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' n—MCMemwhip ty»t,iv»gpi Id he /1^%/T/ A Fascinating f £ Romance JVay<e£ C J Alan Adair,... CHAPTER VII. Veronica's faro was as haggard as Alan's. The blow had been so crush ing, so unexpected—that he had not seemed glad to see her, that his heart had not leapt out to her, as hers did to him, that his eyes did not rest for one moment upon the boy, was bad enough; but that there should be an other woman In her place! Oh, that was anguish Intolerable! At last she spoke. "You love her, Alan?” she asked. ‘‘Better than my life!” he answered passionately. “Oh!” She gave a little shudder. "Then I will go and leave you to your happiness,” she said quietly. ‘'It’s the only way—the only way. I will take our hoy and go!” "But you cannot go!” he groaned. "I made you my wife, Veronica, and as long as you live you will be my wife, although my heart and hers may break.” “I bre.ak your heart?” cried Ver onica. “Why, I would give my life for you. 1 would not have you un happy for a moment If I could help it. I love you ns much as In the old days, Alan, before the shipwreck. Oh, why was 1 saved?” He looked at her, and poor Veron ica’s heart failed her. There was no love in that look. All the love of Alan's heart was given to Joyce. There was pity and despair, but no love. When a woman loves a man site ran soon see the difference. He could not say that he praised God that she was saved, and he did not. “Tell me about It,” he said mechanically. If she talked ho would be able to think what it would be best to do for her. But as for him, the despair of bis heart almost thoked him when he thought that in about half an hour be must pull down that beautiful fab ric of their lives, must ruin Joyce for ever! He could scarcely think of Ver onica in his overwhelming agony; but she spoke, glad to see his inter est. "I was washed in shore, into a sandy bay, Alan. I had goue through the anguish of dying; but when the people found mo they brought me to, but the shock had been too much for me; I could not remember anything. And then in about five months baby was born, and then It. all came to me elowly. 1 was 111 and weak and could do nothing; I could scarcely think. Then at last when I wrote the letters were sent back to me, and 1 heard a rumor that you had gone back to Eng land. I was penniless. 1 did not know if you wanted our marriage ac knowledged, so I did not write to Air. Dempster; but as my strength re turned my courage did also. 1 began giving singing and guitar lessons. People were good to me. I worked hard, and at last scraped together enough money to take me in a sailing boat to England. 1 hate the sea. 1 was afraid of it; but you were there, and I came. Hut it was a year before I could find anything of you, and I should not have found you at all but Hutchinson told me lie had seen you and had spoken to you.” "When did he tell you that?” “Two days ago. Hut he told me that he had seen you two months ago, and you had spoken of me. You had told him we were married, Alan, which he had not known. He tracked me home from a music shop, where they get me music lessons; but 1 can not tell why he delayed." Hut Alan could. Hutchinson, in his cruelty, knew that it would be the ruin of Joyce's life as well as his own if this marriage with her could be consummated first. He knew Hutch inson buted him, so this was his re venge! He tried to think of veronica, but it was of uu use. Joyce’s Image came before him whenever he tried to think of the poor girl who was his wife. The little hoy, also, was looking at him with his, Alan's, own blue eyes, which were so great a contrast to his curly dark hair. That these poor creatures, dependent upon him for love which he could not give, troubled him. • Veronica,” ho said at length, '‘will you go hack to where you live and I will write to you when I have neeu her?" • The wlfo you love?” asked poor Veronica. • Yes,” said Alan. "Will you do that* You know that you <au trust me.” "Of course," said V< ronl i. simply. "I will do what you say always. It la misery to mo to think that I have lu ole you so unhappy, when I thought only to make you happy.'* "My poor girl," he said deeply lout tied ky the contrition hi hac time and by her *adm .-a. "you would have done very wrong if you ha' not com*" She gave him her address and I* ft hint When sheabtd son** a little way ‘rum him • he t«*> k k*r boy In ta« r « »< » and V g’.. 1 h • t ;i< y ' »v*r |<Kdtr<c at ) <t n»* own ■*.hv s< l net *f Ol 1' •mdher s pty' Oh tlan Alan," she •ailed * why Ikes t saves!