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By t. A. MITCHEL
I When Henry Robson lost bis wits bt
jrss left wltb one son, Louis, fourteen
years old. Robson was of a eery prac
tical mold regarding tbe production
and accumulation of wealth, tbe chief
end of men. Haring made a fortune,
this ambition was succeeded by a simi
lar object. He would bring up bla son
to take bla place'at tbe bead of tbe
great manufacturing concern of which
be was tbe principal owner and man.
ager. He preferred that Louis should
not go to college, entering Instead Into
business at tbat age When young men
enter upon a university career, but
did not Insist upon tbls, arguing tbat
.while wbat a.boy learned at college
was mostly worthless he Used .there
a community wblcb was a preparation
for tbe larger world wblcb be was
later to enter.
But before Louts was prepared
enter college bis father married again.
His second wife was a widow with
daughter eleven years old or three
years younger than bar stepbrother,
sooner bad tbe marriage taken place
than tbe wife began to study how tbe
"could divert her husband's fortune
from Louis to her daughter. Sbe could
only tbluk of It, however, for her hut
baud was bent on bis fortune passing
from bis bands to those of bis son.
Sbe worried ber daughter with ber
schemes till the poor child was quite
worn out with them. It was "Edith
wby did you go to bed last nlgbt with
out kleslug your father good nlgbtr
or "Vou naughty child, to speak
saucily to your father at you did
day! fou deserve tbat be should leave
you nothing In bis will."
Tbe girl knew well tbat tbls refer
ance to tbe will was tbe upshot of tbs
whole matter, and since sbe was. too
young to think In a mercenary way
tbe future she did not enter Into ber
mother's plans. But by not doing
tbs unintentionally helped tbe matter,
for ber stepfather saw tbrougb ber
mother's plan from the drat, and It was
plain to blm tbat Edltb was disturbed
by It. Moreover, be took naturally
tbe child, wbo was of a lovely d la pool
tlon. and when Louis went away
boarding school she, In a measure,
dropped Into his place with her father.
Tbeu came that which tended
bring about Mrs Robson's schemes
Louis developed tastes antagonistic
business. Instead of being Interested
In tbe mechanic arts he must needs be
come Infatuated wltb those people wbo
lived a couple of thousand years ago—
tbe Greeks and Romans—whom most
children wish bad never lived at all.
Louis' tastes ran also to languages, and
In tbe Latin and tbs Greek he read
about Roman conquests and Athenian
Intellectual triumphs. Tbe boy had
not been long In college when his
knowledge of Greek and Latin liters
tore was tbe talk of tbe students and
tbs surprise of the professors.
All tbls was disappointing to Mr.
Robson. He regarded the Greeks and
Romans as absolutely deed and unpro
ductlve. Tbe Roman forum was to
him simply a show for Americans and
only valuable for tbe liras taken In as
gate money. But even tbls be consld
ered wasted because It was being used
for further excsvatlona Be regretted
tbat the barbarians wbo had demol
lshed Rome bad not made a wilderness
of It so tbat Its site might have been
lost forever. Constantinople be thought
might have become valuable on ac-
count of its location had not tbe Turks
gone In and spoiled It for a center of
trade Had It not been for tbls tbe
Bosporus might have become as 1m
portant as tbe Cblcego river.
:. "But, papa," Edith would say, "Just
think—tbe ancients called tbe Bospo
rus the Hellespont, and Leander awam
It to visit Hero.'
I “Spoken like the dear little girl you
are," was tbe reply to tbls. “You are
at an age when girls are much better
fitted to discern a romance than a site
for a real estate speculation. 1
I A crisis came in the family when
Louis was graduated. An expedition
was to be tent out by hie alma mater
to dig for tbe site of an ancient city,
and be was invited to be a member of
the party. His father, who had been
waiting for four yean to begin to pre
pan hie ton to take his place In his
business, was furious Edith placated
him as beat tbe could, holding out the
hope that Louis would tin of hunting
for old bones, flint arrowheads, pot
tery and trinkets buried fifty feet nn-
- derground, but Ur. Robson knew that
such taltes Instead of Improving the
Investigator only tended to rain him.
