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THE ROCK ISLAND ARGUS, MONDAY". JANUARY 5, 1911.
THE ARGUS.
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roticOo a aecocU-c'a.s n.atter.j
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BY TH F. W. PCTTER CO.
rm weather of December, but may
hae been benefited.
'Farmers are finding no d!f!",culty iu
getting irtouey to put In their crops.
So far as the relation of the small
banks. with the farmers are concerned.
there lias been no financial stringency.
Of courye. lart year's crop-i d!1 not
c.m 11 r to fhn avcrr-f pnorijiU- In'
the south Ta and central parts of the (special -..rr-pomt,npc of The Arytu.)
TlitMS Ten n.iti vr week by car
rier. In Rock Inland.
Complaint of beltvcry Krrlr SBoulJ
tt Blade to fie 'culalicn department
witich raouli If be notified In erety
instance v.brre !t is p'rel t hvt
r-per iUv-rntinifJ. rtrrlera rave no
ajtnerl'.y in it premises.
All coxmuri!t si of arg-uT-entattve
rhrac-er, r-oltttial r r. l do in. rr.ut
have ra-U t:arn attached for pehiici
tten. Se such article will t printed
Capital Comment
BY CLYDE H. TAVENNEE
Congressman frcm tha Fourteenth C 1st r let
state, but the Illinois farmers have
t'.ie profits of many past years of
plenty to fall back upon, and it would
rccu're a total loss of next year's
crop to affect them seriously.
All of which is patently true. Ttie
high rot-t of living, the ."-lirinkace in
business due to untoward weather
conditions, and all the agitation as to
financial conditions started in mone
tary circles to create unnecessary
alarm. appear to have had little in
fluence upon the farmers. Kven a
. n.-.o-,. ,1Sra,ure. j crop year below normal haa not
.eerben,-a !n all drrtmnta. Cen- c,iasod -mM from lh.lr .
rion. r.rck Island lei, lltl and' for they know that old mother earth
tral
iHS.
TTT
res' f:j 'cooncild
Is to be relied upon and that people
must eat. so that, artificial depression
or not. their prosperity is assured.
Monday, January 5, 191 J.
Huerta d.d not let the rest of the
tcorM surpass' h;m in optimistic New
Year's proclamation-..
Tlie currency having be-n reform
ed, it is to be hoped that it ill not
become unduly exclusive.
r: (OIRT RKCtl.l.KD.
There is one court in this land that
; was recalled with the first of the year.
as superfluous and a hindrance rather
than an aid to fair and judicious legis
lation. The commerce court, designed
to tip.'et the acts of the Interstate com-1
merce comir.'ssion that w ere net agree-1 1-., tnodern printing machinery
able to tho Interests, is really out of tainly none is more Intricate and none
commission. l"ndT the democratic I has had .the benefit of such a wealth
"King Alfonso smokes 24 cigareta
an hour. Perhaps it is for the
purpose of keeping bomb throwers at
a distance.
The chances are that the man who
protests the loudest against the in
come tare isn't within a mile of the
firing line.
No interruptions of Doc Cook's lec
tures will cause international com
plications. The IxJTidon militants may
safely do their worst.
The Portsmouth ( N. H.) jKlice
woman who lost hr Job for being too
o'ir.g and nacasome wo:m-r
how she happened ;o get it.
The greater printer and publisher
on the face of the earth is Uncle
Sam, Washington, I). C. There is no
other printing es
tablishment in the
world that equals
the government
printing office. As
a newspaper man,
it was a treat to
me to be assigned
a member of the
Juliet committee
on printing. It lias
brought me in in
timate touch with
this gigantic estab
lishment of Ink
and types.
One never tires
of exploring the
vast building to
find new marvels.
I doubt if the ma
chinery of 1 any
other industry has
been brought to
the stage of perfection that character-
Cer-
ft??''
I t ' - a
V' CLYDE H.
TAVENNER
idea of government it was not neces
sary or even desirable. The records
are closed and the justices have gone
on to some other occupation to earn
a living. The court is really wound
up nml its work is put away in the
archives.
