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By Charles Alden Seltzer.
Miller cleared Ills thront. "That's
a mlHtalco," lio said. Ho scorned to
look accusingly at Iho others. "Do you
know who Is responsible for the fail
ure of I'alllown to subscribe Its
quota?"
"In this loan?" asked Hoherts.
"In every lo.mi'l snapped Miller. It
was the flrnt flasli of feellns he hntl ox
fllbltod. And It seemed to Corwln and
Roberts tliat ho looked accusingly at
them.
"It's tho fault or the people who can
subscribe and won't!" declared Mil
ler. "I know. There are rive hundred
small subscriptions lo one big one.
Almost without exception the little
fellows aro coining forward with their
subscriptions. The big fellows most
of them aro holding back What's
the answer? I've got It -or what I
think is the answer.
"The little fellow works hard. He
usually gets only one newspaper a
fcy. He gets few books he has no
time lo delve into tho shelves of the
library to read yards and yards of po
litical economy ty this and that writer,
none of whom know enough about run
ning the Government to stake out a
pig-pen. He does not get time to af
fect 'isms' of one kind and another,
nor to join cults that profess to pre
pare a man for higher thought. He
does not get into the critical mental
attitude of the reader of ancient phi
losophyho Is not a carping, cynical,
theorist. All he knows is enough to
work for his family, to save what he
can, to got what few luxuries he dan,
and to follow his Government blindly.
He knows 'enough to be patriotic.
And when the Government tells him
there is to be a"vnr and that so much
money will be required to finance it,
he goes ri,ht down in his sock and
gets It!
"Now," wont on "Sillier; "the little
fellow ban made all the subscriptions
ho can carry. He is buying all he can
buy of this loan. He lias done his share,
and he's through We're still a hun
dred thousand doll5.ro shy or the
quota." He now looked str light ai
Coivln and then fiom Coiwjii to
Roberts. "Do eltliT of you fellows
know two men iu Uils town who are
able to .uihiciibf to lift; thouumi
dolliirs', wot Ih risljt off. lh" ro"l
without it cinmping them any finan
daily?"
Com in and Roberts exchanged
glances, and both icdilened.
"Usee j,ou do,V grinned Miller, ma
llcioujly.
It was Corwln who airjwerqd
"Yqu'vc 'eh ing'(l 'our tune a little,
since lasl week," he said. "It wis
only lust week that I heard you say
you thought the Gaj.'c:n:ucnt was go
inc too r-r." ' ' ' '
"Well. I'm m'; -it up!" d"cl.ired Mil
ler; "I'm Irim. rg in see that I've
bee'n too lritiW minded .mil tight., I
got to think. ng liiit f.n'end hundreds
or dolitiis pveiy jeu Tor things I could
do without. I got to thinking tliat
mnyhi'1 I w.Ut too relfis'i about this
thinK I :..!: my money here, and
tho' Govrir.:-.ont 1.1- made it possible
lor me to m.iko It by protecting me,
bv igivla;; ire opi- 'unities to mike
,11. I 2?t my juouiy out of the country
oil! cf the land and its products;
nnd I think I owe it to mj country to
come pcross when the Government
needs the money. And List night 1
iulifc.r'hed lo lilt, thousand dollars
worth."
Miller had raised his -voice. There
had been an exultant note In It It
sounded like the volco of a man whof
has triumphed over some base passion '
that has threatened him; ho was
mocking It, laughing nt it.
None of tho men had heard a stcpi
on the stairs two. In fact a heavy, I
uncertain clumping, and a lighter (
step, nut mo inreo uirneu simul
taneously when they heard a hearty
volco from the direction of tho door
way. It said:
"I want to shake hands with the
man who said that!"
When Corwln's gaze went to tho
door he got up quickly and stood, lean
ing a little forward, his body rigid,
his eyes wide with astonishment, his
face slowly whitening.
shake hands with
who said that."
For on the threshold, his arms
spread wide against the jambs to
steady himself, a broad, genial smile
on his face, was Ben King.
Corwin saw Molly standing behind
her brother. Both her hands were on
Ben's shoulders; her face was pale and
In her eyes r was mingled pride and
pity. Tor Ben was blind, his forehead
was scarred, and his sightless eyes
were roving from point to point in jhe
room, as he endeavored o locate jhe
owner or the voice which he had
heard as he had been about to enter
the room.
