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lowing had been the brightest Of his
life. He was sure then that Gerty
loved him. The wrangles were only
their different ways of looking at
things. OF course, they loved each
other. But Gerty couldn't stand pio-
neer life. She had loved him. or she
would not SO easily have been per
suaded to try 1t over again. She
yearned to make him comfortable. she
said. So she had gone back. and pulled
down his ramada. and put his clothes
In the lowest bureau draweri
at wasn't either Of our faults" he
ruminated. "It was the fault of the In
stitution. Marriage itself Is a.failure.
Look at the papers, the divorce courts.
A mans interests are no longer his
wife's. Curious that 1t should be SO.
But it's a fact. 1t is the modern dis
content. Women want different careers
from their husbands"
Yet, how could he help throwing his
life into his work? He had committed
himself; it was an obligation. II 1t
thing. his allegiance to the cause which
mocked at reasons and definitions; oh,
he knew The had tilted with Gerty
and been worsted The would have re-
signed from his company. his company
which had dishonored him. Why should
he stay to get more stabs, more
woundsf And the last blow. this pet
Of Marshallsl Hardin gave a scant-
ling in his path a vicious kick.
The girls prattle had died. She
walked with him silently.
At the door of her tent, she stopped.
looking at him wistfully. She wished
he could hide his hurt. II he had only
some Of Innes' pridei
"How are things?" She used their
fond little formula.
"Oh. rotten" growled Hardin, fling
ing away. The gate slammed behind
him.
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CHAPTER x.
A Desert Dinner.

Innes Hardin was completing her
simple toilet. Not even to please
Gerty would she "dress up for the
dinner. 1t would have been easy for
her sister-in-law to postpone 1t. How
could she expect Tom to go through
with i'll She couldn't understand
Gertyi
An hour ago. hearing distinctly the
whir and splash Of egg-beating, she
had run over to the ueighboring tent.
The clinking of the cake tins had sud.
denly silenced. Excuse me. won't
you" Gerty's voice had come from
the lean-to, the little kitchen shed.
''Tm lying down."
"Lieing, yesw grimaced the Hardin
mouth to Its reflection in the mirror.
How many times that week had she
been repulsed by a locked door, a sud-
den curtain Of silence or run away
for a while. I'm trying to catch q
nap" Easy now to see why Gerty
had wanted to "hold the reins" that
weeki r,-t
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CHAPTER VIII.
Under tho Veneer.


An hour later Innes. blinking from
the sun. stepped into the tent. which
had been partitioned with rough red
wood boards into bed chamber on
the right. combination dining room
and '.parlor" on the left. Her glance
Immediately segregated the three
stalks of pink geranlums In the center
Of the Mexican drawn-work cloth that
covered the table. Gerty. herself. in a
fresh pink gingham frock, was dancing
around the table to the tune Of forks
and spoons. It was just like Gerty to
dress up to her setting. even though 1t
were only pitiful water-starved bou-
quet She had often tried to analyze
her sister-in-law's hold on her brother; |;
certainly they were not happy. Was 1t
because she made him comfortable?
Was 1t the little air of formality. or
mystery. which she drew around herr
Her rooms when Innes was allowed to
enter them were always flawless |;
Gerty took deep pride in her house,
keeping. Why was 1t, Innes wondered.
that she could never shake off her sus-
piclon of an underlying untidiness2
There was always a closed door on
Gerty's processes.
MAY I help?" The sun was still
following the room to her.
"Hello!" Hardin looked up from
the couch where he was lying. Innes
suspected 1t of being frequent re-
treat. She had found it tumbled once
when she. ran over early. 1t was then
that Gerty made 1t understood that she
liked more formality. Innes was rare
ly In that tent except for meals now,
or during her alternating week of
house chores.
II was afraid I was late" said the
girl.
Lunch will be ready In a few min
utes" announced Gerty Hardin. won't
you sit down, There's the new Jour-
nal. Sam came to clean this morning,
and couldn't get to the lunch until
an hour ago."
Innes, settling herself by the reading
table. caught herself observing that 1t
would not have taken her an hour to
get cold lunch. Still. 1t would never
look so invitingl If Gerty's domestic
machinery was complicated and p-i-
vate. the results always were admir-
able. The early tomatoes were peeled
as well as sliced, and were lying on a
bed of cracked ice. The ripe black
olives were resting in a lake of Cali
fornia olive oil. A bowl of crisp let
tuce had been iced and carefully dried.
The Ordway new era., 1919-05-09
WOMEN NEED SWAMP-RooT