*** Hut AUn was standing Where she had left hint tie t« 1 kirnulf teat n« • n no coward, tut that his heart tailed ha* fur this Theta was a* way out of It. He and .Joyce, his wife of six weeks, must part! At last he roused himself; it was getting late. Joyce already would lie uneasy about him. The thought of her pretty wifely solicitude, and how after today It might, never be put to the test, overcame him altogether. To feel that Joyce was living, and that he must give her up, that they were both young and loving, and must go on living apart forever, was too much for him. "My God, help us to bear it!" Afterwards it came back to him with profound regret that he had never thought of Veronica at all; but he eouhl be thankful that he had seen her and had not hated her. He crept home slowly, like a wound ed animal going to Its lair. Home! The very word hurt him. And he and Joyce had only this morning talked of buying the pretty house for their summer residence. Tills morning was It, or years ago Could it lie only an hour or so .since he left the station, all unsuspicious of what was to befall him? For lie had been unsuspicious. He had entirely forgotten the woman who he now easily identified as Veronica. He had been happy as It is given to few mortals to be happy. He groaned aloud as he opened the door which led Into the pretty hall. Mis throat was dry; he could not call Joyce. But she had evidently heard the opening door, for she came out of the morning-room, which they furnished with the hangings they had bought on the day he had seen Veronica. She called gaily to him and a litt'e re proachfully. "Oh, Alan, how late you are, you naughty boy! And our ride will you have ti-.i lir^t?” He simply could not answer. It was impossible; his tongue clove to the roof of his mouth, and his dry throat could not articulate a sound. "Alan,” she called again, "come along, darling." “I am coming.” His voice was, how ever, so muffled, in a moment she was alarmed. She came running out to him. Alan, Alan, what u it? Are you ill, dearest?” Her unconsciousness almost killed him, together with the thought that he would have to tell her. Then she came up to him and saw his face. In an instant she knew that something awful had occurred. Her jaw fell, and she staggered up to him, putting out her hand and feeling as if she were blind. She was unconscious no longer, for she remembered vividly the day when he had turned so white, and had told her the reason afterwards as they sat together at the hotel. Her quick mind told her that his ashy greyness and the misery on his face had some thing to do with his dead wife. Hand in hand they went together into the pretty morning-room. Into which the sun was shining, and they sat down speechless. A bird In a hush close by set up Its Joyou3 son;. Nature was fuli of gladness. Then suddenly he wrenched his hand out of hers and threw himself headlong upon the couch. Sobs broke from him and his shoulders heaved. For a moment she let him weep, and then she knelt down beside him and flung her pretty, soft arms round his neck, and pressed her cheek, down which the tears were running, against his, so that their tears mingled to gether. "Tell me like this,” she said. But he could not speak, his grief was un controllable. And so in whispers she began: "It is something about your wife, Alan—your first wife, 1 mean, poor Veronica?" He groaned, and an awful knowl-' edge came to Joyce a kn iwlodge that clutched her heart and nn le her very being stand still. For a moment she saw nothing distinctly, heard nothing distir, '.ly, only felt Alan's tears upon her cht?ek. Then, whui the mist cleared away: "Is she alive?" she w hlspered. •‘Yea!" he crird. "Alive? Oh, my poor heart! Alive! Your wife? And 1 1 —*’ He eat up then and grouped her hand* In hi* “You you!" he cried. And the agony of hi* \ »iee on me Pack to Joyce for yearn after. "You! I've g>'t to give you up. Joyce! You, thr wife of tny heart, try own, my aoul! You’ve got to he in nothing to me! How can I do It" "I don't kniw." »'-e mud feebly. “And vet. Alan we ninatV* “Do you think I don’t know it*" he fried. "Di* you think I would have you live with me while my wit* liv ing* Ihi you think 1 ahouid lit on* |M>ra<>n In thi* w< rl! point * Biu*r *»f •corn at yon* Do yuu think I •houl-l let ymj gotl your b'tHiifttl white i ml f >r m#* Oh. Joyce. I loin yon too per frrllv for th.it. von too d I” to me for that* I will uy food b* to you my own and net -r huh at y nr far* afnlu. but 1 w|!l hot lot vn t live die ttr*>ed Itut Ike pirtln, the p^rt Inf"* Joyce# whit1 fa * upMOe| to h * Joyee’w hr-nd# ffa ping hi*, Joyce # whole heiaa iuRi - I by b*t« fu Mm o| h* hid to fit h< if »«;»* > i m ire «V|uielta i4«*i f til to u,- tmwetnrU than thia