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CHAPTER XVI.
Time the Umpire.

The river was low; its yellow wa
tiers bore the look of oriental duplicity.
Each day was now showing its prog
ress. The two ends Of the trestle were
creeping across the stream from their
brush aprons. A few weeks Of work,
at the present rnte, and the gap would
be closed, Hardin's big gate in 1t; the
bypass ready; the trap set for the
Colorado. The tensity of a last squirt
was In the air.
1t was inspiring activity, this pitting
Of mans cumulative skill against an
elemental force Nc Caucasian mind
which did not tingle, feel the prlvi-
legged thrill Of It. To the stolid native
this day Of well-paid toll was his mil
lennium. the fulfllment of the
prophecy. His gods had % spoken.
Food for his stomach, liquor for his
stupefacticn; the white mans money
laid In brown hand each Sunday
morning was what the great gods fore
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srYou Will Help Me. senor7"

the forty miles Of woven wire cable
waiting for the cross strands. Day
by day the piles of willow branches
grew higher. the brush cutters work
ing ahead Of the mcttress workers in
the stream. In the dense underground
the stolid Indians. Pimas and Marico-
pas and Papagoes, struggled with the
fierce thorn Of the mesquit and the
overpowering smell Of the arrow
weed. As tough as the hickory handles
they welded, they fought a clearing
through dense thickets in the intense
tropic heat.
Down stream the Brobdingnagian
arm of the dredge fell into the mud Of
the bypass, dropping its slimy burden
on the far bank. Down the long
stretch of levee the "skinners" drove
their mules and scrapers; two pile
drivers were setting in the treacher-
Gus stream the piles which we're to
anchor the steel-cabled mattresses to
the river bed. 1t was q well-organized.
active scene. Rickard. In his office.
debating letters and kilograms to Mac
Lean, Jr., felt his frst satisfaction.
Things were beginning to show the re-
suit Of months Of planning. Cars were
rushing In from north and east: every
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CHAPTER XIV.
Smudge.

Smud0e.
From her tent, where she was writ
Ing a letter that Jagged somehow. In
nes Hardin had seen Rickard go to
her sisters tent. She did not need to
analyze the sickness Of sight that
watched the dancing step acknowl-
edge Its intention. 1t meant wretch
edness, for Tom. At time when he
most needed gentleness and sympathy
rasped as he was by his humiliations
and disappointments-h could any
woman be so cruel7 As for Rickard,
he was beneath contempt-if 1t were
true, Gerty's story. told in shrugs and
dashes. She had Tilted him for Tom
and this his revenge7 She had not
known that she had such feeling as
the thought reused in her. 1t proved
what the blood tie Is, this tigerish
passion sweeping through her, as her
eyes watched that closed tent-it was
for love for Tom, pity for Tom. SEX
honor-why, Gerty did not know the
meaning of the words!
How long would 1t be before Tom
would see what every one else was
seeing7 What would he do when he
knew1 Hating Rickard already, bitter
as he was
She was not SO biased as he. She
could see why Marshall had had to re-
organize. Estrada had shown her;
and MacLean. Her sense Of Justice
had done the rest. Rickard had proved
his efficiency; the levee, the camp. the
military discipline all showed the gen.
eral. Whether he were anything Of
an engineer, time would tell that. 1t
was a long call he was making! Sup
pose Tom were to come back7 She
must watch for him-make some ex-
cuse to pull him in II he should come
back before that other went Hate
full, such eavesdropping! A prisoner
to that mans gallivanting!
For an instant she did not recognize
the figure outside Gerty's tent. Her
fears saw Tom. She reached the
screen door In time to see Rickard lift
his hat to q disappearing furry of ruff
fies. Angry eyes watched Richards
step swing him away.
From the ievee that day, she had q
glimpse Of the Mexican woman on her
knees by the river, rubbing clothes
against a smooth stone. A pile of
tight-wrung socks lay on the bank. In
mes stood and WI tched her.
II must remember to speak Of her
to Gerty." she determined. "She prob
ably does not know that there II .
washerwoman In camp"
1t was . week later before she re-
membered 70 speak Of the Mexican
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needed only an Introduction was
stirred into the open.
you must not" her voice trembled
with anger. you must not ask that
woman. She is not to be spoken to-"
The girl asked her bluutly what she
meant.
"You must not give her your wash.
ing-must not speak to her. I've not
mentioned it before. IL hoped 1t
would not be necessary. Tom told me
not to speak Of it."
'Tom told you not to speak Of iii
Not to speak of what?"
"You must have observed-Mr. Rick.
ard?"
The girls ear did not catch the
short pause. "Observcd Mr.. Rickard p
"The coolness between us. I scarce.
ly speak to him. don't wish to speak
to him."
When had all this happened, Innea
demanded Of herself? Had she been
asleep. throwing pity from outdated
dreams?
II won't countenance q common af.
fair like that" Her eyes. sparkling
with anger, suggested Jealous wrath
to Innes, who had her first hint of the
story. She had learned never to take
the face value of her sisters verbal
coin; it was only a symbol Of value
1t stood for something else.
The yellow eyes were on the dredge
bucket rs it swung across the channel
but they did not register. She was
angry, outraged; she did not know
with whom. With Gerty for telling her
with Rickard, with life that let's such
things be. She jumped up. "Oh. stop
IT." She rushed out of the tent, fol.
lowed by strange bitter smile that
brought age to the face of Gerty Har.
din.
In her own tent. Innes found excuse
for her lack Of self-control.. She did
not like the color of scandal; she
hated smudge. Gerty had said the
whole camp knew It; knew why the
Mexican woman was In campl She
did not trust Gerty In anything else
why should she trust her in that? She
would forget Gerty's gossip.
But she remembered it wildly that
week as she washed her own khakis
as she bent over the ironing board In
Gerty's sweltering "kitchenette." She
thought Of it as she returned Rick.
ards bow In the mess tent the next
morning; each time they met she
thought Of 1t. And 1t was in her mind
when she met Sonora Maldonado by
the river one day. and made a sudden
wide curve to avoid having to speak
to her.
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cHAPTER XVII.
The Walk Home,


