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A:i- c.:-cou . i j:;day journal, ycilakd. Sunday i . A V r v . - . (c - , r ivy w i - u" . r.A j ilMllM 'CHANGE By -ROBERT BAR R ft A .J iJ WJF A Jl S il JV . 'I-W . A ' : ry . i 1 1 '7 W, W : f 1 ! ' 1, ' "" " " " ' ' " " " ''" '!' ' " "' - " ' ' -' ' ' " ' ' ' -I I I '. 'mmmMi if mi 4 (Ooprrlsbt by e Aatbor.) ; ... r." was in tne .eaye mn onwnr V- I , roOme were dark, and filled with ' J.' bric-a-brac The darkneas enabled L - the half-blind Visiter, coming to "TV thai hrlrht I1-ht- to knock OVST .gracefully a ! van that had oome rrom Jinan to meet disaster la Nsw 1,T In It corner" of "the room' was-: Seatsd. '- la t Imp and luxurious arm-cnair, moat baautlful woman. 8 ha waa tha ' ' wife of tha eon of tha richaat man In .America: aha waa yeung; her huaband '' waa devoutly fond of hart aba waa mls tress of palace; anything that money could buy waa hers, did aha but azpraaa t,. w!h! hut aha was weeping" soruy, .' and bad Just made up har mind, that ; ' aha waa tha, moat mlaerabla creature, tn 'all tha land. "-iv----T.-r-i-v-v ..U. if atntnfrer bad entered tha room ha would nrat navw Deen unpmmw bj im .L fact that ha waa looking at tha prattlsat ' ,. woman ha had ever seen l then ha would hara baan haunted by tficUit that ha "s had mat her somewhere before Mf-he '.mm a man tnovlnr In artistic clrclaa ha might, perhaps, remember-, that na ' had eeen har face looking down at mm from varloua canvaeea in picture eshl- bttlona; and unleaa ha ware a stranger to tha goaalp of tha country ha- oould hardly halo recollecting tha dreadful rua tha nanara made, aa If It Were any business of tbelra, whan young Ed Drue married tha artlefa modal, cele brated for her loveliness. - Every one baa read thamtory of that ' marriage; goodneaa knowa tha papera mada tha moat of It- aa la their cue. torn.- Young Ed. who knew much more of the world-tha did his father, -ax ;; pec ted etarn oppoaltion; and. knowing tha unlimited power unlimited wealth r gave to the old man, ho did not risk an interview -With hla parent, but eloped with tha girl.- Tha drat Inkling old man Druce-had of the affair waa from vivid, aanaatlonal account of tha run- '. away In an avenlng paper. Ha waa plo tu red 4a the paper aa aa implacable v V father, who .waa at that moment seareh , ing for the elopera with a ahotgua. Old Druee bad been- too often the central ' figure of a journalistic , eeasatlon to ; mind what tha aheet said." He promptly , telegraphed all aver tha country, and - getting - into communication with hla . aon. aaked him (electrically) aa a. favor io onng ma roung wire noma, ana not 'to make a fool of htmaelf. Bo tha tru ant pair, much relieved, came back to . "' New York..-)- v! r ,-:- '... r Old Druca waa a taciturn man, even te'.A. Via &l U. J A . . wivu hi. vuij wih n wuiiwrvu.! 11 1 l . that tha boy should have ao mtsludzed him'aa to 'suppose that he would ralae . objections, no matter whom the wished to marry. . He waa bewildered. rather than enlightened, when Ed told .him ha . feared oppoaltion becauae the ", girl waa poor. - What difference - earth aid that jnakeT Had ha not money enoifgh for them all? : If not. was there i Inr trouble in addlna to their atnraf ' Were there not railroads to be wrecked. stockholders to ba fleeced.' Wall atreexi lamba to be ahornT Burely a man mar """Tiee-pioasa-himaoif. anaT nut to mak - money. Ed assured the old man tljat t e ees had-been known where a'ausplclon .'rof mercenary motivaa ; had hovered -v around --a matrimonial ' alliance, but pruee axpreaaed tha utmost contempt for such a state of things. ---v -. At flrat Ella had been rather afraid . of her silent father-in-law, whose very name had made hundreds tremble and thouaands curae; but aha soon diecov ' ered that the old man actually stood In awe of her, and that ' his apparent ' brnaquaneaa waa the mere awkwardneae ha felt when' la her presence. Ha was anzloua to pleaaa har, and worried hlm self wondering whether there waa