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1.4 i i it frf r f GENIUS OF HIS STRENGTH AND WEAKNESS AFTER. 5 IRS FOOD, H lEl\-i- t H6NHY nEiiuY FORD KEEPS UP HiS SOCIAL DUTIES IN HIS OWN WAY. HE PREFERS OUT- DOORS AND NATURE, It chapter, xvii. AN\ ELUSIVE EnSO.HAMTY. ifehry Fonlj.p.sessiis ,tno liips biiiki-- personalty .v.iU, men I havp Sly observation lias been Cut peo-y- tt ,jrho are s'irWtfcat'Wey 'know all ftbout him artHbsc'toho'liavo very Wight acquaintance with htm, whoso Soptiict with , him haa bjen very Superficial. orjWh.g hayo jjppp In con- tact 'jwith hlm.nijV.M laJl.j'bit lest flKjudgrnent of him on v. hat others b& whose first-han- d knowledge 1b jjrfllted as their own. He has an- other guess coming who Irnaplnea that Hcnryk-For-d Ib a sort of unso- phisticated farm and shop prurtupt Jitiifcta country b6y grown to man's 61zefand altogether bo frank and fi&nelt that his very simplicity is his dfrc'sc; that the min i that cr.Atcd fhe,Ford car la. as devoid of pirnllng tii'rts and intricate machinery as the ear-ltsel- bo that the difficulty that iipA experiences In arriving at a true fjderetandlng of Mr., Ford Is due to tu4.,r'ftct that ho deliberately draws averring across' the trail In case lid finds a man 'getting too closo to filn- w- \You know' mo 'too 'weil.\ ha ontjGsald to a' man who had been . i.nLt.i.. -- ..; . t ...1 4 1. 1. t Vcarp, \hereafter am going to see to It that no ir.an comes to know mo a3jb Intimately as you do.\ But per- - ' soaallty Is something that can not bo hidden at will. The very attempt to . conceal It Is In Itself a revelation. HL Is not any .conscious effort ctr'lho nart ' of Mr. Kord to Dr,- - veijt1,! close-u- p study ot himself that napti mm aimcuii or understanding. ., The baffling thing in htm- Is rtho puzzling mixture of opposing, natures. There rages In htm an endless con-- .. mci'Deiween locals, emotions ana im- pulses as unlike as day and night a conflict that at times makes one feel thai two uersonalltles nro striving wjf,hln him for mastery, with neither . i .i i . ... iu mu u uubi uecision over mo other- - JJiese variations In tnontal moods and attitudes' are generally accom panied by outward changes In phys l.sar appearance. To-da- y ho stands rcct. lithe, agile, ftfll of life, hapny eEVa child, arid Tilled with the child gtfrjt of play. Out of his eyes theio looks tho soul of a genius, a dreamer, ajulde'allst a soul that Is affable, EintJe, kindly, and generous to Wit. nut ho may be Ihn opposite. He will have the appeal - nce. of a man shrunken by long 111 nibs. The shoulders droop, and thero slant to'thd body when he Vralks as of a man moving fo- -. rjird on his trfes. His faco Is deeply lined, and the lines are not such as go lafmake up a kindly, open counten- - ....... j w-- ' \ nv..v.u iiMiunri line tliappeared. There Is a light In th'i tithat reveals a fire burning within 3wjgether unllko that which burned . . . . ' i : inrra veKioninv. i linn inn nnnnr. fllce of H man llttprlv nviiHml nnrl t l4 tinnnff. T rt vti flplvnn tin I.., n & an apparent physical frailty there evidently lies concealed a boundle.m I, flflnnly of nervouu energy J&ri I nv ...I . , irfiiarrt physical etiango such as I htlVe Just ' described, with Its corre- - RUidlng mental attitude, as the signal 'a storm sudden and terrible as ttsise which break over tho tropics. rule, not many days would elapse Jfore the organization would bo In tn? throes of one of Its periodical con- vulsions. And only a Ford ,man who llMgono through thcrn has any Idea these convulsions are like. Old TiOtusies are swept away. New policies fce isa't up. Departments are turned ftislde out and upside down, or alio- - ynr away mm. Aien are lArisferred by the score sometimes K.ifee hundreds. Desks are removed Vi nu vcauuuns jyiin on axe. HF INDUSTRY An Analysis S - S AS OF POCJO U-C bAUS PICT ;DCLR The men who worked at them return I was mom of\ that 'fact to find them gone, and possibly thflrthan ever. \Very well,'' hoinald, \ne Jobs gone also. Men are, without warning, and to reason glvon