The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-06-17

she swept out through the entrance
and down between the ranks OF those
bronzed mountaineer soldiers. Marcb.
ing with martial tread, she sang the
song OF blood clear through their
ranks. The news of its singing flashed
along wires and across pusating. cleo
trilied spaces. In every city I'm the
United States that mighty. rousine
song was caught up. and the land vi
brated with one accord to its rhythm
and grew wild with its frenzy. In one
day America had an emperor, and its
national song had become the MAR.
seillaisev
At midnight Phillip /. sat In the
observation tower he had caused to
be built upon the roof of the White
House watching. waiting. Even the
sudden harsh clatter of a bell within
the apartment did not disturb him
from his statue-lille rigidlty. Sam
rose and picked up the telephone from
a little table I'm the corner
ITS General Rensselaer,, subj" he
said. "He wants to see yo' all on very
'pawtant business.
Tell them To let him come up" di.
rected Kelvin without turning his
head. He had accomplished I'm success
sion all his speclous aims until now.
From ocean TO ocean for seven DAYS
there had existed n state of tense, taut
strain. What violence, what carnage,
what hideous saturnalia OF blOodshed
might break forth at any moment no
one knew, but In the meantime he.
Phillip Kelvin. who but few brief
years before had possessed not a dol
lar and scarce a friend. was still en-
peror Of America! Emperor-Phillip
l. What vast conquests might yet lie
before him
His preparations for handling this
present situation were excellently laid.
In or near every center of population
were massed well drilled soldiers able
to combat and to quell any insurrec-
ton. There might be a revolt more or
less systematized. but IL could do very
little against the systematic resistance
that Kelvin had devised. He had
planned wisely for n reorganization of
social conditions. and when the coun-
try was once more reorganized upon a
self sustaining basis. where every man
had an equal chance for sustenance
and moderate accumulation, the larger
dreams might materialize, the real vic
tories might begin.
The conquest and annexation Of Can
ada and Mexico would come next and
coextensive with this the building up
of the largest navy in the world Eu-
rope. that vast tissue of states bound
by n flimsy Pigment called 1.-THE bal
ance of power" could be disintegrat-
ed by single shot, thrown into tur-
moil Of cross purposes that would rem
der its individual masses easy prey.
With each new victory would come
more strength, and his imperial prog
ress might sweep on and on until the
entire world. from pole to pole and
from occident TO orient. might be
bound together under his resistless
sway, linked in n brotherhood of uni
versal peace and prosperity and equal
ity. with himself as the benign dicta-
tori sci
Crisply up the steps came Herbert
Rensselaer,.
'How CHASTITY it is up herew said he
"Why don't you have some llght?'
THAT Is n peculiar question for the
commander in chief of the imperial
army to ask" replied Kelvin with
smile.
Rensselaer, himself smiled.
TT would make your whereabouts
rather conspicuous" he admitted, but
under the circumstances it might be
well to turn on the lights and leave
them burning. We shall be away from
here in a few minutes"
Forest LakesT" asked Kelvin with
quick interest. "At last! We should
have made that expedition a week
ago."
My organization was not perfect
enough Rensselaer, objected. "But we
IRE quite prepared now. At every half
mile between here and Breeds, by the
time we are moving. there will be sta
Toned detachment large enough for
Each detachment as we
come up TO it will close In and follow
behind us. I wish that il were not
necessary TO take you there You
should be here, where you can direct
your campaign"
II don't admire the trip myself" con
fessed Kelvin. but outside of Henry
Breed and his granddaughter and pos.
'ibiy DIR. Zelphan | am the only per-
'on In the world who knows the exact
ocation and the combinations of his
vault and its billion and n half of
ash. The greatest fear have is that
Breed may have changed the combina-
ion of bis locks"
II doubt IL he was able to do So" re-
urned Rensselaer,. "He left here, upon
he day of your proclamation, appar-
'ntly in n state of almost complete
'aralysis, attended by DR.. Zelphan. my
unit, Jens Nelson and Elsie White"
by Elsie White?" Phillip repeated.
It's queer that she went along"
Herbert shrugged his shoulders.
Breed always liked her. and when
lillian left, with the threat to join
ieorge Blagg. Breed turned TO Elsie
Ike child and insisted that she should
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