The Daily Transcript (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 2, No. 150, Ed. 1 Monday, December 14, 1914 Page: 2 of 4
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SYNOPSIS.
Mr. and Mm. Reynold* move Into their
tiew bungalow $6hi down, balance' •ame
■ a rent!—on Staten Island. Dick Meade,
newepuper man, cynic, socialist, takes din-
ner and upends the night. The Reynold*
aeem comfortable In their home, but with
k hint of loneliness. Dick warns Hob
Against John Brand. Bob's old school-
mate. now a member of "the system,
who is axpected to call. Jane confesses
that the money for the butcher s bill nan
irone for a new hat. Brand, Hudson <e-
tnent company president, offers Bod My "
COO to use his position as chemist with the
TJnlted Construction company to cheat the
specifications for cement work on tne
Pecos River dam. Jane overhearing, as*s
Bob to accept. His refusal. In the face
« f their poverty, chills her. Brand wiles
Jane Into a conspiracy to make Hon
"'earn" the $40,000. He taken her for an
iiuto ride and they are seen by I'lcK.
flhe receives $100 "conspirators money
by mall from Brand, and In the sudden
change from skimping economies ana un
paid bills to real ready money loses all
Sense df true moral values. Boh away
for the night, Jane has an t?xp^rierice
with burplars which she 1"ir"H ,, n*J,
own advantage with Bob. C , JTt
Bob and confirms his suspicion tnai
Jane's auto ride with Brand was clandes-
tine. He does not tell Bob about It.
CHAPTER XII—Continued.
She and Colling went oyer before
breakfast and viewed the scene of
chaos left by the night Intruder. The
burglar's endeavor to get away had
fcoen much less orderly than bis
stealthy entrance. Overturned chairs
and other evidences of disorder told
the story of the struggle ho had had
■with the little defender of the home.
Jane wept as her neighbor lifted the
body of the little terrier whose warn-
ing and subsequent courage had. per-
haps, saved her from a greater calam-
ity than being robbed. Collins carried
the dog to a far corner of the garden.
They burled him and heaped a mound
above the spot. Jane promising herself
that he should have a more permanent
monument to his loyalty In the future.
After much persuasion and repeated
assurances that they would never be
left alone again, she prevailed upon
her maid of all work to return to the
house and she set about putting It In
order.
In the evening Hob came. His sepa-
ration from Jane, though but a day,
had seemed a week, for It was the
first time. He took her In hla arms
and kissed her fervently. Reynolds
love for his wife waB, like himself,
big and strong. The slight constraint
Jane had felt since the advent of
Brand and her clandestine meetings
with him, had not Imparted Itself to
Bob, for he was ignorant of the cause
He was by nature very tender with
those he loved. His address to Jane
after Ave years of married life still be-
took of the endearing terms of honey-
moon days. To the ears of aliens this
turtle-dove patois often strikes a dis-
cordant note. Either it bespeaks
hypocrisy and provokes a smile from
the knowing, or It Btamps the speaker
ps a sentimental idiot. But from Bob
tender phrasos never had the Bound
of platitudes. They rang true. They
took their strength from him and de-
manded like for like.
I There are somo women upon which
such Blncere devotion and respect aB
Reynolds gave his wife seem to pall;
but they are not women; they are
mere animated eparJiB, handmaidens
In a firmament of souls who dance and
sparkle for a while, but who, lacking
dynamic warmth of their own. wither
and are effaced by real celestial rayB.
Jane was not such a creature. She
was not weary of Bob. In her yearning
for what she deemed the better things
she was aB eager for him to share
them as herself. She returned her
husband's embraces now with as much
ardor as they were given.
"Was I lonesome?" she said in an-
swer to his question. "Well, 1 guess 1
was, and more than that. You simply
can't leave me that way again, dear-
est."
"It won't happen often," he told her.
"We got caught napping on a big Job
and I was the only man they could
send. They asked me the last minute
and there was no other way. I thought
about you every minute, honey. You
know I did," he added quickly, "for
this Black river dam is only about
twenty miles from your home and I
passed through familiar Bcenes; scenes
that we remember well, don't wo? How
many dear days they brought to mind."
wife WaB to be subjected to dangers
and terrors. He expressed his thoughts
and Jane's response was ready.
•Bob," she Bald softly, "there Is a
way out of all thlB. 1 have taken you
at your word and kept silent, but you
know what I mean?"
A frown passed over hie face; a look
not of anger, but of pain.
"You mean Brand?" he asked.
"Yes."
He dropped her hand. Unconscious-
ly his whole form stiffened. He got up
from the window seat and Btood look-
ing down at her.