them In response to their Inquiry. While the storm was on there was llttlo to do but to watch It und keep out of the way of tho lightning, When tho blow was over those of us whoso duty It was would net out the ambulance and pick up tho. tnlllrpil. Man .llcnlin il np IrmJ porurlly displaced wcro quietly put back to work; others who had been hastily transferred to Jobs unssulted to them were Bllppcd Into Jobs for which they were tlttcd. And some- times which had been demolished were rebuilt In whole or In part because tho work the wcro doing was cssuntlul to the llfo of tho There was much hccifless suffering at such times. Tho inorulo of the was weakened. Faith In Its policies of Justice und fuir play was shaken as well. Of courso Mr. Ford's hand did net directly appear in theso upheavals. Down In tho ranks of his tho belief prevailed that, ho know nothing of what was going on (for a long time I held to this belief myself, being forced to surren- der ttf with great but that tho troulilo was duo to the rough-nec- k methods of two or three of hfs Tho appeal of Ford at such times, seeking somo redress for the Injustice done them, was always to tho spirit of fair play for which they believed Mr. Ford stood, \He of course, does not know tho way wo have lvnn handled.\ was always tho arcnmenl of tho man seeking reinstatement or irunBier nrter the storm. \Wo know inai no woum not sanction the treat meni accorded Us.\ Hut ho did know In nnnn.-- t Vnrtf,M., , \al ,aB BOng on. and cases fn which it seemed to me flagrant Injustlco had been uuno were called to his attention a case in point. There was a i er- - o naa Dccn in the employ wuiiwny lor a number of years. He was a trained man and held a responsible position. His tusk .. . ne and greatly com ......v. vnmiiiuiiH wnicn arose 7\' lna war. Ho was nv udkcu ior reasons for his dls cnarge, uui was given none. He amo to me broken up and In tears over tho umiicr. i urougiu the enso to Mr rord s attention. I told him that tho manner of the man's discharge not only deprived him .of his job. but iwuucu mm unjustly ot ins reputation. ii impaired ms standing in his nrn fcsslon. Tho treatment was neither just nor humane Mr. Ford said to inc, -- ii you minu no has not been given a square deal, go and get him, bring him back and wo will give him Before acting In accordancu with these instructions I mado a thor ough of tho case. interviewed omcials who worn in daily contact with tho man and his work. I questioned foremen und bub foremen who had worked under him 1 could find nothing to Justify tho action taken. I then told Mr. Foul I was ready to act in tho caso. tic asked me If after Investigating tho matter I still boiiovmi tin, n s,i not had a square deal. I told him THE EVENING .WORLD, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1922. MKY FOPF) - MAN OF TEARS HEAD FORD convinced discharged departments organization. organization employees reluctance). lieutenants. employees discharged. Investigation him and we. will put hlm back.\ Within, art hour lid' lold mo that a certain executive wished, to talk with mo regarding this caso. I went to xnat man's c.Tlco and llstoned to a number of charges against the dis- charged man which tho facts, as I had gathered them from tho mans superiors, his equals and the men un- der his direction, did not bear out, I told this executive that I thought he had acted most unfairly, in tho dis- charge of this man. \How do you know I did It?\ ho shot back. \May-b- o you nro barking up tho wrong tree. How do you know the Chief did not do It?\ I answered that I did not believe the Chief would be capa- ble of doing such a thing. While we wcro In the midst of a heated ds- - cusslon Mr. Ford came Into the ofllce. Ho listened to what we lcro saying for a few minutes and then turning to mo said, \I did It. I discharged that man, and what Is more.' ho Is nnt coming back.\ This within an hour after he had said for tho second tlmo that ho would Ins taken back. What havo you got to sav now?\ said tho Qfhclal, \I told you that you were barking up the wrong tree.