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, WJW-- RED CLOUD, NEBRASKA, CHIEF ' If a J . t V The City of Purple Dreams o o CHAPTER VIII. Continued. 11 "It doesn't pay," ho muttered pren witly, nnd opened Ills e.o In surprise at tils own voice. Ho ndded with firm ness: "No nothing to It. It doesnl pny." After n while he turned over nnd went to deep. lie wns wide nwuke nt nine nnd wns dressing two minutes nfter. Ho rung for Ills iniui. "Get mo n momlnR newspaper," ho aid, when Hukl appeared, "nnd havo breultfnfit sent up." For two weeks Fltzhugh hnd not seen n newspaper, nnd when Ilnkl re turned with one ho snntched It from him nnd turned to tlio financial page with n nervous excitement ho rnrely permitted himself to display. A glance nt the market nuotntlous suf (lccd to show hltn thnt Dccemhcr wheat had taken a gigantic tumhlc, Jiint ns ho hud predicted fifteen days ago It would. Folding tho paper nnd tossing It on the dining table, ho sat down nnd com puted his winnings. Deducting every possible outlay and expense, thero wns now duo to him something llko ono hundred thousand dollars. By tho tlmo ho had finished his computation an ap petizing brenkfnst was spread before him and, thrusting pencil nnd envelope In his pocket, he fell to with n relish. lie propped tho paper against the ihlnlng coffee pot and no he ate rnn an eye over tho hendllnes. Presently he paused midway In tho act of but tering a hot roll nnd leaned suddenly forward to read something that par ticularly Interested him. Mt was about Qulgg and Pccvy. Qulgg had Inaugurated his "grand lit tle mall-order scheme," nnd It hnd gono swimmingly. Hut Its nourishing growth was not unobserved by Undo Sam's post olllco boys and It had been nipped before It bloomed. In conse quence, tho ambitious exponent of dis illusionment and his unassuming col league were now undergoing Imprison ment. "Poor Qulgg I" In splto of his sym pathy, Fltzhugh smiled. "He wns a pretty good sort, after nil." Directly nfter his breakfast ho went to his study und called Hunt on tli6 telephone. "Good morning, Mr. Fltzhugh," camo promptly over tho wire. "Eh? . . . Yes ; I have a check for you. Ninety eight thousand dollars Oh, when did you got back from tho East, and how la your brother?" Fltzhugh flicked tho ash from his cigarette and rolled It between hla long forefinger and thumb, studying Its glowing end. After n pause ho said: "I returned last night. My brother Is much Improved almost re covered, In fact. When may I seo you, Hunt?" "Meet mo at Burton's, at ten." A few Inconscnuontlulttlcs, und Hunt "hung up," rather abruptly. Although ho wns not qulto positive, Fltzhugh thought he detected In his voice a noto of unnaturalncss, even of unfriendliness. Ho seemed too polite, too precise. At Burton's theso suppo sitions wero tnndo certainties. Hunt acted In a very unwonted manner. After delivering the ninety-eight thou Bnnd dollars ho fell strangely silent, 6peuklng only when asked a direct question, and, when ho thought ho was unnoticed, watching his co-operator with sidelong glances of suspicion. And Fltzhugh noted ho wn no longer "Dan" to him, but "Mr. Fltzhugh." At last he could restrain himself no longer. "Mr. Fltzhugh," ho began, apparent ly absorbed In tho study of his finger nails, "I, or a funny thing happened while you wero away. A fow dnys after you left I wnnted to send you n wire, and as I didn't know your Now York address, I looked you up In the New York directory. I also looked you ap In the New York Blue Hook mid In the New York Social Register and In tho New York Business Directory." "Well?" snld Fltzhugh quietly. "Well, tho fact Is, I couldn't find you. I tried all the Fltzhughs, from Aaron to Ztzah, but to no purpose. None of them knew you; none of them had over heard of you. It's a little singu lar, Isn't It?" Fltzhugh looked down at him from his superior height. Ho was smiling engagingly. His eyes wero as Ingenu ous ns a child's. "I haven't any peoplo In New York, Hunt. I don't know u uoul In tho town." "What I Why, then by George, I bot you'ro all bluff I I thought so. You're not rich?" "Rich?" Fltzhugh laughed. "All I'vo got In tho world Is this check nud a thousand or bo on deposit" Hunt gaped nt him dumbly. Al though his worst suspicion had been verified, ho was none tho less astound ed. He could not reconcllo. himself to tho staggering fact. "I'll stop payment on that check I HI w "No, you won't, nunt. You could never provo thnt you'ro right and I wrong nover. Thero was oy nn orul agreement, you know. Besides, I gave you my check for twenty thou sand hen wo planned tho deal. I i'7o the voucher In my pocket now. Viro to vm U? No? All right But DM0Qi you see, of course, thero's no