The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1919-02-28

the answer would trail wiSpS OF other
information. He mad a very active Gu
riosity about Hardin. The mans fail.
ures had been spectacular.
The young fellow was thinking
aloud 1.-The dam went November
18th. Hardin was given a decent in
terval to resign. OF course he was
fired. It was an outrage" He re-
membered that he was speaking to a
stranger and broke of suddenly. Rick
ard did not question him. He made
another note. Why was It IN outrage
or why did It appear sol In perspec.
tive, from the Mexican barranca.
where he had been at the time. the
failure Of that dam had been another
bar sinister against Hardin.
Il e that you are from the Univer.
sity Of California? :" Richard said. and
nodded at the pin Of gold and blue
enamel.
'Out for . year." glowed the lad
dad wanted me to get some real stuff
in my head. He said the Colorado
would give me more lessOns-mOre real
knowledge In q year than I'd get in
six at college. ! kicked up IN awful
row"
The older man smiled. "Of course
You don't want to 60 back now"
The hoy made q wry face. He ex.
poets me to 60 back In August. Says
/ must"
you did not tell me your name.'
was suggested.
"NacLean. George NacIean." said
the young man rather consciously. II
was . good deal to live up to. He al
ways felt the appraisement which fol
lowed that admission. George Mac
Lean, elder, was known among ths
railroad circles to be q man Of iron
enc Of the strongest Of the heads Of
the Overland Pacific system. He was
not the sort Of man q son could speak
lightly OF disobeying.
"Of course everyone calls me Jun
tor"
Il guess you'll 30 back II he want,
you to-" smiled Richard.
"Oh. but what a rotten trick Il
would be !" exclaimed the son OF thu
man Of iron. ITO throw me out q
college, was dalfy to finish with mi
class. and to get me here. to get me In
terested-and then after I've lost my
place to pull me back. Why. there art
things happening every day that are
liberal education. They are only JUS
beginning to understand what they ART
bucking up against. The COl0rad0's
an unknown quantity: even old engi
neers are right up against 1t. There
are new problems coming up every
day. The Indians call her q yellow
dragon. but she's q tricky woina
she's On eel: she's giving - sums t.
break our teeth on"
'WhO has the next roomf"
used to be the general managers
| Ogilvie uses It now"
"And who did you a. was Ogil
vie?" They turned back into the
room.
"YOu a 60 In. He's not here. He
is the new auditor, an expert account.
ant from Los Angeles. Put in by the
@. p. when Il assumed control last
year. He used to come down once
a month. After Hardin went out he
came down to stay"
Whose say-sO?"
II don't know. The accounts were
rotten. that's no office secret The
world knows that. Hardin Is blamed
for It. It isn't fair. Look at Sather's
stone palace in Los Angeles. Look ri
Hardin's tent, his shabby clothes"
I'D like to meet Ogilvie." observed
the general manager.
ooh, he's not much to meet. A pale
white-livered vegetarian, q theOsO-
phist. You've seen 'em. Los Angeles
is full of 'em. He was here when Har.
din was fired. You could see him see
his opportunity. His chest swelIed
up. He looked as IL he had tasted
meat for the first time. He thought
that he could woozle into the empty
place! He went back to Los Angeles
convinced them that the auditor
should be here, protect the company's
interests. It sounded mysterious
4leuthlike, as IL he had discovered
something. SO they let him bring the
books down here. He Is supposed ia
be ferreting. But he's Awoozling.' He
used to be in the outer Office. Said
the noise made his head ache. 50 he
moved In here. All the committee
meetings are held here. and occasion.
ally the directors meetings. Water
companies, too. Ogilvie's taking notes
wants to be the next general mana
ger; II sticks out all over him."
"What's the derivation OF woozier'
this with deep gravity.
"Wait till you see Ogilvie!" laughed
his entertainer. Then ~ an after
thought, '"This is all public gossip.
He's fair game"
The door opened behind them. and
Richard saw the man whose descrip-
ton had been SO deity knocked OF.
He recognized the type see SD fire.
quently In southern California towns,
the pale, damaged exile whose chance
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