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THE COMMERCIAL
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CIIKL8KA, .... IND. TUN
BUILDINQ BLOCKS.
My thero'a l ia of lau«htar
Juil III lnnMIng l loch ,
I'rula of lia|i|>> lauslitu —
Now your laalln r rka!
lloby. rotialit I frown!
Mu*ttri, inuKtn l cry il. ar.
Whan
your
house
(alia
down!
Iluby, yuu mual Irarn l(.
I.-urn Ihr Itaauli olil:
I.i rn whfit aummxr dnya ara ap>4
I'ninra I hi wlntcr'a cold,
I.i aru I ho hlelivr up you bulid—
Ilaby mustn't fruwn;
V In ii yuur li"|>cii c<illu| <' il« ar,
Wkm
your
houao
(all*
down!
WIicii your hmiaa fnll« down, dmr,
Lnuiih and holler "llang! '
Don'l yuu .lucuiruur J. dear.
Don't your wee head hun«;
Mu«h the louder for th« hump—
LuukIiIiik b«.its 11 frown—
Lauiili and atart all over.
When
your
home
falla
down!
Building blocka la Jolly—
linlIdliiR canllsa (nil—
It's such fuh (o JrKjflo (hem
And to net* thim full!
B' you mom't worry, dear.
Mustn't, mustn't frown.
UiKin't, mimt:i't cry. deur.
When
your
house
falls
down!
—J. BI. Lewi*, In Houston Post.
Scoundrels £ Co.
ByCOULSON KERNAHAN
Author of "Captain Shaanon." "A Bonk al
Strasft Sins," "A Dtad Haa'i Diiry," Etc.
II
Copyright, isy9, by Herbert S. Stone & Co.
CHAPTER XV.—Continued.
Once again the show of hands was
unanimous, and Number Two having
made fitting acknowledgment, the
serious business of the meeting wa3
commenced.
"My friends," said our new chief,
"I've got a little move to propose that
should put a thousand pounds into each
of our pockets. You know, of course,
that there's a big dock strike on.
Well, no less a sum than £5,000 has
been subscribed b/ the working men
of Germany, and this money has been
sent over to their fellow-workmen in
England to enable them to carry on
the war which is being waged against
capital.
"At least, we are told that the money
has been subscribed by the workini
men of Germany, and some of the pa-
pers have prophesied the coming of the
millennium on the strength of it. The
gush about universal brotherhood in
which they are indulging is quite pret-
ty to read.
"Germany give us £5,000 for noth-
ing! I knew better than that, so I set
to work to get the truth, and what do
you think it is? Not 600 pence of that
money has come from German work-
men. It has come—almost the whole
of it—from German employers, and is
sent to furnish sinews of war to the
r.gitators who are fermenting mischief
between the masters and men. But
why? Because every day the strike
la3ts sees our trade drifting into the
hands of Germans, who, when thev
have once got it, will take care to keep
it. I don't say that the strike leaders
pren't honest men. They are honest,
but they're fools, for all that, for if
they knew how much the German em-
ployers have had to do with starting
the strike, and what it is worth to Ger-
man trade, they'd advise the men to go
bark to work to-morrow on any terms.
"But I'm not here to talk politics;
I'm here for us to consider how we
can turn what's going on to our own
advantage. Well, «r*ntlemen, I'm
l;nown in the commercial world as Mr.
Kolandson Hall, the secretary of the
Anti-Capitalist Association for the
Protection of Labor, and the money
I as b"en sent to me to pay over to
1he strike leader. The question Is,
how is that money to find Its way into
cur po?!.cts. instead of into fue pock-
ets of the agitators? I tell you frankly
that even if I were an honest man, in-
ttdid of being a swindler and a thief,
I'd make no bones about laying hands
upon that money. Rogue as I am. I'd
rather chuck tt into the sea to-morrow
than that it should go to the strikers,
when I Know that it has been sent over
by G?rmans only because they know
tiidt ft.iiic tuC LLgiiati nl/i nijlill ailll
the English employer have tbeir hands
en each other's throats, thu trade is
being diverted to German?. That the
wife and children of the m?n are starv-
ing. and the masters ara being ruined.
Coesn t trouble these Germans, so long
aj they can picket the coin. So, as
I My, although I am appointed to re-
c*t?e the cionev and to hand it over to
(il strikers, I'm reaty to tumble to
any plan mat will put the cash Into
uur own pockets, I'm not without a
conscience, though I am a thief, but
on that matter 1 contra* I've no
conscience than n spider. The question
la. how U It to be donef'
"Have you got the money?" asked
Number Mix.