"Such persons,” be evened, "an born
with their heels in the air Instead of
their beads and branch out toward the
center of the earth.”
| Louis Insisted on going with the ex-
pedltlon, his expenses being paid from
the college fund appropriated for tbe
purpose. His father ottered to give
him an enormous salary If Instead he
..would enter hie factory and as soon as
he had learned how to manage It he
should have full control..
I "Father,” said Louis, "I always con
sidered you a practical man.”
i "So I am, but you are a dreamer.”
"At any rate, I have seals enough to
know that the Robson company andar
my management would be bulled deep
er than Herculaneum.”
"Very well; go on your bunt for old
pots and kettles and don't come back
here any more.”
Edith tried to patch up a peace bo-
tween the two, but failed. Tbe fatber
could not endure to see bis fondest
hope wrecked, and the acn recoguixed
Instinctively his life work and pro
posed to follow it There was but one
person In tbe family who was pleased,
and that was Mrs. Robson. In tbls
disagreement )|he saw her daughter's
ts Touts had'left Auit-rk-u bla rutin-
made a will leaving all his possesstoun
lo his stepdaughter.
WblllgLouis Robson was away dig-
glng In tbe earth, as his father put It
"wearing out bis eyesight translating
Inscriptions ou bricks three or four
thousand years old. reading cures for
1 toothache, corn salves and solutions
for tbe Itch,” bla father fell ill and
' soon became convinced tbat be bad not
long to lire. Calling Edltb to him, be
told ber what sbe alreedy knew—that
sbe was bis belr.
"I won't bare It, papa,” sbe said
"Tour fortune belongs to Louis and
not to me at all except such amount as
you choose to leave me for a gift.
'The old mau was greatly pleased at
tbls Ingenuous and uuseldsb statement,
especially since be kuew of bla wife's
desire tbat be should cut off bla sou In
favor of ber daughter.
“Louis," continued Edltb. "has shown
more common sense tbun you, papa.
Be basn't a business hair In bis head,
and you could never make one grow
tbere. He'll make a reputation lo the
profession be bas chosen that we shall
all be proud of. See If he doean't.”
“A reputation for digging up dqatk
persons wbo should he suffered to re
main In their graves. However, I'll
think over what you say, and maybe
I'll make a will leaving tbe bulk of the
estate to Louis, providing tor you lib
erally at tbe same time. But If you
really wish me to do so you'd better
not mention it to your mother. One
reason that luOuences me ts that If 1
leave It all to you she will mauage It
for you, and If Louis should ueed any
of It be wou't get H—not from ber."
After awhile Mr. Robson's condition
was sucb tbat Edith wrote Louis that
It be wished to see bis fatber alive he
bad better come home. Louis returned
the day of his father's death. In an In
terview between tbe two Robson ad
mitted tbat be bad been wrong in the
matter of bis sou's career, and Louis
expressed a regret that he had not at
least tried to fuldll hts father's desire.
Tbe ulgbt after this lutervlew and
Mr. Robsou's death Louis was suffer-
lug a remorseful feetlog, uatural under
the circumstances, but nut wurranted
by the facts. Rut being able to steep,
be got out of bed uud, throwing on a,
dressing gown, started to go downstairs
to tbe dining room for some refresh
ment that he hoped would Induce slum
ber. As be left his room be saw a
dash of light at tbe other end of tbe ball.
Thinking that burglars were In the
house, he went cautiously toward It.
By continuous flashes be was guided
to a room bis fatber had used for au
office. Through tbe crack made by tbe
door being partly open he saw bis step
mother with an electric lamp bunting
through papers In a ttn box sbe bad
taken from a closet. She fouud one
that sbe appropriated, but evidently
was not satisfied. Hearing a slight
sound that Louis made Involuntarily,
sbe gave up the search, and, seelug
that sbe was about to come out of tbe
room, Louts retreated.
Believing that his stepmother's
search bad soma connection with his
father’s disposition of his property.
