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Washington Journal., 1919-03-28

Slipper. &org uno bart lit oie Na-
tlr; MIR bier uto bort er6lidt oas
auge bonn Gturm 5er5auite Sidten
ODER einen @oienflef 5ptiden Sc.
IengefluFt. AnmGbIi9 peren9ert ii6
oas 8abrpaiier; ringsum, 10 melt
oas Muge reiht, elm ein5iges Qabp'
rintb bon @ilanoen. MandmaI
I6eint es, oIs Oh ons Sdiff nidt
meiter tonne; oo6 INNER neue
9riimmungen 0ffnen iiA. gluf ben
alippen iie6t man ii6erau in Der
@infabrtsItraBe feline SoI5baus6en
nab i6tpeoii6er glrt rot angeitri-
den; Iie bergen Die 2elidtfeuer, Die in
ounflcr Na9t oen @eg fenn5ei4nen.
@ir nGbern uns onmdblid Dem See.
booe 0oIaro nit ieinen 5ablreiden
@iucn. oie fid bonn 'Strano biz bod
binouf in 6en 6idtenDalo bin5ieben.
@m gingang liegt elm fleines @ilano
nit einem maiiipen, bol6Oerfoaenen
8adtturm aus mittelalterlidcr
33eit, ga Die S9peoen in Iangidbri.
gen Geeraufereien lire &iiiten gegcn
Die 91nen perteioigen muBten. 8os
unicrn Secb1oern 10 gum 8ortcil
oereidt, Ser meiBe 5tranO, feBlt bier
g1naIi9; man erblidt MIR ben @ra-
nit, ouf Dem unten am @aIler Die
fteinen 9aoebGusden ~oufoe6olit iino.
uno aufmGrtS Die idmuden 8iaen,
ale aus Sol5 ltno nit uielen @erar.
oen. @ir Iteuern bart am llfer emit
lang, uno % Die 0ampfer meilten5
piinftlid einlaufen, lte6t aacs CT.
tpartungsuoa gum IustauI6 bon Sc.
oriiBungen am llfer. &onnten mir
bon bier aus oie cngen 6pbritraBen
benubclt, Die linfS ab5Deigeu, 10 ND.
rem mir in faum 5tpei Stun0en IN
G~tcf6p1lm. @ir miiiien 5und6It
ober nod iiber orei Stun0en moro.
mdrts, benor mir sur Sauptltaot a6-
biegen f6nnen. BIS oabin lit ipenig
a5luc6Sune; MIR Sniclu nit Sid-
tcn6cItano. Man mllB Die 6idte ibrer
@cniigiomfcit mcgen b%cnunocrn,
Dcrn cs lit MIR bitter penig, mas
oieic @ronitfeIien i6r bieten, uno
bod 5eigt lid iibcrol oltf oen @iloa.
Sen Elm frGitiger @aIobeitano, oeIicn
miir5iger Quit iiber oie Itiaen @e.
m6iicr 3tebt. GnOlid babcn mir Die
l6ngit ermartete 9iegung errei6t;
scr Compiler lpenOet idarf nod
Iinfs uno nimmt einen fat iiioliden
&urs.
Sebt bcoinnt ser Sell sec ginfabrt
Washington Journal., 1919-03-28

