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x. bad , ¥ ‘ ‘ | be - HE EVENING WORLD, WED PET NESDAY, D COMPLETE STOCK QUOTATIONS—2 P. M. ECEMBE . Oyen, Mia, tow, Tan Cpe, Ti La, F A Ns, alee me | t| Rasen ty to ws “ asnion Ad. . un UA | Ketiy Ayring ay There was distinct [Improvement In 4) 4844)] Kemuteo 3 - By Mildred stock’ mirket conditions to-day, Ac- Aibx Wit sa 4) ia oe rer) Comieiets. 10m, fp She Pree Peblianing cumulation of atocks for both specus | tisk June « Pl by onc Pr . ltive and investment account go fur ("Cun 79M (Lye teh, a th 10% HE peentia outwoighed sales by professional jw. hee sue 37% | Leite Valles. ey ebarm of chit! beats that advances of from one to |.\m, Meh Mag, 484 | Late, Ie on fon in its soft three pointe throughout the lst were | 4™ * s ies dan teu & sais, ora | clinsing texture yet ; general. At no time was thero oon- | 1 (wr & bse joie ‘Stortia Pity, «: 4 site oars | aes vincing evidencé of, |quidation, « Av. suetaten 10% Manhattan Siiet 16% | U ranspar * ‘To-day’s rise wan lead by the rail- | Ao. Brg synod. 5% Pena gene 4% gst es pi 44 rosa There jeularly | Am. Fxoem 0... 123 May Dept, Storew. vistuns of the age 0! nei robert ioe Southern Pacttic [58 idee Lather el es Innocénce. There, is mac Ro eight nig the new Pa-|re to ba er something —Irresiet~ " a "| same, fon ; tar | Mating Boy i E cif! Oil shares. Southern Pacifle | am. tee pf. ™ yerurele ably fascinating Am, Intl, Corp ty | Mina. ean about a woman one ae oat oo wae Ie Lime * | Mo. Ban, & er, garbed in chiffon—it persistent demai ia hi ne $0 | Miewonel Paci 10% te Brokers asserted that buying for|Am sater Rawr, 4 will goften the fea- investment account to-day was larger | Ah. Ship & C, Cp. etd bi sed - ee set yet. a ane waar rd andenes ale, an | nemighh as filha lies nent sey Pah eo oT | Nation Bie ou flatter those of the past, High grade bond issues, yleld- Gtoct Woundrien 8% aay | Nat, Gomdintt a Gabee jameeeek, | ee ing from 6 to an high as 7 per cent, cram pote aot | Nat. Ruam, & Sto, 45% pent, id % ida Cond A dance wear chiffon ‘ were in practically as good demat TA & Tt. Co, ON . P 5 Tolmeve New Ort. T. & -M,. 8 ig eminently appro- ; boy sc) ret any “deg a ot [4% Wosi Ponder gta g adhd priate, the young girl Practically the only evidenar Am. Writ, I q Ny ¥, Central. 70% 7 beavish ‘activity was found in thelam sun ofa, eon SYN & HL 18% siatoraing ft wits ! aes man, oe roses, 8! lace and sina et. ake aaa PP me oon See eee ribbons, while the fessional contingent have been en-|° teres 2 North, Pae, see TON . » Dry Goode... 20% F matron may employ deavoring to depress these shares on | 47.2", Seotla Bteal!, 0 3 ts yee Cla. ©, % JONES & BAKER |[|ssswn ccne tac tat tne tivo) ten wy i" ere A ng heer Speciale’ ad th New York business is in a slump and it has peen Even awn wo Ovens Bottling av velvet and taffeta. ~ necessary for certain companies to ag) ¢, Durél, Corp... 10% i. || Curb Market Securities lay up @ number of ships on account | jeu ites Gat cessensen A et Be snegaed tie ] of their inability to meet ‘operating | Ben. suet B. i Amer, Petrol.. 714 “ t f BROAD STREST CH¥ICE rly after the opening | oon Fisheries, 34 |@enn, R Bea.-ss little model that expenses, Shortly after ope ‘iii a8 i 50 Broad Street ‘Atlantic Guif went. ton gew low| B’H® lan. Tran. 0% 10 | Leon, Seaiy'd Steel. 7 5 Hep 38 r teens i | ? Brown Shoe Co, 5 | Wovple’s Gas oo ..65 88K wil e to wear to , ‘Tdaphane Broad 7150 mark for the year by selling at za bres, Sere, ; 4% | Pore Macuuetio ... 15%" piryranghpeton Trad : . oy 14 | Bail, Go, om am MADISON SQUARE OFFICE |} | *"4 the Marine Isnues wore inclined | tune nem, |... + 7 Liiagl |r eee oed ail her arts of co- x 225 Fifth Avenue to heaviness, But when thé rest of _ aged ine, % “ ere Ga mk Aatetry,» ame backs, ra . iqperior,, HY of id f ‘Pel, Madison Square 1377 the list turned definitely upward We lieth co, 2 32 [Pain Com 0 88% little velvet ribbon - shipping shares became steady. Caddo Cet, O'1,.p. 11% SL sseneodl PAN gaat bows that itle the , 42nd STREET OFFICE Next to the rails the equipment and | Cat Pasting oN 3058 hes ore shoulder. straps care 505 Fifth Avenue steel shares were most conspleuous| Pal. Petwloum 5. 