The evening world. Newspaper, February 10, 1922, Page 32

By R. R. Batson. ‘Wall Strect’s agitation over the pro- Posal to place an additional tax on pecolights Shattuck Artzoni Shell T & T. Sinclair Ol Texas Guit & Sulp LIEUT. ise DipBLEE— 25 YEAR MEDAL Some Old-Timers of the Famous 71st Regiment And Governor Who Pinned Or. Long-Service Medals mre Nit it i} i all YMC AULIFFE RS YEA! R MEDAL Most Tenn Cop & Chem 10% firms and banking houses have re- Lape) ape ml bt quested their employees to immedi- Te & Pacitle... 81% Stely write or wire their Congres: |i tte teath pt Osk 6s Gok oom TEES Pac Coal.. 28 fional representatives at Washington | Am tice HS SR OBE rene Prete sd ‘tse all efforts not only to defeat | am inter Fried ‘Transcon O11 @ proposal but also to bend their en-|Am Linseed Ol}. © union on ergies to defeat the Bonus Bill. Am Lin Olt p! 56 Union Pacitic « aan broker foresees in the enact. |Am Locomot Mat, United Alloy oat S Suattuon! tet oct [Angee Sai! we ae me wu Canoe Othe gem It ib their view that It will Sh Us ny wv 0s oe be followed by a practical suspension 6% ‘ef public participation and that the MN Oso 1 Pie, sen ore investment interests of the country tity USCLPIpe pf. 62 64 ‘will be scriously damaged. 194% U8 Ind Alcohol, 44% Troviding the tax proposed by the 131% |U 8 Realty & Imp 63% \ohairman of the Ways and Means Ghig 08 Baber seis OA {Committee is enacted into law, a per- tae ase on buying or selling 100 shares of iy oO 8 ateal phiccee M8 die wtock will have to pay the Govern- 12% Utah Copper + 61% Om ment $24. This fs In addition to the oe Bocuritin .. 19% 12% ier vey jon of $80 charged by brokers) {icon Ry pf. 1 err! 1% | Vanadium Steel .. Paid 85% ‘or Ing and selling 100 shares Of| Auto Gales Corp.. 4% Va Caro Chemical 30% 80% stock. Auantic Fruit .. 3 iter 1% With a total tax of $54 against al paldwin Loco ... 103% a. trader for every hundred shares of|Daidwin Logo pf. 197 My Wats Fares. sess a “ Stock purchased and sold, it Is easy|Halt & Onto Pid Sev, Went Maryland... 9 “9 to see that he would be disinclined to o4y W Maryland 24 pf 15% 16% fabble in the market. Heathapiie ay 3K 0% Western Union .. 89% 80% h The proposal to put an additional|puite a Buseriee, 26” sn Wheeling a Les “tm Sh aeN nite & Buperior. a tax on the sales of stocks comes as | Butterick Co. .,.« © ita Bao \ \ \\ fevere blow to the numerous pools|Caéée Cent Oll,. Tiare Rime i) NA Ra which have marked the prices of their| Calf Packing is” Willys Over OB BE Specialties up to a point where they| Calif Petroleum. 49 hin Wie 6 Ou oo BLEECKER fre now anxious to unload them. Gen Peat ee yee” Worth Pump =... 47 a7 15 YEAR rly this week, before Chairman] Gontral ther., 82 82% | Worth Pump pf B 69 = oy Gg Fordney of the Waya and Means|Gen Leather f.. O0x ayy | *Es dividend, Committee threw his tax bombshell, | Cerro De Pasco... 33% the public had finally become excited (leis Poise ee (Complete Stock Exchango about the perpendicular advances cor-| Ches ono + 0 tatio tain stocks were registering, and were|© M & St P RR.. 20% eee eens Avent beginning to nibble at the market./¢,it # St RRR DE 3% Dally in’ Wall Street Final Pools visioned a lessening of the finan- “aid Edition of The Evening World.) clal strain that has been upon. them. .. ——_ They at last saw un opportunity to|chi Gt W pf..... 17 gash in their paper profits. Now they|Chi & N'west Ry Hh ure left holding the bag. Chile Copper .... The war against the bucket shops| Chine Copper ... 26% goes merrily on, and bucket shops are LIBERTY BONDS Preparing to retaliate. Knowing that 2 i current propaganda has been instl- rres iets Ge rpercdaadlttiel tuted by the New York Stock Ex- bibe,con 6 Leepg On ete. Sd) change, they are searching for a weak| Consol Cigar .... 20% Sik, GH Ok Oh Peet spot in the Stock Exchange armor. seatel Christe . cn pre-e aUBe Cone. 43-48, 100.10, on Ins oe rept peel tegen epg SES TUE elie pea s ae circles fo have the Ex-/Comt Can. | Opened steady. Rotail Candy, 6; change incorporated. ‘Conden OH 34% Glen Alden, 46; Philip Morris, 115-8, ’ Bucket shops unquestionably have] Gorn Prod 102% off 1-2; Cleve. Motors, 30 1-8, off.8-8; ® big financial war chest. They are|Cruicible Steel... 