The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-06-09
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FULLY Micrceded This faui Is 70 be-
remeslind. lsOf Tie resi- pf my NE I
intend TO exu1 ililz great power for
noihlne bnf eohd. ~ cxeri d 10 max
Ing a radjusHneiif of our living CON
ditions NJ fbat neither great wealth.
nor great poverty sllali BE- possible
ME Lord hath SET Tie lime fer this
rtsft day and nine TIE appointed
CHA PTisR Yy.
1 ~ 9TH men booked n Breed curl
/ ously, BE was not nov adi
4. dressing them. but gazihg In.
/ - tently into tie fireplace. Or.
ZeIphSI came burrlelly over md put.
4 his hand upon Breed Tue door open:
4 ca, and Lillian came In. She hid been
lsabout 10 ask. some tritinl question;
lsbnt. seeing that look In her grt1dfa.
tiers faee. she. TOO. hurried over 10
4 hin and put her hand upon his other
! shoulder, AT ZeIphan's Touch Breed
had given no sign. but 10 tlie touch OF
| Lillian he responded instantly. The
lrigidity Of hts features relaxed. ae
shook bis hcnd us one shakes of drow-
sfness and t|Icn looked up Mt Kelvin
with a resumption Of his old shrewd
twinkle
so that's the program. he said in
quite a natural tone of voice. Next
year we'll run the ticket Of Kelvin
and Rollins"
Rollins caught his breath with a
sharp little intake. ut is a high hon-
or" he said,
Kelvin laughed lightly. NO honor
could be too high for my greed OF
power,' he said in a half jesting tone.
81 am still of the opinion that should
like to be emperor"
Lillian looked up at him. smiling.
sand still hold TO my original decla-
ration that If you are | want TO be
empress she declared.
Something clattcred at Helyin's feet.
Startled. they all looked down. It was
bright steel dagger.
BEG your pardon" said Blagg,
stopping down to get It. &c had come
in unobseryed with message. 1T
was very awkward of me. AS 1t hap
pens, this is only Mr.. Kclyin's paper
knife, which l accidentally brushed of
| the corner Of his desk. But, after all,
| It Is a dagger, too: and rather an un-
lucky omen to drop at the feet of a
man who declares his desire to be en-
peror Of the United States"
The Incident was passed over as OF
no moment. and Rollins laughed in
keen amusement.
'.Your nun Blagg is as good as
vaudeville" he observed. ."At first l
was inclined to take him rather Sc
riously, but he's too melodramatic to
mean anything. happened to see
that paper, knife incident outaof the the
corner Of my eye. BIagg deliberately
/ pushed II or the desk to fail ut your
feet
Kelvin joined in the laugh. Hes
| absolutely harmless" he said, "but he's
nm excellent wireless operator"
Shortly afterward the paper. knife
disappeared from Kelyln's desk, but
no one noticed It's absence. ~ ~
The argument with Rollins had but
! one possible result HepPerdon and
| Iay1ner got their concessions. as did a
few others. Raymer had originally ,ap-
neared us representing the entire pack
ers' combine. but when the matter was
put sQuarely up to him he promptly
left Speed, Melton Sears & Co. and the
rest Of them out in the cold, took a
comfortable rebate for Jis own ship,
ments and let them pay the full
freight. Valentine was left out ell.
tireIy, Kelvin. wifi a smile, pointing
out that Breed himself controlled all
but one of the men whom Valentine
claimed rs his own. The Oswald bill
was killed In committee.
Valentine WINS one Of the loudest OBJ,
iectors. His business was ruined. and
the wooden mills combine resolved it
self into its original members. Rel.
WINS publicity bureau seized upon this
as the first shining example of what
the fiat rate had done for the public,
and Kelvin went soaring again in the
public esteem. The mills Of the wool,
Gu combine Ind once more become in.
dependent concerns, competing with
one another, with the double effect Of
raising the price of wool and lowering
the price Of the finished article, the
farmers and the public being the great
benedclaries. and Rollins Ind done
tliIs, with Breed back Of him us the
momentum, and back Of them both
Kelvin us the dynamic force. Great
was Kelvin. Then the beef combine
came 10 blows. Raymer, as lie well
might was underselllng the other
packers and gobbllng up their trade.
Some of this internal war leaked out.
and again the nat rate. Breed. Rollins
md mighty Kelvin were heroes! The
Unified Steel corporation, the WOODEN
combine aud the beef trust-there
was record over which to crow!
Who now was the friend of the people?
Why, Breed aud Rollins and Kelvin,
great Kelvin!
But Kelvin had long since absented
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