The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-05-24

Moro power 10 him. I hone be d,os
two million more" He pausod ~
ment ana then chuckled "Kelyin usad
TO have some queer IDEAS" he Uort
on. lie used 10 tell me about tber,
lying awake at night I'm camp. IcopId
never make out just whether no rooI,s'
meant 1t or IL he was doing n lot 90
dry kidding. My ambition AT thar TIM
was to become great general but Nc
loco point was that n republican form,
OF government was bound to fail Said
he was crazy for power and that tho
way TO get Ii was TO secure control 90
all the money I'm the United States
With that lie could do anything over.
throw the government. make himseIp
emperor, correct all the abuses I'm tho
world. He promised me my general.
ship when the time came. Funny INN
BILE OF stun. but sometimes it sounded
reasonable too"
Old Henry Galleon whstled softly ~
himself a homely tune of long ago and
tapped pile of money with his lead
pencil. "tIe's got hold of so much or
the money he was after that he'll for.
get the rest of the program" he sage
ly observed.
-Four other brokerage firms young
Kelvin visited, and with each one no
concluded an arrangement precisely
like that entered into with Galleon
except that at each office lie left dir.
ferent list of stocks TO be sold ON n
twenty point margin, backed I'D by
$50 cash per share; then, with Sans
suit case half empty, he directed his
chauffeur TO drive back up Broadway
to the Esplanade. Upon that marvel
Gus thoroughfare he looked about him
with the frank curiosity which marks
no wondering stranger.
"Only fifteen years, SAM" he said.
turning to the negro, land see what
has been done. This is the most won.
derful city i'm the world"
"Yes, sah." replied Sam, looking
briefly from the suit case between his
feet and Immediately concentrating
his gaze upon it again.
Kelvin laughed. Nothing so Won
derful to you as that suit case, is there,
Sam?"
mo. sah," agreed Sam. permitting
himself n slight grin. "Ah done reck
on tha's about all the money in the
worrw
Not quite" dlssented Kelvin with a
smile. then turned again to study the
changes time had wrought. 1T is
marvellous" he presently resumed,
talking more TO himself than to the
negro. ''When l was here fifteen
years ago could not appreciate what
all this meant. but now / know that
this street is the concentrated nervous
energy of America gone mad in the
race for supremacy. i guess you didn't
think you'd see anything like this,
sPm. when l saved you from the mob
in the Tennessee woodsY'
Sam shuddered. "'Deed All didn't"
he admitted. "Mistah Phillip, Ahll
neveh fohget that as long as All live.
Nah life was plum gone. boss. All
suah would been han'led like they
done the right man when they-all got
i'm eff yo' hadn't come along in yO'
automobile. Nah life belongs TO yo
boss. Yo' kin-yo' kin kill me-jes'
any time yo' git good an ready, cause
All done live now three yeahs longeh
than nah time"
They've been fairly happy years for
both of us. SAM" said Phillip. but
now we really begin to live" He
unused while longer. then. going back
to his original thought. added with
curious smile: cit is strange TO me
that, with all these Announcements in
science. business and politics have not
advanced one whit, except along the
line of their logical ends. The same
Anticipated methods are used that were
in vogue fifty years ago. i guess that,
after all. those are the two most con-
servative institutions In the world. Eh,
SamY
"Yes, sah," Sam again readily agreed,
whereupon Phillip laughed heartily