Thousands of women have kidney and
bladder trouble and never suspect it.
Womens' complaints often prove to be
nothing else but kidney trouble, or the
result of kidney or bladder disease.
If the kidneys are not in healthy
condition. they may cause the other or
zans to become diseased.
Pain in the back, headache, loss of am
bition. nervousness. are often times symp-
toms of kidney trouble.
Don't delay starting treatment. DR..
Kilmer's Swamp-Root a physicians pre-
scription. obtained at any drug store, may
be just the remedy needed to overcome
such conditions.
Get medium or large size bottle inn
medately from any drug store.
However. If you wish first to test this
great preparation send ten cents to DR..
kilmer Co.. Binghamton. N. Y, for a
sample bottle. When writing be sure and
mention this paper.--Adv.
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fork. 1--WE meant to ask you q hum
dred times. Did you attend to my
commission in Los Angeles7"
II forgot to tell you. I raked the
town. really did, Gerty." For there
was Cloud on Gerty's pretty brow. II
could have got you the other kind. but
you said you did not want it."
81 should think not" The childish
chin was lifted. "Those complicated
things are always getting out OF order.
Besides, II had an adjustable form.
everybody'd be borrowing It"
"What are you talking aboutY' de-
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oopy.ighs, Bobbs-Nsrriil Company

your Hardin addressed the stenog'
rapher in the transparent shirtwaist.
"Does he think we're going to have
another food this season? Thinks It's
going toreach the hotel and wet his
clothes7 Take the starch out Of bis
shirts?" He flung out Of his chair.
throwing the papers back into the
drawer.
He stamped out Of the office. mad
cle1r through. To this crisis they had
sent down a dandy, a bookman who
wanted to build levee. oh. HE'LL
They'll come crawling after me to
help them after this fellows buried
himself under river mud. come calling
to me as they did after Maitland failed.
Please, Mr.. Hardin. won't you come
back and finish your gater I'll see
them dead first. No, I'll be fool enough
to do 1t. I can't help myself. I'm a
Hardin. have to finish what I've be-
gun"
It was not because this was a pet
enterprise. the great work Of his life,
that he must eagerly eat humble pie.
take the buffets. the falls. and come
UdCh WuCh luCy WhAStiC0 w
him. He told himself 1t was because Of
his debt to the valley. to the ranchers.
The colonists were about desperate.
Who could blame them? The last years
floods had worked havoc with their
crops: this year had been q horror.
The district they called No. was a
screaming irony Of ruin. The last de-
bauch of the river had made great
gashes through the ranches, had
secured deep gorges which had. under
mined the canals on which the water
supply for No. 6 depended. The suits
were piling up against the D. R., dam
age suits, and they hold up his gate.
while he gets the curses Of the val
ley. And Mr.. Rickard thinks he'll
build leveel
He flung himself on the couch in the
tent. Gerty was laying a careful
cloth for supper. A brave, determined
smile was arranged on her lips. The
noon storm had passed. She huDnmed
gay little tune. If there was anything
Hardin hated 1t was humming.
you'll have your dude to dinner all
right" her husband announced. "He's
in town."
"Yes. know" rejoined his spouse.
"T had letter from him yesterday.
From Imperial"
Tom sat up glaring. "He wrote to
you from Imperial?"
His wife misplaced the accent. She
misunderstood Toms scowl. It was
the old story over again. Whenever
those two men came together the old
feeling Of jealousy must be revived
againi 1t was unpleasant, of course,
very unpleasant. to have men care like
that, but 1t made life exciting. Life
had been getting little stale lately
like book of obvious, even plot.
Richards entrance into the story gave
a new interest. a new twist. She
hummed an air from new opera that
had set the world waltzing.
Hardin's thoughts did not touch her
at the hem. He was at the headgat6,
his gate. What the deuce had Rickard
gone to Imperial for? II he wasn't the
darnedest asst Imperiali And the
gate hung upi -.
"For Gods sake stop that buzzingi I"
The happy little noise was quenched.
Innes, entering at that moment, heard
the rough order. She looked implor-
ingly at her sister>in-law.
"Supper's ON the table," cried Gerty,
the fixed. determined smile still on her
lips.
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STORMS HOVER OVER THE CANVAS HOUSEHOLD OF THE
HARDINs AS RICHARD TAKES THE REINs.

