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TAXES, MORE PROFITS, ae ht “fe + Accumulated Surplus Earnings Increase $2,304,940 in a Year. 2 a # Sengaged in the manufacturing and handling of clothing and food. ‘ The attention of Attorney General Palmer especially is called BPhe Bvening World artictes. #y its margin of profit on each dollar of business. Nashua Manufacturing Com- | ————~ THE RULE IN COTTON GOODS, AND CONSUMERS PAY BOTH shua Manufacturing Company No Excep-| ' + tion to the Popular Corporation Game— _— Wath the cost of shoes and other necessitics mounting higher and “Righer eighteen months after the armistice was declared, The Bvening World to-day continues a survey of the increased profits of corporations _ \ THE NASHUA MANUFACTURING COMPANY. Mat manufacturers as well as retailers are responsible for current ; high prices charged for cotton goods, Vlankets, flannels, &c., is indi- _ ated by the accounts of the Nashua Manufacturing Company. This com- official statements clearly show that it has raised prices to an extent takes care of increased taxes and wages bill not only but permits it to product, by inereased wage bills and the {i creased cost of raw materials. ‘ ‘This is shown by the income ac- count for the fiscal year ended Oct. 81, 1918, In tat fiscal year the com: pany’s sale out of which it earned available for dividends, $1,424, [its business was 7.12 cents, 7.12 cents in the 1918 fiscal year, To make 1919 and company 1918 is not The contrary is true. to ten yea the margin sho! tog ce Prices charged for the company's The same tmay be sald ‘of highér operating costs, brought: about mounted to $20,014,082, 47 Its margin of profit after paying all increased j@xpenses incident to the operation of In the twelve months ended Qet. 34 |last sales amounted to $18,468,455, a crease Of $1,550,627 compared with 1918, yet, im spite of this décrease in les, the balance available for divi- dends exppnded $893,777 and the mar- |' fin of profit on each dollar of bust- ness was 9.56 cents, compared with the comparison between j unfair to tho| For | instance, if the margin of profit in| |1919 should be compared with the Ae jeragé margin of profit made in the from 1909 to the end of 1918 a wider difference would be for in the ten years in ques- of profit was 6.03 4 Baie: | Taffeta or Serge Are New and Original Fashion Designs By Mildred Lodewick *& For Smart {eee a We , Copyright, 1920, by The Prem Publishing"Co. (The New York Brening World), Suitable Mediums for This Design. rey 10 be well dressed is not any more & matter of #mart clothes than it is of appropriate clothes. And in this last respect the spring is guite the most trying season of the year for the come. She must de- cide on one or pos- sibly two outfits to accommodate all needs, and while piquant taffeta frocks may compel her admiration, if | years ave ending Oct. 31, 1918, P pany ts an important factor in the | Available records indicate that it has must be borne in mind that prior ta duction of blankets and flannels, | Never been as prosperous as at the Li gad y was not “burseeed rates 178,768 spindles and 4,627 | Present time. |" Ire 1916, after the ported of price Its business turnover is inthe | Excess profit and income taxes, raising, the company reached that Neighborhood of $20,000,000 an- | have not proved a burden. It seems, stage of affluenc ily. |that these taxes have been placed | to deel: Companys was incorporated in or nearly 100 years a 216 Stores in tho United States 76 Btores in Greater New Mt New Rochelle, White Plains, and Stamf ord, Conn. CAPRIL SALES Rexall Toilet Soap A good Soap measured by any standard. Excel- 2 lent for bath or toilet. We have recently enlarged ) thesize ofthe cake. Sold regularly at 15c. During April we will sell it week-en cakes ‘Per Dozen 9c Roxbury Fountain Syringe The bag is moulded in one piece, excellent qual- ity red rubber complete with full size 98e tubing and three pipes. Regular price $125 +. - + . April Sale _ .Neverhard Blaud Iron Pills Always an excellent Spring tonic. Due to con- finement indoors during the winter months the system is run down and the blood usually deficient in iron. These pills made by a special process re- York, including Yonkers, Vernon, os coat soft ce ein 4 “e easily 15 issolved in the system? 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(ct sap) ENDS Opeko Tea ieeuiar price 15 cents Chocolate Pudding every day Pee ie ines 2 Jer 20c ment tied bags gh BNUS Mayonnaise Oressing very Coffee tn one sound | | BEBE 2 mat 5c | 07" FON 2 for 39¢ kfast Cocoa Everyday price | Powdered Eggs s tes spoont dat | properties efane” ene tthe eanneeic ENDS 2 ne” 40¢ | oF ears ase WEEK 2 ok. 46C ‘ Eeaten fener err De» oe | Cake Chocolate urery any wee ENDS 2 ‘te 460 (°°! — ENGs 2 for 36c Horlick’s Malted Milk Hospital size Manufacturers Suge ted price $3.50 Our price $2.98 _ ann squarely on the shoulders of the con- | and sumer through the medium of higher ‘ ' | | jover 1918, | The accumulated surplus earnings %, Jat the end of 1919 were equal to 341 per cent 500,000 common stock. The company hus since capitalized } part of this surplus by giving com- Drug Sfores | inon®tockholders a 100 per eent. stock dend on its common. stock. 