One reason is that a goodly num-
Der Of rockies on the Yankees,
Giants and Robins squads are look
ing forward with a tremor or two
to the opening of the actual play
ing season next week. Another rca-
son Is that yesterday brought rain
and a chance to think about il, to
a good many of the baseball players
in the south.
Brooklyn was the only club of
the three to get a chance to play
yesterday and that teams rockies
surely had little chance for preoccu-
patton. Uncle Wilbert Robinson sent
in his Junior varsity" team of
youngsters at the start of the tilt
with Birmingham's Southern asso-
clatiop team at that city. Their
work had Il lot to do with Brook
lyn's eighth straight win. They gave
the regulars a one run lead and the
big team was forced to evoke a hit
ting jamboree in the eighth to pull
out the game the rockies had
handed them on the we'll known
platter.
The Yanks at Knoxville and the
Giants at Atlanta contented them
selves with watching the rain fall.
and bowling 10 the populace.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1927-04-06
STAR POLE VAULTERS
Pcnnsylvania's Great Relay Carnival
Has Attracted Il Great Field of
Athletes.

Philadelphia, April 6.-fPi-
Pennsylvania s great relay carnival
April 20 and 50 has attracted n
brilliant field of pole vaulters. the
entry list including representatives
from most all sections OF the coun-
try.
Included in the list are Sahin
Carr Yale. holder Of the worlds in
door record Of Is feet IA inches;
Steve Bradley, Princeton; Frank
CHASER. Marquette university, Mil
waukee; Harold McAtee. Michigan
State; Fred Sturdy. Yale; Roy
Slaclc. Pennsylvania: Richard Pitt
man. Arthur Reed and Joseph Will
liams. Cornell: Warren Smith, Dart
mouth: Francis Clark, Harvard, and
Fred Wcisner, Georgetown.
Other features of the carnival
will be the sprint events in which
Jackson Scholz Roland Locke md
Henry Russell will compete, and the
appearance Of the Cambridge uni
versity relay team headed by Lord
Burghlcy.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1927-04-06
WEALTHY ESKIMO DIES
Was Cared For BY Nurse Who Got
Her Hourly Instructions BY Radio
From Nome.

Nome, Alaska. April 6 Gpl-White
man and Eskimo on ice pocket ST.
Lawrence Island. $50 miles south
west OF here in the Boring Sea. to-
day mourned the death OF David
Sepillu. aged reindeer king" and
richest Eskimo in Alaska.
\ rescue plane. which had COW
cred $50 miles OF the race to his
bedside. beginning at Anchorage,
was headed off here just in time to
avoid the perilous tight to St. Law
renee after his death yesterday.
Sepil!u, who was so i'll that only
expert medical attention would have
saved him, was being cared for by
Mrs. T. S. Schupholm. a white nurse.
on instructions radioed from here
every hour.
Sepillu was first taken i'll with
stomach disorder last fan after the
close OF navigation.
Two attempts were made ia send
Il plane TO tho island TO bring him
here.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1927-04-06
PITCHING SELECTIONS
Gray and Mitchell to oppose Each
Other as Athletics and Phillics
Clash Again

Philadelphia, April 6.--tP>-Gray
and Mitchell We're the probable
pitching selections of the Athletics
and Phillies, respectively, for the
third game of their pre- season base
bah series today. The contest was
scheduled for Shibe Park. home Of
the American league team.
With a cold drizzle falling early
in the day. weather conditions were
far from favorable. The weather.
however, appears not TO have 4
place in the plans OF the rival
managers. for it could scarcely be
less suited than on Saturday and
Monday. when the two previous
games were played. A victory today
would give the Athletics three
straight and clinch the five game
'series for the Mackmeu.
The Athletics second team was in
Charlotte, n. c., today for an ox-
hibition game with the Charlotte.
Hornets. OF the South Atlantic
league.