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The Meeker herald., 1919-09-06
CHAPTER x,x-ceas,ns.a.

MnrshalI's voice halted them. "Afen
Of the valley" The audience. swayed
again. listened. ~Hear me. The riv.
er's running away again down yonder.
This II q message from Richard. It's
broken through the levee. It's started
for the valley. Now. who's going to
stop III Can youf Where's your
force. your equlpmsntf Who can rush
to that call but the company you are
houndingf gave you Faraday's mes
sage. His hands on the table. Not
another cent from him unless you
Withdraw those suits. You say you
have given me your answer. Blacks
answer. Now the river plays a trick.
1t calls your blun. Shall We stop the
river. men Of the valleyf We can.
WIN you withdraw your suitsf You
can. What u your answer now. In
periai valleyr
The scene broke into bedlam. Men
Jumped to their chairs. to the velvet
rim OF the boxes. all talking. scream
ing. gesticulating at once. The Yellow
Dragon was never 80 fearfully visual
tied. Out Of the chaos Of mems voices
rame . woman's shrek. "For Gods
sake. save our homes" 1t pitched the
panic motto. "Save the valleyi Stop
the riverfe
Mnrshall's Indian eyes were reading
that mass OF scared faces a. though 1t
we're sheet Of typed paper. -Barton."
ae called through the din. .Where's
Rartonr
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eH0rsa XXI.
A clasesste cama.

