The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1919-04-10
CHAPTER xxl-continued.

When Bayard opened the donr Clay
swept in like a March gale. H. flung
himself at Bayard and clenchad his
elbows in his hands and roared:
"Bayard! Bayard! It's come
We're rich! We're made! Eureka
Uneeda! Munitions! Wow; Listen
The other night while I waE trailing
a job in darkest New Jessey I ran
across a little clue, arc a M::le man
who told me a little secret. the Ger
msns have been getting rea1! Tor this
war for years, piling up svps and am
munition for Der Tag. TIE ..other
countries were caught only hat ready.
They have stopped the :;erTians on
the Marne. KIT they've betl using
ihei- shells at such a rate chat the
famine is near Their ONLY htbe is to
buy supplies of US. They're Ioing to
dump enough contracts CT this coun-
try to furnish about a 1ailliol> dollars
to every citizen. Theit agents are
pussy-footing round to distribute con-
tracts quietly.
1.-THE Bethlehem Steel company has
gathered in a big lot of them and I
had a tip that the stock was going
to boom; sc are a lot of other Stocks.
I'd sell my right arm for a little cash.
But there's no market for deilched
right arms, so I used mine to sign up
a few little contracts for placing con-
tracts, and I've plucked their and
brought them to yuu." He broke into
dance and whirled Bayard off his feet.
Bayard tried to b. patient. 'That's
all very interesting. Clay, but take
your decisions down to Bellevue,
where they'll, put voh IL, the right cell.
What can you OF I do with ammuni-
ton %contracts?"
accept 'em, -Gd blamed fit! Open
up your old s};ut-up factory and get
busy"
I'VE have no machinery for making
Get it, then, or adapt your ma
chinery! They need millions of each
article, for there are millions of men
In the field using up what they've got
so fast that it's only a matter of
weeks before they'll be desperate"
Bayard began to see the scheme
also the obstacles. "But it takes
money to make those things. Where
will we get the cash for the pay rolls
n the raw materials?" ~
"From the banks! The banks are
bursting open with idle money; it's
rottfng on their hands!"
Bayard went aglow with the realiza-
Ito of the opportunity. He began to
tremble at the vision of the sudden
avalanches Of wealth pouring down
the leak mountains of despair. He
could hear the roar Of the Niagaras
of gold.
Daphne and Leila came rushing
from %concealment. Clay's beatitude
was so complete that he forgot his re-
sentiments and kissed them both.
Bayard was frantic to be at work.
He resolved to telephone the presi-
dent of his company at once and lay
the matter before him. Leila cannily
advised Bayard to grasp the whip
hand Of the situation and keep it. She
began to dance about the room like
a Miriam celebrating the passage of
the Red sea.
The first thing We'll d." she said,
will be to get my jewelry out. of the
pawnshop and the second will be to
buy some more. And, oh, the dresses
and the hats!"
Thfs asserted a SOLDERING effect on
Bayard. NO." he announced. "We've
gone through hades once because l
gambled away my reserves. This time
I'm going to get a big reserve before
L spend a cent. I'll never risk another
ordeal like the one we've been
through. No more. fractures of the
Thirteenth for me :"
Leila laughed.
Bayard went to the telephone to
start the wheels Of the factory in mo.
'tion by summoning the president to
council. He paused to ask: "Hell
want to know who the foreign agent
Is you are dealing with? Or are there
, several? Who shall I say?"
"Wetherell," said Clay.
Ihe great Skoda gun that suddenly
one day dropped a monster shell in
Dunkirk twenty miles off could hardly
have caused more stupefaction than
the name of Wetherell decorating in
that room.
Daphne snatcbed her hand from
Clay's. Bayard sprang up so sharply
that he almost threw Leila forward
on her face. Instinctively he caught
her by the arm and saved her from
falling. But instantly he flung he,
arm from him in a gush of disgust
Clay gaped at the tableau in Devil
derment. He had not dreamed tina
any of the three had ever heard Of
Wetherell. He could not imagine thu
bitterness the name involved.
"Will some kind friend please tel
me what all the excitement is about?
This was not easy. Who wanted II
tell Clay that Leila had just been &C
cused Of neglecting her husband ant