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Show V THE EIAJE; By DAVID GRAHAM P1HLL1RS, Autltcr of 7HECQSVMc u-o-vsxsrrr jsxv v -seas. jsaanc: tavuvyj XXXII I ."MY RIQHT EYE OFFENDS ME." Not dm l.angdon a ttock wavered coin up a milt' ttoliK down a little doting at prurlliali) Hit- tamo flgurea nt which the) hud opened lliun I sprang in)' sensation that I-nnrdou and lit particular rlhiue. though the)' e-otitrotloil tho Textile Trust, did not owu mi tuiicli a oiie-Mlleth of Its voting vot-ing atuck True "rupinlnii of Indus try" ihHl they were, they made their prollta not out of dividends, but out of aide Kheme that absorbed nbout two thirds of th earnings of the ( Trust, and out of gambling In Itn Iwndt and storks I auld lu oonolu tko 1 "The largest owner of the eloek l ', Walter O Kdmunds. of Chics" n ' i Ihhihsi man Bend your voting proxies to lilm. and ho run take tho Textile , eompan) awsy from those now plun- j, derlng it" ! At the annual election of the Trust f wa mil six week away, leitigdon and hl clique were In n panic. Tlie rushed Into the iimrket nnd bought franllcall), tho public bidding nanlimt them l-ansclon himself went to Clit cago to reason with Kdmunds that ' 1 1, lo try to find out at what figure lie could be bought. And o on. da) after day, I faithfully reporting to the public the main occurrence behind be-hind thn scones. Tho Langdon attempt at-tempt to retrain control by iHirchasos ( of stock failed. He and hi ntllea made what must have been to tlinui 1 appalling kacrlllcea, but men at the Ililgh price they offered, coinparatlto-ly coinparatlto-ly little nf the stock appeared, "I'e caught ihoin," aald I to Jim the llrat time, nnd the laat, durlnie I that campaign thut I Indulged In a r. boast "If ldmunds atlck to you," replied re-plied rautloua Joe Hut Kdmund did not I do not know nt whnt price he cold him elf l'robnbly It wo pitifully amall. cupidity usually matchc the Inatant bait tickle It mute. Hut I do know I that my faith In human nature not Its . t severest ahock MM BSSssm n wtArtunatelyjfKdmiiiidaihad'lield'oiTt! or, rather, I.angdnn had delayed ap prnachlug lilm, lung enoiiKh for mu lo 4 pain my main Kjnl The uproar over t Ihe Textile Trust had In-come to great that the nallonnl drpurtinent of com uiorce dated not refuse an Invesllgn tlon: and 1 straightway began to I I aprend out In my dull) letter the , facta of the trust' enormou earning aud of the ahumeful sources or those earnings. In the mhlat of tho n.lulntlon, of ' the hlurew upon thn trumpeta of fame 1 that tainted my waking nnd wcro I wafted to mo na I fell atlrep at night i In tho mldit of all the turmoil, I waa often In a groat and brooding alienee. I longing for her, now with the I in porloue energy of paaalon. and now with the tad ache of love What wua tho doing' What waa the thinking' Now that I-nngdon hail niiulu pla)ed her falte for the old price, with what I eyet was the Jooklng Into thu future I Aha, nettled In a Went Side nuirt i nient not far from tho nnrettral whlto elophnnt, telephoned, atklnit me to come I went, becuutn the could mid would Rite mu new of Anltn Hut at I entered her little draw lug room, I tald: "It wnt ciirloalty that brought mo I wished to tcu how )ou were In atullcd." , "Iin't It nice nnd mimll " cried the. I "Hilly and I haven't the slightest dim- culty In finding each other h people to often have lu the bit; house." And It waa Hilly till and Hilly that, and I what Hilly tald and thought nnd fell ' ' and before they were married, the had : called him William, and had declared I "Hilly" to be tho most offensive cum Mnallon of letter that eer fell from human lip "I needn't ntk If you are happy," tald I pretuntly, with a diurnal failure at looking cheerful "1 can't ttay but n moment," I added, nnd If I hud obeved my feeling. I'd hae rlen up nnd taken in) toll and my pain nwny from Buiroundlnm u Imteful to me na a aummer tuurlte In a death-chamber. "Oh'" the exclaimed, In tome ran-' ran-' fualon "Then exeiiao me" And the battened from Ihe room I thought the had gone to onler. or pcrhapa to bring;, the tea The long minute dragged away until ten hud jed Iteming a hiitlInK In the hall. I row, Intending to take toave the In slant aim appeared The matting Flopped Jutt outalde I walled a few tecond. cried "Well, I'm off Next