Courts do not die easily, however;
this one threatened to have as many
lives as a rat. The obsequies had been
announced three or four different
times, but the court managed some
how to crawl from under. The attacks
were kept "P. and at last the court had
to give in and surrender. Congress
absolutely stopped the pay, and even a
court is not able to survive a calamity
of that kind.
Rizht at the start thin court made
declb'ons that were unpopular, and
the public wasn't Flow in expressing
jit dissent. Cases were taken to the
n. .v..-..-. .-hn ..nr. n(f "Jfi"!) totum down the commeree
. I ( . a im r. 1 1 1 il n I m u I r I 111 -
' sm
the effort was worth while fcr the in.
creased pleasure of beginning again.
According to an agricultural au
tl.ority, hens ned amusement. They
ou--at to be able to get all they want
contemplating the high price ot
erg.
The interstate commerce com
mission had togo to the supreme court
in ordrr to get reeded protection
pgninst misguided rffor's of the com
merce court.
And then if w-as suggested In con
gress that the country couM get along
without the commerce court. It was
of inventive- thought applied to it.
Printing machinery does everything
but think, and some of it seems to do
that.
No visitor should ever leave Wash
ington without having explored the
government printing ofTice. Here are
to bo found the highest improvements
and the latest devices in the instru
ments of the. art preservative. Some
of the machines in daily use there
have no counterpart in any other
prirting office in the world.
The gigantic gathering machine was
built especially for the government
printing office. This marvelous
monster occupies the entire end
of a floor. It collects In -proper
order 48 "signatures" (or folder
of 16 pages) stitches them together,
glues the back of the book and pastes
a cover on It The volumes need only
trimming under the huge power
knives of an adjacent machine to be
ready for delivery.
Foriwork done it can match any es
tablishment in the United States for
economy of operation. This ! due to
the soldier-like morale which Public
Printer Ford insists upon in the office.
It is true that there are large wastes
in connection with the government's
press work, but this is due to the pub
lication of many useless documents or
useless copies of valuable documents.
The actual work of printing is done on
a high plane of efficiency.
Think of the vastne3 of the con
cern! A $16,000,000 -investment in
the printing office. Four thousand em
ployes continually at work. The pay
roll averages about $1,000 an. hour.
Working three shifts of eight hours
each, a day of 24 hours costs the gov
ernment $24,000 iu wages alone.
Erery day an average of 35 tons of
paper is fed into the maws of the
presses. The type which makes the
impression in a day weighs 40,000
pounds. In a year a total of 6S.000.000
copies of everything published from
congressmen's speeches to census re-i
ports are turned out. The machinery
covers 16 acres of floor space. The
battery of 167 monotype machines is
by far the largest in the world, and
there i.-t nothing in this country to
equal the regiment of 84 linotype ma
chines, whose clattering turns an en
tire floor into a bedlam.
And yet this vast establishment
under government operation moves as
tranquilly as a country printing shop,
and far more efficiently. Union men
are employed, hours are humane,
wages high, working conditions as
near perfect as they can be made. The
government printing office is a great
object lessin of what Uncle Sam can
do when he turns his hand to it.
ykcof
HENinr HOWIAND
PcMoqidMoment
The Daily Story
THE AMAZONS BY EMMA BLAKE, .
Copjrrlfhtad, IMS. tor Associated Literary Bureau
WILSON, THE WORKER
HTE.
Wf two may never meet again:
The world is wld. aea may divide us;
Why should we squander or illadaJn
This chance with which Fate haa up-
piled ua.
Why acorn the k!s I offer you?
Why should we dream of future bltsa,
A present gladncui blindly losing?
Tomorrow you miry crave the kiss
That you are stubbornly refusing.
Tomorrow, when It Is too late.
When leagues between us may be lylhf,
Tou may bemoan your lonely fate
And waste the hovirs in futile alghlnff;
Ferhape within a mile or two
The wave we go may be dlverirtnf-;
Why acorn the kiss I offer yo?
Tomorrow I may not be ureln-f-
(New York IIoraM.)
Mr. Wilson lias gone far and he has
gone fast We really think he fails to
j tee how large have been the doses he
has given the country, and we cannot
t help feeling that it might be a blessing
self with sending a message to con
gress telling it to pass the appropria
tion bills and go home.
(Louisville Courier-Journal.)
