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The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1919-06-19
North New Home.

John Chart and wife returned
home Wednesday from Kansas City,
where they had been visiting with
Mrs. Charts brother, Harrison
Chips and family.
Willie Simpson and Jack Skaggs
each have purchased new binders.
Jim Utley, of Oklahoma, is visiting
at John Charts.
Mr.. Kegeries and wife and Mrs.
Lafollette spent one day last week
with Albert Linendoll and wife.
Clyde Kegeries spent last Wednes-
day and Wednesday night with his
sister, Mrs. Albert Linendoll. Clyde
has just returned home with the 8oth
boys from France.
Asa Simmons is home from France.
Miss Nora CASTOR visited a few
days last week with her sister, Mrs.
Schuyler Chart.
Milt Reeves and wife spent Sum
day at Cliff Charts.
Charley Dickerson and wife, John
Phelps and wife spent Sunday with
John L. Jones and family.
Schuyler Ehart and wife spent
Saturday with George CASTOR and
wife.
Ernest nighttime and family Wis
itedv with Willie Simpson and wife
Sunday.
Mrs. Perry Osborne and children
spent Monday with her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Chandler.
Mrs. Crumley and Miss Opal
Pickett visited relatives at Amster-
dam the first of the week.
Quite number of the fafmers are
cutting wheat.
Old Folks day will be observed at
New Hope Sunday, July 1st. All arc
invited to attend.
Miss Thelma Richmond is Visiting
with her mother, Mrs. Charley Dick
erson.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1919-06-19
Pleasant Home Items.

Preaching at Pleasant Home wa:
we'll attended Sunday night.
/, Last "Wednesday night, it being
Everett Phinney's nineteenth birth.
day, the young folks of this commun.
ty surprised him. The evening was
spent in playing games and CONVEX
sation. Refreshments of ice cream
and cake was served and at late
hour they departed for their homes
wishing Everett many more happy
birthdays.
Mre and Mrs. Geo. Gay spent Sat-
urday. and Sunday with relatives III
Rich Hill.
Cleve Lawson went to FL Dorado
Sunday to attend the funeral of an
aunt, Mrs. Roxa Smith.
Miss Edna Gilmore spent Sunday
with Ruth and Ellen Gay.
There will be a play given at the
Oak Grove school house next Sat-
urday night, June FL. 1t will be given
by the young people of that COM
munity, Everybody cordially invit-
ed.
Rev. L. w. Keele took dinner Sum-
day at the A. L. Gilmore home.
Mrs. Harry Hartell, who has been
visiting her mother, Mrs. VIM. Ran
DALI has returned to her home in
Wyoming.
Ed Dickinson marketed hogs in
Butler Monday morning.
Don't forget the play at Oak
Grove Saturday night. Followed by
Fate is the title of the play.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1919-06-19

Sunday. He had been overseas ABOUT
one year. Everyone was glad to see
John come home and especially was
his mother and father very glad.
Mrs. Ocia Simpson and baby, Cecil
Emlnitt, have been visiting at Mr..
and Mrs. Montia Simpsons the past
few days.
Rev. Cheek filled his regular ap-
pointment at the Baptist church Sum
day morning and evening There
was special music Sunday evening by
Miss Leila Shelton and Fay Mccoy.
Mr.. and Mrs Gilbert visited at Mr..
and Mrs. J. T. Coonrod's Sunday.
Albert Burlington took hogs to
Urich Monday.
Mrs. Brown returned to her home
in Clinton Monday.
A NEIGHBOR.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1919-06-19
Here And There.

