The Pulaskian., 1919-05-23

kindergarten orders to the Indians
Says they have to be in bed hv ~
O'Clock, or some such hour nm So 81
day and Sunday nights. It's stris.
their answer. That's what his nonLns9
ing has brought down on US"
They're not going to quit?n
They've sent word they won't wo,.
on Mondays, and they will 90 TO S bss
when they choose Saturday nioSts
Losing one day a week! We eonl.
stand for that. Luck's been nlavias
into his hands, but this will show he
ap. This'u show Marshall his -.
clerk. Tell Casey theren be No ~ 7.
dams tomorrow" He sputtered an
grily out of the Office.
Richard seemed pleased when MAJ
Lean made the announcement a fom
hours later.
His secretary was weighing him
''What do you intend to do about it,
call their bluff" grinned Casav
showing teeth tobacco had not had >
chance to spoil. Boycott Them"
MacLean found Wooster at the river
bank with Tom Hardin. The two men
were watching a pile-driver set a re-
bellious pile. Two new trestles were
to supplement the one which had been
bent out of line by the weight of SET
thing drift. MarshalPs plan was beiDe
followed, though jeered at by reelama.
ton men and the engineers Of the n
R. company.
"Stop the mattress weaving and
dump like hell!" had been his orders
Boycott the Indians, well I'm
bowed" the beady eyes spanked at
Hardin. ''Now he's cut his Owl
throat"
by the eternal! !" swore Hardin.
MacLean left the two engineers match.
ing oaths.
There was an ominous quiet the next
day. Not an Indian offered to work at
the river. A few stolid bucks came to
| their tasks on Tuesday morning; they
were told by Richard himself that
there was no work for them. Riekard
| 1SuOld AA VI tue dnAdSUuiSI
of the engineers.
An unfathered rumor started that
Richard was in with the Reclamation
Service men; that he wanted the work
to fall; to be adopted by the Service
| MacLean broke a lance or two against
the absurd SANDER. He was making
the discovery that a mans friendship
! for a man may be deeper than mans
love for a woman. He was a Rickard
man. lie was made to feel the re-
proach of it.
Wednesday not an Indian reported
Coronel passed from camp to camp.
his advice unpopular. Scouts sent out
to watch the work on the river report.
ed it was crippled. The white man
would be sending for the Indian soon.
The waiting braves sat on Their
launches, grinning and smoking their
pipes.
Saturday night the camp went
gloomily to bed On the Indian side
there was no revel, no feasting OF
dancing.
Richard did not turn in until after
midnight, planning alternatives. de
was sleeping hard when MacLean, al
dawn, dashed into his tent.
"Quick, what does this mean|
It was a splendid spectacle, ana
staged superbly. For background the
sharp-edged mountains flushing to
pinks and puppies against a one-huea
sky; the riVer-grOwth Of the old chan
mel uniting them, blotting out miles Of
desert into a fiat scene. On the oP
posite bank of the New river, five
hundred strong, lined up Formidable
their faces grotesque and feroclous
with paint, were the seven tribes. The
suns rays glinted up from their ire
arms, shotguns, revolvers, into MOT
ley of defiance! Cocopahs, with
streaming hair, blanketed NavaJos
short-haired Pimas, those in front rein.
ing in their silent pinto ponies, and al
motionless, silent in that early morn
ing light.
''What does it mean?" Whispered
MacLean. Richard did not answer he
had one nauseous instant as he looked
toward Innes' tent. Then he broke in9o
laughter.
"See, the white horse, no, in front
by jove," MacLean slapped MS
thigh. "Coronel! They had me Dui
faloed. What do you think it isg
Richard stepped out into the WASH
of morning air and waved a solemn
salute across the river. Grayely II
was returned by Coronel.
what does it meanY" hernandez
MaeLean.
1T means we've Won," chuckled MS
chief, coming back into his tent. !.
An hour later Coronel led in picKeu
group of the tribes. If the white cnlel
would recall the boycott the MONDAY
strike was over. The white mans sn'
yer had won.
CTO BE CONTINUED.)