The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1922-06-30

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one cannot have everything"
Save to Peterson, who understood,
IL only dimly, what had happened, the
thing had come as such a complete
surprise that even the sudden entrance
of twenty masked men, who ranged
themselves in single rank behind their
chairs, failed to stir the meeting. II
merely seemed in keeping with what
had gone before.
II shall not detaln you long, gentle
men, began Hugh, suavely. "Your gen
eral appearance and the warmth Of the
weather have combined to produce In
me desire for sleep. But before ]
hand you over to the care of the
sportsmen who stand so patiently be-
hind you, there are one or two remarks
! wish to make. Let me say at once
that on the subject Of Capital and La
Dor am supremely ignorant. You
will therefore be spared any disserta-
tion on the subject. But from an ex-
haustive study Of the ledger which now
lies upon the table, and fairly inti-
mate knowledge of its authors move
rents. I and my friends have been put
to the Inconvenience of treading on
you.
sThere are many things, we know,
which are wrong In this jolly old coun-
try Of ours; but given time and the
right methods am sufficiently OPP
timistic to believe that they could be
nut right. That, however. would not
suit your book. You dislike the right
method, because 1t leaves all of you
much where you were before. Every
single one of you---with the sole pos
sible exception of you, Mr.. Torrance,
and you're maids playing with revo-
luton for his own ends: to make mon
ey out OF ito gain power.
"Let us start with Peterson-your
leader. How much did you say he de-
handed, Mr.. Potts, as the price of rev.
olution2"
With a strangled cry Peterson
sprang I'D as the American millionaire,
removing his mask, stepped forward.
"Two hundred and fifty thousand
pounds. Won swine was what you asked
me" The millionaire stood confront
ing his tormentor, who dropped back
In his chair with n groan. "And when
refused, YOU tortured me. Look at
nv thumb"
with n cry of horror the others sit.
flesh. and then at the man who had
done IT. This, even to their mind, was
going too far.
"Then there was the same sum-
continued Drummond "to come from
HACKING tbe American cotton man
half German nv birth. Steinemann
tha German coal man. Won Gratz the
German steel man. Is that not so
Peterson ?" II was an arrow at 0
venture but II hit the mark, and Pc
&C. ona r,,,,o, norras vos N,
s.,,,o al. honafootor ~ brmp,or,t,
sroa ,,,a,in, foru sroarod D,,,mmorS
.ona nS,lIion rounds &c tbo NOR,
rr,oo 90 notion,s lifa-b,ood
prt ot onv rote be had tba merit n
nlov,rg hio ,whareas tho rest Of Va,
scnm and tba other beauties 60 abl,
catoloe~,ed in that book. messed abou
at his back and call for nacl,ets n,
| hulrs ewes Perhans Won lohored nm
dor the delusion that Won were fool
ing him but the whole LOT of Won are
ca id crooked that Won probabl,
Thought of nothing but vour own filthy
skins
"Ijsten 10 me-" Hugh Drummend's
voice took on deep. commandins
ring. and against their will the foul
men looked at the broad, powerful
soldier whose sincerity shone cleal
in his face. mot by revolutions ant
direct action will you make this islanC
of ours right-though / am full,
.....
aware that that IS the last thing 70,
would wish to see happen. But will
your brains, and for your own un
scrupulous ends, you gull the work
ingman into believing it. And he, be
cause YOU can talk with your tongue
in your cheeks, is led away. He be
lieves you will give him Utopia