The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1919-02-14
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The large round clock was striking
nine ns Casey Richards dancing step
carried him into the outer Office II Tod
Marshall. The usherlng clerk. cont.
less and yestlesg In expectation III the
third hot spring day. made critical
superintendent az the engineers get.up
before ne spoke. Then Ne stated chat
Mr. Marshall had not yet come.
For z London tle and d white SILK
shirt beitea Into white serge trousers
were smart for Tucson. The clerks
n tn cnploy 81 the Overland Pacific
ana Of ihe Sonora and Ynqul railroads
had stared AZ Richard as ha entered !;
they f0si96ed his progress through he
Rooms. ~ vas d newcomer IL Tucson.
10 had not yet acquired The npathetie
habits Uf is citizens He wore belts,
instead 81 suspendefs Ills white
trousers, duck Or serge. carried d new.
~ pressed crease each morning.
The office had not reached verdict
% the subject u r. q. lslekard. The
shirisieeyed, callariesa clerks would
have been quick 10 dub him d dandy
were u not for page 1T his history
that WAS puzgling them He had held
q chair II engineering III some eastern
city. He had resigned the wina.tossed
page said, 70 10 On the road az d
fireman, Ills rapid promotion had
been spectacular: the last move, d
few years ago, % till an office position
IN Tucson The summons had found
him on the west coast Of Mexico.
where the Overland Pacific was push
ms its tracks.
You can walt here suggested the
clerk. looking eoyertly at the shoes Of
the man who Il Few years before had
been shoyellng coal on d Wyoming en-.
CINE mr. Marshall said 10 watt
shibhons, instead 1T shoe laecs I"
carpea the human machine that must
ever write letters which other men
sign. And blue pin 10 match hts
tiei ! caf that going Somel II
II wmild never have occurred 10
Richard. had be thought about it OF
ail that morning IS ne knutted his tie
II OARS. brilliant blue sllk. that the
selection ~ his Iapls pin was choice
Il WAS an Inevitable result. all Justine
tiva discretion of his fingers. 1t
warped. however the suspended inde-
meat III MAEshall's metz. who had
hesrr seen him shoyeling c0al. dlsng-
ared ~ denim jumper. They ald
net knew that they themselves were
slnyens ruined ~ the climate thar
duils yaaity aud willis collars
"Give him year "a change some ii
his slue habits Z, wngered Smythe. the
stoolt shnulBefea clerk. as the door u
the inner office closed
10 change bis hahlts loss r amend.
~ ne eiliee Wit And then they zen
e spscalasins what Marshall was go.
iHs % 40 with hin What pawn was
81 q the game that everyone In Tue.
a followed With eager selfinterested |
ncernl Mafshall's was the control.
Ting hand Ii Arizona politics. the |
maEer " governors, the arbiter OF big +,
corporations; president of half. |
dozen railroads Not move % his |
az the beard that escaped notice.
on me other side u the door Rick. /
ard waS sCheiug the olllee question.
This play Job, where did Il lead tot |
lie had liked his work, under Slratton.
Thrre hed BEEN s9nls pretty problems |
to mret-~what did Marshall mean 10 |
40 with hima
The note had SGT The appointment |
for nine. Bickafd glanced at his |
watch and Ioog out his Engineering
Review Il would h. ten before TINT /
door opened on Ted MARSHALL
He knew that Ga the road. Mar
shaifs work began ne dawn. "a man I
won't break from uyprWork or rust /
from underworld Il be Follows the tx.
ample q tbs sun. RieSard had often
heaFe hlui eSRoand his fAs0rlte the |
ory. it q eniy tiaa p5eYess the syha. |
rites ah0 can nfterd 70 pcyyert the |
arrangement nature Intended for us |
Bur IN Tucson, controlled ~ the wife. |
- eolidtude Of bis claudia, he was |
c0eEced Into a regular perYcrsion. Ills |
Office never saw him until the morn |
Ing was half gone.
a half-h0ur later Richard finished |
reading a report on the diversion OF a |
great western river. The name OF |
Thomas Hardin had sent him OF on
a tangent Of memory. The Thomas
Hardin whose efforts to bring water /
TO the desert Of the Colorado had been
SO spectaculady unsuccessful was the
Tom Hardin be had khownl The sis