1'resiuent Uson is now 57 years
old and has the honor of having har-
Why worry about good works?
' f:er a long and active career of use-
'1'ness Rev. Washington Gladden is i
known to fame as the author of
"tainted money."
"General Villa is a planter." says ,
rews letter from Mexico. Still the
'rapression seems to prevail that he
leaves most of them on the ground
where they fa!!.
mentioned that the people hrxd gotten
along without it for more than a cen
turj'. and our rVgkt then was not half
so serious as after the coming of this
new court. President Taft made a
I stand for the corf, hoping and promis
ing that It must after a wh'ie get
s'artcd in step and be useful. This se-
rninrl n ,An,lor. n. .T,a i i Kit '
wrs nothing more. Now it is' out cf bread by means of the camera Tl.er.
existence; and It wiil be a leng while
If lie would remain in Pass Christian moniaed fifty-seven varieties of opiu-
xor several months and content lilm- ion in congress.
fomatton of nnture you may havr
met in your climb. You must show
It to tbeni.
A feature of the Alps today is thf
cumber of worthies who earn theii
before a s'mi'ar body will be called
back into action.
Kit boo v is .TIFIR.
The Chicago policeman w ho warnedj So the house cf .Morgan will cease to
a man wno was trying to crown nim-fbe the Rreal interlocking d'rectorafe.
ff!f that if he did not swim to shore ' Tbe pubiic of this country is so ad
would tuoot and kill him. knew j vised. The step is taken, as stated by
scmethicg of human nature. j Morgan, in deference to a changing
i publ'c sentiment.
Kill, a seniimeni IS, ,.. Dn,f l,inlnu nrininlM ir.-
u w not nec-ssaryio report er-,argeir influenced and encouraged by UrajJ hls nllti,lUatet instru-
thing ; that Judge .aft says these days i. ; President Wilson's altitude. The Mop-j laollt Ill(OUt M hoU!M for the fuB of
ii" 'us rcaii. i.niniiiam ur.rnuic- gan :eople w:n give more attention to
ought :o be rpated. Tor example, banking and leys to the directorates
iys that lie never eats potatoes. of Kreat financial corporations.
- j Naturally the public is more than or-
Colonel Harvey is not wholly satis- j dinarily Interested in some of tbe de
rfed with President Wilson's admin- j veloptnenrs in connection with this
. l.-.tration. but Colonel Watterson i announced withdrawal of the Morgan
ottering no critlcirm. it is strange house. And first there is something in
thort statement made by J. P.
Iorgan. He tells or dlrertorsnlps
: " j having been accepted with reluctance;
i IMcticnary-makers es:imate that for jthey were accepted "only because we
is an old dud at Grindo! tvnld. for in
stance, who makes quite a comforta
ble competency by standing in front
of his chalet when visitors laden with
cameras are coining tip the side of the
mountain and blowing upon a lie
uendous horn.
"How very quaint!' exclaims the
unsuspecting tourist "The dear old
shepherd is calling home the cows."
The dear old shepherd, however, is a
----- . - - i
j how colonels sometimes change thirphe
opinions and posi'ions. I yiOT
J the thing. Neither does he perform
upon it for the henetit or his nocks
and herds, for he owns none. But bo
will tell you frankly, when you ask
him to stand "quite still." that he will
very wlllinfy pose in whatever man
ner you liUe. but you must first pay
Dim a couple of francs for bis trouble.
That old niau is probably the best
known character in the Grlsons nud
felt constrained to keep in touch with
properties which we had reorganized."
Following that In the press reports
was the attendant story that the Mor
gan withdrawal had no effect on priceB
cn the New York stock exchange. Evi
dently brokers considered that the big
- - - j properties would do as well without
; Carl Browne, of Coxey's army, who Morgan actors. "Stocks of corpora
J began a speech on the steps of theti0ns most directly connected with the
. caj.!tol at Washington In inoi, and ! bouse of Morgan did not vary in
'. was driven awav. returned tl:e other j prices," the stock ticker tape told.
". the rat three centuries the Kncl.t-h.
languago has been accumulating an j
average of four new words a day. i
. When Ccionel Rooaevelt was engased i
i m organizing the Ananias club, the
! addifioas swelled the average. 1
lie Ito of mnny local tales.