chnnco for you. Wo wero partners, as my voucher shows and you know tho lnw. I'd thought of nil of theso little things long ago, Hunt." Hunt doubled his fists nnd glared nt Fltzhugh. Yet, even In that angry moment, ho could not but ndmlro the shrewdness of tho man. Fltzhugh leaned ncross tho tnble, hli faco grown suddenly very earnest. "If you want to got rich Immensely rich you'll hold on to mo. I shan't for get what you've dono for me lu a hur ry, nnd somo day I'm going to bo nblo to repay you n hundred times over. About a year ago on a capital of ono dollnr, given to mo, I mado a turning point In my life. Today I am worth, roughly, ono hundred thousand dollars. Some yenrs from today I wl'l bo worth millions. It Is coming ns suro as fato. What nro you going to do, Hunt? Aro you going to stand by me, or nro you going to break with mo7 GIvo mo your answer now this minute." Hunt did not meet tho speaker's eyes, hut looked nwny, his gazo wan dering about tho glittering grill. Then, ns tnc noedlo Is drawn by tho magnet, ho turned back and looked Into the powerful young faco opposite. And who shnll sny7 perhaps, by somo Hash of prescience, ho saw Fltzhugh not as he wns then, but as he would bo In nfter years, a juggler of millions. Perhaps ho saw that hero was a man who was a born lender of men. Per haps ho 6aw In that momentary flash another of those men who hnvo mado Chlcngo tho Wonder City tho City of Purple Dreams another of thoso who, rising from the depths of obscur- mvmm MYr Perhaps He Saw In That Momentary Flash Another of Those Men Who Have Made Chicago the Wonder City the City of Purple Dreamt. Ity, hnvo amassed fortunes, achieved power, besldo which tho most extrava gant fiction appears puerile. Ho thrust his hand ncross tho table. "I'm with you, Dan," ho snld. It was In tho following December, during the height of tho Christmas holidays, thut Fltzhugh wns Intro duced to Symington Otis. This day was a notable ono for renowlng casual acquaintances. The past year, although It had ndded not n little to his capital, had failed to carry Fltzhugh as high as ho had Intended It should. Ho had suffered many reverses, for his reck less habit of plunging often carried him backward as well as forward. But theso setbacks, If keenly disappoint ing, wero not discouraging, nor wero they unprofitable. Ho learned by each of them, using them as stepping stones. Ho never made tho samo mis tako twice. Attired faultlessly, a cigar between his teeth, a malacca stick under his arm, ho was standing In the rotunda of the Board of Trade that December morning, rending telegrams Just hand ed to him, when Otis entered, accom panied by threo or four men, among whom was Hunt. Otis had glanced several times nt the striking, black bearded man standing n short distance uway absorbed In opening und scan ning tho yellow telegrams, heforo ho asked : "Who Is thnt fellow? Anyono you know?" ' He lndlcnted Fltzhugh, and the oth ers glanced In his direction. "Tho greatest financial genius," snld Hunt, "I've over known." Otis looked again nt Fltzhugh, who had finished his telegrams and was moving off. "Mnjestlc looking devil," he observed. "Might mako a first-class villain for a melodrama. I'vo noticed him several times of late. I bollovo suppose you call him over, Hunt? I think I'd like to moot him." With glad acqulesccnco Hunt hur ried after Fltzhugh and caught him ex citedly by tho shoulder. "What do you think, Dan?" ho cried Joyously. Fltzhugh dropped his enno In mock excltntlon. "Tho Bank of England's failed I" ho gaspod. "Otis wants to meet youl" "I knew tliat long ago. X waa VvVa) -fe f a By EDWIN BAIRD CotrrllW Vr F.O. Brown Ca watching him from tho corner of ray eye." "IIo's taken a fancy to you. Otis Is tho biggest' man In I.n Salle street." Fltzhugh glanced nt his watch. "Bring him over," he said. "I can spnro a couple of minutes." "Bring him over? Bring him to you?" "By nil means." Such staggering Indifference Hunt could not understand. "Well. I'll be " "Don't do It, Hunt. My time's very precious this morning." Otis received tho mnndnto with. mingled nstonlshment and admiration. Then he smiled and dlWns ho was told. Whllo Fltzhugh looked down Into Otis' steel-gray eyes, shaking tho lean bnnd nnrt exchanging perfunctory words of pleasure, ho thought of that other time, less than two yenrs ago, when ho hnd faced this man, had threatened his life, hnd forced him to sign n check for ten thousand dol lars. Less than two years but how much had happened since 1 The In troduction led to a dinner Invitation for that evening. "Wo dine nt eight" wore Otis' pnrt Ing words. Whllo Fltzhugh entered his broker's office a mluuto or two later his mind dwelt not upon tho wheat deal ho had