Jerome County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1919-1920, 1919-06-12

fill the contract. TO make his nation
pay the price. The completion OF the
road meant help to the valley; sup
plies. men, could be rushed through to
the break.
In spite Of his haunting sense OF
ultimate failure the growing belief in
the OlnnipOtence of the Great Yellow
Dragon as the Cocopahs yisualzed 1t,
Estrada's work was as intense as
though ne were hastening a sure vic
tory. The dauutlcss spirit Of the elder
Estrada pushed the track over the hot
sands where he must dance at times
to keep his feet from burning. Many
Of the rails they laid at night
"Rickard's gone hog-wlld." Hardin
told his family the next morning.
Building levee between the towns
The mans of his head"
There isn't any danger?' Gerty's
anxiety made the deep blue eyes look
black.
lines looked up for Toms answer.
His face was ugly with passion.
Danger It's bluff. big show
OF activity here because he's buffa-
loed he doesn't know how to tackle
the job out there
Il had begun to look that way to
more than one. 1t was talked over
AT Coulter's store; in the outer Office
Of the ID. r. company whore the engi
neers foregathered; among the chair
filters who idled in front of the Des
crt hotel. "The man does not know
how to tackle his jobw A lcvee. and
the gate held up What protection to
The towns would be that toy levee If
the river should return on one Of its
spectacular sprees? a lcvee. and the
intake itself not guarded? He was
whispered OF as incompetent one of
Marshall's clerks. He was given
short time TO blow himself out. A
bookInan, theorist
"As well put sentinels a few miles
from prison and leave the Jail doors
open :" This was Wooster's gibe All
saw the Colorado as ii marauder nj
large. And little heap Of sand
stacked up to scare it of! It's a
scream"
Mrs. Hardin found II difficult to
3 meet with diplomacy the condolences
when inevitably came her way AS
hardihs Wile she was expected I" en-
Joy the universal '"uSure the new man
was ACQUIRING H'rlN ilEht touches
too slight for championship. passed as
sweet charlly' ii'' own position
'hoSe uaEs was .rH'uI. Nhe ulu not
yet hho" her ulpl"'""''c leSSoh'
Apparently unaware of the talk
Rickard spent the greater part of his
time experimenting the lcVec. He
could trust no one else. To do IT, no
one unless il were Estrada, who WAS
rushing his steel rails through To the
front and WAS needed there.
Things were moving under his CON
stant gnndiug. The extra pay was
showing results. lie should be at the
Heading now. he kent telling himself.
hut he WAS convinced that the instant
he turned his back. the work ON the
levec would stop; and an the reasons
excellent Some emergency would he
cooked up to warran, the Withdrawal
] OF the lailtlN. I lltAt us llt llll-il at
the situation. il was To be guerrilla
warfare Not fight in the open. he
knew how To meet that hut that haf-
fling resistance. the polite silence of
the office when he entered-"Well,
they'll be doing my way pretty soon,
or my name isn't Richard. That's
fiat
He was frctting TO he at work. Ia
start the wheels of the q. T.. its vast
machinery toward his problem. lie
knew that That organization, Ike Well
drilled militia. was ready for his al
The call Jagged. not that he did moi
need men, but there was no place
ready for them. me camp. that was
another rub Ih're was no camp IL