,,the ,,tunnel ,,thru ,,the ,,air or ,,looking ,,back ,,from #aidj ,,by ,w4,d4 ,,gann ,author of ,truth of the ,stock ,tape and ,speculation a ,profitable ,profession ,,financial ,,guardian ,,publishing ,,co4 #hj ,,wall ,,street1 ,,new ,,york ,copyright1 #aibg ,by ,w4,d4 ,,gann ,all ,rights ,reserved ,including that of translation into foreign languages1 moving pictures and drama ,printed in the ,united ,states of ,america ,,dedicated ,,to ,,the ,,memory ,,of ,,my ,,mother ,,susan ,r4 ,,gann ,,and ,,to ,,an ,,old ,,schoolmate ,,in ,,texas ,,my ,,native ,,state ,,foreword ,happy is the man that findeth wisdom1 and the man that getteth understanding4--,proverbs4 ,a book1 to be worth reading1 must do more than amuse and interest4 ,it must be instructive to be of real value to the reader4 ,this book has a three-fold purpose3 ,first1 ,it is an interesting romance4 ,second1 ,it teaches a moral lesson and proves the natural laws laid down in the ,bible4 ,third1 ,it shows the value of science1 foreknowledge and preparedness4 ,it has been well said that truth is stranger than fiction4 ,this story is founded on facts and events1 many of which have happened or will happen in the future4 ,the ,tunnel ,thru the ,air is mysterious and contains a valuable secret1 clothed in veiled language4 ,some will find it the first time they read it1 others will see it in the second reading1 but the greatest number will find the hidden secret when they read it the third time4 ,you will read it the first time because you are interested in the love story and for amusement4 ,this will create a desire to read it a second time for instruction and knowledge4 ,the second reading will unfold some of the hidden meanings and you will gain knowledge thru understanding which will stimulate an incentive to put knowledge gained into action4 ,you will read it the third time because you want to make your dreams and ideals become real and find how to start knowledge into action4 ,when you read it the third time1 a new light will dawn4 ,you will find the hidden secret1 the veiled meaning and will understand why the ,bible says1 ,seek and ye shall find1 knock and it shall be opened unto you4 ,you will want to understand more about the ,bible4 ,then read the ,bible three times and you will know why it is the greatest book ever written4 ,it contains the key to the process by which you may know all there is to know and get all that you need to supply your demands and desires4 ,you will appreciate why ,solomon said1 ,wisdom is the principal thing3 therefore get wisdom and with all thy getting1 get understanding4 ,the future will become an open book4 ,you will know that by following the laws laid down in the ,bible1 man's last great enemy1 ,death1 will be overcome and will understand why ,jesus rose on the third day and rested on the seventh day4 ,robert ,gordon's seven days will no longer be a mystery because you will have gained understanding4 ,i believe this book will prove interesting and valuable to men and women in all walks of life4 ,if it does1 you will be thankful to the power that guided my hand in showing you the way to eternal ,truth4 ,my object will have been accomplished and ,i will have my reward4 ,w4,d4 ,gann4 ,may #i1 #aibg4 ,,the ,,tunnel ,,thru ,,the ,,air ,,chapter ,i ,in the extreme northeastern corner of the ,lone ,star ,state of ,texas1 about eight miles west of ,texarkana1 in a lonely farm-house on ,sunday morning1 ,june #ajth1 ,amelia ,gordon turned over in her bed and watched the sunlight streaming thru the window on the head of her new-born son4 ,she had always hoped that this1 her third son1 would be born on ,sunday1 but he was born late ,saturday night1 ,june #ith1 #aijf4 ,a few months before his birth1 his mother had suffered a severe shock on account of the death of her oldest son in the ,san ,francisco earthquake in ,april1 and for a time it was feared that her third son might never be born to live4 ,she was happy this ,sunday morning when she looked at her bouncing baby boy1 dreamed of his future1 and thought of what his name should be4 ,calvin ,gordon1 the baby's father1 had been a ,captain in the ,u4,s4 ,army in ,spain4 ,he had won distinction for his cool courage and daring nerve1 and after the close of the ,spanish-,american war1 moved from ,tennessee to ,texas4 ,capt4 ,gordon had been very much depressed after the loss of his eldest son in the ,san ,francisco earthquake1 and was very much cheered up at the birth of this boy1 and hoped that the youngest son might fulfill the ambitions he had for his first born4 ,it had always been the custom of ,calvin and ,amelia ,gordon to go to the little country church every ,sunday morning1 but this morning ,capt4 ,gordon remained with his wife so that they could talk over the naming of their son4 ,capt4 ,gordon suggested the name ,robert1 which was the name of his father1 and his wife quickly acquiesced1 so the baby was named ,robert4 ,amelia ,gordon was a great ,bible student1 and had always hoped that she would have a son born who would be a preacher1 so she thought that little ,robert might fulfill her hopes and ambitions4 ,capt4 ,gordon was a farmer1 growing mostly cotton crops on the ,red ,river bottom lands4 ,the following year1 #aijg1 after the birth of little ,robert1 ,capt4 ,gordon's crops were almost a failure4 ,the ,spring was late and overflows damaged cotton4 ,this1 together with unfavorable financial conditions1 caused a panic in the ,united ,states in the ,fall of #aijg4 ,thus the first year of the boy's life started under unfavorable conditions4 ,when ,robert was a little over two years old1 his mother gave birth to a girl1 the first born to her1 but still she showed great interest in ,robert2 talked much of his future and took great interest in teaching him to live according to the ,bible4 ,at about the age of five1 his mother began to teach him the alphabet4 ,he learned very quickly how to read and write1 before he started to school4 ,he was always willing and glad to go to ,sunday ,school with his mother1 took a great interest in the sermon1 and what the ,sunday ,school teacher had to say about the creation of the world1 and about ,god's great plan4 ,little ,robert went to church one day and the preacher took his text from #a ,thes4 #d3af-ah1 ,for the ,lord himself shall descend from ,heaven with a shout1 with the voice of the archangel and with the trump of ,god2 and the dead in ,christ shall rise first3 ,then we which are alive and remain1 shall be caught up together with them in the clouds1 to meet the ,lord in the air3 and so shall we ever be with the ,lord4 ,wherefore comfort one another with these words4 ,robert was very much interested in this sermon1 and asked his mother to explain how the ,lord could descend from ,heaven and what kind of vehicle we would ride in if we were caught up in the clouds to meet the ,lord in the air4 ,his mind puzzled over this for weeks and months1 and he was anxious to understand more about it4 ,he said1 ,mother1 ,i should like to meet the ,lord in the air4 ,his mother said1 ,you will be able to do so some day1 ,bobbie4 ,when in ,sunday ,school one day1 the teacher read from #b ,thes4 #a3g-h1 ,and to you who are troubled rest with us2 when the ,lord ,jesus shall be revealed from ,heaven with his mighty angels1 in flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not ,god1 and that obey not the gospel of our ,lord ,jesus ,christ4 ,the preacher said that the ,lord had placed the rainbow in the sky as a testimony that he would never again destroy the world by water1 but explained that ,god would come again in a flame of fire and thus take vengeance on those who did not believe and destroy the world by fire4 ,robert wanted to know if the good ,lord who loves us so much would destroy the world and all of those in it4 ,his mother explained that ,god would destroy those that were sinners and rebelled against him and had not accepted his word4 ,bobbie was in ,sunday ,school again and heard them read from #a ,tim4 #b3aa-ad3 ,let the woman learn in silence with all subjection4 ,but ,i suffer not a woman to teach1 nor to usurp authority over the man1 but to be in silence4 ,for ,adam was first formed1 then ,eve4 ,and ,adam was not deceived2 but the woman being deceived1 was in the transgression4 ,he asked the ,sunday ,school teacher to explain what this meant1--by learning in silence and subjection4 ,he also wanted an explanation of the statement that a woman should not teach1 because he said that his mother had always taught him and loved him1 and his father had paid no attention to him and had no desire to teach him4 ,he wanted to know if it was wrong for his mother to teach him1 and if ,god would punish her4 ,the teacher replied that the ,lord said1 ,suffer the little children to come unto me1 and forbid them not1 for of such is the ,kingdom of ,god4 ,she explained that his mother set an example more by her love and devotion than by words2 that a mother's actions would influence a child more than anything she could say1 and this was the great silent teaching4 ,robert often visited the colored mammies on the plantation and listened to the ghost stories they told1 and the fear was created in his mind of the spirits that walked in the night4 ,he was often afraid that the goblins would get him if he didn't watch out4 ,one ,sunday at church1 the preacher took for his text ,gen4 #a3g1 ,for ,god has not given us the spirit of fear1 but of power and of love and of a sound mind4 ,when ,robert heard this1 he wanted to know how it was that we should fear things1 if ,god had not given us the spirit of fear nor created the spirit of fear in us1 but gave us a spirit of power and of love and of sound mind4 ,his mother explained to him that the ghost and the fear of the dark which the old darkies told him about1 were nothing but superstition1 and he should banish it from his mind4 ,a few ,sundays later1 the minister took his text from #b ,tim4 #c3a1 ,this know also1 that in the last days perilous times shall come4 ,robert was anxious to know when the last days would come4 ,his mother told him it would be at the time of the end of the world and ,god would again come to destroy the world by fire4 ,the minister continued to read from #b ,tim4 #c3ae1 ,and that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures1 which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in ,christ ,jesus4 ,robert was desirous of knowing if children could teach more about the scriptures than grown people4 ,his mother told him that the ,bible said1 ,a little child shall lead them1 and that anyone who would harm little children1 can in no wise enter into the ,kingdom of ,heaven4 ,,chapter ,,ii ,in #aiac1 ,robert suffered a severe illness in the ,spring1 and for a few months his life was despaired of1 but he quickly recovered4 ,soon after his recovery1 his father took him on a fishing trip to ,spirit ,lake4 ,the old darky of slavery days went along1 and while he was putting worms on ,robert's hook1 told the story about this lake and why it was named ,spirit ,lake4 ,the old darky said that the spirit of a beautiful lady walked on the waters of the lake at night and that was why they called it ,spirit ,lake4 ,long1 long years ago1 the daughter of a wealthy planter fell in love with a poor but honest boy and after many years of courtship1 in which they spent many moonlight nights rowing on the beautiful lake1 the time came when they felt that they could no longer be separated4 ,the young man pleaded with her father to consent to their marriage1 but he stubbornly refused and threatened to kill the young man if he ever called at his home again4 ,they then planned to elope one night1 and as her sweetheart was placing a ladder under the window and helping her to get down1 her father shot her lover and killed him4 ,when she found that he was dead1 she ran to the lake and drowned herself4 ,they searched for days for her body and one moonlight night they saw her walking on the water4 ,they rowed out on the lake and found her body floating on the water4 ,he said that the fish would always bite better at full moon1 but the darkies were afraid to fish there because the spirit of this beautiful young lady walked on the water4 ,bobbie came home very much interested and excited and told his mother all about the fish they caught at ,spirit ,lake and about the story old ,moses told him about the spirit walking on the water4 ,he told his mother that the ,sunday ,school teacher had read in the ,bible where ,christ walked on the water1 and he wanted her to explain how this could happen4 ,she told him that all of those things happened in the days of miracles which had passed and no longer happened in these days4 ,bobbie had a great desire to walk or ride upon the water1 and was enthusiastic about bicycles4 ,he told his mother that he intended to build a bicycle some day that he could ride on the water4 ,in #aiad1 when war broke out1 ,capt4 ,gordon1 who had once served in the ,spanish-,american ,war1 became very much interested in the conflict and followed it very closely1 reading the papers daily and talking about it4 ,robert soon began to take great interest in the war and asked his father and mother many questions about the foreign countries which were involved in the great struggle4 ,he would sit for hours1 listening to his mother read the ,bible1 from the ,book of ,revelation1 the prophecies of the ,great ,war1 where it says that nation shall rise against nation4 ,robert's mother told him of his grandfather who distinguished himself in the ,civil ,war1 and the great hardships her mother had to go thru during the war days2 how her great-grandfather fought in the ,war of #ahab4 ,she talked of his grandfather1 ,colonel ,robert ,gordon1 for whom he was named1 and how he became famous during the ,civil ,war1 and how later ,robert's own father went with ,colonel ,roosevelt and became a ,captain in the ,spanish-,american ,war in #ahih4 ,robert's oldest brother1 ,herbert1 was born in #ahid1 and his second brother1 ,ralph1 was born in #ahih after his father went to the war4 ,his mother spent many anxious months and worried with the children while ,capt4 ,gordon was away at war4 ,she prayed that war would be ended for all time4 ,she said1 ,bobbie1 you come from a generation of fighters on both sides1 but ,i hope that you will be a minister and preach against war4 ,while the tragic death of your brother ,herbert in ,san ,francisco was a shock that ,i have never fully recovered from1 yet ,i had rather know that he went that way than to have him go to war and lose his life4 ,i remember well the many sleepless nights that ,i have passed thru while your father was away at war and how happy ,i was when he returned4 ,i prayed to ,god then that war might be ended and that none of my sons would ever have to go to war4 ,mother1 said ,bobbie1 when ,i get to be a man1 ,i will be a preacher and tell the people to be peaceful and stop fighting1 but why doesn't ,god stop the war8 ,my son1 war is the work of the devil1 not of ,god1 and the ,bible tells us that the old dragon has to be loosed for a little season1 but in the ,book of ,revelation1 we read that ,satan is bound for a thousand years4 ,i hope ,i live to see that day and ,i feel sure you will4 ,a few nights before you were born ,i had a very strange dream4 ,i thought ,i saw ,san ,francisco and ,los ,angeles destroyed in two days by some war machine1 and that one of my sons came near losing his life there1 but was saved and afterwards he saved his country and made peace with the world4 ,i suppose ,i dreamed about ,san ,francisco because ,herbert lost his life there but1 somehow1 ,i feel that it was more than a dream1 and that you are born to be a peacemaker4 ,bobbie was greatly impressed with his mother's dream and her hopes and ambitions for him1 but his brother would quarrel and try to fight with him4 ,bobbie would tell him that ,dad wanted him to be peaceful and that his mother wanted him to be a peacemaker and that he would not fight4 ,his brother called him ,cottonhead because his hair was so white1 and accused him of being a white-livered coward1 but ,bobbie was patient and did not lose his temper4 ,his mother would commend him for this and tell him that the ,bible said to control your temper and not let your angry passions rise4 ,about this time some of the prejudice which little ,robert had inherited from his grandfather and from his father1 began to show forth4 ,unfavorable conditions thruout the country and the low price of cotton left ,capt4 ,gordon practically penniless1 causing him and all of his children to labor hard in order to support themselves4 ,he tried to force young ,robert to work in the fields and help cultivate the cotton1 but he stubbornly rebelled4 ,he would play around the house1 use his father's tools and talk about the great inventions that he was going to make4 ,his mother was always in sympathy with ,robert and tried to encourage him1 but she could never get him to take an interest in working on a farm4 ,he talked of being a preacher1 talked of great inventions and discoveries1 but would not work at hard labor4 ,in #aiag1 when the ,united ,states entered the ,world ,war1 young ,robert was eleven years old4 ,he had great ambitions to join the ,army and go to the war4 ,his older brother ,ralph joined the ,army4 ,young ,robert said that if he could not go and fight for his country he would stay at home and work on a patent which would help them to win the war4 ,he did not agree or get along with his older brother and was glad when he had gone away to war4 ,his parents were still in poor circumstances but they could not induce young ,robert to do any work on the farm4 ,he continued to tinker around and work with his father's tools1 trying to make a bicycle which he could ride upon the water in the lake nearby4 ,he tried various kinds of lumber to build wheels for the bicycle but none of them worked successfully4 ,finally his mother suggested that he use thin cedar boards because cedar was durable in the water1 was light and would float easily4 ,he finally succeeded in building the wheels out of cedar and after heating pine rosin hot and pouring it into the cracks1 he was able to ride successfully across the lake1 but in a short time the wheels sprung a leak and the bicycle sunk with him in the lake1 but he swam out and brought the bicycle with him4 ,bobbie was not the kind to be discouraged by obstacles and later his ingenuity overcame the difficulties4 ,after trying to put inner tubes from bicycle tires on the inside of the wheels of his water bicycle and failing again1 he finally got some inner tubes from an automobile and placed them inside his wooden wheels and pumped them up4 ,when they were filled with air1 they pushed against the wooden sides of the wheel1 buoying up the wheel1 and he was then able to ride his bicycle around over the lake without any trouble4 ,his mother was very proud of him and said ,bobbie1 one day your dream of becoming a great inventor will be realized4 ,you have not been wasting your time tinkering around with your father's tools trying to make things4 ,his brother1 ,ralph1 continued to call him ,fool ,bobbie and ,mother's dream2 said he would never amount to anything because he wouldn't work on the farm like the rest of them4 ,bobbie always found a willing listener in his mother4 ,she helped him with his studies in school and encouraged him in every way and showed that she believed in him and had faith that one day he would be a great man4 ,this encouraged him to do greater things4 ,the success with the water bicycle had kindled his ambition and created a desire to complete other inventions that he had in mind4 ,he told his mother of a dream he had of a white-winged bird that flew across the ocean thru the air2 that he was riding the bird and that he received a great triumph and reception when he visited the foreign countries1 and how his own people received him in great glory when he returned4 ,his father called these stories pipe dreams1 but his mother took great interest in them and always encouraged him4 ,robert talked very little to his father or brother but always went to his mother and talked over things and confided in her4 ,she encouraged him because she felt that he was an answer to her prayer1 after her eldest son had died1--that ,god might give her another son who would live and that she might have her desires and hopes realized which were lost thru the death of her eldest son4 ,robert was entirely strange and different from other boys4 ,he never seemed to want to play with them1 but kept very much by himself2 talked along different lines1 and made a confidant of his mother only4 ,she seemed to understand him as no one else did and he always came to her for an explanation of his problems1 and for consolation in time of trouble4 ,robert's mother often talked to ,capt4 ,gordon about him--told him that he was a peculiar and most unusual child and that she thought that his refusal to work at manual labor was not because he was lazy but because she believed that he had a superior mind1 and that if properly educated and trained1 he would become a great man some day1 an honor to his parents4 ,she told him that ,bobbie had advanced ideas fully a hundred years ahead of his time and that he should be educated and allowed to follow his own ideas4 ,his father1 failing to understand him1 agreed with his mother and decided when ,robert was about thirteen years of age1 that there was no use trying to keep him on the farm1 but that he should be sent away to ,texarkana to school1 to learn something and to become interested in the things along which his mind seemed to lead4 ,while in this school he met his first real boy chum1 one who seemed to understand him and one who proved to be a help to him in school4 ,walter ,kennelworth was the son of a wealthy lumberman4 ,he had every advantage that money could bring and was far advanced in his studies1 thus being able to render help to ,robert1 who had no interest in grammar but took a great interest in history and mathematics4 ,walter would help him with his work in grammar and geography4 ,they became fast friends4 ,robert told ,walter of his plans for the future2 that he hoped to be a great inventor2 wanted to get an education and travel around the world to see the country and learn about things and develop the ideas which he thought would help his country in time of war4 ,he had heard so many stories about his grandfather's adventures in the ,civil ,war and his father's experiences in the ,spanish-,american ,war that he had the desire to be a great soldier and serve his country4 ,he spent nearly all of his time reading the newspapers and following the progress of the war4 ,he was extremely interested in the victories of our boys overseas1 and when they began to turn the tide against the ,germans1 he was greatly elated and told his mother that he knew that the ,stars and ,stripes would never trail the dust and that victory was sure as soon as the ,american boys went on the other side4 ,walter ,kennelworth also had ambitions of becoming a soldier and of making new discoveries and inventions along chemical lines4 ,his hopes and aspirations were to one day become a great chemist4 ,the vast difference in the environment and conditions under which these two boys had been brought up seemed to make no difference in their friendship4 ,it ripened as the years went by4 ,robert and ,walter were often together and ,walter often invited ,robert to his father's home4 ,walter's father and mother became very fond of ,robert4 ,when the armistice came in #aiah1 ,robert talked with his mother and father1 asking them if that would be the last war4 ,they1 of course1 expressed the hope that it would be1 and ,robert said that he had read the ,bible and thought that the greatest war in history was yet to come4 ,he began to express ideas about new inventions1 years ahead of the times4 ,he begged his father and mother to let him leave school and go to work in an automobile factory where he could learn about machinery and understand how to complete the inventions which he was always talking about4 ,school was over in the ,summer of #aiai1 and ,mr4 ,j4,h4 ,kennelworth1 ,walter's father1 offered ,robert a position in his office during the summer months4 ,after business1 ,walter and ,robert would often go out automobile riding4 ,along in ,july1 he met with a serious accident4 ,the automobile was overturned and ,robert's arm was broken1 and he suffered internal injuries4 ,he was taken to the hospital where he lay for several weeks before recovery4 ,his mother was very much worried and alarmed over this accident1 and thought it was best for ,bobbie to return to the farm and not work in the city any more4 ,his brother ,ralph had just returned from ,france1 where he had met with many obstacles in the war but had received no serious injury4 ,robert went home for a rest after the accident4 ,he had many disagreements and fights with his older brother1 and it seemed to be impossible to get along4 ,all of the trouble occurred over the fact that ,robert would not work on the farm1 or help his brother4 ,bobbie prevailed upon his mother to let him go back to school in the ,fall because he was making great progress and hoped to have a big position some day with ,mr4 ,kennelworth's firm4 ,in the ,fall of #aiai1 he returned to school1 but made slow progress in his studies4 ,his health was not good2 he seemed unable to concentrate or make much progress4 ,he barely passed his examinations at the end of the year1 but continued to study hard and make progress in mathematics and history4 ,in grammar1 writing and geography he was always falling below his marks1 and ,walter ,kennelworth had to help him out4 ,in the ,spring of #aibj1 just before the close of school1 ,robert's father obtained help to cultivate the cotton plantation4 ,he thought it best that ,robert should come home that summer and help to work on the farm1 but again the boy refused1 and met with stubborn opposition and abuse from his brother1 who called him the fool inventor and said that he would never amount to anything because he refused to work on the farm4 ,he said that he wanted to be ,gentleman ,robert1 and called him the white-collar boy4 ,these disagreements and disputes with his brother were very annoying and disappointing to ,robert's mother1 because she wanted the children to get along in peace4 ,robert told his mother that on account of his brother he would never live at home again2 that he would continue to stay in ,texarkana and go to school until he had finished his education1 and then he would go to work for ,mr4 ,kennelworth4 ,his mother had great faith in him and told him that she knew everything would come out all right for him1 and that he should study hard1 make the most of his opportunities1 and prepare for the position ,mr4 ,kennelworth was going to give him upon completing his studies4 ,capt4 ,gordon had been very successful during the war growing cotton4 ,prices had gone very high and he had accumulated quite a little money4 ,but in #aibj cotton prices declined rapidly and his cotton brought very little1 which again reduced them to poor circumstances4 ,robert became very ill again from malaria during the ,spring and ,summer of #aibj1 so that he was unable to work even if he wanted to4 ,up to this time he had shown no ambition for any kind of work1 except to try to make something with his father's tools2 talk about inventions and some of the great things he was going to do in the years to come4 ,his mother had always petted him because of his severe illnesses and accident1 and his father often referred to him as his mother's burden or his mother's problem4 ,but she had great faith in young ,robert because he clung so strongly to religion1 believing in the ,bible4 ,robert would spend days and hours reading the ,bible and talking to his mother and asking her questions about it and its meaning4 ,he had a great desire to travel and see the world and was always planning to visit strange places4 ,while he showed great affection for his mother1 his desire was to get away and see the world4 ,,chapter ,,iii ,in the ,spring of #aiba1 ,robert began to make greater progress in his studies1 which greatly encouraged his chum1 ,walter ,kennelworth4 ,robert would study and read early and late4 ,walter would often call on him in his room and find him there deeply engrossed reading the ,bible and puzzling over the interpretation of the meaning of many parts of the ,scriptures4 ,one ,sunday in the early part of ,june1 ,robert and ,walter went to church and the minister took for his text #a ,cor4 #ac3b1 ,and though ,i have the gift of prophecy1 and understand all mysteries1 and all knowledge2 and though ,i have all faith1 so that ,i could remove mountains1 and have not charity1 ,i am nothing4 ,then the minister read from the #gth verse1 ,beareth all things1 believeth all things1 hopeth all things1 endureth all things1 and again from the #aath verse1 ,when ,i was a child1 ,i spake as a child1 ,i understood as a child1 ,i thought as a child2 but when ,i became a man1 ,i put away childish things4 ,the minister further read from the #acth verse1 ,and now abideth faith1 hope1 love1 these three2 but the greatest of these is love4 ,again he read from #b ,cor4 #e3g1 ,for we walk by faith1 not by sight1 and concluded the reading of the text from ,gal4 #e3ad1 ,for all the law is fulfilled in one word1 even in this1 ,thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself4 ,the minister preached a great sermon4 ,robert thought it one of the best he had ever heard and one which impressed him the most4 ,the minister talked about the great work of faith and said that faith without works is dead2 but that there could be no faith without love because love was the greatest of all things4 ,that ,god was love1 and that love was the fulfilling of the law1 ,for ,god so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son that whomsoever believeth on ,him might not perish1 but have everlasting life4 ,he added that ,god loves children who honor and obey their parents1 wives who love and obey their husbands1 husbands who love and protect their wives1 and admonished each man to love his neighbor as himself4 ,because love is the law of harmony1 and the power that created the universe1 it is the only power that can prevent destruction1 war and human death1 but with true love we can overcome the last great enemy1 death4 ,when men love each other as ,god loves them1 there will be no longer any strife or contention4 ,man will no longer covet what belongs to his neighbor4 ,true love will deal justly and do unto others as we wish to have them do unto us4 ,he preached about the ambitions1 the love of country and patriotism which inspires men to go to battle and give their lives for the protection of their home and country4 ,he said1 ,greater love hath no man than this1 that he lay down his life for his friend1 and that a great reward was sure to come to those who love and obey ,god4 ,he talked of ,god's great command1 ,if you love me1 keep my commandments4 ,this sermon stirred ,robert's ambition as nothing else had ever done before4 ,it made him realize the love that he owed to his mother1 whose great faith and love had helped to lay the foundation for his future career4 ,he thought about what the preacher said--that a man deserts father and mother to cleave unto his wife1 and that this was as it should be4 ,he had always felt his greatest love for his mother1 but now for the first time in his life he began to think of love for another woman4 ,his mind turned toward the many beautiful girls that he used to meet in ,sunday ,school and those who were in his class4 ,robert's chum1 ,walter1 had already had a puppy love affair in school with a girl by the name of ,caroline ,oglethorpe4 ,robert had laughed at ,walter about this and thought it was all foolishness4 ,but now he began to think that maybe there was something more to love than what he had heretofore believed it to be4 ,walter ,kennelworth's family being one of the most wealthy and prominent in ,texarkana1 they were at all the social functions1 at which ,robert met all the younger set in the city4 ,a few weeks after the minister had preached this sermon on charity and love1 ,robert was in church one morning1 and after ,sunday ,school1 was talking with ,caroline ,oglethorpe1 and with her was her chum1 ,marie ,stanton4 ,walter introduced ,robert to ,marie4 ,marie was the daughter of a wealthy and prominent family4 ,her father1 ,colonel ,stanton1 had made a fortune in building railroads4 ,he was now a big lumberman1 and one of the most prominent in ,texarkana4 ,marie was a beautiful young girl of about thirteen years of age when ,robert met her4 ,she was of the true brunette type1 with glossy black hair and dark eyes that sparkled like diamonds4 ,about this time1 ,robert began to read novels and love stories and became very much interested in them1 always taking strong sides with the hero and becoming very much agitated and aroused against the villain4 ,he saw ,marie frequently after this1 as she attended the same school as ,robert and ,walter4 ,every time that ,robert saw ,marie1 she looked more beautiful to him4 ,robert soon began to lose sleep thinking about ,marie1 and realized that love was the greatest thing in the world4 ,he confided his secret to his friend1 ,walter4 ,being very bashful1 he had never said anything about his love to ,marie4 ,finally he made up his mind one night that he would write her about it1 so this is what he wrote3 ,wednesday ,eve4 ,,dear ,,marie1 ,you probably remember several weeks ago1 when ,i was introduced to you in church1 the sermon that the minister preached and his text from ,st4 ,paul where he said1 ,the greatest thing in the world is love4 ,i agree with ,st4 ,paul2 that is why ,i am writing to you4 ,i liked you the first time ,i met you1 and every time ,i have seen you since1 ,i have liked you more4 ,now that ,i know ,i love you so much1 ,i feel that ,i must tell you4 ,i hope that you are going to love me some day4 ,your friend1 ,robert4 ,marie replied to the letter as follows3 ,dear ,robert1 ,i received your nice note4 ,this is the first time that anyone has ever written to me about love and ,i am all excited over it4 ,i never thought that you liked me1 ,bobbie4 ,i always thought that you were making eyes at ,kitty ,anderson in school4 ,i do like you and think that you are a nice boy4 ,yours1 ,marie4 ,when ,robert read the last line1 he felt his heart jump right up in his throat4 ,his hopes and ambitions soared higher than they had ever before4 ,he began to dream of the future with ,marie as his wife4 ,he talked of his plans to ,walter1 and his hope of being a great inventor some day and making a lot of money so that he could marry a wealthy girl like ,marie4 ,the following ,sunday1 he went home to the country to see his mother1 and told her the story of the new love affair4 ,bobbie1 said his mother1 you are little over fifteen years old1 and this is only puppy love1 or what they call school-boy and school-girl love4 ,it will soon pass away1 but there is no harm in it4 ,love is a great thing and some day you will meet the right girl1 but there is no use being in any hurry about it4 ,bobbie told his mother that ,marie was the only girl in the world for him1 and that he would live and work for her2 that if he couldn't marry ,marie he never wanted any other girl4 ,his mother laughed at this and told him that they all thought that way over the first love affair1 but that after a while1 as the years went by and he met the real one1 this would all pass away4 ,however1 she did tell ,bobbie that she had never forgotten her first love1 as there is something different about the first love1 even tho it doesn't last4 ,stick to your studies1 said she1 and do not let your love for ,marie interfere with your progress4 ,she saw that this love was a great stimulator for ,robert and that his ambitions were greater than ever4 ,he told his mother that he was going to ,sunday ,school every ,sunday and that he was studying hard1 reading the ,bible and learning a lot1 and that he was preparing to be a great man4 ,his mother said1 ,bobbie1 ,i have always had great faith in you1 and ,i know that one day my dream will come true1 and you will do something that will make me very proud of you4 ,in ,june1 #aiba1 ,robert ,gordon and ,walter ,kennelworth were in the graduating class4 ,altho ,walter was one year younger than ,robert1 his early advantages enabled him to graduate at fourteen1 while ,robert was graduating at the age of fifteen1 and would not have been able to pass all of his examinations except for the help and assistance rendered him by ,walter4 ,marie ,stanton1 who was then thirteen years of age1 graduated the following year4 ,after ,robert graduated1 he at first decided to secure a position and go to work1 but after consulting with ,walter1 he decided that it would be best to enter ,high ,school and get thru as soon as possible4 ,so in the ,fall of #aiba1 he and ,walter began ,high ,school4 ,here is where his greatest work began to show forth4 ,he took a great interest in physics and higher mathematics1 studied day and night1 making very high marks in these studies4 ,also took an interest in chemistry1 which ,walter was specializing in1 because he knew that it would be useful to him with his invention1 which he was still talking so much about1 and his plans4 ,the time passed by quickly and in #aibd ,robert ,gordon and ,walter ,kennelworth graduated from ,high ,school in ,texarkana with high honors4 ,in the meantime1 the love affair between ,robert and ,marie had continued with the usual interruptions1 obstacles and petty quarrels existing between young people of their age4 ,in the ,fall of #aibd1 it was finally decided that ,walter should go to ,columbia ,college in ,new ,york to begin his course4 ,robert's parents were unable to finance him through ,college1 and it was decided that he should go to work for ,mr4 ,kennelworth in his office4 ,robert hated to part with his old friend1 ,walter1 but they thought it was for the best and talked of the future in ,new ,york1 hoping that one day ,robert could join ,walter there4 ,in the following year1 #aibe1 ,marie ,stanton graduated from ,high ,school with the highest of honors4 ,robert was at the graduation exercises and thought that ,marie had grown more beautiful every year1 and was anxious for the day to come when he could claim her for his wife4 ,soon after her graduation from ,high ,school1 there was much talk about the ,college ,marie should enter4 ,her father and mother finally decided that she should go to the ,kidd-,key ,college at ,sherman1 ,texas1 as this was nearby and ,marie could go home occasionally4 ,as the time neared for ,marie to go away1 ,robert became more anxious4 ,he thought ,marie would fall in love with someone else4 ,he talked with her about the future1 and for the first time1 spoke of marriage4 ,he talked to her of the difference in their station in life1 and said that his mother thought that a marriage between a wealthy girl and boy of poor circumstances could never result in harmony and happiness4 ,he told ,marie the story that the old darky had related on the fishing trip1 about the love affair between the poor country boy and the wealthy planter's daughter1 and their tragic death4 ,marie thought her father would never consent to their marriage1 but she said she really loved ,robert and when the time came1 she would elope with him if necessary4 ,this greatly cheered ,robert and made it easier for him after ,marie went away to ,college4 ,love letters passed between them during the first year she was at college1 and all went well4 ,robert worked hard in his new position in ,mr4 ,kennelworth's office4 ,he was a willing worker1 an expert stenographer and secretary4 ,robert continued to show expert mechanical ability and could fix anything that was wrong with an automobile4 ,walter corresponded often with ,robert and also wrote to his father asking how ,robert was getting along4 ,mr4 ,kennelworth replied that ,robert was making great progress1 that he was a very brilliant boy and he was going to help him all he could for he thought ,robert had a great future4 #aibf was to be one of the most eventful years in the life of ,robert ,gordon4 ,in the ,spring his father died suddenly1 and after a consultation with his mother1 it was decided that he should leave his position1 return to the farm and help them to get things straightened out4 ,he encountered the usual obstacles and opposition from his brother1 because he knew nothing about farming and of course did not like it4 ,the result was that he put all of his savings into helping to make the crop4 ,while it turned out to be a good crop1 the low prices of cotton in the ,fall of #aibf left them in debt4 ,while on the farm1 he contracted malaria fever and a severe spell of illness followed1 during which time he received many consoling letters from ,marie4 ,soon after he was able to return to his position with ,mr4 ,kennelworth1 he met with another severe automobile accident1 this time breaking his right arm4 ,this necessitated six weeks in the hospital before he was able to return to work again4 ,one disappointment followed another1 but ,robert had learned to practice patience4 ,he read the ,bible1 especially the story of ,job1 continued to go to church1 and while he was suffering many trials and tribulations1 his mind was expanding4 ,he could not accept the theory preached and taught by preachers1 because he knew that the things they taught were wrong4 ,marie returned home for her vacation4 ,she was now eighteen years old1 and had grown more beautiful and began to attract more attention from young men4 ,as the ,kennelworths and ,stantons had been friends for years1 ,walter suggested to his parents that they give a party in honor of ,marie ,stanton4 ,a young man by the name of ,edward ,mason1 the son of a very wealthy northern family1 was there1 and showed marked attention to ,marie4 ,robert became very jealous and after the party had a quarrel with her4 ,then followed long weeks of agony4 ,many letters passed between ,robert and ,marie4 ,when the end of ,august drew near and ,robert knew that ,marie was to return to school soon1 he was anxious to make up before she went away and wrote the following letter3 ,dearest ,marie1 ,i am very sad4 ,i feel the reason you refuse to make up with me is because you are in love with ,edward ,mason4 ,i have never loved anyone but you and never will4 ,if we are not reconciled before you go back to school1 ,i fear we never will be4 ,i am sending you two poems1 ,parting and ,yesterday1 which express how ,i feel4 ,sorrowfully1 ,robert4 ,,parting ,kiss me6 ,the spell is broken1 ,the dream we dreamed is gone2 ,nothing remains but memory-- ,memory1 and dawn4 ,kiss me6--and then your hand1 dear1 ,do you not feel the beat1 ,the rhythm of our pulses8 ,it does not spell defeat4 ,it spells the song that life sings1-- ,the message of the heart-- ,pathways meet but to widen ,and lips meet but to part4 ,,yesterday ,dreams--just dreams of yesterday1 ,when love to me was sweet1 ,romance has now gone astray1 ,no other love will ,i greet4 ,it was short--my little romance1 ,short--but ,god--how good6 ,went along as smooth as a dance1 ,part us8 ,it seemed no one could4 ,but someone did--tho' ,i forgive1 ,he loved her as did ,i1 ,for her only--did ,i live1 ,and now--for her ,i'd die6 ,when ,marie received the letter1 she replied3 ,dear ,robert1 ,your letter and poems received4 ,you are again accusing me wrongfully4 ,you are all in the wrong and until you can see your mistake1 ,i will never think of making up4 ,sincerely1 ,marie4 ,in ,september1 #aibf1 ,marie returned to school at ,sherman1 ,texas1 leaving ,robert very much broken-hearted because she refused to make up4 ,she told ,robert his jealousy was wholly unfounded1 but he persisted in accusing her of being in love with ,edward ,mason4 ,feeling this way1 she was unable to reconcile herself and make up1 so she went away1 disappointed herself and leaving ,robert in the same fix4 ,following her return to school1 ,robert spent many long weeks of anxiety1 becoming very blue and dejected4 ,many letters passed between them4 ,he wrote much poetry to ,marie1 all without avail4 ,finally1 he wrote a letter and told her that it would be the last2 that he knew she was in love with ,edward ,mason1 and that there was no use going on4 ,dear ,marie1 ,this is to be my farewell letter to you1 for ,i have given up hope4 ,ever since ,i first met you1 you have been my ideal and my one inspiration4 ,i have lived for you1 worked for you1 thought of nothing else but you4 ,your love has given me great encouragement to go on1 and now ,i realize that ,i have lost you and that your love has been given to another4 ,i shall always love you and hope that you will some day change your mind1 and your heart turn to me4 ,sorrowfully1 your own ,robert4 ,with this letter he sent the poems ,loved and ,lost and ,good-bye4 ,,dedicated ,,to ,,marie3 ,,loved ,,and ,,lost ,it isn't failure to have lost ,a girl of whom you have nobly thought1 ,if buffeted and tempest tossed1 ,you fail to win the girl you sought4 ,it isn't failure1 though the prize ,in another's hand is placed2 ,a hero very often dies ,if dying keeps him undisgraced4 ,to bow unto a better man ,is not the worst thing ,i could do1 ,success is not in the things we scan1 ,but in the heart forever true1 ,it takes more courage for to fail ,than win a girl undeserved4 ,to bear the taunts of those who rail ,than from your purpose to be swerved4 ,when a girl frowns darkly ,and hope is on the wane ,be constant1 true and patient ,defeat will blossom into gain4 ,if your aim is high and honest ,in victory it will tell1 ,for before the pearl is gotten ,there must be a broken shell4 ,robert4 99 99 99 99 99 ,to ,marie1 ,,good ,,bye ,and now ,i fly to bear my wound away1 ,haply the future heals me of this hurt1 ,since1 sorely wounded1 ,i still keep today ,mine honor as an armor around me girt4 ,but these last words1 fair lady1 bear in mind3 ,ere for your sport another heart you break1 ,forbear the triumph dear to womankind ,and spare your victim1 even for my sake4 ,when ,robert had finished this letter1 he wrote to his old chum1 ,walter ,kennelworth1 in ,new ,york1 that he had written a farewell letter to ,marie and that it was all over4 ,walter replied3 ,dear ,robert1 ,i have received your letter filled with gloom4 ,now1 cheer up1 old pal1 the sun will shine again and ,marie or some other girl just as good will smile on you4 ,you are too young to let a girl wreck you4 ,stick to business and keep up your studies4 ,i enclose a poem which ,i think about fits your case1 and it will probably work out about that way4 ,with all good wishes1 ,your friend1 ,walter4 ,a ,,broken ,,vow ,it was a broken hearted boy who vowed a solemn vow1 ,i will not write a letter to that pretty little ,editoress anyhow2 ,i will not do that fearsome thing1 ,i will not pen a jest1 ,about the beautiful ,hostess who mocks the staying guest4 ,he made a postscript to his vow1 he made a codicil1 ,he was serious as tho he formed his will1 ,and then he sat down and smiled with all his might ,about all the love letters he did not have to write4 ,but in a day or two he felt exceedingly queer and strange1 ,a restless something filled his mind1 he longed for a change2 ,he asked the doctor what was wrong1 the doctor gave a pill1 ,and made a memorandum to add twenty to his bill4 ,then the pictures of all the girls he knew1 ,came flocking to his brain2 ,marie's lovely angel face marched sternly in the train1 ,and each of them and all of them compelled him to think ,just as a man thinks when he quits smoke or drink4 ,at last a little disappointing note came--then he said3 ,just one more farewell love note ,i'll write2 ,it shall not be serious1 something fancy and light4 ,he wrote a love letter1 ,just as a man who says he has sworn off2 ,takes ,rock and ,rye or some such thing to stop a cough4 ,but why pursue this sorry tale1 ,why tell of what he did2 ',twas like the one more smoke or drink ,that throws away the lid4 ,he wrote of the things she'd wrote and said1 ,of memories of sweet caresses that haunted the heart and head2 ,he wrote of how much better she was than the other girl of the ,south1 ,of her beautiful eyes and ruby mouth4 ,he wrote of love for her1 ,and how well she had served cocoa and consomm2 ,he wrote of love lost and debauched1 ,until the break of day4 ,and when they came and found him ill ,and sought to nurse him thru1 ,they said1 ,here taste this chicken soup ,she made1 it will be good for you4 ,robert became very despondent4 ,he no longer took an interest in his work4 ,mr4 ,kennelworth finally wrote to ,walter in ,new ,york1 telling him of ,robert's lack of interest in business1 and that he wondered what had brought such a change in him4 ,walter1 of course1 had received letters from ,robert about his break with ,marie1 so he wrote his father frankly and told him to have patience with ,robert1 that when this love affair passed away1 he was sure he would be all right again4 ,upon receiving ,robert's letter1 ,marie wrote3 ,my dear ,robert1 ,this is to be my farewell letter to you4 ,i quote from ,solomon1 #b3e1 ,stay me with flagons1 comfort me with apples2 for ,i am sick of love4 ,robert1 ,i would rather have green apples and a stomach-ache1 like ,solomon says1 for ,i am sick of what you call love4 ,i want you to read ,st4 ,paul again1 and see if the way you are acting is the way love acts4 ,paul says that ,love suffereth long1 and is kind2 love envieth not1 doth not behave itself unseemly1 seeketh not her own1 is not easily provoked1 thinketh no evil4 ,robert1 if love is founded on faith and trust1 it cannot be jealous4 ,love is the foundation of understanding1 and if you understood me and if ,i thoroughly understood you1 we would be in love yet1 and be happy4 ,love seeketh not its own to please ,nor for itself hath any care1 ,but for another gives its ease ,and builds a heaven in hell's despair4 ,so long as you persist in jealousy and accuse me falsely1 how can ,i go on loving1 because you are not the old ,robert who first loved me and taught me to love all of these years1 and was never jealous before4 ,love that has been founded on years of confidence cannot change in a moment for another1 and my love has not changed to ,edward ,mason1 as you think4 ,i still love you1 but you have been wrong in your accusations4 ,i am sending you a little article1 ,love1 and hope that you may some day see how wrong you have been1 and when you do1 if you feel that way1 write and tell me so4 ,regretfully1 ,marie4 ,,love ,the spark of love gives more light than the universe of truth2 yet truth is in love1 and in order to act the truth1 you must make love the truth1 for remember that the handshake of friendship1 or the kiss and love of an innocent child1 will do more to lift a soul to the light than the strongest and wisest argument even when rightly understood4 ,beyond the boundaries of love no thought ever passed for love is everywhere4 ,love is a prophecy of freedom1 and its song of melody is heard in the rhythmic motion of the ocean4 ,each fowl of the air1 each fish of the sea1 and every living thing that moveth upon the earth is the manifestation of love1 for in their subsistence love has said1 ,as ,i create so ,i provide4 ,thus in every conceivable thing with form or without1 with harmony or with discord--there love is manifested4 ,love is the life of every plant1 of every sunset1 of every soul4 ,it is the inspiration in the happy mind1 and the voice that speaks to us in the time of temptation4 ,love is the foundation of all understanding1 it transcends all reasoning1 for it is the fulfillment of the greatest4 ,love gives faith to all things1 for love believeth in its own4 ,love symbolizes the everlasting1 for it is the spirit of the beginning1 and its wonderful radiance of color decks each sunrise and sunset4 ,love is the breeze that blows away the clouds of doubt making the landscape of the soul radiant with joy and gladness4 ,each heart keeps time in unison to the rhythmic harmonies of love1 for each is ,love in ,all4 ,love has thrown into the shapeless void the breath that has given life to worlds and this vital spark or the life of man1 illuminates the picture that love has painted4 ,,chapter ,,iv ,when ,robert received ,marie's letter1 he began to see himself in a different light4 ,he read again the ,book of ,job1 and realized what ,job meant when he said1 ,i had a great fear1 and it has come upon me4 ,robert realized that he had been fearful of losing ,marie1 and that as soon as there seemed to be a possibility of someone else being attracted to her1 that that fear had come upon him and caused him to become jealous without cause1 and that he had lost or was about to lose1 ,marie1 who had been more than life to him4 ,so he replied to ,marie as follows3 ,dearest ,marie3 ,your sweet letter received4 ,it has opened my heart to understanding and made me see myself as ,i am4 ,i have read ,st4 ,paul on the greatest thing in the world and find that ,i have not been patient1 have not been kind or generous4 ,above all1 ,i have been jealous without cause4 ,all of these things are not a part of true love4 ,paul says1 ,faith1 ,hope and ,love1 but the greatest of these is ,love4 ,if ,i had had that great faith which never faileth and which is founded on love ,i would not have been jealous4 ,i have been selfish2 have sought myself to please1 and have not thought enough about you4 ,i am sending a little poem that ,i have written1 entitled ,the ,garden of ,love1 which ,i think will express to you fully just how ,i feel and how ,i see things now4 ,i have tried to enter the ,garden of ,love through the wrong gate1 and now ,i want to enter it through the right gate4 ,i will be happy and trusting1 loving and thinking only of you4 ,no more doubts or jealousy will ever be in my mind again1 because love will be there1 and these foul weeds can never remain where love is4 ,i want you1 ,marie1 and only you4 ,please forgive and forget and make me happy again4 ,with all the love my heart can send1 ,i am ,hopefully1 ,your own ,robert4 ,,dedicated ,,to ,,marie ,,stanton1 ,,who ,,inspired ,,it4 ,,the ,,garden ,,of ,,love ,many enter the ,garden of ,love thru the wrong gate while there really is only one perfect gate4 ,imagination often leads us into the wrong path4 ,,selfishness ,we enter thru the gate of ,selfishness and immediately find ourselves in the dark ,valley of ,doubt where the foul weeds of deceit1 lack of confidence1 malice1 greed and jealousy abound4 ,just on the other side of the ,valley of ,doubt lies the ,mountain of ,jealousy1 which springs from lack of faith1 understanding and forgetfulness4 ,from the ,mountain of ,jealousy flows the river of ,hate which has its source in the ,valley of ,doubt4 ,this river leads to the ,sea of ,unhappiness1 ,sorrow1 ,despair and ,death4 ,,unselfishness ,we now enter the right gate to the ,garden of ,love1 where we see a golden sign ,unselfishness which can only lead to ,love4 ,we enter the ,garden thru the ,gate of ,understanding where a beautiful bed of white lilies grow in all their fragrance4 ,grasp one quickly and carry it thru life1 for these are the lilies of faith which smother out all the foul weeds in the garden4 ,next you will see a fountain of pure water4 ,touch your lips to it for it is the ,water of ,forgetfulness and it feeds the ,lily of ,faith4 ,after this you are ready to pass on thru the ,garden and enjoy the flowers which blossom forth nurtured by the ,water of ,love4 ,among these are ,self-sacrifice1 which is the basis of real love4 ,then you will find a beautiful flower that many never see at all1 ,confidence4 ,it is beautiful and fragrant and stands near the ,flower of ,happiness4 ,you will find the flower of ,kindness in full bloom beside the ,rose of ,charity1 then near the end of the ,garden there is a tiny flower blooming all alone4 ,it is pale and delicate and few appreciate it until late in life1--it is ,unrewarded ,kindness4 ,but we do reach it just before we pass into the ,vale of ,content1 and we realize that the path which leads to ,love and ,happiness is only found by helping to lead our fellow travelers thru the ,field of ,content4 ,when we have progressed thus far we look for the other entrance to the ,garden and find that the ,gate of ,selfishness has disappeared and the ,valley of ,doubt is now covered with the ,lily of ,faith1 and the ,mountain of ,jealousy has been melted into a ,valley of ,self-sacrifice4 ,where the ,river of ,hate flowed we now find a ,sea of ,kindness flowing into the ,ocean of ,happiness4 ,when we reach the end of the ,garden we find the flower of all flowers1 its beauty and radiance far outshining the noon-day ,sun4 ,seek no further--it is the ,flower of ,love4 ,place the ,lily of ,faith beside it1 nurture it with the ,water of ,kindness and you will have it always4 ,robert4 ,this was the letter that won ,marie1 because she agreed with ,st4 ,paul that love was the greatest thing in the world4 ,she did not wait to write1 but telegraphed ,robert3 ,,your ,,sweet ,,letter ,,received--,,you ,,are ,,my ,,old ,,robert ,,and ,i ,,am ,,your ,,marie ,,and ,,always ,,will ,,be ,,marie4 ,marie then wrote the following letter3 ,dear ,robert1 ,i have just wired you because ,i am happier now than ,i have ever been and ,i know that we are always going to be happy4 ,you are going to be my ideal ,robert1 the way that ,i want you to be1 and ,i am going to love you and make you so happy that you'll always be that way4 ,i knew all along that it was useless for us to make up until you saw things in the right light and realized that there was no cause for jealousy and that my long years of devotion should have proven my love4 ,until you could see it that way and make up under those conditions1 it would only invite more trouble later4 ,there is really nothing more to say1 but to let bygones be bygones1 live and love each other and make the future everything we want it to be1 because love creates everything and made the world4 ,god is love4 ,the little poem you sent1 ,loved and ,lost1 seems very appropriate now for in it you said that before the pearl is gotten1 there must be a broken shell4 ,you did have the broken shell1 ,robert1 and now we are going to mend it4 ,i believe that your aim has been high and honest1 and now in future it will tell4 ,i can hardly wait to see you1 ,robert4 ,i want you to come over next ,saturday afternoon1 and spend ,saturday evening and ,sunday with me4 ,i want to look into your trusting eyes again and know that you still love me in the same old way4 ,i want to make you know that ,i have never loved ,edward ,mason or anyone else1 but have always loved and trusted you4 ,with all the love my heart can give1 ,i am ,your ,marie4 ,p4,s4 ,i am enclosing a poem1 ,the ,land of ,beginning ,again4 ,we are really going to begin again1 aren't we1 ,robert1 and be more happy than ever8 ,,the ,,land ,,of ,,beginning ,,again ,i wish that there were some wonderful place ,called the ,land of ,beginning ,again1 ,where all our mistakes and all our heartaches ,and all of our poor1 selfish grief ,could be dropped1 like a shabby old coat1 at the door1 ,and never put on again4 ,i wish we could come on it all unaware1 ,like the hunter who finds a lost trail2 ,and ,i wish that the one whom our blindness had done ,the greatest injustice of all ,could be at the gates1 like an old friend that waits ,for the comrade he's gladdest to hail4 ,we would find all the things we intended to do ,but forgot and remembered--too late1 ,little praises unspoken1 little promises broken1 ,and all of the thousand and one ,little duties neglected that might have perfected ,the day for one less fortunate4 ,it wouldn't be possible not to be kind1 ,in the ,land of ,beginning ,again2 ,and the ones we misjudged and the ones whom we grudged ,their moments of victory here ,would find in the grasp of our loving handclasp ,more than penitent lips could explain4 ,for what had been hardest we'd know had been best1 ,and what had seemed loss would be gain2 ,for there isn't a sting that will not take wing ,when we've faced it and laughed it away2 ,and ,i think that the laughter is most what we're after ,in the ,land of ,beginning ,again6 ,so ,i wish that there were some wonderful place ,called the ,land of ,beginning ,again1 ,where all our mistakes and all our heartaches ,and all of our poor1 selfish grief ,could be dropped1 like a shabby old coat1 at the door1 ,and never put on again4 ,louisa ,fletcher ,tarkington4 ,on a beautiful sunshiny ,saturday afternoon on the #bcrd of ,october1 #aibf1 as the train wended its way across the prairies for ,sherman1 ,texas1 ,robert kept watching out of the car window1 his face beaming with smiles as he thought of his meeting with ,marie4 ,he counted every turn of the wheels because he knew they were bringing him closer to her4 ,when he arrived in ,sherman that night1 ,marie welcomed him with open arms4 ,they spent ,saturday and ,sunday together and were happier than they had ever been before4 ,he confided to ,marie his future plans4 ,told her that he was working on an invention1 and also planning to make some money speculating in ,stocks and ,commodities4 ,that he hoped to make a lot of money and prove himself worthy of her1 so that her father would consent to their marriage4 ,that he would return with all the hope and faith a man could have in a woman1 and with that faith and her love failure was impossible1 as there wasn't anything in the world he couldn't do4 ,marie assured him of her faith and confidence4 ,so long as he had that faith and her love1 she knew he could do great things4 ,said she would willingly wait until he made a success4 ,after ,robert returned1 he began to study the ,bible more than ever1 and work out things according to science4 ,he read the ,book of ,ezekiel1 and planned on building an airplane along the lines outlined by ,ezekiel4 ,figured that there must be a way to build a plane of this kind which would be the greatest ever1 and felt that the day was coming when his country would need the protection of the greatest invention of the age4 ,from reading of the ,bible1 war seemed inevitable1 and ,robert believed that the next war would be in the air4 ,he began to read all the magazines along the lines of science and invention and studied the ,bible in order to understand natural law and know how to apply it4 ,robert wrote to ,walter telling him that he had been to ,sherman to see ,marie1 that they had made up and that he was supremely happy4 ,he confided to ,walter his hopes of a great discovery and told him that with the love of ,marie and her faith in him there was nothing he could not do4 ,he had figured out from the ,bible that a time of trouble such as the world had never seen would begin in #aibg1 and would continue until #aicb4 ,there would be war1 famine and pestilence all over the earth1 and that except the time be shortened every human being on the face of the earth would be destroyed according to the ,bible4 ,he was anxious to make money to complete his invention to protect his own country because he knew that the ,united ,states was yet to face the greatest war in history1 and every nation would rise against us4 ,the great gold supply that was gathered by the ,united ,states from the beginning of the great ,world ,war had caused commercial jealousy of all other nations and it would only be a short time before we were at war4 ,unless we were prepared with modern inventions we were going to lose the next war4 ,he knew what was coming and wanted to prepare to meet the emergency that was to come4 ,many letters passed between ,robert and ,marie during the latter part of #aibf4 ,her letters of love and encouragement helped ,robert to make progress in his work4 ,he saved his money and planned for their future4 ,christmas1 #aibf1 was the happiest that ,robert had ever known and wanting ,marie to share it with him he sent her a beautiful ring1 wrote her that he had saved his money and was now in position to buy it4 ,the diamond1 he said1 represented purity1 firmness and faith and symbolized all those things in her and his great trust in her4 ,he told her that he was anxious to get in shape to go to ,new ,york to continue his studies1 and work and make money and be near his old chum1 ,walter1 who had always been a great comfort to him and encouraged him in so many ways4 ,in thanking ,robert for the ring1 ,marie wrote that so long as she lived1 she would wear it in honor of him1 and as an emblem of faith and trust in the greatest man in the world4 ,that she knew there was nothing he could not do4 ,the little poem entitled1 ,it ,can ,be ,done1 which she sent along was a great inspiration to ,robert when trials1 troubles and obstacles arose in the years that followed4 ,,it ,,can ,,be ,,done ,somebody said that it couldn't be done1 ,but he1 with a chuckle1 replied ,that maybe it couldn't1 but he would be one ,who wouldn't say so till he tried4 ,so he buckled right in1 with the trace of a grin ,on his face4 ,if he worried1 he hid it1 ,he started to sing as he tackled the thing ,that couldn't be done1 and he did it4 ,somebody scoffed3 ,oh1 you'll never do that3 ,at least it has never been done1 ,but he took off his coat and he took off his hat1 ,and the first thing we knew he'd begun it1 ,with the lift of his chin1 and a bit of a grin1 ,without any doubting or quiddit1 ,he started to sing as he tackled the thing ,that couldn't be done1 and he did it4 ,there are thousands to tell you it cannot be done1 ,there are thousands to prophesy failure2 ,there are thousands to point out to you1 one by one1 ,the dangers that wait to assail you2 ,but just buckle in with a bit of a grin1 ,then take off your coat and go to it2 ,just start in to sing as you tackle the thing1 ,that cannot be done and you'll do it4 ,on the #ast day of ,january1 #aibg1 ,robert received a beautiful letter of commendation from his employer1 ,mr4 ,kennelworth1 in which was enclosed a check for #ejj as a bonus1 and also notice of an advance in his salary of #ej a month4 ,this was very gratifying to ,robert1 because he felt that he was making progress1 and that a man who had made the great success that ,mr4 ,kennelworth had1 must have been watching him closer than he thought4 ,he thought that ,mr4 ,kennelworth had seen something in him worthy of advancement1 so he only worked harder to show his appreciation4 ,he wrote a letter to his friend ,walter in ,new ,york telling him of his father's generosity and how much he appreciated it now that he was working1 planning and saving his money1 hoping to be with ,walter in ,new ,york soon where he could start speculating and make a lot of money so that he could complete his great invention and do something to benefit the world4 ,robert wrote ,marie of this good fortune which had come to him in the new year and how it had stimulated his hopes to greater things in the future4 ,he was sure that with her love1 he would continue and accomplish every desire that he had hoped for4 ,marie wrote him beautiful letters of encouragement1 filled with love and admiration for the man that she was living for1--her ideal4 ,she told him that she was making great progress with her studies and hoped to graduate in a few years and be an honor to him and assist him in his work4 ,she sent a little poem1 entitled3 ,act the ,man and ,face ,it ,out4 ,,act ,,the ,,man ,,and ,,face ,,it ,,out ,should life's storms be blowing gusty1 or the road be hot and dusty1 ,don't give up and pull a face all glum and blue2 ,cheer up1 man1 and tackle trouble4 ,if your efforts you redouble ,there'll be brighter days ahead awaiting you4 ,where's the use of whining1 moaning1 or of wasting time in droning ,never yet have such things pulled a fellow thru1 ,when you've trouble you must meet it1 that's the proper way to treat it1 ,always bear in mind results depend on you4 ,never heed the whiner's chatter1 'tis right deeds that matter1 ,that will pierce the clouds--the roughest pathway span1 ,every trouble is made lighter1 and you'll find your outlook brighter ,if you tackle things and face them like a man4 ,if you mean to conquer trouble1 you must take it at the double4 ,you must act the man and face the matter out2 ,tackle trouble1 gamely fight it4 ,shirking it will never right it1 ,face it bravely1 and your trouble you will rout4 ,tid ,bits4 ,marie wrote of her plans for the future4 ,how she hoped to live to see him the greatest man in the world2 how she wanted to one day bring him before her father and show him what her love and confidence in a poor boy had done for him4 ,she wanted her father to be proud of ,robert as she was4 ,after all the success she wanted them to be able to enjoy the closing years of their lives in peace and quiet together1 where they could reminisce over the trials1 troubles and obstacles overcome which had led to the victory which is always the fruit of true and lasting love4 ,here follows a poem--,after the ,years--,quiet4 ,,after ,,the ,,years--,,quiet ,at last--after the years have wrought their will1 ,go build a house of solace for thyself2 ,with things that pleasure thee its rooms upfill-- ,turn thy soft light2 a rose jar on thy shelf4 ,have there the books thou wilt not read again1 ,so well thou knowest all of their magic old2 ,have there the lute that silent shall remain1 ,thy heart all music from its tones of gold4 ,and dream beside thy fire2 dream of the guest ,that cometh now no more--yet he is there1 ,if so thy soul would shape him1 and thy rest ,and dream--within a dream with thee will share4 ,have there all things thou countest as thine own2 ,and what thou wouldst have had--there let it be4 ,but what thou wouldst not let it pass unknown1 ,after the years have wrought their will on thee4 ,and take no more a burden on thy heart1 ,wrestling--if this be good--if that be ill2 ,and strive no more to better what thou art2 ,with consolation thy whole being fill4 ,and so with quiet lapping thee around1 ,a presence like a ,god's thy house shall fill1 ,but question not thereof nor even pray1 ,for importuning words such joy might mill4 ,build thee that house of solace--out of sight2 ,a charm above the door and on the sill1 ,and trouble shall go by thee4 ',tis thy right-- ,at last--after the years have wrought their will4 ,edith ,m4 ,thomas4 ,robert sent ,marie an article entitled1 ,a ,standard by ,christian ,d4 ,larson4 ,he told her that this was going to be his standard for the future1 and that following this standard with her love and faith he would accomplish everything that she hoped for him to4 ,a ,,standard ,to be so strong that nothing can disturb your peace of mind4 ,to make all your friends see that there is something in them4 ,to look at the funny side of everything and make your optimism come true4 ,to think only of the best1 to work only for the best1 and to expect only the best4 ,to be just as enthusiastic about the success of others as you are about your own4 ,to forget the mistakes of the past and press on to the greater achievements of the future4 ,to wear a cheerful countenance at all times and give every living creature you meet a smile4 ,to give so much time to the improvement of yourself that you have no time to criticize others4 ,to be too large for worry1 too noble for anger1 too strong for fear2 and too happy to permit the presence of trouble4 ,to think well of yourself and to proclaim this face to the world1 not in loud words but in great deeds4 ,to live in the faith that the whole world is on your side so long as you are true to the best that is in you4 ,christian ,d4 ,larson4 ,marie continued to write him encouraging letters from time to time4 ,their love affair continued smooth with no troubles or interruptions4 ,marie was a great reader and was studying carefully1 always collecting poems and articles which she thought would help and encourage ,robert4 ,one was entitled3 ,,why ,,the ,,saints ,,were ,,saints ,because they were cheerful when it was hard to be cheerful2 ,and patient when it was hard to be patient2 ,and because they pushed on when they wanted to stand still2 ,and kept silent when they wanted to talk1 ,and were agreeable when they wanted to be disagreeable4 ,,author ,,unknown4 and also another one by ,herbert ,kaufman1 reading as follows3 ,don't let busy-bodies turn you from the path you have selected1 ,incredulity and unbelief are quite to be expected1 ,what if butters-in do scold you8 ,what if fools try to remold you8 ,if you aren't streaked with yellow such ,discouragement won't hold you4 ,some will doubt you4 ,lots will flout you4 ,more than one will lie about you4 ,they'll deride you ,and decide you4 ,need an ,older hand to guide you4 ,do not listen to the croakers--fight it out once you have commenced it4 ,if you meet with opposition simply run your head against it4 ,all big things that we know about were won by self-believers4 ,quitters1 never have been1 nor can they be1 achievers4 ,herbert ,kaufman4 ,,chapter ,v ,marie's love and devotion for ,robert were bearing fruit4 ,he studied the ,bible day and night1 worked on his plans for the future and continued his investigation of science1 for he believed that the ,bible was the key to the process by which man may know all there is to know4 ,he realized that by studying it he might be able to forecast the future and benefit himself thereby4 ,above all things he was interested in airplanes1 inventing and improving an airplane that would be useful in the future wars4 ,he had found the plan for a great airplane in ,ezekiel #a3d-af3 ,and ,i looked1 and behold1 a whirlwind came out of the north1 a great cloud1 and a fire infolding itself1 and a brightness was about it1 and out of the midst thereof as the colour of amber1 out of the midst of the fire4 ,also out of the midst thereof came the likeness of four living creatures4 ,and this was their appearance2 they had the likeness of a man4 ,and one had four faces1 and every one had four wings4 ,and their feet were straight feet2 and the sole of their feet was like the sole of a calf's foot2 and they sparkled like the colour of burnished brass4 ,and they had the hands of a man under their wings on their four sides2 and they four had their faces and their wings4 ,their wings were joined one to another2 they turned not when they went2 they went every one straight forward4 ,as for the likeness of their faces1 they four had the face of a man1 and the face of a lion on the right side2 and they four had the face of an ox on the left side2 they four also had the face of an eagle4 ,thus were their faces2 and their wings were stretched upward2 two wings of every one were joined one to another2 and two covered their bodies4 ,and they went every one straight forward2 whither the spirit was to go2 they went2 and they turned not when they went4 ,as for the likeness of the living creatures1 their appearance was like burning coals of fire1 and like the appearance of lamps3 it went up and down among the living creatures2 and the fire was bright1 and out of the fire went forth lightning4 ,and the living creatures ran and returned as the appearance of a flash of lightning4 ,now1 as ,i beheld the living creatures1 behold1 one wheel upon the earth by the living creatures1 with his four faces4 ,the appearance of the wheels and their work was like unto the colour of a beryl2 and they four had one likeness3 and their appearance and their work was as it were a wheel in the middle of a wheel4 ,robert felt sure that this was the prediction and description of an airplane that ,ezekiel was talking about4 ,he thought that an airplane could be built with four wings1 which would be more powerful and useful than any of the airplanes yet built4 ,it was his great desire to build an airplane of this kind4 ,robert read ,ezekiel #e3b and #ab3 ,thou shalt burn with fire a third part in the midst of the city1 when the days of the siege are fulfilled2 and thou shalt take a third part1 and smite about it with a knife2 and a third part thou shalt scatter in the wind2 and ,i will draw but a sword after them4 ,a third part of thee shall die with the pestilence1 and with famine shall they be consumed in the midst of thee2 and a third part shall fall by the sword round about thee2 and ,i will scatter a third part into all the winds1 and ,i will draw out a sword after them4 ,also ,ezekiel #g3b and #ab3 ,also1 thou son of man1 thus saith the ,lord ,god unto the land of ,israel4 ,an end1 the end is come upon the four corners of the land4 ,the time is come1 the day draweth near2 let not the buyer rejoice1 nor the seller mourn2 for wrath is upon all the multitude thereof4 ,robert thought he saw in this the coming war and famine on the earth from the cycle1 that a greater portion of the earth would be destroyed by war and famine1 and that the end was near4 ,ezekiel #g3ac3 ,for the seller shall not return to that which is sold1 although they were yet alive2 for the vision is touching the whole multitude thereof1 which shall not return2 neither shall any strengthen himself in the iniquity of his life4 ,ezekiel #h3a and #ad3 ,and it came to pass in the sixth year1 in the sixth month1 in the fifth day of the month1 as ,i sat in mine house1 and the elders of ,judah sat before me1 that the hand of the ,lord ,god fell there upon me4 ,then he brought me to the door of the gate of the ,lord's house which was toward the north2 and behold1 there sat women weeping for ,tammuz4 ,ezekiel #aj3i-aa3 ,and when ,i looked1 behold1 the four wheels by the cherubims1 one wheel by one cherub1 and another wheel by another cherub3 and the appearance of the wheels was as of the colour of a beryl stone4 ,and as for their appearances1 they four had one likeness1 as if a wheel had been in the midst of a wheel4 ,when they went1 they went upon their four sides2 they turned not as they went1 but to the place whither the head looked they followed it2 they turned not as they went4 ,robert felt sure that it was an airplane which ,ezekiel was talking about and which was going to be made in the future4 ,he thought the one referred to with the face of an eagle referred to the ,united ,states ,government4 ,he hoped to build some day and help win the great war in the air and make peace when the days of the ,end come and the great air battles would be fought4 ,ezekiel #aj3ai and #ba3 ,and the cherubims lifted up their wings1 and mounted up from the earth in my sight2 when they went out1 the wheels also were beside them2 and every one stood at the door of the east gate of the ,lord's house2 and the glory of the ,god of ,israel was over them above4 ,every one had four faces apiece1 and every one four wings2 and the likeness of the hands of a man was under their wings4 ,ezekiel #ab3bb3 ,son of man1 what is that proverb that ye have in the land of ,israel1 saying1 ,the days are prolonged1 and every vision faileth8 ,ezekiel #ad3ad1 #af and #ba3 ,though these three men1 ,noah1 ,daniel and ,job1 were in it1 they should deliver but their own souls by their righteousness1 saith the ,lord ,god4 ,though these three men were in it1 as ,i live1 saith the ,lord ,god1 they shall deliver neither sons nor daughters2 they only shall be delivered1 but the land shall be desolate4 ,for thus saith the ,lord ,god4 ,how much more when ,i send my four judgments upon ,jerusalem1 the sword1 and the famine1 and the noisome beast1 and the pestilence1 to cut off from it man and beast4 ,ezekiel #af3a and #dd3 ,again the word of the ,lord came unto me1 saying1 ,behold1 every one that useth proverbs shall use this proverb against thee1 saying1 ,as is the mother1 so is her daughter4 ,ezekiel #ag3c and #g3 ,and say1 ,thus saith the ,lord ,god1 ,a great eagle with great wings1 long-winged1 full of feathers1 which had divers colours1 came unto ,lebanon1 and took the highest branch of the cedar3 ,there was also another great eagle with great wings and many feathers2 and1 behold1 this vine did bend her roots toward him1 and shot forth her branches toward him1 that he might water it by the furrows of her plantation4 ,ezekiel #bj3df3 ,son of man set thy face toward the south1 and drop thy word toward the south1 and prophesy against the forest of the south field3 ,robert interpreted this to mean that the day was coming when there would be a great air fight from the southern part of the ,united ,states4 ,ezekiel #bj3dg3 ,and say to the forest of the south1 ,hear the word of the ,lord1 ,thus saith the ,lord ,god1 ,behold1 ,i will kindle a fire in thee1 and it shall devour every green tree in thee1 and every dry tree2 the flaming flame shall not be quenched1 and all faces from the south to the north shall be burned therein4 ,he thought this meant the ,south would be destroyed by airplanes with liquid fire and poisonous chemicals when the war would take place4 ,robert read ,ezekiel #ba3ad1 #bf and #cj3 ,thou1 therefore1 son of man1 prophesy1 