\ I uavo to ,say.\ I replied. \Just what r hnvo said before. The dis charge was not merited, and the man ner In which It was dono was neither courteous nor fair.\ Mr. Ford then said: \Bring tho man down to my oftlco In tho morn'.mr and wo will go over tho whole matter with him.\ I did as requested. Mr. Ford failed to keep tho appointment. That was tho end of tho case. And It was tho beginning, for mo, of an awakening to things of which I wish I could have remained In ignorance. As a rule a man slated to go was not told to go. Ho wiw nagged; his department was interfered with by otherd mder Instruction to'do so; his work was taken nwuy from him. In one Instance more than eighty men In ono department went homo one evo nlng with no Intimation whatever that they were through. They enmo to work the next morning to find their desks and choirs taken from the rooln in which they worked. They wcro left to find out as beat they could that they had been fired. The request to bo permitted to tell men In a decent, gentlemanly manner that the company no longer required their services was met with refusal The way preferred and chosen was to \bump 'em offi\ \mg 'cm till they go.\ \Why? That Is a question to which, in the wildcat tllghta of my Imagination, I have been able td And no answer. Fcrhaps It Is duo to tho theory held that loyalty is \bunk and good will Is of no valuo anyhow. A factory is not a cnurch. I am well aware of that. Thcro como cfttt cal times In business when sentiment must bo put to ono side. Hut there nevor comes a time when It Is neces sary to treat human beings other than as such. A major operation may bo necessary to fcnve tho life of an Industry, but Just because thoro must bo a major operation Is no reason why you should engage tho services ot a butcher and not a Burgeon, And let .mo repeat It, it wns nover to tho operation that I objected, but to MYSTERY HIS GREATNESS AND SMALLNESS MARQUIS, ID STUDY WELFARE DEPARTMENT die brutal and unnecessary butchery that went with It. Tho General who gives the order docs not sco tho Individual casualties which follow. Hut ho docs elvo tho order, and ho docs know or should know whether or not tho men to whom ho intrusts tho execution of his orders uro considerate of the Individ- ual In the accomplishment of tho end sought. It Is as unnecessary as It Is un fortunate that an employer of labor should keep in power men wh. In the treatment of employees bcllevo In tho sjogan \treat 'em roush.\ It is still more unfortunato that such men, Instead of meeting reproof, aro advanced and rewarded because of their apparent valuo In times when dirty work lo to 'bo done. But tho responsibility for tho action of such a man rests squarely on the shoulders of. his employer, no matter what his personally professed humanitarian policies or theories may be. This conclude the fasotnatlng character study of Henry Ford. To thousands of readers of The Evening World Mr- - Ford and what he may do will be very much less the man of mvilnrv thnn he wn titiforA mark ing of Dr. Marquis's series of articles, In England She'd Still Be in School With All Her Romances Sub Rosa Here She Has Added and World Weariness to Youth. a and a by find . n a a aware first that a a him had 1022. Way most important person In Is the an I a really clever friend mine who. had threo of her Own, ought to know a or about mere man, and what attracts him. the the son \The I back la my- - mind to six young Of or genus on the from New York, who to male a Eden of own, and with each others' sole They were very young, these girls, and yet up\ In ns with th,e Eame age. Girls of still Ip the Old and not to forget it for a either! , Dut Just allow the little miss to escape her chaperons or and put her on an liner but and I will ad- mit It I you would llnd her with tho best of them and to It ns a to the waterl So the Is the most Impor-- - tnnt person In Is she\ .1 rather wonderlngly \It Isn't ,so In any She wns at the top the wave the war, but now tho crnze has ted with bobbed hair and the short