Louis thought a long while over the
matter. In the room Mrs. Robson had
visited was a desk. His father had
long ago showed blm a drawer opened
by a secret spring and told him that
kept there any paper of lmpor
.tance be feared might be lost or
stolen. Louis determined to open this
drawer and see if It contained any
thing of moment As he approached
the room be perceived a light in It.
Drawing near, he looked In and saw
his stepsister, Edith, hunting through
the tin box. Not finding wbat she
wanted, she went to the desk, pressed
a spring, opened a drawer and took
out a document 8he was about to
come out when sbe started at seeing
Louie
“What does this mean, Edlel" be
asked.
"Wbat mean?” she said, her bosom
heaving.
'An hour ago I was coming down
stairs to get a biscuit and 1 saw your
mother ransacking that box. She took
from It a paper”— a
"One like this!”
‘Tea. And now 1 see you taking
another from my father's desk. Ex
plain."
“The paper mother took from the
box Is a will your fatber made when
you went abroad, disinheriting you
and leaving all his property to me.
A week before he died I begged blm
to leave the bulk of bis property to
rou, merely providing for my comfort
Is consented to do so and made tbls
Will, telling me of the drawer In hls
desk and directing me to put It there.
Fearing mamma would try to inter
fere la tbe matter of tbese wills. 1
came to take away -the one sbe has.
Than I concluded to take this one out
of biding and give It to you tomorrow
morning.*
Louis took tbe paper from her bands
and, opening It, read:
L Henry Robson, bains of sound mind,
eta. do devise and bequeath au my prop
erty, real and personal, to my son, Louie
Robson, on condltloo-L
Louis stopped reading for a few
moments, then continued:
. -that ho marry his stepsister, Edith,
provided she coneenta
When be looked from tbe paper
agalo be saw In tbe girl's blushes that
tbere would be no difficulty In comply
ing wltb tbe provisions of the will.
Do Not Leave Yourjjp
' Little Pigs Unprotected
You read in the papers that
Mr. Morgan "revealed his money
power." It was-an interesting
revelation. Mr. Morgan has
handled in ten years two thous
and million dollars’ worth of
stocks and bonds.
When Mr. Morgan or any
other big financial individual
"handles” anything, he keeps
part of what he handles.
Is it any wonder Mr. Morgan
is able to buy pictures for one
hundred thousand dollars apiece,
or one million dollars apiece, if
he chooses, when he handles two
thousand millions of dollars in
ten years and charges “so much”
for handling? -
You learned also that Mr. Mor
gan just at present has. a little
matter of $162,000,000 in his
banking house awaiting invest
ment. He has that much on
hand, in case anybody should
come along and want a little
money to put into some sort of
business of the kind that Mr.
Morgan approves.
We don’t propose to waste
your time with criticism of Mf.
Morgan. He and the other big
money* men do exactly WHAT
THE PEOPLE LET THEM DO.
If you were a farmer, and left
your little pigs roaming around
the edge of the \y>ods, you would
be foolish to blame the bear that
came out and ate the pigs.
The thing to do is to look af
ter your pigs, when you happen
to be a farmer living near bears.
The thing for the people of
this country to do is to loook af
ter themselves and their inter
ests, when there are large finan
cial bears on the edge of the
woods.
What the people need is money
for useful construction, easily
obtained, on proper security,
and for use in SMALL ways.
Do not imagine that Mr..Mor-
gan has been a useless individ
ual, in handling of two thousand
millions of dollars.
Do not believe that the one
hundred and sixty-two millions
that he now holds will be used
uselessly or foolishly.
Morgan, perhaps, will make
too much. But that doesn’t mat
ter very much. In a few years
from now there won’t be any
Morgan, and his personal profits
won’t count.
Mr. Morgan .has built many
miles of railroads, or enabled
men to get the money to build
them. ,
He has built great factories—
the steel factory at Gary alone
represents nearly one hundred
millions of wise investment.
As a man in a big way, Mr.
Morgan is a useful proposition.
