The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1911-05-04

TWO m1lllOn more. tie paused mo
ment and then chuckled. "Kelvin used
TO have some queer IDEAS" he went
on "He used to tell me about them,
ly ing awake at night in camp. could
never make out just whether he really
meant II or If he was doing n lot of
dry kidding. My ambition AT that time
WAS to become great general. but his
h"o point was that a republican form
" government was bound to fail Said
he was crazy for power and that the
way TO get II was TO secure control Of
all the money In the United States
With that he could do anything ng-over
throw the government. make himself
emperor correct all the abuses in the
world. lie promised me my general
ship when the time came. Funny jun
bic Of stuff. but sometimes 1t sounded
reasonable too"
Old Henry Galleon whistled softly To
himself homely tune Of long ago and
tapped pile OF money with his lead
pencil "Ues got hold of so much of
the money he was after that he'll for
get the rest of the program" he sage
" observed
Four other brokerage firms young
Kelvin visited. and with each one he
concluded an arrangement precisely
like that entered into with GalleOn
except that at each office he left diff
ferrnt list of stocks to be sold on Il
twenty point margin. backed up by
$40 cash per share; then. with Sans
srit case half empty. he directed his
,hauffeur to drive back up Broadway
to the Esplanade. Upon that marvel
Gus thoroughfare he looked about him
with the friN curiosity which marks
the wondering stranger.
only fifteen years. Sam he said
turning to the negro. "and see what
has been done This Is the most won
derfu city in the world"
Yes. Sah." replied Sam, looking
briefly from the suit case between his
feet and immediately concentrating
hls gaze upon IT again.
Kelvin laughed Nothing so won.
derful to you as that suit case. Is there
SAM"
NO. sab" agreed Sam. permitting
himself slight grin. "Ah done reck
OH tha's about all the money in the
wOrl' So
Not quite" dissented Kelvin with
smile. then turned again to study the
changes time had wrought 1T IL
marvellous" he presently resumed,
talking more to himself than TO the
negro. when | was here fifteen
years ago | could not appreciate what
all this meant but now | know that
this street il the concentrated nervous
energy OF America gone mad In the
race for supremacy. guess you didn't
think you'd see anything like this,
Sam. when ] saved you from the mob
in the Tennessee woodsY"
Sam shuddered. "'Deed All didn't"
he admitted. "Mistah Phillip, Ah'll
neveh fohget that as long as All live.
Nah life was plum gone. boss. All
suah would been han'led like they
done the right man when they-all got
i'm ef yo' hadn't come along In yo'
automobile. Nah life belongs to yo'
boss. Yo' kin-yo' kin kill me-jes'
any time yo' git good an ready, cause
Ah done live now three yeahs longeh
than nah time"
"They've been fairly happy years for
both OF us, Sam" said Phillip. but
now we really begin to live" He
mused while longer. then. going back
to his original thought. added with
curious smile: "It IL strange to me
that, with all these advancements In
science, business and politics have not
advanced one whit, except along the
line of their logical ends The same
antiquated methods are used that were
in vogue fifty years ago. | guess that,
after all. those are the two most con-
servative institutions In the world. Eh,
SamT
'Yes. sah." Sam again readily agreed,
whereupon Phillip laughed heartily.