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White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1921-02-20

the girl left the tent. These Hardins
always loved to spoil her enjoyment.
They would like her TO be a nun, n
clustered nun
At the opening of the door, the
wind tore the pictures from the piano.
Gerty ran into her room. shutting
herself In against further argument.
She came back into the room, DOW
dered and heavily yelled against the
wind. A heavy winter ulster covered
the new null gown which she had not
worn at supper, though lines could
have helped her with the hooks! But
there. was always so much talk about
eyerythingi
They had to face the gale as the
machine swept down the wind-crazed
street.
1t was too bad to have a night like
this! And all her work-Tom and
his sister would have II go for moth.
White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1921-02-20
CHAPTER XIV.
The Dragon Takes a Hand.

The company's automobile honked
outside. Hardin frowned across the
table at his wife. You're surely not
going such a night as thisf"
Gerty ave one of her light, elusive
shT;ss. 10 need 10 answer Tom when
he wa3 In n of his black moods.
This was the first word he had spoken
since he had entered the tent. She
had warned Innes by n lifted eye
brow-they must be careful not to
provoke him. Something had gone
wrong at the Office, of course, How
much longer could she stand his hn-
mors. these CHASTITY silent dinners?
THE river on a rampage, and we
go for "A driye!s jeered Hardin.
The flood was not serious-yetl
Tom loved TO cry Wolf" No one
was alarmed In town-patton. Mrs.
foungberg, would have told her. OF
course, n never knew what that
dreadful river would do next. but II
one had to wait always to see what
the rivers next prank would be, one
would never get anywherel
1nnes was leaving the table. "WelI.
l suppose | should be lashing ON my
hat Gerty's pretty lips hardened as
White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1921-02-20

| through. lie was not thinking of the
ruin of the gay young city; no a
thought yet did he have of the human
tragedies enacting there; of homes,
lives, fortunes swept into that huge
bonfire. As it affected the work at the
river, the first block to his campaign,
the catastrophe came home to him. He
had a picture of tortured, twisted
iron, of ruined machinery, the ma
chinery for his dredge. lie saw it lying
like a spent LAGOON, writing in its
last struggle. lie blamed himself for
leaving even such Il small detail as the
Fastening of the parts TO Hardin's
care, for Hardin wasn't fit TO be trust
ed for anything. No one could tell
him now the man was unlucky he
was q fool. A month wasted, and
days were precious. A month? Months.
Hardin's luck. oh, hell
Then he began to speculate as he
cooled over the trouble up yonder. A
whole city burning? They would sure
ly get 1t under control. He began to
think of the isolation the telegraph
wires all down. That might happen
anywhere. He walked to the door
and looked thoughtfully at the COM
pany's big water tower. That wasn't
such a bad idea! He picked up his
hat, and went out.
White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1921-02-20


deep blue eyes wide with dismay.
"How can you say such a thing? But
if II Is given for him. how a | do
ANYTHING else than let him arrange
the day to suit himself? 1t would be
funny for the guest of honor not to
be present. wouldn't itT
~ don't see why yon want to make
him n guest of honor" he retreated.
covering his position.
Gently, Gerry expressed her belief
that she was doing the best thing FOR
her husband in getting up a public af-
fair for his successor. She did think
that Tom would see that 1t showed
they had no feeling.
81 think II n fine idea" agreed In
mes heartily. I'm sure Tom will. too,
when he thinks about It," But she did
not give him any chance to express
himself. allow are you going To man.
age 1t. Gerty? You said 1t was going
TO be progressive?'
1--WE shall draw for partners said
Mrs. Hardin. And change every half
Il mile. The first lap will be two
miles that will give some excitement
in cutting for partners" Easy. bcins
the hostess, to withhold any slip she
pleased, easy To make It seem acct
dental
"When is this circus coming off?'
inquired her husband.
'NIr. Richard says he will be back
on the first; that he'll be free on the
second"
For half an hour, I'll listen 10 Mrs.
Youngbcrg tell me how hard IL is to
have To do without servants. as she's
never done il in her life before. For
another half-mik. Mrs. Hatfield will
firt with me, and Mrs. Middleton Will
tell me all about her dear little kid
dies Sounds cheerful. Why didn't
you choose cards? No one has to
talk them
There was IN interval when his wife
appeared to be balancing his sugges.
ton. NO, ! think 1t will have to be
a drive; for I've told every Que about
It."
"Well," remarked her husband. II
only hope something win Happen 10
prevent it,"
TON" exclaimed Gerry Hardin.
What n dreadful thing tn say. That
sounds like n curse. You make my
blood run cold"
'Shu.' said Hardin. picking up his
hat. THAT was no curse. You
wouldn't go if it rained. would youf'
'Oh, rain She shrugged Mt that
possibility.
well, you wouldn't go If the wind
blows. :" retorted Hardin. leaving the
room.
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SYNOPSIS.

