The Arvada enterprise., 1919-07-24

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ultimate failure the growing belief In
the. omnipotence Of the Great Yellow
Dragon ~ the Cocopahs visualtsed 1t.
Estrada's work was a. intense AZ
though he were Fastening sure vic
tory. The dauntless spirit Of the elder
Estrada pushed the track over the hot
sands where he must dance at times
to keep his feet from burning. Many
oe the rails they laid at night.
Richards gone hos-wild." Hardin
told his family the next morning.
Building q levee between the towns !
The mans OF his head"
'.There isn't any dangerT 0efty's
anxiety made the deep blue eyes look
black.
Innes looked up for Toms answer.
His face was ugly with passion.
"Dangeri It's q bluff. 4 big show
Of activity here because he's buffa-
loed; he doesn't know how to tackle
the job out there"
It had begun to look that way to
more than one. It was talked over
at Coultes's store; In the outer ONCE
Of the D. r. company where the engi-
neers foregathered; among the chair
filters who idled in front Of the Des-
ert hotel. The man does not know
how to tackle his jobi" A levee. and
the gate held upi What protection to
the towns would be that toy levee If
the river should return on enc of ita
spectacular sprees1 A levee, and the
intake itself not guarded1 He was
Whispered Of ~ Incompetent; one Of
Marshall's clerks. He was given q
short time to blow himself out. A
bookman. q theorist.
"As well put sentinels q few miles
from prison and leave the jail doors
open!" This was Wooster's gibe. All
saw the Colorado a. q marauder At
large. "And q little heap Of sand
stacked up to scare 1t OIL It's Q
screami"
Ars. Hardin found 1t dimcult to
meet with diplomacy the condolences
which inevitably came her way. A
Hardin's wife she was expected to en-
Joy the universal censurs the new man
WAS acquiring. 0erty's light touches,
too slight for championship. passed %
q sweet charity. Her own position
those days was trying. She did not
Jet know her diplomatic lesson.
Apparently unaware Of the talk,
Richard spent the greater part oe his
time experimenting the lsvee. he
could trust no one else to DO It. no
one unless 1t were Estrada, who waa
rushing his stesl rails through to the
front and was needed there
Things were moving under his con
slant soading. The extra pay waa
showing results. He should b at tha
Heading now. he kept telling himself.
but he was convinced that the Instant
he turned his back, the work On the
lsvee would stop: and al the reasons
excelle0tl Some emergency would b
cooked up to warrant the withdrawal
Of the hands. CAafs - he might at
the situation. It WAS to bs guerrilla
warfare. Not Q nght In the open, hs
knew how to meet that. but that bat.
ding resistance. the polite silsoee ol
the once when hs entered-"Wsal.
they'll be doing my way pretty sooa,
or my name isn't Richard. Thatl
dat"
He was ftettins to bs at work, "a
start the wheels Of the O. r., its vast
machinery toward his problem. HI
knew that that organization. like well.
drilled militia. was ready for his call
TAs call Jagged. not that hs did not
need men, but there WAS no place
ready for them. The camp. that VA
another rub. There WAS no campl Il
was not equipped for Q sudden inAa.
ton Of men. The inslnciency Of the
projectors Of this desert scheme had
never seemed 20 criminal % when h1
had surveyed the equipment At ths N,
take. "ost ready first: your tools
your stoves, your bsds." That was thl
training Of the good executive, of msa
IKE 4arshall and AaeLsan. Nothina
10 b left 10 chance: to foeeess euer
gsncies. not to b takea By thsm N
aware. The reason Of Hardin's down
fall WAS his slipshod habits. How could
be b Q good omesr who had nsvss
drilled - . soldisri There WAS tn
gap at he intake. Hardin's groteequl
folly. wi6sosd from one hundred fesl
70 ten timss ths original cut; widsninl
svssy day. VA neither equipment Hos
camp adsqust9 to push through Q wort
Of half the original magnitude. Cut
t1ng away. moreover. was he island
Disaster island; Il had received ap(
ehFastsning By The ensInsssA its bap
6enal water the Colorado. The las,
foods had played with Il % though I,
wess Q bar Of saeas. There was ne
rock at hand: no rock o. the way. nc
rock ot6sfed. Could anyone piece to