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Vol. 1. No, 1 June, 1920 106. the copy +» Reads di Anantara vail ' ‘The June issue of the Era is NOW READY ‘THE COMBINATION WATER HEATER AND GAS STOVE ‘TOP. It describes the “CON- “SCIENCE,” the Elliote water back, and shows just exactly how the ordinary gas stove can be do three things at one with but one gas ex- it shows how meals can be ked, hot water produced, and radiant stove top pro- to heat the irons and to Be a Cave Woman? From the Ancient Day to the Elliott Way, Converted proverbs, Elliograms, ete. It is a most interesting descrip- tion of a very interesting labor- saving product. A copy of the Era will be pre- sented to ¢ach caller at the Elliott Demonstration Room, or it will be mailed upon request. And again we say:— © Put a “CONSCI your gas Stove’ and watclf your gts bills shrink. (To be continued Monday) ————— CLLIOTT WATER HEATER CO., INC. © Wideughby St, at Fuiten, Bhiyn., W. ¥.) A HOME 4p 200 EKLY \ OPENS AN ACCOUNT DOWN ON Be DOWN ON FISHER BROS COLUMBUS AVENUE BET 03° € 104° Srs LOST, FOUND AND REWARDS. _LO8T, FOUND AND REWARDS. ‘Lost. A ite, . Shari ee ea Sh oOleo. BUYDR.—LOUISE. CAMPBPLL RAL OMURGH, Friday, 11 A. M. RBLLY.—JOHN on May 25, age 30 Years, beloved brother of Mra, W. Kelly, Mrs. P. Fitagerald, Mrs. William Kelly, James and Thomas Kelly. Fyneial on Friday, May 28. from 600 Melrose av. at A.M. sharp; thence te Bt. Pluss B.C. Church, 145th st east of Willis av., where a bien requiei maas wil\ be offered for the repose of hi soul, Interment Bt. Raymond's, West FUNKE- FINANCIAL NEWS AND PRICES | WALL STREET ‘ Speculation for a rise ih stock prices was'renewed in to-day's mar- ket: Specialties werd bid up in sharp fashion, bat, what was of more sig- nificance, standard issues, including high priced rails, were in strong de- mand, Good investment buying also appeared in the Liberty Bond ltst, which advanced from 60 to more than 100 points, | Equipment igsues led the rise in| specialties. Acconiing to widespread report, a naw and powerful pool has deen formed in theso issues, which |: will operate on the theory that heavy orders for freight cars and locomo- tives will soon be placed by both for- 4ign and domestic companies, net profits from which, added to the huge surplus these companies have -piled wp during the war period, will make their stocks exceptionally attractive. Advances in this group ranged from three to five points and more. Ol! issues, under leadership of Mexi- can Petroleum and Pan American, closely rivalled the equipments in point of strength. It is known that during the recent Uecline the higher grade ofl stocks underwent heavy ab- sorption by so-called inside interests who are enthusiastically optimistic regarding the future of the ofl in- dustry. These interests argue that as demand for crude oil is increasing faster than production, prices of the crude product have by mo means reached their peak, and that profits show steady expansion The uncertainty of the position of | ¢ the short interest was shown by/|c American Woolen, During trading this was pounded ,be- cause of the fact that it has just been | indicted for profiteering under pro- | visions of the Lever Act. Bears soon found that they were selling into a} ¢ bag, and were forced to quickly |¢ switch their position. if creased the discomfiture of the bears. Crucible rose approximately 6 points, and sold 20 points above its recent low. United States Steol and most of t! rose nearly two points and more. ‘A factor aldihg the market in its |© advance was the receipt of $20,000, British gold at San Francisco, con-| ¢, signed to J. . Morgan & Co., and c Demand Sterling to $3.90 over last night's final quotation. Other foreign exchange rates were irregu- lar. session, extent in late trading that furtesr bearish operations were encourng2d, and recessions from the highs of the day were recorded, but the tone at thy close was firm, Money on call ruled at 6 per cent. LIBERTY BONDS. Liberty Bonds, $1-2s at 11 A. M— .91.60 wp .10, Ist 48 85.80 up 1.10, 2d 4s 85.96 up .96, Ist 