Rickard engineer of the Overland Pacific rail-
President Marshall in Tucson Ar While
the of the Colorado river
the Desert Reclamation
under Rickard col
Rickard had fancied he
wishes send Richard charge
embarrassment supplanng
but Richard to Caexco and the
Richard
Hardin
he
a
"Faher Valley"
work
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cAAprsa',x
The RIvaJa

From the window of the adobe office
building Of the company. Hardin saw
Richard jump from the rear platform
Of the train as 1t slowed into the sta
tionI He noticed that the new mana
ger carried no bag.
"Wonder what he's decided to do
about the headgate. He didn't waste
much time out there" Hardin was
fldgeting in his seat his. eyes on the
approaching figure.
Richard passed through the room.
nodding to his office force. The door
Of the inner office shut behind him.
Hardin stared at the blank surface. he
moved restlessly in his swivel chair.
Did the fellow think a big thing like
that could hang ON while he unpacked
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his trunks and settled his bureau draw
ers? He picked up pencil, jabbing at
the paper of his report. He covered
the sheet with figures-three hundred
six hundred. Six hundred feet.
Whose fault that the intake had
widened. doubling Its width. trebling
its problem7 Whose but Marshall's,
who had sent down one Of his Office
clerks to see what Hardin was doing?
Wouldn't any man in his senses know
that the way Maitland would distin-
guish himself would be by discredIting
Hardin, by throwing bouquets to Mar
shall; praising his plan? They all go
at 1t the same sickening wayI Office
clerks. bahl Sure. Maitland had ad-
vised against the completion Of the
gate. Said It would cost more in time
and p.oney than Hardin's. estimates.
Hardin. scrawling figures over the
page. "By the time Maitland finished
monkeying with that toy dam of his
the river had widened the break from
three hundred to six hundred feet. Foi
that, they throw mud at me. Oh, 1t
makes me SICK" Hardin flung his
broken pencil out Of the window.
Rickard re-entered the room. The
question leaped from Hardin.
'.The headgate-are you going on
with it7"
Rickard looked curiously at the
flushed antagonistic face of the man
he had supplanted. The thought
crossed his mind that perhaps Hardir
had taken to drinking. It. made hAs
answer curt.
II don't know"
"You don't knoww
II have no report to make, Mr.. Har-
din,' until see the gate"
"And you went to the Crossing with
out going down to the headgate" Har-
din did not try to conceal his disgust.
II did not go to the Crossing"
"Didn't go-w Hardin's mouth was
agape. Then he rudely swiveled his
chair. The door slammed behind Rick
ard.
Hadn't been to the Crossing? Then
where In Hades did he go? He halted
AiacLean who was passing him.
"Are you going to the Crossing to-
morrowT Hardin knew he should be
too proud to betray his eagerness, but
the words ran away with him.
mot tomorrow. Mr.. Rickard Just
told me he might not be able to get OF
until next week."
Hardin's anger sputtered. "Next
week. Why does he rush so7 Why
doesn't he go next year? The Colo
RADIOS so gentle. it'd wait for him. I'm
sure. Next week! It's a put-up Job,
that's what 1t is. oh, can see through
a fence with knothole as big as your
head. He doesn't want to finish the
headgate. He wants to put on going
until It's too late to go on with It; 1
know him. He'd risk the whole thing.
and all the money the o. p. has
chucked Into 1t, just to start with a
clean slate; to get the glory Of stop
ping the river himself. 1t turns my
stomach; it's plot" The lower lip
shot out.
MacLean's attention was deferential.
He had always liked Hardin; all the
fellows did. But he was jumping on
wrong this time. He'd brought 1t all
on himself.
"He said something about a levee for
the towns. He's got to investigate that
before he goes to the front"
"A leveef We'll. wouldn't that Jar
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The Proper Vehicle.

How foolish some of these poets
are in their Imagery! Now, how can
lovers lady drink to him with her
eyes?" Wouldn't she use looking
glass?
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cemen. From oyster Shells.

