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"I've read that in some cities the Boy Scouts have been successful in placing the bonds. It's an honorable undertaking, in any event, but I hope you will meet with no insults." "If that rank pro-German, Jake Kasker, will buy bonds, there isn't a man in Dorfield who can give a logical excuse for not doing likewise," declared Mary Louise. "I'm going to use Kasker to shame the rest of them.
"Don't bother about Annie, for goodness' sake," exclaimed Mary Louise. "She hasn't the brains or an opportunity to do any harm, so you'd better class her with Kasker and the butcher." But Josie shook her head. "There's a cross opposite her name," said she. "I don't intend to shuffle Annie Boyle into the discard until I know more about her." The "Liberty Girls' Shop" was proving a veritable mint.
"Oughtn't we to finish with Kasker, first?" she asked, hesitatingly, for she respected Josie's judgment. The girl detective laughed. "I've an impression we've already finished with him unless I really give him that shaking," she replied.
I know that Kasker talks foolishly against the war and resents the drafting of his son, but I think he is a good American at heart. He has bought Liberty Bonds more liberally than some who proclaim their patriotism from the housetops. I don't fear these outspoken objectors, my dear, as much as those who work slyly in the dark such as the writers of those disgraceful circulars."
Was this meeting, on which they had so greatly depended, destined to prove a failure, after all? Jake Kasker, the owner of "Kasker's Clothing Emporium," finally made his way to the platform and mounting the steps faced his townspeople. There was a little murmur of surprise and a sudden tension. The man had been distrusted in Dorfield, of late.
But here, Kasker, who had been frowning darkly on the suspender man, broke in. "See here, Abe; I don't allow that kind of talk in my store," he growled. "You? You're like me; you hate the war, Jake." "I did once, Abe, but I don't now. I ain't got time to hate it. It's here, and I can't help it. We're in the war and we're going ahead to win it, 'cause there ain't no hope in backing down. Stop it?
"What did you think of Jake Kasker's kind of patriotism?" he asked. "Oh; the clothing man? I didn't pay much attention. Never met Kasker before, you know. Isn't he like most of the rabble, thinking what he's told to think and saying what he's told to say?" She waited for a reply, but none was forthcoming. Even this clever lead did not get a rise out of Abe Kauffman.
"No," said Mary Louise; "Gran'pa has told me of several others; but none has spoken so frankly as Kasker. Anyhow, there's no harm in suspecting him, for if he is really innocent he can blame his own disloyal speeches for the suspicion. But now let us check up the morning's work and get busy again as soon as possible. We mustn't lose a single minute."
The colonel and Mary Louise were both a little awed, but as Kasker accompanied them to the door, they strove to express their sympathy and approval. As they parted, however, the man leaned over and whispered: "Just the same, I hate the war. But, if it has to be, let's stand together to fight and win it!" "Gran'pa Jim," said Mary Louise, when they were on the street again, "I'm ashamed.
"Now, young lady," he began, "we'll talk about " "Excuse me," said Josie hastily. "I'm going, now; but I'll be back. I want to see you again, Mr. Kasker." She ran down the aisle to the door, looked up and down the street and saw the thick-set form of the suspender salesman just disappearing around the corner to the south. Instantly she stepped out. Josie was an expert in the art of shadowing.
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