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The Raymer enterprise., 1919-07-17

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 plo-
neer life. She had loved him. or she
would not so easily have been per.
suaded to try It 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 drawer
at wasn't either OF our faults" he
ruminated. ut was the fault OF the In.
stItutlon. Marriage itself Is a failure.
Look at the papers, the divorce courts.
A mans interests are no longer his
wife's. Curious that II should be so.
But its fact. II Is the modern dis
content. Women want different careers
from their husbands"
Yet, how could he help THROWN. his
life into his workl He had committed
himself; 1t was an obligation. II 1t
were not for that indefinable some
thing, his allegiance to the cause which
Knocked at reasons and definitions; oh,
he knew he had tilted with Gerty
and been worsted he would have re-
signed from his company his company
which had dishonored him. Why should
he say to get more stabs, more
woundss And the last blow, this pet
Of Marshall's. 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' pride!
How are things7" She used their
fond little formula.
"Oh. rotten." growled Hardin, fling
F., Ing away. The gate slammed behind
him.
The Raymer enterprise., 1919-07-17
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 It. How
could she expect Tom to 90 through
with I'll She couldn't understand
Gertyl
An hour ago. hearing distinctly the
whlr and splash Of egg-beating. she
had run over to the nelghboring tent,
The clinking Of the cake tins had sud.
denly silenced. Excuse me, won't
your Gerty's voice had come @rorn
the lean-to. the little kitcha sk1hed.
I'm lying down." ~
'Tieing. yes" grimaced the Hardin
mouth to Its reflection In the mirror.
How many times that week had she
been repulsed by locked door, q sud.
den curtain Of silence or run away
for q while. I'm trying to catch Q
nap" Easy now to see why Gerty
had wanted to "hold the reins" that
week!
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fork. "Ive meant to ask you q hun
dred times. Did you attend to my
commission In Los AngelesT
Il forgot to tell you. I raked the
town. really I 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,"
II should think not" The childish
chin was lifted. "Those complicated
things are always getting out Of order.
Besides. II I had an adjustable form,
everybody'd be borrowing it."
"What are you talking aboutr de-
The Raymer enterprise., 1919-07-17
CHAPTER VIII.
Under tho Veneer.

An hour later Innes. blinking from
the sun. stepped into the tent, which
had been partitloned 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 geraniums In the center
OF the Mexican drawn-work cloth that
covered the table. Gerty. herself, In a
fresh pink gingham froek, was dancing
around the table TO the tune of forks
and spoons. 1t was just like Gerty TO
dress up to her setting. even though 1t
were only a pitiful water-staryed bou-
quet She had often tried TO analyze
her slster.in-law's hold on her brother /;
certainly they were not happy. Was 1t
! because she made him comfortable 2
| Was Ii the little air OF formality, or
mystery, which she drew around her ?
| Her rooms when Innes was allowed TO
enter them were always flawless ;
Gerty took deep pride In her house.
keeping. Why was II, lnnes wondered.
that she could never shake off her sus-
plclon Of an underlying untidlnessl
There was always closed door on
Gerty's processes.
MAY help?" Tho sun was still
yellowing the room to her.
Hello" Hardin looked up from
the couch where he was lying. Innes
suspected 1t Of being d frequent re-
treat. She had found u tumbled once
when she ran over early. Ii was then
that Gerty made 1t understood that she
liked more formality. lnnes was rare
ly in that tent except for meals now,
or during her alternating week Of
house chores.
~ was afraid l 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. It would never
look so inviting! II 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
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 Raymer enterprise., 1919-07-17
STORMS HOVER OVER THE CANVAS HOUSEHOLD OF THE
HARDNS AS RICHARD TAKES THE REINS.

