The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1919-04-24
THE THOROUGHBRED"
Bu Henry .KHcheN Webster
Author of
1.-THE Real Adventure" "The Painted Scene" Etc.
Author Of

, | don't know whether The tiger was
surprised or not when he discovered
that he had eaten the princess l do
know the Alfred was genuinely a>toil-
ished over the discovery thar he had
Inadvertently. eaten the foreman liz.
3cntleman's job
That's what happened. however
quite inevitably. if one stops III think
about it-within a fortnight from Clc
time he yentured TO correct that tIrSt
detail
don't know whether you will con
slider the other first step he g.sas> THAI
day to have been inevitable also. l>rls
afraid not. without some eNEs5&n& tls'ce-
The step waS-aud il proved quite AZ
important as the o1he--that lie re
Trained from telling Celj. s.Nso4as his
promotion when he -os hss.gat. G1oSs
evening Of the day ii haFss-ae.a,
/ won't attempt I" deny that he
ought Ia have sn2t! hsrs that ii Mas
cowarelly AMI ,.va>ive az him and. I'm
afraid l InTl>I add decidedly zsaa>eaal1q4e
not "a tell He e.s adequately Faasa55>ala>
g! fer ii il, The event Us T0G agv> t3 ts>
told But while yssl @3re. waiting fNf!
tiaT /" lssslassr 10 him 2et NE 1Ey To
show Won hnw il locked and fcaa to- AiNa
In the first place he wa> Uniformed
Gt his promotion rt.s Met17seal- DE- aETdV-
~! i'll The office 0-le lso-aa5aas- If 1.etY' 1
tod hin the last timing before ne left
for home 1alts night before I fasst=..
"a doubt he'd nave -~a1e straight 1.e
Celia with il A. il lAps.e1rtts, lie wsAlsa
.s0.g2+-. and il made him gs1xzgy >.srss- ,-
Ee-1: SUSPECTED The ggsgsl ssssoG1 this
big municipal t1lhgEsc- tgaoa.1 the hay he
was hired and he'd t~~al seirlng LITTLE
-gsgmt1Earg s4lmp>es o. il 5r6gl G1ay
u tsay 81 MS OWL s!s4 fling beard But
fr"Hl bis MOE eleyares position as
SUPERINTENDENT 81 INV. Etr:s fsina-rOs.sn
with only one engineer between HIM
self and the. contractor. IL. now Sssw
the thing III al! lis naked ettrugrery
Ii was the familiar formula for ,nun!-
cipal work: fifty Ter cent graft. fifty
per cent Incompetence
The maddcninc thing :.hont il was.
too. that t,ut for the incnmpei encc the
craft would not he necessary. \ mar
Of decent ability, with that contract
i'll his pocket. could deliver the city
an honest job and make as much legi-
innate profit ont Of it as this Shifty
numb-Witted CRATER conld hope to
steal
The position Alfrcd'S incaufi6alS dis
play Of talent had got him into was
the prOverbialv uncomfortable one be-
tween the upper and 1.-The neither mill
stones. He could no longer abSolve
himself. as he had done at his dra fling
board. from all responsibility for the
job. they'd picked him up and made
him responsible. Yet they hadn't given
INN authority to change thing that
really inattered ..f-...t, RI
If You will Imagine Hercules. with AZ
tin bucket and scrubbing-brlsh. GET
ting his first sight and whiff of the
Augean stables. You will have some
notion Of Alfred Blair's state Of mind.
IT'S important to remember that he
was. Herrulrs-WaS in the habit. any,
how, OF dealing with things in a Her
cnlean way. turning the course of
rivers through them. if necessary.
What ] mean is that he really was,
down inside, despite the temporary |
eclipse Of the past few months. the
successful. aldariOlS. highly energiZe,l
big-calber man that Celia married IA
man accustomed to carrying heavy
loads Of responsibility upon his capa-
ciouS shoulders; to the exercise Of :.
trenchant and lmGucstiOncd authority
TO the accomplishment Of big things in
big ways.
yesterday private in the ranks. |
he had been ahle-though barely-to
keep alive the pretcnsc that the big
man Celia had married was. as he had |
told her the night of the dinner-party.
done for. never to come back. To-day.
with Sergeant's chevron on his sleeve.
the prctcnse was demolished. He knew
to-doy that he had come back-Athat his |
old' powers had come back And the
disturbed him painfully.
(To Be Continually y |
w.. DANCE AT ARMORY
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