4 aay | Holtman vharacterful comple- Telephone Murray Hilt 7120 ° |}|'n poislt of strength. Baldwin rose 21% pod ge ments to the wide three points, Cruc’ble scored a sinillar pores Bony [RAY Commer preteile of, lace thut Aeading Hemington Try Reo, leon & Heolorie Styl gain, United States Steel rose more than a point. Other steel shares were buoyant at times, ‘These shares Offices in 8'Principal Cities Direct Kylvate Wires Copter Mot, Chae, & Odio, Cb, M, & Bt P Ry, are: helped by knowledge that the|¢ M @ st P Ky pt Meyal Doten N, ¥ ; Replogle situation has finally been | Cd. Parumatic Tot Mie ae taken care of, It i said in reliable) Oi bo fm } omega ian quarters that brokers carrying PRO-| Chie Nowe. Wy. | Mowttuck Aris 4% Sinclair Of Slow. theff, Sie: torte Ihico Su Pao, Ry Ry v Chile Comer chino Comper... Ol Ful & tron,, Col, & Souther... plogle sbares have been no‘ified that they can) deposit them with Kuhn, Loeb & Company and receive $28 per share. The “street was not in the mood to pay much attention to fresh evidences _SAVINGS BANKS. EXGELSIOR South, Hott Strombens Statiebaker 4th of business depression. Announce- aa pret tnd 8% F ments that the Carbon Steel Com. (on. Inter! tal, M, ers ci un } ‘ ‘Coutinental Can L & 8%. 2% . pany, the United States Winishing | on pioducte s. L. & Sven, 25% Company and the American Chicle| timinic steel... ‘ea Company had decided to pass their | Crocible Steel rf, Alvidends failed. to even temporarily |" Cars er iT check the market's forward move-| tian am. Suser,, 12% ment. 4 ’ Coa, Texte Carp, . ites Although there’ were additional an-| Delaware & Hoda un pouncements of cuts in gasoline prices, Bnion Pacific . 10% uumM which enlivened speculation as to Lee aus le 10% whether crude off prices must come erode sae ey fs] , down, the oll group of stocks kept full United Fruit . 190 106% ti Un Ry Inv ©. o% # ; pace with advances in other party of Oe aly aed ain “an EW YORK SAVINGS BANK) scr: Wherein wee ast . Money continued to rule at 7"per | United Food . 15% 16% : AN W Cor 19th St, and 8th Avenue | cent. It now Is evident that the di SB beetle hd a : Jun. iat, 1921, at the rate of | tuirsement of nearly $400,000.00 of OT onan ae ments will be accomplished without | Gent ie U 8 sted Bh Bn titled Nbycutive® | any furry in the money markgt, ‘The | tenent meron 7 sah Giveyt 40% Le opinion seems to be growing that] Grneral Motors De Sas Guus She d there will be material ease in money'|HoMnen oa" Vanadium steel conditions shortly after the turn of| Great Nor My pf. Waa the new year. Great Nor Ore Bokh, Call States Steel... Wel Fargo bed The ‘cotton market continued to ac) hana Wet Maryland 10 show a heavy tone. With the excep. | Wee Fac Corp. tion of Janubry, all options made new West Airbrake 3 lows for the present downward ‘Westinghouse 405 , z movement, Losicy, however, wert Wheeling ..... OM Umited to about 20 peints, The grain Willy-Overland o% markets were irregular. Foreign ex- Waite Ou 4% change rates prere stead: White Motors ..... 33ts deo! Wileon Co. ey ‘Prinity Chareh Chimes at 11.45 1. M. Worthistatan 5... 40% . CENT. Now Year's eve sorvices at ‘Trinity Wonsingtn of rn Be * |}church this year will begin at 11 2 B ie % entinies ir William T. Mannin ix, Dives x P.M. when the will so SS ‘After Jan, teach, The chime: and end at 12.15, or, will Vogincat 114 o36i Prod. Exp., 61-2—8; Simms, 6 3-3; 6 3-4; Retail Candy, 71-4; Tobacco forms such a dainty yet pretentious trim- ming for the bodice. More Of thé same lace ia employed on the skirt, where it form: Ja ceep loop im out- lintng the front and hack sections, which ordinarily are seam- ed. The lower edge of the skirt is puifed into a. slim silk or satin foundation, and the depth of calor which this fullness produces must on the bodice be achieved by employing two thick- nesses ‘of the fabric. An alr of dignity and chic is given DO YOU | KNOW? Copyright. 1920, by the Press Publishing Co. (Tho New. York Rrcning World.) QUESTIONS. 1—Of what’ State is Concord the capital city? 2—What animal provides the hair from which mohair is, woven? 