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THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM. Published and owned by the PALLA DIUM PRINTING CO. Isued 1 days each week, evenings and Sunday morning'. Office Corner North 8th and A street. Home Phone 1121. Bell 21. RICHMOND. INDIANA. Rudolph G. IrdaCfcarlea M. MorfiaO. Owea Knhn -Maaaa-las Editor. ! -Bualaesa HMicer. News Editor. SUBSCRIPTION TERMS. In Richmond 15.00 per year (In ad vance) or 10c per week. MAIL SUBSCRIPTIONS. One year. In advance 15.00 Six months, in advance 2.60 One month. In advance .45 RURAL ROUTES. One year. In advance .....2.00 fix months, in advance........... 1.15 One month, in advance 23 Address changed as often as desired both new and old addresses must be given. Subscribers will please remit with order, which should be given for a specified terra i name will not be enter a until payment Is received. Entered at it Richmond. Indiana, nost-I officers second class mail matter. REPUBLICAN TICKET. ' NATIONAL TICKET. For President WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT Of Ohio. For 'Vice-President JAMES S. SHERMAN of-New York. 8TATE. -rOvernor JAMES E. WATSON. Lieutenant Governor FREMONT C. GOODWINE. -Secretary of State FRED A. SIMS. Auditor of State JOHN C. BILLHEIMER. Treasurer of State OSCAR HADLEY. ' Attorney General JAMES BINGHAM. State Superintendent ' LAWRENCE McTURNAN. ' State Statistician J. L. PEETZ. i Judge of Supreme Court QUINCY A. MYERS. Judge of Appellate Court DAVID. MYERS. Reporter of Supreme Court GEORGE W. SELF. DISTRICT. Congress WILLIAM O. BARNARD. COUNTY. Joint Representative ALONZO M. GARDNER. Representative WALTER S. RATLIFF. Circuit Judg(3 HENRY C. FOX. Prosecuting Attorney CHAS. L. LADD. Treasurer ALBERT ALBERTSON. Sheriff LINUS P. MEREDITH. Coroner DR. A. L. BRAMKAMP. Surveyor ROBERT A. HOWARD. Recorder WILL J. ROBBINS. Commissioner Eastern DIst. HOMER FARLOW. Commissioner Middle Dist. BARNEY H.' LINDERMAN. Commissioner Western DIst. ROBERT N. BEESON. WAYNE TOWNSHIP. Trustee JAMES H. HOWARTH. Assessor CHARLES E. POTTER. MOTOR, BOATS. ' At first glance It would-seem abBurdvto say that motors boats are. encountering or about t to encounter greater opposition along.our eastern coast than- the automobile on land. But such ia-the case. The motor boat is being proclaimed a nuisance wher.ever it has made its appearance in any numbers. This is because of the great amount of noise which the boats make. It is said that a motor boat can be heard several miles out from land and at a summer resort the incessant chugging which continues almost all night has a tendency to drive away the summer trade. Not the least of the crimes which are laid at the door of the motor boat Is the inability of whistling for a period of six seconds. On sea such a thine be-

comes almost a menace to other Senator Scott.', the veteran politicraft which may be in those waters, cian, is credited wit saying: "There Furthermore the motor boat seems to is no hope of Bryan' getting the elecdefy the law of the coast and sea in toral vote in view of the action of not following any fixed rule about the Democratic convention"

passing other vessels, -which makes it almost impossible for the navigator of sailing vessels to place any reliance in the direction the boat is to take. This not Infrequently leads to accidents in many cases. Another

peculiar trouble is that the wake of These photographs are evidently gota motor boat is productive of short, ten up for the occasion, as anv intei.

choppy waves which play havoc with not only smaller boats, but have de-

stroyed by undermining many a after the milking is done and the wharf and have in some cases washed chickens have gone to roost We rathdown the coast and the islands when er smile when we wonder whether Mr

there were many motor boats pres- Bryan is basing all his hopes for dolent As Is the case with automobiles lar contributions on those nhoto-

the fact that any man who had the graphs. Mr. Bryan's suspenders are price could buy and run them, wheth- too recent to have been on those older he had shown any peculiar fitness very torn and very tattered trousers or discretion has done a great amount very long. Mr. Bryan's boots look