Gem florcn @olier tl,n1mcln Iid flei.
ne Gampil9oluppcn; b al0 taltl6en
lie untcr Den 8riidcn9emolben em-
por. oann mieoer enti6winoen lie
Dem Nu9e binter boben Steinfois.
3abIrci9e elegant auSgeltottete
Gampfer Iiegen nit ibren SGiiisen.
Sen an oen &oiS ~pertaut, uno anf
Dem Gtrom tpicgt li9 in i%elbltberrli.
der 8eidoulidfcit Die glan6eno weiB
gebaltene So1t zines amerifonild)cn
WiQipnGr3. Seer einmnl Die @iniabrt
nod Stod6oIm mitgemodt bat, bari
melt unO longe relics, big Der Gin.
orlld oapon in ieiner @innerung lid
perlicrt.
user iid aber oomit begniigt, ben
SfdraorO (ShGrenearten) bonn 0ed
ocs Sdneaoompicrs aus gu betrof.
ten, Der tennt oeIien ShOnbeiten nur
gum geringen 3eil. Wan muB in
Sen IhneetpeiB id)immernocn Slrten-
m0l0crn, oeren 9ooen elm wabrer
GeppiA BON Maigloddcn lit, in Den
Nooclmdloern,oi Ole nod BON fe:ncr Art
beriibrt erlheinen, geponoert lein,
nm ocn SfGrgarO gat5 ifaeer unO
lieben 5u lcrncn. Gin rci5cpOes Sopa
in 0icicr noroiid)cn Snielwelt lit oas
Scebao eaItiio6aoen. Ter flcine
Dampfer, Der uns oortbin brin9t,
folQt onianglid Der GabrltroBe llah
Tarbolm, biegt nber bnlO our Tcd)-
ten in Den icbr idmalen Sfnruinno
Gin. Sier beginnt iene iommerlId)e
Stiae inter ben bewalOeten felli1en
@dn9cn am tlaren @aiier. nod Der
lid Scr Stodbolmcr 70 iebr icbnt-
ginSommcrb1ushcn reibt iid) an oas
onocrc, ale aus @ol5 liuo 5ierlid, III
i6rer Ydnart. NirgcioS feblt Der
0onoungsites fir Oas Nuoer. ooer
Scgclboot, fcblt Oas 9aobousher,
oos BON flcin unb erob eifrig be.
nnst miro. Sic @drten nit ibrcn
Washington Journal., 1919-03-28

GeIien bineinoeiprenot. Sest err
Ideinen Die eriten Stod6olmer Som'
mcrpinen, iuenn oih nod oerein5eIt.
Sen eIdnaeu Die 6eniter i'm Sonnet-
Idein, bon Ser 6%lnggenitange peben
Die 2onOesforben, uno nebcn ben
obIigoten 8ooebGushen liegt bel Der
Bride oas SegeIboot oneetettet.
9aIo ioIgen onoere 8iaeu, uno in
aiirse iino ole llfer, Die iett be-
tr16tIid bober %iperoen, BON ibnen
bcocdt. Seoe neue @enOung bietet
ieue @iIoer! Sect poiiieren mir Den
5miIncn rieiigen @ranitblofen einge.
bctteten gaoeort 8drbolm. Snmit'
ten Der 5abritroBe Iiegt Die SETTING
gIeifen 9omens, uro orGiteno bliden
uns Die &ononen e%ntgegett, pelde Die
@iniobrt CUR &ouptitaot Oerteioigen.
gluf Dem @oiier miro es iest leb'
batter, iberon gIeiten feline Segel.
boote, fIinfe Sampler bui6en por-
bel, bic oieien melt ousgeOebnten
8iaentron5 nit Der StoOt uerbinoen.
Bon Bride gu Bride fobreno bolen
0iele Die 9erreit ab, mel6e aus Be-
rufsgriinoen in Die Sta0t miilien,
p1Greno oie 5amilienmitglieoer 81.
riid6Ieiben uno lebboft nit Sonnen.
idirmen uno Siidern Ibi6ieoS9riiBe
5utpinfen. 5oit ieOt 8iaa lit telepbo'
Mild nit ser Staot per6unoen. 90
pcit oas auge pom 0nmpfer aus
Die 8artien our redten mie CUR linz
fen Seite ii6erbliden fam, Iino Die
3ablloien SnIeln ole b%epoIoet, uno
bon ein5elnen S0ben griiBen Itatt-
lidc Sdloiier 8u uns beriiber. Sebt
5eigen iih idon Ole Sirme Der
Stoot; unierer oler bemGdtigte iib
cine interchangeable Spannutlg.
Sort am ltier 8iebt iid 9iurgarOen
entIong, eIegonte &eitaurants tau.
den ouf uno ouf Sen idattigen @e.
gen berrIdt elm lebbofter @quipagen.
nnO Gooperfebr. Gn0Ii9 orebt Der
Oompfer Inn Die Ieste 2onO5unge.
8ie ein ein5iges unermeBlides
&unobiIo, in Sonnenlidt gebaoet,
Iie0t Stod6olm Dor uniern Yliden.
oils Der Sdrciber Dieier 3eilen 0ieie
6abrt gum lestenmol madte, mar
elm alter, iebr cinfud, fat binter.
pdlOIeriid gcfleioeter Serr an goro.
or mar iiber breiBig Sabre bon
Shneoen fort, batte in auItraIien
GHaf5uft betrieben unO iest iein
Sd1fdcn i'm Srofenen. Als Die
Siirme S~todboIm5 iidt6ar muroen,
oine er unrubig auf 9ed bin uno
ber, uno ols gIeidfam Der 8orbang
Don Dem berrIi9en &unobiIoe gan5
fort9c5ogen mar, oa lieB er lid
lout oufidIud3eno auf cine ganf
nieoer.
@ie Ser 0ompfer bel StcpS6ron
onIegt, iin0 mir, obne es redt 81
miIien, bereits mitten i'm Centrum
ser &eiiOen5. &uno UNI uns nit
@ebGuocn be6edte Snieln. iberaa
Crime NarfS ltno Bromenaoen. anf
Washington Journal., 1919-03-28
Ger lette &nrfirit uOn Seiicm unO
Der 3mgfibrer.

