The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1919-03-14

JOD In darkest New jersey i ran
across a little clue, and little man
who told me q little secret. The Ger.
mans have been getting ready for this
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 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 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 tip that the stock was going
to boom; so are lot of other stocks
I'd sell my right arm for little cash
But there's no market for detached
right srms, so I used mine to sign up
a 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
all 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.
ton contractsf"
accept em. you blamed Tit! Open
up your old shut-up factory and get
busy"
ave nave no machinery for making
ammunition"
Get Ii, then, or adapt your ma.
chineryl They need millions of each
article, for there are millions of men
In the field using up hat 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 'vn eet the cash for the pay rolls
anG the raw materials2"
From the hanks. The hanEs ere
bursting open with Idle money; It's
Tottlng on their nandsI"
bayard wenr agiow with the reaIiza-
tion of the opportunity. He began to
trembie at the vision of the sudden
avalanches OF wealth pouring down
the oleak mountains of despair. He
couio near the roar of the Niagaras
O1 gold.
Daphne and Leila came rushing
from concealment. Clay's beatitude
was so complete that he forgot his re-
sentiments and 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 or 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"
IhiS asserted SOLDERING effect on
Bayard. No" he announced We've
gone through hades once because I
gambied away my reserves. This time
I'm going to get a 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: He'll
want to know who the foreign agent
Is you are dealing with? Or are there
several? Who shall / say?"
"Wetherell," said Clay.
The great Skoda gun that suddenly
one day dropped monster shell In
Dunkirk twenty miles off could hardly
have caused more stupefaction than
the name Of Wetherell detonating in
that room.
Daphne snatched her hand from
Clay's. Bayard sprang up so sharply
that he almost threw Leila forward
on her face. Instnctively he caught
her by the arm and saved her from
falling. But instantly he flung her
arm from him In gush Of disgust.
Clay gaped at the tableau In bewil-
derment. He had not dreamed that
any Of the three had ever heard of
Wethereil. He could not imagine the
bitterness the name involved.
"Will some kind friend please tell
me what all the excitement is about D
This was not easy. Who wanted to
tell Clay that Leila had just been ac-
cused of neglecting her husband and
her own duties for the society Of this
very Wetheren7 Leila herself was
the one that told him.