skirt they're out ot date, all three! and It's tho better balanced, sympathetic, less and less young woman who Is her day in In America,\ said my friend, \the didn't the rago she gained sophistication. Tho wht hi ought that. Tho men used to hkg the older girl or woman she'd knowledge, poise, and a measure of that made her These far outweighed tho of the youtn. Dut now\ \In to her tho flap per has ncqulred sophistication, has I suggested, rather astonished. being \And the result's a knockout,' ns It werer Let's down to the lobby this hotel, and you see It for So down we went to the or tho hotel where I nm seated ourselves upon a sofa, and proceeded to \observe.\ ' Along camo a slim and very ably young person, A blind girl's uttered at the for on being tho by Mrs. Miss Tho prayer camo from Miss Agnes Stafford, tho Centra for tho Blind, No. 221 East 7th Street, and with It a gift Jf out of Miss Stafford's earnings. She told of she had to bo thankful for op Thanksgiving Day. President Harding's $100, sho said, should bo by every ono In tho land, so far as means would Tho plea Miss who la In 111 health, moved her blind associates Issue an tho to on Thanksgiving Day by voluntary sub- scriptions Jlio needed to the tho Paris fiom being evicted Dec. til, the date on which the terms ( W 1 :&;sfer STORY \THE EYE OF WHAT GONE BEFORE. YASMINI, orphan daughter of Raj'put of Russian Princess. her father's nephew who succeeded him as maharajah of Sialpo, DICK BLAINE, an American engineer employed Gungadhura to the \Sialpore treasure.\ THERESA BLAINE, his wife. CHAMU, the Blaines butler, hired at Gungadhura's recom- mendation. After Blaine the morning for his work visitor, clad in the garments of Rajput, calls. 'Theresa, that there is no propriety in inviting an Eastern potentate to her in the absence of her husband, does so nyway. The visitor's re- marks make her uneasy. The visitor to be Yasmini. Mrs. Blaine penetrates her disguise. The Princess of secret warfare between her and cousin, the Maharajah. She says she should throne, but the English decided not to to reign. TRIPE, an English drill sergeant, in the employ of Gun- gadhura, calls at the house. Yasmini, whom he was supposed to be holding almost as prisoner in her own palace, makes promise to tell Maharajah that she gone to see the English Commis- sioner. She that Chamu's is indebted to MUKHUM lender, arid pretending to find that American Flapper Most Important Person Here MMAAAVMMAAMMVVyMMVVMMVVMWAAAAAMAAAAAMWMWMAAAAM -- Aged 17, She Acts 30! Sophistication By May Christie. (Copyrl.ht. by ChrlstU.) iinTHE America y flapperl\ woman of having husbands thing two flapper?'\ repeated, harking things Sweet Sixteen thereabouts, American, boat coming over England to' blandly oblivious all creatures 'formed little manless their seemed utterly contented society! curiously \grown their manners, compared English flapperdbm of sixteen are schoolroom misses, Country, allowed moment, English from governess, Atlantic (home of ephemeral thrllllng-while-they-Ia- st \affaires!\) yes. flirting taking duckling flapper America, remarked. England l6nger. of during flapper dcpai quieter, expenslvo demanding having England.\ flapper become until because garnered cer- tain experience Interesting. fascination flapper's addition youth, she?\ Dritlsh. \Decidedly. go of can yourself.\ \lounge\ staying, fashion attired complete prayer, Mather, formerly Catholic things oxamplo followed permit. Stafford, appeal $500,000 Inmates purchase HAS leaves young house proves tells allow TOM learns money nounced Chamu has stolen a bank note silence from him, giving him the debt First Article in a Series-Ame- rican Girls and Women as (Seen Through the Observing Eyes of a Talented English Authoress with pert llttIo hat cocked, over the right eyer cleverly dono complexion, undulating walk, and all tho wiles of the eternal Eve. \But not a flapper,\ whispered t. \she must be twenty-flv- o or Blx7\ \She's seventeen. Now watch.