World Mngnsine.
-Wide
Took It Like a Philosopher.
One day Mrs. Jones rushed into the
library to her husbniul with hasty
steps and a wiid look of excitement
"Oh. John. oh. John I" she exclaimed,
with a lot of emotional thrills. "Norah
made a mistake and tried to light the
kitchen Are with gasoline!"
"Gasoline, eh?" calmly responded
John. "Kid she get it started?" ,
"Ild she get it started?" cried the
amazed Mrs. Jones. "It blew- her out
the kitchen window!"
"That's all right, my dear," returned
the philosophical Jones. "It was her
afternoon out, anyway." Philadelphia
Telegraph.
Not Very Funny.
"I did my best to be entertaining,"
said the youn? man in a voice of sor
row, i
"Did yon succeed?"
"I'm afraid not I recited Hamlet's
soliloquy. She looked nt me reproach
fully for several seconds and then ex
claimed. I don't think Hint's very fun
ny! ".London Telegraph.
SHE.
We two may never meet. I know.
And splashing aeas may lie between us;
Hereafter there may never grow
A potted palm or vine to screen ua;
I may. aa you have said, grive way
To useless slghine; and to Borrow.
And mourn the chance I have today.
When I alt down to think, tomorrow.
But, even if our ways shall part
And if our hopes must bloom asunder.
Shall happiness avoid my heart.
And no fond lips press mine, I wonder?
fare.
Xtr. though through N'omu'a Land I
I'll meet some brave one never doubt
It
Who will grladly embrace me there.
Without first lecturing- about It.
Achievement
"What have you accomplished in
this world, anyhow? Tou have never
led an army, have you? You have
never held high office in which you
rendered valuable service to the peo
ple. You have never written a book;
never acted a great part in any impor
tant movement you have never done
anything, as far as I "know, which
should entitle you "to the honor you
complain that the public has not be
stowed upon you."
"Say, you forget that I once taught
a pig to climb a ladder and pick out
numbers representing the day of the
month on which General Grant was
born."
"The Young Lady Across the Way"
day and finished it brforv the police
reached him. The presumption is
! that having got it out of his system
-. Carl feels better know.
' While the money kings wre mulcting
The country likely will have the
same feeling that Wall street held
namely, that the passing of tbe Mor
gan house from the directories will at
least be no injury to the properties.
Perhaps tbe country would not have
ao nromrtlv tAken on fhf vIav lu-n
the New Haven road, it patrons wire ywa ago j.lJt ,n ;he nieant)me ,t bas
p ighlercd. Now that the company j ),ad the story of the New Haven rai'
. s been forcd to put mon'-y into bet-;roa(j; and ,nat certainly has not been
I' .tne-iU. it is taking the difftrer.ee out a commendation for Morgan and Bak
of its shop emiioyes. whose .aies'r management.
;.ave been cut 10 per cent. No of coursft thi3 action of the Morgan
n expected that the overfed stock ) hcuse. to be followed at once by slm-
, manipulators aho loo;ei me earni.igs
,' woulJ be made to pay ba k. It must
' come out of the blood of the toller.
ilar action of ober banking bouses, la
mentioned as a triumph for the admin,
iftratlon at Washington.
Yes, it is all that; and yet there is
more to the story. It Is a triumph for
what Morgan calls "changing public
sentiment.
In Mil this m at taw Ka .4r-.:,.t-
of some part, of Illinois to a consid- j been efronK becaw of
j erable extent, the farmers of the i inK ,t hll had froin pul)lc Bentiment.
? TJII ILLINOIS I'tHHKH.
I Iespite the fact that the drou'll of
! last summer Injured the corn crop
I Mate a t r- iu rw4
unse&Bonably warm weather, while it
1 bas hurt busincs in the towns, has
' benefited the farmer. This Is the
opinion of Illinois agricultural engi-
neers. who at the seventh annual
i meeting of the American Society of
' Agricultural Engineers, held in Chl
' rago. unanimously prophesied a good
; crop year for 1914.
