El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-05-15

| Copyright, 1909, By the
BOBBS MERRILL co.
CONTINUED rrcm Saturday,

Swedish. eh?" guessed Rollins
"Yes. sir" said Mr Nelson 81 am
a graduate of the Minnesota Technical
college. founded by Mt. Breed. and am
one of his scholarship men,"
Rollins smiled over the naivete of
this admission.
"ArI right. Mr.. Nelson" said he
you have a telegraph operator here.
I believe. Mr.. Kelvin
'sWireless. ''<amended Phillip.
Rollins glanced at his row of buttons
and nodded his head mfr. Nelson.
you may take these marconigrams.
and without any hesitation he began
debating peremptory discharges to
long list of railroad officials
Thus set in the new empire-the en-
pire of the iron highway. an empire
which held under its absolute control
the commercial destinieS Of the ma
ton, an empire more powerful than any
ever conceived by man. 1t was reign
that began peacefully and quietly as
the stern Rollins, with a smile, dis
possessed half a thousand men from
their fat sinecures But as he worked
Henry Breed, attended by DR.. Zelphan
and carrying a bundle of golf sticks.
stopped in the door a moment
by the way. Rollins" said he.
''there is only one personal provision
/ wish to make. and that must be seen
to from the first ! want my dividends
all in cash-nothing else. understand
just cash.
One day several months later DR..
.Zelpban was very angry. He couldn't
find Breed While be was searching
for the millionaire Sumner Rollins ap-
peared.
Il came down rather Unexpectedly"
he said. II suppose Kelvin's in his
Office"
.No," said the doctor. rather shortly
"Mr. Kelvin Is not IN his Office. He is
out with Mrs. Rensselaer, and young
Rensselaer, and Miss Breed fishing
fishing in a private lake for pet 6Sh
that come up to be fed when they are
called!'
at doesn't sound much like sport"
confessed Rollins, "but. after all, I
envy them. Where is Mr.. Breedr'
Again the frown returned that all the
morning had crossed DR.. Elephants
brow. st don't know" he snapped,
.'but he is some place about the house.
I'll find him for you"
He stepped into Henry Breeds dim
old library. sIammfng the door behind
him.
Going back through the upper hall.
Rollins stopped for a moment In
Blagg's room. where the wireless op-
orator sat idly at his instrument, the
greenish light giving to his gaunt Tea
lures a particularly deathlike ghasti-
ness
He handed Rollins two wireless
messages. which the latter read with a
passing frown. One was signed by
the head Of an immense packing house
in Chicago, the other by the president
of the largest fruit shipping company
on the western coast. To both he
dictated the same curt reply:
discussion positively closed"
Blagg read the answers with grim
smile. ALLOW me to congratulate you"
said he You may not know it. but
you are doing splendid preliminary
work for the social equity cause"
.sThe preliminary work? repeated
Rollins. How do you think it will
be fnishedT'
IN violence" returned Blagg. with a
darkening brow.
Rollins shrugged his shoulders. wi
olent conversation largely. / guess"
he rejoined.
Blagg's eyes snapped. ''Deedsr' he
declared Let inequality and oppres-
sion 90 on for but a short time more
and there will be such revolt from
the darker depths of this country as
not even France has ever known
There exists even now a close. organi-
cation of the underdogs who are
ready at a world to rise and undo the
wrongs to which justice has grown
blind"
"You seem to know a lot about it"
commented Rollins.
Blagg Gained down his excitement
with an effort 81 keep fairly well
posted" said he. Among other things
] know that there is branch OF that
organization which needs just such
men as you
81 am rather busy as it is" return
ed Rollins dryly and walked over to
his own Office. Have you prepared the
data ! asked you to get ready. Mel
SOM" inquired Rollins.
Eyes. sir" replied Nelson. he walk
ed across to a fling cabinet. brought
from it a drawer. which he set upon
Rollins desk. and lifted up the spring.
Rollins Ieafed through the indexed
flaps. beneath which. very carefully ar
ranged. were displayed the mileage
distances by various rontes between
all important points in the United
States. with the percentage of grade
resistance figured in units. these. COM
pounded with the mileage. showing the
ultimate hauling resistance. 1t had