time I want to be alone, I II know vthero to come," and advauced to the door It wnt not A'va lietltMtlng there; It u Anita, "I beg your ardon," aald I. coldly If theie had been mom to paa 1 should hae gon What devil hm-netted hm-netted me? Certainly In all our lela-tlon lela-tlon I had found her direct und frank. If anything, too frank Itountlea It wn the Influence f my ataoclatlont down town, where for an many month 1 had been dc-allng with the "hort-card" "hort-card" crowd of high tlnance, who would hardly play the game atralght even when that aa the way way to i I win My long tieadt i retch In thai Bli.mli and tlnunun lompunt had put me In the slate of mind In which It I luixiMlble lo credit un htiiuan bring with a motive that it deri nt or an nc-tlon nc-tlon that It not a deadfall Ihua Ihe obvloua Iranaformatloii In her made no Impreetlon mi me Her hnughtl-neea, hnughtl-neea, her coldnemi. were gone, nnd with them had gone nil that hud been leant like her natural telf, moat like thu reilenl conienllonal pattern to which her mother and her associate had molded her Hut I wnt saying to myself A trap' l.ngdon baa gone back lo hi wf Hlie turn to me" And I loved her ami haled her. "Neer." thought I, ' lias thn thowu o poor an opinion of me at now." "My uncle told me day before yesterday yes-terday that It not he but )ou," the tald. lifting her ce to mlue. It I tucomeltnble to ine now that I could have mislead their honest story; yet I did. "I had no Idea jour uncle' notion of honor wn nlo eccentric," V.ild I, Willi u satirical smile that made the blond tusli to her face "That I unjust to him," tho ro-plld, ro-plld, earnestl). "Ho aa)a lie made you no promise of secrecy. And he confiHuwd lo me only becnuso he wished lo convince me that ho had good teuton fur hi high opinion of yon." "Iteolly!" aald I, Ironically. "And no doubt he found )ihi open wide to conviction now." This a subtlety lo let her know tbnt I undcrtaood why the wa seeking me, "N'o," i he answered, lowering her eyet "I knew iM-lier than he." For an Inatant thin, spoken In a voice I had long ghen up hopo of evi r hearing from hi r, ti'ii.iteied m cn Icnl conviction. Ilul ' I'ostihl) she thlhki the U ulnccie. ' reasoned inv head wit'J 111) heart, "oven the since)-eat since)-eat women brought up a was she. always al-ways liuvj tho calculator uudumeath, the) deny It. they don't know It often, but then" It It; with Ihtm, calculation It ui Involuntary und automatic at their pulse." Bo 1 said to her, mockingly mock-ingly "IkMibtlosa jour opinion of me lint been Impiovlng steadily ever since ou heard that Mr I.aiiKdon had recovered re-covered her '.unhand." Bhe winced, a If I had struck her ' Oh I" tho murmured If thu had been the ordinary woman, who In every crisis with man Instinctively retortu to wouknee' strongest weaknou. tear, I might have a different story to tell Hut she fought back the team In which her nyea were swimming and gathered herself together "That la brutal," sh" said, with not a touch of haughtiness, hut not humbly, either Hut I deserve II " "There waa time," I went on, wept In a wP cvirrotit of cold rage, 'there waa a tlron when I would have taken you on almost any tonus. A mfn never make n complete fool of himself about a woman hut once In hla life, the) say. I have done my stretch and It I ovor." Bhe sighed wearily. "Ingdon came in see me toou aflor I left vour house, and went to my uncle," she aald. "I will tell you what happened " "I do not with to hear," replied I, addlLg pointedly, "1 have beon waiting aver si nee vou left for new of your plans." Hue crew white, and my heart amote 1 I me. She came Into tho room seated herself "Won't vou al, phvue, tor a moment longer?" tit said "1 hoi that at, least, we Ma part without bitterness I undetetBU now that everything It over btw n woman a vanity makes her W I lief that a man cares for her die halt I am convinced now I assure yoH,l i am I shall trouble you n. mot about the past Hut I have the rtft. ' to ask you to hear me when I say tin. 1-angduu came, and that I in) self sea I him awav rent lilm back lo hla wife Touching self-sacrifice," said I 1 Iroulcall) I No. she lepllcd "I cannot clall mi) credit I sent lilm away only b cause vou and Alva had taught mo hot to Judge him better I do not dcaplsi him a do jon; I know