a cs@pssts Camp.
: complete. Isn't ltr' Estrada was
leading lines Hardin through the en-
ginssrs' quartsea
"Yes. its eomplete!"
Her Brother had told her at break
fast that morning how grandly they
had been wasting timsi She would
not let herself admire the precision Of
the aFrangements. the showers hack e
the white meas quarters. the p,esQuit.
shaded kitchen. 0efty's elaborate ST.
alag was Of . pises. Il would seen.
with The new manassmeat House
keeping. not asAtine. tAsa. tAs asw
order Of thtnesi
Tom was anrs to get his gate dons.
She knew what It meant to him: to
the valley. The dood waters had to
b controlled. That depended. Tom
had proved to her. on the gate. And
the men dance and play house. - U
they were childrso, and every day
countin9i
She tAcosht she WAS keeping her GO
cuaatious to herself, but Estrada was
watching her face.
eve are here. you know. for q siege.
There are months OF work ahead. hot
months, hard months. TIE men have
got to b kept well and cootentsd. We
east lose any tine By sickness-" He
wanted to add ~and dissensioos." TAs
split camp WAS painful to him. Al n.
trada. "Evea after We nnish the sAta.
u We Do nnisA IT."
Bhe wheeled o. him, hes eyes g,eam.
ing like deep ys,jsw Jewels. "Yoe'vs
Dsver thought Ne esalA 1aisA itr
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tentf AZ II was planned. II was an
right Q hurry-up defsnso. NarshAll
all along intended the concrete gate
for the permanent intake. Have you
seen the gap the Hardin gate b 70
closer Have you heard what he last
floods did to ~ It's now twsnty-stx
hundred fest, and Disaster island.
which your brother planned to anchor
to. swept awayt n Il can b done. u
win. you can rest assured. with Rick
ard" ~ saw the Hardin mouth then
|-~and jour brothers SEAL and the
strength Of the railroad back Of them"
The camp formed . hollow traps-
sium: tie Hardfns' tents. and Ma
Dowkes's. were isolated on the short
parallel. Richards ramada and his
tent wsrs huddled with the engineers.
AGREES. toward the river. behind Lns's
nssauitss. began another po,yeoo. IL
camp Of forsmsa and white Labor.
Some a these tents were empty.
els this Nsxiee. q The Statssr-
asked Innea
'Nszieo." ehs wondered why be
halted % abruptly. 0hs did not So.
for The glare In her syes. Q woman's
skirt IN the ramada thay approached.
Estrada marched O.
Outside the fama6A, Dc Two women
nst 0erty1 step carried her past
IKE Q higA-besd hoeee. Her high hssas
cut into tie hard sand Thers WAS .
suggestion Of pea.es IN her mieo. 6hs
waved Ase hand gayly at he two.
cried. How bot It isr and pasooo o..
lines saw Riekard ct his long peDs
table ussd for Q desk.
Il can ses Il an from here" Not foe
money would The sister Of Ton Har.
diA % In!
At table. hat sveaing. her family
hssrd with surprise 0erty's announce
msht that thsy were to eat 10 TIE nees
tsat with the mea. II was too bot to
cook any longer: this had been one q
The hottest days Ia The ysar.
ehs expected to hear . protest 10
tie nsw arfansemeot from Ton. She
was to 80 Q new 6evssep0eat-sallsn
resigaatioa. II hs would accept II. she
must not aFSue. Bob sister and broth
or knsw Why u was too warn to cook
any looesf.
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claiming Ore was soos from the black
eyes. "lt's only q break In the levee.
Richard aays he can control III: ssti-
nAtes two weeks or %. 1t may cost
tile o. r. few thousand dollars. but
" snved them half q million. Now
we'll have that game Of poker. Mac
i<an!"
In the balcony. Hardin was Starring
II Brandon.
III that wasn't The dsvil's own
ach
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an inausplcious day for Mrs.. Hardins
visit. Things had gone wrong. Vex-
atoms were piling up. A tilt with Har'
din that morning. q telegram from
Marshall: he was feeling sore. Des-
perately they needed labor. Wooster
had Just reported. enormously. It ap-
peared to Richards spleen. Increasing
drunkenness among the Indians.
Gerty's runies swept in. Her dress,
the blue null with the lace medallions,
accented the hue of her eyes, and
looked deliciously cool that staring
desert day. Her parasol. Of pongee,
was lined with the same baby hue.
Her dainty fairness and childish At
liability should have made an oasis In
that strenuous day. but Richards dis
migration Of temper was too COM
plete. He rose stiniy to meet her. and
his manner demanded her errand.
She told 1t to him. plaintively. Her
eyes were appealing. infantile. Would
II be too much to ask, would MI.
Richard mind In the least. he must be
perfectly frank and tell her II they
would be In the way at all. but while
this hot spell lasted. could they. the
three Of them. eat In the meas tent
with the menf
"SurelyI" Richard met It heartily.
She would ind It rough. but II she
could stand 1t. yes. he thought It Q
good idea.
And then there was nothing for her
to do but 60. Her retreat was grace
full. without haste. dignined. She
smiled . farewell at NacLean, who
was watching the approach Of Innea
Hardin and Estrada. Richard did not
sec the aborted entrance Of Hardin's
sister and the young Mexican. He
was itching to be at his work.
He let out 4 growi when Ms. Har-
din was out Of earshot.
"Shucksi What in Halifax do WON
en- come to . place like this fori
THERE'S Hardin-brings In two women
to cook for him, and now. please may
they al eat with the menr
ms secretary subdued q chuckle
He was visualising q procession Of
boxes Of choice Havanas-from Bode.
feldt. Hamlin and the rest Of the
gang. He need not buy Q smoke fol
q year.
Richard threw himself back in hil
chair. '-Taks this letter. NacLean. To
1arsAalls Then his worry diverted
him. who in thunder In aallinR liowoa
10 NJ lAdiansr 10
Hold On: that letter can wait. You
1T the horses nm. NacL ean. and wen
nds down 10 MATHEMATICIAN rs hi,
place to stop this liquor business. mol
mine.
A few hours later they were ap
preaching The adobe walls Of Maldo
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ard. she was the only woman therei
Because she was Toms sister. abe had
q right to resent It. to refuse to meet
his eye. Small wonder Tom did not
come to the Deltai
Going In with MacLean. Jr.. to the
messroom for 4 glass Of water. ale met
Richard, on his way out She man.
aged to avoid shaking hands with him.
She wondered why she had consented
to give him the next waltz
"Hell not ind me-" she Determined.
AiacLean followed her gladly to the
dark corner Of the deck where's Jose's
guitar was then syncopating an accom-.
paniment to his amigos" voice.
To her surprise. Richard penetrated
her curtain Of shadows.
"Our dance. Miss Hardlnf Give us
'Sobr Las Olas,' again, Jose"
The hand that barely touched his
arm was stiR with antagooism. She
told herself that he had to dance with
her-pollteness, eonventionality. de-
manded It. But, instantly. she forgot
her resentment and forgot their awk.
ward relation. Il was his dancing, not
Gerty's, then. that was superb" Any
body could nnd skill under the leader
ship Of that irresistible step. And then
the motion claimed her. She thought
Of nothing: they moved - one to the
liquid falling beat.
The music dropped them suddenly.
solating them At the stern Of the deck.
The silence was complete. Richard
broke It to ask her what she thought OF
the camp.
Her reeentments were recalled. She
blundered through her impression OF
the lightness. the gaysty.
"A work camp does not have to be
solemn. You1l ind an the grinness
you want II yoa look beneath the sur
face"
The guitars were tuning up. "Shail
I take you baekf ! have this dance
with your sistss.
ehs thought Of Too-oe Ms loneiy
COZ OUTSIDE nis isn't ~ tossot mat
shs had bees asked . QUESTION. 10
was dancing asain with ose1I II that
shy ntis woman mao 10 eesupsee. no
nns 1sslh& tnis man .noese % le@
guard hes. II % mao oesa NJ svss.
No should % careful; y must - mat
people were taking o. thsn sns aaa
seen the dances tnas sseane! me
business fesauoe oesweeo u sWo -
snoaid saesese taes V Aos ssesecsoN
was oetrassooe ~
Hickard stooo 1aitas 70 % ois
missed: posxeo InEoos. ne ons
.a1s nsnt; nss .ass e@s " - ~
ioo<sa tahes' oaosE tnsss W =
On asSonS oa y ~. s ..
w u .1.us.s =. sv.s. .as
tnas vas wnes ne G@p Ia"Isnl' ~.
WIG =. A VIZ. ~
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A wsmsa vnsarrsd he osss.