"Yes, there i« a way out," he an-
swered, "but that is not the way.
Suddenly he caught her up in his
arms.
"Jane," he cried, "I never want to
speak harshly to you In my life. 1 did
once and 1 have regretted it more than
once. But you must not talk that way.
It Is not that I wish to dominate, or
love you one bit less for your per-
sistency. In most matters you could
make me do anything you wished. Not
make me, for you know It 1b iny Joy to
please you. But In thlB $ou hurt me;
not because you oppose me, but be-
cause It is you. You are good and you
are honest and If you persevere in this
It 1b because you do not understand.
That is what hurts; that I cannot
make you understand; the blandish-
ments and wileB of a pure crook
should not o&tweigh the counsel of
your husband."
His words hurt her again. Instinc-
tively she recoiled as If they stood at
opposite brinks of some cliaBin and she
feared to take the leap. But Jane was
in the light to stay this time. In her
mind it was Bob who was blinded and
not her. She was ready to receive the
blow and parry it, but she was deter-
mined to return balm for stringent
and do battle in a woman's way.
But, Bob," she said, as Bhe stepped
to him and put her arm around his
shoulder; "are we so unequal either
mentally or morally? Isn't it possible
that you are mistaken as well aB I?"
No, we are not unequal, dear," he
answered, "and It is as possible for me
to be wrong as you. But you are
arguing from a determined conviction
rather than a true one. I do not mean
you are deliberately deceiving your-
self, but you have permitted yourself
to be deceived."
He thrust her out at arm's length
and looked fixedly into her eyeB.
■'Oh, Jane." he cried, "why do you
aay these things? Why do you cheap-
en yourself by defending dishonesty?
Business? Rot! It's theft. A crook
is a crook and a crooked deal Is
crooked. You can't make anything
else out of it. What right have you
or I to $40,000 we haven't earned?
None. There's the answer and Demos-
thenes himself could not alter it with
wordB."
Still Jane persisted. Still she sub-
dued a spirit that rebelled.
"I'm not asking Demosthenes to
alter it, Bob. I'm not asking you to
submit to anyone's influence, but
mine. You know, whatever you may
think of Brand, that I have no one's
interest at heart but yours and mine.
Do you remember the words of our
courtship? 'We'll be partners.' That's
what we said. Partners. Is It cus
tomary for one partner to say 'I will
have this.' or 'I will do that,' or Is it
usual for them to unite one way or
the other and say 'We?' I have tried
to uphold my end of the bargain. What
we have done we have done together.
We haven't had much. Don't—" she
added quickly as she saw him start as
if from a blow. "Don't—think that I
am holding that up to you. You are
an honest, able man and any woman
could be proud to call you husband.
What this world has given you. or
what you have taken from it. 1 have
been content to share. That is all I
aak now; to share what you can take."
"The right word," he Interrupted
quickly. "Take; that Is it; take;
steal! Do you hear me. Jane? Steal!"
He brought his fist down squared on
the table, then checked himself as if
ashamed of vehemence
"Oh. what's the use?" he said. He
bent toward her again, but without the
touch or caresa of a moment before.
•Jane," he ended, and hie voice was
the Hudson Cement company was In a
very complaisant and Jovial mood. His
heavy mahogany chair was pushed
back from his heavy mahogany desk
and a substantial, well nourished calf
waB poised and swinging lightly over
a well groomed knee.
Tennessee Coal and Iron had broken
IB points and somehow Mr. Brand
seemed to be aware of that fact. If
one examined him closely and saw
thumbs buried in the top lapels of his
white waistcoat with fat Angers beat
lng time to a merry little whistle and
noted that a soft smile played about
his Hps in lapses of the tune, one
might almost imagine that he had
known that Tennessee Coal and Iron
would break 16 points.
We leave that to Mr. Brand; but evi-
dently he had not been buying stock
that day, If some wee lambkins had
Brand made his living out of the
cement business. Quite a comfortable
living it was, too. He had a town
apartment on the Drive that he used
two or three months out of the year
and a $50,000 residence on the north
shore of the Sound. Mrs. Brand had
a box at the opera and now and then
she wore some Jewels. Brand had
quite a liking for Paris and the Riviera
and In this his wife did not discourage
him. All these things and more he got
out of the cement business. But, of
course, If occasionally he felt like tak-
ing a little flyer in Wall street his
bank could spare the Interest on the
extra deposits he turned in.
The Tennessee Coal & Iron company
made steel. Brand made cement. Prod-
ucts that were associated more or less
and sometimes In a big way. Brand
knew how to turn a trick or two in
business and his word went a long
way. The Tennessee Coal & Iron com-
pany's Btock was likely to rise or fall.
