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— v "• 8 E IIKARST’S SUNDAY AMERICAN, ATLANTV. GA., SUNDAY. DECEMBER 14, 1913. George Randolph Chester’s New Romance in Hearst’s Magazine sisted the Senator. "They take your valuable ferrite and give you money for it. Then they take your money and give you food for it, both at an enormous profit. In the end, who has both the ferrite and the money?” President Don Ramon de Castilla y Servilla clasped j^is fists quiver- ingly beside his ears, and enpurpled bis face, and strained his throat to answer that question. "The British!” he hissed. "All right, then, soak them," dryly advised the Senator. **«**•• "Ah. Miss Tyler, you should see my beautiful country!" Don Ramon urg I. •‘It the land of blue skies, of sweet ly perfumed flowers, of. music, of po etry, of l<vve!” ‘‘That sounds pretty, Senor Servil la," Virginia gravely admitted, "but I have been in your sister countries, where love lasts but a day, and the rarest <\f the perfumed flowers are poison, aud where poetry has put an undercurrent of sadness in the songs.*’ Don Rar.ion had been bending on the adorabUV Virginia the full battery of his eyes, but she had touched upon another subject which was large in his thought. "The Latin is poor only in money," he said in quick defense; "but in the joy he takes from all the beautiful things which God has given every Latin has limU less wealth!” It was rath«Ir adroit, the manner in which Don Lamon had conquered the mental trer. which Virginia had slyly given him, and once more he smiled happily and bent upon her that fond gaze. ,, , _ “It seems to m a that all the Latin countries have material wealth also, .f they were only pel*distent in develop ing it," Virginia suggested "I 11 ven ture to say that M;\ribo. for instance, has at least one product which should make it wealthy.” . Again Don Rtimo.V was distracted from the use of his yatteries. •it has,” he admitted with a trou bled brow. “We send .a constant pro cession of ships to tho United States of America, loaded w Vth ferrite, but we are still poor." "Someone must be i yaping a bar- vest of wealth from It, f>r those ships would not be afloat," Virginia sur- mised. _ _ “The British!” bristled Don Ramon, once more furious with the wrongs of Maribo. “I wouldn’t let them!” Indignantly counseled Virginia. “If they want your ferrite, I would make them pay for it.” Don Ramon looked still more puz zled. "It is difficult,” he worried. “The British are powerful In Maribo, anl they would bring disaster on the man who attempted to interfere with them.” . "Suppose they did!" glowed Vir ginia, immediately becoming a hero by proxy. "Why, Senor Servilla, it would be glorious to overwhelm your self with disaster, to sacrifice your self, to die is need be, if, by so doing, you could gain Maribo her rights, rescue her from poverty, and place in her hand the wealth which is hers! Senor, you are a brave man!" She bent forward a trifle, and rested her gl >rious eyes upon his. Senor ser* villa drew his entire abdomen up into his chest. "You are a man of fire!" • *♦*•** Three months after Joshua Kidd and his associate financiers divided the million and a half dollar com promise, which the United Kingdom Ferrite Company had paid for the breaking of the contract. Just how it was done will be found fold in full in "Financing Maribo” in HEARST’S MAGAZINE. i—i ui y- \ 1 SOUTHERN EXPRESS COMPANY ‘President Servilla hurried into the tea room, and took a table where he could face the rapture, Virginia Tyler. Presently a page came in with two cards. A gravely courteous head waiter brought the cards fiver and laid them on the table of Don Ramon de Castillay Servilla. That impulsive gentleman was furious at this interruption to his absorbing occupation of bewildering and charming the symphony in blue.” One ef Howard Chandler, < ihrisly’s Exquisite Illustrations to “Financing Maribo” in HEARST’S MAGAZINE. “B 1G business" is being accused »f most of the sins of gov- rnment in most of the coun tries of the world, and one hears as much of oil concessions In Mexico as tone does of battles. George Randolph Uhester, tho tamous creator of "Get- Rick-Quick Wallingford,” uses "big business” as the theme of one of his most fascinating stories of the ex ploits of “Captain Kidd & Do.” in the current December number of Hearst’s Magazine. "Financing Maribo” Mr. Chester calls his story, and in it ne shows more clearly than a hundred essays Just how "big business” oper ates In the revolutions of our Latin- Amerlcan neighbors. Incidentally It is a million times more amusing. Howard Chandler Christy illustrates the story most charmingly. Certain excerpts that throw an Interesting and entertaining light on how things are done down in Central and South America nr* reprinted here by per mission of Hearst’s Magazine. Maribo is a little Central Ameri can country that lias n big volcanic lake filled with "ferrite” in combina tion of asphalt and iron