CHAPTER TX. c. Richard, an engi-
neer OF the Overland Pacific. Is called Ia
tie office of President Marshall In Tue
son. ARG: Casey. Is an enigma o1 to tns
but he had resigned a chair OF engineer
ing In the East to go on the road as a
fireman and his promotion had been spec
ard reads a report on the ravages of the
Colorado, despite the efforts of Thomas
Hardin of the Desert Reclamation COM
pany. This Hardin had been a student
under Richard and had married Gerty
Holmes, with whom Richard had fancied
he was In love.
CHAPTER 1I-Marshall tells Richard
the Overland Pacific has got to step in
10 save the Imperial Valley and sends
him to the break. Richard declines be-
cause he does not want to supplant Har-
din, but Is won over. stop the river;
damn the expense says Marshall.
CHAPTER III-Rickard journeys to
Calexico. sees the irrigated desert and
learns much about Hardin and his work.
CHAPTER Iv-At the hotel he meets
Mr.. and Mrs. Hardin n Innes Hardin,
Hardin's half sister. Disappointed In her
husband and an incorrigible coquette,
Mrs. Hardin sets her cap for her former
lover and invites him to dinner.
CHAPTER y~Rickard visits the COM
pany's offices and takes control. He finds
the engineers loyal to Hardin and hos
tile to him. Estrada, a Mexican. son of
the Father OF the Imperial Valley" tells
him OF the general situation.
CHAPTER VI-Rickard attends a
meeting of the directors and asserts his
authority. Hardin RACES. Estrada tells
Richard of his foreboding that his work
will fall. IL can't see 1t finished"
CHAPTER yII-Innes Is discovered In
her garden. She tries to cheer up Hardin,
who Is furious against Richard.
CHAPTER villa family luncheon of
the Hardins which throws light on them.
CHAPTER IX-Hardin discovers that
Richard is planning a levee 10 protect
Calexico and puts him down as incom-
petent. Gerty thinks her lord Jealous.
CHAPTER X-The Hardin dinner to
Richard discloses further the family char
Acterlstics. Hardin Is surly and sulky.
lines Is hardly polite, Gerty plans a
progressive ride In Richards honor.
CHAPTER XI-Rlckard encounters the
INSTRUMENTATION OF the company's engi-
neers. He Is stirred by the Indians state
ment that this Is the hundredth year of
q cycle, when the Great Yellow Dragon,
the Colorado. grows restless. He makes
various. preparations. pushes work on
Marshall to take a nghting chance on
the completion OF Hardin's pet project,
q gate to shut the break in the river.
White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1921-02-20
CHAPTER XIII.
The WRONG Man.

Mrs. Hardin heard from every
source but the right n that Richard
had returned. Each time her tele-
phone rang, it was his voice she ex-
pected to hear. She began 10 read n
meaning into his silence. She could
think of nothing else than the strange
coincidence that had brought their
lives again close. Or was ii n coinci-
dence? That idea sent her thoughts
far afield.
She was thinking too much of him.
for peace of mind, those days of walt
Ing, but the return of the old lover
had made a wonderful break in her
White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1921-02-20

