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His Expensive Lesson By Andrew Stewart Aa it happens, I was paid four hundred odd In cash on a deal to-day, and It'll go back to Birmingham with me on the ten train." "Excuse me," murmured the detec- tive, "I must leave you; my colleague has just signalled." Through the mirror in front of him, the man from Birmingham saw the , . . . , detect j ye j n earl j est conversation with The two men were sitting at the his colleague, and thrilled with the name table in the lounge of a well- conjecture that one of the- gang might known haunt in the West End of Lon- nave come in. Then the detective or- doQ, and they had fallen Into talk. I dered two drinks, returning with them "It fairly beats me,' said the prosper- to the table. ous middle-aged man, who looked what He set his own drink on the table he actually was, a manufacturer from and, in reaching over the manufac- the Midlands. "I just can't understand turer's shoulder with the other, he how any man with his wits about his caught the stem of the glass and the ever falls for this confidence trick liquor spilt down his coat. gtuff." | "I'm terribly sorry," he said con- He was commenting upon a case of cernedly, whipping out a handkerchief the kind, reported under big headings and wiping down the front of the In the evening paper, which they had manufacturer's coat. "Thank good- been discussing. His chance com- ness - il '* nea t s P irlt: I'' 11 SOOQ Ar * off - Daring Riders I'll pahion, a well-dressed, hard-bitten fel- low a few years his junior, smiled at the other's incredulity. "That's just how I used to look at It," he said quietly. "But you'll find that it's always the smartest and most confident of men who get nailed. They work on mighty clever, psychological gd lines, these confidence tricksters." "Psychological Uses?" queried the the glass refilled." He was back in a few moments with the drink, and, setting it down, he whispered: "My colleague thinks he saw one of the gang put his head round the door. I'm going out to con- firm." iree minutes he return- sign of him," he said, In a tone of annoyance. "You'll forgive the liberty, I'm sure," Flood or fire the dispatches must get through as shown here by a participant in army manoeuvres. the recent British manufacturer. "I mean that they study their vie- ' note-case from his own pocket, and tims before they begin to work. They j handing it to him; "but you needed enter into conversation with a man the lesson." a colonial or one from foreign parts, for preference and though he does the note-case to the detective. "How not know it, they are probing him for on earth did you get hold of this?" he his little weaknesses and foibles all demanded, the time. Soon they've got him| "One of the pickpocket's simplest Animal Life in A Machine Age Canada's Jobless Number 530,000 Ontario Has 130,000 Unem- ployed and Quebec 100,000 Ottawa. Canada's unemployed ex- ceed 530,000 according to Hon. O. D. Robertson, Minister of Labor. The Minister issued flgurea com piled by provincial governments. IB the majority of provinces the total* are based upon registration, and in others careful estimates have beei made. All the provinces of Canada are covered in figures which the Min- ister gave out. Senator Robertson said these figures would probably be swelled in the winter months when seasonal unemployment would becomg an increasing factor in the situation. By provinces, figures of unemploy- ment are as follows: British Columbia, 38.880; Alberta, 15,450; Saskatchewan (cities and towns. 2*5,904, drought areas i, 150.000; Manitoba, 41, 4S9; Ontario. 130,00*; Prince Edward Island, 1.500; Quebec, 100,000; Nova Scotia, 13.000; New Probably he would say: the Arctic. These animals are at home "It seem* to me you need only in the ice and snow, their meat is as Brunswick, 3,000. moderately intelligent beings to do all good aa that of cows, and their wool Saskatchewan is hardest hit of all the hard but simple work in this is not only as soft as cashmere, but it the provinces. Registrations in urbai day of machines. With all the ani- ia also non-shrinking". Yet, all we centres indicate 26.904 are without he went on. taking the manufacturer's , By Clarence Day in Harper's Magazine mal kingdom before you, to train and should have to do would be to tame crops have failed, there are 76 muni- 1 placed as to type and apply the meth- ' ruses. I know and practice them all. od for that type; and nine times out , I took .ot ten they get away with it. Still." down." he added, "we'll trail this bunch." I "Well. The great age of invention was in!