The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1919-03-01

as good coign or audition.
When Bayard opened the door Clay
swept In like March gale. He flung
himself at Bayard and clenched his
elbows In his hands and reared:
! 'Bayardl Bayardl It's come
We're richf We're madel Eureka
Uneedal Munitions Wow! Listen
The other night while / was trailing
job in darkest New Jersey 1 ran
J across little clue, and little man
who told me little secret. The Ger.
mans have been getting ready for this
war for years, pillng up guns and am
munition for Der Tag. The other
countries were caught only half ready.
They have stopped the Germans on
the Marine, 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 million dollars
| to every citizen. Their agents are
pussy-footing round to distribute con-
tracts quietly.
"The Bethlehem Steel company has
gathered in big lot of them. and l
+ had 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
a few little contracts for placing con-
tracts, and I've pluckcd. them and
brought them to you" He broke into
dance and whirled Bayard off his feet.
Bayard 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.
What can you or do with ammuni-
ton contractsf"
accept 'em. you blamed ijltI Open
up your old shut-up factory and get
busy"
"We have no machinery for making
ammunition"
sect 1t, then, or adapt your ma
chineryl 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 matter of
weeks before they'll be desperate"
Bayard began to see the scheme
also the obstacles. "But 1t takes
money to make those things. Where
will we get the cash for the pay rolls
and the raw materialsT
"From the banksi The banks are
bursting open with idle money; it's
rotting on their nandsT
Bayard wenr aglow with the realiza-
ton 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 near 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 ana kissed them Doth.
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
Miriam celebrating the passage of
the Red sea.
"The first thing wen 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 hatsl"
This asserted SOLDERING effect on
Bayard. "No," he announced. "We've
gone through hades once because /
gambled away my reserves. This time
I'm going to get big reserve before
l 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-
ton 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 1 say2"
"Wetherell," said Clay.
The great Skoda gun that suddenly
one day dropped a monster shell In
Dunklrk twenty miles off could hardly
| have caused more stupefactlOn than
the name Of Wetherell decorating In
that room.
Daphne snatched 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 hel
arm from him in a gush of disgust
Clay gaped at the tableau in bewil
; derment. He had not dreamed that
any of the three had ever heard OF
' Wetherell. He could not imagine the
1 bitterness the name involved.
= "Will some kind friend please tel
me what all the excitement Is about?'
1 This was not easy. Who wanted t
: tell Clay that Leila had just been &C
!. cused of neglecting her husband AMI