El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-05-31
THE CASH INTRIGUE
BY GEORGE
RANDOLPH CHESTER
tcoptinued From Yesterday
CHAPTER Xxx.


- while a slow flush mounted to
IN mis- forehead Kelvin" said
4 4 he very gravely. this is not
the first time have heard you hint
at such things. One of my ancestors
assisted I'm the drafting Of the consti-
tuition of the United States and signed
IT. Several of them fought to uphold
1t. 1t is the most perfect in concep-
ton. the broadcast in humanitariantsm.
the most complete I'm wisdom Of any
human document upon which a state
was ever founded IL it Is tempered
with in any way or If any attempt Is
made to supplant ut warn you that
the sons of the men who framed 1t
and who died for 1t viii rise up TO de-
fend it in righteous wrath second
only to the rage of the Almighty. and
by the eternal God ! will be foremost
among their number"
"You are far too logical man. Rol-
lins to speak in definite Judgment
upon q problem until you know its
full conditions" said Kelvin. st do
contemplate a change and a radical
one in our type of government. That
change can only be maze possible OF
success by its being fostered and up
held by men Of tried and tested probi-
ty, ability and strength. Among such
men count you. I rely upon your
support. and | want to tell you that
If this change seems feasible I have
in store for you a far higher Office
than the one you hold now"
Rollins glanced about the room with
contempt. II do not want IT," he de-
clared. NOR do / wish TO be taken any
further into your confidence. Any
system Of government which needs TO
be supported By force-eise why the
enormous standing army you are now
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS result in oppres-
sion. tyranny and ultimate failure. 1
know now that any change in govern
ment which you would propose would f,
be retrogression. and for my part
shall resist every such change. even
TO the minutest degree. with every
atom of my will. with every breath
Of my voice. with every drop Of blood
In my body!''
Precisely why want you with u.s.
returned Kelvin with the remarkable
patience possessed only by men of one
dominating idea to which everything
else is subservient. Il like your prin-
ciples and the way you present them,
but ] hope yet to show you why. not
from the self interest. but from hu-
manitariaD motives. you should ap-
with you again about this. In the
meantime is there nothing can do for
you in the way of appointments or
something of the sort?"
Nothing whatever" said Rollins
shortly and left the room.
He was then followed Immediately
by Herbert Rensselaer, on whom q
year Of Office as secretary Of war had
wrought wonderful maturity.
Hello, Phillip the First" said he,
advancing to the desk and shaking
hands heartily with Kelvin.
Il wish you wouldn't use that form
of address," protested Phillip quietly. |
''You might say it in the wrong place. |
How goes the enrollment?''
'Splendidly," returned Rensselaer,
with enthusiasm. THE army of thel
is rapidly becoming the |
army Of the republic. The increase !
Of my enlistment is almost in exact !
to the decrease in industry, I
almost in exact proportion to the in
crease in riots, and our recruiting sta
lions are really buster places than the
bread stations. Kelvin. today you are
in chief of an army Of I
nearly half q million men,"
And still we have not enough" de-
clared Kelvin 81 must have the lar
gest army in the world" He was not /
addressing Rensselaer, now, but him.
self: lost in vast speculation. he fell
INTO musing silence.
BY the way, old cfap." ventured
presently, "I'd like to speak