^ eTe 'P. I don't understand why you the wild musk-ox. When, some thirty i cipalities where 100 per cent, relief prehistoric times. The era in which ! use for taese tasks only men. In our years ago, they wanted to use the ( work, while in those areas where we live is also an age of invention j ^ ay> wnen on of our inventions grew ' grazing lands of Africa, it didn't ap- i will be necessary. Hon. Robert Weir. The other stared incredulously fromj^^ 3t nQOU3 achievemenu haT9 1 tryannous. w did something about it. ' parently occur to them to tame the I Minister of Agriculture, who returned * dwarfed all the past, in our eyes. But. For instance, we had a lot of trouble wild eland instead of going to the tre- 1 from Western Canada, estimates at of course, the inventions of old were w ' th she *P- They bred far more rapid- mendous trouble of bringing in cows 150.000 the number of those requiring more basic than ours. The inventions ' Iy tnan tl18 specifications called for, | and bulls, which were unaccustomed relief in the drought areas of Sas- and they got out of order too easily to the climate. I katchewan. it when I was wiping you I'll be hanged!" exclaimed the manufacturer. "And so you deserve to be," laughed the detective. "Why, you haven't even examined it." "And I'm not going to," returned the other good-humoredly. "I deserve to lose anything you've taken, for put- ting me wise." The manufacturer regarded the speaker with increased interest. "We? How d'you mean?" "Oh, returned the other easily, "I'm from the Yard." The other's eyes widened. "What! Scotland Yard?" he asked. His companion nodded. "Yes. I'm usually put on to these cases. Sort of ' detective assured him. "By the way, specialty work. We get to know the i- m no t tired of your company, but : habits and haunts ot these gangs. I'm you d j d say you had a train to cairt." , half expecting they may show up here: Tue other - 3 hand went to hu watch | *Joret. tahottl _cnMMn, and to-night; or if not to-night, to-morrow , p QC ket, only to be withdrawn as a or the "day after, and they'll show the | sheepish look overspread his features. usual traces of suddenly acquired j jhe grinning detective dropped the wealth. D'you se that chap in the' wa tch into its owner's extended palm, black felt, sitting at the far end of the "Convinced now?" ha queried dis- bar?" he asked. ] armingly. of writing, and wheels; the invention of zero, of needles, and wheat, and of i an< * need *d fa r too much servicing. ! Let us open our eyes to the capaci- ( While the other prairie provinces do money were made by great men. And ' But we cert ainly did not allow our- j ties and uses of animals. Surely they , not face such a grave situation as that aside from these, there were some 3elyes to be enslaved by our sheep, can learn to understand us. A dog of Saskatchewan, figures show that it highly ingenious devices which were va ' ua * ) ' e as tnia ' nveat ion wa s to ua. j knows what a an says to it; why .is sufficiently serious. In Manitoba, made in a field we are wholly neglect- Ing to-day. We were too self-respecting for that, can't man. the more Intelligent of the; where there are 41.489 unemployed. We invented the collie. two, learn to converse with the dog. ' approximately 23.000 are married Just think of the maa who invented ! " Y u think you are open-minded to- j We could make a scientific study of men. 10.000 single men and over 4,00* the cow. It is hard for us to imagine i da3r> but ? ou w ould be very incredulous | the speech organs of animals, and sinile women. Alberta has 15,450 ui- a home without milk- but once K waa ' if an lnvent r showed you how to man gradually devise ways to teach them employed, of which roughly 9.000 are very much harder to imagine homes Tour eoal min<M wlta aa Improved sounds. '_ married and (5.000 single. Of the S8.