Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1913-10-23
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! soon get the hang OF it again. The
only reason you haven't got money is
because you've spent more time on
! revolutions than on business. That's
what I'm here for-to start You chaps
on the road to fortune. Anybody who
doesn't care to have plump waa
I needn't bother to listen to me.
General" he Went on, singing out
( Hohenloe as the keystone OF the revO-
/ luton, how'd you like to have palace
oil your own. benZine buggy and q
bank account? All that'd be kind Of
4 bad, hey? You. MIR. Hotelkeeper, how'd
you like to have people focking from
all over the world to your hotel, so
you'd have nothing to do but wear
clothes and count your winnings7
| How'd all you others like to have
1 steady jobs at good pay and to have
this town connected by railway with
all the big centers. railroads with fat
stock and you fellows learning the cou-
4 pom cutting habit? Break your hearts,
wouldn't it? You soldiers. how'd you
like all your back pay handed to you
! and an assurance that therell be no
more arrearsT
I BY this time the Borrovina coin had
\ been melted and was removed from the
smelter and one of HaWthorne's coins
/ replaced It, Then Hawthorne contin-
/, ued:
We'll. tell you all those things are
1 possible. In fact. they're all dead easy.
I They're the things came here to do.
/ But they can't be done while you're
noise like throne wreckers. Cut out
/ the revoutioning and get sense. What's
the use of shooting up a lot of perfectly
4 good people and changing one ruler for
another? Make Borrovina real coun-
! try, not a comic opera land.
Nov. then" he resumed. reckoning
to Blake, who obedlently came forward
my secretary, Mr.. Rodney Blake Here,
! Rod. put the suit case on the desk. I
realize what you people are thinking.
4 You're thinking: All this Americans
talk listens fine. But how are we going
to make money without some capital to
/ start on| Well, ! happened to antici-
pate that question. Here's the answer"
He opened the suit case as he spoke
and displayed to the goggling eyes Of
the revolutonists for the first time the
closely wedged mass of gold and bank
notes. Carelessly he rippled thick
sheaf of notes. He jingled thick bag
of gold and poured glittering yellow
| stream of its contents from one hand
to the other.
People" shouted the prince. making
his last appeal. 81 beg of you not to be
fooled. 1t isn't real money"
Isn't it?" said Hawthorne. turning
toward the prince. Then he showed
| them the melted American coin
'Loesn't that look real? Just little
bit more realistic than the genuine
| Borrovina coin. isn't It? Pretty bad.
| eh2" he observed, as the onlookers
stared with the eyes of famished dogs
who behold juicy steak. Real money.
And enough Of 1t to buy dozen sena-
/ tors. | understand the army Is in ar
rears of pny. Here's enough cash to
settle the back salary of every officer
I settlement right here and now"
/ A buzz of wondering Joy from the
! uniformed contingent Of the crowd
/ broke in upon him. But he raised his
i voice and continued:
Work will he started at once on the
development OF your roads, the build
1 ing of casino, the world wide adver-
! lei ,@r f,f mil cprfv,
ndresources There will he good work
4 for the unemployed. money for the des-
I titnte. In short. Pm going to put Bor
1 rovina on the map. In the meantime.
/ let's clear up this matter of back pay
4 General IIohen!oe. how much salary IL
1 due you?'
Seven thousand francs answered
the general. speaking like man in a
dream
Hawthorne with nimble fingers
4 counted out the sum and handed 1t to
/ the bewildered Hollenloe. talking rap
! idly to the rest as he did so.
Yes, gentlemen" said he. "all I've
told you can be realized. Borrovina can
he made a thriving, prosperous nation.
But there's one stumbling block we
/ must remove at the very outset. And
| that stumbling block is Prince Vladi-
/ mir. You've got to take Vladimir out
| for walk and lose him. Borrovina
will be no good while he's mixing in
its affairs, and you may as well know
| 1t now"
ut is an outrage" spluttered Radul-
ski, who had noted with dazed horror
the sudden shifting of his adored mas
ter's hopes of kingship and who now
found his voice for the first time II
tell you it is an outrage! r.
at is," assented Hawthorne. But II
isn't going to be any longer. For we're
going to send him packing. Step up.
gentlemen! You came here for a set
tlement of your difficulties. I'm the
man to settle them all. as I've Just ex-
| planned to you. What shall 1t be7
Revolution and ruin or prosperity and
loyal allegiance to his majesty2 Speak
up! DO | pay you your money or do
yon stay dead broker Now's the time
to answer. Last call for the dining
car. gentlemen! Which shall 1t BET"
Long live the king" yelled one
money loving patriot.
And the cry was taken up.
"Revolution's over!' CURLY announc.
ed Hawthorne. Come along now.
everybody, and get yoursp
CHAPTER X.