Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-06-28

swered Sam, putting the studs In Phil
lips shirt. "He's kin O. no count,
anyhow. All doan' reckon Aid place
too much 'liance on Peavy in pinch"
"well, We'll keep him for his looks
them" said Kelvin. laughing. you
want to be careful, though, that he
doesn't steal Lucy from you
Lucy! Huh" grunted Sam brush
ing tho last speck of dust from Kel-
wins pumps. "Ef that wuthlcss coon
even tuhns up the whites o his eyes
t'wahd Lucy. Ans goan t brock ev'y
bone in his body. Hch-heh. Lucy"
and Sam grinned.
"You don't want to be too sure. SAM
cautioned Kelvin. do you think you
could whip hlm?"
"Whip m" repeated sam. "Why,
Mistuh Phillip. wild them two hans All
kin lick ary man in all this worl'"
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. ut
stations scattered thickly from coast
to coast and from lakes to gulf. grand
total so many. He nodded his head
in satisfaction. sweeping his eye over
his diagram. The little points upon
his map were regiments Of stalwart
men clad In the khaki of the United
States government. He could hear the
tramp Of their feet. the click Of their
guns, the clank of their sabers. The
ground shook under their rhythmic
tread, while nations heard and trem-
bled. And these, all these, We're OF his
dominion!
An insatiate ambition had taken
possession of him. 1t had always
been there, he realized now, but it
had grown with his years and his OPP
portunities. 1t had grown until it ell
compassed the seas and the land be-
yond until 1t encircled the earth.
At the porte cochere he found wait
ing limousine, with an open car be-
fore and behind it, each of these eX
ira cars carrying four silent and alert
members Of the secret service. peavy
already sat beside the chauffeur of
tho limousine, and Sam followed Kel-
vim into it, upon which all three Of the
autos moved away. Just beyond Du-
pont circle they were delayed by a
congestion Of carriages, and Kelvin
saw Elsie White In the doorway Of
the house occupied by Rollins ana his
mother. Elsie was now Mrs. Rollins
companion. She had loved him, this
Girl: loved him, he knew, with an I'M
selfish heart ever since he had been
penniless prospector years before;
loved him yet, he was sure. and he
had neglected this gift, had thrown 1t
away.
She was talking to her father and
George Blagg. Kelvin from within
his closed car saw White start away
with Blaeg and Elsie apparently striv-
ing to coax him back She even came
out to the edss ofsthe walk and put
her hand upon his arm. Rlagg. how
ever, stepped roughly between them
and, taking Whites arm, walked away
with him.
Kelvin stopped before magnificent
rious railroad senator who had not
been found available" and. leaving
his secret service men at the door,
Kelvin found awaiting him in the
garishly decorated library Henry
Breed. The old man seemed shrunken
since Kelvin had last seen him, and
his bald head exhibited slight tend
ency to nod rhvthmically.
"Well, how goes it. my boy?' he
asked in his scnile old voice, rubbing
his withered hands together.
Beyond our expectations, I think"
replied Kelvin "The country is COM
ing to exactly that state of chaos
where it can be handled. There Is not
city nor a village but IS in state
Of turmoil and panic and ready for
anything Just so it Is change. The
enlistment is proceeding even more
rapidly than l had hoped. Within
three months more I shall have the
largest and most efficient army ever
placed under the control Of one man"
EXCELLENT" said Breed. Excellent!
tied very quickly, very quickly In
deed. My cash supply is not incrcas-
ing. 1t stands now but tritie over a
billion and a half. Why, even the gov
eminent could, if it chose. control
nearly as much cash as I can. This
unsettled condition. of course, is a
means to an end. but in the meantime
It is very bad for business, very bad"
II don't think We'll attempt to ac-
cumulate much more cash for long
time" announced Kelvin. 'In fact. l
think that after things are settled
down Wen let go Of some Of it."
"Let go Of it, protested Breed. be-
coming instantly excited. impossible,
impossible. Why, the very force that
has made US is locked up in that i'm
pregnable vault beneath my cellar at
Forest Lakes. And would you destroy
this tremendous dynamo by weaken
ing it,"
NO" said Phillip dryly. II do not
aim to destroy It, 1 only aim to use 1t.
can guarantee you that 1 shall pro
pose nothing that would lessen my