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Diuiy. Strict leglelatlon on all these points Is not only necessary but Imperative. And such legislation will do the competent man no harm and will raise the estimation of the motor boat In the eyes of the public as like laws have done for the automobiles. Motor boat legislation and automobile legislation making It necessarian over the country that the person running them be a licensed and competent person of mature age and sense will do much to solve all the difficulties above mentioned The or dinances In every large town which is up to date in the East make it nec essary for the person running an au tomobile to show a certificate of ex amination in proficiency, the chauffeur must be of an age not less than eighteen and must give bond. While such legislation may seem unfair it la i j.ti. . " """" luc mai mere have been fewer accidents in the communities in which such is the rule. THE NEW YORK BAROMETER. There is a panic among the ma chine politicians in New York state. Alarmed by Gov. Hughes announce ment that the place would suit him again If the people wanted him the politicians hurried their emissaries to Taft, Roosevelt and Hitchcock seeking comfort. They desired a "hands off" policy. And this is what they got. As a measure of diplomatic phraseology there is little that could have been bettered; the message would keep hands off, but with the distinct understanding that the poli ticians must put up a candidate who must be stronger than Hughes. There was hands off Indeed. The machine will have some difficulty in finding a man who is as popular with the people as Is Mr. Hughes and it is now up a tree. What applies to New York applies to the whole country. It is not easy to judge whether our wave of "reform" Is emotional or whether ! it really means a distinct advance in the quickening conscience of the population. The coming election will especially in the larger cities be a turn ing point in a movement, either of reaction or continuation. A reaction will mean an emotional and snasmodic influence at work. With a me .... iropoiis such as New York City the tendency is always toward the live and let live policy. The agricultural districts are in the rank of reform. To the student of politics, then the nomination of the candidate for governor will be in a great measure sig nificant of the temper of the whole country. By a juxtaposition of the West for the upstate in New York and the East for the city of New xorK, we will have a very fair bar ometer of the situation. Eyes should be kept on New York then, if one wants to see which way the national cat is going to jump. JIM CROW. The Jim Crow plank which the Democratic party put in their West Virginia platform bids fair to cost the Democratic party its negro vote It was only a few weeks ago that these same Democrats were telling each other that they had the negroes right where they wanted them on account of .the Brownsville affair. The drastic steps taken by the party in the matter of the jim crow business is of course due to the portion of the state which Is in the low lands. The Piedmont district, i. e.: the hill country has been always overwhelmingly Republican and in fact was the element which kept the state in the Union by the. division of the "Old Dominion." WItatthe addition to this strong RePublican leaning the addition of the neS" vote swings a state safely into tho Republican column. Of course whaMhe Democrats aimed at was the elimination of the negro as a factor ,n Politics. For all intents and purPses the legislation contemplated is aa effectual as the most drastic of the southern statutes for the removal of 1119 egro vote. But they chose a very Pr Ume to do it. The West VirSlnla negro has his eyes well opened to what is going on. The Hi mlssal of colored troops was as nothing to what the Democrats will do if nav the chance and there Ia little hoPe for Bryan in that neck of 016 woods. 'Every little bit helps." FARMER BRYAN. In a recent issue of a woman's masr. azine tnere is an article on Rrvan n. lustrated with numerous nhotoeranhs Iigent farmer will observe If he looks over the fashions in directoire irowns