SIN Sriibiabr 1866 Itano IN
Sronffurt a. We. elm S1ncu5ug our
Abfabrt nod &ailel bcreit. Ane
HeilenOen batten bercits lire Ylase
eingellolnntell, mir Dor ei"e;:;i Abteil
Der eriten &laiie monorrten 5mei
Serren i'm cifrigcn @ciprdh 9euliit-
lid arlf uno ab. 9a frat Der 3ug.
fibrer, boflih g~riiBcno. bcran uno
lot lie, ein5ulteigen. Aber Die Ser
rem fiimmcrten lih nidt i'm gcrings
item nm Die Wabmun9, aud nld)t,
als oiciclbe mieocrholt nlir0e. Als
Die &eiienoen 1hull ~ungeouIotg muir
ocn, trat Der 3u9fiibrer gum brit
ten Mfale beran: Wfeine Serren, i9
muB Sic oringeno eriuhet, ein5u-
lteigen. Sic 3eit Der Nbfabrt lit
bcrcits uni" .Wolen Sic MID in
&ube laiieny Sic unueriddmter
&erl!" idrie Der cine Serr Den Be-
omten an, pmiiien Sic nidt. uer id
bin? SD bin Der &urfiirlt BON &ei.
len" so. iagte Der 3ugfiibrer,
nun min i'd ood5 Sbnen 5eiger, tper
i'd bin" Mit oicien Worten iprong
er, oas 3cihcn CUR Mbfahrt gebeno,
in ocn @aoen uno 5pci oeroubte
@ciidtcr iaben benz raid oauoneiIen.
sen 3uge nod.
Washington Journal., 1919-03-28

f6brt oieIe Stunoen lang Ourd oen
Srrgorten ieiner Sddrer. Cine Iol-
DE SdGrenfa6rt lit bon gorl5 belon.
0erem Sci5, niHt oaB oas auge ie'
ben glugcnblid ncue 8iloer genieBcn
fonnte, oa3u glcidt cine Sniel Der
onoern 5u Ie6r, ii6eraa i~tarren Die
bon ocn 6luten glattgcidlifienen
gronitm1nOe, miibiam 6a6en Die
Riefcrn in &ieen uno Giaen @nr5el
QeI6Iaecn, bier un6 bort belebt elm
nit 6unten 6arben geitrideneS bol-
sernes Sommerbnls Die 2onoi6aft.
Erot0em lit Der ginoruf impoiant,
ia 6eino6e eroriiden0. oenn Dem
Trembling erideint es unmoglid, in
bielem @irrwar einen @eg gu fin'
ben. i'm iiberfommt elm @efii6l pol-
Tiger 3atloiiofeit. we1n INNER mie'
Washington Journal., 1919-03-28
Sn sen eddren bon stOtbOIm.
HIM 6rrprra Niaarn, Altunu.