and smite thine hands together1 and let the sword be doubled the third time1 the sword of the slain2 it is the sword of the great men that are slain1 which entereth into their privy chambers4 ,thus saith the ,lord ,god1 ,remove the diadem1 and take off the crown2 this shall not be the same2 exalt him that is low1 and abase him that is high4 ,shall ,i cause it to return into his sheath8 ,i will judge thee in the place where thou wast created1 in the land of the nativity4 ,ezekiel #bh3c3 ,behold thou art wiser than ,daniel2 there is no secret that they can hide from thee3 ,robert had great faith in the prophecies of ,ezekiel because the ,lord said3 ,behold1 thou art wiser than ,daniel4 ,there is no secret that they can hide from thee4 ,he understood from ,ezekiel's prophecies that a great war was coming and that it would be fought in the air by the great airplanes as described by ,ezekiel #cb3a and #b3 ,and it came to pass in the twelfth year1 in the twelfth month1 in the first day of the month1 that the word of the ,lord came unto me1 saying1 ,son of man1 take up a lamentation for ,pharaoh king of ,egypt1 and say unto him1 ,thou art like a young lion of the nations1 and thou art as a whale in the seas2 and thou camest forth with thy rivers1 and troubledst the waters with thy feet1 and fouledst their rivers4 ,from these predictions of ,ezekiel and others in the ,bible which ,robert believed was a repetition of previous battles1 he interpreted it to mean that there was to be a great flood during the year #aibg4 ,he predicted terrible floods along the ,mississippi ,valley1 which would destroy the cotton crops and would lay waste vast acres of fertile land4 ,he wrote that it would be one of the greatest floods in history4 ,ezekiel #cb3g3 ,and when ,i shall put thee out1 ,i will cover the heaven1 and make the stars thereof dark2 ,i will cover the sun with a cloud1 and the moon shall not give her light4 ,robert understood this to mean the two great eclipses that would occur in ,june1 #aibg4 ,ezekiel #cc3ba and #cc3 ,and it came to pass in the twelfth year of our captivity1 in the tenth month1 in the fifth day of the month1 that one that had escaped out of ,jerusalem came unto me1 saying1 ,the ,city is smitten4 ,and when this cometh to pass1 7lo1 it will come7 then shall they know that a prophet hath been among them4 ,robert felt that he knew the ,scriptures and was prepared to prophesy the future and warn the people of the famine1 pestilence and the coming war4 ,ezekiel #ce3a and #h3 ,moreover1 the word of the ,lord came unto me1 saying1 ,and ,i will fill his mountains with his slain men3 in thy hills1 and in thy valleys1 and in all thy rivers1 shall they fall that are slain with the sword4 ,ezekiel #cf3a and #cd3 ,also1 thou son of man1 prophesy unto the mountains of ,israel1 and say1 ,ye mountains of ,israel1 hear the word of the ,lord4 ,and the desolate land shall be tilled1 whereas it lay desolate in the sight of all that passed by4 ,ezekiel #cg3i1 #af1 #ag1 #ai and #bb3 ,then said he unto me1 ,prophesy unto the wind1 prophesy1 son of man1 and say to the wind1 ,thus saith the ,lord ,god1 ,come from the four winds1 ,o ,breath1 and breathe upon these slain1 that they may live1 ,moreover1 thou son of man1 take thee one stick1 and write upon it1 ,for ,judah1 and for the children of ,israel his companions3 then take another stick and write upon it1 ,for ,joseph1 the stick of ,ephraim1 and for all the house of ,israel his companions3 ,and join them one to another into one stick2 and they shall become one in thine hand4 ,say unto them1 ,thus saith the ,lord ,god1 ,behold1 ,i will take the stick of ,joseph1 which is in the hand of ,ephraim1 and the tribes of ,israel his fellows1 and will put them with him1 even with the stick of ,judah1 and make them one stick1 and they shall be one in mine hand4 ,and ,i will make them one nation in the land upon the mountains of ,israel2 and one king shall be king to them all2 and they shall be no more two nations1 neither shall they be divided into two kingdoms1 any more at all4 ,robert interpreted this to mean the coming of the great war when the ,united ,states should be the one great nation that would rule the world2 that there would be no more divided kingdoms and no more divided countries2 that it would be the ,united ,states of the ,world1 which would be the land of liberty where freedom exists4 ,ezekiel #ch3ai3 ,for in my jealousy and in the fire of my wrath1 have ,i spoken1 ,surely in that day there shall be a great shaking in the land of ,israel4 ,robert understood--the jealousy in the fire of wrath--to mean chemical elements which would be used in the coming war and the use of airplanes4 ,ezekiel #ci3b3 ,and ,i will turn thee back1 and leave but the sixth part of thee1 and will cause thee to come up from the north parts1 and will bring thee upon the mountains of ,israel4 ,robert's interpretation of this was that the last great battle of the war was to be fought in the northern part of the ,united ,states4 ,ezekiel #ci3h and #i3 ,behold1 it is come1 and it is done1 saith the ,lord ,god2 this is the day whereof ,i have spoken4 ,and they that dwell in the cities of ,israel shall go forth1 and shall set on fire and burn the weapons1 both the shields and the bucklers1 the bows and the arrows1 and the handstaves and the spears1 and they shall burn them with fire seven years4 ,he thought the #ith verse where it says that everything should be burnt with fire seven years1 meant either seven years of war1 or seven days4 ,he had read where it says1 ,i will appoint a day for a year and a year for a day4 ,ezekiel #ci3aa1 #ab and #ad3 ,and it shall come to pass in that day1 that ,i will give unto ,gog a place there of graves in ,israel1 the valley of the passengers of the east of the sea2 and it shall stop the noses of the passengers2 and there shall they bury ,gog1 and all his multitude2 and they shall call it1 ,the ,valley of ,hamon-gog4 ,and seven months shall the house of ,israel be burying of them1 that they may cleanse the land4 ,and they shall sever out men of continual employment1 passing through the land to bury with the passengers those that remain upon the face of the earth1 to cleanse it2 after the end of seven months shall they search4 ,robert thought all this referred to the war yet to come1 in which the ,united ,states was to play the final and principal part1 and the use of the airplanes should reach its greatest perfection4 ,ezekiel #dc3a1 #b1 #c1 #d and #aj3 ,afterward he brought me to the gate1 even the gate that looketh toward the east3 ,and1 behold1 the glory of the ,god of ,israel came from the way of the east1 and his voice was like a noise of many waters3 and the earth shined with his glory4 ,and it was according to the appearance of the vision that ,i saw when ,i came to destroy the city2 and the visions were like the vision that ,i saw by the river ,chebar3 and ,i fell upon my face4 ,and the glory of the ,lord came into the house1 by the way of the gate whose prospect is toward the east4 ,thou son of man1 shew the house to the house of ,israel1 that they may be ashamed of their iniquities2 and let them measure the pattern4 ,ezekiel #dd3a1 #d1 #e and #bf3 ,then he brought me back the way of the gate of the outward sanctuary1 which looketh toward the east1 and it was shut4 ,then brought he me the way of the north gate before the house2 and ,i looked1 and1 behold1 the glory of the ,lord filled the house of the ,lord2 and fell upon my face4 ,and the ,lord said unto me1 ,son of man1 mark well1 and behold with thine eyes1 and hear with thine ears1 all that ,i say unto thee concerning all the ordinances of the house of the ,lord1 and all the laws thereof2 and mark well the entering in of the house1 with every going forth of the sanctuary4 ,and after he is cleansed they shall reckon unto him seven days4 ,robert thought this referred to the last seven days at the end of the ,great ,war in the ,air4 ,ezekiel #de3be3 ,in the seventh month1 in the fifteenth day of the month1 shall he do the like in the feast of the seven days1 according to the sin offering1 and according to the meat offering1 and according to the oil4 ,robert thought this referred to the #aeth day of ,july1 #aicb4 ,ezekiel #df3a1 #b and #ag3 ,thus saith the ,lord ,god1 ,the gate of the inner court that looketh toward the east shall be shut the six working days2 but on the sabbath it shall be opened1 and in the day of the new moon it shall be opened4 ,and the prince shall enter by way of the porch of that gate without1 and shall stand by the post of the gate1 and the priests shall prepare his burnt offering and his peace offerings1 and he shall worship at the threshold of the gate3 then he shall go forth2 but the gate shall not be shut until the evening4 ,but if he give a gift of his inheritance to one of his servants1 then it shall be his to the year of liberty2 after it shall return to the prince2 but his inheritance shall be his son's for them4 ,ezekiel #dg3e1 #f1 #h and #i3 ,afterward he measured a thousand2 and it was a river that ,i could not pass over3 for the waters were risen1 waters to swim in1 a river that could not be passed over4 ,and he said unto me1 ,son of man1 hast thou seen this8 then he brought me1 and caused me to return to the brink of the river4 ,then said he unto me1 ,these waters issue out toward the east country1 and go down into the desert1 and go into the sea3 which being brought forth into the sea1 the waters shall be healed4 ,and it shall come to pass1 that everything that liveth1 which moveth1 whithersoever1 the rivers shall come1 shall live3 and there shall be a very great multitude of fish1 because these waters shall come thither3 for they shall be healed2 and everything shall live whither the river cometh4 ,ezekiel #dh3ad and #ae3 ,and they shall not sell of it1 neither exchange1 nor alienate the first fruits of the land3 for it is holy unto the ,lord4 ,and the five thousand that are left in the breadth1 over against the five and twenty thousand1 shall be a profane place for the city1 for dwelling1 and for suburbs2 and the city shall be in the midst thereof4 ,,chapter ,,vi ,robert wrote to ,walter in ,new ,york and told him about his plans for the future2 how well he was getting along1 about his new discoveries and how he had worked out the future from the ,bible4 ,he asked ,walter's advice about sending an article to ,walter's father in regard to his future predictions based on the ,bible4 ,walter thought it the opportune time1 in view of the fact that his father had confidence in ,robert4 ,after he had worked out his cycle theory according to the ,bible1 and decided that he could forecast the markets and make money1 he wrote to ,mr4 ,kennelworth1 his employer4 ,texarkana1 ,texas4 ,january #ae1 #aibg4 ,mr4 ,j4,h4 ,kennelworth1 ,texarkana1 ,texas4 ,my dear ,mr4 ,kennelworth3 ,i want you to know how much ,i appreciate the bonus you gave me on the #ast of the year4 ,while ,i want to use it wisely1 together with a little other money ,i have saved1 ,i feel it is my duty to tell you what ,i intend to do with it4 ,i have been studying the ,bible night and day for many years1 and ,i believe that ,i have found in it the key to all prophecy1--the rules fortelling the events in the history of the country1 the progress in invention1 and also rules for forecasting the future of stocks and commodities4 ,i have been reading some books and studying commodities and stocks and have applied the rules as ,i understand them from the ,bible4 ,i feel sure that ,i am able to foretell what is going to happen in stocks and commodities1 and ,i am very anxious to make some money out of it so that ,i can go to ,new ,york and join ,walter there1 where ,i will have greater advantages and can study and experiment with some inventions which ,i have in mind4 ,from the teachings of the ,bible and the methods which ,i have worked out1 ,i feel confident that the price of cotton is going very high this ,spring4 ,i figure that there are going to be some heavy floods along the ,mississippi ,river1 and that there will be a late1 wet ,spring1 and that the demand for cotton will greatly increase1 helping to put prices very high4 ,therefore1 ,i have decided to use the #ejj4jj which you gave me and another #ejj4jj which ,i have saved up1 to buy cotton to hold for the ,spring and ,summer4 ,i would like to have your opinion of this venture4 ,assuring you of my appreciation of your advice1 ,i am ,sincerely yours1 ,robert ,gordon4 ,about this time ,mr4 ,j4,h4 ,kennelworth received the following letter from his son1 ,walter1 in ,new ,york3 ,new ,york ,city1 ,january #ab1 #aibg4 ,dear ,father3 ,i have just received a letter from my good friend1 ,robert1 and he tells me that he is anxious to join me in ,new ,york in a few months1 that he has figured out some new discoveries and inventions from the ,bible1 and that he wants to do some speculating in order to make some money4 ,he asked my opinion of putting before you some of his discoveries and getting your opinion on them4 ,i wrote him that ,i was sure he would find a sympathetic listener in you and advised him to put his plans frankly before you4 ,father1 ,i hope that you will give ,robert your best advice and co-operation because ,i have great faith in him4 ,he is a brilliant boy and is going to have a great future4 ,he is loyal and honest1 you know1 and a hard worker1 and ,i would hate to see him leave your employ4 ,at the same time ,i would like to see him in ,new ,york as soon as possible4 ,i am getting along nicely with my studies1 and hope to graduate in a couple of years4 ,give my love to mother1 and all1 ,your son1 ,walter4 ,when ,mr4 ,kennelworth received ,robert's letter1 he dictated the following reply to his stenographer3 ,my dear ,robert3 ,your very interesting letter received4 ,i have the greatest faith in your ability and believe that if anyone can work out anything valuable from the ,bible1 you can do it4 ,i have watched very carefully your persistency1 and am much impressed with your loyalty and determination4 ,it is admirable the confidence and faith that you have in yourself1 as well as having great confidence in the greatest book of all1 ,the ,holy ,bible4 ,but when it comes to speculation1 ,robert1 ,i want to give you some advice from my experience4 ,it is a very dangerous game4 ,it may be inviting1 but it is not a business1 ,robert4 ,it is a gamble4 ,of course ,i know that some men make it a business4 ,most men cannot control themselves when they get into it1 the result--they gamble1 and in the end1 lose all4 ,i will give you a little experience that ,i had4 ,i went to ,new ,york many years ago1 and on advice and information from some friends of mine1 was induced to buy some oil stock4 ,this was in the ,fall of #aiai4 ,oil stocks advanced rapidly1 and along in ,october1 my friends advised me to buy more4 ,i had some handsome profits and did buy more4 ,i confess that ,i knew nothing about oil stocks or any other stocks1 but simply followed my friends' advice in buying them4 ,in ,november1 #aiai1 the market smashed all to pieces1 and the oil stocks declined #ej to #ajj points4 ,i had big profits at the top1 but before the break was over1 ,i not only lost all of my profits1 but about #ej1jjj or #fj1jjj of my capital4 ,this taught me a lesson4 ,i had made my money in the lumber business and in railroading4 ,i had now gone into something that ,i knew nothing about and suffered a heavy loss4 ,my friends and brokers tried to induce me to hold on and put up more margin2 said that ,i would eventually come out all right1 but ,i took the loss and charged it up to experience4 ,had ,i held on to these stocks1 ,i would have lost my entire fortune1 because they continued to go down during #aibj and #aiba1 and were #ej to #fj points lower than where ,i sold out4 ,so you can see1 ,robert1 what a costly experience this would have been and how wise ,i was to stop in time4 ,the best advice that ,i can give you is1 to stop before you start4 ,you will save time and worry1 aside from the loss of what little money you have saved up4 ,i want to encourage and help you in every way possible1 and ,i feel that ,i am helping you in giving you advice of this kind4 ,wishing you all success in your studies1 ,i am ,yours very truly1 ,j4,h4 ,kennelworth4 ,robert's second letter to ,mr4 ,kennelworth3 ,january #bd1 #aibg4 ,my dear ,mr4 ,kennelworth3 ,i have read your letter with a great deal of interest4 ,i appreciate your fatherly advice and know that you have my interest at heart4 ,i appreciate your telling me of your experience in speculation and know that this can be the only result where people only guess at the market1 or follow tips4 ,i have secured some books from ,new ,york and read a great deal about the market1 and ,i feel that ,i already know that there are many pitfalls in the game of speculation1 but if it can be made a science and followed according to the rules laid down in the ,bible1 success and profits are sure4 ,sir ,william ,crookes said3 ,to stop short in any research which bids fair to widen the gates of knowledge1 to recoil from fear of difficulties or adverse criticism1 is to bring reproach upon science4 ,i feel that ,i have my own life to live2 that ,i must have faith in myself and above all1 have the faith which is instilled in me through the study of the ,bible4 ,i must neither fear difficulties nor criticism4 ,i must put my theories and my discoveries to the test4 ,the only way that ,i can do that1 is to follow what ,i think is right4 ,i have already made arrangements and sent my money to a broker in ,new ,york1 and have today bought #bjj bales of ,july cotton at #ac4hj4 ,i am going to hold this cotton4 ,if it goes up1 as ,i am sure it will this ,spring and ,summer1 as my profits accumulate1 ,i am going to buy more on the way up4 ,i believe in what the ,bible says3 ,prove all things and hold fast to that which is good4 ,jacob said3 ,i have read in the tables of heaven whatsoever things shall befall both of you and your children4 ,i believe in the stars1 ,i believe in astrology1 and ,i have figured out my destiny4 ,the ,bible makes it plain that the stars do rule4 #adgth ,psalm1 #dth verse3 ,he tellest the number of the stars1 he callest them all by name4 ,dante said3 ,follow thy star--thou shalt see at last a glorious haven4 ,napoleon and many other great leaders of olden times followed their stars1 and believed in them4 ,mr4 ,kennelworth1 ,i have gained a great deal of knowledge by following the ,bible4 ,i have gone into secret places to pray1 and have kept my discoveries to myself4 ,i believe in the saying3 ,in silence1 by silence1 through silence were all things made4 ,daniel makes it clear that the stars influence3 ,and he changeth the times and the seasons3 he removeth kings1 and setteth up kings3 he giveth wisdom unto the wise1 and knowledge to them that know understanding4 ,he revealeth the deep and secret things3 he knoweth what is in the darkness1 and the light dwelleth with him4 ,i have followed the teachings and admonitions of ,solomon1 and realize that knowledge is the greatest of all things4 ,i have tried to get understanding and believe that ,i have received it from the ,bible1 and that ,i must use it4 ,i refer to ,daniel3 ,and in the days of these kings shall the ,god of heaven set up a kingdom which shall never be destroyed3 and the kingdom shall not be left to other people1 but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms1 and it shall stand forever4 ,mr4 ,kennelworth1 ,i believe this prophesy is yet to be fulfilled4 ,i believe that the ,united ,states is the kingdom which is never to be destroyed2 that we will eventually see the ,united ,states of the ,world1 and that this country1 which is the land of love and liberty1 will rule wisely all other nations4 ,i quote from ,daniel3 ,and whereas they commanded to leave the stump of the tree roots2 thy kingdom shall be sure unto thee1 after that thou shalt have known that the heavens do rule4 ,i have demonstrated this to mean that the planets rule our destinies4 ,it is right for us to understand them as ,daniel did and interpret the secret and hidden things4 ,i believe the wise men of the ,east1 the astrologists before the birth of ,jesus ,christ1 knew where and when he would be born by the study of the stars4 ,st4 ,matthew1 ,chapter #b3b-- ,saying1 ,where is he that is born ,king of the ,jews8 for we have seen his star in the east1 and are come to worship him4 ,this shows to me that the wise men believed that certain stars arising would indicate a great man would be born1 a savior of the world4 ,st4 ,matthew1 ,chapter #f3f and #h-- ,but thou1 when thou prayest1 enter into thy closet1 and when thou hast shut the door1 pray to thy ,father1 which is in secret2 and thy ,father1 which seeth in secret1 shall reward thee openly4 ,be not ye therefore like unto them3 for your ,father knoweth what things ye have need of before ye ask him4 ,i have prayed and studied in secret1 and ,i believe ,i am going to receive my reward4 ,i believe that our heavenly ,father1 the ruler and maker of this universe1 does know our needs1 and that he gives us understanding according to the way we would receive it4 ,i was much impressed when ,i read ,st4 ,matthew #f3cc-- ,but seek ye first the kingdom of ,god1 and his righteousness2 and all these things shall be added unto you4 ,i have sought that kingdom and ,i have found it where the good book says it is3 ,the kingdom of heaven is within you4 ,again the good book says3 ,if ye believe in me1 greater things than these shall ye do4 ,i believe that ,i can and will do great things4 ,ever since ,i was a small boy1 and used to kneel at my mother's knee1 and she taught me first to pray1 ,i have believed in that great book and in ,god's power to guide me right and give me understanding of all things4 ,my own father never understood me or had any sympathy with me or my ideas1 which ,i feel were far advanced4 ,my own brother was my worst enemy1 and ,i find that the ,bible bears me out in this ,and a man's foes shall be they of his own household4 ,my father and brother opposed me because they did not understand me4 ,i firmly believe that the ,bible and the ,scriptures contain the key to all knowledge1 and that all a man has to do is to seek and he shall find1 knock and it shall be opened unto him4 ,i believe it is best for me to go away to ,new ,york as soon as ,i can1 away from my own people1 for the good book says3 ,a prophet is not without honor1 save in his own country1 and in his own house4 ,the ,bible points the way to read the signs and the stars4 ,st4 ,matthew #ab3ch1 #ci and #dj-- ,then certain of the scribes and ,pharisees answered1 saying1 ,master1 we would see a sign from thee4 ,but he answered and said unto them1 ,an evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign2 and there shall no sign be given to it1 but the sign of the prophet ,jonas3 ,for as ,jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly2 so shall the ,son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth4 ,i have read the ,book of ,jonah thru very carefully1 and ,i believe that ,i understand what the ,saviour meant when he said3 ,no sign shall be given1 but the sign of the prophet ,jonas4 ,i believe there was a secret meaning in what he said2 that the ,son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth4 ,i believe that a man who understands the meaning of that has all the power under heaven and earth1 as the ,bible says he shall have4 ,i believe that that is the key to the interpretation of the future4 ,i am sure ,i have found it and know how to apply it4 ,i do not wish to burden you further with this long letter1 ,mr4 ,kennelworth4 ,i am very much interested in my work on future cycles1 and if you are interested in what ,i can work out on the future cycles1 ,i will be glad to send them to you and let you watch them4 ,i have figured out the repetition of each cycle when wars will come4 ,i believe that the wheat prices forecast coming wars4 ,through my study of the ,bible1 ,i have determined the major and minor time factors which repeat in the history of nations1 men and markets4 ,i trust that you will understand me and not feel that ,i do not appreciate your advice when ,i started speculating4 ,if my new discoveries work1 as ,i hope they will1 ,i look forward to the day when you can join me in a great campaign for making money4 ,assuring you of my deep appreciation of all your kind advice1 ,i am ,sincerely yours1 ,robert ,gordon4 ,on the same night1 ,january #bdth1 after ,robert had received a telegram from his broker in ,new ,york1 stating that he had bought #bjj bales of ,july cotton at #ac4hj1 ,robert figured that this would margin him to #ab4hj4 ,he was sure from his study that ,july cotton would never decline to #ac4be4 ,he sat down and wrote3 ,my darling ,marie3 ,love is the greatest thing in the world4 ,it is all powerful1 and your love for me is going to make me the greatest man in the world4 ,today ,i have started on the road to fame and fortune4 ,when we were together last1 ,i told you about my discoveries of the cycles from the ,bible and said ,i was sure that ,i could figure out what the stock1 cotton and grain markets were going to do2 that ,i was going to start speculating as soon as ,i got the money4 ,you discouraged me4 ,recently ,i wrote to ,mr4 ,kennelworth about the matter1 and he also discouraged me4 ,he told me what a hazardous and dangerous business it is4 ,i hope that you won't scold me1 because ,i have already bought #bjj bales of ,july cotton at #ac4hj and put up #ajjj as margin4 ,i am sure that ,i am going to make money1 and that it is going to be the means of bringing us a great deal of happiness4 ,if ,i can make money1 ,i can complete my invention and discoveries1 go to ,new ,york where ,i will have all the advantages1 and we can soon be married and realize our dream4 ,ever since we made up last ,fall1 and ,i was sure of you and your love1 ,i have been very ambitious and have not wasted a minute1 have studied day and night4 ,wanted to prove to you that your faith in me was not to go unrewarded4 ,i believe that the great success of many men has been because some good little woman placed a hand upon their shoulder and said3 ,i trust you and love you4 ,i have read a great deal of the history of the men of great achievement1 and every time ,i found back of the success the love of some good woman4 ,it is the love of my mother and the love of you which has inspired me to greater things4 ,i am sure that success is going to crown my efforts4 ,won't you give me your good wishes in my start on the road to success8 ,with all my love1 ,i am ,as ever1 ,robert4 ,sherman1 ,texas4 ,january #bf1 #aibg4 ,my own dear ,robert3 ,your sweet letter just received4 ,no1 ,robert1 ,i am not going to scold you1 because ,i believe in you4 ,i know you are doing what you think is right1 regardless of what anyone else thinks4 ,i love you all the more because you have confidence in yourself1 and above all1 confidence in the ,holy ,bible4 ,i want you to know1 ,robert1 that should you lose your money and should things go wrong1 disappointment befall you1 my love will never waiver4 ,my confidence in you is supreme1 and ,i look forward to the day when ,i may bring you before my father and show to him that my confidence was not misplaced and that you have sustained my faith and hope4 ,i love you and will always love you1 ,robert1 if you never make a dollar4 ,it is not the money that counts with me1 but it does count with my father and mother1 and ,i want you to prove to them that without the help of anyone you can make as much money as father has4 ,i know you can1 and ,i will always love you and stand by you4 ,devotedly1 ,your ,marie4 ,on ,january #bgth ,mr4 ,kennelworth wrote to ,robert3 ,my dear ,robert3 ,i have read your letter with a great deal of interest and understanding4 ,you are a deep thinker and a great reader4 ,success is bound to come to a mind which interprets the meaning of things4 ,i shall be very happy to have you write me about the future cycles as you interpret them1 and shall watch them with a great deal of interest4 ,now that you have taken the step1 ,robert1 and started in speculating1 ,i want to wish you success4 ,i admire your courage in following your convictions and the faith you have in yourself1 and if it is possible for you to win1 ,i believe and hope you will4 ,sincerely yours1 ,j4,h4 ,kennelworth4 ,robert's reply3 ,my dear ,mr4 ,kennelworth3 ,my great desire to make money1 ,i want you to understand1 is to do some good with it and benefit my country1 when she will need the benefit most4 ,please read ,ezekiel very carefully1 for ,i believe that ,ezekiel is the greatest of all prophets4 ,he aptly describes an airplane which ,i can make that will be a great aid in time of war4 ,i believe that ,ezekiel plainly foretold the war yet to come which will be fought in the air1 and that the ,united ,states will be in great jeopardy1 but will finally win out4 ,so you see1 my object in speculating is not a selfish motive altogether1 but to help others and to help my country4 ,the following verses show that ,ezekiel was predicting something to happen in the future and was carrying out ,god's instructions4 ,ezekiel #ac3b and #c-- ,son of man1 prophesy against the prophets of ,israel that prophesy1 and say thou unto them that prophesy out of their own hearts1 ,hear ye the word of the ,lord2 ,ezekiel #ad3ad1 #af1 #ah and #ba-- ,though these three men1 ,noah1 ,daniel and ,job1 were in it1 they should deliver but their own souls by their righteousness1 saith the ,lord ,god4 ,though these three men were in it1 as ,i live1 saith the ,lord ,god1 they shall deliver neither sons nor daughters2 they only shall be delivered1 but the land shall be desolate4 ,though these three men were in it1 as ,i live1 saith the ,lord ,god1 they shall deliver neither sons nor daughters1 but they only shall be delivered themselves4 ,for thus saith the ,lord ,god1 ,how much more when ,i send my four sore judgments upon ,jerusalem1 the sword1 and the famine1 and the noisome beast1 and the pestilence1 to cut off from it man and beast8 ,ezekiel #ag3c-- ,and say1 thus saith the ,lord ,god1 ,a great eagle with great wings1 long-winged1 full of feathers1 which had divers colours1 came unto ,lebanon1 and took the highest branch of the cedar3 ,ezekiel #ba3cj-- ,shall ,i cause it to return unto his sheath8 ,i will judge thee in the place where thou wast created1 in the land of thy nativity4 ,from this1 ,i believe that more famines1 earthquakes1 pestilence and wars are yet to come and that the noisome beast referred to is the airplane4 ,if we make calculations from the date and place of birth1 ,i think we can determine what our future is to be1 and in this way live according to cause and effect1 which is ,god's divine law4 ,when ,i stated that ,i believed ,ezekiel the greatest prophet of all1 my authority is found in ,ezekiel #bh3c-- ,behold1 thou art wiser than ,daniel4 ,there is no secret they can hide from thee4 ,daniel was known to be a great prophet and astrologer4 ,in his prophecies1 he foretold war1 pestilence and famine to come upon this earth1 and by a proper study of the repetition of cycles we can determine the time when important events will take place in the future4 ,i am enclosing an article which ,i have written on ,future ,cycles1 and also one on the ,cycles of ,transportation4 ,thanking you for your interest in my work1 ,i am ,sincerely yours1 ,robert ,gordon4 ,,chapter ,,vii ,,future ,,cycles ,january #bh1 #aibg4 ,in making my predictions ,i use geometry and mathematics1 just as the astronomer does1 based on immutable laws4 ,i am a believer in the ,bible4 ,it is the most wonderful book ever written1 a book of science1 philosophy and religion4 ,i claim that all scientific laws are laid down in the ,bible if a person knows where to find them4 ,refer to ,st4 ,matthew #g3g1 which says3 ,ask and it shall be given you1 seek and ye shall find1 knock and it shall be opened unto you4 ,i hold that the ,bible contains the key to the process by which man may know all there is to know of the future1 if he will only seek diligently for the rules laid down in the ,holy ,book4 ,my calculations are based on the cycle theory and on mathematical sequences4 ,history repeats itself4 ,that is what ,i have always contended1--that in order to know and predict the future of anything you only have to look up what has happened in the past and get a correct base or starting point4 ,my authority for stating that the future is but a repetition of the past is found in the ,bible4 ,read ,eccl4 #a3i3 ,the thing that hath been1 it is that which shall be2 and that which is done1 is that which shall be done3 and there is no new thing under the sun4 ,again ,that which has been is now and that which is to be hath already been4 ,this makes it plain that everything works according to past cycles1 and that history repeats itself in the lives of men1 nations and the stock market4 ,we are told that the great continent of ,atlantis1 for centuries submerged under the ,atlantic ,ocean1 possessed a civilization greater than ours of today4 ,the people of ,atlantis had their telephones1 wireless1 radios and airplanes4 ,there is considerable truth in that statement4 ,according to mathematical sequence1 the wonderful inventions that brought comfort and convenience to the ,atlantians are due to appear again1 and we are now only on the threshold of another great age4 ,remember1 everything in this universe is elliptical or circular in motion2 that applies both to the abstract and the concrete1 the mental1 physical and spiritual4 ,every thought you think makes a circle1 and it comes back to you4 ,it may take years but you will get the effects1 good or evil1 according as the thought was either good or evil4 ,that is a truth we should learn1 and the world will be the better for it4 ,in making my calculations on the stock market1 or any future event1 ,i get the past history and find out what cycle we are in and then predict the curve for the future1 which is a repetition of past market movements4 ,the great law of vibration is based on like producing like4 ,like causes produce like effects4 ,wireless telegraphy1 the phonograph and the radio are based on this law4 ,the limit of future predictions based on exact mathematical law is only restricted by lack of knowledge of correct data on past history to work from4 ,it is just as easy to figure #ajj years or #ajjj years in the future as one or two years ahead1 if you have the correct starting point and know the cycle which is going to be repeated4 ,a few years ago even scientific men1 not alone the public1 would have laughed at such a thing and refused to believe it4 ,but mathematical science1 which is the only real science that the entire civilized world has agreed upon1 furnishes unmistakable proof of history repeating itself and shows that the cycle theory1 or harmonic analysis1 is the only thing that we can rely upon to ascertain the future4 ,sometime ago an article appeared in the ,new ,york ,american commenting on the writings of ,sir ,arthur ,evans1 foremost ,english archeologist1 who published ,the ,palace of ,minos1 a book concerning the ancient ,city of ,minotaur4 ,he described the excavation on the ,isle of ,crete in the ,mediterranean ,sea1 in which they found modern apartment houses1 bath tubs and corsets1 the same as used today4 ,the plumbing that they found was so excellent that it is still working after thousands of years4 ,it is estimated that the ancient city was destroyed over #ejjj years ago1 or about #cejj ,b4,c4 ,the fact that a long time elapsed before apartment houses became popular again is another proof of history repeating itself and shows ,there is no new thing under the sun1 but that we simply resurrect the old ones4 ,how do ,i forecast future cycles8 you may ask4 ,in order to forecast future cycles1 the most important thing is to begin right1 for if we have the right beginning1 we will get the right ending4 ,if we know the cause of the effect1 then there can be no doubt about predicting the future event or effect4 ,i have always looked for causes and when once ,i determine a cause ,i can always be sure of the effect or future event which ,i predict4 ,,it ,,is ,,not ,,my ,,aim ,,to ,,explain ,,the ,,cause ,,of ,,cycles4 ,the general public is not yet ready for it and probably would not understand or believe it if ,i explained it4 ,in every law of nature there is a major and a minor2 a positive1 a negative1 and a neutral4 ,therefore1 in cycles there must be a lesser1 a greater and intermediate cycle1 or cycles within cycles4 ,like ,ezekiel says3 ,wheel within a wheel4 ,time is the great factor that proves all things4 ,the measurement of time first originated and is based on the earth's motion upon its axis4 ,one of the smallest cycles1 or time factors1 which repeats regularly in things that are very active and have a high vibration1 is the four-minute cycle4 ,the reason for this is that the earth moves one degree every four minutes4 ,the next cycle is #bd hours1 the complete time required for the earth to make one revolution upon its axis4 ,that is how man measured his cycle of a day4 ,the next important cycle is one year1 the time required for the earth to move around the sun4 ,this brings about the four seasons of the year4 ,these are the minor cycles4 ,the major cycles run in #ajj and #ejjj years with variations based on minor cycles4 ,in order to be sure of world events and important changes1 it is necessary to go back at least #ajjj years and prove up the cycles4 ,we find ample proof of the #ajjj-year cycle in the ,bible3 ,a little one shall become a thousand and a small one a strong nation2 ,i the ,lord1 will hasten it in his time4 ,also ,one day is with the ,lord as a thousand years1 and a thousand years as one day4 ,another evidence of the #ajjj-year cycle3 ,and he laid hold on the dragon1 that old serpent1 which is the ,devil1 and ,satan1 and bound him a thousand years4 ,if we go back #ajjj years1 we can find ample proof of how history has been repeating itself in the past few years4 ,from about ,a4,d4 #iaf to #ibc ,europe went thru about the same conditions that prevailed #ajjj years later or around #aiad to #aibj4 ,during the first period referred to1 ,europe experienced wars1 panics and crop failures4 ,history shows that in #iaf agriculture in the ,british ,isles was at its lowest ebb and that there was great scarcity of wheat and corn4 ,very few people were engaged in tilling the soil on account of wars4 ,the same conditions prevailed #ajjj years later in #aiaf and #aiag1 when this country was called on to furnish food to starving ,europe and send men and money to save their armies from defeat4 ,in #iag1 ,constantinople was besieged by the ,bulgarians and war continued to #iai4 ,we know that war prevailed in ,turkey and all over ,europe between #aiad and #aiai4 ,in #ibc there was ,civil ,war in ,france and #ajjj years later1 or in #aibc1 ,france again had her troubles and is still having them4 ,another proof of the #ajjj- and #bjjj-year cycle is evidenced by a lecture given by ,prof4 ,hans ,delbruck of the ,university of ,berlin at the ,university ,college of ,london1 just before the outbreak of the ,world ,war in #aiad4 ,he said3 ,one of his first observations in comparing the phenomena of the history of wars in the different ages was the likeness between the battles in which the ,swiss conquered ,duke ,charles the ,bold1 and the battles in which the ,greeks overcame the ,persians4 ,they had in an interval of #bjjj years exactly the same arms and the same political institutions fighting against each other4 ,what proof of the #ajj-year cycle do we get from #ajj years ago of what has happened in the past few years8 ,in the ,united ,states1 between #ahad and #ahbb1 we had crop failures1 war and yellow fever1 especially from #ahai to #ahbb4 ,in #ahba ,persia was visited with ,asiatic cholera4 ,in #ahbc cholera broke out in several ports along the ,mediterranean4 ,during the same period1 corresponding to #ajj years ago1 the ,united ,states had the terrible epidemic of influenza and in ,europe1 ,russia was visited with famine1 cholera and all kinds of diseases1 killing millions4 ,in #ahbb there was a famine in ,ireland and #ajj years later they were winding up their troubles and trying to make settlement and peace with ,england4 ,in #aibb ,china and ,russia were both suffering from famines1 another proof of the #ajj-year cycle4 ,some more important evidence of this cycle is found by going back #ajj years in history1 in which we find that in #ahai the first steamship crossed the ,atlantic ,ocean4 ,in #aiai1 #ajj years later1 the ,british dirigible ,r-#cd made a successful flight from ,scotland to ,mineola1 ,long ,island4 ,where do we find proof in the ,bible that the great ,world ,war was coming8 ,the proof that it is possible to make predictions of wars1 famines1 pestilences and general world events thousands of years in advance1 is plainly substantiated by the ,bible4 ,the great ,world ,war was prophesied in the ,book of ,revelation4 ,what proof do we find in the ,bible of what events or conditions will follow wars8 ,what does the ,bible say of the great ,world ,war which ,st4 ,john the ,divine foretold in the ,book of ,revelation8 ,for nation shall rise against nation1 and kingdom against kingdom2 and there shall be famines1 and pestilences1 and earthquakes in divers places4 ,again the ,bible says3 ,immediately after the tribulation of these days shall the sun be darkened1 and the moon shall not give light1 and the stars shall fall from heaven1 and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken4 ,again1 it says3 ,the ,lord hath called for a famine2 and it shall also come upon the land seven years4 ,and seven years from the close of the ,world ,war1 ,europe had the terrible crop failures1 strikes1 business depression and calamities1 which occurred in #aibc to #aibf4 ,some evidence of long-range predictions which have been fulfilled1 that has attracted attention1 appeared in the ,new ,york ,american1 ,january #bi1 #aibb4 ,the article refers to an amazing prophecy of the twelfth century made by ,malachy1 a priest1 in ,a4,d4 #aaci1 in which he foretold accurately the personality of the ,papal succession by means of mottoes and numbers4 ,he foretold the long struggles which ,ireland would have to go thru and the eventual peace1 which has been recently signed4 ,his prophecy on the future ,pope is ,no4 #bff4 ,fides ,intrepida1 which means--,unwavering ,faith1 unshaken belief in the face of danger2 unfaltering devotion4 ,to those who understand numbers1 #bff reveals some remarkable events that are to follow the election of the new ,pope4 ,it shows that wars are not yet over and that ,europe will have troublesome conditions1 and in fact1 the entire world must yet pass thru a very evil period between #aibf and #aicb4 ,it also confirms both the major and minor cycles which indicate that the years #aibh and #aicj to #aicb are to be years of famine1 depressing business conditions and panic1 not only in ,europe1 but in the ,united ,states4 ,the maximum evil of the great #ajjj-year cycle1 which will not be completed until #aicb to #aicd1 will bring serious troubles to the ,united ,states4 ,another bad period for the ,united ,states will be #aidj to #aidd4 ,the question arises3--,if we can know the future1 is it of value to us8 ,it has been well said3 ,forewarned is forearmed1 but ,i prefer to look to the ,bible for authority and proof4 ,when ,pharaoh had his wonderful dream1 he went to ,joseph to have it interpreted4 ,joseph said3 ,and the seven thin and ill favored kine that came up after them are seven years2 and the seven empty years1 blasted with the east wind1 shall be seven years of famine4 ,listen to the advice ,joseph gave him3 ,let them gather all the food of those good years that come1 and lay up corn under the hand of ,pharaoh1 and let them keep food in the cities4 ,the people throughout the land should take warning and prepare for the unfavorable years to follow4 ,the ,bible is the ,,book of all books1 and if we only study it and understand it1 we can gain a proper knowledge of all things4 ,i believe it the duty of any man who understands science and mathematics and the cycle theory1 and knows what is coming1 to warn the people in order that they may prepare for trouble ahead4 ,many will scoff and laugh and refuse to believe until it is too late4 ,the ,bible is full of references where ,god has given us signs by which we may know what is coming1 if we will only believe them4 ,he says3 ,o1 ye hypocrites1 ye can discern the face of the sky2 but can ye not discern the signs of the times8 ,again the ,bible says3 ,and ,god said1 ,let there be lights in the firmament1 of the heaven to divide the day from the night1 and let them be for signs1 and for seasons1 and for days1 and years4 ,how few people are willing to study the ,bible in order to understand the signs and discern the future and profit by it4 ,,chapter ,,viii ,,cycles ,,of ,,transportation ,the coming mode of transportation will be by airplane and ,i feel sure they will be used in the great war to come4 ,the ,bible tells us that ,enoch1 who was the seventh from ,adam--a number generally referred to as divine--was translated to heaven for his faith at the age of #cfe years4 ,this event took place about #cjag ,b4,c4 ,i believe that at that time they had all modern inventions and that ,enoch went up in an airplane4 ,the writer of the book1 probably not having seen an airplane before and seeing ,enoch go into the sky1 thought that he had gone to heaven4 ,we are now in the #ejjj-year cycle1 from the time that ,enoch was transferred to heaven1 and this indicates the progress of the airplane at this time4 ,elijah was also translated to heaven in a cloud of fire1 in #hif ,b4,c4 ,i believe this1 too1 was an airplane4 ,since the chariot was seen blazing with some kind of fire or gas1 the recorder thought it was just something to take ,elijah to heaven4 ,man first traveled by land1 then conquered the water and last1 the greatest feat of all1 is conquering the air1 which was plainly foretold in the ,bible4 ,in #afjb there was a railway built in ,new ,castle1 ,england1 operated by horsepower4 ,in #aggf1 the first iron rails were laid1 the first important step leading to railways4 ,in ,july1 #ahja1 there was a completed tram road from ,croyden to ,wandsworth1 ,england4 ,in #ahjb1 the first high-pressure locomotive was invented4 ,in #ahac1 ,william ,hedley built a locomotive4 ,in #ahbd1 the first locomotive1 by ,george ,stephenson1 traveled six miles per hour4 ,in #ahbi1 the ,rocket made a speed of fifteen miles per hour4 ,in #ahcd1 the ,firefly ,locomotive made a speed of twenty miles an hour1 and in #ahci1 the ,north ,star made a speed of thirty-seven miles per hour4 ,man used the air as power for sailing vessels long years before he ever dreamed that it could be used to travel thru by airplane4 ,the first idea of steam navigation was patented by ,jonathan in #agac1 and later in #aghc1 a steamboat by ,fitch4 ,in #agic1 the first real steamboat by ,fulton4 ,on ,august #i1 #ahjc1 ,fulton's steamboat1 ,the ,claremont1 made its first trip up the ,hudson4 ,in #ahjg1 ,fulton started a steamboat line on the ,hudson4 ,on ,july #ae1 #ahai1 the first steamship made a trip from ,new ,york to ,liverpool in twenty-six days4 ,in ,october1 #ahbi1 a locomotive by steam carriages started in ,liverpool4 ,in ,june1 #ahch1 the ,great ,western made a trip from ,bristol1 arrived in ,new ,york1 making the voyage in eighteen days4 ,the next record for ocean travel was made in #ahea when the ,pacific crossed the ,atlantic in #i days1 #ai hours and #be minutes4 ,in #aiag1 a ,german submarine boat made a successful trip from ,germany to ,baltimore4 ,the advent of automobiles1 or gas engines1 began in #ahgg1 when the first gas engine was invented by ,otto4 ,in #ahgi1 a gasoline motor was invented by ,selden4 ,in #ahib1 the first automobile was operated by ,c4,a4 ,duryea4 ,note that this was repeating the #ejj-year cycle1 and #ajj years before the first attempt was made to start an iron railway1 and in #aghc1 the first time a balloon went up which carried a passenger4 ,in our modern times the first attempt by man to conquer the air by means of plane or balloon was in ,june1 #aghc1 when ,joseph and ,stephen ,montgolfier built the first balloon1 but it carried no passengers4 ,in ,november1 #aghc1 for the first time man went up in a balloon that sailed over ,paris4 ,in #ahei1 ,john ,wise sailed in a balloon from ,st4 ,louis to ,henderson1 ,n4,y41 in twenty hours2 the greatest distance accomplished up to that time4 ,in #aijj1 ,count ,zeppelin flew the first dirigible4 ,in ,november1 #aijc1 ,wilbur and ,orville ,wright made their first flight in an airplane which rose under its own power4 ,note that this was #ajj years after ,fulton's first steamboat went up the ,hudson1 again repeating the #ajj-year cycle4 ,in ,july1 #aijh1 ,glenn ,h4 ,curtiss flew his first airplane4 ,in ,july1 #aiji1 ,charles ,k4 ,hamilton flew from ,new ,york to ,philadelphia--seventy-four miles4 ,note #ajj years before this1 in #ahjg1 ,fulton started the first steamship line up the ,hudson4 ,from #aiad to #aiah1 airplanes were used in the great ,world ,war2 #ajj years before steamers began crossing the ,atlantic ,ocean for the first time4 ,in ,june1 #aiai1 first non-stop flight from ,st4 ,john's1 ,newfoundland1 to ,ireland4 ,in ,july1 #aiai1 the ,r-#cd made a successful flight from ,scotland to ,mineola1 ,long ,island4 ,the ,r-#cd made the trip in #fd hours and #ac minutes4 ,one hundred years previous to this the first fast steamship crossed the ,atlantic4 ,in ,may1 #aibc1 ,lieut4 ,macready and ,kelly made a non-stop flight from ,new ,york to ,san ,diego1 ,california4 ,in ,july1 #aibc1 sunrise to sunset flight from ,new ,york to ,san ,francisco4 ,the flight was made by ,russell ,l4 ,maughan4 ,march #agth to ,september #bh1 #aibd1 ,l4,h4 ,smith and ,lee ,wade flew around the world the first time4 ,may1 #aibf1 ,richard ,e4 ,byrd circled the ,north ,pole with the dirigible4 ,may #ba1 #aibg1 ,charles ,a4 ,lindbergh made the first successful flight across the ,atlantic from ,new ,york to ,paris4 ,note how the airplane followed #ajj years later after the fast steamer across the ,atlantic4 ,as railroad and ocean transportation made rapid progress from #ahjg to #ahch1 so is airplane transportation making rapid progress and ,i predict that in #aich1 airplanes will be traveling at the rate of #ajjj miles an hour to all parts of the earth1 carrying passengers and freight4 ,my interpretation of the cycles to repeat in future indicates that from #aibh to #aicb1 one of the greatest battles of all history will be fought in the air4 ,in the next few years airplanes will be making successful trips around the world and carrying passengers4 ,man has succeeded in traveling on the earth by steam1 gas and electricity4 ,the automobile solved the problem of motor transportation without rail4 ,the water was first conquered in a crude canoe1 next with a sailing vessel1 then the fast steamers and later the submarine by which man can travel secretly under the water4 ,the next and last great conquest was the air1 and as nations have fought battles on the land1 on the water and used the submarine for successful warfare under the water1 the next and last great step in transportation will be in the air4 ,it is but natural to expect that the greatest battle of all will take place in the air when all modern inventions will be used to destroy human life4 ,as stated in the ,bible1 unless the time be shortened1 no human being will be left on this earth1 but the ,good ,book has promised that the time will be shortened4 ,nations will try this new mode to conquer each other before the ,united ,kingdom1 spoken of in the ,bible1 can be realized4 ,,chapter ,,ix ,supplementing his former letter1 ,robert ,gordon wrote3 ,dear ,mr4 ,kennelworth3 ,i am anxious to make some money in my cotton deals and get into wheat for the big advance that ,i figure is coming this ,spring and ,summer4 ,then ,i want to be in position to buy some ,right ,aeroplane and sell ,major ,motors and other stocks short1 because ,i believe that in the next few years ,i can make a fortune buying ,right ,aeroplane stock and selling short ,major ,motors4 ,just as the railroad locomotive attained great speed from #ahcd to #ahci1 and the big steamers cut down the time between ,new ,york and ,europe1 so will airplanes #ajj years later cut the time around the world and to all points of the world4 ,just as the automobile has supplanted the railway passenger trains in carrying passengers across the country1 so will the airplane take the place of railroads and automobiles in transportation through the air1 because it will be much faster and safer4 ,i believe that the airplane described by ,ezekiel is going to be the model of a great plane in the future and ,i would like to make money enough to be the man to build the first plane according to the plans laid down in the ,bible4 ,mr4 ,kennelworth1 ,i want to help you and show my appreciation for all your kindness to me4 ,i would like to help you make back the money that you lost in the big slump in stocks in the ,fall of #aiai1 and believe that if you will buy some ,july or ,october cotton right now1 and hold it1 you will make a lot of money4 ,to show your faith in me1 buy at least #ajj bales4 ,then along about the #eth of ,april1 we will have a lot of big profits made and can buy some wheat and corn as ,i figure that wheat and corn are going to start up the early part of ,april and advance twenty-five to thirty cents per bushel4 ,haven't you faith enough in me and faith enough in the ,bible to risk a few hundred dollars and make back all the money you have lost8 ,of course you don't need it1 ,mr4 ,kennelworth1 but it would make me very happy to see you make some money1 anyway4 ,sincerely1 ,robert4 ,after reading over ,robert's letters and explanation of the cycles1 ,mr4 ,kennelworth answered3 ,february #a1 #aibg4 ,my dear ,robert3 ,your amazing letter and forecast of the future cycles1 received4 ,i am surprised to find one so young possessed of so much knowledge4 ,it shows that you are a deep student and have been searching for the hidden mysteries4 ,you will receive your reward4 ,i have faith in the ,bible and in you1 ,robert4 ,in #aiai1 ,i followed tips and lost a lot of money4 ,now ,i must have enough faith in you to risk a little money on your predictions1 based on the ,bible1 so ,i telegraphed my brokers in ,new ,york today and bought #ejj bales of ,july cotton at #ac4gj4 ,if it goes up1 ,i am going to hold it and the money ,i make on it1 ,i am going to give to you and ,marie when you are married as a wedding present1 or if you need the money to promote your invention1 ,i will let you have it to use for that purpose4 ,please keep me posted on your studies and on your new discoveries4 ,always feel free to come and talk your matters over with me4 ,i am always interested in anything that you have to write or talk to me about4 ,have faith in you and believe you are right about the great war to come4 ,it is plain that the nations in ,europe are rapidly getting ready for war1 and1 of course1 it will be with airplanes4 ,while ,i hate to think the ,united ,states will again be called into war1 at the same time ,i realize that all of the foreign countries are jealous of us1 because we have such enormous gold supply and have grown so prosperous4 ,the ,united ,states is now the banker of the world1 and while it was no fault of ours that the great ,world ,war occurred1 which resulted to our benefit by transfer of gold from other nations to us1 at the same time they are jealous and have a real hatred for ,america4 ,so you are probably right in preparing to build a great airplane to be used in defending your country4 ,such noble intentions1 my boy1 fill my heart with pride4 ,i am going to drive out to the farm to see your mother next ,sunday if ,i can get time4 ,want to have a talk with her and tell her of your brilliant achievement4 ,it makes every mother's heart glad to know that her boy is trying to accomplish something4 ,i feel sure that you are going to accomplish your aims1 ,robert1 and ,i am with you always4 ,sincerely yours1 ,j4,h4 ,kennelworth4 ,after hearing from ,mr4 ,kennelworth1 ,robert was very happy1 and of course1 had to share his happiness with ,marie4 ,february #e1 #aibg4 ,sweet ,marie3 ,i am very happy on this ,saturday night1 and nothing could make me happier than to be with you4 ,i feel that ,i have won a great victory4 ,i have put my theories up to ,mr4 ,kennelworth1 explained all that ,i could about my discoveries of the cycles in the ,bible1 and urged him to buy some cotton and make back the money that he lost in #aiai4 ,he said that he had faith in me and the ,bible so he bought #ejj bales of ,july cotton at #ac4gj as ,i suggested4 ,while the market hasn't gone up much since ,i bought mine1 at the same time it is holding steady and ,i am sure that it is going up4 ,i believe ,mr4 ,kennelworth is going to make a lot of money on his cotton and ,i want to see him make it because he is an honest1 whole-hearted man and has done everything he could to help me4 ,the #ejj bonus he gave me in ,january enabled me to have margin enough to buy the cotton1 and if ,i make a great success ,i will feel that ,i owe him a great debt of gratitude1 because he has really helped me get a start4 ,don't think ,i fail to appreciate all you are doing1 my little sweetheart1 and the faith that you have in me4 ,i am looking forward to the day when ,i will make ,wall ,street hum with you standing by my side4 ,nothing would be left for me to work for if it wasn't the hope of having you1 and the happiness that you can bring4 ,money will not mean anything except to accomplish my purpose1 help my country and buy the things that will make you happy4 ,love is indeed the greatest thing in the world and you are the greatest woman in the world4 ,with your love1 there is nothing that ,i cannot do4 ,you are my last thought when ,i go to sleep at night and the first when ,i wake in the morning4 ,everything ,i do1 ,i always think is for you4 ,your sweet little letters are always so encouraging and your supreme faith in me urges me on to greater things4 ,with all the love that my heart can send1 ,i am as ever ,your loving ,robert4 ,monday1 ,february #g1 #aibg4 ,my own dear ,robert3 ,your letter received this ,a4,m4 ,it is the happiest ,monday morning that ,i have ever had4 ,am glad to know that ,mr4 ,kennelworth is backing up your judgment4 ,if ,i had some money ,i certainly would send it to you to buy some cotton for me4 ,maybe ,i will have some in a few months1 because ,i am saving something every week from my allowance which ,papa sends me4 ,every night when ,i kneel to pray1 ,i ask ,god to give you strength and confidence1 ,robert1 and ,i know that he can and will help you4 ,it makes me very happy to know in all of your plans for the future1 you think of me1 and ,i am going to try to prove worthy of that great love4 ,you are so noble1 pure and unselfish2 always thinking of others and thinking of what you can do to help protect your country in time of war4 ,i do hope and pray as your mother does1 that the days of wars may pass away2 that man may cease to fight and may know and understand each other1 settling their differences on the basis of love4 ,i will welcome that day1 and hope that ,i may stand by your side1 when there will be no more wars and our loved ones will not be taken away to war4 ,write me often1 ,robert1 and know that you have all the love that the heart of one little woman can send4 ,your own ,marie4 ,the month of ,february slowly passed away4 ,cotton was very slow and inactive1 but on ,february #bcrd1 it started up and went up fast4 ,on ,march #bnd1 ,july cotton had advanced to #ad4hj1 and ,robert had a profit of #a1jjj4jj and ,mr4 ,kennelworth had a profit of #b1ejj4jj4 ,robert was very much elated over his progress and the profit for ,mr4 ,kennelworth4 ,he wrote ,marie how the market was working out according to his prediction2 how the money was piling up2 and that he would soon have money to start on his invention and new discovery4 ,marie was very happy over ,robert's success and wrote encouraging letters4 ,mr4 ,kennelworth was also very happy and congratulated ,robert on being able to buy cotton very close to the low level in ,january4 ,march was the month to bring disappointment to ,robert4 ,cotton started to decline and by the middle of the month had declined to around #ac4ge wiping out all ,robert's and ,mr4 ,kennelworth's profits1 but still leaving their capital intact4 ,robert was not discouraged4 ,he told ,mr4 ,kennelworth that the flood was sure to come in the ,mississippi ,valley during ,april and ,may1 the ,spring would be late1 and the price would be sure to advance4 ,he had no thought of selling out his cotton and urged ,mr4 ,kennelworth to hold his1 which he did4 ,marie had become very much interested in the market and was reading the paper every day and watching the prices4 ,she saw the price decline to around #ac4ge and knew that ,robert's profits would now be wiped out4 ,she felt very sorry for him and wrote him3 ,march #aeth1 #aibg4 ,my dear ,robert3 ,i have not heard from you in several days4 ,i see that the market has declined to where you now have no profit left on your deal4 ,do not get discouraged2 ,i have great faith in you and believe that you are yet going to come out all right and make a lot of money4 ,why don't you hold your cotton1 and tell ,mr4 ,kennelworth to hold his1 because my intuition tells me that you are certainly right8 ,i have been saving money every week from my allowance4 ,a few weeks ago ,i wrote ,papa and told him that ,i had to have some extra money and asked him if he could let me have #cjj4jj4 ,he sent the money at once1 so ,i now have #djj4jj and ,i am sending it to you4 ,i want you to buy me #ajj bales of ,july cotton4 ,i was talking with a broker from ,dallas a few days ago1 and he says that he believes cotton will go up even tho it may be slow for a while4 ,take the money1 and if you can get the broker to buy a hundred for me1 do so4 ,this is my faith in you1 and in the ,bible4 ,so don't be afraid to buy for me1 ,robert4 ,i am just as game as you are4 ,with all love and wishing you luck1 ,as ever1 your own ,marie4 ,this letter was a great consolation and encouragement to ,robert4 ,he had begun to feel a little blue because cotton had declined4 ,not that he thought it wouldn't go up again1 but he was sorry that he had failed to get the profits4 ,he took ,marie's money and on ,march #agth bought #ajj bales of ,july cotton at #ac4ij4 ,the cotton market was slow during the balance of ,march1 but it did not decline1 and ,robert was greatly encouraged4 ,the market was slow again during ,april1 but prices were holding steady and ,robert felt encouraged that they did not decline4 ,on ,april #bjth a flood started in the ,mississippi ,valley4 ,the ,spring was late and planting delayed4 ,cotton started to advance and went up fast1 ,july reaching #ae4dj by ,april #beth4 ,robert's profits were now piling up fast1 and ,marie had a profit of over #gjj4jj on her #ajj bales4 ,mr4 ,kennelworth had held his cotton and profits were accumulating fast for him4 ,he congratulated ,robert on his wonderful prediction that the flood came as he forecast4 ,marie was watching the papers so she wired ,robert as follows3 ,,you ,,are ,a ,,wonder ,,the ,,market ,,is ,,making ,,good ,,and ,,we ,,are ,,going ,,to ,,win ,i ,,am ,,with ,,you ,,always ,,love ,marie4 ,robert now began to see possibilities of his dream being realized1 and thought in a few months he could resign his position and go to ,new ,york and continue to speculate in order to make money enough to build his airplane and work out ideas for his other discoveries4 ,so he wrote ,marie this letter3 ,april #cjth1 #aibg4 ,my darling ,marie1 ,the ,lord has been good to us4 ,fortune is smiling on us4 ,cotton is on its way up4 ,in a few weeks will be up around #ag;c a pound1 and we will have a lot of money made4 ,i bought another #ajj bales today and ,mr4 ,kennelworth bought #ejj bales more4 ,it won't be long until ,i have money enough to go to ,new ,york4 ,when ,i go1 ,i want you to go with me1 because ,i cannot go there and succeed alone without you4 ,i need your love and encouragement1 and want you to marry me and start to ,new ,york together4 ,of course ,i don't like to have you leave school before you graduate1 but ,i feel it is best for you to go with me4 ,write and let me know what you think about it4 ,with all my love1 ,your ,robert4 ,marie's reply3 ,sunday1 ,may #ast1 #aibg4 ,my dear ,robert1 ,i have just received your letter1 and ,i am happy to know that the cotton is moving your way4 ,i know that you love and trust me and ,i want you to know that ,i love and trust you1 so please try to understand me4 ,while ,i have the greatest faith in you and know that you will succeed1 ,i feel that marrying you just now might handicap you and prevent your success4 ,when once ,i am yours1 ,robert1 you will have realized your fondest hope1 and possibly your ambition may wane4 ,you will fight harder to win if you still cling to the hope of winning me4 ,they say that hope and anticipation are greater than realization1 ,robert4 ,never cease to hope for ,i am with you4 ,even when ,i am not with you1 trust me as ,i trust you1 for ,i love only you4 ,i am going to tell you a dream that ,i had a few nights ago4 ,i saw you a great success4 ,fortune was smiling on you4 ,the world was at your feet1 but ,i seemed to see a great tragedy follow this4 ,it seemed ,i left you in a mysterious way and then came back to you just as mysteriously4 ,now1 don't think that ,i do not want to go with you1 ,robert1 and don't think that ,i believe in dreams1 but somehow it has made a great impression on me4 ,of course you know that father would never consent to me leaving school to marry you1 and if we married1 we would have to run away4 ,would it not be best for you to go to ,new ,york1 as you have planned1 work on your invention1 and let my love and faith guide you to success8 ,you could live for my love1 which you have always said was the greatest thing in the world4 ,you have all my love and will always have it4 ,i could continue in school and later1 if you became despondent and could not get along without me1 remember that ,i would have faith and love enough to give up father1 mother1 and everything else and come to you4 ,i want to do what ,i feel is best for your future1 ,robert1 and ,i hope that you will believe me and see it that way4 ,i want you to come over to see me next ,sunday1 so we can talk over all your future plans4 ,with all of my love for you always1 ,your ,marie4 ,when ,robert received ,marie's letter1 he was disappointed1 but felt that when he saw her and talked matters over1 he could get her to change her mind1 give up school1 if necessary1 marry him and go to ,new ,york with him4 ,he had heard and read much of the pitfalls of the great ,city of ,new ,york and felt that he did not care to venture there alone without ,marie with him as his wife4 ,while his old school-mate and chum1 ,walter ,kennelworth1 was in ,new ,york and could work with him and be a great help and comfort1 he felt that ,marie1 his one great inspiration1 was absolutely necessary to his success and that he must persuade her to go with him to ,new ,york4 ,on ,sunday1 ,may #ast1 ,robert went to visit his mother in the country4 ,he found that ,mr4 ,kennelworth had been there and told her of ,robert's success and his faith in him4 ,robert's mother was very happy when he told her that cotton was advancing and he was making money rapidly and ,mr4 ,kennelworth was making money2 that ,marie had such great faith in him that she had put up her only #djj4jj and bought #ajj bales of cotton and now had a profit of about #a1jjj4jj4 ,robert told his mother of his plans4 ,that he expected within a few months to go to ,new ,york1 establish himself there1 and speculate in order to make money so that he could build his great airplane according to ,ezekiel's plan and prepare to help his country in time of war4 ,mrs4 ,gordon was very happy to learn of her boy's success4 ,she was sad when he began to talk about war4 ,robert assured her that the ,bible plainly foretold the great war which was to be fought in the air and that it was his duty to help protect his country4 ,while his mother admired his patriotism1 she again referred to the dream that she had had years before1 about a great war which would come and in which she thought that ,robert lost his life in ,san ,francisco4 ,she talked to ,robert of his future and told him she hoped he would be a preacher4 ,robert confided to her that he could never be an orthodox minister1 for he could not preach and teach the things which the orthodox ministers were teaching4 ,he did not believe in a personal devil or believe in ,hell1 but believed in a ,god of ,love and ,justice4 ,he did not believe that ,god would inflict upon any of his children eternal punishment but thought that whatsoever a man soweth1 that shall he also reap and that we receive our reward here upon earth4 ,he told her that the ,bible plainly said that the kingdom of heaven is within us and he believed it4 ,if we kept our conscience clear and did unto others as we would like to have them do unto us1 he believed we would find our heaven and our reward here upon earth4 ,said that times and conditions were changing rapidly2 that the new inventions and discoveries caused men to think differently than in the old days2 that the old religious ideas would pass away and give place to more liberal1 advanced ideas4 ,he hoped to live to see the day when men would not only be too proud to fight1 but would be too full of love for their fellow-men to settle disputes with the sword4 ,this was ,god's plan and it would come to pass this way1 and he believed that he could be a great power for peace and hoped to live to see a world of peace with all nations united under one kingdom and one ,god1 the ,god of ,love and ,justice4 ,mrs4 ,gordon felt that her faith in ,robert had been justified and that she understood him better than his father and brother4 ,he told his mother of his hopes for an early marriage with ,marie and that when he went to ,new ,york1 he wanted to take ,marie with him as his wife4 ,his mother was not in favor of an elopement4 ,she wanted him to make good1 act in an honorable way and ask the consent of ,mr4 ,stanton to his marriage with ,marie1 but she felt at this time ,mr4 ,stanton would not give his consent because he wanted ,marie to complete her education and it was right and proper she should4 ,his mother asked him if he didn't think it would be best to continue his position with ,mr4 ,kennelworth for a few years longer1 after he saw that he was making a success before going to ,new ,york where he might fail in a strange city4 ,robert was filled with a great determination to go4 ,he wished to make a success and knew he would1 because he read the ,bible and had learned how4 ,the week ending ,may #gth was the greatest week in ,robert ,gordon's life up to that time4 ,cotton advanced rapidly about #d4jj per bale1 and by ,may #gth ,robert's profits were about #b1ejj4jj4 ,marie had a profit of over #a1jjj4jj on her #ajj bales which ,robert bought for her1 and ,mr4 ,kennelworth now had a profit of about #g1jjj4jj4 ,on ,saturday morning1 ,may #gth1 ,mr4 ,kennelworth called ,robert into his private office and asked him if he knew what the cotton market was doing that morning4 ,robert said he hadn't heard what the price was4 ,mr4 ,kennelworth told him that ,july was now selling around #af cents per pound1 and that while he had some nice profits1 the money was not the thing that counted with him1 but the fact that ,robert was right on the market made him happy that he had faith in him and encouraged him4 ,robert then confided to ,mr4 ,kennelworth that he was very anxious to go to ,new ,york just as soon as possible4 ,he had been reading about the contemplated flights of the airplanes from ,new ,york across the ,atlantic1 and he wanted to be in ,new ,york by his birthday in ,june1 #aibg1 because he figured by that time the airplanes would have crossed the ,atlantic and there would be great excitement in ,new ,york4 ,he wished to be there and get all the information he could about airplanes1 because he wanted to start building his own just as soon as he had money enough and felt that he could do so4 ,he asked ,mr4 ,kennelworth what he thought about him resigning in a short time to go to ,new ,york4 ,mr4 ,kennelworth told him that he would regret very much to lose his services1 but that he had great faith in ,robert's study of the ,bible and what he thought he could do1 and that if he wanted to do so1 he would let him go and not only that1 but would aid him financially4 ,robert confided his hope and desire to take ,marie with him4 ,mr4 ,kennelworth didn't exactly agree with this but told him that this was a problem he would have to solve for himself2 that if ,marie had faith enough in him to take the step1 he was sure it would work out all right2 and that he could always have his old position back any time that he wanted to return1 and could have any help that he could render him in ,new ,york4 ,after his conference with ,mr4 ,kennelworth1 ,robert wired ,marie as follows3 ,,expect ,,to ,,be ,,with ,,you ,,sunday ,,will ,,come ,,over ,,on ,,afternoon ,,train ,,today4 ,robert arrived in ,sherman1 ,texas1 ,saturday evening1 and ,marie met him at the train4 ,she was overjoyed at ,robert's success4 ,they spent ,saturday evening and ,sunday together4 ,it seemed to them the happiest days of their lives4 ,robert talked over his plans and ,marie was enthusiastic about his future4 ,he told her that if the market worked as he expected1 he intended to trade in wheat and corn in the near future2 that he hoped to go to ,new ,york by the early part of ,june1 as he was very enthusiastic about the air flights from ,new ,york across the ,atlantic to ,paris1 and get started on his studies and invention4 ,marie was willing to give him all the money she had made to help him out but he told her that the one thing he wanted was her and her love1 and that he wanted her to go with him to ,new ,york4 ,she knew her father would never consent to their marriage and the only way would be to elope4 ,while she thought it best to finish her studies in school and join him in ,new ,york later1 said if he insisted1 she would go with him4 ,robert left for ,texarkana on ,sunday afternoon1 ,may #hth1 with ,marie's promise that if he decided to go to ,new ,york within a few weeks1 they would make arrangements to elope and be married in ,st4 ,louis on their arrival there4 ,robert had his ,bible with him and on his way back home ,sunday night1 spent several hours reading it and going over the predictions by ,ezekiel and the plans outlined by ,ezekiel for an airplane1 which ,robert hoped and expected to build in the near future4 ,during the next ten days1 cotton was slow and reacted #dj to #ej points4 ,but this in no wise discouraged ,robert1 as he felt sure that a big advance was coming the latter part of ,may and during the early ,june4 ,on ,may #aith1 ,july cotton was again up around the #af cent level4 ,robert felt that now was the time to start buying wheat and corn4 ,he wired his broker in ,new ,york to buy #aj1jjj ,july wheat and #aj1jjj ,july corn1 and to raise the stop loss order on his cotton and also place a stop loss order on the wheat and corn1 to protect the broker and himself4 ,the broker wired that he had bought #aj1jjj ,july wheat at #a4ch-a_/b and #aj1jjj ,july corn at #ib cents4 ,on ,may #bjth ,robert bought #aj1jjj ,july corn at #ib-a_/b cents for ,marie's account4 ,he told ,mr4 ,kennelworth that he figured wheat and corn were now going to have a big advance1 and advised him to buy some1 which he did4 ,,chapter ,x ,may #bast was a red-letter day in the life of ,robert ,gordon4 ,wheat1 corn and cotton all advanced to the highest levels of the season4 ,robert had read reports in the paper that ,charles ,a4 ,lindbergh had started on his lone flight from ,new ,york to ,paris4 ,he went down to the telegraph office in the afternoon to inquire if there was any news about the success of ,lindbergh's flight4 ,the operator said that nothing had come over the wire yet1 but there had been a report that ,lindbergh had passed over ,ireland early that morning4 ,robert waited in the telegraph office until about #e ,p4,m4 when a flash came over the wire that ,lindbergh had landed in ,paris4 ,this fired ,robert's enthusiasm1 and he was very much excited4 ,right then and there decided that he was going to ,new ,york in the very near future and start to build an airplane according to his own plans4 ,he went immediately to the home of ,mr4 ,kennelworth and told him about his plans and desire to go to ,new ,york just as soon as possible4 ,mr4 ,kennelworth was also very enthusiastic about ,lindbergh's flight across the ,atlantic1 and told ,robert that he contemplated going to ,new ,york to be there for the reception when ,lindbergh returned1 and that he wanted to visit ,walter and see how he was getting along anyway4 ,so ,robert tendered his resignation to ,mr4 ,kennelworth to take place on ,may #ca1 #aibg4 ,mr4 ,kennelworth accepted the resignation with the understanding and promise from ,robert that if anything went wrong or he should lose his money or meet with disappointments in ,new ,york1 he would immediately return and assume his old position4 ,robert thanked him for his kindness and told him that he would feel free to call on him but that he felt he would never have to return to take up the position again4 ,in view of his discoveries of the cycles in the ,bible1 he could make money in the market1 but his object was not alone to make money for selfish purposes1 but to use it to benefit others and for the protection of his country at the time of the coming great war which would be fought in the air4 ,on ,sunday1 ,may #bbnd1 ,robert wrote to ,marie3 ,my dearest ,marie1 ,the past week has been a great one for us1 and yesterday1 the #bast1 was the greatest day in history4 ,lindbergh1 the lone aviator1 crossed the ,atlantic and landed safely in ,paris4 ,wheat1 corn and cotton went up and we made more money4 ,profits are piling up fast1 and ,i will soon have plenty of money to build my airplane4 ,i had a long talk with ,mr4 ,kennelworth yesterday afternoon after we received the news of ,lindbergh's flight1 and resigned my position1 to take place on ,may #cast4 ,expect to go to ,new ,york some time in the early part of ,june1 and of course ,i want to take you with me as my wife4 ,with the profits we now have made in the market1 there will be no trouble about us getting along all right in ,new ,york and ,i am sure that ,i am going to make a lot more money4 ,cotton is going away up in the early part of ,june and wheat is going very high in the latter part of ,may and early ,june4 ,i will sell out and take some of my profits so we can get started in good shape4 ,will see you next ,sunday and talk the matter over and plan the best way4 ,your love and faith has sustained me thus far and helped to make me the success that ,i am1 and with that love1 there is no height which ,i cannot reach4 ,i love you more than ever4 ,you are all and everything to me4 ,lovingly1 ,robert4 ,during the week ending ,may #bhth1 ,robert watched the markets very closely because he figured that wheat and corn would be top around ,may #bhth to ,june #ast4 ,he wanted to sell out and get the profits so that he could go to ,new ,york4 ,cotton advanced to the highest level that week and on ,saturday1 ,july was up to #af4dj4 ,robert had a profit of over #c1jjj4jj in his cotton4 ,he sold out his ,july wheat on ,may #bhth at #a4ej and sold the corn at #a4jc-a_/b1 making about #b1cjj4jj profit4 ,this1 together with his stock profits1 gave him about #f1jjj4jj4 ,he sold out ,marie's corn at #a4jc-a_/b1 making a profit of about #a1ajj4jj there4 ,she also had a profit of about #a1bjj4jj on the cotton which she was still holding because he believed it was going higher4 ,marie's profit now amounted to about #b1cjj4jj4 ,robert was going to ,sherman1 ,texas1 on ,saturday afternoon1 and ,monday being ,decoration ,day1 he would not return until ,monday night4 ,he had a talk with ,mr4 ,kennelworth before leaving and ,mr4 ,kennelworth told him that he had been buying more corn on the way up and more cotton2 that he now had a profit of about #be1jjj4jj1 all of which was due to ,robert's advice4 ,robert said that he was going away to see ,marie and confided that he was going to try to get her to elope with him and go to ,new ,york4 ,mr4 ,kennelworth told him that he could take the good news to ,marie that he was going to give them a wedding present of #aj1jjj4jj1 which was