life. Her eyes were brighter; her
smile was less forced. She spent most
of her days at the sewing machine. A
lot of lace was whipped onto lingerie
fr0cks of pale colors. She was a dis
ciple of an Eastern esthete. "Women,'
he had said. SHOULD buy lace, not by
the yard, but by the mile"
As her fingers worked among the
laces and soft mulls, her mind roved
down avenues that should have been
closed to her, O wife. She would have
protested, had anyone accused her OF
inidelity in those days, yet day by day,
h was straying farther from her hus.
bands side. She convinced herself
that Toms gibes and ill-humor were
getting harder to endure.
1t was inevitable that the woman of
harem training should rellve the Law.
renee days. The enmity of those two
men. both her lovers, was pregnant
with romantic suggestion. The drama
OF desert and river conferred now In the
story OF Gerty Hardin. Richard. who
had never married. The deduction
once unveiled. lost all It's shyness. And
every one saw that he dlsllked her hus,
band.
she knew now that she had never
loved Tom. She had turned to him ia
days of pride when Richards
anger still held him aloof. How many
times had she gone over those unreaI
hoursi Who could have known tina,
MS anger would last7 That hour n
the honeysuckles his kisses! None O,
Hardin's rougher kisses had swept he,
memory Of her exquisite delIght-de
nrious as was her Joy. there was room
Tor triumph. She had seer herself
clear OF the noisy boarding house. Her
SELF. Gerty Holmes. the wife of a pro-
ressor: able to have the things she
eraved. to have them openly no longer
having to scheme for them.
] 1t was through Richards eyes that
White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1921-02-20
XII.
Hardin,s Luck.

Two days later there was a shock of
earthquake, so slight that the tapping
OF the water In Richards bath was his
intimation of the earth's u%neasiness.
In the dining later he found ev-
eryone discussing 1t. "Who could re-
member an earthquake in that desert?'
THE first shake y
During the morning, unfathered, as
rumors are born, the whisper OF dis
aster somewhere spread. Their own
slight shock was the edge of the con-
vulsion which had been serious else
where, no n knew quite where, or
why they knew 1t at all. The men
who were shoyeling earth on the levee
began to talk OF San Francisco. Some
n said that morning that the city
was badly hurt. No one could confirm
the rumor, but it grew with the day.
Richard met 1t at the Office late in
the afternoon. lie went direct to the
telegraph operators desk.
Get Los Angeles. the o. T.. Office.
And be quick about It,"
In ten minutes he was talking to
Babcock. Babcock said that the dam.
age by the earthquake to that city was
not known. but II was afire. San Jose
had confirmed 1t. Oakland had report.
ed the flames creeping up the resi-.
dence hills of that gay Western city
Cinders were already falling In the
transbay town.
Richard dropped the receiver
"Where's Hardinf"
Tom Hardin emerged from u kno'
of men who were talking In a cornel
by the door.
where's that machinery"
"What machinery"
Richard saw the answer to his cues
tlon In the others face.
"The dredge machinery. Did yol
attend to that? Did you send for 1t !?
"Oh, yes, that's all right. It's al
right"
as 1t here?"
Hardin attempted POPULARITY. "
didn't know as you wanted 1t here.
ordered Ii sent to Yuma"
SIS 1t at Yumaf"
Hardin admitted that 1t was not We
at Yuma 1t would be there soon h
had written; oh, 1t was all right.
"When did you writer
Hardin Redeemed under the cate
chism of questions. He resented be
ing held up before his men. The 9th
ers felt the electricity In the air. Hal
din and his successor were glaring O
each other like belligerents.
II asked when did you writer
Yesterday"
Yesterday Richard ripped O,
an oath. Yesterday. Why at all. l.
like to knowf Did you understan
that you were ordered to get tina
here7 Now. it's gone"
"Gonef" The others crowded I'm.
San Francslco's burning" II
walked into his inner Office, mad cleo
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-10
THE DARKENED SKIES

HE call has help the unemployed and ask ing doubtfuy Where they be found?" You walk through the downtown the usual thousands hung their into the offices and hrongs of clerks and executives their desks You enter the and the old by multitude of clerks In the face this help the % and because want not paaded horoughfa blind to and indifferent.
 But suppose the who had job Suppose wife and children hungry and penniess Would ad ver those deplorab publicly the BrownMarx corner? You would poverty proud suffers silently would take belt and mnge with the city crowds hunted ob hungry and smiling You woud-and that is just what these others doing
 If that idle the mountain night valley toward Eney and look Thomas North Birmingham Vanderbilt where the old stands Down below where the molten overhead where skies lud with farung garehe silent ptying look down hungry children No work; work bread
 Perhaps strange that in city splendid this there should be that showing spendor the world splendid after a the with the biggest buildings mills It is the city with heart rich their fellow city foundatons-and whose builder and maker is God"
 MIDDLETON S. FAREWELL.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-10
LETTERS TO EDITOR
New courthou.e md Jail