If things looked a little bad and a
drop was probable—of course they
couldn't tell—but if the market looked
L
John Brand.
She patted his cheek and led him j ^ a'nd 8orrowfui; "I'm not a thief
over to their corner at the window j nQt even you can make me one."
seat.
•I've got a lot to tell you, sweet-
heart. More than how lonesome I j
•was. You missed some excitement last
night."
Then as they sat Turk fashion
among the pillows she related her
thrilling experience of the night be-
fore. His brows contracted as he lis-
tened. He leaned over once, drawing
her to him and kissing her. The
thought that she had been In actual
peril alarmed him acutely. And it
was not alone the thought of what she
had passed through, but the thought
that she might be called upon at any
time to go through it again. He knew
that he was at the beck and call of bis
company and that while he had not
been chosen for such missions before,
now that It had used him in Buch ca
pacitv it would do so again. If that
•were so they would be better off back
In New York. The stuffy little flat
that had become such an eyesore, such
a prison; even that would be better
than thlii secluded bungalow If his
There was the cold finality in hie
voice that meant "no more." She saw
it; saw that she had lost again. The
venom of money lust had run deep in
Jane, or in that moment she would
have seen and felt the man of him.
But she turned away. The blood
mounted to her cheeks. Her answer,
though, was as stolid as his and It
was not wrung from her with pain.
"All right, Bob. We will let it drop.
But mark my words—" she turned to
him with tearless, fiery eyes—"Bob,
you will remember this day!
Poor Jane! She was right;
he
that way, why not let Brand In on It?
He could take his chances. He would
understand that; but If he won he
might return the favor.
Well, Brand had won. He had won
$150,000, and bo we find him at least
not groveling.
His quick response to a knock at the
door brought his secretary.
"A gentleman to see you," said that
menial. "A Mr. Meade."
"That reporter?"
"He wouldn't state his business, sir.
Said you'd know him."
Now, ordinarily Brand would not
have been In to reporters. He consid-
ered them a prying sort with entirely
too much knowledge of other people's
business and too great a thirst for
more. But we have said that he was
happy. Some Irrelevant thought, too,
flickered through his mind; some In-
explicable curiosity to see whether
this particular reporter had an over-
coat. For it had grown colder since
that night at Staten Island and Brand
thought that If this young man didn't
have a topcoat—well, let Dick answer
"Show him in," were the secretary's
orders. He obeyed, and withdrew.
Brand did not rise, but his greeting
was cordial.
"Sit down Mr. Meade and make your-
self at home." he Invited.
"I can do the one, but not the oth-
er," the reporter replied. "A little too
grand up here for me. Once more 1
suppose you're surprised to see me."
wayi want to Bee reporters, but I Ilka
to know they want to see me."
Dick folded his arms. He looked '
squarely at the millionaire. There was
no answering smile for the other's
levity. He was there for a purpose.
The pleasantries would do for another
time.
"Mr. Brand," he said, "I fear that
you won't construe this visit as a com-
pliment I am not here to Inquire Into
your buslnesB, past, present o* future.
I come In behalf of a friend."
Brand flicked some ashes from his
cigar onto his plush carpet and In.
quired:
"Did he send you?"
"No."
"Then the advantage is mine," eald
the millionaire coolly. "1 am listen-
ing."
"You came over to Staten Island
some four weeks ago. You came on
business. Were you successful?"
Brand folded his hands behind his
head. He leaned back in his chair.
His brows contracted. He laid his
cigar down on the desk. He took it
up. He looked out of the window. He
looked at Dick.
"My friend," he said, "you had bet.
ter ask Reynolds."
The reporter Jumped to his feet.
"Leave Reynolds out of It," he com,
manded. "It took you a long while tfl
think of that, and you know you don't
mean It. You know Bob Reynolds
wouldn't tell me anything that another
man had told him In confidence. He
would hold It sacred even—even If If
came from you."
Brt\nd dropped his mask; dropped It
with a crash; a good crook is never n
coward. Ht went around his deek al-
most at a run and pointed a Unger an
Inch from the reporter's face.
"Now you be nice," he ordered in no
uncertain tone. "You're here for trou-
ble and you'll get it But if you want
to stay at all be nice. You heard me.
Dick met hiB stare full-faced. But
he had erred. He knew It.
"I heard you," he said, "and I beg
your pardon—to the extent that I re-
gret my pleasantries. But be on the
level, Brand. It's Just you and me;
not Reynolds. Don't pretend. If you
want to give me the passports, say the
word. But if you don't, let's talk like
men.1
"All right, then. 1 don't think Rey-
nolds told you a word. But I think you
know a lot. Damn me, If you report
era would only turn your wite to some
good ends, how much better off you'd
be and how much better off the world
would be."