n. t»ef- • ..el yet ill « |* an* t<> it * artnal *-jag »f p it * « far puo***i *il th< itn >* ,iing» «t ji Pill thi# liilor* yei.it tKWxi gweet ta ewnipart# a *Tk# fifi n|* #k ' IMib « I "Tk# parting? Yon mean that we must cease living in the fame house, in the same place, together? Alan, can we do it? Will strength be given us? Oh, what shall we do?” (To be continued.) ENGLISH TIPTOPPERS' PAY. U lmt tlm Leading Men of All P/ofea* ■Ion* Kuril In Kiiglund. It pays to be at the top of thlngn. Money is always attendant upon ropu tation, for nowadays the successful man ia well rewarded for his ability. Diplomacy seems to be one of the mo3t paying professions to follow. "The salary of an ambassador,” is a well known saying when any one wishes to indicate that such and such a person is possessed of great wealth. Sir E, J. Monon, otir ambassador at Paris, is the most highly paid of all those vigi lant •gentlemen who guard our Inter ests abroad. He receives for his ser vices liic princely Income of £9,000 a year. After him comes bir H. ltumbold at Vienna, with £8,000; Sir F. (’. Lns cclies, at Berlin, with the same yearly sum, and Sir Charles Stewart Scott, who draws £7,800 from the public purse to represent us in St, Peters burg. All the English diplomats are well paid. Here is a list of some of them, giving the place at which they reside and the income that comes to them for It; Washington, £0,500; Rome, £7,000; Turkey, £8,000; Tokio, £4,000; Egypt, £6,000; Teheran, £5,000—a list taken at random, which serves to show the large earnings of our representatives. The English church is still a paying profession for the men at the head of it,. The arch bishop of Canterbury, Dr. Temple, en joys, and indeed earns, the nice little sum of £15,000 a year, while his col league of York is, like the bishop of London, paid £10,000 for ills arduous and never-ending labors. The earl of Minto, the governor of Canada, heads tiie list of governors with £10,000, and after him comes fair Alfred Milner of Capo Town with £8,000. Lord Beau champ of New South Wales gets £7, 000, as also does Gen. Grenfell, who looks after that island fort, Malta. Hums or itj,ooo, x.,,000. and .1.4,000 are common salaries. Consul-generals are munificently paid. Two of thorn— Viscount Cromer of Cairo nml Sir H. M. Durand of Teheran—each receive 115.000 a year. For being first lord of the admiralty Mr. Goschen dri^ws 14. 500, while Sir Richard Webster, until the last few days, enjoyed as attorney general 17,000. Mr. Chamberlain has, besides his own large private fortune, 15.000 as his official salary, whilo for eommunding tho army Lord Wolseley gets 14,500. The homo secretary, Sir Matthew White Ridley, has 15,000 in salary. Despite tho large figures given above, no one, not even the archbishop himself, can compare in his earnings with those of a successful barrister. Of all "tip-top" men, your leading counsel is the most fortunate. Ixird Russell of Killowen as a barrister made something like 120,000 a year.— London Mail. SUPPLY OF IRON. World Coiiiumci About Do,000,000 Tom 11 War. A good deal of anxiety has been fait during the last two years as to tho available supplies of iron ore and fuel. The total world’s consumption of iron ores in 1899 was probably more than 90.000. 000 tons. Of this quantity tho United States contributed moro than 22.000. 000. hut in all countries alike exceptional efforts wore made to in crease the output so as to overtake the greatly stimulated demand. These ef forts are still being continued, says tho Engineering Magazine. Spain has been ransacked from one end to the other, in order to increase the avail able supplies. France is opening up new sources of supply in Greece, North Africa and elsewhere. The Gormans have sought to acquire almost a mon opoly of the supply of Swedish Lap land— within the Arctic circle—for a number of years to come, and have concluded arrangements which point to their belief that iron ores are likely to become increasingly scarce. This is a general apprehension, and if it is justified by tho facts, then it seems to be probable that this condition may mainly determine future supremacy. Mme. de Staoi once observed that "Providence tights on the side of the biggest battalions." In the war of com merce nud industry it is conceivable that Providence ma> in future acatn to Interpose on behalf of the nation that lias the largest available supplies of cheep iron or* a -Utileagu Record. I*resilient Iteeelvr* \ limit Stxi.noo. The president revive* it salary of taU.tMO a year, hi* house free, and thU Inrludi * the heat log and lighting. The grounds are rated for, hi* eouserva* lory is flit d with flower*, and the ,;ard* 'ter who rare* for It la paid by the ( .verument. The only aervant* Who Wages the president la railed upon to pay ar« hts own (terminal oues, f.»r Hie doornt’n, iiioksetiger*, clerks, and, In fa>*i, every one runneeted dl* reitiy or Indirectly w th the «*reutlv# I* pi. inn nt are, of ronrae, guvernment •mid«»>« • It* r> tin a, al»o, aa th* head of the a. my, fodder for hi* tun* e* rnd hi* s'sl.le is th* property of tn« | viiiitii«i.' Th r* are othi:’ *|> Iowan e* and tahea all la all, II ta i 'Inis'- I that th • pt stdt nt f*e*tvva In » .. i. w.»w* jw*s..