any- One day ba fumblingly dropped-,- a check for a million dollars in her lap, - and, with soma nervous confusion, asked . her to ran out, Ilka a good girl, and buy - herself something; It that wasn't enoush aha waa to call on him for mora. -The girl sprang from har chair and threw old man's embarrasement. who was not 'accustomed to such a Situation. fibs ,Tklaaed him la spite of himself, allowing the check to flutter to tha floor, the moat valuable bit of paper floating around loose In America that day. , . When he reached hla office he sur , prised his son. He shook his flat In the young fellow's face and said sternly: J. "If you erer aay a croaa word to that little glrU I'll o what I've never done . yet; ru thrash you!" , The young. man laughed. "AU right father. I'U deaarva a thrash ing In that case." Tha old man became almost gental Whenever he thought of his pretty .daughter-ln-law. -My ntu ,1,1,- , . always called her. At first Wall street , men said'old Druce waa getUng Into his dotage; , but whan a nip caraa In "the market, and they found that, as usual, the old man waa on the right aide , of the f enes, they were compelled re v lueUntly to admit, with emptier pock - eta. that tha dotage had not yt inter fered with the financial corner of old Druse's mlndi-- i As young Mrs, Druce sat disconsolate ly in her drawing-room, the curtains parted gently, and her father-in-law en tered stealthily, as If he were a thief, , which indeed ha was. and the very . greatest of . them." Druce . had smalL nhlfty,. plerclngeyeathit peered , out - from under nta. gray, busby, eyebrows ' like two steel sparks. He never seemed .1 to b looking; directly at njr one, and hla ayes aomenow gave you the id ThriBfwfrillrlii to glance over hta-aheuldesv -aa- is- he , geared yurmlt gome said .that old Druce waa in con atant - terror of aesasslnationr-while ; Others held that ba knew that tha devil was oa his track and would ultimately nab him. - '..'?.. t- ' 1 pltythe devil when that day comas." young- Bneed said once, ' when some cas had made tha usual remark about Drdca. Thla ochoad tha general feeling prevalent in Wall street regard ing tha encounter that was admitted by all to be Inevitable - --' The old man stopped la 'tha mlddls of tha room when ha noticed that bla -au-Thter-ln-law waa rrvln "VfT. deer!" he said. "What Ik the maiterr Haa Edward been saying any ining croaa to youf . ; : a. "No. Ppa.-- tnewered lha girl. "No vdy eould be kinder, to mm than Ed There U aething really tha matter." Than, to pat the truth of her statement beyond all question, she began to cry afresh, ( . . .; , ' i , '. . .. - . The old maa sat down beside her, tak ing one band In hla own. "Money T1 he aaked.-In- aa "eager . whisper that seemedf-to say ha saw a "Solution of the difficulty tf it were financial. - "Oh, dear not I have ell tha money, and more, that any one can wlh.- - . The old maa'av countenance felL - If money would not remedy -the state of thinga then ha was, out of his deptn XTVoii't you teir me tha troublst .Par- hapa I can suggssf'-a .''.. It's nothing you can help ma in. papa. - It'a nothing much, anyway. - xne Miaaea Bneed won't call on me; that's all."-- :- v. - Tha old man knit hla browa and thoughtfully acratched bla chin. Won't call?" he echoed helplessly. "No. They think I'm not good. enougb to aasoclata with them. I euppoaa. Tha bushy eyebrowa came down until thev almost obscured tha eves, and dangerous light seemed to scintlllats out from under them.- ; - '"Ton mutt be mlataken.- O00d.gra. clous, I am worth. If times what old Snaed lat Not good enough I . Why, my name oa a check la" ' 'Ttlan't a question of checks, papa," wailed the girl, "ifa a question of so ciety. - I wsa a, painter's model before married Ed. and no matter how rich am, society won't have anything to dO. With. "J.iyU..-V..i-.i.