A good many of the, farmers have
begun cutting their wheat this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Powell and
family were Sunday guests of Mr..
and Mrs. Ball of Butler.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jake Tharpe and FAM
lily spent Sunday with relatives of
Orchard Grove neighborhood.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. G. Deems and
Mr.. and Mrs. Milo Stoffer and little
son, Ralph, spent Sunday with Mr..
and Mrs. L. A. Deems.
Will Fisher of Kansas City has
been spending the last week with
relatives near Pleasant Gap.
Everett Deweese, who has been III
the oversee service for some time re-
turned home Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. B. Walton, Mr.
and Mrs. VIM. Steffen, Mr.. and Mrs.
c. a. Colson, Mr.. and Mrs. 5. B.
Williams, Paul Walton and Chas.
Steffen motored to the river Sunday
afternoon.
Mrs. C. B. Baker and Mrs. Jno.
Deems spent Monday with Mrs. A.
e. Deems.
Misses Annie Walters and Nancie
Deems were Sunday guests of the
Miller sisters.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. Turpin and daugh-
tiers spent Sunday with Mrs. R. Car
roll and family of near Spruce.
Mr.. and Mrs. Searfus and family
and Mr.. and Mrs. F. Rogers and
family spent Sunday with Mr.. and
Mrs, Ino, Keen.
Mrs. Harner of Miami, Okla, re-
turned home Tuesday after several
days visiting with Mr.. and Mrs. l.
W. Johnson.
.'o~' BOBBIE.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1919-06-19
Premium on Wheat Delivery.

New York, June I3.-To preserve
a natural flow of wheat from the
farm, periodical premiums covering
storage charges will be added to the
basic price at various guarantee mar
kets, according to an announcement
here tonight by julius H. Barnes,
United States wheat director.
4 These premiums will not be intro
ddced during July, when basic prices
prevailing for the last year. will re-
main in effect. For each succeeding
month, however, premiums will be
announced thirty days in advanced.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1919-06-19
Oklahoma Peaches s.. Bushel.

Oklahoma City.-Most of the Ok
lahoma peach crop will bring s. a
bushel this year. i is asserted at the
office Of the State Marketing Com
mission, in charge of e. c. Dustin,
secretary. Some of the lesser grades
of peaches were contracted s>for at
$l.7s . bushel, but the same buyers,
h order TO secure the supply they de-
1lfed. offered - for later peaches.
Buyers have been in the state for the
6st three weeks making contracts
3pes the crop. ana much of the supply
VII Be shipped OFT Of NE ssate.
Evening star., 1919-10-12
SENSATIONAL CHARGE
IS MADE BY SOCIALIST
xe1ber of German Assembly Says
Government Maintains Mill
tAxy Murderer Department"
D. u Associated Press.

~ ~ Associated Press.
B6aRLIN. October 1o.-During a
AaaAsd debate in the national assem-
big today, the Independent socialist
representative. Herr Hencke. deliv-
cred . virulent attack on the govern
Went, declaring that a military
muHderers' department" existed and
that .murderers were being rewarded
and promoted. He added that mem
hers Of the middle classes were be-
ing continually armed and that large
quantities of weapons were being
regularly turned over to students So
cieties. ex-soldiers clubs, gymnaetic
societies. rife clubs. farmers organ
tzations and other bodies which would
use them against the revolution.
The accusations OF Deputy Hencke
caused most stormy scenes in the as
sembly. G
"
Deputy Hencxes accusations pre-
sumAbly refer to the activities Of
members Of the Noske defense forces
against the extreme radicals, and
particularly to the manner of death
Of Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxem-
burg, who were killed by members Of
the defense forces after their arrest.
Minister Of Defense Noske had sup
pPeeeed the independent socialist
noWgpAper Freiheit for three days for
publishing the same accusations.
Evening star., 1919-10-12

a ~ On q windowpane will crawl
% -s6e top, ny back to tho bottom
aud crawl UP again. This order Is
seldom revesssd. It 10 on record that
!sRurs,nE e ,,aaowssn; :.ss Tin. ia,rty l.
Evening star., 1919-10-12
Oh, That's Different.

l6vysr-But could your husband
pay such alimony?
Lsdy-Of course. He says X he was
singl0 he'd be q millionaire.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1919-05-08
Chautauqua at Nezperce June
1924, inclusive.