too well whsi 1 has made lilm what he la. Hut I ball I to send him away." ' I .My comment wn an lucreduloui, look nnd shrug. ' I must be going." I said ! "Vou do not believe me?" she atked "In my place, would )im bolleve?i replied I. "You say 1 hnvo taught yoitJ Well, you have taught me, loo for ItaJ ttanre. that the onr jimi'vu spent o your kneee In the timet v temple u( conventionality before false gods ha Ml made you III onl) for Ihe Iangdon tort of thing. You can't learn how to stand erect, nnd our e)e cannot bear the light." "I am sort)," she suld slowly, hrtl latlngl), "thut )our faith In me died Just when I might peibap" liavo Juatl Med It. Our ha been a pitiful tcrlet of misunderstanding ' "A trap! A trap'" I waa warning myself. "You'vo been n fool long enough, HIacklock." And uloud I mid: "Well, Anltn, Ihe series Is ended now. There' no longer any ociaalon for our I lying or posing to each oilier, Any nr- ' ratigementa your uncle's law) era ug-iteat ug-iteat will lx made." I was bowing. In bate without shaking hands with her Hut the would not have It so "I'lraao!" the aald, stretching out her long, slender arm and nlfnlng me her hand. What n devil possessed me Hint day! With every alum of me longing for her, 1 yet waa nble to take her hand nnd say, with a smile that waa. I doubt not, na mocking as my tone: ' lly all "YOU DO NOT IIKI.IKVK MCT Bill: ABKEIV - mean lot us bo friend. And I (rust )ou will not think mo dlscourteoui If 1 say that I shall feel safer In our friendship when we aro both on neutral ground." At I waa turning away, her look, my own heart, raado mo turn again. I caught her by the shoulder. I gated Into her eyes. "If I could only irutt you, could only believe oul" I cried "You cared for me when I wasnt worth It," tho tald. "Now that I ani more like what jou once Imagined iu. you do not care " Up between lis rose I.anudon'a ftee cynlcul, mocking, contemptuous "Your hoart la hla! Yon told me o' Don't Ho to me!" I exclaimed. And before the could reply. I waa gone Out from under the apell of her presence, back among tho Irlckt'nr and ataasslns, the trap and ambushe of Wall itreot, I believed again, believed be-lieved firmly the piompllng of the duvll that posaoescd me. "She would havo given you a brief fool'a paradise said that devil. "Then what a hldioua awakening"' And I cursed tha day when New York' Intldloua tnobblsh-uen tnobblsh-uen had tempted rny vanity Into starting start-ing me on that degrading chaao trier respectability." "If she does not move to free hsr. aelt anon." aald I to myself "I will put my own luwyer to work My right oyo offend me I will pluck It 0"i ' CHAITKIt XXXIII. "WILD WEEK." "Tho Bovtm" made their fatal uiuia on Upderarf'a advice, I suspect. Out they would not havo adopted hi ug-geatlon ug-geatlon had It not been so exactly congenial lo their own temper of arrogance ar-rogance and tyranny and contempt for tho people who meekly, yar after year, presented themtehes for the the. aliening with futuoua bleats cf so-thuilatm "The RcTen." of eoiirte, rontrotled dlrerlly, or Indirectly, alt but a few of lie newspapers with which I had ad vi rtltlng contract They alto controlled con-trolled the main sources through which the pre was supplied with n ws and often and well they had used llil rontnd, and an prlslngly rsiitlou had they been not st to niuiMi it thai the editor and the public pub-lic would lieeonie suspicion When ni) war was at Its height, when I was In ginning m congratulate myself that the huge m marines nf The Seven" wure em pi) almost lo the point at which the) mini sue for Htare on mT own terms, all In four davs 4t of my ', newspaper- and they Ihe most Ini-IHirlant Ini-IHirlant notified ine that Ihey would no longer carry out their central ts to pul Hull my dally letter They gave as 'heir reason, not the real one. fear of 'Ihe Ifevni," hut fear that I would luwilve them In ruinous libel suits t "ho had legal proof for every Mate-ii Mate-ii in I made, I who waa always rare-' rare-' I to understate' Next, one pre I s elation after another ceased to - ml out my letter as newa, though iln had been doing so regularly for riiuitht. The publlr had grown tired I of the "sensation." the) said 1 countered with a telegram to nno or more newapaper In every clly and lurce town In the I'nlted Htatea 'The