1918 dividends aggregating 16 per cent. were paid. The com | any's | furt new prosperity ts ¢ shown by its bala In other words, high prices |! charged in 1919 enabled the Nashua | Manufacturing Company to make 63 | per cent. more profit. on each dollar {of business than it did in the ten! on an! e. And in considering this it| she has not the Proper outer ment, such as the popular cape, wear with it, ghe must choose a woollen frock which may be completed if she possesses no fur piece the choice of a*trim suit will be best, Indoed, the suit is the most adaptable of any Accumulated surplus earnings at the end of the 1919 fiscal year amounted to $8,536,000, an increase of $2,304,940 dividend. 9.06 712 6.03 2 16. not known. rs of the Nashua Manufactur- ing Company rancis Peabody, sident; Frederick Amor: and D. W. Perry, Secretary. It does not require a’ financial expert to discover who pays all tho taxes, and more besides, on fotton cloth. POLITICS AND BONUS DASHING TAXPAYERS HOPES IN CONGRESS oe Sees pre (Continued From First age.) sidering that about half the member- ship of both Houses is absent from | Washington, and the session lasted two hours. It was an executive #es- sion, but not entirely secret, Right at the start it was ap- parent that the members of the Republican majority have made mpt to frame taxation ion promised by Senator Penrose and Representa- _ BANKING AND FINANCIAL, {§ LLL LLL LLL, The Stoneham WEEKLY MARKET LE TER issued every Friday since 1903, covers the active issues of the Gils, Industrials, Mining and Curb Securities No one interested in the mar- ket, either as an invester or § speculator, should fail to place N his name on our mailing list, to f receive w copy of this full-of- value publication. Ask for Copy No, 20 Chas. A. 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Average 10 years 11 19L8. ended 1918, $18.183,455 $20,014,092 $9,069,534 | 1,820/424 1,426,647 847,041 a lea he ily bei be pe | wil i present size and become twice midab all members, 8 7 ing billion’ dollars, to do about it?” “He's your orphan, not ours," re- plied the Senate members, continu- the figurative discussion, haven't asked him into our family. « “We didn’t ask him into our fam- » either, rs, rs, rs, Mi voters,” It m individu xploit thi THEM ALL, Joun J. Bonus was right there when the session ner. to ignore him, but the House mem- bers couldn't awhile they led him into view and in- | troduced him_ to their legislative col- cues. “Here he is," they said, fig speaking. began, sitting in a cor- The Senate members affected ignore him, and after ome kid, eh? W All he wants is a couple of What are we going ‘We cried the House mem- figuratively speaking. “What are we going to do about it?” “Where do you get that ‘what are we going to do about it'?” inquired the Senate “Well, then,” members, figuratively. said the House mem- figdratively speaking, “we will revise our question and ask what are you going to do about it. pretty well made up our minds in our family that we will have to adopt him and endow him with a couple of billion dolla him you will have to sign the pa- We have Of course if we adopt and if we adopt him he ely grow to twice his for- . He has 4,000,000 godfathers, continued the House figuratively speaking, too, immed “What will the President do about it? voice. MIGHT DUMP HIM ON PRESI- figuratively spoke up a small DENT'S DOORSTEP, “Ah, s-s-h," figuratively ejaculated pictured Bo! all the House members and all the nate members, and they mentally themselves escorting John nug from the Capitol on a truck and dumping him on the doorstep of the White House. And so it came to pass that the uninvited but persistently present FUNERAL DIRECTORS. “CAMPBELL SERVICE” is founded upon thorough, intimate knowl- edge ot all the factors that enter into the making of a perfect Funeral Arrangement We em peleatan’ ly one hundred carefully Our Institution of Thirty ily expanding. vite your inspection. Call “ Columbus 8200” Any Hour, Day or Night FRANK E.C ’ .FUNERAL C (NON SECTARIAN | Broadway at 606" St. AMPBEL L HURCH jis, 23” Street at 8 Ave, Flowers tor Al’ Occaslons, “Artistic Funeral Designs Our Speclalty outfit, for it permits | of variation in the form of blouses. This year the Eton suit and suit-frocks are commanding | considerable favor, | developed in serge or tricotine. But the, fact that there