The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1919-05-24

he's raw dancer always starts OH
too quick. begins on the wrong FOOT.
oh. yes he has reasons, lots of them,
that fellow, but, as you say, they're
not reasonable. He never waits TO get
ready"
Why was 1t that the face of the
half-sister came TO Richard then, win
that look of sensitive high breeding
and guarded reserve? And she Har-
din! Sister to the loud-spilling mouth
Queer cards nature deals! And pretty
cards Marshall was trying to deal out
TO him. Go down there and hnlsn
Hardin's job, show him up to be the
| fumbler he was, give him orders, give
the husband of Gerry Holmes or
ders-!
at was Hardin who came to me,
but not until he'd tried everything
else. They'd worked for months try
ing TO dam the river with few lace
handkerchiefS, and perhaps chiffon
veil!" Marshall was twinkling over
his own humor. Hardin did put up
a good talk. 1t was true, as he said /;
we'd had to move our tracks three
no, four times at SaltOn. 1t was true
that 1t ought to be one of the richest
districts tapped by the o. p. But he
clenched me by q clever baltic put
out a spur in Mexico which would
keep any other railroad off by a fifty
mile parallel, and there the sandhills
make a railroad impossible.
1.-The government must eventually
come to the rescue Their works at
Laguna hang on the control of the
, river down at the heading. Once, he
! told mel don't know how much
truth there was i'm 1.-THE service, rec
lamatiOn service, did try to buy up
their plant for paltry sum. He
, wouldn't sell. The short is, | recon-
mended long-sighted assistance to
, Faraday. 1 promised to turn that
> river, save the district. We expected
before the year was out to have the
. government take the responsibility of
: our hands,"
\ Richard made an impatient shrug
A nice problem Marshall had taker
|
n Hardin-the thing was impossible.
He met laggardly Marshal's story
He heard him say: agreed with Far
: aday. The Desert Reclamation com
pany was as helpless as swaddle'
y. infant. We made the condition tina
9 we reorganize the company. | wa
3 put in Hardin's place as president o
! the corporation, and he was made gen
eral manager OF course we had t
% control the stock. We put up tw
9 hundred thousand dollars - Hardin
q had estimated it would cost us les
., than half that, It's cost us alread
% million. Things haven't been goin
?. right. Faraday's temper burst ou
10 and Hardin a while back was aske
"a to resign"
80 "And it is Hardin's position tina
: YOU want me to fill?" His vOiC
:, sounded queer to himself-dry, noel
n ing, as if anyone should know whs
g. an absurd thing he was being aske
=. to do. He felt Marshalrs sharp Ii
- dian eyes on him, as If detecting pc
~ tiness. Well, he didn't care how Ma
n. shall interpreted it. That place WASH
no for him.
to 81 want you in control down there
&C Richard knew he was being appraise
m balanced all over again. 1t made I
he difference
I'm sorry" he was beginning, wht
Marshall cut in.
IN "GOOd Lord. you are not going
no turn it DOWN.
ad He met Marshalps incredulo
al stare. Its a job I'd jump at und
he most circumstances. But l can't G
Va sir"
he Tom Marshall leaned back the fl
swing of his swivel chair, blank
ad astounded. His eyes told Ricka
.ad that he had been found wanting
or had white blood in his veins.
de at is good of you to think of me
es' pshaw! it is absurd TO say the
ger things. You know that l know it
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