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She shook her head slowly. 81
don't want it"
| 4 GAIN he took alarm. Without
"A a cash consideration the deal
was not settled. You have to take
It," he insisted.
I'll give it to you for that sign
| "What do you want Of that thing?"
he demanded in establishment.
I want it," she replied in a die
| away voice, ''to remind me that men
| were deceivers ever"
Laughing at him again. was she!
TT comes well from you to talk about
| deceit" he retorted- Letting me
work myself to the bone on your
property and then charging me for
my own labor. I guess that's fair
| and decent-from a girls point of
| view"
What do you know about girls
points of view?" she came back at
him. you don't suppose 1 ever meant
to take your money, do you? 1 didn't
| really intend to let you go on work
ing here, but you were SO mean and
petty and snappish 1 just thought it
would do you good to work it out,
like poison in your system. And any
way, you had no excuse to break your
promise when you gave your word,
honor-bright-
| 'T forgot" he said lamely.
This was received with the scorn
proper to its weakness as a plea
That's likely. isn't 1t. with the thing
| staring you in the face every minute" !"
| There were other things that
that" His head was buzzing with
the desire to square himself with her.
| even though she hadn't been quite
square with him-or had she, after
all?-but he couldn't we'll do it with
| out betraying the great secret Until
the transfer was registered he'd stick
to the safe side Of quiet you can
have tho sign if you want it," he
finished sullenly.
| Anyway, you won't need it. I'll
promise never to come on your. prop
erty.'
! For some reason this failed to fill
him with the satisfaction which 1t
should have inspired.
| Besides. my name is signed to 1t.
| Can go dig it up now?'
"I'n dig it myself"
| He got his spade from his tool
shack, mounted the little ascent and
started to work. The brown girl rose,
followed. and sat down near him un-
| der the screening hat to watch the
process. Presently she inquired,
| "why are you 50 anxious to own
this particular piece Of property II
yours Is betterf"
'Sentiment," he snapped. His con-
science was doing uneasy things deep
inside him
II should think you were about as
sentimental as q fenoe post" she
opined. TIN the sentimental one. try
ing to play fair, letting you OF easy
on your bargain. and Just because,
though you're hateful and lspiteful a
las q woman. and your word ISN'T
worth q peanut-shucl. there was just
Z minute, just q weeny bit OF . min
uts whom I almost liked you"
He dropped his spade abruptly;
~When was that7' he demanded
'Never mind when 1t was. It isn't
now. And 1t never will be again"
| + ~ X X
ITTE bent over the better to see f1eI
II face. That portion Of it visible
beneath the hat brim seemed very
young and innocent and appealing;
disconcertinsly 80. considering what
. dirty trick N Was about 70 put ovsz
On a. &. 81 3 (. :,
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He hated and despised her: wretched
little crook. to get all that work out
of him: Suddenly he Strengthened up.
There was a way 10 get even il he
could keep her in ignorance of what
that mound concealed.
I'm fix her for this" he promised
himself savagely.
With two manifestations of Miss
Nancy NellIs, Gilbert the Digger was
now familiar: first as a rainy-day pal,
which had so engrossed him that he
temporarily forgot his broken heart:
and second a. a reversion to the fem
mime. which had left him bewildered
and shaken. Now he was on his way
to see her in a third role, that Of a
business woman. He himself was all
made up internally as a business man,
the hard boiled variety, the kind that
says Business is business" and under
that legend does things from which
self-respecting murderer would
shrink. BY hook or crook. probably
the latter, he was going to acquire
possession Of Lot 16 N, which he had
SO disastrously mistaken for his own
is N. OF its probable value he now
possessed a fair estimate, for he had
been surreptitiously working the ser
pentine lode for five nights, and the
rewards Of his criminal operations
were astounding.
As he approached the treasure spot
and beheld the brown girl busy with
q trowel on the level which he had
so painfully graded, thrill which he
identified as sheer hatred ran through
his veins. Even Zelda, Trefayne's
maltreatment Of his feelings retreat
ed into the background.
AS he crossed the limits Of No. 16
N he delivered himself of a chill, in
troductory cough. The brown girl
half lifted her head, glanced coldly
in his direction, pointedly in the di-
rection Of the mo Trespassing" sign
(now conspicuously ornamented with
her name), and reverted to her work
"I've come on business" he stated
"Business? With me?"
Eyes. want to buy your lot"
"It isn't for SALE" She sat down.
selected a small bush from a bundle
and proceeded to scoop out a hole for
its reception.
"1'n trade you mine for It," he Of
fered persuasively. Mines q better
one; natter and nearer the road,
What do you say?"
