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hion of the first 1000 bona fide sales. That satisfactory as far as it goes !" instructed him. "Patents in name of Universal Power Corporation. Capiâ€" tal stock 100000 shares, no par value, Gardiner had risen from the post of private secretary and so took shortâ€" "Gardiner, get your notebook and take time. It shouldn‘t be sprung on them all at once." > "What would be your suggestion?" asked Grimstead. Davenport laughed boyishly. \ der! But I suppose it might be fed out through a single industry at first â€"say, motorboat engines, or someâ€" thing of that kind. If we held the m-n:s.vemldwuu-‘ "Then you finaily prefer the stock provposition *" Mofthflmndsofwrkfién“o would be thrown out of employment for a time until.a readjustment had this capital and these works of variâ€" "But just stop to follow this out. Let‘s suppose, for the sake of arguâ€" ment, that this battery is all it might be; that it is a genuine short cut to unlimited power. The gas and electric companies would simply have to go out of business. Why should anybody buy anything of them? Reaching out from that, think of the correlated industries that would be more or less affectedâ€"" "I‘ve got that kind of imagination, "Of course," smiled Davenport, reâ€" lapsing from his tense eagerness. drily. "T‘d already ments," agreed Grimstead. stead, a little blankly. "Yes. You, of course, have not thought of this as much as I have, for it is a new proposition. But I‘ve been pondering on it for a very long while. It‘s the terrific upset in inâ€" "I do .not doubt that for a moâ€" ment," said Davenport. "I shouldn‘t have a moment‘s uneasiness on that score. I‘m thinking of the world at CHAPTER XII ‘"The royalty idea fppeals to me," answered Davenport, "for I certainly do not want to get mixed up in afâ€" fairs unless I have to. But I do feel responsible in turning a "thing like this loose without trying to do my "You‘ll find the business part of it in pretty competent hands," Grimâ€" stead assured him. LAWRENCE â€" DAVENPORT, a young fellow in a ludicrous homeâ€" built car with a battery that is shown to be a marvellous invention, producâ€" from the air, the electricity by which the car runs. His winning a $10,000 l:zt_ _fmm Gardiner by correctly preâ€" lation (to her alone) that he is "the" Lawrence Davenport, a famous wriâ€" ter, make him vastly interesting to Miss Burton Grimstead. The attentive youth nodded. . "All right. â€" Now just to cover the int you brought up, add this: That it the first five years Mr. Daven~ it is to have the veto right as to man whom, however, she does not like. chauffeur, is sent after _belp and reâ€" his car on a California mountain side. BURTON GRIMSTEAD, his charmâ€" ing, if "spoiled" daughter, is with him. She is not overly pleased when ed on her coming in order that she may be thrown in with ROSS GARDINER, her father‘s :'_lrit’-vhfiluhhhv..‘ "Why, it sounds terrible!" cried "Of course there will be readjustâ€" "World at large*" repeated Grimâ€" rions of basiâ€" wWHO‘S WHO IN THE STORY GRIMSTEAD, a capitalist, is nded by the breaking down of with My to do after a of sugar. A jagged heap of talus and at the entrance to which stood deâ€" tached a fragment of rock, big as a dogs," he answered her inquiry. "Like "Surely!" she cried eargerly. They headed straight up the stream, coming at length to a narrow gorge 'mmhâ€"hm-h minutes later, found Larry smoking his pipe alone. ~ f o ion followed Simmins. blissfully. Already he had a complete dn-he-ldmhvl‘u‘o‘ with his return at eventide carrying a long string of shining beauties to find that Grimstead and Gardiner, for all their fancy tackle, had succeeded hl-_ndh:o-bfou,-dficynth.' ‘"There would seem to be no 06â€" udonfcr-yh-hm-i!"! umm-n-eâ€"-\ of the head the direction of the pmâ€" tiently laboring selfâ€"starter. | What‘s on your mind?" _ _ "I thought I would like to try my from Davenport about the lurking places of rainbow trout. "There‘s one thing; be sure you get there, and if you get to following the wrong canyon you‘ll end lost." of the car, and was gone so long that Grimstead became fidgety. Gardiner seemed to have a great deal of tackle to rig and clothes to put on. low along when you get ready. T strike the stream and fish down, and you keep going until you find me." He tramped off sturdily, and 10 road around the fallen redwood was the most northerly swale," concluded "You better come along, Ross," said