Show UOES-- a George Barton to feel quite chilly but to remain in the belfry until daylight He never realized before how slowly it is possible for minutes to pass by but his long vigil finally came to an end Daylight appeared and the detective brought forth a powerful telWith the aid of this instru— escope — v—1" ment he was enabled to get a splendid view of the surrounding country In fact hf could see everything quite Life in clearly within a radius of a mile or more Good housewives at work in United their gardens farmers driving their 1911 BY VO CHAPMAN COPYRIGHT wagons to market and men working in the fields were all to be seen with N THE summer of 1866 In- He had 20 cows and a distillery and a wonderful clearness Commis- farm of a hundred acres ternal Revenue Everything Presently his curiosity was satisfied seemed to be open and above board and sioner Rollins summoned he climbed down from his lofty James J Brooks to Wash- Davis apparently worked hard and perch and quietly retraced bis steps with and a men his eon did not He went to his hired ington The officers of the boarding house and seem to have much spare time on his ate government-wer- e greatly breakfast with a heartiness that perplexed Congress had hands made the cook tell him that he had the tax of Brooks managed to come in contact appetite of a horse While he was placed the almost prohibitive two dollars per gallon on whisky and with Davis but there was nothing at the table Ezra Wallace came in illicit distilleries sprung about the personality of the man that The sexton spoke o him very coldly Immediately ComDavis wore a look Brooks became alarmed up In all parts of the country gave him any clue He did not missioner Rollins very much desired as though he were constantly exhaust desire the ill will of the old man to break up the illegal traffic and he ed through lack of sleep His counand above all did not wish to have had selected Brooks as the man for tenance did not give any indication of his plans go astray so he tried to conthe purpose The Interview between the operation of his mind He was ciliate him ' the two men was long and Important a man of few words He had prefer'“Good morning Ezra! you’re looking ences but no friendships The dull fine this morning” “Brooks' said the commlslsoner "the frauds connected with the pro- horizon of his life seemed undisturbed “That’s the way all respectable folks Auction and removal of spirits are be- save by occasional streaks of tact in should ' look” was the gruff reOne of the loungers mming alarming Great public dissatisf- business matters joinder action has arisen from the failure to in the hotel credited him with having “Sure” responded the detective who collect this tax1 Besides it is ruin- once brought about a porner In pork did not quite grasp the meaning of the and un- on a limited scale Another indicated sexton’s remark ing discipline in the service less some remedy is obtained I fear that he bad once mixed fine white The latter eyed him coldly for a momeal with his lard further demoralization” These things did ment and then said in an accusing not seem very important ' in them “Are the conditions as bad as that?” voice: "Worse! and yet they were traits of which selves I have figures “I may have my faults but I’ve show that 60 per cent of the whisky character which made it possible to be- never stayed out all night in my reported made and warehoused life” hqs lieve the charge that he had habitualfrom been sold without payment of the rev- ly withheld taxation nearly moment At this psychological the enue tax' Such extensive fraud is not of his yield of whisky detective gave a terrific sneeze without the knowledge of “If you had been in your warm bed possible Brooks contrived to visit his farm revenue officers It is on various occasions He went through last night” said Ezra now making his responsible difficult for in the dairy examined the live stock and accusation officers direct exceedingly “you probably to detect collusion on the managed to get a peep into the distil- wouldn’t have had that cold” Washington “Oh that’s all right” was the cheerpart of their subordinates in other lery He arranged his visits so that These frauds have not only one day he went in the morning an- ful reply places robbed the national treasury but have other in the afternoon “It is not all right” retorted the sexand still ancorrupted many men of heretofore other in the dusk of evening buf he ton “and I’ll thank you to give me Men of capital was never able to find anything out back that key” knowledged integrity Brooks handed it to him with some but without conscience have some- of the way From time to time whisky times been found to be partners of was sent out in casks but it was al- misgivings those whom they have put to the front ways properly gauged and the governWhat are you going to' do?” askei detective for bribery or perjury and the perils ment appeared to be the receiving its tax know don’t “I of detection was Brooks the reply I want you yet” Among other persons with whom the to help me break up this business” detective became acquainted was a “I'll find out first whether anything’s After outlining the general situation queer old character named Ezra Wal- - been taken out of the church After “Here and now That wagon’s full begin with courtship and grow till the processes and militates against the that I’ll decide what to do” of whisky on which you have not paid diamond wedding central in the hus home The place must not blur the It took Brooks nearly an hour to a cent of tax" band and wife fruiting in parent- vision and somehow the vision of the man the old in and convincing pacify hood childhood brotherhood Davis’ lips curled with scorn and sis- flat or boarding house does not seem him that although he was traveling “I thought you didn’t know what terhood supported by all the forms of to stir the blood of man or boy Men under an assumed name and spent the you were talking about We have 20 religious and patriotic Impulses