43 &% Simms, 103-4, up 1-8; 8, O. Ind., willing to spend thousands of dollara| Cuba © Sugar pf 24% 28% 861-4; Salt Creck, 14, up 1-4; Cit. for the privilege of continuing in| Cuban Am Bug . 19% sak Serv. Com., 170; Tob, P. Exp., 7 1-4; ‘busin Davison Chemical 61 bo: Z U reap ial bhouae anee Gemant DLew.. 12 111% Inte. Rub., 8 7-8, up 1-2. power! ‘ket shop 3 1 probably having in mind the futile atz| Domaine s;: 23 4 |POREICN EXCHANGD OPENING. tempts that have been made tn Albany| Endicott-J'nson . 81 81 Sterling, demand 4.36 1-8; cables, im bygone days to have the Exchango| Erie ...... 58) 10% | 4.36 5-8, up 6-8. French francs, de- incorporated, are advising an attack | Erie 1st pt 16% mand, .0865; cables, .08651-2, up from a different quarter, namely, M% .0006 1-2. Lire, demand .0495; cables, Washington. This element believes| Pam +0496 1-2, up 0006. Belgian francs, that if a few can be in- demand .0825; cables, .0825 1-2, —>—. duced to attempt the Federal supervi- {up .0005 1-2. Marks, demand and 4 sion of the Stock Exchange, the cam- cables, 0.051, up .0003-4. Greek | Governor Pins Them on Brave Paign against outside houses will drachma, demand, .0451; cables, cease. .0456, up .0001. Swiss franes, demand, Men’s Breasts as 5,000 In connection with the prevention -1945; cables, .1947, up 0004, Posetas, Look On. ef bucketing by New York Stock Ex- demand, .1581; cables, .1583, off .0003. change houses, it is admitted by peo- ,Guilders, demand, .3728; cables, .3733, ple who are most anxious to eee all [up .0003. Sweden kroner, demand,| More than 5,000 witnessed, last vucketshops put oat of business thet .2601; cables, .2606, off 0007. Norway |night, the presentation of medals to the recent proposal of the President| kroner, demand, .1353; cables, 1658, Seventy-first Regi- af the Stock Exchange to have a peri- % lof .0002. Denmark kroner, demand, members of iis Rover i ie te odical examination made of books of| 2055; cables, 2060, unchanged. TERE, peat witha ue ¥ mil member firms is impracticable, It ta] } So ee Edward I. Edwards of New Jersey pointed out that the bookkeeping of * for their service !n that organization, these houses is’ necessarily so intri- ‘ APY 40% 40% 4G HEFLIN’S SPEECH pales were given to four groups— cate it would require a staff of six Mer Marine 15% 15% 15% 15% LAID TO WILLIAMS " BS a expert auditors a month or more to] Inter Mer Mar pf 70% 70% 70 70% ea those serving 25, 20, 15 and 10 years complete an examination of books of| Iter Nickel . 13% 4 5 tively. Bursts of applause bapa Ce ipeeatgemetind s Tavinetble Oil « 1 Glass Says He Heard Ex-Controller basa ed vatefana as they marched It is not so long since that one of] pret oducts Py Rehearsing Attack on Re- wards; but the ig out to get their awards; bu’ the best known commission houses] jowei Tea 124 B * ef the Street had its accounts so| int com rr serve Board, clamor was still louder after they got mixed up that an outside auditing| Kansas © 24%] WASHINGTON, Feb. 10, nator J,|them. ge Ba eal po eset in H pdaebidginss Pee OR do ne Thomas Hefiln of Alabama was jn the| It's a mighty privilege to have order. than] Kennee ' Keystone Tire Lacka Steel . Leo Rub & Tire Lehigh Vatiey seven months of work, There is a strange angle to the at- temps being thade at Wilmington to have the Columbia Graphophone Company placed in the hands of re- celvers. No one was more surprised at the application than the bankers who have been strenuously endeav- ering to save tho company from bankruptcy. It appears that the applicants for a receivership are not creditors of the! company. They are holders of the common shares, Largest bondholders and the banks, who are the biggest creditors, have been acting with the committee recently formed to avert receivership. For that reason the! decision of the District Court at Wil- mington to be handed down on Feb. 17, the date receivership application im scheduled to be acted on, will be awaited with anusual interest. oo Maenati Sugar . Man Elevated Math Aik Work: McIntyre P Min Mexican Petrol, Mum! Copper .. Middle States Oil Midvale St Minn & St Mo Kan & Louls. Ter... wilins Body En & Btp... NY Alrbrake NY Central NYNU &H, NY Ont & W. Norfolk & Northern Pacific, Oklahoma P & R Orpheum Cireutt. Otin Steel. Bottling ite Devel Corp Paeitte O11 Pan-Amer Pet , Fan-Amer Pet B Pon RR. Fenn Seaboard St Fool's Gr Pere Mur qu N WON'T AID STRIKING AFRICANS, JOHANNESBURG, Union of South Africa, Feb, 10.