She considered for a moment. "But
yours isn't improved" she pointed out
calmly.
"1mprovedl Well. I'm He
stified his natural expression Of re-
sentiment, realizing that this was an
occasion for diplomacy. yours isn't
much improved"
by several weeks Of hard labor
she answered. "And improvements
are worth money"
"How much money!"
Il heard you say one day that you
wouldn't do that much work for any.
body else for = thousand dollars"
Figure Of speech" he said hastily
Its q good figure as q startins
point"
starting point9 Are you going any
furthsrr
well. there's ths tool shsd Sag
q hundred for that"
*Anything mors?" he asked IN q
hard, controlled voice.
'N-n-no. Oh, yes; there is. Den.
tist bill: twenty dollars. You knocked
two Of my teeth loose Aren't you
sorry?"
'Well, il that the total?"
"You aren't sorry." she decided
~Then there's the broken word about
the trsspass sign. That ought % eosi
you at least . Aundred naesA 1ust q
taAcll s4s q
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a threatening attack of the chuckles
again. the original kinO =.
Maybe he would, if he could afford
1t. Oh. well; she wouldn't be
dear. Not to him, anyway. What did
he do. anyway. besides shovel dirt
like human steam-scoop? j..
Half Of every day he was a designer;
new advertising ideas and that sort
of thing, out Of which he would some
day derive vast wealth and glory.
though at present the debtor universe
was holding out on him. Yes; but
why (this two hours later, hadn't he
called her attention to the fact that
the storm was all over and the sun
shining? To tell tho truth he
hadn't noticed it himself. Did she
really have to go? So soon? When
was she coming back? Perhaps
tomorrow. Perhaps the day after.
I wish you'd tell me one thing.
though" he said appealingly as he
put her in the car.
She had the grace to blush little.
"The joker If I promise never to
laugh at you again.
II don't want you to do that" he
interrupted hastily. 'Td miss 1t. But
it isn't so pleasant when you bring
other people into It,"
"You are a nice boy, and I'll prom
ise not to share you as q Joke any
more. But as to telling you-well,
we'll see tomorrow" AS the car
started she leaned out to call back:
Don't forget about the sign"
He waved reassuringly. He would
do it that minute. Starting purpose
fully toward the mound, he checked
himself in astonishment. Under the
clawing of the rain, nearly a fourth
Of it had come down in flaky ruin.
He kicked about amidst the rubble.
A queer looking pebble. roundish and
the size Of a large marble. rolled from
his foot. He picked it UP. 1t was en-
crusted, except in one place which
shone clear. warm and crystalline, a
ruddy lucent gleam like-like-well
like the look from a girls brown
eyes.
X X 4 X
~ILBERT stared and stared, While
" bits Of all-but-forgotten geology
from his college course buzzed in his
brain. This was certainly the famous
serpentine rock formation OF New
Jersey decayed and fiaky. or q sud
den the proprietor Of lot Is M. aban-
doning pick and shovel and forgetful
oven of his hat, left that place on
run. The matter Of the offending
sign had wholly lapsed from his in
toxicated mind.
Miss Nancy Ne1lis could hardly be-
lieve her outraged eyes. There on the
mound top stood the same Old sign.
Nowhere was the perjured digger to
be seen. although 1t was nearly II
o'clock.
It'll fix him for thisl' she promised
herself savagely.
Back she drove to her uncle's and
phoned to Mr.. Hannis Holton, largest
huskiest and most persistent OF her
coterie Of adorers. Yes. Indeed; MI
Holton would come out 70 luncheon.
Meantime the deliver into earth's
mysteries had made Q hasty trip to
Princeton to see IN acquaintance In
the neurological department, aud
had come back rather moro excited
than he went In his pocket he
brought q small globe Of beauty over
which he did much restless dreaming.
pioturing its effect set in dull gold and
pendant around . slender neck; but
somshowit it was not the clear pallor
of Zelda Tfsfayns's blonde akin, out
10 WAITRESS ,SS0hsr~hNed taokgsoand'
H rose laAosan1 SatA1 AAzzfs6 cut,
xt was. azeaenusn AekseN - 9se tc
his issspas NJ Ting 80.
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notes coming out, the cows head with
big notes. a milk pail, the sun coming
up on one side and a shower of rain
on the other. His work. when COM
pleted. gives the Impressions Of an
entire summer within the narrow
limits of his picture.
Similarly, an expressionist. if ask
ed to paint a Dance would indicate a
glowing cigarette in one corner.
few violin strings in another. grin
ming mouth, a sleepy eye and pow
der puff, and would thus convey an
idea of the entire affair without tax
ing his mind with details.