on hand, not upon tho whirligig of Fato, nor yet upon the mnn whom ho had Just left. He was thinking solely of Kathleen Otis. He dressed with such extraordinary en re that Hakl despaired of ever pleasing him. Yet It was scarcely seven when, a last satisfied that his appeurance could not bo Improved upon, he swung out of tho marble entrance of the apartment building and walked up tho drive toward Otis' homo, a quar ter of a mllo away. Tho same stout butler whom ho had onco roughly treated mot him at tho door. Otis re ceived him In the library. In a little while .dinner was announced, and host and guest, repaired to the 'spa clous dining room, furnished In the stylo of the Elizabethan period, nnd dined alone. A black pall enveloped Fltzhugh. AH his spurkle und snap vanished. He could not, or would not, conceal hla chagrin, admirable actor though he was. Not until dessert was over did Otis reveal tho basis of his hospitality. "I hxd a purpose In meeting you today, Mr. Fltzhugh, as I had In Inviting you here tonight." "I had surmised as much." Otis lighted a cigarette and extin guished tho wax match with elabo rate care. "I understand, Mr. Fltz hugh, that you aro a very wealthy man." Fltzhugh Inclined his head. "Briefly what I have to say Is this: In tho Chlcngo wheat pit thoro Is a certain clique of bulls whom I and threo other men desire to rout. Al ready wo havo them on tho run, but to mako our victory corapleto nnd thorough wo must have more capital- Ave millions moro, nt tho least." Ho stood up. "If you will pardon mo a moment I hnvo something I should llko to show you." Ho went out, returning presently with a lnrgo envelope and n pad of writing paper. Taking t scat near his guest, he removed tho contents of tho envelope and spread them upon tho tnblo, now cleared of everything savo a vnso of flowers and somo brandy and cigarettes. With characteristic precision he began detailing his rea sons for believing tho then panic- stricken condition of the wheat mar ket would continue until May, or cvon beyond, selecting, as ho talked, dlvcra papers from tho array before him, submitting them to his auditor, or re ferring to them, for corroboration. Fltzhugh, however, seized some slight excuse for soon Interrupting him, and taking up tho thread of tho argument where he hnd .broken It, carried It along with a sureness thnt displayed an Irreproachablo knowledgo of tho subject In hand. When he fin ished several sheets of tho paper wero covered with figures and Otis was regarding him in quite a new light "You show a most thorough knowl edge of tho wheat market, Mr. Fltz hugh. I can see you havo studied It very exhaustively." "I'vo studied It for a "little over a year." Otis smiled. "Of course you are Jesting?" "I solemnly nssuro you that nil I know about wheat I havo learned In thnt length of time. There are some men, Mr. Otis, who can learn mo-o nbout n given subject lu a few months than others can In ns many yenrs. It's as much a matter of work as It Is of brains. Now, when I am sufficiently enthused over n thing I npply myself to It, concentrating upon It every fac ulty of my mind for eighteen, yes, twenty, hours a day, and begrudgo the fow hours I must give to sleep. That sounds egotistical, doesn't It? But I want you to know the truth of tho mntter." (TO DH CONTINUED.) Laws may bo repealed, but tt't dif ferent with orangos. I 3C 2g him mm AWlKAlS .K. fM i Herrera: New Head of Guatemala and ability Is recognized. He Is not n militarist, but rather n mnn whose life has been spent In the administration of large enterprises. Guatemala twenty-five years ago, according to Its friends, wns prosperous and contented. Its cnpltal city Is built on n plateau -l.SOO feet nbove sen level. Its friends say these conditions will be restored under Herrera. They aro asking for speedy recognition of his government by the United Stntcs. To Save U. S. Mothers and Babies A quarter of n million American babies died last year of preventable dlbcases most of them before they were a year old; and In the same year twenty-three thousand women sacrificed their lives because skilled care and medical ndvlce were not available when they were to become mothers. What makes this record even more shocking is the fact that among fifteen Important countries fourteen show a more favorable ma ternal death-rate than our own enlight ened and highly civilized United Slates, und soven of theso countries bhow n more fuvorablo Infant mortal ity rate. These alarming statistics are of ficial and ore given out by the chil dren's bureau ot Washington, which has been investigating health condi tions In a number of states through a careful house-to-house canvnss of mothers. Such facts as the.ie have led