—The Industrial Federa- tion has decided against going on a gen- ere| strike in support of the miners, who have been out for some time. BANKING AND FINANCIAL. Te holders ef Victory notes and ethers courerned: Notice is hereby given ay follow: for redemption of 3% I'e cont Victory nates —Ail of he 3% per vant Beriee| ENutee ATION of United States of America comvertinie | Pitre’ Arrow pi id Notes of | 1923-102 Minowa | Heree Ol otherwise known Not Vittwburen Coal Pitts & West Va. purwant to the p 4 Pond Creak Coal fontained in the ‘Notes and Department circular number 2 " ted | I'ressed Stee! Car April 21, 1919, under which the Notes w Uetnally anod” Miniervat om ait ‘Wuetsry| P Company % per cent wert Wl ni “ Sugar said redumption ate, June y, coane | Punts . i Ture Ol . Pub ery of Reading r Heading lat pf... Romington Type | Replogle Hee! oflian 2—Suspension and Terminatioo Bote_conversion privilege. itor ‘edemption Victory notes on Juni Purmuant to the provisions of wai Bry Department circular nuinber privii veralon ot i rel 34, of Victory notes Han Iron. & Bisel Kepublic Motor UI "termi | yt" Jouephi Lead ruary 9,| StL & San Pren No “con: | Hi L. & Southwest StL & south pt Savage Arms Faxon Motors feaboard Air Line ation na te 6 surrender of Seneca Copper ... 18 excAbe” aeross net ments during epeech Heflin was written for him by me ta rency. atre tragedy, when Heflin's office in the Ing, The speaker was t were a “Mr. P esident” and for the speech, was to the speech Mr. ¢ ary in defense of t Senator Heflin sat many of his fact from his “good fr! troller of the Curre Albany Conferen’ eral Men ALBANY. eb. 1 number of bills pen: ture were consigned by the Legislative Biate Conference of fetes of $6,000 on owned automobile; to erect dwelling hi the building of costl, depriving cities of the State control of the appointment of UNFILLED ST! midst of another vitriolic attack on the Federal Reserve Board, late yesterday, when Senator Carter Glass of Virgin interrupted to tell the Senate th former Controller Senator Glass stated that on Jan, 29, Me ithe day after the Knickerbocker ‘The: buried under two feet of snow, he had heard Williams rehearse the speech in Giass's office adjoins Hefin's. Senator, using the exoressions again to ‘the gentleman from Virginia” eerie MAYORS REJECT BILLS AS BURDEN TO CITIES Into Wante Basket. cuuse they would burden the cities of the State with additional expenses, a These measures would require that all cities take out Indemnity insuranc refuse in waters inhabited pb: food fish; take from cities and give to nurses for the public schools; exempt nigations; require the retention of o war vetefana In city service, exempt volunteer fi sion list, The committee approved served 25 years with the Seventy- first if you ‘:now the fine type of men In ft. They are a clean upstanding two-fisted outfit—bad as enemies, but good friends. When Governor Edwards decorated the veterans he sald: “phe last but not the least thing about you {s that your Colonel ts from New Jersey.” ‘And Col. Wells is from Jersey, and the next thing about him fs that he is a cousin to Kitchener of Khar- toum. If you look the Colonel squarely in the face you will see an unmistakable resemblance to “K. of the making had been Jonn Skelton Will- of the Cur- Washington was Senate Oflce Pulld- alking just as if he referring the and intended as a rey K." There's that same tenacity ss inde in Jamuc {about the mouth and eyes. But board. most of all Col, Wells is proud of id I! was true that] being the boss of the 71st. had been obtained | Major Frank R. Potter, one of Me former Con-| nose decorated for twenty-five years’ service, has been through three campaigns—the Spanish-Amer- ican, Mexican Border and played aa important part in quelling the re cent riot in Europe. He was gasso in Belgium, has two citations by Gen, O'Ryan, and was recommended for the D. S. C. by Gen. Pershing. The curious part of it is he never got the D. 8. C, “I'm merely waitin ce Threwa Sev 0.