\ Tho man Keen, clever looking, not very young, but obviously entranced, by her. They sat down near us. We heard them talk. Ana rtally I'll say this for her she talked like thirty, a rather blase, w6rld-wear- y but distinctly clever thirty, who was oh! so well accustomed to ador- ing a wains, and luncheon-engage-ment- a, and proposals, and flowers, and adoration. still be were she on the other side 'of the Atlantic.\ I told my friend, \having her romances, maybe brfl 'sub rosa!' and of the school girl type. . . .\ Miss Seventeen lit a cigarette, held It between highly manicured fingers and regarded her adorer between hait closed lids, with a lift her very pretty, strong young chin which seemed to say: \I may seem and emancipated, but don't mistake me. . . 1 can take mighty good care my- self . . . and you must keep youi distance. . . .\ And that's the American flapper, and I take my hat off to her! o, reception to Mr. and Mrs. Hufus Winifred Holt, during tho year. must be met. Tho gathering rejoiced over anonymous gift $5,000, swelling tho fund to nearly $33,000. To til's fund went all tho cash wedding pros ents of Mrs. Mather, about $16,000. Contributions from Catholic sourr.es included $50 from Mgr. Lavcllo St. Patrick's Cathedral, and $50 from the Cathollo Centre. Bishop MannliiB and Chaplain Knox of Columbia Unl verslty are among tho contributors, Jewish philanthropy also encouraged tho movement, Felix Warburg bo Ing among tho givers with it sub scription $1,000. Contributions wcro also received various groups blind persons. Blind Girl's Prayer and Her $5 Start Drive to Save \Lighthouse' Graves Mather at tho New York Lighthouse for Blind, No. 11 East C9th Street, last evening, Inspired a Natlon-wld- o appeal contributions Thanksgiving Day to tho fund raised to eavo Paris Lighthouse founded an Inmato of of In contributing of to in country ralso pro-ve- of Light- house of Guns.oAhe Gods in of of an of of of of rq\AUTHOR OF OF ZEITOON'1 k3 illustrated by Robert Johnston INDIA TREASURE ROMANCE GL'NGADHURA, her occupy woman DASS, appeared. \She'd school, from E. from her, she forces a promise of bank note with which to pay the N tho conversation which followed I It was evident that Sir Ronald Samson, English Commlssoner, was trying to find out how near Blaine had come to finding gold and whether it was gold In the ground or what he' called the Treasure of Sial- pore that he was searching for. T?s declared that neither sho nor her hus- band had heard of the treasure before. \Now now, Mrs. Blalnal\ he laughed. \You Americans are not so Ingenuous as you like to seem! Do you really expect us to believe that yourhusband's purpose isn't in fact to discover the Sialpore Treasure?\ \I never heard of It.\ \Well4 well of course I believe you, Mrs. Blaine. We're not over- heard, are we?\ Not forgetful of the Princess Yas- mini hidden somewhere In the house behind her, but unsuspicious yet ot that young woman's gift for garner- ing facts, Teas stood up to look about, and sat down again, nodding In the direction of a gardener. \Thcro's the nearest possible eavesdropper.\ tJamson then told tho story. \Thero. havo been eighteen rajahs of Sialpore in direct succession, father to son,\ ho said. \The first man began accumulating treasure Every man has confided tho secret to his successor and to nono else father to son, you understand. When Bubru Singh, tho last man, died he had no son. The secret died with him.\ How does anybody know that there's a sccrot then?\ demanded Tess. Evorybody knows It! Thenoney was raised by taxes. Minister after minister in turn has had to hand over minted gold to tno reigning rajah \ And look the other way, I sup pose, wnlle tne rajan nm mo siuu. suggested Tess. Samson screwed up his face line a man who has taken medicine. \There are dozens of ways in a native state of getting rid of men who know too much. Poison snakes assassination Jail on trumped-u- p charges, and disease in Jail apparont accidents of all sorts. It doesn't pay to know too much.\ \Then we're suspected of hunting for this treasure? Is that the Idea.'