try. he could not keep up VITA hss
story. Lurid words ran past Als cara
Out OF the tumble Of abuse. q shaAs
and misery he caught . nsw noeA
you say Maldonado hlNsslf ool1s
liquor to the Indiansy''
"Ssh. senorl" Someone ulsAt hsas
hint She looked over tsrraAsd
shoulder. That had clipped cut, ~
selling Of the liquor. Shs eosld havs
told her story without that: shs wank
Cd to deny II. Rslsatlessly Rickard
made her repeat Il. ack1owlsdsins ~
truth.
"What makes 700 tell me nowr
Richard hunted for the ulcse. He
knew there WAS q peesooal Wroae
what has Aaldonado bssn 0olnG Z
youf Has he left your
CTo Bn CONTINUITY
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I I'VE have all the home comforts,
haven't wei Why shouldn't We b COM
Portable when We are to b here for
monthsf I'm going to brave It QUITO
the bitter end. even II bake. 1t u my
duty" She would make her intention
perfectly clearl There ought to be at
least one coxy place. ono soft nook
that suggests q womAn's presence. We
have tea here In the afternoon. some
times. Mr.. Richard drops In" The
last was 4 delicate stroke.
Afternoon teal At the 'FRONT.' II
this modern warfaref" The girl draped
her irony with smile.
Gerry was stealing pleased survU
IN the mirror through the rough door
that opened Into the division called
her bedroom. The sunburned. uncon-
scious profile Of lines was close to her
own. Pink and golden the head BY the
dark one. She looked younger even
than lnnesi Good humor returned to
her.
1--WE are going to dine on the Delta
tonight" She pinned up "scolding
lock-" an ugly misnomer for her sunny
clinsins curisi Tho mirror was requi-
sitioned again. "That's the name Of
the new dredee. 1t was christened
three weeks ago. In champagne
brought from Yuma.-
"You said dine on tho Delta. Do you
mean they have meals thereT
"You should SEQ It." cooed Gerry.
.Its simply elegant It's . floating
hotel. has every convenience. The
camp cook, Ling, has his hands full"
.3oInx to wear thatr- They were
standing now By the door Of Oesty's
dressing tent. Over The bed 4 white
lingerie rovn was spread.
II live In them. It'a 70 hot.~ shrussed
Mrs, Hardin.
.I.u look like Your maid. Gerry r. In.
ues' exclamation vas rueful. II didn't
bring anything but khakia. Oh. ysei I
remember throwing In. the last minute.
two pIoues to All IN space..
.Why. ve have dancea on the Delta.
and Sunday evening concerts, You
knev ~ vork A. Iesupa dam Il helm.
hdd upf The eovsrnmsut men of the
Rsciamation Service are down here all
the tina But ira tina To bs esttins
ready..
Iater. Tom fatty rsfused to accom-.
uany them.
Fl thousht m m~ch. = osrty shrueesd
m Airy irreeooos,buity. Innes could
detect N rexr.t.
Tney nas.ed q cot outsids the tent.
.Who s,eeoe thsr~r.
Tou.. Tne syss a tie two women
ala not meet.
Innsa made No comment.
.He ands ~ tent stuffy.- oertys
Nne ver. MIN vith reserve. Tney
v,Iked Inward the raver In ailencs. Az
thev reached the eucampueot 0ssty
recovered her yiyacity,
s-rhat.a Mr.. Ricardo od,ca. that
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q naxt there's Junior. now
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publications Of Australia ~ ahoa1
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-02
Strong Language to
 the CarraIlza Govt
In Renewal of Request For the Immediate Release of Con- sular Agent Jenkins.