3—Beyond what limit do the “high " begin? 4—What name is aiven to the ful! moon occurring nearest to the fall equinox? 5—Who invented the dictograph? 6—To what cause did Wendell Phillips. contribute his great gift of oratory? th of be yo to at tariat made? 8—Of what material (OE aie RIVAL. Designs 2—Three 5—K. M. 7—horsehair. 8&—Hide, 9—Sceptic. 10— Minerva. ’ | ial i private’ 7—Of what material is the true| Hever a, pareaigey) Arthur Barrett, OVER AGAIN #94, \éab. For Smart Women Lodewick Oe, (Tee New York Braning World) Coprrisht, 1990, ty the Pres Publishing Co, (The New Tovk Evening World.) CHAPTER VY. THE BROWNIES SOLVE AN ENGI- NEERING PROBLEM Y spiritual advisers from the other side—whom I have called the Brownies—proved to me while I was asso- clated with the Kansas City Suburban Belt Ratlroad, that they were engineers, as well as business and financial guides. Bare statements: in the writing of such a #tory as this. are meaningless if they cannot be substantiated, but the advice of my Brownies was acted Upon and the value of the raHroad property doubled. They had solved ®% problem that no one on this plane Mad been able to solve, the results of A DAINTY DANCE FROCK FOR A MISS. is dainty frock by the wide sash very*yoft and lustrous silk ribbon which offers one loop and one very long end. ‘The ribbon in orchid on a dress of shell pink, tied with orchid velvet ribbon shoulder straps, would unusmuly attractive and individual, usually made? 9—What do we call the truth of any system or doctrine 10—Who was, believed to be the ne who doubt; 3 ddess of wisdom? ANSWERS. New Hampshire, 2—Angora ont. miles. 4—Harvest moon. Turner. 6—Anti-slavery, 0 et GEDDES'S SON SAITS FOR HOME. Ross Geddes, fourteen, son of Sir Auckland Geddes, British Ambassador this country, sailed for England ye. terday on the liher Carmania to enter Rugby. His mother, Lady Geddes, wus the plier. Capt, Clarence Henry, secretary to’ the Ambassador, a8 Was Gen. Sit former commander of British troops in India, MARRY, HUSBAND | Y HDITH JOHNSON e than ker own, Mrs. Gienns Nicky's Instalment No. 43. “Plower Face,” ax he had called he A WIFE'S REVENGE ON HER) arose and walked to a beautifully appointed desk in the corner, i ELECTIONS AND MEETINGS. TODAY'S PRICES Mardc, 10-12; Swlt_ Creek. (new), ILDRED' BENSON'S treat tol "My dear Mr. Benson” —~ auildrea i } 91-4—91-2; Carlb, T1-4, up 1-8; expose her, deHVered in ®) “Airy” Gienn rajsed a nervous hand vaunetox” emer Sweets, 21-4—2 1,8, volve und manner that could] to her forehead, hesitated for « mo- : ‘ne ; have left no dgubt in the mind of| ment, then wrote as Mildred had dic- LIBARTY BONDS * Sterling, demand, 3.503-4; Liberty $ 1-28, opened 89.70; up -10; $.511-2, up 1-4. Frengh francs, de- FOREIGN EXCHANGE OPENING. cables, Mrs, Glenn tha} she meant to ex- tract her promise that ehe would give) |» tated to her. Imagining that “I have made a very great mistake, I loved you, Now @ shel pen che sreseatt . s s Nicholas Benson, shook the com~' ay 4 : Stlasion to Lepers acorgorat 4. epee | Segoe ass A. UD, ay ‘ Ser SAD; OUR DIB OER DE SUCH: eA a i) ltratlg aiipwant Hives «| fer’ coves lon Gave saree a - pose of transacting otter usinens 85.72, off 26; Second, 84.36, uP 10) Lire, demand, 08M; cables, 0385, un-|" i. Hengon, himself, would not| “I can't write that—I won't write rai gf A Ege Third, $7.90, up 14; Fourth, 84.80 Off! changed. Marks, demand, .0136; | Nicky iia lB ‘Dr, Witllain Jay sbleetedh 06; Victory, 8 B-4a, 95. 4 3-45, 95. Up 02] Cadies, .0187, unchanged. Canadian|have thought of calling ber “Flower!” Witt, these protesting words Mra ; Delevan 1. Derson, , |dollars, demand, .8550, unchanged. | face’ as she stood facing Mildred |Gienn laid down her pen and defi- pees — CURB. ‘Belgian francs, demand, .0614; cawies,| stubbornly, Like Mildred, [ did not/antly turtred around In her chair, SAVINGS BANKS. Opened steady, Int. Pet, 161-4—|.0615. Swiss franca, demand, .1515;| believe that she really cared for] “Qh, yes, you will,” retorted Mil- AMR, nm | vies, 1040, Guilder, demand, | Nicky. She bad been having an in-| dred, "“and’ the soouer we complete q = > [risa ea ae = _— : Lai 3120; cables, 9130. Pesetas, demand,|teresting and amusing affair w this unpleasant little transaction the ‘ 7 oieo. 11813; cables, 4618. peeren ee @e-| him, and she War edtere to pre better for both of us. Please let us ; KE,—S: ty, Dec. 25, JAMES| Mand, .197T; cables, « Norway|him' up. What a humille experi-| go on.” i E NWI H Vi N BA COOmE.