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CASH AND MORALITY
The customer who buy® without having the means in sight for payment I
Is immoral. If one contract* for something which he fears he cannot pay.'
he plans to cheat the one who sells. If this transaction involves something '
which Is a luxury his act is doubly reprehensible, and reacts upon him Rnd
upon his fellows as well.
Many people who have owed bills long due. nnd have left them unpaid!
while they went on an expensive trip, would be scandalized it you called
them Immoral, would resent a statement to the effect that they wore travel
ing oa other people* money, for the time being stolen or borrowed, as you
chose to speak of It. They are certainly making others pay without their
rendering any adequate return. Is this right? If not. then It Is wrong; if
wrong they are Immoral. If the money is borrowed and interest paid on it.
and there Is a reasonable prospect of the party's being able to pay. the
transaction is legitimate; tho it be unwise, it is not immoral. If bills over
due are left unpaid It then affects tho whole transaction with Us immoral
ity.
The moral Quality of paying bills promptly, the inherent manhood de
rived from this, and the stimulating qualify of ii is beyond question one of
the great factor* In making for wholesome manhood and womanhood. The
i; aa who buys only what he can pay for, the woman who curbs her love of
dress ar.d luxuries to her Income is unconsciously cultivating a moral qual
ity and exercising a phase of self denial which may save both her and her
daughters from years of bitterest sorrows. To want things and demand
thing* for which we cannot produce the cash, honestly attaiued, has been
the cause of the moral brt-akdown «>f millions. To keep one's self on a
CASH basis may not be the highest form of morality, but It is undoubtedly
the stepping stone to it. It is a thing to be desired anu to be cultivated by
all classes and conditions of men. The growing bank a.'count and life in
Kurunce policies and paid up bills of a man give him a cer '■a'n security and
w holesome pride which the slacker in cash ;u.d morals has nwer experienc
ed ?
- -i ,
minim; orri.ook impkox im.
The financial papers seen improvement in l! •> outlook tor mi Wng next
.ir Not only do all the indications point toward .in increase in Iho price
tif >ilv^r. but the copper situation is improving The exports of cop per from
ti e I'nited States In November were approximately 50,000.000 po ands. an
itu Tease of 10,000,000 pounds over October. While the local deman d is not
as large as it has been in the past, the indicatit - the Hoston News Bureau
>.i>s. are that the foreign demand will increuf Sweden and the other
Scandinavian countries are purchasing copper in ini reased quantitie: »- t>ne
Norwegian company alone purchased i pounds in November. 11)6
foreign demand has kept copper strong at 13'- o'nts or better per p< wind,
jnd the surplus in this country is being reduced.
In the meantime the cost of production of both copper and silver is
gradually lessening, thus increasing the margin of protil to the producers.*
Statement of foreign debts at the end of tho !is<
ith re annual payments necessary to retire ;ill r
principal and interest at 41?'!
Debtor
Armenia
Belgium
i'uba
Czechoslovakia
Ksthonia
Finland
France
Ureat Britain
lireece
Italy
laitavia
Liberia
Lithuania
Poland
Itoumania
Russia
Serbia
Serbs, Croats Jt Slovenes
i .>o years:
Debt
i S.02S.412 .1 .">
375.280,147 37
$.375,000 *>0
8S.306.290. 47
13.989.145 .,60
S.2S1.9C2. 1 7
3.350,762.938.19
4.166.31S.358.44
15,000,000.00
1.64S.034.O5O. 9i>
5.132.2S7. 14
26,000.UO
4.9S1.62S. 03
111,SOS.069 . 61
36.12S.494.94
192.fi01.297.37
26,175.139.22
24.97S.020 .99
al \ear. June 30, 19 21.
! them, including tnith
Annual Payment
$ 334.566.90
15.639.794.00.
357,363.12
3,680,152.55
583,408.32 .
345.110.67 J
139.643,006.35 |
173.631.302.65
625.125.00
6S.681,816.95
213.S76.10
1,083.65
207.5S3.17
4.63S.760.90
1.505,634.40
8.026,646.67
1.090,S43.12
1.040,S5S.15
Total debt $10,083,917,206
Annual U. S. Treasury receipts
. $420,247,032 .57
mi Milship
Kl'VS ASIlllltl
Aberdeen. Jan. 5.—Two of the
crew of the bootlegging gasoline
irui.HtT Milkmaid parisbed last night
when the craft ran on to the Cray's
Harbor coast.
The Milkmaid was trying to ?vade
a revenue cutter which was In pur
suit of her. The Milkmaid bad a
cargo of three hundred cases of
whiskey which had been purchased
in Victoria. B. C., and was bound
for San Francisco.
