The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-06-22

Cnsh! ln cried "Cashl The
ereate1t force ia ali ilia world. The
great social dynamo. qhegolden lever
Of Aehimedesl CASH. salute your
master. Cash. loyal s1biee aud your
masters master. TIE hing ~ cssh!'
sFandtathet said Lillian hurry
ing % linn come with me Agewant
/ to put this money away iand lock Il
3iip 50 ho one ID d get 30 See, you
have left alEtlie doors 6penlp
The bahblei n voices from The upper
part OF the house caused him to.
Strengthen up, and bis dim old eyes
greWgafde. "a
,iHushl They are coullhgIs he said.
ssThey shan't have ttg' be suddenly
screamed fTt IS mine! Mine! Every
dollar of III,
d he rushed toward The door To- close
II, but he stumbled and fell upon the
floor and lay quite still. y
AS soon Is Henry Breed was carried
out there was room for the full score
Of men in the big vault, and Blagg cali
ed them all in By name, each one as
he came forward loosing two long
brown sacks from about bis middle.
aGather up the money from the floor
first" BIagg directed; ''then take the
drawers systematically heglnnilg at
the bottom and working npF
Eagerly the men began filing their
sacks. with many exclamah0ns Of mi.
NAL qualification as the sllken feel Of
the paper and the metallic touch Of the
metal glided through their fingers.
In the house above e,the gentlemen
ana ladies Of equality and fraternity
had hunted out the stores Of food and
liquor. These dispatched they swarm.
ed over the house like rats, seeking
what they might pilfer or destroy.
They searched with almost whining
eagerness in every nook and Granny
large enough to conceal human life.
they did not fnd zelphal, but they
did find lens, and he faced them and
fought and died standing, asl he had
preferred. iii sg,tfiE &
Had he iremained concealed for but
a few brief moments ne might stu
have lived, for there came suddenly
upon the big gray house a new and q
terrible sound, borne by swift, shad-
owy engines that swept upward along
the wide curHing driveway almost
neIseless. except for q rush and q;
whlr. Ont Of the purriBg silence
they burst upon the rabble outside
with a sharp rafting hailstorm Of lead
en- death. u 4,S3
Kelvin and his squad OF dying Cat
lngs had arrived, and close behind him
trotted the detachment that had been
biyouacked nearest the gates. he,
moved down men as Il they had been!
weeds! Stalwart men in khaki car
.ried a Gatling and planted It ID. the
very doorway, pouring its deadly
blight back into the hall They set I'll
up next at the library door and swept
that room as bare and clear ot living
humanity as if q food had washed 1t
out, while the men in khaki,swarmedi
through the house. pursuing the follow
ers Of Blagg into bloody corners and
exterminating them as Il they had
beenGVeFmin. IA detachment, with,
Rensselaer, and Kelvin ia the lead,
stepped over the CHASTITY, huddled heaps
in the library. hurried back through
the little room and poured down the,
narrow secret stairway. Ashley had
swept through the library Rensselaer,
had caught a brief glimpse Of. a gray
haired woman ina black silk gown,
with her head upon her folded arms,
sitting Of the table, but the picture WIS
confused with others of its rlddled and
useless kind; and be hurried on ahead.
Kelvin had promised himself to bel
In the lead as they went down the
stairway, butpas he turned into theI
closet entrance huge black form
.nrust atsei1 IN Detofe nln' una sam
ied tne way anarmed except for me
tormioapie weapons win when nature
had provided nam
The greedy garnefers Of Breeds
golden harvest were taken, Ipy com
plete sufpFise. 'they fnrnea nom I'm tne[
TASKS /, as +tne men n KHAKI streameq
N upon tpem, oqt tneir !. weapons nad
peen lalQ ASIDE ana t9ey had only
t1ags OF money WITH z which 70 Y / tiglt'
ana these were 100 neaYy
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