less than half of the profits he had made4 ,he was going to continue to hold the cotton until ,robert thought it was time to sell4 ,on the afternoon of ,may #bhth1 ,robert boarded a train for ,sherman1 ,texas1 with the lightest heart that he had ever experienced in his life4 ,now that his dream was really going to be realized1 he was never so happy4 ,he figured that with the money he had made and with ,marie's money1 and the #aj1jjj4jj which ,mr4 ,kennelworth was going to give them1 he would have about #ah1jjj4jj which would give him capital to continue to speculate in the market and money for his plans on his great airplane4 ,as the train rolled across the plains of ,texas and ,robert watched the sun setting across the prairies on that ,saturday afternoon1 he dreamed of the day when he1 like ,lindbergh1 would cross the country in his great airplane4 ,he could think of nothing else but ,lindbergh's great flight and what it meant to the world4 ,he realized that ,ezekiel's prophecy of that war which was to come and be fought in the air1 was coming true1 and the great plane described by ,ezekiel1 the eagle with wheel within a wheel1 would one day become a reality4 ,he could now see the possibilities of his dream being fulfilled and he was sure of success4 ,marie welcomed him with enthusiasm and open arms4 ,she was so proud of him and so happy that he made good in the market4 ,he had been so thoughtful to buy cotton and corn for her and sold out the corn with #a1ajj4jj profit4 ,she told ,robert that he was a wonder2 that he was one of the greatest young men in the world and a genius1 and that he would be a greater man than ,lindbergh when he was as old as ,lindbergh4 ,robert said that on ,june #ith1 he would be #ba years of age1 and on that day he wanted to be married and start on his career as a real man4 ,he wanted to go back to ,texarkana after the holidays1 wind up his affairs and get ready to go to ,new ,york4 ,wanted her to go with him1 starting ,saturday1 ,june #dth1 so they would arrive on ,sunday1 ,june #eth1 in ,st4 ,louis1 be married1 and proceed immediately to ,new ,york4 ,he asked ,marie what she thought about going to her father1 telling him he had now made good and had enough money to start out1 and ask his consent to their marriage4 ,marie said that it was useless2 that her father would never consent to her leaving school and being married1 no matter how much money the man she was going to marry had to take care of her4 ,her father was bent on her finishing her education and she knew it would be a hopeless case4 ,there was no use talking about it4 ,she asked ,robert if he didn't think it would be better for her to remain in school for another year or two1 to finish her education1 and then she could join him in ,new ,york and be married4 ,she thought it possible that he might get along better for a while without her4 ,but ,robert would not listen to this and told her that he would never go without her4 ,his future happiness and success depended upon her love and encouragement4 ,her love had guided him safely thus far and would lead him on to greater things4 ,he had dreamed of the time when he would come home at night from his work or study1 to find her there and see her beautiful eyes1 the lights that would guide him on to success4 ,she could either make him the most miserable man in the world or the happiest4 ,his entire future and fate were in her hands and she could do with him as she willed4 ,marie agreed to keep her promise she had made to him long before1--that regardless of money or conditions1 she would leave father1 mother1 brothers and sisters1 and go with him anywhere1 even unto the ends of the earth1 and that if he insisted1 she would elope because she knew that was the only way since her father would not give his consent4 ,on ,sunday1 ,may #bith1 ,robert and ,marie went to ,dallas1 ,texas4 ,they had planned when they were ready to elope1 that ,marie would leave from ,dallas on the ,sunshine ,special in the afternoon of ,june #dth4 ,she was to keep her plans absolutely secret and ,robert was to board the same train that night at ,texarkana1 and after the train was out of ,texarkana1 he was to find her1 go on to ,st4 ,louis together1 be married there on ,sunday morning1 and leave ,sunday noon for ,new ,york4 ,robert was extremely happy and talked of nothing but the success that was to come to them2 of his great plane that he was to build and the part it would take in protecting the country in the great air battle which he was sure was yet to come1 when foreign countries thru their jealousy1 would attack the ,united ,states from the air and do great damage to this country4 ,he told her that in the end ,uncle ,sam would win2 that the ,stars and ,stripes would proudly float from the great buildings in ,new ,york1 and that they would live to see that day and he wanted her there with him when his great ship would help win the victory for his country4 ,walter ,kennelworth was in the city and they were going to work together on inventions and discoveries that would help win the war which he knew was sure to come4 ,it was the most interesting and pleasant ,sunday that they had ever spent together4 ,they drove around ,dallas and talked over their future plans4 ,sunday afternoon they returned to ,sherman1 and ,monday forenoon ,robert spent with ,marie4 ,they went out to the cemetery and placed some flowers upon the graves of soldiers who had lost their lives in defense of their country4 ,robert talked of the great feat of ,lindbergh and of the honors that he would receive from the foreign countries1 and told ,marie what a great time they would have1 as ,mr4 ,kennelworth was going to ,new ,york and they would all be there at the great reception when ,lindbergh returned4 ,he said good-bye to her on ,monday afternoon and started back for ,texarkana1 knowing that the next time he would meet her1 would be on board the train for ,st4 ,louis1 where she would become his wife4 ,from that time on1 ,robert counted the minutes1 in anticipation of the great happiness of the following ,sunday when they would be married in ,st4 ,louis4 ,he was strongly attracted to ,st4 ,louis because ,lindbergh had left from there in the ,spirit of ,st4 ,louis1 on his successful flight4 ,he thought it would be good luck to marry in ,st4 ,louis and start from there to ,new ,york to spend their honeymoon4 ,on ,tuesday morning1 ,may #cast1 ,robert started early to ,mr4 ,kennelworth's office as that was to be his last day in the office and he was anxious to clean up all the business necessary and render ,mr4 ,kennelworth all the service possible before he went away4 ,he confided to ,mr4 ,kennelworth the arrangements of eloping with ,marie4 ,mr4 ,kennelworth told him that he would arrange to go to ,new ,york about the #aath of ,june and was sorry that he couldn't make the trip with ,marie and ,robert and see them married in ,st4 ,louis4 ,but he said to ,robert1 ,that is the time when two young people like to be alone1 and ,i am afraid that ,i wouldn't be a very good chaperon on the trip4 ,so it is all for the best and you will get along all right without me4 ,robert told ,mr4 ,kennelworth that he figured according to his cycle theory1 cotton should be sold out about ,june #ast or #bnd1 that there would be a reaction4 ,he had also figured that it was time to sell wheat and corn for a reaction4 ,on ,june #ast1 ,robert sold out his ,july cotton at #af4hj and also sold out ,marie's cotton4 ,robert's profits and capital together now amounted to #g1jjj4jj4 ,robert sold #be1jjj ,july wheat at #a4dh-a_/b and #be1jjj ,july corn at #a4jf-a_/b on ,june #ast4 ,he went down to the broker's office to watch the market for that week1 because he knew the next few days would be very important and anxious days for him4 ,he was thinking every minute of the day when he would start to ,new ,york and would make ,marie his wife4 ,this would be the greatest start of all his life1 as he was starting it under favorable conditions and with plenty of money4 ,he knew that success was certain and was never more hopeful4 ,on ,saturday1 ,june #dth1 he closed his short contract in ,july wheat at #a4dc and his corn contract at #a4jb4 ,he had made a profit of over #b1jjj4jj on wheat which brought his capital up to #i1jjj4jj4 ,mr4 ,kennelworth had taken ,robert's advice and gone short of wheat and corn on ,june #ast1 after selling out his cotton4 ,cotton declined from ,june #ast as ,robert figured it would4 ,he told ,mr4 ,kennelworth on ,saturday morning that he was going to buy in his wheat and corn1 because he was getting ready to go away that afternoon and was not going to make any more trades until he had arrived in ,new ,york4 ,he would have everything in cash and ready to make a new start after the honeymoon4 ,mr4 ,kennelworth had sold wheat and corn heavily and had made over #ej1jjj4jj since he started to follow ,robert's advice4 ,he made back all the money he had lost in the slump in oil stocks in #aiai and was very grateful to ,robert4 ,he handed ,robert ,new ,york exchange for #aj1jjj4jj as a wedding present4 ,told him that he could call on him for any additional help that he wanted in financing the building of his airplane or for any other purpose4 ,robert assured him that he would not need any more help2 that he could make all the money he wanted and that his success was assured4 ,robert told ,mr4 ,kennelworth that he made over #d1jjj4jj for ,marie on her little capital of #djj4jj with which she had started4 ,mr4 ,kennelworth was very much elated over this4 ,this was the first time he had heard about ,marie putting up #djj4jj to buy cotton4 ,he told ,robert she was the kind of a woman to marry1 the one who believed in him and would back him with her money and everything else4 ,he believed it was love of the right kind--that success was sure to follow4 ,robert was so happy that afternoon that he called ,marie on the long-distance 'phone1 and told her of his great success in the market in wheat and the money ,mr4 ,kennelworth had made2 told her that they had now a working capital of around #be1jjj4jj and with that much money1 in ,new ,york it would be only a question of a few years when he would be a millionaire4 ,the main thing1 however1 was not money but the use he wanted to put it to in completing his invention4 ,marie was very happy and told him that she was making arrangements to go to ,dallas and would leave there that afternoon on the ,sunshine ,special1 and after the train pulled out of ,texarkana1 he would find her on board4 ,he was to keep everything quiet and not let anybody know anything about the elopement1 as her father might try to stop her4 ,no one in ,texarkana but ,robert's mother and ,mr4 ,kennelworth knew about the secret elopement4 ,robert kept everything quiet about his resigning from ,mr4 ,kennelworth's and going to ,new ,york1 because he thought that there might be some leak somewhere and that ,mr4 ,stanton might find out about ,marie's elopement and stop it4 ,,chapter ,,xi ,at #g ,p4,m4 ,june #dth1 #aiba1 ,robert walked into the ,railroad ,station at ,texarkana and bought a ticket for ,st4 ,louis1 with a reservation on the ,sunshine ,special4 ,this was the greatest and happiest moment of his life4 ,he knew that ,marie was already on her way and that in a couple of hours the train would arrive and he would go aboard for ,st4 ,louis1 where he was to make her his wife4 ,after buying his ticket1 he went over to the ,huckins ,hotel and met ,mr4 ,kennelworth for a final conference and to say good-bye4 ,he told ,mr4 ,kennelworth that he figured it would be time to buy cotton on a little reaction ,monday morning1 and also time to buy wheat again4 ,mr4 ,kennelworth assured him that he was going to plunge on his profits1 and if he lost money now1 it would be out of profits4 ,he was going to get into the market and try to make a lot more money before he went to ,new ,york4 ,robert said that he intended to wire his broker from ,st4 ,louis to buy cotton and wheat for him on ,monday morning4 ,mr4 ,kennelworth bid ,robert good-bye with all good wishes for success and said he was sure he was going to succeed1 but that if failure and disappointment should come1 he should always remember that he could rely upon him2 that a young man often had trouble and disappointment and made many mistakes before he reached his goal and that if anything went wrong in the market1 he could always come to him and ask for any aid possible and he would gladly grant it4 ,he thought as much of ,robert as he did of his own son1 ,walter1 and wanted them to work together in ,new ,york1 and was sure that they could be a great success4 ,he wanted ,robert to encourage ,walter to continue his studies along chemical lines1 because he believed that ,walter would be able to make some great discoveries and they could work together to good advantage4 ,the ,sunshine ,special was a little late on ,saturday night1 ,june #dth1 and ,robert's heart was in his throat4 ,he was anxious for that train to roll in4 ,finally1 when the whistle blew and the signal light in the yard of the ,texas ,pacific showed the ,sunshine ,special was rolling in1 the glare of the headlights on the train was the most welcome sight that ,robert had ever witnessed thru all the days of his life4 ,he boarded the train as quickly as possible and sat down nervous and anxious awaiting the moment when the train would get about #bj miles out of ,texarkana1 so that he might go back and look for ,marie4 ,the minutes passed slowly away and it seemed like years before the train crossed the ,red ,river and ,robert decided that it was safe to go back to the car where ,marie was and see her4 ,he found ,marie all anxious and nervously awaiting his arrival4 ,she flew into his arms and seemed the happiest woman in the world and ,robert was too happy for words4 ,they sat there and talked of their future plans until after midnight4 ,marie told ,robert that she knew if her father found out she was eloping1 he would make every effort to stop her and prevent their marriage1 as she was not of age1 and he was anxious that she complete her education4 ,robert asked her if she had any regrets in the steps she was taking1 and she told him she did not1 that if she did have1 she would never have started4 ,she thought it was wonderful that ,robert had been able to make money so rapidly and was very happy that he had stuck to the ,bible and studied so hard1 and now was getting his reward for his faith and hard work4 ,she expressed her supreme confidence in him and the work that he intended to do4 ,robert hoped it would be a beautiful sunshiny ,sunday morning when they arrived in ,st4 ,louis1 so that they could be married and then proceed to ,new ,york4 ,marie seemed very enthusiastic over the prospect of getting to ,st4 ,louis4 ,robert had a little surprise for her1 and she asked him to tell her what it was4 ,but he said1 she must wait until they arrived in ,st4 ,louis4 ,robert1 just suppose the train should be wrecked and ,i should be killed1 or something should happen that ,i would never see you again1 don't you think you had better tell me about the surprise now8 ,he said1 ,no1 there is not going to be any wreck4 ,good luck is following us1 and the surprise will keep until tomorrow morning4 ,she said1 ,robert1 ,i may not be able to sleep4 ,i don't think ,i can sleep anyway1 after all this excitement and happiness and everything that is to come in the future4 ,robert knew that he couldn't sleep either1 but he would go up to his car1 lie down and try to get some rest before they arrived in ,st4 ,louis the next morning4 ,they agreed to meet early in the morning and go back into the dining car for breakfast before they arrived in ,st4 ,louis4 ,robert returned to his berth and tried to rest1 but found that he couldn't sleep4 ,he thought over what ,marie had said about--suppose the train should be wrecked1 or something should happen that you should never see me again4 ,he thought that nothing could happen to separate ,marie from him1 but just the same it was the thought that she said something might happen4 ,he felt lonesome being separated from ,marie4 ,she was two cars back1 but he felt that the good ,god who had endowed him with faith would protect ,marie1 and that no harm would come to her2 that there was no danger of a wreck on the ,sunshine ,special and that there was sunshine waiting for ,marie and himself4 ,in the wee small hours of the morning1 ,robert dozed off and had a few hours of sound sleep4 ,he arose early and dressed4 ,about #h o'clock1 he hurried back to ,marie's car1 to take her to breakfast4 ,when he arrived at her berth1 he found it empty4 ,he went back to the dining-car to look for ,marie1 but couldn't find her there1 and then went on thru to the end of the train1 but was unable to locate ,marie4 ,the ,pullman porter told him that he hadn't seen her that morning and the last he saw of her was when ,robert was talking to her in the berth late that night4 ,robert then searched the train again from one end to the other and became uneasy and anxious about ,marie4 ,he returned again to her car and had the porter look for her baggage1 and after looking thru the car1 found that it was gone4 ,robert was now almost frantic and could not imagine what could have happened to her1 because her baggage was gone4 ,the porter assured him that there had been no hold-up of the train that night and that nothing unusual had happened4 ,he had been up all night helping people get on and off at different stations but had seen nothing of ,marie at any time4 ,the train conductor was notified and the ,pullman-car conductor was told4 ,both of them searched the train from one end to the other1 and nowhere could ,marie be found4 ,robert did not explain to the conductor or the porter that they were to be married in ,st4 ,louis that morning4 ,the conductor told him that it seemed plain that in some way during the night1 she must have left the train because her baggage was gone4 ,robert was now almost in a state of collapse4 ,he imagined all kinds of things which might have happened to ,marie4 ,thought that she might have become insane during the night1 and had thrown her baggage out of the window1 and jumped out4 ,thought her father might in some way have found out about her plans and had some officer or someone secreted on the train who had taken ,marie off at some point enroute4 ,but no matter what he thought or imagined1 it was no relief to his mind because he did not know where ,marie was4 ,all his future happiness was blasted in a moment4 ,by the time the search was over1 the train was nearing ,st4 ,louis4 ,robert began to think of all the things he could and must do to try and find ,marie4 ,the first thing he thought of was to wire ,mr4 ,kennelworth1 and have him make a search and ascertain whether her father or mother knew anything about what had happened4 ,the railroad conductor and ,pullman conductor had tried to cheer ,robert up and assure him that nothing seriously wrong could have happened to her1 and that for some unknown reason she must have left the train at some station during the night without anyone knowing it1 because they were sure that she could not have jumped out or fallen from the window without someone knowing about it and they thought there was nothing to worry about4 ,robert had decided on sending telegrams and making every search possible to locate her4 ,he put his hand in his inside pocket to find a pencil and draw out a wallet4 ,in the pocket was an envelope addressed to him in ,marie's handwriting4 ,he did not know where it had come from or how it could have gotten into his pocket1 but he hurriedly tore the envelope open and this is what he read3 ,june #e1 #aibg--c ,a4,m4 ,dearest ,robert3 ,according to your faith1 be ,i unto you4 ,love will always have faith1 understand and wait4 ,time proves all things4 ,you will get everything you want4 ,i will come to you when ,i mean the most and your need for love is the greatest4 ,lovingly always1 ,marie4 ,when ,robert finished reading this little note1 tears were streaming down his face4 ,he was frantic4 ,he knew that the mysterious letter was written by ,marie's own hand and must have been written on the train and for some unknown reason she was leaving him4 ,he at once thought of his great faith in her1 and his faith in ,god and the future as he read4 ,he wondered what this could mean3 ,according to your faith1 be ,i unto you--love will always have faith1 understand and wait4 ,robert thought1 ,how can ,i understand1 how can ,i wait1 when ,i left her only a few hours ago supremely happy anticipating being married a few hours later in ,st4 ,louis1 and going on to ,new ,york to spend our future lives together4 ,what in the world can she mean by1 'time proves all things4' ,time had proved his faith and love for her4 ,she had had faith in him and had encouraged him2 had put up the #djj4jj she had saved1 not to make money for herself but to try to help him4 ,she told him that she didn't want the money1 but wanted him to use it in any way that would help him4 ,then he pondered the next line where she said3 ,you will get everything you want4 ,he thought1 ,my ,god1 there is only one thing that ,i do want1 there is only one thing in this world that means anything to me and that is my ,marie1 and where will ,i find her4 ,reading the next line over and over1 ,i will come to you when ,i mean the most and your need for love is the greatest4 ,he almost exclaimed aloud1 ,my ,god1 my ,god1 now is the time that ,i need her the most4 ,i will never need her more4 ,how can ,i go on8 ,life will be a blank4 ,i will be a dismal failure without her4 ,he wondered if there ever could be a time in the future when he would need her more1 when she would mean more to him1 than she meant at this moment4 ,he could imagine no unfriendly circumstances1 no break of any kind that would cause ,marie to change in a few hours and decide to turn back from the step she had taken4 ,he could not understand how she could have slipped to his berth in the wee small hours of the morning and placed this note in his inside coat pocket4 ,it was her handwriting1 and he knew that ,marie had written it4 ,but why6 why6 why6 ,as the train rolled into the ,union ,station at ,st4 ,louis he stood in the car dazed1 with her letter crumpled in his hand4 ,with a heavy heart he made his way to the station and sat down to think what he could or should do4 ,finally1 he decided to send a telegram and lay the circumstances of ,marie's disappearance before ,mr4 ,kennelworth and ask his advice before making any move4 ,robert realized that he must have time to collect his thoughts1 if he ever could think again4 ,his thoughts turned back to the dream ,marie had told him she had1 where some terrible tragedy had overtaken him and she had gone out of his life in a mysterious way and came back into it in the same way4 ,he wondered if at that time ,marie had had any doubt that she might not want to continue to carry out the plans agreed on4 ,then he thought of what she said just before bidding good-night in the train1 when she had asked him to tell her what the surprise was he had for her and said to him that the train might wreck and kill her or that something might happen to separate them4 ,he wondered then if she had something in her mind which she thought might separate them during the night1 or if she intended to hide from him in some way4 ,but he must get all that out of his mind--must have faith in ,marie1 must understand and wait4 ,then like a flash he became contented4 ,thought it was all a joke that ,marie had played on him1 that she was hiding somewhere in the train and in a few minutes would show up1 so he decided not to send a telegram to ,mr4 ,kennelworth but simply stay in the station and wait4 ,he opened his suit case and took out the ,bible1 and there began to read from ,st4 ,paul1 who said that love suffers long and is kind1 seeks not its own1 is not easily provoked and thinks no evil4 ,robert resolved to have patience1 to have faith in ,marie1 and never doubt her1 and never to think any evil of her no matter what happened4 ,his mind was relieved4 ,he felt happy and more cheerful1 and was hopeful4 ,he waited a short time in the station1 hoping ,marie would join him4 ,the seconds drifted away like weeks1 the minutes seemed like months1 and when an hour had gone by1 to ,robert it seemed like years4 ,he waited and hoped2 watched in every direction for ,marie's beautiful eyes1 the eyes he told her he loved so much and always wanted them to greet him when he came home from his work because they were an inspiration4 ,slowly the hands on the great clock in the ,union ,station showed it was nearly #ab o'clock noon4 ,robert listened attentively as the old clock tolled twelve times for #ab o'clock and each time it seemed that the blood from his heart was slowly trickling away4 ,hope was fast giving away to despair4 ,robert found his patience waning1 but that was not to be4 ,he must trust to the word of ,god which said3 ,o1 ye of little faith1 saith the ,lord1 and must try to find ,marie who meant everything to him4 ,as the last stroke of the clock died slowly away1 ,robert started to think again4 ,he finally decided that he would stay in the ,union ,station and have patience to wait one more hour for ,marie4 ,he thought that she was really playing a joke on him and would surely come by #a o'clock4 ,while he waited he continued to read the ,bible3 ,the heavenly ,shepherd is leading you in the right way to his own blessed fold4 ,leave all to him1 to his faithfulness1 his love1 his power1 his watchful1 sleepless care4 ,robert decided to trust1 to have faith and leave it all to ,god that ,he might protect ,marie and bring her safely back to him4 ,then he read the poem by ,gerhart3 ,the prison where thou art ,thy ,god will break it soon1 ,and flood with light thy heart ,in his own blessed noon4 ,robert thought how happy he would have been1 as he expected by this time to be married to ,marie and happily on their way to ,new ,york to celebrate their honeymoon4 ,the hour had drifted slowly away and it was now a quarter to one4 ,robert was troubled and discouraged1 but had not lost hope4 ,he opened his ,bible and read--,job #f3h3 ,oh that ,i might have my request1 and that ,god would grant me the thing that ,i long for6 ,robert knew that he longed for ,marie and believed that if he had faith ,god would answer his prayers4 ,he read again--,job #f3aa-ac3 ,what is my strength1 that ,i should hope8 and what is mine end1 that ,i should prolong my life8 ,is not my help in me8 and is wisdom driven quite from me8 ,this was a great consolation to ,robert4 ,he realized that at last in desperation like ,job he must hope and have faith2 that his wisdom and strength was in himself and that if he had faith in ,god and trusted him that he would find ,marie2 that he would be able to overcome trials and tribulations and would have wisdom and faith to hold on and hope until he realized his dream and again found ,marie4 ,robert remembered reading in the ,bible where it said3 ,whom ,god loveth he chastiseth4 ,he thought that ,marie was chastising him to try his faith and decided that he would not lose patience no matter what happened1 that he would seek her to the ends of the earth4 ,robert watched the movement of every woman who passed thru the gates of the ,union ,station for ,marie1 but each minute brought bitter disappointment4 ,his heart1 which but a few hours ago was filled with love and happiness1 was sad4 ,robert looked up as the hands on the clock in the ,union ,station pointed to #a o'clock1--the time that he had appointed unto himself to wait without taking some action to try to find ,marie4 ,no ,marie was in sight4 ,he walked over to the news stand and bought a paper and decided to sit down for a few minutes and try to read4 ,as he slowly turned the pages of the paper looking for something he knew not what1 suddenly his eyes fell upon the heading2 ,the ,best ,thing on ,earth by ,r4,l4 ,cole4 ,the first thought that entered ,robert's mind was that the best thing on earth was ,marie and that the greatest thing in the world was love4 ,he read the entire article4 ,,chapter ,,xii ,,the ,,best ,,thing ,,on ,,earth ,by ,r4,l4 ,cole ,john ,wanamaker said3 ,i have for the government1 and in my own business1 made contracts involving millions of dollars4 ,i have signed checks for millions of dollars1 but the greatest purchase ,i ever made in my life was when ,i was #aa years old4 ,i saved every penny of my hard-earned money and bought a ,bible that cost #b4ge4 ,that was my best investment and has had most to do with the rest of the riches of my life4 ,every other investment ,i have ever made holds a secondary place to the first and greatest one of them all4 ,lord ,bacon1 the literary genius and philosopher1 lifted the ,bible one day above his head1 and said3 ,there ,god speaks4 ,god speaks in the first verse1 saying3 ,in the beginning ,god6 ,and all through the ,book we find expressions as ,thus saith the ,lord1 the word of the ,lord came1 ,god said1 the ,lord commanded1 etc4 ,these expressions are used four thousand times in the ,bible1 thus indelibly stamping the divine mark4 ,all scripture is given by inspiration of ,god4 ,inspiration means breathed into4 ,god breathed his thoughts into the ,book4 ,the ,book contains the breath of ,god1 and lives because ,god lives4 ,jesus said3 ,heaven and earth shall pass away but my word shall not pass away4 ,the ,bible tells us things we get nowhere else4 ,it tells us of the beginning1 for only ,god was in the beginning4 ,it tells of the beginning of creation1 the beginning of the human race1 the beginning of the human family2 the beginning of sin1 the beginning of redemption2 the beginning of the arts1 sciences1 music1 agriculture1 of nations and languages4 ,of the ,hebrews1 of law1 etc4 ,much of ancient history of the earliest times is borrowed from the ,bible4 ,the ,bible tells of things that are to occur thousands of years in the future4 ,the destruction of ,babylon1 ,nineveh1 ,tyre and ,jerusalem was foretold in detail and has come to pass exactly as was predicted4 ,the first coming of ,jesus ,christ was foretold--that ,he would come to the tribe of ,judah1 would be born of a virgin1 would be born in ,bethlehem1 would come out of ,egypt and would grow up in ,nazareth1 would be despised and rejected of men1 would work miracles1 would be betrayed by one of his own followers1 would be falsely accused1 crucified4 ,that they would gamble for his garment2 would be buried in another man's tomb1 would rise again2 that ,his gospel would be preached to all nations2 that to ,him would be given a name greater than any name4 ,all these prophecies have been fulfilled4 ,the prophecies of the ,bible are yet being fulfilled1 and will all be fulfilled4 ,in ,naomi we are told that in the day of ,his preparation the rivers shall be opened1 the palace shall be dissolved and chariots shall be flaming torches1 shall run like the lightning and rage in the street4 ,notice this prophecy3 the bridges shall be opened4 ,the suspension bridge opens our rivers4 ,the palaces shall be dissolved4 ,they have been4 ,russia and ,germany are notable examples4 ,we are living in an era of democracy4 ,the flaming chariots running like the lightning so much like the automobile4 ,in ,isaiah we are told that with the coming in of the ,gentiles to the brightness of ,his rising they shall fly as doves to their windows4 ,that sounds like the airships4 ,the ,bible is a priceless book because it makes promises no other book can make4 ,it promises pardon1 salvation1 eternal life1 soul rest1 peace1 comfort1 strength and succor2 victory over trials and temptations2 strength in the dying hour1 and heaven for all eternity4 ,the ,bible is priceless because it is indestructible4 ,for two thousand years the critics have hurled against it their anathemas1 and it still lives4 ,time and again it has been gathered up and burned1 and its advocates for ages were persecuted and put to death1 but it has survived fires and floods4 ,a popular author of fiction boasts #i1jjj1jjj copies of his book published in eight years4 #bdj1jjj1jjj copies of the ,bible have been sold in the same eight years4 ,another publisher boasts that his book has been printed in #bc languages4 ,the ,bible is published in #ggj different languages and dialects4 ,last we passed beside a blacksmith's door1 ,and heard the anvil ring the vesper chime1 ,then looking in1 ,i saw upon the floor ,old hammers worn with beating years of time4 ,how many anvils have you had1 said ,i1 ,to wear and batter all your hammers so8 ,just one1 said he1 then with a twinkling eye1 ,the anvil wears the hammers out you know4 ,and so thought ,i1 the anvil of ,god's word1 ,for ages skeptics' blows have beat upon1 ,yet thru the noise of falling blows was heard4 ,the anvil was unharmed--the hammers gone4 ,last we passed beside1 etc4 ,hume gone1 ,voltaire gone1 ,tom ,paine gone1 ,bob ,ingersoll gone4 ,the present-day enemies in the church and out of the church will wear their hammers out4 ,god's word that has for two thousand years endured the test1 will endure and stand forever4 ,the individual or nation that believes the ,book1 and lives according to its teaching1 will live as long as the ,book lives1 and the individual or nation that spurns it will go down4 ,martin ,luther gave the ,bible to ,germany and for generations ,germany respected and loved the ,book1 and lived4 ,then ,germany began in her schools to criticise and spurn the ,book and brought on the ,world ,war4 ,germany by turning away from the ,book1 committed suicide1 and so shall it be with any nation4 ,god forbid that ,america should ever turn away from the ,bible6 ,lord ,god of hosts be with us yet ,lest we forget1 lest we forget4 ,we've traveled together1 my ,bible and ,i1 ,thru all kinds of weather1 with smile or with sigh4 ,in sorrow or sunshine1 in tempest or calm1 ,thy friendship unchanging2 my lamp and my psalm4 ,we've traveled together1 my ,bible and ,i1 ,when life has grown weary1 and death e'en was nigh2 ,but all thru the darkness of mist and of wrong1 ,i found thee a solace1 a prayer and a song4 ,so now who shall part us1 my ,bible and ,i4 ,shall isms or schism or new lights who shall try8 ,shall shadow for substance1 or stone for good bread ,supplant its sound wisdom1 give folly instead8 ,ah no1 my dear ,bible1 revealer of light1 ,thou sword of the spirit1 put error to flight2 ,and still thru life's journey1 until the last sigh2 ,we'll travel together1 my ,bible and ,i4 99 99 99 99 99 ,these statements agreed exactly with ,robert's views4 ,he had found his greatest help in the ,bible and knew ,john ,wanamaker was right when he said that the greatest purchase he ever made in his life was when he was #aa years old and bought the ,bible for #b4ge4 ,as ,robert read3 ,heaven and earth shall pass away but my word shall not pass away1 he remembered that the ,bible said that whenever you pray1 believe that you have it and you shall4 ,as he knew that all things are possible with the ,lord1 he determined to pray believing that ,marie would soon return to him4 ,robert was much impressed with the statement that all the prophecies of the ,bible are being fulfilled and will be fulfilled4 ,he knew that every promise that ,god had ever made to man1 he had kept4 ,this renewed ,robert's faith and again he read ,marie's note where it said3 ,according to your faith1 be ,i unto you1 and ,robert thought that if faith would bring ,marie back to him she would surely come4 ,he knew that time would never change his love and that there was no other woman but ,marie for him4 ,he would live1 work and hope for ,marie until he found her1 but if she had gone from him forever and such bad news should come to him1 he knew that he would bury all life and that hope would depart from him and life would not be worth living4 ,at the end of the article he read the poem on the ,bible and was much impressed with these lines3 ,ah no1 my dear ,bible1 revealer of light1 ,thou sword of the spirit1 put error to flight2 ,and still thru life's journey1 until the last sigh2 ,we'll travel together1 my ,bible and ,i4 ,robert felt that this article had been written especially for him when he needed it most1 making him realize the value of his ,bible and the trust he should put in it1 applying its wisdom to his present problem and troubles4 ,by the time ,robert had finished reading this article1 it was after #a3cj ,p4,m4 and he decided that it was hopeless to wait longer for ,marie1 that something radically wrong had happened and she had either gone away or an accident had befallen her4 ,he must make some plans for locating her4 ,decided to go to a hotel and call ,mr4 ,kennelworth on long-distance 'phone at ,texarkana4 ,with this plan in mind1 he made his way to the hotel1 registered and as soon as he was assigned to his room1 put in a long-distance call for ,mr4 ,kennelworth4 ,mr4 ,kennelworth was at his residence and it was only a question of a few minutes until he had him on the 'phone4 ,between sobs1 he told his sad story to ,mr4 ,kennelworth about ,marie's disappearance and asked his advice4 ,mr4 ,kennelworth told him that he thought for some reason ,marie may have decided to return to school and complete her education1 and probably was at that time on her way back to ,sherman4 ,the best plan would be to wait until the next night to see if she returned1 altho it was possible that she might get back late that night4 ,mr4 ,kennelworth told ,robert that he would go to see her father and find out any information he could for him4 ,robert was to remain at the hotel and if he got any information1 he would telephone him4 ,he advised ,robert to notify the railroad authorities1 and have them make a search and inquire at all of the stations where the train stopped that night on the way from ,texarkana to ,st4 ,louis1 in order to get a clue to ,marie's disappearance4 ,after talking with ,mr4 ,kennelworth1 ,robert got in touch over the 'phone with the railroad officials in ,st4 ,louis and notified them of ,marie's disappearance from the train4 ,they promised to send telegrams to all the station agents1 to have all the trains watched and try to secure some information for him4 ,they were to communicate with him just as soon as they had anything definite one way or the other4 ,robert now realized that he must go thru the greatest ordeal yet--that of waiting hourly for some news of ,marie4 ,he knew the hours would pass slowly and decided to formulate a plan in case ,marie did not return to school or to her home1 and if no news came from her the next day what would be his next move and what he should do to try to locate her4 ,the next time ,robert noticed the time of day1 it was after #f ,p4,m4 and he realized that he had had no breakfast1 lunch or dinner1 but his heart was heavy and he felt that he could not eat anything4 ,the shock had been so great and had come so suddenly that ,robert found it hard to adjust himself to it or to realize what it all meant or what it might mean in case ,marie should pass out of his life forever4 ,it would mean every hope blasted1 every sweet dream gone and would leave him with an uncertainty of life1 like a ship without a rudder4 ,he decided to pass the time by reading and seeking consolation in the ,bible4 ,robert had always been a great admirer of the poet1 ,s4,e4 ,kiser2 always read his poems in the daily newspapers and a few months previous to this time1 had bought a little book entitled1 ,poems ,that ,have ,helped ,me1 collected by ,s4,e4 ,kiser4 ,he remembered that he had this little book that he liked so much in his suit-case so he unpacked it to look for the book and as he did1 he came across the present1 the surprise that he had for ,marie1 that he had told her about before and refused to give to her or tell her more about it until they arrived in ,st4 ,louis4 ,the present was a wedding ring set with diamonds and a beautiful brooch made of two hearts woven together and tied with a cluster of diamonds and pearls4 ,this was to be the great surprise for ,marie and he was going to present it to ,marie after they were married1 as a token of the two hearts that now beat as one4 ,robert looked at this and thought of how the diamonds represented ,marie in all of her beauty and that she was a pearl of great price4 ,it was too much for him4 ,he broke down completely and wept like a baby4 ,alone he was--the most alone he had ever been in his life before--away from friends1 away from mother1 and above all1 separated from ,marie1 who meant more than life to him4 ,he sobbed for hours4 ,his heart was breaking1 but with a wondering mind1 he realized that he must have strength1 and that he must have faith and hope on--hope and believe that ,marie was alive and he knew that if she were alive1 there was hope4 ,he picked up his favorite little book1 ,poems ,that ,helped ,me1 and started to read4 ,the first one that caught his eye was1 ,faith by ,tennyson3 ,we have but faith2 we cannot know2 ,for knowledge is of things we see2 ,and yet we trust it comes from thee1 ,a beam of darkness3 let it grow4 ,let knowledge grow from more to more1 ,but more of reverence in us dwell2 ,that mind and soul1 according well1 ,may make one music as before1 ,but vaster4 ,we are fools and slight2 ,we mock thee when we do not fear2 ,but help thy foolish ones to bear2 ,help thy vain worlds to bear thy light4 ,forgive what seemed my sin in me2 ,what seem'd my worth since ,i began2 ,for merit lies from man to man1 ,and not from man1 ,o ,lord1 to thee4 ,this cheered ,robert and he resolved to have more faith1 realizing that while he could not see or understand ,marie's action he must have faith and love and trust her1 and trust that time would bring understanding and solve the problem4 ,he read another poem by ,aubrey de ,vere1 and these words seemed to sink into his heart as he read them3 ,hid it2 dropt it on the moors6 ,lost it1 and you cannot find it-- ,my own heart ,i want1 not yours ,you have bound and must unbound it4 ,set it free then from your net1 ,we will love1 sweet--but not yet6 ,fling it from you--we are strong ,love is trouble1 love is folly2 ,love1 that makes an old heart young1 ,makes a young heart melancholy4 ,robert felt that love might be trouble1 but that love was the greatest and sweetest thing in the world and that he would go thru any troubles in the world1 suffer anything1 only to regain ,marie and her love4 ,as ,robert slowly turned the pages of the little book1 his eyes fell upon another poem1 ,courage by ,thos4 ,f4 ,porter3 ,what if the morn no joy to you shall bring1 ,no gleam of sunbeam shine across your way2 ,what if no bird one joyous note shall sing ,into your listening ear thru all the day6 ,what if no word of comfort you shall hear ,as thru the hours long you toil and strive2 ,what if to you no vision bright appear ,to keep your hungry heart and soul alive6 ,what if the blest companionship men crave ,come not to you thru all the day's long length1 ,but1 bound and fettered even as a slave1 ,within yourself you have to find your strength6 ,and if1 when you have toiled and wrought alone1 ,the sweet reward you sought you do not gain1 ,and find the hoped-for bread is but stone1 ,in that sad hour for grief1 should you complain ,ah no6 ,it matters not if shade or sun1 ,or good or ill1 your efforts shall attend2 ,in doing you have but your duty done ,as best you knew--and should do to the end4 ,he eagerly devoured the words one by one1 because he was looking for something to give him courage to go thru this terrible ordeal4 ,he thought that this poem would do4 ,it surely had been written for him in this very hour of trouble and realized with ,job he must find his strength within himself and have courage1 hope and faith4 ,he then read another little poem from the book2 ,not in ,vain by ,emily ,dickinson3 ,if ,i can stop one heart from breaking1 ,i shall not live in vain3 ,if ,i can ease one life the aching1 ,or cool one pain1 ,or help one fainting robin ,unto his nest again1 ,i shall not live in vain4 ,robert felt that he had tried always to be kind and considerate and charitable towards others1 and knew that he must go on regardless of what happened1 and live his life hoping to find ,marie4 ,about this time1 ,robert1 tired1 hungry and worn out fell asleep4 ,the next time that he remembered anything1 he awoke on ,monday morning with the sun streaming in thru the window of his hotel and realized that he had fallen asleep4 ,the little book1 ,poems ,that ,have ,helped ,me1 lay on the bed beside him4 ,because the sun was coming in the east window he knew that he must have slept thru some part of the night1 and it was now morning4 ,his first thought was of ,marie1 and of any news that might have come4 ,picking up the little book1 the first thing that struck his eye was the poem1 ,press ,on by ,park ,benjamin3 ,press on6 ,surmount the rocky steps1 ,climb boldly o'er the torrent's arch2 ,he fails alone who feebly creeps1 ,he wins who dares the hero's march4 ,be thou a hero6 ,let thy might ,tramp on eternal snows its way1 ,and thru the ebon walls of night ,hew down a passage unto day4 ,press on6 ,if once and twice thy feet ,slip back and stumble1 harder try2 ,from him who never dreads to meet ,danger and death they're sure to fly4 ,to coward ranks the bullet speeds1 ,while on their breasts who never quail1 ,gleams1 guardian of chivalric deeds1 ,bright courage like a coat of mail4 ,press on6 ,if ,fortune play thee false ,to day1 tomorrow she'll be true2 ,whom now she sinks she now exalts1 ,taking old gifts and granting new1 ,the wisdom of the present hour ,makes up the follies past and gone2 ,to weakness strength succeeds1 and power ,from frailty springs6 ,press on1 press on6 ,robert hastily read this poem and found some consolation in it4 ,he resolved that he would press on1 and hastened down stairs to the hotel desk to inquire if any telegrams had been received for him1 or if any long-distance call had come during the night when he had fallen asleep1 but again he met with disappointment4 ,there were no telegrams and there had been no 'phone calls4 ,robert felt very faint and weak because he was hungry4 ,he had not eaten all day ,sunday1 and now realized that he must get something to eat1 and strengthen himself for the ordeal to follow4 ,he went to the dining-room and ordered a light breakfast but when the food was served1 he found it hard to eat because he thought of the breakfast the ,sunday morning before that he had intended to have eaten with ,marie on the dining-car4 ,everything he saw reminded him of her4 ,her smile was in the glittering sunshine which played upon the windows in front of him or appeared in the clear crystal water in the glass and the sweet odor from the flowers on the table brought memories of sweet kisses and soft caresses which haunted him4 ,finally1 ,robert managed to eat a little1 because he knew he must if he expected to keep up and have strength to fight on and find ,marie4 ,when he had finished his breakfast1 he returned to his room and decided to call the railroad office again and ascertain if they had any information for him4 ,the general passenger agent was there1 and was very courteous over the 'phone to ,robert4 ,he had taken a great interest in the case and they had received reports from every station along the line1 but nowhere had any trace been found of ,marie4 ,he assured ,robert that the railway company would use every effort to continue the search and report to him promptly any information that they received4 ,robert decided to call ,mr4 ,kennelworth on the long-distance 'phone at his office in ,texarkana and soon got him on the wire4 ,mr4 ,kennelworth said that he had gone to see ,marie's father1 ,mr4 ,stanton1 soon after ,robert's telephone message ,sunday afternoon and had told ,mr4 ,stanton of ,robert's success since he had been with his firm2 how hard ,robert had studied and planned and how he had figured out the cotton and grain markets and the large amount of money that he had made on such a small capital4 ,he confided to ,mr4 ,stanton the secret of how ,marie had saved up her money and how much money ,robert had made on the #djj4jj which he had invested for her4 ,mr4 ,stanton and his wife were much impressed with the story and felt that they had been wrong in opposing ,marie's love for ,robert and their marriage4 ,they told ,mr4 ,kennelworth that when ,marie returned they would give her their consent to marry ,robert then or any time later4 ,they felt that they might be to blame for any harm that would come to ,marie or for the sorrows that ,robert was suffering4 ,however1 they were hopeful that ,marie was either returning home or was on her way back to ,sherman1 ,texas1 to complete her education1 and1 therefore1 were not greatly alarmed and intended to wait until ,monday afternoon to find out if ,marie had gone back to ,sherman4 ,mr4 ,kennelworth stated that ,mr4 and ,mrs4 ,stanton wished him to convey their sympathy to ,robert and to tell him that they had great faith in him and wanted to help make him and ,marie happy4 ,this message was great consolation to ,robert because he felt that it was going to solve the problem1 that no matter what had prompted ,marie's decision to leave the train and not to go ahead and marry him when she found that her father and mother had changed their attitude1 she would be only too glad to return to ,robert4 ,they could then be married and continue on to ,new ,york where he could take up his studies and complete the building of his airship as soon as he had made enough money to do so4 ,mr4 ,kennelworth told ,robert that he would call him on the 'phone about #h o'clock that night and let him know if any word had been received from ,marie or if news was received sooner1 he would call immediately1 but at any rate would call at #h o'clock4 ,mr4 ,kennelworth praised ,robert and told him not to lose hope but take a philosophical view of the matter4 ,he felt sure that no harm had come to ,marie1 for had there been any accident it certainly would have been discovered by this time by the railway company4 ,the fact that ,marie's baggage had disappeared was convincing evidence to him that in some way1 at some station during the night1 she had left the train and had probably concealed herself and was waiting to return on another train1 later4 ,he believed before the day was over they would have some good news in regard to ,marie1 and advised ,robert to get busy and go right ahead with his trading in the market and continue to make money1 as he was sure that everything was going to come out all right4 ,after ,robert received this telephone message he was more hopeful4 ,he secured a morning newspaper and found the headlines filled with ,lindbergh4 ,read about the preparations for ,captain ,lindbergh's return to ,washington and ,new ,york and the plans for his reception4 ,of course1 ,robert had looked forward to being there at that time and have ,marie with him as his wife4 ,he had been looking forward to the day when his own dream would be realized and he would build one of the greatest airships of the age4 ,returning to his room1 he fell upon his knees and breathed a prayer2 a prayer that only a man whose heart is filled with love for a good woman can pray4 ,he prayed to the ,universal ,power that created the ,universe1 the master of land and sea1 who rides on the winds and walks upon the water1 to whom all power was given over heaven and earth4 ,prayed for strength and for guidance to do only that which was right and that the good ,god of the ,universe would return ,marie to him in safety4 ,prayed not only for himself1 or the strength to come to him1 but for ,marie1 for her happiness1 for her safety4 ,it was an unselfish prayer2 the kind of a prayer that a mother prays when her child is lost1 when she thinks nothing of herself but only of the child that she loves4 ,when ,robert arose from the prayer he felt better2 felt that some of the strength of that unseen guiding hand1 which is ever a comfort and in great demand in time of trouble1 had come to him4 ,in ,god and his word alone he found comfort and consolation4 ,he realized the significance of money and how little it meant2 thought how quickly he had made money on a thousand dollars in the market and now how he would give every cent of it for just a message from ,marie2 just to know that she was alive4 ,he had never tried to make the money for a selfish purpose1 but thought of the things that it could buy to make ,marie happy and give her comfort1 and what he might be able to do for his country in time of war when they would need service and inventions which would protect them against the enemy4 ,after he had time to collect his thoughts1 he decided to call his old pal1 ,walter ,kennelworth1 in ,new ,york on the long-distance telephone and tell him all that had happened in such a short time4 ,robert had not informed ,walter that he was coming to ,new ,york at this time4 ,he intended to telegraph him from ,st4 ,louis on ,sunday morning after he and ,marie had been married1 and1 of course1 he knew that ,walter would be at the train to meet them on their arrival4 ,after some delay he got ,walter on the long-distance 'phone and told him as quickly as possible all that had happened4 ,walter was more amused than shocked at the news and said3 ,robert1 ,marie is just a little devil and full of fun4 ,she is only testing your love4 ,there is nothing to worry about4 ,i know her ways better than you do4 ,he was sure that everything would be all right4 ,but ,robert felt that too much time had already elapsed for it to be a joke and that ,marie was not waiting around ,st4 ,louis or hiding somewhere playing a joke that long4 ,it was too serious a matter for ,robert to feel that ,marie would punish him in this way so long4 ,walter begged ,robert to come right on to ,new ,york1 but ,robert told him he would never leave ,st4 ,louis until he had some definite news1 one way or the other1 as to what had happened to ,marie4 ,after his talk with ,walter1 ,robert felt better because he was his closest friend and it was always a pleasure to talk with him4 ,he hoped that ,walter was right and that ,marie would show up soon4 ,at the same time1 he feared that something might have gone wrong1 but every time this thought occurred he would read ,marie's letter again and this would give him hope and courage because it plainly said she would come to him when he needed her most4 ,of course1 he realized that she could not know just how badly he needed her now and felt that he would never need her more than he did at that very moment4 ,when ,robert was troubled and blue it had always been his practice to read either the ,bible or some other good book4 ,he had a scrap book where he had collected poems and he took this book out and began to look thru it4 ,he noticed a clipping that he had pasted in only a short time before headed3 ,tomorrow's ,chance1 by his favorite modern poet1 ,s4,e4 ,kiser3 ,i may not reach my goal today ,nor move one step ahead2 ,no effort that ,i make may pay1 ,i may lose ground1 instead2 ,but ,i can try no matter what ,obstructions ,i shall find1 ,and let no thought ,of turning from the path ,i've sought ,take root within my mind4 ,there may be many reasons why ,no effort ,i can make ,shall send my fancies soaring high ,or clear the course ,i take2 ,mischances ,i could not foresee ,may check me everywhere1 ,but ,i can be ,determined bravely1 faithfully1 ,to keep my purpose fair4 ,it may be that at every turn ,discouragement shall lurk2 ,my lessons may be hard to learn4 ,men may condemn my work2 ,my trust may be betrayed by those ,whom ,i have thought my friends1 ,but ,i can close ,my mind against imagined woes1 ,and strive for worthy ends4 ,no matter how my hopes shall fail1 ,or how ,i fall behind1 ,i'll not sit down tonight to wail ,that ,god has been unkind4 ,but1 with a duty to fulfil1 ,and with a proud1 defiant glance1 ,i'll prove that still ,i have the courage and the will1 ,and gird me for tomorrow's chance4 ,this poem seemed to fit his case and he read it over carefully4 ,he resolved that regardless of discouragement or disappointment1 blasted hopes1 lost ideals or shattered dreams1 he would still have the courage to exert himself for ,tomorrow's ,chance4 ,after reading this poem he began to think about the future and his plans4 ,he knew that he had intended to go into the market again on ,monday or ,tuesday1 but the thought came to him--,what good would money do now1 without ,marie8 ,however1 he remembered her letter saying1 ,according to your faith1 be ,i unto you4 ,therefore1 he braced himself and again determined to have faith to go on1 watching and waiting for ,marie4 ,robert bought the evening paper and looked over the financial page and noted that cotton had gone down as he had figured it would4 ,the following day was the time that his forecast indicated that it would strike bottom so he must pull himself together and buy some cotton1 both for his own account and for ,marie's4 ,wheat had also declined and he felt that it was time to buy wheat for another advance as his cycle indicated an up-trend to run for the next ten days4 ,robert looked over the stock page and noticed the heading3 ,major ,motors advances above #bjj1 a new high level4 ,robert had figured out that ,major ,motors would not advance much above #bjj before it would be a short sale for big profits4 ,he figured out from the cycle of ,major ,motors that it would hold until along in ,june and ,july and that it would decline to a very low level in #aibh1 so he decided he was going to go short to hold for a long campaign and make a fortune4 ,robert was still holding his ,right ,aeroplane stock1 which he had bought at #ca on ,may #bast1 the day that ,captain ,lindbergh completed his successful flight to ,paris4 ,he figured that he could make a great fortune by buying ,right ,aeroplane stock and holding it for years and at the same time selling ,major ,motors short4 ,the markets in ,wheat1 ,cotton1 ,major ,motors and ,right ,aeroplane were all doing just exactly as he had calculated they would4 ,the fact that he was making money on ,right ,aeroplane stock encouraged him to continue his work on his own plane4 ,robert did not forget sweet ,marie or what she meant to him4 ,at the same time he realized what the study of the ,bible had brought him and felt that thru the aid of that book and the knowledge and wisdom he had gained through its teaching1 there would be a way to find ,marie if she were alive4 ,he believed she was and he would hope and wait4 ,but in the meantime he would try to make some money in order to provide all the luxuries and comforts for her when he found her4 ,since ,marie's father and mother had agreed to withdraw all their opposition to their marriage1 he thought that as soon as ,marie heard this she would certainly come to him or communicate with him4 ,on ,june #gth1 ,robert sent a telegram to his broker to buy #ejj bales of ,october ,cotton and #ejj bales of ,december ,cotton at the ,opening on ,tuesday morning4 ,he also ordered him to buy #ajj1jjj bushels of ,july ,wheat and gave an order to sell #ejj shares of ,major ,motors when it reached #bjc4 ,after sending these telegrams he returned to the hotel feeling some better and hoping that when he heard from ,mr4 ,kennelworth on the long-distance 'phone he would have some good news4 ,so he ate his dinner and returned to his room to wait for a message4 ,later he inquired for telegrams and 'phone calls and was informed that none had been received4 ,he settled himself down in the room and concluded to wait for the long-distance call1 hoping that it would bring good news4 ,at about #h3ae the telephone rang and ,mr4 ,kennelworth was on the wire4 ,robert knew from ,mr4 ,kennelworth's voice that he had no good news4 ,mr4 ,kennelworth informed him that no word had been received from ,marie by her parents1 and that they had called up the school in ,sherman1 ,texas1 and not a word had been heard from her there4 ,the school informed them that she had left school on ,saturday afternoon and had not been seen since4 ,of course1 ,robert knew she had left ,sherman to meet him and was now more anxious and worried than ever and freely expressed his great anxiety to ,mr4 ,kennelworth4 ,mr4 ,kennelworth was still hopeful and tried to cheer and encourage ,robert4 ,advised him to go on to ,new ,york and wait him there4 ,he had followed ,robert's advice and bought ,wheat and ,cotton on ,monday afternoon and ,robert told him that he was going to buy the next morning at the ,opening4 ,mr4 ,kennelworth said that he planned to leave for ,new ,york at the end of the week4 ,robert then decided to stay in ,st4 ,louis until he got some definite word1 or anyway remain there until ,mr4 ,kennelworth arrived and then go on to ,new ,york with him4 ,he was anxious to see ,walter as soon as possible but wanted to know something about what happened to ,marie before leaving for ,new ,york4 ,mr4 ,kennelworth was confident that the next day would bring some news from ,marie1 one way or the other1 and advised ,robert to keep cheerful2 that he would inform him just as soon as news came4 ,after ,robert had time to think over the matter1 he decided to place ,personal ,notices in all the newspapers of ,st4 ,louis and the towns along the line between ,texarkana and ,st4 ,louis4 ,if no news was heard of ,marie by ,tuesday evening1 he would place it in the papers the next day4 ,he then wrote out the ,notice4 ,miss ,marie ,stanton--,i found your little note in my pocket on ,sunday morning4 ,have been waiting for you in ,st4 ,louis4 ,my faith in you is supreme4 ,it will never change4 ,months and years cannot change me1 no matter what ,i hear or do not hear or what may happen1 ,i will always have faith in you and love you4 ,will never need you more than now4 ,nothing else that ,i can get1 or money that ,i can make matters or means anything to me without you4 ,come to me or communicate with me and explain all and ,i will understand and agree to anything you may desire4 ,marie1 relieve my anxious heart4 ,let me hear from you4 ,your father and mother have agreed to withdraw their objections and consent to our being married4 ,i will have faith and wait in ,st4 ,louis until ,i hear something from you4 ,robert ,gordon1 ,address--,planters ,hotel4 ,robert decided to read and study some before he retired that night4 ,he read the poem1 ,how to ,live1 by ,william ,cullen ,bryant3 ,so live1 that when thy summons comes to join ,the innumerable caravan that moves ,to that mysterious realm where each shall take ,his chamber in the silent halls of death1 ,thou go not1 like the quarry slave at night1 ,scourged to his dungeon1 but sustained and soothed ,by an unfaltering trust1 approach thy grave ,like one who wraps the drapery of his couch ,about him1 and lies down to pleasant dreams4 ,robert wished that he might be able that night to lie down to pleasant dreams but he knew that he would lay down with an unfaltering trust in ,marie1 that he would have the faith in her which would move mountains1 that he would never doubt her no matter how long a time passed and would prove that his love for her was supreme and his faith unfaltering4 ,robert read another poem on ,perserverance by ,goethe3 ,,perseverance ,we must not hope to be mowers1 ,and to gather the ripe gold ears1 ,unless we have first been sowers ,and watered the furrows with tears4 ,it is not just as we take it1 ,this mystical world of ours1 ,life's field will yield as we make it ,a harvest of thorns or of flowers4 ,he realized that perhaps all the good things of life do not come to us easily and that we might have to go through sorrows and trouble to try our faith4 ,robert decided to persevere and try to be philosophic and hope1 no matter what happened1 and to continue to watch and wait for good news from ,marie4 ,before he retired that night1 ,robert read ,the ,golden ,hour by ,james ,w4 ,foley3 ,i'm sending you one golden hour ,from the full jeweled crown of the day2 ,not sorrow or care shall have power ,to steal this rare jewel away4 ,i'm bidding you join in the dreaming ,i had in that hour of you1 ,when all of the old dreams1 in seeming1 ,were gold like the hour1 and came true4 ,so let's dream like a child in its playing1 ,let's make us a sky and a sea1 ,let's change the things 'round us by saying ,they're things that we wish them to be2 ,and if there is sadness or sorrow1 ,let's dream till we charm it away1 ,let's learn from the children1 and borrow ,a saying from childhood3 ,let's play6 ,let's play that the world's full of beauty1 ,let's play there are roses in bloom1 ,let's play there is pleasure in duty1 ,and light where we thought there was gloom4 ,let's play that this heart with its sorrow ,is bidden be joyous and glad1 ,let's play that we'll find on tomorrow ,the joys that we never have had4 ,let's play that regret with its ruing ,is banished forever and aye1 ,let's play there's delight but in doing1 ,let's play there are flowers by the way4 ,however the pathway seem dreary1 ,wherever the footsteps may lead1 ,let's play there's a song for the weary ,if only the heart will give heed4 ,let's play we have done with repining1 ,let's play that our longings are still1 ,let's play that the sunlight is shining1 ,to gold the green slope of the hill4 ,let's play there are birds blithely flinging ,their songs of delight to the air1 ,let's play that the world's full of singing1 ,let's play there is love--everywhere4 ,robert knelt and prayed before he went to sleep1 always asking for ,marie and her protection4 ,he said3 ,lord1 ,i ask nothing for myself1 but beseech the greatest blessings on ,marie and only ask for her happiness4 ,if it be for the best that her happiness be away from me1 then ,i desire to suffer rather than for her to be unhappy4 ,i pray that she may realize my great love and faith in her1 my devotion to her and willingness to make any sacrifice for her that might seem right1 no matter what my judgment may be4 ,robert slept better that night because he was looking forward to ,tuesday1 the #gth day of the month4 ,he had learned that the #gth was a sacred day1 and had often talked to ,marie about the number #g1 and the number of times it is spoken of in the ,bible4 ,how ,god had blessed the #gth day and made it the ,sabbath2 how many things had come to pass on the #gth day of the #gth month1 or the #gth year referred to in the ,bible4 ,in some way he felt that on this day news would come from ,marie and he hoped that it would be good4 ,robert awoke on ,tuesday morning feeling much better1 had his breakfast early1 bought the newspaper and read all about the receptions being planned for ,colonel ,lindbergh and again the wish stole into his heart and the hope was revived that in some way ,marie might be with him when ,lindbergh arrived in ,new ,york4 ,later in the day he received telegrams at his hotel from his broker1 advising of the purchase of ,october and ,december cotton and also the purchase of ,july wheat4 ,robert decided to console himself by reading the ,bible4 ,he read ,job1 and realized that he1 too1 would have patience to wait until his time should come4 ,nothing could shake his faith in ,marie or shake his faith in the wisdom of ,almighty ,god whom1 ,robert fully believed1 would answer his prayer4 ,he hoped that before the day was over1 some news of ,marie would surely come4 ,as he was reading the ,bible the bellboy brought him a letter stamped ,texarkana1 and1 of course1 ,robert hoped it contained some news of ,marie4 ,he opened it hastily and read3 ,texarkana1 ,texas4 ,june #f1 #aibg4 ,mr4 ,robert ,gordon1 ,planters ,hotel1 ,st4 ,louis1 ,mo4 ,dear ,robert3 ,we are deeply grieved over ,marie's disappearance but are hopeful that no harm has come to her4 ,from what ,mr4 ,kennelworth tells us of the letter she wrote you1 we believe she is returning to school or home1 and we are waiting news of her with hope4 ,while ,marie is quite young and we thought too young to marry1 and you too1 are very young and could well afford to wait a few years1 we now realize that if a delay would interfere with your happiness and ,marie's1 we would gladly consent to an immediate marriage4 ,we regret that we have misjudged you1 ,robert1 and are proud to know more about you from those who have known you intimately4 ,parents often make mistakes in opposing their children and frequently the interference of parents in the marriage of their children separate two that ,god has joined together4 ,man can only put asunder the physical bodies1 but what ,god doeth is forever4 ,we are very happy to know of your loyalty to ,marie1 your faith in ,god and your great ambitions to succeed1 according to the rules laid down in the ,bible4 ,shall be very happy to notify you promptly of any news from ,marie and will kindly ask you to do the same for us4 ,believe us ,sincerely your friends1 ,william and ,mary ,stanton4 ,when ,robert received and read this letter he was deeply touched and felt that a reward must always come to those whose intentions are honest and honorable1 so he sat down and answered the letter4 ,st4 ,louis1 ,missouri1 ,june #g1 #aibg4 ,mr4 and ,mrs4 ,w4,h4 ,stanton1 ,texarkana1 ,texas4 ,dear friends3 ,i feel like addressing you as friends because sorrow often makes us all friends1 and am enclosing a poem--,trouble ,brings ,friends1 which ,i think is very appropriate4 ,materlinck said1 ,men help each other by their joy1 not by sorrow1 but it is my belief that we are often led to extend help in time of sorrow which we would never think of doing in time of joy or happiness4 ,i quote from ,john #af3bb--;,and ye now therefore have sorrow2 but ,i will see you again1 and your hearts shall rejoice1 and your joy no man taketh from you4 ,i hope and pray that the day is not far distant when our hearts will rejoice together with the return of ,marie4 ,marie means everything to me and ,i honor and respect you as her parents4 ,i believe that you acted as you thought best for ,marie's future1 and can find no fault with your good and honest intentions1 regardless of the suffering it has caused me or the sorrow and disappointment it may have brought to ,marie4 ,i wish to do only that which is honorable and best for all concerned1 and if ,marie returns ,i will agree to submit to your decision and wait until she has finished her course in college before we are married4 ,i wish to take my part of the responsibility for ,marie's elopement because ,i urged her into action4 ,i wanted to go to you and talk the matter over but she felt sure that you would never consent to our marriage and said the only thing to do was to elope4 ,marie felt all along when ,i was a struggling boy without money1 that you would never consent to her marrying below her station in life and this1 as much as anything else1 made me ambitious to achieve success and prove to you that even tho ,i was born of poor parents and started without anything in life1 ,i could make a great success and accumulate money4 ,to me money means nothing and ,i would gladly give every dollar ,i have ever made just to spend one hour with ,marie1 and ,i am sure that this is no boyish love affair or trick of the imagination4 ,while it is my first love1 it will endure forever4 ,time will prove that ,marie means everything to me4 ,i thank you for your kindness and consideration and hope and pray that we may soon have good news in regard to ,marie4 ,sincerely yours1 ,robert ,gordon4 ,poem enclosed with ,robert's letter3 ,it's seldom trouble comes alone1 ,i've noticed this3 when things go wrong ,an' trouble comes a-visitin' ,it always brings a friend along2 ,sometimes it's one you've known before1 ,and then perhaps it's some one new ,who stretches out a helping hand1 ,an' stops to see what he can do4 ,if never trials come to us1 ,if grief an' sorrow passed us by1 ,if every day the sun came out1 ,an' clouds were never in the sky1 ,we'd still have neighbors1 ,i suppose1 ,each one pursuin' selfish ends1 ,but only neighbors they would be1 ,we'd never know them as our friends4 ,out of the troubles ,i have had ,have come my richest friendships here1 ,kind hands have helped to bear my care1 ,kind words have fallen on my ear2 ,an' so ,i say when trouble comes ,i know before the storm shall end ,that ,i shall find my bit of care ,has also brought to me a friend4 ,,chapter ,,xiii ,that afternoon1 after three o'clock1 when the afternoon newspapers were out1 he bought a paper and found that cotton and wheat had advanced many points and that he now had a nice profit on the purchases made that morning4 ,indeed1 the gods of good fortune and finance were smiling on ,robert1 but the ,goddess of ,love was frowning and he must have patience4 ,as the sun was slowly setting and the day was waning1 he watched in sadness because no news had come from ,marie4 ,he firmly resolved that he would carry out his intention and place the personal notice in the papers the following day for news of ,marie1 if something did not come that evening4 ,robert called ,mr4 ,kennelworth on the 'phone in ,texarkana and again met with disappointment4 ,not a word had been heard from ,marie and her parents were now growing more anxious and feared that there had been some accident or foul play in some way4 ,they were making a search in every direction2 ,city and ,county officials had been notified and all the schools thruout the country were on the lookout for ,marie and making every effort to obtain some information about her4 ,robert told ,mr4 ,kennel worth about his plan to insert the personal notice and ,mr4 ,kennelworth agreed with him4 ,he thought it would be a good idea and he believed that if she were secretly hiding somewhere1 she would surely see the papers because she herself would be anxious to know what happened to ,robert and what he was doing4 ,robert arose early on ,wednesday morning1 ,june #hth1 hastened to the newspaper offices and placed the personal notices to appear the following day4 ,when he returned to his hotel1 for the first time since ,sunday he thought of his birthday1 ,june #ith1 when he would be #ba years of age4 ,when he thought of this a great hope came into his mind4 ,he decided that ,marie1 for some unknown reason1 was hiding until his birthday and intended that they should be married on that day and she was going to be his birthday present4 ,robert's imagination went wild4 ,he was elated over the hope4 ,it seemed like a sudden inspiration to him4 ,it would be just like ,marie to wait until his birthday to give him the surprise of his life1 and think this delay would only try his faith and patience and she would know just how much she meant to him1 but did not think it too long to keep him waiting if he really loved her as he said he did2 that he would have patience and wait4 ,robert was sure that his advertisements in the papers the following day were going to bring results and that probably ,marie1 just as soon as she saw it1 would come to him4 ,so he really began to plan and hope and get ready for a marriage to take place on his birthday4 ,he was so happy over this sudden thought1 so elated that he 'phoned ,mr4 ,kennelworth again that night and told him all about it4 ,mr4 ,kennelworth1 half-hearted but hopeful1 agreed with ,robert that there might be something in it1 that ,marie might have had some plan of this kind in mind1 and sincerely hoped that ,robert was right and that this birthday would be the happiest of his life4 ,after ,robert talked with ,mr4 ,kennelworth1 he immediately called ,walter ,kennelworth on the 'phone in ,new ,york1 told him all that had happened1 about his placing the personal notices in the papers1 about his hopes and theories that ,marie would show up on his birthday4 ,walter said that it would be just like her to do a trick of that kind and that this might be just what it all meant4 ,he thought that ,robert had struck on the right idea and was hopeful1 too1 that the marriage would take place on ,robert's birthday4 ,he was to call ,robert on the 'phone the next day or ,robert should call him just as soon as he got any news4 ,walter wanted to send congratulations for his birthday and his wedding day4 ,the fact that ,walter was so cheerful and shared ,robert's views and hopes in the matter1 made ,robert much happier4 ,after ,robert had talked with ,walter1 the bellboy came and brought a special-delivery letter and a telegram4 ,robert opened the telegram hurriedly1 hoping that it was something from ,marie1 but found it was a telegram from his mother in which she congratulated him on his birthday the following day1 and encouraged him to hope for the best and not give way to despair in case ,marie did not show up4 ,the special-delivery letter was also from ,robert's mother1 and read3 ,my dear ,son1 ,your good friend1 ,mr4 ,kennelworth1 has been out to see me and told all that has happened4 ,my son1 ,i counsel you to have patience and faith4 ,love endures much and is not discouraged4 ,i believe everything happens for the best1 my boy1 and it may be that ,marie thought that you were both too young to marry4 ,if this was her view1 ,i would say it would hurt neither of you to wait a few years longer4 ,while ,i cannot understand the mysterious way in which ,marie disappeared1 at the same time ,i hope1 pray and believe that she is alive and will come into your life again when you most need her and are better prepared for her than you are now4 ,i know that it will be hard for you to see and realize that it might be for the best for her to go out of your life at this time1 but even ,marie may be wiser than we know4 ,she may want to test your love and test her love for you4 ,if this is the case1 it will all turn out for the best for both of you4 ,if your love is strong enough to endure it and wait a few months or a few years1 no harm can come later4 ,if ,marie can bear to be separated from you and remain faithful and loyal to you for a few months or a few years1 then she will mean more to you when she comes back to you again4 ,i pray for you each night and pray that everything may come out all right4 ,i still have great faith and confidence in you1 my boy4 ,want you to stick to your faith and your religion4 ,read the ,holy ,bible and follow it as you have in the past and everything that the good ,god can do will come to you in due time4 ,write me of your plans and what you intend to do4 ,send me a telegram as soon as you have any news1 one way or the other4 ,i anxiously await news of ,marie and wish that ,i could be with you to comfort you because ,i know you need me when you haven't ,marie4 ,devotedly1 ,your ,mother4 ,robert was happy to get the letter from his mother because she always encouraged him and he knew that no matter what happened1 her faith in him would always remain the same and her love would endure forever4 ,he retired that night after having a light supper1 very happy1 looking forward to his birthday with great hopes and expectations4 ,his #bast birthday meant a great deal to him1 meant more than any other birthday because he hoped that it would bring ,marie4 ,he knew that he had stood the test of her absence and that he had unwavering faith1 that the had never doubted her motive1 no matter even if he could not understand it1 and that he would not censure her actions4 ,when ,marie returned and was once sure that she knew all this1 he would mean more to her than he had ever before and she would only love him the more4 ,after all1 perhaps this little disappointment would mean something good in the future4 ,that night he read over all the poems that ,marie had ever written him or sent him1 and read over the poems that he had written her1 because he had kept a copy of them4 ,he read the poem where he wrote ,if your aim is high and honest1 in victory it will tell2 ,before the pearl is gotten1 there must be a broken shell6 ,again ,robert realized that the shell had been broken worse this time than ever before1 or at least it seemed that way to him4 ,yet at the same time it was not a break because ,marie had left him with love1 and their last good-night kiss on the train had been one of supreme faith and trusting love which had been built up over a period of years in which there had been many obstacles to overcome1 hard struggles and disappointments4 ,robert prayed his usual night prayer for the protection of ,marie and went to sleep1 to dream of his birthday4 ,robert ,gordon's #bast ,birthday ,robert arose early on ,june #ith4 ,hurried down to the desk to ascertain if any telegrams had come over night or any 'phone calls1 but found no telegrams and no messages4 ,it was yet too early for the morning mail4 ,robert secured the morning papers and saw his personal notices which he had instructed the papers to continue to run4 ,he had added the name of his hotel and telephone number so that ,marie could reach him promptly4 ,somehow he had a feeling that just about #aa or #ab o'clock that day ,marie would call at the hotel or he would have some good news from her4 ,after having his breakfast1 he waited for the first mail1 but there