Fair play., 1919-06-28
CHAPTER f.
Marshall Sends for Rickara.

Marshall Sends for Rickard.
The large rOvpd clock was striking
nine as Casey" Richards dancing step
carried him into The outer office Of Tod
Marshall The ushesiag clerk, coat
less and vestIess in expectation of the
third Est spring day. made 3 critical
:Hppra{sgg5enc Of the engineers get-up
before he spoke. Tlne2 he stated that
Mr. Marshall had not set come,
Fox l. london tie sud white silk
shirt to2tCd into white serge trousers
were sU:tUt Cor Tucson. The clerks
Cir the employ OF the Overland Pacific
isnd CS the Sonora ana Yaqui railroads
had stared ut lickard as he entered;
efaeg followed hts progress through the
roOuI- He was q newcomer in Tucson.
RE had not yet acquired the apathetic
hGUjtS of its citizens. He wore belts,
1nSrr.ad of suspenderS- His white
trousers, clsscE or serge, carried a new
Ey pressed crease each morning.
The Office had not reached verdict
VII ths sub5ect of X. C. Rickard. The
ssairt-asaeved, cOTYarless clerks would
have been Qrick 10 dub him a dandy
we're IL uot Tor page of his history
that was ptZzii0g them. He had held
"a chair of engiHeSring IN some eastern
CITY Ike had resigned, the wind-tossed
gage sSssa &c 20 On the road as
:hrezsan- HIS rapid promotion had
Been spectacular; the last move, a
few years ago, tn I'll an Office position
IN Tucson The summons had found
dim IN The PeSS coast of Mexico,
-Crhcre SIlu Overland Pacific was push
Ing it's TRACKS.
lyon can wait here" suggested the
clerk. Leaking cnFertIy at the shoes of
'Ehg vBln who Few years before had
been sAuvclinG coal on Il Wyoming en-
iginC- "Mr- MARSHALL said to wait"
"Yihboas, Instead of shoe Iaces !"
>edEE&st The bHDlan machine that must
"eVt- grrlae lGtTgrs which other men
siS1- ~'.Lnd a bius pin to match his
yfie! I call TINT going some"
II WoILld neseg have occurred to
RiC6urCi, IzpE he thought about it at
sN that morning as he kuotted his tie
c>f dark, brilliant blue silk, that the
sclectioA OF tis tzpIs pin was a choice !;
St ElssF ;au Inevitable result, m instinC-
T1ve discretion of his fingers. 1t
= II EtAhs Dp LllG E>bSpcl4iCh JuuS-
r7luRI of J1arshaTs men, who had
nev@r a9Gn him shoveling coal. disfig-
uTed by a deslim jumper They did
mot ixpsw tESz1 they themselves were
asiavsnz- ezi1ed 6y the climate that
<iuIls vanity and willis collars.
Give hisn Il year to change some Of
his 6Ele habfts!" wagered Smythe, the
xtacErT'zsSlYdered clerH, as the door OF
yGlIe 1unsT Office cIased-
ITO change his habits 7eSs!" amend
I'D the office wit. And then they fell
t0 speculating what Marshall was 60
Ing 10 "a with him. What pawn was
me in &fie g:Lne that everyone in Tue
.sso2 EorGwc,i with eager seIf-interested
concern? Mar ShnI's was the control
Hing hand IH Arizona politics; the
1-ulasssr Slt governors, the arbiter of big
corporations; president of half
dozen railroads No a move of his
ON the hoard that escaped notice.
On the OlhCr side of The door Rick
ard WIS echoinS the Office question
~EHjs play job. where did 1t lead toi
Vie BAD tilEed his work, under StrattOn
There had been some pretty problems
20 nheaf--What did Marshall mean tC
do Glfn hiH1
~tUSs note had set the appointmen
"Jag uLjUG RicknEd glanced at hi!
watch and rook 5ut his Engineering
Review. II would be ten before tina
c9aoT Opened on Tod Marshall!
He knew that, on Gne road, Mar
AshGWs Ss1gk began at dawn "a maj
"Uga't brcsi1 from orerwork or rus
'frala nEiteqwsgiE IL be follows the eX
.Sauri.e VI the sSlln," Richard had oftel
.IIeaTd him e1pound his savOrite the
ory Ut is only The players, the syba
ssIsgx. EA0 can AFFORD to pervert tn
,arvnalrslsezsa nature intended for us.
But Ia Tucson, controlled by the wifi
Ay sosicifuds of his Claudia, he wa
cnezced into a regular perversion. Hi
Office aeyer saw him nntu the morI
xng was ha1f goac.
A Hnkf-hoGr fater Ricisnrd ffnishe
yreafifNg a report ON tho diversion Of
great WesterR river The nEzne 1
+FfSHases Hardin Aad seGt zdIo of o
"A e1xEsas Of memory THE Thonis
BanE1a whose efforts 10 11raE E'at'
ga tie desert af the ColsrzEo hid tee
ESQ spestacHklriy unsuccessful was Il
.sEsa Hardia he had k19u'nl uhe ID