The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-02-09
THE CAMP.
Chapter 81.


They reached the,camp that week-it
went by the original name of Camp
Ajax, named for the company that had
planted this mushroom growth OF
town on the mountains.
James first impression was OF ma
ehinery-of great pumps and drills
and gigantic gravel sifters, of sluices
and tanks and lengths of steel railway
track, of wooden tower that reached
enormous heights into the air and
emitted gurgling noises on a gigantic
scale. A small railway engine, sti'i
boxed with wood. stood in the middle
of what was to be street, masons
were making stonework around hole
showed into the mountain and but
tressed now with wood.
What a curious humming, she re-
marked to her companion-the woman
she had travelled beside for days.
THE power house-that's probably
il where they are building the stone
walls"
Jane looked-the stone walls were
IN the process of building, the wooden
roof already on; a great dynamo, re,
Gently set up was being tested. All
around were wooden shacks, some lin
ished. most being put up. 1t was
ugly beyond words-yet fascinating,
unreal, for the mountains that ran
out below them, still climbed above
to unguessed heights, and. Graded this
hamlet in a soft little fold in its side.
The mountain was blue and gray AMI
green and brown in patches, and an
impressionist painter would have found
violet shadows and red tints in brown
stones. and perhaps even beauty and
color in the squared off wooden
shacks.
Already hundreds lived here hun
dreds were to come. DR.. Moore S
house was ready-a company officer
took them to it 1t was a little larger
than the rest, and the bit of space in
front that might be a yard was clua-
tered with sawed off bits of lumber.
Within was one room for his Office
The operating table, steel medical cab
met and other things he had specified
were piled in any way-beyond was
bedroom, not much larger than the
double bed that was obviously ordered
from a mail order house, back of that
4 kitchen and a small storage room.
The native women make good ser.
wants when you train them. We will
build on living room sometime, the
Young officer said.
That was all the advice and the
only word of cheer they had. They
looked around-there was nothing
not a sheet, nor cooking utensil.
nothing but some piecs of furniture
and the medical equipment still to be
unpacked.
Donald said something under his
breath. Jane sat down, because, all
of a sudden the strength went out
of her. Years here like this-year5
NOT that she would mind, she would
live anywhere and be happy-if Don
aid was. But Donald would hate this
place, hated it already. Jane, the
strong minded, suddenly wanted 10
cry.
But Jane hated tears. She would
never have forgiven herself for this
feminine weakness
And there was Donald, his face as
black as a tfundercloud. One of them
had to put up a cheerful front-as
usual. it would have to be the woman
Besides-there was jim, and Jim's
wife who had done this sort of thine
for % years.
A handsome young chap. in the
wreck of what had been a tan whip
cord riding suit came hurryinS up.
This is Dr. Moore?" He spoke
with strong foreign accent, he look
ed Spanish or Portuguese. I'VE have
been wanting you badly. There are
couple of cases in the hospital
have been doing all ! could for tn
last week-sorry to rush you-not tt
give you a moment to breathe Hi
spoke in jerky little half-fnished sen
fences.
Donald's face cleared. Something
TO do, He opened the trunk tina THAI
the emergency kit, and was ready, TIT
young Spaniard apologizing to JAM
for taking him away.
Jane was relieved She saw that 81
long as Donald had something to keel
him busy, he would be happy. Sh'
negan m attack her own problem