It is thought that this will lead
to the e\p> >sure of a big whiskey
running ring.
i.knuum. <;rki i.y orposics
\LAS KA UtiAltlt 1*1 .A\
Washington. J afl. 5.—Warning
against the develop omem board plan
for Al;u>ka and ad* >iing that the ter
ritory ty? made a sD l*e as soon as she
is qualified. Ohi« f of the I nltfd
States Forestry ; Service General
Greetv. in an articl* in the American
Forestry magazine, > "hich is the of
ficial organ of the A merlcan Fores
try association, say* that the board
plan may be chailexai *d.
CHAPTER XIII.
Noll* Ualvorsen often wondered
•what had become of the Maggie and
Captain Scracrs. Mr. Gibney and Bar
tholomew MetJuffey lie knew had
turned their sun tanned fares toward
deep water some years before Captain
JScraggs and the Maggie i vipj>e: ed
from the environs of Snn Francisco
bay, and Neils Halvor-cn was wise
enough to waste no time wondering
what had become of them. These two
■worthies might be anywhere, and
every conceivable thing under the sun
■light have happened to them: hence.
>a his idle Moments, Nells Hilronen
<tld not disturb his gray matter spec
ulating on their whereabouts and the'r
th»-n condition of servitude.
But the continued absence of Cap
raia Scraggs from his old haunts ere
ated quite a little gossip along the
waterfront, and in the -oiirso of time
Tumors of his demise by sundry and
devious routes came to th> ears of
Neils Ha vorseii
Hence "The Squarehead" was pur
tied. Jn fact, to such an extent was
Nells pnssM, t'ia: one perfectly calm,
e'ear night, while nesting ih>wn San
I'ablo lay In his bay «cow The Willie
• nd Annie, he so far forc.it hlmsejf
and his own affairs as to oncentrate
all his attention on the problem of the
ultimate firlsh of Captain Srragrs.
So engross*^ wa*. NeiK In i! s vain
speculation that he negle. te.j to ob
serve toward the rules of the ocean
highways that nlceix of ttontlon
which Is highly requ's :e even in the
skipper of a bay scow. If the fulsome
title of captain Is to be retained for
• ny definite period. As a resii;:. Neils
became Confused retard • g the exact
number of blasts from the sinen of a
river steamer des'rlng to ras« h'ta to
port. 0»nsequently the Willie and
I Annie received such n «e\>Tc t>u:ting
from the river steamer In question as
to cause her to careen and IVIng.
unfortunately. loaded \\ 1 i I, era ■ p! or,
this partlrolar trip, «sjio «-:i < m •«.
: eonunenth ;« the bottom of S*n I'ahlo
h«y. while Xells and his crew of two
men sought refuge on a plain.
I Without attempting to co fiirtl r
Into tl>e details of the misfort ,i?ies of
Nell* Halvorsen. )<e It known that : i»
• destruction of the WiUle av I An e
proved to he sll< b a severe k
?M1*' reputation n* a Mif. ; i ■! -
haf sc»™ «klpjier that he »n« i.
ma rely fon-t-d to «eek other an!
virgin fields With the frngi"cnfs f
his me;ii.-er fortnne. the am!'"
Swede purchased a rour-- It
nautical school from which lie di
managed to etnerce with sufficient
courage to appear before the Vnlt d
States lo-al Inspectors of 1
hoilers nnd take his examlnat .<n 1 ■
a second mate's certificate To hs
utterahle surprise the license w s
granted: whereupon he shipped ac
quartermaster on the steamer \' .
jneda. rnnnJng to HonolnJn. and «) •
with the lesson taucht him In the h
of the Willie nnd Annie and the <v
acting duties of his office aboard •
liner, he fonrot that he had ever
known Captain S. raggs.
Judge of Nells Halvorsen's - ,rp"
therefore, upon the occasion of 1 -•
first trip to Honolulu. when he s >v
something which brought the w
matter hacV to mind. They were
standing In toward inammra urmi i
the Alameda lay hove to rnklnc o- : »■
pilot It was early rooming and the
purple mists hunc over the entra' e
to the harhor. Neils Halvor^ n sic ■!
at the gangway enjoying the sunr -e
over the Punch bon 1. anil tisnclrie
longingly toward the vivid green f
the hills beyond the city, when he «n
nware of a "put.™ "pnt." 'Tut-" to
starboard of the Alameda. Ne!!s
mnied at th-- sound lust In time to
see a heautlfu! gasoline schooner of
about a hundred and thirty tons head
ing In toward the bay. She was so
dose that Neils was enabled to Bmke
out that her name was Macgfa IT.
' "Veil, aye be dam," muttered Ne la,
and scratched his head, for the name
' revived old memorlea. An hour later,
I when the Alameda loafed Into ber
| berth at Brewer's dock. NJs 1
j that the schooner lay at anchor oiT tie
quarantine station.