41-48 87.48 up .80, 2d 41-49 86.30 up .86, 8d 4th 41-48 26.90 up 50 up 8.60, Victory 8 96-86 up 6 FOREIGN EXCHANGE STEADY. Demand eterling opened 3.87 1-4, up 11-40; franc checks, 12.67, off 5 cen-| times; lire checks, 16.67, off 25; el-! gian cables, 12.18, off 8; Swiss @abl:s, | 5.60, up 2; marks, demand, .0280 cabies, | 0282, off .0018c; peseta cables, .1860c: | Stockholm cables, .2130c; _ Unitgd 1 10.94 2, Ist 2d 41 3-45°96.28, 43-45 Decoration Day Special BICYCLES 3 DAYS ONLY $60 Daytons Now $53 $50 Overlands Now $40 $45 Peerless Now $37.50 (Boys' of. Girls’) $45 Princeton or Harvard Now $37.50 GUARANTEED 5 YEARS ALL BICYCLE TIRES AND (ff SUPPLIES ALSO REDUCED. |B Gotham Sporting Goods Co. 57 Warren Street NEAR WEST BROADWAY, 1 Block South of Chambers St. FUNERAL DIRECTORS. FUNERAL DIRECTORS. Action of the steel issues also in- |(, which, it is ufderstood, will be ap-| Com sei ios < plied to toward the payment of the| Gm hrare S: Anglo-French’ loan which matures] Gtapis @teel gtd. late in the summer. Announcement | Gite Cane Gugar., Cle of this gold importation was imme-|owa ¢@ vil... diately followed by a sharp rise in| gan Am Sugar. 4, & GaiN| Gon Tox Corp. ot more than 4 gents to the pound] pe, & Ric G Dowe Mines .. Elkhorn Coal ..... Endicott Jobnstoa The cotton, corn and oats markets | Pre were unable to make headway against | Erle tet profit taking which .developed, and | Fanou Players . were irreguarlNy weak throughout the | Fishowody The sugar market was syb- | Fisk Wide k jected to heavy selling by commisstun | Freeport Texas... houses, and dropped nearly two cqnts | Gaston Wil & Wis per pound. | General Buying power slackened to such an|Gengal Elec. . General ‘Motom . 15 1-4—15 8-4} TRAN 1 tan Am Hide & L..., Am Hide & L pt, Yi) ees Am Inter Corp. Am Locomotive .. Am Safety Tame... , Am Bhio & © Com Aen, Smelt, & Bef... Am, Steet Foundriee Am, Tel, & T, Co, Am, Tobacco. . Am, Wool. ...... Am, Wool 1.0.0... 08 Am, Writirg P. pf, 41 cy Bures Bros, ‘ Butte Cop. & Zinc, Butte & Superior. . of the big producers are bound to | Calif, Packing. Calif, Petroleum ot, fanadian fac, «4+ Central Leather .\.. initial | Central Lewthor 1, Corr de Pasco ... ph, ahi Thile Capper ino Copper ©. C, & Bt, Le Cal, Fuel & Lon, Gen &! Hlcc,. Cot. Coca Cola see eeees indépendent steel shares | (oa) Cigar Com 0 Bh poneol, Gas Co.... 53% 000 | Com, Int. ul, Mian 1449 Continental Can, .. J han Candy 11% 05% 10% + 135% OK Cigar Int Nickel Am Liewoed ....s 8G “ * Am. Tet, Beouriticn 61% u + OT% Atohien Ry, Atotrieon Ty, pt. Atdancic Coast Line 6 Ai, Gut & W. 1, 104 Stksoton2ee See FFE" Fees L4Fil lt ++ + 144444 co Pa eeeeree Fe F FRE RESETS SS2eeesn 3 a1 Int Mer Marine of. 80% 4S 1% 17% Sterling, demand, 12.65. Lire, 16.65. Guilders, dem: 36 1-2. 75; Tropl, 203-4, Whi Asphalt, 67 1-208 19—21, 11.30 prices quiet. Maracaibo, 18- 16; Retail Candy, Southern Pacific gross, $20,954,466, 1) balance after tax $2,623, net. oper 417,094, increcse, $1, ship lines. 3.88, Francs, demand, demand, States dollars on Canadian demand, 80c.; Argentine pesos, demand, «1.038, os : |, 3.871-4; cables, 12.67; cables 16,67; cables, and, 363-8; catias, fi CURB. Opened steady.—Int. Retail Candy, 14—15; Houston, 65— . Pet, 35—36; off 1-4; Simms, ite 201-2—21 1 1-2; Carib, 19--21, —Asphalt. 68—69 Merritt, 161 141-4—15; TY. P. 1 . Int. Pet. Giid. 33; EARNINGS, Ad Bystem — March nerease, $3,869,212; balance after tax, $2,401,622; increasc, $1,469,850; net operating income, $1, 747,092, ineréase, $668,162; three mant grosS, $63,227,679, increase, $11,158,51! $7,414,206 increas ing income, %,- 833. Above includes earnings of steam- : LATOR, and Prsultttn toh" be effielent et ay Buel ha Tinstish lary jug, Heply., HELP WANTED—MALE. Speen: ‘Spanish ‘il corporation is i OM. 10 do. aterico, ear month, bow ‘and all ” to Ke. ; Nantle Tobe {ot Gon'3t4 Pampunk ar, Philadelphia, Pe. Tee Rubber & Tie Lehigh Valley. Loft Ine. Maxwell Motors, Stay Midvale Stool ...5 42% Minneapolis & St L 13 Mimouri Kan & T) 6% ere eres National Aniline Set, Bo, & Stamp, % 2% ahd % * i) SUES