—Condenined be- for the next said the Major last night. it weren't for 87 many people being killed and hurt it would be great sport.” Major Potter talks like a youngster, and he is, although he is old enough to have a son twenty-two years old in the Marine Corps. He is known as “The Young Feller."" ONE OF THE ORIGINAL BLEECK- ERS A MEMBER. Major Anthony J. Bleecker was decorated for fifteen years’ service in the Tist, He also served ten years in the 7th, and has a decoration for twenty-five years in the State service Major Bleecker member of the famous old family and is a third cuusin of the lute Theodore Roosevelt. is named after his » Who used to have @ UP AT Bleecker Jing in the Legisla- to the scrap basket Committee of the Mayors to-day, each muni would permit OUKeES: ites Would force ¥ disposal plants by the right to throw Y game or Pool rooms; require doctors, dentists and of fraternal and put remen on the pen- 8 is ot he home ow | CRM ASE ‘as the Major put it, a Unfilled tonnage of “ States} During the Spanish-American War a4 6 torte ite wan nano te Of] he was Captain of Company G of the 8 unfilled tonnage tot ee] ath, and during the whole campisigt 40% M1 amainat 4.268.414 feo, yp, | He did not miss a meal, # vding te 63% S42 Nov. 30 ind Toy stud On| his Lieutenant, now Capt, Henry Wie Wie 16% 10% | Jan rite Maslin, Major Bleecker was so proud the coming naeai year, ACB LUNA keane of his company’s record in Cuba he. with a number of officers, published a history of the regiment's doings. Last night the Major wore six medals. He had his uniform on for the first time in six years and found it a little small, The Major is still going strong. Among the spectators there last night was Capt. Henry Maslin, who served in the British Army in Flan. ders, He is still suffering from a wound inflicted by a Germun sniper. He lay for thirty hours in a shell hole in No Man's Land ufter being shot. Afterward he wus in the hospital for nerly two yeurs. He reluted last night that years ago Gen. Sir William Rob. ertson, Commander in Chief of the British Army, was a Sergeunt of the squadron in which he served. At that time the future Commander in Chief blucked boots for officers ut twopence euch, und spent ull his spare time in study. 718T REGIMENT AN EBEN FAM- ILY AFFAIR. Lieut, Col. James Eben, decorated for twenty-five years’ service, has been in the regiment for thirty ye Al in all his family have served 109 yeurs in it, His father was in it, ulso three brothers. Now, Col. Eben is planning to have his son! join when he gets out | of Cornell, For the Ebens the 71st is a family institution, The Colonel and his three brothers served in the S and in the World War. Col. Eben says his father forced him Into the regiment to give him sumething to do at night. Another interesting character there was Capt. G. C. Hart, who served two y re in the Canadian Army os a Major. When the United States en- tered the war he resigned from that service and got a commisison at Washington which sent him again/| overseas. He was wounded in both legs and was thirteen months in the hospital. Licut. Col, Stunley Bulkley was there. He served with his section of | the 7ist which was consolidated with another regiment and called the 105th. He Is now devoting much time to American Legion activities, He has | [300 members in his post. | | Lieut. Lambert L, Eben, a twenty- | five year man, conducted the band for dancing after the exercises. He is a brother of Col. Eben | Gov. Edwards was in fine form last | night. He introduced his son, Edward | I, jr, as his brother to a number of | persons, And he got away with it, James A. Riley, servant of Col Wells, has been with the regiment for forty-two yeurs und was given a medal some time ago for his excep- tional service. They have nicknamed him “The Smoky Irishman," and he 1a proud of the affection it imp! After the presentation of the med