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Rinehart, Mary Roberts, 1876-1958

"Dangerous Days"


They don't go far enough. The trouble with you manufacturers is
that you only recognize one sort of trouble, and that's a strike.
I suppose you know that the Kaiser has said, if we enter the war,
that he need not send an army here at all. That his army is here
already, armed and equipped."
"Bravado," said Clayton.
"I wonder!"
Mr. Dunbar reached into his breast pocket, and produced a long typed
memorandum.
"You might just glance at that."
Clayton read it carefully. It was a list of fires, mostly in
granaries and warehouses, and the total loss was appalling.
"All German work," said his visitor. "Arson, for the Fatherland.
All supplies for the Allies, you see. I've got other similar lists,
here, all German deviltry. And they're only commencing. If we go
into the war - "
The immediate result of the visit was that Clayton became a member
of a protective league which undertook, with his cooperation, to
police and guard the mill. But Mr. Dunbar's last words left him
thinking profoundly.


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