- with it It would have been far easier j Dreed of bears. Yet, if we men of old At present we are attempting to -880 unemployed in British Columbia for a man to bring his wife orchids, if i could train our wila horses to give up breed robots, which can never be as 5.49') are -ransients and 6.745 aliens. she had desired such weeds, than milk. ! kicking and biting and running away ' eflicient as properly bred and trained ' according to the registration in that .True there was plenty of milk in the an( I become, instead, obedient carriers, j animals. Animals could well do the province. world but it was galloping around in reliable and gentle, you ought to find | routine work for which intelligent] Coming to Eastern Canada. Ontario it comparatively easy to train the men are now being used. And there has the large total of 130.000. Accord- bear to mine coal. You couldn't put is no reason why they couldn't be; ing to the information secured through him to work as he is. but, he has the made to pay. Milk cows didn't pay ' registration, approximately 71.500 are strength and intelligence and a man- at first, but they do now. If we are , married and the remainder single. la it was the private and intimate stay a genius with ani- of the animal's mals as we^do'Vith milk ~ Why not iile way of using hia paws. You could ^ wise in our civilization we won't con- J connection with the Ontario situation, milk at the door every morning? oree( I f r better paw action. You have tinue to ignore the possibilities for in-, Senator Robertson said that it was Which task was a hard one. a far better start here than we had venton in the animal world. "Yes, I see him. Why, d'you suspect i him about this? answered the manu-' facturer, tapping the newspaper con- taining the report. The detective laughed. "No, he's am." answered the chastened manufacturer. The detective rose with him. "Well. I'll see you safely Into your taxi, sir," he said genially. was the best animal? Cows were far with the cow - ,, from the obvious choice. In some "There are hundreds of animals to which you could use on your machines. use the golden-haired ground-sloth, a You col ld easily school many species ; monstrous creature which they kept to work in your mills. And once American Hotels In Billion Class estimated about 70.000 of the total number of unemployed had partial em- ployment. There were, however, about 70.000 in need, the majority of whom are in Northern Onrar.o not a crook. He's working with me." "Pretty exciting way of earning a living," rejoined the manufacturer. "Selling steel goods satisfies me, | g i ve you a nver f or 3UC h a Washington of - American hotels do more than i valuable thanks. Well, what about another drink?" "Thanks, I don't mind if I do. A bK- ter, please." The dealer in steel signalled to the waiter and ordered the drinks. "So you work in couples?" he asked. "No, not usually. But if our guess about this case is right, we're up against a pretty tough tough gang." The detective put his finger to his lips as the waiter aproached. Ex- periencing the pleasant thrill of a con- spirator, the manufacturer paused and. taking out a bulging note-case, select- ed a pound note. When the waiter had given him his change and depart- lesson." "I wouldn't think of taking it," re- torted the detective In an offended tone, pulling the man's hand down. "It's my job to protect the public." lorry; I meant no offence," 3ald senma turned milk has a fishy taste. But the serious ob- jection was the fact that sloths are They Say: ol wor d Qave ' , t ''<1 haT mad e toilen - i 039 363 000 Those operating - monogamous, ai ing, monogamy tunately. however. i commercially speak- , tures that like toil - not humaa beln S 3 - o f $962301 000 ruins a farm. For-! TQ industrious beaver, the busy bee.! .^ m ' that prehistoric i tne hard-working mole. eported receipts ort hotels, $76.- the manufacturer hastily. "Sure, I understand,' rejoined the mollified detective, and he hailed a passing taxi. "King's Cross." ordered the manu- facturer, turning to shake hands warm ly with his protector. attention to some rough, horned, fiery beasts who were running wild on the plains. It wasn't any easy task to chase and catch this wild material from which the- inventor but Activity, yes. not drudgery. That is against nature. No wonder it depress- es and deforms you and leads to fierce insurrections. "Some day your descendants will The census covered jotels having words make them wrath':i:. Kind words make people good-nature* Though they do not cost much, yet they accomplish much. Pascal. The man who ia determined to walking. -W. 3. to develop a milk factory. Many marv el at your wastage of animals. , users disliked being kicked while e x- , ^f^S '"e woods full , 8 hands warm- ^ ^ (Qr thoimnj3 idling about, while you nearly killed Good-bye, and _ . t .. yourselves toilina and crumbled at , of years men objected in vain to Its >-ur thanks again for your rery practical j ^^ u ^ a ^^^ .