als by Gov. Edwards about 800 mem- bers of the regiment drilled, going through the manual of arms and a mimic machine gun battle, A FORMIDABLE LIST OF MEDAL WINNERS. Those who received medals and their respective lengths of service fol- low: Twenty-five years—Col, Walter A. DeLamater, Lieut. Col. James Eben, Lieut. Col. Burton G. Wager, Major Stephen J. DeLanoy, Major Fr ick C. Kuehule, Major J. sl Lyon, Major Harry Merz, Major Frank R. Potter, Major Arthur B, Wells, Capt. Harvard A, Kehibeck, Capt. Frederic K. Lovell, Capt. ‘Ter. ence Newsome, Capt. Ellis A. Robert- son, Capt. Clarence F, True, Lieut Arthur anterbury, Lieut. Lam bert I, Bben, Lieut. Harold Ww Graham, Lieut seph ow Mode, First Sergt. Charles G.\Gordon, Color Sergt. Harry D. Odell, Sergt, Lake T. Carter, Sergt. George W. Clark, anish-American War | 1 W. Grimmer, Sergt. John J. McAu- liffe, Sergt. Jolin A. O'Brien. Twenty Yeurs—Licut. Col. S| ley Bulkley, Major Raymond ¥ Ilodgdon, Cap’ rest W. Strong, Ernest C. Dreher, Lieuts. Comstock, Matthew J, Geis, Geo Albert KB. rge J. Lounsbury, George L. Brennan, Fran- cis H. Beglin; Se. Julius EF. gensen, Lawre! Koeberich, ter Longnecker, iam Pate Edward J, Sweeny; Corps. Jure Wal- rson, ck W. Howe, Charles Finckenstacdt, Ru- dolph Flogel. Fifteen Years—Major Bleecker, Capt. William DeL. Capt. George I" Le Anthony J. Firth, iene Orsenigo, Capt. Kevney ‘ovnor, Capt, Claude W, Boynton, Capt. George C. Hart, Capt. Alec Grant, Lieut. Robert J. Geis, Lieut. Leon A, Eben, Lieut, Lindsay J. Griffith, Lieut, Frank R, Ridgeway, 1 R. Gunn, Lieut. John A. Die Albert Sponey, Ist Sergt. J. Downing, Sergt. Richard st. Charles Beyer, Sergt. William B, Fernie. ars—Capt. Lawrene puts, George A. 1 Hoffman, Charles 8 Mor Mc Jam Arthur J. 1 1 yl nk P. Thornton, Cluyland » Schmid First and William Vv. ergts. Alexunde; ter J. Shay; Sergts. Vinton I. Dixon, W John Williams, Har A. Lund, Fred J. Rode, Charl Morrison; Thomas Contarnio, Robinson, Paul C. Martersteig. J I’. Kennedy, John J. Robinson, ¢ W. Hochstadter. time cNeil, nes J. mes, Kipp, Wesley Lyon 3d, John C. Lilienthal, = van anks, Adams, Walter les J. Leo ames scar WOULD GIVE INDIANS $2,500,000,000 Their Title to 6,000,000 Aer. es in This State and Pennsylvania Valid, Says Everett. ALBANY, Feb, 10.—Findings by As- semblyn tdward A. Lverett, of Luwrence, Chairman of the New York State Indian Commission, which hold that the six nations of Indians i State huve title to lands exymat in the ed at) 6,000,000 acres and valued at approx!- mately to $2,500,000,000 are being tribal chiefs throughout “I hold that the Indians have mailed the State, title to ail lands of the State that constituted reservations ceded ington at the olutionary War," t is my belief that t! Indians cloud the present title of within a line running straigit from Oswego to a point in the ¢ of the State of Pennsylvanla, w Ohio, up the Ohio line to L a to. then conclusion o! he said m at f the to-day, » claims of the lands south enter t to and back to Oswego. Parts of this land 1 within Syracuse, Oneida, Buffalo « Lockport. erett sald most of the con submit ld & majority opposing his findings. These members inelude Attorney General Charles D, Newton, and eight members of. the Legislature. SEIZED IN STOCK SWINDLE. Detective Sergts. ayer and Brown of Insp staff and In- vector Connelly Boston Police r Wilt Terminal, on charge of being a tive from justic: ‘According to Inspector Connelly, veny is alleged to have swindled than forty compluinants by stock nipulation. The amount he ts al » have appropriated, the vid, is more than $70,000. tives said he remarked, when ar “Now 1 will have peace of mind.” A fugi- Mul- more Kk iu MN ~ wife, M Sergt. Daniel J. Donovan, Sorgt. John do? OBIE READ © 920 we Hw wun eynscaTeE « we - BEGIN THIS STORY VIRGIL. DRACE—A New Orleans on a thiseion ots LIBERTY SHOTTLE—A tiable p: ling. GENERAL BETHPAGE—Shottle's search of Stepho, and, far in kill the General in Natohez, marry him. CHAPTER X. Continued.) ‘H, you must not again... Virgil, I cannot like you when you are rude... You must not!" "T don’t want you just to like me.” “You do not? Then I will