El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-06-05
CHAPTER XIII.

hl's ol heiiFy Dreeu- ne
a a started forward, shaking and
trembling. the veins on his leathern
old face starting out like whipcords.
He raised both his clinched fists and
opened his mouth TO speak. but no
words came.
Speech was supplied on the instant,
however, by Sumner Rollins by
heaven. nol' he cried Il knew that
you contemplated some folly, Kelvin,
but never that you had in your crazed
mind a crime so great as this or 1
should either have impeached you as
traitor or had you imprisoned as a
lunatic Hear ne. you menl Let no
word of this proclamation get be-
yond this room as you value your
lives"
ARREST that manr' shouted Kelvin.
ARREST me If you darel'' cried RoI-
Inns. 81 am going from this room a
free man, and l viii show you that
patriotism and the love Of liberty in
the United States are neither dead nor
asleep. In every village and upon
every farm there still dwells the i'm
mortal spirit of our forefathers. Kel-
win, am going out of here to face
you with an army which can defeat
any politically made army in the
world. an army fighting for the sacred
and undesirable causes of home and
country and freedom. l shall issue
such a call that every unvitiated de-
scendant of every true American viii
swing into line TO sweep this colossal
folly back into the fourteenth century,
where it belongs. and to make by
word and q laughingstock Of the name
of Phillip Kelvin-emperorI"
The guards who had advanced to-
ward Rollins had hesitated upon his
outburst, and in that moment of his
righteous fury, standing stern and stall
wart with his eyes flashing, he was
commanding enough to have halted
any underling. Now, however, the
guards looked TO Kelvin, and he struck
his knuckles impatiently upon the Ia
BILE. Elsie White upon Kelvin's plunge
into his proclamation had stepped back
TO the door, where she now stood di-
rectly back of Rollins As the latter
spoke she had put her hands behind
her and quietly turned the key. Now
she plucked Rollins by the sleeve.
Hurry Cor she whispered.
She pulled open the door and thrust
Rollins through it before he had more
than half comprehended her intention;
then she slammed it shut, turned the
key in the lock and slipped the key
f1lto the neck of her gown just as the
guards and Sam threw themselves
upon the door.
Miss White. will give you thirty
seconds in which to produce that key"
came the cold voice Of Kelvin.
She looked back at him steadily. but
mace no move. Kelvin drew his watch
from his pocket. A tense silence set
tied in the room. Finally he slipped
his tfnepiece back into his pocket.
"Wfll you give it up?" he demanded
Now his voice was trembling.
She shook her head.
s'Sam, take it,
The blood that had left Elsie's face
suddenly surged up crimson as Sam
approached her, but except TO clasp
her hands over her breast she did not
move, nor did she take her eyes from
Kelvin. He himself turned, half
nauseated, but the word Of an emperor
was out She shuddered as Sam put
his enormous hands upon her, but she
defended the key as best she could
with her puny strength. There was
brief struggle, then Sam sprang from
Elsie and inserted the key in the lock,
though Rollins by that time was in
his automobile and speeding away to-
ward the Maryland line.
Elsie staggered back a pace against
the wall for support. still with those
large eyes fixed upon Kelvin. Across
The width of the room he gazed int
them and saw die there every last
lingering trace, from every corner Of
her heart, of the love and affection
that had for many years been part
Of its fiber She sank fainting to the
floor. Two or three ran to revive her,
but Lillian was not among them.
In the midst of that confusion Henry
Breed found his voice. You shan't
have it," he cried. You shan't have
my money. I'll resist to the last ditch.
You can't get into the vault. I'll hire
a million assassins to kill you. II
was to be emperor. l was to be en-
perorr' His face was scarlet, and
there were fiecks Of foam upon his
lips.
His granddaughter put her hand
upon his shoulder Never mind,
grandfather, she said CONTEMPORARY.
Remember that it's all in the family"
She glided up TO the desk before
Phillip MY emperor, / salute you,"
she said. smiling up at him, and from
his desk she picked up the dagger.
"Here it is. your talisman that twice
threatened your life Do you remem-
Der how once, holding its point up like
this, you declared that in this sign you
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