were no letters for him and up to this time no telegrams had been received4 ,he decided to go down to a brokerage office and see how the market opened4 ,cotton and wheat had advanced the day before and cotton opened higher and was strong this morning1 and wheat was also holding up well4 ,robert found that ,major ,motors was selling around #bjc and he knew that his broker must have sold #ejj shares short for him at this price4 ,he figured that ,major ,motors would not advance above #bje-a_/b before it started on a big decline4 ,so he said to himself1 ,this is going to be a real happy birthday4 ,i am making money fast now in wheat and cotton and will soon be making money in stocks4 ,right ,aeroplane was also strong and his profits were piling up on this4 ,he figured up his profits on ,cotton1 ,wheat and ,stocks and on this birthday he was worth #cj1jjj4 ,the money meant nothing to him4 ,he would gladly give every cent of it to have ,marie as a birthday present4 ,his hopes remained high and somehow he felt that he would have ,marie as well as the financial success4 ,just as he was figuring up his profits and thinking about it an old saying came to him3 ,lucky at cards1 unlucky in love4 ,he wondered if this could be1 that he would be lucky in making money in speculation and at the same time unlucky in his love affairs2 but hoped and prayed that this was the last disappointment in his love affairs and that this birthday was to be the turning point and that some news would come from ,marie4 ,he decided to forget about the market as everything was moving along his way and returned to the hotel to wait for news of ,marie4 ,he still had a hope or an imagination that around #aa or #ab o'clock ,marie would either come to the hotel or some news from her would be received4 ,upon returning to the hotel he found no mail and no telegrams or telephone messages awaiting him4 ,when #aa o'clock came ,robert's mind reverted back to ,sunday when he was watching the clock in the ,union ,station1 hoping and waiting for ,marie to appear4 ,robert became a little restless and more than anxious as the minutes went by4 ,the clock struck twelve on his birthday and no ,marie and no news from her4 ,a few minutes after #ab his bell rang and a messenger boy appeared with a telegram4 ,ah1 ,robert thought1 this is from ,marie or some news from her4 ,but it was a telegram of congratulations from his old pal1 ,walter1 who asked that he convey the first news which he received in regard to ,marie and stated that he hoped before the day was over he could congratulate ,robert on his marriage to ,marie4 ,a little later in the day ,robert received a long telegram from ,mr4 ,kennelworth1 congratulating him on his birthday and offering words of encouragement1 also telling ,robert that he expected to leave ,texarkana on ,friday night1 ,june #ajth1 and arrive in ,st4 ,louis some time in the morning and that ,robert should be ready to start with him to ,new ,york1 as he wanted to be there when ,lindbergh arrived4 ,robert received another telegram from his mother congratulating him on his birthday and wishing him every success and happiness4 ,these messages were very encouraging but it was now #b o'clock and ,robert began to be keenly disappointed--he had raised his hopes so high that ,marie would appear or some news would come4 ,he paced the floor in anxiety1 his heart beating rapidly and was forced to admit to himself that he had been over hopeful4 ,he started to send a telegram to ,mr4 ,kennelworth asking him to wire or 'phone just as soon as possible if any news had been received of ,marie and asked him to call up ,marie's parents and find out if they had heard anything4 ,minutes now began to drag slowly1 as they had on ,sunday when ,robert had watched the clock and saw his hopes slowly waning4 ,they were now waning again and ,robert grew heartsick1 but cheered himself with the thought that the day was not over yet4 ,there was plenty of time for ,marie to show up4 ,robert decided to read awhile to quiet his anxiety4 ,he picked up the book of ,poems ,that ,have ,helped ,me1 and read the ,isle of ,long ,ago4 ,oh1 a wonderful stream is the ,river ,time1 ,as it flows thru the realm of years1 ,with a faultless rhythm and a musical rhyme1 ,and a broader sweep and a surge sublime1 ,as it blends with the ocean of years4 ,how the winters are drifting1 like flakes of snow1 ,and the summers like buds between2 ,and the years in the sheaf--so they come and they go ,on the river's breast1 with its ebb and flow1 ,as they glide in the shadow and sheen4 ,there's a magical ,isle up the ,river ,time1 ,where the softest of airs are playing1 ,there's a cloudless sky and a tropical clime1 ,and a voice as sweet as a vesper chime1 ,and the ,junes with the roses are staying4 ,and the name of this ,isle is the ,long ,ago1 ,and we bury our treasures there2 ,there are brows of beauty and bosoms of snow-- ,there are heaps of dust1 but we love them so6 ,there are trinkets and tresses of hair4 ,there are fragments of songs that nobody sings1 ,and a part of an infant's prayer1 ,there's a harp unswept and a lute without strings1 ,there are broken vows and pieces of rings1 ,and the garments she used to wear4 ,there are hands that are waved when the fairy shore ,by the mirage is lifted in air2 ,and we sometimes hear through the turbulent roar ,sweet voices we heard in the days gone before1 ,when the wind down the river is fair4 ,oh1 remembered for aye be the blessed ,isle ,all the day of our life till night1 ,and when evening comes with its beautiful smile1 ,and our eyes are closing in slumber awhile1 ,may that ,greenwood of soul be in sight4 ,it made him realize that on the river of time there are many trials1 tribulations and disappointments4 ,while he was young in years he had experienced many of them1 and it seemed to him that the last five days had been five years4 ,when he read the lines of the poem3 ,sweet voices we heard in the days gone before1 when the wind down the river is fair and ,our eyes are closing in slumber awhile1 he thought of ,marie1 her beautiful eyes and sweet voice2 all the happy things she had ever said2 the things that she had written1 and like a voice coming across the stillness of the night1 he seemed to hear ,marie calling as she used to call3 ,robert1 dear1 ,robert dear4 ,he jumped from his chair1 startled1 because for a moment he thought it was her voice1 for he had been hoping and expecting each moment to hear her voice1 but alas it was only a ghost of imagination and no ,marie was there and no news of her4 ,robert turned another page and read3 ,crossing the ,bar1 by ,tennyson3 ,sunset and evening star1 ,and one clear call for me1 ,and may there be no moaning of the bar1 ,when ,i put out to sea4 ,but such a tide as moving seems asleep1 ,too full for sound and foam1 ,when that which drew from out the boundless deep1 ,turns again home4 ,twilight and evening bell1 ,and after that the dark2 ,and may there be no sadness of farewell1 ,when ,i embark4 ,for tho' from out our bourne of time and place1 ,the flood may bear me far1 ,i hope to see my ,pilot face to face ,when ,i have crossed the bar4 ,he read the last verse several times4 ,robert thought of ,marie1 his pilot1 his star1 his hope4 ,when he had driven his ship across the uncertain sea of finance it would be ,marie's beautiful face that would keep the lovelight burning upon the altar of his heart1 ever to guide her captain safely home4 ,he had looked to her to pilot him into the path of peace1 lead him to the fields of contentment and1 at last1 to the height of eternal peace4 ,he had looked forward to this day1 his birthday1 when she would return to him and he might claim her for his own4 ,thought of ,marie's words1 that hope and anticipation are greater than realization1 but felt that nothing in the world could give him greater pleasure than the realization of this moment if he could hold ,marie in his arms1 kiss her sweet lips and hear the sweet words of love she had spoken to him in the past4 ,robert's heart for a moment sank within him4 ,it was too much for him4 ,he sobbed and cried like a baby but then he thought of his faith1 of ,god and his power supreme4 ,again as he was wondering what to do1 he got the crumpled note that ,marie wrote and put in his pocket on ,sunday and read it again3 ,according to your faith1 be ,i unto you4 ,love will always hope1 understand and wait4 ,time proves all things4 ,you will get everything you want4 ,i will come to you when ,i mean the most and your need for love is the greatest4 ,only a few short lines1 but so much said in them and so much left unsaid1 ,robert thought4 ,yet they contained an assurance1 they left no doubt about a hope for the future and on that hope and with that faith ,robert would cling to the future4 ,time would prove his love4 ,marie stated plainly that he would get everything he wanted and he knew that the greatest thing in the world he wanted was ,marie4 ,so at the close of another day of disappointment he felt that there was room for hope and that the future was lined with hopes4 ,he resolved never to waver4 ,then read ,a ,psalm of ,life by ,longfellow3 ,tell me not in mournful numbers ,life is but an empty dream1 ,for the soul is dead that slumbers1 ,and things are not what they seem4 ,life is real6 ,life is earnest6 ,and the grave is not its goal2 ,dust thou art1 to dust returnest1 ,was not spoken of the soul4 ,not enjoyment1 and not sorrow1 ,is our destined end or way2 ,but to act1 that each tomorrow ,find us farther than today4 ,art is long and ,time is fleeting1 ,and our hearts1 though stout and brave1 ,still1 like muffled drums1 are beating ,funeral marches to the grave4 ,in the world's broad field of battle1 ,in the bivouac of ,life1 ,be not like dumb1 driven cattle6 ,be a hero in the strife6 ,trust no future1 howe'er pleasant6 ,let the dead ,past bury its dead6 ,act--act in the living present6 ,heart within and ,god o'erhead4 ,lives of great men all remind us ,we can make our lives sublime1 ,and1 departing1 leave behind us ,footprints on the sands of time4 ,footprints1 that perhaps another1 ,sailing o'er life's solemn main1 ,a forlorn and shipwrecked brother1 ,seeing1 shall take heart again4 ,let us1 then1 be up and doing1 ,with a heart for any fate2 ,still achieving1 still pursuing1 ,learn to labor and to wait4 ,when he got to the verse ,trust no future1 howe'er pleasant6 ,let the dead ,past bury its dead6 ,act--act in the living present6 ,heart within and ,god o'erhead4 ,robert now fully realized that he must trust to the future if he intended to live and continue to make a success and complete his discoveries and inventions4 ,he read the last verse slowly and carefully3 ,let us1 then1 be up and doing1 ,with a heart for any fate2 ,still achieving1 still pursuing1 ,learn to labor and to wait4 ,this sounded much better to ,robert4 ,he was willing to learn to labor and wait and felt that if he waited there would be a reward1 because ,marie had promised him and he knew that ,marie would keep her promise1 and nothing could ever take from him that hope1 that knowledge that ,marie would keep her promise4 ,then he read another little poem3 ,the ,spring of ,love4 ,a little sun1 a little rain1 ,a soft wind blowing from the ,west1 ,and woods and fields are sweet again ,and warmth within the mountain's breast4 ,a little love1 a little trust1 ,a soft impulse1 a sudden dream1 ,and life as dry as desert dust1 ,is fresher than a mountain stream4 ,he knew that he had great love and great trust1 and that that love1 and the hope of ,marie1 would give him ambition and courage to continue on4 ,it was now getting late and no news had come of ,marie4 ,robert realized his birthday was passing and his hopes for the present were blasted4 ,he read the poem1 ,lead ,kindly ,light3 ,lead1 kindly ,light1 amid the encircling gloom1 ,lead thou me on6 ,the night is dark and ,i am far from home1 ,lead thou me on6 ,keep thou my feet2 ,i do not ask to see ,the distant scene--one step enough for me4 ,i was not ever thus1 nor prayed that thou ,shouldst lead me on2 ,i loved to see and choose my path1 but now ,lead thou me on6 ,i loved the garish day1 and1 spite of fears1 ,pride ruled my will3 remember not past years4 ,so long thy power hath blessed me1 sure it still ,will lead me on2 ,o'er moor and fen1 o'er crag and torrent till ,the night is gone2 ,and with the morn those angel faces smile ,which ,i have loved long since1 and lost awhile4 ,the last few lines of the final verse impressed him strongly4 ,robert felt that ,marie was only lost for awhile and that on the coming morning he would meet the future with a smile1 face it with hope1 courage and determination and make some new plans2 figure some other new way by which he might locate ,marie or obtain some news of her whereabouts4 ,realizing more than ever that hope deferred maketh the heart grow sick1 ,robert read everything in the ,bible that he could find on love4 ,at last he read the song of ,solomon4 ,robert knew that he would never leave his first love and go back on her1 that that was the one love of his life and that it would remain so long as there was life in his body4 ,with this resolve in his heart he decided to face the future with hope4 ,,chapter ,,xiv ,robert bought evening newspapers and looked over the ,financial ,page2 noted that cotton1 wheat and corn had advanced that day4 ,his birthday had indeed been a success1 financially1 and his #bast birthday found him on top of the world1 but this was not what counted with ,robert4 ,the great disappointment was that his hopes for ,marie on that day were blasted1 but he had not given up4 ,as he looked over the newspapers he saw an advertisement headed1 ,madam ,cleo1 ,clairvoyant4 ,the advertisement stated that ,madam ,cleo could reunite the separated and bring back lost lovers4 ,while ,robert had never been to a clairvoyant and his only faith was in astrology1 and science laid down in the ,bible1 in desperation he decided to grasp at any straw4 ,early on the morning of ,june #ajth he called to see ,madam ,cleo4 ,she told him that he had gone thru a great sorrow but that his sweetheart would return to him in a few days1 he should be of good cheer because ,marie loved him only2 that it had been a case of nervous indecision which had caused ,marie to disappear1 and that she would return just as suddenly as she had disappeared4 ,robert felt more hopeful and returned to his hotel1 hoping to get some news of ,marie4 ,there were no letters or telegrams4 ,he called up the broker's office to find out how cotton and wheat were that morning and found that they were strong and higher4 ,his calculations showed that wheat and cotton should be top for a reaction on ,june #ajth so he wired his broker in ,new ,york to sell out his wheat and cotton4 ,corn was down that morning1 so he telegraphed the broker to buy #bj1jjj bushels of ,september corn4 ,after sending this telegram1 he glanced over the morning paper and saw an advertisement headed1 ,professor ,o4,b4 ,joyful1 ,astrologer4 ,robert eagerly read the advertisement because the name attracted him4 ,and he was looking for something to make him joyful4 ,professor ,joyful's advertisement stated that with the science of ,astrology1 he could tell when success would start1 when trouble would end and reveal when marriage would take place4 ,robert was a great believer in ,astrology because he had found this great science referred to so many times in the ,holy ,bible4 ,robert remembered reading in the ,psalms #aaa3b3 ,the works of the ,lord are great1 sought out of all them that have pleasure therein4 ,he had made notes as he read the ,bible at different times where it referred to ,astrology or the signs in the heavens and was thoroughly convinced that the influence of the heavenly bodies govern our lives4 ,genesis #a3g1 #af and #ah3 ,and ,god made the firmament1 and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament3 and it was so4 ,and ,god made two great lights2 and the greater light to rule the day1 and the lesser light to rule the night3 he made the stars also4 ,and to rule over the day and over the night1 and to divide the light from the darkness3 and ,god saw that it was good4 ,genesis #g3b3 ,of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens1 the male and his female2 and of beasts that are not clean by two1 the male and his female4 ,joshua #aj3ab and #ad3 ,then spake ,joshua to the ,lord in the day when the ,lord delivered up the ,amorites before the children of ,israel1 and he said in the sight of ,israel1 ,sun1 stand thou still upon ,gibeon2 and thou1 ,moon1 in the valley of ,ajalon4 ,and there was no day like that before it1 or after it1 that the ,lord hearkened unto the voice of a man3 for the ,lord fought for ,israel4 ,samuel #bb3h3 ,that all of you have conspired against me1 and there is none that sheweth me that my son hath made a league with the sons of ,jesse1 and there is none of you that is sorry for me1 or sheweth unto me that my son hath stirred up my servant against me1 to lie in wait1 as at this day8 ,job #bb3ad3 ,thick clouds are a covering to him1 that he seeth not2 and he walketh in the circuit of heaven1 ,job #bf3aj and #aa3 ,he hath compassed the waters with bounds1 until the day and night come to an end4 ,the pillars of heaven tremble1 and are astonished at his reproof4 ,job #cg3ah3 ,hast thou with him spread out the sky1 which is strong1 and as a molten looking glass8 ,psalms #ai3a1 #d and #f3 ,the heavens declare the glory of ,god3 and the firmament sheweth his handywork4 ,their line is gone out thru all the earth1 and their words to the end of the world4 ,in them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun2 ,his going forth is from the end of the heaven1 and his circuit unto the ends of it3 and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof4 ,psalms #acf3g and #i3 ,to him that made great lights3 for his mercy endureth for ever3 ,the moon and the stars to rule by night3 for his mercy endureth for ever4 ,proverbs #h3bg and #bh3 ,when he prepared the heavens1 ,i was there3 when he sat a compass upon the face of the depth2 ,when he established the clouds above2 when he strengthened the fountains of the deep2 ,ecclesiastes #a3c and #e3 ,what profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun8 ,the sun also ariseth1 and the sun goeth down1 and hasteth to his place where arose4 ,isaiah #dj3bb3 ,it is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth1 and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers2 that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain1 and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in2 ,isaiah #dc3e3 ,fear not2 for ,i am with thee3 ,i will bring thy seed from the east1 and gather thee from the west2 ,ezekiel #a3bb3 ,and the likeness of the firmament upon the heads of the living creature was as the colour of the terrible crystal1 stretched forth over their heads above4 ,amos #i3f3 ,it is he that buildeth his stories in the heaven1 and hath founded his troop in the earth2 he that calleth for the waters of the sea1 and poureth them out upon the face of the earth2 the ,lord is his name4 ,habakkuk #c3b3 ,o ,lord1 ,i have heard thy speech1 and was afraid2 ,o ,lord1 revive thy work in the midst of the years1 in the midst of the years make known2 in wrath remember mercy4 ,st4 ,matthew #bd3bi and #cj3 ,immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened1 and the moon shall not give her light1 and the stars shall fall from heaven1 and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken4 ,and then shall appear the sign of the ,son of man1 in heaven3 and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn1 and they shall see the ,son of man coming in the clouds of heaven1 with power and great glory4 ,robert knew that the ,bible was replete with references that the heavens ruled4 ,he had read where it said3 ,discern the end from the beginning2 where ,jesus said3 ,i will judge you in the place of your nativity4 ,he hastened to the office of ,professor ,o4,b4 ,joyful in the hope that the great science of ,astrology would throw some light upon the disappearance of ,marie4 ,the secretary told him that the ,professor was very busy and as ,robert had no appointment1 he would have to wait awhile4 ,glancing around the walls of the office he saw some beautiful cards of poems hanging on the walls4 ,one was entitled1 ,the power of ,love4 ,this attracted ,robert's attention3 ,sunbeams after showers are brightest1 ,seeking sorrow is a sin2 ,woman's heart is ever lightest ,when love1 the jewel1 dwells within4 ,robert thought that this was a wonderful poem and he knew that it applied to man as well as woman1 because his heart was ever light when love dwelled within2 knew that it was ,marie's beautiful eyes and the hope of seeing them again1 which was guiding him now across the troubled sea of time4 ,he anxiously awaited the time when he could tell his troubles to ,professor ,joyful1 hoping that they would soon be turned into joy4 ,he read another poem on the wall3 ,love is a gift to be used every day1 ,not to be smothered and hidden away1 ,love is not a thing to be stored in the chest ,where you gather your keepsakes1 ,and treasure your best4 ,love is a gift you should use every day4 --,norah ,perkins4 ,robert knew that he was using love every day and it seemed that the ,professor had prepared his office to receive those in love4 ,another poem read3 ,we starve each other for love's caress2 ,we take1 but we do not give2 ,we know it is easy some soul to bless1 ,but we dole out affection1 giving less and less1 ,until the world becomes bitter and hard4 ,robert felt that he had not been stingy with his love for ,marie and that he had showered his affection upon her4 ,the ,bible said that love begetteth love and he knew if he received as he gave1 his reward would be the return of ,marie and her love4 ,by this time1 the secretary announced that ,professor ,joyful was ready to receive him4 ,he entered the ,professor's office1 where he met a middle-aged man whose kindly face indicated that he had sympathy for those in trouble4 ,robert stated briefly his troubles4 ,upon being asked his date of birth1 said he was born ,june #ith1 #aijf4 ,the ,professor made out his horoscope hurriedly and told him that ,venus and ,mars were in conjunction by transit in the sign ,leo1 which ruled the heart2 that ,venus applied to a trine of ,uranus1 and that while he could give him hopeful news and could assure him from his horoscope that he would one day find ,marie1 he could not offer false hopes and state that he would find her within a few days4 ,said there was a possibility of his finding her within two years1 but it would probably be three or four years before she would ever come into his life again4 ,in view of the fact that ,venus was separating from a conjunction of ,mars on the day he had called to inquire about ,marie1 the indications were that his sweetheart1 ,marie1 would be separated farther from him rather than come closer to him at this time4 ,he assured ,robert that ,marie was alive1 that no harm had come to her1 and that none would1 that she was carrying out her own secret plans2 was faithful to ,robert1 and had no other lover4 ,he told ,robert that he was a born genius and in the next few years would make a great success in speculation and in the field of aviation4 ,while ,robert was disappointed1 he felt that this scientific man was telling the truth and decided to take his advice1 try to be patient1 and to face the future with hope4 ,the ,professor told ,robert that his horoscope indicated that he would eventually realize all his hopes and ambitions4 ,venus1 in the sign ,cancer1 promised happiness in love affairs eventually1 but ,neptune therein indicated a skeleton in the family closet and some secret mysterious happenings in connection with the home and domestic relations4 ,robert told him of his plans to go to ,new ,york and the ,professor stated that ,new ,york ,city was ruled by the sign ,cancer1 and in view of the fact that the planet ,venus1 the ,goddess of ,love1 was located in that sign1 he would eventually meet or find ,marie in ,new ,york ,city4 ,this cheered ,robert greatly because he knew he wanted to go to ,new ,york to make money in speculation and complete his inventions4 ,professor ,joyful told ,robert that ,venus progressed in the sign ,leo1 which rules the heart1 would cause some great sorrows and heartaches when there were afflictions to it4 ,he had started the trip with the ,moon in the sign ,leo1 ruling the heart1 but it had separated from good aspects and was applying to evil ones4 ,his ruling planet applied to an evil aspect of ,uranus1 indicating great worries following the starting of this journey4 ,said that he had planned his marriage for an unfortunate day and that it was better that it did not take place at that time4 ,assured ,robert that there was no doubt about the realizations of his hopes in the future1 but that the delay was inevitable4 ,he told him that the clairvoyant who promised that he would find ,marie in a few days1 was only encouraging his hopes1 and that science1 which could be depended upon1 did not confirm these hopes1 or at least the immediate realization of them4 ,there was a possibility of his finding ,marie in a foreign state or country or that some news would come to him of her from a great distance4 ,he asked ,robert for ,marie's date of birth4 ,robert told him that he knew she was born on ,october #fth1 but that he was not sure of the year1 but he thought it was in #aijh4 ,the ,professor told him that if this date was correct1 it would confirm all that he had told him and indicated a long delay before he would find her4 ,robert returned to his hotel more hopeful and with the firm decision to face the future and carry out his plans1 living faithful to ,marie4 ,on his arrival at the hotel1 he received a telegram from ,mr4 ,kennelworth1 reading3 ,,leaving ,,on ,,the ,,sunshine ,,special ,,tonight ,,arrive ,,st4 ,,louis ,,saturday ,,morning ,,be ,,ready ,,to ,,leave ,,immediately ,,with ,,me ,,for ,,new ,,york4 ,robert was more cheerful after reading this message because since ,marie's disappearance he had not met a man or woman he had ever known before4 ,mr4 ,kennelworth was a dear friend of his and it would be very comforting to meet him and talk over his troubles4 ,he was also anxious to meet his old pal1 ,walter ,kennelworth1 so he decided to get ready to go on to ,new ,york4 ,the big reception for ,colonel ,charles ,a4 ,lindbergh was planned and would take place in ,new ,york on ,monday1 ,june #acth1 and he wanted to be there1 but every time he thought of anything that would give him happiness or pleasure1 he thought of ,marie and knew that without her it would not mean as much to him4 ,still he hoped ,marie might appear or that some news of her might be received before he left4 ,he wanted to see ,captain ,lindbergh and his plane1 ,the ,spirit of ,st4 ,louis1 for ,robert was dreaming of the day when he would complete his own great plane according to ,ezekiel's plan4 ,robert went to his room and spent the balance of the day reading the ,bible and working out future cycles on wars4 ,figured that great opportunities would come for making money in the ,stock and ,commodity markets1 and that he was going to make a great financial success and carry out his plans4 ,on ,june #aath1 ,mr4 ,kennelworth arrived1 ,robert met him at the ,union ,station in ,st4 ,louis4 ,he had only about an hour to wait before the train departed for ,new ,york4 ,no news had been received of ,marie4 ,mr4 ,kennelworth told ,robert that her parents were still hopeful that she was alive1 but they were at a loss to understand why she had not communicated with anyone4 ,he told ,robert to keep up his courage for he felt sure that all would end well4 ,on the train to ,new ,york they talked of ,robert's plans4 ,mr4 ,kennelworth said he was anxious for him and ,walter to be together again and believed it was for the best4 ,robert told him that he had been making money in wheat and cotton and that ,right ,aeroplane was moving his way2 that he was ,short of ,major ,motors and expected to make a fortune selling it all the way down4 ,mr4 ,kennelworth expressed his continued faith in ,robert's ability and told him that he was going to follow him on the market4 ,while he admired him for his great love for ,marie and his faith in her1 worry would not bring her back1 he said1 and he should get down to business1 study the ,bible1 work on his inventions and leave the matter of ,marie's return to the ,lord1 trusting and believing in ,him who knoweth and doeth all things well4 ,told ,robert that he was a doer and not a dreamer2 that he had demonstrated the greatest ability of any young man he had ever known4 ,that he had the pep and quoted an epigram1 ,the pessimist says it can't be done1 the optimist says1 let ,george do it3 meanwhile the peptomist has done it4 ,he said3 ,robert1 you and ,lindbergh are peptomists4 ,you do it while the other fellow watches and waits1 or says it can't be done4 ,he quoted a poem from ,tennyson3 ,i cannot hide that some have striven ,achieving calm1 to whom was given ,the joy that mixes man with heaven4 ,who rowing hard against the stream1 ,saw distant gates of ,eden gleam ,and did not dream it was a dream4 ,i am sure you are to make your dreams come true4 ,the ,bible says3 ,there is nothing better for a man than that he should make his soul enjoy good in his labor4 ,work is the only thing to drown your sorrows4 ,if you go to work1 complete your inventions and continue to study1 the troubles will disappear4 ,time will fly lightly by and before you know it1 ,marie will return to you4 ,then ,robert repeated a few lines by ,dora ,greenwald3 ,joy is a working thing4 ,it builds up while it enlarges the whole nature4 ,it is the wine to strengthen the heart1 to brace it to carry noble enterprise4 ,mr4 ,kennelworth said1 ,that is very fine1 ,robert1 but you must work for the joy that is yet to come and your great love for ,marie will strengthen your heart and brace you to attain all your aims4 ,love is the great power behind the universe and it is the greatest of all powers4 ,emotions are the motive power behind every great achievement1 and without emotion nothing will ever be accomplished4 ,there are three great emotions--,love1 ,fear and ,hate1 which actuate every deed1 good or bad1 and without them1 man would accomplish nothing4 ,the great emotion which is going to help you accomplish all your plans and realize your greatest hopes and ambitions1 is ,love4 ,a man makes money and saves it because he fears the future4 ,great nations go to war and fight because they are urged by the emotion of ,hate4 ,they are also fighting thru the emotion of fear1 but if love was the emotion behind all1 there would be no war1 no sorrows--no troubles and no jealousies4 ,robert then showed a poem on ,love which he had written to ,marie and one1 ,the ,garden of ,love1 which he had written at the time he and ,marie had their first break in #aibf4 ,mr4 ,kennelworth read these poems and was very much impressed with ,robert's ability as a writer4 ,he said1 ,robert1 this proves to me that ,love brings out the best in a man and that when he finds a good woman his success is assured4 ,robert talked of how he had read the ,bible where it said that there eventually would be one ,god and one united people and that ,love would rule the world4 ,how1 since a little boy1 his ,mother had talked against war and prayed for the day when wars would cease and man would follow the command given by ,jesus ,christ3 ,love thy neighbor as thyself4 ,he hoped and felt sure that the day would come but that the ,bible made it plain as he understood it1 that there would yet be a great war fought in the air1 when deadly chemicals would be used and the greater portion of the people on earth would be killed4 ,then would come peace1 when ,god would rule the world and ,love would be the motive behind every act4 ,then nations would no longer become jealous of each other and go to war4 ,robert said1 ,i have made a great study of wars in the past and how conditions changed2 how at one time ,spain was the mistress of the seas and later ,rome was the controlling nation2 then ,england ruled the waves and ,london was the banking center of the world4 ,then came the great war in #aiad which changed everything4 ,england lost control of the seas4 ,she lost her power as the great banking nation of the world4 ,the gold supply of the world flowed rapidly to the ,united ,states and in the dark days of #aiag1 when ,england and ,france1 after being deserted by ,russia1 were fighting with their backs to the wall1 the ,united ,states1 the land of love and liberty1 came to the rescue1 helped to defeat the ,germans and saved ,england and ,france4 ,at that time they were seemingly very grateful1 but after the war conditions changed4 ,the ,united ,states was no longer in debt to foreign countries but was now the banking nation of the world and the foreign countries owed large sums of money to the ,united ,states4 ,this country has continued to prosper since the war1 the gold supply of the world now rests here4 ,our former friends have become jealous of the prosperity we enjoy and the power that we now hold in financial affairs which once belonged to ,england4 ,some of the foreign countries do not want to pay their obligations and this jealousy can lead to nothing else but war1 as it always has in the past4 ,i hope to be ready when that war comes with my great airplane1 and other inventions to help defend my country and later promote a lasting peace based on love and goodwill4 ,the ,united ,states began as a land of liberty and has always set an example for the balance of the world and ,i hope to see the day when our country will take the lead in establishing universal peace and the brotherhood of man4 ,captain ,lindbergh's flight confirms my studies and forecasts of the future4 ,aviation will be developed rapidly and nations will want to try these new discoveries and inventions to conquer other nations1 and war is inevitable4 ,the ,bible prophets foretold it1 and my studies of the cycle theory also indicate that we are in a period where cycles will repeat which have caused war in the past4 ,on the afternoon of ,june #abth1 ,mr4 ,kennelworth and ,robert arrived in ,new ,york ,city and were met at the train by ,walter4 ,robert was very happy to meet his dearest friend1 and it was consoling to be with him4 ,after their arrival1 they went to the ,hotel ,vanderbilt4 ,mr4 ,kennelworth went out to see a friend and left ,robert and ,walter to chat alone4 ,robert told ,walter of the terrible sufferings he had gone thru since ,marie's disappearance and of his great disappointment4 ,he talked of the success he had made in the market and of the future when he hoped to complete his great invention with the aid of ,walter and his knowledge of chemicals and make discoveries which would end war for all times4 ,but immediately after talking of his future plans his mind would revert back to ,marie and he would start talking about her and bemoaning the fact that without her he could not go on in the future4 ,walter told him to forget about her--that time would bring changes and that he would find another girl who would take the place of ,marie4 ,robert was indignant and told ,walter that time would never change him2 that he would remain faithful to ,marie until death1 no matter if he never heard of her again4 ,walter said that ,marie was too young to know her own mind and was probably in love with someone else1 or thought she was1 which accounted for her sudden change and disappearance from the train4 ,robert then showed him the letter which he found in his pocket the morning that ,marie disappeared4 ,walter read it4 ,june #eth1 #aibg4 #c ,a4,m4 ,dearest ,robert3 ,according to your faith1 be ,i unto you4 ,love will always have faith1 understand and wait4 ,time proves all things4 ,you will get everything you want2 ,i will come to you when ,i mean the most and your need for love is the greatest4 ,lovingly always1 ,marie4 ,walter said3 ,this is certainly a mysterious letter4 ,i don't understand it and ,i don't suppose ,marie did either4 ,there is nothing in this letter to explain whether she was leaving you or not1 or why or where she was going or anything about it4 ,now1 ,robert1 don't you understand real love could never act like that or write like that8 ,there is some secret behind all this and my opinion is that there is another man in the case4 ,but ,robert refused to listen to any such reasoning4 ,his faith in ,marie was unshaken4 ,his love for her was great enough to understand1 to have patience and wait4 ,marie could or would do no wrong1 and no amount of evidence would ever change him4 ,mr4 ,kennelworth returned to the hotel and after dinner told ,robert that he wanted to have a confidential chat with his son1 ,walter4 ,robert decided to go out for a walk and see the city4 ,when they were alone1 ,walter told his father that he had had a long talk with ,robert and that his mind was on nothing but ,marie4 ,his father said3 ,the only thing to do is to help ,robert get interested in his work so that he will forget about ,marie4 ,that is the best thing for him at present4 ,the great love that he has for her will be the incentive to spur him on to success and help him realize his ambitions4 ,love is the greatest thing in the world and without it men would not get very far4 ,it brings out the noble and better qualities in a man and should always be encouraged4 ,,chapter ,,xv ,on the following day1 ,monday1 ,june #acth1 ,mr4 ,kennelworth1 ,robert and ,walter arose early to be ready for ,colonel ,lindbergh's triumphant march up ,broadway4 ,robert was very enthusiastic about it and talked about what a great achievement it was and what it meant to the world1 especially to the ,united ,states4 ,walter told him that they must get busy and start to lay out the plans to build ,robert's great airplane4 ,when they started out on the street1 ,robert began to talk of ,marie and said that he hoped that he would find her that day4 ,thru all the surging crowds1 he stared in the face of every woman1 hoping that ,marie1 if she was alive1 might have decided to come to ,new ,york for the ,lindbergh reception4 ,it was a great day for ,colonel ,lindbergh1 and a great day for ,robert1 because it encouraged his hope for the day1 and believed it would come to pass when airplanes would conquer the world and bring universal peace4 ,he felt that a state of perfection could never be reached until the brotherhood of man1 founded on love1 was established4 ,walter told his father and ,robert about a great play that he had been to see3 ,one for ,all4 ,he was anxious for them to see it and had secured tickets for that night4 ,robert was immediately interested4 ,he was attracted to ,molly and saw in her great sacrifice for ,eric an example of ,marie4 ,as the play neared the end1 and ,molly was in great sorrow1 and her secret sacrifice had become known to ,eric1 ,robert could restrain his emotions no longer4 ,he turned to ,mr4 ,kennelworth and said1 ,i wonder if he'll be man enough to forgive her and appreciate her1 as the greatest woman in the world for him4 ,will his mind be broad enough to realize that she made the supreme sacrifice because of her unselfish love4 ,now that he has succeeded and has the world at his feet will he turn from her and condemn her as the world usually does8 ,mr4 ,kennelworth said3 ,you can see that ,eric is now weighing the matter in his mind and is hesitating4 ,we can only wait and see4 ,robert said1 ,if ,eric loves ,molly as ,i love ,marie he will now love her more after this4 ,robert watched ,eric with every muscle in his body tense1 as ,eric read the receipt written by ,chattox and also he watched ,molly and her expression as she leaned over the staircase and read the receipt over ,eric's shoulder4 ,he saw ,eric slowly fold the receipt around the little booties for the baby and place them in his pocket and walk slowly away4 ,robert was wondering what ,eric was thinking of and what his decision would be4 ,then came the final climax--,eric1 after knowing all1 took ,molly in his arms and gave her the kiss which ,robert knew meant forgiveness and understanding4 ,he then realized that love1 just as ,molly said in the beginning1 was the greatest thing in the world1 and meant more than all the money in the world4 ,robert jumped to his feet and shouted1 ,hurrah for ,eric1 and said1 that's the kind of love ,i have for ,marie and no matter what may have happened or what she should do in the future1 my love is the kind which will understand1 forgive and forget4 ,he told them how he was impressed with the story in the ,bible where the woman was brought before ,jesus accused and how the ,jesus said1 ,let him who is without sin1 cast the first stone1 and when they had all disappeared he said3 ,woman1 doth no man accuse thee1 and she answered1 ,no1 ,lord4 ,jesus said1 ,neither do ,i4 ,go your way and sin no more4 ,robert said when the world once realized the great power of ,love1 that jealousy1 enmity1 all accusations and the desire for personal gain1 would pass away4 ,that when ,love alone dominated the hearts of men and women1 wars would be no more1 and that men would see no evil in their fellow-men as ,eric saw no evil in ,molly's sacrifice but knew and understood that great love for him was the motive that prompted her actions4 ,robert quoted ,daniel #b3bb3 ,he revealeth the deep and secret things4 ,he knoweth what is in the darkness and the light dwelleth within him4 ,a kingdom which shall never be destroyed1 consume all other kingdoms and stand forever4 ,he said that when the day came when men were ruled by the law of love and understood each other1 a kingdom would be established that would never be destroyed1 and that it would consume all other kingdoms4 ,robert believed that the ,united ,states1 the land of liberty1 was created never to be destroyed1 and that it would eventually consume all other nations and rule by the law of love and justice1 that it was ,god's will that it become the most prosperous country and the banking nation of the world4 ,believed that the nation referred to in ,psalms #adg3bj was the ,united ,states3 ,he hath not dealt so with any nation and as for his judgments they have not known them4 ,praise ye the ,lord4 ,walter was not so enthusiastic and sure about the power of ,love as ,robert4 ,you can never tell what a woman will do1 he said and referred to ,proverbs #cj3ah and #ai3 ,there be three things which are too wonderful for me4 ,yea1 four which ,i know not1--the way of an eagle in the air1 the way of a serpent upon a rock1 the way of a ship in the midst of a sea1 and the way of a man with a maid4 ,walter said1 ,the last one is too much for me and ,i would not attempt to discern the way of a maid without a man4 ,they go where you know not and return when you least expect it4 ,some wise woman once said1 ',when you know one man1 you know all4' ,a wiser man said1 ',you never know a woman1 for all women are different4' ,robert said1 ,it is interesting to go back over history and read the opinions of the smartest men in regard to woman4 ,confucius said1 ',woman is a masterpiece4' ,michelet said1 ',woman is a miracle of divine contradictions4' ,lamartine said1 ',there is a woman at the beginning of all great things4' ,i am wholly in accord with him4 ,go back to the bottom of every great achievement and back of it you will find the influence of a good woman4 ,it may be a mother1 sister or sweetheart1 but the love of a woman is always the motive behind the great achievements of men4 ,someone once said3 ',not for herself was woman first created1 nor yet to be man's idol1 but his mate4' ,pythagoras said3 ',there are in woman's eyes two sorts of tears1 the one of grief2 the other of deceit4' ,i think that is because there are two kinds of men1 one who appreciates love and honor and gives sympathy2 the other kind who is selfish1 expects something for nothing and must meet with deceit4 ,i am a great believer in sowing and reaping4 ,we get out of life just what we put into it4 ,if we give love and faithfulness1 the same returns to us4 ,maeterlinck was right when he said3 ',a man's sweetheart is just as pure as his thoughts of her are pure4' ,i remember reading a poem1 ,what thou lovest1 ,man1 ,become thou must1 ,god1 if thou lovest ,god1 ,dust if thou lovest dust4 ,napoleon said1 ',all the women in the world would not make me lose an hour1' but history shows that ,napoleon did lose sleep over his love for ,josephine4 ,he wrote to her--',i am sick of men because they keep me away from my love4' ,shakespeare expressed it better than all the rest when he said ',kindness in woman1 not their beauteous looks1 shall win my love4' ,a real womanly woman whose heart is filled with love1 cannot be other than kind because ,kindness is a child of ,love4 ,women may be mysterious and we may fail to understand them4 ,that is one of the reasons why we love them all the more4 ,fontenelle said1 ',there are three things ,i have always loved and never understood--paintings1 music and women4' ,he might have added that the greatest of the three was1 woman4 ,then ,walter quoted from ,southey1 ',there are three things a wise man will not trust1 the wind1 the sunshine of an ,april day and a woman's plighted faith4' ,robert replied--,nevertheless nearly every wise man has loved and trusted some good woman and most of them have not regretted it4 ,walter1 you have never really been in love and you don't know what love is4 ,if you did1 you would have faith and trust1 regardless of all conditions4 ,i guess the subject of love and women is too deep for me1 said ,walter1 and the sooner you get down to business and your studies and get love off your mind1 the greater success you are going to make4 ,robert answered1 ,without love this world would never have existed4 ,it was ,god's love for the world that saved it4 ,my love for ,marie will make me whatever ,i am to be in the future4 ,without that love ,i know ,i would be a miserable failure4 ,the time will come when you will go to sleep at night with your last thoughts of beautiful rosy lips1 of eyes that shine like ,golconda's purest gems1 of a voice that is sweeter than a nightingale1 of luxurious hair and of a form that to you is more beautiful than ,venus1 and when you awake in the morning your first thoughts will be of her4 ,you will see her in the beautiful flowers1 her face will be reflected from the ripple of the pure waters2 everything you think about she will appear in connection with4 ,your slumbers will be disturbed4 ,when you get a fever like this1 you will then know and understand the power of love4 ,then nothing else will matter1 only one thing will count in your life--the woman you love4 ,a great love like this must come to every man4 ,in the ,springtime of life it may be1 or in those sunny solaces of the afternoon when the waning day brings sadness and man looks back and longs for the time when he might have loved1 when he was younger and lived longer4 ,love is the elixir of life4 ,it is a greater cure than any medicine4 ,it has built up kingdoms and destroyed nations4 ,you have ambitions now and a desire for gold1 but after all1 ,walter1 what can it buy8 ,all the gold in the world cannot buy the tender touch of a little child's fingers or the lovelight in angel eyes like ,marie's4 ,it gives satisfaction that nothing else can4 ,walter said1 ,robert1 you always drift back to ,marie and her eyes4 ,those beautiful black eyes that you talk about may be wonderful1 but you remember the old saying1 ',can you be true to eyes of black or brown1 when blue has smiled on you8' ,you will find that a change will come sooner or later if ,marie doesn't show up and you will be the better for it4 ,but ,robert was sure that no eyes could ever take the place of ,marie's and ,robert handed ,walter the following poem to read3 ,,heal ,,thyself ,if any brown-eyed girl has changed her mind ,and left you sinking in the consomm1 ,calmly smile and let her go1 you'll forget about your woe-- 7,there's a lot of consolation to be found in eyes of gray47 ,if any brown-eyed girl has left your heart ,in forty-seven pieces at your feet1 ,then the proper thing to do is to gaze in eyes of blue-- 7,and perhaps you'll find the same are twice as sweet47 ,if any brown-eyed girl has given you ,your exit cue1 the go-by and the air1 ,and your heart in glad amaze'll heed the lure of eyes of hazel-- ,you can sing that song of ,tanguay's1 ,i ,don't ,care4 ,if any brown-eyed girl has--well1 she did2 ,above1 you'll find some good philosophy2 ,it may do for you1 ,i guess1 but ,i really must confess ,it has never been a bit of use to me6 ,ben ,warren4 ,the last verse expresses my sentiments to a ,t2 no other eyes will ever have any attraction for me except ,marie's4 ,a few days after ,new ,york's reception to ,colonel ,lindbergh1 ,robert decided to get down to business4 ,he visited his brokers in ,wall ,street1 talked over the market situation and found that they did not agree with his ideas and views4 ,decided to open an office at #fi ,wall ,street1 and ,walter was to work with him when he had time from his studies4 ,they consulted about a stenographer or office assistant4 ,walter had met ,miss ,edna ,quinton1 a very talented girl1 whom he thought was the most competent he had ever known1 so ,robert gave her a position in his office4 ,walter was anxious to keep ,robert cheerful so went sight-seeing often and to see all the latest plays4 ,robert was very much interested in the play1 ,the ,student ,prince4 ,was impressed when the old servant told the young ,king the old saying1 ,a promise keep1 right well you sleep2 a promise break1 all night you wake4 ,robert knew that this was what caused the ,king to return to his former sweetheart1 but when he gave her up and married the ,princess1 he was disgusted and disappointed4 ,told ,walter that he would never break his promise for anyone2 and knew that if he did1 he would never be able to sleep soundly again4 ,,chapter ,,xvi ,robert ,gordon's ,great ,campaign in ,cotto ,after ,robert had sold out his ,october cotton at #ag4cj and his ,december cotton at #ag4ej on ,june #ajth1 he decided to watch the market very closely for a few days because he thought it would go lower4 ,his forecast indicated last buying level around ,june #beth4 ,he figured that after this time the market would go higher until ,september #eth to #fth1 when he figured it would be final high4 ,on ,june #beth ,october cotton declined to #af4hj and he bought #ejj ,october at #af4hc and #ejj ,december at #ag4ae4 ,he figured that it would run up for about thirty days so on ,july #beth he sold #ejj ,october cotton at #ai;c and sold #ejj ,december at #ai4bj and went short of #ejj ,december at #ai4bj4 ,the decline followed as he expected4 ,on ,july #cjth he sold #ejj more ,december cotton at #ah4fj and on ,august #fth he bought #ajjj ,december at #ag4dj to cover his short contracts4 ,he figured that the ,government report on ,august #hth would be very bullish and that cotton would go up very fast and continue until around ,september #eth to #fth1 or until the ,government report in ,september4 ,on ,august #fth he bought #ajjj ,december at #ag4ce4 ,on ,august #hth he bought #ejj ,december at #ag4cj4 ,the ,government was very bullish as he expected and cotton advanced #bjj points on ,august #hth4 ,on ,august #ith he sold out his #aejj ,december at #bj4cj and sold #ajjj ,december short at #bj4cj4 ,a big decline followed and on ,august #acth he bought #ajjj ,december cotton at #ai4aj and also bought #ajjj ,december at #ai4aj for long account4 ,he started in to pyramid on the way up4 ,on ,august #aith he bought #ejj more ,december at #bj4aj2 on ,august #bbnd he bought #ejj ,december at #ba4aj2 on ,august #bgth he bought #ejj ,december at #bb4cj and on ,august #bith bought #cjj ,december at #bc4cj4 ,on ,september #hth the ,government report was very bullish as he had forecast and the market went up4 ,this was the time when he expected the market to make final top for a big decline4 ,on ,september #hth he sold #bhjj bales of ,december at #bd4dj and on the same day sold #bjjj bales of ,december at #bd4ej for short account4 ,on ,september #ith he sold #ejj more ,december at #bc4cj2 on ,september #aath sold #cjj ,december at #bb4cj4 ,on ,september #acth he bought #bhjj ,december at #ba4fj to cover his short contract4 ,on ,september #adth he sold #ajjj ,december at #bb4fj4 ,on ,september #agth sold #ejj ,december at #ba4fj and on ,september #bast sold #cjj ,december at #bj4fj4 ,september #bcrd he figured that the market was bottom for a rally and bought #ahjj ,december at #bj4fj1 and on the same day bought #ajjj ,december at #bj4fj for long account4 ,on ,september #bhth he sold #ajjj ,december at #bb;c and also went short #ajjj ,december at #bb4aj4 ,on ,september #bith he bought #ajjj ,december at #ba4cj and on ,september #bith bought #ajjj ,december at #ba4cj for long account4 ,on ,october #crd he sold #ajjj ,december at #ba4ej and also went short of #ajjj ,december at #ba4ej4 ,on ,october #fth he bought #ajjj ,december at #bj4ge and went long1 because he figured the market would be higher for the ,government report on ,october #hth4 ,robert ,gordon's ,great ,campaign in ,major ,motors ,on ,sunday1 ,june #ai1 #aibg1 ,robert ,gordon spent the day studying his charts and working out his cycles for stocks1 cotton and grain4 ,he was short of ,major ,motors and was watching it very closely4 ,on this day he made a new and great discovery of a time factor from which he figured that ,major ,motors would decline until about ,june #cjth and then start an advance which would last until about ,september #afth1 #aibg1 when the ,company would be #ai years old and at that time the stock would reach final high and would then go down to ,february to ,april1 #aibi4 ,he figured that the stock should advance to around #bgj by ,september #afth and made up his mind to watch it closely and cover his shorts if it went down around ,june #cjth1 and then start buying the stock4 ,on ,june #cjth it declined and he bought in his short contracts and bought for long account #ejj shares of ,major ,motors at #aib-a_/b4 ,he decided to pyramid it all the way up4 ,on ,july #aeth he bought #ejj shares at #bjd2 on ,july #bast he bought #cjj at #bad and on ,july #bfth bought #cjj more at #bbd4 ,on ,august #eth the stock advanced to #bcj and he raised his stop on #afjj shares to #bbe4 ,on ,august #hth his stock was sold out at #bbe4 ,he still believed that the stock would go up to around #bgj by ,september #afth but he expected a reaction of about #ab to #ae points so he decided to wait for a few days and watch his charts to see how the stock acted4 ,on ,august #abth ,major ,motors declined to #bah1 being down a little over #ab points as he figured1 and he bought #ajjj shares at #bah4 ,he placed a stop at #bab1 a point which he figured it would not decline to4 ,the advance started1 and on ,august #bjth he bought #cjj shares at #bbh2 on ,august #bdth bought #cjj shares more at #bch and on ,august #bfth bought #cjj shares more at #bdh4 ,when he started pyramiding1 his plan was to buy or sell the largest amount first and then gradually decrease buying and selling smaller amounts on the way up or down1 and always using a stop loss order4 ,on ,september #gth the stock advanced to #bec and he raised his stop on his entire amount to #bdc4 ,this stop was never reached but on ,september #adth a rapid advance was on and he bought #cjj shares more at #beh1 giving him a line of #bbjj shares of stock4 ,he figured that it should advance on ,september #afth to around #bgj4 ,when the market advanced to #bgb at this time he sold out his #bbjj shares at #bgb4 ,he cleaned up a profit on this deal of over #hj1jjj4jj1 and as he figured that the stock would make final top around this time he decided to put out a line of short stock and pyramid all the way down1 remaining short for the long pull4 ,on ,september #agth he sold #ejj shares of the new ,major ,motors stock at #ach and #ejj shares at #acg and placed a stop on it at #adg4 ,he had made it a rule that after he had made a large amount of profits that he would never risk more than #aj per cent of his profits on the first new deal1 and that if that deal went wrong and he lost #aj per cent of the capital1 he would decrease his trading so that the next loss would only be #aj per cent of his remaining profits4 ,in this way he figured that the market would have to beat him ten consecutive times for him to lose all the profits he had made1 and his studies of past records showed that this could never happen4 ,he placed orders to sell more ,major ,motors at #abh1 #aah1 #ajh and #ih because he expected the first decline to run until the latter part of ,december1 #aibg1 and after that time he would put out shorts again on a rally to hold and pyramid on the way down into the ,spring of #aibi4 ,his great discovery of what stocks would do at a certain age enabled him to make enormous profits when stocks reached the age where they would have fast moves up or down in a very short time4 ,october1 #aibg1 was a beautiful month in ,new ,york4 ,the weather was warm and the sun shone brightly every day4 ,it reminded ,robert of the ,fall of #aibf when he had gone to ,sherman1 ,texas1 to visit ,marie4 ,he thought of what a great change had taken place in one year1 of the fortune that he had made in the market1 but money would not buy relief for his aching heart4 ,days1 weeks and months had drifted slowly by1 but no word from ,marie ,stanton4 ,she seemed to be lost as though the earth had swallowed her up4 ,the great decline in stocks which he forecast for the ,fall and ,winter of #aibg took place and he made money rapidly on the short side of stocks4 ,he was selling short ,central ,steel and ,major ,motors and other stocks4 ,he had bought ,corn and ,wheat in ,october and made big profits later in the year4 ,money was piling up fast and in the latter part of ,october1 #aibg1 he had made over #cjj1jjj4 ,he had kept ,marie's money in a separate account from his own and her original #djj4jj was now over #bj1jjj4 ,robert continued to keep her account separate2 he wanted to make all the money he could and have it as a surprise for ,marie1 to prove to her his faithfulness and thoughtfulness when she was away1 and also to prove his confidence in her return4 ,robert became known as ,the ,boy ,wizard of ,wall ,street4 ,his fame became known and old men of ,wall ,street talked about his marvelous success4 ,robert refused to be interviewed by the newspapers or tell anything about his method of working in the market4 ,seldom ever visited a broker's office and made very few friends4 ,he worked upon his invention1 and ,walter was his sole companion4 ,walter had met an old man by the name of ,henry ,watson who was a veteran of ,wall ,street1 now over #gj years of age1 had made and lost many fortunes and had seen the biggest and best plungers go on the rocks in ,wall ,street4 ,walter introduced ,mr4 ,watson to ,robert and he became very much interested in the old man's reminiscences4 ,he told ,robert the history of ,daniel ,drew and got him to read the book of ,drew's life1 which showed how ,drew1 after making #ac1jjj1jjj lost it all and died practically a pauper4 ,also told the history of ,daniel ,sully2 how he made #aj1jjj1jjj to #ae1jjj1jjj in the ,cotton market1 but by violating natural laws lost it all in a few days in the crash of ,cotton in ,march1 #aijd1 and then disappeared from the financial horizon4 ,how ,livermore1 the boy wonder of #aijg and #aijh1 had accumulated millions1 owned fine yachts1 lost everything1 had gone thru bankruptcy1 but had later recouped his fortunes4 ,how ,eugene ,scales1 another striking example1 who at one time had over ten millions dollars paper profit in the ,cotton market1 had lost all of it4 ,how ,allen ,a4 ,ryan1 at the height of his fame1 when he defied the ,gods of ,chance and the unwritten law of ,wall ,street with the result that his millions were all lost1 had to go thru bankruptcy and paid only about twenty cents on each one hundred dollars4 ,mr4 ,watson also told ,robert how ,durant had become the giant motor magnate and formed the ,general ,motors ,corporation in #aijh and had made a great success1 accumulating millions before the war days and afterwards4 ,he was in full control of ,general ,motors and was reputed to be worth over a hundred million dollars when the stock was selling at #daj4jj in the ,spring of #aibj4 ,durant was very bullish and talked of ,general ,motors going very much higher4 ,deflation started in the ,summer of #aibj1 and all stocks declined rapidly4 ,he remained bullish1 continuing to buy ,general ,motors all the way down4 ,the stock had been split up on a ten for one basis and the new stock which sold at #db4jj in ,march1 #aibj1 an equivalent of #dbj4jj per share1 declined to #ad4jj per share in ,december1 #aibj1 and finally in the ,spring of #aibb sold at #h4be4 ,he had refused to sell2 in fact had bought all his brokers would let him have all the way down4 ,when the stock declined to #ae4jj per share1 ,durant was ruined4 ,his fortune of over one hundred millions dollars was wiped out4 ,the ,morgans and ,duponts took over his holdings at a figure reported to be around #e4jj per share1 and he lost control of the gigantic corporation which had made him famous4 ,later ,durant organized a new company and came back fast4 ,he went back into the stock market and in the great ,coolidge ,bull campaign from #aibd to #aibg was again a dominant factor in ,general ,motors and other stocks and was reputed to have made fifty millions1 or more4 ,the old man said that ,durant was one of the very rare exceptions of men who had gone broke in ,wall ,street and had been able to come back after they were #fj years of age4 ,told ,robert that ,wall ,street was a place of ups and downs--mostly downs1 and that the time to quit was when you were young and had made your money4 ,robert explained to ,mr4 ,watson that he was not guessing and gambling on hope but was following science and not trading on human judgment as he followed the law of cycles as laid down in the ,holy ,bible4 ,mr4 ,watson said1 ,i wish you success1 and for your benefit ,i will give you my opinion as to the cause of most of the failures in ,wall ,street1 for ,i know the history of the men who have made the greatest amounts of money1 and know most of them personally4 ,selfishness and greed were the cause of the fall of ,daniel ,drew4 ,he was not loyal to his associates4 ,his idea was to get the money and look out for himself regardless of whom he hurt4 ,conditions changed and ,drew failed to change with them4 ,the result was that he died a pauper4 ,thomas ,w4 ,lawson1 the man who wrote1 ',friday the #acth1' was one of the most daring traders that ,wall ,street has ever known1 worth at one time probably forty to fifty million dollars4 ,he1 too1 died practically penniless4 ,at one time ,lawson had the backing of the ,standard ,oil crowd and turned against them after they had helped him to make millions4 ,in my opinion1 he cut off the hand that fed him and his ruthless attack on men who had been his friends1 was the cause of his downfall4 ,men must be loyal to positions of trust and not reveal secrets of great financial deals by which they profited4 ,robert said that was his idea4 ,as long as a man remained loyal to his mother1 his country1 his associates2 above all his wife or sweetheart1 success was bound to crown his efforts4 ,he believed in the law of compensation2 that when a man broke faith with others1 he had broken faith with himself1 and that failure would follow4 ,mr4 ,watson told ,robert that ,sully made his money in cotton1 and after accumulating millions1 quit specializing in cotton and began to trade in stocks and various other commodities1 which divided his attention and he was unable to concentrate on cotton alone1 the thing that brought him the great success4 ,i could go over the history of ,scales1 ,livermore1 ,durant1 ,ryan and the balance of the great men of ,wall ,street1 and in analyzing their trading1 the one weak point would be found in all of them4 ,they diversified too much4 ,did not specialize in one commodity or a few special stocks1 but spread all over the board4 ,the result was they had too many irons in the fire and when one thing started to go wrong and they began to lose money1 they would invariably get out of stocks and commodities on which they were making money and keep those that were going against them4 ,another weak point was that when luck turned against a man in ,wall ,street1 he kept on trying to recoup his losses instead of stopping just as soon as there was an indication that the tide had turned against him4 ,most men at the heights of prosperity lose their sense of good judgment1 become inflated with their success1 think they are infallible1 refuse to follow science or the advice of anyone1 with the result that they continue to buck the tide till all their money is gone4 ,mr4 ,watson1 said ,robert1 ,i believe that if a man starts out to make money for unselfish purposes1 he will succeed4 ,that is what ,i am going to do4 ,your experience is very valuable to me4 ,your intimate knowledge of the cause of the failures of other men is a good lesson4 ,i have studied the ,bible very carefully because ,i believe it is the greatest scientific book ever written4 ,the laws are plainly laid down how to make a success4 ,there is a time and a season for everything1 and if a man does things according to the time1 he will succeed4 ,the ,bible makes it plain that not all are born to be prophets1 nor to be farmers1 doctors or lawyers1 but that each can succeed in his own special line1 according to time and place4 ,if men would only follow the ,bible and know that there is a time to stop trying to make money and to keep what you have1 then wait for another season when the time is ripe1 they could continue to succeed indefinitely4 ,has any man ever made a large fortune out of ,wall ,street and kept it1 ,mr4 ,watson8 ,oh1 yes1 he replied1 if there were not exceptions to the rule1 business would not continue to run4 ,i could tell you of dozens of them1 but one striking example is that of the late ,e4,h4 ,harriman who died worth about three hundred million dollars4 ,he had probably made out of the market a hundred million dollars in the last three or four years of his life4 ,robert asked1 ,how did he do it8 ,mr4 ,watson answered1 ,he stuck to one class of stocks--railroads4 ,he studied them day and night1 never diverted his attention to other lines4 ,i believe that he possessed some mathematical method which enabled him to forecast stocks many months and years in advance4 ,i have gone over his manipulations and the stocks he traded in1 and found that they conform closely to the law of harmonic analysis4 ,he certainly knew something about time and season because he bought at the right time and sold at the right time4 ,he paid a great price for his success1 because he neglected his health1 sacrificed everything to make his railroads a success and died too young4 ,such men are the backbone of our country's prosperity4 ,constructive geniuses of this kind are few and far between and we need more of them4 ,man's greatest enemy in speculation is 'hope4' ,he refuses to face facts1 and facts are stubborn things4 ,hope spurs us on4 ,it may be an anchor to the soul1 but a very slim anchor in speculation1 when facts are against us4 ,mr4 ,watson told ,robert that his friend ,walter had related to him all about his love affair and the disappearance of ,marie4 ,he said1 ,my boy1 the great love you have for her is now furnishing the hope which will carry you to success4 ,when that hope is gone1 you will have to find a new one or you cannot go on4 ,robert told him that ,marie had said that anticipation was greater than realization4 ,robert1 he said1 ,i want to tell you the story of my love affair4 ,i have made and lost many fortunes in ,wall ,street1 and when things have gone wrong and ,i have reached the depths of despondency1 have seen my last dollar fade away1 been deserted by friends of my prosperous days1 then when there seemed nothing else to live for1 nothing to make me fight on1 there would come a hope1 the angel of memory would steal over me and ,i would again hope that some day1 somewhere1 ,i would find my ,katie4 ,here the old man's eyes grew dim with tears4 ,he drew an old wallet from his pocket1 took out a package1 slowly unwrapped it4 ,in there was a picture in a little gold frame4 ,the aged hands trembled1 his voice grew weak as he handed the picture to ,robert with some faded flowers which he had pressed out and kept and said3 ,these flowers were picked by her own little hands over forty years ago4 ,he then broke down and wept bitterly4 ,robert was deeply moved by the old man's great devotion to his long-lost sweetheart and begged him to tell more of the story4 ,the old man dried his eyes and went on--,over #ej years ago when ,i was a young man1 ,i lived near ,st4 ,joseph1 ,missouri4 ,i went to school at a country schoolhouse4 ,katie ,larson was a beautiful young girl4 ,we grew up together4 ,i don't really know when ,i fell in love with her1 but ,i know that in my school days ,i loved her and always intended to marry her4 ,the years went by4 ,i had never told ,katie of my love4 ,she had grown to be a woman and ,i kind of took it for granted that she knew and understood that ,i loved her and intended to marry her4 ,time went by and we were often together4 ,there was never any trouble or disagreements4 ,i was anxious to succeed and decided that ,i should make some money before ,i proposed to ,katie4 ,time drifted swiftly by1 ,i was not as successful as ,i hoped to be1 and finally one day ,i received the saddest news of my life--,katie had married4 ,i realized that she had probably waited and hoped for me to make known my intentions but my financial affairs had held me back4 ,i knew it was all my fault4 ,i should have confided my plans to her and asked her to have patience and wait4 ,from that day ,i was a changed man4 ,my heart was broken and if no hope had been left for me1 ,i would never have gone on1 but from that day on1 hoped and prayed that ,i might one day have her1 even if for only a few years or weeks1 in my declining years4 ,katie moved away after marrying and probably it was the hope for her love some day that spurred me to action4 ,i worked harder than ever4 ,success crowned my efforts4 ,i studied medicine1 moved to ,dallas1 ,texas1 became a very successful doctor4 ,there ,i met a woman whom ,i thought ,i loved4 ,we were married and lived seemingly happy for a few years1 but the spark of love for ,katie in my heart never died4 ,we had a little girl born and ,i named her ,katie1 which proved later a very foolish thing to do4 ,she was the pride of my life1 my hope was centered on her4 ,finally ,i made the mistake that many men make4 ,i told my wife of my great love for ,katie4 ,after that time1 she lost faith in me and we slowly drifted apart4 ,then came separation and divorce4 ,i had accumulated considerable money and now being very unhappy1 ,i decided to leave ,dallas and go to ,new ,york and try the speculative markets4 ,success and failure have followed alternately1 like the rising and falling of the tides4 ,there has never been a day when ,i have come to ,wall ,street that ,i have not hoped to one day meet ,katie again4 ,that hope has kept me alive4 ,i have often tried to find her1 but the years have brought changes4 ,she moved away to ,california and ,i have never been able to find out whether she is living or dead4 ,i hope that you will never have to go thru the years that ,i have gone thru without the love and comfort that the woman you love can give4 ,your faith is supreme and that will carry you safely thru1 and even if you never find ,marie1 it is better to live for that ideal because it will make you a better man1 as love always brings out the best4 ,robert was very much interested in the old man's story1 but very sorry that it had never ended as he had hoped it would with him and ,marie4 ,mr4 ,watson told ,robert that he thought he had wonderful ideas about speculation1 and that if he would only stick to them and not be swept off his feet by success1 that he would eventually reach the greatest height4 ,he quoted ,kipling's ,if4 ,if you can keep your head when all about you ,are losing theirs and blaming it on you2 ,if you can trust yourself when all men doubt you1 ,but make allowance for their doubting too3 ,if you can wait and not be tired by waiting1 ,or being lied about1 don't deal in lies1 ,or being hated don't give way to hating1 ,and yet don't look too good1 nor talk too wise2 ,if you can dream--and not make dreams your master2 ,if you can think--and not make thoughts your aim1 ,if you can meet with ,triumph and ,disaster ,and treat those two impostors just the same3 ,if you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken ,twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools1 ,or watch the things you gave your life to1 broken1 ,and stoop and build 'em up with worn-out tools2 ,if you can make one heap of all your winnings ,and risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss1 ,and lose1 and start again at your beginnings ,and never breathe a word about your loss3 ,if you can force your heart and nerve and sinew ,to serve your turn long after they are gone1 ,and so hold on when there is nothing in you ,except the ,will which says to them3 ,hold on6 ,if you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue1 ,or walk with ,kings--nor lose the common touch1 ,if neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you1 ,if all men count with you1 but none too much3 ,if you can fill the unforgiving minute ,with sixty seconds' worth of distance run1 ,yours is the ,earth and everything that's in it1 ,and--which is more--you'll be a ,man1 my son6 ,he told ,robert the greatest test of a man would come when he reached the stage of great prosperity4 ,that almost any man could stand reverses but very few could stand prosperity4 ,money could buy so many things which were not necessary to a man's happiness and attracted so many people who would do him harm rather than benefit him that most men started on the down grade as a result of too much money and too great prosperity4 ,robert agreed that this was right4 ,said that with him money was only a means to an end and said that he wanted it so he could help others and benefit his country4 ,mr4 ,watson told him that as soon as his success was generally known and he was well established in ,new ,york many selfish women would be attracted to him and that if he possessed the weak point which had been the undoing of many men1 he would be lost4 ,that was being influenced by flattery from beautiful women4 ,he said1 ,remember1 my boy1 they are attracted to the money and not to the man1 but few men can keep their heads at a time when women and men crowd around to praise their success4 ,i remember a poem that ,i used to read when ,i was a boy1 part of which runs something like this3 ',they crowd around me1 those stately dames and belles1 ,and pay to me the royal homage that all great success compels2 ,but where is she1 that sweetheart of my former years1 ,who stood by me1 when others could see nothing in me4' ,you will find it so1 ,robert4 ,men desert you when money is gone1 like pirates fleeing from a sinking ship4 ,i admonish you not to put your trust in money or men4 ,continue as you have1 trust ,god1 have faith in him1 stick to your first love1 and happiness and success will be your reward4 ,when the old man had finished talking1 ,robert noticed that the eyes had become still1 his cheeks were pale1 his hand dropped limp at his side4 ,robert rushed to him and soon realized that the old man was very ill4 ,he hurriedly summoned a doctor4 ,soon after laying the old gentleman on the couch and making him comfortable1 the doctor arrived4 ,after hasty examination1 he told ,robert that the end was near4 ,they decided to send for a minister and when he arrived1 the old man was clutching the picture in his hand4 ,the minister bent over him and asked him if he realized that the end was near and if he had made his peace with ,god1 adding1 ,will you die in the faith of a ,christian8 ,the old man sprang up from the couch suddenly1 as tho new strength had been instilled in his frail old body4 ,he raised his hand and showed the doctor the picture and said1 ,will that faith bring me back ,katie1 the only woman ,i have ever really loved8 ,the doctor knew that his strength was fast waning and got him to lie down on the couch again4 ,the minister whispered consoling words to him1 told him that ,god so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son that whomsoever believeth on him should not perish1 but have everlasting life4 ,again he asked1 ,do you believe in ,jesus ,christ8 ,will you accept the faith8 ,again the old man replied1 ,will that faith bring back to me my ,katie8 ,his voice was growing weaker1 the doctor knew that it was a matter of but a few moments4 ,the minister again bent over him and whispered slowly1 ,will you accept ,jesus ,christ as your saviour and die in the faith of a ,christian8 ,with a faltering weak voice he answered1 ,will that faith give me back ,katie1 the greatest love of my life8 ,the doctor turned to the minister and said1 ,he has gone to his reward4 ,with a love like that1 such loyalty and faith to a long-lost love must receive its reward in heaven and a just ,god will extend mercy to a soul like that1 said the minister4 ,robert was in tears4 ,he felt that he had not only lost a friend1 but a very dear friend1 and that while the old man's going had taken something from his life1 yet the example was one that would be of great comfort and benefit to him4 ,he knew that he would live faithful to ,marie1 and that he would die1 as the old man died1 longing for ,marie1 no matter what happened4 ,,chapter ,,xvii ,robert turned to the ,bible for consolation4 ,read every chapter of the ,song of ,solomon4 ,was very much impressed with ,chapter #b3ad3 ,o my dove1 that art in the clefts of the rock1 in the secret places of the stairs1 let me see thy countenance1 let me hear thy voice1 for sweet is thy voice and thy countenance is comely4 ,robert longed to hear ,marie's voice and prayed that she might come forth from her secret hiding place4 ,he read ,chapter #h3fth and #gth verses3 ,set me as a seal upon thine heart1 as a seal upon thine arm1 for love is strong as death2 jealousy as cruel as the grave2 the coals thereof are coals of fire which have a most vehement flame4 ,many waters cannot quench love1 neither can the floods drown it2 if a man would give all the substance of his house for love1 he would utterly be condemned4 ,robert realized that nothing could quench his love and that ,marie was the only remedy for his aching heart4 ,turning to ,daniel #i3ba1 he read3 ,yea while ,i was speaking in prayer1 even the man ,gabriel whom ,i had seen in the vision at the beginning being caused to fly swiftly1 touched me about the time of the evening oblation4 ,robert knew that this indicated that people did fly in the older days1 and that we were now only repeating past cycles4 ,he read ,chapter #ab3dth verse3 ,let thou1 ,o ,daniel1 shut up the words1 and seal the book even to the time of the end2 many shall run to and fro1 and knowledge shall be increased4 ,robert thought that we were now nearing the time of the end because man was running to and fro in fast automobiles and traveling swiftly thru the air in airplanes2 that new discoveries were being made and that knowledge was increasing4 ,he must hasten his new invention4 ,he read the #abth verse3 ,blesseth is he that waiteth1 and cometh to the thousand three hundred and five and thirty days4 ,robert believed that he understood the cycle and knew the number of years1 months and days referred to in ,daniel's prophecies4 ,calculated that from ,march1 #aica1 until the end of ,june1 #aicb1 would be troublesome times for the ,united ,states4 ,depression1 war and panic would hang over the destinies of his country4 ,robert had gone deeply into the ,bible study in order to learn more about the great science of ,astrology4 ,from the ,bible he interpreted that he belonged to the tribe of ,issachar1 the fifth son of ,jacob and that this name indicated price1 reward1 recompense4 ,he understood from this that he would have to pay the price1 but he would receive the reward for his faithfulness and devotion to ,marie4 ,robert turned to ,genesis1 ,chapter #cj1 #agth and #ahth verses3 ,and ,god hearkened unto ,leah1 and she conceived and bore ,jacob1 the fifth son1 and ,leah said ,god hath given me my hire1 because ,i have given my maiden to my husband2 and she called his name ,issachar4 ,he read ,genesis #di3ad and #ae1 where ,jacob blessed his #ab sons3 ,issachar is a strong ass1 couching