Washington, Dec. 1.-The govern ment's note to Mexico made public here today at the hour of it's delivery in Mexico City, renews the request for the immediate release of William O.. Jenkins, the American Consular
 Agent imprisoned at Pueblo and
 bluntN charges Carranza with at tempting to becloud the issue.
 In the sharpest language yet ad- dressed to the Carranza government and probably more pointed than one government usually addresses to another in a formal diplomatic com munication, the United States says il regards Mexico's plea of judicial req sons for not releasing Jenkins ls mere excuses, and gives notice thar it will not be drawn away from the main facts and into a discussion of Irrelevant and unimportant matters. The attitude of the Carrana gov
 ernment in the matter, the note says has been to assume wilful indif- ference to the feelings of the Ameri- can pople" and the conclusion drawn | by the government is that Mexico has i sought to divert the attention of thu 1 American people and the Mexican | people as well from the fact thai 1 Puebla. second largest city in Mexico
 is over-run by bandits while the civi i authorities are negligent.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-02
GOVT AGENT ACCEPTED
 BRIBE FROM sALooNkEEPEH

New York. Dec. 1.-Charged with soliciting and accepting bribe of $5t
 with promise of immunity from
 prosecution for the saloon keeper from whom he had purchased whiskey in
 violation of the war time prohibition act Pasquale Pignuolo, an agent of
 the department of justice, was placed
 on trial today before Judge Mack and
 jury in the federal district court. James Brennan, the saloon keeper, testified that he paid the bribe kin .sthe
 same building in which court was To- l cated after the defendant and another l agent, also under indictment, had purchased whiskey at his saloon the
 night before. Brennan. appeared at the l federal building on that day, he said l in response to a request from Pignu- olo,- who demanded s100 upon his l promise not to press the case but 1 later reduced this sum to $50, which l was paid.
 l Charles P. McCarver, the agent i under indictment, asserted he and his 1 fellows were so in the habit of having bribes offered them by saloon. keepers l that they do not even bother with l filing bribery charges.
 1 Testifying as a witness for Pignu- l olo, McCarver. said that he had seen l brennan enter the federal building l and later had been informed by Pignuolo that the saloon keeper. had l tried to fix him.
 Asked by the prosecutor why he had
 not reported tiie2 case to Assistant
 Federal District Attorney Mulqueen, l outside whose door this happened ? 1 McCarvey replied:
 Almost everybody tried to, bribe Us
 and it is not the. custom: for the de- | partment to take any notice of it. We
 were offered bribes almost every day,
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-02
WIND TUNNEL" FOR
 STUDY OF AlRPLANES

New York. Dec. 1.-The war de- pertinent has renewed for another year it's lease on the wind tunnell' of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the first American effort to scientifically determine the actions of airplanes under varying flying con- ditions, it was announced here to- night.
 Hundreds of experiments necessary for aviation advancement, which up- der ordinary conditions would have required the risk of aviators' lives, were conducted in the "tunnelr' dur ing the war. Models, one twenty fourth actual size, were used to ascer- tain exactly what war airplanes would do under. all air circumstaces c. M Denkinger and c. D. Hanscorn, Tech : nology graduates, have been retained by the government as laboratory di rectors, with two former Technology instructors as research aeronautical engineers.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-02