OuAutauqua at Nezperco Jun
1924, inclusive.
i Cabbage plants for sale. Phon
| A. Kachelmier. 49w2
| Lost Ford mud chain, nea.
Russell. w. A. Fowler.
Lost Ford mud chain from
hind wheel, in or east Of Nez
perez. Walter Hoover.
We fix anything in machinery
and fix it right. Nezperce Ga
rage and Machine Works.
For Sale 3-bottom, 14-inch,
P. & 0. Plow John Turner, s
miles west and Il mile north OF
Nezperce. 49w3
Chas. Stevens and family, of
Winchester, were among the fans
at the ball game here Sunday
afternoon.
Action speaks louder than
words. Notice how the car acts
that we have overhauled. Hes
ton & Miller.
l.. 7. Mckee was up from Lew
iston Tuesday on business con-
nected with the Tri-State grain
warehouse service.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Blenders,
of southwest of town, are the
proud parents Of fine girl baby,
born on the 4th instant.
Curtis j. Miller, dealer for the
Oldsmobile and Dodge Brothers
motor cars for Lewis county, this
week made delivery of Dodge
touring car to Roy Drake, also
an eight-cylinder Pace Maker
model Oldsmobile to Robert John
son, of Kamiah. Some car this. 1.
State President Gilmore will ad-
dress the Nezperce Local of the
Farmers Union on May 81. We
will hold our rgular meeting on
that day instead of Saturday. We
want all the farmers to be there,
whether they are members or not.
d. B. Turner, pres. 49w2
II. A. VonBargen, Sec y.
Pvt. A. r. Thornburg, Of the
101st aviation corps, arrived
April 80 at Vollmer from over
seas. He has been gone two years
and has been in England and
France the past IS months. He
is the son Of Mrs. Louis Triplett,
of Kamiah, and a brother to C.
Thornburg, of the Vollmer Ga
rage. He says he enjoyed his
trip immensely, although he had
to undergo many hardships He
was pleased indeed to get back
to the good old u. S. A. and more
than glad to get home. After
visiting his mother and brother,
he went to Vollmer to take up his
old job as clerk in the Scott Mer-
camille establishment. His many
friends wish this noble young man
much success.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1919-05-08
Local and Personal News Notes

StouterDS guarantee is good.
Inc best Investment, Victory Bond
Cahdys and cigars at the TEN
pie.
! --latest styles in eyeglasses at
!. Stoufer's.
s For Sale Fresh COWS. See j
M. Basket.
See them for men at Carlson s
Easter hats.
/, Good as new Ford car for sale.
| Curtis j. Miller.
Chautauqua at Nezperce June
! 1924, inclusive.
j Buy your cedar posts at the
Prairie Lumber Co. If,
i Have you done it YETI If not Get
your Victory Bonds at once.
| When in the need Of tires. call
at the Tire Depot. A. Il. Fike.
Wanted-Rabbits and hares. e.
B. Brown, Cold Storage Market.
IT,
/ Miss Stabb, Of Ferdinand, was
having dental work done here
Monday.
For Sale 2 mares. and Z yrs.
1915 gets them if taken at once.
Bert Jefferis. If.
Some good offerings in the E. E.
Thomas sale of household goods Sat
urday, May 10.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. B. Mikkelson
were Nezperce visitors from Lew
iston last Sunday.
Mrs. Lorena Cox, of Reubens,
was having dental work done by
our popular dentist last Monday.
For Sale Two black geldings,
coming 3 and 4 years. $500 gets
them, if taken at once. Fred
Riggers. If.
Why not consider a Fed
eral Farm Loan? Inquire of C.
Fl. Nugent, Secretary-Treasurer,
Nezperce. 36-tf.
Through a mistake, the impress
sion has gone out that w. j.
Ramey's post office is Clifford.
1t is Gilbert.
For Sale-If you need matched
team or odd horse see A. f. Lar
son, Phone 1924, Nezperce, Ida,
R. F. D. No. 2. 45-tf.
Have just received a shipment
Of cover-alls. made for all the
family, come and look them over.
Carlson's Toggery.
Harry G. Cranke, auctioneer,
Nezperce, Idaho, will appreciate
your dating your sale at The
Herald office as usual. If.
FOR SALE-Yuba tractor. Model
1920, ball tread. New and direct from
factory. Can save you 1919 price ad
vance. Nezperce Hardware Co.
You are missing something ex-
ira if you do not see the Friday
night and Sunday afternoon
shows at the Temple Theatre.
Having sold my barber business in
Nezperce, I will offer at public auction
at my home north Of the Community |
church, on Saturday, May 10, all my
household effects.
We are agents for the world
renowned Goodyear tire, always
good, but now better than ever.
Hcston & Miller.
Mrs. J. L. Sapp came down
from Seattle Saturday for a
month s visit with her homefolks,
Mrs. Katherine Gilbertz and fam
lily.
Chas. Cox and F. E. William
son. of Pomeroy, Wash, came I'D
the first of the week to look after
Mr.. Cox's farm interests in the
Russell section.
| have sold more automobiles
in the past three seasons than any
other two dealers in Lewis county
with exception of Ford agenc-
ies). Curtis j. Miller. 49-tf.
Earl Hess came in Sunday from
Camp Lewis for ten-days' fur
Tough with homefolks here. lie
expects to soon get in line for SER
vice with the American forces in
after his return to Camp.
/ have sold more Real Estate
in Lewis county than any other
two agents now in the business In
this county. Can sell your farm
If any one can. | always have a s
snap for the buyer. Curtis j.
Miller. 49-tf. {
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1919-05-08

