The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-06-21

tr0rn or perhaps cI1f would fnoNf
The mai who. starting Without dol
lar. hadln TIE course o. an ordlnery
lifetime tomhasscd half the wealth Of
a nation % bis own use aud through
lbnf half controlled the balnnce OF It.
and haKas come to this endl
Nelson reused Rollins TO immediate
:bnsIness
yghatB Tie newss be asked llb'
.ruptly.
Rolllnstarned 10 him with relief
ii hive 4 force Sf more than flfteen
sdundred ssood, solid men Who VII bei
here inside De ,hhif an hour 10 protect
Efhe syaalb am quite sure TINT on
attack sssIll be made upon them to-
Hnight. IshaHe been collecting my,
forces III, d week against this moment
ma watching Kelvin througl The spy
6f whotnyous told me. When they got
the Gadlugs into the garage today ]
knew thetlme was growing very shcrtt.
we made forced march tonight,
aking a stTaight cut TO get here
s.rheyhaye Csatlings yop say1' ask
ed Nelson, troubled. 4
ssFoufteea of them from the govern.
ment anenal mounted In automobiles.
! Il my men get here In time ! want g
ambush the expedition from behind
tie wan and have my sharpshoo piers 4,
pruncture their tires and pick on their
teunners Kelvin Is to be among them
if We can capture him the whole prob
lem IS solved" q
i.But they have Gatlings." protested
Nelson. s
eve have ambush and strate y.
sisted Rollins conf IDENTIFY. Is only my
forces can arrive IN timer
'You have done wonders" said Mel.
son admlringly. How have you man ~ 2.
aged itiIthought we were hell
Rollins shrugged his shoulders. ],
aKeiyInhad one enemy he. could not
throttle, and that was the American 2
press, which, after all, y the stance
/ Foundation upon which our liberty has
been founded and upheld. Upon, the
Instant otbis proclamation Kelvin had
a ceasor ready to take ostensible charge
of every newspaper Office in the Unit
ed States. BE might as well have put
infants there. In some cases the cen
sors were intlmidated, IN others they
were hoodwinked, in others they were
bound and gagged and IN some places
kIled. The eastern newspapers on the
very first day issued my. call to arms.
and. though the telegraph was closed
q rs. within two days the appeal was
being printed in Chicdgo and st. Louis
spreading farther westeyery day since
| the proclamation. lneyery village and
every country settlement men are arm
| ing-the sort Of men who always re;
spond 10 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 thatg' !;
! Zelphah, whose whole bearing untll
linow had been like the flppancy o.
an oveFgyown,, mischieyous schoolboy
4 smiled and nodded his head approx
ingly. \. \.
at Is The existence Of such men as
these followers OF yours ard. your
| sell, Rollins, that reconciles me e
America he admitted. 7 have
damned you as a whole more thar
| once as being a race Of people who
are plunglhg themselves into nerve gaEV
BANKRUPTCY; but, after an. there 2
something il the fundamentals Of till
| country different from any other =. n \
| ton. There Is q, healthiness IN tn b
body polite which. IL nature be giyeE
| q chance, can throw of all Its can
GERS. America needs Just some s ssEs
eruption as this to clear her blood fa an
aet the healthy molecules like you atllt
Nelson here ,getsto swork. Nelson wa
fortunate enough to earn the schol
arship grade emitting him to be sup
ported BY Breed through his collegl
career and conceived himself boun'
| In simple loyalty! Strange, isn't itT"
ri knoy,,, nodded Rollins, with 4
kindly glance at Jehs. Breed CAV
him to mo for my secretary, and y
was a spyon all my acts"
"He was more than that" went o.
the doct6t. a'He was passed on I
| Kelvin when Phillip l. became pres
dent, and when Jens found that Re
Vim actually meant to declare hin
SELF emperor, to the exclusion Of Bree
and everybody, else, he act up a. systet
Of spies o. bis own and helped Blag
Mace the bombs that were intended I
blow Kelvin out of his throne! A
this, mind you, in spite Of the fac
that he does not quite approve Of el
erything that has been done by o.
royal friend back here and that .
does notDelleve any one man shout
control so much cash"
.aCash!' suddenly broke in the shrl
voice Of Breed, and the crown bumpe
from his gIIstenlng bald head upon 4
table In front Of him and rolled to y
door. "Cash!" and his wrinkled o
face weakened intosan expression
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