4 The general opinion of the Illinois
men regarding conditions In this state
J -s voiced by E. A. White, chief crop
i spert from the Illinois agricultural
l college at I'rbana. wlen he said:
"!iiino!s farmers are not a bit dis
: eottraged. Winter wheat is in good
' condition and crass reed Is in splen
r did shape. Neither lias been unfa-
TO.-ably affected by the unusually
Perhaps thre is no one who bas a
livelier appreciation of this fact than
President Wilson.
As the president ptits the story,
"The news is very interesting."
HE F0SES IN THE ALPS'.
Tbe "Dear Old ehepherd" Who Does
It For a Consideration.
Nearly every adventurer upon the
Alps nowadays carries a camera. It
la a sign of the times. People have
become obsessed with the Importance
tit realities, and the camera is the only
f ossil-le i-,-eut to enable you to show
real! tit- to j-our friend. It is not of
much u.te ti tell them nbont omv
strange aijUt or of some curious con-
j -
I 5fS"" if
NO HARM DONE.
"Dear me, pa," said the beautiful
heiress, "you'll mortify me to death
yet"
"What's the mat
ter now, Lil?"
"You told John
' to eo down to tha
A-"-;. depot and ret the
Oi?M1 earl's baggage.
!?.y--yi- right out loud so
that he couldn't
help hearing you. Why cant you
learn to say station and luggage?"
"Oh, don't mind that. The earl won't
care. He's got used to United States
talk. He asked me this morning how
I got my dcugh and how much I had
of It"
Self Abnegation.
The porterhouse ateak will soon be for
the millionaire only News Item.
I can't affort the Juicy ateak
That once wea auch a Joy to me;
Bueh nourishment I may not take
I'pon my present salary.
No eoetty porterhouse for mine;
I take a seat beside the hoard
And. with a bird and bottle, dine
On auch things as I may afford.
Appreciation.
"I was strongly tempted when we
were In the conservatory alone to
take you' in my arms and kiss you.
Would you have been very angry with
me If I had bone so?"
"Yes very. But thank jou for the
compliment"
. One of That Kind.
"What kind of a rirl is she?:
"One of the kind that think you
don't care for them unless you epend
at least $S on champagne the first
evening."
The young lady across the way Bays the teacher of history said that
Julius Caeser made up the calendar and she certainly was grateful to h!m
fcr thinking about putting January in as she really didn't know what the
t.nd her mother would do if there were no January sales to go to.
As It Often Happen.
The man who has to pay for gettfng
three lines concerning his marrlr.gn
published may when he 1s divorced get
a column or two without putting up
a cent
To you Deneve the theory that doe-
tn hnve n riht to kill where they
can not cure?"
"Haven't they always been doing
It?" Boston Transcript
The night la long that never finds tn J
isr. Khakesuenre.
"What's this. Cortrrlp:ht?".nsked Mr.
Chandler, managing partner of the
firm of Chandler . Bros., publishers.
"This manuscript comes from Hay-,
thorn Hayes. I didn't understand
when he went away that he-had an
unpublished novel finished."
"Nor 1, sir. Nevertheless this manu
script has been sent us by express
and a letter has come by mall with
regard to It"
Mr. Cnrtvrright handed his employer
a typo written letter, which read as
follows:
Messrs. Chandler Broa.:
Dear Bira On the eve of my departure I
find a manuscript which I send you by
express. It was written aome time ago
and laid aside until I should have made a
market for It by other work mora likely t
be accepted by a wider thouah perhaps
lower grade of readers. I have no time to
enter further Into particulars. Perhaps
you will use it durin my absence. Very
truly yours, H. H.
Mr. Chandler read the letter ana
looked puzzled.
"Do you think there is anything
wrong about it?" asked Cartwright
"I don't know that there Is. If on
either the manuscript or the letter
there was a scrap of Hayes' writing I
would like it better. However, you
may have the story read and If there
is a marked difference between its
style and that of his other works let
me know."
The reader reported that there was
a considerable difference between the
style of "The Aeronaut" and that of
Mr. Hayes' other works. There was a
crudity in it that Indicated he had
written it before he had had much
practice.
Chandler Bros, were In a quandary.
They had published two novels for
Haythorn Hayes under his initials, "H.
