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r "Well, I know some of it cannot be
pnrented," admitted Corwin. "But
rnr about extravagance?" i
"That caa't be helped, either" de
Isiared the girl. "When a war comes
the GoTenunent finds itself in need f
pertain things. Those things must be
(obtained quickly. There is no time
to split hairs OTcr dollars. Business
gnen most be assured that they will be
(treated gonorously or they will not
jturn out the work the Government de
mands from them. If you find your
eelf suddenly in need of a gun to de
lend yourself with nnd a highway
man threatening you you arc not go
ing to hnggle very long over the price
f a gun which a man behind you is
lofferlng you. You need Uie gun and
you are going to pay what the man
asks for it."
"Well, there may be something in
that possibly you are right. But the
war is over. Why should it bo neces
sary to have another Liberty Loan?"
"I thought of that when I heard
they were proposing another loan,"
the girl replied. "And 1 asked
any father about it. He said that the
'.American army hnd provided the
(punch which had won the war, and
(that it had been the magnitude of our
(preparations which had convinced
Germany of the hopelessness of fight
jlng longer. Germany saw that we
meant to win. Germany was con
vinced that we would win, because we
(were , getting enough war materials
together men, munitions and other
inews to make the victory for us
certain. If we had gone nbouthe
Jthlng half-heartedly ir any one of
the Liberty Loans had failed Ger
many would not have asked for an ar
mistice. For those men In Germany
twere watching America. They knew
everything we did. And when they
saw that we were preparing to war
for a dozen years if necessary, they
became convinced that continued re
sistance would be futile.
"But this Government had to plan
far in advance of the present. We
really had to plan for a lent; fight, for
it seemed Germany was nowhere near
beaten. We had to do more than plan
we had to actually manufacture a
etupenduous amount of war materia
as a reserve supply we had to pile it
up and keep piling up until we were
sure. Look at the ships we had to
build the airplanes, the guns every
thing. It was the most gigantic task
that ever faced this or any other na
tion. We were unprepared, inexperi
enced. But we did it we got ready,
and we won.
" "But don't you see, Mr. Corwin, that
it tool: an h 1 lot of money. We had
"You wouldn't want-America to repudiate
tier acDUf"
to move so fast, and be so, ready for
everything, that we had to buy .things
before we had the money. And this
Victory Liberty Loan I mean the
amount of money we shall raise
through it was almost all spent be
fore the armistice was signed. Busi
ness was loyal to th,e Government, and
you would not want the Government
to cheat the manufacturers out of
their money, would you? You wouldn't
want America to repudiate Its debts?"
Corwin had thought r t all those
things, but he hud not thought clearly,
because of his prejudices. He knew,
of course, that a war could not be
prosecuted without war material, and
he knew that in order to win the Gov
ernment had to close contracts for
material in enormous quantities far
enough in advance of Its needs to make
the future certain.
"And besides," Molly went on, "we
are not-jubsolutely' certain the war Is
over. 'We can't bring all the boys
back home right away we shall have
to keep some of them over there for
a Jong time, to watch and wait until
we are sure Germany is really sincere.
And our boys over there must be fed'
and clothed. And there are thousands
of odds and ends of expenses which
must be met. We simply can't we
must not leave our Job unfinished!"
Corwin looked at her with a reluct
ant smile, r
"There is a great' deal of logic in
your presentation ot the Government's
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ease," he laid. "But that doesn't alter
the fact that the Government was ex
travagant ,Look what the war la go
ing to cost as."
"What would it have cost as It Ger
many had won?" asked Molly. "Instead
of boring Liberty Bonds or Notes to
tare away In some Bafe place, mean
while drawing interest on them, we
would now be getting ready to pay
billions of dollars of tribute money to
Germany."
"So you think we ought to make this
last Liberty Loan a success?" said
Corwin.
"Ben is over there," declared the
girl. "He went over at tho behest of
the Government which is all of us.
Ho wont for a definite purpose to
fight for his country, and to win. He
was prepared to give his life for us.
