The Arvada enterprise. (Arvada, Colo.) 1908-1970, 1919-06-19

was ehannE, FESTIVE, after Q few
weeks Of Tucson. For what was he
getting hsre7 Adding what scrap Of
experiences to the rounding Of his pro
fession1
Rstrospectivsly engineering could
hardly b. said to b the work Of his
choice. Rather had II appeared to
choose him. From boyhood engineers
had always been. to him, the soldiers
Of modern civilization. To conquer
and subdue mountains. to Bhacklo Wild
rivsrs. to suspend trsstles over dixzy
heights, to throw The tracks Of IN ad-
vancing civilisatioa along . nswly
blassd trail thsfs weuld always b .
thrin In Il for him. Il had changed
The best QuArtsfback Of his high school
Into the peimmsst Of students Ut col.
lsga. Only for short time had hs let
his vanity sidst1ack him, when he
honor Of teaching what hs had learned
stopped his own proGrssa 4 FutE
He remembered the day when Il had
burst On him. the realisation Of the
rut he was In. Hs could go his Law.
rsnes schoolroom. could 80 yet the
faee under the red-haired mop beloug.
Ing TO Jerry Aatson-qusse no rsmsm.
bsrsd the name after all those years
He could picture the look Of coostsr.
nation when hs threw down his book
and announced his dssertioo.
He had handed n his resiSnatjon
the next day. A meath later and hs
was shoveling coal On the stssp grades
Of Wyoming.
Narshall keeps his men with himI r.
The engineers glance Travelled around
the feckless once. 4 strangse 70 Mar
shall would get . wrong idea u the
man who worked IN I'll Those precise
dlss. the desk. orderly and polishsd.
the cleaning linoleum-and then the
man who made the negro janitor's life
. proud burdeni His clothes always
crumpled- spots, too. unless his Oan-
dia had had q chance at thsmi Black
string do asksw. al the outward vis-
ible signs Of the southern gentleman
Of assured ancestry. Not even . valet
would ever kssp Tod Marshall up b
the standard Of that once. What did
hs have servants for. hs had demand
Cd of Richard. II II were not 10 jump
after him, picking up the loose s0ds
b droppsd1
Curious thing. magnetism. That
mans step On The stair. and svsry
man-jack Of them would jump % at.
tention. from Ben. the colorsd janitor.
who would not swap his post for . a.
mcclure % long - Tod Aashall's one
lung kept him In Arizona. to Smythe.
the 0toop shouldsrsd clerk, who had
followed Aarshall's cough from Gan
Francisco. II was said In Arisooa-
he himself had met the statement In
Tucson-that any man who had ever
worked for Tod xarshall would rather
b warmed By the reelection Of his
greatness than b. given posts OF per
sonal distinction.
Was It once routine Marshall in.
tended MN fort He admired without
stint Tod Marshall. but he preferred
to work BY the side Of the other kind.
the strong men. without physical han
dicap. the men who take risks. the
men who live the life Of soldierA That
was the life no wanted. He would
wait long enough to ct Aarshall's In.
tention. and then. II II meant-this
no would break loose. He would 20
back to the front where he belonged
back to the firing line.
A. the hands Of the round clock In
the outer once were pointing to ten
the door opened and Narshall entered.
His clothes, Of indefinite blackish hue.
would have disgraced an eastern man.
His string tie had . starboard list.
and his hat was ready for Q rummase
sale. But few would have looked at
his clothes. The latent energy Of the
dynamic spirit that would frequently
turn that quiet once into Q mael.
strom cleaned in those Indian.black
eyes. Beneath the shabby cloth one
suspected the daily pollshed skin: IN.
Or the old SLOUGH hat was the mouth
o6 purpose. the lips that no woman.
svsn his Claudia. had kissed without
The thrill Of fear.
Marshall glanced back at the clock,
and then toward his visitor.
"On time I" be observed.
Richard. smiling. put his book n
bis pocket.
.cNAPTGA u.
A oH ~ oratssy.
Marshall threw his hat on Q chair.
the morning paper % his desk. Re