H.," with very good success. They had
advised him to print his full name on
the title page, and he had ignored their
advice to his sorrow, for with success
came a desire to be known as a suc
cessful author. But since "H. H." was
well known to the public and Haythorn
Hayes was not. a novel by the latter
would not reap the benefit of the ad
vertising of one by the former. He
was therefore obliged to continue to
publish under his initials.
"There's no hope of reaching Hayes,"
said the head of the publishing firm.
"He bas gone up the Amazon river to
find the legendary , amazon women,
who he believes have or have had a
real existence, with a view to writing
a story about them. If we don't pub
lish this "Aeronaut" we'll doubtless of
fend him, and when he returns some,
rival firm will get his Amazon novel.
Tut the book in press and advertise
largely that It is forthcoming. We
must make sure of the story be is aft
er, and the best way to do so is to put
him under obligations to us by booming-
this 'Aeronaut' story."
"The Aeronaut" -was offered to the
publishers late in the autumn and was
rushed through for the spring trade. A
paragraph in a literary Journal had an
nounced Mr. Hayes' departure with a
view to getting material for a unique
novel, and his publishers occasionally
jogged the memory of the public by an
item as to the singular possibilities of
such a theme.
However, when "The Aeronaut" ap
peared it very soon became manifest
that it must stand on its own merits.
Being unlike Mr. Hayes other works
it did not appeal especially to his ad
mirers. For some time it looked as
though it would be a failure. Those
dealers who had bought copies with
the privilege of returning those that
were unsold began to send them in by
the hundreds. ' .
"Never mind," said Mr. Chandler,
"we'll make it all up on the Amazon
deal."
But one day there came a call for
more copies of "The Aeronaut" by a
prominent dealer, which was followed
by new orders from other booksellers.
There was evidently a call for the
work on the part of the public. It was
not long before the fact was recog
nized that the sale- of the book had
taken a start The start became a de
mand and the demand became a clamor
from the dealers to supply the public.
Tne sale of "The Aeronaut" far sur
passed that of any of Mr. Hayes' other
works and increased his reputation
tenfold.
Chandler Bros, thought It a good op
portunity to make advertising capital
of the fact that no one knew; who "H.
H." was. They therefore had an item
inserted in a newspaper stating that
he was a prominent playwright named
Henry Horbeson. Mr. Hnrbeson de
nied the change. Another item named
another man, and It was not long be
fore half a dozen prominent persons
were trying to put off' nn honor that
did not belong to them. Chandler
Bros, chuckled and refused positively
to give the name of the real author.
Meanwhile Haythorn Hayes was
hunting for the athazons In the Interior
of South America. Nothing came from
hiiu for a year, at the end of which
time he reappeared at the mouth of j
the river from the Amazonas province
of Brazil and reported that he had
found traces of the amazon women.
But he would give no particulars.
Chandler Bros, made as much of the
news as possible and eagerly looked
for his return to his home.
One morning he appearotf, bronited
by the equatorial sun, in tbe office of
his publishers.
"Well, Hayes."" said Mr. Chandler
when the greetings were over, "we've
been making hay while the sun wasn't
shining. Ha. ha! While you have
been lost in Brasil we have been reap
ing a big profit for you out of yonr
Aeronaut "
"That's a very good Joke," replied
the author, "but I don't know what
you mean by 'The Aeronaut" "
"Why. the novel you sent ua at tha
time you were leaving. We bare a
check for aome $12,000 for you for
royalties." -
"I sent you no Aanuscript as 1 was
l leaving, aud I have never hwird of a
novel calied 'The Aeronaut.' "
The two Chandler brothers and tha
junior partner, who
about smiling benignly npon
tnons author, suddenly loW(i4
nera of their months km w?,
each other. . a
"Nonsense, old fellow, H
dler senior. "Your modest, jT
ways stood In your way. Yoo-J"
ten the biggest thing of the
hope you're not going to deny . 1
Nevertheless Mr. Hayes rw:,,
his denial and Anally got tht'aT
of how tbe manuscript cam te
firm, Ifa doubts about the la-T
of the author and other infora
He called for a copy of the fcvi
It home with him and did n .
after beginning till be had CnhC,
The next day he returned to tie L
lishing house, was closeted
head of the firm and said:
"Mr. Chandler, it does not -pa.
much credit on your bouse that J
did not realize on reading this 2
that I had not tbe ability to wrltt t
I haven't either the imagination era,
ingenuity. Moreover, you shtmiii
known that it was pot wrIttB fcj ,
man and that it was written byit
man. Some one endeavored toyttfc
through by using my initials and
cecded, with a result far abort
thing I am capable of attaining.
what surprises me is that -rboe-e
the impostor may be she bai not
tempted to reap tbe pecuniary nwt
arising through her imposture.'
