Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-08-16

| change can only be made possible OK
success by its being fosfersd ana mp
| held By men Of tried and tested probs-
| IL, ability and stEsngfh Among such
men I count you. rely upon your
support. and I want TO tell you that
| II this change seems feasible I have
! In store for you O far higher ONCE
than the one you hold now"
Rollins glanced about the room with
| contempt. 81 do not want Il" he ds-
| ciared. snor DO wish to be taken any
/ further into your confidence. Any
system OF government which needs 70
| be supported by force-eise why the
enormous standing army you are now
! accumulating-must result In 0ppce0-
/ sion. tyranny and ultimate failure.
/ know now that any change In govern
4 ment which you would propose would
! be q retrogression. and for my part
! shall resist every such change. even
| to the minutest degree. with every
| atom OF my win, with every breath
| Of my voice, with every drop Of blood
| In my bodyP'
Precisely why want you with "a"
returned Kelvin with the remarkable
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dominating idea TO which everything
else Is subservient. II like your prtn-
cipIes and the way you present them,
but I hope yet TO show you why, not
from the self interest. but from hu-
1anttarian motives. you should ap-
prove the course l propose. I'll talk
with you again about this. In the
meantime is there nothing can do for
you IN the way Of appointments or
something OF the sort"
Nothing whatever" said Rollins
shortly ana left the room.
He was then followed Immediately
by Herbert Rensselaer,. on whom
year of Office as secretary Of war haG
wrought wonderful maturity.
Hello. Phillip the First said he,
advancing to the desk and shaking
hands heartily with Kelvin.
al wish you wouldn't use that form
Of address," protested Phillip quietly.
you might say it in the wrong place.
How goes the enrollmentT'
"Splendidly,'' returned Rensselaer,
with enthusiasm. The army Of the
unemployed is rapidly becoming the
army of the republic. The increase
Ol NY SllASL( 10 dlIuOSt III eAdCL
proportion to the decrease in industry,
almost in exact proportion to the in
crease in riots, and our recruiting sta
tons are really buster places than the
bread stations. Kelvin, today you are
commander in chief of an army of
nearly half a million men"
And stu we have not enough" de-
clared Kelvin. II must have the lar
gest army in the world" He was not
addressing Rensselaer, now, but him,
self; lost in vast speculation, he fell
into musing silence!
by the way, old chap" ventured
Rensselaer, presently. I'D like to speak
with you about a rather delicate mat
ter It's about Miss Breed. Er-now
don't take this amiss, Phill-are you
contemplating anything serious in that
directionP'
Kelvin was silent for so long that
Herbert began to think he had not
heard. but presently he answered,
Nothing whatever"
'Sure2" Herbert asked.
Absolutely" Kelvin replied.
THANK you" said Herbert slowly.
Rather a caddish question. 1 know.
Phil, but between u.s. He, too, laps
ed into troubled silence.
Kelvin seemed to be about to say
something more, but he did not
Sam, do you think that in a fight
could rely on your brother Peavy as
could on you?" asked Kelvin as he
was dressing for dinner that night.
deed, All doan' know. sah," an
swered Sam, putting the studs in Phil
lips shirt Hes kim o. no count,
anyhow. All doan' reckon Aid place
too much 'liance on Peavy in pinch"
well. Wen keep him for his looks
then" said Kelvin, laughing. You
want to be careful, though, that he
doesn't steal Lucy from you"
Lucy! Huhr' grunted Sam, brush
ing the last speck of dust from Kel-
wins pumps EFF that wuthless coon
even tuhns up the whites O. his eyes
t'wahd Lucy, Abs goan { brock ev'y
bone In his body. Heh-heh! LUCY"
and Sam grinned.
you don't want to be too sure, SAM
cautioned Kelvin. DO you think you
could whip himT'
whip MP repeated Sam. "why,
Mistuh Phillip, wild them two hans All
kin lick airy man in all this worI'P'
Kelvin, however, firing of the ban
ter. had strayed to the table in the
corner of his dressing ROOM. where lay
spread out an outline map of the
United States, with figures here and
there contiguous to large cities-so
many troops massed here. so many
there, so many In that other place, at