The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1911-06-10

known or perhaps ever would know.
the man who, starting without dol
lar, had in the course Of an ordinary
lifetime comprised half the wealth Of
a nation to his own use and through
that half controlled the balance Of it.
And he was come to this end!
Nelson reused Rollins to immediate
business.
What is the news?" he asked abb
ruptly.
Rollins turned to him with relief.
II have force of more than fifteen
hundred good, solid men who will be
here inside Of half an hour to protect
the vaults. I am quite sure that an
attack will be made upon them to-
night. l have been collecting my
forces for week against this moment
and watching Kelvin through the spy
Of whom you told me. When they got
the Cuttings into the garage today I
knew the time was growing very short.
We made q forced march tonight.
making straight cut to get here
"They have Cuttings, you say?" ask
ed Nelson, troubled.
Fourteen Of them from the govern
ment arsenal mounted in automobiles.
If my men get here in time l want to
ambush the expedition from behind
the wall and have my sharpshooters
puncture their tires and pick off their
gunners. Kelvin is to be among them.
If we can capture him the whole prob
lem Is solved"
but they have Gatlings," protested
Nelson.
I'VE have ambush and strategy" in
sisted Rollins confidently. III only my
forces can arrive in time!"
''You have done wonders" said Mel
son admiringly. "How have you man.
aged it? I thought we were helpless"
Rollins shrugged his shoulders.
"kelvin had one enemy he could not
throttle, and that was the American
press, which, after all, Is the stanch
foundation upon which our liberty has
been founded and upheld. Upon the
instant of his proclamation Kelvin had
censor ready to take ostensible charge
of every newspaper office In the Unit
ed States. He might rs we'll have put
AlluulS luclC. III SOuIC luS NSA-
sors were inundated, in others they
were hoodwinked. In others they were
bound and gagged and in some places
killed. The eastern newspapers on the
very first day issued my call to arms,
and, though the telegraph was closed
to us. within two days the appeal was
being printed In Chicago and st. Louis,
spreading farther west every day since
the proclamation. In every village and
every country settlement men are arm
i ing-the sort Of men who always re-
| spond to the call of patriotism, the
sort Of men who know when their
country and their homes are in dan
ger and who are willing to die to de-
fend them. Nelson, you can't whip
men like thnt!'
| Zclphun, whose whole bearing until
now had been like the tllppancy of
i an overgrown, lnischievous schoolboy,
smiled and nodded his head approv-
ingly.
ut is the existence of such men as
these followers of yours and your
self. Rollins, that reconciles me to
America" he admitted II have
damned you as whole more than
once us being rnce Of people who
are plunging themselves into nerve
bankruptcy; but, after ALL there Is
something in the fundamentals Of this
country different from any other na-
ton. There is Il henlthincss in the
body polite which, If nature be given
q chance, can throw off oil its can
GERS. America needs just some such
eruption as this to clear her blood and
let the healthy molecules like you and
Nelson here get to work Nelson was
fortunate enough to earn the schol-
! arship grade emitting him to be sup
ported by Breed through his college
career and conceived himself bound
in simple loyalty! Strange, isn't it2"
IL know" nodded Rollins, with a
kindly glance at Jens Breed gave
him to me for my secretary, and he
was Il spy on all my acts"
i HE was more than that" went on
the doctor. HE was passed on to
Kelvin when Phillip l. became presi-
| dent, and when Jens found that Kel-
vim actually meant to declare him
self emperor, to the exclusion Of Breed
and everybody else, he set up system
| Of spies of his own and helped Blagg
place the bombs that were intended to
blow Kelvin out Of his throne! All
this, mind you, in spite Of the &act
that he does not quite approve Of ev-
erything that has been done by our
royal friend back here and that he
does not believe any one man should
control SO much cash."
"Cash!" suddenly broke in the shrill
voice Of Breed, and the crown bumped
from his gllstenlng bald head upon the
table in front of him and rolled to the
floor "Cash!" and his wrinkled old
face weakened into an expression Of
desperate intentness. 1.-THE greatest
force in all the world-the power that
can totter thrones and disrupt govern
ments; that can cause wars and sup