The Raymer enterprise., 1919-09-04


Says they have to be 10 bed BY ten
o'clock. or some such honr on Satur.
day and Sunday nights. It's a strike.
their answer. That's what bis monkey.
Ing has brought Gown on u.s."
They're not going to QuitT
They've sent word they won't work
on Mondays. and they will 60 to bed
when they choose Saturday nights.
Losing one day . weekl We can't
stand for that. Luck's been playing
Into his hands, but this will show him
ap. This'u show Marshall his pet
clerk. Tell Casey therein be no In
dams tomorrow" he suffered an
grily out Of the ONCE.
Richard seemed pleased when Mac.
Lean made the announcement Z few
hours later.
His secretary was Weighing him.
"What do you intend to do about itr'
@Call their bluff." grinned Casey,
showing teeth tobacco had not had
chance to spoil. Boycott them"
MacLean found Wooster at the river.
bank with Tom Hardin. The two men
were watching a pIle-driser set q ~
belllous pile. Two new trestles were
to supplement the one which had been
bent out Of line by the weight Of set.
tling drift. Marshall's plan was being
followed. though jeered at BY reclama'
ton men and the engineers Of the D.
r. company.
"Stop the mattress weaving and
dump like hell" had been his orders
Boycott the Indians, well I'm
bowed" the beady eyes sparkled II
Hardin. "Now he's sut his own
throat"
by the eternal!" swore Hardin.
MacLean left the two engineers match
Ing oaths.
There was an omInous quiet the next
day. Not an Indian offered to work al
the river. A few stolid bucks came to
their tasks on Tuesday morning: they
were told by Richard himself that
there was no work for mem Richard
appeared ignorant Of the antagonism
Of the engineers.
An unfathered ruln0r started tina,
Richard was In with the Reclamation
Service men; that he wanted the worh
to fall; to be adopted BY the Servica
MacLean broke a lance or tive against
the absurd Islander. he was making
the discovery that a mans friendship
for man may be deeper than a mans
love for q woman. He was a Richard
man. He was made to feel the 70
proach Of 1t.
Wednesday not an Indian reported
Coronel passed from camp to camp
his advice unpopular. Scouts sent out
to watch the work on the river report
ed 1t was crippled. The white man
would be sending for the Indian soon
The waiting braves sat on theiI
launches. grinning and smoking theiI
pipes.
Saturday night the camp went
gloomily to bed. On the Indian side
there was no revel. no feasting Of
dancing.
Richard did not turn In until aftei
midnight, planning alternatives. HI
was sleeping hard when MacLean, q
dawn. dashed into his tent.
"Quick. what does this meanr
1t was a splendid spectacle, and
staged superbly. For background, thu
sharp-edged mountains flushing te
plnks and puppies ..gainst q one-hued
sky; the riyer-growth Of the old chan
mel uniting them, blotting out miles Of
desert into a fiat scene. On the op
posite bank Of the New r'~er, Ave
hundred strong. lined up formidably
their faces grotesque and ferocioui
with paint. were the seven tribes. The
suns rays glinted up from their fire
arms. shotguns. revolvers, into mot
ley Of defiance! Cocopahs, With
streaming hair, blanketed Navajoa
short-haired Pimas. those In front rein,
Ing In their silent pinto ponies, and IN
modonlesA silent In that early morn
Ing light.
what does 1t meanr whispered
MacLean. Richard did not answer. HI
had one nauseous instant as be looked
toward lines tent Then be broke inte
laughter. ~.
See. the white horse, no. ind ~
by jove," MacLean slapped his
thigh. "Coronell They had me bufI
faloed. What do you think It isf'
Richard stepped out Into the wash
Of morning air and waved a solemn
salute across the river. Grayely II
was returned BY Coronel.
"What does 1t meanY demandel
MacLean.
1T means we've won." chuckled hia
chief, coming back Into his tent.
An hour later Coronel led In a picked
group Of the tribes. II the white chief
would recall the boycott the Monday
strike was over. The white mana nj.
yer had won.
CTo BE CONTINUED,