—austenir, off De Ande mand, 1888; cables, .1890.|enee for an intelligent, high spirited)” With ap impatient toss of her head, q B., voloved husband of Catherine Cooke | K' ap , : paid v vetidenee, oo sath | Denmark kr, demand, 1685; cables,| woman, I said to myself, to be con- la nurrowing of her dark eyés and a : er a COR. 6TH AVES XRD tert STREET, NEW YORK A rahens: oa hari iia a ‘1590. Argentine pesos, demand,| yicted of guilt by the outraged wife, hardening se. the linea about her $ . be 71540; cables, .7560. to have no decent avenue of escape, | mouth, Mrs, Glenn took up her pen, 7 Ce Interest Rate 1921 High mane of requiem at St, Joan of “summoning all her forces for the} "Call it what you will, intone 1 Are Chureb, Jicknon Heights, Wednos- DIVIDENDS, final battle she said to Mildred in a| Mildred, steadily, “a caprice of the ’ day, Dec. 20, 10 A. M. ‘The Hodgman Rubber Company de-| yoice that was ee nd Dae NS | ig ee [a cyl ome to galve 3, ¥., and Cork, 1 ora | ola a erly musical as a strain from Debussy: to eries of human nature, all sume from $5 to $5,000 on ASSRE IS 4 ARADO: Trieah nee, | paced. 18, FORaRe, phe! 4 Lead “T need hardly remind you, Mrs.|iny attachment fer you ts a thing of ery 17 12 please copy. ee [oot preferred dividend, Cel Feb. | senuon, that letters belong to Sat | Bae beets Bier ont GL ¥ ; DOLAN—On Dev, Bi, 1920, JAMMS F. | 2 to stock of record Jan. 15. writer rather than to those who mis- ‘BEL GLENN, AN DOLAN,: aged 92 yoars, profewionaily |” he Holly Sugar Corporation de-| appropriate them. I must insist that) Grimly Mrs. Glenn signed and fold- kaown ua Dolan ood Loubarr, and hue | ored the regular quarterly 18-4 per| ou return my letter to Be ca skit pons HORST MEAP to tis ene OR BEFORE JANUARY 10 | basd of Ida Dolan, born in Milwaukeo, e MY rota nonent, during Which Mil-| velope, cent, preferred dividend, payable Feb. Mb. JANUARY 1, 192) | President deh, Fanera) serviced at ‘Thdraday, Deo. 50. Woodlawn Cemotery 1 to stock of record Jan. 14 Bast 1PM 30th et, Interment extra divides common stock end the regular quar. terly dividends of 1 per cent and 11- cent, on the preferred, all pay. FUNERAL DIRECTORS. At Your Service, Day or ight! ASSOCIATIONS SAVINGS @ LOAN ASSOCIATIONS one a & Co. v ating phat ‘thi Sutro E cable from Holland The Franklin Society |t steers Ieee oma om Burned to Death, CITY, N. J were burned to*deat! (Qton-Bectarian) ‘Tere Wi ATLANTIC Two women For Home-Building and Savings. y Fifteen Park Row (ground floor), New York American Ice Company declared an 1 of 1 per cemt. on the Rite Jan, 25 to stock of record Jan, 12, received a Royal Dutch Petroleum Company has Dec, 29.— early to-day In a fire believed to have dred did some hard and serious think- ing, she eald very deliberately: * “] will give you this letter, Mrs. Glenn, on one condition: And that is?” “That you will write me another one. M ; h m 2 ea?” “One that you will write at my dic- tion" —— aa don't quite understand,” said Mrs. Glenn, who waa beginning to Jook very much puzzled. She had lost her air of self-assurance and was beginning to appear rather strained: Meanwhile 1 was gazing at Mildred with the eyes of ono who @ if o! s ° h she sees aright, announces its 64th semi-annual cash dividend See eee a apeacatare Boarding | itriniteTa wave mode myeele per |e ‘at the usual yearly rate of 434% on savings house at Pleasantvill The | rectly clear” replied Mildred. "You iy of $10 to $5000 and 5 victims were Mra. i nny, | ire to write a brief letter to my 8’ are accounts to % on PUBLIC NOTICES. acventy-seven, and Mra, Fridget Mul-| are to Wilt oy P'dictate it, which | in all instalment and income share accounts. PERGD Gaye wb bet wo due af