The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1916-06-02
CHAPTER lI-cOntlnusd.

. -, inst telling Van Bruce that
!. laundering fish cartridge would
4. ne nelghbOrs," the trail climber
=, n with a stout mans chuckle'
y hsu: you're one Of the reclama-
J. ,arlusers' Great work the gov
,..t h undertaking here. You
suuscted with 1t, aren't your"
u'oriIards nod was for the man.
:, n, words were for the young
..n,D whose beauty refused to be
$3.50 By the touring handicaps.
"a lam in charge Of it, ;" he said.
'E,lp sald the stout man, and this
=, ne exclamation was purely ap-
'-,,Hya "Chief engineer, Ell? That's
4, susl Ny name is Cartwright
T,,Isy Cartwright Of Chicago. And
vus ls-P
S,oulllard named himself in one
,,d strangers usually found him
',ualy irresponsible to anything like
.Mslvoness but he was finding it Gu
.svsly dlfHcuit to resist the good
|vlwd hsartiness which seemed to
|uuSs tom the laxative gentleman,
vvsylng him like the honeydew on
4, Issves IN q droughty forest.
M ]. Wesley Cortwrlgh's sur
a, On hearing the Broulllard sur
sns vas not genuine it was at least
a Hcellsnt imitation.
we'll we'll, well--you don't say!
|gad the BrouiIlards Of Knox county,
tihmi-but, Of course, you must be-"
Yes" said Brouillard. "Our branch
dc family settled near Vincennes,
nimy father was on the bench. when
\ wasn't In politics"
WHAT! Not Judge Antoine! Why,
y dssr young man! Do you know
ha once had the pleasure Of intro
hing your good father to my bank
n h ChicagO2 It was years ago, at
ilns when he was interested In float
d bond issue for some growing in
nth down on the Wabash. And to
ahk hat away out here In this howl.
& Widoness, q thousand miles from
pEAEe as you might say, should
n, BE sonl"
Baalllard laughed and fell headlong
ab he pit Of triteness.
no world isn't so very big when
~ ome to surround It properly, Mr..
oaVhght," he asserted.
Ton are wondering what fool no
% thased Us away out here in the
gt when we had q comfortable no
y b stop at" he ratified on. "T'll
alYca Mr.. Brouillard-in confidence.
We curiOsity-raw, country curios-
=. The papers and magazines have
l lall Of this Buckskin reclamation
Nama and we wanted to see the
e9 where All the wonderful miracles
we soingAO get themselves wrought
M Fave you got time to put us
|anf'
aualllaEd, as the son Of the man
20 bad been introduced to the Chi
ao money gods In his hour Of need,
ead scarcely do less than to take the
the project, he explained. con-
lAted the building Of a high dam
ne upper end Of the Niquoia
eua and the converting of the in.
Iallsy above into a great storage
NOR From this reservoir a series
u'rbuting canals would lead the
a'd out upon the arid lands Of the
1t'<in and the miracle would be a
accomplished.
lle Sure!" said the cheerful quer
ceiling in the pockets Of the au.
ooie coat for a cigar. At the
liking Instant he remembered
9 neglected. by George! you'll
2 Pardon me, Mr.. Brouillard; I'm
\, q loFsatting the little social dew.
Lot me present you to my
GenevleVe. Gene, shake
With the son Of my good old
Judge Antoine Brouillard Of
npese
sas rather awkwardly done, and
nov Brcuillard could not helT
as that Mr.. Cartwright could
~ zone Il better. But when the
peAable beauty stripped her
and gave him her hand, with
wing smile and a word Of &C
aSmsns which was not Dor
~. a nom her fathers elusive 70
% straishtway fell into an
" q triteness and his saving
!. ~, Y. 'esuions Of Mr.. ]. Wesley Cort
= character began to fade.
~. ~ immensely interested" wat
ooEivrisht's comment on the out
- w !. me reclamation project. "DC
~. W. =. q say that real farms with
...ass growing on them can b,
-. Y. q that frightful desert WI
W yesterday afternoon?"
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