Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1919-03-06

knew the date himself. He expected
the answer would trail wisps of other
information. He mad q very active Gu
riosity about Hardin. The mans fall.
ures had been spectacular.
The young fellow was thinking
aloud. 'The dam went November
10Th. Hardin was given q decent In
terval to resign. OF course he was
hred. 1t was IN outrage" He re-
membered that he was speaking to a
stranger and broke OF suddenly. Rick
ard did not question him. He made
another note. Why was 1t an outrage
or why did 1t appear so7 In perspec-
tive, from the Mexican barranca,
where he had been at the time, the
failure Of that dam had been another
bar, sinister against Hardin.
II see that you are from the Univer-
sity Of Californian" Richard said, and
nodded ut the pin Of gold and blue
enamel.
"Out for year." glowed the lad.
dad wanted me to get some real stuff
In my head. He said the Colorado
would give me more lessons-more real
knowledge in q year than I'd get In
six at college. I kicked up an awful
row"
The older man smiled. "Of course.
You don't want to 60 back now"
The boy made>a wry face. HE ex-
poets me to go back in August. Says
must"
"You did not tell me your name"
was suggested.
"MacLean, George MacLean," said
the young man rather consciously. II
was good deal to live up to. He al.
why's felt the appraisement which fol.
lowed that admission. George Mac.
Lean, elder. was known among the
railroad circles to be q man Of iron
one of the strongest of the heads OF
the Overland Pacific system. He was
not the sort Of man son could speak
lightly Of dlsobeying.
"Of course everyone calls me Jun.
ior."
II guess you'll go back II he wants
you to-" smiled Richard.
"Oh. but what rotten trick II
would be" exclaimed the son of the
man Of iron. ITO throw me out OF
college, was daffy to finish with my
class, and to get me here, to get me in.
terested-and then after I've lost my
place to pull me back. Why, there are
things happening every day that are q
liberal education. They are only just
beginning to understand what they are
bucking up against. The Colorado's
an unknown quantity; even old engi
neers are right up against it. There
are new problems coming up every
day. The Indians call her yellow
dragon, but she's tricky woman
she's an eel; she's giving US sums t.
break our teeth on"
"Who has the next rOom?'
USED to be the general managers
Ogilvie uses 1t now"
"And who did you say was Ogil
vie?" They turned buck into tn,
room.
"Y0u can go in. He's not here. ii,
is the new auditor, an expert account
ant from Los Angeles. Put in by tn.
o. p. when 1t assumed control las
year. He used to come down once
month. After Hardin went out hi
came down to stay"
"Whose say-s0"
II don't know. The accounts were
rotten, that's no Office secret. The
world knows that. Hardin is blamed
for 1t. 1t isn't fair. Look Mt Sather',
stone palace in Los Angeles. Look a
Hardin's tent, his shabby clothes"
I'D like to meet Ogilvie," observed
the general manager.
"Oh. he's not much to meet. A pale
whlte-livered vegetarian, theoso
phist. You've seen 'em. Los Angeles
Is full of 'em. He was here when Har
din was fired. You could see him sc,
his opportunity. His chest swellet
up. He looked as II he had tastet
meat for the first time. He though
that he could woozle into the empt!
place! He went back to Los Angeles
convinced them that the auditor
should be here, protect the company
interests. 1t sounded mysterious
sleuthlike, as II he had discovered
something, 30 they let him bring tn,
books down here. He IL supposed t,
be ferreting. But he's 'woozling.' 81,
used to be in the outer office. Salt
the noise made his head ache, 80 h,
moved In here. All the committe,
meetings are held here, and occasion
ally the directors meetings. Water
companies, too. Ogllvie's taking note
wants, to be the next general mana
ger; 1t sticks out all over him."
"What's the derivation of woozle? 2
this with deep gravity.
"Wait till you see Ogilviei' laughed
his entertainer. Then as an after
thought, ''This is all public gossip
He's fair game"