down between two burdens and he saw that the rest was good and the land1 that it was pleasant2 and bowed his shoulders to bear1 and became a servant unto tribute4 ,robert knew that this was the description of a man born in ,june under the sign ,gemini and that he was born to bear a burden1 that he must serve his people and be a comfort and help to carry their burdens4 ,that the sign under which he was born was a double-bodied sign1 known as the sign of the twins1 that things would repeat in his life1 that he would have many ups and downs1 but that he would reach his reward thru science4 ,he was anxious to learn of ,marie's characteristics from the ,bible and thru ,astrology and found that she was born under the sign ,libra1 the sign of the balance1 ruled by the ,goddess of ,love1 ,venus1 which endowed her with her great beauty4 ,reading ,genesis #bi3cb1 he found that ,marie belonged to the tribe of ,reuben1 ,and ,leah conceived and bare a son and she called his name ,reuben2 for she said ',surely the ,lord hath looked upon my affliction2 now therefore my husband will love me4' ,the symbol and meaning of this name is one who sees the sun1 the vision of the sun1 and indicates great intuition1 keen perception and power of foresight4 ,genesis #di3c-d3 ,reuben thou art my first born1 my might and the beginning of my strength1 the excellency of dignity1 and the excellency of power2 unstable as water1 thou shalt not excel4 ,robert understood that this referred to ,marie's character and disposition4 ,she was unstable1 changeable and moody1 but he felt that her love was fixed and that eventually she would return to him4 ,he read all the books he could get on ,astrology and began to understand why things had happened as they had4 ,it made him a better philosopher and helped him to bear his sorrows with greater patience4 ,robert continued reading ,isaiah #de3ac3 ,i have raised him up in righteousness1 and ,i will direct all his ways3 he shall build my city and he shall let go my captives1 not for price1 nor reward1 saith the ,lord of hosts4 ,this probably meant that the time would come when the ,lord would direct man and that when wars came and prisoners were made captives1 they would be set free without price or reward4 ,it was ,robert's idea that this was the way it should be when love ruled the world4 ,robert read ,hebrews #aa3c and #e3 ,through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of ,god1 so that the things which are seen were not made of things which do appear4 ,by faith ,enoch was translated that he should not see death2 and was not found1 because ,god had translated him3 for before his translation he had this testimony that he had pleased ,god4 ,robert believed that ,enoch went away in an airplane and knew that faith was the great sustaining force1 and that without faith it was impossible to please ,god1 for he read where it says1 ,for he that cometh to ,god must believe that he is1 and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him4 ,robert knew that he had faith and that that faith would sustain him during the time of trials and troubles4 ,in ,romans #ab3b3 ,and be not conformed to this world1 but be transformed by the renewing of your mind1 that ye may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of ,god4 ,robert knew and understood how to renew his mind and body because he knew what ,jesus meant when he said--,destroy this temple and in three days ,i will build it up again4 ,he knew that it referred to the temple of the human body4 ,robert read the #ith to #acth verses of the same ,chapter3 ,let love be without dissimulation4 ,abhor that which is evil2 cleave to that which is good4 ,be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love1 in honor preferring one another2 not slothful in business2 fervent in spirit2 serving the ,lord1 rejoicing in hope1 patient in tribulation2 continuing instant in prayer4 ,robert intended to be patient in tribulations and was going to be kind and show brotherly love2 he would have faith1 hope and pray for the day when he would again have ,marie4 ,love was the fulfilling of the law and reward was promised for obedience to that law4 ,the more he read the ,bible the more he was convinced of its great value and that all of the knowledge and instruction that man needed for any purpose or at any time1 was to be found in that good old book4 ,robert decided that he would not only pray without ceasing1 but would spend some of the money that he had made1 to try to find ,marie1 as no word had ever been received of her up to this time4 ,he employed a detective agency to make a search all over the ,united ,states4 ,mr4 ,kennelworth left ,new ,york and returned to ,texarkana in the latter part of ,june1 #aibg4 ,he bought cotton heavily on ,robert's advice that the ,government report would be very bullish and would have a big advance during ,july according to ,robert's forecast earlier in the year4 ,the ,government ,report on ,july #ith showed a big decrease in acreage and prices started to advance again4 ,robert wrote and telegraphed ,mr4 ,kennelworth that ,october cotton would advance to around #ah4ej to #ah4ge before there was any important reaction4 ,on ,july #afth ,october cotton crossed #ah4ej and ,mr4 ,kennelworth wired ,robert as follows3 ,july #af1 #aibg ,robert ,gordon #fi ,wall ,street ,new ,york ,city ,,congratulations ,,your ,,forecasts ,,are ,,wonderful ,,have ,,over ,,two ,,hundred ,,thousand ,,dollars ,,profit ,,in ,,cotton ,,as ,,soon ,,as ,,you ,,get ,,time ,,work ,,up ,,your ,,cycle ,,on ,,presidential ,,elections ,,and ,,write ,,me ,,what ,,the ,,outlook ,,is ,,for #aibh ,j4,h4 ,kennelworth ,to which ,robert replied3 ,july #af1 #aibg4 ,my dear ,mr4 ,kennelworth3 ,your telegram just received4 ,am very happy that you have played the cotton market heavily and are making big profits4 ,i1 too1 have made over a hundred thousand dollars4 ,will get busy in a few days and work out the cycles for #aibh and let you know what the outlook is as to who will be elected ,president4 ,walter and ,i are getting along nicely4 ,i am making good progress on my plans for the airship4 ,have employed a detective agency to search all over the ,united ,states for ,marie4 ,i am patiently awaiting news of her4 ,believe she is still alive4 ,thanks for your good wishes4 ,with kindest regards1 ,i am ,sincerely yours1 ,,robert ,,gordon4 ,,chapter ,,xviii ,after making his calculations on the ,presidential election in #aibh1 ,robert sent the following ,forecast to ,mr4 ,kennelworth3 ,july #bj1 #aibg4 #aibh ,,presidential ,,election ,in order to determine the conditions that will prevail during #aibh and who will be elected1 we must look up past cycles4 ,i refer you to ,ecclesiastes #c3ae--,that which hath been is now and that which is to be hath already been1 and ,god requireth that which is past4 ,we know that we are repeating past cycles as referred to in ,ezekiel's ,prophecy--,chapter #bj3df--,son of man set thy face toward the south1 and drop thy word toward the south1 and prophesy against the forest of the south field1 and say to the forest of the south1 ,hear the word of the ,lord1 ,thus saith the ,lord ,god1 ,behold1 ,i will kindle a fire in thee and it shall devour every green tree in thee and every dry tree1 the flaming flame shall not be quenched1 and all faces from the south to the north shall be burned therein4 ,the troubles in ,nicaragua1 the destructive floods and storms which have visited ,florida1 and the destruction by the floods along the ,mississippi during the past ,spring all show that troubles are starting in the south4 ,we are in a cycle which will repeat and cause wars which will start from the south and southwest1 probably ,mexico4 ,all of these events will have a great bearing on the ,presidential election in #aibh1 because war will be in the air and the people will be very much upset4 ,as referred to in ,exodus #cb3ag--;,and when ,joshua heard the noise of the people as they shouted1 he said unto ,moses1 ,there is a noise of war in the camp4 ,there will be political wars and revolutionary changes in the ,united ,states in #aibh4 ,people will want to choose new leaders4 ,read ,judges #e3h--,they chose new gods2 then was war within the gates3 was there a shield or spear seen among forty thousand in ,israel8 ,the people will need to choose an able leader to prepare for the great war in the air4 ,i have made a study of ,president ,coolidge's date of birth1 name and numbers4 ,he is the strongest man that the ,republicans have1 but he has not wanted to accept the nomination and will probably not if he can get out of it4 ,he has the best chance of any ,republican for being elected4 ,along about ,march or ,april1 #aibh1 some important event will happen which is likely to cause ,president ,coolidge to refuse to accept the nomination4 ,when the convention meets in ,june or ,july there will be long delays1 dissatisfaction and fights among the old ,republican leaders as to whom they will nominate4 ,from the cycle that we are repeating1 there is a strong indication that ,president ,coolidge will not be renominated4 ,he will do something which will cause large financial interests and moneyed men to withdraw their support from him4 ,since ,god requires that which is past1 then past cycles and events in the history of the ,united ,states must repeat4 ,we look up the names and dates of birth to determine when certain names or initial letters should repeat4 ,the letter ,c is one which repeats in events of the ,united ,states as shown by the election of ,grover ,cleveland the second time in #ahib4 ,president ,calvin ,coolidge1 with the ,c strong in both names1 succeeded ,president ,harding1 ,august #b1 #aibc1 and was elected in #aibd4 ,this was really a repetition of the letter ,c the same as ,cleveland's second election1 and in view of the fact that ,president ,coolidge has served about #f years1 the letter ,c is not due to repeat its vibration in #aibh1 but might repeat in #aicb when ,president ,coolidge could possibly be elected again following the war and troublesome times4 ,the most favorable letters for the ,republican ,party which could repeat in #aibh are ,b1 ,j1 ,f1 and ,l4 ,in view of the cycle which indicates war from #aibh to #aicb1 there is a strong indication that the letter ,l will repeat as it did during the ,civil ,war when ,lincoln was ,president4 ,this might mean the nomination of ,borah1 ,butler1 ,johnson or ,lowden4 ,i haven't the dates of birth of any of these men1 therefore1 am unable to say before the nominations take place and we know whom their opponents will be1 whether any of them would be elected or not4 ,in regard to the ,democratic nomination1 the cycle indicates a strong possibility of victory for the ,democrats or a new party4 ,governor ,alfred ,smith is not likely to be nominated and if nominated would not be elected4 ,the letter ,s has never appeared in the surname of any president of the ,united ,states1 and as we are only due to repeat past events1 he has a very slim chance of being elected4 ,the letters ,f1 ,m and ,r are due to repeat for the ,democrats4 ,this might mean ,ford1 ,mc,adoo or ,reed4 ,according to the date of birth1 cycle and numbers1 ,mc,adoo would have a much better chance of getting the nomination than ,smith4 ,reed looks stronger than either of them4 ,governor ,smith will continue popular and the possibilities of him being nominated will look promising until about ,may1 #aibh1 when there will be a sudden change of public opinion against him4 ,support will be withdrawn and some of the strong ,democratic leaders will turn to other possible candidates4 ,smith's name will no doubt come before the convention1 but ,i see no chance of him being nominated4 ,there is a strong indication that the man who will be nominated will be a dark horse1 a man probably born in ,may or ,june4 ,revolutionary changes are indicated4 ,the question of the #ahth ,amendment is likely to split both of the old parties4 ,a farm and labor party or some other political party may spring up and defeat both of the old parties4 ,the public will be very much divided and sentiment will be badly mixed in the summer and fall of #aibh4 ,with the present data in hand and the events that are to follow the next ,presidential election1 my judgment is that a ,republican will not be elected4 ,the ,president who takes office in ,march1 #aibi1 will start under very unfavorable conditions similar to those which faced ,president ,wilson at the time he entered his second term and also conditions will repeat similar to those that followed the election of ,abraham ,lincoln in #ahfa4 ,there will be trouble with foreign countries over immigration laws4 ,tariff will be a sore spot and cause disagreements with foreign countries4 ,i will have my calculations made up for the stock and commodity markets for #aibh and #aibi soon and when they are completed will send a copy of them4 ,there will be some big opportunities for long pull trading in stocks and commodities during #aibh4 ,i want you to be in on the deals with me and hope ,i can help you make a million dollars4 ,,robert ,,gordon4 ,,chapter ,,xix ,december1 #aibg1 stocks had been declining for several weeks4 ,this month stocks declined rapidly and ,robert was heavily short4 ,wheat and corn advanced4 ,robert had been on the right side for several months4 ,just before ,christmas he figured that he would cover his short stocks and wait for a rally which he expected would come in ,january or ,february4 ,he now had profits which gave him working capital of over five hundred thousand dollars1 allowing for all the money that he had spent2 so he decided to put more time in working on his invention1 as he was now in position to spend money enough to develop his first airplane4 ,he kept in touch every few days with the detective agency1 but no word had been received from ,marie4 ,her parents had about given up hope that ,marie was alive4 ,robert wrote them a very encouraging letter because he wanted to cheer them up at ,christmas time4 ,told them that he believed ,marie was alive and that he had faith in ,god and wanted them to have faith and continue to pray for ,marie's return4 ,informed them of his great financial success and told them that he had continued to keep ,marie's account separate and had traded very conservatively for her and that she now had over #dj1jjj which he intended to try to increase and have as a great surprise for her4 ,robert sent beautiful ,christmas gifts to them in memory of ,marie4 ,a few days before ,christmas there was a big decline in the stock market4 ,all kinds of unfavorable rumors were afloat4 ,business conditions were bad4 ,war clouds were gathering thick in ,europe4 ,newspapers talked of the uncertainties in the new year due to the coming presidential election4 ,the public had lost confidence and were selling stocks4 ,robert decided that this was the time to cash in so he covered a big line of ,shorts in ,major ,motors1 ,central ,steel and others4 ,this was a great ,christmas for him1 financially4 ,from his beginning with #bjj bales of cotton in ,january1 #aibg1 with a capital of #a1jjj4jj and #aj1jjj4jj which ,mr4 ,kennelworth gave him later1 thru his successful pyramiding he had made over half a million dollars4 ,he was overjoyed with his success because it would help him now to complete his airplane and other inventions4 ,his mind turned back to ,christmas1 #aibf1 when he had bought ,marie a beautiful ring with the money he had saved4 ,at that time he little realized that so much could happen in one short year4 ,he thought of all he could do for ,marie this year if he only knew where she was4 ,decided that he would buy some beautiful presents for her anyway and keep them until she returned to show her that he was thinking of her on ,christmas4 ,he bought a beautiful diamond ring and a bracelet set with sapphires and diamonds4 ,when the jeweler delivered them ,robert looked them over and thought of all ,marie's beauty and purity4 ,his faith in her was still supreme4 ,he was very sad and wept bitterly because he felt more keenly than ever the need for her4 ,he wanted her to be with him to share his financial success4 ,his heart turned to his next dearest friend--his mother4 ,he decided to try to make it the happiest ,christmas of her life and bought her every kind of a present that he thought would make her happy and comfortable and sent her a check for #e1jjj4jj to do with just as she pleased and buy anything she wanted4 ,begged her to come to ,new ,york to see him soon after the new year1 as he wanted her to see the sights of the city1 and thought the trip would be good for her health4 ,in the early part of #aibh ,robert calculated that war was inevitable between ,england and ,russia4 ,he figured that the war would start not later than the summer and that many nations would be involved and that later an attack on the ,united ,states would come4 ,his first airplane was now completed1--a small one according to the plan laid down by ,ezekiel in the ,bible4 ,the plane had four wings and could fly on either one of its four sides4 ,it had a new motor with #ab cylinders and could be operated either with gas1 electricity or compressed air4 ,he had constructed a wheel within a wheel so that he could lower his plane and land anywhere he chose and could rise straight up4 ,one motor had a propeller in the center of the plane to lift it up while the other motor started its direct motion4 ,he could drive his plane backwards or forwards4 ,it was a great success and the boy wizard of ,wall ,street was now hailed as a new ,lindbergh of the air4 ,there was an extra motor built with a collapsible propeller so that he could shift it from the center of the airplane to the tail1 enabling it to go backward or forward as he willed4 ,the wings were so arranged that they could either remain stationary or be set in motion up or down by motor4 ,this was a new and valuable feature in the construction of airplanes4 ,robert's next invention was to build a silent motor1 or a muffler1 which would prevent any sound4 ,he knew that this would be very useful in war4 ,after he had completed this invention1 tested it and proved it a success1 he offered it to the ,united ,states ,government1 but after the army officers1 who knew very little about this new invention had looked it over1 they refused it4 ,robert then sailed away in his new plane which he had named ,the ,st4 ,marie4 ,he visited ,england1 ,france1 ,germany and in the ,spring of #aibh made the longest successful flight to ,japan1 where he was received with great honor4 ,japan was very much interested in his new plane and in his muffler4 ,the ,japanese ,government quickly closed a deal and bought his invention for a large sum of money4 ,robert felt that probably one day this invention would be used against his own country in time of war1 but knew that the ,united ,states would have to learn a lesson--that too often in the past ,american inventions had been sold to foreign countries because his own ,government would not buy them4 ,while in ,japan ,robert was entertained and introduced to many beautiful titled ladies and prominent men1 but he remained loyal to ,marie for his great success had not turned his head4 ,he was still searching for ,marie1 always hoping to find her4 ,he returned to ,new ,york in the ,summer of #aibh and was now reputed as being worth more than a million dollars1 after making more successful deals in stocks1 cotton and wheat4 ,he had followed the advice of old ,henry ,watson and had never scattered over two or three markets at the same time4 ,when he had a deal on in cotton or wheat1 he stuck to that until he closed the transaction4 ,when he went into a stock campaign he stayed out of the commodity markets4 ,he was meeting with success in every direction1 but his longing for ,marie continued and the vision of her beautiful face continued to haunt him4 ,in ,may1 #aibh1 ,walter received a radiogram from ,robert saying that he was leaving ,japan the latter part of the month and was going to sail ,the ,st4 ,marie back to ,new ,york4 ,walter and ,miss ,edna ,quinton1 the secretary1 had followed the newspaper reports of the great reception tendered ,robert by the officials of the ,japanese ,government and the report of the large amount of money they had paid for his noiseless patent for airplanes4 ,walter was going to graduate in ,june so he wrote his father and informed him that ,robert was returning to ,new ,york soon with great honors and he thought it appropriate to have a big celebration for him when he arrived4 ,as his father was coming to ,new ,york anyway for the graduation exercises1 he suggested that he be there to greet ,robert on his triumphant return4 ,mr4 ,kennelworth1 who was a member of the ,chamber of ,commerce of ,texarkana and one of the leading citizens1 called a meeting of the ,chamber of ,commerce1 informed them of the phenomenal success of ,robert ,gordon who had left ,texarkana one year previous an unknown boy and who was now the most talked of young man in the world4 ,he had made more than a million dollars following his own discovery of how to use the laws laid down in the ,bible for foretelling the future course of cotton1 grain and stocks2 had built the most marvelous airplane of the age2 invented a muffler to make an airplane noiseless2 had driven his own plane1 ,the ,st4 ,marie to ,japan where he had been received with great honors and the ,japanese ,government had bought his invention for making airplanes silent4 ,mr4 ,kennelworth proposed that the leading citizens of ,texarkana go to ,new ,york to honor their favorite son on his return4 ,when he had finished talking there was lasting applause and hurrahs for ,robert ,gordon4 ,colonel ,stanton was in the audience4 ,he arose and said that he heartily endorsed the proposal and would donate #aj1jjj4jj to the expense fund1 that they should go to ,new ,york in a special train to greet the greatest young man of the age who was born on a farm near ,texarkana4 ,everyone was in favor of it and the wealthy men all followed ,mr4 ,stanton in offering large sums of money in order to make the reception a success4 ,when the meeting was over1 ,j4,h4 ,kennelworth drove out to the country home of ,amelia ,gordon1 ,robert's mother4 ,told her of her boy's success and the plans to meet him in ,new ,york and give him a great reception1 inviting her to go on the special train as a guest of honor4 ,she thankfully accepted4 ,on ,june #ith ,robert ,gordon's #bbnd birthday1 the great reception took place4 ,the special train bearing the leading citizens of ,texarkana arrived1 ,robert had landed at the new airport on ,governor's ,island without any mishap to his plane4 ,the ,st4 ,marie had performed perfectly1 making the trip from ,japan at an average speed of over #cjj miles per hour4 ,robert received the surprise of his life when he saw his mother and rushed to her1 and after greeting her affectionately turned to shake hands with ,mr4 ,kennelworth and ,walter and seeing ,mr4 and ,mrs4 ,stanton there was overjoyed and thought sure that ,marie had been found4 ,he rushed to greet her parents and his first words were1 ,where is ,marie8 ,with tears in their eyes1 they informed him that not a word had been received in regard to her4 ,they proceeded immediately to the ,commodore ,hotel where the reception committee and the entire delegation from ,texarkana had arranged for a dinner and celebration4 ,robert was happy to see all the prominent business men from ,texarkana there to greet him4 ,mr4 ,kennelworth made the address4 ,told ,robert how proud ,texarkana was of him2 said that this was the age of the young man and that ,robert had demonstrated that he was the greatest young man of his day4 ,robert was overwhelmed at this great reception4 ,he thanked his friends2 thanked ,mr4 ,kennelworth1 personally1 and above all for bringing his dear old mother to see him2 said it was the happiest moment of his life and that his one regret was that ,marie was not there1 but that he still had hope of finding her4 ,when the reception was over and ,robert had a few moments alone with his dear old mother1 she said1 ,my son1 do you remember the dream you had when you were a little boy1 which you told me about8 ,that you were riding a large bird with white wings across the ocean and how the foreign countries received you with great honor4 ,my boy1 when you landed today ,i thought about that dream and how it had been fulfilled4 ,i hope that all of your other dreams and ambitions will be realized and that you will be rewarded with ,marie's love1 because you have been faithful and loyal to her4 ,robert said1 ,mother1 ,i do remember the dream quite well1 and when ,i was in ,japan and they gave me such great receptions and honored me1 ,i thought of the dream and ,i thought of you and how you had taught me how to read the ,bible and ,i thought of ,marie and how ,i loved her and felt that ,i would gladly give all of the honors just to be with you and ,marie alone because your love and ,marie's love mean more to me than everything else that the world can give4 ,walter ,kennelworth was graduated from ,columbia ,college in ,june and prepared to work with ,robert in the office4 ,edna ,quinton had proved to be a faithful employee and a valuable aid to ,robert4 ,she had taken care of his business and looked after his financial transactions while he was away4 ,robert soon went to work on a new invention1 and perfected a machine to read the minds of people a short distance away and also a machine which he named the ,tel-talk4 ,this machine was made on the principle of the radio2 by raising and lowering it at certain angles it would record all the conferences in the different buildings in ,wall ,street4 ,robert also used this machine to get reports on all the conferences of the big manipulators4 ,he knew that manipulators in ,wall ,street suspected that in some way he understood their plans as he was making money too fast and they were conspiring to find a way to get him wrong on the market and break him4 ,they changed their plans often but found that each time ,robert was on the right side of the market4 ,even his friend ,walter knew nothing about ,robert's latest invention4 ,he kept it in a secret room1 and no one had ever seen it but himself4 ,it was a very delicate little machine with indicators like a compass1 delicately balanced and operated by electricity4 ,his success was causing great excitement and schemers wanted to get his secret4 ,they knew that ,edna ,quinton had been in his office ever since he was in ,new ,york4 ,she was invited to a dinner at the ,biltmore where she was offered a large sum of money if she would reveal the secrets of how ,robert ,gordon so successfully operated in the market4 ,she told them frankly that she knew nothing about how he did it1 but if she did know1 no amount of money would induce her to turn traitor to her employer4 ,edna made up her mind that when she reached the office the following morning1 she would tell ,mr4 ,gordon just what had happened4 ,upon reaching the office unusually early she found ,mr4 ,gordon there4 ,he seemed unusually happy and she thought that he must have news of ,marie4 ,before she had time to tell him what had happened the night before1 he called her into his secret office1 the room that she had never seen before4 ,there she saw all kinds of strange instruments which she knew must be some of his new inventions4 ,he took her to a little machine in the corner of the room and showed her some peculiar lines that the machine had recorded on the paper the night before4 ,he told her that his machine received the impressions of people's minds and recorded their thoughts1 especially when they were greatly excited or interested in any matter4 ,he read to her from the record on the machine in substance exactly what had been said to her the night before4 ,then he turned to the ,bible and showed her where it said ,everything that is concealed will be revealed1 and everything that is covered will be uncovered4 ,edna was more excited than she had ever been in her life4 ,she knew that the machine had revealed the truth4 ,then she said to ,mr4 ,gordon that she had intended to tell him that morning just what had happened and hoped that he would believe that she was loyal to him and had refused to accept a bribe4 ,he then showed her another record on the machine like a phonograph record which would record people's thoughts and told her that it indicated just what she had been thinking about4 ,the machine had read her mind and recorded her thoughts4 ,he assured her that he did believe her and trust her4 ,edna was moved to tears at this great confidence4 ,she knew that never before had she been permitted to see this secret room and while she knew of ,robert's great love for ,marie1 she felt that this confidence he had placed in her was more than a matter of business confidence and that he had some love for her4 ,she had always admired him but had never thought of loving him4 ,now she knew that she did love him4 ,a few days later ,edna had a talk with ,walter1 because she had known him before ,robert came to ,new ,york and it was thru his influence she had secured the position4 ,she told him what had happened and confided in him her love for ,robert4 ,he was happy to know this and hoped that ,robert would fall in love with her as he believed it would be best for him4 ,walter said1 ,i am not an expert judge of how emotions work in men and women1 but the way for you to find out how ,robert feels toward you is to watch his actions1 make notes of how often he speaks of ,marie1 of the letters he writes trying to find her4 ,continue to be as nice and kind toward him as you have always been4 ,if in a few months his interest in the search for ,marie wanes1 and he ceases to talk about her1 it will be a sure sign that his mind and heart is turning toward you4 ,soon after ,walter graduated1 ,robert called ,miss ,quinton into his secret office one morning and told her he was going to form a new firm under the name of ,gordon1 ,kennelworth ,quinton and that ,edna was to have an interest in the firm1 as reward for her faithful service4 ,she was to help with the work on the secret discoveries4 ,edna was overjoyed at this and her emotions got the best of her judgment4 ,she flung her arms around ,robert's neck1 kissed him1 told him he was the most wonderful man in the world and that she loved him4 ,he drew himself quickly away from her1 sat down in a chair and stared out the window for several minutes before he spoke4 ,then he turned toward ,miss ,quinton1 faced her with a firm but kind face1 told her that she had made a mistake in his actions1 that he was rewarding her for faithfulness and that there was no sentiment in the matter1 that he did not love her1 that he was loyal to his long-lost ,marie and would never love anyone else4 ,edna hardly knew what to say4 ,she begged his forgiveness and tendered her resignation4 ,he told her that he would refuse to accept it2 that they would go right on and work together just the same as in the past1 if she felt that she could and wanted to4 ,she assured him that she wanted to remain as long as he wanted her1 and that in the future she would always control her emotions4 ,walter ,kennelworth had completed a special course in chemistry at college and was now prepared for work in the new firm4 ,his father had been following ,robert in the market during the past year and had made a large amount of money4 ,he presented ,walter with #ajj1jjj4jj1 part of the profits which he had made out of the market1 with the understanding that the money was to be used in helping to further ,robert's inventions4 ,in the ,fall of #aibh1 ,robert and ,walter completed an invention of ,sun-mirrors1 whereby they were able to collect the rays from the sun and produce heat powerful enough to melt down skyscrapers in a few minutes4 ,with these mirrors and the aid of electricity1 they discovered a powerful light ray4 ,robert knew that this was going to be of great value in the coming war4 ,they named this machine ,the ,demon of ,death4 ,miss ,quinton had been very much interested in this machine during the course of construction1 and she named it ,spit-,fire because it could send forth such powerful sparks of fire1 destroying instantly any metal that it touched4 ,they held a conference and agreed that this new discovery must be kept secret and should never be used except in the defense of the ,united ,states in time of war and only then if our country was in dire peril and unable to cope with the enemy4 ,there was one secret connected with the machine that only ,robert knew4 ,they intended to start to build a giant airship in a short time equipped with ,the ,demon of ,death4 ,they figured it would send a powerful death ray #cjjj to #ejjj miles through space1 destroying everything within a radius of #gjj miles4 ,work was started on the new machine with all secrecy4 ,it had already been christened ,marie the ,angel of ,mercy4 ,robert and ,walter were making money rapidly in the cotton market4 ,the war clouds were gathering and ,europe was buying cotton4 ,it had had a big advance and they were playing the fast moves up and down1 both on the buying and selling sides4 ,there is an old saying that intimacy breeds contempt1 but it did not prove so with ,walter ,kennelworth and ,edna ,quinton4 ,one beautiful morning in early ,september1 #aibh1 ,robert ,gordon stepped into the laboratory and found ,edna in the arms of ,walter4 ,he made a hasty exit1 but ,walter and ,edna knew that they had been caught4 ,robert was very happy at this discovery because he knew that it was just the thing ,walter needed to stimulate his ambitions and give him something to work for4 ,he realized what a wonderful woman ,miss ,quinton was1 and that she1 too1 needed inspiration that love alone could give4 ,that evening he invited ,walter to dinner with him and when they were alone said1 ,well1 ,walter1 the love bug has got you at last4 ,walter was bashful at first and didn't want to talk much about it2 then he admitted that it had come on very suddenly when he and ,edna had realized that they were both in love with each other4 ,robert told him that it was inevitable and that now was the time it should start and that it would be better for both of them4 ,they were business partners and it would make them more happy and successful in their work4 ,walter asked him if he still had hopes of finding ,marie4 ,robert told him that he did--that he would never give up the search4 ,everything moved along smoothly after this4 ,walter and ,edna were happy in their work and the ,fall of #aibh rewarded them with a new and wonderful discovery4 ,they had been able to perfect a machine which would reflect light in such a way as to make an airplane invisible and this1 together with ,robert's noiseless invention1 solved the problem4 ,he knew now that in time of war1 the plane could be used to sneak upon the enemy and that they would be unable to see or hear it4 ,after holding a conference1 they decided that this invention1 as well as ,the ,demon of ,death should not be patented or offered for sale to any ,government1 that they would test it out and keep it a secret4 ,here ,robert's great generosity showed itself again when he decided that this invention should be used in time of greatest need for the benefit of the ,united ,states4 ,walter said1 ,robert1 love indeed does make a great man1 makes him unselfish1 causes him to think of his country1 of his mother1 his sweetheart and everything else before himself4 ,no wonder you are making a success and always will1 because you are doing right4 ,the completion of the great machine1 ,the ,demon of ,death1 which ,robert had worked on untiringly day and night1 was a great triumph for him1 but his wonderful energy had been exhausted4 ,walter had noticed before the machine was completed that ,robert looked tired and worn4 ,his mind lacked its old-time quickness and he feared for his health4 ,robert began to reach the office late and ceased to take an interest in his work4 ,he was moody and despondent4 ,thanksgiving ,day1 ,walter and ,edna arranged a big dinner and invited ,robert4 ,he appeared very much worn and ate very little dinner4 ,both ,walter and ,edna noticed that he was less talkative than ever before4 ,about an hour after dinner was over ,robert fell in a faint4 ,a doctor was called immediately and after making a careful examination pronounced it a case of nervous breakdown4 ,said there must be something preying on his mind or that he had been under a long strain4 ,walter explained the disappearance of ,marie and how ,robert had worried over the love affair2 his long1 strenuous campaigns in the stock and commodity markets and his work upon his inventions2 that up to a few months previous ,robert had been able to work almost day and night without showing any fatigue1 but that in recent weeks he had noticed a great change in him4 ,after the doctor had heard the story of the love affair and ,marie's disappearance1 he was sure that a long and needed rest was necessary to restore ,robert to his normal health4 ,he ordered him to remain absolutely quiet and not attempt to look after any of the details of his business4 ,a few days later ,walter persuaded ,robert to go to ,atlantic ,city1 which he did1 and after remaining there and resting a couple of weeks1 he returned apparently well and showed his old-time strength and vigor4 ,was anxious to get back to work and look after his speculative deals in the market4 ,,chapter ,,xx ,as the end of #aibh neared1 war was already raging in ,europe4 ,england and ,russia had already gone to war as ,robert had predicted4 ,complications were developing quick and fast and war clouds were gathering4 ,robert knew that it was only a question of a short time when the ,united ,states with all of its gold supply1 would be attacked and there would be a great battle in the air4 ,great progress had been made in aviation4 ,airplanes were carrying mail at the rate of #cjj miles per hour4 ,passenger lines were now starting all over the ,united ,states4 ,marie the ,angel of ,mercy1 ,robert's great ship1 was rapidly nearing completion4 ,the new #ab-;cylinder motor had been tested and the engineers had estimated that they would attain a speed of #ajjj miles per hour4 ,robert was elated over the success and knew that he would now be prepared to help his country in time of its greatest need4 ,he had been working early and late and the interest in his work had kept his mind off ,marie4 ,yet not a day passed but what he made some inquiries or had his detectives chase some clew which he hoped would lead to the discovery of ,marie1 but all efforts were in vain4 ,no news had ever been heard of her4 ,with the great progress in radio messages thru the air1 and radiograms1 ,robert knew that in time of war1 secret communications would be necessary4 ,spies could steal codes1 and messages sent over the radio could be interpreted2 therefore1 one of the great needs for the war in the air would be a way to communicate without detection4 ,he finally succeeded in completing what he called ,the ,pocket ,radio4 ,it was no larger than a watch and worked on the same principle of his machine for recording the thoughts of people1 only the instrument had to be used by two people who understood how to work it1 because the positive radio was carried in one man's pocket and the negative in the other and by pressing the stem1 it could be changed from positive into negative4 ,no sound was transmitted thru the air4 ,the machine could be operated by certain motions of the fingers on a little push button which recorded symbols on the other machine that would reveal the message sent4 ,the ,pocket ,radio made it possible to convey any message without any possibility of detection because only the person sending the message and the one receiving it could understand or know anything about it4 ,this was better than wireless or any other radio discovery up to this time4 ,robert tested the machine out by leaving one instrument in ,walter's pocket1 he himself going to ,chicago and conveying messages which ,walter was able to get without any trouble4 ,he could either speak into this little ,pocket ,radio and convey the sound without anyone else being able to take it from the air1 or use it to convey thoughts or emotions4 ,the test proved perfect and ,robert knew that he had another great discovery which would be of great value to his ,government in time of war4 ,he decided to keep this a secret and have it ready to aid the ,united ,states at a time when they would need it most4 ,robert figured that there would be a big bull campaign in cotton during #aibi so he had started buying early in the year1 expecting a big advance later4 ,he had also forecast the rapid advance of certain classes of stocks4 ,during #aibh he had closed a successful bear campaign in ,major ,motors and was still holding his ,right ,aeroplane stock1 which had continued to advance1 and he figured that it would have a big rise during #aibi4 ,his fortune was piling up rapidly1 despite all the money he was spending on his new inventions4 ,the new ship ,marie1 the ,angel of ,mercy1 was now about perfected1 but ,robert intended that this should never be made known to the public until he had it in perfect working order and it was a success beyond doubt4 ,after preparing his campaign for the market and buying stocks and cotton for the big advance1 ,walter noticed a great change in ,robert4 ,his health began to fail again1 and now that he had achieved great success and completed such wonderful inventions1 without ,marie to comfort him he would probably break down in health and give up4 ,robert had ceased to talk much about ,marie4 ,his interest in the future was waning4 ,walter and ,edna1 who were still as much in love as ever1 often discussed ,robert's physical condition4 ,they decided to encourage him to go away for a long-needed rest4 ,walter had a talk with ,robert in the middle of ,january1 #aibi1 but ,robert didn't show much interest or any desire to travel4 ,a short time after this1 ,robert appeared at the office one morning looking more haggard and worn than ever4 ,he called ,walter and ,edna into the office1 told them that he had had a very peculiar dream the night before1 that he had dreamed that he had gone to ,paris and suddenly met ,marie4 ,he was so strongly impressed with the dream that he decided to leave at once4 ,told ,walter to give the mechanics instructions to put his old ship ,the ,st4 ,marie in shape to sail at once4 ,it was a matter of only a couple of days until they reported that ,the ,st4 ,marie was in perfect shape and could stand a trip around the world4 ,there was to be a great convention of all the nations on aviation in ,paris and ,robert decided that he wanted to be there for it1 but the main incentive for the trip was his dream4 ,robert had no trouble in securing letters of introduction to prominent people in ,london and ,paris4 ,when he said good-bye to ,walter and ,edna1 they wished him ,god-speed1 told him that they hoped his dream would become a reality and that he would find ,marie1 but they knew that he was not the same ,robert of old4 ,he acted as tho his spirit was broken4 ,on the morning of ,february #bnd1 #aibi1 ,robert started his flight to ,paris and arrived there promptly in the evening and went to visit some friends and acquaintances4 ,after talking over the war situation and his forecasts of the great war yet to come1 he decided to visit friends in ,london4 ,england and ,russia were waging their battles in the air and doing very little land fighting4 ,despite the good start that ,england had made1 ,russia and her allies were getting the best of the victory4 ,robert found ,london very uninteresting4 ,up to this time he had heard nothing of ,marie and decided to return to ,paris4 ,on a beautiful sunshiny morning in the latter part of ,february1 #aibi1 ,robert was walking down a prominent business street in ,paris with no special objective in mind4 ,he was feeling sick and gloomy and was walking with his head down1 looking at the street4 ,suddenly he saw a form approaching very closely1 and like a flash1 a woman quickly passed him4 ,he was sure it was ,marie4 ,his heart was in his throat4 ,he turned around quickly to follow her but she had disappeared4 ,just as she passed him she dropped a letter on the street and he picked it up1 put it in his pocket and rushed on down the street1 hoping to find her1 but after exhausting himself running around1 fighting his way thru the crowds1 without a glimpse of her1 he decided to open the letter4 ,when he opened it it was written in a foreign language which he did not understand4 ,he was not sure whether it was ,marie's handwriting or not4 ,his first thought was to go immediately to an interpreter and have the letter read4 ,on second thought1 he decided that it might be something confidential and that he would go to an old friend who lived in ,paris and ask him to interpret the letter4 ,robert called on ,louis ,renan1 stated the circumstance of his meeting ,marie on the street and told him about the letter she dropped4 ,his friend gladly consented to read the letter4 ,robert handed it to him and he glanced over it2 handed it back to ,robert without a word1 told him to get out of his house immediately and never darken the door again4 ,robert begged for an explanation but in vain4 ,his friend was angry and determined and pushed ,robert out of the door4 ,robert walked slowly back to his hotel1 disappointed1 mystified1 and heart-broken4 ,what could be the meaning of this letter8 ,why should his friend offer no explanation as to what it contained8 ,had he really met ,marie and was the letter from her8 ,one thing he knew1 he must find out what this mysterious letter contained4 ,he decided the next best plan was to go to an interpreter1 so he inquired at the hotel the name of an interpreter and was informed where he could get any language interpreted4 ,he called at the address1 explained his mission to the manager and turned over the letter4 ,in a few minutes the manager returned1 handed him the letter1 told him there was the door1 please get out and ask no questions4 ,robert again begged for some explanation but the man was defiant and refused to make any comment4 ,robert returned to his hotel to think matters over4 ,he bought a paper and looked over the news from ,new ,york and market reports4 ,he saw that cotton and stocks were advancing as he expected1 but money-making now was of no interest to him when he at last thought that he had found where ,marie was4 ,he decided to place a personal notice in all the papers in ,paris1 telling ,marie that he had passed her on the street1 had found the letter1 was unable to get it interpreted1 and beg her to communicate with him at once4 ,he placed the notice in the papers that afternoon4 ,received an invitation from some acquaintances in ,paris to dine with them and go to a ball4 ,he wanted to refuse the invitation because he did not feel equal to the occasion1 but they insisted that it would do him good and begged him to come along4 ,robert had been so disappointed about the mysterious letter and the sudden loss of ,marie after he had seen her1 that he decided to say nothing about the incident to his friends4 ,after dinner was over1 they chatted with ,robert1 and he seemed more cheerful4 ,they told ,robert of the ,aviators' ,costume ,ball to take place in the ,hotel ,lafayette that night and asked him to go along4 ,robert tried to beg off and made the excuse that he had no costume for this occasion1 but they told him that they had already ordered one for him and there was no getting out of it--he had to go1 so finally he consented4 ,when they arrived at the hotel and entered the ballroom1 ,robert's friends1 who knew of his great fame in ,new ,york and his success in speculative markets1 were anxious to introduce him to the prominent men and women of ,paris4 ,aviators were there from all over the world4 ,they had come for the great convention4 ,each country was competing for the grand prize for the most efficient airplane and the best one suited for war purposes4 ,they asked ,robert if he did not have a plane to enter or if he could not demonstrate something with ,the ,st4 ,marie4 ,he told them that his health was not good and that he was not interested in entering a plane at this time4 ,the ballroom was decorated with everything connected with airplanes4 ,miniature planes were flying around the room1 circling up and down from the ceilings4 ,it was a gorgeous display and while it was dazzling to others1 ,robert paid very little attention to it4 ,his friends1 in order to please him and get him interested1 had the radio tuned into ,new ,york and were getting music from the ,biltmore4 ,the dance started4 ,robert watched but was very little interested4 ,his friends invited him to dance but he refused4 ,he had no thoughts of anything but ,marie4 ,as he was sitting1 watching the dancers whirl around the floor1 suddenly he looked across the hall and again he saw ,marie dressed like an eagle1 queen of the air4 ,he made a mad rush thru the crowd to the other side of the hall and when he got there1 he could see no ,marie4 ,the ordeal was too much for him4 ,he fell unconscious on the floor4 ,friends rushed to his assistance and after reviving him1 he explained to them that he had seen ,marie again and asked them to find her and bring her to him4 ,after investigation1 they told him that there was no one there by that name and that none of the ladies had left the ballroom4 ,they brought them all before him and introduced him1 but ,marie was not among them4 ,robert was not only sick at heart but sick physically1 and his friends realized it and called a nerve specialist1 ,dr4 ,descartes4 ,robert explained what had happened1 about meeting ,marie on the street and about seeing her at the ball1 altho he said nothing about the mysterious letter to the ,doctor4 ,the ,doctor1 after examining him1 told his friends he thought that he was suffering from mental delusions--that he had probably had this woman on his mind so long and after dreaming he had met her on a street in ,paris1 had hoped so strongly that he would meet her1 he had brought himself to believe that she was there and had really thought that he had seen her1 both on the street and in the ballroom1 but it was probably an optical delusion and after he got better he would realize that he hadn't seen ,marie4 ,several days passed before ,robert fully recovered4 ,in the meantime1 he had become quite friendly with ,dr4 ,descartes and told him a great deal about his history4 ,the ,doctor was very much interested and had a great desire to help him4 ,robert finally decided to confide in him about the mysterious letter4 ,the ,doctor had a brother in ,new ,york and was going to give ,robert a letter of introduction to him upon his return4 ,while they were on the subject of the letter of introduction1 ,robert told him about the mysterious letter and the ,doctor agreed to get a friend of his who could interpret it1 to read the letter for him4 ,robert was very happy because he thought that if he could get the meaning of the letter it would throw some light on what the trouble was with ,marie4 ,while he had been sick1 his mind had wandered and he had imagined all kinds of things1 and for a few moments1 doubted ,marie4 ,he even thought that she might have turned out to be a bad woman and was now in ,paris1 having a gay time1 but as soon as his mind returned to its normal state1 his old faith in ,marie returned1 and he loved her as of old and believed that she could do no wrong4 ,the next day ,dr4 ,descartes called1 took ,robert with him in his car to his friend who was an interpreter4 ,robert handed him the letter and1 after looking it over1 he handed the letter back to ,robert1 turned to the ,doctor1 and said1 ,have you no more respect for my friendship than to insult me in a manner like this4 ,begone1 and never let me see you in my house again4 ,the ,doctor begged for an explanation and ,robert offered his apologies1 saying it was all his fault and the ,doctor was only trying to aid him1 but the man refused to discuss the matter and they hurried away4 ,when they got in the car1 ,dr4 ,descartes knew that the shock was too much for ,robert so he drove him immediately to the hotel without discussing the mysterious letter4 ,after he had gotten him in his room and made him comfortable1 he begged ,robert not to worry about the letter1 told him that he would think the matter over and call and see him the next day4 ,robert was very much worried4 ,his hope was fast giving way to despair4 ,he again realized that hope deferred maketh the heart grow sick4 ,he thought of ,henry ,watson's story and wondered if he would have to go thru life and die without ever again seeing ,marie4 ,dr4 ,descartes called the following day and was very solicitous of ,robert's welfare4 ,told him to forget the incident about the letter and advised ,robert to try to get it interpreted when he returned to ,new ,york4 ,robert told him more about ,marie's disappearance and showed him the note that ,marie had placed in his pocket on the train to ,st4 ,louis4 ,the ,doctor read it and said it certainly left room for hope1 and while it was mysterious1 he felt that ,marie fully intended at some time to come back to him4 ,robert had received no reply to his personal notices in the ,paris newspapers and decided to return to ,new ,york in a few days4 ,in the early part of ,march a lot of the aviators were returning from ,paris to ,new ,york after the convention and ,robert decided to go home with them4 ,they insisted that he was not physically able to sail ,the ,st4 ,marie alone and sent a pilot along with him4 ,the trip was uneventful and on ,march #eth ,robert arrived in ,new ,york4 ,on his arrival he went immediately to his office and laboratories where he found ,walter and ,edna glad to see him4 ,they told him that he looked much improved in health4 ,he related all his experiences in ,paris and the mysterious letter4 ,walter was very much amazed and at a loss to understand it all4 ,he could not understand1 if ,marie had dropped the letter and had really seen ,robert on the street and at the ball1 why she would not answer his personal notices in the papers and at least clear up the mystery of her disappearance4 ,robert decided to go immediately to an interpreter in ,new ,york and see if he could get the mysterious letter read4 ,after handing it to the man who spoke about ten different languages1 the interpreter handed it back to him and stated in a firm1 gentlemanlike manner that he would like him to please leave the office immediately and never return4 ,robert went at once to his office and told ,walter and ,edna what had happened4 ,they talked it over and advanced all kinds of theories about what the letter might contain1 and asked ,robert if any of the interpreters had ever given any information or stated whether they could read the letter or not4 ,robert told them they had not4 ,edna thought that probably the letter contained a message to the interpreter not to give any information or to reveal what it contained to ,robert or anyone else4 ,walter thought if this were the case1 that some of the interpreters who seemed to be insulted by it1 would have immediately destroyed the letter instead of handing it back to him4 ,the more theories they advanced1 the less plausible the mystery seemed4 ,robert decided to write to a famous astrologer in ,canada whom he had heard of4 ,he sent along his date of birth1 telling him the history of the case1 to see if he could give him any light on the subject1 telling the astrologer that he would pay #ej1jjj4jj or more if necessary1 if he could solve the problem and tell him what the letter contained and how to get it interpreted or give him any information leading to the whereabouts of ,marie4 ,the astrologer answered as follows after making the calculation from ,robert's date of birth3 ,while it is a very peculiar case1 the events were not accidents at all but the result of ,natural ,law4 ,the young lady still lives and ,i believe will again come into your life three or four years later4 ,the great trouble was that on the day she disappeared1 ,mercury1 your ruling planet1 applied to an evil aspect of ,uranus1 the great eccentric1 revolutionary1 mysterious planet1 and this indicated disappointment1 trouble and delays1 over letters or writings and the letters would be mysterious and hard to understand4 ,in view of the fact that ,jupiter1 ,mars1 and ,mercury1 as well as ,venus1 were all changing signs just around the time she disappeared1 it meant that there would be many changes and long delays before the mystery would be solved1 that there was great danger of letters being lost or miscarried1 and that it was possible that she may have written you letters which never reached you4 ,neptune has much to do with the sea and its mysteries and as it strongly influences the city of ,paris1 her appearance there would be shrouded in mystery and there would be much that could not be explained4 ,it is very doubtful if you will get any explanation or interpretation of the mysterious letter4 ,there is something visionary about it1 or the appearance of ,marie may have been a spiritual apparition4 ,if you will visit cities near beautiful watering places in the ,south or ,southwest1 and could come in contact with an honest spiritualist or clairvoyant1 it may be of some benefit and help in some way to solve the mystery4 ,in view of the condition of your health and the planet ,saturn is afflicting you1 it would be advisable to spend the balance of the ,winter and early part of the ,spring in a tropical climate4 ,florida would be especially good for you and might bring favorable results in more ways than one4 ,if you will give me time to figure on your horoscope and have patience ,i will guarantee to tell you the time that you will find ,marie4 ,the progressed ,mars is traveling toward a conjunction of ,venus1 the ,goddess of ,love1 and when this is completed she will probably come back into your life4 ,,chapter ,,xxi ,robert was very much encouraged by this letter because he had great confidence in ,astrology and in this man's ability4 ,he decided to go immediately to ,florida for a rest and visit all the beautiful spots and watering places that he could find1 hoping to get some news of ,marie4 ,going directly to ,palm ,beach1 ,florida1 he met some friends of ,conan ,doyle's who were very much interested in spiritualism4 ,they told him that a famous spiritualist1 ,lady ,bersford from ,england1 had been there1 and that they believed she could help solve the problem4 ,robert asked where he could find her and was told that she had gone to ,ocala1 ,florida1 to visit ,silver ,springs and investigate the legend of ,silver ,springs1 the story about a beautiful young girl who drowned herself in the ,springs4 ,a ,legend 7,the following story combines the accuracies of fact with the romance of fiction4 ,aunt ,silly lived at ,silver ,springs until her death1 about sixteen years ago1 and was seen by many who visited the ,springs4 ,it is from the gifted pen of ,mrs4 ,maley ,bainbridge ,crist73 ,near ,florida's celebrated ,silver ,springs lives an old negress1 known to the entire surrounding country as ,aunt ,silly1 whose claim to being #aaj years old is borne out by her appearance4 ,aunt ,silly is wrinkled and decrepit1 and the wool peeping from her bandanaed head is white as snow1 while the blackness and weirdness of her face is intensified by a heavy crop of snow-white beard4 ,as long as the oldest citizen of ,ocala can remember ,aunt ,silly has looked just as ancient as she does now2 identified always with ,silver ,springs1 and hobbling about them from morning until night1 leaning upon her short1 thick staff4 ,that she was a participant in a tragedy is known only to a very few of ,ocala's oldest citizens1 and seldom referred to by any of them4 ,in the near vicinity of ,ocala1 when first it was settled1 stood a splendid old mansion owned by ,capt4 ,harding ,douglass1 a ,south ,carolinian of considerable wealth4 ,his only child was a son1 who1 with his mother's beauty of countenance1 had inherited her tender1 shrinking nature1 and1 like herself1 was a slave to the old man's iron will4 ,in the beautiful little ,city of ,ocala lived ,bernice ,mayo1 whose blond beauty won1 at first sight1 the heart of ,claire ,douglass4 ,although of ,virginia ancestry1 ,bernice was a true child of the ,land of ,flowers1 passionate and impulsive4 ,her eyes were blue and clear as the waters of ,lake ,munroe1 beside which she had spent her childhood1 in the fair little ,city of ,sanford4 ,her hair was as golden as ,florida's own sunshine1 and ,florida's tropical splendor ran riot in her blood4 ,for six months ,bernice ,mayo and ,claire ,douglass were constant companions1 and ,silver ,springs was their favorite resort4 ,for half a day at a time they would drift about on the bosom of the splendid1 placid curiosity of nature4 ,bernice seemed never to tire of going into the depths of the subterranean world4 ,if ,i were a mermaid1 ,claire1 she would say1 and lived in yon crystal cavern1 and some fair day ,i should wander forth among the palmettos and mosses of the springs1 and1 sitting on yonder ledge of rocks1 should 'comb my golden hair with a shell1' and your boat should come drifting by1 and you were to see me in the water beneath1 would you love me well enough to plunge1 plunge to the depths beneath to woo me8 ,then would ,claire stop her merry chatter with his kisses1 and pledge to her his eternal love as they drifted over the transparent mirror of water1 pausing now and then to study the rocks and shells1 the mosses1 palmettos1 the fish1 which were as visible eighty feet below the transparent water as were the trees and woodland about them4 ,there is nothing fairer than ,ocala's ,lover's ,lane1 and yet no spot held for these young people the attraction of ,silver ,springs1 their constant trysting place4 ,but there came a fatal day1 destined to separate them4 ,a day wherein ,claire ,douglass declared to his father his love for beautiful1 penniless ,bernice ,mayo1 and his determination to make her his wife4 ,stormily1 his father vowed it should never be1 and secretly planned a separation4 ,when ,claire ,douglass had been speedily dispatched abroad on important business for his father1 then it was that ,bernice learned the truth1 and her proud1 delicate nature lay crushed and bleeding beneath the cruel blow and still more cruel separation4 ,vainly she strove to rally2 all life seemed but an empty blank to her4 ,a year dragged wearily by1 and the scenes frequented by merry ,bernice ,mayo knew her no more4 ,paler and thinner she daily grew4 ,fragile1 she was1 as the white blossoms of her well-loved springs4 ,the little chain of gold that ,claire had locked on her arm would have slipped across the wasted1 transparent hand1 but for the ribbon that held its links4 ,one day 7her last upon earth7 the girl1 by dint of desperate energy1 crept to ,silver ,springs4 ,even ,aunt ,silly was unprepared for the white1 emaciated little creature who tottered into her cabin and fell fainting in her arms4 ,consciousness soon returned1 but it was apparent even to the old black woman that death had set its gray1 unmistakable seal upon the young face4 ,aunt ,silly1 gasped the girl1 ,i have come to you to die1 and you must obey my last request2 the grave divulges no secrets4 ,ere tonight's sun sets ,i shall be in heaven4 ,this separation from the man ,i love has been my death1 but in that death we shall be united4 ,i have asked ,god1 and ,he has heard me4 ,but you1 ,aunt ,silly1 you must obey my request4 ,you love me2 you will do as ,i ask4 ,tonight when the moon comes out1 row my body to ,boiling ,springs1 and bury me there4 ,you know the spot--make no mistake4 ,do this1 and ,god will attend to the rest4 ,good ,gord ,a'mighty1 chile1 you think ,aunt ,silly am gwine tote dade body off in the lonesomely night8 asked the old woman1 her very teeth chattering with the superstitious fear peculiar to her race4 ,the girl realized the risk of her plan being thwarted1 and raising herself to a sitting posture she seized the old woman's hands and fixed her dying eyes full on her face4 ,aunt ,silly1 she gasped1 ,i am a dying woman2 ,i am very near to ,god2 ,i have talked with ,him1 and ,he has answered me4 ,my will has been crushed in life1 ,i swear it shall not in death4 ,before twenty-four hours ,claire ,douglass shall join me in the crystal cavern of ,silver ,springs4 ,if you do not grant my request every spirit of evil shall surround you4 ,palsied and blind you shall grow1 and deaf--deaf to every sound but the ghosts of the dead1 which shall pursue you by day and haunt you by night4 ,do you swear to obey my dying request1 or will you refuse me1 and reap the prophecy of a dying woman1 which shall rest upon your cowardly head for refusing to obey ,god's will8 ,the old woman was shaking like an aspen4 ,her eyes protruded with fear1 and great beads of perspiration rolled down her cheeks4 ,the strength of the dying girl's will had prevailed1 and the old woman answered3 ,i promises1 honey2 ,i promises4 ,it was a solemn and awful sight that night1 witnessed alone by ,god and nature2 the boat1 which drifted down ,silver ,springs in the moonlight1 bearing its two strange occupants--the one weird1 bent1 grotesque2 the other1 so silent1 so white1 so pathetic1 in its dead loveliness4 ,not a leaf was stirring1 not a sound heard1 but the splash1 splash of the old woman's oars1 as her boat1 with its strange1 beautiful burden1 drifted over the curious1 transparent body of water2 drifted until it reached ,boiling ,springs1 then veered about and stood still4 ,gently and easily1 as if it had been a babe1 the old woman lifted the little body4 ,something of her fear had departed in the placid smile of the dead face4 ,tears rolled down her dusky face as she bent forward in obedience to the girl's curious request4 ,for a moment the body rocked to and fro on the bosom of the water1 upon which its happiest moments had been spent4 ,the dead face smiled1 and the wealth of hair gleamed in the moonlight like a sheen of gold4 ,every pebble was visible in the depths below4 ,suddenly1 as if by magic1 the body began sinking4 ,the boiling of the spring had ceased1 showing a peculiar little fissure in the rock from whence all the strange body of water came4 ,the fissure slowly divided1 received the dead body and closed again1 shutting every vestige of it from view4 ,gord ,a'mighty1 dat chile a angel sho' nuff4 ,she mus' done talked to de ,lawd2 she knowed how all dat gwine to be1 muttered the old woman1 as she rowed back to her cabin in the moonlight4 ,a mocking-bird on the opposite shore sent forth a flood of silvery melody4 ,hear dat now1 muttered ,aunt ,silly2 dat bird done sendin' forth de weddin' song o' de bridegroom4 ,come on1 ,claire ,douglass1 yo' little bride am waitin' for you more pacifyin' den she waited many a long day4 ,the day following the death of ,bernice ,mayo was one never to be forgotten by the citizens of ,ocala4 ,claire ,douglass had just returned after a year's absence4 ,he found his beautiful cousin 7whom his father desired to become his wife7 a guest at the home of his parents4 ,claire1 said his father as they lingered over the breakfast table1 ,i have a fine1 new skiff at ,silver ,springs1 and ,i wish you to take your cousin for a row this morning2 and1 by the permission of you young people1 ,i shall make one of your party4 ,delightful1 uncle1 cried the girl2 and ,claire1 while he turned a trifle pale at the thought of returning to the spot where all that had given color to his life had transpired1 could only acquiesce4 ,claire ,douglass looked unusually handsome as the party drifted down ,silver ,springs in the ,april sunshine1 but there was a curious pallor on his face1 and the uncle and niece were left to carry on all the conversation4 ,what a contrast the blooming girl in ,april sunshine bore to the one in the solemn moonlight1 who had drifted over the same water the evening before6 ,as the skiff neared ,boiling ,springs the party noted a little boat hovering over it4 ,the boat was rowed by ,aunt ,silly2 and its other occupant was an old woman1 whose eyes were swollen with weeping4 ,the skiff paused beside the little rowboat1 and the occupants of each gazed into the curious1 transparent depths below4 ,suddenly the niece cried out1 ,oh1 see1 that looks like a hand2 a little human hand6 ,plainer and more visible it grew1 the little white hand with its gold chain locked above the slender wrist4 ,ah1 little hand1 ,claire ,douglass would have known you among ten thousand hands6 ,his face was white as death and he gasped as though choking4 ,all were intent upon the scene below4 ,suddenly the boiling of the water ceased1 and out upon a rock in its transparent depths1 like a broken1 beautiful lily1 lay ,bernice ,mayo1 her golden hair floating on the sand1 her dead face smiling placidly1 as if at last a halo of peace had descended upon the tired spirit1 and the broken heart had found rest4 ,with a wild cry that pierced even the heart of the mother1 who for the last time in life gazed upon the dead face of her child1 ,claire ,douglass dashed overboard1 diving deeper1 ever deeper1 until he caught in his arms the little figure of his dead love4 ,then once more the rock divided and closed1 shutting from view forever the lovers1 who lay locked in each other's embrace4 ,and again the water whirled and boiled in its mad fury1 as if to defy the puny will of him who would have separated what ,god had joined together4 ,as for the first time the secret bridal chamber of ,silver ,springs has been made known to the world1 it will be interesting to its future visitors1 as they approach that part of it known as ,boiling ,springs1 to note in the whir of the water beneath 7the only part of the water not perfectly placid7 the constant shower of tiny1 pearl-like shells poured forth from the fissure in the rock1 and which ,aunt ,silly says are the jewels the angels gave ,bernice ,mayo upon her wedding morning when her lover joined her in their fairy palace in ,silver ,springs4 ,there is1 too1 a curious flower growing in the springs--a flower with leaf like a lily1 and a blossom shaped like an orange blossom4 ,its peculiar waxy whiteness and yellow petals are like ,bernice ,mayo's face and hair1 ,aunt ,silly says1 and she calls them ,bernice ,bridal ,wreath4 ,there is a legend among the young people of ,ocala that a woman presented with one of these blossoms will become a bride ere the close of the year4 ,,chapter ,,xxii ,robert was greatly impressed with this story and what they told him about the wonderful powers of ,lady ,bersford4 ,after consulting with his friends1 he decided to go immediately to ,silver ,springs to see her4 ,on ,sunday morning about #aj o'clock he boarded a local airplane for ,silver ,springs and arrived in the afternoon4 ,it was a fitting setting for the scene4 ,the day was beautiful1 the sunshine at its best4 ,robert had watched the plane as it flew swiftly across the country4 ,he had viewed the many beautiful orange groves and thought of the wonderful work of the hand of ,nature in painting beauty grander than any hand of man could ever do4 ,here he thought of something that he would write of ,marie in contrast to her beauty4 ,after thoughts of ,marie's beauty had flitted thru ,robert's brain and his dream and hope for ,marie had revived1 he was feeling hopeful and enthusiastic4 ,lady ,bersford upon receiving the letter of introduction from her friends1 greeted ,robert with unusual courtesy4 ,he told his story4 ,she listened attentively and when he had finished telling her about the mysterious letter1 she said that there was an interpreter at the hotel who understood most any foreign language and that she was sure he could interpret the letter4 ,robert was elated because ,lady ,bersford showed such a great interest and desire to help him4 ,he related all the obstacles he had met with in trying to get the letter interpreted before1 and had almost lost hope of ever getting it interpreted4 ,she assured him that her friendship with the interpreter would at this time bring results4 ,robert was anxious to see ,silver ,springs and ,lady ,bersford was anxious for him to go and see it immediately and said that after their return she would see the interpreter and get the mysterious letter read4 ,they went to the ,springs and slowly rowed out on the beautiful waters4 ,robert had heard the story and when the boat slowly came to a stop over ,the ,bridal ,chamber and he saw the face of a beautiful woman in the rocks his heart almost failed him4 ,he thought of the sorrows he had gone thru and wondered if such a fate might have been ,marie's4 ,the beautiful waters reflected the most radiant colors ,robert had ever seen in his life4 ,he secretly prayed the greatest prayer of his life1 that he might meet ,marie here and with all of her beauty1 where they could enjoy the beauty of nature together4 ,when he looked thru the transparent waters into the bridal chamber1 it brought him back to ,sunday morning1 ,june #e1 #aibg1 when he had expected to marry ,marie4 ,tears streamed down his cheeks and ,lady ,bersford realizing the situation and knowing that she could say little1 remained in silence until ,robert's emotions had passed4 ,then she told of her admiration for his love and devotion to ,marie and said that a scene like this1 painted by the hand of ,nature was calculated to melt the heart of the most cold-blooded man on earth4 ,robert asked the man who was rowing the boat to row back to the place where the face of the spirit bride showed in the water and as he looked down at the face again1 he thought of ,marie and this is what he said3 ,most beautiful face in all the world1 best beloved eyes that inspired the best in me1 the days pass by on leaden wings1 when only in memory your dear eyes shine for me4 ,somehow the beautiful waters and the scenery inspired a new hope in ,robert1 for love must ever inspire hope in man when his faith in a woman keeps the lovelight burning on the altar of his heart4 ,robert and ,lady ,bersford returned to the hotel4 ,after dinner1 ,lady ,bersford met ,robert and told him that she had found the interpreter and he had agreed to read the mysterious letter that evening4 ,robert1 having met with so many disappointments1 felt that he must make sure this time he would get the letter read4 ,he met the interpreter1 went over the whole story with him1 told him that no matter what the letter contained1 good or bad1 he must know the truth and nothing but the truth4 ,said he would pay any sum that the interpreter might name1 and pay it in advance1 if he would agree to read the letter regardless of what it contained4 ,his plea was so earnest that the interpreter saw that his heart was breaking and told him that no amount of money would influence him as much to read the letter as the desire to relieve an honest1 loyal heart which was breaking for a great love4 ,such men as he was our country's need in time of peril and such loyalty and devotion to a woman was found in but few men2 that it seemed more divine than real1 and that he would interpret the letter gladly and willingly4 ,when ,robert was fully assured at this time that there would be no disappointment1 he was supremely happy4 ,he grabbed the hand of ,lady ,bersford1 thanked her1 and fell upon his knees before the interpreter and thanked him in advance for his promise to interpret the letter4 ,now let us delay no longer1 said the interpreter1 give me the letter and ,i will read it4 ,robert had always carried the letter in a wallet in his pocket1 never letting it get out of his possession4 ,had it carefully folded up in some other papers4 ,he pulled forth the wallet from his pocket1 opened it up and looked for the letter4 ,it was not there4 ,he searched the wallet carefully but there was no mistake about it4 ,the letter was gone4 ,the disappointment was another great blow to him4 ,he talked the matter over with the interpreter and ,lady ,bersford and was at a loss to understand how the letter could have disappeared from his pocket4 ,was sure that he had it when he was in ,palm ,beach4 ,he telegraphed the hotel in ,palm ,beach and after making a search1 they reported that they were unable to find the letter4 ,lady ,bersford realized the keen disappointment that the loss of this mysterious letter had brought ,robert1 so she told him that she would use her spiritual powers every way possible to solve the mystery of the letter and try to help him find ,marie1 and that if he would leave her alone in silence that night1 the following day she would report to him the information she received4 ,robert arose early the next morning and decided that he would go to ,silver ,springs and see this beautiful spot just as the sun was rising4 ,it was a beautiful morning and he rode out upon the waters1 listened to the songs of the birds1 watched the beautiful fish running to and fro in the clear waters4 ,he again thought of the story of the spirit bride whom the legend said appeared upon the waters on moonlight nights4 ,his mind went back to the fishing trip at ,spirit ,lake1 ,arkansas4 ,he thought of the story of ,spirit ,lake and how he was impressed as a child with that story4 ,now it seemed more vivid and real4 ,his mind reverted back to the death of ,henry ,watson and he thought ,is it my fate to visit places and to hear stories of tragedy and disappointment of lovers1 and in the end1 will my fate be like theirs8 ,must ,i sink into the waters of forgetfulness without ever again seeing the best beloved face in all the world1 ,marie's8 ,after all1 is it like ,henry ,watson said3 ',hope is but an anchor to the soul1 but facts are stubborn things and we must face them8' ,for a moment1 ,robert felt that he had been clinging to hope all these years and he was almost ready to bid hope depart and leave him alone to facts1 but even then he knew that if hope should depart and not hold aloft a light of ,marie's love1 he at that moment would follow the course of the lover of the spirit bride and go overboard1 to be swallowed up in the beautiful waters1 to release his spirit1 that it might soar away to find ,marie4 ,the man who was rowing the boat1 noticed that ,robert had fallen into a death-like silence4 ,he asked him if he was ready to return4 ,robert awakened as if by a shot and said ,yes4 ,,chapter ,,xxiii ,he drove back to the hotel1 found ,lady ,bersford awaiting him4 ,he ate his breakfast hurriedly and retired to a secret corner in the hotel where they would be alone and he could hear what ,lady ,bersford had gathered from the spirit world the night before4 ,her first words when he entered the room were1 ,mr4 ,gordon1 ,i have good news for you and ,i know that you can depend on it4 ,last night a spirit appeared that ,i had never seen or heard before4 ,it was an ,indian girl1 named ',laughing ,waters1' who said she was the daughter of ,chief ,okeehumkee who once lived near ,silver ,springs and on account of the loss of her lover had drowned herself in the ,springs4 ,at this point ,lady ,bersford handed ,robert ,gordon a booklet on ,silver ,springs containing a legend about the death of ,laughing ,waters1 and he read it hastily4 ,,an ,,indian ,,legend ,a long time ago when ,okeehumkee was king over the tribes of ,indians who roamed and hunted around the ,southwestern lakes1 an event occurred which filled many hearts with horror4 ,the king had a daughter whose rare beauty was the pride of the old man's life1 and an idol of the braves4 ,she was a coveted prize4 ,chiefs and warriors vied with each other as to who should present the most valuable gift1 when her hand was sought from the king1 her father4 ,but the daughter had already seen and loved ,chuleotah1 the renowned chief of a tribe which dwelt among the wild groves of ,silver ,springs4 ,but it was a sad truth that between the old chief and the young chief1 and their tribes1 there had long been a deadly feud4 ,they were enemies4 ,when ,okeehumkee learned that ,chuleotah had gained the affections of his beloved child1 not many weeks passed away before the noble ,chuleotah was slain4 ,slain1 too1 by the father4 ,dead6 ,her lover dead6 ,poor child4 ,will she return to the paternal lodge and dwell among her people while her father's hand is stained with the drippings of her lover's scalp8 ,no4 ,she hurries away to the well-known fountain4 ,it was a favorite spot1 where herself and ,chuleotah met on the glassy bottom of the ,springs4 ,the pale ghost of ,chuleotah stands beckoning her to come4 ,all was still save the night winds that sighed and moaned thru the lofty pines4 ,then came the girl to the side of the ,springs4 ,for a moment she paused upon the edge of the ,springs1 then met her palms above her head1 and1 with a wild leap1 she fell into the whelming waves4 ,she had gone to one of those