White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1921-01-23

of the flood. The old chanhei-.he
/, was. the curved arm of the ~ one
could tell that by the tall wiliows-hau
ho.n too tortuous, too slow for thosc
sweepIng waters. The How ma u
vided. cutting the stem OF the letter
carving the food waters sWii'er
down grade. The flow had di'i"eo-
Inn divided perhaps the danger 100.
| An idea in that. He would see ina,
better from the water tower hen spie"
NJ entering. Another flood, anu u
gamble whether Mexicali or Calexlco
would get the worst of 1t. Unless one
was ready. A levec-west OF the
American town =.
Excuse me, sir-do you need met
lie turned back into the room. lie
could see that MacLean was aching 10
get out of the room. oeilyle had Wis
ibly withered. A blight seemed to fall
on him as his white, ~blue-yeined I'm
gers made a bluff among his papers.
"Thauk you.' Richard nodded mt
MacLean. who burst into the outer Of
flee.
ITS the new general manager from
Tucson-Rickard's his name.' Ills
whisper ran around the walls of the
room. where other arrivals were tilt
ing their chairs. The new general
manager, Ogllvie woozled for moth
ing. You should have seen his face!'
"Did anyone know that he was COM
ing?' Silent, the tanned giant, spoke.
THAT'S Marshall all over" said
Wooster. bright-eyed and wiry. re-
moving his pipe. "He likes to move In
a mysterious way his wonders to per-
form. Used to sing that when ! was
a kidD No announcement. Simply.
Enter Richard"
more like this" said Silent. Exit
Hardin. Enter ogilvie. Enter Rick
ard"
"And exit Ogilyie," cried MacLean.
Its a-d-d shame burst out
Wooster. No one asked him what he
meant. Every man In the room was
thinking of Hardin, whose shadow this
reclamation work was.
"What's Richard doingf' asked the
i%nfantile Hercules AT the checkerboard.
The force called him Pete. which was
Il short cut to Frederick Augustus
Bodefeldt.
Taking Ogilyic's measures-this
from MacLean.
"Then he's doing something else by
this time. That wouldn't take him FIVE
minutes unless he's a gull" snapped
Wooster. who hated Ogilvie rs n rat
does a snake.
Tho door opened and Richard came
in. Almost simultaneously the outer
door opened to admit Hardin. Who
would Introduce the new general man
ager to the dismissed one? The
thought flashed from MacLean To ST.
lent, to the telegraph operator. .Bode-
feldt doubled over the che~ckerboard.
pretending not to see them. confu-
sion. embarrassment was on every
face. Nobody spoke. Hardin was
coming closer.
Hello. Hardin"
Hello. Richard"
Ii appeared friendly enough to the
surprised Office. Both men were glad
that It was over.
Nice Offices" remarked Hardin. his
legs outspread, his hands In his pock.
ets.
"Ogilyie is satisfied with Them
The mel rather overdld the laugh.
Finding the dust pretty toughf" in.
CURED Hardin.
II spent a month In San Francisco
last summer! Mas the reJoinder
This is n haven. though. from the
street. Thought I'd loaf for today
was Hardin game To do the right
thing. introduce him as the new chic;
To his subordinates? Nothing. II de.
seloped. WIS further from his inten.
ton. Hardin, his legs outstretched
Kept before his face the bland i'm.
p~enetrable smile of the oriental II
was clearly not Richards move. Tn.
checker players fdgeted. Rickard',
silence was interrogatlve. Hardin
still smiled.
The outer door opened.
The newcomer, evidently n f~ayori,e
walked into a noisy welcome. m,
boys" embarrassment OVERRIDING n
lie was of middle height, slender,
Mexican with Castilian ancestry writ
ten In his high.bred features. his croc,
aud his straight, dark hair"
Good morning. Estrada" said Hor
Din with the same meaningless smile
Good morning, gentlemen. Tn,
Mexican's greeting paused Mt Richard
mir. Estrada, Mr.. R%ickard."
Everyone In the Office saw Uard,,
snub his other opportunity. He bo,
betrayed 10 everyone his deeo hur,
his raw wound. When no ha,
stepped down. under cover OF a resi,
nation, he had saved his face by tell
ing everyone that a rupture wit,
Maitland. one OF the directors of IN
recognized company, had made i
impossible for them to serve topethe,
and that Maltland's wealth and I'm
portance to the company demanded hI
W sacrifice. Two months besor
Richards appearance Maitland ha,
neen discovered dead In his bath In 4
/ Los Anppiaa bntaI usaa.