try not to. + + + Come and sit down, Virgil. You worked so hard for your kisses you must be tired. . »« » How did you guess?” “Guess what?” he asked as she led him to the sofa and he sat gazing en- tranced as she captured and Impris- oned her guerilla bands of hair. “That father and Tony had gone hunting to-day. But they may be back at any time, Virgil. You must not stay.” 66 But I must stay; you hold me prisoner. I must stay until you love me as madly as J do you." “As madly as you do me? That might not be so much mad, Virgil. But why should I love you?” “Because you are to be my wife. We are engage “Are we? I did not know that. Why you not tell me sooner?"’ “LT did, and now you must know it “But 1 did not. stupid, yes?"* “Tho whole untvorse Is stupid if it denies it. The gcls are stupid If they fail to see it." “Oh, you must not talk like that. It is worse than swearing the big cath. And I am to be your Virgil? Then what do we Go about and sing with the fid- Then I must be dio?" “No, we go to the beautiful places and earth and look upon them—to- gether. We— “No, no, you must not think lke that. You take my father by the wrist dhe hate you. And I do so wrong to see you. I am the sinner, but I believe that the blessed One, she usk for my forgiveness. . . . No, Virgil, we can only play together and then . It will live in the mind, our childhood here. » My fa- ther is not well all the time now, and I must be good tohim. . . . Only J must see you, sometimes. That is the only wrone I do him. “Wor IT love you. . . 1 aid not want to tell you, but T cannot keep it all the time down in my heart. 1 dream of you ull of the and T kneel down and pray you always love me. . ‘Vhore, I have told you so much. And ‘ kiss you, too. . . . Now—you tay stay for a little time, and then you must go.” The sun had been speeding, and went behind a cloud. Fear seized Na- » und taking Virgil's hand, she ail urged him .oward the boat. ly dear one, we must go now. ‘Yhe sun was Jealous that we so hap- by and will go into the dark to pout. T will show you the near way for you to come again, the way I came when there was the fire. You © the canoe in the rushes and you will need it only to cross over to the cane, Rut we must hurry now.” In the rushes opposite the island he }id his canoe, and then she conducted him along a narrow and sometimes treacherous trail, Coming to the foot- xt, she halted, “EL must leave you here. But T stand for two minutes. The sun he vill wink a few more times. © © © T am so glad now to know that I will le your wife. And T am strong and can work." Lord bless you, but you won't have work,.”* ms were about her, her cheek his, and with happiness the world was glowing to he cried as he sho echoed as she watched him ¢o. {TM Thurs * muttered the sin- Aster voice of old Stepho, who had ai proached softly through the under- glowth at the sound of voices, and had, overheard their parting, But when hy came to Periwinkle House he gave no sign to Nadine that he had overheard—only talked of Monsieur Luyee and the fine dresses he would buy for her when she was his wife, About 10 o'clock next day, while the family sat in the shade, up to the gate drew « vesplondent carriage, drawn by two black horses and driven groin livery, Out stepped a all as Lincoln and wearing « high as his, His ratment lashed like the varnish of his equtp- “ Drace recognized him as he came tirough the gate, taking off his and the General cried out: T wish I may die dead If tt Isn't Liberty Shottle i" “Colonel Shottle, at your service, replied Liberty, bowing and gesturing with his gloves in his hand. “Well, Liberty! eried his aunt, ving him a hug of welcome, oe General and Drace stroked his velvety ng him to a seal grasped raiment, hy ull this, Col, Shettle?"'