Claudia Marshall sat at the head Of
her stately table In the Palmyra. mute
as a statue but for the burning eyes
which followed her Tod. To Innes,
her guest. 1t was tragic presence. Of
brooding solicitude. .'.r-
Late hours, excitement, might
abridge the life she SO passionately
policed; but she would not demand
the sacrifice of his cigar.
Marshall's cigar followed the coffee.
Tony, the white-capped italian cook OF
the Palmyra, was removing the cups.
Innes was carrying her double inter-
est, listening to Tod Marshalrs broad
sweep, getting new viewpoint as he
minimized the local scheme-feeling
that silent presence at the head of the
table.
Then something drove Claudia from
her mind. What Mr.. Marshall had said
swept q disturbing calcium on Tom.
What II. truly, the river fiasco could
be traced to that overzealous hand? To
Tom, this undertaking blotted out the
rest of related big endeavor; but that
was not the way her host was looking
her discomfort; he had not said 1t d.
rectly. But always it met her. rose up
to smite her, wherever she was. Was
it not egotism, personal pride, that was
making her cover her eyes, like any
simple ostrich? Her brother-assume
him anybody else's brotherl The
dredge fiasco-the wild night at the
levee-no isolated accidents those.
Hardin's luck!
A flush of miserable shame came to
her. How they had all been trying to
spare her-Eduardo, these kindly Mar.
shalls-MacLean! She was turning,
impulsively, to ask Tod Marshall If he
thought, could he think it probable
that they would fail, when step that
sent the blood to her face took the
cars stairs at two leaps. Now, in.
deed, the dinner was spoiled.
"That's Rickard. I forgot to tell you
| that asked him to dinner He couldn't
get away. He said he'd run in for cof.
fee. Hello, Rickard. Thought you'd
forgotten us!"
She hadn't thought of that contin.
gency! She found herself shaking
hands with him. Could he not hear her
mind, ticking away at the Maldonadc
| episode?
OF course he would insist on seeing
her to her tent. Punctilious, always
Well, she just wouldn't. Perhaps she
could slip out some way. She would
| watch her chance.
"Can talk shop for while" asked
Rickard.
They withdrew to a cushioned win
| dow seat. Innes had found her chance
She asked to be shown over the car
| Innes conflded her plan. She wanted
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woman "who could wash" The two
women were on their way to their
tents from the mess breakfast. Sonora
Maldonado was leaving MacLean's
tent, with a large bundle of used
clothes under her arm.
"She washes for the men. I'm 60
ing to ask her to do my khakis for me.
Perhaps this woman would be willing
to do all our laundry2"
.Gerty had been wondering what she
would say to Innes. The speech which
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CHAPTER XIV.