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as If they were so new that they were at that moment wearing a blister on his life heel. More than that, that hat! We have seen farmers in hats Just like It before, but alas, there was never a farmer off the stage who wore that' beautiful fedora until the real farmer Bryan set the fashion as exhibited in our ladies" fashion papers. Such a costume might do very well in Blaney's Theatre the home of the "ten-twent-thirt on lower Broadway, but it will hardly pass muster around here. Mr. Bryan may be able to rope in a few women with his fashion paper advertisement but we consider that the native shrewdness of the farmers (if they chance to see it- will hardly fail to receive the real poser who is under all that agricultural pomp and glory. If baked beans, boiled potatoes, bread and butter, coffee and harlequin dessert can be furnished to and relished by Chicago school childden at a cost of two cents a head, how much can the inmates of the Home for the Friendless Women get for forty cents per diem. A solution of this puzile is wanted at this office. Mr. Roosevelt must remember when he gets to Africa that all the elephants are not Republicans. PENNSYLVANIA LEADS Is Now the Greatest Coal Pro ducing State in the Union. STATE'S ORDER CHANGED. Chicago, August 1. Increased pro miction of coal in the United States has caused a change In the order of the coal producing states, according to statistics which have just been compiled by the government geological survey. Illinois, which in 190 was third in production, is now second and West Virginia has dropped to third place. Pennsylvania is still first on the list. Illinois' production for 1!K7 as given in the report, was 51,317,145 short tons, having a spot value of $."4,GS7.382. Export of coal from this country to Canada. Cuba and elsewhere has been steadily growing and this year promises to break all existing records. Latest government reports show total exports of coal for a period of eleven months as 11,505,242 tons, with a value of $35,750,037. Corresponding figures for 1907 showed a total of only 2O,O(0,947 tons and Um was still less. The change in Illinois position recalls the big coal strike of two years ago, as the Increased production for 1907 was due to the renewed activity in mining after the recovery from the effects of the. suspension on April 1, liXMJ. During this suspension practically all the important mines of Illinois were idle and 49,792 out of a total of 01,988 miners were unemployed for 58 days. Because of the conditions the production of West Virginia in 19MJ exceeded that of Illinois by 1.S10.240 short tons, as the suspension there affected only a small number of the mines for about SO days. HEALTH OF SOLDIERS IN ISLANOS GOOD Rrmy Surgeons Gratified Over Reports. Washington, Aug. 1. Army surgeons are much gratified over reports which are being received from var: ious posts and from the medical officers stationed in the Philippines and in Cuba respecting the health of the army. It has greatly improved during the last fiscal year, and the sick rate has been materially lowered at some of the posts which hold the record for such diseases as typhoid fever and malaria. The hitherto malaria-ridden posts on the Potomac river, by dint of much energy on the part of the surgeons, have been raised to the class of posts where the health record Is considered very good. The work of the surgeons in Cuba has been especially successful, and is destined to be the subject of special commenda tion by the Secretary in his next annual -report. RAILROADS TO OPPOSE THE TEXAS ORDERS Do Not Take Kindly to Equipment Order. Austin, Tex., Aug. 1. Texas railroads have decided to oppose in the courts the state railroad commission's orders requiring them to purchase new equipment to the value of $44,000,000. Traffic officials of the various roads contend that many engines and cars are idle and that additional rolling stock is not needed. CHICHESTER'S PILLS Illle to K. ui 4114 mUhAV iaiwi Umax a rniXr2 man, (m. M-ny EjifrSf 501BEY DRIFTS LUETnlOt

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L BE Constitutional Movement Turkey Will Have a Broad Effect. in THE FUTURE IS UNCERTAIN YOUNG TURKS DRUNK BY THEIR SUCCESS, MAY CREATE SITUA TION AS DID EXTREMISTS IN FIRST RUSSIAN DOUMA. London, August 1. That the consti tutionai movement in Turkey bids, fair to change the political face of the east and call into being recuperative influences which will have the broad est international effects is a conclu sion reaching forcing itself upon Eu ropean statesmanship. Whether the credit for the coup ot Abdul Hamid belongs to eBrlin's suggestion or to London's advocacy of "mobilecolumns" to hunt down Mace donian bands, the predominant fact is that the "sick man of Europe" has outplayed all the chancelleries in hit, adroit appeal to the people and in his prompt dismissal of the leader of the palace clique, chief of whom is the in famous Izzet Bey. It is not improbable that the young Turks, intoxicated with the success which has attended their agitation, will go beyond the limits which the moderates in Ottoman public life, such as it has been, think should be ob served. There are signs that they will re peat the xtravagances of the revolu tionary extremists in the first Russian duma, and the upshot may be that the Parliament summoned for November I will have a career similar to that of the chamber dominated by men like Allafyn . But the salient feature of the situa tion is the enormous increase prob ability that the "Turkish question' will be solved by the Turks, and that the solution will put an end to the hopes certain powers cherished of the collapse of the Ottoman Empire on the passing of Abdul Hamid. All cal culations of the future of Turkey must be revised. AFTER BIG TRUST Trust Busters Seeking to Demolish American Tobacco Company. COMPETITOR FILES SUIT. Louisville, August 1. The American Tobacco company, known as the Tobacco Trust, is now the target for the guns of the trust busters. Suit for a million and a half dollars ' have been brought in the Federal courts here against the American Tobacco company by the Monarch Tobacco company in which an infringement of the Sherman anti-trust law is alleged. The papers in the case allege that the so-caled trust through operations in restraint of sale, has restricted the manufacture and sale of tobacco to such an extent that the Monarch company has been crowded out of profitable selling fields. Half a million dollar damages are alleged but three times that amount is asked for as the Sherman anti-trust law allows that amount. EMPLOYES WAGES CAN NOT BE ASSIGNED Baltimore & Ohio Makes New Ruling. Baltimore, Aug. 1. Assignment of wages by Baltimore & Ohio employes has been officially prohibited under penalty of immediate suspension or dismissal. The object is to prevent loan sharks extorting usurious rates of interest, an instance having been found where $25 was demanded in ad dition to interest on a loan. The Pennsylvania and the Reading, it is stated, will take like action and the armies of employes on these three roads will be protected from further imposition. NEW TUNNEL STATION WILL COST $500,000 Hoboken Terminals Costly. Will Be New York, August 1. The public service corporation will erect a $500,000 passenger station adjoining the Lackawanna and McAddo tunnel terminals at Hoboken. Work will be be gun in September and it is expected the building will be completed early next year. Til era Is no medietas o are and at tbe aama Hmm ao pleasant to taka as Dr. CaldweU's Srrnp Pepsin, tbe positive cure tor all diseases ariaiaff from atemach trouble. Tbe prto Is rey rea enable 50c and 51. PALLADIUM WANT ADS PAY.