-vT- - - The. old man absent-mindedly rubbed his chin, which waa a habit ha had whan perplexed. H wta face to J face With a problem entirely outside hla province. Suddenly a happy thought struck him. Thoeo Bneed women V ha said In tones of great contempt, "what do they amount to, anyhow? . They're nothing but eour old malda. They. never were half so pretty aa you.- Why should you cars whether they call cn you. or aott" "They represent society. - If they came, others would." (. - -, - ... But ' aoclety can't have ; anything against you, ' Nobody haa ever said a word sgalnat your character, - model or no model." . . .... The girl shook her head, hopeleaaly. " "Character does not count In society." In this statement she was, of course. absurdly wrong, but she felt "bitter at all the world. Those wno know society are well aware that character counts for everything ; within Its sacred pre cincts. Bo the unjust remark shop Id not be set down to the discredit of an Inexperienced- girt T-.---,- Tit tall you-what I'll do." cried the old man. brightening up. Til speak to Oeneral Bneed tomorrow. I'll arrange the whole bualneaa In, five minutes." . "Do - yon think, that would do any good r ' aaked young Mrs, Druce, ' du- bkraalyr-t-. ':. ,..". .- . . OoodV-Tou bet iril do goedVJl - r Tha 014 Haa Stopped thole hlng,Tl'vahalped I: ; r 7 : ' J 1 "- ' . I , - .. ..y.-. .- I 1,1, I ft: 0 k I) ' S ; ytMmjm. urn i k : . wwiaaBwaBxe-xex-asBSBsi awsBsnaBnBssssBSBBBnsBssBanunanwssasaBi mmm Bneed out of a Jlnch before now,andlhmeos.bj4irnn iTltnrmitferllke'Kit loFine, In no tlme. I'll juxt have a quiet Ulk With, the ' general tomorrow, and you'll see Bheed carriage at .the door next day. at tha very latest." He patted her smooth, whits hand affectionately.- "So don't trouble, little girl, about trifles, and whenever you want help, you Just tell tha eld man. He knowa a thing or two yet, whether it Is on Wall street or Fifth avenue. - -. ..... , Bneed waa known tn New Tork aS-the general prebsbly because he had abso lutely no military experlenoe whatever. Next to Druce, be had the moat power In the financial world f America, but there waa a great dlstsnos between the first and the second. If it came to a deal In which the general-' and all the world stood against Druce, the average Wall Street man , would hara- bet on Druce against . the whole combination. Besides this, the general had the repu tation of being a "square, man," and that naturally told, against him, ' for every one knew that Drirta waa utterly unscrupuloua. But if Druce and Bneed were known to be together In a dea,!. then tha financial world of New Tork ran for shelter. - Therefore, when New Tork saw old Druca oome In with a stealthy, tread., of a two-legged leopard, and glance furtively around the great room, singling out 8need with an' al most Imperceptible aide nod, retiring with him Into a remote corcor where mora ruin had been concoct I tha&,ln any "other spot on earth, aa I talQg there eagerly with hlnv a husk, fell on the vast assemblage of men,- and for the moment the financial her..rt of the nation ceaaed to boat. - When they saw Bneed. take- out hla noteboot' nodding assent 'to: whatever proposition Druce waa making, a cold, alilver ran up the financial backbonaf -JlswIork-r the ahivsr communicated itself to the elec tric nerve web of the world. andthe storm signals began to fly In the mone tary ' centers of Indon,: Paris, Berlin and Vienna X ' - , . , -'-. . Uncertainty paralysed tha markets pf tha earth, because two old men were holding a whispered conversation with a multitude of men . watching them out of the corners of their eyes. Td give half, a million to know what thoee two old fiends are concocting," Id John P. Butler; the great wheat operator, and ha meant it; which goes to ahow that -a . man does not really know what ba wants, and would be very dissatisfied if- he got It. -- - :- ' ;" "Look here, general." aald Druca, -I want you to do me a favor. - : u "All right." replied the general, '1 am' with you." ' - - "It's about my little girl." continued Druce. rubbing his .chin, not knowing Just how to explain matters In the eoM financial; atmosphere of tha . place in which they- found themaelvea "Oh! About Ed's wife," said Bneed, looking Jtuixled. ' , '. : ' ? "Tea . 