that makes the best of roads. The United King dom Ferrite Company, an English corporation, controls its production. Hodgson Cumberley Is its head. In cidentally it controls the whole gov ernment of Maribo, President Ser villa, of Maribo, is in New York. Captain Kidd and bis company of beautiful women and wise men of the world see a chance in him to get a slice of the English company*® enor mous profits. From “Financing Maribo,” by George Randolph Chester, in the De cember number of HEARST’S MAG AZINE. P RESIDENT SERVILLA was a short, dark, plump man, with a luxuriant blue-black mustache, seeping back and upward toward fils ears, with almost the effect of a flamboyant beard, on the very next day after Joshua Kidd’s decision to assess Mr. Cumberley. he emerged from his room, in the magnificent new Hotel Parkgate, and, on his way to the elevator, passed the open door of the adjoining suite. "Do come, Auntie!” exclaimed a voice from within the incautiously open doorway. President Servilla liked that voice. It "ess pleasant; it was musical; it was youthful; it was* feminine! Oh, It was all things delicious and charm ing; and he was a connoisseur. Unconsciously the President •quared his shoulders and drew in his rather too generous waistline, hut !he did not turn his head. Only those fortunate enough to know Intimately the President of Maribo could appre ciate what ,n tremendous sacrifice he thus made to the conventions. The swish of silken garments pounded behind him. A door closed, .An elevator, a few spaces onward, ■stopped at that fioor. The President could have reached it, If he had quick ened his pace the least trifle, lie did jiot quicken his pace the least trifle, and the elevator shot downward. He paused, at the elaborate bronze grille, to wait for the next one. and stepped £slde politely as the two ladies came up. one was a dignified matron of quite evident breeding, but the other—Ah! the other! Sh*- was a dream! a rapture! a paradise! Ah! the other! She was dressed in a symphony of blues, with a daring lit tle bonnet set Jauntily upon the rip pling brown hair; and her eyes, as she glanced inquiringly at the stranger and dropped them again, were like— Ah! like nothing which had ever been woven into poetry or music, or rav ished vision! “Tea first. I suppose, Virginia,” ob served the matronly lady as they stepped in the elevator Tiie rapture, called Virginia, laugh ed, and Signor the President felt him self distinctly thrilled. There could be no doubt about it. The thrill was actual! "Russian tea, if you like," she gayiy agreed; “I refuse anything English." and. quite accidentally, she caught, for a fleeting instant, the ardent eye of President Servilla in the elevator mirror. President Servilla stopped long rr^ugh in the lobby to fee the sym phony in blue enter tho tearoom; trten ho dashed back into the elevator, re turned to ids room, and, with eagiflr fingers, unknotted his cravat, of hate-*, fill lavender. As hastily ho selected' one of turquoise. He smoothed again hi» waving black hair and his nour ishing mustache, perfumed the latter anew, and rushed downstairs. He stopped at the florist’s stand and put a corn flower In his buttonhole. Then he hurried into the tearoom, and took a table where be could face the rap ture. Pretty Virginia Tyler, whose sense of humor was sometimes a dif ficult and a dangerous thing to keep In bounds, almost choked, as she rec ognized the complimentary change ih his attire, but she only gave the lan guishing President that one shy glance, which was distinctly not flir tatious. and then confined her eyes demunWv to Mrs. Glendenning. • * * * • • (Captain Kidd & Co. form an American “Ferrite Company” and persuade Cumberley to enter into a Contract to provide them with double tiie whole present yearly tonnage of ferrite for tiie next three years Cumberley falls into the trap and Rlgns the contract. Tho Idea, of course, i» to put the English company into tho position of being unable to deliver and then to collect immense damages from it on the broken con tract. To effect this the conspirators must corrupt President Servilla.I Don Ramon do Castilla y Servilla having worn his most becoming dark brown suit with a-dark brown cravat, because he had seen Virginia Tyler in brown, from hat to shoes, now dashed madly back to his room, to change into bis gray cutaway with an old rose tie. He had Just seen Virginia in gray nnd old rose, and ho was sure thftt she was still in the hotel, because her stunning little racing runabout was at the curb. He waited nearly an hour, and when she finally ap peared, she was wearing a startlingly becoming costume of solid black, which made his neckgear seem to flame like an electric advertisement. She cast at him a glance of shocked disapproval, ns, with the modestly at tired Mrs. Glendenning. she stepped into her car. Though she tempered her disapproval with a tantalizing half smile, the President of Maribo, in great dejection, went