The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1917-10-09

him, and he intends to charge US for
it accordingly / don't blame him. He
is a business man. Moreover, he con-
trolls our whole enterprise and its sue
cess, as we'll as the nations welfare.
And, gentlemen, Mr. Gwyn is man
to depend on. 1t is worth two millions
of dollars, to my mind, to have his sup
port instead of some one else's. l de-
mand, in your own interests, that you
accept this proposition. Ii you re-
fuse, you may carry out your own al
fairs-I shall withdraw entirely, and
sever my connections with this enter
prise. You may do as you
please. Gentleman, what is your an
swer?"
The effect of Balterman's threat to
withdraw both his influence and his
capital was astounding There was
not a moments hesitation. The prop
ositiOn was accepted.
Balterman turned to Gwyn. I'VE ac-
cept Are you prepared to start for
the West on the Limited tonightY"
Il am prepared" he answered, ito
start for anywhere in one hour. l am
with you to the greatest extent of my
power, and you can depend upon me
absolutely. 1 need not say that 1 shall
expect the same from you. / know l
shall receive it."
Karl Won Block, chief representa-
tive OF the Central Powers in the Uni
ted States laid his newspaper on the
desk before him and delved into
thought. His secretary, seated at a
desk nearer the door tiptoed quietly
| from the room When Won Bleck
thought, he thought of grave and i'm
portant things, and his secretary
knew by precedent that he preferred
to be alone.
Won Bleck, left alone. proceeded to
read again the newspaper items which
had so perturbed him. 1t seemed to
stick from the rows of type in words
that spelled the destruction of his ma
ton, of his power, of his every inter
est and yet he saw toward the last
OF it a ray of hOpe-the hope which he
must make q reality He read:
The terrific power Of the new allied
she'll is marvellous. 1t suTpasses any
thing which the Central Powers have
yet developed and promises to be the
nations salvation in the present grea'
conflict This remarkable power is
due to the new explosive which has
recently been invented and, with this
explosive, the munitions problem o.
the country will be revolutionized. The
only rawback-which is truly a men
acing dangers the extraordinary
small supply of cinnabar the chief in
gredient of this new explosive. "
He rose from his chair, laughing
though more with scorn than mirth
and passed through door at his bacl
to an adjoining room. There, leaning
t over a long table, were his associates
ready to do his bidding, reading thu
: code translation OF a cable messag
t they had just received and deciphered
They greeted their superior with dig
nifty and relief His mere presenc
e and his austere mien were comforts t.
2 them.
I Won Bleck was handed the cable
! and he read it carefully. Then h
I smiled. His associates knew the mean
ing of that smile-they had seen
, often on previous occasions. The
e knew, also, what the cablegram con
tanned. Won Bleck spoke:
THE most important thing to GU
- enemies at the present time, is the per
@ lection and supply of their new ex
D plosive. Therefore, naturally, tn
e most important thing to us, at thi
h moment, is the destruction of thi
e explosive; we must render it impos
= sible for it to be made. The easies
t and most effective way for us to d
= this is to cut off the supply of CHINA
S bar, which is the chief and scarces
q ingredient used in the explosive.