The Arvada enterprise. (Arvada, Colo.) 1908-1970, 1921-09-29


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1likt this oss.nl1ks16a n. ID
10 carefully te1StAs ~ u q 49,
you might % mad, In which case We
shouldn't bother to kill you. In fact,
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Once again. he smiled genially.
(: ~ :tS1AsBJbefors. in q house like
this, you can never tell. :"
The Inundated rabbit, breathing
heavily. wa5 staring At Hugh fascin-
ated; and after moment Hugh turned
to hitn with 1 courteous bow.
SLaddis," hS remaftsd, you've been
eating onions: Do you mind DETECTING
the blast ID the opposite dirsctionT'
His calm impsrturbability seemed to
madden Lsklngten. .,.r Z permits
"You walt. BE- SaaTiAd thickls; you
wait till I've finished with you. You
won't be % id 'hdmoro6i then. -, -
Hugh rtsaroed ~ speaker hHtuid-
~. .gi..sI.-GuY n,;ns: vd,rNa'E
"Youn sspDosslssa II anots thaHptob-
able" he. ssuasked, N asAossd. Sslce.
Il shall b tqa Intent IA ,eettiAs into
Turkish bath 70 rem0EA The contain
inatioo to think of laughing.
Slowly Lakingten' bank back IN bis
chair. q hard, Inereiiess' sBils on his
lips: end fof q mentnt Or two there
waslaasnes Ia the roesh. . Il ,was broken
BY the unkemDt nan a ,fhs sofa. Who.
without wasniRE ssEpladed Snexpscted-
"A truc. u III TIL; 1fi' ooll l1,,x,, be
burst forth In I7desb rumble: Il con-
fess ! do not updsrstand It. Are We
assembled here tonight, comrades, to
listen to private quifrelS and stupid
talkr' ,,.- - :. .,is.. -.
A murmur Of approval came from
the Others, and ~ speaker stood up
waving his 8smo. ia iet. p . -''
+ Il know not what this yopng man
has done: care less. In Russia such
Arifes matter not. He has the appear.
ance Of bourgeois. therefore he must
die. Did We not, XIII thousands--aye,
tens Of thousands Of his kidney, hsfogs
we obtained the. great freedoml An
I'VE not going to do the same In this
accursed countryf KIN him now
throw him IN corner and fAt ui bro
! ceed." .9- GO 4sNr' M
l. He AT down, amidst 4 inurmur Of
approval. 10 which HSgh Joined heart
lily. es,>e f, gna
Splendid" he murmured. "A mag.
'nincent peroration. Am ! right. sir.
IN assuming that You aye what 10 vul-
carly known a. B0lshevistr' Z.
The man turned his sunkeA eyes,
glowing with the burning afes 6f fanat-
icism. on Drummoad. Seq ~ a =,
II am one Of those who arr Ashting
for the freedom, Of the. world" he cried
harshly. "for the right to live Of. the
proletariat" He dung out his arms
wildly. ut ID freedom; It Il. the dawn
of the new age -
Hugh looked 1t him With genuine
curiosity ; II was The frst time he had
actually met one Of these Wild vision
aries In the hesh. And then tho curl.
osity was succeeded BY q very definite
amaxement: what had Peterson to do
with such n hei
For the moment his own deadly risk
was forgotten: q growing excitement
Sled hia mind. Could It be possabte
that here. at last was the real object
Of the gang: could 1t be possible that
Peterson. was organizing . deliberate
plot to ~ and Bolsheviss England
He looked up to ind Peterson regard.
ling him with . faint smile.
1T q little difncult to understand,
isn't It. Captain Drummondr' Nc said.
carefully hiciking the ash OF his cisar
II told you you'd and yourself In desp
water" Then be resumed the contein-
plation Of the papers In front Of him.
Hugh half closed his eyes. while q
general buxs Of conversation broke out
round the table.
Fragments Of conversation struck his
ears frem time b time. The intimi.
dated rabbit, With the light Of battle
In his watssy sys, was dsclalming on
the gloriss Of workmen's councils; Q
ooheNueoutu sss80 W9e osboOStuk ~ ~
splring battle cry about NO starvation
wages and work for all.
''Can II be possible" thought Hugh.
grimly, that such ~ these have the
power to control big destinicsf" And
then. because he had some experience
Of what one unbalanced brain, whose
owner could talk. was capable Of
achieving: because he knew something
about mob psychology. his half con.
temptuoua amusement changed to q
bitter foreb0dlng.
"You foolw he cried suddenly to
the Russian: and everyone ceased talk.
Ing. "You pool id boob! You-and
your new sarthi In Petrograd today
bread IL two pounds four shillings Z
pound; tea, fifteen pounds pound. DO
you call that freedomr' He gave .
contenptuous laugh.
Too surprised to speak. the Rus
sian sat staring at him: and Il was
Peterson who broke the. silence with
hls suave voice.
"Your distress, I am glad to aay,
10 not likely 70 b. oos Of long dura.
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