And," here Molly's voice quavered
"he may have done so by this time, for
I have not heard from him for several
months. Our boys have done their
part: they have given their limbs,
their sight, their lives. And we, back
here, enjoying peace are some of us
reluctant to back them up with our
dollars. Money! Why, Mr. Corwin.
how much per capita has this war
really cost us, in direct outlay? Here
are one hundred million people. That
means that if each and every one of
the hundred million advances the Gov
ernment ten dollars the Government
has one 'billion. Ten dollars! Multi
ply that by twenty. That would
mean that if each of the hundred mil
lion gave the Government two hund
dred dollars, the total amount would
be twenty billion. If you could buy
liberty for two hundred dollars if
you could buy immunity from attack
for that amount, would you hesitate?
Many men pay that amount to their
lawyers rand much more to defend
them in a lawsuit!
"So you see, Mr. Corwin, though the
amount of money m expended seems to
bo enormous, it really isn't so much
for each of us to bear. Why," she
added, her eyes gleaming with a lu
minous moisture; "I would give a
thousand times (hat sum, if I 'had it,
to be sure that Ben would come back
to me. I would give everything I
possess to bring any gill's brother
back!"
A thrill of sympathy ran over Cor
win it was perhaps the first unselfish
emotion he had experienced since the
day when Gary Miller, In his private
office at the Merchant's Bank, had
filled his mind with the poison ot
potential disloyalty.
But the emotion did not last; it was
transient, surface it went no deeper
than hi- thoughts, after the first stir
ring surge. It did not reach the
heart; it did not strike the solemn
note of patriotism. Watching him
closely, Molly .saw his eyes grow cyn
ical again; and she drew a deep, slow
breath for she had been hoping he
would surrender, that he would come
to realize that the Nation's trouble
meant something more to him than
the consideration of self; that he
would be able to see with a broader
vision, and that the real Corwin, hid
den beneajh the cynical mask he af
fected, would be revealed. For she
could have loved the Corwin of her
Ideals.
"It all comes to a question of indi
vidualism," he said. "We are all will
ing to sacrifice, providing we gain
something by doing so. The motive
underlying all this fuss Is the desire
of every man engaged In It to express
his personality In one way or another.
The soldier, I believe, has less chance
to be an individual than any other
class concerned in the war. ,For he Is
a slave to discipline. He has to obey
orders. He is drafted, or he volun
teers. But once he enters the army
he loses his individuality and becomes
,a part of the machinery of war. He
is a pawn a human sacrifice to the
greed of other individuals. It is my
opinion that, left to decide for them
selves, very few men who are now in
the army would have joined It. They
would have preferred to stay out and
let the other fellow do the fighting."
,Molly's face had grown very white.
'!Mr. Corwin," .he said slowly;
"either you do not understand, or you
are deliberately denying your Ameri
canism. You ought to know better
than to talk like that!"
She sat very straight and rigid,
breathing fast.
"There Is such a thing as a man
fighting for his country unselfishly
because he loves it! Of course every
one of those boys who went over there
was reluctant to fight with the excep
tion of some who are so constituted
that they fight for the love of fighting
but I believe that none ot them has
personal interest in mind. They are
fighting for their country for my
country, and for yours, Mr. Corwin."
And Molly; her lips quivering, her
eyes flaming with passion, turned from
Corwin and began to pound, the keys
of her typewriter.
CHAPTER VIII
BY the time the campaign for the
Victory Loan began, Corwin had
become moody and taciturn. He was
still the cynic, scoffing at generous
impulses; .outwardly he professed to
feel antagonistic toward the loan; and
he continued to find fault and to seek
the society of men who expressed the
'views he expressed. .
But in his heart had begun to grow
a -great doubt Struggling within, him
for expression, for encouragement,
were emotions that sometimes actu-
ually hurt him. Ho wanted to ex
press them; he felt they were tho sin
cere impulses of his nature. But ho
had gone too far, now, to confess to
his friends that ho entertained a
doubt that ho had been wrong. He
had the courage to oppose tho war
and the Government's policy, but ho
lacked the moral courage to admit that
lie had entertained opintons-or had
expressed opinions that an American
should not have entertained.
Ho attributed at first the change
that was coming over him to Molly's
treatment ot him.
For Molly, while she was coldly po
lite and dignified in his presence, did
not speak one word to him that was
not absolutely necessary to the car
rying on ot the business relations be
tween them. There were times when,
waching her, Corwin wondered if he
could over regain her respect.
