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CHAPTER xxI--continued.

himself at Bayard and clenched hi
elbows in his hands and reared:
''BayardI Bayardl It's come
We're rich! We're madei Eureka
Uneeda! Munitionsl Wow! Listen
The other night while I was trailin!
job in darkest New Jersey 1 raj
across a little clue, and little mar
who told me little secret. The Ger
mans have been getting ready for thi:
war for years, piling up guns and am
munition for Der Tag. The other
countries were caught only half ready
They have stopped the Germans Oh
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 /
had a tip that the stock was going
10 boom; so are 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
few little contracts for placing con-
tracts, and I've plucked them and
brought them to you" He broke into
lance 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 I do with ammuni-
ton contracts?"
Accept 'em, you blamed it'll Open
ap your old shut-up factory and get
busy"
1--WE have no machinery for making
ammunition"
Get 1t, 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
viii 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
rotting on their handsI 7"
Bayard went 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 hear the roar Of the Niagaras
Of gold.
from concealment. Clay's beatitude
vas SO complete that he forgot his re-
entments and kissed them both. !
Bayard was frantic to be at work.
lie resolved to telephone the presi-
lent of his company at once and lay
he matter before him. Leila cann.ly
Idvised Bayard to grasp the whip {
and Of the situation and keep it. She
egan to dance about the room like !
Miriam celebrating the passage of I
he Red sea.
The first thing we'll do" she said,
will be to get my jewelry out Of the
awnshop and the second will be to
ny some more. And, oh, the dresses
nd the hatsI"
This asserted SOLDERING effect on
ayard. mo-" he announced. "We've
Dne through hades once because ! [
ambled away my reserves. This time |
III going to get a big reserve before
n rfc Or l AZ
deal like the one we've been "
rough. No more fractures Of the =
thirteenth for me!'
Leila laughed.
Bayard, went to the telephone to
art the wheels of the factory in mo- :
On by summoning the president to \
uncil. He paused to ask: Hell n
ant to know who the foreign agent NJ
you are dealing with? Or are there
veral? Who shall l say?" n
"Wetherell," said Clay. 4
The great Skoda gun that suddenly
e day dropped monster shell in
1nkirk twenty miles off could hardly
We caused more stupefaction than 4
e name of Wetherell decorating in
at room.
Daphne snatched her hand from
ay's. Bayard sprang up so sharply
1T he almost threw Leila forward e
her face. Instinctively he caught y
r BY the arm and saved her from
ling. But instantly he flung her 90
n from him in gush of disgust.
Clay CAPPED at the tableau In Devil wi
rment. He had not dreamed that or
= of the three had ever heard Of th,
,thereIl. He could not imagine the grs
terness the name involved. au
VIII some kind friend please tell &c,
what all the excitement Is abOut?" Wi
This was not easy. Who wanted to sex
Clay that Leila had just been ac- ]
ed Of neSlecting her husband and sol
own duties for the society Of this d
y WetherelI1 Leila herself was eel
one that told him. moi
Look here, Bydie," Leila cooed gr1
hlIlsd. don't you think you've lar
= enough1 You've shown mo that me
! don't trust me and you've ordered ply
WetAesell never to come near me Me-
~ 1T TT enough without beg Imol