Bisbee daily review., 1916-02-17

f you Is my personal word that you will not he molested in anything which you wish to do. providing it is pleasant to myself and those I represent"
 "Then we'll make it an annual pay ment." decided Allison. putting away some figures he had prepared. 'Well make it sliding scale, increasing each year with the earnings" l The grand duke considered that proposition gravely, and offered an amendment.
 After the first year" he said. ''We shall begin with a large bonus, how. ! ever"
 Allison again put out of his mind certain figures he had prepared to sug- gest. Apparently the grand duke need ed large supply of immediate cash, , and the annual payments thereafter would need to be decreased accord ingly, with still another percentage de ducted for profit on the dukes neces- sities.
 Let us first discuss the bonus," pro- posed Allison, and quite amicably they went into the arrangement, whereby Ivan Strolesky filched the cnly valu- able railroad lines ir his country from the control of it's present graft-ridden possessors, and handed it over to the International Transportation company.
 By the way" said Allison. How soon can we obtain possessicn?"
 Ivan Strolesky put his hand in his beard again, and reflected.
 There is only one man who stands in the way" he calculated. He will be removed immediately upon my re- turn"
 There was something so uncanny about this that even the practical Allison was shocked for an instant, and then he laughed.
 We have still much to learn from your country" he courteously con fessed.
 When Ivan Strolesky had gone, Ali son went to his globe and drew a bright red line across the land of the frozen seas.
 There came a famous diplomat, a heavy blond man with a red face and big spectacles and high, wide, round forehead. 2
 q do not know what you want. " said the visitor, regarding Allison with a stolid stare. 'I have come to see. !"
 T merely wish to chat international politics" returned Allison There is an old-time feud between you and your heighbors to the west"
 ''That is history" replied the visitor noncommittally. We are now at peace"
 Never peace" denied Allison There will never be friendship be- tween phlegmatism and mercurialism. You might rest for centuries with your neighbors to the west, but rest is not peace"
 Excuse me, but what do you mean?'' and the visitor stared stolidly.
 Tn your affairs of mutual relation ship with the land to the west, there are not less than dozen causes upon which war could be started without difficulty" went on Allison. Tn fact, you require perpetual diplomacy to prevent war with that country"
 The visitor locked his thick fingers quietly together and kept on stolidly staring.
 You are about to have a war;" Ali son advised him.
 No, it is not true" and the visitor went so far, in his emphasis. as to un- lock his fingers and rest one hand or the back of the other.
 T think am very fair prophet" |" said Allison easily. q have made mohey ny my prophecy. have more money at my command at the present time than any man in the world, than any government; wealth beyond han ding in mere currency. It can only be conveyed by means of checks. Let ne show how easy it is to write them" and. drawing a blank book to him. he wrote check, and signed his name, and filled out the stub, ard tore it out, and handed it to the visitor for inspec- tion. The visitor was properly pleased with Allison's ease in penmanship.
 'T see," was the comment, and tho check was handed back. He drew his straight-crowned derby towards him.
 T have made mistake" said Ali son. 'I have left off cipher" and correcting this omission with a new check, he tore up the first one.
 'I see," commented the visitor, and put the second check in his pocket.
 That had required considerable out lay, but when Allison was alone, he went over to his globe and made an other long, red mark.
 A neat-waisted man, with a goatee of carefully selected hairs and lux uriant black mustache, called on Ali son, and laid down his hat and his stick and his gloves, in a neat little pile. with separate jerks. He jerked ost e cigarette. he jerked out match. and jerkily lit the former with the latter.
 q am here" he said.
 '1 am able to give you some impor-