-n • homo *a,i f» ' * y* » . or it* *1 l*Wi»ut. SiHiOlils* »l wn |l*lr, V • 4 -U a r.tl iitii* I Htii • *» * tt*)*si a fit t<* i » a • f th# I#* t t|)n tail 10**0 I; •:(- uf N w Vofh 4 tblaUfl bin* site it • I tn I * Sit Isttikf 4 ft *v I t4t «ft I <4 at |« WM I JM * rxrn i rrn I)l\Tn r|,im |i|H'fr j lAia HlM Au Entire Weekly and Job Pointing Plant in a Public Building at Peru. PRIYATf CONCfRN MllCTS STATI Brrlnun Ckargi-a AtteucI Jugglery of Trit Hook*— Dealer a iijmI Studmitl Aliks* Coui|ilnln ItotiliA Are I'hungril Without lattti*, I'rcAUUiabIj for Monty ti» It. PERU, Neb., Aug. 13.—The State Normal School at Peru furnishes an other example of fusion spoliation, <u competency and discord. This institu tion maintained by the state for the purpose of affording those with mod erate means an oportunity of obtain ing an education, has been no more lor tunate than any of the rest in escap ing the vile effects of fusion mlsinan agement. Not alone has this school been sub jected to the evil effects of fusion in competency, but It has ben made th> prey of political adventurers whose only purpose seems to be to exact un lawful tribute from the tax payers of the slate. To illustrate the true situation, it Is only necessary to point out that In one of the buildings owned by the state, u private business enterprise is estab lished and conducted, no rent being paid the state, while on the other band, the statu pays for its lighting, heating, pays excessive prices for material sup plied, and, In addition, Is mulcted to the extent of $30 per month. This is the way the state of Nebraska is be ing plucked ut Peru, and that, too, by fusionists. AN OUTRAGE ON TAXPAYERS. The business enterprise herein re ferred to, is the printing establishment owned and conducted by J. I). Bishop & Co. Right hi the building owned by the state this printing com pany monopolizes three large rooms, bus Its press and type, publishes a weekly newspaper, the Peru Pointer, keeps books and stationery for sale, does the job printing for the business houses of the village and for the Insti tution, and transacts all its private ousiiiesa. n. pays no rein, mu wnai Is still worse, it has Its rooms heated and lighted at the state's expense. Ami what Is worse still than that, it has the boldness to charge excessive rates for printing stationery, cata logues and the like for the Institution, the expenses of which are borne by the tax payers of the state. That this is being done Is attested by J. 1*. Bish op, head of the concern, and conspic uous in the councils of the fusion par ty in Nemaha county. In a conversation with Mr. Bishop, among other things, he said: "We have a pretty good tiling of it here, we have the use of three rooms with light and heat, and all free. Then we have the state printing for the in stitution, that Is a pretty good thing.” 'Do you have to compete with other printing houses?" "No, we fix the prices to suit our selves, we have no competition. Here for example, Is a catalogue. We charge the slate $260 for printing it, and we are getting it printed at the Morton Printing company at Nebraska City, for $200. You see we make a dean $50 there, without having to do a thing. We would make more than that if we printed it ourselves, but this year they were slow nbout geting us the copy, and, to get it out. on time, we had to send it to Nebraska City, but we will still make $50 and that is not so had. "Wo also print the paper called “The Messenger," which Is gotten out monthly by President Beattie of the school.” "Who paya for that?" "The state. Every month we get $20 from the state for getting it out. We also got ail the money accruing from advertisements in it." "Have you a contract with the state for printing stationery for the insti tution?” “No, we regulate that ourselves." "Does it amount to much?" “Considerable. You see we do all the printing for the institution or si bool and besides this we have many special orders from various teachers." "And the teachers have private sta tionery for which the state pays?” “Yes, the state pays for it all.” “How much does it all amount to in a year?" "I don't know exactly. Well, the fact Is that we aro nut making much of an effort for other business and we are clearing at least $150 per month. "Do you publish the Pointer here?" "Yes, tills is where wo publish it. We get it out every week." "How long have you been doing busi ness here?" "The plant has been In this build ing about two years. Prof. Spelbring, when lie came here to teach, bought the Pointer outfit and brought it from down tc n up here and consolidated it with th dlege plant. We got the uuttit fro dm when lie left." "How long has the }-’u arrangement CXI*.' i?" "About one year. We have been getting I .