"Yes, It Is In ay possession at thU
moment."
'Then don't let It go out of your
I unai'aalnn. last's share It botwwon us
and make ourselves scarce."
".My good fellow, don't talk like a
madman'" attld Number Two. "A seat
on ihe council la worth thousands a
year lo each of us, and to do as yot:
proiMwo would be to kill the goose that
lays the golden egg, and for a paltry
thousand apiece. Why, If theso Ger-
man employers thought there was any
chance of the strike coming to an end
through the men being too reduced to
carry on the war, It would lie nn easy
thing to squeeze another £ ft,000 out
ol them. No, no; wo must have the
money, but we must work the business
no that our—or rather my—honesty
tun't be culled Into question.
"Now listen to my plan, and It any
of you think of a better one, I'll lie
glad enough to hear It. I'vo arranged
that there :<lmll be something of a cere-
mony on the occasion of the handing
over of the money to the strike com-
mittee. I'vo got ihe loan of a big hall
at the East End for the purpose, nud
I Intend to make a bit of a splash. The
editors of all the democratic paperi
will be Invited, and all the M. P.'s and
other public men who talk tall about
tho sacredness of labor, and all the
rest of It. They'll come readily
enough If they think there's a chance
of a good advertisement, and we'll nr-
itinge that. The hall I am taking will
hold a couple of thousand people,
has a window right behind the plat
form, which In winter Is covered by a
thick plush curtain, but In summer
can be left open, and so keep the place
cool, which is a consideration, for if
the weather is as hot as it Is now the
place will be precious stufTy. The
chairman will sit at the table, with
myself on his right, and the members
of the strike committee, the M. P.'s and
so on around us. After the usual pre
liminaries, the chairman will call upon
me to band over on behalf of the Ger
man working people the noble sum
they have so generously and self-sacrl-
ficingly subscribed to assist the work
ingmen in England. I rise, make ray
speech, work It up well, present the
satchel containing the money—gold
and small banknotes—and then resume
my seat. The satchel will, of course
be accepted on behalf of the British
workman by the chairman. But when
the enthusiasm Is at its height, the
electric light will suddenly be turned
out, immediately after which a small
(quite harmless) bomb will be thrown
against the wall and exploded some
where in the room. At that particu-
lar moment, when everyone's attention
will be distracted, I shall snatch up the
satchel and toss it out of the open win-
dow behind me. where one of us will
be waiting to secure it. The sudden
change from light to darkness will
prevent those present from seeing what
is going on until their eyes have be-
come a little accustomed to the dark-
ness; and the bursting of the bomb
will so dazzle thom and give then such
a fright, that I hope my little maneu-
ver will be well covered, Bnd the fact
of my having risen from my seat, even
if it is noticed, won't rouse suspicion
for the chances are that the bomb will
bring the whole platform to its feet,
and will perhaps create a panic. When
the light is turned on again, and the
money Is found to l5e missing, there
will be a row, and a big one, of course,
but that needn't trouble us, and we can
let them fight it out among themselves.
"What do you think of the plan, gen-
tlemen? You see, we manage the
business without incurring any great
suspicion or running much risk, and we
put a clear thousand apiece into our
pockets. The idea strikes me as all
right. We can't afford to let It be sup-
posed there's any hanky-panky games
going on, so far as we are concerned,
as if so we shouldn't be allowed the
handling of the money that's sub-
scribed by the different associations
and leagues, which we represent. And
as having a finger in the pie means
some thousands a year, it wouldn't pay
us~for the sake of a thousand apiece—
to incur suspicion. But if my plan
works out according to my idea—and I
don'l see why it shouldn't—we get the
money all the same without losing the
confidence of the public."
"Your'e a genius!" said Councillor
Number Six. "Wasn't I right, mates,
when 1 said he wao cut out for our
chief? Now tell us when the thing
comes off and how the rest of us are
going to help you. I think I'm the boy
lo wait outside and play at catch-ball
with the cash-box."
'Easy, my friend—easy!" put in
Number Two, as I shall still continue
to call him. "Have you forgotten
lhat we are all wanted for the
murder of a constable not two miles
from this very spot, and that the
murder took place only yesterday?