YANKEES FOR $100,000. Song Writer Says He Was Bjected for Changing Seats to Escape Smoke Louls A. Hirsch, composer of the lyrics of ‘Rainbow Girl,” “Hello Frisco” and other popular songs, filed sum- mons to-day ina suit for $100,000 damages for assault inst the Amer- fean Baseball Club of New York, Inc. ‘Lawrence Axman, attorney — for Hirsch, says that’his client waa thrown owt of the Polo Grounds last Monday for changing seats with his brother to avoid a cigar smoker's fumes. Attond- ants ejecting Hirsch told him, accord- ing to A' ‘changing weats was * . WILL CUTS OFF BROTHERS. “They Treated Me tn v ral Manner,” Wrote George Doring. The will of George Doring, who died April 3 last, leaves his estate of $3,000 to his slater, Mrs. Anna Kall of No. 250 Wallabout Street, «Brooklyn, according to the appraisal filed in the Surrogate's Court, Brooklyn, to-day, The will cuts off two brothers, George, of No, 664 Liberty Avenue, and Fred, ‘0. 180 Wallabout Street, because “they treated me in an unnttural man- ner, whereas my sister has nursed and cared for me. a ARREST HARTFORD TELLER Accused of Minn 000 of Bank Funds HARTFORD, Conn, May Charged with — misapprop: $24,000 of the funds of the Phochix National Bank, of which he was a teller, Augustus H. @ohumacher was arrested to-day on a Federal warrant by Deputy United States Marshal McCarthy. Schumcher had been @ bank employee thirty-three years and with the Phoenix The bank is protected | Sharee Last MiseRt 3200 Aeme Coal | 800 Amer | 1400 Am Wooten rt 2900 General Acphait 100 Grape Ola Hleroules Taper 6CO Heyden, Chem 300 Lig-Mar Cool 300 Mercer Motors. 700 Perfection Tire 200 Pressmen Tire. . % 6% a% OY % oo Ath 22% %0 Mepublie Tire Rub . 1000 KR, J, Megnoles B’w ne 125 U, 8. High Speed Tool... 900.8. L. & Hees 3000 U. 8, Steam ..... 500 UA. 8, ‘Transport... 600 United Pic Prod. 400 United Profit Shariny 100 Union Carbide STANDARD O18. 4.0 Angio-Am Ol .. E 10 Ohio Ol 10 South Penn ON 809 OW Of N Yee... 904 INDEPENDENT OILS. 200 Alien O11 . * 2500 *Ailied Ol 100 Oities Berrios 2.00 Cosden & Co. 450 Cushing Pet 2700 Dominion Ol 800 Duaesns . . 190) Federal OU. 120) Gienrock O11 100 Guffey Gillespie |. 2000 fiudeon O11 Int Petrol Inland Oil Kay County Gas. Livingston . Lone Star G Merritt Ott Midwest Ret. Morten Pete. No Am Ot! Ohio Fuel Okla Nat Omar Ol Pennok Oil Patilips Peto Red Rock Oil. Tickard Texas. Tiyan Oi 6... Salt Creek Prod a 20) Sapulpa Itef ..).. | 140 Sequoyah O11 “4 | 1,00 Simms Tet 600 Skelly Ol * 40) Spencer Pet . 20! 500 Superior Oil, awe } 500 Texas Ranger 1 | 900 Texas Pacific Coal. ae 40% | 8600 Texas Pacific Coal ris.. 10% 170. 400 18 10% | 10%! | 1000 Canada Co - CURB FLUCTUATIONS IN OILS AND INDUSTRIALS } Shares | 1700 Tropicat Git 2-00 United Tex Oil 1100 Vietoria Ol new. 3.0 Valean Ou | 100 White Ou | 700 Woodvurn 1000 *Meteher Divide Ext 1300 Dig ladew ih 1000 *Booth .. A ‘ 20.0 *Bost & Mont ..... ? 7 10) *Caled Min i at 1% 250 Candelaria "M . 600 Cons Cop M. 100 Con Virginia 5.0 "Cortes Silver 1000 Cresson Gold ....4. 40 Cresent McNamara. 2800 “Divide Ext... 1500 *Emma Silver 2500 Eureka Croesus 500 Rureka folly . 400 40 Mia's ‘ 100 Golden Gate .. 2600 "Gold Cons... 1000 *Gold Devel . 1200 *Gold Kewana . 1000 *Gold Merger 1000 Gold Silver Pick . 17200 "Gold Zone .. 300 Hecle Mining 200 Honduras Xyu 1000 *Knox Divide . % 3% % 20 * % te 38% 100 Motherlode new 200 *Murray Mogridge 200 Niplasing .. 700 Ophir Silver, Prince Con, Silver King of Arizoni 8 Silver Lead. *Buccess Mining. “Tonopah Belmout, Tono Divide. “Tonopah Extension, ‘Tonopah Midway..... 79 Tonopah Mining. ‘Tonopah Mizpal 1500 *Tonopah Montana... 1000 “Tonopah Iteseue Bula... 850 United Easton 1000 *Vietory 300 West End C 2500 *White Caps aes 1200 *White Caps Extension. . 1000 *Witlbert 1500 *Yerrington .. 