^ witQ fate. 25 or mare guest rooms. It did not keep o;hers , ajt ind firm njust include apartment houses, boarding one end of , he j^j bo .,. Vs houses, clubs. Y.M.C.A.'s or Y.W.C. A.'s. Of the 13.323 year-round hotels. 10.- 907 operated on the. European plan; 1097 on the American plan and 1334 on the mixed plan. Of the resort breast s'.eeping; or Lai : - It is not permitted to the most equitable of :u- l a to be a judge in hi* own ca-.ise. Blaise Pascal. Judgment should be pronounced ol) i e < The detective laughed easily Good- production of bye, sir; remember, the confidence _,,"* ed, the detective table. leant across the men W0 rk by psychology." a very few' modifications we are still I So much for the man from the past. If w ever try his suggestion there will be some queer changes, not only hotels 370 operated on the European! w .. h dlffld<ince and consideration plan. 1537 on the American plan and >st as happon< .., ma;l; , ._,, ^^^ milk. "If you'll take a tip from me. sir, you won't make a habit of showing a wad like that in this kind of joint," he said in a low tone. "If a confidence Another great thinker in the mean- . n coal mines, but even in war. AI- ' Mr. Benjamin Consett. manufacturer invented the hen . Instead of the read y mcn * beginning to feel a bit of steel goods, reached hia home In iresome gearcn fof ama ,, eggs ln tna ; lily-fingered about war. France, the - Dark arm , tne Brink of Storm jf storm are fl<ng across ... i Lil C3*J LUtJ 3^l V.4A L\Jk & **** *- r ****" mt Birmingham that night without m is- ^^ ^ , cure provided mankind most civilized of nations, is usins A.- The breath , s , ltnmer . warm and adventure. His loyal wife was wait- homg> took ?erian troops. In India, in pre-British , . . U .- ,>,i 1,1 Bimn.-t*> i nH 1 WUU lit* 50 f^H3 .U fcHO UVMAW. * hwvri* ing up. to .hare the cold supper, and make the chang9> but times, some of the *Alln*.iM*.lii.9<li^j*<Mtnti-\rnian?lVlT H'U .. i lO Llit L lliiir wo tii^i rv^r vuo . n**u(>^.-, vu . man saw that, he'd start operations | to listen to his account of his day In I t * all the odd breed of blrd se . ' phants. Why shouldn't we have regi- " : US J * ' Tha birds, and. tall .md motionless, the right away." London. She listened entranced to lected learned to go into egg produc- tion. The manufacturer laughed heartily. | his story of his exciting encounter "No confidence trickster would ever w ith. the detective, make a pigeon of me." "He was quite right. Ben." she The detective studied him carefully. ; stated emphatically, as he concluded. "No, I guess you wouldn't be easy to "You'd better give me the money now, pluck that way," he agreed at last. and ni lock it in the safe while you i _!,"' "^ '"sev"eraft"hous~and years ' wari a n<l ever-diminishing number Otlll 1* T n' !' a ..\.i.n- ' I * * *T"K* trees Await the- sudden tumult leaves. on their You're too shrewd. Still, if I might of leopards to charge future trenches ,and squadrons of carrion vul- the. Western world men invented tures to drop future bombs? It's a llama and the turkey. In Asia ' question of training. We canno: tell And all tlux e;lrth , with emerald thirst, invented the camel, as a freight i 'til we have tried. Meantime we And one of Henry Ford's ' only a few Red Cross dogs in our lyius should condemn what they do not understand. Quint illian. Tli-> ;r->.iter the difficulty lie more glory i: 1 . - irm Hinting it. Skilful pilots sum '::-':r reputation from storms and tempests. Epicurus. H-> who is taus'.r to live upon lit- tle owes more *o his father's wis- dom ".ian he that has a srreat deal left him does t.i his father's care. William Penn. No Substitute for Tin M-'ta'.: :--'- bare f--r I >ni; realized car or van. anish your supper. Waiting the windy sisjh. the rush of that the supply of tin marketable at crying around present price* is limited, and say so, it wasn't quite discreet of you. I Her husband smiled Indulgently and with that amount of money on you, to handed her the note-case. make the acquaintance of a stranger j "Right-o, my dear. Take them out back, invented cheap and swift trans- *>f horses and mules. The hardship From tne tnroat of 9t .orm. and small liave v^ry effort to produce a portation by taming the horse. ; and suffering of wartime is borne by In contrast these early inventions men. It seems as unenterprising as make ours seem most despotic. Ours, to use only men in our factc Why. strangely enough they have added far , ours. Wa behave ia a blind, helpless more'to our toil. An ancient Inventor , *ay in the animal nVl 11 ITrt