Rickard Makes a New Enemy and q
New Friend.
The coming of the Indians gave the
impetus the work had lacked. Under
jerks Of the railroad company large
force was put on the river; these, the
weavers Of the brush mattresses that
were to line the river bed. On the
banks were the brush cutters; tons Of
willows were to be cut to weave into
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Thought You'd Forgotten Us."


to slip out. "She would not interrupt
their evening; Mr.. Marshall had bust
ness to discuss"
Mrs. Marshall would not hear Of It
She said that Mr.. Marshall would
never forgive her II she let Miss Har.
din go home alone. Her opposition
was softly implacable.
Innes went back to the sitting room
Of the car angrily coerced. Rickard
was still closeted, conversationally.
with his superior.
At last. desperately, she rose to 90.
OF course, he must insist upon going
with her. OF courseI
Il was going back early. anyway.
I'm to be up at dawn tomorrow"
The good-bys were said. She found
herself walking rebelliously BY his
side. mo, thank you" to the offer Of
his arm.
CTO BE CONTINUED.)
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According to the statistician of Q
New York trust company. there are IA
12S millyonaires In tha Ulited StataA
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- Our Day 4
:
BY Wilbur d Nesbtt
q 4A1s5or az
Your Flag and Ny Flag
The banner breaks in glory on the breeze
The trumpets sing from all their brazen threats r.
chorused chant Of thrilling harmonies,
The drumbeats throb amid the ringing notes
An echo but a growing echo; yes, 8a
An echo that is flung from hill to plain,
An echo that shall never grow the less,
Born from the chord that not struck IN vain.
The diapason of the booming guns
Blends with the shriller sounding OF the cheers
Ah this had been foreheard by those great ones
Who planned the structure in the former years, -
Who dreamed and dared and gave OF wealth and Lie
That this great nation-song should cease,
Who blent the surgng song OF somber strife
With all the after croons OF honored peace!
And so TODAY the southland and the north
Clasp hands with their oodbrothered east and west
And in the mighty song their lips send forth
The fullness of our faith is all expressed
And deeper than the very deepest chord
Are the foundations laid in days agone
When for hearth and home and manhood warred-@
The truths nation has been builded on.
And higher than the farthest reach Of song
That quvers in the bosom of the sky m
There flames the flag of faith above the throng-
The flag whose plan and purpose cannot die.
The flag of promise floats from sea TO sea,
The bugles shout in to the drum
And send Of strength to you and me
From days that were, and are, and are to comet
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Italy Cuts Hours of Labor.

The Italian bureau of information,
New York, issued copies of a cable
message from Rome announcing that
Italian labor and capital had entered
into partnership agreement" at
Milan. All of the 100000 members Of
the italian federation. under the agree
ment, have their working hours re-
duced from twelve to eight hours a
day.
According to the bureau, the agree
ment marks the first trial Of the eight
hour day in Italy, the reduction in
hours for those in the mechanical
trades being set for May 10, while
July 10 will inaugurate the new
scale for the metal trades workers.
The shorter hours, however, the mes
sage sets forth, will not mean de-
crease in pay, because there will be an
advance in wages amounting to 30 per
cent for the first two supplementary
hours, and a 100 per cent increase for
overtime.
The agreement according to the
bureau. was arrived at through friend
ly discussion and without any hints
of strikes.
By the terms of an award made
public by V. Everitt Macy, the umpire
selected by the National war labor
board to pass upon the demands Of the
Marine Workers affiliation Of New
York, all harbor and marine transport
workers in New York are granted the
eight-hour day with time and one-half
for overtime. The demands Of the men
for higher wages and that the award be
retroactive to December 1 are denied.
The federal government of Australia
has taken measures to prevent the
landing of bolsheviH and other unde-
sirables. The government has dis
missed 800 shipbuiiding employees on
Cockatoo island, owing to the mems
ego slow nOlicy."
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AGREE ON JOINT PROGRAM
British Employers and Organized
Labor in Accord On Conditions
to Govern the Future.