Grimstead. . "Go get your tackle." "I‘m going to make a start. You folâ€" having to do with leaders and the disâ€" _ They drank. Larry saw the toilâ€" driven millions and the lifting of yet another of the great pressures of life. Burton saw confusedly an angel with a flaming sword somehow reopening by a crack the gates of Eden. Garâ€" diner contemplated a vision of great activity and great wealth. Grimstead was smiling. What he saw the gmt’ invisible intelligences too were perâ€" ceiving through the lenses of his soul. They did not smile. "Here‘s to the Universal Power corâ€" poration!" he proposed. It was near 10 o‘clock before the little typewriter ceased clicking, and about 11 when Davenport affixed his signature to the agreement to sign. As Grimstead had foreseen, he did not want to sign the contract itself without expert advice as to its form; but, being satisfied with its substance, he was willing to agree to that. 1 "Water, lemons, sugar!‘" Grimstead then called to Simmins, and set out on the ground before him four tumblers, pouring. into each a generous measâ€" The drinks mixed, Simmins handed one to each. Grimstead arose. this contract drawn absolutely fairly, so that any lawyer he may consflt will approve of it. I don‘t want a chance for an objettion once we leave this place." â€" "I understand that part of it, but "He‘s one of those lilyâ€"whites," growled Grimstead. "I‘ve got him located now. Full of uplift and shy of horse sense, _ I*know ‘em; and they‘ve got to be handled, He‘s cuckoo on the serviceâ€"toâ€"humanity stuff. The chances are that he won‘t sign any contract without seeing a lawyer. So draw up a subsidiary agreement on his part to sign the contract provided his lawyerâ€"get his nameâ€"pronounces it technically corâ€" rect. We‘ll get him to sign that anyâ€" way; and that will tie him up." \ return after a few ness. That suit you, Davenport?" "That‘s fine!" cried the young man. Gardiner disappeared with a flashâ€" light in the direction of the car, to met him just at the circle of fireâ€" In "Sure. Go to it‘ Better go downâ€" "We seem to be safe for the presâ€" Then Grimstead decided to go fishâ€" The next morning a "No ahelnmm about this, Ross," Stewart Edward White HMustrations by Henry Jay Lee CHAPTER XHI "Go to the Ant" En Eon e T re ey Lnf o oo fhet fane Yuil.â€"y had dreams that came true. "Yes," she cried, "what about it ?" "You probably thought of all as ‘uncammy.‘ Jt wasn‘t uncamnny at aR. fl-'lyou.eh‘hieh-shm through a trickle. She pondered this a moment, her "Is it our faultâ€"this choking ?* she asked. "How did it happen ?" %, mmmhthm;or'a; fenced some one of the numerous ‘coâ€" "In a very small and practical way; a little more than the average. Phs‘ nle have just about lost that power. You‘ve heard of way they should, man would have this same access to universal wisdom that the lower creatures have. As respects all the things he would norâ€" mally run against in his everyday normal life he would see, or feelâ€" perceive is a better wordâ€"the causes and effects and results; because the m-dm:mgflwwu. by certain channels turning certain . "Neither do I; but I surmise. Supâ€" pose for the sake of argument that in the void all about and us is a saturate solution all possible knowledge and wisdom.\ The thing we call living creatures live in this; it is all around us; but wevare more or less cut off from it by the fact that we are individual and imperfect beings. We are in shells, let us say; particular wisdom or knowledge gets to us only through special cracks. A perfect being would have a point of contact for every possible knowledge or wisdom. But in our finite world every individual, whether it is a rock or a tree or an ant, is so built that he can come in contact only with the particular little piece of wisdom or intelligence from the great store that he needs in his business. All the rest of the points of contact are blocked off by his individual structure. Thus hwvelhrhdhifill'lb:t;‘ not about quails and ants. I believe you are a crafty sidestepper." ; knowledge. It‘s the same all through nature. Bovdom'mqâ€"'l know ahead of time whether the seaâ€" CHAPTER XIV \ Burton Finds It Curious i ‘‘That is the most interesting thing I ever heard!" breathed Burton. "And accordingly? The more you think of "Yes, I know. Well, that gives us a start.. Now bees, and especially ants, have what you might call a coâ€"operative government that is as complicated and a