The evening world., 1915-01-23

ground passage was possibly ilve
hundred feet: but By reason Of the
great riffs and cavities the engineer
was q good half hour maJuang his
cautious way up to the MASSIVE stop
rate with the rising food on its fur
ther eide.
Ths sun was q fery siobA swing
ing down to the sky-pitched western
hortson whom Ballard picked his way
out Of the dripping caverna shading
his head dubiously. There were six
mel with . steel spilfway tube and
plugging the hollow tooth around It
With concrete. And In any one Of
the one hundred and eighty diys the
water might find cts way through
some crevice and the devastating end
would come suddenly.
Il was disheartenin9. to say the
least. and the Kentuckian's face wore
q iiarassed scowl when Bromley, re-
turning with the excursionista. saw
Surely" said Ballard: and an
query. 'Ts the arm hurting like sinf"
"No; not moro than Il has to. But
something else is." And he briefed
the story OF the hollow-tooth promon-
tory.
leys comment. Then no added: I've
has moved out"
''Out Of Castle 'Cadiaf"
mo: out Of the park. You know
the best sraxing this time Of the year
is along the river; well. you won't
find hair, hoof. or hide of the cattle
anywhere. Also, the ranch IL deserted
and the corrals are all Open"
The harassed scowl took on two
added lines.
what does that meant"
You can search me-" was the pug
Fled reply. But you can bot It means
something. I wish We had this crazy
crowd out Of the way"
We'll got rid Of It pretty early.
To set the people back to Denver by
breakfast time the trains will have to
leave here between and $50"
That's good. a. far a. II goes. VIII
you tell Mr.. Pelham about the rotten
tooth to- night, I meanf"
surely" said Ballard: "and an
hour later, when the luncheon In the
mess tent was over, and the crowd
was gathered on the camp mesa to
walt for the nreworks. he got the
president into tho bungalow once,
and shut the door, and firsd the dis
heartening petard.
Singilarly enough, ~ he thought,
tns proMoter did not appesr to be
had not made the discouragemsnt
plain enough. Ballard went over the
again.
Another quarter of . million will
be needed" he summed up; "and We
shouldn't lose q day in beginning.
And, of course. it win delay the land
sales in the flood area. The settlers
who would buy and locate in the bot
tom lands before We have filled that
hollow tooth would take their lives in
their hands"
''Oh. I think you're a little nervous
to-day. Mr.. Ballard" was all the sat-
the ditch work and let this matter
rest for awhile. But q word n your
ear; not a syllable of this to any one,
II you please. It can do no good. you
know. and It might do q great deal of
harm. shouldn't even toll Bromley
II were you"
Bromley knows"
"Well, see to Il that he doesn't tell.
And now I must really beg 20 be ex-
cused. My duties AZ host
Ballard lot him Co.. and sat for an
hour In reflective silence while the
fireworks fissed and biased from the
platform on the mesa's edge and the
full moon rose to peer over the back
ground range, paling tho reds and
yellows of the rockets. He was still
sitting whore the president had left
him when Bromley came In to an
nounce tho close of the fete cham
petre.
"It,s all over. and they're taking to
the Pullmans. You don't want to 70
70 the foot of the pass with one Of
mot II you'll 90. I'd like TO- stay
"Aii right" said Bromley cheer
fully. I'm good for that much more;
Ind can como back from Ackerman's
On one of the engines in the morning."
Then he asked the question for which
Ballard had been waiting. How did
Mr.. Pelham take IT."
'He took II easily: q great deal too
sasily, Loudon. There's something
wrong somewhere"
Hoskins. engineer of tho first sec.
hon. was whistling for orders, and
Bromley had to go.
I've heard thing or two myself"
no averred. I'H tell you about them
IN tho morning. Tho company's SEC
rotary has been making stock trans
fers all day-when he wasn't speech
flying. There's something doing. and
Mr.. Pelham Ii doing It,"
Ballard got UP and went to the door
With the assistant.
"And that isn't ALL" he said, with
IN air OF sudden conviction. This
sn't an irrigation scheme at all,
It's a stock deal from first
10 last. Mr. Pelham knows about that
hollow tootir-he knew before / told
lim. You mark my words; we'll
never get orders TO plug that tunnel!"
Bromley nodded assent. I've been
my way around to that, too.
AL right: my resignation goes In to-
morrow morning. and ! suppose yours
vill7"
II guess so; I've been half sorry I
didn't saw II of short with Mr.. Pei
ham when / had him here. Good
night. Don't let them persuade you
10 90 over the pass. Stop at Acker-
mans and get what sleep you can"
Bromley promised; and q little later
sitting in the moonlight on
The bungalow porch. heard the trains
pull out.
II shouldn't be much surprised II
you never came back TO Arcadia" he
said, apostrophizing the departing
president. Then he put away the busi-
ness ENHANCEMENT and let his gaze go
n the opposite direction; toward the