The Industrial conference at Lon
don enthusiastically adopted the first
joint program for the betterment OF
working conditions ever reached by
the united efforts of organized labor
and employers.
The governments representatives
promised that the government would
make immediate efforts to carry out
the program of readjustment of rela-
tons between capital and labor.
The program, embodied in secret
report, recommended, it is understood,
the following immediate reforms:
"a 4S-hour week with scale of
minimum wages to be applied uni
versally.
"Trade boards for organized trades.
"The wages and hours recognized
and agreed on by the trades unions
and the employers to be applied to all
other workers and employers,
"Trade conferences to be held on
future war bonuses, the maintenance
of the unemployed and old age pen
sions." ..
The transport workers and miners
were not represented at the meeting.
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NONRESIDENT ATTACHMENT
NOTICE.
J. W. Surrey VS.. G. NJ. Tallant, ct al
Nh 16Qd6


NOTICE.
J. w. Surrey VS.. c. NJ. Tallant, ct al
No. 1896
Before ]. r. Allor, Justice of the
Peace for KnoUCountv Tennessee.
In this cause, it appears by affi-
davit that defendant G. M. Tallant Is.
justly indebted to plaintiff. and is
a non resident of Tennessee. 80 thai
ordinary process of law cannot be
served upon him. and an original
attachment having been levied upon
his property and returned tn me. it
is therefore ordered that publica-
ton be made in the Knoxville In
newspaper published
in the City of Knoxville, Tenn, for
four consecutive weeks, command
ing the defendant, c. M. Tallant tr
appear before me. at my Office in
Knoxville. Tenn.yon the 9th, day OF
June 1919 and mako defense II
said SUIT, or 1t will be proceeded
with ex parte.
This 10th day OF May 1919
j. r. Ailor. Justice of the Peace for
Knox County. Tennessee.
May. 10 17-24-3l 1919
Sweet Thought.
Cane sugar, We are told, beats beet
sugar, but beet sugar beats no sugar at
Mk-Boston Transcript.
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m Wilbur d Nesbtt
.HuL5or az
Your Flag and Ny Flag

