Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-06-04

A few moments later he went to the
Graughtsmen's room.
AS he entered he saw five or six
oe the draughtsmen grouped about
HAMPERS desk, gargling away at each
other in pectoral German, and gazing
missioner's approach they scattered to
their several places. Kampfer, a wiz
ened little German, with long, frizzled
ringlets and a watery eye, began to
stammer forth some sort of an apology,
the commissioner thought, for the con-
gregation Of his fellows about his desk
Never mind" said the commits
sioner, II wish to see the map you are
making" and, passing around the old
German, seated himself upon the high
draughtsman's stool. Kampfer con-
tinued to break English in trying to
explain.
''Herr Commissioner, I assure you
blenty sat l hat not 1t bremeditated-
sat it wass-sat it itself make. Look
you! from Sc field notes wass it blat-
ted-blease to observe Sc calls: South,
10 degrees: west, 1850 varas; south, 10
degrees each 300 varas; south, 100; south,
9 west, 200; south, 10 degrees west 400
and SO on Herr Commissioner, meier
would 1 have"
The commissioner raised one white
hand, silently. Kampfer dropped his
pipe and fled.
With a hand at each side of his face,
and his elbows resting upon the desk,
the commissioner sat staring at the
there-staring at the sweet and living
, profile Of little Georgia drawn there
upop-at her face, pensive, delicate, and
infantile, outlined in a perfect like
ness.
When his mind at length came to
inquire into the reason Of 1t, he saw that
it must have been, as Kampfer had
said, unprecedented. The old draughts-
man had been plating in the Elias
Denny survey, and Georgia's likeness,
striking though 1t was; was formed by
nothing more than the meanders OF
Chiquito River Indeed, Kampfer' 3
blotter, wherein his preliminary Work
was done, showed the laborious tracings
OF the calls and the countless prlcks OF
the compasses. Then. over his faint
penciIling, Kampfer had drawn in India
INK with a full, firm pen the similitude
of Chiquito River, and forth had
blossomed mysteriously the dainty pro-
file of the child.
The commissioner sat for half an hour
with his face in his hands, gazing down
ward, and none dared approach him
Then he arose and walked out. In the
business office he paused long enough
TO ask that the Denny file be brought
to his desk
He found Hamlin and Avery still re-
clining in their chairs apparently oblivi-
GUS Of business. They were Iazily dis
cussing summer opera, it being their
habit-perhaps their pride slso-to APP
pear supernaturally Indifferent whenever
they stood with large interests i'm
periIled. And they stood to win more
on this stake than most people knew.
They possessed inside information to the
effect that a new railroad would. within
year, split this very Chiquito River
valley and send land values ballooning
all along it's route. A dollar under thirty
thouSend nrnfit on this lOcstiOn If II
should hold good, would be a loss to
their expectations So. while they chatted
lightly and waited for the commissioner
to open the subject, there was a quick,
sideI0ng sparkle in their eyes, evincing a
desire to read their title clear to those
fair acres on the Chiquito.
clerk brought in the file. The com
missioner seated himself and wrote upon
1t in red ink Then he rose TO mis- feet
and stood for a while looking straight