lake, the plumUcI.
Sunday show at 1880.
Later sells it for less.
Get it done at Doggett 8.
D 7 Fike sells the Buick cars.
IT'S time to clean up your premises
Don't forget, Later sells it TO.
Jess.
Victory Bonds.
For Sale-Fresh cow. John Wissink
R. F. D. No. 3.
Long or short hanls quick Der.
rvs dray line. If
Chautauqua at Nezperce June
1924, inclusive.
Temple Sunday show starts at 1:3O-
out for ball game.
FREE seen corn. See Madison
Lumber 4 Mill Co. 46w6.
First-class cobbler at the A. r.
Fike harness store.
Chas. w. Yates was a Reubens
visitor last Friday.
Buy Royal Cord and get best
in tires. A. R. Fike.S
Theo. Wissink was passenger
for Uniontown Tuesday.
Peacock Rock Springs coal at
the Prairie Lumber Co. If.
When you buy time, go to the
time specialist Stoufer.
Art. Heston was a Lewiston
visitor the first Of the week.
Don It debate it, do it. Finish the
job. Buy Victory Bonds at once.
Everything to wear for all the
family. Carlson's Toggery.
A good one at the Temple
Theatre next Sunday afternoon.
Wanted Rabbits and hares. E.
B. Brown, Cold Storage Market.
If.
G. G. Hess came in Sunday from
a visit to Tacoma and Camp Lew
Go to the Prairie Lumber Co.
for hardwood and hardwood We
neer.
We have a new line of boys
shoes. just in. Carlson's Tog-
gerry.
Billy Sullivan s motto-Quick
sales satisfaction to both seller
and buyer. If.
Stoufer guarantees a fit-not
only the defective vision, but
your face.
For Sale Marquis wheat; free
from oats. w. Il. Schafer, R. 2,
Nezperce.
They don't make richer and
finer candies than are carried att
the Temple.
If it's an auto you are buying, get
the best, the Buick. Sold by B. j.
Fike, Nezperce. Att.
Anyone wanting a tractor man,
address Jacob Lycan, Kooskia,
Idaho, Route l, box Is. 49w2l
Mrs. Martin Lux returned Sat
urday from visit with relatives
and friends at Ferdinand.
Hats and caps for men and
boys-the most up-to-date ON the
prairie Just in at Carlson
For Sale 1850 head Of ewes
with lambs at foot. Inquire H
G. Cranke. Nezperce, Idaho. 46w2I
The boys of our splendid DIST are
coming home. Show you back them by |
buying Victory Bonds. They want
YOU to.
Hogs Want all the stock hogs
you have to sell at top market
price. j. w. Jorgens at Nez-
perez Hotel 45w5s
An examination for rural mail
carrier, to fill vacancy at Nez-
perez, will be held at Nezpercei
and lilo on May "a.
Let the Nezperce Garage and
Machine works do your repair
ing, machine work, Welding, etc.
An expert on the job.
It adds to the appearance OF
your car. Repair your top and
back curtain. New tops made
and put on. A. R. Fike.
If you want to sell your place,
list it with Billy Sullivan. II
you want to buy a place see Billy
Sullivan as he has bargains. TIL
Get your applications for Fed
eral Farm Loans on file so we
can get an appraiser soon.
G. III. Nugent. Sec 'y-Treas.
The boys in France and the return
ed soldiers have their eyes upon you.
Are you going to break faith with
thema If not get your Victory Bonds.
Batteries for your car. wei
know them as well as you know
your pillow or binder, and if they
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1919-05-08
Nick Lair sells it for less.