ON-RESIDENT ATTACHMENT
NOTICE.
TO b. M. GUDGER AND HAT
lie G. GUDGER
] Albert Robbins VS.. By M. Gudger
ct al.
State of Tennessee. In Chancery
Court of Knox County. yo. f6607
In this cause, 1t appearing from the
bill filed, which is sworn to. that the
defendants. B. M.Gudger and wife Hs
tie G. Gudger are justly indebted to ], A,
bert Robbins the complainant and thai
they are nom residents of the State o.
Tennessee, SO that the ordinary pro
cess of law cannot be served upon
them, and an attachment having been
issued and levied on the defendants
property, it is ordered that said de-
PENDANTS appear before the Chancery
Court at Knoxville, Tennessee, on or
before the first Monday of June next
next, and make defense to said bill or
the same will be taken for confessed
and set for hearing FIX Parte as to
them. This notice will be published
in the Knoxville Independent for fou
consecutive weeks.
This Bird day OF May 1919
]. G. FORD, Clerk and Master.
O. L. White, Atty.
May 8 10 u "a 1919
send Us Your JOB Frintsaa.
subsssSbe for shs Knoxville Independent
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cause it left undecided the proportion
of the total PREPARATION money to be al
lotted to them, and the Brussels gov
eminent decided it's delegates could
not sign a treaty that did not provide
for a complete fulfillment of the prom
Uses made Belgium by her allies.
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Republican senators who are still
unsatisfied with the league covenant
and they are rather numerous-agreed
to hold conference on the question
as soon as the president issued the
call for an extra session of congress-
They are determined that the covenant
shall be further amended, and some
Of them favor plan to try to dis
sociate it from the peace treaty. The
latter. they agree, must not be unduly
delayed, and they are a unit in de-
handing the early return of all Amer
lean troops from foreign lands Half
a dozen or more of the original OPP
ponents Of the league in the senate
will support the amended covenant.
but some of the Republican leaders
assert that there are still SO on the
list of those who will not accept it.
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The revised covenant OF the lehgue
of nations was made public Monday
and at plenary session of the peace
conference it was adopted unanimously
or motion of President Wilson. He
first explained to the delegates all the
changes. that had been made and the
reasons therefor Italy was not pres
ent at the meeting, but it was included
among the charter members of the
league. The French and Jappnese
amendments were offered and dis
cussed briefly, but were not pressed
and the covenant was adopted without
their inclusion. Sir James Eric prurn-
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Two great disasters occurred last
week on opposite sides of the globe.
In San Salvador there was severe
earthquake which resulted In great loss
of life and property, though Its extent
is not yet fully known. A large sec
tion of Yokohama was swept by fire,
fully 1000 buildings being destroyed,'
including part of the business district.
What might be regarded as disas-
ter by many also hit the United States,
for the tax on luxuries went into eff
feet on May J. This boosts the cost
on innumerable articles if the price Is
in excess Of specified sums and also
applies to soft drinks, druggists sun
dries, candy and other things that have
become almost necessities for many
Americans.
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mond was made secretary general of
the league and the representatives Of
Brazil, Belgium, Greece and Spain,
were selected temporarily to represent
the lesser powers. At once began the
making Of plans for the first meeting
of the league, and it was admitted
that this would be held in Washington
In October next, In the White House,
under the presidency of Mr. Wilson.
At that time the assembly will com
plete the organization and the next
session will be held In Geneva, the
permanent seat Of the league.
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Once more we are asked to believe
that the bolshevik regime In Russia
s gaming. and according to the story,
'Lenine and Trotzky have sought In
vain forSassurances of asylum in va
rious European countries. Petrograd
is being evacuated by the bolsheviki,
say dispatches from Helsingfors, and
the government is sending away many
of the inhabitants. On their western
and northern fronts the soviet forces
met with decided reverses, but their
leaders claimed these were counter
balanced by gains in the South.
The soviet government of Munich at
last accounts was still holding out,
but the city was being closely sur
rounded by troops of the German gov
eminent and the rule Of the commu-
nists, 1t was said was near it's end.
Elsewhere In Germany it was the same
old story of repeated outbreaks Of the
Spartacans, street fights and riots, and
strikes. o.
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IF the italian controversy can be set
tied as well as this, the peace makers
may certainly congratulate themselves,
but at this writing the end of that dis
pute is not in sight. The italian dele
cation, returning home, was accorded
wildly enthusiastic receptions every
where, and the parliament gave Pre-
mier Orlando vote of confidence, only
small group of Socialists opposing.
It was expected that Orlando and his
colleagues, strengthened by this vote,
would go back to Paris and resume
their efforts to put through the Italian
claims; but Wilson, Lloyd George and
Clemenceau, according to reports, were
as firm as ever in the determination
that Fiume should not be given to
Italy. The probable outcome, it was
predicted, would be the internationali-
cation of that port.
In his memorandum to Orlando, Mr..
Wilson said the town of Volpna should
belong to Italy, and this has raised
another row. Volpna is an Albanian
port, and the Albanian delegation said
its seizure by Italy would start a move
ment that would mean the dismember-
ment of Albania. Already the Greeks
and Serbians were claiming parts of
that country, because of Mr.. Wilson's
stand concerning Volpna.
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The sensation Of the week in the
United States was the uncovering of
a grisly plot to assassinate leading
citizens in all parts of the country.
Several scores of cleverly constructed
bombs were mailed from New York
city to members of the cabinet, SEN
ators, representatives, judges and
wealthy men, and only the failure to
attach sufficient postage prevented the
murder or manning of many of the in
tended victims. Practically all of
those whose death was thus sought
have been concerned in some way
with the prosecution or deportation
of members Of the /. w. w. and other
radicals, so the source Of the bombs
is not far to seek. The reds had
threatened a demonstration on May 1
in behalf of Thomas ]. Mooney and
others convicted of the San Francisco
bomb outrage, and Eugene " Debs,
when sent to prison for violating the
espionage act, had voiced similar
threat Investigation showed the
bombs had been mailed on different
days with the evident plan that they
should be received by the victims on
the same day. The Socialists denied
any part in the plot or any knowledge
Of it, but it's discovery and the general
feeling of indignation 1t aroused result
ed in the suppression Of their plans for
elaborate May day celebrations in va
rious cities.