For he knew that he had lost that
respect. Ho felt the hostile glances
she sometimes throw at him when ho
was not looking nt her; and sometimes
when ho did meet her gaze he saw her
eyes flash with something that must
have been very near contempt. But
Corwin said nothing. There seemed
to be nothing to say.
Meanwhile, it appeared that Fall
town was going to fall again. Despite
the vigorous campaign carried on by
the Liberty Loan Committee, sub
scriptions lagged. Most of the town's
citizens seemed to think as Corwin
had expressed himself that since the
war was over there seemed to be no
need ot any more Liberty Loans.
There was no enthusiasm, no clam
or, no indication of success. Though
the bond salesmen labored hard, they
made slow headway. When the cam
paign was half over Falltown had not
raised more than a third of its quota;
and when there remained only a few
days more, and the Committee re
doubled its efforts, the goal was still
distant and seemingly unattainable.
Desperately the committee appealed,
and though there were some re
sponses, when the last day of the
campaign dawned Falltown was more
than two hundred thousand dollars
behind its quota. The Committee ex
pected that perhaps a hundred thou
sand would be turned in from sales
men not yet heard from and from
those who were delibeiately holding
back subscriptions for a driving finish.
but that there would still be a hun
dred thousand dollaiis to raise ap
peared certain.
Shortly afer noon on the last day
of the campaign Gary Miller and Mor
ley Roberts entered Corwin's office.
The men had come by appointment to
discuss a certain phase of a financial
transaction concerning Roberts and
Miller Corwin acting merely as at
torney but they had scarcely dropped
into their chairs toward which Corwin
waved them when they began to talk
upon the subject in which Falltown
at that moment was vitally interested
the Victory Loan,
Molly had asked to be excused for
the afternoon. She had given no rea
son for the desired absence; she had
not even spoken to Corwin after ob
taining his permission she had
walked out, her shoulders squared,
her head held high. Many times Cor
win had looked at the vacant chair
with disquieting interest.
They talked of the Victory Loan
both Roberts and Miller. Corwin said
nothing, for of late he was strangely
reluctant to talk about the bond is
sues. He was even beginning to feel
guilty every time he thought of them.
He was quick to note that both Mil
ler and Roberts had lost some of the
vlndictlveness that had formerly char
acterized their reference to the bond
Issues; they spoke in quieter tones;
they were not so demonstrative; they
weighed their words more. It seemed
to Corwin as he watched and listened,
that their faces expressed guilt such
as was in his own heart.
Roberts' brows were wrinkled; his
'eyes held a subdued, almost anxious
expression. He seemed to be nervous
he folded and unfolded his hands;
he scuffled his feet on the floor; his
face was red.
Miller, too, seemed to be in the
clutch of a perturbation that would
not be shaken off. Twice he cleared
his throat as he looked at Corwin; and
the second time be spoke.
"Looks like Falltown's going to fail
again," he said.
Corwin looked sharply at him, for
Miller's voice was hoarse and low
quite unlike his usual high-pitched,
assertive tenor.
"Yes," said Roberts, shortly.
The three, men exchanged glances.
"Failure is getting to be a habit
with Falltown," remarked Corwin. In
a( former day be would have said that
exultantly. Now his. voice was ex
pressionless, flat. The other two did
not even smile at his words.
Roberts, though. poke heavily.
"The Liberty Loans are not popular
with the people."
TO BE CONTINUED
Washing Handkerchief
Delicate handkerchiefs can bo done
up easily at home, and careful hand
ling causes them to wear much better.
Wet them, rub each gently over with
good white soap and aoak in tepid
water over night Squeeze out (do not
wring), put them in a small enameled
pan, cover with cold water and half a
tcaspoontul of powdered boiax. Hoi
slowly, pour into a basin, add cold wa
ter and squeeze out all soap.
Next immorse thorn In clear tepid
rater, rinse about in this; then
plunge into cold water tinged with
blue. Leave In this for hair an hour,
squeeze and dip into a slight stiffen
ing (one tetwpoonful of cornflour to
n cupful of boiling water). Squeeze
and' rollcarefully ioach handkorchiel
in a towel, and iron with moderate
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Cohan and Harris have produced
n real success in "TIIttKK PACKS
HAST" nn exciting mystery play
which comes to the Auditorium thea
ter, Toledo for ii days, commenting
April 28th.
