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


capitalized force it represents. doubt
if even money, however. could have
secured me the recognition which Mrs.
Rensselaer, has won for me- The Rens-
selaer name is a powerful one social
ly."
ut is just that about which I was
going to speak to YOU" said Herbert
with awkward bluntness. 81 am pre-
pared to offer you the Rensselaer, name
for your own"
Lillian looked up at him and smiled.
"The dream of your respected aunt"
she laughed. Herbert. you're a nice
boy, but I'm not in love with you. Are
you with me?"
"Well. no." he confessed with infinite
relief.
II thought not" she returned, still
laughing. lit is pity to disappoint
your aunty, but let's do that very
thing. You're too good Il friend Of mine
to spoil"
"I'm beginning to like you immense
w." confessed Herbert. Let's shake
hands on it," which they cordially did.
AT almost the same moment Sumner
Rollins had made quite different pro-
posal, one with the whole heart and
the whole love and the whole honor Of
stalwart man, and Elsie White. with
sorrow that it must be so. searched in
her heart and found for him only
friendship. and the man whose image
blocked the way Of Rollins was think
ing of her even then. to the entire for
getfulneSs Of Lillian Breed.
In hundred cities there were riot
and discord. In a thousand villages
there was grave panic. In q million
homes there was hunger. Commerce
was paralyzcd. and three months aft
err Senator Sawyer had threatened
revolt the entire United States was in
state bordering on anarchy. Pro
SESSIONS Of the unemployed had been
dubbed into disruption. Street corner
speakers, among whom Ben White had
become prominent for a certain rudely
effective oratory, were suppressed.
Gatherings in halls were censored by
the police, the militia or the rapidly
increasing army Of regular soldiers.
and were broken up, sometimes with
bloodshed, at the least sign of inflam-
matory speech. The consequence was
everywhere. and the cmissaries of
Blagg gained converts by the tens and
the hundreds of thousands from coast
| to coast The chaos that Kelvin had
deliberately inauguratcd to serve his
own ends was serving the ends of
| Blagg equally well. The throwing of
bombs, with terrific consequence to
common. indeed. that the life Of no
public man was secure, yet Kelvin, at
tended by his usual guard, went ev-
erywhere He seemed to bear n
| charmed life. and OH the very day he
declared martial law throughout the
Union. when every newspaper was
against him and when countless
hordes were clamoring for his death,
! ne went calmly to Forest Lakes to
keep an appointment with Henry
Breed. Five hundred grim, armed
men. Indifferent to the turmoil of the
world outside, now guarded the
grounds. and Kelvin spoke Of them
the moment he met Breed.
II want your men, said he. II have
examined the faces Of them. They
are mountaineers every one and mon
Of blind allegiance. I need them in
Washington"
"No," protested Breed. 81 have been
years in selecting hem. and they must
stay here to guard Forest Lakes and
me, and what you know to be in the
vault below"
'"The vault needs no guarding" re-
piled Kelvin. "Wc'll remove it's con.
tents very shortly to the government
treasury, anyhow. The time is ripe,
and my plan is to be carried out at
once"
Our plan, you mean," corrected
Breed, smiling. whercat Kelvin's eyes
contracted for second.
1t was significant Of the remarkable
control that Kelvin had obtained over
this man, whose once indOmitaDle will
had bent the commerce Of a nation
to his own ends, that he protested nc
further against the appropriation OF
his picked guards Instead. he turned
eagerly to the immense portfolio which
Sam brought in. Spreading this upon
the library table, Kelvin opened it
disclosing thick stack Of the large
diagrams so characteristic of him.
Breed, restored at once to his ShrewG
old calculating SELF leafed carefully
over the neat cardboard diagrams
which gave. in turn. comprehensive
surveys Of the entire extent. condition
and prospects of textile manufacturers
of the steel industry. Of meat packing
Of merchandising. Of every branch OF
human industry and commerce, eacl
with all it's ramfications. From tho
experience Of his nearly fOurscort
years Breed made Il crisp, brief. nnG
pregnant comment upon each industry
upon which occupation Doctor Zelphar
beamed through his thick spcctacles
with approval, for Breed was never sc