You are safe enough In this house,
or rather In this room, but any
stranger who's seen in this neighbor-
hood just now may be called upon to
give an account of himself. We can't
do with less than three to carry out
the business successfully. I must b« on
the platform to do the bomb business
aad toes the cash out of the window.
for one; then one of us must be out
side to catch It, and make off with It
and no* of us must undertake to put
out the light at tho right moment
"Two out of the three must be Hub-
bock and myself, who can go out of the
house unsuspected. The oth«r must bo
<me of you three gentlemen, but we
shall have lo go very carefully to work
10 smuggle him out. The remaining
two had best lie low here meanwhile
I'm sorry I can't arrange for the whole
of you to lie |irrdu for the present, but
1 don't want to let anyone else Into our
secrets, and must rely upon one of you
to help, Will you three draw lots to see
who's lo act with llubbock and mo?
I think Hubbock should be tho per-
son to secure the money when It Is
tossed oul. He knows the spot well
und the neighborhood. It would bo too
bad to have the money get back Into
the hands of tho strikers, after all out
trouble."
"Yes," said Number Six bluntly, "and
11 would be too bad If Mr. Hubbock lost
hlsself when he'd once got his hands
•in the money, I'm a bit of a stick
lor for whnt'H gentlemanly myself, but
It's surprising how bud one's memory
pets when there Is a matter of £5,000
asking some one to put It In his pocket,
and forget his way homo again."
"If you havo nothing more to the
|;olnt to put forward than that," said
Number Two, with an unpleasant sort
of smile, "perhaps you will be so good
DURING THE .MEAL HE TOLD MIS.
as to prepare the papers for the lot-
drawing. I'll go bail for Hubbock's
honesty. No, I've used the wrong
word. It Is honor, isn't it, not hon-
esty, which is said to exist even
among thieves?"
"Not so much of the 'thief,' please,
unless you're speaking for yourself,"
retorted the fellow. Then, grumblinp
something under his breath about "the
boss being in a hurry to put on the
pot," ho proceeded somewhat sulkily
to do as he was told. Folding into
slips several half-sheets of paper, one
of which was marked with an X, he
tossed them into a hat and shook
them all up together.
"Now, gentlemen," he said, "we'll
draw them one by one until we've got
three apiece, and then we'll open up
and see who's got the ticket. We'll
draw with our backs to the ballot box.
please, and then no one can accuse mr
or any one else of faking the rubber.
Put your hand behind you, Number
Seven, and start the game."
After the hat had been three times
round, we examined our papers. That
with the X had fallen to my share.
You've got to p'lay Jonah this Jour-
ney," yelled Number Six, slapping me
on the back; "but don't sink the ship
if you can help it, old man. We want
to see that £1,000 apiece In our pockets
first."
However, I take It that you meaa tt, HAD TO GIVE UP.
complimentary, aad that you waat me1
to Infer that yoa'd rather work wllh fafered Agoalea irom Kidney Disorder*
myself than with either of the other
two upstairs."
"That's It," he said. "I was afraid
I was going to draw 'Ihe foreman'—I
always call that glib rascal Number
8lg 'tho foreman.' When he Isn't In-
solent, he's cringing, and hang me If
I know when I like him best or least)"
I ought, I suppose, to have been list-
tored by Number Two'e advances, but
I was by no means certain whether
his assumption of cordiality towards
myself was not meant as much as a
"blind" as for any other reason And
oven had 1 been convinced of his sin-
cerity, I could not have brought my-
self to make friendly overtures to a
man whom I was all Ihe time planning
lo betray.
So I remained discreetly silent, find-
ing which Number Two said no more,
except lo Inform me that breakfast
was nearly ready.
During Ihe meal ho told me where
the hall In which tho meeting was to
be held wns situated
UatU Caied by DAa'i Kidney Pills.
George W. Reuoff, of IWSil North 11th
Nt., Philadelphia,
l'u., man of good
reputation and
standing, writes:
•• rive .vearn ago I
was suffering so
with my back and
kidneys that 1
I often had to lav
off. The kidney
seoretlous were
unuutiirul, my
legs anil stomach
were swollen, and
I hud non,•petite. When doctor* failed
to help inc I begun using Doail's Klillley
Pills and improved until my hock was
strang and my appetite returned. Dur-
ing the four years since I stopped us'inff
them I have enjoyed excellent health.
Tho cure was permanent."