back to his apartments to demand of the hotel valet, with much heat, why his black cutaway was not ready. It was in such mood that lie re ceived a call from Senator Raymond E. Rigby, of New York. The Sena tor, big and impressive, introduced himself most pleasantly, hail come to pay his respects to the chief ex ecutive of a country which was a r near neighbor to ills own, and inci-! dentally, to discuss the theory and j practice of government with one so eminently versed in that art, science' and pastime. “Your revenue Is the principal tiling,” suggested the Senator over the presently forthcoming highball. "You probably, however, have no tax rate In Maribo.” "Unfortunately, yes," and Don Ra mon cast his eye ceilingward in transient but poignant sorrow. “Indeed!” exclaimed the Senator, in surprise. *'I had an impression that the United Kingdom Ferrite Company attended to that little de tail for you.” "Not quite,” smiled President Ser villa. “They are of great benefit to us, but, after all, they do not relieve us of the entire rroblem of living.” “I should have known better,” re sponded the Senator. "They take from you your only valuable com modity. they absorb your entire in dustrial forces, and they make count less millions of profit. Do you?” "Well, no,” admitted President Ser- \illa, "Mv small country has always been poor." "And will always be so,” supple mented the Senator. "The British always attend thoroughly to that lit tle detail They have never gone Into any country to its benefit.” President Servilla shrugged his shoulders. “What is one to do?” lie inquired. "What is any merchant to do?” sharply countered the Senator. “Fer rite belongs to Maribo. Ferrite is in active demand. Then oompel a fair market Vjiriee for it.” Don i iamon de Castilla y Servill; looked deeply troubled. He knit hi; brows intto little brown knots. Hi shook Ills', head. He turned his eyes and his p.tlms upward. “It has been tried,” he regretted. "My prede cessor mads the effdrt, and the United 'Kingdom Ferrite t ’om pany Viade a predecessor o4 him. They spent much (money in that campaign. Tkey electee! me." 'Xhe Renat br preserved his gravity. “Apparently you don’t wish to be a pmdecessoit,” he accurately gauged. "FrarilHy, Sei#or Servilla, I think you could make a vigorous campaign against, the United Kingdom Compa ny’s candidate on the most easily un derstood platform in the world.” "And that is?” suggested Don Ra mon, eagerly. "Self-interest,” explainer! the Sena tor, suavely. "Cut loose entirely from the support of the United Kingdom Company, and tell your people that, if you are elected, you will assess a ax on ferrfte equal to its present narket plicae.” The President of Maribo contem- lated that advice in a state of pitia ble paralyses. “Intposible! ” he finally gasped. “Why. the United Kingdom Ferrite Company could not do business. They would leave Maribo, and we would starved” And he looked about his lux urious vrooni in wide-eyed panic! The Senator laughed. “They* can’t. To begin* with, they have too heavy an investment. They might protest, at first; but, in the end. they will pay the tax. and make Maribo g fich. Then they will soak the ultimate c**nsomer, which is the mer ry way iff all commerce. More over. they can’t do without ferrite for the next thrice years at least, on ac count of tiiie tremendous contract they have Jitost signed with the Co lumbia Ferrite Paving Company.” “Oh. yes,”* said the President vaguely, and the Senator was cor roborated in his belief that Don Ra- SOME SOUTHERN EXPRESS CHRISTMAS SHIPPING SUGGESTIONS In order to facilitate the handling of Christmas shipments by Express, the following suggestions and information have been prepared t mon had not boon told of the con tract. “Mr. Cumberley did tell me that we would have to make ar rangements to double our produC- j tion.” ,| “I should think he would," chuckled ' the Senator. “He has Just agreed, m writing, for his company to furnish to one American concern, for the next three years, twice as much fer rite annually, as has ever been ship ped. I suppose you will receive an additional revenue?” “Only in,the wages which are paid our. laboring people.” worried Pregi- . dent Servilla. “Of course, that brings j double Ihe money into the country.” “But it renders you more depend ent.” furgued the Senator. “You are bhylng more than half your bread- stuffs from the Argentine Republic now. If you double your labor in the ferrite beds, you will buy all your breadstulfs abroad. "Who sells them to you?" “The British." "Don’t you see they have you trot ting in a circle?" triumphantly per- 2nd. 3rd. 4th. All packages should be properly packed, so that when other packages are placed on top ol them, as is necessary in transportation, it will not result in the breakage of the contents. The strength of the box or wrapper should be proportionate to the character or weight of the contents. 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