Evening star., 1918-07-07
FLAMING BULLETS =


E1HE trouble about this tale fs
that the best bits may not be
written. II they were written.
- and put in print. personally
should be clapped in jail. OF course,
IN the good cause Of enlightening the
public (at 80 much per reader)
might be expected with reason. at any
kte In theory. to welcome jail or worse.
But this would not be the end.
Ths book IN which the dangerous ar
6c2s appeared would be suppressed
SEpmpt1S. 1t would merely be case OF
hartyrdom without result So tho very
ihuch s1purgated tale may be given
(without pretudice) a. follows:
SIhe man who brought the whole thing
nbout was an actor. Young Arthur
&untsr naw him nrst coming up the road
10 ths farm.
sGrandfAther." said he. "there's = man
p6naiAg Up from the road"
sAh," said Capt Kettle from behind
d Craven Herald
sAnd grandfather. hs's-hes an ac-
II:
.And srandfather-srandfatheri He's
noming to tho front doorr'
J, sTn 60 myself." said Capt Kettle
fAtting brisl1y to his fest. You stay
8ere. boy"
< The caller stood on Tho door step,
Skou1 oR bis hat, stood baTe-headed, and
bowed. Capt 6ir Owen Kettle. X e.
E =: 81 introduction, a. I felt you would
say Il Was not needed. ] am Holly
Holroyd."
The sailors red torpedo beard stuck
out unpaeaszntly. Tive newer been tn-
aide . theater In my Life. What 90
.Your help and advice" u
III you go round to the Kitchen door
the girl will give cheese. bread and q
glass Of beer. Good afternoon"
you don't take me. I was going
to suggest that you should smoke one
Of my prime cigars in your study
have them specially blended and made
for me In Havana, with my name
printed in three colors on the band"
! II import my own cigars direet from
"A tobacconist in Skipton, and I'm not
out TO buy any Just-as-goodados' at
the door"
sYou are man after Holly Hol-
royd's own heart. Sir Owen-brisk and
curt and busineeslike. The stage, I'll
admit II. leads one to rigmarole. You
should have seen me in former days
VIXEN was on the stock exchange.
But to my business. and in three
words, as you say. Do these thrill
you? Cotton: Germany; Stop?"
.Not 3 bit. They're in the paper
every morning. II you'd workable
plan for stopping cotton there might
.Holly Holroyd is the one man in
this empire who has that plan. Are
1--WE are. Those ducks are listening
for all they're worth. Come in II you
like. But IL you waste my time, and
Important article on manures IN the
Craven Herald. you'll learn what
ducks life really Ia"
Now, from q commencement SO un.
promising. Il says . good deal for Mr.
Hoiroyd's power Of persuasion tnat ne
Kettle 20 ally through the medium OF
less than an hours talk.
..This war" he said, as he got into
a chair-"this war Is kept going on py
our politicians. I suppose we're agreed
Capt Kettle stared. Then he got a
box Of cigars from . cupboard in the
wall and offered them
Put your finger on cotton. All pro-
peliing explosives nowadays are maze
ton going into Germany from August.
nineteen fourteen, the Germans today
wouldn't be able. to are a shot. Isn't
.Here are Matches" said the host.
..Bite the end from that vegetable ana
light up" =,
was once runner-up at z parliament
tary election. II I'd got in. there was
81 900 a year for me SO long as !
voted as I was told. 1 got kicked out,
and SO remained passably honest. But
you can take 1t from me, Sir owen,
there's as much money in politics as
ever there was"
That's not news. No one ever sup
posed any man went in for the dirty
game Of politics for the good OF his
health Why should hep"
very well, then. Supposing you
were il, politics--I don't care on what
side-and you were told that your live
lihood depended on your letting Ger
many have cotton, wouldn't you lett?
I'D see Germany in hell first" said
Capt. Kettle violently.
Mr.. Holly Holroyd spread an expos
tulatory palm. That's not answering
my question. You merely prove you're
no politician. You're merely clean
Englishman."
.'Welshman."
..Well, there are clean Welshmen.
scA 4&@f0 showing themselves In
considerable number since the war
started. But there aren't enough. and
they haven't the gift of talk. The poll
ticians have the monopoly of that, ana
they shout the rest Of the nation down
and get their own way, and earn their
graft. They've tons of excuses when
you start to tackle them-and they
going strong. have here a schedule
NJ all the cotton that has gone into