The Farmington times., 1922-06-23

Gust. Hell pocket the DOOule, dAu pile
bOobs viii stew In their own juice. I
guessed 1t In Paris; that book makes
II q certainty. But It amt criminal.
In court Of law he could swear II was
an organization for selling bird-seed.'
For while Drummond smoked In
silence, while the two sleepers shifted
uneasily in their chairs. 1t all seemed
80 simple In spite Of the immensity Of
the scheme Like most normal English
men, politics and labor disputes had
left him cold in the past; but no one
who, ever glanced at newspaper
could be ignorant Of the volcano that
had been simmering just beneath the
surface for years past.
.'sNot one In a hundred'--the Ameri-
cans voice broke into his train Of
thought--'of the so-called revolution
airy leaders In this country are disin-
terested, Captain. They're out for
Number One, and when they've talked
the boys into bloody murder. and your
existing social system is down-and-out,
they'll be the leaders in the new one.
That's what they're playing for--
power; and when they've got it, God
help the men who gave 1t to en-
Drummond nodded, and lit another
cigarette. Odd things he had read re-
Cured to him: trade unions refusing
to allow discharged soldiers to join
them; the reiterated threats Of direct
action. And to what end7
A passage in part Of the ledger evil
IDENTIFY devoted to extracts from the
speeches Of the first-class general lee
turers caught his eye:
TO me, the big fact of modern life is
the. war between classes. People
declare that the method Of direct ac-
tion inside a country win produce a
revolution. agree -. 1t involves
the creation Of an army.
And beside the cutting was q note
by Peterson In red ink:
"An excellent mani. Send for pro-
tracted tour"
The note of exclamation appealed to
Hugh; he could see the writer's
tongue in his cheek as he put 1t In.
ut involves the creation Of an army.
!" The words OF the intimidated
rabbit came back to his mind. 'rhe
man OF stupendous organizing power,
who has brought together and welded
into one the hundreds Of societies SIM
liar to mine, who before this have
each, on their own, been feebly strug-
Cling toward the light. Now we are
combined, and our strength Is due to
him."
In other words, the army was on the
road to completion, an army where
ninety per cent OF the fighters--duped
by the remaining ten--would struggle
blindly towards dim, misunderstood
goal, only to find out too late that the
whip of Solomon had been exchanged
for the scorpion of his son.
"Why can't they be made to under
stand, Mr.. GreenT he cried bitterly.
"The working man--the decent fel-
low"
HAS anyone tried to make 'em un-
derstand, Captain7 guess I'm no In
tellectual guy, but there was French
writer fellow--Victor Hugo-who
wrote something that sure hit the nail
on the head. 1 copied 1t out, for 1t
seemed good TO me-" From his pocket
book he produced slip of paper. "The
faults of women, children, servants,
the weak, the INDECENT and the-lgnorant
are the faults of husbands, fathers,
masters, the strong, the rich, and the
learned Wall |" he leaned back in his
chair, "there you are. Their proper
leaders have sure failed them, SO
they're running after that bunch OF
cross-eyed skaters. And sitting here,
watching 'em run, and laughing fit to
beat the band, is your pal PetersonP y
1t was at that moment that the tele
| phone bell rang, and after slight hes
ltatlon Hugh picked up the receiver.
Every WE'LL" he grunted, after listen
ing for while, II will tell him."
He replaced the receiver and turned
to the American.
"Mr. Ditchling will be here for thu
meeting at two, and Peterson viii b'
late" he announced slowly.
"What's Ditchling when he's vi
homer" asked the other.
"One Of the so-called leaders" an
swered Hugh briefly, turning over thu
pages of the ledger. Here's his dos
sier, according to Peterson. Ditchling
Charles. Good speaker; clever; un
scrupulous. Requires big money; wort
it. Drinks"
For a while they stared at the brie
summary, and then the American burs
into q guffaw Of laughter.
"The mistake you've made, Captain
in this country, is not giving Peterso
seat in your cabinet. He'd have tn
whole caboose eating out Of his hand
and II you paid him a few hundre
thousand a year, he might run straigh
and grow pigs as hobby. ). ;"
TWO.
1t was a couple of hours later ths
Hugh rang up his rooms in Half Moo
street From Algy, who spoke to hin
he gathered that Phyllis and her II
| ther were quite safe. He also foun