Mathematician, iiebt man sur Hed.
ten ouf ser SSniel SeIono Die male.
ridden Nuinen Ses aepoItigen
S6IoIIes 9orgbolm. SIN @Ion5 Der
6cucn gtodt ariiRte man oie mitten
i'm Suu6e pereinIomt Iiegenoe feliige
.SSungirau~, ben 9Iodsberg Oes nor.
oilden &erengloubens, unO friib om
onOcru @oroen liegt ser 9ompfer
unmitteI6or Dor ben S11ren Stod.
bolms.
Gle crIten SdGren nGbern iid.
llnrubig iddumt oas Meer Inn Die
pom @ogen bIanfgeipiiIten nodten
Washington Journal., 1919-03-28

Bon mcIder Scitc maj iid aud
Der Itmeoiiden SouptitoOt nGbern
mag, OBJ su @oiicr ODER 81 2onoe,
Der critic @inorlid lit 70 liberia.
i6eno. ia eeraoe5u icniationea, ouB
ulou ion faIt nit Dem aiisOritd nme.
ritoniIt beIegen modtc.. guS elmer
iuabren 8iloniS bon @aiier, Sells
uno @aIo toildt plosIid cine idim'
mernoe Metropole ouf nit breiten
@benuen, prG6tigen aois, ober iiber.
oil tritt nod Der nndte Grant 5u.
4nge, uno mo oie StroBen oui6oren,
bo breitet iid Dor OSm auge wie0er
Washington Journal., 1919-03-28

Der ncl.e @olicrltroBeu ii9 auitun
silden ocn 3elicn unO INNER ncie
sSsnIeln auitand)en. Cine 6obrt ourH
Die Sd)1ren ocbort oaber gu Den e.
aennrtigltcn @cniiiicn, uno wer OILS
9eiirnOer Die 2cit hot. ioate nidt
rcrj0uniel, Der idwcoiiAcn Saapt.
ftnOt ouf ocln Moilcrmcge gu naben.
1caen N6cno erreift oas Eampf.
BOOT. oas BON Giibed n6aebt, &uImor
ssiit Irinem iclten Sd)loB ami Stran.
Be. Tann grbt Die 6abrt ourh Den
f6,moIcn aclmariuno. auf bobcm
1tierronOe smueben bon onntelt
Washington Journal., 1919-03-28

ionte, in Dem Ole Samilien &eitb'
mann If. uno ir. patriar6aliiA bets
Iammen tpohnen. &citbmann 1T
Gin in Der @cidi1te Der llbrenent'
lpidelung bo6anqeiebener Same.
GbriItian Geitbmann If. lit Der
@rfinoer oes erlten @iertaft-@ asmD'
tors uno DER elcftriidcn Normalubr
nit Geflinoenpenoel.
Washington Journal., 1919-03-28

nod StodboIm, Der iciner Sdonbeit
ucacn BON allen &eiienOen geprielen
miro. aae, iel6lt Die Sdmcoen, iino
lest aui Dem Ged perlammelt. &ot-
bemlaIse Na~uernbauier bringen einen
ctmos fr1ftigcren Con in ole &ano.
idaft. Sn elmer ie1r en9en @aiier.
Itrobe paiiicren mir Die 6citung Ss.
far 8rcoerifsbore. Sod oben auf
ser 1laggcnbctterie itcbt Der @adt:
poitcn uno untcn in Den wciben Sci.
ten berrIft rcges miIitdriidcs 2e6cn.
gs lit Gin @ibaItnr oes Noroens,
oenn ole HeItuna hi ebenfaIls in ben
Washington Journal., 1919-03-28


