The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1911-09-08

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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."
| 1T is just that about which was
going to speak to you." said Herbert
| with awkward bluntness. II am pre-.
pared to offer you the Rensselaer, name
for your own"
| lillian looked up at him and smiled.
1.-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?"
"WelI, no." he confessed with infinite
relief.
..I thought not" she returned. still
laughing. lit is a pity to disappoint
your aunty, but let's do that very
thing. You're too good friend Of mine
to spoil"
I'm beginning to like you immense
w." confessed Herbert. Lets 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
a 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 a hundred cities there were riot
and discord. In thousand villages
there was grave panic. In million
homes there was hunger. Commerce
was paralyzed. and three months aft
er Senator Sawyer had threatened a
revolt the entire United States was in
state bordering on anarchy. Pro-
cessions 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 infam-
matory speech. The consequence was
natural. Secret meetings were held
everywhere, and the emissaries of
Blagg gained converts by the tens and
the hundreds of thousands from coast
to coast. The chaos that Kelvin had
deliberately inaugurated to serve his
own ends was serving the ends Of
Blagg equally well. The throwing of
bombs, with terrific consequence to
public safety. became common-sO
common. indeed, that the lie of no
public man was secure, yet Kelvin. at
tended by his usual guard, went ev-
cry where. He seemed to bear a
charmed life, and on 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.
he 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.
81 want your men," said he. IT have
examined the faces of them. They
are mountaipeers every one and men
of blind allegiance. l need them in
Washington"
"No," protested Breed 81 have been
years in selecting them, and they must
stay here to guard Forest Lakes and
nd M 70 h<. in, th<
vault below"
1.-THE vault needs no guarding" re-
piled Kelvin. "Well 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. whereat Kelvin's eyes
contracted for q second. 4ea
1t was significant of the remarkable
control that Kelvin had obtained over
this man. whose once indomitable will
had bent the commerce Of a nation
to his own ends. that he protested no
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 1t,
disclosing thick stack of the large
diagrams, so characteristic Of him.
+ Breed, restored at once to his shrewd
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, each
with all its ramifications. From the
experience Of his nearly fourscore
years Breed made crisp, brief, and
pregnant comment upon each industry.
upon which occupation Doctor Zelphan
beamed through his thick spectacles
with approval. for Breed was never so
normal as at these conferences, when
the habit of his business perspicacity
came upon him. Far into the night
they sat over this work. with Zelphan
and Rensselaer, and. for time, Lillian