Evening star., 1913-12-14

trudged back toward the gang of that waiting
for further instructions.
"You fall to that beach there the first thing
he ordered, "and grub out those saplngs the hill
side until l find the fellow I'm looking for. And
keep EN- at it! I'm not going to have hundred
drawing wages here for minute unless they do
thin for it. If you get that done beoreI get back give
em each tin cup send em down to the waters edge,
and let 'em if they empty this ocean, After
which he trudged hurriedy away quest of the author
of the City Beautiful
HE had nearly gained halfway up the hill putting and
dripping, before he paused to rest Lamenting his :
rotundity, he sat down boulder to recover his
BREATH shirt sleeve his wet forehead,
moved his hat and looked below to where his little
army was spreading out. Thering of the swarm
of laborers cleared away the scrub tmbers that
croaciled upon the beach came family up to his
"That, he thought to himself "is just wasted labor.
The suckers that buy land here the ought
to be payin for that; but III be hanged I'm gon to
show the white feather for two hundred day-and
just about what that bunch of sheep herders
supposed to be gettin'
Something out toward the end of the wharf attracted
his attention. 1t the schooner laden with lumber
for the from Iowa.. He capped his hat his head
with air of determination and scowled at it.
the deckhands were lowering away boat to bring
stern line to the end of the wharf that he had caused
to be constructed. He forgot his breathlessness and
succumbed to indignation.
1hey go1n to get their land for noth1n they?
he said to himself with a slow grim and then ~Well,
guess not!"
Abruptly he retraced his steps down the steep decv-
ity and todded fast his short legs would permit
out the wharf to where the "nice men from Iowa.
were waiting to begin unloading their cargo.
"Say, he burted to the nearest, 4youre the who
is goin to open lumber COAL and feed yard here amt
you? I'm William Burmah Jones, Colonel Hatch's
partner"
@No, I'm the that's gon' to open the hardware
store" the reply. "Todd is my name I'm ]. P.
My brothers ]. W."
aThen it's ]. w. want to talk to- said Burmah,
and promptly turned to the other
j. w. cadaverous looking individual, with
high cheekbones, like wandering minstrel and
pig eyes. Burmah quickly catalogued him. Greed and
acquisitiveness were portrayed on his face.
@Hey, began the Kansan @there to be some
mistake here. Why you landing lumber on my
wharf,"
]. w. hastened to explain, while Burmah assumed an
appearance of perturbation.
@There to be sort of mixup" he declared,
with vast his fat face. ITO begin with l
understand the Colonel gave you the wrong number on
some lots. That place, where he told you you could
plant your lumber yard, isn't open at all. l told the
Pacific & Oriental Steamship Company they could have
that for dock more than three months ago.
The two from Iowa began loud and violent pro-
test but checked by the fat man. who snapped his
fingers in their faces.
"Say," he bawled with display of assumed anger
@what did you fellows expect for nothin? Don't you
know that every foot of this waterfront down here is
goin' to be worth from two to five hundred dollars
front foot within the next six months? You didn't
think that the Colonel present you with fifteen
thousand dollars worth OF property order to get
dnly little lumber yard up here, did you? Why he's
tryin to be your friend! He's gvin you chance. He's
lettn' you in the ground floor. The land that he
meant is off up there In the tide fiat. What is the lot
that you thought he gave you?"