Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1919-05-08

now. Sent tome ALFRED. independent
kindergarten orders to the Indians.
Says they have to be in bed by ten
o'clock. or tome such hour ON Satur-
day and Sunday nights. It's strike.
their answer. That's what his monkey.
Ing has brought down on u.s.
They're aOt going to quit7"
They've sent word they won't worI
on Mondays, and they will 60 to bed
when they choose Saturday nights.
Losing one day weekl We can't
stand for chat. Luck's been playing
into hts hands, but this will show him
up. This'u show Marshall his pet
clerk. Tel! Casey therell be no In-
dians tomorrow" He sputtered IN.
grlly out OF the ONCE.
Richard seemed pleased when Mac.
Lean made the announcement q few
hours latep.
His secretary was weighing him.
"What do you intend to do about itr'
"Call thsir bluff." grinned Casey,
showing teeth tobscco had not had
chance to spoil. Boycott them"
MacIean found Wooster ut the river.
bank with Tom Hardin. The two men
were watching a pile-driver set re-
bellious PLY. Two new trestles were
to supplemt Mt the one which had been
bent out OF line by the weight Of set.
fling drift. Marshall's plan was being
followed. though jeersd ut by reclana-
tion men a:id the engineers Of the y.
Il. company.
"Stop the mattress weaving and
dump like ,el !" had been his orders.
Boycott the Indians, well I'm
bowed" tie beady eyes sparkled at
Hardin. "Now he's cut his own
throat"
by the eternal" sw0re Hardin.
AlacLean LIT the two engineers match
ing oaths.
There wts an ominous quiet the next
day. Not IN Indian. offered to work mt
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 .nem. Richard
appeared ignorant Of the antagonism
Of the engineers.
An unfa !hered rum0r started that
Richard WAS in with the Reclamation
Service men i; that he wanted the work
to fail; to BE adopted by the Service.
MacLean broke lance or two aguinst
the absurd SANDER. He was making
the discovery that nuns friendship
for man mSy be deeper than a mans
love for woman. He was Richard
man. He wxs made to feel the re.
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 Tor the Indian soon.
The waiting braves sat ON their
launches, grinning and smoking theil
pipes.
Saturday night the cimp wen,
gloomily to bed. On the Indian side
there was no revel. no Teasing OF
dancing.
Richard did not turn In until after
midnight, planning alternatives. He
was sleeping hard when MscLean, al
dawn, dashed into his tent.
"Quick, what does this meanr'
1t was splendid spectacle. and
staged superbly. For background. the
sharp-edged mountains flushing to
pinks and puppies .gainst 0ne-hued
sky; the river-growth of the old chan.
mel uniting them. plotting out miles Ut
desert into q fiat scene. On the GO
posite bank Of the New r'-er, fiSe
hundred strong, lined up formidably,
their faces grotesque and feroclous
with paint. were the seven tribes. The
suns rays glinted up from their fire.
arms, shotguns. revolvers into a mot.
ley of defiancei Cocopahs, with
streaming hair, blnnketed Nnvajos,
short.haired Pimas. those In front rein.
ing In their silent pinto ponies. and all
notionless, silent In that early morn
ing light.
"What does 1t mean7" whispered
MacLean. Richard did not answer. He
had one nauseOus instant as he looked
toward lines tent. Then he broke into
laughter.
"See, the white horse. no. in 'front.'"
by jove," MacLean slapped his
thigh. "Coronel! They had me buf.
faloed. What do you think it is7"
Richard stepped out into the wash
Of morning air and waved q solemn
salute across the river. Gravely It
was returned by Cormel.
"What does 1t meanT demanded
MacLean.
ut means we've won." chuckled his
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 mans Gil.
yer had won.
CTo BE CoNTINUED1