0os 2obprint6 bon flcinen 6eIienei.
Iauoel, nit ipdrIiden Giefern beltnn-
ben, ideinbar enolos nod allen Sci.
ten. @er Die Gage bon Stodbolm
MIR nod Der &orte fennt, ser Iebt &c.
tu06nIid in getpalti9em Srrtum uno
MnterIdyGst meiitens Die @ntfernung,
tuel6e Die Sta0t BON Der offenen
Office tren1t. Gie @ntfernung bon
Gtodbolm bis gu Ben duBerIten Sn'
ieIn betrGgt ni6t meniger als 60
Rilometer, uno ouf Der aroern Settle
oebnt li9 Der M6loriee, oeiien Slut
ten fid geraoe Dor Dem foni9li6en
Gdloiie nit oenen Der Office mii6en,
1870 9ilometer lonoeinn1rts, un0
tuer gu Sdiff oie alte ifweoiide
nniperiitdtsitaot llpiula beiudt, Der
Washington Journal., 1919-03-28

Ianberen siespeeeu unO ibren Gait
ben nm 8oiier iiuO nur tIein unO
nur miibiom Dem @ranitieIien obge'
riineer. Sir einem mdbigeu getras
fann nlan idon 0ronBen cine feline
Washington Journal., 1919-03-28

@ag n iis I g Der G9ncdc. Dab
oiid lie i'm 3citnlter oes Dnmpfes
uno Der Glcftri5itGt Iebt?
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SYNOPSIS.

CHAPTER TX. C. Rickard, a
engineer of the Overland Pacific, i
called to the office of President Mar
shall in Tucson, Ariz. "Casey" is an
enigma to the Office force; ne wear
"dude" clothes, but he had resigned
chair of engineering in the East :
90 on the road as fireman and nj
promotion had been spectacular:
While waiting for. Marshall Richard
reads report on the ravages of the
Colorado, despite the efforts of Tho
mas Hardin of tn e. Desert Reclama-
tion company; This Hardin had been
a student under Rickard and had
married Gerty Holmes, with whom
Richard had fancied he was in love.
CHAPTER II-Marshall tells Rick
ard. the Overland Pacific has got to
step in to. save the Imperial Valley
Aand sends him to the break. Rlckara
declines because he does not want to
supplant Hardin, but is won over:
""Stop the River; damn the expense"
says Marshall. =
CHAPTER III Richard journeys
to .Calexico, sees the irrigated desert
and learns much about Hardin and
his work. , -
y CHAPTER IV-At the hotel he
meets Mr.. and Mrs. Hardin and 1nnes
Hardin, Hardin's half sister. Disap-
pointed in her husband and an IN
corrigible coquette, Mrs. Hardin sets
her cap for her former lover and in
yites him to dinner. -. -
CHAPTER V-Rickard visits the
company's Offices and takes control.
He finds the engineers loyal to Har-
din.and hostile to him.. Estrada, q
Mexican, son of the "Father Of the
Imperial Valley" tells him Of the
general situation. :.
CHAPTER VI-Rickard attends q
meeting Of: the directors and asserts
his authority. Hardin RACES. Estrada
tells Richard Of his foreboding that
his work will fail. ~ can't see it
finished." .. -.
) CHAPTER vI1-zInnes. is discover
ed in her garden. She tries to cheer
up Hardin, who is furious against
Rickard.
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Continued From Tuesday,
CHAPTER VIII.