‘a pie 1 .ninth from the »tate for the last year, an l v.e aro still get ting it." And this Is the s; eel ii le, a regular weekly newspaper, not a college paper at all. Its lug printed in the state insti tution' Can auxthing like It lie fount anywhere else in the world* A private printing t*if* e in a pub lic building growing fat on th“ tax payers and getting a bonus for Uoiug III lielng Interrogated eoneeiulng the matter l*r»f I test 11”. who Is supp’xrd to exeriHc ■u|:Aiiijhim contral over • he s>ho'd and lit allalfs, rtin< I s •ii»jm i’ll u to t iad- itl Hr p n |fe mdeavotoj I e>, u.e i!(■ p> ment ut • He | . a teonfMy to llUhsp £ t*»»., on J t- I M Ml* l&«t« S dw That this Is the fruition of fusloo lsm goes undisputed. Not until tne fusionists got into the saddle was there a private printing office in a pub lic building at Peru. MENACED P.Y PARTISANSHIP. It is indeed a sad theme for contem plation that the patronage of so im portant an Institution as a normal school should be treated by persons high in authority in the state govern ment as tit plunder to divide among the heelers anti henchmen of the par ty. Yet this Is true. Among the members of the board of trustees are some men utterly incompetent to act In this capacity, and the only reason they are there is because they have w on recognition through political aehl«ve mont.i. The re ddent trustee of the Peru school Is a drummer for a cigar and tobacco house in Council Bluffs. Nor Is his devotion to the cause of fusion without Its object. In the short time lie has been on the board he has suc ceeded In ousting James F. Hoslc, pro fessor of English Language and Liter ature, and installing iu ills place Grace Culbertson, his sister-in-law. Prof. Hoslc has distinguished himself in the faculty of the school, and is a man rich in learning, llis successor is in experienced. is simply an alumnus of tiiia school, and those who are familiar with the merits of both and who are competent to Judge are authority for tlio statement that the change Is a great loss to the institution. Neverthe less, Prof. Hoslc has got to go and Miss Culbertson's name goes on the pay roll at $800 per year. it is a significant fact that Miss Cul bertson, herself, does not feel fully equal to the duties of her new posi tion, ns she Is to go to Chicago tills summer and study in the Mrs. Emmons Blaine school. However, her name is listed for the pay roll, and that, in the fusion way of looking at It, is the main achievement. MAI) SCRAMBLE FOR SPOILS. Perhaps the most flagrant attempt to profit at the expense of the state, in the way of placing the names of rela tives on the pay-roll of the Institution, was recently made by Major Duitey, a fusion wheel-horse of Nemaha coun ty. It was while Major Dailey was meditating over the pay roll of the In stitute tiiat tie concluded that his son in law, cx-htato Superintendent Goudy. was especially devised, adapted and designed for the presidency of it. The salary attached to the presidency is $2,500 per year, and the chivalrous sachem proceeded at once to shake the persimmon tree. He laid his plana with the strategy of a Von Moltke, having for his aid-de-camp, it is said, no less a personage than Governor Poynter. Hailey labored in darkness and daylight, massing his guns at ev ery vantage point, and finally after a season of strategic and subtle cam paigning. got so fur us to have the hoard called together. The hoard met. It was a meeting distinguished for courage on one side and subtlety on the other. Dailey cracked the whip around the recreant members of the board, who courageously stood out against his decree, but without effect. It was urged by his opponents that Goudy was rusty in t”he art of peda gogy, and that it would tie a' fatal step to elevate him to the presidency. This was scouted and disputed by itis cham pions. But he failed to receive the necessary support, and though his sup porters succeeded in creating a vacuum for him by forcing the resignation of President Beattie, the plum fell to Prof. Clarke and Promoter-General Dailey suddenly discovered that “The best laid plans of mice and men gang nft aglee.