American Fork citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1912-1979, 1921-09-17
still shaking with nassion.

nv tufhtu StoWty anu iODatu ~
who shrugged his shoulders.
ale should be here at any moment"
he answered, and as he spoke the door |
opened and Carl Peterson came In.
Good afternoon. gentlemen" he be-
gan, and then he saw Hugh. With Q
look Of speechless amaxement he
stared ut the soldier, and for the first
time since Hugh had known him his
face blsnched. Then his eyes fell on
the open ledger. and with q dreadful
curse he sprang forward. A glance at
the faces Of the men who stood watch
ing him told him what he wanted to
know, and with another oath his hand
went to his pocket.
"rake your hand out. Carl Peter
SON." Drummonds voice rang through
the room, and the arch-crimlnal, look
ing sulleniy up. found himself staring
into the muxzle Of 4 revolver. snow.
sit down at the table--all Of you. The
meeting Is about to commence"
Look here" clustered Crofter. "rii
have the law on you. :"
by all manner Of means. Mr.. John
Crofter. consummate blackguard." an
swered Hugh, calmly. 'But that comes
afterward. Just now--sit down."
"rm id II I WILL" roared the 9TH
or, springing ut the soldier. And Peter
son, sitting sullenly ut the table try
ing to readjust his thoughts to the
sudden binding certainty that through
some extraordinary accident every
thing had miscarried, never stirred as
a half stunned member Of parliament
crashed to the floor beside him.
"Slt down, said" remarked Drum
mond. affably. "But II you prefer to
lie down, It's all the same to me. Are
| there any more to come, PetersonT
mo, d---n you. Get II over!"
Right. Throw your gun on the
floor" Drummond picked up the wea-
pom and put 1t In his pocket; then he
rang the bell. II had hoped" he MUIR
INJURED. "for larger gathering, but
one cannot have everything"
Save to Peterson. who understood,
II only dimly. what had happened. the
thing had come as such u complete
surprise that even the sudden entrance
Of twenty masked men. who ranged
themselves In single rank behind theiI
chairs, failed TO stir the meeting. II
merely seemed In keeping with what
had gone before.
~ shall not detain you long, gentle
men," began Hugh. suavely. your gen
eral appearance and the warmth OF tn
weather have combined to produce II
me desire for sleep. But before
hand you over to the care OF tn
spOrtsmen who stand so patiently he
hind you, there are one or two remark
I wish to make. Let me say at one
that ON the subject Of Capital and La
Dor ! am supremacy Ignorant. 70
will therefore be spared any disserta
ton ON the subject. But from an e,
haustive study OF the ledger which no'
lies upon the table, and n fairly int
mate knowledge Of Its authors NOV,
ments, and my friends have been p'
to the inconvenience Of treading q
, you.
There ure many things, we kno,
which are wrong In this jolly old coul
try OF ours; but given time and Il
right methods ! am sufficiently o.
; timistlc to believe that they could
!. put right That. however, woild n,
Z suit your book. You dislike the rigl
Z method. because II leaves all Of "
!. much where you were before. Eve
single one Of you-with the sole pc
sible exception Of you, Mr.. Terrant
and you're maids playing with rev
:. luton for his own ends: to make mo
y ey out OF ito gain power.
l. "Let us start with Peterson--yo
i leader. How much did you say he
d manded, Mr.. Potts, as the price Of RI
. olutionT
With srangled cry Peters
sprang up as the American millionai
u removing his mask, stepped forward
Y "T'wO hundred and fifty thousa
. pounds, you swine, was what you ask
&c me-" The millionaire stood confro
'e Ing his tormcntor, who dropped bs
y In his chair with q groan. "And VIII
refused. you tortured me. Look
y. my thumb"
= with II cry Of horror the others |
o ting al the table looked at the mang
flesh, and then at the man who h
u done It. This. even to their mind. "
~ going too fur.
o. 'Then there was the same SUI
continued Drummond, ito come III
40 Hooking, the American cotton maj
n half German by birth; Steinema
NJ the German coal man Won Gratz.
10 German steel man. Ii that not
Petersonf" II was an arrow at
'u' venture, but II hit the mark. and
We ters0n nodded.
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