Goodnight." "Goodnight, sir.

Any orders for the morning ?" "Let me sleep as long as I like, unless I'm wanted." Theydon entered the sitting room.

He opened the letters.

Two were of no moment; the third was a request from the editor of a magazine that the "copy" of his article on the "Forbes Peace Propaganda" should be forwarded as speedily as practicable.

What a mad world it was, to be sure! Here was an important periodical waiting impatiently for the views of the millionaire on the best means of securing peace on earth and good will to all men, while that same master mind was obsessed with fear of a few Chinese bandits.