synopss-K Richard engineer Of the Overland Pacific rail-
President Marshall in Tucson While
waiting Rckard the OF the Colorado river
despite OF Hardin head the Desert
Hardin had been student Rckard
had married G Holiness with whom Rckard had he
Marshall tells Rckard Overland Pacific
Imperial and wishes Rckard
Hardin, but Rckad Caexco way,
much Hardin and his Rckard
Hardin the formers
meeting of the directors authority
Estrada Mexican OF the Father Of
Richard situation expresses orebodngs that the
work will fail.
The Raymer enterprise., 1919-07-17

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 to reach the hotel and wet his
clothes? Take the starch out Of his
shirtsY He flung out Of his chair.
throwing the papers back into the
drawer.
He stamped out of the office. mad
cletr through. To this crisis they had
sent down dandy, bookman who
wanted to build a levee. Oh, hell!
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
Hardin. have to finish what I've be-
gun"
1t was not because this was pet
enterprise, the great work Of his life.
that he must eagerly eat humble pie.
take the buffets. the falls, and come
whining back when they whistled to
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 a horror.
The district they called No. 8 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 pillng 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 levee!
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 hunmed a
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"
Eyes, know" rejolned his spouse.
II 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
again! 1t was unpleasant, Of course.
very unpleasant. to have men care like
that, but It made life exciting. Life
had been getting a little stale lately
like book Of obvious, even plot.
Richards entrance into the story gave
new interest. a new twist. She
hummed an air from a new opera that
had set the world waltxlng.
Hardin's thoughts did not touch her
at the hem. He was at the headgate,
his gate. What the deuce had Rickard
gone to Imperial fort II he wasn't the
darnedest ass! Imperiall And the
gate hung upl
For Gods sake stop that buszingl"
The happy little noise was quenched.
lnnes, 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.
The Raymer enterprise., 1919-07-17
CHAPTER TX.
The Rivals

From the window Of the adobe Office
building Of the company, Hardin saw
Rickard jump from the rear platform
Of the train as It slowed into the sta
ton. 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
fidgeting In his seat, his eyes on the
approaching figure.
Rickard passed through the room.
noddlng 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 be unpacked
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his trunks and settled his bureau draw.
ers? BE picked up pencil. jabbing at
the paper of his report. He covered
the sheet with flgures-three hundred
six hundred. Six hundred feet.
Whose fault that the intake had
widened, doubling Its width, trebling
Its problem? Whose but Marshalrs,
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.
gulsh himself would be by discrediting
Hardin, by throwing bouquets to Mar
shall; praislng his plan7 They all 60
at 1t the same sickening way! Ofice
clerks. bahl Sure. Maitland had ad.
vised against the completion Of the
gate. Said 1t would cost more In time
and noney than Hardin's estimates.
Thanks to Maitland It did," growled
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. Fo.
that, they throw mud at me. Oh. II
makes me sick" Hardin flung bis
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. 1t. made his
answer curt.
II don't know"
"You don't knowI'
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 headgateT Har.
din did not try to conceal his disgust.
II did not 60 to the Crossing"
Didn't go-!" Hardln's mouth was
agape. Then he rudely swiveled bis
chair. The door slammed behind Rick.
ard.
Hadn't been to the Crossing? Then
where In Hades did he 60? He halted
MacLean who was passing him.
"Are you going to the Crossing to.
morrow Hardin knew he should be
too proud to betray his eagerness, bu,
the words ran away with him.
mot tomorrow. Mr.. Rlckard Just
told me he might not be able to get ofI
until next week."
Hardin's anger sputtered. "Nexi
week. Why does he rush so7 Why
doesn't he 60 next year? The Colo
radios so gentle, It'd walt for him. I'm
sure. Next week! It's put-up job
that's what It 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 of going
until it's too late to 60 on with It;
know him. He'd risk the whole thing
and all the money the O. p. has
chucked Into 1t, just to start with o
clean slate; to get the glory Of stop
ping the river himself. 1t turns my
stomach; It's plot" The lower liz
shot out.
MacLeaR's attention was deferential
he had always liked Hardin; all the
fellows did. But he was jumping of
wrong this time. He'd brought 1t all
on himself.
He said something about q levee fol
the towns. Hes got to investigate that
before he goes to the 'front.'"
"A lsveei We'll, wouldn't that j,
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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-02
SAM LAVIT IS BRANDED AS A
 RUSS RED WORKER
CContinued from Page One

