The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-06-23

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yellow porch light, aud this yellow
light was in a moment more augment
ed by a saffron glare that Jared outiRa
the roof, from a fire in the attic start.
ed by the recent yandals, broke into
a5blaze. N - ", ~
ss sA9 aEs !sl Ss%s z sPas s WIS
Startled a \ TIE l5RFssS 81 ths bafh.
Ing roof iRe1s laeE ga N, best Of n,e "a
with fixed tbRS9netss ,shddeB sbtthg
o1spf the dark, shrpb XIV saf Tile notths
west side sot sthe bull ding and Some
tearing down Upon them. y TX .sI VI
Left face! Present arms!c came the
sharp ieommapd Of Rensselaer, \ isA
d The word II aSEs i S9Iit 1Est tTsmblt
lpoB Als lips when hs ssa n ths
adyansi lepa t 81 n hipg
gabeFs sqas stSe T. S jSgs 81 s|SbIs
I 5aIHslts rEor Gods SAKE, HIATT! hs
cried. 20 Wing THE white essheset thqt he
had snatched from. acrS Hl Kelvin.
truce! For Gods sake, Rollins, halt
your men! This madness Is all oYeri
Kelvin Is dead!' iaf &
Within but a few feet Of what must
otherwise have been a desperate strlgi
gle the advancing column was. checked;
and Rollins heard briefly from the slck
ened Rensselaer, what had happened
He strobe up the steps and stood be.
fore Kelvin with barred head
"Only mistaken he said in bone
dlction and forgiveness. Then he turn
ed to his own followers and those ol
Rensselaer,. "As president OF the Unit
ed States. rice Kelvin. ! have becrmt
your chief commanding officer. he'toId
them. "Keiyinsis dead, but the repubs
lie still lives. :Blagg and his consori.
will; die this morning. and with them
the rebellion tis broken, Some. GO
strictiye legislation to be carefully and
wisely considered must be made &c
keep down suctf appalling accumulas
lions OF wealth as may threaten, oul
liberty and our republic. But. gentle
men. through It all the constitutions Of
the United States still Is sacred and
supreme. and there," bis voice took on
asudden ring Of exultatlon- sand there
waves It's everlasting emblem. 49,
One grizzled old veteran Of Sumner
Rollins ranks had brought. with him.
a tattered old American dag that had
gone through the war Of the north and
south aud had unfurled It's war stain,
ed stars and stripes to their gaze.
There was a cheer. but only a feeble,
one. The men, almost with one ae:
cord. took or their hats, and moisture
stood In their eyes. 4,,'a
A, strange figure appeared among
them. Old Henry Breed. still clad,in
his ,mockery OF royal ralment. stag
gered TO the door. 10 his, ,fall$and
through all that succeeded II! ibis hands
had convulslyeIy gripped bis money,
and de still held It. green and orange.
inhis fingers. Il n. ~
.CashE, his sbrill ld.yolce quaYered
as9he Haunted 1t II" the air, sCasll
Thegreatest force lnlallthe4 world! Tie:
power that can totter thrones and dis.
rupt governments. CASH., The llfs,
blood Of commerce! The golden lever
of Archimedes! Cashs ,ss3f 4.
He stopped to laugh shrilly and al:
lowed a soldier to seat him IN a chair.
where he drooled OF into Al iIbberinss
mumbling. AS he left the doorway hlsl
place was taken by Dr. zelnhan. Roth
hands were filled with shawl strapped
packages Of his precious nanuscfips
He looked down at Breed a.moment Id ]
contemplatiye pity. S9a
"He will die the way De Il now,S
said he. Ellis once remarkable brain
Is mere mush. He was d Igonde rflil;
study. q most wonderful study and 1
the nearest approach 20 An bsolate
m6narchsof any resident of this Globe.
ii HE neantime gentlemen Anerlca
has had ber oFgasEns and dor nHIyei
VIM Be qnietef now u bid you sood
Hav am uniurBfn ctfifynflaud And