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you want me to fll?" His voice
sounded queer to himself-dry, mock
ing, as If anyone should know what
an absurd thing he was being asked
to do. He felt Marshall's sharp In
dian eyes on him, as If detecting pet
tiness. Well, he didn't care how Mar
I shall interpreted 1t. That place wasn't
for him.
II want you in control down there"
Rickard knew he was being appraised.
balanced all over again. 1t made no
difference
''rm sorry" he was beginning. when
Marshall cut in.
"Good Lord. you are not going to
turn 1t DOWN.
He met Marshalrs incredulous
stare. "It's job I'd jump at under
most circumstances. But I can't go,
SIR"
Tom Marshall leaned back the full
swing of his swivel chair, blankly
astounded. His eyes told Rickard
that he had been found wanting-he
had white blood in his veins.
'It Is good of you to think Of me-
pshaw! it is absurd to say these
things. You know that I know 1t Is
an honor to be picked out by you for
such a piece of work. I'd like to-
| but I can't"
The president of railroads, who
knew men, had been watching the
play of feature. "Take your time," he
said. "Don't answer too hastily. Take
your time"
He was playing the fool, or worse.
before Marshall, whom he respected.
whose partisanship meant so much.
But he couldn't help 1t. He couldn't
tell that story-he knew that Marshall
would brush 1t aside as a child's epi-
sode. He couldn't make 1t clear to
the man whose stare was balancing
him why he could not oust Tom Har-
din. -
'sIs 1t personal reason?' Mar
shall's gaze had returned to his ring
| making.
Rickard admitted 1t was personal.
"Then don't accept 1t. wouldn't
be your friend If 1 didn't advise you
to disregard the little thing, to take
the big thing. Maybe you are going
to be married" He did not wait for
Richards vigorous negative. THAT
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can wait. The river won't. There'e
a river running away down yonder,
running the valley. running the homes
Of families men have carried In with
them. I've asked you to save them.
There's debt Of honor to be paid.
My promise. have asked you to pay
1t. There's history being written In
that desert. I've asked you to write
1t. And you say Mo-"
"No! I say yes~ clipped Rickard.
The Marshall oratory had swept him
to his feet. |
The dramatic moment was chilled
by their Anglo-Saxon self-conscious-
ness. An awkward silence hung. Then:
"When can you goT
to-day, tomorrow, the first train
out"
"Goodw
"Any instructions2"
"Just stop that riverr'
"The expenseT" demanded the engi-
neer. "How far can I co."
Oh the expensel" cried Tod
Marshall. "Just 60 ahead"
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ter had told him SO. the girl with the
odd bronze eyes; opal matrix they
were, with glints Of gold, or was 1t
green? She herself was as unlike the
raw boor of his memory as a noun
tain lily is like the coarse rock of its
background. Even a half-sister to
Hardin, as Marshall. their host at din
ner the week before, had explained
it-no, even that did not explain it.
That any of the Hardin blood should
be shared by the veins of that girl,
why 1t was incredible! The name
Hardin" suggested crudity. loud
mouthed Dragging: conceit. He could
understand the failure Of the river
project since the sister had assured
him that 1t was the same Tom Hardin
who had gone to college at Lawrence ;
had married Gerty Holmes. Queer
business, life. that he should cross,
even so remotely. their orbits again.
That was chapter he liked to skip.
He walked over to the windows,
shielded by bright awnings, and
looked down on the city where the
next few years Of his life might be
caught. Comforting to reflect that an
engineer Is like a soldier, never can
be certain about tomorrow. Time
enough to know that tomorrow meant
Tucsonl What was that threadbare
proverb in the Overland Pacific that
Tod Marshall always keeps his men
until they lose their teeth? That de-
fined the men who made themselves
necessary!
His eyes were resting on the banali-
ties Of the modern city that had robbed
"old town" Of its flavor. Were it not
for the beauty OF the distant hills, the
Jar and rumble Of the trains whose
roar called to nearby pleasure cities,
twinkling lights and crowded theaters,
stretches Of parks and recreation
grounds, he, who loved the thrill and
confinement Of nm engine, who had
found enticement In q desert, a chap
ter Of adventure In the barrancas of
Mexico. would stifie i'm Tucson Amer
lean progress WINS as yet too thin q
veneer on Mexican indifference to
make the place endurable-as a city.
"I'm good for a lifetime here, II I
want It," his thoughts would work
back to the starting place. "f l
knuckle down 20 it. let him grow to
depend on me. It's as good as settled
that am buried In Tucson" !" Hadn't
he heard Marshall himself soy that he
didn't keep a kindergarten-that his
office wasn't q trimming school for
men!" He wanted his men to stay
That. one Of the reasons of the great
mans power; detail rested on the
shoulders Of his employees. II kept
his own brain clear. receptive to big
"Perhaps IS the work unroIls, az I
see more of what he wants of me, why
he wants NEIL may like 1t, may get
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CHAPTER u.
A Bit Of ora.ory.