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CHAPTER. X. rrp HE offices of James Banseiner were two floors above those of Robertson Kay RIgby in the TJ building. The morning after Graydon Bansemer's important visit to the home of the Cables, Eddie Deever lounged Into Kigby's presence. He seemed relieved to find that the stenographer was 111 and would not be down that day. The lanky youngster studiously inspected the array of law books in the cases for some time, occasionally casting a sly glance at Bobby. At last he ventured a remark somewhat out of the ordinaryfor him: "That old man up In Bansemer's office gets on my nerves." said he, settling his long frame In a chair and breaking iu upon lilgby's attention so suddenly that the lawyer was startled into a quick look of Interest. "Old Droom? What do you know about him ?" "Nothing ' in particular, of course. Only he sort of jars me when he talks." RIgby saw that the young man had Something on his mind. I did not know that you were personal friends," ventured Rigby. "Friends!" snorted Eddie, "rioly mackerel! He scares the life out of me. I know him ia a business way, that's all. Ho come down here three weeks ago and borrowed some books for Bansemer. I had to go up and get 'em yesterday. lie told me to sit down while he looked up the books. I was there half an hour, and he talked all the time. By Jlng! He makes your blood run cold. He Bald he had set aside in bis will the sum of a hundred dollars to build a church for the honest man. "That will be a pretty small church,' says I. 'It will be a small congregation, my son,' says he. 'What few real honest men we have will hes"What sore of tnuinenn does Mr. Banse mer handle t" itate to attend for fear of being ostra cised by society.' 'Gee whiz, Mr. Droom, that's pretty hard on society! ', says I, laughing. 'Oh, for that matter, I have already delivered my eulogy on : society,' says he. 'But it ain't dead,' says I. 'Oh, yee. It's so rotten it must ; surely be dead,' says he in the nastiest way I ever heard. He's a fearful old man, Mr. Rigby. He made a mean re- ; mark about that Mrs. David Cable." 'What did he say?" quickly demand ed Bobby. 'He said he'd been reading in tbe pa pers about how she was breaking into society. 'I knew her in New Y'ork years ago, says he. 'She wasn't fashionable then. . Now she's so swell that she'll soon be asking Cable to build a mansion at Rose Lawn cemetery, be cause all of the fashionables go there, Pretty raw, eh, Mr. Rigby V Oh, he's an old blatherskite Eddie! They talk that way when they get old and grouchy. So he knew Mr. Cable In New York, eh? What else did he say about her?" Nothing much. Oh, yes, he did say In that nasty way of his-that be saw her on the street the other day chatting with one of the richest swells in Chics go. He didn't say who he was except that he was tbe man who once made his wife sit up all night in the day coach while he slept In the only berth to be had on the train. Do you know who that could be?" "I'm afraid Droom was romancing," said Bobby, with a smile. "Say, Mr. Rigby," said Eddie earnestly, "what sort of business does Mr. Bansemer handle?" RIgby had difficulty In controlling his expression. "I was wondering, because while I was there yesterday a girl I know came out of the back room where she had been talking to Bansemer. She's no good." "Very likely she was consulting Mrn about something." said Rigby quietly. "She soaked a friend of mine for a thousand when sbe was singing In tbe chorus in one of the theaters here." "Do you know her well?" "I r did see something of her at one time. Say, don't mention it to Rosie, will you? She's not strong for chorus girls,': said Eddie anxiously. "A few days ago I saw a woman come oat of his office heavily veiled. She was crying, because I could hear the sobs. I don't go much on Bansemer, Mr. Rigby. Darn him, he called me a pup one day when I took a message up for Judge Smith." "See here, Eddie," said Rigby, leanleg forward suddenly, Tve heard two or three qaeer things about Bansemer. I want yov to tell me aU yon bear tram Droom and all that you see. Don't yon think yoa could cultivate Droom's aoqnalntaaoe -a bit? Keep this very iSiehrnot i' word .to BJody.; It stay