L Carlson s new hats are in.
Buy slabwood at the Prairi
Lumber Co. Il
Stoufer, the reliable jewelel
and optician.
Chautauqua at Nezperce Jun
1924, inclusive.
The new hats and new shoe
are in at Carlson s.
| Nifty Easter hats at Carlson
for men and boys.
| Registered HEREFORD bulls fol
sale. Curtis j. Miller. -46-tf
Go to the Prairie Lumber Co
for your building plans. If
Household goods at public auction
Saturday, May 10. E. E. Thomas.
Hartman guaranteed shoes al
Carlson s. The best buyable.
Standard and Aberdeen Utah
coal at the Prairie Lumber Co.
Everything in new spring
wear for men and boys at Carl
sons.
Dr. j. G. Skaer, the Vollme1
dentist, was a Nezperce visitor
Sunday.
Rooster Pure-bred Plymouth
Rock for sale; fine one-$ 81. A.
e. Wade.
Auctioneer Palmer, of Kamiah,
was in Nezperce Saturday on real
estate business.
If your birthday or wedding
gift comes from Stoufer's, you
know it is good
1t will pay you to figure with
Jake, the plumber, if you have any
work in his line.
Have all you fellows noticed
the latest in Easter hats for men
and boys at Carlson s.
7. 0. Thorsen returned last
Thursday from visit Of inspec-
ton to Montana points.
When you can't get your work
done anywhere else. bring it to
Doggett 'sAthey can do it.
Mrs. Otto Covey went to Fer
dinand the latter part of the week
for a visit with homefolks.
Mrs. ]. P. Sorenson and child
rem went to Lewiston Friday for
a visit with relatives and friends.
A daughter was born to Mr..
and Mrs. Harry Marsh, of north
east of town, on Saturday, May
3.
Lost Buckskin jumper, with
corduroy top, between Frank
Roe's and Nezperce. T. P. O'Con-
nor
Eggs-R. C. Rhode Island
Red, prize-winning stock-$2.50
per Is. Mrs. G. J. McCollister,
Mohler. 41w12*
EGGS-Full-blood rose-comb
Rhode Island Red $3.50 for Is.
Phone 9632. or see Mrs. j. E.
Fite, Mohler. 45w8*
For Sale-Eight head good
horses ages 7 to 10; weight 400
to 1900. E, T. Chaplin Co., 3 miles
east Of Greer.
George Vanderpool,' recently
discharged from the U. S. Ma
rines, was. a Nezperce visitor the
first Of the week.
IF you are wanting a Register
ed Hereford bull I can show you
as good as you can find, priced
right. Curtis j. Miller. 49-tf.
DR.. and Mrs. J. L. Kelly and
son, Lynn, of Winchester, attend
er the league ball game and visit
ed old friends here Sunday after
noon.
Our overhead expense consists
of three ordinary meals per day.
That is why we can do your work
at a price that always pleases. |
Heston & Miller.
N. A. Bigelow, who has been |
of the Winchest-
err branch railroad since it's con-
struction, was last week rendered
and has accepted the superin-
tendency Of the johnson line out
If Lewiston
The Cottonwood Chronicle s
Jew typesetting machine arrived |
he first Of the week and Editor
Medved hopes to have it installed
n time for getting out the cur
'ent issue of the Chronicle. 1t
s fine improvement and will
prove great4help in keeping the
ervice Of the Chronicle plant up
o the standard the liberal patron
na nf that comm11nitv iustifias
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1919-03-21
SYNOPSIS.

