All we need look out for is to secure public confidence and keep the bandage on the eyes of the world till our system is actually in operation--then there will be no redress, no come back, no possible rebellion.

As I've already said, Wally, we'll have the whole world by the windpipe; and let the mob howl _then_, if they dare!" "Yes, let 'em howl!" chimed in "Tiger," with a snarl that proved his nickname no misnomer.

"Inside of a year we'll have them all where we want them.

You were right, Flint, when you called oil, coal, iron and all the rest of it mere petty activities.

Air--ah! that's the talk! Once we get the _air_ under our control, we're emperors of all life!" His words rang frank and bold, but something in his look, as he blinked at his partner, might have given Flint cause for uneasiness, had the Billionaire noticed that oblique and dangerous glance.