The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1922-02-09
whats He Getting Four Payments Of
Thousand Pounds Forq

districts, regulated by population
rather than area, and each district APP
peared 10 be In charge of one director.
A varying number Of sub-distrlcts In
every main division had each their sub
director and stan, and nj some Of the
names prummond rubbed his eyes IN
amazemcnt. Briefly, the duties Of every
man were outlined; the locality In
which his work lay. his exact RESPONSE
biliues, 50 that overlapping was re-
duced 20 minimum. In each case the
STAFF was small, the work largely that
Of organization But In each district
there appeared ten or a dozen names
% men who were euphemistically de-
scrlbed as lecturers; while at the end
Of the book there appeared nearly fifty
names both Of men and women-who
We're proudly denoted as first-class lee
turers And II Drummond had rubbed
his eyes at some Of the names on the
organizing STATS. the frst-class general
lecturers deprived him Of speech.
'Why." he spluttered after mo-
ment "a lot Of these peoples names
are absolutely housewold words In the
country. They may be swlne-they
probably are Thank God I've very
rarely met any but they amt crimI.
nails"
'No more is Peterson" grinned the
American; at least not on that book
See here. Captain, It's pretty clear
what's happening In any country to-
day you've got all sorts and conditions
Of people with more wind than brain.
They just can't stop talking, and as yet
it's not criminal ofrense Some OF
'em believe what they say, like Spin
die shanks upstairs; some Of EN- don't
And II they don't, II makes EN- worse
they start writing as well. You've got
clever northumberland men-look at
some 0f those guys In the first-class
general lecturers they're the
worst Of the lot Then you've got an
other class-the men with the business
brain who think they're getting the
sticky end OF #. and use the takers
to pull the chestnuts out Of the fire FOR
them. And the chestnuts. who are the
poor blamed decent workingmen. are
promptly dropped IN the ashplt 10 keep
EN- quiet They an want something for
nothing. nd guess IL can't be done.
1Hey an think they're foOling one an
other and what's really going at the
moment IS that Peterson is fooling the
whole bunch He wants all the strings
In his hands, and II looks 10 me as II
he'd ent EN- there He's got the money
and we know whore he got u from;
hes got the organization all either
reil-h0t reyOlutioBaries. or intellectual
Wlndsturms, or calculating knaves.
Hes amalcamated EN-. Captain: and
the whole blamed lot. whatever they
may think, are really working for
him."
Drummond thoughtfully III 8 Gig
arctic
working toward a revolution In
this country. be remarked quietly.
sure thing. answered the Ameri-
ran. "And when be brings II on .
guess you won't catch Peterson FOR
dust Hen pocket the Doodle. and the
boobs win stew In their own juice
guessed il In Paris; that book makes
it q certainty. But Il amt criminal /
In court o. law be could swear Il was
10 organization for selling bird-s.ed" /,
For q while DrummOnd smoked In
silence. while the two sle.pers shifted
lp-aslly IN their ctairs. II all seemed
20 simple in spite Of the immensity q
~ scheme Like most normal English
been. politics and labor disputes had
~ him cold In the past: bat no oue
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