He charges a great deal, he
makes more than a man should
have, but he does promote a big
business.
famT-T'aTnocBrtrying tofeed the
people, the buijder who is trying
to erect homes. the man who
wants to build a house in which
to keep his family, can not bor
row at all, or only at usurious
rates.
Wejneed common sense in this
country, co-operation by the cit
izens, mud voting by tbe citizens
for their own protection.
And especially we need to give
to the small man, who is id re-'
alky THE UNITED STATES,
the opportunity to borrow at a
fair rate the money that he
needs to spend for the general
welfare in CONSTRUCTIVE
work.
There is no use talking about
organ and the other big men,
hey do, as we nave said WHAT
YOU LET THEM DO.
The real big mail; • the real
rich man in the United States,
IS THE UNITED STATES
GOVERNMENT, and YOU are
the United States government.
Why don’t the people get to-'
gether, arrange methods of
lending money-direct by the na
tion or by the state to the indi
vidual for constructive work,
give the farmer, the small build
er and the honest citizen gener
ally, the credit to which he' is
entitled?
ONE individual able, to han
dle two thousand millions of dol
lars in ten years, and eighty-odd
MILLIONS of individuals ham
pered for lack of credit and bled
for usury—it is a picture that
does little credit to the intelli
gence of the United States of
America.—Atlanta Georgian.
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Two thousand millions can be
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The farmer, if he wants to
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which is criminal usury. The
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From these saipe banks Mr.
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in this country, If the fanner
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and make it productive for the
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4 Story of General Wash*
iogton’s Secret Service
By WILLIAM T. HANCOCK
Tbsr» still Stand* ou tbs Hackensack
river, lu New Jersey, after weathering
tbe political and atmospheric storms of
nearly two centuries, a One specimen
of tbe homesteads built by tbe earlj
Dutch settlers In America. It was for
ty years old when the Revolutionary
war opened, and Us original owner bad
tbeu tong pasted away.
When It was built tbe couutry round
about it was infested by lndlaus. • They
stole a ton of tbe owner, and so long
as be lived there be and bit family
were In terror of other depredations.
A recent Investigation of a historical
society bas revealed an Ingenious con
trivauce whereby If besieged by aav
ages those wbo. lived In the bouse
might make their escape.
When Washington waa called to tbe
chief command of thtf American armies
bis first duties were at Bostou. then
New - York city, then New Jersey
While operating In tbe latter field the
old Dutch bouse on tbe Hackenaack
lay between blm and Manhattan Is
land on ground belonging to neither
British nor Americans. The homestead
was at tbe time occupied by John Old
ersbaw, an aristocratic Englishman
who hsd turned wbat means be bad
Into cash and emigrated to America
Bis family consisted of a wife and
two children, the tatter having been
born In Amer!ca_Tbe mother was 111
suited to tbe rude Ufe of a new coun
try and lived In tbe hope of some day
returning to Engiand. Both she and
her husband were bitter Tories, but
their children, wbo had never been in
the mother country, sympathized se
cretly wltb the patriot cause. They
were a young man, Edgar, aged tweo
ty-two, and a daughter, Anne, aged
nineteen.
One evening Genera! Howe, com
mending at New York, with certain
members of bis staff, rods out over the
Jersey flats between tbe city and the
rising ground beyond on a tour of re
connolssance and at nightfall stopped
at tbe Oldershaw mauslon. Tou lute
in the day to return to hls beiidtpiar
two, he suffered himself to lie persuud
ed to remain all night, with lib attend
ants, and was eutertnlned b.v Mr Old
ershaw.
During the evenlug be uud hls host
sal over a Buttle or port wine, and the
general, wanned by the Juice of the
grape, became confidential us to bh
pious for gulnlug au advantage over
General Washington. Above the apart'
meut In which they silt was Anue Old
ershaw’s bedroom Though tbe timber
wltb which houses were built iu those
flays was far more durable than now.
it was rough hewn and not so carefully
selected. Iu the floor of Anne’s room
was a kuothole. uud In tbe wooden
ceiling of the room below was u crack
Anne, who hod gone to bed. but uot to
sleep, bearing voices below, was de
fllrous of learning what tbe general
blight have tb say to ber father. So
•lit arose from her bed and, slipping: on
a warm wrapper, put her ear to the
bole In the floor. She waa enabled to
hear a plan the general was stating to
ber father for capturing a large Ameri
can force then located near Trentou
Indeed, tbe Britisher's reconnolssauce
waa on business connected wltb tbe
projected exploit.