That nlzht Neils Hnvorsen went
ashore for those forms of enjoyment
peculiar to his calling, and in tlio Tan
theon saloon, whither his pathway led
him, he filled himself with beer and
gossip. It was here that Neils came
across an item in an afterno>>n ps»j>or
which challenged his Instatit atten
tion. It was J.ist a squib In the shlp
' pins news, but Neils Hslvorson read
| it with amazement and Joy:
' "The power schooner MsKde 1' arrived
I this mornm*. ten days froro the FHeroJIr
Islands The tittle schooner came into
i port with her hold burstln* with t*e rr >?t
valuable carico that has entered lloro
j lulu In many year* It consists for the
most part of blaofc coral.
I "Th» MaRtfe 11 <• commanded by Car
I tain rhineas Scrass*. and after tauna
as otovUlona Jiud WUr tod&j *iiil fro
It Was Juit a Squib in the Shipping
New*.
to ?ar. Frnnriaco. lomorro*. rm n *
cha n.-f pf <-*neo "
•\iyo I at >ou tha bsn<' de "Ip man »o
s;;rv n« ' on hane iltw And i» Net
Halvorsrn. 1 rues* aye hlTT Kanaka
bo\ an' hp l>snp pull me out to «ee
A .Ivoh's ladder was hnnclnc orer
the stile of the schooner as the canoe
shot in under tier lee quarter. and half
a mlnure later the expectant Nell*
stepped upon her deck. A tun dark
man. wearing an anient paJmleaf
hat. sat smoking on the hatch coam
inc. and h in Neil* llalvorsen ad
dressed.
"Ave hane want to see C*p*n
Scrnrcs." he said.
The tall dark man stood erect and
ca«- a p • k. qne«ilon'ng look a! Nell*
Halvorsen. lie hesitated before be
made answer.
"What do rnn want?" he asked d*
liberate') end there ir«« a subtle
menace In hi« tone*. A* for Nell*
llalvorsen thinking on'y of the sur
prise he had In *tore for his old em
ployer. he replied evr*'\elv:
"Are hane want job."
"Well. I'm Captain Sv-rarn. end I
haven't any Job for yon. Oet off rat
boat and wait until you're Invited he
fore you come aboard apiln."
1 or near v a minute Neils Halvor
sen stared open-mouthed at the spurl
' i:« OaprMn Scraircs. while slowly
ihere sifted through his hraln th»- no.
tlon that he had happened across the
track of a deep and bloody mystery
of the vo»«. There vs* "somethlns
mrren it: IVnniark " <>f that Neils
n ivorsen was certain More he could
not !-e certain of untfl he had pared
the way for a complete investigation,
and as a preliminary step toward
that end he clinched his fist and
S>ranc swiftly toward the boms skip
per.
"Are tank von hane fl—n H*r." ne
mi; "ered an sfrnck home. srralcht
and true, to the point of the law.
The man went down. and In an 1c
sunt Nells «as on top of him. Off
mine the sailor's holt. the hands or
the half-sTnnm>d man were qnlcklT
tied t>ehlnd him. and before he bad
time to rea1l7e what had happened
Neils had out a lenrrh of port from
* trriilinp halyard and tied his feet
s>ecnroly, after which he capped him
securely with his bandana handker
A qtilrk cirrn't of the ship con
lincod Neils Halrorsen that the re
mainder of the dastard crew were
0' left!' rs-ihore, so he descended to
the r .Mn in search of fnnher evi
dence of crime He was <joite pre
pared to find Captain Scrape*' mas
ter's ce-'flcate In Its familiar oaken
frame, lianirinc on the cabin wall, hnt
he nr.s dnmfonnded to observe. hane
inc on me Ml « ..........
eflm!'> !■ miliar frame, the oertlfieat*
of A.V>ert T. Olhney as first mat*
of steam or sail. any ooean and any
tonnage Rut still a third framed
Oerti; : :e hnng on the wall, and Nell*
am'n *.rfitobod hi< head when he
m:<1 Th» wording that set forth the
local onnliti ration* of Bartholomew
to hold down a Job a*
chief engineer of coastwise vessel!
tip to 1.20(1 tons net roister.
It w-ji» patent, even to the dtjlt
«1tt«l Swede. that there had been
fowl pliiv » uiTivhere. and the schoon
er's lot h 're op»n on the tab)*,
seemed to n'.-r the first means at
hand for a «.»>Tition of the mystery.