to the Introduction of a maternity bill in cougress by Senator Morris Sheppard of Texas (portrait herewith) and Representative Horace M. Towner of Iowa for "the public protection of maternity nnd Infuncy," whereby the great ma jority of "needless deaths of a mother every thirty minutes nnd five hundred babies a day" will by proper caro be prevented. Governmental appropriations of money arc to bo apportioned on the bnsls of population among all states agreeing to appropriate an equal amount. Nestor of Our isasaSABiiWjtY .BSSSmJL-7 BaBSBSBSBSBSSSBSSSA uary 'lit, 1841, age 70; Representative William S. Greene of Massnchuwetts, born April 2S, 1841, ago 71); Senator Carroll S. Pago of Vermont, born .Tnnuury 10, 1813, ogo 77; Senator William P. Dillingham ot Vermont, born' December 12, 4843. ago 70, and Senator Knuto Nelson of Minnesota, born February 2, 1843, ago 77. Ho was speaker of tho Fifty-eighth, Fifty-ninth, Sixtieth and Slxty-flrst congresses! , ' "Uncle Joe" lives at Dauvllle and represents tho eighteenth district He Is likely to bo returned by his district He wns born In North Carolina. Captain Turner Hero's a new portrait of Capt Albert B. Turner, skipper of Shamrock IV. Along In July ho'll eclipse even Sir Thomas Llpton In popular Inter est, for it's then International yacht ruces for tho America's cup will be won and lost. Kven now he's tho tnrgct of thousands of eyes of expert American yachtsmen, ns Shamrock IV tries' her wings on the Sound. Sir Thomas "thy namo Is per Blstencyl" This Is the fifth time the Irlfeh baronet has challenged for the America's cup, He's failed three times to lift It In 1881), 1001 nnd 1003. Ho challenged a fourth time In 1013 and tho great war prevented tho races set for the summer of 101-1. Report has It that Captain Turner has an odd sort of craft to sail. Ex perts say, sho Is a very homely and r calvish looking boat with n snub bow, n square cut off stem (with com paratively Utile overhang), a very long keel and a Hat lloor to sail on. Sho apparently will carry a very largo sail spread, as her composlto inasl la at least Ecven or eight feet longer than tho Vanltle's steel spar. .lust forward of tho helmsman's "well" there Is a Bmall opening about two feet wide and a foot deep for Sir Thomas to sit In when bo Is on board. . - & r . Cf Cnrlos Herrera Is the provisional president of Guntemnla, following the revolution which overturned Man uel Estrada Cabrera, for 22 yenrs Its despot. He Is qulto well known In the United States and speaks English flu ently. Ills son Is n graduate of Cor nell university. Thoso fumlllnr with Guatemalan affairs say ho Is most frlendllly Inclined toward Americans. Ho Is about sixty years of age and Is the owner of extensive and lucra tive sugar und colTeu plantations. It Is stilted that Herrera Is not, nor has he ever been, u politician. He Is nn Influential business mnn, much honored by his countrymen. He did not seek tho presidency of Guatemala, but hearkened to tho unnnlmous voice of his people. "Surrounding him nro snld to be the best men in Guatemala. His ex tensive business experience will be In valuable for his reputation for honesty Representatives Representative Joseph G. Cannon of Illinois, who wns speaker of the house for eight years, and has been a member of tho house for nearly forty-four years, celebrated his eighty fourth birthday anniversary recently. Tho house gave Mr. Cannon a re ception when he stepped Into the chamber wearing a red carnation and tho smile of perennial youth. Floor Leader Mondcll expressed the hope thnt he would long retain the "mental alertness, physical vigor and kindly philosophy with which he this day Is so richly endowed." "Uncle Joe" wns guest of honor at a luncheon when the seven oldest men In congress were guests of Sen ator Page of Vermont. Thoso present were: Joseph G. Cannon, born May 7, 1830, age 84; Gen. Isaac B. Sher wood of Ohio, born August 13, 1835, age 84; Representative Charles M. Stcdman of North Carolina, bom Jan i of Shamrock IV. p Wwltrn Nwptr Union JasfiSsasflHHfibW ''ssBSassaBBsavHsaSA V ?7 " jxBarJ9B JaSKiire r W dtBBBaVBBasl BSasasasUBSasasasasasasasasasasasasasasasasasaB Sure Relief a 'afflSEm indigTstijJ i W ffKUjjfffsW if"" - 6 Bell-ans Hot water Sure Relief RE LL-ANS faeVFOR indigestion Embarrassing Moment. The new minister wns calling. Among other things he wns lament ing the prevalent use of profanity, the habit growing even umonj cnll dren. Tho Htniill daughter of the house, standing by, said Mlmldly, "Mister, I don't swear, but 1 know all the words." Indianapolis News. Thousands Have Kidney Trouble and Never Suspect It Applicants for Insurance Often Rejected. 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