The next morning Anne related wbut
she had beard to her brother. He took
very different vlSw of tbe matter
from that of bla. sister. He was desir
ous that General Washington should
be warned, but was deterred rroro be
traying hls father's guest by giving the
information. Love of country, howev
er, triumphed over other considerations,
and be determined to carry it to Gen-J
•ral Washington, whose headquarters,
at the time were In tbe Ford mansion
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traveling uu IsiinUie** r+ ~-lie.al
Howe iiihI whs on Ills way to TriMitou
Being left for a few minutes alone
With Anne Oldershaw. hls expression
changed to one of terror, and. handing
ber a slip of paper, he begged her to
bide blm Auue glam e<Hit the paper,
saw that i<t bore an introduction from
her brother uud beekuued Travers to
follow her.
The meal for tbe traveler hud been
prepared uud Mr. Oldershaw was open
ing a bottle of wine with which to
regale hls guest wheu a clatter of
horses’ hoofs wag heard without, and
a dozen British troopers rode up to the
house. Au otiicer dismounted, cuiue
lu and asked Mr. Oldershaw If a citi
zen. describing Travers, had stopped
at the house Oldershaw said that he
bud und thought he had .gone to make
toilet: he wus expecting him to come
In at any moment. The officer asked
If Oldershaw was u loyal subject of
tbe klug or a rebel and when assured
tbut he was tbe former told him that
he was harbortug a spy of General
Washington's who had been to New
York and was earrylug Information of
tbe British forces.
The house was at once surrounded,
thut the spy might not escape, and
Oldershaw went through the iuterior
looking for him. Neither Travers nor
Anne could for'kome time be found,
but presently Oldershuw met the lat
ter cotniug through a hall on the
ground floor.
“Where 1$ the stranger?" he asked.
“The stranger! Why, Isu’t he with
you?"
must find him. He’s a
spy of the rebel. Washington."
It was with difficulty that Aune was
able to inaiutain her equanimity, but
her father was so eager to catch
Travers that he was not as observant
ould have been otherwise. Di
recting her to help buut for the spy.
•an back to report to the officer
that the young mail hud disappeared.
Anne Oldsbuw had at times wonder
ed at a certain part of the flooring iu
the basement, or cellar, tbe wood of
which Deemed to have tiikeu on a dif
ferent color from tbe rest- Sbe bad
spokeu to her brother of It. and one
day they had examined It together.
Edgar found a way to lift this bit of
flooring. The two descended luto a
subcellur ami entered a passageway,
at the end of which they came to two
wooden gates, like those of a canal
lock, though but live or six feet lu
height aud two' or three lu width.
Tbrougb seams in these gates water
trickled.
This tunnel had heeu built by the
original owner of the house, after be
had lost his son, as a means of escape
from Indians
The discovery occurred after • the
family bnd become divided on the sub
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occurred to Edgar ttint tbls passage
tbe secret of file luteoded move aud
telling bla parents tbat ba waa golog
to Ntw York tb aae a friend, be set out
on foot Ou reaching tb* town ha aa-
ceaded tbe Incline weet of It and arriv
ed at a taveru 111 Orange, wblcb wus
tbeo * stopping place for postboy. n'au7!«MniX‘wn!(i«p7Jrait fur'
might afford UK-uns of escape, for be
bed beard tbe stories of troubles wltb
tbe Indians tbut tbe former occupants
bud suffered. He tuld bU ulster to
say nothing about It. fur tbe present
traveling between Uorriatown and Ho
boken. Tbere be secured a bone, past- _
ed over tbe heights lying weet of Ibe , own tmd occurred und tbe matter re
tber. Rut before be could do so the
episode tbut bud taken blm to Morris
town and In a couple of hours rode up
to Washington's headquarters. Ha was
ricelred by Colonel AleSender Hemll
mulued as be bud left IL
When young Travers asked Anne to
bide blm sbe at once thought of tbls
ton of the staff and tmmadlately Intro- p i ac ,, known only to herself and her
duced to tha commander In chief. brother. Sbe led blm down a pair of
Upon receipt of tbe Information he ,talri. Together they lifted tbe trap,
brought Washington gars orders wblcb Hud be -went lulu tbe pussageway.