CHAPTER TX. c. Richard, an engi-
neer of the Overland Pacific is called to
the office of President Marshall in Tue
son, Ariz. Casey is an enigma to the
office force; he wears dude" clothes,
but he had resigned a chair of engineer
ing in the East to go on the road as a
fireman and his promotion had been spec
tacular. While waiting for Marshall Rick
ard reads a report the ravages of the
Colorado, despite the efforts of Thomas
Hardin of the Desert Reclamation COM
pany This Hardin had been student
under Richard and had married Gerty
Holmes, with whom Richard had fancicd
he was in love.
CHAPTER II-Marshall tells Richard
the Overland Pacific has got to step in
to save the Imperial Valley and sends
him to the break Richard declines be-
cause he does not want to supplant Har-
din but is won over. stop the river;
damn the expense" says Marshall.
CHAPTER TII-Rickard journeys to
Calexico. sees the irrigated desert and
learns much about Hardin and his work
CHAPTER Wat the hotel he meets
Mr.. and Mrs. Hardin and Times Hardin
Hardin's half sister. Disappointed in her
husband and an incorrigible cOQuette,
Mrs. Hardin sets her cap for her former
over and invites him to dinner.
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ton with the sister country. Richard
found him full of meat, and heard, for
the first time consecutively, the story
of the rakish river. Particularly In
teresting to him was the relation or
Hardin to the company.
"He has the bad luck, that man"
exclaimed Estrada's soft, musical
voice. Everything is in his hands,
capital is promised. and he goes TO
| New York to have the papers drawn
up. The day he gets there the Maine
| is destroyed. OF course capital is shy.
He's had the devils own luck with
men: Clifford, honest but mullsh;
Sather, mulish and not honest-oh,
there's a string of them. Once he
went to Hermosillo to get an option on
my fathers lands. They were already
covered by an option held by some
men in Scotland. Another man would
have waited for the three months to
pass. Not Hardin. He went to Scot
land, thought he'd interest those men
with his maps and papers. He owned
all the data then. He'd made the sur
vey."
Estrada repeated the story Brandon
and Marshall had told, with little dis
crepancy. A friendly refrain followed
the narrative. Gle has the bad luck,
that man -
"And the Scotched optiOnT remind
ed Richard, smiling at his own poor
joke.
"It was just that. A case of Hardin
luck again. He stopped off in London
to interest some capital there; follow
ing up lead developed on the steam
err. He was never man to neglect a
chance. Nothing came of it, though,
and when he reached Glasgow he
found his man had died two days be-
fOre-or been killed, I've forgotten
which. Three times Hardins crossed
the ocean trying to corner the Oppor-
tunity he thought he had found. 1t
isn't laziness, is his trouble. It's just
| Internal luck"
"Or Over-astuteness, or prOcrastina-
tion," criticized his listener to himself.
He knew now what it was that had
so changed Hardin. A man cannot
travel, even though he be bounding
down quick scent, without meeting
strong influences. He had been thrown
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then passed on to the checker players
and addressed MacLean:
L saw your father in Los Angeles.
he has been chosen to fill the vacancy
made by Maitland's DEATH"
MacLean's eyes wavered toward
Hardin, whose nonchalance had not
faltered. Had he not heard, or did
he know, already?
I'D like to have meeting, a con-
ference, tomorrow morning." Richard
was speaking. "Mr. Hardin, will you
set the hour at your convenience"
Because it was so kindly done, Har-
din showed his first resentment. 1T
will not be possible for me to be there.
I'm going to Los Angeles in the morn
ing. He turned and left the office.
Estrada following him.
ooh, Mr.. Hardin, you mustn't take it
that way" he expostulated, concern in
each sensitive feature.
'I'll take orders from him, but he
gave me none," growled Hardin. ITS
not what you think. I'm not sore. But
I don't like him. He's a fancy dude.
He's not the man for this job"
'Then you knew him before" 1t
was a surprise to Estrada.
Eat college. He was my-er-in-
structor. Marshall found him in the
classroom. A theory singer
Estrada's thoughtful glance rested
on the angry face. Was this genuine,
or did not Hardin know of the years
the job in the heat-baked barrancas
of Mexico, where Marshall had found"
him? But he would not try again to
persuade Hardin to give up his trip
to Los Angeles. 1t might be better,
after all, for the new manager to take
charge with his predecessor out of
the way.
"MacLean's coming down tonight"
he threw out, still watching Hardin's
face. with Babcock."
81 won't be missed" Hardin's
mouth was bitter. ESTRADA, if l had
the sense of q goat I'd sell out, sell
my stock to MacLean and quit. What's
in all this for me? Does anyone doubt
my reason for staying? 1t would be
like leaving sinking ship, like de-
sorting the passengers and crew one
had brought on board. God! I'd like
to go But how can I? I've got hold
of the tail of the bear and / can't let
go"
"No one doubts YOU" began Els.
trada. Hardin turned away, with an