Hoven are trying lo cut the wire Imwivii Ihe truth and Ihe pub-lb- If )ou wish ray dally letter, lei graph me direct and I will send It at Mr otponae " The response should have warned 'Tim Seven " Hut It did not. Under Ibnir ordcia Ihe telegraph companies Mused lo transmit the letter. I gat la Injunction It wnt obeyed fn lypl-HI lypl-HI corrupt corporation fathlon they lent my matter, but so garbled that It vts unintelligible I apilod to the fearts In vain To me. It was clear na tun In cloud-IrM cloud-IrM noond) sky that there could bo bit one iesiili of this Insolent and putlo denial of my rights und the lbla of the eople, llil publlr con-jrwloti con-jrwloti of the truth of my charge, learned everyihlng salable nr mart-Ketble mart-Ketble Into cash. locUil the cash up It, my private vault, and walled for tit site) ysni Thursday Friday Saturday Ae puetitly all was tranquil, apparently IB people accepted the Wall street ttDry that I was an "exploded aenau-Iks." aenau-Iks." ' The Seven" began to preen tfcwai'hoi, ihe strain upon them to mUataln price, If nn lets than for tftNo month past, waa not notably gmter, the crisis would pats, I and nij exposure would be forgotten, thn roWnu of reaping the harveata and lepng only the gleaning for lbs over would noon be placidly retimed. re-timed. Iinday. Itoebuck, taken 111 us licT u pasting the basket In tho church afwhlch ha was tho shining tight, died ftpuUuUht toaullfuL Pjtfuaifjil (5.11. they My7ltli"hlWflaiwhier reallag tho Hlblo aloud, and hi lip moving In prayer. Home hold that, hnd ha lived, the tranquillity would have continued; but till Is tha view nt llioto who cannot reallto that tho tide of affairs Is no mora controlled by tho 'great inon" than Is tho river led down to tho tea by Ha turfaco flotsam, by which wo meature tho tpeod nnd direction di-rection of II current. Under that terrific ter-rific tension, which to tho shallow serried a calm, something had lo giro way It tho dam had not yielded whero Itoebuck ttood guard, It mutt hivo yielded somewhere elan, or might havo gono nil la one grand crash Monday. You know tho ttory of the artltt and hi Btatue of Orlef how ho molded tho feature a hundred timet, nlway falling, always ttlng an anticlimax, anti-climax, until at laat In i.eapalr he cava up tho Impottlblo and flnlahod tho ttalno with a veil ovor tho face I mivo tried again and ntaln to astern-bto astern-bto word that would glvo tome not loo Inadnqualo Impreeslon of that tre-mendou tre-mendou week In which, wllh n auccos-tlon auccos-tlon of explosions, each Ilka the crack of doom, tho financial slructuro that homed 80,000,000 of people bunt, col-lapsed, col-lapsed, waa engulfed. I cannot. I muat leave It to your memory or your Imagination. For yrara Ihe financial leaders, crazed by tho excess of powor which tho people had In Ignorance and over-confidence over-confidence aud slovenly good naluro permitted them to acquire, had been tearing out tho honet foundations on which alone to vatt a atructuro can hopo to rest solid and secure. They had been tubstltutlng rotten beam painted to look like stone and Iron. The crash had lo come' tho sooner, tho bettor when n thing It wroug, each day' delay compound tho coat of r'ghtlug It. Bo, wllh all tho horror of "Wild Week" In mind, all It phy-leal phy-leal and mental Buffering, all Ha ruin and rioting nnd bloodahel I atlll can In ni at that I am Jutll) proud of my sharo In bringing It nbout Tho blame and tho shame are wholly upon those who mado "Wild Week" necessary and Inevitable. In cUBtrophe, the cry Is "Bach for himself I" Hut In a cataclysm, tho obvloua wise selfishness Is generosity, and the cry I. "Bland logoihor, for, singly, we per"'' " Tb" " r""1" clytm. N'o one could save hlnielf, except th few who, taking my often-urged often-urged advice aud following my example, exam-ple, had entered the ark of ready money. Farmer and artisan and pro-reaflonal pro-reaflonal man and laborer owed merchant; mer-chant; merchant owed banker, banker owed dpoH'r. No one could pay" be-cause be-cause no one could get wht waa dui him or could renllae upon his property. The entile chain of credit that hlndj together the whole of modern society had snapped In thnuaand place It mutt be repaired. Inlntly and securely. se-curely. Hut how and by whom (To lie Continued ) |