Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-08-07

been Hepperdon's chief senator and
had only recently, upon the unfortu-
nate dissolution of Mr.. Hepperdon'f
combine, associated himself with Mr.
Breed.
I'VE have every prospect of success"
Kelvin evenly resumed. I'm the first
place, as the absolute proprietor of
every ounce of bread and cereal food
stuff In the United States, Mr.. Breed
had a great many friends and useful
advisers among the the various legis-
lative bodies of the country" Sena-
tor Sawyer gravely nodded his head.
In the second place, after he had Sc
cured control over every mile of rail-
road in the United States, Mr.. Breed
took notion to do a little trust bust
ing which proved highly successful.
and thereupon he became possessed
by reason of his immense anchorage
facilities of several other suddenly at
tached friends and useful advisers.
Quite little army, senator"
Yes" slowly admitted Mr.. Sawyer,
with great mournfulness.
The senator had been harboring
quite other plans than those proposed
by Kelvin.
you will find, senator" went on
Kelvin, that the campaign is perfect
~ mapped out. 1 wish to remain, as
does Mr.. Rollins, an ostensible dark
horse up to The very hour of the nomi-
nation, and your operations will need
to be as quietly conducted as possible.
Our headquarters viii comprise pri-
vate apartments for yourself and such
others as you care to have with you,
and all living expenses will. of course,
go in with the other items of expendi-
ture. There win naturally be gener-
Gus honorarium attached. 1 shall be
highly gratifed if you will take charge
of the bureau, as will Mr.. Breed and
Mr.. Rollins
Mr.. Breeds request. coming through
Kelvin, was an order. 1.-The entire
matter comes as a surprise to me-"
said the senator, "but as a very pleas
ant surprise. 1 can see a most inter-
esting campaign stretching before US,
and It WIFI afford me keen delight If L
can in any way contribute to the sue
cess of two such remarkable young
men as yourself and Mr.. Rollins"
Herbert Rensselaer, called bewailtng
the fact that his revered aunt was
cheerfully sacrificing the absurdly
large salary which she denied that she
received to make a dwaddler out of
him because a Rensselaer, must not
work. II am supposed TO repay her by
marrying the aforesaid Lillian, who
doesn't know. IL yet" he said. Zion
estly. Kelvin, If something doesn't
turn up upon which / may expend a
little man power energy I'll explode by
and by"
Just possess your soul In patience"
advised Kelvin, smiling. wait until
/ am elected president, and I'll make a
cabinet officer Of you
Nonsense. protested Herbert at
have no qualifications, old chap
Yes, but you have" insisted Kelvin,
speaking quite seriously. You can
not be Influenced. coerced or bought"
Young Rensselaer, suddenly straight
ened up. You are right" said he with
a snap of his Jaws. "and you may bet
your last penny upon 1t that I'll car
~ out your orders absolutely, wher-
ever you put me, whether IN the cabi-
net or at the head OF an army"
You might even have a chance at
that" returned Kelvin dryIy. Rensse-
laer departed and Rollins came in.
81 have q brilliant solution for your
Long Island transportation problem"
he began with enthusiasm. 81 can de-
liver commuter trains to your fartheSt
point IL 1t does not exceed the eighty
five mile run you promised in one
hour from the bridge subway station"
Kelvin nodded In satisfaction 81
knew you could work ii out he com
mented- I'll have the necessary per-
mits in two weeks, and you can begin
construction at once. In the mean
time let me show you a new map"
And from the thick pile of such dia-
grams upon his desk he drew one
showing the entire consolidated rail
road system Of the United States.
Rollins, in your mastership OF every
mile Of railroad in the United States