The evening world. Newspaper, July 26, 1906, Page 12

World's Daily Magazine, Thursd Back, But Not to Work. age By J. Campbell Cory, “ Company, No, 63 to @ Park Row, New York New York Second-Class Mall Me Published by the Press Pubts Putered at the Post-OMmce VOLUME 47, vis eeertae-srevevnsseey Oy 10) 610. ao — = foetal "IF THIS WERE TRUE TO-DAY. FefoRe fiecrion | People who have read Mayor MeClellan’s interesting -book, ] Oligarchy of Ven ice,” have learned much nut honesty a public affairs. Pi was accused the of having received a the son of the rary to an ex- ebids. all subjects epting any salary, (From Moore’ Carlo Zeno Council of Ten sum of money from seignior of P press law, whic of Venice from a the Mayor absorbed the we notion of it himself, but with char has kept acteristic secretiveness 6 himsett- and ial pension or gratification from a for-] Tha modern standard of ign prince or state 4 This accusation was founded on a] js pretty liberal, contrasted w in a written Vague statement, found il al tun was taken by | Venetian idea, as illustrated by Goeument, when Padi the Venetiazns. Ca Zeno main- tained, in his defense, that when he wus Governor of the Milanese he had visited the person with whom he was Sild to be connected in prison, and, finding him in want of common nec- essaries, bad advanced four hundred ducats for his relief, which he ad- mitted had been alferward repaid. Zeno was a man of unimpeached veracity and of the highest reputa- tion: he had commanded the fleets and armies of the state with the most brilliant success; but no consideration could divert the court from its usual Severity. They owned that, from Zeno’s usual integrity, there was n feason to doubt the truth of his dec haration; <but- that the assertlor BD accabed Parson Bere Ree annexed narration. It seems to be especially in dealing with sundry of the old members of the boards of insurance trustees who are up for re-election. “You cannot prove anything against us,” they say. No, nothing, except that they were In office when the guilty thing was done! The old republic lived for a ‘thou- sand.years and would télerate no broad broad clent to efface ¢ rce of the pre-§ man i a pice of trust who count Sumptive evidence —that appeared —- otictie against him hat it was of more p even be suspected of anything importance to the state to intimidate, fren trom the apprarance of such 2 crime, than to suffer a On, aginst whom a presumption of guilt re matned, to- escape, howerer tnnocent The merits, the services of Zeno were forgot: he was removed trom Proof was not required. A harsh, unjust rule, Indeed, but it aided in preserving a standard that might be revived to the popular advantage. Sirmick ol ieo yan ching It would atso produce an amaz- ———— ee ing number of interesting vacancies. “The merils, the services of Zeno were forgot,” says the record of ancient days, in modern instances forgetting has begun with men who did not themseives remember the services they were expected to perform, THE CURSE OF WAR, Meeting in London, the Interparliamentary Union advises the next Hague Peace Conference to define “contratand of war’; to increase the immunity of private property at sea; to prevent the destruction in war of merchant vessels It calls upon the conference to discuss means to cut down the “in- toleraBle expenditure on armaments.” expenditure.” The country is prosably spending to-day more money upon war, including the pensions for past wars, than upon schools, That is not the plan upon which the United States grew to greatness, ~ a THE FEMALE SHERLOCK HOLMES Adventure No. 1—The First Customer and the Florentine Dante. ade " to know the me There be ROL xrep etn wed, and weal e CHAPTER II, 4 f aes SaicieSiniaiatiewe « this to satis ¥ late miacer,” sald Haga id t was Bocuatomd — te = Ens vad_Youee ane —-vawoi rales nonsense’ via Of clroumsiances, te pad t the post. Natural; BM expe And ahe was #0 beautiful “ging Bu 4 wuched his AB sheet « ee Dante. + In a pare stil) shows k OW on the » mhe t aw ney for mo," he said abruptly, » do you In return?” that,” replied Hagar ames Dix flushing. promptly, h~otherwine “Bome one you asked Lorn, soul,” she faenda nasvey and helr to use he is aan vat of it and au my ny late tt anly be walk k the bawe Ho was with my t was becuuse 1 hated Biter then he has Kone Find him if you t away from the the bouts 14 not un Zig aygmininy | te this oe wae) ake deersed | pa lacked) “Very « Mm. int late uncle.’ It wae & bare livtle cottage, small shabby, set At the ond of a aquure of ground fenced in from the harren tnoor, Within the quadrngle there were fruit tne that I feft the Ron don't know whete he in ank me, and let me mind away, @ replidd Wustace, quietly, “T shall pnd meantime, here is the herutage of my ke fo nenne . ’ loned mput * ; hy a Woking Bustace tod the way | war te uncli's house, which waa some tay {the town, He addressed Hagar, after a Jong sliénce, when they arere crossing & plot of Waste ‘Ther jand on! maw the cottage In the distance i Hagar, wit | pe find out the meaning ’ * your house at Then I ea by panes. 