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CHAPTER XIx-Continued.

The n~eat-wAt9ed caller. with the
frst slow motion he had used since
he came into the room, drew the slip
OF paper towards him again.
There followed another banker, a
ruddy-faced man whose heavy features
were utterly incapable OF emotion; and
he sat at AllisOn's table in thick
;owled solidity.
There are cbDst to begin interna-
tional movements of the utmost i'm.
%portance," Allison told him. There
is a war scheduled for next month,
which is likely to embroil the whole
of Europe"
The banking gentleman nodded his
head almost inrperceptibly.
"Mr. Chisholm advised me that your
sources of information are authentic"
he stated What you ten me is most
deplorab!s."
Quite" agresd Allison. 81 am In
formed that the company you repre-
sent and manage has the practical d.
recttnn of the entire banking system
If harope. with the exception of one
coGH.Ty. Besides this, you have pow
erf1i interests amounting very nearly
to a monopoly In Egypt, in India, in
Australia, and IL q dozen other quar-.
ters CT the gle be-"
You to be accurately in
formed" admI ted the banking gentle
man, studying ~iaterestedly the glow
ing Goals in Ailison's fireplace.
IF | can shcw you how a certain at.
plications whic k are about to ensue
will be of immense advantage to your
Banking systets, as well as to the IN.
terests l represent, l have no doubt
that we can orn to a very definite
understanding"
The solidly jowled banking gentle
man studied tie glowing Goals for two
minutes.
II should be interested in learning
the exact details" he finally suggest
cd.
Allison drew some sheets of paper
before the financier. 1t was largely a
matter of creditE in the beginning, ex.
tensions here. curtailments there. and
all on a scale 50 gigantic that both
gentlemen went over every item with
the imaginative minds of poets. In
empires. Of topping thrones, of altered
boundaries, of such an endless and
shifting panorama of governmental
forces, that thu minds of men less in
ured to the contemplation Of CONNER.
cial and political revolutions might
have grown tagged. On the third
rage. the solid banking gentleman.
who had not made a nervous motion
since his grandfather was a boy.
looked rp with a start
"Vyny, this affects my W coun-
try!" he exclaimed. 1T affects our
enormous shipping interests. our great
transportation lines, our commercial
Qualifications IN all parts of the globe!
n cripples us on the land and wipes
us from the sss! 1t eve affects my
own government"
"Ouite true" admitted Allison.
Inc Oduhbo8 6Shson SAS" d
long breath.
What you predict may not come to
pass," he maintained. although the Sc
cret information which had brought
him to Allison had prepared him to
take every statement seriously.
II 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 q Sazen wars, each bigger
than the otlAT. slated to follow II
needed, like tie pressing of a row OF
electric buVDons. Knowing these
(hings as you sAall. it is only 2 ques-
f1on OF. whether you will be with me
"a the crest, a IN the holicw."
The caller Doistened BIS lips. and
turued his gsss fnal,y ircm the glow
~ Goals 20 AliisoE's face.
'Show ne svsrythiEg yen know.
- demanded.
They sat tegsther until morning
end Trey t~rsvsPsed the world; and
. ~ ytsitor had gone. Aansen