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(Continued.) CHAPTER xxx.


 CHAPTER xxx.
 H OLLINS looked at him steadily. 1 while a slow flush mounted to
 his forehead. Kelvin" said \ \ he very gravely. ''this is not the first time 1 have heard you hint at such things, One of my ancestors assisted in the drafting of the consti- tuition of the United States and signed 1t Several of them fought to uphold it. 1t is the most perfect in cOncep- ton. the broadest in humanitarianism. the most complete in wisdom of any human document upon which state was ever founded. If it is tampered with in any way or if any attempt is -.ade to supplant 1t l warn you that the sons of the men who framed it and who died for it will rise up to de fend 1t in a righteous wrath second only to the rage of the Almighty. and by the eternal God will be foremost among their numberr'
 "You are far too logical a man. Rol- lins, to speak in definite judgment upon a problem until you know it's full conditions" said Kelvin. "I do contemplate a change and a radical one in our type of government. That change can only be made possible of success by its being fostered and up- held by men of tried and tested probi- ty. ability and strength. Among such men 1 count you. I rely upon your support. and I want to tell you that if this change seems feasible I have in store for you a far higher office than the one you hold now"
 Rollins glanced about the room with contempt. '1 do not want it." he de- clared. ''nor do wish to be taken any further into your confidence. Any system of government which needs to be supported by force-eise why the enormous standing army you are now accnmulating-must result in oppres- sion. tyranny and ultimate failure. l know now that any change in govern ment which you would propose would be a retrogression. and for my part shall resist every such change. even to the minutest degree. with every atom of my will. with every breath of my voice. with every drop of blood fin my body!"
 Precisely why want you with us, '' returned Kelvin with the remarkable patience possessed only by men of one dominating idea to which everything else is subservient. "l like your prin- cipiee-.ra the way you present them. tatl hope get to show you why. not from the self interest but from hu >nanitarian motives. you should ap- prove the course 1 propose. rll talk with you again about this. In the meantime is there nothing can do for you in the way of appointments or something of the sort?"
 'Nothiag whatever" said Rollins shortly and left the room.
 He was then followed immediately by Herbert Rensselaer,, on whom a year of office as secretary of war had wrought wonderful maturity.
 Hello, Phillip the First" said he, advancing to the desk and shaking hands heartily with Kelvin.
 "I wish you wouldn't use that form of address," protested Phillip quietly. 'You might say it in the wrong place. How goes the enrollment?'
 'Splendidly," returned Rensselaer, with enthusiasm. "The army of the unemployed is rapidly becoming the army of the republic. The increase of my enlistment is almost in exact proportion to the decrease in industry, almost in exact proportion to the in- crease in riots, and our recruiting sta tions are really buster places than the bread stations. Kelvin, today you are commander in chief of an army of nearly half a million men"
 And still we have not enough" de clared Kelvin. 'T must have the lar gest army in the world" He was not addressing Rensselaer, now, but him. self; lost in vast speculation, he fell into musing silence
 By the way, old chap" ventured Rensselaer presently, "I'd like to speak