The Arvada enterprise. (Arvada, Colo.) 1908-1970, 1919-06-19
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Marshall osNds fer Nleaard.
he large round clock was striking
a1As - Casey" Richards dancing step
carried him into the outer o6les Of TOD
Aarshall. The ushsfing clerk. coat
le1s and vestlsss 10 expectation Of the
tAArd hot spring day. made q critical
aDpealsement Of the engineers get-up
before be spoke. Then he stated that
NJ. Marshall had not yet come.
For q London tie and q white silk
Ghirt be3ted into white serge trousers
were smart for Tucson. The CLERKS
iA the employ Of the Overland Pacific
aaA q The sonora and YaQui railroads
bad stared ct Richard a. he entered
thsy followed his progress through the
room. He was newcomer In Tucson.
He had not yet acquired the apathetic
habits o8 it, citisens. He wore bslts.
iAstsad .of suspenderA His white
trsussfs. duck or serge. carried new
y pressed crease each morning.
Ths o0ce had not reached Q verdict
- ths subject Of x. @. Richard The
shirt-slssvsd. collarless clerks would
have bssn quick to dub him . dandy
wsee 4 not for . page Of his history
tAat was puasliag thsm. He had held
Q eAaif a soginsesins n some eastern
dty. He bad resigned. the wind.tosssd
Page said. to 90 On the road - Z
1rs0an. His rapid promotion had
beso spectacular: the last move. Q
fsW years ago. to oil an once position
n Tsesoo. The SUMMONS had found
N - The west coast Of Asneo.
vheeo ~ Overland Pacific was push
No ~ tracks
Yea can wait here" suggested the
dsek. lookins eovsrtly At the shoes OF
ths 0aa who . few years before had
bsea sAovsling coal % q Wyoming en-.
gios. 'Mr. Aarshall said to walt"
*Rjbboos. instead Of shoe lacssi"
earpsd tAs human machine that must
svse write letters which other men
asn. "And . blue pin to match his
usi I call that going somei"
Il would never have occurred to
4lckard. had be thought about It at
On that morning a. he knotted his tie
4 DART. brilliant blue silk. that the
psleetion Of his lapis pin was choice:
lt WAS IN inevitable result, an instdnc-
i've discretion Of his fingers. It
warped. however. the suspended judg-
0eot Of Aarshsll's men. who had
ssves seen him shoveling coal. disfg.
sfsd b. . denim jumper. They did
~ know that they themselves were
Slovses. ruined by the climate that
dvlls vanity and willis collars.
"0ive him Q year to change some Of
he ans habitsi" waEered Smythe. the
stoop shouldered clerk. - the door Of
" inner oGBcs closed.
10 change his habits less I" amend.
a The slIsce wit. And then they fell
10 sDsculsting what Marshall was 90
hg - DO with him. What pawn was
- In the game that everyone II Tue.
zoo followed with eager self.interested
coaesrnf Aarshall's was the control.
uas hand In Arizona politics: the
maker OF governors. the arblter Of big
eesposatoos; president Of . half.
dozen railroads. Not . move Of his
% he board that escaped notice.
On The other side Of the door Rick.
afd was echoins the once question.
his play JOB. where did Il lead tot
Hs had liked his work. under stratton.
There had been some pretty problems
% mest-what did Narshall mean to
o With hint
TIE note had ct the appointment
tor sine. Richard glanced at his
watch and took out his Engineering
Review. II would be ten before that
door opened on Tod Aarshalll
He knew that % the road. Mar.
sAsli's work began at dawn. "A man
went break from overwork or rust
hon underworld n he follows the ex.
ample Of the SUM-" Richard had often
heard him expound his favorits the.
or. ut IL only the players. the syba-
ntes. who can afford TO pervert the
arrangement nature intended for %"
But In Tucson. controlled by the Wife
y solicitude of his Claudia. he was
eoerced into . regular pesvsrsion. His
once never saw him until the morn.
lng was half gone.
A half.hous later Richard finished
reading Q report o. the diversion Of
Great western river. The name Of
Thonas Hardin had sent him on on
Q tsneent Of memory. The Thomas
Hardin whose efforts 10 bring water
20 the desert Of the Colorado had been
% spectaculariy unsuccessful was the
Ten Hardin he had ksowni T1s ~