"Do not suppose that he does not
know how to depict those details A
great modernist must have a thor
ough understanding of conventional
art or else he is merely a faddist.
Matisse was a teacher of anatomy be-
fore he took up modern art.
There are perhaps a few expo
nents of cubism who have not this
founda tion, but they are the shams OF
the profession, and, as the test of the
Is III luo SdS So eAiN 49,
of their art is in its powers of endur-
ance. Real art differs from the insin-
cere in that it enriches the spectator
with new, actual, esthetic expert
ence, because it represents something
the artist himself has seen and felt.
A work of futuristic art will haunt
you and grow upon you the longer
you contemplate it, by its sense of
movement, as poignant as the motif
of a sonata you have heard.
Heretofore music has been the
only art liberated from natural
sources, for music is not composed
from the sounds made by a jangling
trolley car, a train whistle or the
clatter of hoofs. Music has been sepa-
rated from these primitive forms OF
expression, and so, likewise, modern
lists have tried to determine the exact
nature of the spectrum. because all
colors are there. But just as the .un-
trained ear cannot detect a false mu-
sic note or a variance in time, SO the
unframed eye cannot detect the true
colors in nature. and when the inn
pressionistic school started people
said there were no such colors. The
attitude Of the average human being
is that of the farmer who first saw a
giraffe and said, There amt no such
animal
.sThe first time I realized the great
achievements Of Matisse as a colorist
was when I noticed that after leaving
his studio tho world seemed brighter
and more glowing. His superior
knowledge OF color and tho greater
accuracy Of his eye in determining
real color values corrected the I'M
pressions Of my unframed eye. and
saw green where before I might have
seen red.
IF pearls weren't known in the
world you would have to educate peo-
Die until they realized their beauty
and their hard and enduring quality
Tho artist, therefore must educate
the public before the value Of hfs
work can BE- appreciated
<eCoMETnES the question comes
= Is II worth while to enrtch
life, or should we be satisfied WITH
what We haver The world CANNOT
stand still. though. and a. 1t mus
move forward or backward. shoule
not our aim be to help It progress?
'The criterion of art is not th'
school to which it belongs, or the
technique employed In its develop
meut, but whether or not It is the ex-
preston Of potential life forcss We
Il = - - -~~< . vaAaH an,
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and shaky. He thrust out q hand in
appeal toward her. "Ww-wait a
minute" he implored.
She ignored him. There's a shovel
around here, somewhere" she said to
the large youth.
"Right-o" returned that six-footer
cheerfully, and advanced.
Gilbert swung his pick. You get
of my property or TIL brain you
Young Mr.. Holton ceased to ad-
vance. That's something else again.
he conceded reasonably.
will you brain me?" inquired the
brown girl ooolly. She walked up to
him and took tho pick out Of his
nerveless hand.
II want to explain" he began.
please get off my property"
"Your property" He stared at her
In a daze.
Eyes, mine. You've been working
the wrong lot. Here's the map and
the deed"
"A MECHANICALLY he took the
lNl papers. Therein was indubitably
set forth the ownership Of Nancy Nellis
in tho parcel on which they stood.
'Th-th-then." suffered the stricken
interloper. "the m-m-mound belongs
to you and not to me-
TT does. And it's going to stay
| there. like it,
"And I've done all my work for
| nothing"
For me-" corrected Miss Nellis
with a happy smile.
The large, young Mr.. Holton burst
into a loud, appreciative gufraw. Gill
bert walked over to the other.
You think this is funny, don't
you7"
'Ill say it's funny" asseverated the
| escort.
We'll, what do you think Of that?''
Synchronously. with tho final word,
Mr.. Holton received and absorbed a
fat-palmed smack on the jaw, which
| sounded like a toy pistol.
The two young gentlemen then
rushed into a fervent embrace. The
| visitor was half as big again as the
home talent. but the latter's weeks OF
toll had sinewed him like a wildcat
and he fought with earnest feline
sincerity.
It seemed that some one might well be
| killed or seriously damaged, but that
the victim was more likely to be the
son Of toll than the son OF ease. Ar
bitration occurred to her as timely
She essayed it first by verbal appeal.
| and without the slightest effect. then
with the interposed handle Of the pick
| which only seemed to intensity mat
ters, and finally. as the combatants
swung apart for breath, by the OBJ
stacle Of her own slender body. II
was an ill-advissd move. Gilbert
lunging wildly forward to resume
I swung q blind right. felt 1t land or
something softer than his foes coun.
tenance, heard q low cry. and saw the
girl stagger back with fingers pressed
| to her mouth. She took them away
and a tiny trickle Of blood amearsd
!! tho brown skin.
| With q strangisd gasp o& dismaJ
Gilbert caught her in his armA He
pressed her face against his, his lipi
| to the cruelty bruised spot, grading
| her to him. For q moment her eyes
| opened close to his, looking up into
| them with a startled, wondering
speculative expression. She pushed
him away.
