The Arvada enterprise., 1919-07-24

rushed; the trains must b pushsd
through. He itched to begin. It never
occurred to him that. IKE Hardin, ho
might fail.
'.Though its no pink tsa," he told
'its no picnic" At Tucson
hs knew that the situation WAS .
grave one, but his talk With Bsandeo.
who knew his river ~ does . good m
dian, made the year . significant
eventful one. Matt Hamhn. too. whose
shrewd eyes had grown r1ves~wise. hA
too, had had tales to tell Of the tricky
river. Maldonado. the ha1-breed, hao
confirmed their portents while they sat
together under his oleandef, famous
throughout that section Of the coun-
try. And powerfully had Cos'nsl. The
Indian who had piloted Nstrada's party
across the desert, whom Rickard ha0
met at the Crossing, deeply had he i'm
pressed him. The river grew Into .
malevolent, mocking personality; 10
could sec It a dragon Of yellow waters.
dragging Its slow, sluggish length
across the baked desert sands; decstv.
Ing men by its inertDess: luFing the
explorer by 4 mild mood to rise sud.
denly With its wild fellow. the Gila.
sending boat and boatmen to their
swift doom.
Rickard was thinking q the half.
breed. Maldonado, ~ hs inspected the
new stretch Of leves between the
towns. He had heard from others b.
sides Estrada Of the river knowledss
Of this descendant Of trapper and
squaw. and had thought II worth while
to ride the twenty miles from down
the river to talk with him. The mans
suavity, his narrow slits Of eyes, the
lips thin and facile. deep lines Of cru.
city falling from them, had repelled
his visitor. The mystery Of the place
followed him. Why the 'dobe wall
which completely surrounded the
small, low dwellingsr Why the eau
tious admittance, the atmosphere Of
suspicion1 Rickard had seen the wife,
a frightened shadow Of . woman; had
seen her finch when the brute called
for her. He had questioned .Cor'nef
about the half-breed. He was remeu,-
bering the wrinkles Of contempt ON The
old Indians face as he delivered him
self Of an oracular grunt.
"white mani No. Indians Not
Coyotel"
Though he suspected Aaldonado
would lie on principle. though It might
be that two-thirds Of his glib tissue
were false, yet q thread Of truth CO.
incident with the others. Brandon and
Hamlin and Cornell. might BE- pulled
out Of his romantic fabric.
"When the waters Of the ella run
red look out for troublel" He doubt.
ed that they ever ran red. He woul6
ask Cornell. He had also spoken Of
. cycle, known to Indians, e . hun.
dredth year. when the Dragon crows
restless; this he had declared was .
hundredth year.
Following his talk with llaldonad>
and the accidental happy chance meet.
ing with Coronsl at the Crossing Rick
ard had written his 0rst Fspeet to ID6
Marshall. Before he had cone b the
Heading hs had expected - adviss
against the completioo q the wooden
hsadsats at the Crossing. Hamlin
had given him new viswpoant. There
was . fighting chance. And hs wante0
to b fair. Next to being successful
he wanted 10 b fair.
Its time to b hearing from MAJ.
shall" Richard was thinking. - hs
walked back to the hotel. Il wonder
what he viii say" He felt II had
been fair to put It up to Narshall;
personally. he would IKE to begin With
. clean slate-begin right Uumsy
work had bsen done. It Was true, yst
there were urgent reasons now tor
haste; and the gate was nearly hall
dooel He had gone carefully over
The situation. The heavy snowfall. IN
pescedsnted for years. . hundred, &C.
cording to the Indians-on The Wise
Rover mountains lakes swollso
With Ice. the CHA restless, the s1nnse
foods yet to b met: perhaps. As now
thought, he had been oveffalf IN -
phasising the arguments for the head.
gate. For the hundred fest were now
q thousand feet-yet he had spoken
Of that 10 Narshall: "Calculats for
yourself the dinefsnes In expense
since the hood widensd tie break. Il
10 . vastly different problem How.
Disaster island, which they figured -
for anchor. 10 . mere pit Of eesfo1lAe
sugar In the channel. An infAnk Coa-
osado could wash Il away. HoWsves.
lot Of work has already beeo oooA
and q lot Of moosy spsot TAsee = .
lighting chance. PERHAPS tAo ba1 yoo5
70 oil Indian talk
4 guess. at besk WAahevee tAsy 0sdl
Il was pure gamble what tAe t1Seky
Colombo would %. Anyway. - hAe
glveo The whole atuatjoa b 1aEshall
In his box at he Aotel Was Q tsae
gram which had beea oeat over ffo0
the o@ce-from Tod AarsAall. ~Taks
the 6shting chanes. But remember d
speak more respectfully of Indlans."
"larshall all over" laughed Aio sab
ordinate. Nov it's Q ease e hustlej
But dollars to oougAnuts. - Junior
says. ws don't Do iti"