Marshall threw his hat on chair
the morning paper on his desk. He
aimed his burned-outscigar ut the near.
est cuspidor, but 1t fell foul, the ashes
scattering over Sans lately secured
linoleum. Instantly there was appear.
nnce of settled disorder. Marghall
emptied his pockets Of loose papers
spreading, them out on his lat-tor
desk.
"Sit DOWN.
Rickard took the chair at the other
side Of the desk.
Marshall rang bell. Instantly the
shirt-sleeved clerk entered.
II shall not see anyone" the chief
announced. II don't want to be inter
rupted. Take these to Smythe."
His eyes followed the shutting OF
the door. then turned square upon
I,ickard. II need you. It's a HI Of
a messi~
The engineer wanted to know what
kind Of ''mess' Il was.
~Thnt river. Its running away from
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wild river which men had been trying
to put under work harness? Who,
even among the stay-at-homes, had not
followed the newspaper stories Of the
failure to make a meek servant and
water carrier of the Colorado, that
wild steed of mountain and desert?
What engineer. no matter how remote,
would not follow" that spectacular
struggle between men and Titans?
"Going to send me to Saltonr he
inquired. The railroad had been kept
jumping to keep it's feet dry. His
job to be by that inland sea which
last year had been desert!
"No. Brainerd is there. He can
manage the tracks. am going to
send you down to the break"
Rickard did not answer. He felt
the questioning eyes Of his chief.
The break-where those Hardins
were-how in thunder was he going
to get out Of that, and save his skin?
Marshall liked his own way
"We'll consider 1t settled, then"
"Who's in charge there" Rickard
was only gaining time. He thought
he knew the name he would hear.
Marshall's first word surprised him.
"No one. Up to a few months ago
1t was Hardin, Tom Hardin. He was
general manager of the company. He
was allowed to resign, to save his
face, as the Chinese say. may tell
you that 1t was q case Of firing. He'd
made a terrible flulie down there"
II know" murmured Richard. 1t
was growing more difficult, more dis
tasteful. If Marshall wanted him to
supplant Hardin! 1t had been incred-
ible, that mans folly! Reckless gam
bling, nothing else. Make a cut in the
banks of a wild river, without put
ting in head gates to control 1t; a
child would guess betteri 1t was a
problem now, all right; the writer Of
the report he'd just read wasn't the
only one who was prophesying failure.
Let the river cut back, and the gov
ernment works at Laguna would be
useless; a pickle Hardin had made.
Still to gain time he suggested that
Marshall tell him the situation. "Tve
followed only the engineering side Of
II. Z don't know the relationship Of
the two companies"
"Where the railroad came In? The
inside Of that story? I'm responsible
II guaranteed to Faraday the closing
Of that break. There was a big dis
trict to save, district that the rail-
road tapped-but I'll tell you that
later" He was lelsurely putting blue,
perfectly formed rings into the air.
his eyes admirlng them.
perhaps you've heard how Estrada,
the general, took party Of men into
the desert to sell mine he owned.
After the deal was made he decided
to lot It slip. He'd found something
bigger to do, more to his liking than
the sale of mine. Estrada was a
big man, great man. He had the
idea Powell and others had, of turn
ing the river, of saving the desert. He
dreamed himself of doing 1t. II sick
ness hadn't come 10 him the Colorado
would be meekly carrying water now
instead of flooding country. Pity
Eduardo, the son, is not like him. He's
like his mother-you never know what
they are dreaming about. Not at all
alike. my wife and Estrndn's."
Then II came to Richard that he
had heard somewhere that Marshall
and General Estrada had married sis-
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to shout for Tucsour II was impos-
sible enough to smile overt Ch;ld's
work, compared to Mexico.
The distinction of serving Marshall
well certainly k-s it's drawbacks. He
wanted to sweep on Whether. he had
a definite terminal. q concrete goal.
had he ever stopped TO think7 Spe-
cialization had always fascination
for him. II vas hat which had
thrown him out ,sf Ms instruetorship
into the firebc1 of western engine.
It hnd governed h1s course at college
to know one thiag well. and then to
prove that he Enew Il well! Content
Cd In the Mexiezc harrnclx here he
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When Man and Nature CIasiled.