one downey, fifty. "The house was de- ttt hand to mein return for The: Franklin Society, 88 years old, State su- Piven aariat a ania this one,” holding out the blue sheet prateaty. managed, is serving many in bend. Ne Olmnwe In Cm Which had been the means of pre-|™ it serve . Information o1 :* 2 a ny) Barico secretary ptate this mornin, had passed @ better night th put’ Uthat tbere wae no change tn hile oon UE Malek ‘waren BOTA DATION Numwu ot, New ¥ a AND’ & PER CENT wt Is iit Mewes, -. Saruas de a thot the famous singer usual amentia dition, He said the | © Sa Soa OE (a My Si 0p oipitating this tenee situation. ta It was pfuin now from the ex-| pression on Mrs, Glenn's face that) the affair had taken an. unexpected | of urn. |x “Let us begin, Mya, Glenn,” ‘said | & ldred, Inpationily, \ contolled by # will stronger - a o hawt 44 . letter to Mildred, who in her own note, posure deserted her and she gave a m feur barely missed striking them. “Please address it as"usual,” added fildred firmly When Mrs, Glenn had completed a task that must have been painfully umiliating to her, bhe arose ard, re- naining Where she was, held out the turn handed Suddenly her com: ystericn! little laugh. Mildred bowed to her gravely and, without a word ¢ comment, without even a goodby atutation, we quietly found our way ut of Mrs, Arnold Glenn's house. All the Way to the hotel Mildred maintained her amazing self-control, She even meade comments upon per- sons and objects we saw in the ‘treets. A girl and her lover, cross- ing at the corner, were absorbed tn each other, were looking #0 intently nto each others’ eyes that they did t se us, and our taxicab chauf- Kiidred smiled as we passed. them nd gave them a friendly little nod, It was not until we had reached ur rooms, not until we had taken ff our hats and wraps that Mildred ank down on the bed with a smoth- which to-day may be found in gran- ite and steel. To put the problom simply—the Kansas City Suburban Belt was only a partial belt, for it connected only those railroads that entered the territory at the eastern part of Kansas City, To maka tt a success it was necessary to build to the west and thus connect all railroads so that we might to able to transfer cars from any of the roads entering the territory, What stood in the way was the overcoming of a tremondous grade from 24 aad ‘Wyandotte Streets. entering the West Bottoms, The West Bottoms was.a stretch of lanu covered with factories, packing houses and a network of important railroads. A part of the West Bot- toms where the people who worked | in the factories and packing houses lived, was called Hell's Half Acro, and ‘was one of the eyesores and evil spots of the town. Many a time when walking through the streets of Hell's Half Acre, crowa- ed with its untidy, evil inhabitants, the difficulties of the situation. mad which to enter the desired territory which lay to the west of our passen- ger station. For I had brought well known engineers from different parts,of the United States to Kansas City, ‘and after days of work with our engineering corps they had invariably given up the task. Such men as Mr. Hays, one of the keenest minds in railroading, of St, Louis, a director of my trust company, Vice President and General Manager of the Wabash Railroad, and afterward President of the Grand Trunk Railroad, came to Kansag City at mv request and spent several days attempting to solve the problem and finally gave {t up. 1 was shaken by these decisions, but strong in my first bellef that the coveted territory could be entered. At this point my Browntes came to the rescue. One morning, about three o'clock, I heard a voice saying to me as clear- ly as any human voice: #You wish to connect the eas- tern part of your railroad with the West Bottoms, Your mis- take is in attempting to form a continuous line thus passing all of your freight trains through the small restricted area that you now have in front of your pas- senger station, It cannot be done in this way as the grades are not practical “There is only one way to solve this problem: Start to enter the West Bottoms at Grand Avenue