II suppose you think I like to take
orders, to jump at the snap of the
whipT~ BE was deliberately beating
up his anger into froth. "Oh, sure, I
do. That's a Hardin, through and
through" r.. .....e... ..i...., ...-,>...-.. 80,
Again the angry blood flooded his
wife's cheeks. He, too, was throwing
the boarding house at her.
fYou did it yourself Gerty with
difficulty was Withholding the angry
tears. Il told you how it would be.
You would do it."
''Oh, HE'LL" cried Tom, pushing back
his plate.
His sister looked drearily. out the
wire-screened door. Her view was q
dusty street. Hardin got up, scraping
his chair over the board floor.
."And 70 keep it from me-" persisted
the wife. ITO let me ask him to din
ner-"
5'Does that dismal farce have to 60
IN demanded Hardin, turning back
to the table. ~You'n have to have 1:
without me, then. I'll not stay and
make q fool of myself. Ask him to
dinner. Me! I'll see myself"
.Innes wished she was in the neigh
boring tent. Tom was lashing himself
into coarse fury.
To her dismay, Gerty burst into
tears. 1t was killing her, the disgrace,
she cried. She couldn't endure it. She
couldn't stand it there; she had not
the courage to 60 to Los Angeles,
where her friends would pity her.. 1t
was crushing her. She was not Har-
din; she was sensitive; she could not
justify everything Hardin did as
right, no matter what the consequences.
The pretty eyes ot,scured, she rushed, a
streaming Niobe, from the room.
The brother and sister avoided each
others eyes. Innes rose and cleared
the table of the dishes. She made q
loud noise with the running water in
the shed, racketing the pans to drown
the insistence of Gertys sobbing.
She kept listening for Toms step.
She wanted to 60 with him when he
left; he must not reach the Office in
the blackness Of that mood. She
wished he would not betray his feel
ings; yet she knew it was not he who
was to blame.
When she heard the screen door
slam, she flashed out the back way.
"Going?" she called after him. "Wait
for me-" She dashed into her tent for
her hat. She had to run to catch up
with him,
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Soberly she covered her plain bras
siere with white waist Of cotton
ducking. A red leather belt and GRIM
son tie she added self-consciously.
where Is my bloodstone pin?"
Hadn't she spent an hour at least
matching that particular leather belt?
But he was a man, in battle. The
headgate held up; it was too bad.
Silent, Bodefeldt, Wooster, Grant, all
Of them fighting mad because Of the
deadlock at the Heading. All up in
arms, at last, against Marshall, be-
cause of this cruel cut to their hero,
Hardin. Her eyes glowed like yellow
lamps rs she recalled their fervid par.
tisanship.
"Only one man who can save the
valley, and that's Tom Hardin" Woos.
ter had said that; but they all be-
lieved- it. The loyalty Of the force
made her ashamed Of her soft woman
fears. For. there were times when
she questioned her. brothers ability.
He had a large, loose way Of handling
things.> He. was too optimistic. But
those men, those engineers must know.
1t was probably the mans way Of
sweeping ahead ignoring detail. The
verdict of those field-tried men told
her that the other, the careful, plan,
ming way, was the office method. Rick
ard, as a dinner neighbor, she had
found interesting; but for great un-
dertakings. q man who would let a
Gerty Holmes jilt him, ruin. his life
for him! The whole story sprang at
last clear from the dropped innuendos.
She adjusted q barrette in her
smoothly brushed hair. Slowly she
walked over to the neighboring tent.
Gerty frowned at the white duck.
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.
about the headgate. He didn't waste
much time out there" Hardin was
fidgeting in his seat, his eyes on the
approaching figure.
Rickard passed through the room,
nodding to his office force. The door
of the inner Office shut behind him.
Hardin stared at the blank surface. He
moved restlessly in his swivel chair.
Did the fellow think big thing like
that could hang on while he unpacked
his trunks and settled his bureau draw
ers? He picked up a pencil jabbing at
the paper of his report. He covered
the sheet with figures-three hundred
six hundred. Six hundred feet.
Whose fault that the intake had
widened, doubling its, width, trebling
its problem? Whose; but, MarshalPs,
who had sent down one Of his office
clerks to see what Hardin was doing?
Wouldn't any man in his senses know
that the way Maitland would distin-
guish himself would be by discrediting
Hardin, by throwing bouquets to Mar
shall; praising his plan? They all 60
at it the same sickening way.l. Office
clerks, bah! Sure. Maitland had ad-
vised against the completion Of the
gate. Said it would cost more In time
and money than Hardin's estimates.
Thanks to Maitland 1t did," growled
Hardin, scrawling figures over the
page. "By the time Maitland finished
monkeying with that toy dam Of his
the river had widened the break from
three hundred to six hundred feet. For
that, they throw mud at me. Oh it
makes me sick" Hardin flung, his
broken pencil out Of the window. =
Rickard. re-entered the room. The
question leaped from Hardin. -. . %.
"The headgate-are you going on
with itf" - - is-.~ Z.
! Richard looked curiously at the
flushed, antagoniStic face Of the man
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CHAPTER x.
A Desert Dinner.