Oyster shells are being used extern
sively In the manufacture of portland
cement along the coast of the gulf of
Mexico.
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Take First Place, Freddy

reacher--whnt Is the capital of Cal
ifornia?
Freddy Fangle-Its glorious eli.
mater
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FH11ESTgR9UsG1tGiLlzFE

ing pair of groWn-ups with it.
AS though it was a prearransed
signal at that moment there burst
:. Dlll the baggage room, where they
had been hiding, a crowd Of Arcadians,
headed by Ned and Ruth, the Fenns,
the Blakes and host Of others. A
perfect bedlam of cheers and cries of
farewell and laughter drew the passen-
gers in the train to the windows.
The sight they caught appealed to
them immensely. There is something
in the spectacle of a couple starting
off on their honeymoon trip that stirs
a kindly amused interest in onlookers.
None of the passengers thought other
wise than that they were witnessing
just such a. sight For the crowd of
people on the platform were pelting
the couple on the steps of the train
with rice, old shoes and flowers.
When the flustered couple finally
escaped into the car and the train
pulled out amid the chorus of cheers
and cries and blasts on the engine
whistle, they found themselves the
focus Of amused inspection by all the
passengers. Bravely they tried to ap-
pear at their ease and to take the
whole affair as though they were
only onlookers instead of principals
Then, to their dismay, the conductor
entered the car with a great bridal
bouquet in his hand and approached
them.
THE ladies and gentlemen of Area
dla Country club asked me to present
this bridal bouquet to you, Mr.. and
Mrs. Ferrol. with their best wishes
for merry honeymoon and a long and
happy married life he said. and
take the liberty of adding my good
wishes along with theirs, and I'm sure
all the passengers join with us in these
sentiments. don't you, ladies' and
gentlemen?"
patter Of applause from the grin
ming and laughing passengers eomplet-
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THEIR NEW BRIDAL

Edith and John had made a round
of visits the evening before their de-
parture on their honeymoon to bid
their friends good-by. They did not
expect to see any of them again until
their return to Arcadia. Nevertheless,
when they stood on the Arcadia sta
ton platform waiting for their train
Edith wished that at least Mrs. Fem
or Lii Blake had been thoughtful
enough to come down to see them OFF.
Only their children and their mann
zelle, annexcellent French maid, had
come to Bid the Ferrols farewell. The
Flowertons were busy in the city, they
knew
Edith had entered into the mood OF
a honeymoon to an extent which sur
pr,sed even herself. That she and
John should find themselves bound on
a long holiday trip, to go where they
wished without thought of expense,
a trip that was to include New Or
leans, southern California, Yosemite
valley, the Canadian Rockies, and left
them free to play as they liked-au
this gave Edith a sense of newnesS,
as though she were really going on
bridal trip She was dressed in neat
tailor-made blue and looked so young
in her happiness that she might easily
have been mistaken for young bride.
John, too. with the burden of double
work off his mind and with the pros
pect of a long holiday ahead Of him,
looked almost radiant Edith felt shy
as she caught an amused loving smile
on his lips as he looked at her
well. girl mine, do you think you
can forget for minute that I'm an
old story and pretend we're really 60
ing off on our honeymoon he asked
IAN old story" she protested. why
John, we're going away to get really
acquainted with each other. And
there's no pretense about the honey
moon. Here are our friends to see
us off" she said, kissing the chilren
and mamzelle.
Around the bend in the valley their
train appeared and drew UP as the
Ferrols gave their children their last
squeeze The station was deserted ex-
cept for the Ferrol party, so Edith
allowed herself the weakness OF d
little pretense.
"Good-by, Mr. Jackie-good-by. Miss
Virginia, SO thankful to you for com
ing down to see us off! Well send you
picture postal cards!" a.
happy honeymoon!' the children
cried.
-! aboard" sang out the conduct
or. Then the Ferrols nearly missed
their train For as they turned to
board it small Jackie pulled out
little moccasin from his pocket and
threw it at his parents, At the same
moment Virginia uncovered small
paper of rice and showered the blush
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$4,000 Marine
WORKERS IN new
YORK ON STRIKE
Ferry Service Between New
York and New Jersey is
Suspended.
tRv Associated Presso