that the whole nation thrilled by
struggle which and strength
Irresistible The Great
Dragon Colorado for
Finally threatened to
valley Of southern California In last
umphed The waters cubed The
Aiken daughter the West realized that
thrilling western
history the word In The
ofdoors, Of who for
ience
that will finish
Note.
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them. I'm going to send you down to
stop it.~
"The Coloradow exclaimed Rickard.
1t was no hose to be turned, simply.
Off from garden bed.
"Of course you've been following It?
It's one of the biggest things that's
happened in this part of the world.
Too big for the men who have been
trying to swing it. You've followed
it?"
"Yes." Queer coincidence. reading
that report just now! 'I've not been
there. But the engineering papers
used to get to me In Mexico. I've
read all the reports"
His superior's question was unchar-
acteristically superfiuous. Who had
not read~with thrilled nerves of that
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(To BE coNTINUED.)

Virtue Can Be overdone.
SeIflessncss and complaIsance are
beautiful virtues. but do not forget
that a srrtpe cnrrled to exces6 may be.
COME the most Irritating ana dlmcuit
of fnilinra. = <
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Ricksrd "ooes In" and a. he
eoos he begins to comprehend
something Of the difficulties Of
the Job that he has undertaken.
He learns why the valley die
trusts the D. r., as the valley
calls the company which Hardin
fathered and which peopIed the
desert. "co In" with Rickard
in the next InstaIIment.
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The Physical Senses

But. 1t may be objected. how can
one help believing in the reality OF
matter when matter may be seen
with the eye, whenht may be touched
and handled, when we taste and smell
It, when we hear its myriad of sounds
and noises? Let US here refer to n
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Law is unchanging and inexorable.
Law knows no opposing power or
principle. The laws Of mathematics
can not be hindered, thwarted, uMrp-
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1919-07-02
TO MAKE A PRETTY PARAS0L
Little Flowers With camoufaoe
Leaves Add to the Beauty Of
the sunshade.

One Of new collection of lovely
parasols can very easily be copied by
the girl who is only moderately clever
with her needle. She may either buy
q plain silk one in any of the pastel
shades, and decorate 1t. or she may
even dress up last years one to look
like new. The idea is this: At inter
walls about the edge is a little flower
with two camoufiage leaves. The
flower is made of little shirrings OF
georgette crepe and there is a little
loop of the same material on either
side of the little round group of shir-
rings to suggest the leaves. These APP
hqued flowers may be of the same col
or as the parasol or they may all be of
different pale shades. A dresden color
scheme would be lovely indeed. What
ever eolors you choose, however, you
will find that your parasol to carry
when you wear summary things Is
quite the daintiest you have ever seen.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1919-07-02
cHEMlSE or DIFFERENT TYPE
Uudergarnent of Days Gene BY Not
Like the Abbreviated Style
of Today.

Underlinen follows the fashion Ike
every item of dress. and OF late. says
writer In the London Gentlewoman.
there has been a decided curtaiilng Of
an undergarment that once reached
the ankles. Nowadays II starts at the
bust. has narrow satin ribbons upon
the shoulders to keep 1t In place, and
stops above the knees. How our grand
mothers would have opened-or shut
their eyes But these short chemises
have their practical side. Let me ex-
plain. AS everybody knows. IL is al
ways the bottom OF the chemise thnt
lasts longer than the top. and when
the latter begins TO show signs of
wear beneath the arms, as Is the ma
ture OF fine fabric or linen undergar-
ments. economy that has been prac-
ticed In so many forms during the
war, has taught US TO cut away the
worn portion and join the embroid.
cry or lace, or whatever the trim
ming at the bust may be, to the lower
part and thus make new short
chemIse out OF an old long one.
SILK chemises are very general In
Paris, as linen is such scarce article
in France since the disasters In the
North. Pale pink is to be seen In the
leading ateiiers. with natter blue en-
broidered and the same blue shade In
ribbons.
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70 GET sAcE HOWE.