enchanted isles1 far out in the ,western ,seas1 where the maiden and her lover are united1 and where both have found another ,silver ,springs4 ,lady ,bersford said that ,laughing ,waters' spirit told her that after she drowned herself and her spirit was released1 she had been very happy in finding others who met disappointment in love and helping to relieve their sufferings and bring about an understanding and reunite the separated4 ,laughing ,waters said3 ,marie is still alive and for mysterious reasons is keeping in hiding from her parents and everyone else1 but her love is as strong as the ,rock of ,gibraltar1 and she will keep her promise to return to ,robert when he needs her most4 ,it was the spirit of ,marie that ,robert saw on the streets in ,paris4 ,marie was not there and never had been1 but ,robert loved her so much and longed for her until ,marie's spirit1 which had always been closely in touch with ,robert1 was able to leave her body and appear to comfort him4 ,it was ,marie's spirit he saw at the ballroom4 ,she was not there at all4 ,it occurred because ,robert needed some hope and encouragement to go on and wait until the proper time when ,marie would return to him4 ,the mysterious letter never existed4 ,it was a delusion and a power of the subconscious mind4 ,this power is known and understood by the adepts of ,india4 ,some of my tribe knew how to project the subconscious mind1 or spirit1 as some called it1 anywhere they desired4 ,robert's subconscious mind had received impressions so long and he had hoped and desired so long for a letter from ,marie1 that when her spirit appeared he expected a message1 a letter1 or some communication1 and he really thought she dropped a letter4 ,this power so strongly impressed the subconscious mind that he was able to make other people feel1 believe and see the letter1 but of course they could not read or interpret it1 because there was no letter or written message and that is why they all acted so strangely about it4 ,when ,robert at last met you1 a spiritualist and an unselfish woman1 and the interpreter1 an honest1 unselfish man refusing to accept any amount of money to read the mysterious letter1 ,i knew that no letter ever existed and removed the impression from ,robert's subconscious mind and when he went to look for the letter1 of course it was not there1 and never was because it only existed in his subconscious mind4 ,after this1 ,robert was much more cheerful and hopeful4 ,his own mind told him that he was at last on the right track4 ,he thought of the laws laid down in the ,bible2 remembered what ,jesus said when they asked him for a sign that the ,son of man would remain three days and three nights in the heart of the earth1 then rise and ascend to heaven4 ,robert knew the meaning of this4 ,he knew that sorrows1 sufferings and disappointment had to come before joy and happiness2 for every day of sunshine comes a night of darkness1 for every aching in the heart there is a returning flow4 ,that all the laws of ,nature taught the eternal law of action and reaction4 ,he took great comfort in this2 knew that the promise was laid down in the ,bible of great reward for love and faithfulness and he felt very happy because he believed ,laughing ,waters' story that ,marie would come into his life again4 ,robert remained a few days longer at ,silver ,springs4 ,enjoyed being with ,lady ,bersford and told her of his understanding of the ,bible and natural laws4 ,she said that the pure1 clean life he had led was what had brought him in contact with the spirits that had revealed to him the truth4 ,many seances were held with ,laughing ,waters1 who was very fond of ,robert and anxious to help him all she could4 ,she said that ,robert had a love the same as she had1 that he had rather die than give up ,marie1 but that he would attain the greatest honor of any man on earth except ,jesus ,christ1 because he was following the law of love and that law would bring to him his own ,marie and he would spend many happy years with her4 ,she told him that the great ,chief whose spirit was with her1 had confirmed all she had told them4 ,when ,robert prepared to depart from ,silver ,springs1 his heart was filled with gratitude1 for ,lady ,bersford and all she had done for him4 ,he wanted to pay her for her services and if she would name the amount1 he would write a check for it4 ,she explained that she was a very wealthy woman1 with a large estate in ,england2 that she had gone into this work at the solicitation of ,sir ,arthur ,conan ,doyle1 for the good that she could do for others and not for any monetary consideration4 ,her reward for being unselfish and trying to help him was his appreciation1 she said4 ,this attitude on the part of ,lady ,bersford was a great comfort to ,robert and gave him more faith in the ,bible4 ,he knew that the law that whatsoever a man soweth1 he shall also reap was a divine law and a natural law1 that no man could break it or evade it1 and that his reward was just as sure as the law was inevitable4 ,he had read ,emerson's ,essay on ,compensation1 and strongly believed that4 ,he said to ,lady ,bersford1 ,your reward is sure1 because you are doing right1 giving out the best you can to help others1 and only good will return to you4 ,lady ,bersford said1 ,thank you very much1 ,mr4 ,gordon1 ,i have enjoyed our visits and hope that we will meet again some time4 ,may ,i ask where you are going from here8 ,i am going direct to ,new ,york as ,i have important business matters to look after there1 he replied4 ,mr4 ,gordon1 you don't look strong1 she said4 ,it seems to me you need to take more care of your health and have more rest4 ,i am going from here to ,sebring1 ,florida4 ,have heard so many stories of this wonderful place that ,i want to go there to recoup my health4 ,is it a health resort8 asked ,robert4 ,lady ,bersford said1 ,i understand there is a sunshine sanitarium there4 ,they teach you how to eat and play4 ,the water is the finest in the ,state of ,florida2 in fact1 one of the few places in ,florida where you can get good drinking water4 ,the climate is ideal4 ,lake ,jackson1 one of the most beautiful lakes in the ,state is near there1 as well as many others4 ,i am told the fishing and boating is fine4 ,the ,kissimmee ,river is near there4 ,this beautiful river is associated with songs and stories of the ,southland and ,i am anxious to see it4 ,i met some friends in ,england who spent the past winter at ,sebring and they were enthusiastic over the place4 ,they had regained their health and felt that it was the place ,ponce de ,leon was looking for when he made his search to find the fountain of youth4 ,they said that ,sebring had more sunshine than any other place in ,florida4 ,i made up my mind that ,i would never leave ,florida before ,i visited this wonderful spot and see what it would do for my health4 ,robert was very much impressed with ,lady ,bersford's report on ,sebring and decided that it must be the ideal place for a tired business man to go and enjoy the sports and recoup his health4 ,it took very little persuading on the part of ,lady ,bersford to get ,robert to go to ,sebring with her4 ,on ,march #bgth1 ,lady ,bersford and ,robert ,gordon arrived in ,sebring1 ,florida4 ,they found everything just as had been described by her friends4 ,the climate was ideal1 fishing good4 ,robert enjoyed the golf links and his health began to improve a few days after he arrived4 ,time went by rapidly and a month was gone before ,robert knew it4 ,he had regained health so rapidly that he felt he had indeed found the ,fountain of ,youth4 ,having been born on the farm1 he loved nature4 ,the beautiful scenery around ,sebring delighted him2 made him forget his troubles and caused him to be more hopeful of the future4 ,he dreamed of the day when ,marie might return to him1 and he could take her to ,florida to see beautiful ,silver ,springs1 then to ,sebring to see all the beautiful lakes and the ,kissimmee ,river4 ,if her health should ever be bad1 that would be the place to restore her and she would enjoy the surrounding country as he had4 ,,chapter ,,xxiv ,in the latter part of ,april1 ,robert decided that he must return to ,new ,york and take up his duties4 ,he said good-bye to ,lady ,bersford4 ,was profuse in his thanks2 assured her that he owed her a great debt of gratitude for the comforting messages that she had brought to him thru ,laughing ,waters and above all was under lasting obligation for the great kindness she had rendered in bringing him to ,sebring where he had fully regained his health4 ,she assured him that it was a real pleasure to her to have been of service and invited him to visit her estate in ,england on his next trip over4 ,as ,robert started toward ,new ,york1 his heart was light1 his hopes were revived and he had greater faith than ever that ,marie was alive and would in the not distant future return to him4 ,when he arrived in ,new ,york he went direct to his office and laboratory4 ,walter and ,edna greeted him with enthusiasm4 ,were happy to see him looking so well4 ,walter grabbed both of ,robert's hands and said1 ,old pal1 ,i have never seen you looking so well4 ,you must have found ,ponce de ,leon's fountain of eternal youth while you were in ,florida4 ,robert replied1 ,i certainly did4 ,had some wonderful experience at ,silver ,springs1 the most beautiful spot in ,florida4 ,it was there that ,i received information that made me very happy because it made me sure that ,marie is alive and will return to me4 ,also while there ,i heard about the most wonderful health resort in the world at ,sebring1 ,florida1 where ,i went and indeed found the 'fountain of youth1' spending over a month there playing1 fishing and boating4 ,it is about the only place in ,florida where you can get good water to drink without having it shipped in4 ,the sunshine and climate are ideal4 ,i began to get better the second day after ,i was there and gained strength every day4 ,you should certainly go to ,florida on a vacation next winter and spend your time at ,sebring4 ,if you ever get married1 be sure to go to ,silver ,springs on your honeymoon for you will enjoy this beautiful spot and scenery4 ,take the trip down ,silver ,river to the ,ocklawaha1 then down the beautiful ,st4 ,johns ,river4 ,if you can make the trip next ,march or early ,april1 you will find ,nature at her best4 ,you will forget all of your troubles1 for ,nature has so staged the scenery that it reminds you only of pleasant things and inspires hope and happiness in the future4 ,when ,robert had finished telling about the beauties of ,florida1 ,walter acted bashful and ,edna looked rather sheepish4 ,then ,walter said1 ,robert1 we have a big surprise for you4 ,edna and ,i are going to be married in ,june4 ,well1 this is quite a surprise1 said ,robert1 but ,i knew it would come sooner or later4 ,you must have thought ,i guessed it when ,i talked about you going on a honeymoon4 ,i congratulate you both and wish you all the happiness in the world4 ,you are entitled to it and ,i know that you will be happy together4 ,the news of their coming marriage was not the only good news they had4 ,walter and ,edna had been working day and night for months on a great chemical discovery and had now succeeded in completing it4 ,this discovery was a perfectly harmless gas to be used in war or for medical purposes4 ,it would put people to sleep and they would remain asleep for #g days1 with no ill effects4 ,it had always been ,robert's desire to have something to use in war which would not destroy human lives and he was very much elated over ,walter's discovery4 ,walter told him that he had already tested it and that ,edna had such confidence in him1 she had taken the gas1 remained asleep for #g days1 and felt no ill effects4 ,walter knew just exactly why it worked1 because he was a great chemist and knew the natural law behind the discovery4 ,he told ,robert that this must be kept a secret until time of war when with the new ship ,marie the ,angel of ,mercy1 traveling #ajjj miles an hour1 they could go from one city to another or from one battlefield to another1 release the gas and put everyone to sleep for #g days4 ,in the meantime1 with ,the ,demon of ,death--they could destroy the enemy's bases and fortifications2 would be able to make their own peace terms with the enemy1 and at the same time obey the divine command of ,god ,thou shalt not kill4 ,cotton had been advancing rapidly and ,robert and ,walter were making money fast4 ,robert told ,walter and ,edna that on ,june #ith1 his birthday1 he was going to give them a big dinner and celebration before their marriage4 ,it was now time to declare a holiday and have a real jubilee celebration after their great discoveries were completed1 that it was but fitting to crown the event with the marriage of ,edna and ,walter4 ,they were now in position to sit calmly by and wait for the great war in the air knowing that1 with their secret discoveries1 they were prepared to save the ,united ,states in time of war and at the same time without sacrificing too many human lives4 ,the birthday party was a great success4 ,robert spared no expense in order to have everything of the best4 ,before the dinner which was served in a private dining-room1 ,robert sprung a great surprise4 ,he arose and made the following speech3 ,comrades and friends1 we have traveled the path of life together4 ,some of us have run the gauntlet of human emotions4 ,we have gone down to the depths of despair2 have reached the heights of financial glory2 have seen our greatest dreams realized4 ,god has been good to us4 ,our great discoveries are now completed4 ,fame and fortune have crowned our efforts4 ,you1 ,edna and ,walter1 are now to reach the heights of greatest bliss4 ,you are to have the satisfaction of being united in marriage1 to continue your work together and do the greatest good for the greatest number4 ,you have been unselfish in your devotion to me and in your loyalty to your country4 ,the ,bible says that where two or three are gathered together1 there ,god will be to own and to bless4 ,since ,god created the world1 the ,holy ,trinity has been the greatest power and it is referred to many times in the ,bible as ,father1 ,son and ,holy ,ghost1 and on this mundane sphere we know that happiness comes to husband1 wife and child4 ,the ,bible says that one cannot do much alone1 that there is need of two together1 and that a three-fold cord is not easily broken4 ,edna1 your devotion to ,walter has been his inspiration and has led him to the great discovery which will relieve suffering in the world4 ,your confidence in him in placing your life in his hands to test this great discovery1 deserves great credit and no honor or reward is too great for you1 but the honor that men can give or the world or your ,government1 are but empty and mean nothing to the heart of a loyal woman4 ,you are to have the greatest reward in ,walter's love and this means more to you than any honors the world can give4 ,it will satisfy when the shouts of the hero-worshippers have died away4 ,when money1 with all it can buy1 has vanished and nothing else remains but the lovelight in ,walter's eyes1 you will find happiness4 ,robert then presented a beautiful brooch made with the seal of ,solomon1 constructed with a double triangle1 and set with three beautiful diamonds4 ,in the center of the seal was a heart and in the center of the heart was a diamond4 ,he said1 ,edna1 ,i present this to you as your wedding gift4 ,it will be a symbol to you of how the three of us have worked together in love1 loyalty and faith1 to accomplish something for others thru unselfish devotion4 ,with the love of the one must come the love of the many4 ,one touch of ,nature makes the whole world kin1 and when once a woman's eyes have looked into a man's with understanding love1 he need seek no farther for the philosopher's stone1 because after that everything he touches will turn to gold4 ,this brooch and the diamonds are emblematic of your purity4 ,the diamonds are the most durable and beautiful of all precious stones4 ,they reflect all the beautiful colors of the rainbow which reveals ,god's covenant with man4 ,that is why the diamonds are used as an engagement ring1 but few there are who know and understand the real meaning and live in accordance with it4 ,you will ever reflect the beauty of the diamonds4 ,your love for ,walter1 which is the love ,i am sure never changes1 will remain fixed as the mountain ranges4 ,remember that the diamond has gone thru the greatest fire and heat and has emerged with all its strength and beauty4 ,you must learn to go thru trials and tribulations1 to help ,walter in time of trouble and to emerge unscathed1 reflecting love and beauty4 ,walter1 ,i commend to your care and keeping1 a jewel more precious than diamonds or rubies--a good woman4 ,may your loyalty and devotion ever keep her as such4 ,the dinner was then served and ,edna proved that1 as an after-dinner speaker1 she had some ability4 ,she arose1 drank a glass of pure water1 pouring part of it on the floor and said1 ,mr4 ,gordon1 my vocabulary is now destitute of the poetic rhyme that would be necessary to bring into existence words to express to you my heartfelt thanks for the favor already in hand4 ,i have been so over-generous in loving ,walter that ,i feel that ,i've neglected to extend to you the friendship due to a man of such noble ideals4 ,as ,i pour this pure water back to earth1 ,i am following an ancient custom4 ,before they entered upon any solemn obligation1 they washed their hands in pure water1 touched their lips with pure water1 to purify them and to seal the records of the past4 ,they poured the pure water back to earth1 in memory of the absent and dead4 ,i pour this pure water back to earth that in the presence of the living we are not forgetting the absent one1 and the greatest wish that ,i can have for you1 ,mr4 ,gordon1 is that at a not distant date1 ,walter and ,i may have the great pleasure of joining ,marie and yourself in an occasion like this4 ,words are idle now1 they mean but little when the heart is touched4 ,i accept your beautiful gift with all gratitude4 ,it is my prayer that the day may come when you may have another brooch made with two hearts entwined1 set with a single solitaire1 emblematic of your faith and pure love for ,marie4 ,i pray for you the gifts of all the ,gods1 and may your prayers be answered as the prayers of ,pygmalion were whose faith and love were so strong that the ,grecian ,gods turned a piece of cold marble into the living form of a beautiful woman4 ,but1 ,robert1 when ,marie returns to you in all her beauty1 ,i am sure that you will not act in the way that ,pygmalion did1 when he caused ,galatea to pray to the ,grecian ,gods to turn her back to cold marble again4 ,i am sure1 yes1 ,i know1 that such devotion as yours will keep ,marie always when she returns to you4 ,when ,edna had finished1 ,walter arose and said1 ,robert1 there is nothing left for me to say1 ,i thank you4 ,on the #bdth of ,june1 ,walter and ,edna were married4 ,robert suggested that for their honeymoon they go up thru ,canada and see the beautiful scenery there1 then go down thru ,california and in the ,fall and ,winter1 take a second honeymoon trip to ,florida and visit ,silver ,springs and ,sebring4 ,robert's mind always drifted back to the beautiful places where he thought people in love would find harmony and could commune with ,nature4 ,,chapter ,,xxv ,in the ,fall of #aibi1 ,robert and ,walter made a large amount of money in cotton and wheat4 ,robert was unusually happy4 ,altho over three years had passed without any direct news of ,marie he was sure she was alive2 felt that the time was not long to wait before she would reappear4 ,the war clouds had begun to appear as ,robert had predicted4 ,spain and ,japan were threatening the ,united ,states4 ,controversies over airplane airports arose4 ,japan had forbidden the ,united ,states commercial ships to land on her soil4 ,diplomatic relations were not smoothing affairs out and ,robert knew that war was inevitable4 ,spain had made rapid progress with airplanes and was anxious to try her power against the ,united ,states4 ,the ,united ,states ,government was waking up to the fact of their need of a greater air fleet and the ,air ,department was making some great progress4 ,robert knew they were working on secret plans and knew that he had something that could be used successfully at the right time4 ,he was spending money lavishly and working to improve on his ,ezekiel plane4 ,he was keeping everything secret1 sending out plans to different manufacturers and having the parts made1 ,walter and himself secretly putting the machine together4 ,robert had made a large amount of money buying oil stocks4 ,a big bull campaign in oil stocks had been brought about by the decreasing oil supply4 ,the ,government realizing the increased demand for gasoline on account of the large amount of airplanes used1 knew that in time of war their success would depend upon the supply of oil and gas1 so a decree was passed conserving the oil resources4 ,there was still a big foreign demand for oil and gasoline as war in ,europe was still going on4 ,affairs in ,england were in a bad state and revolution was threatened4 ,april1 #aicj ,japan declared war on the ,united ,states and ,spain joined forces with her4 ,they secured the aid of ,mexico and established an air base there4 ,the ,united ,states was unprepared for war as they had not kept up the programme of building a sufficient air fleet to protect the country against invasion by such a large fleet as commanded by ,japan and ,spain4 ,there was a hasty call by the ,government for volunteers to the ,aviation ,corps4 ,robert ,gordon and ,walter ,kennelworth hastened to ,washington1 tendered their services to the ,government and joined the ,aviation ,corps4 ,they were made ,lieutenants and ordered immediately to ,san ,antonio1 ,texas1 where the ,southern ,aviation ,division had its headquarters4 ,robert offered the benefit of his experience to the officials1 but older and wiser heads refused to listen to his advice because they thought he was too young4 ,at that time they knew nothing about his long years of secret work and his great inventions1 but they soon learned the value of his discovery and patent which he had sold to ,japan1--the muffler which made the airplane silent4 ,the ,united ,states ,government fearing that ,japan would make the first attack on the ,pacific ,coast either around ,los ,angeles or ,san ,francisco1 rushed the battle fleet to the ,pacific4 ,this proved to be one of the greatest mistakes of the war4 ,as soon as the battleships cruised into the ,pacific1 ,japan attacked from the air with their noiseless airplanes and began dropping deadly bombs from great heights4 ,the anti-aircraft guns from the decks of the battleships were powerless to reach the bombing planes at such great heights4 ,defeat was swift and severe and only a few of the battleships escaped complete destruction from the first attack4 ,the ,united ,states ,officers had found that the ,japanese planes could rise more than twice the altitude of the ,united ,states planes4 ,they knew that ,japan had some invention that was superior to ours which enabled them to reach such great heights that their airships were practically immune from attack4 ,this placed the ,united ,states at a great disadvantage as they were unable to protect the coast cities from being destroyed by bombs from the ,japanese planes4 ,a council of war was held4 ,the commanding officers were called together4 ,the ,president hastily summoned the ,cabinet4 ,there was no minimizing the danger for everyone knew that the ingenuity of ,japan had designed a superior fighting plane2 that this was to be a war in the air and that all old methods and weapons of war were obsolete2 that the ,united ,states must move quick and fast to prevent destruction of the ,pacific ,coast cities4 ,they decided to confiscate the large manufacturing plants and start them on making new inventions and the manufacture of airplanes4 ,central ,steel was confiscated2 also ,major ,motors and ,major ,electric ,co4 ,the war council decided that they should scatter their air forces from ,brownsville1 ,texas1 up to ,el ,paso to protect the ,rio ,grande from attack thru ,mexico2 that the battle line should extend up the ,colorado ,river on across to ,portland and ,seattle4 ,the land forces were all rushed to the ,coast1 forming a battle line from ,brownsville1 ,texas1 across to the ,northwest to ,seattle4 ,it was decided that this line should be held with reserve forces to be sent to support a second line of defense running from ,san ,diego up the ,coast to ,portland1 to protect inland invasion by the foe in case they were successful in capturing any of the coast cities4 ,people in ,los ,angeles and ,san ,francisco were in a state of turmoil4 ,thousands were leaving every day by train and airplane1 going to the ,grand ,canyon where there were no cities and they hoped they would be safe from attacks4 ,others went to the central and eastern parts of the ,united ,states because they feared attacks any day4 ,japan was quick to follow up her victory gained on the water by attacking ,los ,angeles from the air in the middle of ,may4 ,here again the great value of the silent motor was proved and the height to which the ,japanese plane could rise4 ,as the enemy stole over the city in the silence of the night1 not a sound could be heard from their motors at the great heights which they were sailing4 ,bombs began to fall in the business section and the skyscrapers crumbled to pieces4 ,every street light was ordered out1 leaving the city in total darkness4 ,the people were aroused at the first noise of exploding bombs and rushed out to find the city in darkness4 ,this caused a panic4 ,army officers tried to quiet the people and keep them in their homes because they realized the danger if they rushed out into the streets where the bombs were falling4 ,powerful searchlights were sweeping the sky in an effort to locate the invading planes4 ,then the giant aircraft guns were trained on the enemy1 but the distance was so great and the planes moving so swiftly1 that they were unable to do much damage4 ,they only succeeded in bringing down three of the bombing planes4 ,the ,united ,states scouting planes were sent out immediately1 followed by the fighting planes carrying #f-;inch guns4 ,they found that the ,japanese planes were dropping bombs from a height of #fj1jjj to #hj1jjj feet and the ,united ,states planes were unable to rise high enough to attack them4 ,the battle waged thruout the night and when the sun rose the next morning1 the beautiful city of ,los ,angeles was in ruins4 ,thousands of people had been killed and the most of the important buildings had been destroyed4 ,the people of ,los ,angeles were more excited than they had ever been during earthquakes4 ,the destruction and loss of life were so great that everyone forgot all about their property and money and only thought of saving their lives and protecting their loved ones4 ,the commanding officers held a hasty conference1 realizing the great damage the enemy had done and the small damage they had been able to inflict upon them and knowing that the enemy would follow this attack by more attacks it was decided that to force the people to remain meant certain death and a destruction of the balance of the valuable property1 so the only thing to do was to move the people out as fast as possible and surrender the city4 ,after the commanders had held this council1 news of their decision was conveyed to the subordinate officers4 ,lieutenant ,gordon's heart was broken when he realized that the beautiful city of ,los ,angeles must be either surrendered or destroyed1 yet he knew that unless the ,government quickly made some new and wonderful inventions1 many more defeats were in store4 ,when ,captain ,george ,cooper who was in command of ,lieutenant ,gordon's company1 received orders that no move was to be made and no scouts to be sent out until further instructions1 he called ,lieutenants ,gordon and ,kennelworth and conveyed to them the orders4 ,lieutenant ,gordon was desperate4 ,he wanted to do something to help save the situation1 but to offer his advice to his superior officers was futile4 ,finally1 he decided to disobey orders and go out on a scouting expedition alone and see what he could find out4 ,he thought he might locate a ,japanese base1 as he believed they had a mother ship somewhere near from which they were sending out the bombing planes4 ,he was flying very low as he crossed the line below ,san ,diego4 ,all at once a ,japanese plane was coming straight toward him4 ,he immediately turned his plane and rushed back across the line followed closely by the enemy who was gaining on him rapidly4 ,lieutenant ,gordon whirled his plane around quickly and charged the ,japanese plane4 ,the fight lasted for several minutes4 ,after ,lieutenant ,gordon had been gone some time and failed to return ,lieutenant ,kennelworth knowing that he had disobeyed orders and gone out with his plane decided that some harm might have come to him and that he too must disobey orders and go to his rescue4 ,he jumped into a fast plane and sailed out1 going direct toward ,san ,diego4 ,he soon sighted the two planes in combat and just before he reached the scene1 they went down together4 ,his heart sank within him4 ,he knew it was his old friend ,robert and feared for the worst4 ,landing along the side of the wreck he found that the ,japanese aviator had been killed4 ,robert's leg had been broken2 otherwise he was uninjured4 ,he quickly hauled him aboard his own plane and started back for headquarters and was just in time as other ,japanese planes were approaching and followed him close into ,los ,angeles4 ,lieutenant ,gordon was confined to the hospital three or four weeks before his leg healed and he fully recovered4 ,he was given a severe reprimand for disobeying orders but because he had brought down an enemy plane the ,government made him a ,captain for this bravery and also promoted ,lieutenant ,kennelworth1 his chum1 to the same rank4 ,in the meantime1 the people had been moved away from ,los ,angeles as fast as possible4 ,there had been several minor attacks by the enemy and more buildings had been destroyed and only a few of the enemy's planes had been brought down4 ,the situation was desperate4 ,people were frantic4 ,the ,united ,states was hopelessly outnumbered by the ,spanish and ,japanese air forces4 ,england was threatening to join forces with ,japan and ,spain4 ,an attack on ,san ,francisco was expected at any hour4 ,people wanted to get away and move east into the mountains for protection1 but the ,government had notified everyone to remain4 ,the fact that the foreign planes were noiseless put the ,united ,states at a great disadvantage4 ,robert and ,walter were using their secret radio to communicate with each other4 ,they had offered this invention to the ,government and it had been accepted4 ,this was a great help as the ,japanese were unable to intercept their code messages or take any message from the air because there were none4 ,the ,united ,states ,army officers knew that they must fight for time to get some new inventions ready to combat the enemy4 ,on ,june #adth1 ,los ,angeles was surrendered4 ,white flags were run up all over the city as a signal for the enemy planes to stop attacking4 ,the plan was to send no message to the enemy headquarters in ,mexico but to wait and see what action they would take or what terms they would offer to make4 ,general ,pearson of the ,aviation ,corps1 ,general ,johnson of the ,cavalry1 ,admiral ,dawson of the ,navy and ,general ,marshall of the ,infantry held a council to decide the next and wisest move to make4 ,a plan was discussed for crossing the ,rio ,grande into ,mexico with land troops and making an attempt to capture the supply base of the enemy4 ,general ,pearson said that the days of old tactics and war had changed1 that the enemy evidently intended to make this a war in the air and that they would attack troops from the air4 ,to send an army into the mountains of ,mexico would not only mean the loss of thousands of lives1 which would prove useless1 but that part of the air force would have to be sent into ,mexico to protect the army and this would weaken the coast patrol and give the enemy a chance to make an air attack on other coast cities4 ,admiral ,dawson said that in the weakened condition of the ,navy1 since the disaster from the first attack by the ,japanese planes1 it would be foolhardy to attempt any aggressive campaign by the ,navy1 that what ships they had were now scattered along the ,southern1 ,eastern and ,western shores for protection and to concentrate them at one point would only weaken other joints from which they would have to be withdrawn4 ,general ,marshall was of the opinion that the best plan was not to attack1 but let the enemy make the first move every time and try to find some way to protect the coast cities1 that what we needed was time to get better equipped with sufficient airplanes to cope with the enemy's superior air force4 ,so it was finally decided that the wisest course to pursue was a waiting attitude4 ,there was a panic in ,wall ,street when the news came of the surrender of ,los ,angeles4 ,edna had been left in charge of the office in ,new ,york and thru the secret ,pocket ,radio1 kept in communication with ,walter and ,robert4 ,she was conducting a campaign in the stock market for them and had made a fortune on the short side of the market4 ,business was bad1 and the whole country was in a state of turmoil4 ,after the white flags were floated over the ruins of ,los ,angeles1 days went by and there were no more attacks by the enemy1 nor was any word received from enemy headquarters4 ,the ,american patrol planes around ,los ,angeles reported occasionally seeing the enemy planes scouting over the city at great heights1 evidently taking observation as to what was going on4 ,this mysterious action on the part of the enemy was a source of worry to the commanding officers of the ,united ,states4 ,the people all over the country were in a state of anxiety1 wondering where the enemy would strike next4 ,the ,infantry and ,cavalry were restlessly waiting orders to go into action along the ,rio ,grande4 ,on the night of ,august #ast1 the enemy planes crossed the ,rio ,grande and dropped bombs all along from ,brownsville to ,el ,paso1 destroying property and killing more than a hundred thousand men among the ,infantry and ,cavalry4 ,the enemy planes were again flying very high4 ,the anti-craft guns and the attack by our planes did very little damage1 only bringing down five of the enemy planes along the entire lines1 while more than #bjj of the ,american airplanes were destroyed by bombs dropping on them from above4 ,general ,marshall in his report to ,general ,pearson next day said3 ,hell turned loose in the sky last night from ,brownsville to ,el ,paso4 ,our loss was terrific and the enemy's loss was very small4 ,there is but one hope and that is to get more and better airplanes4 ,we must get planes that will rise to a height where they can reach the enemy and make the fight in the air4 ,captain ,robert ,gordon was still stationed near ,los ,angeles and when news came of the terrible loss of life along the ,rio ,grande1 his mind turned to ,marie the ,angel of ,mercy1--his great plane secretly stored away in the ,adirondack ,mountains for use in just such an emergency as this4 ,he knew what the ,demon of ,death could do and the sleeping gas invented by ,captain ,kennelworth4 ,he thought of going to ,general ,pearson1 telling him of his discoveries and offering them to the ,united ,states to put into immediate use1 but after meditating over the matter decided that they would only call him a fool and refuse to listen to him as they had before1 because he was too young4 ,however1 he asked ,general ,pearson for orders to permit him to go on a scouting expedition over ,mexico and up and down the ,rio ,grande to see if he could learn anything of value4 ,on the morning of ,august #crd1 ,captain ,robert ,gordon traveled across ,arizona and ,new ,mexico and as he neared ,el ,paso saw the largest airship that he had ever seen before slowly drifting over ,el ,paso4 ,it was a giant plane and ,robert knew that it was either a mother ship or one of the enemy's great bombing planes which had been so high that he had never been able to see them before4 ,he began circling it at a great distance1 watching to see what this monster of the air was going to do4 ,finally1 it slowed down and came to a complete standstill4 ,he saw that it could anchor in the air and knew that the enemy had another discovery that would beat what the ,americans had4 ,waiting for awhile1 he saw what seemed to be an observation platform emerge from the side of the plane4 ,an officer appeared on it with some instruments4 ,captain ,gordon thought that they were either taking photographs or making observations over ,el ,paso for some purpose4 ,fortunately1 he had started out on a bombing plane and had plenty of bombs on board4 ,decided that he had but one life to give for his country and that he would rise as high as he could1 sail swiftly over this monster and drop his bombs4 ,when he got as close over it as he could gauge1 he released the automatic control and started dropping bombs one after another4 ,the first bomb made a hit and struck the ship near the middle1 which was lucky1 tearing a terrific hole in it4 ,he knew from the way it acted that it was badly disabled4 ,now was the time to get in his effective work4 ,dropping lower1 he let go more bombs1 this time striking the giant ship both in the front and rear4 ,it started to fall rapidly and he followed it down and got close enough to see that there were still men on board alive so he let go more bombs and in a few minutes there was nothing but a wreck of the greatest dreadnought of death which had ever floated over ,american soil4 ,before venturing to land ,captain ,gordon ascended to a great height1 circled the sky to see if there were any more enemy ships in sight which might endanger his life4 ,finding the air clear1 he immediately radioed the news with his ,pocket-,radio to ,captain ,kennelworth who was then stationed at ,san ,diego4 ,the news was quickly flashed to ,general ,pearson's headquarters4 ,on examination they found that the giant ship was a mother ship more than #fjj feet long1 bearing the name of ,tokyo ,j-#a and that it carried #be bombing planes of the most modern type with collapsible wings and equipped with powerful searchlights carrying bombs and poisonous gases4 ,it was estimated that more than #ajj officers and aviators were aboard the airship when it fell4 ,all were killed but two4 ,they were badly wounded with broken limbs and were taken prisoners4 ,there were found to be three of the enemy's planes that were not damaged badly4 ,captain ,gordon and ,captain ,kennelworth tested these planes after they were put back in working order and found that they were high altitude planes and could rise higher than any of the planes used by the ,united ,states4 ,this was a great victory because it would enable the ,american inventors to find out how these planes were built and they could also be used against the enemy4 ,news of this great victory was sent to the ,president of the ,united ,states4 ,he ordered ,general ,pearson to decorate ,captain ,gordon with the ,cross of ,aviation and convey to him the gratitude of the people of the ,united ,states and the ,president's sincere personal appreciation4 ,the afternoon newspapers in every large city in the ,united ,states carried in big headlines ,,giant ,,mother ,,ship ,,captured ,,by ,,daring ,,young ,,aviator1 ,,captain ,,robert ,,gordon4 ,the people thruout the ,united ,states breathed a sigh of relief2 felt that the tide was at last turning and that now some way would be found to destroy more of the enemy's giant ships4 ,when ,general ,pearson called ,captain ,gordon before him1 he was very modest and meek because he remembered the severe reprimand before when he disobeyed orders and brought down the ,japanese plane near ,san ,diego4 ,this time he had acted on instructions from ,general ,pearson and was very happy to have rendered a great service to his country4 ,as the ,general read the message from the ,president1 tears came into his eyes4 ,he thanked his commanding officer and said that he hoped he might have many more opportunities to render service to his beloved country4 ,at that time his thoughts turned to ,marie and he wondered where she might be and if she knew what was happening4 ,he was especially happy because he had brought this enemy ship down in the ,state in which he was born and that ,state of which he was very proud4 ,captain ,kennelworth came to congratulate him and said3 ,robert1 old pal1 ,i am very proud of you and your great achievement4 ,the ,lone ,star ,state of ,texas which was distinguished by its brave sons at the ,battle of the ,alamo1 has again been distinguished by one of her favorite sons1 and ,mexico as well as ,spain and ,japan will be made to realize that the ,texans never surrender4 ,after the night attack and the great destruction along the ,rio ,grande1 the ,american forces waited anxiously and in peril for another attack4 ,days went by without any sign from the enemy4 ,los ,angeles had not been molested and the mystery was deepening as to what were the enemy's plans and the next move they would make4 ,general ,pearson had ordered one of the planes from the ,tokyo ,j-#a sent to the ,major ,electric ,company in the ,east where they could experiment with it and make some planes like it or better ones4 ,he gave one of the planes to ,captain ,gordon and the other to ,captain ,kennelworth to be put into service4 ,captain ,gordon asked that they be permitted to go into ,mexico1 locate the enemy's headquarters and try to destroy more of their ships1 but the ,general refused to grant this request1 saying that he would not risk the lives of such valuable men or risk losing the ships which might prove very valuable when the enemy again made an attack4 ,,chapter ,,xxvi ,september1 #aicj ,after long days of anxious waiting1 with the people nervous and excited1 came the attack on ,san ,francisco4 ,the enemy planes attacked from the ,west1 the ,south and the ,north1 slipping in silently in large numbers4 ,poisoned gas was turned loose1 bombs were dropped all over the city and most of the important business and ,government buildings were destroyed4 ,the destruction was the greatest in history1 much greater than the earthquake in #aijf4 ,loss of life was terrific4 ,general ,pearson ordered ,captain ,gordon and ,kennelworth to lead the defense of the city1 using the ,japanese planes which had been taken from the wreck of the ,tokyo ,j-#a4 ,as soon as they got in high altitude over ,san ,francisco1 they could see that this was a gigantic attack4 ,thousands of airplanes were circling the air from every direction4 ,it was evident that the enemy intended to destroy ,san ,francisco very quickly4 ,captain ,gordon and ,captain ,kennelworth were able to keep in communication thru their ,pocket ,radio4 ,they agreed that one of them should attack the enemy planes approaching from the ,north and the other1 the planes approaching from the ,south and ,west1 going as high as they could and if possible getting above the enemy planes and dropping bombs on them4 ,when ,captain ,gordon got high in the air1 he saw another mother ship anchored and with the smaller planes taking off from it4 ,he sailed over and let loose his bombs and destroyed this ship4 ,other ships were coming from every direction by the thousands4 ,he sailed over them letting loose his bombs cautiously4 ,captain ,kennelworth also encountered planes by the thousands coming across from the ,west and succeeded in bringing down numbers of them4 ,finally1 the enemy planes turned on him and when he saw that escape seemed almost impossible1 decided to try to race back to headquarters4 ,the enemy planes were firing on him4 ,one wing of his plane was damaged1 then a propeller was broken and as his plane was crashing to the earth1 he felt that he was sure to lose his life2 tried to steer the best he could and finally1 seeing that he was going to land on a smooth spot where there were no trees or buildings1 he crawled out on top of one of the wings4 ,a few minutes after the crash he regained consciousness1 finding himself uninjured with only a few minor scratches4 ,fortunately he was near one of the army bases and made his way quickly there4 ,he could see to the ,west that ,san ,francisco was in flames and knew that the destruction was complete4 ,his first thought was what had happened to his old pal1 ,robert ,gordon4 ,feeling in his pocket and finding his radio safe1 he sent the distress signal which they had always used1 asking ,are you alive and where are you8 ,minutes went by and no reply4 ,he was heartsick and feared that ,robert had lost his life4 ,he slowly made his way to headquarters and reported what had happened4 ,captain ,gordon finally exhausted his bombs1 but he estimated that he had brought down several hundred of the enemy planes because he had sailed over them where they were flying by the hundreds in wedge formations1 each division being followed by a giant supply ship which could anchor high up in the air and supply more bombs when the bombing planes exhausted their supply and returned for more4 ,robert thought1 this is just what our ,government needs4 ,if there were only a supply ship in the air now where ,i could go and get more bombs1 ,i could bring down hundreds more of the enemy's planes4 ,he decided to make his way back to the base or headquarters as he was powerless without bombs1 but his decision was too late4 ,the enemy planes had located him and were coming straight toward him4 ,he speeded up and tried to make his way to safety1 fearing that any minute the enemy would fire on him or drop a bomb on his plane1 but the ,japanese had discovered that he was flying one of their own planes and they thought he was one of their own aviators and had no intention of harming him4 ,when they got close enough to see that the plane was piloted by an ,american aviator1 they flew close beside him1 signaled him to follow them1 one plane leading and two others falling in beside him4 ,there was nothing else to do and he was glad of a chance to save his life4 ,they led him up1 up1 up1 thousands of feet in the air1 finally reached a giant plane anchored1 where they landed1 taking ,captain ,gordon a prisoner4 ,as soon as they had landed with him1 his mind went back to the days of his youth1 when he had built his first bicycle to ride on the water1 and when he had read the ,bible and talked about the wars to come and made his plans for the great airship4 ,he recalled the dream his mother had which greatly disturbed her4 ,she told him she dreamed that she saw ,san ,francisco destroyed by some terrible machine and that one of her sons had nearly lost his life there4 ,he thought of how his mother had told him about his oldest brother losing his life in the ,san ,francisco earthquake and he wondered if now he was to lose his life there1 because he felt that the ,japs were very treacherous and would probably not keep him a prisoner but would take his life4 ,he prayed for his dear old mother and prayed for ,marie that she might be safe and her life be spared1 no matter what his fate might be4 ,through all this excitement1 for the first time he thought of his ,pocket-,radio4 ,before he could get it out of his pocket1 he received the ,s4,o4,s4 signal from ,walter and answered1 telling him what had happened and where he was4 ,ever since the first battle of ,los ,angeles1 the ,united ,states officers had felt certain that an attack would come upon ,san ,francisco and had prepared for it the best way possible4 ,they had concentrated a greater portion of their best airplanes there and had thrown them into the fight by the thousands and they had gone down in large numbers1 not only being outnumbered by the enemy planes but being unable to follow the enemy planes high enough to destroy them4 ,when reports were made the following morning1 more than three thousand of this country's airplanes had been lost4 ,the loss of life in ,san ,francisco was appalling4 ,almost half of the population had been wiped out4 ,most of the valuable buildings had been destroyed4 ,all the ships anchored in the harbor were blown to pieces4 ,a poisonous gas which ,american chemists had never seen or heard of before had been distributed all over ,san ,francisco and the people who were left were sick and dying by the thousands4 ,the waters in the bay had been poisoned and the fish were dying from this deadly gas4 ,it was indeed a time of trouble such as the world has never known1 as spoken of by ,st4 ,john in the ,book of ,revelation4 ,the capture of ,captain ,gordon and the loss of both of the ,japanese airplanes which had been captured at the destruction of the ,tokyo ,j-#a was a disheartening blow1 because ,captain ,kennelworth had reported how effectively he had worked over the enemy planes and how many he had destroyed4 ,he was sure that ,captain ,gordon had destroyed many of their planes4 ,when a survey was made of the city it was found that several hundred of the enemy's planes had been brought down4 ,most of this was attributed to the work done by ,captains ,gordon and ,kennelworth with the high altitude foreign planes4 ,when all reports were in1 the commanders of the ,united ,states armies got together for a conference4 ,this disaster in such a short time was bewildering and it required quick decision as to the next move4 ,they were at a loss to figure out what the enemy's next move would be1 remembering that after ,los ,angeles had been surrendered and the white flag had floated over it1 it had never been molested4 ,knowing that another attack would finish the remains of ,san ,francisco1 they decided to surrender it1 and again the white flag was raised over all the remaining buildings4 ,when ,general ,pearson saw these instructions being carried out1 he was overcome with emotion4 ,tears were flowing down his cheeks and he exclaimed2 ,my ,god1 my ,god1 is the land of liberty to be destroyed8 ,is there no way to prevent this deadly destruction8 ,as soon as the ,japanese had captured ,captain ,gordon they knew who he was4 ,he was the man who had sold them the great silent muffler4 ,they brought him to headquarters in ,mexico where he was questioned as to what other inventions he had4 ,he told them that the only invention he had of value was the secret radio1 with which he could send communications without any sound in the air and without anyone intercepting the messages1 but made no mention of the other discoveries that he had which he knew could be used in time of emergency and of which he had never told the ,united ,states ,government officials4 ,the ,japanese offered ,robert his freedom and a large amount of money if he would sell them this invention4 ,after communicating secretly and silently with ,walter1 ,robert had him tell the commanding ,general about the proposition the ,japanese had offered him and asked for instructions as to what he should do4 ,their reply was to remain prisoner and not give up any of his secrets to the enemy1 because the situation was bad enough at the best4 ,but ,robert knew that his services would be of greater value to his ,government and that it was bad judgment for him to remain a prisoner4 ,he felt that he could make another invention for communications which would outwit the ,japs1 so he decided on his own responsibility to give up the secret radio1 and after they tested it1 they gave him his freedom and conveyed him safely out of the enemy lines4 ,robert returned to headquarters near ,san ,francisco and reported to ,colonel ,davis just what he had done4 ,he was immediately sent before ,general ,pearson who was then in command of the ,united ,states ,air forces4 ,general ,pearson after hearing the story and considering ,robert's splendid record1 decided that clemency should be extended to him but1 before doing so1 decided to communicate with the ,president of the ,united ,states and await his decision and instructions4 ,a meeting of the ,cabinet was called and they voted that ,captain ,gordon was a traitor to his country1 but decided that he should not be court-martialed and shot1 but dishonored4 ,orders were sent that his uniform be torn from him and that he be held a prisoner4 ,this was the greatest blow to ,robert that had ever befallen him since the loss of ,marie1 but he had faith in ,god4 ,he knew that he had done right and what was for the best1 just as the ,creator of the universe does all things well and for the best4 ,he read his ,bible that night while in prison and was consoled by reading ,job1 where he said1 ,lord1 ,lord1 ,i'll wait until my change comes4 ,robert knew that the time would come when he would be able to demonstrate to his ,government that his judgment was right and that he was acting for the best4 ,his heart and soul were with his country and he would sacrifice time and money to be prepared to protect his ,government4 ,he asked to be allowed to have a conference with ,walter1 which was granted4 ,told ,walter to say nothing about his sleeping gas discovery or the ,demon of ,death1--the great light ray destroyer which they could use1 and to tell nothing of the great ship ,marie the ,angel of ,mercy1 which they had safely stored away in the ,adirondack ,mountains4 ,that when the ,government came to realize the need of great help and faced defeat1 he would then demonstrate the inventions that he had to save the country4 ,general ,pearson was very much interested in ,gordon's case4 ,he remembered the great feat of bringing down the ,tokyo ,j-#a and believed that ,robert was a genius and a valuable man to the ,government4 ,if the officials had listened to ,robert and taken the discovery he had offered them1 probably the defeat in ,san ,francisco would never have happened4 ,he did not blame ,robert for selling his invention to ,japan in peace time1 nor did he condemn him for turning over his secret ,pocket ,radio to the ,japanese to secure his freedom4 ,believed he was loyal to his country and acted as he thought best and had not done it for a selfish motive4 ,the ,general decided to visit ,robert at the prison4 ,after holding a conference with him1 ordered him removed and brought to headquarters where he could keep him under his personal supervision4 ,robert confided to ,general ,pearson that if he could secure his release1 and let him return to his laboratory in ,new ,york1 he could very quickly complete another invention to enable the ,united ,states forces to communicate secret orders from place to place1 which the enemy could not understand or use4 ,he told him that he had an invention partly completed which when placed a certain distance from an airplane would prevent any communication by his secret radio and that with this it would make the secret radio which he turned over to ,japan1 absolutely useless4 ,general ,pearson believed his story and had faith in him so communicated with the ,president of the ,united ,states and obtained permission to send ,robert ,gordon to his ,new ,york laboratory4 ,the ,general realized that the situation was much worse than the newspapers were letting the public know4 ,the ,government was suppressing their weakened condition4 ,general ,pearson knew that with help from ,england or any other foreign country1 it would be easy for the enemy to take ,new ,orleans1 ,chicago and then sweep down on ,washington and ,new ,york4 ,the liberty of the ,united ,states now hung in a balance and unless something was done1 and done quickly1 their cause would be lost4 ,general ,pearson wrote to the ,president that there was no denying the fact that the situation was critical and that the enemy had something up their sleeve and that unless every effort was made to forestall their move1 he feared a repetition of the terrible disaster at ,san ,francisco4 ,he sent the record of ,robert ,gordon4 ,said that while he was a young man1 he was one of the bravest aviators that he had ever known2 that he was not only bright but brilliant4 ,he believed he was a genius4 ,that he had had a long talk with him and that ,gordon had asked to be released and permitted to return to his laboratory in ,new ,york where he believed he could complete a valuable invention which would prove a great help to the country4 ,the ,general recommended that ,gordon be released and permitted to return to ,new ,york and given a chance4 ,said that this was the age of the young men because they were progressive and up to the times4 ,the ,president wrote ,general ,pearson to use his own judgment and send ,gordon to ,new ,york if he thought best4 ,general ,pearson gave orders that ,robert ,gordon be brought to him4 ,he communicated the good news1 gave him a passport and told him to proceed immediately to ,new ,york and work just as rapidly as possible to perfect any kind of invention that would help defeat the enemy's plans4 ,,chapter ,,xxvii ,when ,robert arrived in ,new ,york1 ,edna told him about the great fortune which she had made on the short side of the market and how when she received the good news by secret radio of his capture of the ,tokyo ,j-#a she calculated that as soon as it was generally known1 it would restore confidence and stocks would have a big rally4 ,she hastily covered all the short contracts and bought stocks for long account4 ,the following afternoon when the big headlines announced the capture of the ,tokyo1 traders all rushed to buy and the market advanced rapidly4 ,she said ,mr4 ,gordon1 do you know the market is following the forecast which you mapped out in #aibg8 ,he said1 ,i have been so worried over the war and my dishonor that ,i haven't had time to think about making money4 ,if ,general ,pearson hadn't proved to be a good friend1 ,i would still be in prison4 ,now ,i must use some of my inventions to help my country and prove to them that ,i did act for the best and that ,i am loyal4 ,edna asked if he thought there was any hope of the terrible war ending soon4 ,no1 he replied1 it will get worse in #aica when many other nations will join against us4 ,the end will not come until the ,summer or ,fall of #aicb4 ,that is dreadful1 she said1 if it lasts that long1 they will destroy every large city in the ,united ,states unless something is done to beat them4 ,in the latter part of ,october1 #aicj1 ,robert returned to ,denver1 ,colorado1 where ,general ,pearson had moved the aviation headquarters1 and was moving heaven and earth to prevent the advance of the enemy toward the ,east4 ,many people on the coast had become frightened and moved to ,denver for protection4 ,robert brought the new invention which he called the ,radio ,annulifier4 ,the ,spaniards and ,japanese were making use of ,robert's secret radio1 which was one of the most valuable discoveries up to that time4 ,the ,annulifier was now placed on scouting airplanes and they were sent out4 ,they found that it would work a distance of several hundred miles4 ,this disorganized the enemy forces because they did not understand what had gone wrong with the secret mechanism of the ,pocket-,radio with which they were able to transmit orders without sound or fear of detection4 ,they had to resort to the old method of using radios and wireless4 ,robert had invented a new machine to record either sound or communications by light waves4 ,he soon secured the plans of the enemy and reported to ,general ,pearson1 who was still in command for the ,aviation ,corps1 that the enemy was planning to attack from the ,gulf of ,mexico1 follow up the ,mississippi ,river1 take ,new ,orleans and at the same time make a joint attack across the ,great ,lakes1 cutting off the ,government's forces and the wing which was holding across from ,denver1 ,colorado to ,canada on the ,north and the border of ,texas on the ,southwestern side4 ,when ,general ,pearson received this disappointing news1 he realized that the situation was desperate4 ,he communicated with the ,president of the ,united ,states1 who immediately called the ,cabinet together4 ,all the ,army ,officers were called in conference to discuss plans as to the best thing to do to forestall the attack4 ,they were forced to admit the painful truth that the fleet of airplanes was not sufficient to withdraw enough forces from the ,western line to send to the ,north and ,south1 to protect ,chicago and the ,mississippi valley4 ,general ,pearson made plain to the ,war ,council the great value of ,robert ,gordon and suggested that he be restored to his former rank for what he had already done4 ,they agreed with him and ,robert ,gordon was made ,colonel in the early part of ,november1 #aicj4 ,walter ,kennelworth1 for his great services in working with ,robert1 was also promoted to ,colonel4 ,when ,colonel ,gordon informed ,general ,pearson that ,mrs4 ,kennelworth was his sole secret aid in completing the ,annulifier which had helped him to get the enemy's plans1 this news was conveyed by the ,general to the ,president of the ,united ,states who ordered ,mrs4 ,kennelworth to report immediately at headquarters in ,washington4 ,the ,president thanked her personally for the great service she had rendered the country and told her that she was the greatest woman since ,molly ,pitcher1 who had taken her husband's place at the cannon4 ,he conferred upon her the title of ,captain of ,inventions and ordered her to return to her laboratories in ,new ,york and continue her scientific work4 ,this brought great rejoicing to ,colonel ,gordon and ,colonel ,kennelworth and they redoubled their efforts to do everything to help save the country1 but they were not in the ,war ,council and had nothing to say in regard to the plans of protection or attack4 ,complications came thick and fast1 the enemy was landing more planes in ,mexico1 bringing up reinforcements4 ,they moved part of their army from ,san ,francisco north1 and in ,december1 #aicj1 after a short engagement1 captured ,seattle and ,portland4 ,the ,war ,council knew that this left the enemy in command of the entire ,pacific ,coast as most all of the smaller towns had been abandoned because they feared destruction and the next attack would probably be either on the ,south or the ,east4 ,they were satisfied that they would probably attack from the ,gulf of ,mexico and try to get a good hold on the ,southeastern part of the ,united ,states and1 if successful1 would then attack from ,canada and the ,great ,lakes4 ,the ,united ,states ,government was making airplanes as fast as possible1 but they were so far behind and lacked trained men to man them1 that the situation was very tense and the ,government officials freely expressed their anxiety4 ,people in the ,east were excited and scared4 ,they feared an attack upon the defenseless cities at any time and that the destruction of ,los ,angeles1 ,san ,francisco1 ,portland and ,seattle might be repeated4 ,the crushing blows that the ,government had received in the loss of the ,pacific ,coast had weakened the morale of the people and they had lost confidence in the ,government and its officials4 ,the fact that the enemy had made no attempt to set a fixed ransom on any of the cities captured showed that they were looking for something bigger before trying to enforce their demands upon the ,united ,states4 ,the ,government officials knew that the ,japanese would demand ,california or the greater part of the ,pacific ,coast territory4 ,they were hoping that further attacks could be staved off until they were better prepared to meet them4 ,army officials1 as usual1 thought they were handling everything for the best and paid no attention to the counsel of men who might be able to help4 ,colonel ,kennelworth confided to some of the ,generals that ,colonel ,gordon and himself had some great discoveries which1 when and if completed would beat the enemy1 but they paid little attention to his statements1 and after ,walter and ,robert had a conference1 they decided to keep quiet and say nothing further about them until the time when the ,government was in desperation and would listen to reason4 #aica ,after months of waiting and only a few scouting expeditions on the part of the enemy1 a sudden attack occurred in ,march4 ,a large fleet of airplanes sailed up the ,mississippi ,river and attacked ,new ,orleans4 ,destruction was swift and severe4 ,the ,united ,states started to withdraw forces from across the ,central part and from ,texas1 but they soon realized that somewhere out in the ,atlantic ,ocean or in the ,gulf of ,mexico1 there was a secret base of supplies and they suspected that ,england had already joined forces with the enemy4 ,the enemy's planes were so superior1 their poisonous gas and bombs so effective that ,new ,orleans fell within three days4 ,the alarm spread so fast over the ,united ,states that people were panic-stricken4 ,there was a panic in ,wall ,street4 ,stocks crashed rapidly and ,captain ,edna ,kennelworth was again on the short side and had made a large amount of money for the firm of ,gordon ,kennelworth4 ,after the terrible destruction of ,new ,orleans1 it was again decided to float the white flag over the city1 as had been done in ,los ,angeles1 ,san ,francisco1 ,portland and ,seattle4 ,people were badly frightened2 were leaving their homes and property and going in every direction1 not knowing which was the best way to go to save their lives4 ,many of the old darkies went to the swamps1 hid out until they were starving to death1 feeling that they were safer away from any of the cities or buildings4 ,the most mystifying thing to the ,government officials was that up to this time when the enemy had succeeded in destroying a city1 they had never returned or attempted to do any more damage after the white flag floated over it4 ,they knew that the enemy had several bases in ,mexico and were at a loss to understand why more attacks had not been made on the towns along the border of ,texas2 but now that they had started up the ,mississippi ,river1 it was plain that they were bent on destroying only the largest cities in the country and that1 eventually1 they would make demands for large amounts of indemnity and territory4 ,why no demands had been made up to this time and why the enemy had not tried to land troops and take charge was hard to understand4 ,the wiser heads among the ,government officials felt that the enemy wanted to sufficiently frighten the people all over the ,united ,states and destroy enough life and property that when they did make a demand1 that no matter how unreasonable1 the ,united ,states would be forced to accept4 ,it was thought that there was some secret treaty between ,spain1 ,japan1 ,mexico and other foreign countries1 and that they had started their campaign in the ,south and would later attack the ,eastern ,coast because they knew that they would get help from other countries if it was required4 ,after the fall of ,new ,orleans1 the enemy continued their march up the ,mississippi valley4 ,one by one important cities were bombed4 ,natchez1 ,vicksburg1 then ,memphis fell under the fire of the enemy4 ,the devastation was the greatest ever known4 ,not only were the buildings destroyed by bombs1 but fire and poisoned gases were used4 ,hundreds of thousands of people lost their lives4 ,people were so terrified that they wanted to flee to the mountains and forests and get away from all the towns4 ,the march up the ,mississippi thus far had cost the ,government the loss of thousands of their best airplanes4 ,the enemy's loss was very small4 ,on account of flying at such great heights1 it was hard to reach them with the anti-aircraft guns or the army planes4 ,the ,united ,states army officers knew that the next objective would be ,st4 ,louis1 and that if ,st4 ,louis were captured1 they would probably attack ,chicago1 close the lines1 prepare to attack the ,eastern ,coast and try to take ,washington and ,new ,york4 ,colonel ,gordon and ,colonel ,kennelworth were doing great work1 but were fighting against terrific odds4 ,they had to take orders from their superior officers1 and were not able to act on their own initiative4 ,colonel ,gordon was permitted to sit in at a conference of the ,war ,council in ,april1 #aica1 but after listening to his plans1 they refused to accept them2 at the same time they knew the country needed help because further attacks were imminent1 and the enemy was pushing on to victory and gaining more help all the time4 ,some of ,colonel ,gordon's plans were to ask ,france to come to our aid in view of the fact they had helped us in the ,revolution of #ahab and that we had gone to their rescue in the ,great ,war in #aiag showing our appreciation for the services rendered by ,lafayette4 ,he also wanted to ask ,canada to join us and protect the ,northern border of the ,united ,states4 ,after the first battle of ,new ,orleans1 the ,united ,states transferred all the planes they could spare for patrol of the ,eastern and ,southern coasts along the ,atlantic and ,gulf of ,mexico4 ,commercial and passenger airplanes were crossing daily to and from ,europe4 ,one foggy night in the month of ,april1 scouting planes flying as high as they could1 sighted a large fleet of airships flying toward ,savannah1 ,georgia4 ,they decided that they were enemy planes making for ,savannah1 to attack it4 ,commander ,rooker in charge ordered his company to sail over the fleet and start dropping bombs4 ,they were quickly destroyed1 all falling into the ocean4 ,when our planes descended to see how many had been destroyed and what country they were from1 they found that they were not enemy planes at all1 but were commercial planes from ,england1 ,germany1 ,austria and ,italy4 ,this complicated matters more and diplomatic communications failed to smooth out the difficulties4 ,england refused to accept an explanation or apology and all the other countries took sides with her4 ,our ,cabinet officers held a conference4 ,they decided that ,england and the other countries1 knowing our weakened condition1 had intended to join the enemy all along and were only waiting for an excuse1 but they now knew that with all these countries against them1 without some aid or new discovery1 the cause was lost4 ,general ,pearson said ,colonel ,gordon was right4 ,we should have asked the help of ,france and ,canada long before this4 ,we must now seek aid from any country that is friendly to us4 ,we went to the rescue of the ,allies in the darkest days of the ,world ,war and surely some of them will stand by us in this1 our greatest hour of need4 ,in ,may1 #aica1 ,england1 ,germany1 ,italy and ,austria joined forces against the ,united ,states4 ,the wealth of the ,united ,states had caused so much jealousy that it now began to look as tho ,uncle ,sam were a lone eagle against the world4 ,england began to land her forces and establish a base in ,canada1 and the ,war ,council1 knowing that ,england would attack the ,eastern ,coast1 made all preparations to try to protect the ,northern border and the ,eastern ,coast1 withdrawing forces from other strategic points to try to protect the ,north and the ,eastern part of the ,united ,states4 ,in the latter part of the month1 ,england and the other allied enemy forces sailed across the ,atlantic1 bringing their entire fleets on the water escorted by thousands of modern airplanes4 ,they had been preparing for war for years2 had built fast hydroplanes which could travel on the water at more than #aej miles an hour4 ,when this fleet arrived off the ,atlantic ,coast1 the ,united ,states air patrol attacked them1 but were so far outnumbered that it was futile4 ,the patrol was quickly destroyed4 ,all of the ,united ,states commercial planes were stopped from carrying mail1 passengers or express across the ,atlantic4 ,the enemies were now in position to blockade the ,united ,states on every side4 ,the ,japanese1 ,spanish and ,mexican planes were patrolling the ,gulf of ,mexico and the ,pacific ,coast4 ,we were now in a worse position than the ,allies were in #aiag when they were fighting with their backs to the wall and the ,united ,states went to their rescue4 ,the ,war ,council knew that ,england would now close the ,northern border1 shut us off from ,canada and would probably attack all along the border sooner or later4 ,the ,united ,states had concentrated all the available forces which could possibly be spared to try and forestall attacks upon ,chicago and the ,central part of the country4 ,while an attack was hourly expected in ,st4 ,louis1 part of the ,english1 ,german and ,italian battleships1 under the protection of their air fleet1 moved to the mouth of the ,mississippi ,river4 ,the airplanes1 numbering thousands1 led the advance up the river1 followed by the hydroplanes and battleships4 ,the planes destroyed cities and drove the people away in terror4 ,when this march started1 the ,united ,states ,war ,council decided to move the ,infantry and ,artillery as fast as possible to try and protect the territory along the ,mississippi and prevent the advance up thru the ,central and ,northern parts of the ,united ,states4 ,the enemies took charge of ,new ,orleans and placed their officers in control of the city4 ,fierce fighting continued all the way up the river4 ,the ,united ,states was hopelessly outnumbered and the loss of men and planes was enormous4 ,it began to look as if resistance was folly4 ,it was plain that this was a move to take charge of our territory and showed that ,japan1 ,spain1 and ,mexico had only been waiting for the time when ,england and other countries would join them to start taking over captured cities4 ,the move up the ,mississippi was swift4 ,every town was taken over and placed under the control of ,english officers4 ,finally1 when ,cairo1 ,illinois1 was reached the ,united ,states had perfected a new invention for dropping chemicals from airplanes into the water and then using an electric current from an airplane to discharge the chemical hundreds of miles away4 ,when the enemy advanced and the airplane attack was on at ,cairo1 the inhabitants had been moved to ,louisville and ,cincinnati and there was no attempt to try to save the city4 ,the plan was to let the enemy hydroplanes and battleships move up the river and destroy them by the powerful electric charge in the water4 ,when they had completed great destruction in ,cairo1 the hydroplanes and light battle cruisers which followed up the advance1 taking charge of cities1 moved up to the mouth of the ,ohio to land and take charge of ,cairo4 ,colonel ,walter ,kennelworth had been sent to ,cairo with a new plane which had been completed by the ,major ,electric ,co4 ,this plane was equipped with an electric machine which could take the electric current from the air1 charge into the water1 and destroy battleships for miles in every direction4 ,he was circling the sky at a high altitude and watching for an opportunity4 ,finally1 seeing the airplanes receding from ,cairo when they thought they had completed the destruction1 he pressed a button and turned loose the powerful electric ray4 ,in less than a minute every cruiser and hydroplane was blown to pieces or burnt up by the electric current4 ,the enemy lost every man on board their ships4 ,while ,cairo had been almost completely destroyed1 this was the first real victory for the ,united ,states since ,colonel ,gordon destroyed the ,tokyo ,j-#a4 ,the news was flashed all over the ,united ,states and people on the ,eastern ,coast1 from ,boston to ,miami1 who feared destruction at any minute1 breathed a sigh of relief and hoped that this would turn the tide4 ,the old-timers talked about the ,yankee ingenuity and said that the brains of the ,united ,states were the greatest in the world and would find a way to overcome any obstacle and defeat the enemies no matter how powerful they were4 ,after this disaster to the hydroplanes which had been marching up the ,mississippi1 the enemy air fleet ceased its attacks for awhile1 but about the end of ,june1 an air fleet swarmed over ,cairo1 landed without much resistance1 and officers were put in charge of the town4 ,the ,united ,states had already asked ,france to come to their rescue and implored ,canada to forbid ,england or any other foreign countries to cross their borders to attack the ,northern and ,eastern borders of the ,united ,states4 ,france had quickly responded and informed the ,united ,states ,government that they stood ready to order their air fleet to the ,united ,states or to attack ,england and ,germany at home4 ,this was another piece of good news which cheered the country and put courage into the hearts of the soldiers who had been fighting for more than a year against such great odds and had been meeting with such disastrous defeats4 ,the newspapers were optimistic1 but the ,government officials knew that the odds were still greatly against us and that we were out-classed and outnumbered in the air1 where the decisive battles would be fought4 ,,chapter ,,xxviii ,on ,july #dth1 #aica1 the people all over the ,united ,states were celebrating the victory at ,cairo where the ,english and ,german battleships and hydroplanes had been destroyed4 ,everything had been quiet and there had been no more air attacks on the cities4 ,a large fleet of the enemies' planes were seen constantly scouting up and down the ,mississippi4 ,colonel ,gordon had sent out a scouting expedition with some of the planes equipped with powerful searchlights and they had discovered several mother supply ships1 like the ,tokyo1 anchored at great heights above ,cairo4 ,he knew that this meant that preparations were being made to attack ,st4 ,louis and continue the advance up the ,mississippi1 that the enemy was making for ,chicago and the ,great ,lakes to form a line across the ,united ,states so that their airplanes could control this territory1 shut off any attacks from the ,west while they advanced on the ,eastern and ,northern borders of the ,united ,states4 ,the ,nation's birthday brought more good news4 ,canada informed the ,united ,states that she would join hands with her1 order ,england's forces to leave ,canadian territory and forbid them to cross ,canada to attack the ,united ,states4 ,this news was received in ,washington just before the ,president delivered his annual ,independence address4 ,while his speech was short1 he called attention to the fact that this was the #aeeth anniversary of the independence of the ,united ,states and that the liberty of this country was threatened greater than at any time since the days of the ,declaration of ,independence1 but stated that cheering news had just come from ,canada which would be a great help2 that ,france1 our old friend1 who had stood by us before1 had also come to our rescue and that there was room for hope4 ,the recent victory of ,cairo was of great importance4 ,the new inventions which were rapidly being completed would surely save the ,united ,states in her hour of greatest need4 ,he urged the people to be courageous1 not leave their cities or desert their homes unless absolutely necessary4 ,while no one could be sure of the end1 he hoped that a decisive victory would be gained within a few months4 ,colonel ,gordon reported what the scouting planes had discovered and said that this could mean but one thing1 that the enemy is concentrating at ,cairo and that the next attacks would be on ,st4 ,louis1 then probably ,louisville1 ,cincinnati1 and ,chicago4 ,at a conference of the ,war ,council1 he suggested that there was no use risking the lives of the women and children in these cities2 that arrangements should be made to move them to places of safety at once1 that camps should be established in the ,catskills and ,adirondack ,mountains where they could remain until the danger had passed4 ,the ,council1 after discussing the matter1 decided that this would prove to be a bad move on the part of the ,government because it would disclose their weakened condition to the enemy who might be scouting around ,st4 ,louis at high altitudes and would see the people being moved away and know that the country was frightened and make an attack immediately4 ,the ,council decided to prepare for an attack1 believing that with the help of ,canada and ,france1 this country would emerge a victor4 ,in the early part of ,august1 #aica1 the attack upon ,st4 ,louis started4 ,the ,united ,states had concentrated every available force there4 ,canada had sent her airplanes to patrol the ,northern border1 enabling the ,united ,states to withdraw more forces to protect the ,central part of the country4 ,the battle raged on and off1 day and night4 ,there were attacks and counterattacks4 ,the ,united ,states factories were turning out