The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1915-12-02
CHAPTER XIx-Contlnued.

The neat-Wa1sted caller, with the
d-st slow motion he had used since
ae came into the room, drew the slip
~ paper towards him again.
There followed another banker. q
suddy-faced man whose heavy features
were utterly incapable Of emotion; and
no sat at Allison's table in thick
3owled solidlty.
There are about to begin interna-
uonal movements of the utmost i'm
portance," Allison told him. There
10 q war scheduled for next month,
which is likely to embroil the whole
OF Europe"
The banking gentleman nodded his
Aead almost imperceptibly.
"Mr. Chisholm advised me that your
sources Of information are authentic
he stated What you tell me Is most
1eplorable.
"Quite," agreed Allison. II am in
formed that the company you repre-.
sent and manage has the practical d.
eoction of the entire banking system
Of Europe, with the exception OF one
4 country. Besides this, you have pow
1rful interests, amounting very nearly
90 monopoly. in Egypt, in India, In
Australia. and in q dozen other quar-
ters of the globe"
"You seem to be accurately In.
formed" admitted the banking gentle
man, studying interestedly the glow.
ing Goals In Allison's fireplace.
hoy M, hnt to1 2
attude towards the international com
plications which are about to ensue
viii be Of immense advantage to your
banking system, as we'll as to the in.
ksrests | represent. l have no doubt
What we can come to a very definite
understanding"
The solidly jowled banking gentle.
man studied the glowing Goals for two
minutes.
81 should be interested in learning
the exact Details" he finally suggest
Cd.
Allison drew some sheets of paper
from an indexed file and spread them
before the financier. 1t was largely a
matter of credits in the beginning, ex-
tensions here, curtailments there. and
al on q scale so gigantic that both
gentlemen went over every item with
The imaginative minds of poets. = In
avery line there was vista OF vast
pmpires, Of topping thrones. of altered
boundaries, of such an endless and
shifting panorama Of governmental
forces, that the minds of men less in.
AIRED to the contemplation Of CONNER
cial and political revolutions might
have grown tagged. On the third
mage, the solid banking gentleman
who had not made nervous motion
since his grandfather was boy
looked up with start,
'.Why, this affects my own coun.
<ry!" he exclaimed. 1T affects our
enormous shipping interests. our great
transportation lines, our commercial
qualifications in all parts Of the globe!
Il cripples US on the land and wipes
ma from the sea! 1t even affects my
own government"
"Ouite true." admitted Allison.
The banking gentleman drew q
long breath
"What you predict may not come to
mass" he maintained. although the Sc
cret information which had brought
him to Allison had prepared him to
take every statement seriously.
81 can show you proofs! The war
which is to be started next month Is
only the keystone of the political arch
OF the entire eastern hemisphere.
There are dozen wars, each bigger
than the other, slated to follow II
needed, like the pressing OF row Oh
electric buttons. Knowing these
things as you shall, 1t is only ques-
ton of whether you will be with me
on the crest, or in the hcssoW.
The caller moistened his hps' anu
turned his gaze finally from the glow
ing Goals to Allison's face
"Show me everything you know
he demanded.
They sat together Until InoFh'as'
and they srayersed the world; ana.
snep 1nat visitor Fad gone. Aliissn