Eaperlv \ tls turned to the last en
trr. 11 »n« not In Captain Sorajfs'
ffantfirrttln* and fvwTaffiM normn«
I«ttm*t1np than tbo Mwwtrp^ j
rqwwia of dally observation*. cnr- ,
ITT*. wwither condition*. rte. In- j
eluding • notation of arrival that day
at Honotnln. Slowly HhItowb
tnrned Hk tutu backward. until tt
ton he waa Tvwardc<1 by a fHrajw of
■ different handwriting. Tt w*a the
laat entry under that partlmlar hand
writing. and read «» follow*:
"Jimt r. !*^ Took ib rtwmtlflfi at
noon, and And that wr art tn ^ a *..
lTS-« W At thta rata ahouK lift Turana
thole aarW -M» afternoon ATI han<1«
well anfl 'nj forward to tba fun a*
Tuvana Pant a nrv living Jib thla mom
tna and had th* fctng and TMba-Taba
bolrnTon* th» «Mt. A P OIBNKT "
Nell* Halvoraen *at down m think,
and after «rvec»l mlnrnea of thla on
nroat fTffrl* IT appeared to the
Swede that he had stombled upon •
cine t« the «1tnat1on Tha la«t entry
In the las kept by Mr. Olbney *j»
under date of Jnne H*t—,1ti*t olovor
day* aco. and on that data Mr Oth
ney bad boor linking forward te mmf
fttn at Tuvana-thoJa Now where wna
that Inland and what kind of a
place waa IT*
NeTl* Tfrrm^n in* rimn
' tmfll he nmr acr««a the book that Is
' the NNf of every South wn trading
Te*»e< the British admiralty reports
1 lv>wti the Inde* went the old deck
1 bond's eatlou»ed ftn®er and paused «'
"Frlcndlv islands—pace ITT:" tihore.
upon Nells opened the bonk it pace
ITT and after a flve-mlnut» searrh
discovered that Tuvana tholo was a
i barren, uninhabited Island In latitude
21-S south, tonclfude 1TS-4P west.
Ten days from the Friendly Island*,
I the paper said. That mean; under
power and sail with the trades abaft
I the beam tt would take nearer fif
teen days for the run from Honolulu
. to that de«ert Island, and Nells Hal
' versen wondered whether the m*
rented men would Mill be alive by
the time aid could reach them. For
by some slrth ftallor sense Nells Rnl
1 vorsen became convinced that his old
friends of the vegetable trade we-e
marooned They had pone ashore for
> some kind of « frolle, and th* crew
had stolen the schooner and left them
to their fate, bellevlnf that the cast
aways would never be heard from
; and that dead men tell no tales
He roshed on deck, carried hla pris
oner down Into the cabin, and locked
Cirned Hn Planner Dowr Intc th»
Cabin.
the d<v*r on him. A rc'nme 1at«*r he
was ctlnrlnc to the JnmhV ladder,
the rant* shot In to the «lil* of the |
ves«.l «t hl« fnifT eonmand and !
passed on ahotvward wt'h.mt missing !
* stroke of the peddle. An hnnr
Inter. ar-compiinl'-' b- three Kanaka
sailors picked ur at random alons the
wi,ter front. Nell* Hnlrorsen mi
polled oot to the M-iccte IL Her
crew had not ro*urncd and the hnfuf
rapialn was sri f ceil hard and fast
In the cahtn.
The Swede ri ■' not bother to Inves
tigate In detail the food and water
supply A ha«:y rvxind of the schoon
er convince! him that she had it
least a month's 'Tipply of food and
water. Only one thoncht stirred |
through his mind. and that wa« the
awful ne<wi ,y for haste The nn
ohor came In with * rush, the Ka
naka horn chanting a song that
sounded to >"<•!!$■ like a fnnera! dlrce.
and Nells went below and turned the
casollne enc'res wide open. The
Maggie 11 *wting around and with a
lone streak o! «»jwl»-sei»nt foam trail
ing behind her *«ung down the haj
and faded at last In the ghostly moon
light herond IMfmot>d head; after
which Nells Malv. r*en with murder ]
in his ere and a tan-e' rope'a end In
his horny fl*' ««*m down Into the
cahln and talked to the man whA
posed as i>ptain Sc-agrs. In the end
he (TO! n nmfmiiia. rteen minute*
later he emerged, smiling grimly. gave
the Kanaka hoy at the wheel tb«
course and turned In to sleep the
sleep of tjw conscience-free and tht
weary
(Contlnned on Saturday)
PUn Cirrt li t (• 14 h«r»
r>rup*1»t» refund tnone* If PASO!
OINTM KNT fail* to cbt* TtcMac.
Blind or Protr»dtn« Pitt*
InntartlT rulifrw Itevtng PI!*, and ,
j-on cu rMtfol »!e»p after frmJ
application. 10c,
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lln country. »t»«! ca» pr*ar*ntrr
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for Uk^ hanflnff mid flatiinc .
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