"The point of view there," said Dick
with a Bmile, "is what constitutes good
ends. For my part 1 would not Include
in such traits the desire to take other
men's wives out joy riding, We have
agreed to dispense with pleasantries.
I speak of facts."
Brand took It coolly.
"Well, what then?" he aeked.
"That's what I'm here to learn. I
know a lot but I would like to learn
more."
"Then I guess your mission's futile,"
said the millionaire.
"Perhaps. But I haven't run dry.
Tennessee Coal and Iron dropped a
few points today."
"It sure did," Brand acquiesced. "I
can swear to that"
"A lot of poor fools lost their
money."
"I shouldn't be surprised. They usu-
ally do."
"But you didn't"
"Why, my boy, you flatter me. But
frankly, 1 won a lot of money."
Brand left his desk again. This time
he walked slowly to the reporter's
side.
' "But what the devil are you driving
at?" he asked with face protruding.
"Are you here with threats? Do you
think I am afraid of you or your
kind?" He snapped his fingers in the
reporter's face. "That," he taunted.
rThat!"
The blood mounted to Dick's cheeks,
but his endurance was not all spent.
"Do I look at all threatening?" be
asked. "Have I said anything that
sounded like threats?"
"No," said Brand with a sneer, "but
you are still without an overcoat."
A fist shot out It landed with a
thud. Some two hundred pounds of
very precious flesh and bone lay
stretched upon the floor. The reporter
glanced quickly about him. There was
a stationary washstand In a corner.
He stepped to It, soaked a towel In
the running water and laid It over the
millionaire's face and head. It did the
work Brand's eyes rolled and opened.
Assured of returned consciousness,
Dick stooped again and raised his vic-
tim to a sitting posture.
"Shall I stay or go?" he asked.
"You'd better go." Brand answered
feebly.
"No hard feelings?"
"None at all; only"—and here spoke
the fighting man—"I've got quite a
punch of my own and I might be
tempted to u«e it"
"All right," the reporter answered,
"only remember, though you worship
the golden calf, to take cognizance,
also, of the golden rule Be nice."
Left alone, Brand rubbed the point
of his chin and got to his feet He
walked over to the glass to inspect
the dtimage.
"A very neat young man," he mid
aloud. "1 covldn't have done It bat-
ter myself. I suppose 1 deserved It
But d n him!" he
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D
ORD Disraeli put it Justly when
he said that war does not solve,
but complicates, writes a corre-
spondent of the Chicago News
from Bulgaria. This truth
was very clearly demonstrated in the
Balkans In the last two bloody years.
The Christian states were against the
Turk in order to solve by force of
arms the long mooted eastern ques-
tion. The result of the Btruggle In
this peninsula is well known to the
world. The Macedonian question,
which was the real eastern question,
was not solved, but out of It sprang.
In addition to it, an Aegean question,
an Epirus question, a Thracian ques-
tion, a Dobroudjan question, and last,
but not least, the question of Saloniki.
I need not touch upon the subject
of the desolation and depopulation of
the affected districts, which today
have the appearance of a veritable
wilderness. The recent Balkan wars
cost the Balkan states $1,000,000,000
in money and a million lives, count-
ing the thousands of victims of racial
persecution that died and are dying
from exposure and famine. In Bul-
garia more than 350,000 refugees
sought shelter from Macedonia,
Thrace and Dobroudja.
Flight of Moslems.
Then followed the flight of the
Turkish population from Macedonia
and Novi-Pajaar district In one
week some 10,000 Moslems passed
through Sofia station on their way
to Asia. All were natives of Novi-
Pajaar. The Turkish government re-
taliated and during the last several
months the Christians have been
forced to flee from Thrace and Asia
But Macedonia alone would have
been sufficient to feed its capital.
That Is why it is said that Macedonia
could not exist without Saloniki and
vice versa. Today, however, Mace-
donia is divided between Greece,
Servia and Bulgaria, Greece having
the smallest part of it. Hence Sa-
loniki has no border land of any ac-
count.
That being the case, not only has
the commerce in and about Saloniki
been hampered, but the adjoining
states, Servia and Austria in particu-
lar, have found it necessary "to de-
mand a free outlet at that port.
Meeting after meeting has been held
and urgent requests have been made
by the citizens of Saloniki to the
Athenian government to find some
way of preventing the commercial
death of the city, but thus far in vain.