To the Editor of The Age Herald:
 What about that new courthouse ' We suggested several years ago that what this big, rich and populous coun- ty needs Is new steel-frame court house building that is commensurate with the county's needs with the coun- | ty jail on top. This would remove the present jail, an eye-sore now sit corners in the city, and In front of one of the big downtown churcher, the First Presbyterian church, to say nothing of the abutting property own CTS. At end of said county pail is located the Roman Catholic school To put the county jail on top of n sky -scraper courthouse the prisoners would be absolutely safe from es- cape, besides the jail a sanitary and healthy place for the prisoners.
 The present courthouse has been patched and added to until it's out of shape and insanitary and unhealthy. Not single room in the pres ent courthouse is fit to hold court ir, and a good suitable place to hold court in, so that the administration of the law can be properly adminis- tered as our jurisprudence, is the most valuable asset the county has
 This courthouse proposition must be conceived in the office of the board of revenue. We don't think 1t good judgment to spend all the county's money on good roads. audi county are able to have good streets and good roads and modern court house, too, with the county jail or top absolutely beyond the gaze of vulgar man.
 And another thing to be noted Is our Judges on the bench have been dying out too rapidly. and we aver this defective and insanitary court house had something to do with it. Of course the bar can meet and pass high sounding resolutions, but that don't bring the dead judges back or do the pale-faced widows any ma terial benefit or good, except to tickle their vanity, which don't last long.
 This county nominated and elected the present board of revenue to look after the countys interest and to do it's business, and they are our agents to give the people of the county square deal on the courthouse prop osition. And lastly and not the least by any means, the records in the probate court, and those of the other courts, are not sufficiently protected from fire, in the present courthouse.
 JOHN w. CHAMBLEE.
 Birmingham. July 3, 1921.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-10
Weakness Charged
 to Women Jurors

eIz HE due process of law" has
 Il been considerably complicated
 since women began to appear in court as attorneys and other women seated in the jury box have been trying to acquire the thoughtful, searching look of the male juror.
 A woman attorney who lost her ease in Newark, N. J., court claims the handsome young lawyer wAo was the opposing counsel s'vamped" nine young women on the jury, who couldn't resist his smiles md compliments. Furthermore, she asserts that one of the fair jurors exclaimed, "HoneGtly, didn't know whAt it was all about, anyway!" This
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-10
BETTING ON THE RACES


 Edwin A. Goewey. in Leslie's..
 The assertion often is made that racingei is maintained principally be- cause of the opportunities it affords only untrue. but is both ridiculous and nonsensical. In the period when betting was prohibited at the big eastern tracks and no provision had been worked out for the legalized wagers of today. the leading horse owners kept right on breeding. train ing and racing, thereby demonstrat- ing that they really were in the sport for the lovc of 1t and that the American horse might be improved.
 There is no question that there Is betting on the races. but 1t is only incidental to the sport. There Is bet ting on every other pastime, too baseball, boxing. rowing, football, etc. It is human nature to desire to wager on the outcome of trials of skill and brawn. and there is no particular reason why racing should be singled out for censure. There are more loois operating daily. in and out of busi- ness offices. on the baseball games than there are books on the races. and from the moment that Dempsey and Carpenter were matched. the public was kept posted through the press on the odds on the outcome of the battle.
 Thanks to the vigilance of the Jockey club there Is less crok edn ness and fewer efforts at sharp practice in connection with racing today thar
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-10
A YOUNG MANS FANCY.
Arthur H. Folwell. In Leslie's.