(Continued from Page OneD DaviSon declared the office of busi- ness agent vacant, thus bodily firing Lavit.
 But the local machinists gave Lavit a unanimous vote of confidence and decided to disregard their national organization. Secretary Davison then issued an ultimatum, giving the local union until Monday to elect La wits successor or forfeit it's charte and be outlawed from the Interna- tional Association of Machinists and the American Federation of Labor.
 Secretary Davison gave out the fol- lowing statement today:
 There is in process of development in Bridgeport a complete Bolshevist movement. We have every reason to believe that Lavit is not working for the interests of the machinists but for the interests of the Bolshevists None of the strikes that he has call ed in Bridgeport have the sanction of the International Association of Machinists or of the American Fed era.tion of Labor.
 Lavit knew two weeks ago of the inte-l1ed repudIation and the Grapho- phone strike was called by him to de- velop q situation that he hoped would save him. He has violated all the laws of the organiza tion and has nev- CT notified the Grand Lodge of any of these strikes as required by the laws.
 He has been promising the men everything to get them out on strike when he knew that they would be en- titled to no benefits unless the strike was authorized by the Grand Lodge. We intend n ma Ixa c1a f in this city and have clean cut la Dor organization here. We stand ready to do business with the manu- facturers according to our laws The manufacturers have brought all of these strikes upon themselves by labor organizations
 ''I know Lavit is in touch with the American Council of the Russian So- viet in Brooklyn. We won't be a party to any l. W. w. organization within the A. F. of L. We have re ceived between 100 and 175 letters from members of the Machinists' Union in this city. charging Lavit with unfair methods.
 Thirty minutes before the meet ing last night I told Lavit I would leave it to him and give him a chance I told him that this was not intended to be a chance to let him resign. but if he would do that it would end the matter"
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-02
OBITUARY
HANNAH NJ. FRENCH

Hannah M. French, widow of Hen- ry C. Beers, died last night at her home, TO Wheeler avenue, following a long illness. She was S2 years old. The deceased is survived by one brother, George F. French. The funeral will be held Monday after noon and burial will be at Lakevtew cemetery.
 FANNIE A. HALL
 Following a long illness, Mrs. Fan nie A. Hall, 64, died this morning at her home in Long Hill. She is sur vived by two sisters and one brother. Funeral services will be held Mon day afternoon from her late home and burial will be at the Long Hill cemetery.
 JAMES H. BROPHY
 The funeral of James H. Brophy, was held at S:30 o'clock this morning from his late home, 532 Newfield ave- nue and at o'clock from the church of the Blessed Sacrament. Rev. T. B. Smith assisted by Rev. E. H. Shaugh- messy and Rev. John c. Lynch con- ducted the services. During the ser vices Joseph Clabby sang Face to Face" and Abide with Me-" The bearers were Walter Anderson, Hen ry Demme. Joseph Connors, Robert
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-02
kuln IS OVertlll'O
 Socialists Now lll
 Cover 11ln1 2llfCOlltl'O Ol

