The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-07-27

| sQuatted fat on the floor, with money
scattered all about him and his old
Bible before him on a chair, like a
voodoo idol. And he Is jabbering
garbled texts that in his interpreta.
ton are worse than blasphemy"
Lillian, left to herself. stood a mo-
ment, her breast heaving, and then
dropped into the chair that Kelvin had
vacated and grew deeply thoughtful
! She had scarcely moved when. at the
end OF about twenty minutes. Herbert
Rensselaer, was announced.
att Is a pleasure to find you alone"
he observed. You are so very popu-
lar that en- edgewise word with you is
| q rare boon. You've made yourself
the sensation Of Washington"
':No," Lillian protested thoughtfuIly.
"I may have achieved some personal
popularity. but much more, 1t is hui
mili&ting to confess, is due to grand
fathers position In the world and the
capitalized force IL represents. / doubt
If even money. however. could have
secured me the recognition which Mrs.
Rensselaer, has won for me. The Rens-
selaer name Is a powerful one social
b."
at is just that about which I was
going to speak to you." said Herbert
with awkward bluntness. Il am pre-
pared to offer you the Rensselaer, name
for your own"
Lillian looked up at~hin and smiled
'sThe dream Of your respected aunt"
she laughed. Herbert, you're a nice
boy, but I'm not In love with you. Are
you with me-"
"weil, no." he confessed with infinite
relief.
81 thought not" she returned, still
laughing. 1T is a pity to disappoint
your aunty, but let's do that very
thing. You're too good friend Of mine
to spoil"
"I'm beginning to like You immense
ly," confessed Herbert. Let's shake
hands on It." which they cordially did.
At almost the same moment Sumner
Rollins had made quite different pro-
posal, one with the whole heart and
the whole love and the whole honor Of
stalwart man. and Elsie White. with
sorrow that it must be SO, searched in
her heart and found for him only
friendship, and the man whose image
blocked the way Of Rollins was think
ing Of her even then, to the entire for
getfulness OF Lillian Breed.
In a hundred cities there were riot
and discord. In a thousand villages
there was grave panic. In a million
homes there was hunger. Commerce
was paralyzed, and three months aft
er Senator Sawyer had threatened a
revolt the entire United States was in
a state bordering on anarchy. Pro-
cessions Of the unemployed had been
dubbed into disruption. Street corner
speakers, among whom Ben White had
become prominent for a certain rudely
effective oratory, were suppressed.
Gatherings in halls were censored by
the police, the militia or the rapidly
increasing army of regular soldiers,
and were broken up, sometimes with
bloodshed, at the least sign Of infam-
matory speech. The consequence was
natural Secret meetings were held
everywhere, and the emissaries Of
Blagg gained converts by the tens and
the hundreds of thousands from coast
to coast The chaos that Kelvin had
deliberately inaugurated to serve his
own ends was serving the ends Of
Blagg equally well. The throwing of
bombs, with terrific consequence to
public safety, became common-so
common. indeed, that the life Of no
public man was secure, yet Kelvin, at
tended by his usual guard, went ev-
erywhere. He seemed to bear a
charmed life, and on the very day he
declared martial law throughout the
Union, when every newspaper was
against him and when countless
hordes were clamoring for his death.
he went calmly to Forest Lakes to
keep an appointment with Henry
Breed. Five hundred grim, armed
men. Indifferent to the turmoil of the
world outside, now guarded the
grounds, and Kelvin spoke Of them
the moment he met Breed.
ct want your men," said be. II have
examined the faces Of them. They
are mountaineers every one and men
Of blind allegiance. 1 need them in
Washington"
"No," protested Breed. 81 have been
years in selecting them. and they must
stay here to guard Forest Lakes and
me. and what you know to be In the
vault below"
1.-THE vault needs no guarding" re-
piled Kelvin. We'll remove it's con-
tents very shortly to the government
treasury, anyhow. The time is ripe,
and my plan is to be carried out at
once"
"Our plan, you mean" corrected
Breed. smiling, whereat Relvin's eyes
contracted for a second.
1t was significant OF the remarkable
control that Kelvin had obtained over
this man, whose once indomitable will
had bent the commerce OF a nation
TO his own ends, that be protested no
further against the appropriation Of
his picked guards. Instead. be turned
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