n DeSert Dlnnef.
Innes Hardin was completing her
simple toilet. Not even to please
Gerty would she *dress up" for the
dinner. 1t would have been easy for
her sister-in-law to postpone it. How
could she expect Tom to 60 through
with it! She couldn't understand
Gertyi =
An hour ago, hearing distinctly the
whir and splash of egg-beating, she
had run over to the neighboring tent.
The clinking Of the cake tins had sud-
denly silenced. Excuse me, won't
you?" Gerty's voice had come from
the lean-to, the little kitchen shed.
''Tm lying down."
'Lieing, yes" grimaced the Hardin
mouth to its reflection In the mirror.
How many times that week had she
been repulsed by locked door, a, ,sud-
den curtain Of silence or "Run away
for a while. I'm trying to catch
nap" Easy now to see why Gerty
had wanted to "hold the reins" that
week!
She didn't need to pierce those can
vas walls to know that there had
been feverish activity for this dinner.
A new gown would appear tonight,
made secretly. An exquisite neal,
and no one must comment on its elab-
oration. Twice Tom and she had
been asked to take their lunch ut the
hotel. "3ecause of a headache!" A
headache!
Toms wife could not even shop
openly! Bundles had always the air
of mysterysleEer opened before, Tom
or herseff She sfnust have yards Of
stuff laid away, kept for sudden emer.
gencies.
"She can't help it. It's her disposi.
ton. She can't help being secretiFe.
Look at your face, Innes Hardin !"
What was it to her, the pettiness Of
woman whom an accident Of life had
swept upon the beach beside her?
Gerty was not her kind, not the sort
she would pick out for a friend. She
was an oriental, one Of the harem
women, whose business it Is In life to
please one man, to keep his home soft,
his comforts ready, keep him con-
vinced, moreover, that 1t Is the desire
Of his life to support her. Herself dis
satisfied. often rebellious, staying by
him for self-interest, not for love-ah,
that was her impeachment, mot Low.
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he had supplanted. The thought
crossed his mind that perhaps Hardir
had taken to drinking. 1t made ms
answer curt.
II don't know"
"You don't knoww
II have no report to make, MIR. Har-
din, until see the gate"
"And you went to the Crossing with
out going down to the headgate?" Har-
din did not try to conceal his disgust.
II did not go to the Crossing"
'Didn't 60" Hardin's mouth was
agape. Then he rudely swivefed his
chair. The door slammed behind Rick
ard.
Hadn't been to the Crossing? Then
where in Hades did he go? He halted
NacLean who was passing him.
"Are you going to the Crossing to-
morrow" Hardin knew he should be
too proud to betray his eagerness, but
the words ran away with him.
"Not tomorrow. Mr.. Rickard just
told rla ,,.e might not be able to get off
until next week"
Harln's anger sputtered. "Next
week. Why does he rush SO? Why
doesn't he 60 next year? The Colo
radios so gentle, it'd wait for him, I'm
sure. Next week! It's .put-up job,
that's what it is. Oh, I can see through
fence with a knothole as big as your
head. He doesn't want to; finish the
headgate. He wants to put off going
until it's too late to 60 on with it; l
know him. He'd risk the whole thing,
and all the money the o. P. has
chucked into it, just to start with a
clean slate; to get the glory Of stop
ping the river himself. 1t turns my
stomach; it's a plot" The lower. lip
shot out.
MacLean's attention was deferential.
He had always liked Hardin; all the
fellows did. But he was jumping OIL
wrong this time. He'd brought It all
on himself.
"He said something about levee for
the towns. He's got to Investigate that
before he goes to the front"
"A leyea? Well, wouldn't that 1ar