\ \Not at all, since you've denied It. But I hopo your husband doesn t stumble on It. Or If ho does, that ho'll notify mo first.\ \Would that be honest?\ \I'll let you Into a diplomatic se cret, Mrs. Blaine. Only you musn't repeat It. The present Maharajah, Gungadhura, Isn't the saving kind; he's a spender. He'd glvo his eyes to get hold of that treasure And If he had It, we'd need an army to sup press him. We mado a mistake when Bubru Singh died: there wero two nephews with about equal claims, and we picked tho wrong one a Don trlquer.\ \Who Is tho other man tho one tho BrlUsh didn't choose?\ asked Tess. \A very decent chap named utir upa qulto a sportsman. He was thought too young at the tlmo tho selection was made; but he knew enough to get out of tho reach of the now Maharajah Immediately They havo a phrase here, you know to hate llko cousins.' \So you'd rather that tho treasure stayed burled? \Not exactly. But\ he tossed ash from 'the end of his cigar to Illustrate off handedness \I think I would promise 10 per .cent, of It to whoever brought us exact information of Its whereabouts before tho Maharajah could lay his hands on It .\If l wero Gungadhura I'd And that money or bust! And when I'd found It\ \You'd endow nn orphan asylum, ehT' \I'd make such trouble for you English that you'd bo glad to leave me In peaco for a generation! Samson laughed and twisted up tho end of his mustache \ 'Pon my soul, you're u surprising woman! So sour sympathies aro all with Gungadhura?' \Not at all. .1 think he's a criminal. He buys women and tortures animals In on arena, and keeps a troupe of what he Is pleased to call dancing- - girls. He's despicable. But If I were In ii MYSTERY fear \EVERY MAN HAS CONFIDED THE SECRET TO HIS SUCCE8SOrl AND TO NON.E ELSEFATHER TO SON, YOU UNDERSTAND.\ hln shoes I'd find that money and make It hot for you English.\ Samson did not know whether or not to take her seriously, but recog- nized that his chance had gone that morning for the flirtation he had had In view very nil Id, of course for a beginning; It was his experience that most things ought to keep tho other man from stampeding tho game. Nevertheless, ns a Judge of situations, he preferred not to tako his leavo at that moment. Give a woman the last word al- ways, but bo sure It Is a question which you leave unanswered! You've a beautiful garden,\ he said; and for a minute or two they talked of flowers, of which he know more than a llttlo; then of music, of whkh ho understood a very great deal. Havo you a proper lease on this house?\ he asked .at last.' I believe so. Why?\ I've been told there's some ques tion about the title. Some one's bringing- - suit against your landlord for possession on soma ground or other.\ \What of it? 8upposo the other should win could he put us out?\ I don't know, I'm sure. Well If there's any trouble, como to ino about It and we'll see what can nc done. Sometimes a llttlo Influence, you know, exerted in the right way well Pleaso glvo my regards to your husband Good morning, Mrs. Blaine.\ Theresa Blalno smiled after him. She was seized suddenly from behind, drawn backward and embraced. \You are perfect\ Yasmini purred In her ear between kisses. \You aro surely one ot tho fairies sent to live among mortals for a slut I shall love you forever! Now that Samson sahib will ride Into tho town to ask about your landlord, of whom he knows nothing, having only heard a servant's tale. But Tom Tripe will have told already that I am at the Burra Commissioner's 'house, nnd Gungadhura will send there to ask questions. And whoever goes will have to wait long. And when the Commissioner returns at last he will deny that I havt been there, and the messenger will return to Gungadhura who will not believe a word of It. So, after he has learned that I am back In my own pnlaco, Gungadhura will try to poison me again. AH of which Is as It should be.\ \What?\ Tess gasped. \Ho always tries to poison me. Now ho will try more carefully.\ \You must take care! How will you prevent him?