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 CHAPTER XVIII
 TT was not the success of his cir A cular so much as his genius. in foreseeing the stock-market crash of October, 1929, that brought Dr. Planish to the acute personal att tention of MT. Hamilton Frisby.
 All that summer and early fall, America had been speculating on 8 soaring market.
 But the Planishes, the gamblers with life, for once were not gam bling. It was Peony's doing. She had pinned the Doctor in corner and given an order: You're not to buy one share of stock, on margin or any other way. We're more broke than ever. If we invested, we'd have to borrow some more money, and we mustn't do that Never. It's a matter of principle - Besides, there's nobody We can borrow from. Dad turned me down."
 The Reverend James Severance Kitto, s. T. D., said to him, Doctor, as you know, I entirely disapprove of gambling, but the present Wave of Prosperity, shouldn't be called gambling it's more rising tide of democracy. I'm two hundred thou sand ahead of the game-at least on paper and can give you straight tip on wallboard stock that will double in the next month"
 I'm sorry, Doctor, but I think the market is going to crash" said Dr. Planish.
 pr. Kitto looked at him as at one who had slapped the baby.
 MT. Hamilton Frisby said, Plan ish, I've got tip on 8 radio stock for you. Quadruple in a week.
 I'm sorry, MT. Frisby, but there's something phoney about this bull market"
 IN December he was invited by Il Hamilton Frisby to go down to a shooting-box in Louisiana.
 His fellow guests were Frisby'S old intimates, Dr. Alwyn Wilcox, the surgeon, and Jesse Veith, the investment counselor, who had so brilliantly guided his clients through the boom and the crash that he himself had not gone bankrupt. Frisby had taken two drawing rooms on the southern train for them Dr. Planish happily noted that he was apparently not expected to spend any money, and he liked this touch of high life.
 In one of the drawing rooms, they opened up on him as soon as the train had started and they had poured out the first of the illicit drinks.
 "Planish, now there's just us girls here and we've all taken our hair down, tell us: what inside dope did you have on the stock market?" said Frisby, with the awful geniality of detective be- ing chummy with murder sus- pect.
 The other men bent toward the Doctor like two older and tougher detectives.
 T didn't really know anything special. just figured it out, as mathematician would"
 You mathematician, Doc?' said Jesse Veith.
 Its one of the branches I spe- cialized in sort of," beamed Dr. Planish.
 Tell me how much the cotan- gent of the ellipse of the cube root of seven is.
 Frisby was purring on, What did Marduc tell you?"
 'Marduc?" Dr. Planish was puzzled.
 You mean to pretend you don't know him?"
 T don't believe do."
 Colonel Charles B. Marduc, the big New York advertising man and publisher-Marduc & Syco?"
 oh, yes. think he's sent us a sizable contribution. But I've never met him. What would he know?"
 Veith snorted at Frisby, T told you so. This Planish guy hasn't got any more of the lowdown than"
 Than an investment counselor!" suggested pr. Wilcox.
 "Oh. shut up. Let's play a little bridge" said Veith.
 MT. Frisby brought out the cards, very silently.
 For all of that terrible week end, during which they did three hours of card playing and drinking to one hour of hunting, Dr. Planish felt that he was endured only be- cause they had to have a fourth at bridge.
 nN the train back to Chicago, O Frisby led pr. Planish aside, looking as though he must have met him before some place.
 Doe, you seem to me a very confused person" said Frisby.
 "How's that?'
 Maybe ought to tell you, the fact of life about the Heskett Foundation, and most other phil anthropie foundations not all of them, but q good share. You're supposed to be 6 professional or ganizator-"
 "A what?"
 Fellow that makes his living | by running an uplift organization; | professional at begging for | money to use in publieiNng the | statement that when the world be- comes civilized, two plus two win | equal four, An organixator. He's | the fellow that starts society first, and then looks around for | a purpose for the society after ward. And the rich suckers that give him the money these come- ons always call the philanthrob- bers,
 But Old Man Heskett was no