White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1925-03-20

|= Copyright 1923 =
II Frederick A. Stokes Company &
Il New York =
iIlIlG Observation-Disclosures
CONTINUED from Last Week)
Within two hours the entire town
was buzzing with excitement The
Lariat sold more books, most of Thorn
second hand, to be sure, than on any
previous day in its history-the neces-
sity for making the purchase was
deeply deplored by those who had
actually decided to take the drastic
step, but, as matter of fact, while
Fort Sioux maintained the same
amused and contemptuous attitude to-
ward Hughs work that it did toward
Mrs. Morgans, there were not half a
dozen persons in the town who pos
sessed the courage to walk into The
Lariat, apropos Of nothing, and in
quire into Hugh's personal affairs. So
even those who already owned seve. al
books cast discretion to the winds and
paid actual money into the cash regis
ter that never in all Booklets lonely
days had rung SO frequently and so
gayly.
Hugh was outwardly quite serene,
and not a single purchaser of book
felt repaid for his or her extreva
gance.
Eyes, I think I'll have to refuse 10
sell the Old Sioux Tract" was his in
variable formula. Eyes, I'll fight them
the best know how. No, wouldn't
want to ask Miss Page for money"
This, always accompanied by his
twisted and appealing smile, took the
sting out of the purchasers disap-
pointment but left him or her none
the less empty Of gossip.
Hugh, in fact, as the afternoon wore
on, was torn more and more between
anger and despair. 1t was very evil
dent that Fort Sioux considered him
fool and, like Grafton, had not the
slightest intention Of taking his dec
laration Of war seriously. This latter
attitude had the wholesome effect
finally Of submerging his despair in
sense Of bitter protest against Fort
Sioux's stupidity and lack of loyalty,
and when he went to supper he was
in a fighting mood.
Pink, Grafton and Mrs. Morgan
were at the table when Hugh sat
down. He evidently had been under
discussion, and silence fell while ne
served himself from the general plat
ter. It was Mrs. Morgan, who had not
volunteered a remark to Hugh or
many months, who spoke first.
well, Hughie, how are you going to
meet this trouble?'
81 guess 1 can meet it standing" le-
Piled Hugh.
why in thunder should you fight
it?" demanded Pink. "My God, hete's
the whole Of Wyoming waiting for
power, and you think you can throw
few rotten stone birds in the wheels
and stop it. / always liked you.
Hughie, and I've stood with you
against the women, but here's where
we part company if you're going to
make this kind Of fool of yourself"
Just how do you come in on this,
Pink" asked Hugh, his low voice
quickened with anger.
That's all right. You nor nobody
else'll ever know how I horned in.
But I'm in, hoof to horn. I've oeen
Mrs. Morgan's husband in this MATS
town as long as I'll ever be. You've
been bowling for ten years about your
work and how nobody dassent stop 1t.
Well, this is my work and they amt
anybody in Wyoming big enough to
stop that dam being put up"
Hugh shrugged his shoulders. Graf
toms keen gaze did not leave Hugh's
face for some moments. He had ,lst-
ened all the afternoon to humorous
comments from the town on the sub
ject Of Hugh's idiocy in regard t.,
stone birds, but Grafton knew faces.
And he knew that while Hugh's
broad forehead and eyes, set deeply
and far apart, were the eyes Of a
dreamer, his jaw was the jaw Of a
man who once reused would never
stop. 1t was evident to Grafton that
the Eastern Electric Corporation had
put harsh hand on Hugh's one sensi-
tive side, on the one thing in life that
could give his long jaw just the set
1t wore now. And while he was not at
all uneasy Grafton thought 1t quite
necessary that Hugh be pacified. In
order to do this, he proposed to un-
derstand more clearly Hughs angle
on paleontology.
"You took your training in geology
at the State University" he asked,
genially.
eyes," replied Hugh, taking a SOC
ond cup Of coffee from his motherin
law, whose eyes never had been more
observing.
| mighty interesting work. My Ak
perience as an engineer makes me ap-
precaite it. I'm University Of Chi
cago man myself l remember that
when was cub we ran on some IN
..eresting fossil remains in the FED
River country But folks didn't know