The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1916-02-04

STIR bew. .Dnt'an srrHHa 81 ssxh W,
portanss thai n earAr0t ~ cslaFhd.
causes IMrs Fcsiand and myseIt q
rsi,srn 10 the city imnisdisiely fcf -
AOar hr 20. am sisseeIxly apcIogekie.
and trDst thar .ysu viii As.fe . jnsiy
cinites"
IA Gan going With yout- InsIairea
the slsFt MrR Helsn Davies. ohssgs-
Ing Gail ~ tho Eangway adjusting hs&
| furS.
-SAe has 10 chapercn me. while DER
aid 10 busy Ariy glibiy explained
-Ycu'Ee II, Aunt Grace Ton End
uncie Jim have 10 he hosts. Eccd-bIi-
and sha sailed out TO the sieek. fRl.
lowed by the still Troubled Gal. Who
managed to accomplish de iaushing
adisus for Which AIIrA had set the
precedent.
A swift ride IN the launch. IN the
eool night air. TO the landing; q brisk
walk TO the street: then Gerald, hav-
ing ssen the ladies', safe under shoiisr.
even IL II 'wers but the roof OF might
hawk taxi. stopped at the tifst saloon
There he phoned half o dozen neis-
cages. There were four eager young
men waiting In this reception room cf
the Fosland house. when 0erA'ds
party arrived. and three more followed
them up the steps.
Gerald aided In 6ivesting the ladies'
Of their wraps. and slipped bis own
big top coat into the hands OF William.
and saw to biz tie and the set OF his
waisteoat and the smoothnes, OF bis
hair. before be stalked into the reesp-
ton parior and bowed stiifiy.
Gentlemen" he observed. giving
his mustaehs one last smoothing. "nrst
of all. have you brought with you the
written guarantees which required
from your respective chiefs. that In
whatsoever comes from the tnfcTma-
ton am about so give you. the names
OF your informants shall, under no cir.
cumstances. appear In print!"
One luckless young man. q fat
checked one, with q quicker In the cor
ner OF his lips where bis cigar should
have been. was unable to produce the
necessary document, and he Was IN.
der scrutiny t65'ci6ss TO give him q
chance TO write II.
Sorry" announced Gerald. with po-
lite coutrition. As this Is a very
strict condition. must ask you TO
leave tho room while address the re.
naming gentlemen"
The remaining gentlemen, OF whom
there were now eleven, grinned appre-
ciatively. Hickey would have been
the best newspaper man In New York
II he we're not such a careless sloh.
He was so good that he was the only
man from the Planet. The others had
sent two and three. for Gerald's mes
sage. while very simple, had been
most effective, He had merely an.
nounced that he was prepared to pro-
vide them with an international sensa-
ton. involving some hundreds Of bill
lions OF dollars--and he had given his
right namei
Hold the stun TN ! telephone. "
begged Hickey. Say. II get that
written guaranty up here In fifteen min.
utes. viii It dor"
Gerald looked him speculatively in
the eye.
III you telephone. and can then as-
sure me, on your word OF honor. that
the document require shall be In
the house before you leave, I shall
permit you to remain" he decreed:
and Hickey looked him quite soberly
In the eye for half q minute
''I'll have II here all right" he de-
cided. and sprang for the telephone,
and came back In three miputes with
his word OF honor They could hear
him. from the library. yelling. from
the time he gave the number until be
hung up tho receiver. and II there was
ever urgency IN mans voice. II was
In the voice OF Hickey.
Gerald Fosland took commanding
position in the corner OF the room,
where he could see the countenances
OF each OF the eager young gentlemen
present. He stood behind q chair.
with his hands on the back OF II. In
his fayorite position for responding to
u toast
Gentlemen, Edward f. Allison ia
about TO complete transportation
! system enclrcling the globe. The &C.
QUESTION OF the foreign railroads with
be made possible only by war. which
Ia already arranged. The war. which
will be between Germany and France.
will begin within a month. France,
unable to raise a war fund otherwise.
will sell her railroads The Russian
line is already being taken from its
present managers. and will be turn sd
over to Alllson's world syndicate with.
in q week The important steamship
lines will become involved In financial
difficulties. which have already been
set afoot In England. Following these
events will come q successful rebel.
lion In India. and the Independence OF
all the British colonies.
you will probably require some tan.
gitle evidence that these large plans
are on the way to fulfllment ! call
your attention TO the fact that. last
week. the Russian dumR began q vio-
lent agitation over the removal OF Olaf