The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-11-27
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Chief engineer. ehf That's fine.
fine You're young. and you've
climbed pretty faai I'm glad we
met you Ny name is Cort wright
J Wesley Cartwright. of Chicago
And yours is
Hrouillard named himself ia one
word. n Mr.. J Wesley Cort.
wrights surprise on hearing the
Brouillard surname was not genuine
Il Was an excellent imitation.
Well. well. well YOU don't say
Not % ,h. nrouillards OF knor
County. Indiana but. Of course.
you must be There IN only the
ono family that ever heard OF.
and II IL mighty good. old stock.
too. dating way back 10 The hsvo.
iutionAry War. aud further I've
bought hogs OF the farmer Brouil.
larda hundreds of times when was
In the packing business. and want
to tell you that no finer animals
ever came into the Chicago mar
ket"
"Ycs9" said nrouillard. driving
the word Ia edgewiac Il am sorry
to SAY that | don't know many OF
the farmers our branch OF the
family Hettled near NincenneH. and
my father was on the bench. when
he wasn't IN politics
WHAT Not Judge Antoine
why. my dear young man, DO you
know that once had the pleasure
OF introducing your good father to
my bankers In Chicago' II vas
years ago aud TO think that way out
here In this bowling wilderness. a
thousand miles from nowhere. aH
you might say. should meet his
SON"
Brouillard laughed and fell head
long into the PIT Of tritencrs
Tho world isn't 20 very biz
when YOU come 20 surround Il prop
crly. Mr. Cartwright" he asserted,
That's fact. and we're doing
our level best noWAdays 10 make
and Keep Il little" burzed the port
" man chcerfully. with q wave 81
ono pudgy arm towRrd IN. automo
bile. Its about a hundred and
twenty milea from this 10 ri Cato,
on the Grand Canyon. isn't Il. Mr.
BrouillArd' Well. We did Il In five
hours yesterday afternoon. aud 40
could have cut an hour on; Of that
II Rickcrt hadn't mistaken the way
across the Huckskin. Not that 4
made any special difference We
expected 90 spend one niFhi out and
cams prepared"
Broulllard admitted that tho tour
ing feat Kept even pace Nith the
quicken!n. spirit 81 tho axe bu'
he did not add that tho motive fo'
tho feat was not quite no apparent
as 3, might he This mystery. how
ever. was Immediately brushed
asid. BY Mr. CortwriEht
you Aro wondering what foo
notion chased Va away on, hero In
tho deaert when 80 had a comfort
nblo ho,ol 20 stop AZ" he ratified on
I'm toll you. Mr.. Broulllart-it vas
curiosity Tho papers and mara
rines have been full of this Buck
skin reclamation scheme. and 40
wanted 10 sec tho place where al
tho wonderful miracles wer- COINS
10 get themselves wrought out
Have you got time 10 put uH
next
Brouiilard could scarcely do lesS
than g. take the time The project
he explained. contemplated the
building 81 high dam across The
upper end Of the Niguoih Canyon
aud tho converting OF tho INLAND
valley above into a great s'oraE'
reservoir From this reservoir .
series Of distributing canals wosilf
lead tho water out upon the arit
lands of the BuckHkin and the mir
acle would be fact accomplished
Sure. sure" said tho Cheerful
querist. feeling In the pockets o
the automobile coat for a cigar. A
the match.sjriklng instant no re
mcmbercd a thing neglected. n
George you'll have to excuse me
Mr. RrouiIlard. Let me present yo'
70 my daughter Geneyicye. Gene
shake hands with tho son OF m,
good old friend Judge An,oln'
Bfoulllard - Nincennes
II was rather awkwardly done
and somehow Brouillard could no
help fancyinE that Mr. Cortwrigh
could have done Il better. Bu
Ahen the unquenchable heaut
stripped her gauntlet and gave hin
her hand. with word OF acknuwl
edgmcnt which was not borrowe
| from her fathers effusiye yocat
ulary. he straightway fell into ar
other pit Of tritcncss and his savinI
first Impressions OF Mr. j. Wesle
CortwriEhts character began {
fade
Broulllard was about 10 make tn
most OF his opportunity when tn
gentleman whose name had ono
I figured upon countless thousand
OF lard packages. cut in
do you know what I'm think
ing about. Mr. Broullard7 I'm sa,
ing e over soft and slow TO myHel
that no young man in this worl
ever had such a magnificent fight
ing chance as you have right here.
he averred. the sandy.gray eye
suddenly alert and shrewd III yo
don't come out OF this with none
enough TO buy in all those bond
your father was placing that tim
in Chicago OF course you will.
I'm afraid don't quite under
stand. MIR. Cortwright,' said Broui
lard