(Signed) George W. It en off,
A TRIAL FKBK-Address Foster-
You had bet- 1 Milburn Co., liuffulo, N, Y. For sale
SELLS INTEREST IN SPOUSE
I Chicago Woman Parto with Share la
Husband for a Consider.
atlon of $100.
tor go there direct," he said, "when we j j,.aicrg. Price, so cents.
get to London. Tho care-taker won't
lie there till noon. He lives some lit-
tle way off, and I've told him to stay
in all the morning, as I'm calling to
see him about the final arrangements,
and I haven't time to go far east. But
I've got a duplicate set of keys. Hero
they are. Tho switch, for turning tho I
electric light on and off, is in the space Mrs. Katherlne Harris, of Chicago, ae>
between tho double set of swing baize- cording to the police, has uold for $100
covered doors. You'll see a little cup- her interest In her husband, Frank H.
board high up on the right. The key Harris. She possessed only an InteresL
Is always in it. Turn the light on and Mrs. Jennie Harris, of Chicago, an-
off several times, to make sure you tin- other wife, claimed a share In the man.
derstand It. There Is a pair of round Neither woman knew of the partner*
glass windows, about on a level with ship, but It is said, as soon a Mrs.
Katherino Harris learned of It she
closed out her stock. Harris was ar-
raigned before Justice Hennessy
charged with wife abandonment. When
Harris entered the courtroom, Mrs. Jen-
nie Harris went to his side. Sho stood
clasping his coat lapel, talking caress-
iagly up into bis face, when Mrs. {Cath-
erine Harris espied her.
"You are acting too familiar with my
husband," said Mrs. Katberice.
'Tour husband?" said Mrs. Jennie.
"You must be crazy. He's my husband."
"I'll show you whose husband he is,"
exclaimed Mrs. Kntherlne, advancing
menacingly. "I did not live with him
ten years not to know him."
With such interesting possibilities
developed In a few prefatory remarks,
the two women sat down on a court
bench and had a long talk. The result
was. the police say, that Mrs. Katherino
agreed to accept $100 from Mrs. Jennie
CHAPTER XVI.
NUMBER TWO AND MYSELF JOUR-
NEY TO LONDON TO ATTEND THE
GREAT MEETING.
Number Two called me early on the
morning of the meeting.
You and I are going to travel up to
♦own together. Number Seven," he
said "It will be best so, as in that
case you'll pass as my friend,, and no
suspicion will attach to you. Hub-
bock will follow later. The trap will
be at the door for us in half an hour.
If you want the loan of a razor you can
have mine, and perhaps you'd better
put on a suit of my clothes, in case
the police happen to know that our
uniform is blue serge. If you'll come
with nie. I'll show you my wardrobe,
and you can pick out what will fit you
best, and supply yourself with some
clean linen,"
I nodded "good-by" to my two col-
leagues, Number Four and Number
Six, and clambered down through the
cupboard-top into Number Two's own
room.
When we were out of hearing, he
took me by the arm somewhat famil-
iarly. "I'm glad the lot fell upon you,
Number Seven," he said.
"Why?" I aslicd.
"Well," he answered, "we are all
blackguards, or we shouldn't be mem-
bers of this rascally syndicate. All
he same I think I'd rather work with
i blackguard who ought to have been
a gentleman (ss Is. I think, the cass , for It. nor so gentle
with you) than with a gentleman who trampled upon for it
miofit ♦ n ho«A tiesn a KlBAbminr<1 " tf I.. ... a~
yottr head, on the Inner set of doors
lhat lead into the hall. Watch the
platform through them. You'll see
me place the bag containing the cash
on the table. When I put my hand
on the top of my head, slip away at
once, and turn off the light."
'And suppose there is a policeman
or the care-taker there?" I asked.
"They'll stand in the Inner lobby, If
i," was the reply. "The double set
of spring doors was put there to keep
out the noise of the street, as well as
to keep out the draught. But they
are placed inconveniently near to-
gether—the county council built the
place, I expect; no one else would have
done the thing so clumsily—and It's
quite a work of art to pass in and out
without getting a nasty clump from one
or other of the swing doors."
"I understand," I said. "Am I to
turn the light on again afterwards?"