lot more intelligent and efficient than any human governâ€" ment. You would hardly go so far as to say that anâ€"ant is an intellectual creature; that he, or any of his nneu-‘ tors or fellows, has a brain that could think out and put in operation a sysâ€" tem of government. Yet he acts with a heap more intelligence than most men doâ€"on the average. How come ?" "I don‘t know." "Did you ever read Maeterlinck‘s ‘Life of the Bee‘? he inquired. "Or any of Fabre‘s insect books?" "I‘ve réad the ‘Bee‘ and one of Fabre‘sâ€"the one ‘where the Emperor mothâ€"" w debris gave a rather rough passage to the top. _ "Pretty scrambly," said Davenport. once to scramble up over the jagged talus. Davenport watched the poise of her light and graceful figure for a moment, theft followed. The top of the rock was perfectly "I don‘t know very clearly myself," Larry answered. "I‘ve never tried to express it." flat, but at two elevations, one two feet higher than the other. It was carpeted deep with moss. "Hop down," advised Larry, himâ€" self descending to the lower of the two elevations. "Now sit down and lean your back. Can you beat this?" The natural seat thus formed and custioned commanded to the right a distance. Birds flitted and midgets 1 e hovered in the sun. "I want to know more about these gifts of yours," demanded Burton afâ€" ter a time. "I want to know how you knew so accurately about the "Think you can make it?" point ran straight and widefor some ‘That‘s what you do!" she cried exâ€" He hesitated; seeking for an openâ€" ~_"| "I‘m going to begin now," she anâ€" nounced. P°"~) She laid aside her hat, and the x cool air current was stirring the hair CE 3| at her temples. Little by little her Orl form fell into the «imnle ractan hhhwm“mmwmvu1mw Time) NBC "Are we going to waste time*" he Thus 15 minutes passed. . Then she stirred slightly. "Well"" asked Davenport at last. "It was certainly very curious," she confessed. "I can‘t make it out." He hesitated, and the sunburn on his cheeks seemed to deepen a little. _ occasional crazy genius who busts out, we‘d tic ourselves up in our minds and dry up and blow away." "Then," she summed up slowly, learned; it‘s a good healthy faculty to be developed. You‘ve got to relax something inside of you that you hold tight together for everyâ€"day lifeâ€" something in your consciousness. Then things just float in and you leave them alone for future reference." ohe laid aside her hat, and the cool air current was stirring the hair at her temples. Little by little her form fell into the simple, restful curves of relaxation; one by one even the smaller muscles relinquished their guard. Her face took on the dreamy and farâ€"away peacefulness of a sleepâ€" ing child‘s. ‘ "I don‘t know, of course; but I surâ€" mize," he repested. "It is the interâ€" vention of mind, of intellect. Man‘s intelligence is a fine tool, and comâ€" plicated. But it was supposed to be enly «4 tool for the purpose of exsimâ€" ining and making practical what came bhb“:-::l. Mankind got se tickled with ed the channel. The mind took conâ€" trol, instead of working under conâ€" ?:-fl! M‘hflâ€".q-;hb- w \ spiration; that‘s what it isâ€"we make over and refashion old stuff, If it weren‘t for the fact that some peoâ€" ple‘s channels aré not completely w-uahfldhfln“‘ get through; and if it wasn‘t for an flowed through you?" "That‘s roughly it." "How do you do it?" § "It‘s hard to say. I set my mind aside and then take what comes to me. I turn my attention to the type How do you cmfi?" He smiled. have this power *" "Yes; it belong: She did not reply. After waiting a "Do you think everybody ought to "Could I do itâ€"with practice?" "I‘m certain of it." The d i ral s al ud i ccs EeV THE SENIOR $1%X aAND Alllqu'O' FASTHIST rour So ORricinat anp Dirrere NT that Comparisons are Impossible that is useful for me to dfiacover the car‘s astonishir in the The the car‘s astonishing reâ€" â€" wide Victory chassis frame io. ""“::-vl-t-l-g-nl-l. They will delight in its and _ nates <customary body everkeng. M:‘ The body itself has only 8 major parts! e " The resulr is 175 less pounds, 330 less But the magnificent, allâ€"day speed of parts; standard road and heed cleas. the carâ€"its faultiess smoothness over ance, yet a car that is extremely low, clods and cobblesâ€"are thrills that -O’ad-bâ€"-u.m’- the * stripped for instant ders are siz powerâ€" Aad. the smerteit ful reasons for this. on ‘te thy Price oree A seventh vital tes = snage amiua * _0 CCA But the magnificent, allâ€"day speed of the carâ€"its faultiess smoothness over clods and cobbiesâ€"are thrills that await the adventurer! Six powerfal criinâ€" & J # P 44 current practice so far behind that @umparisons are impossible. h-vdnflvmvilmmlly e _ 2c a ue omm D O DGE B ROTH E RS,° i NC. Victory Six A. G. McPherson Phones 120â€"121 Highland Park, Hlinois Y, The Vi;toq bas left If it| and flirt as Iâ€"It is impossible. 