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mean sosseunngla" Qetmo.""Gee whiz!" murmured Eddie, his eyes wide with interest From that day on he and Bobby RIgby were allies even conspirators. Later in the day Rijtby bad a telephone message from Graydon Banseer suggesting that they lunch together. All he would say over the wire was that would some day soon expect RIgby to perform a happy service for him. Bobby understood and was troubled. He suspected that Graydon had asked Jane Cable to marry him and that she had consented. He loved Graydon Bansemer. but for the tirst time in their acquaintance he found himself wondering If the son were not playing Into the father's hands In this most dsirahl tnntrimftnli 1 nfnn With a shudder of repugnance he Pui the thonrhf from him lnvsil to that good friend and comrade. IimoR RanRmr .am. intr, hi. nm late that morning. He had not seen Graydon the night before, but at break fast the young man announced his good fortune and asked for his blessing. To his son's surprise the elder man did not at once express his ap- ; proval. For a long time hesat silent j and preoccupied to all appearance, nar- ; rowly studying his son's face until the young man wan constrained to laugh ' in his nervousness. ! "Vflll Irkl-A lap vai, apa aw .... asked the father a,t last "Better than my life." cried Graydon warmly. "She has good blood in her," said Bansemer senior slowly, almost absently. "I should say so. Her father Is a wonderful man." "Yes. I dare say," agreed the other. ! wlthout takIuS n,s Tn from the son's face. "But you don't say whether you approve or disapprove." complained Graydon. "Would It change matters If I disapproved?" "Not in the least father. I love ber. I'd bate to displease you In" "Then, of course. I approve," said the other, with his warmest smile. "Jane is a beauty, and I am proud of her." She Is too good for me." lamented Graydon happily, "I can't very well contradict her future husband." said the lawyer. There was a hungry look in his eyes as he glanced from time to time at the face of the boy who had bis mother's unforgettable eyes. A messenger brought Mrs. Cable's note to Bansemer soon after his arrival at tho office. He and Ellas Droom were in the back office when the boy came. They had been discussing the contents of a letter that came In the early mail. The lawyer accepted the note and dismissed the boy with the curt remark that he would telephone an answer In person. "It looks to me as though this is going to be a rather ticklish affair." Droom resumed after the boy had closed the outer door behind him. Bansemer's mind was on Mrs. Cable's j note. A queer smile hung on his lips. "I'm rather touched by her astntej ness," ho said. "She's cleverer than I thought Oh," suddenly remembering that it was not Mrs. Cable's letter they ', were discussing, "you always see the dreary side of things, Elias!" "I haven't forgotten New York," said the clerk dryly. "Ah, but Chicago isn't New York, you know." Weil, I was Just reminding you. This man is going to fight back, that is plain. "That's what Mrs. Norwood promised to do also. Ellas. But she was like a lamb In the end." "I wouldn't be very proud of that affair if I were you." "See here, Droom, you're getting a trifle too familiar of late. I don't like it" said Bansemer sharply. "I beg your pardon, Mr. Bansemer," laid Droom. scraping his foot across the floor and looking straight past his master's head. "It's for the good of the cause, that's all. It wouldn t do on Graydon's account for you to be driven from Chicago at this time. You see, he thinks you are beyond reproach." "Curse your impudence, Droom! I won't be spoken to in that way," exclaimed Bansemer, white with sudden rage and loathing. "Am I to expect my discharge, sir?" asked Droom. rubbing his hands abjectly, but looking squarely into Eansemer's eyes for the first time in their acquaintance. Bansemer glared back for an instant and then shrugged his shoulders, with a nervous laugh. "We shan't quarrel, Elias." be sala. ! "Speaking of Graydon. he Is to be mar- j ried before long." "I trust be Is to do well, sir. Gray- ! don Is a fine boy." 1 "He is to marry David Cable's dingo- i ter." . "Indeed! I did not know that David j Cable had a daughter." "You know whom I mean Jane Ca ble." He turned rather restlessly, conscious that Droom's eyes were following him to the window. He glanced again at Mrs. Cable's note and waited. "I suppose you are pleased," said Droom after a long pause. "Certainly! Jane Is a splendid girl. She's beautiful, accomplished and welL she's thoroughbred," said Bansemer steadily, turning to face the old man. "It is not necessary to remind yon that ber parents are tmkBown, said Droom. "Still." said Bansemer, and he cat flown and leaned forward eagerly, "she has good Wood from both sides." "Yes the so called best" "Ton speak aa If yoa know the truth." "I think yes,, I'm sure I know. I have known for twenty years, Mr. Bansemer. I bad tie-same meaaa.as Ton .ot finding .oat'-whose-. ebljd an