You're = brute and I hate you.'
| said shA
Thsa ysuns zs,son kneea.sd him
| 6AA ,.s5s.
An - AsAa vaa sae u I'm now
II Mas fhs weed npt 4he t1eHa H..
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WITHOUT clearly knowing how it
w happened she found herself
plucked powerfully out Of the seat,
swathed in rubber folds. and carried
lightly through the Wild swirl Of air
and water. An inexplicable reckless
ness swept her. She softened herself
in his grasp. Her head dropped
lower and lower until, as he felt the
sudden sweet warmth Of Q wet cheek
pressed to his own, he staggered and
almost dropped her In tho very door.
way. Accidental. Of course. ana mean
ing nothing to him, anyway. Yet her
eyes seemed to have taken on IN in
e1plicable luster in the dfmness and
her voice awoke strange echoes with
in him - she saia softly:
tomorrow. VIII you dig It up to-
naorrow7" s
~What! Ths signs ! certainly
w1n.ss Hs vAs srps1saA q the ean-
viotfsa n hio tonA
she ohue1lsA. M - she And
.chueklea st him that dsat az. but :
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NN the morrow ene was ~tnere.
~ The indignant deliver was not.
Something else was, q signboard
planted eonspiouously on the very
spot where she had been sitting. It
was freshly 1ettersd and obviously Of
homo manufacture. mo Trespassing"
y announced to all and sundry. The
rfrf rexarded-M with q kindling eye
sJuot for that" said she. and left
tae conclusion Of tho threat to the
unborn future.
The door Of the ONCE slammed
Doors always Slammed behind Nancy
Neiiis, ~ II fmbued by her more
touch with some Of her blithe ana if-
responsible young vgor. She darted
over to DR.. Weston. planted kiss on
his left eyebrow. performed = series
Of dance steps and landed with . ny
ing-equtrrsl effect In tho hagEest
ohAA5S
s0Shass vuGslc sssesleaa sAs
Aea1oA sDaak 1o1 A0w vs9So a
lnxzaidF
% I leak lt2l I feel ahaast nye
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TIE bent over the better to see her
II face. That portion Of it visible
beneath the hat brtm seemed very
young and innocent and appealing:
dtsconcertinsly 80. considering what
. dirty trick n Was about 70 put ovar
On ~ q 3: -
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The border vidette., 1922-11-04
MIR. CAMPBELL WHAT IS YOUR
 ANSWER TO THIS?

When Marry $. Ross, State Treasurer of Arizona, deposited S3OO,OOO in the Central Bank of Phoenix, on the 22nd day of April, 1920, that money was SC cured with State warrants.
 On June ,, 1920, the State warrants were redeemed, and Central Bank of Phoenix offered a bond of $3OO,OOO, written by the Central Finance Corporation as security to take the place of the State warrants. This bond was transmitted to Governor CampbeH's office immediately. -
 Why was it not either approv ed or disapproved immediately :?
 You say, Governor Campbell, that the bond was disapproved on July 28, 1920 (even that is a viola tion of law, as you we'll know.) But why was it not re turned to the Treasurer on July 28, 1920?
 What is your-answer, Cover nor Campbell, for retaining the bond in your possession, as evi- denced by the following letter written by Raymond Earhart, State Treasurer, eight months after you should have filed the bond with State Treasurer Ross, with either your approval or dis approval:
 January, 6, 1921.
 Hon. Thomas E. Campbell,
 Governor of Arizona,
 Phoenix, Arizona.
 My dear Governor:
 Ia taking over the office of State Treasurer, 1 find that you have in your possession 8 surity bond issued by the Central Fiji nance Corporation in favor of Central Bank of Phoenix in the amount of $500, LOO co securing a state deposit.
 Will you kindly either approve or disapprove this bond and re- turn same to this office so that 1 may be governed accordingly?
 Yours very truly, (Signed) RAYMOND EARHART, E. F. State Treasurer.
The border vidette., 1922-11-04
WENT OFF HALE-COCKED.

Advised by eminent counsel of one of the leading mining com panies of Arizona. the republican publication on October 30 a story alleging an I. w. w. leader had been arrested in Phoenix, and that he had in his possession literature alleged to have been written by I. w. w. members urging the election of Geo. W. P. Hunt.