1 counted twenty seven pages, but could find no clu J reckoned twelve | pagen; also thirty-eight; will the same result, uncie’a aS | | | Tretia WIth & scowl Girected equally at the young | treee—cherry, apple, plum end pear; also « larwe fe aye By sweltersome own brown gravy away from the Pre ever a summ charge the prices it does As just re rked, with New York, which Indead. competent judges oor large summert Prominent, of course, money out loud. Hew diamond studs in his neg Th put up the big tent wouldn't be a ‘beach of a Duma. Or else bo management because the Also there are the cu FUNNY GLASSES Irvin §. Cobb The Hotel Veranila livery stables that sit on the b. nearly always olt on the be hotel hasn't the ne ‘tla most ref may _ of wine he gives more orders than it taken to t of the entertainment by going to sleep in a chair with the combination off his face and makes a V-shaped noise through his nose like the adjournment }of-¥ital Importance under the hats except the part in the hair, all A Restfal Place, evenings when Manhattan simmers gently ta ite te so refroshing as to @teal that has Jost found @ut about gceat summer hotels or ut on the sounding sea, They looking out upon the sounding sea, because to Jook its guesta in the face and breakers than the broke, Ing. You return perfectly satisfied be warm, but isn't foolish except in spots, 3 * Of the veranda of any ot 1 treat for amy one— there is not gressive Metrop Better th agree that ravahisiries {8 an {ntetect you don't have to think at all {so the fleshy party who loves to spend his é suspenders for use, a belt for the effect and #te shirt for style, and when be opens a bottle je retired bose canvasman la invariably thei l without him. enerally concludes his shary develops an acute musical taste and roasts the orebestra doesn't play “Woltin’ at the Choirch* | oftener than every half hour. t-uppish boys in the white fiannels, with | regular young devil-may-caces en; the class yell of the depa and abandon. A buneb o! this kind. of all that {8 best and pu: party, “ain't you set ‘em fitting retort . but soon.” repartee so characteristic let us move along Here we discover oth: back-ache and applying a part of the picture. By Fergus tree in the centre of the unshaven lawn facin houne. All was desolate and neglected; tne fruit trees Sere unpruned, the grass was growing th the path: and the fownry were mtrkexliig here and there, rict mashes of ragged color Damiieie certeinir thie de j ferted hermitage, but not ionaly, for as Hagar and her) Companion turned tn at the Uitle gat « Agure rome from @ stooping position under an apple tree It wus | (hat of a man with @ spxde ih his hand, who had been | digging for some time. as wae testified by the heap of fre#aly turned earth at hie feet. “Mr, Treadie!" cried Lorn, indignantly, “what are doing here?’ “Lookin’ fut thi old un'a oash!"" retorted Sr. | y man and Hager, “An’ HT pete it I keepe tt Loni!) think aa 'ow T pampered thet oid sinner with Sea} } and o keto any nataing of French brandy. Wied be drank by the quart!” "You beve no business here!" “No mare ‘Ave you!" anappet the trate grocer, “It I ain't you ain't, fut tll the "house te jet it's public property. I spoke you've cowie ‘ere with Wat Jexenar to look fur the money’ Hagtr, heuring herself calied namen etepped | promptly up t Mr, Treadie and bowed his red ears. | Now, then." whe faid, when the grocwr fel! Dack In |Cismay at chit onalwught, “perhaps you'll be civil! Mr, Lorn, mt down on this seat and I'll ¢xpiain the rid "The Dante!” oried Mr, ‘Treatise, recognizing the book which lay on Hagar’a lap—‘an' he'll explain the riddle—ewindiing me out of my rightful onan!" | "The cash bongs to Mr. Lorn as his uncle's heir!” said Hager wrathtuly. “Be quiet, air, of youl get another box on the eae!” “Never mind nin.” said Buavace, impation y; “tell me the riddle.” I don's know LU Tve gutesed It correctly.” answered Hager, apentik the book; “but I've tried by line and page and nuswher all of which revealed nothing. Now (I try by letiors, and you WHT ase a the word they make is « proper Italtan one.” She read out the marked line and the date, “Ficoar Jo vino per le luce eterna, Ith December, "a," Now.” said Hagar slowly, “if you run all the figures together they stand aw 2712a8,"" ‘ “ yea! eald Bustace, impationty; "I ese Uo} on, please.” Hagar continued word ‘Ficcar.’ “Alag the Neventh letter from the beginning of the line.” Hoatace counted. “"L.' T aes,” be wont on eagerly, “Also the frat letter, "F.' the ascond agin, the third and the eighth, ‘0 and %' * “Good!” aaid Hagar, writing thoes down the whole make up the word jan word?” “fan ote,” eald uatace, fico’ No.” “Shows what eddication he's got! ‘Trendle, who was leaning on his mpade Buviace raised his eyes to dart « withering giapos at the grocer, and in. dotng #0 his viaion passed on to the tree looming up behind the man. At once the meaning of the word Sashed on hin brain. “MN float” be cried, rising. "Two worts tnatend of ane! You have found tt, Hagar! It meanm the tig treo~the ona yonder, I believe the money ts buried under i.” Hefore he could advance @ step ‘Traadie had eapoa forward and Wee Washing Away at the tangled grass round the fig tree like ® madman, “Ef ‘us there, ‘Ue mine! he shouted, "Don't you “Take the seco! letter of the “Now, Tiflco,’ Is that en Ital thoughttuiy 4p growled Mr. say apade! 1 fed vp that old uncle of yours like « Quick as a bolt the acknowledged is instantly upon his lips. he flashes back with the spontaneous quality of the moon-lit, wa! Bome few can stand {t all ecmmer, eae gaged in si busin. riment of coma ‘clal f the bangle bracelet gi ens college gleoe and giving pookkeeping with frequen, nerally go along wit Witticisms pour forth fu a bubbling stream. 'Tis a gushing hemorrhage reat in the comic supplements. “Hully chee, -tHeiney!* cries out the firmdder Hones of this-attractivg up yet?" bumorist of the crowd responds, a of our community Under cover of the laughter er-flecked vieta to the next group. ere of the familiar varieties. including the devoteg couple who think waltz music is an invitation to start a stand-up match; the true sport who won $18 on the ponics and {s so afraid ev body won't know about it that he keeps on Retting out conversatinal extras announcing the glad ttings, and the el: coal the truth by dres#ing tn a girty-girly frock with the buttons y lady who seoks to ty down her as ts vied by Infun ladies deep red make-up auch Folng to the annual green-corn dance on the Wounded Knee There are always at least two or three of Uke widows of the Iate Sitting Bull and trying to be kitteniah, them scattered arvund jooktng They are THE FUNNY PART: Hagar of the Pawnshop. Hume. ehting tock, ang now I'm gotig to nawe 4 > PAY me. be Suptace leaped forward tn the Hie Mmenter et bare’ a vadie had done and teched tte ech out Of Rls grip seat laid lag hand on his arm. abbon:: Lat be tie,” site youra; I can prove tt, the fortune 7 Hagar! Hagar! How-ceat i-thank your’ Tha gin stepped back aude blush ree fe cheeks, “Find Goliath,” she eaid, “end let me rid of the pawnahop."s At this soment “Treadie fave & SOU Of glée, with both arms wrenched @ goodly sised te Out Of the hole he had dug, Ginnera I guve tum, Ue presente T made him. 3 DIA CAdtin’ my breed —on- the waters and tere back Again,” t fell to forcing the 114 of tha bom with the he spade, all the sme Uke one demented Lorn snd Pose He the expectation of neeing a shower of gold rain on the ground when the lid was opened, Treadio gave @ foal wrench M flew wide and aaw-An empty box, } “Why—what,” stammered ‘Tridie, ¢hinderstrade | what dors M mean?” Eustace equally taken aback, bent down and J in ‘There was absolutely nothing in the box ince of folded paper. Unable to meke & remark, held tt out to the amazed Hagar, “What the Gem} owe it nveBicT" uk Tseaae: “This explains,” said Hagar, running her eve fhe writing, "It meema that tik wealthy Unele WAS & pauper,” “Listen!” eaid Hagar, and read out from the “When I returned to England I was thought * Unat all my friends and relations fawned on for the crumbe which fell from the rich man's Bat 1 had just enough money to rent the cottage ® term of years, and to purchase an annuity wufficient for the necessities of Ife, But, owing the report of my wealth, the luxuries have been 4 plied by those who hoped for lneucies. ‘Thin ion legacy to one and all—these golden words, which § have proved true: ‘It is better to be thought than to be rich,’ ' The poper fell from the hawt of Mustade, sn@ | Treadie,. with a howl of rago, threw tmeolf on the grash, londing the memory of the ecenacd with op- probrious names, SHelng that all waa over, thet the expected fortune had vanished Into thin air, Heer left the diseppointed grocer werping with rage Owed the deceptive tin box, und lt Rustaoe away, He followed her aa in ® dream, and all the time darmg thetr nad Journey back to town he @poke hardly « word, What they did say~how Rustace bowntled hie ptirte: Adie haar COR LOS tel ihe te tet to tie I But on arriving at (iw door of the pawnshop Hager €ave ths copy of Dante to the young man, “T this back to you,” sho sald, prowling hiv hand, it and with the proceeds bulld up your own fortune,” “Hut Tahal not nee you again? he asked, pil "You, Mr. Lorn; you shall see me when you back Goliath." > ‘Then «he entered the pawnshop and shut the door Lott alone In the deverted croment Kustace sighed and walked slowly away. Hugsing ty his treaat the Florenting Dante he went Away to make his forte | to find Goliath, and—aithough he did not know It af tho thne—to marry Hagar, ;