"Three Faces Kast" Is n play of
the Secret Service nnd wo may ns
well tell you in advance that It is
n thriller. The play takes its title
from the pass-word of n Oerninn band
o. master spies, the piny being bned
on the enemy spy play.
The plot of the now drniun Is
highly complicated, and thrills and
surpiises follow one another In such
rapid sequence that the spectator Is
held In breathless Interest while the
battle of wits between the German
and Kngllsh Secret Service operatives
is fought to an Kngllsh triumph, and
enn but sit riveted in his chair, wide
eyed and mouth ngnpe, while sui
prlse succeeds surprise and thrill fol
lows thrill to tho final fow moments
when comes the biggest smprKe of
all.
You will enjoy "Tlnoe Fiiecs Knst''
nnd you will see it presented by a
notable cast that , Includes Lillian
Tucker, Paul Kveiton, David Tor
rence, Florence LeClercq, N. St. Clair
Hales, Rubl Trelease. Sydney Mather.
Guy Cunninghnm, Ralph Belmont.
Joseph M. Holicky,-, .Marion Rogers.
Arthur V. Gibson, A. F. Davies and
others.
A special Wednesday matinee will
be n feature.
Al. G. Field announces that the past
ycitr was the most prosperous of his
minstrel management. Thirty-two
years of continuous touring not u
senson of vacation, but on and on.
year nfter year, until the Al. G. Field
Minstrels have become an institution,
nnd there seems to be even more of
that which is culled "pep" In tho
show ench succeeding yenr.
Field left the beaten path many
yenrs ago nnd ho has blazed a new
trnll in the minstrel field. He mounts
his productions with a prodigality sec
ond to none. Musically, his compnny
is very strong. The singing, that sheet
Scene from "Three Faces East" coming to Auditorium for
GILDED BRICK DONATED
TO MUSEUM IN MISSOURI
Missouri Banker Saved from Loss by
Cashier Who Was Wise to the
Swindler's Game
Macon, Mo. pne of the curious ob
jects' which has just been donated to
the museum of the Macon library U
an alleged gold brick, now the proper
ty of John A. Cook. This gilded brick
came very near separating a banker
from $5,000 some years ago. Mr. Cook
got 'the brick from a lady who is now
lue widow of an ex-sheriff of the coun
ty, and he hau kept it all these years
f waiting for the time when Macon
should have a good public library with
a museum annex.
Along with the brick is a small vial
of gold dust, a black mask and a bot
tle of gold; filings drilled out of a $20
gild piece.
Some twenty years ago a couple of
well known operatois, W. A. Atkins
and Dave McCord, ai ranged the plan
to sell their bogus brick to a wealthy
Linn county banker for J 5,0 00. McCoid
flayed the Indian. He established a
t,pee In a wild looking place on the
Chaiiton River, painted his cheeks
red and hunted up a lot of cliicken
feathers for his hair. Then ho got
eome Indian blankets, a tomahawk
and a long stemmed pipe. He looked
like a iioLilo Indian all light.
Atkins thou a joung and goodlook
lng man, hailed Horn St. Louis, tola
the Linn county banker that he bud
learned of tho whereabouts ot au u.d
Indian who was digging sinjong the
ludian mounds, on the Chariton vHICi'
for some relics of his ancestors. Ho
said the Indian was tho discoverer of
a fabulous rich mine in the west and
that ho had along with him a brick,
made out of cold taken from hit mine.
The brlckf Atkins buhl was wurili
$i.G,0CQ ot 120,000, but the Indian had
no Idea oMts value and might. bo in
duced to pa'it with it for .5,000. Atkins
pioposcd tlmt hq and the bunker
would divide the pioflu.
The .banker came to .Macon tenuity,
and the Indian madetfor him, like h.e
was going to chapi'hhi.iheadjciW.jbui,
Atkins interposed, spoke soothingly
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anchor of nilusticNy Is of a high
order, lis Is the Ot chest ru. The com-
edians, of which there ure ninny, nre
of the best, the dtmeers are as nlin-
bio ns a Juck-in-l he-box; nnd it is
sufficient to sny the engagement of
tho minstrels will be n notablo one
and not to be there, will make nn
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nnd managed to get possession nt liu
gold biick lor u while to have It tc-l
t-d. Ileio is whcio the ingenious pai
of the bclicmc came in. Atkins lulil
The banker that he was pcifcctly will
ing to have the brick drilled at au
placo and the filings passed upon by
any jeweler the banker might select.