"Wait" replied Mr. Chandler. Tat
will come in time."
After a prolonged Interview St.
Hayes departed, having obtains i
promise that if the impostor were dis
covered he should be notified befor
any action In the premises was tabs.
A month later the author receiTed (
telephone message that if he' wotiS
call nt the office of Chandler Broj. ha
would hear something of the tajw.
ture that had been practiced on tim
and on tbe firm. On arrinl Mi.
Chandler said to him:
"A lady named Helen Herbertaeai
time ago published through n a Ds
'book of poems, on which we lost aoat
money. Since then we have heart
nothing from her till this morah-.
when we received this note."
He handed the note to Mr. Bsjm,
who read:
Messrs. Chandler Bros.:
Dear Sirs On my departure for Afrla
about a year ago. where I have been itj
a view to investigating whether the V7t
mles there are the same aa mentioned tr
the historian Herodotus, I sent you tin
manuscript of a novel called "The Aero
naut." hoping that you might me it fin
ing my absence. On a railway train 1 pur
chased a copy of the book published -rut
your Imprint. Why did yon pot my ini
tials on the title page Instead ot si'tet
my full name? I hear the story hu bt
very generally read, and if you have ear
thing in the way of royalties to my credit
I should be obliged if you would lend mi
a check. Cordially yours,
HELEN HERBERT.
Mr. Hayes looked up at Mr. Chandlet
and' met that gentleman's eyes fixed
on him with a singular expression. 4
"This beats any theme I ever rort
ed up," remarked the author.
"It's the old story of truth beiaj
stranger than fiction."
"And we stupids could only Interpret
the mystery as an Imposture."
"No Imposture at all, nothing but l
commonplace occurrence."
"If you are about to send the lady I
check I beg you to make me yonr mes
senger." "Certainly."
Mr. Chandler tapped a bell and euW
for a check for the balance of 11
Herbert's account. It amounted to mm
than $14,000. Sir. Hayes took it as!
later called at the address the autiff
ess hnd given. When she appeared
Mr. Hayes found her to be about tro
ty-six years old. comely end with c
Intellectual head.
"I have a check for you .for roji
ties on your 'Aeronaut,' " be &
handing it to her, "from Chandler
Bros. They published it at yonr re
quest, signed 'H. H.,' thinking I Sri
written it. Had your name instead!
my Initials been attached tolt, it wonii
not have been published and misbtt
have got the start required to niikeK
a success."
"That being the case," said tlir l-oj
"this money belongs to you. I "rE
make it payable to your order." ",
"It does not belong to me, tor
could not have written the story.
is beyond my capabilities."
"But if the storv was accepted on ac
count of mv initials being mistaken f
yours and got Its start from tbe w
cause I have been banking on 7
capital."
"And I doubtless have received m-
eredit from your novel. It seems to n
that we are both fortunate thronglH"
error. The immediate benefit the
for royalties, is yours; mine will cot
inter."
He handed her the check, and t
first part of the partnership wasciost
This was the beginning of an
ounintance that produced that f
lohnratinn "The AM3WS.
a novel requiring the delicate toucn
a woman, while the local color w
supplied by one who had visitea i"
wild country in which the scene of &
story was laid. It was followed J
"The Pygmies." which met wltheS
success.
Jan.' 5 in American
History.
TV'-Stephen Pecatur. commodore I
S. NM born in Maryland; killed
a duel with Commodore Barron,
fellow olflcer. iu 1S20.
1S!1 Kiama Abbott, prima iaS!
died; born 1S49.
10IS-Pr. Iewia Swift, noted
oraer. died at Marathon, K. "': w'
Suying Books.
To bu l-ooka only because t
were p:is!ied by an eminent r"
ts mach tin if a nan should buy t
Jng that did not fit him only I-
made by some famous tailor. r'p
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