To get back home again--and there to see
Old friends and faces Of lons-vaufshed days,
Tt hear some friendly voice call out to me
From street or corner Of remembered ways,
Where rain or shine or wind-blow winter
snow
The lights Of home hold up their golden
shield.
with soft warm arms from out the long ago
In waiting welcome from the silent field.
To get back home again-to know at last
The guns are still from Flanders to Lor.
raine;
The day Of slogging through the mud is past,
The night of terror in the driving rain
Lies hidden in the midst Of Argonne drifts,
grim, yet holy specter Of the years
That wait ahead, where every shadow lifts
Before the smile that welcomes through its
tears.
To get back home again--oh, dream Of dreams,
Too radiant to last but for a breath,
The drift Of purple nights and singing
streams
Beyond black dawns stiH rife with ghosts
sud death,
Beyond the dreamless sleep of those who
wait
To hold the line they fought for TO the end
Eternal seHtinels at Freedoms Gate
Where none shall pass save these who whis.
per-"Ffiena.7
To get back home again-yes, that is all;
The rest Is less than nothing down the
world;
To hear ne more the bugie's waking call
The tramp Of marching fpFt--nl standards
fuFied--
And only silent thoughts OF those who stay
To hold the guard across the endless years.
Who will not come again the ancient way
Nor know the smile that welcomes through
its tears
-LlEUrKNANr RICE, Sd Army, American tx
pediuonary Forces.
Sent By Sadie.
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honeymoon in peace after posing in the
limehght so long.
The allnsion 10 that soldier brings to
my mind the following sent by Sadie;
A southern mountaineer in the war con-
aded to his lieutenant, after they had
reached France ard were deep in the business
Of axhtiug: II like this war. It's the first
public war I've ever been in"
shut away in the six-hnndred mile strip
OF mountains that extend from Virginia
down into northern Georgia and Alabama,
are three millions OF these mountaineers.
descendants Of original English, Scottish,
Irish aud French colonists who wandered
away into the mountain businesses genera
tions ago, aud whose ehildreus chrildren
are no further advanced than their ferehears.
Their story Is one Of the most fascinating
chapters IN the whole history OF the United
states.
A half century ago Harper's Mdgaxine
published a series OF illustrated articles
on "Ihe Mountain Whites" Some OF
the older residents OF Hancock county
win remember that Rev. Benjamin Dodge
of Vest Brooksville was missionary and
teacher among them for many years. 1t
may be that this foreign war which has
brought out many of those young men
to take part in il, will have opened way
to these people obtaining a new view Of
the broadness OF the world.
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advertisements
HOW This
NERVOUS WOMAN
GOT WELL
Told by Herself. Her Sim
cerity Should Con-
vince Others.

Christopher, Ill-"For four years
suffered from Irregularities, weakness,
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1919-07-02
COPYING THE BRAID DESIGNS
Quick Method Of Tracing Better Than
Use Of Transparent Paper
and Pencil.

Often. in planning new dress, there
Is an especially pretty piece Of braid
ed design on some old gown that takes
your fancy and which you would like
to repeat, If possible, as trimming for
the new. Unless you are unusually ex-
pert In freehand 1t is out of the ques-
ton to reproduce the graceful curves
and proportions Of the original in max
ing your transfer upon the new goods.
A quick method of tracing, better even
than the use of transparent paper and
pencil and tracing the design as the
map at school was traced, is to cover
the design with fine tissue paper and
then rub over the entire area below
the paper lightly with heavy erayon.
AS the crayon strikes the braid below
the paper 1t leaves darker impress
sion which family reproduees the de-
sign.
Rub the crayon In one direction
only.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1919-07-02

Cases of summer Complaint,
Stomach and Intestinal disturbances are
frequently corrected by the use of Mother
Gray's Sweet Powders for Children. They
tend to cleanse the intestinal tract and pro-
mote digestion. Used by Mothers for over
50 years. All druggists sell them.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1919-07-02
CAPE ROSTER.