A hole was drilled in the brick and
the filings were put in a bottle and
carried in the banker's pocket Before
they l cached the Jeweler howevtr. Al
iens managed to change the vials aul
when they reached the jeweler a test
phowed that the filings were real gold.
The banker went home to get his
money, but his cashier had read about
gold bricks and advised caution. An
officer went along with the banker -o
hunt up the wild Indian, but found
that he had vamoosed. Atkins, howev
tr was caught and tried. He was
found guilty, oentenced to two years
in the penitentiary, appealed to the
Supreme Court and jumped his bond.
on yearn later heswas found in the
West, au old and broken down man,
nnd was brougl t back to Misaouii aud
heryed out hie sentence.
Sheriff James W. White, who had
charge of the Macon end of I he case,
bald that one of the curious thing
about gold brick men was, that they
a'ways hunted up some bnnker oi
shrewd financial man; that ho uevei
J'new of n case where a sharper hna
offered to sell a gold brick to a farm
.r, although the funny pappts Insist
tnat only tho 'armor in ihd gold brick
Man's game.
Tho brick Is long nnd heavy nnd
r;.owa to this day a bright gold like
Burfece.lt' is made of some sort of a
composition of brass and othct1 metR.1.
Its intrinsic value is jirobably J1.C0.
To enable automobiles to pull them
selves up hllJsor out of soft ppott? In
i oadti, a ''South Dakota inventor hnb
patented a windlass which may be at
tached to the rear hub of the car and
operated by a motqr, r
Mailing usQ of a wjrelcsn receiver,
nnnpparatUB has been Invented which
records everyflnuhi'ofolightning in a
storm, with the time that It occurs.
exception of you.
rhe Al. O. Field Greater Minstrels
will be nt tho Auditorium on Friday,
Saturday nnd Sunday, April 25-20-27,
plnyliiK n special mutlncc on tho 20th.
A now CulllerLsm "Nothing but f
Lies,'' will be seen nt the Auditorium'
on May 2nd and 3rd; Willie Collier,
famous' comedian will lend the com
pany, which has been playing New
York the entire senson.
The new Collier vehicle follows his
sensational "Nothing but the Truth."
It is snld to be tho funniest show
Collier hns ever done.
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Care of Your Piano
nun muni mini inn
Like the little girl with the curl on
her foiehead a piano can be very, veiy
good or otheiwise. The abomination
of an instrument that sounds like a
huge tiApan Is fortunately fold nowa
days for firewood. But Just, a few
suggestions please, when the new one
i? admitted to your home.
Careful treatment will result in long
life to the good musical qualities of
tne instrument. It will certainly dou
ble the pleasure and decimate the .
wear on one's nerves.
Most ot these directions are ot tho
'un't variety, but the result proves
that next to knowing what to do Is
the knowledge ot what not to do.
Here they are:
A piano Is almost as sensitive to
beat and cold as an Invalid.
It Bhould not be placed too near a
f.'re, as tho heat draws tho wood.
Neither should it be near an open
window, as on a wet day the damp Is
apt to rust the keys and wlxes and
take the polish off the case
Always keep the piano cloWl wheu
it Is not in use. The keys should be
dueled frequently with nn old silk
handkerchief, and rubbed occasionally
with a cloth moistentj with methyl
ated spirits.
If they get very yellow, rub with
very little lemon juice and whiting,
and remove It with a damp cloth.
But be very careful th t none ot tho
drat falls botween t:o Itoys.
If the cabe gets clouded and dull
'i?6klhg, give" it' a goad llsM with a
vtV little' furnlture"'cream and polish
vitb a, chamois leather. In towns it Is
apt to got smoky.' To remove this,
wipe over with a cloth wrung' out of
vinegar and water, then polltfu '
Duu't put your piano clo5pjo tho
wnll, as It deadens the tono.'To keep
it In perfect order it should bo tuned
about every three months, '
And remember a plano 'us never
heard to the bojit advautage In? a
rcom that Is qvoinfmvUedvVtUi fHrnl
,lLre anc hung with ninny driperled.
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