is #0 little opportunity of varying the effect is against this style. | There are many/ youthful figures, however, that look } well in it and the individuality of the design I am offering will appeal to, even the most fastidious taste. or a heavy quality Skinner taffeta, which gives quite as good weai. dignified in its simplicity, with an unusual elaboration in the form of In- serted lengthwise bands of contrasting colored silk duvetyn. silver braid outlines them and manipulates itself into a design at the base of each. The sleeves exprers while the sides of the skirt'e: GO HSER oka ih a aa Remedi acd i a tive Mondell and other leaders a year ago. . « Many views of many men, in and out of Congress, were dumped on the table whtil the prelimiharies resem- bled a rehearsal for a rummage sale. Sentiment favorable to repeal of the excess profits tax was heard. It was met by opposing sentiment. BONUS, RIGHT ON JOB, WORRIES. ay be developed in light weight eee tis A very fine ality also with'the duvetyn and braid, ¢ modish pocket drapery. * !John J. Bonus repeatedly switched the deliberations from the, direction of lowering taxes to signs pointing to. higher taxes, For, if the Congress pa a bill granting bonuses or preferens tial payments or what not to the soldiers who were enrolled in the recent war, the excess profits tax will remain, and the income tax remain, and on top of the ex- cess profite tax and the income tax will be piled another tax fig- uring up about $20 to be exacted from each citizen of t State; | The outcome of the meeting was | an agreement to put the question of |taxation legislation up to the full membership of the Finance Commit- | tee of the Senate and the Ways and Means Committee of the House. This gives the Democrats a chancé to mix in, The Democra are now in a position to. init legislation, even though it travels no farther than the boundaries of the two Into their hands has been p! a goad to be applied to the Republicans for the beneht of the taxpayers. It is for them to decide whether the goad shall be sharp at the end or encased in a boxing glove. FOG OF POLITICS OBSCURES THE OUTLOOK, Alas! ete. the outlook sented is none too’ rosy, polities intervenes, ‘ “Kor,” say the Democratic leaders one to another, figuratively speaking, “What profit shall accrue to ug fro forcing the Republicans to fulfill their pledges when all the established rules of politics prompt us to go into the campaign loaded with taunts to be hurled at the Republicans for not fulfilling said pledges? Verily,” they ronfide one to another, figuratively speaking, “the party who was con- fronted with the alternative ot park- ng himself in the arms of the devil r the bosom of the deep sea had nothing on us.” As tor the Republican leaders, they have come to the conclusion that if they have to adopt Jahn J. Bonus and ask the people for a couple of billion dollars for his care and support, aid must come in the form of taxes and not in the form of a bond issue. An- other bond issue would probably have to be a 6 per cent. interest issue if It were to be launched with any hope of getting the public to buy it, and such & bond issue’ would rob holders of Liberty bonds of hundreds of millions of dollars in the form of depreciation, One of the plans touched upon at the April 1 conference was to con- tinue the excess profits tax in order to keep up the revenues to meet the current expenses of Government and imp upon the public as delicately as possible a sales tax along lines proposed by Representative Nicholas Longworth sufficient to raise the nourishment for John J. Bonus. The plan travels along to anticipation of the time when Jobn J. Bonus shall be fed up and satisfied, when the excess profits tax shall be repealed and the sales tax continued, to be applied to thus pre- The tpg of the present purposes of excess profits tax, The Finance Committee and the Ways and Means Committee will put the political X-ray on this proposition, The Republican leaders feel that something must be done-—but it must be the right thing to benefit the Republican Party. The Democratic leaders. feel that something must be done—but must be the right thing to ben the Democratic Party. The lead ers on beth sides ask: “What shall we do to help About the public? Oh, yes, the public, to be ‘woman of emall in-. war- | to! | Tense Mystery .and Excit since OY sesicniedli Who was this man of mystery who called him- self “‘ Everard Dominey ?” nied him, - Was he in truth the ne’er-do-well Englishman, or was he Baron von Ragastein, German spy? Plots, intrigue and mystery blend in this baffling story : (Ooprrigtt, 1020,, by Little, Brown & Oo.) SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING CHAPTERS. CHAPTER VI. (Continued. ) ‘ HE suddenly stooped and kissed his hand. An immense relief was in her face. His own wife de- “Now T will keep you no longer. Freda is waiting for me.” The Ambassador strolled thoughtfully away into his own den a\ whiskey and soda on \there. Africa has really changed you previous meeting, in Saxony?” “I remember it perfectly, your Excellenc’ with @ fur piece; or the back of the house, where Dominey was waiting for him. “Iam glad to see you,” the former said, holding out his hand. “For five minutes I desire to talk to your real self. time in England, I will respect your new identity.’ Dominey bowed in silence. His host pointed to the sideboard. “Come,” he continued, “there are cigars and cigarettes at your elbow, very little. Do you rememb: After that, for the rest of your er our “His Majesty knew how to keep Court in those days,” the Ambassa- dor went on, “One was tempted to believe one’s self at an English coun- try party. However, that much of the past. You know, of course, that I/ entirely disapprove of your present position here?" “I gathered as much, cellene; “We will have no reserves with one another,” the Prince declared, light- ing a cigar. “I know quite well that you form part of a network of es- plonage in this country which I con- sider wholly unnecessary. That ia simply a question of method, I have no doubt that you are here with the same object as I am, the object which the Kaiser has declared to me with his own lips is nearest to his heart— to cement the bonds of friendship between Germany and England.” “You believe, sir, that that is pos- sible?” . “I am convinced of it,” was the ear- nest reply. “I do not know what the exact nature of your/work over here is to be, but'I am glad to have an opportunity of putting before you my convictions. I believe that in Berlin the character of some of the leading statesmen here has been misunder- stood and misrepresented. I find on all sides of me an earnest and sincere desire for peace. I have convinced myself that there is not a single statesman in this country who is de- sirous of war with Germany.” Dominey rose to his feet, prepared to take his leave. “These maters will be solved for he murmured. “There is just one word more, on a somewhat more private matter,” Ter- niloff said in an altered torte. “The Princess Eiderstrom is upstairs.” “In this house?" “Waiting for a word with you. Our friend Seaman has been with,her this your Ex- it t ““And that?” “She insists upon it that I present Sir Everard Dominey.” The latter did not attempt to con- ceal his perturbation, “I need scarcely point out to’ you, sir,” he protested, “that any associa- tion between the Princess and my- self is likely to largely jncrease the difficulties of my position here.” ‘The Ambassador sighed, “I quite appreciate that," he ad- mitted “Both Seaman and I have éndeavored to reason with her; but, as you are doubtless aware, the Princess is a woman of very strong will, She is also very powerfully placed here, and it is the urgent de- sire of the Coust at Berlin to placate i ii your unfortunate relations with the late Prince; but in considering the present position you will, Iam sure, remember the greater interests.”” His visitor was silent for a moment. |, “You say that the Princess is wait- ing here?” : relieved black. flashed around forehead, sistence this morning? “It was hard for me to believe that you were not indeed the person for whom I mistook you."” ther people have spoken to me of the likeness, @ matter of regret to me that I can claim to be no more than a simple Norfolk baronet." self in Norfolk, Princess Terniloff inquired, Norfolk is very near London these * Dominey replied, “and I have more than my share of solitude during the last few years. hove to spend a portion of my time ere,” day. experienced abont Afric: So interested. stinate, stinate and yery devoted to your mar- yellous, country, but you have a soul, Leopold; you know that there are hu- man duties as great as any your coun- try ever imposed upon you. You know what I look for from you, what J must fipd from you or go down into hell, ashamed and miserable.” kept clenched the hot grip of her hand, holding his passionately, drawing it towards her until the too, fell upon it, just risen, held out her hand to Dom- iney, who made her a very low and formal bow. Her gown was of un- Wonderful diamonds her neck, and she wore also a tiara fashioned after the | Hungarian style, a little low on her Her manner and tone still indicated some measure of rebellion | against the situation. “You have forgiven me for my in- she Dominey replied. ‘Without an: Without any at all. ‘our German is wonderfull: for an untravelled man.” “Languages were the sole accom- plishment I brought away from my misspent school days.” “You are not going to bury Sir Everard he Princess insisted, “You are very kind.” previous experience of Puropean courts?’ ‘ou must dine with us one night,” “and tell My husband would be asked. “It is y pure your- 2 the I us Stephanie rose slowly to her feet, her hand to the Prince 0 Dominey, “Will you be so kind as to see me home?" car can choose to go." she asked. take you “Afterwai on wherever you leaned gracefully over and kissed her hostess on both cheeks, and submit- ted raised it to his lips. Then she turned who rd my “I shall be very happy,” Dominey assented, He, too, made his farewells, She t carfwas in darkness, “I think,” she murnrured, A ser- vant in the hall handed him his hat and coat, and he took his place in the car by Stephanie's side. the electric switch us they glided off. jouched “that I could not have borne another moment evening. I upderstand that she 19/°f thls juggling with words. Leojold content to subscribe to the present! 1, caught the TREN Gener davai situation. She makes one condition, |the sgft brilliance of her eyes as she however.” leaned toward him. His yoice sounded, even to himself, harsh and strident. “You mistake, Princess. My name 3 not Leopold. 1 am Everard Dom- ney.” “Oh, I know that you are very ob- she said softly, “ve: There is one ry ob- He felt his throat suddenly dry. “Listen,” he muttered, “until the hour strikes J must remain to you as to the world, alone or in a crowd— Everard Dominey. and one way only of carrying through my appointed task.” ® way She gave a little hysterical sob. together, fingers of hef other eral moments. “Leopoid, ‘I understand. You are afral °) “Wait,” she begged. “I will answer in every way the Hungarian nobyity. " f You will understand, of course, ‘iat T/Poa in & momenh | Slye me “your and he felt hand, So she sat for sev- she continued presently, id that for tear eecent home.” My wite uleo|{ shall betray our love. You have looks forward to the pleasure of rongon, I d.1 Fall Asn pulien: a8 newing her acquaintance with you.” | DASsOn, © you Know. Raye Tas "I shall accept your Excellency's | Straint, Bejing ye ar0 te one analhee ‘ cy dee |When we are alorte, P r guidance in the matter,” Dominey de- | Voriq need know. i will be careful. e I swear it, 1 will never even look at ‘The Princess Terniloft was @ wo: you ag though my heart ached for man of world culture, an artist, and | still an extremely uttractive woman, She received the visitor whom her husband brought to her in a very charming little room furnished after the style of the simplest. French period, and she did her best to relieve the strain of what she understood must be a somewhat trying moment, “We ure delighted to welcome yo to London, Sir Everard Dominey, she said, taking his hand, hope that we shail often see you here. | who is interested in you, 1 must tell you frankly, because of your like- # to a very dear friend of hers, phanie, this is Sir Ev d Dom ~-the ‘Princess Biderstrom.” sure! Boy, page the pub! nd tell, it what‘it is going to get.” ’ jas you say. this. | Throw off this hide only for a moment ‘ant to present you to my cousin, | he pronounced inexorably Whe ie inten Yih time arrives [ am Everard Dominey 1 cannot take advantage of your fe ings for Leopold von Ragastetn, You shal ‘Tell me you have come us mask, 1 He sat quite still, “Whatever may f come | is not here. He is in Africa, your notice, when we are in the pres- lence of other people an® gee me as seldom as you wish |1 will receive you alone only as often But don't treat me like | come back. f it-be although her |hands were tearing at his, her lips ‘and I |and eyes beseeching him wards,” til the He Per- haps some day he will come back to! tephanie, who was seated upon you and be all that you ‘wish. plecladiehstaah! P yeaMayri He felt ‘The Great Impersonation E. PHILLIPS OPPENHEIM. ment Blend in This Thrilling Story. | | straint. } wild her ofa burnin, into his, this tine with something more like furious curiosity. “Let me look at you,” she: cried “Let me be sure. ‘Is this some ghastly change or are you an impostor? My heart is growing chilled, Are you the I have waited for all these yearar Are you the man to whom I have given my lips, for whose sake I offered p my reputation as a sacrifice, the an who slew my husband and left me?” “I was exiled,” he reminded her, his own voice shaking with emotion. “You Know that. So far as other things are concerned I am exiled now. I am working out my explation.” She leaned back in her seat with an air of exhaustion. Her eyes closed, Then the car drove in through some iron gates and stopped in front of a door, which was immediately opengd. A footman hurrfed out. She turned to iney. ‘ ‘ou will not enter,” she pleaded, “for a short time?” “If you will permit me to pay you a it it will give me great pleasure,” ‘he answered, formally. “I will call, if I may, on my return from Norfolk.” She gave him her