-” As might have been ex* i peeled, the removal of the president precipitated no little amount of dis cord and disarranged things generally at the school. The board wound up its meeting by removing the janitor, a man of many years of faithful service, and appoint ed in his stead a man named Ed Wright, distinguished from the rest of the fusion lieutenants of Peru by his dexterity in handling the paste boards, and alleged brilliant feat3 at the gaming tables. OTHER CAUSES. The only excuse offered by the Dailey faction for the removal of Prof. Beattie and the appointment of Prof. Goudy was that Dailey had to have the concession t\s a reward for polit ical services rendered. But, entirely free from the Dailey proposition, there seems to he good cause for sum moning Prof. Beattie to public judg ment. These objections the board overlooked, but they nevertheless are apparently well founded. CHARGES OF FRAUD. Considerable complaint Is being | made by students, parents and local book dealers about the manner In which changes in text books are being made and the prices charged the stu • dents for books, if half the circum stantial and parol testimony Is to be believed, and on Its fare It Is sub stantially true, gross outrages are be ing perpetrated by individuals promi nent in the faculty of the school, it Is openly charged that certain mem j hers of the faculty nrp manipulating ' the text bonks used to tile great dis 1 advantage of the students and to their I mvn private gain The local dealers claim, and in this they are corrnhor i uted by the student* fbat the teachers are charging as much for hook* which ' they receive direct from the publishers as the local dealers charge, and in ionic In dances more. Having It with* ! In their power to change the text books at their pleasure (and they have , done this very thing on numerous oc casions, thus requiring the student* to purchase u«*w banksi, a way for mak ing considerable money Is left open to ihi'Ui Certain U Is that many changes have been made, and that too, with >i it the slightest Just llirutli<n Even in mathematics, whose principles have remain** I um hanged sin--** the d»vs of Xr himvlea, frequent * h tnges have i I *eii made Manipulations In tht* re *ii t • ati’ii | t,i l.aiia Grammar. Hut* • ay. t**"1 graph?, M- ra| Philosophy, Ueriian. F *ll*ti Urfiiumar, tie metre M-i Ics II! *lofv t'tvll Gove, nment. Orthography, K**>tmbgy, l.iteratnr**, l.*‘ I , li t H i lb* III I ) H * {4,1 far has fhb pr rib's !*>*’* n lifted tha1 the - ' »’■:*- ’ * \ Hi ma** . a. a * ‘*i *lt*tfe**ee,| by the frequent raids on lit* r sinsll « ,p 1st As a rule th* >tx* j dents sr« p*> 1 <0*1 «<f trill istrlffils it-viif th- tr | a rents brag of that [ *a*s of it'll. )t*> w hi ohra |a tilHoiil - Iiikl4 ul kits* In order to *4ii* air tX't son* nnd d’ughturs. To subject *hss» peopls i# low Bright pilfering is, ir say the Is Ml, g give *1*44* out■ age, Nor can It be denied that this very thing has been done. HOOKS COST MORE THAN HOARD. One of the students in the school, who, by the way, is a fuslonist, Is J. V. VanPelt of Archer, Neb. He was re luctant to complain of his grievances publicly, but in the course of a con versation, said: "Yes, there is something suspicious about the text book problem. I have tried to find out, but have not been able to do so. The fact Is, and I re gret to say it, that my books, If I should buy all they have asked me to, would cost me more than my board, and I am boarding at tho highest price hotel In the town. Indeed, in the nearly two months I have been here, though neglecting in several Instances to buy books as requested, I believe my book bill has been nearly as much an my board bill, 1 know something is wrong, but I cannot say just what. Two things are certain, we are hav ing too many changes in text books, nud we are paying entirely too much for the books purchased. I have dealt In school books myself and I know whereof I speak." TEARS IN THEIR EYES. Inquiry among the dealers dis closed the fact that there has been a great deal of Jugglery practiced at the school in connection with the text books. H. M. Schumann, with O. D. Sears, a local dealer, said: "I have seen poor girls come in hero with tears In thetr eyes Inquiring about text books. Most of them who come hero have plans laid ahead, and the manner in which every penny of their small means shall be spent Is pro vided for. Any extra expense on them means tho disarrangement of their lilans, and, if the expense be material, it compels them