The Calumet news., 1911-06-09

cess OF TWO such remarkable yo,o.
men as yourself and Mr.. Rollins -
Herbert Rensselaer, called hau..,,.-
the fact that his revereo ,a,r,
cheerfully sacrificing the absnrd,n
large salary which she denied tb,, sns
received to make a dwaddler ont -
MIN because a Rensselaer, mnst ,o,
work II am supposed to repay no., ~
marrying the aforesaid Lillian wps
doesn't know II YETI he said auon
estly' Kelvin. IL something doesn't
turn up upon which / may exnend =
mite man power energy I'll explode NV
and by" ny
Just possess your soul I'm patiencap
advised Kelvin. smiling. "Wait nntu
| am elected president. and III MAKE n
cabinet officer of you" H nlElT
Nonsense" protested Herbert 81
have no qualifications. old chan,
Yes, but You have" insisted Kelvin
speaking quite seriously "You can.
not be Influenced. coerced or boushtn
Young Rensselaer, suddenly stroigb+
ened up. You are right" said he with
snap OF his jaws. "and you may her
your last penny upon il that mi car.
ry out your orders absolutely, wher.
ever you put me. whether in the cabi.
net or at the head of an army"
you might even have chance at
that" returned Kelvin dryly. Rensse.
laer departed and Rollins came In.
Il have a brilliant solution for your
Long Island transportation problem"
he began with enthusiasm. IL can de.
liver commuter trains to your farthest
point if IL does not exceed the eighty.
five mile run you promised in one
hour from the bridge subway station
Kelvin nodded in satisfaction. 81
knew you could work it out" he com
mented. TN have the necessary Der
mits in two weeks. and you can begin
construction at once In the mean.
time let me show you a new map"
And from the thick pile of such dia.
grams upon his desk he drew one
showing the entire consolidated rail
road system of the United States.
Rollins, in your mastership of every
mile Of railroad In the United States
you have the most powerful political
engine ever devised by man"
Il don't like Ii 10 be prostimted to
this use" protested Rollins.
The same old cry" returned Kel.
win, with slightly exasperated laugh.
You ought TO be satisfied | don't
know how many millions of graft you
have eliminated You've equalized
freight rates so that the small shipper
has an equal chance with the big one
You've been able TO break up score
OF top heavy monopolies and trusts
You've accomplished at least half your
designs"
II know" granted Rollins: "but.
even so, | have been compelled for
political reasons TO give rebates which
had sworn | would never give |
have been compelled for political pur-
poses to make concessions which l
had sworn I would never make"
You're the most persistent chap"
complained Kelvin. when we have
a congress and senate of our own
choice we can carry out all the Uto-
plan plans of both Breed aud our
selves. These concessions that you are
making are only investments. as Breed
would say"
Rollins looked up curiously. 81 don't
quite understand Breed" said he. He
seems at times to possess all his old
shrewdness. but at other times TO be
involved in n maze OF mysticism"
Kalufr, fVnxrvnnA gnanAfpn ton
much time with his Bible" he declar-
ed Hes Incorporate with It."
Kelvin. returning shortly after mid
night from his evening with Rensse-
laer went directly TO his own sleep
ing apartment. which was at the ex-
treme end of his suit. Sam. crouching
on the floor In the corner with pill
lows and cushions at his back. opened
his coal black eyes unblinkingly, pass
ing instantly from profound sleep to
alert wakefulness. Kelvin having Dy
this time sat down. Sam removed his
masters shoes and placed comfortable
slippers on his feet. While he was
at work he looked up with sudden
shrill chuckle and a grin so wide that
IL broke into queer curves the long,
straight scar on his cheek
What are you laughing at, SamT
asked Phillip
"Oh. jes' nothin'," declared Sam, and
chuckled still more.
us bet +yous are thinking of Lucy,
charged sPhiilipp1 -ef s1rl
Ti'Ah reckon, All am, 2 confessed sam,
with laugh that ended In o shrili
falsetto. Lucy an sumpin'7 else"
Something else eh? What'is itW
~'Ah ain done s'poset to tell" gig
gled Sam. SCOT T. have secret once
in awhile. boss" et,si e. ,-or,re rt-
Sam busied himself about the re-
naming preparations for Kelyin's re-
firing and while, be did so gave vent
to occasional chuokles. to which, how
ever, Kelvin paid but little attention
for already he was immersed In that
half hour of revel in the vast gildeu
halls OF the future which was his one
habitual dissipation, before retiring
and he scarcely realized when sam
had departed for the night so .occu
pied was he with his boundless, enter-
prises and ambitions. Olympus! WIN
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