to OUT ll'll All illicit Lit 1L * . . tt L His question came sharply upon an ..mazed it the wonders we'v our resourcefulness and iniative in the The exhibition of - lat ladie nas renu anj ttm it took V(?r> . ----- ., ---- ., ----- . ---- K., M uure equally field of the machines. we work. Football Garb Down South and let him see what you had on you." , and count them. There should be two '"^'^ " bave adllod a uttl * e more co m- ' Every generation or era With a pleased chuckle the manu- ; hundred-pound notes, one fifty, fifteen ' ^'^ ^ ol(J i nV entions, but, blind-spot. It is probable that this facturer answered him: "Huh! d'you j tens, and three or four pounds. "''" think I'd have let you see, it I hadn't dear, what's wrong?" kiur.vu you were a detective?" "There's something in that; but ^ exclamation of dismay from his wife. M but Qe wou i d you've only goi my word for it that she looked acros sat him with an ex^ ;. ' t see now hard I am from Scotland Yard." i pression of infinite pity, and passed '_ "By Jove, that's so," admitted the the contents of the case across to him. othor doubtfully. There wore two ten-pound notes and "Oh, I'm all right,' said the detec^ three pound notes, wrapped round a tive reassuringly. "Still, in your place pad of folded newspaper. I'd want proof. Why not call up the j AS he realized how he had been Yard and ask Inspector Jones whether ( tricked, he remembered the "detec- ' he's got two men Parsons and Mar-^lvn's last words: tin at this hotel this evening?" "The confidence men work by psy- "I won't trouble. I'm a pretty good ; etiology." 1'earson's Weekly (Lon- judge of men. Tell me some more; don), about your work." "As long as I'm not keeping you." red foxes lain j fields: veetricity will spare- them this the edge of their burrow, drowse fate. The devices which thus control and dream of rain. I the fi>h .ir^ -top signals and were, per has its _ Frances -M. Fr'st. in -he New York fected through >'\periments conduct Sun. ed by F O. M Mi Ian of the. Oregon State College. He discover-'. 1 -hat fish are sensitive to small e':"i-trti*al cur- power at the been forbidden as vulgar at all future to _ aralyle . hem; that lt took less to i^-.-^j^..^ __ I." ..,', -- neglect to raise musk-oxen in local fairs in Oxford. England. "I've got to bans IF said the detectivo. around anyhow." I ">' "le word of mm, The manufacturer took out his un-| May make a life the brighter, chained watch and glanced at it "I've ' It any little song ot mine got half an hour yet." May make a heart the 1 ghter. "Well now to come back to your , God help nu< speak the little word, risks aside from confidence men, ' And take my bit ot singing, there's pickpockets." And drop it In some lonely vale The manufacturer looked almost To sot the echoes r hurt. "Pickpockets rob ma! Oh. uo,", he affirmed confidently. ' ">' le lave of mine "Perhaps not: but the risk Is there." , May make a life the sweeter. Insisted the deteQtlre. "No one ought It any little, care of mine to cart around big sums like that. I'd May make a friend's the neeter, KO farther and say you deserve to lose K any little lift of mine may ease it. especially coming to a crook joint The burden of another, like t'.ii V God give me strength love and care and "A crook joint, is it? Well, that in- terests me. but it doesn't frighten me. To help my falling brothor. :::-t:lcrs of the pigskin don shorts when temper .lure reaches 90 dfgroes at Atlanta, Georgia. Kail ice started with a wallop when Hilly Street, captain, swung in action. Pug Boyd tried a tackle and Ked Itradfleld endenvotirs to block htm off. stop Ion? fish than short ones; that they recover from shocks According to their vital-.ry. 'hit when they get too much electricity they get stunned and change color; tha- hxh-fnviuency current has little effect. So by putting electrodes across the mouths of Irri- gation ditches, with twenty-four volts. he discovered that the fish avoided the vicinity. The 5:2:1 il was against them. ^ ^ A Prayer of Long Ago Lord, Thou knov tst what is best for me to do. according to Thy Will. Give me, I beseech Thee, what Thou wilt, as much as Thou wilt, and when Thou wilt Do with me in all tings a* it shall please Thee. . Place nw where Trwu wilt. Lo. 1 am Thy serv- ant, ready to do all things that Thou commandest me, for I iies:re not 'o live to myself but to Thee. By Bish p Micks in 1'tfl. A Holy Life Life, that dares send A challenge to his end. Aud wh:':i it comes, say "Welcome trleud!" Crasnaw.