Arthur H. Folwell, In Leslie's.
 ..curios" writes to newspaper asking why Ice cream doesn't drsp in price now that all it's separate in- gradients have dropped. The reason o Curious, is Because so many ice cream patfons arc young and unmar- ried. Millions of gallons of cream are bought each and every evening by young men out with 'ths girl" What chance Is there that they will start q buyers strike? Buyers' strikes are for pinched and desperate married folk. and have to do with such prosy, undomantic commodities as clothes and canned tomatoes. The crafty makers of ice cream now that all limits are off when a young man and his particular Queen of Sheba rtep Into . place of frosty sweets. The young mans fear of being thought a "tightwad" or "piil'' Is the ice cream dealers best bet that prices won't come down to pre-war levels. Not. at least. for several whiies. In-' deed, the ice cream man Is thinking seriously of not dropping them at all. but of making his war prices do for two wars-the last one and>the next one
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-10
ADRIFvT WITH THE TIMES
ll.>t3-uea

NOT EVEN COAL I speak of Henry Mellar, Who will not object. I trust. There's nothing in his cellar But some cobwebs and some dust.
 Birmingham Age Herald. I m mention Harry Barrett, Who lives in Tennessee, There's nothing in his sarret But bats and vacancee.
 Cincinnati Enquirer. '' IMMUNE There are f1appers who flap in the mountains And flappers who flap by the sea, they flap, It means nothing whatever to me.
 ABOUT .4 WORTH Customs officials caught a man who was trying to get into America with trunk full of soviet money" "Crazyr' "Hs must have been. He had an idea 1t was valuable" HARD TIMES ON THE RIAeEo ''Here''a new form of philanthropy" What Is it7' "A Wall Street broker proposes to establish lobster lines for chorus girls who are out of work"
 IMPROVED FACILITIES
 For harvesting
 Tho sucker crop,
 We now possess
 Tho toddle-top.
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-10


 MlGNON MARRIES Harry Bowling. in the Los Angeles Times. So little Mignon's married. While in
 heaven His luck was running strong Some fearless player rolled a number
 seven And grabbed our queen of song. But memory. like bird on limping
 pinion That finds no place to rest. Ssiil fingers in tho banquet halls
 where Mignon Was once an honored guest. Oft have we heard her sing the we'll
 known story Of loves that never die, Arias from Carmen, Faust" "li
 Trovatere'' And Madam Butterfly" Or when the shades were c.awn. tho
 lights low burning. And only heaven was there. How she would triif the wild pathetic of some old Scottish air. And now she's gens--Aiasr' tas
 Thomas Hood said) For sorrow on the shors. The little god that hllSd one lover's
 woodshed Has emptied many more" Should she return-at ieast that's our opinion or her elusive oo1r- Shssu be no more the little so1G- bird Mignou. But simply At.s. x
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-10
YOU GREW ON MY LAND"-By Frank Willis Barnett

I met Chappell Cory on the street the other day. and having known him from the old days when he was Just hard working newspaper man, and not at all overburdened in finding q way to spend his weekly ltlpend. I cause now he is a business man.
 I stopped him and said: "'Chap,' how does 1t feel to be a capitalism" With merry twinkle in hls eye, he iaughingly replied, Well, Frank. 1t feels fine.' Now the thing which struck me as significan. ia his ac- ceptiEg Ire financial st,ius which had conferred upon hiza was the quaint way in which he had been sem siblc .: his wealth.
 Said he. "A few days ago I was up on my 16o acres of hill and woodland on Turkey creek and in few hours picked more than three gallons of blackberrics. and what's more, every
  my fingers to pull it from its bush there was singing in my heart, You grew on my land.'" knew then that he possessed his acreage and wasnr | possessed by what he had as are many.
 What greater riches can man have than to have good wife, happy chill dren. a moderate income. health and the mind to enjoy bit of earth which he can call his very own. The thought which dominated him as with pail in hand he strolled along the highway or cut across field or rssted in the shade of tree was one cf contented ownershlr. a feeling which taN never ,,urn. tr any renter.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-10
National Forest Area
 in Alabama Is Increased

e1N HE government has purchased Il additional tracts of land in , Lawrence and Winston counties for the enlargement of the national for ests in Alabama. The 19 tracts re- gently acquired will add nearly 5000 acres to this domain.
 We do not appreciate now what this segregation of forest lands means to us, but in years to come we will more and more realize the benefit. Tens of thousands of American citizens go to the far west regularly every season to travel through the national forests.
 Alabama will have it's large cities and its crowded populations. It will rejoice in the days to come that in it's own bosom there is a quiet place where one may think and commune with the Creator.
 The national forests will also serve to hold the waters and pre- vent floods. They will benefit ag- riculture and they will be haven for wild bird and animal life. They will conserve timber. They will help keep rivers within their courses. They will serve many practical pur- poses while remaining beautiful and inspiring.