 It was rumored on the streets of Phoenix that the Arizona Re publican, the Phoenix organ of the Republican party, would have an I w. W. story in it's issue of Tuesday, October 3lst, containing the details of this alleged arrest. However, the Repu blican, to its credit. appear ed without the story, but the Tucson Citizen, printed at Tue son, carried g. column headline screaming the arrest of an alleg ed I. w. w. leader by the name of McDougle.
 Investigation at the sheriff 8 office of Maricopa county, the police department of the city of Phoenix, and in the United States Attorneys office in Phoe- nix fails to reveal that any man l by the name of McDougle was arrested or is now in jail. as is stated in the Citizens article. Something went wrong. Eli ther the Los Angeles detective agency failed to make good, or the individual who was suppos
 ed to be arrested refused to take | @ chance. It is known that a taxicab driver in the city of
 Phoenix was approached on Sun
 day, October %, and offered a
 liberal bribe if he would an, nounce that he was an I. w. w. organizer and start 1. w. w. 1 agitation. He refused, so that this possibly is the explanation | for the premature explosion of republican propaganda; con | cocted, arranged. bought and
The border vidette., 1922-11-04

paid for by the republican party of the State of Arizona.
 ] But the story is not yet told. Two men arrived in Phoenix on October 29. They have been
 here two days. They visited Democratic State Headquarters early on the morning of October 31, with deputy sheriff stand {, ing handy by and the arrest was made, charging one Antonio Papa with the crime of sabotage. Ralph Rollins, publicity agency for the republican party of the State of Arizona was in close consultation with the republican sheriff and deputies of Maricopa county in connection with the arrest of Papa.
 That the arrest of Papa is frame-up is clearly indicated, for when interviewed all that he w" Asked to what branch of the I. W. w. he belonged, he said he did not know. Asked whe ther it was branch 800, 400, or just what it was, he dld not know. He is grossly ignorant of any knowledge of the I. wv. and is clearly 8 dupe hired by the republican party of the State of Arizona to furnish newspaper headlines in the campaign.
 Governor Thomas E. Camp bell has profited by such sensa g tionalism in previous campaigns; but the morality of such actions on the part of the Governor of the State of Arizona, done with his knowledge and consent, is beneath the contempt of the vilest l. w. w. in the United States.
The border vidette., 1922-11-04
NOTICE or STOCKHOLDERS MEETING

Notice is hereby given that a meeting of the stockholders of the Montana and Arizona Min ing and Development Company, will be held at the office of Duffy & Robins, in the city of Noga- les, Arizona, on Tuesday, the 18th day of November, A. D., 1922, at 200 o'clock, in the after noon of said day. for the election of Board of Directors to serve for the ensuing year, and for the transaction of all other legiti- mate business of the corporation.
 Dated NoRales, Arizona, Octo- Der 26, 1922.
 FRANK J. DUFFY, 10 28 5t Assistant Secretary.
The border vidette., 1922-11-04
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

Estate of John R. Sorrells, de- ceased.
 NOTICE is hereby given by the 4\ undersigned Ozella Sorrells, adminlstratrix of the estate of John R. Sorrells. deceased, to the creditors of and all persons having claims against the said deceased, to exhibit them. with the necessary vouchers, within ten months after the first publication of this notice to the said administratrix, at the law offices of Barry. Hardy &5 Hardy, Trust Bldg, at Nogales, Arizona, the same being the place for the transaction of the business o: said estate, in the county of Santa Cruz, State of Arizona.
 OZELLA SORRELLS,
 Administratrix of the estate of John R. Sorrells, deceased Dated Nogales Arizona, this 27th day of October, 1922. 10-2S-5t.
The border vidette., 1922-11-04
SUMMONS No. 1890.

In the Superior Court of Santa
 Cruz County, State of Arizona.
 Martin J. Conroy, plaintiff, vs. Anna T. Conroy, defendant.
 Action brought in the Superior Court of Santa Cruz county, State of Arizona, and the complaint filed in said county of Santa Cruz in the office of the clerk of said Su- perior Court.
 In the name of the State of Ari- zona to Anna T. Conroy, defend- ant, greeting:
 You are hereby summoned and required to appear in an action brought against you by the above named plaintiff in the Superior Court of Santa Cruz county, State of Arizona, and answer the com plaint therein filed with the clerk of this said court, at Nogales, in said county, within twenty days after the service upon you of this summons, if served in this said county or in all other cases within thirty days thereafter, the times above mentioned being exclusive of the day of service, or judgment by defa ault will be taken against you.
 Given under my hand and seal of the Superior Court of Santa Cruz county, State of Arizona. this 1st day of November, 1922.
 (SeaD RoBT k LEE,
 Clerk of the said Superior Court. First pub Nov. 4-6t.