Premier Peidll is said Icy those who know him, to be a courageous man nf simple habits. He has been typOg- rapher, editor and a model worker. Minister of War Haubrich, formerly was chief of police at Budapest and is reputed to be an anti-communist. Minister of Justice Garami and Minis ter of Education Szabo were in the Karolyi cabinet.
 ] Persons in touch with the situation at Budapest said it was their under standing that the members of f Kun ministry holding over under t reconstruction were doing so in ord to save themselves and their supporr CTS, and they probably would not rc main in office long.
 Captain Thomas c. Gregory, the United States food administrator in this region is credited with a large share in the hastening of Bella Kun's retirement.
 Captain Gregory arranged tonight for food relief for Budapest. He is bringing up supplies from the Banat region and also sending them down the Danube from Austria.
 The crisis in the situation at Buda- pest was said to have been due to the combined effect of the Allied note issued at Paris last Sunday warning the Hungarians they must set up truly republican government and the successful advance of the Rumanian army.
 The Soviet military forces were said to have been reduced to 10000 un- willing soldiers who lacked anima- ton and who were harrassed by the guerilla warfare of peasants. This force was said to have been thor oughly defeated early today The Hungarians were said to have sur rendered or fled when Rumanian division crossed the Theiss river. The Rumanians cross the Theiss at Tissa- Fured. They also took Szolnok. cut ting the Budapest railway.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-02
LOCAL BANK SUBSCRlBES ID
 LEGION FUND

The first local banking institution fund for tho purchase of q club house for WET veteran ms is the T. l.. Watson x Co, which today sent 9 chock for s1e0 to the committee. Dr. +. l.. S'mykuwsid. leader of the jolish-Nme-icau group, subscribed St1 to The fund. Tie total of sE5- scriptions has now amounted to $3,539.
 The Four Minute Men will get into action again toniEn; when they will speak at the following theatres:
 Polrs, Lynn Wilson: Plaza, w. w. Bent; Empire, Wrl. StSini:e: Strand. Major Adams; B.tou, w. r. Kirk l; West Erd. George Grcenspun: Amer ican, Judge F. l.. Wilder; Hippo drome F.. T. Buckingham: Park City. Philo C. Calhoun.
 List of subscriptions:
 Previously reported, $3O70: T. L. Watson, s10O; Bridgeport Hydraulic Co. s1OO: w. F. Seoley, $50: Bridge port Motor Co. Inc. s25; Mir. and Mrs Vim. Boardman. s25; Frank T. Staples. S25: T. B. Warren, SEQ; Geo. s. Hawley. s2O; pr. B. l.. Suykowslli, s10; Theodore F.. Staiber, s1O; De- Yer C. Warner. SIC; Charles ". Walker. Jr.. s1O: David Fcuer Thea trical Enterprises. s10; Lapldes 6 Feuer. s10; Ralph T. Beers, s1O; Jas J .Conl!n, s1O: Jos L. KochiSs & Co.,. s5: Samuel Mellitz. s5. Total, s3.- b3O
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-02
DIED.

BRADLEY-In this city. Friday. Aug l. 1919, Mary A, wife of Owen Bradley. aged 54 years.
 Friends arc invited to attend the funeral from her late residence, No. 42 Stillman street, on Monday, Aug. (. at s:3o a. m. and from St Charles church at 9 o'cIo -k
 Burial in St. LAwTencs cemetery, Orange. Conn. Automobile cor tege. L1b"p 1LCh-1n this city J uly 31, 1919, John F.. Lick. aged. 32 years.
 Friends are invited to attend the funeral from August q. Bakers new mortuary chapel. 1888 Stratford avenue, on Monday afternoon, at 2:SO p. m
 Interment at I.akeview cemetery. AutofE. .obile cortege. a BIEJsS-In this city. Friday. August 1. 1919. Hannah M French. widow of Henry C. Beers, aged S2 yearA Friends are invited to attend the funeral at her late home. No. 70 Wheeler avenue, on Monday, 4th irst.. at 2:@0 o'clock D. m-
 Burial in Lakeview cemetery. HALL--In Long Hir, Conn.,, August 2, 1919. Fannie A. Hall, daughter of the la Nathaniel II. and Fanny Mallett Hall. aged s4 years.
 Friends are invited to attend the funeral at her -a:e home, Long Hill, Trumbull on Monday. 4th inst. at 2:3o o'clock D. m.
 B=rial in Long Hin cemetery. a'p