The Raymer enterprise., 1919-08-21
| Pink was too hot, blue too definite. A.
parasol Of pastel green. and she looked

Pink was too hot. blue too definite. A.
parasol Of pastel green. and she looked
IKE sprig Of fragrant mignonette.
She found the open space Of the
trapezium swarming with strange
dark faces. So silent their coming she
had not heard the arrival Of the tribes.
She Isolated the Cocopahs, stately -
bronze statues. their long hair streams
Ing, or wound mud-caked under the
brilliant headcloths. Foregat ea
with them were men Of other tfibesi
these must be the Yumas and Deguii
nos, the men needed on the river.
These were the men who were to work
on the RATS, weave the great mat
tresses. A squad Of short-haired RI.
mas with their squaws and babies
and their gaudy bundles, gaped at the
fair.haired woman as she passed. The
central space was filling up with ri.
mas and Maricopas, Papagoes, too:
she knew them collectively by their
shox hair. These were brush cutters.
This. then. meant the beginning Of
real activity. Tom would at last be
satisfied. He would no longer sulk
and rage alternately at the hold-up Of
the work.
Before she reached Richards "a.
mazda she saw that another woman
was there. She caught an impassioned
gesture. Her only surmise rested on
Innes. Gerty saw that she was dark;
she looked the halfbreed. The brown
woman drew back as the white woman
entered. Gerty smiled an airy reas-
surance. She herself would walt. She
did not want to be hurried. She told
Richard that she had plenty Of time.
There Is something You want to tell
meT Richards patience was cour.
teous but firm. He would hear her er.
rand first. Gerty, remembering the
imploring attitude Of the stranger. de.
termined that she would not be sent
away.
"Will you excuse me, senoraf II
Will be only q minute"
She was to tell her errand, and
briefly! Gerry swept past the intruder.
"Slt down, Mrs. Hardin"
Resenting the infection, she said
she would stand. Her voice was q
little hard. her eyes were yelled, a
she told her mission. Her usual hu.
ency dragged; she felt a lack Of sym,
pathy. In short. she proposed a com,
mlssary department. herself in charge
I'D like to feel was Of some use,s
urged Gerty. any heart is bound up
in this undertaking; II I'm allowed to
stay. I'd like to help along. This II
the only way l can, the woman's way
AREN'T you taklng a good deal on
yourself, Mrs. Hardni"
Then she forgave his hesitation
quite, as 1t was Of her he was think.
Ing. mot II 1t helps" Her voice was
low and soft. as II this were secret
between them.
"Why. Of course. anything you want
Mrs. Hardin" And, remembering hei
former position, he added. 1.-THE camps
yours as much as NINE"
A glad smile rewarded him. Sha
went out. reluctantly. There was q
new significance In MacLean's absence
from the ramada. What could thai
woman have to say that MacLean
must not heart For the first time
the weak tenure on her old lover came
to her. Not a sign had he yet given
OF their understanding, Of the piquani
situation. Themselves old sweethearta
thrown together In this wilderness
What had she built her hopes ont A
word here. translated phrase, Of
magnified glance. She would not har
Dor the new worry. Why. 1t would b
all right. In the meantime she would
show them all what a woman with
executive ability could do.
"Sit down. sonora" said Richard Il
the brown woman. Maldonado's wifa
Don't be frightened. We won't lei
him hurt you" Richard vulgarized
his castilian to the reach Of her rude
dialect. Familiar as was Richard with
the poems speech In their own coun