was." "That's more than Mrs. Cable knowi. "She did not take the trouble to Investigate. It's too late now." "I don't believe you really know th names of her father and mother," said Banmer shrewdly. "You ar trying .'o trick me into telling you what I do know." "There are portraits of her ancestor hanging In Fifth avenue," said Droora promptly. "Here." and be ricked tip a poncil, "I'll write the Initials of her parents. You do the same, and we'll see that they tally." He quickly scratched four letters on a pad of p'

I per. Bansemer hesitated and theo J i-lowly wrote the initials on the back I of an envelope. Without s word they i exchanged the prers. After a moment fhey mUed relief. Neither bad been tricked. The initials were Ideal . , 1 Imagine the ancestors hanging tu Fifth avenue would be amazed If they knew the story f Jane," said Droom, with a chuckle. "I doubt Tt. Droom. Ancestors havs stories, too, and they hide them," "By the way, now that your son Is to marry her. I'd like to know just what your game Is." Bansemer turned on him like a tiger, tils steely eyes blazing. "Game? There is no game. Listen te me. Droom. We'll settle this now. I'm a bad man. but I've tried to le a good father. People have called me heart, less. So be it. But I love that boy of mine. What little heart I have belongs to him. There can be no game where he Is concerned. Some dsy perhaps he'll find out the kind of a man I've .been to others, but can always remem Ut that 1 was fair and honest with him. He'll despise my method , and he'll spurn my money, but he'll have to love me. Jane Cable Is not the girl I would have chosen for him. but she Is good and true, and be loves her." For the first time In his life Ellas Droom shrank beneath tjie eyes of his master. He hated James Bansemer from the bottom of his wretched soul, but he could not but feel at this moment a touch of admiration. Through all the years ot their assoJ 8em 5ecauso he w qua,lfled to the master, because be was successful and forceful, because be had loved and been loved, because they had been classmates, but not equals. In tbe bitterness of his heart he had lain awake on counjless nights praying but not to his God that the time would come when he could stand sscendant over tins steely master. Only his unswerving loyalty to a duty once assumed kept him from crushing Bansemer with exposure years before. Jlut Droom was not a traitor, ne remained standing, lifting his eyes after a brief, shifting study of his bony hands. "You have nothing to fesr from me," he said. "Your boy Is the only being in the world that I cars for. He bates me. Everybody hates me. But it doesn't mstter. I asked whst your , game was because we know Jane's father and mother. That's all. Mrs. David Cable, I presume, csn be preyed upon with safety." "Mrs. Cable has much to lose." significantly. "And bow much to pay?" with a meaning look. "That Is ber affair. Droom." "I wouldn't press ler too hard." captioned Droom. "She's a woman." "Never fear. I'm going there for dinner tonight It's a. family sffsir. By the way. here's a letter from a distinguished polices! leader. He suggests that I set oa the city central committee for the coming year." They heard some one at tbe outer door at that moment and Droom glided forth from the inner room to greet the visitor. It was Kdd!e Deever. "Say. Mr. Droom. do you suppose Mr. Bansemer would object if I sst down for a few minutes to look over his books on 'Famous Crimes In History? Old Smith hasn't got 'em." "Go ahead." said Droom. taking his seat at the dek. (Continued.) PALLADIUM WANT ADS PAY. FURNITURE PACKED For Shipping or Storage DUNHAM'S Furniture Store 627-629 Main St.

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