16200 a2 LOND’ | 10000 Allied Packer Cs. | 1000 Am ‘Tei 6s 22 1000 Anglo Amer Ot! 7%s. 21900 Belgium Gor Gs 25. | 6000 Goodrich Tire 7s 19000 Inter RT 7 14000 Southwest 12000 Texas C 2000 Western Electric 7s, 1 “ * 14 door opening The Mystery <*. Silver Dagger By. RANDALL PARRISH Plot, Conspiracy (Ooorrient, 1990, and Love OF PRECEDING CHAPTERS. eae Sar ead Belt How Sicalpan sid yolng there mete CHAPTER XXY. er, VEN as they shot up out of sight I was across the cor- ridor with hand on the knob. I feared a spring locs, byt pleasantly disappointed, the instantly, . permitting me to slip inside. There were tvo rooms, both smmll, and littered with the fragments left by the late occu- pants. There were no shades at tne windows, and the walls were bare, and not overly clean, What struck me moit forcibly, however, was tha: there was no connection pbetweon | those rooms and the next suite; thay | were separated by a thick wall. J | could hide here securely enough, an‘, was good view of the corridor, but :t would be impossible to overhear any- Uning taking place in Wine's office. At at, the position was better for my Purpose than. the open stairway, and 1 unfastened the window sash, prop- ping it open a crack so aa to afford me a fair view. If Waldror appeare? I would endeavor to discover some means of learning the object of ais Tasaun te eee I was safe enough, le to observe ew ‘ hg A © every movemea: been there for half an hour, seeing no one pass but an occa- sional clerk. .I found an empty bex to upon, and rested back in one | corner, my eyes at the narrow open- | ing. I began to think the Investmen: office was without occupants, no ons approaching the door, and no sound {reaching mb through the solid parti- ton. The elevators seldom stoppx| at this floor, and when they did the passengers alighting mostly turnsd the other way. My interest began to lag, en I determined to hang vn ook until the place emptied for cie Suddenly, when I least expected the door of the o8 She nies investment office | out. no doubt she was Wine's stency- work’ and was departing for hom Then the man was ere alone Shesgtt probably still toere the elevator, | traveling the opposite directr stopped and discharged a passenger. It was a woman who stepped out, WILL SPEND LOAN | Minister Says Country Needs Raw | Materials to Enable People | Prince Casimir Lubemirski, Polish| minister to the United States, and Samuel M. Vauclain, President of the Baldwin Locomotive Werks, were the chief speakers to-day at the inaugural luncheon of the Polish-American Chamber of Commerce and Industry at the Bankers’ Club. ‘The Prince, outlining the uses which it is proposed to put the $ 000,000 that Poland is borrowing in this) country, sald $20,000,000 would be used | for new currency, the remainder pur- | chase of cotton, wool, tractors, rail-| way equipment, agricultural imple-» ments and seeds. He sald Poland hopes | to solve the food question by military successes, making large wheat «reas available. Mr. Vauclain professed great faith in the strength of the Polish government ‘and declared the pressing need of the people is for raw materiais to enable them to go to work. He said he had surveyed the situation not only in Poland but in other parts of southeast- ern Europe. The people all through this district, he said, know that work is the to chance to get it. He counseled that liberal credits be extended, sb Ma Bis \airsttin REVIVE NEW BRIDGE PLAN. Merchanin Meet to Ori ze Senti- ment for Span to Quee More than a hundred merchants of Harlem gave a luncheon torday at the Hotel Theresa ‘in 125th Street to or- ganize sentiment for the construction of the Tri-borough Bridge to Gossag from East 125th Street. Martin Ansorge presided. President Henry H Curran of the Bor- ough of Manhattan, W. J. Flynn, Man- hattan Commissioner of Public Works, and Assemblyman Marguerite L. Smith. F. J H Kracke, former. Commissioner of Bridges, under whom plans were drawn for a bridge to cost $21,000,000, was present — 1 Knickerbocker C i Night. The Hotel Knickerbocker at Broad- way and 42d Street booked its last guest at 10 P. M, yesterday and at the same hour to-night will breathe its last as a hotel, When Proprietor James B, Re- gan has disposed of the last of his fur- nishings and effects at priyate sale, en Tom * to Work. i great need and they ask nothing but a|¢ TELLS HOW POLAND | BANDITS GET LONG TERMS. | Three Youths Sen ‘Twenty Years for Hold Three prisoners in the Court of Gen- eral Sessions, the youngest. nineteen and the oldest twenty-one years old, ere found guilty to-day of highway robbery in the first degree and sen- tenced by Judge Mulqueen to Sing Sing Prisoa not less than ten or more than twenty years. ‘The prisoners are Joseph Maggio of No, 367 Kast 67th Street; William Vis- nold of No. 1487 Second Avenue, and John Billera of No. 233 East 8ist Street. Frederick Haiozan, a tinsmith of No 1448 Second Avenue, told thaajury that he was attacked by the trio the ves- that address at midnight on 29 and robbed of $45. One of the prisoners, he said, held the door while the others beat him on the head,with revolvers. SEARS BELMONT WINNER. FIRST RACE—For th helt, turiongs, main 5, 7 to 10 and 109, (Ponce) 9 to 2, 6 to 6 and 2 to ran in order named. on BELMONT ENTRIES. RACE The ent TRAOK, BHLMONT PARK, Ma) (rigs for totmarrowe Tages area fol aas a tal’ fotsen otraiete “a2 Pars a hal it " 2 as, : Knight of the Heatoer, 1107 Prowents 107 10. ue furlongs; Naraight Killipia fix. furlongs; it: Kal i Vivian, JF: ‘Tomour, 110: Red Ted Rose, 110: Arthum, 110; Gloria. , 116; Lunetta, 115 Hudidinin, 113; His tone, BACHE The, Yas a 2 one Feeney, 002 Sunfiary A, 0; ‘Thrift, 1025; Devil Dog, 5; j Pringewe, 108; Demrinch,” 1 “onditions: for feta tjocwroeeseat tah ae, Princeps, 108; Albert -A., ‘108; Pastoral Swain, 1 IPH RACE—Gelling for three-year-olle and seven, ty in, Tora. Jack Mort, 112; feteran, 15; Whitney, three-year-olsle 119: Ms ‘Addresses were made by President | wa La Guardia of the Board of Aldermen, u ‘Tittle, 115, “Rummentice allowance claimed, Weather clear, "Track ‘fous ee LOUISVILLE ENTRIES. SECUND | BACK —tume of $1,000. for tncryear-oul welder, fone wal a bait fy ongr—*Miae Rankin, 107 ced te Ten to three-year-olds and up; claiming; purse $880; six and a course—.Night tick, 109, (Murray) 4 to 5, 1 to 3 and out, first; Poultney, 111, (Buxton) 16 to 1 to 3, second; Huron 2nd. third time, 120; Bread Line Feiner, also 122; ‘nde Lacie, 110: Liberty (il, 104, ‘The entries for tommorrow's races at Louisville Marie Gessler. CHAPTER XXVII. WAS 80 startled by the girl's un- expected appearance in | place as to be helples: only stare motionless, queer sens> with of surprise complet ing Wine? If so, for what end? Sure- on this particular floor, at this time. find him mi robbery. one other possibility have succeeded Alva jto seek him oe at least point; she had never visited hii “4 fore, for she had no kncwiog gerbes his office was. then, discovering herself wrong, re- hand and touched her. jous to remain unobserved before ven- turing further. Then, I gaught the sound of a man artied, uttering a single sur exclamation. ‘You here! Then a i What does this mean?” low spoken answer, of the latch. What could this visit 1] able to decide. erecy hid nothing that was ip any rested implicity on that love, to rest. involved in this criminal conspiracy. given me no confidence, this did not matter, and feel the friendly grasp question patiently for her to clear up the my: tery of life and action. I knew must be worthy, and my love exc’ everything I could not understand. But when I was alone, by slightly lifting the glass, gain a is woman same She had tet hat on and was buttgning her coat as she walked down the carridor. 1 took note of a pencil stuck into her hair, and felt rapher, who had finished her day's a Saateaca down could scare: hi reached the lower floor when La cane glancing quickly about as though un- certain where to go, and I recognized that I couid| stunning me. Could she be also seek- | ly she could have no other purpose it must be Wine, and her attempt to! t be connected with the Either she had stumbled upon some clew pointing toward him, or elsa she knew that he had obtained the money and was endeavoring to| make the fellow disorge. There was the man might leadei | that gang of conspirators, ancihe nee in that connection. I be assured on one were She started down the corridor - ing for the numbers on the dov; Need traced he# steps, going past so close to where I was IJ could have thrust out a I possessed every inclination to speak. yet: hes!