The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1919-06-13
CHAPTER xxI-contInued.

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When Bayard opened the door Clay
zxeqt IN like q March gale. He flung
nfEaseUI I'll Bsyard and clenched his
elbows In his hands and roared:
~BzSzRvii Bayardl It's come
wesDe richl We're madei Eureka
Neeefia! Munitions Wowl Listen
The other night while / was trailing
a. Isb In darkest New Jersey l ran
acraSS q little clue, and a little man
-pao tod me little secret. The Ger.
lmsIr2s have been getting ready for this
H2r ERr years, piling up guns and am
gmxEistOR fer Der Tag. The other
~S1znfTieS were caught only half ready
They hive stopped the Germans on
ufne Marine, but they've been using
gSfAIr shells at such rate that the
lfaRzIRe is near. Their only hope is to
buy supplies of US. They're going to
ai1,Sp enough contracts on this coun.
Try 70 furnish about a million dollars
IN every citizen. Their agents are
rusSE-f00ting round to distribute con.
gsrzcES Quietly.
The Bethlehem Steel company has
gathered In a big lot Of them, and
mad a zip that the stock was going
Nv boom; so are lot of other stocks
ia sell my right arm for little cash.
But there's no market for detached
eight ar7aS, so used mine to sign up
n FEW little contracts for placing con.
TRACTS, and I've plucked them and
SiruGZht them to you." He broke into
&SarSos z.zd whirled Bayard off his feet
Rayzrd tried to be patient. "That's
all very interesting, Clay, but take
yOur decisions down to Bellevue,
where they'll put you in the right cell
WAIST can you or l do with ammunl-
gtfan cuntracts2'
~Accrpt 'em, you blamed ijlti Open
rup yenr old shut-up factory and get
1asy"
1--WE have no machinery for making
N&mWE@ftion.
sGef 1t. then, or adapt your ma.
schmGTI They need millions of each
sarfscIg, for there are millions of men
In th. fleld using up what they've got
$50 fast that it's only q matter of
Yxssc&E before they'll be desperate"
BaZard began to see the scheme
4Isn1 the obstacles. "But 1t takes
Hslnney to make those things. Where
wtA we get the cash for the pay rolls
.yzhk the raw materialsr
/ ~Fram the banksl The banks are
Yhnvsting open with idle money; it's
rrottfna On their handsl"
Hx5ard went aglow with the realiza'
tf0m of the opportunity. He began to
1r-emhfc at the vision Of the sudden
,wvzEanches of wealth pouring down
The bleak mountains Of despair. He
rRIfd hear the roar Of the Nlagaras
or quad
D4utMe and Leila came rushing
Erum cancealment. Clay's beatitude
faEa so complete that he forgot his re-
ScntuDeRts and kissed them both.
Eagacd was frantic to be at work
E5e rs8lred to telephone the presi'
Sbgnt M his company at once and lay
the matter before him. Leila cannily
Asfviscd Bayard to grasp the whiT
hatd Of the situation and keep 1t. She
nREan to dance about the room like
n Miriam celebrating the passage OF
thu Red sea.
"THe FIRST thing Wen do" she said
~ufH he to get my jewelry out of the
mNEEsh0Q and the second will be to
my Snn1e more. And, oh, the dresses
ard tive batsi"
This asserted a SOLDERING effect on
Es2I1rr. 'No," he announced. "We'ye
SHne through hades once because
Gnnshfesf away my reserves. This time
I'm gDing to get big reserve before
Espend a cent. I'll never risk another
drSfesi like the one we've beer
NansuIEh- No more fractures Of the
E1irtsenth for mep
Eeitx laughed.
Bayard went to the telephone tC
sfsrt the wheels Of the factory In mo
tfsSa BY summonlng the president tC
<sunlcii. He paused to ash: Hell
want TO know who the foreign agent
I,e Euu are dealing WITH Or are there
aEyerxie Who shall / sayT"
-'Wncherell," said Clay.
Tive great Skoda gun that suddenly
am day dropped monster shell In
$ianzirk twenty miles or could hardly
Save caused more stupefaction thar
alizr uame of Wetherell decorating In
dhxf room.
DaFtne snatched her hand from
Gays Bayard sprang up so sharply
sfsaE he almost threw Leila forward
<RI ner face. Instinctively he caught
1pzr ~ the arm and saved her from
xxlfiag. But instantly he flung heI
mrR from him In a gush of disgust
Clay CAPPED at the tableau In Devil
dzraent. he had not dreamed that
any OF the three had ever heard OF
WefhereiL He could not imagine the
ufsnermess the name involved.
-Wzh some kind friend please tell
ue v&at all the excitement Is aboutr
ThEs was not easy. Who wanted to
oeu Gay that Leila had Just been &C.
<xxzszd Of neglecting her husband and