and Second Street, swing north with overhead bridges. Cross the Missouri Pacific overhead with a pier just west of thelr main track. In this way you can reach the West Bottoms at a fair grade and your problem is solved.” ‘After the message, regardless of the hour, I dressed and rushed to'Secogd and Grand Avenues to go over tho ground. T was amazed to see how practical the Brownles’ plan seemed, but, of course, surveys would have to prove it. How well I remember with what impatience I awalted 8 o'clock and the arrival of Judge Hyland, our en- gineer. Judge Hyland was a tall, spare man—controlled and quiet eyed, and clad in the Prince Albert which he invariably wore at his work of sur- v the woods or fields—I thought «in- voluntarily of a Methodist minjster, but “for all his eccentricity in mat- ters of apparel he was an extremely clever man, This morning, I upon bia arrival to his office—his coat tails Mapping behind him. Once in his office he eyed me sol- emnly—< “Well, after all the rush'"— But T had no time to upologize for upsetting his dignity. I tore down the map of the road from the wall and hurriedly gave him the outlines of the Brownles’ vision. He listened intently, saying at las: “It gounds reasonable—rensonable, repeating the word reasonable, At 11 o'clock a preliminary survey had been made, and Judge Hyland, flapping his coattails more furiously than ever, came up to me, saying, “Mr, Stilwell, f{ don't understand is you have doubled the value of your property.” Maps were filed for thin extension ag soon hs the plans were finished. Immediately the Missouri Pacific enjoined us from putting in our bridg pier on the west of thelr main tracks, claiming that it was railroad prop- erty and that they expected to putin & witch there shortly. ‘They pro- duced a map where the switch was to be located. ° Tt looked as if my Brownies had overlooked an important fact, but | had such Implicit faith that 1 had the real estate abstracts examined, and to my gratification found that this requisite 40x60 feot of ground was not ‘whom I often confided what ‘the me despair of ever finding a way in| ying—even though It took him into]. grabbed his arm and rushed him up | where you got your Idea; all T know | princely sum of $7 an acre—$48,000 for the name of the Belt Railroad, the case was dismissed, and the bridges and tracks were finished exactly as the Brownles had ovtiined them. The road to this day is a great success, and, best of all, the stockholders trebled thelr investments, CHAPTER VI. THE PORT ARTHUR VISION. this story unfolds tho reader will find convincing statements which I hope will prove to all the fact that life is unending; that we are surrounded by spiritual influences which have a tremendous power in moulding and shaping our lives. Among the djrectors of the Kansan City Southern was a very dear friend, Dr, Woods, President of the Bank of Commerce of Kansas City, in 8 Browntes told me, ‘Though he would punch me in the ribs and make # joke of my messages, he believed In them, The fact that he backed them with his powerful influence and hun- dreds of thousands of dollars ia. proot of his. belief. But the Doctor said it was inspiration. I wish at that time I had Ween aware that the definition of inspiration was. “spiritual Influe ence’.” One of my Philadelphin di- rectors called me a prophet. ‘The dic- tionary definition of prophet inciudes this’ sentence, “The Oi Tesi ft written by the prophets.” pon mn ber of these prophets assert” that thelr prophesies came iin dr D if jnspiration js “spiritual influences,” and I am a prophet, should it ‘be vhought surprising that 1 -reoplvé in dreams messages from spirits? © The Port Arthur.message wag not only a message, but forthe first time T saw a vision, fm’ }etér years they have become more frequent, as { shal! relate later. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle showed me a photo- graph of his spirit son which had been taken, developed and printed by himself. 