Jackson County journal., 1919-06-13
CHAPTER XXI-Continued.

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When BaTard opened the door Clay
swept in like March gale. He flung
himself at Bayard and clenched 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 was trailing
job in darkest New Jersey I ran
a.ross a little clue, and little man
who told me little secret. The Ger
Rams have been getting ready for this
Var for Yeas, piling up guns and am
n.unition for Der Tag. The other
countries were caught only half ready.
They have stopped the Germans on
the Marne, but they've been using
their shells at such a rate that the
famine is near. Their only hope is to
buy supplies of US. They're going to
dump enough contracts on this cOun-
try to furnish about a million dollars
TO every citizen. Their agents are
pussy-footing round to distribute con-
tracts quietly.
'The Bethlehem Steel company has
gathered in a big lot of them, and /
had a tip that the stock was going
to boom; so are a lot of other Stocks
I'd sell my right arm for little cash.
But there's no market for detached
right arms, so I used mine to sign up
q few little contracts for placing con-
tracts, and I've plucked them and
brought them to you" He broke into
dance and whirled Bayard off his feet
Bayard tried to be patient. "That's
al very interesting, Clay, but take
your delusions down to Bellevue.
where they'll put you in the right cell.
What can you or / do with ammuni-
tfon contracts?"
Accept 'em, you blamed hit! Open
up your old shut-up factory and get
busy"
1--WE have no machinery for making
ammunition"
Get it, then, or adapt YOUR ma
cnlnery! 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
and the raw materials?
From the banks! The banks are
bursting open with idle money; it's
rptting on their handsr'
Bayard went aglow with the realiza-
uon OF the opportunity. He began to
tremble at the vision of the sudden
aValanches of wealth pouring down
the bleak 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 Law
the matter before him. Leila cannily
ADVISED Bayard to grasp the whip
nand OF the situation and keep it. She
began to dance about the room like
MIRIAM celebrating the passage of
the Red sea.
THE first thing we'n do" 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!"
This asserted a SOLDERING effect on
Bayard. "No," he announced. "We've
gone through hades once because l
galnDled away my reserves. This time
I'm going to get big reserve before
spend cent. I'll never risk another
ordeal like the one we've been
through. No more fractures of the
Thirteenth for mel"
Leila laughed.
Bayard went to the telephone to
start the wheels of the factory in mo.
uon Dy 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 1 say?"
Wetherell,' said Clay.
Ahe great Skoda gun that suddenly
one day dropped a monster shell in
Ounklrk twenty miles off could hardly
nave caused more stupefaction than
the name of Wetherell detonating in
that room.
Daphne snatched her hand from
Gays. Bayard sprang up so sharply
that he almost threw Leila forwarG
On her lace. lnstinctively he caught
ier py the arm and saved her from
laliing' But instantly he flung he1
arm from him in a gush of disgust
Clay gaped at the tableau in bewil
derment. He had not dreamed tha,
any of the three had ever heard ot
Wetherell. He could not imagine the
bitterness the name involved.
will some kind friend please fol
me what all the excitement is about ?,
IhlS was not ooSu yUI,o