\ \I shall eat very often at your house. And then you shall take a Journey with me. And after that the great pig Gungadhura shall bo very sorry ho was born, and still more sorry that he tried to poison mo!\ They wero still In the window \Ah! Hasamurtl comes!\ shr said suddenly. \She Is my cheti.\ (Hand maiden.) \I shall go to tho temple of Jlnen-dr- a, wliera the priest, who Is no man's friend, Imagines I am a friend of his. He will promise mo anything If I will tell him what to say to Gungadhura; and I shall tell him without believing the promises. One of these days per-hup- '.i lis will plot with Gungadhura to have ma poisoned.\ Sho was gone llko a shadow, with- out another Word. Dick Blaine returned for jaily lunch and showed her a bag full of coarsely powdered quartz. , \There's color tlierjj.\ he fcaid Ju- bilantly. , \Itathor men) than mefoly color! It's not tlmo to talk. jet, may lead somewhere. Then won't Gun- gadhura gloat?\ Shb Jold him about Vosmlnt's visit and about tho Commissioner's call. \Wants me to find the treasure, doej he, and call tho aamo on Gun- - and gadhura? What does ho take mo for? Ono of his stool-pigeon- s? If it's a question of percentage, I'd prefer ono from the Maharajah, than from him.\ As Yasmini went through the gate, Mukhum Dass, tho money-lende- r, was riding by on a smart mule. Yas-min- l's hooded figure brought him to halt. \This house Is yours?\ she asked, and ho nodded, his sharp eyes shin- ing llko an animal's, determined to recognize his questioner. \There Is a son of lies who brings a lawsuit to get the title? Ho nodded again. \Dhulap Singh, Is it not? Ho Is it secret agent, of Gungadhura,\ \How do you know? Why should tho Maharajah want my property?'' \He hunts high and low for tho Sialpore treasure. Jengal Singh, who built this house, was In tho confidence of Gungadhura's uncle, and a priest says there will bo a clue found to the treasure beneath the- - floor of this house.\ . .. \A likely tale Indeed I r \Very well, then lose thine house!\ \True Information has Its price,\ he cald. \At any rate, name the price.\ \It Is silence firstly; second, a se- curity for silence.\ \The first part Is easy.\ Hi!: eyes watched ln.rs in- tently, unable to detect the slightest clue that should start him guessing. He was trying to identify a mau, not a woman. \How shall I give security for silence?\ ho asked. \I already hold It.\ ' \How? What? Where?\ ! \Where are the title-dee- of the house you Bay you own?\ etw asked him suddenly. Mukhum Dass kept silence, a&d tried to smother the raging anger In his eyes. \Was it' Mukhum Dass or another wio went to the priest In tho tem- ple of JInendra on a certain after- noon and requested intercession \to tho god In order that a title-dee- d might be recovered?\ \Priests cackle like old women,\ growled tho money-lende- r. \Nay but this one cackled to tho god. Perhaps JInendra felt com- passionate toward a poor shroff (money-lende- r) who cannot defend his suit successfully wlthdut that title-dee- d. Jengal Singh died and his son claims that the house was really sold to Dhulap Singh, who dallies with his suit because he suspects, but docs not know, that Mukhum Dass has lost tho paper- - eh?\ \How do you know these things?\ \Maybe tho god JInendra told! Which would be better, Mukhum Dass to keep great silence and be certain to recelvo the paper In tlmo to defend the lawsuit, or to talk freely and so set others talking? Who knows that It might not rcuch tho ears of Jengal Singh that the title-dee- d Is truly lost?\ \As to what shall I keep sllenco?\ \Two matters. Firstly, Chamu, the butler, will presently pay hie son's debt. Give Chamu a receipt with the number of the banknote written on It, saying noth.lng.\ \Second?\ \Preserve tho banknote carefully for thirty days nnd keep silence,\ \I will do that. Now tell mo thy nnmo?\ t Yasmini laughed. \Nay! First, pay the price; then learn my name. Go get thy money from .Chamu tho butler. Breathe as much as a hint W any one, and thy title-dee- d shall gv lo Dhulap Singh!\ (The mystery deepens with the de- velopments of tnctal. ment.) ccoaj-rluh- 1011. The Dell SrndlcsU.
