The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-07-09

that I must not appear In this, even
By the slightest hint, nor must Mr..
Breed. Do You care 10 undertake the
deal for immediate manipulat1onT
well" returned Pellman, Il don't
think could start at 1t In much less
than thirty minutes"
In less than an hour after Pefiman
had gone Senator Sawyer found Kelvin
busy over another large map, this time
Of the United States Here and there
districts were lightly shaded, in other
places they were cross-hatched, In
others left In pure white, The senator
was gravely glad to see his dear young
friend, Mr.. Kelvin; gravely anxious
about his physical condition and as
gravely solicitOus about the health Of
his dear old friend, Mr.. Henry Breed.
"As for myself" Kelvin smilingly
Informed him, "I shall leave you to
fudge. As for Mr.. Breed, he Is hearty
enough to desire myself and Mr.. Rol-
Inns nominated for the offices respec-
lively Of president and vice president
Of the United States by your party at
the convention this coming spring"
"Am to understand that you are In
earnest about thisY the senator pain
fully inquired
Certainly" replied Kelvin calmly.
"As earnest as we were about break
ing up Mr.. Hepperdon's monopoly"
Mr.. Sawyer WINGED. He had once
been Hepperdon's chief senator and
had only recently, upon the unfortu-
nate dissolution Of Mr.. Hepperdon's
combine, associated himself with Mr..
, Breed.
I'VE have every prospect Of success,
Kelvin evenly resumed. I'm the first
place. as the absolute proprietor of
STUFF in the United States, Mr.. Breed
had a great many friends and useful
advisers among the the various leRis-
lative bodies Of the country" Sena-
tor Sawyer gravely nodded bis head.
''In the second place, after he had Sc
cured control over every mile of rail-
road in the United States, Mr.. Breed
! ing which proved highly successful,
and thereupon he became possessed
| by reason Of his immense anchorage
| facilities Of several other suddenly at.
tached friends and useful advisers.
| Quite little army, senator"
yes" slowly admitted Mr.. Sawyer,
| with great mournfulness.
The senator had been harboring
quite other plans than those proposed
by Kelvin.
"You will find, SENATOR" went on
Kelvin, that the campaign is perfect
ly mapped out. wish to remain, as
does Mr.. Rollins, an ostensible dark
horse up to the very hour Of the noni-
nation, and your operations will need
to be as quietly conducted as possible.
Our headquarters will comprise pri-
vate apartments for yourself and such
others as you care to have with you,
and all living expenses will, of course,
go in with the other items of expendt-
ture. There will naturally be a gener-
Gus honorarium attached. shall be
highly gratifed if you will take charge
Of the bureau, as will Mr.. Breed and
Mr.. Rollins
Mr.. Breeds request, coming through
Kelvin, was an order. 1.-The entire
matter comes as a surprise to me-"
said the senator, ''but as a very pleas
ant surprise. can see a most inter
esting campaign stretching before US,
and 1t will afford me keen delight If l
can in any way contribute to the sue
cess of two such remarkable young
men as yourself and Mr.. Rollins"
Herbert Rensselaer, called bewailing
the fact that his revered aunt was
cheerfully sacrificing the absurdly
large salary which she denied that she
received to make a dwaddler out Of
him because a Rensselaer, must not
work. 81 am supposed to repay her By
marrying the aforesaid Lillian. who
doesn't know it yet" he said. Zion
estly, Kelvin. If something doesn't
turn up upon which l may expend g
little man power energy I'll explode by
and by"
''Just possess your soul In patience"
advised Kelvin, smiling. wait unit
I am elected president. and I'll make 6