8be's flatting her heart out becauae' your two girls won't call on her. k I found, her crying; about it yes terday afternoon." ' . . .-: 1 -"Won't calll" cried tha general, a bewildered look ' coming over bis face. "Haven't they called yett Tou see, I don't bother much about 'hat sort of thing." '- ' . ' - "Neither do I. - No, they hsven't called. I don't suppose they mean anything by It, but my little girl thinks the- do, o I said I would speak to you about it" . "Well. I'm glad you did,, I'll aea to that the moment you get homer--What time ahaH-l,.teU...tham,-to.cmrtr The Innocent old man, little- comprehending what he was promising, -polled out hln notebook and pencil, looking inquiringly at Druce: . - u ':- : .' , "Oh, I don't know.'' Any tima that a reonvenlent for them. I suppose women! When He Noticed That HU" DuRhtr know all about tl The two men cordially , shook hands; I ajid the market Instantly collapsed. It took three dsys for ths financial situation to recover Its tone. Druce ha.l not been visible, and tnat waa all tha mora ominous. Tha older operators UH not relax their caution, because ths blow hsd not yet fallen. .- They shook their besds and said ths cyclone would be all the worse when It came. Old Druce came among them the third day, and there was a act look about his lipa which studente of hla countenance did not like. The situation waa compli cated by the evident fact that the gen eral was trying to avoid him. At laat, however, this was no longer possible; the two men met, and after a word wv two they walked np and down together. Druce appeared to.be saying little, anj the firm-eat -of " did net relax, while the general talked rapidly, and . ' ' .-' ... i. 9j I M2Z& W;f was seemingly making some appeal tnat waa not responded to. Stocks Instantly went op -a few polnta "Tou see, Druce, it's like this,- tne general, waa saying. "The womsn have their world, and we have oura They are, in a measure" . Are they going to ealir asked Druce curtly.. -:....'-'...; "Just let ma finish what I was about to say. . Women have their yules, of con duct, and wa have", . ' "Are -they going to call T" repeated Druce in the same hard tone of voice: The general removed his hat and draw his handkerchief aCrosa his brow and 6ver the bald spot on his. head. He wtahad himself In any place but where he waa, Inwardly cursing womankind and all. their allly dolnga Bracing up, after removing tha moisture from- hla foretfeacV he' took on, an expoatulatory tone. ' : ,; ' - if'...;.' "Bed bare. Druce. Iiang It sHl.- don't shove a man Into a corner. ' Suppose I - in - Law Wag Crying, aha wouldn't, Juat becauae you wanted her not lot -' Come,' now!" 1 -Ar r - Druce's silence encouraged the gen' era! to take It for assent - . - "Very well, them Tou'fe a bigger man than I am, and It you could do nothing with one young woman anxious to pleaaa you, what do you expect me to do with two old malda as eat in their- ways as the PallsadaaTIf s all dumb nonsense, anyhow'." - ,.r Druce remained silent.- After an !rk some pause the hapless general thun dered on;- - i "As I said at flrat, women have their world and we have aura Now, Druce, you're a man of solid common sense. What would you think if Mrs. Ed were to come here and Insist on your buying Wabaah stock when you. wanted to load up with Lake Shore T 'Look- how ab surd that would be. .Very well, then; we have no more right to Interfere with the' women than they have to Interfere with ue," .'