No, t shouldn't trouble about that, and relinquish ail claims on her hus-
If you should chance to be seen when band, who is the father of her two chll-
turning off the light, and you wen: dren. Mrs. Katherino says she was mar-
back to the place afterwards, you rled to Harris ten years ago and never
might get collared. The policeman, was divorced.
or the care-taker, or some one else can Mrs. Jennie declares she was marrlfd
see to that. You d best be off when to him, after Harris had showed her a
you've turned on the total eclipse, decree of divorce alleged to have been
You won't be able to get back here obtained the day before. Harris was
again to-night; but if you come to- arrested on a warrant sworn out by
morrow afternoon by the three o'clock Mrs. Jennie Harris. His wife bailed
train from St. Pancras, I shall be home him oat an hour later and they went
by then, and will meet you with the home together. Then, the police say he
trap. Y'ou'll be in time for the ahar- went to the home of his other wife and-
ing up of the money. Now I think you remained there until he appeared in'
have your sailing orders complete, court.
and, if you have finished your break- |
fast, we'll be off to town."
Arrived at St. Pancras, Number Two
and I parted company, he perhaps to
plan some new devilry, I to visit the
hall where the meeting was to take
place. It was a big red-brick building,
lying back a few feet from a main
street. In front was a graveled space
with iron railings. On the right was
a lattice-work wooden door opening
upon a narrow passage that ran be-
tween the side of the hall and a high
brick wall, and leading to the yard
behind. It was upon this yard that
the window immediately behind the
platform looked, and here Hubbock
was to post himself, in order to se-
cure the bag containing the money,
when it was thrown out.
ITo Be Continued.]
A Common Wcakaeaa,
Dr. Joseph Le Conte was an author-
ity, recognized by the world at large,
on the science of vision. One day he
was showing a class how to detect the
blind spot in the human eye. He
took two coins and held them, one in
each hand, before him on the table.
"Look at both of these steadily,"
said ho, "and gradually move them in
epposite directions. Presently they
will pasa beyond the range of vision.
That is due to the blind spot. Con-
tinue the movement, and the
will again emerge to view."
Then the philosopher and naturalist
had his little joke. "You can experi-
ment for yourself at home." said he
"But if you are unsuccessful, try som«
other object instead of a coin. Somi
people have no blind spot for money.''
—N. Y. Tribune.
New U ae for Wireless.
The department of agriculture at
Washington, in addition to widespread
and carefully considered experiments in
the line of reforestation. Is about to
inaugurate a system of wireless teleg-
raphy to aid in the preservation of tim-
ber now standing. In the great west
forest fires destroy every year far more
valuable timber than is cut for the usea
of mankind. By the establishment of
the wireless telegraph station at the dan-
ger points of the northwest it is believed
that early advices of fire can be given
In time to adopt successful means of
prevention.
A New Version.
The University of Wisconsin will
abolish its cooking course owing to th«
paucity of girls entered. Too few cooks
spoil the course, remarks the Chicago
Journal.
WHAT'S THE USE
To Xeep a "Coffee Complexion."
Tarklah I'rovrrba.
With patience sour grapes becomt
sweet and the mulberry leaf satin.
By llie lime ilie wise wan gets mar-
ried th<* fx>l has grown-up children.
Give a swift horse to him who tell*
the truth, so that as soon as he hai
told it he may ride and escape.
Be not so severe that you are blameA
nor so gentle that you art
ought to have been a blackguard.'
If you have to gather thorns, do ti
A lady says: "Postum has helped
my complexion so much that my
friends say I am growing young again.
My complexion used to be coffee col-
ored, muddy and yellow, but it 13 now
coint clear an<i r03y as wh"n 1 wa3 a girl.
I was induced to try Po3tura by a
friend who had suffered just as I had
suffered from terrible indigestion, pal-
pitation of the heart and sinking
spells.
"Aflc-r I had n.ied Postum a week I
was so much better that I was afraid
It would not lasu But now two years
have passed and I am a well woman.
I owo it all to leaving off coffee an4
drinking Postum In Its place.
"I h.id drank ooffee all my life. I
suspeciea that it was the cause of my
trouble, but it wa3 not until I actually
quit coffee and started to try Postum
that I became certain; then all my
troubles erased and I anf now well and.
strong again." Name furnished fr'
Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich.
There's a reason. '
Look in each package for a eor^.
"hat
•That sounds cleTerish." t replied, i by the stranger's hand—Mary A. Ma- the famous UtU# book. "The Ro 7J
at I'd not know what it means. I soa la "In Lighter Vei*," la Ceatw^, | weUvMe." . S
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