airplanes now at the rate of more than #ajjj per day4 ,the ,henry ,motor ,company of ,detroit had made great improvements on bombing and scouting planes and were turning them out rapidly4 ,a new long-range gun had been completed which would reach the enemy's planes at greater heights and this proved to be of great value in the battle of ,st4 ,louis4 ,on the third day of the battle1 ,general ,pearson ordered ,colonel ,gordon and ,colonel ,kennelworth to lead their men against the ,southern and ,eastern wings of the enemy4 ,they succeeded in bringing down over #ejj of the enemy's planes1 and the ,united ,states in the encounter only lost about #bjj planes4 ,this was very encouraging and ,general ,pearson ordered more of the reserves thrown into the fight on the following day and this seemed just what the enemy was waiting for4 ,one mistake after another was made by the subordinate officers of the ,united ,states in carrying out instructions for attacking4 ,the bombing planes ran short of ammunition and were destroyed by the enemies in trying to return to their bases for supplies4 ,the enemy had concentrated more than #cj1jjj planes for this giant attack on ,st4 ,louis4 ,buildings were being destroyed daily and the loss of life was great4 ,frightened women and children were rushing in every direction only to get into the path of the exploding bombs4 ,the enemy's planes proved superior1 larger and better-manned4 ,their large supply ships anchored at high altitudes enabled them to get in their effective work of destruction when the ,united ,states planes ran out of ammunition4 ,after the battle had waged for #ad days1 with the ,united ,states losing thousands of planes1 the cause seemed to be hopeless and ,st4 ,louis was surrendered4 ,the situation was getting more desperate all the time and the people again were losing hope4 ,the large loss of airships at the battle of ,st4 ,louis had weakened the ,u4,s4 ,army regardless of the rapidity with which new planes were being turned out4 ,the enemy took charge of ,st4 ,louis and moved part of their supply bases there4 ,the food situation was acute thruout the country4 ,farmers had been afraid to go to the field to plant anything4 ,canada was not able to supply all of our needs and we were blockaded on the ,south1 ,east and ,west4 ,the ,cabinet now awoke to the fact that many mistakes had been made and that the situation instead of improving was growing rapidly worse4 ,before the fall of ,st4 ,louis or the news of it had had time to be fully understood by the people all over the ,united ,states1 the ,english and the ,germans attacked the ,northern border1 making for ,chicago4 ,the lines were tightly drawn1 the enemy was still holding the ,western ,coast and it now meant only a matter of capturing ,chicago1 close up the lines between ,chicago and ,st4 ,louis1 and complete the enemy's lines across the ,central part of the ,united ,states4 ,council after council was held while the fighting was going on around the ,great ,lakes4 ,the ,government rushed reinforcements and the new long-range gun on our large cruising airships was able to do effective work for a long time in protecting ,chicago4 ,england lost heavily in the battle around the ,great ,lakes because ,canada was helping us there1 but the blow was heavy to the ,united ,states4 ,our losses in men and planes were tremendous4 ,in the early part of ,september1 #aica1 it was plain from the skirmishes which had been taking place around the ,great ,lakes that the enemy was trying to attack ,chicago and it was only a question of time when they would break thru and make the attack4 ,the ,united ,states officers were well aware of the fact that if ,chicago fell into the hands of the enemy1 it would place the ,united ,states at a greater disadvantage than ever to defend the ,eastern ,coast4 ,the ,united ,states ,war ,council decided to urge ,france to attack ,england and ,germany and make them withdraw forces from the ,united ,states to protect their home cities4 ,france was well equipped with airplanes and could rapidly destroy the large cities in ,england and ,germany and she was the only country on the other side that we could look to to help us4 ,when ,america's appeal was received in ,france1 the ,president of ,france sent the following message to our ,government3 ,france is mindful of the perilous position in which the ,land of ,liberty is now placed4 ,she has not forgotten the days when she came to your rescue during the struggles of the young republic1 and you proved that you did not forget when your loyal sons crossed the ,atlantic to help save ,france when she was fighting with her back to the wall in #aiag4 ,we placed the ,statue of ,liberty in the harbor of ,new ,york as a signal light to the world to welcome the oppressed from every land to the ,land of ,liberty4 ,it has ever stood as a beacon light of truth1 liberty and justice to all4 ,we now stand ready to defend that statue and its principles4 ,we appreciate the generosity of the ,american people toward us in the past and now extend them every aid within our power4 ,our supplies and forces are at your disposal4 ,about this time ,england and ,germany knew that ,france was getting ready to aid the ,united ,states and they had been preparing to enlist the aid of other countries in order to complete the victories already won and gain control of the ,united ,states and divide up the territory4 ,on ,september #fth1 ,france made the first attack upon ,london and the same night attacked ,berlin from the air1 destroying many buildings1 with the result that there was a large loss of life4 ,quickly following this1 ,england1 ,germany1 ,austria1 ,spain1 ,italy and ,japan called upon the other countries with whom they had treaties to join them in the final battles against the ,united ,states1 promising a division of the spoils4 ,all the world had become so jealous of the prosperity and success of the ,united ,states previous to this ,war of the ,air that they were eager to join in the conquest and share in the great gold supply that had been gathered from all parts of the world by the ,united ,states4 ,turkey and ,russia were the first to join the enemy2 then quickly followed ,rumania1 ,denmark1 ,greece1 ,hungary1 ,morocco and ,portugal4 ,these new supporters to the enemy's cause rushed their airplane fleets to the ,eastern shores of the ,united ,states2 sent aid to ,england and ,germany to help hold off ,france and keep the enemy from having to withdraw any forces from the ,united ,states to protect their own countries4 ,the enemy1 knowing that they now had practically all of ,europe against the ,united ,states1 were confident that it would only be a matter of a few weeks to take ,chicago1 ,boston1 ,new ,york and ,washington1 then make their own terms and the ,united ,states would be forced to accept4 ,the ,united ,states knew that the most desperate battle of the war was now impending and another council was held4 ,they were expecting the first blow to be struck in ,chicago4 ,the enemy's reinforcements had arrived and were scattered in every direction4 ,the night of ,october #ast proved to be one of the worst so far of the war4 ,the enemy attacked ,omaha1 ,kansas ,city1 ,denver1 ,cincinnati1 ,louisville1 ,milwaukee and ,st4 ,paul4 ,the forces from ,mexico attacked ,el ,paso1 ,san ,antonio1 ,galveston and ,houston4 ,the greater part of the ,united ,states forces being concentrated around ,chicago and the ,east1 this scattered attack all over the ,south1 ,west and ,north was disorganizing to our forces4 ,there was great loss of life and property in all of these cities because they were not properly prepared for the attack which came suddenly and unexpectedly4 ,on the morning of ,october #bnd a ,council was held and it was decided to immediately send as many airplanes as possible to help protect these cities because an attack was expected again that night4 ,this was just exactly what the enemy wanted1--to get the ,united ,states to scatter forces1 withdrawing part of their armies which were protecting ,chicago4 ,on the night of ,october #bnd the enemy concentrated an attack of more than #ej1jjj planes against ,chicago and broke thru the ,united ,states lines on every side4 ,england1 ,germany and ,russia turned loose their giant dreadnought battle planes1 the largest that had ever yet been used in the ,war in the ,air4 ,many of these planes carried #ab- to #cf-;inch guns4 ,they were equipped with the latest improved #ab-;cylinder motors2 were operated by electricity as well as gasoline4 ,these giant planes could be supplied with power thru the air by radio current4 ,the attack was well-timed and they had every advantage of the ,united ,states forces4 ,the first attack destroyed ,chicago's great skyscrapers4 ,the ,board of ,trade ,building1 ,post ,office and other ,government buildings were completely destroyed4 ,loss of life was appalling4 ,over a million people lost their lives4 ,more defenseless women and children were killed than in any other battle during the war4 ,when the sun rose over the great ,city of ,chicago on the morning of ,october #crd1 buildings were smouldering in ruins in every direction4 ,it was the greatest destruction that had ever been in the history of the world4 ,no mortal tongue could describe the terrifying sights4 ,there was a brief respite4 ,as the sun rose the enemy's planes which had wreaked their vengeance1 withdrew4 ,the ,united ,states had lost more than #be1jjj planes and their best aviators had gone down in this terrible disaster4 ,colonel ,gordon and ,colonel ,kennelworth had done wonderful work and fortunately their lives had been preserved for future use to their country4 ,as ,colonel ,gordon made his way to headquarters to report to ,general ,pearson1 he thought of what he had read in the ,acts #b3ag3 ,and it shall come to pass in the last days1 saith ,god1 ,i will pour out of my ,spirit upon all flesh3 and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy1 and your young men shall see visions1 and your old men shall dream dreams3 and ,i will shew wonders in heaven above1 and signs in the earth beneath2 blood1 and fire1 and vapour of smoke4 ,he thought of how he had dreamed and prophesied and how he had believed the ,bible knowing that these terrible things would come in the latter days4 ,as he saw the blood1 the fire1 the smoke and the ruined city1 for a moment he wondered why ,god should permit such destruction as this in order that the ,scriptures might be fulfilled1 but then he thought of what he had read in ,isaiah #b3b3 ,and he shall judge among the nations1 and shall rebuke many people2 and they shall beat their swords into plowshares1 and their spears into pruninghooks2 nation shall not lift up sword against nation1 neither shall they learn war any more4 ,he prayed to ,god to hasten the day when men shall not make war any more4 ,the ,united ,states officers knew now that if they held out1 ,chicago would be completely annihilated because ,england's giant bombing planes were able to destroy every building and kill every living soul4 ,general ,pearson called all the commanding officers together and they quickly agreed that with the enemy outnumbering them #ej to #a1 another attack would be soon over with and that it was a useless sacrifice of human life and their remaining planes to offer resistance4 ,but before surrendering1 they decided to ask the consent of the ,president and his ,cabinet4 ,the ,president hastily called the ,cabinet together and when they assembled1 their faces were grave4 ,they all knew what had happened the night before in ,chicago4 ,the ,president with sadness in his voice read the decision of the commanding ,generals and said3 ,this is the gravest crisis this country has ever faced4 ,to surrender may mean the loss of our country and our liberty2 to go on and fight may mean even worse4 ,to surrender ,chicago and wait for time to determine the next move may be the wisest plan4 ,we can only trust to ,god and hope4 ,what is your decision1 gentlemen8 ,not a man rose to discuss the matter4 ,one by one they answered3 ,it seems best to permit our commanding officers to surrender ,chicago4 ,news was quickly flashed to headquarters at ,chicago and about #aj ,a4,m4 the white flag was hoisted from the few remaining tall buildings and a large plane was sent out to circle the sky with white flags floating from its wings4 ,as soon as ,chicago was surrendered1 the enemy planes and land forces were brought up and they closed the gap between ,chicago and ,st4 ,louis1 leaving the ,central lines intact and the ,western lines holding the ,pacific ,coast4 ,the ,new ,york ,stock ,exchange closed to prevent complete panic because the people were panic-stricken and selling stocks regardless of price4 ,they soon discovered that the enemy had bases for supplies and ships all up and down the ,atlantic and in the ,gulf of ,mexico4 ,they were in control of the ,northern border and in position to attack the ,eastern ,coast from the ,north1 ,south1 ,east and ,west4 ,there was no minimizing the seriousness of the situation4 ,the fall of ,chicago had broken the heart of the ,american people4 ,they were panic-stricken and it looked as tho for the first time in history1 ,old ,glory would trail the dust4 ,there was a great ,war ,council held4 ,to make a plea for peace at this time meant surrender to the enemy and accepting any terms that they might want to dictate4 ,the leaders of the ,war ,council were puzzled4 ,they didn't know what move to make next since they were overwhelmed by great odds4 ,the ,united ,states was practically alone in the fight4 ,france and ,canada were the only countries which had not joined forces against the ,united ,states4 ,when the news of the fall of ,chicago reached ,france1 they realized that ,america was doomed4 ,the ,united ,states ,government officials knowing the seriousness of the situation made no attempt to conceal it1 but decided to play for time4 ,they replied to the note from the enemy and asked for an armistice to last thirty days1 in which neither side would make any attack until they discussed plans to see if it were possible to arrive at any acceptable terms4 ,the enemy taking this as an admission of defeat and weakness on the part of the ,united ,states granted #ae days' time for a discussion of terms1 and sent the following note3 ,the ,allied ,powers demand the complete surrender of the ,united ,states and a division of territory2 ,japan to have the ,western coast1 ,england to have the ,eastern coast and ,northern territory bordering on ,canada2 ,mexico to have ,texas1 and ,spain to have the territory along the ,mississippi and ,gulf of ,mexico4 ,the ,united ,states is to turn over to the ,allied ,powers its entire gold supply and the people to submit to the various ,governments to which the territory is allotted and there is to be no longer any ,united ,states of ,america4 ,if the ,government of the ,united ,states refuses to accept these terms1 we will destroy ,boston1 ,new ,york1 ,philadelphia and ,washington1 and take charge of the ,eastern coast of the ,united ,states4 ,your answer must be received within the allotted time4 ,,chapter ,,xxix ,when these terms were received1 everyone was gloomy at headquarters4 ,the ,president called his ,cabinet for a conference4 ,a ,united ,war ,council was also called1 and after a long discussion1 they were forced to admit that it was not only a probability but a possibility that the enemy would take ,new ,york ,city1 capture the ,eastern ports1 and ,washington1 and then dictate any terms they might desire4 ,to submit to the terms already offered would mean ruin and disgrace but the question was what to do4 ,men high up and ,government officials who had relied upon their judgment before1 now realized that one mistake after the other had placed the country in this terrible position4 ,colonel ,charles ,manson1 a descendant of the family of ,general ,lee1 arose and asked the ,war ,council if he might have permission to speak4 ,it was promptly granted because he was a man highly respected for his good judgment1 and one who had had advocated the building of greater air fleets and preparedness years before the war started4 ,his speech was as follows3 ,general ,pearson and ,sons of ,liberty3 ,this country now faces the gravest situation since the days of ,washington and the winter at ,valley ,forge4 ,we are not only menaced by ,england1 our old enemy1 but practically by the whole world4 ,france now is our only friend4 ,the enemy is in control and can attack from every side4 ,it is a time to think1 and think seriously2 a time for action rather than words4 ,we need the man of the hour1 and in times past1 the ,united ,states has always produced that man4 ,i am a great believer in the ,bible4 ,i have read the predictions made by ,colonel ,robert ,gordon ever since he was a very young man4 ,just what is happening now he predicted years ago4 ,he has made some remarkable inventions4 ,was born under the sign which astrologers call the ,ascendant ,sign of the ,united ,states1 the sign ,gemini1 ruled by ,mercury1 the ,messenger of the ,gods4 ,this sign is symbolized by the ancients as the double-bodied sign4 ,it is a sign of genius and intellect4 ,ancient mythology tells us that one of the twins was a great warrior1 and his brother a great inventor and that he invented all of the war instruments which helped his brother to win his victories4 ,he was said to be so swift and shrewd that he had wings on his heels and wings on his shoulders4 ,could sip the wine from the cups of the ,gods while they were drinking1 without getting caught4 ,this sign has always symbolized the ,united ,states and ,yankee ingenuity4 ,the greatest inventions that have ever been were made by ,united ,states inventors4 ,the airplane was invented here1 the submarine1 the great guns which have been used in war1 the steamboats1 electricity1 radio1 and other valuable inventions too numerous to mention4 ,from what ,i know and have read1 ,i still hope and believe that the ,united ,states has the brains to outwit the entire world4 ,i believe this because it is the land of liberty1 because there never has been a nation to conquer it4 ,the ,united ,states has never been an aggressor1 never entered a war on its own accord4 ,i believe that ,god is with us and that this is the country established for ,god's kingdom4 ,i have read the ,bible and followed ,colonel ,gordon's writings and believe with ,st4 ,luke1 ,chap4 #g3bb1 ,then ,jesus answered and said unto them ',go your way and tell ,john what things ye have seen and heard1 how that the blind see1 the lame walk1 the lepers are cleansed1 the deaf hear1 the dead are raised1 to the poor the gospel is preached1 but what went ye out for to see--a prophet--yea1 ,i say unto you1 and much more than a prophet1 for ,i say unto you1 ,among those that are born of woman1 there is not a greater prophet than ,john the ,baptist1 but he that is least in the kingdom of ,god is greater than he4' ,i say to you1 gentlemen1 that ,i believe there is not a greater prophet than ,colonel ,gordon4 ,further1 ,i believe that he is the greatest inventor that the ,united ,states has ever produced1 and believe that he can save the situation or find some solution of the problem4 ,the ,army ,officers made a mistake not to listen to ,colonel ,gordon when he offered them advice and told them he could complete an invention to save the country4 ,i believe the prophecy of ,daniel which has often been referred to by ,colonel ,gordon1 ,chap4 #g3bg1 ,and kingdom and dominion1 and the greatness of kingdom under the whole heaven1 shall be given to the people of the saints of the ,most ,high1 whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom1 and all dominions shall serve and obey him4 ,i believe that refers to the ,united ,states4 ,if we can win this war1 then as we are one against the world1 it shall be a kingdom of the ,united ,world4 ,in my judgment it would be wise to place ,colonel ,robert ,gordon in supreme command and follow his instructions to the letter4 ,after ,colonel ,manson had ceased talking and sat down1 complete silence reigned for several minutes4 ,the ,war ,council knew that there were only three more days left until the time of the armistice was up when the enemy would attack4 ,general ,pearson was the first to rise4 ,he said1 ,gentlemen of the ,council1 ,i have known ,colonel ,gordon ever since he entered the service4 ,i interceded for him and obtained his release from prison4 ,he has proved to be one of the most valuable men that we have had in the ,aviation ,corps4 ,his bravery and genius have surpassed all others4 ,i am willing to surrender my office to him and if agreeable to the rest of you ,i make a motion that he be made ,supreme ,commander of the ,united ,states ,army and we will abide by his decision4 ,general ,pearson was held in great respect by the ,army officers1 and his judgment was not questioned4 ,a vote was taken and it was unanimous4 ,general ,pearson arose and said1 ,colonel ,gordon1 by the authority and power vested in me1 ,i now confer upon you the title of the ,supreme ,commander of the ,armies of the ,united ,states and place upon your shoulders the greatest burden ever placed on any man4 ,our country's life hangs in the balance4 ,the situation is desperate4 ,something must be done and done quickly4 ,we must give an answer to the enemy1 and when that answer is given1 it either settles our doom forever or if we can win1 means that the ,stars and ,stripes will ever stand supreme to the world4 ,sir1 what have you to say8 ,supreme ,commander ,gordon arose4 ,his face showed new responsibility which rested upon his shoulders4 ,he said simply1 ,i thank you for the honor and confidence1 but before completely accepting ,i want to ask if ,i may have the unanimous consent of the entire ,war ,council to carry out my plans no matter how absurd they may seem to the ,war ,council4 ,the entire ,council arose in a body and voted their unanimous consent4 ,general ,pearson then said1 ,supreme ,commander ,robert ,gordon1 we await your orders4 ,he saluted and sat down4 ,supreme ,commander ,gordon arose and said1 ,dispatch immediately the following answer to the enemy's ,headquarters4 ',the ,government of the ,united ,states of ,america1 the land of ,liberty1 refuses your terms and will never surrender or accede to any of your demands4 ,you may strike as soon as you are ready4 ,we have not yet begun to fight4' ,when he had finished speaking1 there was not a whisper4 ,he sat down and ,colonel ,walter ,kennelworth arose and said3 ,gentlemen of the ,war ,council1 you have heard ,supreme ,commander ,gordon's answer to the enemy4 ,you must know and realize that in hurling defiance like this at the enemy1 there is something which gives him supreme confidence4 ,he knows exactly what he has and what he is going to do1 and you can rely upon him in this emergency4 ,colonel ,kennelworth saluted his ,supreme ,commander ,gordon and said1 ,i await your orders1 ,sir4 ,supreme ,commander ,gordon said1 ,i appoint ,colonel ,walter ,kennelworth as aide-de-camp in carrying out my plans4 ,i appoint ,captain ,edna ,kennelworth second aide and confer upon her the title of ,colonel4 ,he turned to the ,council and there was not a dissenting voice4 ,when ,supreme ,commander ,gordon had finished his appointments and gave his instructions to his officers1 ,general ,pearson arose and said1 ,supreme ,commander ,gordon1 ,i do not wish to in any way inquire into your plans or interfere with any course which you may pursue1 you have my heartiest support1 but if you don't mind1 ,i should like to have you explain to me what the trouble has been in the past1 why we have been out-classed and have lost the war thus far and what is now the remedy or what you propose to do4 ,supreme ,commander ,gordon replied3 ,the trouble in the past has been that the enemy used noiseless airplanes4 ,our next great handicap was the fact that they could rise to heights to which we are unable to attain1 giving them the advantage in the fighting4 ,of course1 we have been hopelessly outnumbered from the start1 by that ,i mean1 in the amount of equipment4 ,another thing that we need and must have1 which the enemy already has1 is an airship that can be anchored and remain anchored in the air for an indefinite length of time4 ,we need a ship that can take its power from the air1 giving it an unlimited cruising radius4 ,we need other ships for cruising purposes and scouters that can take their power from the air1 not having to return to the base at any time for fuel or ammunition1 working from a base in the air at all times4 ,the next and most important thing we need is an invisible plane4 ,an invisible1 noiseless plane will be one of the things to beat the enemy4 ,when our planes can travel high or low1 no longer be seen or heard1 we will be able to obtain information about the enemy's position and plans and thereby know their weak points1 when and where to attack4 ,the great mistake that the army officers have made from time to time was in not listening to the counsel of younger men4 ,by this1 ,i do not mean myself alone4 ,my authority for this is taken from the ,bible1--,prov4 #bj3ah3 ',every purpose is established by counsel1 and with good advice make war4' ,prov4 #bd3f3 ',for the wise counsel thou shalt make thy war1 and in a multitude of counsellors there is safety4' ,there have not been enough counsellors and enough changes in plans at the proper time when the enemy was winning4 ,my strength and power is in the ,lord and ,i shall follow the rules laid down in the ,bible in my future campaign4 #b ,samuel #bb3cc3 ',god is my strength and power3 and he maketh my way perfect4' #a ,chronicles #e3bb3 ',for there fell down many slain1 because the war was of ,god and they dwelt in their steads until the captivity4' ,this great ,war in the ,air is according to the will of ,god and to fulfill the ,scriptures and to work out ,god's plan for an eternal united kingdom of the world4 ,you may wonder at my confidence and my defiance of the enemy at this time when it looks as if our chance for victory is absolutely impossible4 ,i refer you to ,st4 ,luke #a3cg3 ',for with ,god nothing shall be impossible4' ,again ,luke #a3eb3 ',he hath put down the mighty from their seats1 and exalted them of low degree4' ,i believe that if it is the will of ,god for us to win he will give us the power to bring down the mighty who have tried to oppress and destroy this nation1 the land of liberty4 ,read ,acts #ag3bf3 ',and hath made of one blood all nations of men1 for to dwell on all the face of the earth2 and hath determined the times before appointed1 and the bounds of their habitation4' ,all men are brothers and it is ,god's will that they should dwell together on the earth in peace4 ,this great war1 the last of all1 is brought about to teach men that they can not defy the laws of ,god4 ,romans #h3be and #ca3 ',for we are saved by hope3 but hope that is seen1 is not hope3 for what a man seeth1 why doth he yet hope for8 ,but if we hope for that we see not1 then do we with patience wait for it4 ,what shall we then say to these things8 ,if ,god be for us1 who can be against us8' ,i am confident that ,god is for us1 that he established this land of ,america never to be destroyed4 ,then no matter how dark the situation is now1 even if all the nations of the world join against us1 if ,god is for us they shall not prevail4 ,getting back to what we need to defeat the enemy1 man has always found a way to do things4 ,the genius of ,america has never been defeated4 ,we only have to go back over the histories of wars in which ,america has engaged to find evidence that in emergency they have always found a way out1 because they were led by the divine power of ,almighty ,god4 ,in time of war1 man has dug tunnels under the earth in order that he could pass safely1 concealing and protecting himself4 ,during the great ,world ,war1 ,germany was the first to succeed with the submarine1 passing secretly under the water1 doing great damage and at the same time1 suffering very little damage to her submarines4 ,while the submarine was what caused her to lose the war1 it came very near enabling her to win it4 ,man has dug tunnels thru mountains and under rivers when it was impossible almost to go over them or get thru any other way4 ,in ,new ,york ,city1 in #aibg1 one of the greatest engineering feats up to that time was completed1 when a tunnel for vehicular traffic was opened from ,new ,york ,city under the ,hudson ,river to the ,state of ,new ,jersey4 ,what we now need and need more than anything else is a ,tunnel thru the ,air4 ,with such a tunnel and noiseless1 invisible planes so that we can pass thru the air without being interfered with or harmed and without being seen or heard1 our victory is assured4 ,to make a ,tunnel thru the ,air is not at all impossible4 ,it is just as easy as to put a tunnel under the earth or drive a submarine under the water4 ,while the air is invisible1 it is one of the strongest forces that we have4 ,if the water can be separated or a submarine can push it each way and travel under it1 if dirt can be removed and a man put a tunnel under a river or a mountain1 we can find a way to put a ,tunnel thru the ,air so others can not see us1 hear or enter unless we so desire4 ,one of my first plans will be to put a ,tunnel thru the ,air4 ,with a ,tunnel thru the ,air from ,new ,york ,city to ,london and ,germany1 our airplanes may safely pass thru without being seen or heard and the enemy will be unable to attack them1 placing us in position to leave the tunnel at any time and return to it for safety4 ,we need a ,tunnel thru the ,air from the ,great ,lakes to ,new ,orleans and the ,gulf of ,mexico so that our planes may pass safely thru this tunnel1 take observations of the enemy's position without being seen or heard1 and when necessary leave this tunnel1 attack the enemy1 return to the tunnel again for protection4 ,we can also have a ,tunnel thru the ,air so that when the enemy's planes enter this tunnel and do not understand it1 they will be unable to get out of it and we may keep them there in prison as long as we wish1 capture or destroy them4 ,i have the plan already worked out for this ,tunnel thru the ,air4 ,i expect to accomplish it by the use of certain light rays and light waves1 sending a strong current thru the air on one side and another current on the other side anywhere from #ajj yards to miles wide and then thru another process that ,i have in mind1 remove the air from between these lines or currents1 making a vacuum or space between the air which will really be a tunnel4 ,we can drive our planes thru this tunnel by radio rays1 directing them from a great central station which ,i expect to build4 ,all the aviators know that often they run into what they call air-pockets in the air1 which means nothing more than a vacuum made by ,nature in some way and that when these air-pockets are encountered an airship will drop right down until denser layers of air are reached4 ,if ,nature can construct a tunnel thru the air1 then certainly man with the guidance of ,god's divine power can do it4 ,it may be hard for you to understand and believe my theories1 but they are founded on faith and the knowledge that with ,god nothing is impossible4 ,i have demonstrated in the past that every law laid down in the ,bible is provable1 every prophecy has been fulfilled or will be fulfilled4 ,i again refer to ,roman #a3ag3 ',for therein is the righteousness of ,god revealed from faith to faith3 as it is written1 ,the just shall live by faith4' ,at this moment there is nothing for this nation to hang their hope on but faith in a divine ,creator1 and if ,i am right in my interpretations that the ,united ,states was ,god's kingdom which he created never to be destroyed and if it is to be the united kingdom of the world1 then we must live by faith4 ,if every other man1 woman1 and child in the ,united ,states1 yea1 and the world1 turns against me1 ,i will believe and follow that faith1 knowing that no power can harm me and that no matter how many may be against me1 ,i can win so long as ,i believe in the divine ,creator4 ,romans #e3c-d3 ',and not only so1 but we glory in tribulations also3 knowing that tribulation worketh patience2 and patience1 experience2 and experience1 hope4' ,these trials and tribulations which we have gone thru have brought knowledge4 ,we have learned patience and thru patience1 experience4 ,i propose to put that experience and knowledge that ,i have gained in the past into execution to preserve and protect my country which means more than life to me4 ,when ,supreme ,commander ,gordon had finished talking1 there was new life and new hope in the face of every man in the room4 ,it was plain to see that they had caught the divine inspiration2 that their faith had been strengthened and that they now believed that ,god would lead them safely to victory and preserve the nation which ,he had created to be a land of love and liberty4 ,general ,pearson arose and said3 ,supreme ,commander ,gordon1 ,i offer you my heartfelt thanks and sincere gratitude4 ,you have placed in my heart a new hope2 made me understand our ,lord and ,saviour ,jesus ,christ better than ever before4 ,i believe ,i bespeak the sentiments of the entire ,council and that they1 too1 have supreme confidence in you and now understand what the great faith that you have had in your ,creator has done for you4 ,had the world and all of us understood the ,bible and ,god's plan as you do1 this war would never have taken place4 ,i plainly see now that it is ,god's intention to teach man thru trials1 sorrow and bitter experiences to reverence and respect the law which he has laid down for man to follow4 ,man must learn to love his neighbor as himself and to do unto others as he would have them do unto him4 ,when that law is understood and obeyed1 then men will no longer want to make war because war is not based on brotherly love1 but on greed1 jealousy and hatred4 ,when we decided to surrender ,chicago1 ,i felt that that meant the end of our glorious country4 ,i could see no hope1 no way out1 but you have shown us the way and our combined faith in you1 together with the inspiration from our holy ,father1 will guide us to victory thru your leadership4 ,we are with you1 in all confidence1 to victory4 ,supreme ,commander ,gordon then ordered each officer and commander to return to his respective post of duty and to await further orders4 ,he said1 ,if my plans develop as ,i think1 you will not need to take further action4 ,he asked for the use of the largest building in ,new ,york1 ,the ,mammouth and wanted the entire top floor of this #aaj-story building at #dbnd street and ,broadway4 ,his wishes were immediately granted4 ,was told that the ,government already had taken over control of all the large buildings in the ,united ,states and that he might use the building as he chose4 ,supreme ,commander ,gordon departed from ,washington that night in the old ,st4 ,marie which he had ordered brought to ,washington to convey him back1 taking with him ,colonel ,walter ,kennelworth4 ,he had instructed ,colonel ,edna ,kennelworth to meet him at the ,mammouth ,building in ,new ,york4 ,on arrival he proceeded at once to put the top floor in order for the ,demon of ,death to be moved in4 ,colonel ,kennelworth and another assistant were sent at once to the ,adirondacks to the secret hiding of ,marie the ,angel of ,mercy1 to test out this giant ,ezekiel airplane1 and bring it to ,new ,york ,city4 ,the machine for distributing the sleeping gas which would reach a radius of #gjj miles1 was made in readiness on the top floor of the building4 ,marie the ,angel of ,mercy was in perfect working order1 and arrived in ,new ,york ship-shape4 ,the whole ,united ,states was waiting in anxiety because it was known that within a few days the armistice would end and the ,united ,states must either fight or surrender4 ,the people in ,washington1 ,boston1 ,philadelphia1 and ,new ,york had not slept for more than a week4 ,they knew that an air attack had been threatened and feared the consequences4 ,supreme ,commander ,gordon dispatched the sleeping gas by ,marie the ,angel of ,mercy1 and it was distributed to the planes all across the country4 ,colonel ,kennelworth returned at the end of the second day in ,marie the ,angel of ,mercy1 after distributing the sleeping gas and giving instructions how to use it4 ,the ,demon of ,death was tested out and found to be in good working order4 ,for many months previous to this1 all of the large cities had been kept in darkness because they feared night attacks4 ,,chapter ,,xxx ,when the commanders of the ,allied ,enemy in ,chicago and ,st4 ,louis received the defiance hurled at them on ,october #ae1 #aica1 this reply was signed by ,supreme ,commander ,robert ,gordon4 ,the ,english1 ,german1 ,austrian1 and ,russians had never heard of this ,united ,states officer before and were at a loss to understand whom the ,united ,states had placed in supreme command4 ,the reply was conveyed to ,japanese and ,spanish headquarters in ,mexico and the ,japanese quickly understood just who ,supreme ,commander ,robert ,gordon was and feared that he had made some wonderful invention which had made him confident of winning the war4 ,the ,japanese ,generals1 knowing what this might mean and fearing the great genius1 ,robert ,gordon1 asked for an allied war council to convene before making another attack4 ,on ,october #bast it was decided that the ,war ,council should be held in the ,city of ,mexico4 ,the allied enemy were confident that the ,united ,states would not make any attack in the near future1 but would wait for them to make the next move4 ,they felt that the great losses which had been suffered by the ,united ,states ,army at the battle of ,chicago placed them in no position to make an immediate attack and that they would try to strengthen their position for the next attack by the allied enemy4 ,it was decided that the commanding generals of all the allied enemy nations should proceed at once to the ,city of ,mexico to hold a council and decide what the wisest and next move should be4 ,they left in the dead hours of the night in the fastest planes and those which could rise to the highest altitudes1 enabling them to travel noiselessly and at a height at which they could not be detected or captured4 ,the scouting and cruising planes were left to patrol the lines between ,chicago1 ,st4 ,louis and ,new ,orleans and watch for any move that might be made on the part of the ,united ,states forces4 ,when the ,council had convened in the ,city of ,mexico1 ,general ,nagato1 the commander of the ,japanese army1 arose and said3 ,supreme ,commander ,robert ,gordon now in charge of the ,united ,states forces is well known to us4 ,he is the man who made the first flight from ,new ,york ,city to ,japan in #aibg1 traveling at a speed of more than #cjj miles per hour4 ,he is the man who invented the muffler which made our airplanes noiseless4 ,we bought it from him and it helped us to successfully wage this war4 ,when we attacked the ,rio ,grande and were preparing to bombard ,el ,paso1 ,gordon1 we believe1 was the man who successfully brought down our greatest ship1 the ',tokyo ,j-#a4' ,later we captured ,gordon at the battle of ,san ,francisco4 ,he was flying one of our planes which was on board the ,tokyo4 ,we found that he had a wonderful ,pocket-,radio by which we could communicate without any sound passing thru the air1 thus avoiding our orders being intercepted4 ,after negotiating with him1 we gave him his freedom1 conducted him safely back to the ,american lines in consideration of his turning over to us his secret ,pocket-,radio1 which we worked successfully for many months4 ,finally it failed to work and we have always believed that he invented something by which he could prevent our communications4 ,he is one of the ablest inventors that the ,united ,states has4 ,the fact that he has been placed in command means that he must have made some great discovery or new invention which has inspired the ,united ,states with confidence of winning the war4 ,while we have all the advantage in numbers1 both in men1 ships and ammunition1 and to all appearance the ,united ,states is hopelessly crippled and will not be able to hold out much longer1 one new invention by this man ,gordon may mean our defeat4 ,it is my opinion that the factories in ,detroit1 ,michigan1 have been working on some of his new discoveries4 ,our next attack should be directed at ,detroit4 ,we should capture that city and destroy the factories of the big automobile concerns and other manufacturing concerns there4 ,all of these manufacturing concerns have long since been commandeered by the ,united ,states ,government and are working on war weapons and ammunition4 ,when ,colonel ,nagato had finished speaking1 the ,spanish1 ,english1 ,german1 ,austrian and ,russian ,generals discussed war plans for many days and there were numerous disagreements before it was finally agreed as to just what the next move should be4 ,finally they united on the plan to make the next attack upon ,detroit and if successful there1 proceed to attack ,boston1 ,new ,york1 ,washington and the ,eastern ,coast of the ,united ,states4 ,the delay by the ,allied ,enemy was just what ,supreme ,commander ,gordon wanted4 ,it gave him time to prepare4 ,he had ordered the ,henry ,motor ,company of ,detroit to proceed at once to manufacture according to his plans which he sent them1 two large machines1 one positive and one negative1 by which he could send currents of electricity thru the air and produce a vacuum1 or as he called it1 a ,tunnel thru the ,air4 ,these plans had been worked out years before and there was no question but what the machines would work successfully4 ,the ,henry ,motor ,company had been commandeered by the ,united ,states ,government and as soon as they received the order and plans from the ,supreme ,commander1 they started running day and night working to build the two giant machines4 ,the fifteen days' armistice expired on ,october #ahth1 #aica4 ,supreme ,commander ,gordon was in readiness and waited the first attack of the enemy4 ,less than thirty days from the time that he ordered work started on the machines1 they reported that the machines were completed and ready to test out4 ,he called ,colonel ,kennelworth to his office in ,new ,york and explained to him that the great ,vacuum ,producer1 as the machine had been named1 had been completed2 ordered him to proceed at once to ,detroit and test out the machines both for short and long distance work4 ,colonel ,kennelworth arrived in ,detroit on ,november #agth4 ,the following day tested out the ,tunnel machines2 reported to ,supreme ,commander ,gordon that they were working in fine shape and producing results according to the plans4 ,the ,supreme ,commander then decided to go immediately to ,detroit and establish one of the machines at a base there and have ,colonel ,kennelworth take the other machine to ,cincinnati and set it up4 ,the machine was transported secretly and successfully to ,cincinnati and set up in one of the largest buildings in the city4 ,on ,november #bjth1 ,supreme ,commander ,gordon and ,colonel ,kennelworth tested the ,tunnel machines over this long distance4 ,the machines were set to produce a tunnel #ajj yards wide at first and were set in motion4 ,the ,american scouting airplanes were sent off over a described area and on entering between these lines found that they were in a complete tunnel4 ,they could travel quickly back and forth thru the ,tunnel in the ,air4 ,this was a great triumph4 ,commander ,gordon instructed all those connected with the test to keep it a complete secret4 ,he knew that this was going to be a great surprise to the enemy when they started their next attack4 ,supreme ,commander ,gordon had now completed another new invention on the same plan of the radio that he had to use in his office in ,new ,york several years before to record conversations when the manipulators were trying to catch him in the stock market4 ,he had enlarged this machine so that it would record voices #cjjj miles away and named it the ,tel-,talk4 ,on the night of ,november #aith1 #aica1 the ,supreme ,war ,council which had convened in ,mexico ,city broke up and the commanding generals returned to their various posts around ,st4 ,louis and ,chicago4 ,supreme ,commander ,gordon had his powerful ,tel-,talk directed so that he would get all the conversation along the lines between ,chicago1 ,st4 ,louis and ,new ,orleans4 ,when he went to his headquarters in ,detroit on the morning of ,november #bjth1 he went in to look at his ,tel-,talk1 saw that there had been a conference of the enemy held the night before4 ,he pushed the needle of the machine back and turned it on2 put his ear to the receiver and listened4 ,he found that the commanding generals had talked over the conference in ,mexico and had now decided that their next attack would be on ,detroit in order to destroy the factories there and prevent the ,united ,states continuing making airplanes and inventions which might help them to win the war4 ,he was very happy to get the plans of the enemy4 ,it was just what he wanted4 ,he was anxious to test the ,tunnel thru the ,air1 capture the enemy's planes and keep them there because he knew when once he got them in the ,tunnel1 they would be unable to get out of it and he could keep them suspended in the air indefinitely1 moving up and down in the ,tunnel1 or could capture them and destroy them4 ,he was impatient and anxious for an attack upon ,detroit and decided to defy the enemy and urge them on4 ,with the plans of the enemy in his possession1 ,supreme ,commander ,gordon decided to change the location of the ,tunnel machines so as to protect the factories and large buildings in ,detroit4 ,he arranged the machines so that when the attacking planes came over ,detroit at a high altitude1 he could drop them into the ,tunnel thru the ,air and thus prevent any harm to the factories or buildings in ,detroit4 ,he waited patiently for an attack upon the city1 but no move of any kind was made by the enemy4 ,when it was near ,thanksgiving1 he had a great desire that the battle should start around that time so that the ,united ,states might have the greatest ,thanksgiving in history because he was confident that if the attack came1 ,detroit would be successfully defended and the enemy for the first time would find that we had outwitted them4 ,he decided to urge the enemy to make an attack on ,detroit as soon as possible1 so ordered a large electric sign built with letters twenty feet high1 ,,detroit ,,is ,,ready--,,won',t ,,you ,,come ,,and ,,take ,,us ,,we ,,want ,,to ,,be ,,your ,,thanksgiving ,,turkey4 ,the sign was placed on an airplane and lighted4 ,this plane passed in full view of the enemy's lines at ,st4 ,louis and ,chicago4 ,what the enemy thought of this1 perhaps no one will ever know4 ,colonel ,manson later wrote that this electric sign put the fear of ,god in the heart of the enemy2 that the ,germans recalled the days when the ,yankees arrived at the time of the great ,world ,war4 ,the ,japanese1 the ,spanish and the ,english realized that this was not meant for a bluff and thought they had made a mistake in allowing #ae days' armistice1 now that the ,united ,states had decided to fight again4 ,how they could hope to win1 the enemy could not see4 ,they decided to teach this young1 boastful commander a lesson that he would never forget4 ,on ,thanksgiving night1 ,november #bdth1 the attack was ordered4 ,supreme ,commander ,gordon was at dinner and a messenger interrupted him to tell him that ,tel-,talk had picked up an important message4 ,he rushed to the secret room and noticed that a conference had been held and orders given by the enemy to attack ,detroit that night4 ,he immediately communicated this information secretly with the new ,pocket-,radio to ,colonel ,kennelworth in ,cincinnati4 ,told him to be in readiness to adjust the ,tunnel machine and change the location and altitude any moment that he instructed4 ,he ordered all the lights in the streets of ,detroit to be kept on that night4 ,it has been the custom for many months1 since long before the attack at ,chicago1 to keep all the cities in darkness at night4 ,he had just completed another new invention which he called the ,radium ,ray4 ,with this ,ray he could locate anything in the sky #ge to #ajj miles away4 ,he had the ,radium ,ray machine in readiness to search the sky for the first attack that night4 ,just before #aj o'clock he was sweeping the sky with the ,radium ,ray when he discovered the enemy planes approaching from the direction of ,chicago4 ,there was a large flock of them flying at very high altitudes1 followed by three large supply ships4 ,he knew that these supply ships would anchor in the air somewhere over ,detroit and the bombing planes would make the attack4 ,he decided to send ,captain ,morrison1 the famous aviator who had distinguished himself at the battle of ,chicago1 to lead a fleet of decoy airplanes to meet the invading planes and to lead them into the ,tunnel thru the ,air4 ,captain ,morrison led his swift cruisers into the air to the greatest heights they could rise1 and as they neared the approaching enemy they began to turn loose the rapid-firing anti-aircraft guns4 ,as soon as the enemy discovered the firing1 they turned their searchlights on our planes1 located and started after them4 ,captain ,morrison obeyed orders and retreated rapidly with the other planes following4 ,he made straight for ,detroit to the vicinity of main buildings and factory districts with the enemy planes in hot pursuit4 ,suddenly he received a radio message from ,supreme ,commander ,gordon to descend very low and fly ,northwest4 ,at this time the ,supreme ,commander was in communication with ,colonel ,kennelworth and they had adjusted the ,tunnel machines and established the ,tunnel thru the ,air4 ,supreme ,commander ,gordon was atop one of ,detroit's giant skyscrapers over #hj stories high watching the action of the enemy planes4 ,suddenly he saw the first battalion of more than #bej planes1 which were flying in a wedge formation1 dive into the ,tunnel4 ,he followed them with the ,radium ,ray and saw immediately that the ,tunnel was doing its work and that the giant battle planes were now powerless4 ,next came the three giant supply ships4 ,following the same course as the bombing planes1 they dived into the ,tunnel thru the ,air and were powerless to proceed further4 ,once the planes were in the ,tunnel1 they were unable to communicate with headquarters or make any move because the ,tunnel was a complete vacuum and no plane could move in it except the ,american planes which understood the combination how to navigate thru the ,tunnel4 ,as soon as ,supreme ,commander ,gordon saw that the great ,tunnel machines were doing their miraculous work1 he sent another defiant message to the enemy headquarters in ,chicago and ,st4 ,louis3 ,we have given your first battalion a wonderful ,thanksgiving reception4 ,won't you send some more of your famous aviators to have ,thanksgiving supper with us4 ,immediately after this message was received1 the commanding generals ordered a message sent to the supply ships which were supposed to be anchored over ,detroit1 asking information as to what was happening4 ,no reply was received4 ,this caused consternation in the enemy camp4 ,they knew that the first battalion had either been captured or destroyed4 ,the news was quickly flashed to headquarters in the ,city of ,mexico and ,general ,nagato replied3 ,this is some devilish trick of that genius1 ,gordon4 ,be careful what move you make4 ,send out scouting planes around ,detroit and ascertain what is going on4 ,their fast cruising scouters were immediately dispatched to ,detroit to see what had happened to the bombing planes and the mother ships4 ,these planes soon came in view of the ,radium ,ray4 ,after circling high over ,detroit1 finally came lower and lower until suddenly they plunged into the ,tunnel thru the ,air and like the others1 were powerless to move or to communicate with their headquarters4 ,supreme ,commander ,gordon decided to take no chances with the captured planes which were in the ,tunnel thru the ,air and ordered the sleeping gas turned on to put all the aviators to sleep for seven days4 ,after waiting till after #ab o'clock for further attacks and finding the air clear with no signs of the enemy in sight1 he decided to retire and get some sleep4 ,this was the greatest day since the beginning of the war4 ,he was very happy and knelt to offer his thanks to ,almighty ,god4 ,he said3 ,lord1 thou workest in mysterious ways thy wonders to perform4 ,i know that by faith and thru faith were all things made4 ,i have put my trust and my confidence in thee4 ,thou hast guided me safely and helped me protect my country in time of greatest need4 ,god1 not my will1 but thine be done1 but if it be thy will1 ,i pray thee that when these trials and troubles pass away and once the ,united ,kingdom of the ,world is established and all men live as brothers according to the law of love1 it be a part of thy divine plan to return to me in safety my beloved ,marie4 ,guide me in this great task to protect and save my country from the enemies who would destroy it4 ,amen4 ,november #beth1 #aica1 was a great day for the ,united ,states4 ,they had more to be thankful for than any day since ,november1 #aiah1 when the great ,world ,war had come to a close4 ,after conferring with his commanding officers and ,government officials1 ,supreme ,commander ,gordon gave orders that no newspapers were to be permitted to publish anything about the attack upon ,detroit1 that it was to be kept strictly a secret4 ,there was not much to be thankful for in the camp of the enemy4 ,failure of any of the planes sent out the night before to return and no message being received from them1 made it plain that the ,united ,states was not bluffing and that ,supreme ,commander ,gordon knew what he had up his sleeve when he hurled defiance at the enemy and refused to accept any terms4 ,they were not aware of the fact that when he defied them to come and take ,detroit1 he must have been anxiously awaiting the attack and had something new that he wanted to try out on the enemy planes1 and that it had been successful4 ,it was now a time to move cautiously4 ,the next and future moves must be made in a way to conserve their resources and assure final success4 ,everything was quiet and no move or attack was made until ,december #gth1 when the enemy held a council and decided that a gigantic attack on ,detroit should be made2 that they should concentrate a large part of their forces there2 destroy the factories and take ,detroit2 then proceed to attack ,new ,york and the ,eastern ,coast4 ,the plan was to make a daylight attack and1 if possible1 to surprise ,supreme ,commander ,gordon4 ,about #c o'clock in the afternoon the enemy planes were seen approaching from the ,east and ,west4 ,he saw that this was to be a gigantic attack because there was a larger number of planes than they had used at any time since the attack of ,chicago4 ,before he could get the ,tunnel machines in working order and establish a wider range in the ,tunnel thru the ,air1 the enemy planes had begun dropping bombs on the outskirts of the city and had destroyed many of the smaller buildings4 ,the ,united ,states planes were attacked and being unable to rise to the heights at which the enemy planes were flying1 a great many of our planes went down1 but in a few minutes the ,tunnel thru the ,air was in working order and the enemy planes began to be drawn into it4 ,within less than an hour more than #bejj planes had been captured4 ,the loss of life around the city had been small because the bombs which had been dropped had not reached the thickly populated sections of the city and no plane had been able to reach the factories or business sections where the large buildings were4 ,the ,tunnel thru the ,air was protecting and keeping them away from these sections4 ,canadian planes had come to the assistance of the ,united ,states on the ,northern border and were patrolling the other side of the river and preventing the enemy from attacking from the ,north4 ,about #e o'clock1 the gigantic concentrated attack took place4 ,it was estimated that there were more than #be1jjj planes of the enemy in this attack4 ,they were supported by about #aj supply ships which sailed at a great distance and were attempting to anchor4 ,supreme ,commander ,gordon knew that it was necessary to sacrifice some of the ,american planes in order to draw this attacking force into the ,tunnel thru the ,air4 ,he sent more than #ajjj of our best planes to meet the attack and lead the enemy in the right direction4 ,the enemy turned loose their large #ab-;inch guns and they destroyed our ships rapidly4 ,planes were falling all over ,detroit4 ,the people were very much frightened and thought that this was going to be another disaster such as had occurred in ,chicago4 ,finally ,captain ,morrison changed plans and led the enemy toward the ,tunnel thru the ,air4 ,soon more than #aj1jjj of their planes had gone into the ,tunnel never to return again4 ,when this large fleet of planes went down and evidently were no longer able to communicate with the giant supply ships which were not yet anchored1 the enemy quickly changed plans and the supply ships sailed back toward ,chicago1 followed by the balance of the invading fleet which had not been captured4 ,when all reports were in1 ,supreme ,commander ,gordon found that the ,united ,states had lost about #djj of their best planes1 but had captured more than #ab1jjj of the enemy planes4 ,he was very greatly elated over this victory because he knew that when the enemy planes retreated1 it was the first time they had ever returned to their base without a report of victory4 ,he felt that this would break the morale of the enemy2 make them more cautious in the future2 give him more time now to complete his invisible airplane and the one which would rise to any altitude4 ,when this was completed together with other machines for establishing ,tunnels thru the ,air1 the balance would be easy and a mere question of time until the enemy could all be destroyed or put to sleep4 ,people thruout the ,united ,states were still in a panicky1 restless state4 ,ever since the attacks at ,los ,angeles1 ,san ,francisco1 ,chicago1 ,kansas ,city1 ,new ,orleans and the ,southern part of ,texas1 every large and small town all over the country had remained in a state of fear1 expecting an attack at any moment4 ,hundreds of thousands of people had moved from the ,pacific ,coast and from the ,central and ,eastern parts of the ,united ,states into the mountains of the ,west and the ,grand ,canyon4 ,they felt that there were no large cities and nothing to attack around the ,grand ,canyon and that it was the safest place to go4 ,thousands of people were living in tents and there was a great scarcity of food and much suffering4 ,supreme ,commander ,gordon decided that the people should be given some encouragement and that the news of the failure of the second attack upon ,detroit should be given to the newspapers2 thought it would encourage and cheer the people4 ,on the morning of ,december #hth1 all the newspapers thruout the ,united ,states1 carried big headlines3 ,,detroit ,,attacked ,,the ,,second ,,time ,,by ,,the ,,enemy ,,forces ,,but ,,defeated4 ,,thousands ,,of ,,their ,,planes ,,have ,,been ,,captured4 ,,there ,,has ,,been ,,practically ,,no ,,loss ,,of ,,life ,,and ,,no ,,important ,,buildings ,,destroyed4 ,the papers emphasized the fact that this meant the turn of the war and that the placing of ,supreme ,commander ,gordon at the head of our forces had saved the country and that there was no longer need for any great alarm4 ,it was a question of only a few months till the war would be over and the enemy would be driven from our soil4 ,the defeat at the second attack of ,detroit had indeed put the fear of ,god in the hearts of the ,enemy1 but they had not by any means lost hope4 ,they were getting recruits rapidly from ,europe4 ,every nation was building airplanes as fast as the factories could turn them out and sending them to the ,united ,states to aid their allies4 ,practically every nation on the face of the earth1 outside of ,france1 ,canada and a few countries in ,south ,america and ,australia1 had joined against the ,united ,states4 ,this encouraged the ,enemy and they felt that no matter what the ,united ,states had1 in the end they would not be able to win4 ,the great problem now was to find out what the ,americans were using in order to capture the enemy planes and what discovery they had to prevent their communications4 ,the ,enemy were unable to find out anything about the ,american plans4 ,they demanded to know what had happened to the captured aviators1 whether they were living or dead4 ,supreme ,commander ,gordon refused to give any information whatsoever about prisoners2 replied that reports of anything in regard to prisoners or planes would be made after the war was over and after the ,enemy had surrendered and were ready to leave our soil4 ,this greatly aroused the ,japanese1 ,spanish and ,germans who decided to redouble their efforts to take ,detroit and then attack the ,eastern ,coast of the ,united ,states4 ,days went by and everything was quiet in ,detroit4 ,no attacks were made anywhere in the ,united ,states4 ,december #beth1 #aica1 arrived and the ,united ,states had much to be thankful for4 ,there was a great rejoicing and merry-making on ,christmas4 ,supreme ,commander ,gordon had a great ,christmas4 ,the ,major ,electric ,co4 had been working on the process for making planes invisible and reported to him that they had completed the process according to his plans and that it was a success4 ,they had also completed a new motor which he had designed with #bd cylinders4 ,this motor was to be used in lifting our planes to great heights4 ,it was estimated that it would carry a ship #ej miles in the air if necessary4 ,a stabilizer and anchor had been completed in accordance with his plans4 ,the ,major ,electric ,co4 informed him that these machines were all ready for him to test out4 ,he ordered these new inventions to be sent to ,new ,york headquarters4 ,a large #bd-;cylinder motor was placed in ,marie the ,angel of ,mercy and she was made an invisible airship4 ,this motor was able to take its power from the air4 ,supreme ,commander ,gordon went to ,new ,york on ,january #ast1 #aicb1 leaving ,colonel ,morrison in charge in ,detroit and ordering ,general ,pearson to ,detroit to hold the fort until he completed the test in ,new ,york4 ,supreme ,commander ,gordon accompanied only by ,colonel ,edna ,kennelworth made the first flight in ,marie the ,angel of ,mercy1 ascended to a height of more than #bj miles and anchored the ,marie in the air4 ,the new inventions were a perfect success and the machine could rise to any height and anchor and remain as long as it was desired and was absolutely invisible4 ,he was now in position to construct a ,tunnel thru the ,air from ,new ,york to ,europe and sail the ,marie in safety thru it1 then rise to a height of #bj to #ej miles over any of the cities1 anchor and start destruction4 ,marie the ,angel of ,mercy could carry enough sleeping gas to destroy or put to sleep people over thousands of miles of territory4 ,after remaining anchored in the air for two days to test ,marie the ,angel of ,mercy1 ,supreme ,commander ,gordon descended to ,new ,york1 anchored at the ,mammouth ,building to get a report of what had been happening and prepare for any attack4 ,the ,enemy were keeping quiet and making no move1 evidently trying to find out what ,america's new inventions were before making the next great attack4 ,marie the ,angel of ,mercy was now equipped with the ,tunnel machine which would automatically put a ,tunnel thru the ,air anywhere in any direction4 ,the ,supreme ,commander had enlarged and improved upon the ,tunnel machine or vacuum until it could be made #be to #ej miles wide in any direction from a large city4 ,he had also discovered how to send ships thru the air without an aviator1 directing them by radio rays1 which would enable them to distribute sleeping gas among the enemy's lines and prevent loss of any of his valuable aviators4 ,he now had confidence that every city would be safe from an attack and no destruction could take place4 ,the ,henry ,motor ,co4 and the ,major ,electric ,co4 were ordered to manufacture more of the ,tunnel machines just as fast as possible so that one might be placed in each city in ,boston1 ,new ,york1 ,philadelphia1 ,pittsburgh1 ,washington and ,savannah1 ,ga41 to protect the ,eastern ,coast of the ,united ,states4 ,it was the opinion of ,supreme ,commander ,gordon that the ,enemy would eventually concentrate their final attacks on the ,eastern shores of the ,united ,states and if unsuccessful in attacking ,new ,york and ,washington1 the war would be over4 ,he intended to be fully prepared so that the ,united ,states would emerge victorious without much loss of life and was especially trying to protect the women and children in the large cities4 ,february #ae1 #aicb--,supreme ,commander ,gordon was informed by the ,henry ,motor ,co4 and ,major ,electric ,co4 that the ,tunnel machines were completed1 that gas-distributing machines and equipment for sending airplanes by radio ray without an aviator to distribute the sleeping gas were ready for delivery4 ,two more ,demon of ,death machines were ready and ordered sent to ,washington and ,boston4 ,the ,supreme ,commander was hourly expecting that the enemy would attack the ,eastern ,coast1 concentrating on ,boston1 ,new ,york and ,washington4 ,the ,tel-,talk had recorded conferences which had been held and plans which were under way to concentrate the ,enemy's combined forces on the ,eastern ,coast4 ,he figured that they were trying to make improvements to overcome the defeat at ,detroit because the enemy had been mystified by the new invention which had been used to capture so many of their planes4 ,he was now ready and waiting for the attack on the ,eastern shore1 feeling confident that he was prepared for victory4 ,,chapter ,,xxxi ,april #ast1 #aicb1 arrived and no attack had been made4 ,the enemy was evidently making gigantic preparations for an attack and ,supreme ,commander ,gordon decided to make the first move4 ,he then sent instructions to ,france to begin attacking ,england and ,germany again4 ,france was well prepared with a large number of airplanes4 ,the attack started and they were successful4 ,when this news reached the enemy headquarters in the ,united ,states there was great consternation4 ,they thought that this was the secret behind the ,united ,states refusing to accept peace terms1 but felt that ,france could not hold out long alone4 ,spain and ,japan ordered their reserve planes from home to ,england and ,germany to help fight ,france4 ,the ,tel-,talk recorded that a large fleet of planes had been sent across the ,atlantic to attack ,france4 ,supreme ,commander ,gordon ordered the ,french to go out and meet the attack4 ,a great battle raged over the ,atlantic for hours with the ,french winning4 ,thousands of the enemy planes went down into the ocean4 ,the ,spanish and ,japanese withdrew4 ,this stopped ,germany and ,england from striking back at ,france4 ,the news reached the enemy headquarters in the ,united ,states and they figured that in some way the ,united ,states had a large number of planes out guarding the ,atlantic and realized that the time had come to strike at the ,eastern ,coast of the ,united ,states before ,france and the ,united ,states could do more damage on the other side4 ,in ,june1 #aicb1 the enemy decided to make the attack on the ,eastern part of the ,united ,states4 ,supreme ,commander ,gordon had time to make ample preparations to meet it4 ,he had established ,colonel ,kennelworth in ,boston with one of the sleeping-gas machines and he remained in ,new ,york in the ,mammouth ,building1 with a ,demon of ,death1 awaiting the attack upon ,new ,york4 ,,battle ,,of ,,boston ,on ,june #fth1 the enemy attacked ,boston4 ,the planes came in large numbers from every side1 some from across the water1 some from the ,north and ,west4 ,colonel ,kennelworth let them approach within a reasonable distance and then turned loose the sleeping gas among all the enemy planes4 ,the aviators immediately went to sleep and the planes all dropped slowly to the earth and some landed on the water and were not damaged4 ,hundreds after hundreds of planes followed up1 each one sharing the same fate4 ,of all the planes sent out by the enemy1 not one returned4 ,colonel ,kennelworth reported to ,supreme ,commander ,gordon that ,boston was safe1--that there had not been the loss of one life and not a bomb had been dropped upon the city4 ,the ,commanders of the ,allied ,enemy armies were unable to get any report of what had happened to the planes that went to attack ,boston4 ,they waited until the next day2 and when not a plane returned and there was no report of any kind1 decided that the same fate had befallen them as at the attack on ,detroit2 that the ,americans certainly had something by which they were destroying every ship and plane which attacked them4 ,this was unusual and unheard of4 ,the fact that thousands and thousands of planes had attacked ,boston and not one had escaped capture or destruction1 made it plain that ,yankee ingenuity had discovered something that was turning the tide of war in their favor4 ,they now knew that they had made the greatest mistake by not pressing us hard after the fall of ,chicago4 ,they should have refused to grant the #ae days' armistice without demanding the surrender of the ,eastern ,coast4 ,another great mistake was the long delay between the attack on ,detroit and the attack on ,boston4 ,this had enabled the ,americans to get better prepared4 ,there was no denying the painful truth4 ,something must be done and done quickly4 ,they decided to order every plane that could possibly be spared from the ,pacific ,coast and from the lines extending from ,new ,orleans to ,st4 ,louis and ,chicago2 to concentrate a supreme attack upon ,new ,york and ,washington1 making ,washington the final goal4 ,planes were concentrated and mother ships anchored out in the ,atlantic ,ocean to prepare for the attack upon ,new ,york ,city4 ,this was to be the greatest battle in all history4 ,on the night of ,june #gth1 ,supreme ,commander ,gordon had grown tired from his long vigil waiting for an attack upon ,new ,york4 ,he placed ,colonel ,edna ,kennelworth in charge of the ,demon of ,death while he went to get a few hours' sleep4 ,while he was sleeping1 the ,tel-,talk machine and the secret radio communicator began to work4 ,colonel ,edna ,kennelworth listened in and soon had the plans of the enemy4 ,she knew that ,supreme ,commander ,gordon needed rest and she did not awaken him until early next morning4 ,when he entered the headquarters on top of the ,mammouth ,building1 she saluted him and said1 ,supreme ,commander ,gordon1 this is going to be a great birthday for you4 ,the enemy is going to attack ,new ,york ,city with probably #ajj1jjj airplanes and you and ,i are alone to defend it4 ,it will be the day of all days for you4 ,he replied3 ,i had forgotten all about my birthday4 ,we have been so busy preparing for the final attacks of the enemy that ,i have had no time to think of myself4 ,she reminded him that five years ago he arrived in ,new ,york just after his birthday1 then of the birthday parties that they had had since and that always something unusual happened around his birthday4 ,you remember the birthday party we had the year ,walter and ,i were married4 ,last year we had too much trouble to think of your birthday4 ,the enemy was sweeping up the ,mississippi1 making complete destruction and taking every city2 but there was something eventful around your birthday4 ,about that time you discovered how to take electricity from the air and completed the machine for sending an electric discharge into the water which destroyed the battleships and hydroplanes of the enemy at ,cairo4 ,this was our greatest victory up to that time1 and while the disaster at ,chicago and ,st4 ,louis followed1 it gave us the first ray of hope4 ,now1 one year later1 complete victory is in sight4 ,i know that you have supreme faith in our new machines and that our recent successes will be followed by greater successes4 ,this attack upon ,new ,york is going to be the greatest in history because the gain will be the greatest should the enemy win4 ,should they fail their cause is lost1 and they will fail4 ,she saw that ,supreme ,commander ,gordon was very happy and that there was a note of confidence in his tone4 ,while she shuddered to think of what might happen if they should fail1 she knew that ,supreme ,commander ,gordon had great confidence in the ,demon of ,death and the sleeping gas machine and knew what they would do1 because he alone knew all the secrets of working these machines4 ,at #h o'clock on the evening of ,june #hth1 ,supreme ,commander ,gordon stood near the ,demon of ,death watching his different instruments and soon noticed on the other side of the room the radio interceptor start to work4 ,he stepped up to it and listened1 caught the orders going from the different enemy headquarters1 giving instructions for the combined attack on ,new ,york ,city at #aj o'clock that night4 ,he immediately gave instructions for all the electric lights to be kept on all night and all buildings to be well lighted to show his confidence and let the enemy know that he expected the attack4 ,colonel ,edna ,kennelworth was ordered to instruct all army headquarters to send radio messages to the enemy that ,supreme ,commander ,gordon had ordered the ,city of ,new ,york and all buildings lighted up for the night so that they would not miss the city and that he awaited their coming with pleasure4 ,asked them not to overlook the ,mammouth ,building which was #aaj stories high2 that he would be there alone1 waiting for them to destroy the building4 ,,gigantic ,,attack ,,on ,,new ,,york ,,city ,when the news reached the enemy1 they knew that in some way their plans had leaked out1 but it was too late now to make any change and to delay attack might mean defeat later1 so the orders were carried out4 ,about #aj minutes after #aj o'clock1 ,supreme ,commander ,gordon sighted the first airplane of the fleet approaching #dj or #ej miles up the ,hudson ,river4 ,he watched them until they got within about #bj miles of ,new ,york ,city1 near ,yonkers1 then he slowly swung the ,demon of ,death around on the revolving base and turned on the rays1 at the same time starting the sleeping gas machine working4 ,he swept the territory for #ej or #fj miles in every direction1 and as the rays from the ,demon of ,death struck the enemy planes1 their motors leaped into a liquid flame4 ,supreme ,commander ,gordon saw that the ,demon of ,death was doing its work so he pressed a button and ,colonel ,edna ,kennelworth appeared4 ,he told her to put on powerful glasses and to look at the planes going down4 ,one by one she saw the motors dissolved by the flame from the rays of the ,demon of ,death and the planes falling1 one by one1 to the ground4 ,a few minutes after the ,northern army was wiped out1 the signal came that a great fleet of airplanes was making its way across ,long ,island ,sound4 ,supreme ,commander ,gordon swung the ,demon of ,death around and watched the approach of the enemy planes as they came out from the ,atlantic ,ocean and crossed ,fire ,island4 ,he let them get within #cj to #dj miles as they came up across the ,great ,south ,bay1 then he again turned loose the ,demon of ,death4 ,swiftly the planes went down in flames1 ending the attack from the ocean4 ,he watched a little while longer and saw across ,staten ,island another flock of planes which he knew was coming from ,southern headquarters4 ,he called ,colonel ,edna ,kennelworth and said3 ,this time you may operate ',spitfire' and destroy the ,southern wing4 ,she was a little nervous at first but knowing what this great machine could do1 she turned it on1 slowly lowered and raised it1 moving to the right and left1 until she gauged the distance of the approaching planes4 ,one by one she saw their motors turn to liquid fire and sink to the earth4 ,turning to ,supreme ,commander ,gordon she said1 ,look4 ,he focused his powerful glasses toward the ,south and saw that the air was clear4 ,turning around he said3 ,edna1 you are a wonderful woman and ,i am happy to have you take this part in saving your country4 ,this is the day of women and their influence must help to win war forever4 ,it seems a shame1 she replied1 that the lives of all these brave men from so many nations should be sacrificed4 ,among the planes that went down by the thousands1 ,i could see some were ,english1 ,german1 ,spanish1 ,austrian1 ,russian1 ,japanese1 ,turkish1 and ,arabian planes4 ,certainly almost the entire world is against us and we are winning4 ,this must mean the end of the war4 ,while ,i know that it is ,god's plan to teach man a lesson so that he will cease to go to war any more1 it does seem a shame that we should take the lives of any more of these innocent men who are forced by selfish rulers of their countries to attack us4 ,you are quite right1 the ,supreme ,commander said4 ,your noble husband invented the sleeping gas because it was my desire to protect my country and win the war with as little loss of life as possible4 ,from this time on1 no more lives will be sacrificed4 ,we will use the sleeping gas1 put all the attacking aviators to sleep for seven days and the war will soon be over4 ,i know that there will be another final attack upon ,new ,york in a few minutes and ,i am going to allow you the honor of using the sleeping gas machine and ending the final attack upon the great ,city of ,new ,york without loss of any life4 ,about the time that ,colonel ,kennelworth was transferred from ,cincinnati to ,boston1 ,general ,pearson had been sent to ,cincinnati to operate the ,tunnel machine from there4 ,immediately before the final attack on ,new ,york ,city1 ,supreme ,commander ,gordon ordered ,general ,pearson to swing the ,tunnel machine to the ,east and establish a ,tunnel thru the ,air between ,new ,york and ,cincinnati1 informing him that the expected final attack upon ,new ,york would come over the mountains of ,pennsylvania and that this final attack would be from the ,west2 that he wanted a ,tunnel thru the ,air at least #cj miles wide so that he could protect the ,jersey shores and prevent the attack upon ,new ,york ,city4 ,in a few minutes a test was made and the ,tunnel was ready to receive the invading army of planes and airships4 ,he knew that ,new ,york was now safe and awaited the final combined attack of the ,enemy planes that would come across from ,st4 ,louis and ,chicago to meet on the ,western side of the ,hudson ,river4 ,about #ab o'clock he sighted the enemy planes across the ,western coast of ,jersey moving in triangle form1 and knew that it was the combined forces with probably more than #ej1jjj planes ready for the final attack4 ,swiftly they approached1 closer and closer4 ,he played his powerful searchlight upon their glistening wings1 until they were within #ae to #bj miles of ,new ,york4 ,fearing that they might start dropping bombs on ,newark1 ,jersey ,city and the towns on the other side before attacking ,new ,york1 he adjusted the ,tunnel thru the ,air until it was high enough to reach the enemy planes flying at the highest altitude2 then turned to ,colonel ,edna ,kennelworth and said3 ,turn on the sleeping gas machine4 ,the ,tunnel is ready and as the aviators go to sleep1 the machines will plunge into the ,tunnel thru the ,air and remain suspended without the planes being destroyed or the loss of any lives4 ,this will be a silent1 painless victory1 but it will demonstrate our power to the enemy and the world4 ,slowly and carefully1 with a trembling hand1 she swung the powerful gas distributing machine into action and as she saw the planes coming by the thousands begin slowly to plunge into the ,tunnel thru the ,air1 she thought of how she had risked her life taking the sleeping gas for seven days to prove its success for the love of her husband1 who invented it1 and for the love of her country4 ,she thought of ,supreme ,commander ,gordon naming his great ship ,marie the ,angel of ,mercy and then realized what was in his mind at the time2 that the sleeping gas should be named the ,god of ,mercy because it was winning the war in a humane way without taking human lives4 ,her mind went back to the great destruction of ,los ,angeles and ,san ,francisco and above all1 she remembered the loss of more than a