. - i ; :,.; -- '' ' "If my little girl Wanted tha whole Wabash system I'd buy It for her to morrow," said Druoe, with rising .an ger. "My! : What a slump that would make In-the market!"1 cried the .general, hla fealln of discomfort beina momentarily overcome by the magnificence of Druce'gl euggeetion. , "However, all this ooesn t need to make any difference In our friendship. If I can be of "any" assist ance financially I ahatl only be too"- "Oh, I need your financial assistance!" sneered Draee? He took his defeat badly. However, In a moment or", two be pulled htmaelf together and -seemed to ahake offth trouble. - - . - " ' "What poneenae I am talklngr . he said when ha had obtained control of himself. "Ws all need, aasistaneaj now and then, and none of us knows hen we may need it badly. In fact, there is a tittle deal 1 tntendedno speak to you about today, but thla confounded busi ness drove It out or my neao. - now ranch -gtltedge 'seguritr' have you' In your safer" . . ' - "About three millions' worth." rsplled the . general, brightening upTiowTthat they were off the thin lca '4 -That will be enough for me if we okn make a dicker. Suppose we adjourn to your office. This le toe public s place for. a talk..,1' . v. They went out together. "So there la no ill feeling?" aald ths general,, as Druce arose to go with the aeouritles in his handbag. "Na But we'll stick strictly te busi ness sfter, this, and Isave social ques tions alone. By the way,-to -show -that there le no ,111 feeling-, will you come with me for a blow on the seaT Sup pose we aay Friday. I have lust tele graphed for my yacht, an aha will leave Newport tonight. I'll hive some good champagne oa board." "I thought sailors Imagined Friday waa an unlucky day." . ' - "Mr sailors don't XIU t o'clock be too early for you? Twenty-third street wharf.", " ' The general healtated. Drnce was wonderfully friendly all of a sudden, am he knew enough of him to be Juat a 'trifle euapicloua i But whan he recol lected that Druce himself was going, be said: "Where could a telegram reach us If it ware heceaaary to telegraph? The market Is a trifle ehahy, and I don't like being out of town all day.". The faot that wa are both on the yacht will steady the market. But we can drop "in at . Long Branch and re ceive dispatches, if you think it nscss sary." ... .' , . . . . ' "All right," said ths general, much re lieved. "I'll meet you et Twenty-third atreet at I o'clock . Friday morning, then." . " J- ' r , . Druce's yacht, the Seahound, was-a 'magnificent steamer, almost as large aa an Atlantlo liner. It waa currently be lieved in New Tork that Druce kept her for the aole purpoee of being able to eacspe In har ahould an exasperated country ever rlaa in Its might and de mand his blood. '.. It was rumored' that tha Baahound was. ballasted with bars t of aolld gold and provisioned tor a two years . cruiss. . air. jsuiier, . nowever, claimed' that the tendency of nature was to revert to original eondltlona end that some fine- morning Druce would hoist ths black flag, sail away and become e real pirate.. ., ' The great speculator, ' .In .' a - very nautical ault. waa waiting for the gen eral when le drove up and the moment he came aboard lines were cast off, and the Seahound steamed slowly down the bay. The morning was rather thick, so tnefWef" obTTged to move cabtlouslyT leheake bar thcfog cams down so dsnsely thst they hsd to stop, -whlla ths hell reng' and whistle blew. They were held - there until it wss nearly 11 o'clock; but time paaaed quickly, for there were all the morning papers1 to read, neither of the men hav ing had an opportunity to look et them before leaving the city. - Ae the fog cleared away and the-engines -began to move, the captain sent down and aaksd Mr. Druoe tf he would come on deck for a moment. ' The cap tain was a shrewd man, and understood hla employer, t "There's a tug making for us, signal ing us to stop. Shall we stop?" Old" Druoe rubbed his chin thought fully, and looked over the stern of the yacht. He saw a tug." with a banner of black smoke, tearing after them, heap ing up a ridge et white foam ahead of her.' Some flags fluttered from the elngle meat la front, end she shattered " ' -i. . ... 1 . . r- - the air with short, hoarse shrfeks of the whistle. - - " "Can aha overtake us?" The captain smUed. : "Nothing In the harbor can overtake us. air. "Vsry welL Full steam ahead. Don't anawer tha signals. ' Tou did not happen to; see them,, you know."" ..'