White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1921-02-13

town Estrada, ut his request P", !"
squad of his road force at Inc sei'
of the manager. He could not sp"'
many men. -
rho railroad had already star,ea
the line projected by Hardin 10 nar
shall the year before, a spur n''p
the desert. dipping into Mexico ue
tween the lean. restless saa's
from Calexico to Yuma. The Mexican
government had agreed TO pay hva
| Thousand dollars n mile were the r"ao
completed at a certain period. Es'r"oa
was keeping his men on the jump u
All tbe contract, to make his nation
nay the price. The completion Vi inc
road meant help 10 the valley sup
niles. men. could be rushed through 10
the break.
In. spite of his haunting sense OF
ultimate failure the growing oeilel III
the omnipotence of the Great fello"
Dragon as the Cocopahs ~visuaiized IT.
Estrada's work was as intense rs
though he were Fastening a sure VIC
tory. The dauntless spirit OF the eiuer
Estrada pushed the track over the hot
sands where he must dance at tlmes
TO keep his feet from burning. Many
of the rails they laid at night.
Orchards gone hog-wild.' Hardin
told his family the next morning.
Building a leyee between the towns
The mans off his head
.There isn't any danger?' Gerty's
anxiety made the deep blue eyes look
black.
Innes looked up for Toms answer.
His face was ugly with passion.
danger. It's a bluf. a big show
of activity here because he's buiIa-
loed; he doesn't know how to tackle
the job out there
II had begun Il look that way To
more than one. l. IA talked over
ut Coulter's store; in the outer office
OF the u. II. company where the engi-
neers foregathered among the. chair
filters wis idled In front Of The Dcs-
ert hotel. THE man does not Know
how to tackle hls job - \ leyee, aud
the gate held up. What protection TO
The towns would be TINT toy leyee II
the river should return on one of its
spectacular sprees? 4 lcyee. and the
intake itself not guardedi lie was
whispered of as incompetent n OF
Marshalrs clerks. lie was given a
short time to blow himself out. \
bookman. "A theorist.
AS well put seniinels a few miles
from prison aud leave the Jail doors
OPEN" This was Wooster's glbe. All
saw the Colorado rs n marauder a,
large. And a little heap OF sand
stacked up TO scare it on, It's a
screami"
Mrs. Hardin found 1t difficult Ia
meet with diplomacy the condolences
which inevitably came her way. A.
Hardin's wife she was expected To en-.
joy the universal censure the new man
was acquiring. Gerty's light touches
too slight for championship, passed as
n sweet charity. Her own position
those days was trying, She did not
yet know her diplomatic lesson.
Apparently unaware of the talk.
Richard spent the greater part of hi.
time experimenting the leyee. He
could trust no one else TO do II. nc
one unless 1t were Estrada. who was
rushing his steel rails through 10 the
front and wa needed there.
Things were moving under his con,
staut goading. The extra pay was
showing results. lie should be at the
Heading now. he kept telling himself
but he was convinced that the lnstan,
he turned his back. the work on the
leyee would stop; and all the reasons
excellent Some emergency would be-
cooked up 10 warrant the withdrawal
Of the hands. Chafe as he might AT
the situation. Il was to be guerrilla
warfare. Not a fight IN the open. Ia
knew how To meet that. but that baf.
fling resistance, the polite silence o,
the office when he entered-"WelI.
they'll be doing my way pretty soon,
or my name Isn't Richard. That's
fiat"
lie was iretting 10 be at work. Ia
start the wheels Of ths q. T., n, yasi
machinery toward his problem. Ue
knew that that organization, like well.
drilled militia, was ready for his call,
The call Jagged. not that he did not
need men. but there was no plaos
ready for them. The camp, that was
another rub. There was no camp, II
was not equipped for a sudden infa.
ton of men. The iaeficiency of the
projectors OF this desert scheme had
never seemed 81 criminal az when bs
a surveyed the equipment at the In.
take. Get ready first; your tools.
your stoves, your beds" That was the
training OF the good executive. OF men
like Marshall and MaeLean. Nothing
TO be left to chance; to foresee emer.
Rencles, not to be taken by them un.
aware. The reason OF HardIn's down.
laii was his slipshod habits. How could
ne be a good officer who had never
drilled as n soldier? There was the