- tated, and in that instant she had gone by, and approached Wine's door. ven then she appeared to doubt her next move, glancing around as though anx- opening the :| door quickly, she Gisappeared within. In that moment, before the door cloaeil, ‘olce, ‘prised the words inaudible, and ended by a click portend? | What was it possible for me to do? "| 1 stood there helpless, impotent, my 3 "| mind harassed with doubt, my wilTun- I had parted with this woman the night before completely convinced of her innocence, trusting her absolutely, believing that her we- way :| wrong. J know in my heaft I loved her, and <hat the strength of my faith In truth, it had no other basis on which I knew nothing of her, not even her true hame, or why she was She had trusted me not at all! she had jomehow did not appear serious, when we were together: and T | could look into the depths of her eyes onan. of her Then I never doubted, never felt no inclination to do so. I was abundantly satisfied at such ‘times to accept her word, and wait he ot a es he receives & mysterious accor elven a rit tanga ca nant thought with which suspicion overwhelmed me. I could not find any escape from such conclusion; no other theory.seemed to coincide witb all the facts. Yet I struggled against it man- fully, lovin, ill, and eager to, discover the sl excuse which might explain her strange conduct. None satisfied; the very expression of the ma voice in that startled greeting typified some secret under- standing between them, bespoke fear that her presence there might be dis- covered. He was afraid, surprised out of all composure at her unex- pected entrance. Yet what could I hope to do toward learning the truth? What, even if I found opportunity? Could I spy upon them? Could I, through some effort, creep torward. like a snake, and overhear their con versation? T[ cast the temptation in- dignantly from me; such an would be cowardly, unworthy, never be forgiven. But would it? If this wus a conference of crime my duty to society outranked any personal rule of honor; while, if the lady was in that office ‘to expose guilt she would be facing a danger that oe require my protection. Surely mission was either one or the other of these two, and in either case I woulé be exonerated, whatever action } took. My motive waa one of honor id service, justifying my conscience. involved no vulgar eavesdropping, but was a plain duty. Nevertheless 1 hesitated, unable to quite persuade myself to this point of view. It was not my code, and ? shrank from even appearing to adopt ths method of a sneak. Yet I could figure out nv other means of asce taining’ the truth—of answering the doubt in my own mind, or solving the question of her own peril. That closed door seemed to urge me to learn what was transpiring beyond; I could not fight back the tempta- tion. But would it open? had it been left unlock ‘The only way in which I could ascertain was to try. ‘The corridor was already commenc- ing to darken with the lowering sun outside, and remained silent and de® werted. ‘There was no one to witnes: my attempt. and, even if some office door suddenly opened, I could quickly find concealment in the nearby stairr way. I crept out through a narrow crack, and approached on tiptoe the entrance to Wine's office. No sound reached me from within, and my fingers silently pressed the knob, which turned without resistance—the latch was off. A half inch at a time } opened the door, listening for any noise behind, my eyes peering. through the narrow crack at what was revealed within, They perceived little, merely u small, unoccupied room, tly an outer office, containing @ cheap, | desk, two chairs and a typewriting stand, the machine covered. wo maps hung upon the walls; in one corner was a glass water-holder, and ip the other a diminutive closet, the door | alar, A‘gray drill matting protected the floor, while an electric drop-light ung