.v. . '"Quite so, sir," replied the captain. going forward.,- - " .Although :-the motion of the . Sea hound's, engines could hardly be felt. the tug. in spite of all her efforts, did not seem to be gaining. When the yacht put on her speed " the Uttls stsamer gradually fell farther and " farther be hind, and. at last ajare up the hopeless chaee. - When well out at aea eomathlng went wrong' with the onglnea, and. there waa a second delay or aome hours. . a atop. at Long Branch waa therefore out of the Question. . T told you Friday? ws an unlucky day,' aald the generaU..-i-. - f ..; :It was O'clock that evening before the Seahound - stood off from . the T wen t y-th 1 rdV atreet whs rf. - "I'll have to put you .ashore la smalt boat,", aaid Drnce. - "You won't mind thst, I hnpa. , Th--rsptaln ia-ao uncertain about . the eoginea that he doesn't want 'to so nearer shore.' ' "Oh, I don't mind In the least. ' Good nfghtiTTve had a lovelr day, '.'"I'm glad you enjoyed It- " We will take another trip -together some" time, when I hope so many things won't hip pen as happened today? - , , : ' - The general aay that hla carriage was waiting for, him, but the waning light did, not permit htm to recognise his son' until he wss up on dry isnd ence mora ' The look on the son's face ap palled the old man. v "My Qod! John, what haa happened?" , "Everything's ' happened. Where are the aecurltlea that were In the aafe?" "Oh. they're all right,' said his father. a feeling or reuer coming ever mm. Then the thought flaahed through hla mind, how did John know they . were not in the safe? Sneed kept a tight rein on his affairs, and no one but himself knew, the combination that would open the safe. .-'- - "How did you know, -the securjtles were not merer" "Because I had the safe blown open at l o'ciooa toaay." " . j. -"Blown openl For heaven's sake. why?" ' " - - v.' A "Step into the carriage-and Til tell you on the way borne, 'The bottom dropped out -of everything. -JM1- the Bneed stocks went down with a run. We ssnt a tug after you, but that old devil had you tight If I could have got at the bonda I think I could have atoppad the run. The altuatlon might have been saved up to 1 o'clock, but after that when ' the street ssw wa were doing nothing, all . creation7 couldn't have stopped It. Whera are the bonds?" "I sold them to Druce.? ';i ''What did you get? Cash?" ' "I took his check on the Trust Na tional bank." v "Did you cash it lld you cash It?" cried the young man. r "And if you did, where Is the money?" ; . ." - "Druoe asked toe as a favor not to preaent the check until tomorrow. , The young man made a , gesture of aeipeir. -.- "Tha Trust" National went to smash today St t. We are paupers, father; we haven't a cent left out of the wreck. That -check bualneaa la so svidently a fraud thst but what's the uae of talk ing? Old Druce haa the money, and he can buy all the law he wante In New York. Oh I I'd like to have a ssvan seconds Interview with him with a loaded seven-shooter in my hand? ' We'd see how much the law would do' for him then." ' . . '- r. general .flnfttM despondently shseh his neao. .riTKtriimomr'TrmS: "We're in the same business wrselree, only this time we got, tile hol'sndof tha poker. But he played it low down on me, pretending- to be friendly and ail that." Tha two men did not apeak again until the carriage- drew up at the brownstone mansion which earlier In the day Sneed would have called hie own. Sixteen re porters wsrs watting for them, but the old man succeeded In escaping to his room, leaving John to .battle wtb the newepnper men. ' ; .. Next morning the pspers were full ot Ue news of the penic. They said that old Druce had gone in his yaoht for a trip up the New England coast Thar deduced from this fact that, after all,' uruce migi;i not nave nag a hand In the diaaster; everything was alwsys blamed on Druce. Still, it waa admitted that whoever saf feredr