and don’t fight bleed and die for their night in the steeple of the church he cans of milk in the wagon and It’s ideals From tnat place friendships "apartments” or lodging houses The was engaged in a legitimate business is not to the Harvey Milk com- flow out and reproductions of the orig- place for “light housekeeping” consigned and assured him that in a short time pany of Cincinnati Isn't that true inal and originating affections come the spot in which one wants to enhe would explain it all to his satis- Sam?” The The physical nature of the place will shrine his household gods v faction The driver of the wagon being thus affect the working out of the essential young man and his beloved may both The day after his night- - in the appealed to nodded a sleepy head of life in that institution be wage earners and money makers principles church steeple Brooks was very busy as not true which is alphabetical in the spelling but “Yes sir” he said “that’s be home makers The apartHe telegraphed to Cincinnati several as of human destiny It furnishes crea- ment that cuts out cats dogs flowers gospel” times and during the afternoon and Brooks climbed up on the hub of the tive love its habitat and opportubabies sickness company and memoevening it was noticed that' several front wheel and looked at the wagon nity The questions of unselfishness ries is tobe placed on the discard list strangers alighted from the way train and unity are Involved in When no mutual tasks tie the heart“If you have milk here” he said The detec- “let’s see that stopped at Meadboro strings together around the place the it” tjie mere place tive was very stiff from his exposure “Yes” said the other detective Joe It is hard is power in place There The po- heartstrings will miss it disconceal his to but he managed “I’ll take a quart” ets of Greece were born for the most to Imagine a great person living that comfort in the thought of the impo- ularly “But it’s fastened for shipping” way where mountains on except id the early days of strug“the look part rtant work that lay before him The most alleviating “Open that Marathon and Marathon looks on the gle “Open it” said Brooks thought is j He was up at daylightthe following can on the end” sea” Most of the poets of England that such a place is a temporary conmorning He stationed himself in the The man did as he was bade and were born up there where the sky venience and easy to give up led to from Davis farm that road the sure enough it contained nothing but bends with such tenderness over the One of the unifying influences of The team the station milk earth and reflects itself in the lakes the old home was tljp fireplace where that was In the habit of hauling the pure the carbon went up the chimney “Any other you’d like to see?” asked that are set like mirrors in their framethe milk to the train was due at six Davis work of hill and mountain Our own oxygen into the air and ozone into the triumphantly o’clock It rumbled along Just at the “Yes Around the fireside was a open the can on the other poets were mostly the spirits bqrn where Davis a end” hour himself occupied mountains lift them to a purer air and fine place for story telling and read place on the seat beside the driver That was opened and that like the a broader view or where the sea is ing aloud and playing games It THE The detective stood near a turn in the other yielded only Aiderney milk seemed loosen the to tongue and call ever singing to them of the profound road Behind him concealed in a “Now” said Brooks “let me see the eternal things of nature One’s des- out a native eloquence Down in clump of bushes were two contents of the can in the middle ' tiny may be affected by removal the cellar which we called the “celassistants As the team reached that Davis “Oh” exclaimed “this la around the corner' The good thing lar" and not “basement” though we point Brooks stepped in front of carrying a joke too far” shall have no quarrel over mere is about where one it that the place the horaes The can was opened however and founds his home is within his own words were about 25 barrels of apthe commissioner became specific in lace He was a Scotch Presbyterian and “Good morning Mr Davis — how are it was found to contain high proof choice and it can be chosen so as not ples at the beginning of the season bis statements and Informed the detec- was the sexton of the village church you feeling this morning?” whisky Every one of the other 17 to militate against the interests of four or five barrels of cider I don’t tive Just what he expected him to ac- He was an intensely religious man and None of your business” was the cans were filled with distilled spirits home'but really to with know how many barrels of hickory That night Brooks departed hungered for discussion of theological complish “Get out of the Davis was rough rejoinder arrested tried and convict-e- them nuts walnuts and popcorn They Just Brooks accommodated on bis assignment which was to a little subjects him way and let these horses pass” of and the conspiracy It must be as ample as one can af- fitted the fireside and seemed to be town near Cincinnati and which for more than once and it was not long You’re not very polite this mornthe defeated government the very things that six boys and defrauding ford without wasting any values the purposes of this narrative bhall before he found himself among the ing” Brooks was highly complimented by The place must be chosen with' a view girls needed to complete the comforts He wore no boarders of Ezra Wallace’s be known as' Meadboro humble “I’m in a hurry and I’ve got'fio time Commissioner Rollins and shortly aft- to permanency which is essential to of home He never did He was in home The old man would have cheer- to waste on you” disguise to Philadelphia erwards was Joke and jest and play and prank the highest home culture It is all that fully lodged and fed him for noththe habit of saying humorously “Then you’ll have to take the time” where he wonassigned new in