NEW YORK, Jan. 9.-With approx
imately fifteen thousand men affected
the strike Of the marine workers affili-
alton went into effect here at six
o'clock this morning At that hour.
ferry boats. steam lighters, tow poats.
coal barges. grain boats and other har-
Dor craft were at standstill, accord
ing TO the strike leaders.
Most OF the ferries between New
York and New Jersey also were sus-
pended. At the Fort Lee Ferry which
carries laborers and soldiers going to
Camp Merritt. New Jersey, a crowd
OF more than thousand persons as
sembled. They were advised to take
trains through the Hudson tubes for
their destination as the ferry was not
operating. At other ferry houses
signs were posted that the service
had been discontinued.
Call Police Reserves.
Police reserves were hurried from
two stations to the ferry house OF
the Central railroad of New Jersey
when laborers employed at Port New
ark. \. j.. became unruly upon being
informed that the service had been
discontinued. Though the men We're
advised to take trains to their work,
some OF them refused, declaring that
to do so meant an additional expense
OF % cents.
The strike, called Notwithstanding
a threat by the government to operate
the harbOr with soldiers and sailors,
was ordered yesterday when con-
ference OF the union men and the
Boat Owners Association broke up
following the refusal OF the latter to
arbitrate the question of an eight
hour wage. The war labor board was
unable to affect settlement of the
differences.
While the strike at present has not
been extended to coastwise steamers,
cOastwise tugs, transatlantic steam
ships or Long Island Sound steamers,
it was said by the labor leaders that
il might eventually spread to those
lines and throw out Of employment
forty thousand longshoremen and
freight handlers.
Brings Food Crisis.
The tie up. according to strike lead
ers and transportation officials, brings
New York to crisis as regards food
and coal and they predicted that
within twenty-four hours the milk sit
uation here would be much more SER
lous. The cltys milk supply. already
greatly decreased through a strike Of
the Dairymen's league, now will be
further depleted, the strikers say
through inability to get the milk usual
ly sent here from New Jersey.
Staten Island. comprising Richmond
borough of the city. was completely
isolated by the strike. Municipal
ferry boats plying from lower Man
haitian and Brooklyn to ST. George,
Staten Island. made their last trip be-
fore six o'clock, though city officials
bad predicted the strike would not af
feet that service. The ferry service
between lower Manhattan and Brook
Ign also stopped.
AS soon rs the strike order became
effective hundreds of police reserves,
aided by naval reserves, were placed
on guard at municipal ferry houses.
At that time strike leaders predicted
that the harbor traffic would be com
pletely paralyzed.
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1T PUTS THE "PEP"

Into Peptiron.-The Combination Of
Pepsin. Nux, Iron, Celery.
This is what makes Peptiron of Won
derful therapeutic value, and so sue
cessful after influenza, the grip and
in blood and nerve troubles, anemia,
paleness. nervous weakness and the
exhausting worry and anxiety over
tie world war
1t is real iron blood and nerve
tonic, especially beneficial in the
weakness following the influenza and
grip, to WORKOUT, brain tagged men.
delicate women, school-tired girls and
to fast-groWing boys. invalids and con-
valescents. the aged and infirm II
actually puts iron, natural strength
ener, into the blood. and restores the
wasted red corpuscles. Your druggist
knows its real merit-Adv
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Heart Problems

Dear Mrs. Thompson: l am going
to give party in honor of a soldier
friend who Is coming home and would
like to know some games to play.
What would be appropriate to
serve? There will be about sixteen
Could you tell me different ways to en-
terrain them?
Hoping you will answer these Ques-
lions as soon as possible, I remain,
BLUE EYES.
There are all sorts of books at the
public library that will help you for
your party. The books contain games
and ways of entertainment for all
kinds of parties.
For sixteen you might serve buffet
luncheon with a salad fruits, nuts.
and sandwiches. Or if you do not
care for that you might have ice and
small cakes or perhaps sandwiches
with a hot drink
Besides games that you could play
there is always music and dancing.
A congenial crowd is always easy to
entertain because is usually finds en-
tertainment for itself.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: We are two
unhappy girls and would like to have
your advice. We were with two young
boys Halloween night. We enjoyed
ourselves immensely. We have seen
the boys several times since then.
but they only smile and never speak
They were not angry when they left.
What should we do to regain their
friendship. TWO CHUMS.
1t Is girls place to speak to a boy
first. If you really know the boys
You should speak to them, but let
them make any further advances.