CHAPTER IX
COIHVIN' was in the grip of an emo
tion that sent icy thrills'over him
as he watched Ben King shake hands
with Gary Miller. He heard Ben and
Miller talking, but paid little attention
to their word, for he was 'watching
Molly. The girl stood behind Ben
until Miller placed him gently In a
chair; and then she drew another
chair near the young man close to
him, so that she reached out and pat
ted one of his hands as it lay on the
arm of the chair and she watched
him, worshipfully, with a sad, pitying
half-smile which meant that she was
glad to have him back rven though
he would never see her again. And
Corwln saw the tears that she could
not check slowly trickling down her
cheeks.
Ben was in uniform. Ho was big,
strong a magnetic figure; a force
that could never more move without
direction, but nevertheless a force.
Instinctively, Ben dominated. His
presence seemed to fill the room the
atmosphere grew formal, military.
Unconsciously Roberts and Miller
straightened; Corwln' felt as though
some power within him was urging
him to salute. Something about Ben
his erect carriage, Ills squared shoul
ders, tho set of his head, the uniform
ho wore everything about him com
manded Interest and attention. Ben
biought a breath of far-off Prance Into
tho room with him a suggestion of
force, of battle and of death. He sym
bolized indomitablllty, cohesive power
he was a visible unit embodying an
atom of national spirit; he was a part
of that great arm of government
which expresses ifselt In force.
And unconsciously, Involuntarily,
the three men In the room with him
paid tribute the tribute of silence, of
attention and respect.
Corwln peered Intently at Ben,
searching his face for signs, for indi
cations that Ben harbored resentment
against his Government for the loss
of his sight. He watched closely for
the slightest expression which would
tell him that Ben regretted his expe
rience. But he saw no such signs.
Ben's face, despite the sightless eyes,
had undergone a transformation. On
the night Corwln had seen him light
ing the agitators there had been In
the man's race something malignant
and savage and passionate. He had
been a fighting animal, enraged and
yearning to punish the detamers of
his country.
There was a different expression on
his face now. H's smile was serene,
complacent, ineffably' gentle as
though reminiscent of a soul-fire out
of which he had come unscathed, fine
ly tetunered and impervious to base
ness. I was tho race of a man who
his lo kod death straight In the eyes
and nas no fear of it it was the face
of a trained soldier who has held com
munion with the spirit of his country.
Looking hard at Ben. Corwin was cer
tain that Ben had no regret3.
"I don't know why Molly brought
me here," said Ben. "I wanted to go
straight home just to see how things
look."
Corwin taw Molly cover her eyes
with hjr free hand; he saw Roberts
and Miller stiffen; and he felt a queer
constriction In his own throat as the
muscles tightened oddly. When Molly
removed the hand fiom her eyes and
looked at Corwin, she saw that his
face was detd white.
"Well, I suppose I won't see the old
place any ruoie," said Ben, seeming to
comprehend the significance of the si
lence that Ind followed his words.
"That's a figure of speech with me,
now. But I shall be able to feel and
that will be plenty." He laughed, arid
there wa3,a flavor of scorn in the
sound.
"That'3 more than some people do
isn'f it?" he went on. "Some men
don't seem to know how to feel. When
1 landed, and they told me that Fall
town had failed in all four of the Lib
erty Loan campaigns, I tell you it
made tne feel. There were times when
l was on the point or denying that I
came from Fa)ltown. And when I
beard Mr. Miller say that he had
bought fifty thou and dollars' worth
I t tee Victory Loan I was so tickled
that I had to wiy something. It
eemed to me that Molly had brought
me hnr? purposely where she knew
I would liPiir some good news."
Molly did not look at Corwln; but
he 'thouzht he knew why she had
I brought her brother to his office.
Rni-.rf knew. also. His face was crim
son with embarrassment and guilt.
Corwln looked nt Molly nnd wondered
If she would tell Ben that he had been
recreant that his patriotism was of
a negligible quality that he measured
it by the standard of money. He
cringed from the direct look In her
eyes when she gazed nt him; and the
look made him wonder what Eon
would say to him If he knew tho truth
that he was talking to slack
ers, thinking them patriots who had
upheld his arms In the great fight for
world freedom. Ben's eyes were sight
less, and yet Corwln dVended to have
them turned upon him with the ques
tion: Why didn't you buy?
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