laurels ferreting the better If the residence is an heirl- sometimes consumed the whole evenhis actual appearance was all the dis- ing for the sake of religious controverDavis’ answer was characteristic of out those who were and convicting oom and the family Ideals and spirit ing leaving a residuum of unity in varisies on which he lived and thrived He cracked his whip and the man guise he ever needed Uncle Sam of his legal dues can have an unbroken One night the started the horses continuity ety and hearty good will to help each from the andNhad his being The man who alighted But the detective cheating Whether it is an antique frame or a other as comrades in a common life a tall com- two men needed a book to verify some moved with amazing quickness and train at Meadboro-wcolonial brick or a lazy log house THE FURNACE in Hospitality was one of the prized virHe had a benevolent He pulled bis pistol and FIRESIDE VS disputed point It happened to be in coolness manding figure in the city not tues when neighborhood the country or a place or kindred volunBrooks "I am at the church library look which seemed to say: pointed it at the farmer’s head for a mansion or a came in for the evening or to “stay Place Where One Founds His Home yet Only two teered to go after it The sexton hand“Halt!” he cried peace with all the world” s all night” or longer it was enjoyed Is Within His Own At the same moment his two assistskyscraper or a railroad track parts of his organism could be said to ed him the key and he went to the without of nervous of outside an church the for fear might obtained give the Choice conand book past rushed but from of the talk His he ants bespoke their eyes places intelligence v present and every corner of the dear call or too long a “call” inside Even determination conveniently forgot to return the cealment and his lips expressed place will be echoing with the voices a peddler found food and shelter and “You see” said Brooks (Copyrighted by J S Kirtley) He was about 40 years of age but his key pleasantly Some time after midnight he quiet- “it’s three against two The fireside is like the flower In the of victors In the warfare now re- apples and cider as oned on a snowy You might as whitlag hair gave him the appearance Becrannied and using well give up” wall' which roots itself in newed by their children 'Ownership day we filled up a jolly German with ly hurried to the church of being much older than that the purloined key made his way “But I don’t understand" replied such far reaching soils that Tennyson Is a dream of youth and if one lose It cider that Ijad grown too old and he fore he had been In the little village claimed into The became uncontrollably “funny” edifice he would know both God and something passes out of the life he about the It was quite Davis who did look dazed “What’s that long it was whispered man if he knew all that was to be spot should be chosen with a view to It is a gloomy thing when we must was a tract distributor and an agent dark and the place was unfamiliar but the meaning of this performance?” ' for some get our glow not from fireplace and “It can be explained in a few known about the flower It is like the ownership sooner or later charitable institution He he managed to grope along until The place must lend itself in the firmament but from bulbs and baseat the only hotel In the he reached the stairway leading to the words “said the detective “I’m a rep- wing of a bird from which Couvier registered claimed he could describe the whole highest degree possible to home makment From choir thence did name not from stellar radiance but loft climbed assumed of It he resentative States the govan United under place to the dingy attic at the base of the ernment and I charge you with main- bird that It belonged to without hav- ing as that is the real business of from cellar register We gain by the not take him long to get into conversaHe crawled up by taining an illicit distrillery” It brings to the mind’s the couple just starting The flat is hot air and hot water furnaces but ing seen It tion with the proprietor and so some church steeple not immoral save as it discourages we lose in the pleasures of the fireeye the whole local life the appoint“But I pay the government tax” of the loungers about the place easy stages until he reached the belments of the home the instincts of home building Given the fireA rustling noiso startled him “On a small part of your product and side the light that gleams and the The’talk after exhausting itself on the fry side know the people it be- turns the family into parasites You've been If lives that gladden To make the curband Uncle you weather and horses and politics and This was- followed by another and then only cheating He still realized on to it the that another longs gives the family no chance to ob- stone instead of the hearthstone tho Sam for a long while” matters finally turned church It is the reaction of the people upon jectify itself in the making or adorn- radiator Instead of the illuminator the Davis laughed dryly rats were scampering from their Meadboro and Its inhabitants haunts Thb fluttering of “That’s easy to Bay but you can’t the place that makes the home That ing of the building if it puts steady rallying point of the home is to imHe learned that John Davis was makes the place a critical matter It and stubborn limitations on service pose on the family the needs of disman in wings near the top of the structure re- prove it” probably the most important for each other by having everything covering unseen centers of unity and houses the greatest group of emotions “Yes I can” He combined the busi- minded him that he had disturbed the the locality still he bats and man “How?” was dark that any one ever felt emotions that machine made it arrests the unifying gathering around them and It a dairy quite ness of a distiller The Milk Punch Fraud- Revenue —— of James An Episode the onceChiefof the J Brooks Stales Secret Service (mm rmwH msKsr ' t I began |