hand with a set smile. “Let my people take you wherever you want to go,” she invited. “And remember,” she added, dropping her voice, “I do not admit defeat. This is not the last word between us.” She disappeared in some state, es- corted through the great front door of | one of London's few palaces by an at- e sideboard. Make yourself at home in that chair | tractive major-domo and footman in the livery of her house. drove back to the Carlton, where in the lounge he found the band playing crowds still sitting around, amongst whom Seaman was conspicuous, in his neat dinner clothes and with his cherubic air of inviting attention from Prospective new acquaintances. He greeted Dominey enthusiastically. “Come,” he exclaimed, “I am weary of solitude! I have seen scarcely face that I recognize. My tongue is parched with inaction. 1 lke to talk, and there has been no one to talk to. I might as well have opened up my little house in Forest Hill.” “I'll talk to you if you like," Dom- iney promised a little grimly, glane- ing at the clock and hastily ordering a whiskey and sod will begin by telling you this,” he added, lower- ing his tone, “I havé discovered the greatest danger I shall have to face during my enterprise.” What is that?’ “A woman—the Bider- strom.” Seaman lit one of his inevitable cigars and threw one of his short fat legs over the wther. He gazed f a moment with an air of satisfaction at his small foot, neatly encased in court shoes. You surprise me," he confessed “I have considered’ the matter. cannot see any great difficulty. “Then you must be closing your eyes to it wilfully," Dominey retort- ed, “or else You are wholly ignorant of the Princess's temperament and disposition.” “I believe I appreciate both,” Sea- man replied, “but T still do not see any peculiar difficulty in the situ ation. As an English nobleman you have a perfect right to enjoy the friendship of the Princess Kider- strom. “And I thought you were’a man of sentiment Dominey scoffed, “1 thought you underst: a little of human nature. Stephanie Kiderstrom is Hungarian born and bred. Even race has never taught her’ self-re- You don't seriously suppose that after all these years, after all she has suffered—and she has suffered She is going to be content with an emasculated form of friendship? I talk to you without reserve, Seaman She has nlade it very plain to-night that she is going to be content with nothing of the sort. What takes Princes r © between you in private,” Seaman began— “Rubbish!” his companion inter- rupted. “The Princess is an impul- sive, a passionate, a distinctly primi- tive woman, with’ a good deal of the nimal in her still. Plots or political necessities are not likely to count a snap of the fingers with her.” surely,” Seaman protested, nust understand that your coun- as claimed you for a great he m Dominey shook his head. “She is not a German,” he pointed out. “On the contrary, like a great many other Hungarians, I think soe rather dislikes Germany and Ger- mans, Her only concern is the per- sonal question between us. She co siders that every moment of the re of my life should be devoted to he “Perhaps it is as well,” Seaman re- marked, “that you have arranged to go down to-morrow to Dominey, I will think out a scheme, Something must be done to pacify her.” ‘The lights were being put out. ‘The two men rose a little’ unwillingly, Dominey felt singularly indisposed for sleep, but anxious at the same time to get rid of his companion, They strolled into the darkened hali of the hotel together, “I will deal with this matter for you a8 well as I can,” Seaman prom- wed. “To my mind, your greatest ifficulty will be encountered to- morrow. You know what you -have to deab with down 4 Dominey’s face grave. “Tam prepared,” he said, Seaman still hesitated. “Do you remembtr,” he asked, “that When we talked over your plans at Cape Town you showed me a pic- ture of—of Lady, Dominey?” remember.” “May I have one more look at it?” Dominey, with fingers that trem- bled a little, drew from the breast pocket of his coat a leather case, and from that a worn pictur, The two men looked at it side by sde beneath one of the electric sb'adards which had been left burning. The face was the face of a girl, almoet a child, and the great eyes seeme* Milled with a queer, appealing light. ‘There was something of the same suggestion to be found in the lips, a certain help- lessness, an appeal for love and pro- tection to some stronger being. Seaman turned away with a little grunt and commented: “Permitting myself to reassume for a moment or two the ordinary senti- Dominey. as very set and ments of an ordinary human being, 1 would sooner have a dozen of your Princesses to deal with than” the original of that pieture.” (Do Not Miss To-Morrow's Fasobe nating Instaiment. 4 fi Dominey .