Cheyenne record., 1919-09-25

A1uUcEShItcu OEucIb " INC 4uQl0u8s
Says they have to be in bed BY ten
o'clock. or some such hour on Satur-
day and Sunday nights. It's a strike,
their answer. That's what his monkey
ing has brought down on us"
'They're not going to quit7"
They've sent word they won't work
ON Mondays, and they will 60 to bed
when they choose Saturday nights.
Losing one day a weekl We can't
stand for that. Luck's been playing
into his hands, but this will show him
ap. Thisn show Marshall his pet
clerk. Tell Casey thereu be no In
dians tomorrow" He sputtered an
grily out of the Office.
Rickard seemed pleased when Mac
Lean made the announcement q few
hours later.
His secretary was weighing him.
''What do you intend to do about it2''
"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-driyer set 70.
bellious pile. Two new trestles were
to supplement the one which had been
bent out of line by the weight of set
Ting drift. Marshalrs plan was being
followed, though jeered at by reclama-
ton men and the engineers of the D.
r. company.
"Stop the mattress weavins and
dump like hellI" had been his orders.
Boycott the Indians, well I'm
blowed," the beady eyes sparkled AZ
Hardin. "Now he's eut his own
throat"
by the eternal!" swOre Hardin.
MacLean left the two engineers match
ing oaths.
There was an ominous quiet the nexs
day. Not an Indian offered to work at
the river. A few stolid bucks came to
their tasks on Tuesday morning; they
there was no work for mem. Rickard
appeared ignorant Of the antagonisn
of the engineers.
An unfathered rulnOr started tina,
Rickard was in with the Reclamation
Service men; that he wanted the work
to fail; to be adopted by the Service
MacLean broke lance or two against
| the absurd slander. He was making
the discovery that mans friendship
| for man may be deeper than a mans
love for woman. He was q Rickar6
man. He was 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 it was crippled. The white man
would be sending for the Indian soon
The waiting braves sat ON their
launches, grinning and smoking thei.
pipes.
Saturday night the camp went
| gloomily to bed. On the Indian side
there was no revel, no feasting OF
dancing.
| Rickard did not turn in until after
midnight. planning alternatives. He
was sleeping hard when MacLean, at
| dawn, dashed into his tent.
"Quick, what does this meanw
1t was a splendid spectacle, and
staged superbly. For background, the
sharp-edged mountains flushing tc
| pinks and purples .gainst a one-huet
sky; the river-growth of the old chan
mel uniting them, bl0tting out miles Of
desert into a fiat scene. On the op
posite bank of the New r'-er, five
hundred strong, lined up formidably,
their faces grotesQue and ferocious
with paint, were the seven tribes. The
suns rays glinted up from their fire
| hnf lRk
ley of defiance! Cocopahs, with
streaming hair. blanketed Navajos
short-haired Pimas, those in front rein.
ing in their silent pinto ponies, and all
motionless, silent in that early morn
ing light.
'What does it meanT' whispered
MacLean. Rickard did not answer. he
had one nauseous instant as he looked
toward Innes' tent. Then he broke into
laughter.
"See, the white horse, no, in frcnt-'
by jove," MacLean slapped his
thigh. "Coronel! They had me but.
faloed. What do you think it isr'
| Rickard stepped out into the wash
Of morning air and waved a solemn
salute across the river. Gravely 10
was returned BY Coronel.
"What does 1t mean7" demanded
| MacLean.
1T means we've won," chuckled his
chief, coming back into his tent.
An hour later Coronel led In q picked
group Of the tribes. II the white chief
would recall the boycott the Monday
strike was over. The white mans nj.
| yer had won.
CTo BE coNTrNUED.>
| sout Of the Mouths o. Oaheas
Willie, to talkative caller-"Wen.
now that you've come. supDoae I sh.I1