—from sneral, “You don't mean to tell t you have sold your jute “Uncle Howard, sir, first issue or- ders to have my car e stored, my horses stabled and my driver quar- tered, please The order was issued and they sat ion of revenge tor the by Stepho La Vitte, a gueritia in the Civil youre man o f the ewamps, com of Periwinkle Shells. He is captured by the men, but set free by NADINE LA VITTE—Beautiful daughter of Stepho who tells him that her father will kill him because he frustrated Stepho’s attempt to Virgil, already infatuated, OLD SouTH TO-DAY AND MEET of wealth and position, who goes to ging of his father » with good family, but with an ineas to the home of From this place Virgil goes in to a house made wnel ike her te ——_—_—————_——. waiting for Shottle to explain hin transformation, “A simple story, he began, stretch- ing out his legs. “But do not fore- stall me. Poker, dice, roulette, fare, hazard—all of them failed.’ “And this come of legitimate tnvest- # | ment?’ Tycie cried. “I knew it would. Oh, I knew it just had to com: Now tell us about it.’ ‘It was an investment, Aunt Tycle. But let me not forestall myself. I left here on @ boat, got broke. Fi- nally I reached Tampa, Florida." ‘Away down there, Liberty?”’—from He, “Patience, my dear aunt! Tampa, and broke! After a day of hope with Its throat cut from ear to ear, I got , on a boat bound for Havana, The Spanish captain gave me passage for I agreed to explain to him certain niceties of our mother tongue, you un- derstand; and I am sure that reaching port, he knew more about gambling terms than he could have picked up in a year of close study in one of our ordinary schools. He was appreciative, generous, and gave me a bonus of five dollars. I went to a hotel, not of the first class, and {t was there that made my investment. The weather was warm and''—— ‘or gracious sake, Liberty, Nis aunt urged him. That is my aim, but let us not be impetuous + « + I was cating a Spanish stew out on the sidewalk, the weathor being warm, when along came an agent—not a man in distress, but a regular agent—and I invested with him, IT bought a ticket in tho Havana Lottery. . . . Wait, now. Nothing ever happens until it you know. The drawing came two days Inter, and my number, 36 792, won the first prize, twenty, thou- sand in gold. CHAPTER XI. 66 ILI. Thursday!” Drace had cried. Nadine had echoed tell | it, and another voice, hid- den in the cane, had mut- tered the words with how different a meaning! Now Thureday was come again. and Virgil Drace, infirm of | Purpose, again made his way down | the river and through the swamp to ||| his tryst with Nadine, | But death sought to make a third at | that tryst. From afar the sentinelled Tony had seen Drace coming. And hardly had the Northerner’s canoe | touched the bank when from out the‘) cane Tony and Stepho leaped upon him and bore him to the ground, dazed by a blow from an oar. “Ha! My fine carpetbagger! You |//f] setze my wrist and keep my knife |i} from the old General! You steal here to make love to my daughter! Ha! || Who will now kcep my knife from, you? Ina little while, now, you will | le deep in the marsh, and the green mould will be on your bones. And the old fool at the big house, he dje, | too, for my men will cut his throat & And then""—— i A piercing cry from the house, and Nadine ran to them, a knife that mated Stepho's dirk clutched im her hand o—no!"’ she cried. ‘You shall not. ; Stepho looked up. “Take the girl away, Tony,” he commanded. But Nadine threatened him off wit her knife. Then she turned the blade in another direction and spoke again. “if you do not let Virgil go,”’ she said, will kill myself—now."* Stepho knew Nadino—the wild heart of her. “You promise never to sce this man again, and to marry Mon- sleur Hoyce, like I wish?" “I promise nothing—except that I will kill myself if you do not let him go."* Stepho hesitated a moment, craft fighting with anger. Then craft won; he or Tony would stroll up to the Bethpage plantation and make an end? of the General and Drace that night.j “AN right," he snarled, “He ca go. But let him never come bac! here or'’— He drew the back of hig dirk across his own throat in a signi- ficant gesture. Then with Tony he! lifted Drace into his canoe; and the) young man, still dazed from the blow, fecbl) made his way out of the! swamp. r f Do Not Miss To-Morrow's Interesting | Inatalment, BEGINNING MONDAY | Feb. 13th The Storm Novel From the Picture Based on the Theme of “THE TWO ORPHANS” -Sv— D. W. GRIFFIT.