1 »douthnvvhtith“h-â€"‘ “'to-.lan.n.dm-t'lh‘ does til I find out. I have been made love ir an| to before andâ€"from the first I have s out,| been attracted to you. Just now when rinds| I tried to set my mind aside, as you â€" call it, just one idea, one impression, owly,| came to me, and that was of nearness d the| to youâ€"I don‘t mean physical nearâ€" rrent| nessâ€"I don‘t know what I mean or what I‘m talking aboutâ€"" ‘ "I do," he assured her. ‘ "I am shaken, and I don‘t know; -u!mihll'hthâ€"ng' 5s ‘tn 'lththmko-ylonlor‘ tmyou!"hohn‘tbd. ‘ ie 1o| _ Sbhe turned her clear eyes on him "I do not know," she repeated, "and M"’l-uflku'.l-i‘itllhvmh kke!vllyhmln-dbâ€"-dhnon. + 6 and there is something leaping within im me that tells me I would be swept t ]-uybyymlon.nul-â€"tm; ,__, | and you must not. If it were not so root ?" straight vista, casting his fly right, left and straight ahead as he adâ€" vanced. Larry watched him criticalâ€" ly for a few 'lnoment;. "I hope not," she breathed, but so low that he did not catch the sylâ€" lables. > At this moment, just when some obvious change of subject seemed most desirable, Grimstead appeared wading down the middle of the stream. Larry. "Let‘s surprise him!" _ The finhemnn was having a am talking in what my mother would have called a most unmaidenty manâ€" ner," she ended with a wistful little smile. He gently restored her hand to her lap. "I understand," said he. "But it will come. I am on air‘! It can no more help coming than the poppy can help unfolding in the sun." Tiaw 76u° stunding in the firelightâ€"â€" beautiful as the night!" "I don‘t know whyâ€"I talk and act this way. It seems almost shameless. I do not understand it. But somehow I cannot hide and dodge and retreat serious moment he reached out and took her we were in the old orchard, what I have felt from the very first instant "You did see," Davenport went on "You saw what I saw yesterday fhen "He knows the job:" he told Burâ€" n. "Did you see him make that flip st to the pool behind the cedar L Z _ _ Z h s ut the price cver +D008 SEDANK 2. O. 8. Detror â€" Created! (Continued next week) to me, that might happen. I lnuhhd-.l-.-.rurunq, chassis and body are a unit. Floor and seats are built in the chassis. The the basic Victory ideal ‘ Norman Angell, British lecturer, | while in Cleveland recently, asked an automobile manufacturer when the I.u(omfin industry would reach the saturation point. The motor maker | replied: "When will the millinery | business reach the saturation point?" New York specialists says a womâ€" an‘s refusal to talk is a sign of insanâ€" ity. Fortunately, such cases are rare. (Bustyatesâ€" many things in business. First of all, character; second, the value of reputation which oftentimes is made up of little incidents like the choosing of associates. A man with high character but no for a loan. Mr. Morgan listened to him, then put on his hat and asked offices; down Wall Street for several THINKS NO END TO DEMAND FOR AUTOS Incidentally, Mr. Angell has inâ€" vented a card game for teaching the ubstruse principles of economics to echool children. But since he is a Briton, the prospects of introducing his methods in the schools of Chicago are by no means alluring says the Nation‘s Business. Walked Down Street With Him and Let Association Do down the street. shook the man by the hand and bade him good day. The applicant for the loan sand, "But, Mr. Morgan, how about the loan?" says the Magazine. . 2 The National Industrial Conferâ€" ence in a recent report gives some inâ€" teresting figures upon the subject of national wealth. The term "wealth," as used in its computations, considers as such only actual real values such as lands and improvements, equipâ€" reent of industrial enterprises, liveâ€" stock, railroad and public utility land, and equipment, personal property silver coin, builion, creffits and curâ€" it possible for you to get your loan in channels much more natural than from me. Any of the men who saw Mr. DISPLAY 454