dangling over the desk. That was all, except that indistinguishable voices were conversing somewhere ‘beyond, These did not cense, evidence that the movement of the door had attracted no attention. Thespeakera must be beyond the partition and well out of view. Encouraged to believe’ this I thri my head far enough forward to make sure. An alcove led to the in room, where I could perceive one end of a roll-top desk, together with nothing more. A step to the would doubtless have revealed Wine, but from where I stood the end of the partition interfered. By slipping to the right it would be quite possib! for me to enter without being see! and three cautious steps would brin me to the security of the close’ From there, with the door into tat corridor closed, I might overhear al that passed between the two. I na: ventured too far now to retreat, and, without a second of hesitation, I pressed through the narrow openings and silently closed. the door beWind me. The rug muffled my feotsteps, and, confident that I had not bec! closet, scarcely knowing whether to be ashamed or proud of my success, ‘The place in which I had takeu refuge was narrow, but of a lengt which convinced me it was probably utilized by the occupants .of’ doth ,|rooms. ‘he door leading into the second office was closed, yet ligh froin the outer windows reflectu through the cracks, and, by their aid, I could now clearly distinguish (! words of conversation, seem-' ingly having no connection with any matter with which I felt concerned. money, to be sure, but in terms In. volving the payment of interest, and I overheard her’ say, f tiret Yi quietly bus “I came to you, Mr. Wine. bi of our connection in other matvery, overheard this discussion, and you ought to be forewarned, .|_ “I appreciate your kindness," hy answered, evidently surprised, “bit simply cannot raise the a: day it is too tate." path ai “It does not have to be raised to.’ day, but before the closing ke ing hours to-morrow,’ of DABRe "{ can have it " ete by then?” desper- “I was sure you could, explained the necessity.” ¥ toay 6 arose as though her had been accomplished, but "appare ently the man was not yet willing she should go. He was desired to know more. biewintA a waste-basket filled with papers, bus ft detected, I crouched into the narrow ° ie two were évidently discussiag+ the impossibility of extending a loan* i 3 & . | me en THIRD WACK Puree 1 So, fourlyearlolis ami up. one mile and ‘Thinker, *Vewtaton. FLANDERS FIELD MEMORIAL WREATH for dg Grave or the Home—A Fitting Tribute e VICTORY WREATHS ~ Indestructible—Bronzette—Novel—Att ‘active vw PALMS OF HONOR’ ez the Heroes of the G. A. R., the Spanish-American Wa:, V. er ee eee, oe it Walid Warr toning Full of Sarmieene. “ Roseland’ New York's Leading Florists (at 66th St.) Phone Columbus 6202 i long about the middle of June, carpen- arg apa fers ‘and builders will take the property inhi nd for Vincent Astor and tl to m: fronted, as I did now, some strange conduct which no reasoning made clear, my faith staggered. I could not help it—I felt betrayed, disillusioned, a mere pan in some game in which he matched her beauty against’ my trust. If she conceived that Wine tyler | was one of those most deeply con- cerned in this affair, why had she 1 |no: confided it in me? If she must AN ondant visi, him why was I not asked to furloner: | accompany her® Shé knew my ad- im | Gress; where I could be reached by phone; why, then, should she ignore me so completely? There must be a secret reason. What could it “But I fail to understand terest: “why ‘should you tine’ the le ome trouble to o here and tell me ee laughed lightly, “Why? Really it Is ea understood. We are togeta ee not? Now that Gaptain Alva is dead, it is generally believed’ you will be selected to lead/in this work. Qh, yes it Is; I have already been 0 ina formed. And in that case It is abso~ ely necessary that yo: nections. be excellent, Taam ore > ther funds already in this country.” jother than a, desire to share the iil. | ther funds! 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