The sugar and flour industry, the
shoe factories and nearly the entire
manufacturing system have been al-
most destroyed. Business transac-
tions are tardy and insecure and the
exports and imports for the year will
not amount to one-fourth the average
of former years.
Two weeks ago another mass meet-
ing took place In the city which was
attended by leading Greek merchants
as well as others. It was urged in a
resolution that the city be made a
free commercial town.
Hard Problem for Greece.
Under these circumstances one can
understand why Greece granted
Servia a free zone in that port As
soon, however, as the news of that
concession was made public Austria
demanded the same right. But should
General View Saloniki
... affprted chiefly the | Austria be permitted to have free ac-
O ene°k element Mr Ve'nizelos In pro- cess to Saloniki it will be equivalent
testing to the porte, declared that in \ to making the city another Hamburg,
testing to P ' f q the miration nf Saloniki is now
Saloniki alone 5,000 Greek refugees
arrived daily for some time after
Easter.
Had the Balkan states foreseen the
terrible calamities that befell them as
a result of their war with the Turk,
I am sure they would have never un-
dertaken it.
It is nearly a year since the last
war was over; still life in Macedonia,
Epirus and Thrace Is unbearable, the
people are on the verge of starvation,
the cities are decaying and commerce
is d ad. Adrianople, Monastir, Uskub
and Saloniki, not to speak of the in-
terior, are merely shadows of their
former state.
Saloniki, the capital of Macedonia,
has been declared by all to be dying
fast. When it is remembered that in
the days of the Apostle Paul Saloniki
was a very prosperous city numbering
some three hundred thousand inhabi-
tants. and that in Turkish times, too,
Hence the question of Saloniki is now
puzzling Greece. Greece is placed in
a difficult dilemma. She must choose
between a dead Saloniki, thereby de-
priving thousands of her citizens of
their daily bread, or yield to the de-
mands of Servia and Austria and sub-
sequently of all interested nations to
make it an international emporium^
BIG SPENDERS ARE SCARCE
New York Hotel Man Says Patrons of
the Present Day Are Much
More Economical.
"Hotels and restaurants are expect-
ing something more than usual from
society this winter," said one hoteJ-
man, who is as well up on the restau-
rant situation as anybody in New
York. "It is believed that fashionable
people will do little entertaining in
It will be cheaper and
tauuo, — their homes.
it was second only to Constantinople , easier to invite their friends to a
in importance, one Is at a loss to ac- restaurant, where they may have dane-
exclaimed.
'What can a man expect when he goes
about without an overcoat and the
"No, the same answer goes, my
would remember that day, but how {rlend as on the night on the island. I thermometer at thirty-five?"
much more would she remember it! And even k i were Burprised I wouldn't | (TO FE CONTINUED.
Oh how many days and months and be worrying. We business men put j __ ~~~
reporters in most any category, but j Destroying Equilibrium,
we never class them with buzzards, i "That former enemy of yours is pa,^
That's one thing you can Bay for a lng you a great many compliment!,
newspaper man; he'e never hovering "Yes." replied Senator Sorghum; an
about a dead one." I wish he'd quit it. One of the easles
"Thanks." 1 ways to throw a man down is to swell
"No, I thank you. I was compll- his head until he gets top-heavy.
years would she remember it and try
in vain to efface the memory 1
CHAPTER XIII.
Pleasantries.
Mr. Brand sat smoking one of his
made to order perfectos. The head of j inenttng myself.
You see, I don't al- ^ Washington Star
count for its stagnation and dilapida-
tion today. Many believed that the
port in the hands of a modern state
would fare far better than under the
Turks.
Decay ef Saloniki.
The reasons for the decay of Sa-
loniki are obvious to those who are
versed In the history and conditions
of the Balkans. During Turkish
times Saloniki was a flourishing port
because it served as a distributing
port. It supplied with goods, not only
Macedonia, but also Epirus, Albania,
Thrace and even northeastern Bul-
garia and southern Servia, Saloniki
goods were sold even in Sofia and
Belgrade. That was made possible
ing after the dinner.
"As a matter of fact, the day of the
lavish spender is gone, so far as New
York is concerned. We shall never
see again the era that ended nine or
ten years ago. Those were 'he days
when men from Chicago or Pittsburgh
vied with each other in the extrava-
gance of their entertainments It was
nothing for a dinner to cott $25 a
cover. Now a days, the av<rrage is
about $4.50.
"The change in spending habits has
forced the hotels to employ cost ac-
countants. The manager of everf
modern house is now able to know,
when a mutton chop is placed on the
table, just how much of each item of
because of the low tariff that existed \ the hotel's expenses that chop has to
between Turkey and those states. 1 carry."
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