The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1917-10-04

working hour or more ut his desk in
the Kinzie building Offices; and II was
here that Starbuck found him.
"what?" said the new secretary,
looking up from his work when Star
bucks wiry figure loomed In the door
way, II thought you were once more
family man, and had cut out the
night prowllng."
Starbuck jackknifed himself com
fortably In n chair.
81 was. But the little girls run
away again; gone with her sister
Maxwell's wife, you know-to Denver
to get her teeth fixed; and I'm foot
loose. Been butting In little on
your game, this evening, just to be
doing. How's tricks with you, now?"
"We're strictly in the fight" de-
clared Smith enthusiastically. "We
closed the deal today for the last half
mile of the main ditch right Of way,
which puts us up on the mesa slope
above the Escalante grant. If they
knock us out now. they'll have to do
it with dynamite"
Eyes" said the ex-cowman, thought
fully; with dynamite" Then: "How
Is Williams getting along?"
"Fine! The water Is crawling up on
him little every night, but with %
accidents. he'll be able to hold the
flood rise when It comes. The only
thing that worries me now Is the time
limit"
"The time limitT echoed Starbuck
whats that?"
"It's the handicap we Inherit from
the original company. Certain state
rights to the water were conveyed In
the old charter, on condition that tho
project should be completed, or at leas
be far enough along to turn water into
the bitches, by given date. This time
limit, which carries over from Timan
yoni Ditch to Timanyoni High Line
expires next week. We're petitloninl
for an extension. but IL we don't ge
II we shnll still be able to back tht
water up so that 1t will flow into thu
lower level of bitches by next Thurs
day; that is, barring accidents"
| It's, WIFI uO uCtlututs, huot'
Starbuck. "Can't get shut Of the IL,
no way nor shape, can We? So that
why the Stanton people have beer
fighting SO wolfshly for delays Is 1t
John, this Is. a wicked, wicked world
Then he switched abruptly. "Wher
did you corral all those good looks yo,
took to the opera house last night
John2"
Smiths laugh was strictly perfume
tory.
'That was Miss Vera Richlander, al
old friend OF mine from back home
She is out here with her father, an
the father has gone up into the Topa
country to buy him a gold brick"
"Not In the Topaz" Starbuck struc
in loyalty. ave don't make the brick
up there-not the phony kind. Blu
let that go and tell me something els,
A while back, when you We're givin
me little song and dance about tn
colonels daughter, you mentioned M
other woman-though not by name,
you happen to recollect. ! was jus
wondering IL this Miss Rich-peOple, O
whatever her name is, might be tn
other one"
Again the new secretary laughed
this time without embarrassment
you've called the turn, Billy. She
the other one"
"T'm; chasing you up?"
"Oh, no; 1t was just one Of tn
| a aaIA al 1nt
was here, and l had no hint that sll
was coming"
, "All right; It's your roast; not min,
l}ut I'm going to pull one chestnut OF
, OF the ire for you, even if l do gt
my fingers burned. This Miss Ricl
| folks has had only one day here !
Brewster, but she's used II In gettin
mighty chummy with the Stanton
Does that figure as news to your"
at does" said Smith simply; and h
added: II don't understand IT,"
"Funny," remarked the ex-cowmal
! "It didn't ball me up for more than
, minute or two. Stanton fixed II som
, way-because he needed to. Tel! m
something. John: could this Miss Ricl
: garden help Stanton out In any of h
= little schemes, II she took notioni
Smith turned away and stared at tn
, blackened square Of outer darknes
lying beyond the office window.
"She could, Billy-but she won't"
answered.
"You can dig up your last dollar an
/ bet on that, can you"
, "Yes, think ! can,"
. "H'm; that's just what was mo-
afraid Of"
"Don't be an ass, Billy"
"Tm trying mighty hard not to b
|, John, but sometimes the ears will gro
on the best Of us-in spite of the dew
What l mean Is this: saw you tw
when you came out OF the .Hophi
dining room together last night, and
saw the look In that girls eyes. /
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