wer who himself had fallen a victim.

The article carried the implication that the modern, practical, American
business man was the highest type as yet evolved by civilization:
and Ditmar, referred to as "a wizard of the textile industry,"
was emphatically one who had earned the gratitude of the grand old
Commonwealth. By the efforts of such sons she continued to maintain
her commanding position among her sister states. Prominent among
the qualities contributing to his success was open-mindedness, "a
willingness to be shown," to scrap machinery when his competitors still
clung to older methods. The Chippering Mill had never had a serious
strike,--indication of an ability to deal with labour; and Mr. Ditmar's
views on labour followed: if his people had a grievance, let them come
to him, and settle it between them. No unions. He had consistently
refused to recognize them. There was mention of the Bradlaugh order as
being the largest commission ever given to a single mill, a reference to
the excitement and speculation it had aroused in trade circles. Claude
Ditmar's ability to put it through was unquestioned; one had only to
look at him,--tenacity, forcefulness, executiveness were written all
over him.... In addition, the article contained much material of an
autobiographical nature that must--Janet thought--have been supplied
by Ditmar himself, whose modesty had evidently shrunk from the cruder
self-eulogy of an interview. But she recognized several characteristic
phrases.

Caldwell, watching her as she read, was suddenly fascinated. During a
trip abroad, while still an undergraduate, he had once seen the face of
an actress, a really good Parisian actress, light up in that way; and
it had revealed to him, in a flash, the meaning of enthusiasm. Now Janet
became vivid for him. There must be something unusual in a person whose
feelings could be so intense, whose emotions rang so true. He was not
unsophisticated. He had sometimes wondered why Ditmar had promoted
her, though acknowledging her ability. He admired Ditmar, but had
no illusions about him. Harvard, and birth in a social stratum where
emphasis is superfluous, enabled him to smile at the reporter's
exuberance; and he was the more drawn toward her to see on Janet's
flushed face the hint of a smile as she looked up at him when she had
finished.

"The Colonel hypnotized that reporter," he said, as he took the
paper; and her laugh, despite its little tremor, betrayed