to leave the school and return to work. As for changes in books, It lias become notorious. The way the teachers do Is to ask at the opening of the class how many stu dents need hooks. After ascertaining tills they send direct to tho publish ers for the number required and get them. They buy just as cheap ns wo do, and possibly cheaper, but they charge Just as much and In some in stances more than we do. Wo make from 25 to 30 per cent profit and they make the same. I don't know who gets the profit, but 1 do know that the students are being shamefully preyed upon. What makes matters worse, is that there are a few students late at the opening of school in every class, and, as the teachers order only a sufuclent number of books to 1111 the demand at the time anil have no stork on hand, those who are late aro sent to us and are required to wait until we secure the hooks. The teach ers have succeeded In one thing, and It speaks anytning but praise for them, and that is. In changing the books so often they have practically driven the local dealers out of the book business, thus removing all competition against them. We have over $300 worth of school hooks now on baud, not worth 2"i cents on the dollar, because of changes. As we cannot return them to the publishers, and as the bulk pf the business is now done at the school, we are simply compelled to go out of the business, except on a limited scale. I don’t know who Is getting the rake off at the school, but some one Is getting It. W. D. Abbott, who Is of the fusion faith and who has been in business In Peru for many years, said: "There Is no doubt in my mind but that there Is a great deal of crooked ness about this book business. I have been In the book business myself, and I know something about it. Nor is the outrage upon the students confined to selling them books alone. There Is scarcely a term of school that does not open with a delay of two or threo week3 In getting hooks. The teach ers wait until the students are here before they order hooks, and I have known whole classes to wait fully two weeks for the books to arrive. “Some of them have, on various oc casions, become discouraged and left the school. This Is one of the evils of teachers being book dealers. If they would keep their hands off, and let the local merchants handle the books, they would keep a stock on hand,- and the students would not have to wait one hour for books, whereas now they wait weeks. It is by these changes that the profits are made by the teach ers, for they charge as much, and. In some instances, more, for hooks than the regular dealers. I defy Prof. Best tie or any one of his teachers to pro duce a hook that has been sold a stu dent by him or them In the last two years at cost prlcp. On the other hand, except In a few Instances per haps, not a hook has been handled by them out of which they havo not got | tpn the retailer’s profit. I am not In , the hook business now. so you can see I I am not prejudiced through personal ) motives. What I say, 1 say for tho i purpose of putting a stop to this out race.” PRESIDENT DE.ATTIE INTER VIEWED. When questioned concerning the mntter. Prof. Dcnt'le affected to know but very little about the book bull ; ness. lie admitted that there had been some change!, hut he thought those were necessary. Questions hear ing upon the cost of hooks, the fre ; cjiiency of changes and the manner in ! which these changes were made. I seemed to cause Prof. Deattle some i uneasiness. The rotnp'alnts of the sttt ; dent* he attribute I to lack of knowl edge, ami those of the lo*-aI dealer* j *o personal aggranulr-meut. Dot hls ; statement* were both Indefinite and evasive and h* acted the part of one who fully estimated the distinction bo tween slleace and Inrrlmlnaflng i spec h. He denied that hook* were j sold at a profit, ton when h« was asked to produce hl» Invoices or Nila ren dered for ho iks Isiinht from the pub ■ lUhera and sold to the ■Mule-its In I proof of hi* assertion he Hotly refused. He admitted that he had the bill*, toil no amount of pi-rsuiiloa could induce him to produce them With a view tu aacectatnlng Just who wu* profiting by t >e deal, he was asked who author ised < hang** In bit b<>->k» and who or <l»red the hooka. but h!* answer was that “esim*’'latee I >|o an I wuiietime* somebody star " ihu* leas lag the arena of re**ar«-h for fails as wile a* ever Certain It I* bo a ever, auh ugh the hoard of hi > n »de si i | (tf i In * a the** soinpiuln'* that gr*n4 *l»u >e* i are being k*t|i*trainl is the students > ■ • , t«it took* an I tf *• me’blng t* n s bu-.e in atop p In ah uU'le letiry will bg <I«U«4 *p- a t.* * iuiittutl^n