The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-09-23
CHAPTER XIX.
tcopyrl9ht, 1918. by The star Co.


Tommy was IN an awkward 20
sl,ion. In full sympathy with bis
audience. he was not At all In nym'
patty with dynamltlng and muir
der.
4, seems 20 the" he began quiet
~, that what we want IL Justice
not vengeance Have We
A loud chorus OF mockcry
drowned his voice.
Hut Carson shouted NJ tho top
OF hla lungs. Give him Air" and
when he had secured sort OF
sllenc. hs went on. Brother
Barclay is all right" he shouted.
n. thinks tho same as We do. only
he don't think IL the same way
Give him air."
Carson got a laugh. and Tommy
was given air
"ntotherr. he said. your backs
are all turned TO the door OF this
hall. Mine Isn't"
lie had succeeded in exciting
their curiosity.
Tommy continued:
While you we're 40 loudly ap.
plaudlnk my opening remarks
daughter and nudgingsl that door
opened and that door closed"
Once more heads turned toward
the door
And said Tommy. raising his
voic. for tho frs, time. "a man
went out.
lilo went on, IN a hurry. lie
went out for two reasons. First.
because hIs business here was fin.
ished. and second. because be knew
that recognized him. ia spite OF
his false musiache. Well. you
could have caught him II you hadn't
been so busy making noises at me.
lie was n Pinkerton man"
Tommy checked an outburat OF
rage with q commanding gesture.
His business was TO find out II
we are going TO attack the sock.
adc or not. He thinks ws are. lui
We are not"
'Th. hell we're not Why aren't
We, Who told your etc, etc.
TITS for you TO decide" cried
Tommy. ''bn, vish you'd let me
tell you what saw on the plat.
form ut tho freight station"
Again by exciting curiosity he
had secured attention.
Il saw" said Tommy. "a large
wooden box. On the box was print.
ed Rotary Air Pump. but on the
box under these words had once
been printed the name GosH and
Goss. That conveys no meaning TO
you, Goss and Goss IL firm
which does business on Broadway.
II deals in uniforms. rifles. ammu-
milton and cannon. Brothers. the
Rotary Air Pump which saw on
the platform at the freight station
IL a machine gun"
There was a long and ominous
silence.
Have you ever" continued
Tommy cheerfully. watched n
man watering his front lawn with
hoss7 lt's easy for the man with
the hose TO hit every blade OF grass
on his front lawn. It's Just as
easy as It In for the man with the
machine gun to hit every man in a
crowd
Attack that stocksde? That's
just what old man Kehr wants YOU
10 do. He will NOV you down like
grass. and the public will say It's
your own fault"
Not only did the large crate con.
tain n machine gun. but smaller
cases which Tommy had not oh.
served. marked Picks and Shov,
els contained high.power rifles
and ammunition. hut for that
night. Mt least. old man Kehrs
deadly preparations for giving the
strikers what he considered a we'll
deserved and salutary lesson were
in vain.
Dawn broke.
They're not coming" said the
Pinkerton man. They must have
listened TO Mr.. Barclay after all
But II looked. so help me. as II
they were going To tear him "a
pieces first. and try to rush ~
afterward."
ANY man with brains" said
Kehr is n menace when he's on
the wrong side Of n question. We
must get rid of Mr.. Thomas Bar
clay. Give me that code book and
a telegraph blank"
After some labor and grim
smile at the finished product, old
man Kehr dispatched the follow.
ing cypher TO Gordon Barclay:
Suckers won't bite. Your NUT.
tering carburetor Tommy has
tickled Aphrodlte. Please pound
his whiskers quick"
Now then" he said to Mr.. Pink.
erton man. rush that"
The Triumvlrate and Prof. StillI.
ter were together when Kehr's
cyphergram was handed TO Bar.
clay, and altho they imagined that
Its contents were important they
couldn't help laughing at It's word.
ing.
Suckers won't bite. Your NUT.
terlng earburetor Tommy has
tlcklod Aphrodite. Please pound
his whlskers quick.
Something about that blessed
son Of mine" said Barclay. He
! opened drawer In his writing