the Druce etoeke were all right They were quite unanlmoualy frank in saying that the Sneeda were T wiped out, whatever that might mean. The general had refused himself to all tha reportera, while young Bneed seemed to be able to do nothing but ewear. Shortly before noon General - Bneed, who had not left the house, received a letter brought by a messenger. . . . .. He feverishly tore It open, for he reo. ogntssd the - well-known . scrawl - of . the great apeculater. .... ..:, -.. "Dear Sneed it tan): Tou will eee by the papers that I am off on a e rules, but they are aa wrong aa they usually are when they apeak of ma - I learn there was a bit of a flutter ftPlhe market while -we were away- yesterday, and. I am glad to aay that my brokers,- who are aharp men, did me a good 'tarn or two. I often wonder why these flurries come, but I suppose It is to let s.,msn pick up some sound stocks at a reason, able rate, If he haa tha money by him. Perhape they are also sent to ' testeh humility to thoaa who might else 'become- purse-proud. , We era but fkilte creatures, Bneed, here todayand gone Tomorrow. now xooiisn - a tning in TN-Me! And that reminds ma that it I yoUrtwo daughters should happen to 1 thfnk..aaI-da-ai the wnoertalntT of riches, 1 wish you would ask them to calk I have done up thoaa securities In a sealed package and given the parcels to my aaugnier-in-iaw. ne nas ao idea what the value of It la but thiake It a , little present from me to your girls."" If. -then, they should happen to call, she will, hand It to them; If not, I shall use the contanta to found a college tor the purpoaa of teaching, mannere to young ' women whoss grandfather uaed to feed, pigs for a living, aa Indeed, ray own grandfather did.: Should the ladlea hap-' , pen to like each other. I think 1 can put . you on to a deal next week that will make up for Friday. I like you, Sneed. but you have ho head ' for - bualneaa eok my advice oftener. Ever youra - -' '-' .' DRUCE. ' The Sneed girls called on Mr. Edward Druce. , f .,,-." --.., ' y"-.. aTarvest. . .;" ; .',V-'-I Siberia'a wllde we sowed, we sowed ( We planted the sped with the goad, the goad? -,, r -.. - With the rasping ' knout the ' season - through i We harrowed It : will and It grew It ' ,:' rw. t . .. - , - ; -" , ' " , - ' t-"',J- ' ' In ' stricken Finland we sowed, we ' eowed; , . . .. I The flower of freedom we hewed and nova; f . - t-. We struck it down and nourished the WfJ ' '"' ' Till the soil is choked with the seed "', '.'. the seed. ;. : ' , In ancient Poland we eowed, we sowed Kvery nope or - tne human heart , we -'" : : mowed; ... - , . . With our brothers' bones we rotted the JV - field ' . '.- ' ;..''- .?'. And out of them springe the yield the rield. . ,? ;v - Before the palace we eowed, we eowedi Our fertile seed wss the rifle's load: , In womanly flesh and flesh Of. child We sowed and the eeed rune wild runs ' . v wild.' i ' In crowded cities we sowed, we sowed: ' We watered the seed with -the . blood - which flowed, , ,'.',"'. With blood and tears we watered It well. And behold the harvest of hell of helll Defeat 'and dishonor thorn 'the path,' . Mufdrr and mutiny, ruin and wrath;.' O nations of Earth, the nettles jr iow-r- In the hearta of a people, they grow : they grow I- Edmund! Vance Cooke, From New Orleans States. . George Ada was telling abouFabme buildings that -had collapsed, half fin ished, e Chicago. ; " . ' They were put up." said Mr. Ada "by builders of a; type too familiar to.' ua in America. 1 . . ' "I once heard of two of these build' . ers, who, over a glass of beer, met and, talked together, like this r . ' - 'Jonsa you aiwsys nave netter luck than ma' 1 ' : ' .-' " -Better luck? rioweor- '-... "Whv. how elaa do you account for mt row of new houaee blowing down. in laat week's wind, while yours weren't - harmed? - ware- built- the -earns asms woodwork, earns, mortar, every thing. V - " 'Yes.' aald ' the ether - builder, "bat - you forget that mine bad been paper T V ' : i