million lives at the battle of ,chicago2 how merciless the enemy had been1 sparing not the lives of women or children4 ,we were now indeed merciful unto our foes and heaping coals of fire upon their heads and she believed this would be a great example to the world4 ,she knew that the enemy had used poisoned gas of all kinds1 poisoning the water and foods in the various cities and resorted to every means to destroy both life and property4 ,as these thoughts were flitting thru her mind1 battalion after battalion of planes followed and she was pouring the sleeping gas into the noses of the aviators and the planes were diving into the ,tunnel4 ,this was indeed a great victory and she was glad to help accomplish it without the loss of life4 ,the great ,tunnel machines had worked successfully and perfectly4 ,the sleeping gas had done its silent1 painless work and the army of more than #ej1jjj planes--the giant attack from the ,west--rested safely in the ,tunnel thru the ,air1 not a single one having escaped4 ,at #ab3cj the sky in the ,west was clear and there was not an enemy plane in sight in any direction4 ,during the minutes of the final battle ,supreme ,commander ,gordon had remained as motionless as a statue1 standing with his hand upon the levers of the ,tunnel machine1 with the powerful searchlights playing upon the enemy planes1 and watching thru his field glasses the planes as they dived swiftly into the ,tunnel thru the ,air after the aviators inhaled the sleeping gas4 ,when the last plane had landed safely in the ,tunnel1 his features relaxed and his face showed a smile of victory4 ,his first thought was of ,marie1 his next thought was of his old friend ,walter ,kennelworth4 ,he sent the first message of the victory over his secret radio to him4 ,the enemy has attacked ,new ,york from four sides1 more than #ajj1jjj strong4 ,the ',demon of ,death' has done its work4 ,the ,tunnel machines have performed a miracle4 ,more than #ej1jjj aviators are sleeping in our nets4 ,your great discovery has made this a painless victory4 ,edna1 your noble wife1 performed the painless herculean task and played her part in the final stage of the great victory4 ,on receiving this message ,colonel ,kennelworth was overjoyed1 knowing that it meant that the end of the war was near4 ,his reply was brief--,congratulations1 ,robert ,gordon4 ,love to ,edna4 ,i hope that you may yet have ,marie to share with you in the great victory4 ,supreme ,commander ,gordon's next thought was of ,general ,pearson who had been his friend and had saved his life after his capture by the ,japanese at the battle of ,san ,francisco4 ,they next informed him of the great victory4 ,this was the greatest news that ,general ,pearson had ever received in his life4 ,he felt doubly happy because he had had faith in ,robert ,gordon from the first and had been the one to offer to turn over his command and authority to ,gordon and make him ,supreme ,commander4 ,he answered3 ,supreme ,commander ,gordon1 our country made no mistake when they placed their fate in your hands4 ,my faith in you has been supreme and ,i had confidence in you from the first time ,i met you4 ,accept my sincerest gratitude for the great service that you have rendered our country4 ,you deserve all the honor and reward that we can give you4 ,when reports came to headquarters in ,washington that the enemy had attacked ,new ,york with more than #ajj1jjj airplanes2 that they had all been destroyed or captured2 that ,new ,york was safe1 and prepared for further attacks1 there was great rejoicing4 ,the ,president of the ,united ,states hurried to the ,war ,office1 ordered the swiftest plane to convey him to ,new ,york ,city to congratulate ,supreme ,commander ,gordon4 ,he was given a fast plane which could travel more than #cjj miles per hour4 ,after the last attack and ,supreme ,commander ,gordon had relaxed from the terrific strain1 he walked to his desk and picked up the ,bible4 ,turning to ,ezekiel #e3b1 he read3 ,thou shalt burn with fire a third part in the midst of the city1 when the days of the siege are fulfilled2 and thou shalt take a third part1 and smite about it with a knife2 and a third part thou shalt scatter in the wind2 and ,i will draw out a sword after them4 ,he knew that ,ezekiel was talking about the ,tunnel thru the ,air and the scattering of a third part of the army in wind and that they were caught while traveling in the ,tunnel thru the ,air4 ,then he read ,chapter #ag3c3 ,thus saith the ,lord ,god1 a great eagle with great wings1 long-winged1 full of feathers1 which had divers colours1 came unto ,lebanon1 and took the highest branch of the cedar4 ,this referred to ,uncle ,sam1 the great eagle that was winning the war4 ,the cedar referred to the tall building of #aaj stories where ,supreme ,commander ,gordon now had his headquarters4 ,he next read ,ezekiel #ca3d3 ,the waters made him great1 the deep set him up on high with her rivers running round about his plants1 and sent out her little rivers unto all the trees of the field4 ,he knew that this referred to ,england when she had been the mistress of the seas1 but that ,uncle ,sam had proved to be the eagle of the air and would conquer all nations on the face of the earth4 ,he read ,ezekiel #cc3ba3 ,and it came to pass in the twelfth year of our captivity1 in the tenth month1 in the fifth day of the month1 that one had escaped out of ,jerusalem came unto me1 saying1 ,the city is smitten4 ,he interpreted this to mean the ,city of ,chicago where the enemy gained their last great victory4 ,then read ,ezekiel #cg3bb3 ,and ,i will make them one nation in the land upon the mountains of ,israel2 and one king shall be king to them all2 and they shall be no more two nations1 neither shall they be divided into two kingdoms1 any more at all4 ,he was sure that this meant that ,north and ,south ,america were to unite all nations of the world and that there was to be one ruler1 one king1 and he was ,god4 ,he continued with ,ezekiel #ci3aa3 ,and it shall come to pass in that day1 that ,i will give unto ,gog a place there of graves in ,israel1 the valley of the passengers on the east of the sea2 and it shall stop the noses of the passengers2 and there shall they bury ,gog1 and all his multitude2 and they shall call it1 ,the ,valley of ,hamon-gog4 ,he thought that this referred to the battle of ,new ,york4 ,where it said it shall stop the noses of the passengers1 this referred to the sleeping gas1 which had caused the aviators to fall into the ,tunnel thru the ,air1 and indeed the multitude had been buried above the valley and meadows of ,new ,jersey4 ,again in the #cith ,chapter3 #ith verse3 ,shall go forth and shall set on fire and burn the weapons1 both the shields and the bucklers1 the bows and the arrows1 and the handstaves and the spears1 and they shall burn them with fire seven years4 ,this meant the ,demon of ,death which had burned up the motors of the attacking airplanes4 ,he then wondered when the war would end4 ,he knew that ,daniel's #gj weeks indicated the end in #aicb1 or about #c-a_/b years from the time that war first broke out in ,europe in #aibh4 ,he read ,daniel #g3ab3 ,as concerning the rest of the beasts1 they had their dominion taken away3 yet their lives were prolonged for a season and time4 ,and again the #beth verse3 ,and he shall speak great words against the ,most ,high1 and shall wear out the saints of the ,most ,high1 and think to change times and laws2 and they shall be given into his hand1 until a time and times and the dividing of time4 ,he had proved by study and comparing past cycles that a time or a season referred to in the ,bible meant #cfj days1 #cfj years1 or #cfj degrees1--a measure known and used by the astrologers in olden times and still understood and used by modern astrologers for measuring time4 ,he knew that half a time meant #ahj degrees1 #ahj days or years1 because ,ezekiel had said that the ,lord had appointed a day for a year4 ,he figured that ,america began with the discovery by ,columbus in #adib and that in ,october1 #aicb1 would be #ddj years since the discovery4 ,the measurement used thruout the ,bible was by scores and man's span of life was three score years and ten1 and that four hundred and forty years equalled twenty-two scores1 leaving two scores1 or forty years1 more for the completion of the jubilee years4 ,he read ,matthew #ah3ba and #bb3 ,then came ,peter to him1 and said1 ,lord1 how oft shall my brother sin against me1 and ,i forgive him8 till seven times8 ,jesus saith unto him1 ,i say not unto thee1 ,until seven times2 but1 ,until seventy times seven4 ,robert figured that seventy times seven meant four hundred and ninety years from the discovery of ,america until we would cease fighting1 forgive our brothers and live in peace4 ,he knew that the seventh period was always a jubilee period1 that there was a jubilee period of seven years at the end of each forty-ninth year period and that there was a great period of forty-nine jubilee years at the end of seven times seventy2 that the sixth period would end in #aicc and that from #aicc to #aihb would be the forty-nine years of the great jubilee following the end of wars and the ,united ,kingdom of the ,world4 ,he read ,daniel #g3be3 ,and he shall speak great words against the ,most ,high1 and shall wear out the saints of the ,most ,high1 and think to change times and laws3 and they shall be given into his hand1 until a time and times and the dividing of time4 ,then read ,daniel #ab3g3 ,and ,i heard the man clothed in linen1 which was upon the waters of the river1 when he held up his right hand and his left hand unto heaven1 and sware by him that liveth for ever1 that it shall be for a time1 times1 and an half2 and when he shall have accomplished to scatter the power of the holy people1 all these things shall be finished4 ,he figured that a time equalled twenty years or a score1 and that a time1 times1 equalled four hundred years1 and half a time equalled ten years4 ,again1 ,daniel #ab3aa and #ab3 ,and from the time that the daily sacrifice shall be taken away1 and the abomination that maketh desolate set up1 there shall be a thousand two hundred and ninety days4 ,blessed is he that waiteth1 and cometh to the thousand three hundred and five and thirty days4 ,twelve hundred and ninety days are to be added to the time the war broke out in ,europe in #aibh and the thirteen hundred and thirty-five days being forty-five days more1 the blessed jubilee days will follow from the time the war ended in #aicb until the great celebration and signing of peace and establishing the brotherhood of man4 ,he read ,daniel #i3bd3 ,seventy weeks are determined upon thy people1 and upon thy holy city1 to finish the transgression1 and to make an end of sins1 and to make reconciliation for iniquity1 and to bring in everlasting righteousness1 and to seal up the vision and prophecy1 and to anoint the ,most ,holy4 ,this again proved that four hundred and ninety years from the discovery of ,america1 that there should be an end of sins1 an end of war and of troublesome times4 ,ezekiel #d3e and #f3 ,for ,i have laid upon thee the years of their iniquity1 according to the number of the days1 three hundred and ninety days2 so shalt thou bear the iniquity of the house of ,israel4 ,and when thou hast accomplished them1 lie again on thy right side1 and thou shalt bear the iniquity of the house of ,judah forty days3 ,i have appointed thee each day for a year4 ,this made it plain that a day was to be used in measuring years and that there were to be forty days or forty years after peace for a jubilee period in which the sins of the past were to be atoned for4 ,ten years after the armistice in ,november1 #aiah1 would bring us to ,november1 #aibh1 or half a score1 and from ,november1 #aibh to #aicb are indicated the troublesome times for the ,united ,states4 ,may1 #aibh to ,july1 #aibh1 are very important and troublesome periods when the nominations for ,president of the ,united ,states will arouse the people and start a time of trouble4 ,using the time of three score years and ten1 and doubling this period1 making one hundred and forty years and adding it to #aggf1 the ,declaration of ,independence1 brought us to the election of ,wilson in #aiaf and the war followed in #aiag4 ,the next score from this period ends in #aicf4 ,new ,york ,city was evacuated by the ,british on ,november #be1 #aghc4 ,if we add three periods of forty-nine years to this1 it will bring us to #aicj1 the starting of the war against the ,united ,states which ended with the final attack on ,new ,york ,city in #aicb4 ,new ,york ,city was founded in #afad4 ,adding a period of six times forty-nine brings us to #aijh and adding #bd-a_/b years or one-half the time of forty-nine years1 brings us to #aicb1 when the name of the city was again changed4 ,the last half of the seventh period of forty-nine years1 or from the dividing of time1 is another jubilee period for ,new ,york ,city4 ,the first ,english settlement in the ,united ,states was established by ,raleigh at ,roanoke1 ,virginia1 in #aehe4 ,adding the seventh forty-nine year period1 or #cdc years1 brings us to #aibh1 indicating more troublesome times to start4 ,the smaller cycles and seven-year periods mentioned so often in the ,bible1 also indicated that twice seven1 or fourteen years from #aiad would bring war again in #aibh1 and adding half a period of a cycle of seven1 or forty-two months1 would indicate the duration of the war1 as spoken of by ,daniel in the dividing of times and seasons4 ,robert figured that after ,october1 #aicb1 there would be only three years left to prepare for the great feast of the jubilee of the maximum period which was to follow the establishment of universal peace4 ,he was very happy because he felt that we were now near the end of the war and these troublesome times4 ,,chapter ,,xxxii ,about #d ,a4,m4 the ,president of the ,united ,states landed on the ,mammouth ,building in ,new ,york and was taken down in the elevator to the #aajth floor to ,supreme ,commander ,gordon's office4 ,he found ,colonel ,edna ,kennelworth sentinel at the door4 ,she had met the ,president before and after saluting him asked if he wished to see ,supreme ,commander ,gordon4 ,he replied that he did and she immediately conducted him to his private office4 ,the ,president rushed in and found ,supreme ,commander ,gordon sitting peacefully reading a newspaper4 ,the ,president could hardly believe it and asked him for the facts of the attack upon ,new ,york ,city and if all enemy planes had been destroyed4 ,supreme ,commander ,gordon told the ,president that it was a fact4 ,the ,president asked ,supreme ,commander ,gordon if there had been any losses to our airplane fleet in destroying the enemy and where our fleet was now located4 ,the ,supreme ,commander pointed to the ,demon of ,death and the sleeping gas machines and said3 ,there is the fleet which has destroyed and captured probably #ajj1jjj of the enemy's planes4 ,mr4 ,president1 would you like to go on a little sight-seeing expedition8 ,the ,president said that he would4 ,a button was pressed and in a few minutes ,marie the ,angel of ,mercy1 ,robert's big ship1 appeared in front of the window4 ,the ,president told ,supreme ,commander ,gordon that he had neither seen nor heard of such a ship before and asked him where it came from4 ,robert said1 ,mr4 ,president1 this ship was built according to the plan laid down by ,ezekiel in the ,bible4 ,i worked on it for years and completed it just before the war broke out4 ,its most useful work is yet to be done4 ,supreme ,commander ,gordon then explained fully the working of the ,demon of ,death to the ,president4 ,they stepped upon board ,marie the ,angel of ,mercy1 sailed out across ,long ,island1 slowed the plane down1 drifted very low and passed over the thousands of airplanes which had been destroyed4 ,they sailed over ,staten ,island and saw the wrecks of the planes which had been destroyed there4 ,then swung up the ,hudson ,river above ,yonkers1 descended close to the water and anchored in the air4 ,the ,president had never been on an airship that was anchored in the air and was amazed at ,supreme ,commander ,gordon's marvelous invention4 ,he handed the ,president a pair of powerful field glasses and told him to take a look4 ,the river was almost choked with the wrecks of the airplanes which had gone down defying the ,demon of ,death4 ,bodies of aviators wearing the uniforms of the various nations were floating upon the waters4 ,when the ,supreme ,commander explained to the ,president that he believed that not one of the enemy's planes had escaped1 he marveled at the wonderful invention and the fact that two men and a lone woman could accomplish such a feat4 ,supreme ,commander ,gordon then said3 ,mr4 ,president1 your greatest sight is yet to come4 ,he then started ,marie the ,angel of ,mercy1 sailed out across the ,new ,jersey hills1 slowed down the big ship and entered the ,tunnel thru the ,air4 ,there the greatest sight that human eyes had ever witnessed greeted the ,president4 ,they passed slowly thru the ,tunnel where there were thousands and thousands of planes unharmed suspended in the air with the aviators all sound asleep4 ,the ,supreme ,commander then said3 ,this work was done by the sleeping gas4 ,as this giant horde of probably #ej1jjj planes moving in sections of hundreds and thousands1 one following after another1 tried to attack ,new ,york1 ,general ,pearson and myself worked the ,tunnel machines and ,colonel ,edna ,kennelworth operated the sleeping gas machine4 ,you can see the effective work and our mission of mercy4 ,we have not taken human life and have gained the greatest victory in the world4 ,these aviators will sleep for seven days and then awake unharmed4 ,there will be no ill effects of the sleeping gas4 ,we will of course remove the airships and aviators to the ,wilson1 ,coolidge1 ,roosevelt1 ,lowden1 ,harding and ,washington airfields and when they awake they will be our prisoners and the enemy's airships will be in our possession4 ,the ,president was astounded4 ,he had never dreamed that man could make such marvelous inventions4 ,turning to ,supreme ,commander ,gordon and grasping his hand1 he said3 ,you have been inspired by ,almighty ,god4 ,you are an instrument in his hands to save this country according to ,god's plan4 ,the ,supreme ,commander replied that he had always felt that way and had never taken any credit to himself2 that since he was about eight years old he had been reading the ,bible and knew from it that this war was inevitable2 that he had spent his time and money to complete these inventions for the day his country would need them4 ,on the way back1 ,supreme ,commander ,gordon told the ,president that the ,marie the ,angel of ,mercy could make a speed of #ajjj miles an hour and that he could easily go round the world in #bd hours4 ,on their return all was quiet in ,new ,york ,city4 ,no one knew what had happened that night4 ,the ,president could not find words to express his appreciation for this wonderful work4 ,he asked the ,supreme ,commander what his future plans were4 ,supreme ,commander ,gordon told the ,president to read the ,bible1 especially ,daniel's prophecy and the book of ,ezekiel1 and he would know what was yet to take place4 ,it was agreed that the news of the success with the ,demon of ,death and the sleeping gas machine was to be kept secret and that the ,president was the only one to know of ,robert's great invention4 ,the ,president returned to ,washington on the forenoon of ,june #ith1 feeling much elated over the wonderful victory1 proud of his native land and thankful that the ,divine ,power had given them the man of the hour at the right time4 ,it had been a great birthday for ,robert1 because his country had been saved4 ,his years of labor had been rewarded but yet no news had come of ,marie4 ,he wondered if she were alive and if she had been watching this terrible war1 the greatest of all with its great destruction4 ,when the war was over and the world was once more at peace1 what would happen to him or what would he do8 ,it seemed to him that when the war was over1 his life work would be finished4 ,without ,marie1 there would be nothing left1 nothing more to work for4 ,supreme ,commander ,gordon knew that there would be no more attacks that day1 so he ordered ,colonel ,edna ,kennelworth to get some sleep4 ,he communicated with ,colonel ,kennelworth in ,boston and found that there had been no further attacks there4 ,the ,colonel reported that he was ready and waiting to put to sleep more of the enemy as soon as they arrived4 ,the ,allied ,enemy headquarters at the different points in the ,united ,states were absolutely without any news as to what had happened to all the planes and airships that had been sent out to attack ,new ,york1 but in this case1 they felt that no news was good news4 ,they were trying in every way with the wireless and radio to reach the commanders of the different fleets but not a word was received4 ,on the afternoon of ,june #ith1 when not a word had been heard from any of the ships or planes sent out the night before to destroy ,new ,york ,city1 the ,allied ,enemy headquarters were in gloom4 ,hope was giving way to despair4 ,they feared that the disaster at ,detroit and ,boston had been repeated4 ,general ,nagato was communicated with and his reply was3 ,this is a great disappointment4 ,we had all hoped that ,new ,york could be destroyed or captured and this would mean the end of the war4 ,it now seems our hopes are blasted4 ,some devilish invention by the ,americans is being used to destroy or capture our ships4 ,their success seems to be so complete that it is almost unbelievable4 ,not one report from any man or ship has been heard since we attacked ,boston4 ,now1 if the flower of our army has been lost in this attack against ,new ,york1 our cause seems hopeless4 ,the facts are desperate but we must face them4 ,let no further move be made until we know more about what the ,yankees have4 ,supreme ,commander ,gordon had made up his mind that he would keep everything secret and not let the enemy know anything1 but he dispatched a message by radio to enemy headquarters reading3 ,very much disappointed4 ,lost a good night's sleep last night waiting for your army to take ,new ,york ,city4 ,when may we expect the pleasure of a visit from your planes8 ,this mysterious message was as much a mystery to the enemy as the letter that ,robert found on the street in ,paris was to him4 ,the fleet sent out to attack ,boston had never returned and no word had ever been heard of them4 ,france had been instructed by ,supreme ,commander ,gordon to cease attacking and await further instructions4 ,everything was quiet on the other side and ,germany and ,england were awaiting reports of the success of the campaign of the ,united ,states before making further attacks on ,france4 ,on the morning of ,june #acth the aviators who had been put to sleep by the sleeping gas around ,boston1 awoke4 ,they were feeling good4 ,they knew that something had put them to sleep suddenly but did not know that they had slept seven days and nights instead of one night4 ,instructions by ,supreme ,commander ,gordon had been given that no harm should be done any of the aviators when they awoke4 ,scouting planes were sent out by the ,united ,states ,army to capture the aviators when they awoke or started to drive their planes away1 but a few of the planes were permitted to escape and return to the headquarters of the enemy4 ,when they reported that while they were attacking ,boston the night before1 they suddenly went to sleep and the planes dropped to the earth and water1 they were informed by the ,commanders that they had been away one week4 ,this was a great blow to the enemy and they knew now that the ,americans had some kind of a sleeping gas which was harmless and would put men to sleep and keep them asleep for #g days4 ,the enemy had all kinds of poisonous gases and bombs1 but they had never discovered a gas to put people asleep for a week1 then awake without any ill effects4 ,they now realized what ,supreme ,commander ,gordon's answer meant1--that it was some new discoveries which the ,united ,states had made that caused them to fight on and not accede to any peace terms4 ,after days of waiting1 scouting and trying to secure information as to what had happened1 the attack on ,new ,york was left a mystery4 ,they waited until the #afth day of ,june1 thinking that if their aviators had been put to sleep there some of them would return4 ,when none of them returned by the #bast of the month and no word was received1 they knew that the fleet had been destroyed or captured and that their army had been greatly weakened1 but still they held the ,pacific ,coast and controlled ,new ,orleans1 ,st4 ,louis1 and ,chicago and their ,western lines were unbroken4 ,after holding a conference1 they decided to adopt a waiting attitude for a time and see what the next move of the ,united ,states would be4 ,,chapter ,,xxxiii ,time drifted along until the early part of ,july without any further attack by the enemy1 but ,supreme ,commander ,gordon believed that they would make another attack soon before giving up4 ,he was simply watching and waiting1 biding his time4 ,the ,united ,states ,army scouting planes reported that the enemy scouts were going out more frequently each night and some of them had been seen #ej1jjj or #fj1jjj feet in the air4 ,they thought that they were getting ready to make another attack and were trying to get a line on what the ,united ,states forces were planning to do4 ,the ,supreme ,commander went to ,washington to test out the ,demon of ,death which had been installed in the ,capitol ,building and found it in good working order4 ,a sleeping gas distributing machine and the ,tunnel machine had been set up there and he also tested them out4 ,in view of the splendid work done by ,colonel ,edna ,kennelworth at the time of the attack on ,new ,york ,city1 ,supreme ,commander ,gordon decided to send her to ,washington and put her in charge of the sleeping gas distributing machine1 the ,demon of ,death1 and the ,tunnel machine4 ,he instructed her that if an attack came upon ,washington1 she was not to use the ,demon of ,death unless the sleeping gas failed or they failed to get the enemy aviators into the ,tunnel thru the ,air4 ,he believed that if attack came upon ,washington1 it would be the last and end the war4 ,because his country had ever stood for love and liberty1 if its ,capitol was attacked he wanted it to be saved by a bloodless victory4 ,it would mean much to the ,united ,states in future years if the seat of government could be protected without taking the life of one of the enemy4 ,with the ,tunnel machine in ,new ,york1 another one in ,cincinnati and a third machine in ,washington1 ,d4,c41 he would be able from ,new ,york ,city to place a ,tunnel thru the ,air in every direction around ,washington to capture the invading army of planes4 ,colonel ,edna ,kennelworth said that she thought he was placing on her shoulders a great responsibility1 but that if he had confidence in her1 she would go and do her best4 ,he told her that she could not fail and that there was nothing to fear2 that it would be much easier now to protect ,washington than it was ,new ,york from attack4 ,so ,colonel ,edna ,kennelworth went to ,washington4 ,she arrived there on ,july #bnd1 and did not have long to wait before seeing action4 ,,battle ,,of ,,washington ,the enemy was losing confidence and decided to risk #ej1jjj planes1 the best that they had1 on a concerted attack upon ,washington4 ,they figured that if they could take the ,capitol1 it would be a telling blow and help them on to further victory4 ,this was to be a supreme test and they decided to make the attack in broad daylight because they thought it would be a surprise and there would be more people on the street1 and the attack would have a greater demoralizing effect on the people thruout the country4 ,july #dth1 ,independence ,day1 was the time selected for the attack4 ,the plan was to send one fleet up the ,potomac1 have another fleet come down the ,potomac from the ,north and ,northwest and the third wing come across by ,baltimore4 ,colonel ,edna ,kennelworth was on duty when the ,tel-,talk buzzed and a scouting plane reported to her that the enemy were approaching in large numbers up the ,potomac4 ,she had never operated the sleeping gas machine in daylight before1 but knew that it would work just as effectively4 ,having seen the attack upon ,new ,york and knowing how swiftly one attack followed the other1 she realized that she must work fast4 ,she adjusted the gas machine toward the enemy approaching down the ,potomac and set it for a certain range1 about #ge miles4 ,she looked thru her telescope and saw the enemy when they were about #ej miles away and decided to let go the sleeping gas4 ,she swept it quickly right and left and in the glistening sunshine saw hundreds of planes going down4 ,in fifteen minutes the entire fleet was safely asleep in the ,tunnel thru the ,air4 ,by this time report came that another fleet was making from ,baltimore in a direct line for ,washington4 ,she set the machine again1 looked thru her powerful glass and saw the enemy approaching4 ,she started discharging the gas1 and in twelve minutes the entire fleet had been plunged into the ,tunnel4 ,she had a few minutes to wait and immediately picked up the radiophone and told ,supreme ,commander ,gordon in ,new ,york that the sleeping gas machine had worked wonderfully and that the ,tunnel thru the ,air held in captivity thousands of the enemy's airships and planes4 ,almost before she had finished making her report1 the ,tel-,talk buzzed4 ,she ran to it and was informed by the scouting planes that the largest fleet of planes ever seen was approaching from the ,west and ,northwest4 ,knowing that this was a combined fleet from the enemy's ,western lines1 from the same direction as the final one that attacked ,new ,york ,city4 ,this was to be the supreme test4 ,the first formation approached with about #ajjj planes4 ,swiftly and silently1 the gas machine did its work and they went down into the ,tunnel4 ,then came the second1 third1 and fourth formation and so on4 ,more than #ej1jjj planes had gone down and not more than one hour's time had elapsed4 ,when it was over with1 ,edna realized that she had not been a human being during this ordeal1 that she had worked just like the machine1 forgotten everything but the responsibility for the protection of her country4 ,when she knew that the ,capitol of her beloved country was safe and that more than #ej1jjj of the enemy's airships were safely suspended in the ,tunnel thru the ,air and that the aviators had entered upon their seven days' sleep1 she was supremely happy because not one life was required to save the ,capitol4 ,it was the greatest victory of all history thus far and she knew what it meant to ,supreme ,commander ,gordon and how this victory would be hailed with rejoicing all over the ,united ,states4 ,it would relieve the tension which had existed for two years when every hamlet1 town and city had feared every night that they might be attacked and destroyed by bombs from the enemy's planes4 ,the news had been flashed to all the ,departments and ,army ,headquarters4 ,when the scouting planes reported that more than #ej1jjj planes had been captured in this attack and not one of them escaped1 the ,president and ,army officers breathed a great sigh of relief and knew that this meant certain victory for the ,united ,states because the enemy had concentrated their attack on ,new ,york and ,washington with their best planes1 and had very few large bombing planes left1 and if this was not the end of the war1 it was the beginning of the end4 ,the ,president and his ,cabinet rushed to the ,capitol ,building to congratulate ,colonel ,edna ,kennelworth4 ,they found her carefully powdering her nose4 ,by this time she was calm and collected and prepared for the unexpected reception1 but was overwhelmed with the suddenness of the arrival of high officials4 ,she had met the ,president before when he had come to ,new ,york after the great battle4 ,he was the first to grasp her hand and1 after kissing it1 told her of the great debt of gratitude her country owed her4 ,the ,president said1 ,your great service demonstrates that woman is the equal of man and ,i hope to live to see the day when a woman will be ,president of the ,united ,states4 ,this country owes to you and ,supreme ,commander ,gordon and your good husband1 ,colonel ,kennelworth1 its liberty and freedom4 ,there is nothing too good for you4 ,you have performed the greatest act of any woman in history4 ,i speak for the ,american people and extend their heartfelt gratitude4 ,we can never repay you4 ,colonel ,edna ,kennelworth thanked the ,president1 told him that she had only done her duty and that she felt any other good woman in the ,united ,states would be glad to do the same under the same conditions4 ,the ,president and members of his ,cabinet were greatly impressed with her modesty and expressed their pride that one so young in years possessed such skill and daring4 ,she told them that this was imperative and that there was no one else who know how to handle the sleeping gas machine except ,supreme ,commander ,gordon and ,colonel ,kennelworth and that she had been placed there for that purpose and had only done her duty4 ,supreme ,commander ,gordon in ,new ,york sent a simple message congratulating ,colonel ,edna ,kennelworth3 ,you're a real woman--a thorobred4 ,i knew you could do it4 ,the ,president and the ,war ,council met and voted that a message of congratulation and appreciation be sent to ,supreme ,commander ,gordon telling him that everything would be left in his hands and to proceed as he had in the past4 ,the ,president and other ,government officials asked him if he would not give his consent to permit all of the newspapers in the ,united ,states to publish the details of the attack upon ,new ,york and how it had been successfully defended and to give details of the great victory at ,washington4 ,they felt that the people had so long been in a state of fear and anxiety1 this would bring great relief and give them a chance to get some peaceful sleep because it would remove from their minds the fear of their cities and towns being destroyed2 give them confidence that the ,united ,states had proved equal to the occasion2 help the general business situation and bring comfort to thousands of people who were suffering4 ,supreme ,commander ,gordon replied that there was no question but that the war was won and that need for secrecy was no longer necessary4 ,on the afternoon of ,july #dth the ,president of the ,united ,states issued a proclamation to the people1 telling them of the wonderful victory in ,washington and assuring them that the country was safe1 and set aside the following three days as holidays to celebrate and commemorate the victory of ,independence ,day4 ,in his message he said that ,god had blessed the ,stars and ,stripes and given to ,america a lone man who had made inventions which had saved the country1 and that a lone woman1 ,edna ,kennelworth1 with these inventions had protected ,washington from destruction and captured over #ej1jjj of the enemy's airships without causing the loss of a single soul4 ,the ,president's ,proclamation was given to the newspapers and every paper in the ,united ,states carried big headlines3 ,,great ,,attack ,,on ,,new ,,york ,,and ,,washington ,,fails4 ,,more ,,than ,,one ,,hundred ,,thousand ,,of ,,the ,,enemy',s ,,airships ,,have ,,been ,,captured4 ,,hundreds ,,of ,,thousands ,,have ,,been ,,taken ,,prisoners4 ,,edna ,,kennelworth1 ,a ,,lone ,,woman1 ,,saved ,,washington ,,with ,,sleeping ,,gas ,,bagged ,,over ,,fifty ,,thousand ,,airplanes ,,which ,,are ,,now ,,safely ,,held ,,in ,,the ,,tunnel ,,thru ,,the ,,air ,,made ,,by ,,supreme ,,commander ,,gordon',s ,,great ,,invention4 ,,it ,,is ,,expected ,,that ,,the ,,enemy ,,will ,,make ,a ,,plea ,,for ,,peace ,,any ,,day4 ,when the ,president declared a holiday1 ,supreme ,commander ,gordon decided that this was the time to let the enemy know what our strength was as it was no longer necessary to keep the secret about our new wonderful inventions4 ,he ordered the invisible noiseless planes to load up with hundreds of thousands of newspapers which told of the great victory1 sail at great altitudes over the enemy's lines in the ,united ,states and bombard them with these newspapers4 ,he ordered ,colonel ,morrison and ,colonel ,manson to take charge of the planes which were to distribute the papers over the enemy's lines4 ,ordered them to sail over the ,city of ,mexico and distribute papers over the enemy's headquarters there4 ,the ,supreme ,commander felt that this was the end1 in fact he knew it1 because after reading over ,ezekiel again he saw that the prophecies were about all fulfilled and that in a short time the millennium would dawn and the world would be at peace4 ,he read ,chapter #aj3i and #ba3 ,and the cherubims lifted up their wings and mounted up from the earth in my sight2 when they went out the wheels were also beside them and everyone stood at the door of the east gate of the ,lord's house2 and the glory of the ,god of ,israel was over them4 ,everyone had four faces apiece and everyone four wings2 and the likeness of the hands of a man was under their wings4 ,and the glory of the ,lord went up from the midst of the city and stood upon the mountain1 which is on the east side of the city4 ,he knew that this was the glory referred to for the ,united ,states and that ,ezekiel's prophecy1 ,chapter #ad1 #bast verse1 had been fulfilled4 ,it reads as follows3 ,for thus saith the ,lord ,god3 ,how much more when ,i send my four sore judgments upon ,jerusalem1 the sword and the famine and the noisome beast1 and the pestilence1 to cut off from it man and beast8 ,he knew that the noisome beasts were the airplanes1 and that all of these things had happened4 ,he read again about the #g days when they should prepare and purge the ,altar and purify it and consecrate themselves4 ,he now knew that the time was coming when the ,lord should rule on earth as he had promised and war should be no more4 ,the prophecies of the ,bible had been fulfilled where it said that woman should be the equal or exalted above man4 ,the ,lord had said1 ,i will exalt the low and debase the high1 and the ,bible said1 ,the little ones shall become as a thousand4 ,he was happy to know that everything was working out just as he had predicted it and happy because his inventions which he had worked on so unselfishly1 had saved his devoted country and made the nations of the world realize that all power under heaven and earth was given unto the ,united ,states1 the land of liberty4 ,knowing that the great power was now in his hands alone1 he could proceed to destroy every living thing in every nation1 but his heart was full of love and mercy and only thru mercy and without selfishness could the ,united ,states set an example to the world4 ,he could retake the ,pacific ,coast1 wipe out the ,western lines of the enemy or put them all to sleep for #g days and then make peace on any terms that he might dictate4 ,he thought of all the rulers of the world1 from the tyrant ,nero down to the ,kaiser1 how each one had sought world dominion based on selfish greed1 and each one had failed because ,god would not sanction such rulership4 ,he thought of ,marie and as he dreamed of her1 forgot whether he was a man with ,caesar or a ,god with ,alexander4 ,not once was he tempted to use the great power within his hands1 for he knew that love was kind and merciful4 ,all the writings of ,st4 ,paul had put stress on love and charity4 ,he decided that women and children must be protected and that not one of their lives should be taken in this final conflict4 ,now that the end was near1 he must demonstrate in a way never to be forgotten the power that he held over the world and decided to use the sleeping gas4 ,,chapter ,,xxxix ,robert ,gordon's ,seven ,days ,on ,july #bjth he had completed all preparations and had all his armies and all the airships and planes equipped with the sleeping gas machines4 ,instructions had been given that they should pass over the lines from the ,gulf of ,mexico to the ,great ,lakes1 from ,los ,angeles to ,seattle1 and send forth the sleeping gas and put to sleep entire enemy armies so that they would be kept asleep for #g days4 ,he decided to notify all of the ,commanding ,generals of the ,allied ,enemy just what he was going to do so that they would realize and know what power he had1 and instructed them to have all their commanding officers moved to places where they would not be molested or put to sleep1 so that they might watch and know what was happening4 ,the ,allied ,enemy were notified that they could make every attempt to protect themselves but that it would be useless1 because they would be unable to see or hear the approach of the silent1 invisible planes4 ,he called ,colonel ,walter ,kennelworth and ,colonel ,edna ,kennelworth to his headquarters4 ,thanked them for their services to the country2 assured them of his appreciation of their loyalty and devotion and promoted them to the rank of ,general4 ,he ordered ,general ,walter ,kennelworth to take charge of headquarters in ,new ,york1 operate the sleeping gas machine and to use the ,demon of ,death in case of emergency4 ,however1 he felt sure that there would be no more attacks4 ,general ,edna ,kennelworth was ordered to ,washington to resume charge in the ,capitol ,building and operate the machines for defense if necessary4 ,in bidding good-bye to his loyal comrades1 he told them that he was going to take ,marie the ,angel of ,mercy1 and was going alone to ,london1 ,berlin1 ,moscow1 ,madrid1 ,tokio and destroy buildings in these cities and with the light ray put every city in darkness1 put the people to sleep and leave them for #g days4 ,then he would destroy or conquer every important city in the world in #f days1 just the same as ,god created the world in #f days1 and that on the #gth day he would return to ,new ,york ,city and await the action of the ,allied ,nations in regard to peace4 ,he ordered all of the countries notified by radio that he would leave ,new ,york ,city on ,marie the ,angel of ,mercy1 which could make #ajjj miles an hour1 and when he arrived in ,london and other cities everyone should be out of the buildings which he would destroy with the ,demon of ,death2 that this was to be a mission of mercy and that he would not destroy one life if possible but that he must demonstrate the power that he could destroy all life and buildings if necessary4 ,the world was astounded and amazed but of course did not believe that there was any such invention or any such power in the hands of any one man1 or any one nation4 ,at #g ,a4,m4 on ,july #bast1 ,supreme ,commander ,gordon sailed away in the ,marie the ,angel of ,mercy and in a little over three hours he was over ,london4 ,he notified them to clear all the big buildings on ,lombard and ,downing ,streets4 ,they were unable to see his plane or hear it but they knew that he was somewhere over ,london in the air4 ,the people were frightened and cleared out of the buildings4 ,women and children were taken away to safety and slowly the death ray started to do its work4 ,the big buildings crumbled away1 slowly melting down as tho they were butter4 ,the people fell upon their knees in the streets and prayed to ,god to save them from this great invisible force4 ,many people believed that it was an unseen power from heaven that had come to destroy the world and that this was the end of the world4 ,when he had completed the destruction of enough buildings to show them his power1 he circled over ,london time and time again1 sending forth the sleeping gas and the people all succumbed and went to sleep4 ,with the power from his machine he extinguished all the electric lights in the city and left it in darkness4 ,the news of this terrible disaster was sent from ,london to the ,allied ,enemy headquarters in the ,united ,states4 ,supreme ,commander ,gordon then proceeded on the following day to ,berlin4 ,he intended to teach the ,germans a lesson that they never would forget4 ,he would show mercy that they had never shown because not one woman or child would be harmed1 but protected4 ,not one human life would be taken1 but he would make the destruction of buildings in ,berlin so complete that they would never forget his visit4 ,he would remind them that the ,kaiser and all of the great ,german armies were powerless when ,marie the ,angel of ,mercy sent forth its destructive rays and sleeping gas4 ,he sailed over ,berlin and notified everyone to clear out of the buildings4 ,he destroyed all of the important buildings on the business streets1 turned loose his sleeping gas and left ,berlin in darkness1 to sleep for #g days4 ,when he had completed the bombardment of the buildings in ,berlin1 he sent a message to the ,president of ,france that he would be in ,paris within the next hour to thank him personally for the great aid that ,france had given us in the war4 ,the ,president notified him that ,france would declare a holiday and give him a reception greater than that tendered ,captain ,lindbergh when he landed there on ,may #bast1 #aibg4 ,he informed the ,president that his time was limited1 but in appreciation of the friendship of ,france he would anchor ,marie the ,angel of ,mercy over ,paris and arrange lights to play upon her to make her visible so the people could see this wonderful ship4 ,he left ,berlin and was in ,paris in a short time4 ,france had sent thousands of her planes into the air signaling the ,marie4 ,they could not see her and ,supreme ,commander ,gordon communicated with them by radio and anchored near the same spot where ,lindbergh had landed over five years before4 ,he was taken aboard one of ,france's airplanes and carried to the ,president1 who greeted him cordially1 kneeled and kissed his cheeks and hands4 ,thanked him for the inventions which he had made which would end war for all time4 ,supreme ,commander ,gordon had brought a letter from the ,president of the ,united ,states thanking ,france for her support and assuring them of our loyalty and support forever in the future4 ,he told the ,president of his plan for a ,united ,kingdom of the ,world4 ,how he was going to call all the nations to ,new ,york for a peace conference when the war was over1 which he was assured would be when he returned to ,new ,york4 ,the ,president assured him that ,france would be very happy to be the first nation to join with the ,united ,states in the brotherhood of man to make it a ,united ,kingdom of the ,world4 ,he told the ,president of ,france that he had brought with him on board the ,marie one of his ,tunnel machines which he wanted to place in one of the tallest buildings1 establish a ,tunnel thru the ,air between ,new ,york and ,paris so that their airships could pass in safety thru the ,tunnel to ,new ,york1 or if any of the officers in ,canada wanted to come home1 they could proceed to ,new ,york and travel thru the ,tunnel to ,paris4 ,he tested out this machine after it had been set up1 sent one of the planes to ,new ,york thru the ,tunnel and the round trip was made in one hour and thirty minutes4 ,he explained to the ,president that by establishing a vacuum1 it was possible to drive the machines in safety at a terrific speed4 ,he instructed ,louis ,corday1 one of the famous aces of the ,french ,aviation ,corps1 how to handle the ,tunnel machine4 ,then ,supreme ,commander ,gordon went to ,lisbon and ,madrid1 ,spain1 destroyed their most important buildings and put the people to sleep for #g days4 ,then proceeded to ,rome where he destroyed all the fine cathedrals1 business and government buildings4 ,before arriving there he had notified the ,pope to get all the people out of the buildings and instructed him where to go for safety1 telling him he did not wish to give him the sleeping gas but wanted him to be awake to pray during the #g days while all the inhabitants were asleep4 ,told him that his people must be taught that ,god is more powerful than any ruler or potentate and that the time would come when there must be one religion1 one ,united ,kingdom of the ,world and one ,god4 ,from there he proceeded to the beautiful city of ,vienna and having the people removed from the buildings1 turned on the ,demon of ,death and melted the buildings down4 ,discharging sleeping gas from his machine1 he said good-bye to ,vienna and proceeded to ,moscow4 ,the poor and uneducated people of ,russia had been warned of his coming4 ,the newspapers told them what had been happening in other cities1 but the people refused to believe that they would not be destroyed4 ,many of them rushed to the waters and drowned themselves4 ,others went to the forests to hide4 ,moscow was more excited than ever before4 ,people had been praying day and night before he arrived4 ,finally when he was over ,moscow1 he sent a radio message that they should clear all the important buildings which he was going to destroy4 ,he descended very low and located the buildings and when he had been notified that the people had been moved to safety1 turned on the ,demon of ,death4 ,as the buildings leapt into flames and the people could see them1 they were sure that this was the end of the world and that ,god was destroying it by fire1 because they were unable to see the source from which the destruction was coming1 the destroying rays from the machine being invisible and ,marie the ,angel of ,mercy being invisible4 ,when he had finished the destruction of the buildings1 he turned loose the sleeping gas1 darkened the city and sailed for ,constantinople4 ,he had notified the terrible ,turks1 who had sent such destructive airships to help conquer the ,united ,states1 that he was going to open the ,dardanelles from the air2 and destroy the battleships in the ,black ,sea4 ,when he arrived and all buildings were cleared1 people were greatly frightened and some of them were praying to ,america's ,god to save them4 ,supreme ,commander ,gordon assured them that no lives would be taken4 ,he then proceeded to destroy all their largest buildings1 discharged the death rays into the water and blew up their ships2 left the city in darkness to sleep in peace4 ,his next stop was at ,alexandria and ,cairo1 ,egypt4 ,he visited the ,pyramids1 notified the people that they were placed there according to a divine plan and that he would not destroy them4 ,he destroyed the main buildings and blew up the warships1 leaving the people asleep as he had done in other cities4 ,he notified the people in ,bombay1 ,india1 that they had taken sides with ,england against us and that they must be shown an example of the power of the ,land of ,freedom4 ,he destroyed their temples and large buildings and put the people asleep4 ,then went to ,pekin1 ,china1 where he destroyed buildings which had stood for thousands of years2 discharged the sleeping gas and proceeded to ,tokio4 ,the ,japs had been the first to declare war upon the ,united ,states and make an attack and they must be taught a lesson which they would remember so long as the world stood4 ,he ordered all the men removed from their battleships and proceeded to discharge the death rays into the water and destroy them4 ,when he began to destroy the important buildings the people thought that it was another earthquake because they had not forgotten how their buildings had crumbled down years before4 ,he assured them that no lives would be taken1 that they would be allowed to sleep for #g days in peace2 leaving the city in darkness and the inhabitants asleep1 he proceeded to ,melbourne and ,sydney1 ,australia4 ,australia had remained neutral and was friendly to the ,united ,states4 ,he carried a letter of thanks from the ,president of the ,united ,states to the people of ,australia4 ,thanked them personally and told them that they were now invited to join the ,united ,states in forming the brotherhood of man in the ,united ,kingdom4 ,the ,city of ,mexico was next notified that they would have the final and greatest demonstration of the power of ,marie the ,angel of ,mercy4 ,the ,mexicans and ,spaniards knew that ,supreme ,commander ,gordon was born in the ,state of ,texas4 ,they remembered the ,battle of the ,alamo and ,goliad4 ,the poor class of ,mexicans refused to believe after ,mexico had joined with ,japan and ,spain against the ,united ,states1 that any ,texan would spare their lives4 ,they had prayed day and night since they learned that the ,supreme ,commander of the ,united ,states with ,marie the ,angel of ,mercy was to visit them4 ,he told them that this machine took its power from the air and that the rays were powerful enough to melt down the mountains and that he would destroy some of the mountains of ,mexico and all the old pyramids4 ,before he reached the ,city of ,mexico1 he anchored over a mountain1 turned on the death ray and the mountain crumbled to dust4 ,the old pyramids were also destroyed4 ,when he reached the ,city of ,mexico1 he informed them that he had destroyed the mountains to fulfill the prophecies in the ,bible which said that every mountain should be laid low and every valley should be exalted4 ,a large part of forces of the enemy and their officers were located in the ,city of ,mexico and they were notified to flee to the mountains and hills where they could watch the destruction of the buildings4 ,the ,supreme ,commander of the ,united ,states said that they would not be put to sleep because he wanted them to watch the silent1 sleeping city while it remained in darkness for #g days4 ,when he had completed his destruction of the ,city of ,mexico1 he sent a message by radio to ,new ,york and ,washington that he was on his way home and would pass over the enemy's lines in ,california and in the central part of the ,united ,states1 sending them messages all along giving his location and offering to let the officers take a shot at ,marie the ,angel of ,mercy if they could see her4 ,he knew that ,marie could rise to a height of #fj miles or more if necessary and intended to fly at a height to which no enemy plane could ever ascend4 ,supreme ,commander ,gordon sent a message to his old home town1 ,texarkana1 ,texas1 that he would anchor there and give everybody a view of ,marie the ,angel of ,mercy4 ,when he arrived there he circled over his own old home out near ,red ,river2 then sailed the ,marie down ,stateline ,avenue and anchored her in the air about #ajj feet above the street4 ,he turned on the lights and made his great ship visible1 so the people could see what had accomplished the great victory4 ,it was the greatest celebration that ,texarkana ever had4 ,the people went wild with joy4 ,his dear old mother was the happiest woman in the world4 ,she greeted him affectionately2 told him that all her dreams about him had come true4 ,he could only make a short visit as he had to hurry on to ,new ,york4 ,he notified ,montreal1 ,canada1 that he would arrive there early on the morning of the #gth day4 ,montreal prepared for a great celebration4 ,he arrived there soon after sunrise1 anchored the ,marie1 and delivered a message to the people of ,canada1 thanking them for their loyalty and aid in our behalf4 ,invited them to be among the first to join in the peace conference in making the ,united ,states of the ,world4 ,after bidding them good-bye1 he sailed for ,new ,york1 arriving just before noon on the #gth day after he had sailed away on his great trip around the world4 ,marie the ,angel of ,mercy circled over ,new ,york and landed at the ,mammouth ,building4 ,general ,walter ,kennelworth was on duty and reported what had happened during ,supreme ,commander ,gordon's absence1 altho he had kept in touch with him by radio all the time and informed him what was going on4 ,supreme ,commander ,gordon's orders had been carried out the day he left on his #g-;day tour of the world and sleeping gas sprayed over all the enemy lines thruout the ,united ,states4 ,,chapter ,,xxxv ,the ,allied ,enemy generals and officers knowing what could happen after the losses at ,new ,york and ,washington obeyed the instructions of ,supreme ,commander ,gordon and moved to a place of safety4 ,after waiting three days and finding that their armies were still asleep they gathered near their various headquarters in ,new ,orleans1 ,st4 ,louis1 ,chicago1 ,san ,francisco and prayed for deliverance4 ,they realized that the greatest power of the universe was now in the hands of the ,united ,states4 ,most of them credited this power to an act of ,god1 and not to man4 ,they had not yet heard what had happened in all the cities of the world where the ,marie the ,angel of ,mercy had visited4 ,late on the #gth day the ,allied ,armies of the enemy began to awake4 ,each day following for the next #f days1 the people in one city after another of the foreign countries where he had visited awoke4 ,supreme ,commander ,gordon released an electric light control and the cities were no longer in darkness4 ,all wireless and radio stations refused to take any messages except what concerned news in regard to the ,marie the ,angel of ,mercy and what had happened all over the world4 ,on the second day after ,supreme ,commander ,gordon's arrival1 the ,war ,council of the ,united ,states and the ,president came to ,new ,york ,city to confer with the ,supreme ,commander4 ,reports had come from all parts of the world about his mission of mercy4 ,not one life had been reported lost4 ,to say that he returned in triumph and great victory was to put it mildly4 ,the ,president and the ,war ,council decided that it was now time to permit all newspapers to publish the news all over the ,united ,states and let the people know just what had been happening during the past #g days4 ,thousands of messages poured in to ,supreme ,commander ,gordon4 ,the world was at the ,supreme ,commander's feet4 ,he was hailed as the greatest man since ,jesus ,christ4 ,on ,august #dth1 #aicb1 all of the cities in the world where ,supreme ,commander ,gordon had destroyed buildings1 were heard from4 ,reports showed that everything was normal and that no lives were lost4 ,messages were pouring in from every part of the world to the ,allied ,enemy ,commanders to make peace with the ,united ,states on any terms and never permit the return of ,marie the ,angel of ,mercy4 ,the ,commanders of the ,allied ,enemy armies dispatched messages to the ,president at ,washington1 asking for an armistice and peace terms on any conditions4 ,the ,president replied3 ,peace terms are out of my hands4 ,when this country was in dire peril and our cause seemed hopeless and lost1--when your demands were to take our country1 our name1 our honor1--at that time we placed our fate in the hands of a lone man ,robert ,gordon and made him ,supreme ,commander of all of the ,armies of the ,united ,states4 ,his will is law4 ,you will have to deal with him1 no one else has authority or will be given authority4 ,the communication was sent to ,supreme ,commander ,gordon4 ,he called a conference to discuss peace terms4 ,the ,president1 ,cabinet officers and all the ,army and ,government officials attended4 ,when the conference convened1 ,general ,pearson arose and said3 ,when we turned over the ,supreme ,command of the ,armies of the ,united ,states to you we agreed to abide by your decision no matter what it might be4 ,your actions and the victories that you have won have justified our faith and confidence in you4 ,you have proven yourself to be the greatest man in the history of the world4 ,your mercy and justice has been demonstrated4 ,our country and the world and its destiny are safe in the hands of a man like you4 ,you have been guided by ,almighty ,god and ,i make a motion that we say nothing1 offer no advice1 but leave everything in your hands4 ,whatever terms of peace you make1 we will gladly abide by them4 ,when he had finished talking1 ,colonel ,manson arose and said3 ,i second that motion4 ,let us make the vote unanimous by all rising4 ,every man rose immediately4 ,the ,president grasped ,supreme ,commander ,gordon's hand and thanked him for his great service to the ,united ,states and the world4 ,each ,cabinet officer and army officer followed1 and shook the ,supreme ,commander's hand1 wishing him continued success4 ,the ,president and ,government officials were anxious for ,supreme ,commander ,gordon to explain how he had accomplished the wonderful feat of going around the world in #g days and destroying so many buildings4 ,he told them that his new machine made a ,tunnel thru the ,air and that it had overcome resistance from gravitation and the machine was invisible4 ,he explained how he had been guided in building this machine and all his other inventions by the ,bible4 ,supreme ,commander ,gordon decided to call a conference of all nations to take place in ,new ,york1 on ,august #cjth1 #aicb4 ,they were notified and representatives were asked to be sent4 ,supreme ,commander ,gordon made a special request that the representatives from all the countries bring with them their wives or daughters as he had a special message for them and wanted them to take an important part in the ,peace ,conference4 ,no one knew what the conditions of peace would be1 but even the enemy felt that they were dealing with the most just man that the world had ever known1 a man who refused to take the lives of women and children4 ,when he had the power to put the entire ,allied ,armies of the ,enemy to sleep and destroy them1 he refused to do it4 ,they were all willing and glad to leave their fate in his hands4 ,all over the country ,old ,glory was waving from every building4 ,flags were printed with the picture of ,supreme ,commander ,gordon on them and the picture of ,marie the ,angel of ,mercy4 ,the flags bore the inscription ,tunnel thru the ,air1 ,the ,lone ,aviator1 ,america's ,savior4 ,each day airplanes from all parts of the world began to bring the officials who were to be at the conference of all nations4 ,madison ,square ,garden had been engaged for the conference4 ,several millions of people had applied for admission but only ,government officials and prominent men and women thruout the country were granted tickets4 ,the ,government officials of the ,united ,states led by the ,president and the ,supreme ,war ,council1 decided that at the opening of the ,peace ,conference1 ,general ,walter ,kennelworth should be designated to make the address of welcome to the delegates of all countries and also to make the speech of thanks for the ,united ,states to ,supreme ,commander ,gordon1 for the services he had rendered1 knowing that he was his best friend and he knew him better than anyone else4 ,,chapter ,,xxxvi ,,peace ,,conference ,,of ,,the ,,world ,the conference convened about #aj ,a4,m4 on ,august #cjth4 ,all of the officials were seated by #aa o'clock and shortly after1 ,supreme ,commander ,gordon escorted by the ,president of the ,united ,states1 ,general ,walter ,kennelworth and his wife ,general ,edna ,kennelworth1 arrived4 ,the applause lasted for more than one hour4 ,when it had died down1 ,general ,pearson stepped to the center of the platform1 and grasped the ,supreme ,commander's hand and raised it before the vast throng and said1 ,commanders1 rulers1 kings and officials of all nations1 this is our lord and master1 whose will is law4 ,whatever he says1 we will abide by4 ,i now introduce to you1 ,general ,walter ,kennelworth1 who will make the opening address4 ,the applause again lasted for over a half hour1 then ,general ,walter ,kennelworth began to speak3 ,brothers and ,sisters of the world3 ,this is the greatest council that the world has ever known1 for never before in history has every nation gathered at a peace conference4 ,we hope and verily believe this is to be the last war4 ,we expect to be one united people and follow the law laid down in the ,bible1 ',love thy neighbor as thyself4' ,then there can be no more wars4 ,it is my purpose at this time to introduce to you a man who needs no introduction1 the prince of peace1 a man of sorrow and acquainted with grief--the greatest and most just man since our saviour ,jesus ,christ was on earth4 ,we placed our liberty in his hands and he saved our country and has been merciful to the enemy4 ,our gratitude to him can never be repaid4 ,i now commend you to his care and keeping4 ,whatever terms he may make for peace1 the ,united ,states ,government will ratify and confirm4 ,i now take pleasure in presenting to you our ,supreme ,commander ,robert ,gordon who will now address you4 ,supreme ,commander ,gordon arose and tried to quiet the great crowd4 ,women were on their feet and men were shouting1 ,hail the most just and merciful man in the world4 ,there was a mad rush to try to get to the platform to shake his hand4 ,when the noise had quieted down and order been restored ,supreme ,commander ,gordon raised the ,holy ,bible and said3 ,brothers and ,sisters of the ,united ,world3 ,the terms laid down in this book are the terms of peace that ,i offer you4 ,i am going to offer you peace on the same terms that ,jesus would give you4 ,the ,united ,states has always stood for liberty and as the land of liberty it must set an example of peace and brotherly love to the world as it has always done before4 ,this country has never engaged in a war for personal gain4 ,in the great ,world ,war1 we refused to accept any indemnities4 ,we made the fight for a principle1 not for money or territory4 ,now the ,united ,states will make no demand upon any nation4 ,there is no longer to be different nations of the world1 but the ,united ,kingdom of the ,world4 ,the ,united ,states is to dictate peace to the world on the terms of brotherly love4 ,we will take no territory nor demand any indemnity4 ,we will retain the gold supply of the world but will follow the admonition of ,jesus ,christ when he said ',feed my ,lambs4' ,we will lend a helping hand to any nation that needs it4 ,you are to return to your homes and loved ones and tell them that the spirit of ,god1 which is all-powerful and able to destroy1 is ever merciful and just and has spared your lives and liberty4 ,we refuse to take your money or territory and in return only ask and demand that you do unto others as you would have them do unto you and as we have done unto you4 ,remember that ,old ,glory has never trailed the dust and she never will1 because the ,god of the universe did not create this nation for any or all nations to destroy4 ,he has placed the great power in the hands of those who would use it only in defense of right and not for selfish gain4 ,when ,i am ready1 ,i can touch a button and your great airships which are now held captive may proceed safely home and when you go1 may you follow in the footsteps of ,him who created the earth and who has saved you1 and may you give reverence and praise to ,him who is able to destroy not only property1 but both soul and body4 ,when the final articles are drawn and the territory of the ,united ,states is divided and allotted according to the plan laid down by ,ezekiel and according to science1 we will so direct that each of you can live in peace and harmony and according to the law4 ,i demand that the terms of peace be signed by women as well as men4 ,they are more just and merciful and will rule the country in the future4 ,if women must continue to be the mothers of our men1 they must have the right to decide whether their sons shall be sent to war or not4 ,it will take time to arrange the plans for cities and countries as outlined by ,ezekiel and ,i expect that the terms will be acceptable and signed by the good women of every nation4 ,it is understood and agreed that the ,united ,states will retain all of the inventions we now have for the prevention of war and ,i warn you that if necessity ever demands it1 for the protection of peace of the world1 that a machine can be built which will destroy every living soul on the earth4 ,it can be directed from ,new ,york ,city by a lone man without ever leaving here and do complete destructive work4 ,this is only a warning and not a threat4 ,you have seen the power demonstrated by ,marie the ,angel of ,mercy1 and mercy shown4 ,you must respect this divine law and divine power4 ,remember that this victory is according to ,god's plan and ,god's will4 ,i take no credit to myself and for myself and my country ask nothing1 except that you live with us in brotherly love4 ,when ,supreme ,commander ,gordon had finished speaking1 the applause was the greatest ever known1 lasting again for more than an hour4 ,when it had died down1 ,general ,walter ,kennelworth stepped to the platform and said1 ,it is next in order for me to make a speech of appreciation to ,supreme ,commander ,gordon not only for our country1 but ,i have in my hand a paper which has been signed by the rulers of every country in the world1 asking that ,i make a speech of appreciation for them4 ,before proceeding with this address1 ,i want to ask every man and woman in this audience who is willing to accept the terms of peace laid down by ,supreme ,commander ,gordon to rise to their feet4 ,in an instant1 every man and woman in the building was on their feet1 shouting1 ,hail to the ,chief1 ,god bless him and long may he live4 ,when they were seated again1 ,general ,kennelworth proceeded1 and turning to ,supreme ,commander ,gordon he said3 ,supreme ,commander ,robert ,gordon1 ,comrade and ,friend3 ,i now have the greatest honor that has ever been conferred upon any man1--that of presenting to you the highest medal that the ,united ,states can confer4 ,this medal is emblematic of your great work and the duty and loyalty you have shown to your country4 ,it is made of gold with a triple triangle in the three royal colors1 purple1 blue and gold4 ,the words in the center of the triangle are ',i am ,god-,love4' ,around the triangle are the words1 ,faith1 ,hope and ,love4 ,all of this and even more you have lived4 ,words are empty when ,i attempt to convey to you the appreciation and gratitude of this country and the world4 ,i am instructed by the ,president of the ,united ,states to say to you that anything that the ,united ,states can give is yours without the asking4 ,all the foreign countries now fall at your feet to worship you because you have proven worthy and have used the great power placed in your hands wisely4 ,it has been well said that ,god never places a responsibility upon a man who will use it unwisely4 ,god has made no mistake in selecting you1 ,robert ,gordon1 as the prince of peace4 ,the ,united ,states is proud of you1 the world honors you and we offer you our humble gratitude and all the praise that this world can give you4 ,name what you want as your reward and it shall be given to you4 ,again the applause lasted for a long time4 ,when it had died away ,supreme ,commander ,gordon arose and said1 ,general ,walter ,kennelworth1 ,comrade and ,friend1 we have known each other since early youth and ,i am deeply touched to have you here to make a speech of gratitude for my humble efforts in behalf of my beloved country4 ,you ask me what our country and the world can give me in return for my achievement4 ,i am deeply grateful to you1 my brothers and sisters of the world4 ,i ask no credit for myself but owe it all to ,god who guided me thru love and inspired me to give my best to my country and to bring back with honor ,old ,glory's colors which have never trailed the dust1 unstained by blood of innocent women and children4 ,above all the rest1 ,i have kept a woman's trust untarnished and hope to some day see a new light of love in a woman's eyes4 ,no reward is greater than this and ,i must still trust in ,god and wait4 ,i have been loyal to her when all others have doubted her4 ,even when my country dishonored me1 my faith never faltered1 and when she disappeared1 ,i hoped and prayed that she would live and still hope she is alive4 ,i knew she had faith in me1 love for me and the power of that love has given me the power to destroy the world1 but her love has left charity in my heart and for that love ,i have dealt with the enemy with love and mercy4 ,all the money1 power and glory that you can give me are empty and cannot supply the aching void in my heart for her4 ,the greatest gift that could be bestowed would be to return her to me with all the love and confidence that she had in me on ,june #eth1 #aibg4 ,in speaking of the inspiration that has been brought about by my love for her1 ,i want to say that ,i was always faithful to my mother and that ,i have honored and respected her4 ,it was she who taught me loyalty to my country and it was for her that ,i remained loyal and faithful to the cause of my country4 ,in closing1 ,i request that one of the terms of peace shall be that ,new ,york ,city shall be the capital of the ,united ,kingdom of the ,world2 that the plan of the future shall be according to ,ezekiel4 ,the ,bible is replete with references thruout of a rebirth4 ,jesus said ',ye must be born again of water and of the spirit4' ,a change of name is referred to many times4 ,jesus said ',i will give him a new name4' ,the ,united ,kingdom of the ,world shall be the new name4 ,jesus said ',i will be their ,god and there shall be no more ,war4' ,in ,ezekiel #dh3ce1 his last prophecy was ',and the name of that city from that day shall be ,,the ,,lord ,,is ,,there4' ,new ,york ,city1 which is to be the capital of the ,united ,kingdom of the ,world and which has been known as the most wicked city in the world1 is now to be the capital of the land of love and liberty1 because the victory which united the world was won from there4 ,i christen it ',,the ,,city ,,of ,,the ,,lord4' ,may you so live that the world may know by the acts and justice of this great city that ,,the ,,lord ,,is ,,there4 ,i thank you1 one and all4 ,when ,supreme ,commander ,gordon finished speaking1 almost every man and woman in the audience were in tears4 ,they had never known that such wonderful things were in the ,bible and that all of these very events were foretold by the greatest prophet1 ,ezekiel4 ,the ,president of the ,united ,states stepped to the platform and suggested that they give a rising vote of thanks and three cheers for ,supreme ,commander ,robert ,gordon4 ,when the cheering was over1 the ,president said3 ,the conference is going to close for the evening and meet tomorrow when ,supreme ,commander ,gordon will go over the plans for the future brotherhood of love4 ,if you will have patience for a few moments1 ,general ,walter ,kennelworth will make the closing address1 but in the meantime ,i want to introduce to you ,america's greatest woman1 one whom we hope that the good women of ,america will select to be the first woman to rule the ,united ,kingdom of the ,world2 one who made a supreme sacrifice and rendered her country the greatest aid in time of war4 ,i present to you the wife of ,general ,walter ,kennelworth1 and the aide of ,supreme ,commander ,robert ,gordon1 the woman who saved the capitol at ,washington--,general ,edna ,kennelworth4 ,when the ,president had finished and the applause had died down1 ,general ,edna ,kennelworth arose4 ,mr4 ,president1 ,supreme ,commander ,gordon1 ,brothers and ,sisters of the ,united ,kingdom of the ,world3 ,to me belongs no honor and ,i seek no glory4 ,we owe it all to the genius of our ,supreme ,commander1 ,robert ,gordon4 ,i thank our worthy ,president and all the nations of the world who have shown their honor and appreciation to ,general ,walter ,kennelworth1 my husband1 and myself4 ,i am happy to know that the cause of women has triumphed and that our ,supreme ,commander has set an example for the world and has shown what the love of a good woman can do4 ,i thank you4 ,the women were all on their feet and gave ,edna the greatest applause any woman ever received4 ,it was now growing late in the evening and ,general ,walter ,kennelworth stepped to the platform and said3 ,brothers and ,sisters of the ,united ,world1 ,i will not detain you long with this personal address to our ,supreme ,commander ,robert ,gordon4 ,turning to the ,supreme ,commander he said3 ,i will no longer address you as the ,supreme ,commander ,robert ,gordon1 but as my friend and comrade4 ,this is the happiest moment of my life and ,i now realize that justice1 mercy and truth always will be rewarded4 ,you have been unselfish and since the day that you wrote the famous letter that won ,marie and the ,garden of ,love1 you have kept your promise and been unselfish4 ,your first thought has been of your country in time of need4 ,you have been loyal to your mother1 true and faithful to ,marie and now ,i want to read ,marie's letter to you written the day she disappeared4 ,i know that you know it by heart because you have read it a thousand times1 but ,i want this conference of men and women from all the nations of the world to know that you are a man among men--that you are one in millions and that you have set an example for the world and that example will make better men4 ,the letter reads3 ',,dearest ,,robert3 ',according to your faith be ,i unto you4 ,love will always have faith1 understand and wait4 ,time proves all things4 ,you will get everything you want4 ,i will come to you when ,i mean the most1 and your need for love is the greatest4 ,,marie4' ,your faith has been supreme4 ,your love has given you faith and you have tried to understand4 ,more than five long years have passed and no word has been received from ,marie4 ,in your speech today1 the thought uppermost in your mind was for her happiness and safety4 ,this shows that time does prove all things4 ,it has proven your love for ,marie and your faith and confidence in a woman's promise4 ,marie was a wise prophet4 ,she knew better than we knew when she said3 ',you will get everything you want4' ,robert ,gordon1 that prophecy has been fulfilled4 ,you have accomplished your ambition and received everything that the world can give4 ,all of your dreams but one have been realized4 ,you have all the honors1 all the gratitude that a world can give1 yet ,i know that your heart is aching and after your duty is well done and the peace of the world is established1 you will need ,marie and her love more now than ever4 ,what ,marie ,stanton had in her mind the night she wrote that letter and left the train on the way to ,st4 ,louis1 ,i do not know1 but ,i do know that she has rendered the greatest service of any woman to this country4 ,whether she dreamed or realized what she was doing1 makes no difference4 ,had she proceeded on to ,st4 ,louis and married you1 ,robert ,gordon1 the great inspiration which has made you the greatest inventor of the world and the prince of peace1 would have been lacking4 ,the great desire for love and your longing for ,marie has stimulated your ambitions1 kept hope in your breast and endowed you with the power to subdue the enemies of the world and unite the world in the brotherhood of peace4 ,this has all been brought about by the act of ,marie ,stanton4 ,she deserves credit and above all1 you deserve the greatest reward that can be given any man1 and that is the love of a good woman4 ,the last line of her letter read1 ',i will come to you when ,i mean the most and your need for love is the greatest4' ,robert ,gordon1 that last promise has sustained you thru all of these years4 ,it has been the anchor that has kept your soul steadfast4 ,you have trusted and never doubted4 ,you have honored and respected the land that gave you birth4 ,your love and faithfulness to ,marie ,stanton has guided you to success and victory1 because it was an unselfish love4 ,the great ,god who gave ,his only begotten son to save the world that ,he loved has not been unmindful of you and your devotion to ,his wisdom4 ,you have followed ,his example of love and mercy4 ,you have kept the faith4 ,you have preserved the life of your nation and the allwise ,god in ,his wisdom and mercy1 has preserved for you the life of ,marie ,stanton4 ,robert ,gordon1 my friend and comrade1 ,i now take pleasure in presenting to you ,marie ,stanton4 ,robert ,gordon jumped from his seat as if in a daze4 ,marie ,stanton shouted1 ,robert6 ,robert6 and fell into his arms4 ,general ,walter ,kennelworth turned to the audience and said3 ,this is the proof of ,god's divine plan and the reward for those who obey ,his law4 ,love is indeed the fulfillment of the law4 ,i may not be as great a prophet as ,ezekiel or as our ,supreme ,commander ,robert ,gordon1 but ,i predict that when we meet tomorrow we will have heard that the first marriage in the new city1 ,the ,city of the ,lord1 capital of the ,united ,kingdom of the ,world has taken place between ,robert ,gordon and ,marie ,stanton4 ,,the ,,end ,transcribers note3 ,text enclosed by underscores is in italics 7italics74