Grand Rapids, Mich, Dec. 1.-Unex- pected progress. was made today by federal officers in preparing the way for an early trial of the 135 men, in cluding United States Senator Tru- man H. Newberry, who were indicted by a federal grand jury here late Sat urday on charges of corruption, fraud and conspiracy in connection with the Newberry election campaign in 1918.
 Service was secured on ss number of those indicted and first arraignments were held before Federal Judge c. w. Sessions today half a dozen of the defendants appearing in court.
 Something of d sensation was caused today when two of those cited in the true bills, but whose names did not appear in the list announced Sat urday, came before Judge Sessions and pleaded guilty to counts contain ed in the indictments. These were William E. Rice, a Grand Rapids printer, who this morning -.naded guilty to conspiracy and was Is eased | under bond of $1,O00, and Allie K. Moore, formerly Grand Rapids newspaper man and later a publisher at Marquette, Mich, who pleaded gull 1 ty late today to four of six counts.
 1 Several others of the 121 whose
 names had been withheld pending ser I vice of the warrants, correctly Sus- 1 pected they had been named ill the | indictment and appeared voluntarily
 in court today. They included George
 E. Rogers. former Grand Rapids al-
 derman; George K. Welsh. Kent coun.
 ty manager of the Newberry company l Charles Carpenter, former member Q
 the Grand Rapids health board. and
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-02
VILLA MEN MASSACRED STA
 IN REVENGE FOR ANGELES

Fl Paso, Texas, Dec. 1.-Fighting like mad men to avenge the death of Felipe Angeles, 1000 soldiers under command of Francisco Villa fell up on the Eightieth Regimena of the federal army, 676 men, at Rancho Espejo. 21 miles north of Santa Ro- salia, Chihuahua, Friday morning, November 28, at six o'clock, exactly I2a hours after the Chapultepec officer had been shot down by firing squad n Chihuahua City, anc massacred all but two members of the regiment.
 Such was the word brought to El Paso, tonight by Dr. L. NJ. Gomez of this city and Los Angeles, an American citizen who fought for IS months as an aviator with the Amer ican army. in France. Following the arrest of Angeles. Gomez, in behalf of friends on this side of, the line, went to Chihuahua to intercede for him. He was with him all night and up to 6:55 o'clock when Angeles was executed, and also attended his funeral.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-02
OPENING OF THE SECOND
 INDUSTRIAL CONFERENCE

Washington, Dec. 1.-Under the permanent chairmanship of Secretary of Labor Wilson. another attempt to harmoniZe relations betweens capital and labor was begun here today with the opening of the second industrial conference called by President Wilson. Herbert Hoover was elected perma- nent vice chairman and Stanley King of Boston, temporary secretary, until an executive secretary, not a delegate, could be obtained.
 Unlike it's predecessor, the second conference began behind closed doors after newspapermen present had been asked to leave. Speaking for the con ference when the first meeting ad- journed after more than three hours of discussion, Mir. King said that ex- ecutive sessions would be continued flor the present" and that the aues- tion of opening the doors had not yet come before the delegates, several of whom are understood to favor, the ut most publicity on deliberations which may affect vitally the entire country.
 Secretary Wilson explained before he called the delegates to order that he believed executive sessions advis- able to permit frank discussion, while allowing the delegates to keep their minds open until decision was reach ed. He declared their ideas should not be "ehained' to first expressions of opinion before hearing what other delegates had to say. In opening the conference. MT. Will son recited the general situation whicl required new deliberations by delc- ,, gates, all of whom have been promi- nent in public life and few of whom have been identified with .either sidt in industrial controversies of the past All of the seventeen members excep George T. Slade, of St. Paul. who is ir Europe. were present. The genera i field of activities to be covered ant the best methods of dealing with eacl subject were discussed without de
 cision being reached. The cost 0
 living, collective bargaining and othe
 problems of the day entered into th' | talk.
 None of the delegates would 'ventur
 an opinion as to when the conferenc
 would finish it's task. though severa
 commented that President Wilson ha
 assigned them very broad field.