Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-07-06

lHls tSh winnipeg. Wilf.~ shs
said. with a little happy catch In hes
voice
The marvel of their love ~transffx
ured them I'm each others sight. They
we're hardly aware of Bowyers depar.
ture. II was not until Molly realized
that there was the supper to prepare
that she became practical once more,
Why must you go tomorrow she
asked, wistfulIy. "A message could be
sent TO kitty"
Its more than that. Molly" said
Wilton. tits the line Itself-Joe's
work-that is at stake. and I've got
to be at the shareholders meeting on
Monday morning. You see, It's this
way" he went on to explain.
we laid out our route TO cross Big
Muskeg at this point. and miles have
been completed. But or surveyors
were either too optimistic or had been
bought by Bowyer. We found, when
II was too late to change our plans,
that Big Muskeg was a harder propo-
sitlOn than anyone had suspected.
There's forty feet and more OF quick
mud where we believed bedrock to
exist a few feet down. The records
lied. And you can't lay a permanent
way upon mud.
THE shareholders are frightened,
and Phayre. OF the Bank Of New
North Manitoba. who Is an influential
one. and represents Bowyer, has had
the tip from him TO make trouble.
Bowyer didn't want the line till the
transcontinental route was shifted
n0rthward. Now he does. partly be-
cause VT shall ultimately link up with
il and become a valuable property.
And | think he suspects that there's
something in our territory worth the
developing.
"The plan Is TO refer the situation
TO a commission of engineers who. OF
course. would be largely In Bowyer's
pay. and who would report that the
present route Is not feasible. That
would mean increasing our capital.
and the Issue of new stock would give
Bowyer and Phayre the controlling
interest. AS things stand. Joe con
trolls the company, although he hasn't
actually a majority of the shares.
Joe would take most chances. but
he wouldn't gamble with the fortunes
Of those who trusted him. even to
fight Bowyer. He wanted to have rea-
sonable hopes that the line could be
pushed through. He gave me his
power OF attorney to vote for him. In
.o1o - uoa{aarf And I faxo- ft horn-l
That's why | must be at the meeting,
Molly. Otherwise that motion for an
engineers commission goes through.
And Bowyer told me that he means
TO nave the line. But Kltty'u fight
him. Joe made no mistake when he
took her for a partner"
"She was as true as steel to joe"
said Molly. kitty and Joe were very
good to me when / was In Winnipeg
last winter. But what do you think
Mr.. Bowyer meant by his suggestion
about Goa on your lands"
There is no coal" said Wilton.
molly, dear. I'll tell you what our Sc
cret is. / was pledged to Joe-but
the secrets mine now. and can tell
you. 1t isn't coal-it's clay
"Clay, WiltonT"
"C1ay. It's more valuable than coal
Or gold. It's clay land that the wheat
on, or rather in the rich topsOil
Of loan. with the clay subsolEto seal
and preserve the rainfall, yet easily
drained with a little labor.
II discovered 1t when | was pros
oectIng up this way four years ago.
probably an extension of the New
clay belt. and, II so. II runs
Tor hundreds OF miles through this
oart of northern Manitoba. 1t means
,e increased by thousands OF square
niles. II means homes and prosper
ty for thousands who are now strug-
fling for a bare living in our cities.
THAT appealed to Joe. He was a
nan, IL ever there was one. He saw
he money in II. and the value OF the
Inc, but he saw further than that. He
vas looking ahead. years after he was :,
one. He wanted4 to do good In his
'wn way. He'd had a hard time when
e was a young man. And because peo-
lie believed in Joe. though he dared
OF tell them his secret. they lent him
he capital, and took up his shares.
hat was Joe's dream-and it's mine,
She listened breathlessiy as he re-
his dream to her. and yet. per-
APPS. ~womanlike, she was happy rath-
r in the revelation of himself than 8
4 the altrulsm of the dead man. I
That's what the Missatibi meant TO '
said Wilton. That's why we I
lean TO fight to keep 1t out of Bow I
ar's hands. Molly. dear, when a
,alized that Joe was dead everything I
semed ended for the line. ! couldn't d
se how we were going to carry on
ithout him. It's only now-nOw that Il
have found something as well as lost II
gerything-that | can begin TO pick D
D my courage" o
She laughed and put her face down c
! his shoulder. O
evening, Mr.. Csrruthers," said p