would block-bla enemy's game and Tbere could be nothing belter calcu.
asked Edgar Oldershaw wbat ba could luted lo draw two young persona of op-
do to reciprocate tbe favor ha had re- posltc sex together with magnetic ra-
celved at bit bands. Tbe young man. ptdlty than this situation Before tb,
feeling loath to return to ble father's trap whs lowered a look passed be-
roof, begged tb* general to secure blm tween them tbut annulled tbelr Individ-
commission in tbe army, and, bla W
quest having been granted, be openly
t6ok sides wltb the patriot*.
It was not long after tbla tbat Wash
ington,' being desirous of Information
as to the enemy's tercet In New York,
tent * young man. Lieutenant Harold
! h-aven, who bad dona Some secret
work ter him, to obtain it Travers
was to proceed to citizen's •dress to
New York, team wbat bo could and re
turn. Before bt departed tb* general
called upon Lieutenant Oldershaw to
Instruct Travers as to tho routes by
which be might travel Among otber saw tha river, U* surface about a foot
tbtoga Oldershaw told Travers that II and a bait below tbe roof of tb* tunnel,
be needed aid and comfort to apply- u ba could open tb* gates be might get
w . out end escape. Tb* tunnel would only
be Wtbln eighteen Inch., of
gtrin* him a bit of paper on wblcb >al h . a*
was written an Introduction. |
ual natures and made them one. After
a pressure uf Imuds tbe trap was per
mitted to full, aud )i few moments later
Anue met ber father lu Ibe hall.
It wee manifest to tbe troopera that
tbe epy wus bldlog somewhere lo the
bouse, so they maintained tbelr watch
without and hunted within. Fortu
nately for Travers, Anne was not aoa-
pccted- At toon aa she left him be
tbreadad bis way tbrougb the paetagt
to tbe gates. Seelug e chink above
tbrougb wblcb e ray of auollgbt cams,
be managed .to raise himself to It and
tte top. aud ba need not b* drowned
mZTSffXSnS tbla that' £ «* '“ *"“*>■* «
young mao rode ud to tbe Older- ®v 00 '
■haw mansion and If be might lt *“ “»• «*M the next morning lhai
beg a mcaL Tbe request was notun- Ann * ,Ured TWt ,be “Ptive, when she
usual, for taverns were not plentiful *HPPed nway with some food. Trover,
along’ tb. route, and hospitality waa « k ' d T ,f V ""‘Uf* cr ?n,
the rule of tb. country. Olderebaw b" r or el.rg. Iron poker, or,.better .III:
asked tha traveler whence be bad come * «#w. 8b* brought him a saw andnft
Ud wad told tbat b* bad laft Naw " », b . rief Interview left blm, and be
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through a wooden baF tbif neid itien,
abut. When nearly dnlsbed brdtcld!
ed to wait till dark, when ba .opened!
the gates and the water dowed In, and
after It hpd found Ha level ba swam:
out under a starlit sky. By morning bt
was at Washington’s headquarters.
The Britishers never solved tbe myt-l
tery. of Trnvori' disappearance. In-]
deqd, It had Dover been solved until-
recent explorations led to tbs discovery
of the tunnel. After tbe war Older-
show and bis wife went to England.
Anno married Travers, and tbay occu
pled tbe mansion on. tbe Hackenaack
for many years.
JAS. P. WALDRBP, M. D.
Phybicum AMD SuiWIOlt.
Office over E. H, Dorsey.
Oflloe Phot^ b j06-2. Residence 662-J
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