Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-10-27
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he agreed stltfly, but any time you do wish to go 1t will be great pleasure for me to take you. If I were you l would not go out too much with this naval whippersnapper You know how people talk, and you don't want to get the gossips wagging their tongues about you and penniless naval lieu tenant. It's easy to start gossip in Pittsburg, you know"
 The girls head came up sharply, and her smile was dangerously bright as she replied:
 That is awfully sweet of you, Ed ward. to warn me about penniless na- val officers, but don't you think that a man who can invent a new gun is quite as good as man who can mere ly make one? And then, Edward, dear, even you might be practically penni- less if father had not started you"
 And, smiling, she left him with his jaw set tight and every nerve muscle quivering with anger.
 "Penniless," he muttered at last. "A man who invents guns as good as a man who merely makes them. I am puddler or mechanic, I suppose, in her eyes. Might be penniless but for her father. Well, we will sec"
 He whirled away from the house where they had been talking and hur- ried down to the works. Upon reach ing them he immediately sent for Will liam Marsh, the head draughtsman.
 William Marsh had been with the Durant works since carly manhood. His whole life was wrapped up in the place. Unceasing application had rais4 ed him to his present responsible and arduous position; but, like many an. other man who gives his life unreserV- edly to one concern, he had come to find himself in the end i'll repaid. To make matters worse his only child, a bright promising young fellow of twenty, had died as the result of q ter rible accident in the chemical room, and the father could not help believing that had Pinckney used proper discre- ton in selecting the boss of the work the accident might not have occurred.
 All this had tended toward a breach between them, only Pinckney was one who cared little for breaches with his employees. ISe was born to rule and since becoming manager had ridden roughshod over all opposition. Partlc- ularly Marsh. fifty years old, spare. physically weak and essentially a dreamer, in love with his own work, was little fitted to cope with the iron willed manager.
 Pinckney was still fuming when the head draughtsman arrived. '
 Marsh" he said shortly, 'I have de- cided definitely to push the Rhlnestrom gun. l believe it's a great gun and will prove very effective"
 Its all of that" returned the draughtsman shortly.
 "I think so." agreed the manager, land we must hurry the work along as fast as possible. By the way, what do you think of this new gun-the Sommers gun that this dandified naval lieutenant is here to have castT
 Marsh did not know how eagerly the manager was listening for his reply. He paused judicialIy a moment, then said hesitatingly:
 Pm sorry. Mir. Pinckney. but from what I can make out 1t will make pretty good weapon. The fellow has hit on something new. and it may prove wonder. Either very good or rotten, that 'is the way l size it up,"
 You mean from the principle on which it Is constructed it will either prove a winner or burst and kill lot of people?" questioned the mana ger cautiously.
 -"Exactly," agreed Marsh, "and it will have to be very carefully made or II will burst for sure. We don't want that"
 Then you do not think 1t is as good a gun as the Rhiuestrom gun?" sug- gested Pinckney.
 A dull flush rose in Marsh's pale cheeks. His whole body quivered. It was the anger of q parent whose child had been attacked.
 "ThPre isn't any gun as good as t.