Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-11-07

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plus psychology equals
| WHAT?
You can't tell till you add en- VI
And you can't add 'em up till you sc
EN- set down in a column. one on TO
of the other I'm driftin to
and get your or-timers. If you ca
stretch that six or seven into ten o
a dozen. better and better And haV
'em all on the edges of the croWl
| tonight. with their guns out OF sigh'
and make 'em understand. never mln'
wha, happens. they amt TO mix int
anything unless l give EN- the hgl
sign"
"WhereIl you be-"
IF luck breaks right. I'll be on tn
platform"
An hour later Capt. Bill stood be
side his little automobile on the prop
erty of the Three Counties Oil Com
pany, which he owned. in earnest con
lversation with Gillespie, the superin
F., tendent.
IAN told. then, you don't believ'
more than a quarter of the drillers il
the whole field are really tied up t.
this seize the source of production
lidea9"
LESS than that" Gillespie declared
Not an eighth. But that isn't say
ing more than quarter wouldn't par
ticirate if anything rough gets start
ed. It might be more than half. A
lot of the foreigners in the field are
really believers in anarchy and di'
rect action and all that"
Texans, most of the others. aln''
they?"
must be Texans"
Texans don't run to anarchy much. y
NO" Gillespie agreed. but some OF
these drillers are wild lot, and ex-
citement sure appeals to them. They
don't aim to be anarchists-yet ii
these swobblies' were to get anything
But they are Texans" Bill said
thoughtfully. "Daddies rode pitchin
hawses and branded steers. and
helped a sheriff catch rustler. may
be. or. if there wasn't a sheriff handy,
hitched on firearms and administered
a little law themselves"
What are you driving at. Cap'n?"
Il was sort of considering this he
redity thing-that and youthful en-
vironment. These young roughnecks
might be swung into action one way
by sheer love of excitement and a
good scrap. you say. They could be
swung the other way. maybe. by
He stopped and eyed he nearest tire
speculatively.
many seconds.
Il amt sure. I've got to think that
over. Meantime, you have those five
drillers you can absolutely trust at
tonight's meeting. like 1 said.'
One at Raber's elbow: one beside
Christiansen; one close to Mullins;
the other two sticking to those two
agitators that came in yesterday from
the north that we don't know SO much
about"
That's it," Bill said. and climbed
into his car.
Travis Hudston. born an American.
but Influenced by a notoriety- Seeking
professor of economics to turn into the
mad paths of what is called Inter
nationalism" by those who are not
careful of their definitions. did not
conceal his surprise when Capt Titus
came cordially through the little knot
of syndicalist leaders and local
trikers that surrounded him in the
Office of the hotel.
Welcome to our fair city. Trav.
the captain hailed. 1T must be all OF
ten years since I've seen you here in
Texas. We've kept track Of you"
Young Hudston. who had been of the
impression that all his fathers friends
who had kept track of him had done
so disapprovingly. warmed to the
greeting, although Raber. the Chi
cagoan. who stood at his shoulder
scowled. "Howdy. Cap'n Titus" he
said. with a conscious relapse into the
idiom of his boyhood. II didn't ex.
pect to see you up here. Aen't you
still hanging out at Summerton?"
hang out where my hat does" Bill
laughed. "At Sammerton a little, al
San 'Ntonio more. up here some. I'm
interested in one or two of these oil
properties here in Spiller.
Hudston stiffened. Then you and
are on opposite sides in this contro.
| versy"
Not necessarily" smiled Bill. mo,
neceSSartlT
my properties; your friends here will
ten you j pay as good wages as any
operator in the field" He beamed
pleasantly III the direction of Raber
ana Christensen. And I don't knows
any workman ever had occasion to
Iall me names. Maybe that's because
remember how il seemed to be a
"orklngman myself Your daddy and
me weren't exactly what you could
/ can gentlemen of leisure when we
were young fellers. you know" Bill
lurhed TO the bystanders. This boys
udooy was some able citizen, if you
ask me Hearing, as we have down
tnisa%ay, that Trav. here, was max.
ing q name for himself up in New
fork and all. We amt been surprised
a bit Not little bit"
H4dSton. both puzzled and gratified
conscious complacency:
I'm AFRAID father might not have
agreed with all the principles my
studies and Investigations impel me
to advocate. these days" he began.
How do you know that?" inter.
rupted Bill What makes YOU think
he wouldn't be willing to listen to ali
| siues OF a proposition and then take
| q stand on the right side?"
! why. L didn't intend to imply thai
he wouldn't But in this great battle
oee~een the people and the privileged
He was people" Bill again broke
| IN AZ good people as they make
EN-; ANA you're his boy. BY golly,
| wish was going to have the chanc.
to introduce you TO that crowd to.
! night
Raber of Chicago spoke two words
! why not
! But Cap'n Titus represents
| Hudston began. and then stopped. i
| came into his mind. as it had come
| INTO Raber's, that a complimentar,
I introduction of the speaker of the
| evening by man Of Titus standinf
| might influence auditors who would
not otherwise be moved by his elo
quence.
| oh. Of course, I was only talking
! Bill fastened TO say. but there's :
! thing I wanted to tell you. and it's al
I right to say it before these friends o
yours. I figure. I was talking to tn,
governor. and we happened to speal
| of you. and ] told him the son of YOU
| father ought to have Well,"-Bil
kind o. conservative folks didn't wan
to have you given what you might cal
| free rein. Thought you ought to b.
told mi fh, soft modal van