Miss Kate Wheeloek and friend of
Hartford, are at her cottage for the
summer.
BeIford Perkins is working for Maurice
Gray.
Mr.. Collins of Camden is visiting his
brother Edward.
Eugene Jordan is building piazza on
his house.
Mrs. Benjamin Sargent has returned
from visit in Ssrgentvilie.
Mrs. Martin Gray of Ballast is visiting
here.
erman Blake of New York and his
sister Eva visited here this week.
Miss Ruth Gray, who mas been attend
ing nigh school in Bangor, is employed
at Gray inn.
June27. G.
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ElEE ApuSttt'cSt Il II q
was in a run down
condition. Two of
our best doctors
failed to do me any
good. / heard so
much about what
Lydia E. Pinkham $
Y eye t a BILE Com
pound had done for
others, l tried il
and was cured. |
am no longer ner-
vous, am regular,
and in excellent
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health. ! believe the Compound will
cure any female trouble. Mrs. ALICE
HELLER, Christopher, III.
Nervousness is often symptom of
weakness or some functional derange-
ment, which may be overcome by this
famous root and herb remedy, Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, as
thousands of women have found by
experience.
If complications exist, write Lydia E.
Pinkham Medicine Co, Lynn, Mass, for
suggestions in regard to your ailment-
The result of its long experience is
at your service.
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AURORA.

Miss Ruth Young of Bangor has been
visiting Mrs. Howard Crosby.
Miss Arsbel NJ. Rowe, who is attending
business college in Bangor, is home for a
short vacation.
= Ora E. Mills and wife of Bangor, have
opened their home here for the summer.
Miss Alice silshy and brother William
recently visited their aunt, Miss Ella
Schoppee, at Beddington.
Mrs. Eugene Laughlin, with her daugh
ter and son, LsVerne and Eugene, jr.,
is visiting here.
Miss Mildred Coombs closed success
fnl term of school here Friday and re-
turned to her home at Isle au Haul.
June 80. NJ.
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Dear N. b. Friends:


1t has often been mentioned that the
boys " no have returned from the war do
not care 10 talk much about their expert
enees over there; bat 1t is quite possible
that those this side the water, do not
realize what 1t means to them to 'get
back home" They are glad TO forget for
awhile the scenes of the past few years.
They missed the home associations, the
familiar views, the old friends. and
returning to the old life means
much to them. Gradually, from
the storehouse of memory, they
will bring out the events of the war
as they realized them, but the home
greetings and weicomings from everyone
are sufficient satisfaction for them at
first. Probably not many of them would
enjoy the almost forced publicity which
attended the lone man army" noun
tsineer who, we trust, is enjoying his
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EGYPT.

Miss Pauline Billings, who recently
visited her cousin, Vsngie Abbott, has
returned home accompanied by Miss
Abbott.
Miss Ruth Sawyer is home from Bangor
Miss Marian West, who has been
teaching at Bar Harbor is home
Misses Geneva and Grace Darling OF
Brewer are visiting their grandparents,
Z. E. Scammon and wife.
Willie Goodwin, little grandson of T..
Il. Scammon and wife, who underwent
an operation at Massachusetts hospital,
is gaining, and will soon be able TO re-
turn home.
June 30 =
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Helen Keller says:

This is the keynote Of nay life-always to
regard as mere impertinences of fate the
handicaPs that were placed on my life almost
at the beginning. resolved that they
should not crush or dwarf my soul, bat rather
be made to blossom, like Aaron's rod. with
flowers
The article goes on: "When girl with
cut sight or hearing can say thing like
don't you think that normal young peo-
pie should be ashamed to grumble at
handieaps or lack of opportunity
Sadie, think sou can claim that this is
righttully your column, as / have made
use of the clippings you sent me.
Is it true that Aunt Maria thinks of Civ
ing up the farm after sending a poem like
the following for the column
EVERYBODY NllKs ~ IOWA.
Everybody miIks In Iowa.
We all like the COW;
Pipning our falth to bessy
Has made our neighbors bow.
Everybody miiks in Iowa,
Even Sister Rae.
Every body does the milking.
In 1. GA.
Everybody mlIks In Iowa
Summer and winter time
Makes no different to Iowa
They milk rain or shine.
Soil Is growing richer,
Debts are cleared away
just because they're milking
In l. o. A.
Everybod miiks In Iowa,
Let me tell yous that;
Buying automobiles
With the butter fat,
If the grain crop fails them
They don't move away.
Just keep right on milking
mi. o.. A.
Everybody milks in Iowa
Hear me what say,
Live on milk and honey,
While the COW eats hay;
| Mothers quit her washing,
| So has Sister Ann.
! Everybody gone 10 milking,
! Even my old man.
| AUNT MADoE.
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