1 compared it with a photo- graph of his son takem before he died and it was very good likeness. While the Kansas City Southern Raliroad was under ‘construction, plans for the connections to be made for New Orleans and Galveston were under way. I had secured tho op- tion to buy the Houston, East & West Texas Railroad that ran from Shreveport to Houston where it made connection for Galveston. 1 had been to Galveston end had taken up the matter of terminals with the Galves- ton ‘Terminal Company. I had read in some book that the Indians paid that the island on which Galveston was located had been twice vered by water before there was a ity on the island, but this did not influence me against making Galves- ton our terminal. The purchase of the Houston, East & West Texas Railroad seemed desire able and I called a meeting of the directors to approve the purchase. Tho night after sending out the no- tice of the meeting, I received the following message in my sleep: “Do not purchase the Houston, East and West Texas Railroad, but build di south from Shreveport through the virgin forests of Louisiana. Locate your terminal city on the north shore of Sabine Lake. Connect with deep water. via canal from your terminal city, Build the canal the same width at the top, the sai depth and th me width at the bottom as the Suez Canal. Dig it on the west Shore of the lake and put the earth on the east bank to protect the canal from any storm, for Galveston will some day be destroyed by a tidal wave.” I also saw in a vision a perfect map of the canal, dooks and turning » basin Just as they exist to-day—not the slightest ohange. A few days later T made up my mind to go to Sabine Pass, as the owngrs of this property wished me to mako this our termina) point. In the party were my wife, Miss Waterall pf Philadelphia, Mr. Jack C. Taylor, the London secretary of the road, and a few others making a very pleasant party. Mr. Taylor had absolute faith in my visions, but was in mortal fear that T would mention them to some of the hard-headed and conservative stock holders. While at Sabine Pass T was told of the violent storms that had twice @e- stroyed that village, and I then grv up any idea of ever making that point our terminal. We then started north on our way to Kansas City over the Southern Pacific, whose tracks ‘skirted the west shore of Sa- bine Lake, where we built the Port Arthur Canal, which now provides a safe harbor for ships from all parte of the world—all contours of the shore werg just as I had seen them In my viston, I turned to Mr. Tayloy pointing to the north shore of the lake, four miles away, and said, “There is the future terminal of our road,”—"hera will be the docks,"—pointing to the land where they now exist. T was so cohvinced of the Brownies’ plan that I did not stop the train to tn. vestigate further, but the following week sent competent real estate men to purchase the land on which Port Arthur is now located. We paid the the 4,000 acres, Which is now’ worth millfons. When the Directors’ meeting wis | valled to vote on the purchase of the | Houston, Bast & West Texas Rall- road, the vole was wnanimously ney ative, I then expluined the advan- tage of a Innd-locked harbor on the |north shére of Sabine Lake and th, Directors then and there subserthe? $2,000,000 and authorized the worl started at once | My faith in the Brownies’ diree tions bad enabled me to carry cor viction to the Directors and as if hs there arose great olevat docks and plers, and sperous and progressive elty magic Pacit owned by the Misso Tt was owned by t and they were not even aware of ‘They had paid no taxes on } fifteen years, as the city map showed it part of the Missouri Pacifle prop- erty, but the abstract proved !t was not, "A deed for this land waa, secured estate it red moun, in a state of collapse, To. Be <Gontinued To-Morrow.) Sevsvian G0 og Bad Brno Bak > and when thé Missourl Pacliic case awas called ipto court the dood funy the Coates estate was produced in Port Arthur, to which the Browni hast told me to give my first n This May not be the only elty ever located and built under directions |from the spirit world, but ft is un- doubtedly the only one s> recognized and acknowledged. Read to-morrow’s remarkable instalment,