Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1926-09-09
CHAPTER xI-eontinued

FERRY building. The engineer had man
aged to subtly but completely disguls
himself In old, baggy tweeds, with
shabby hat and a battered bag. b,
looked like an unsuccessful farmer
The keenness OF his eyes was dimme,
oy yellOw-iensed spectacies with imI
tation tortoise shell rims. He looked
approvingly at caleb,s rough clothes.
That's the idea. No sense in Us
looking like tourists or In any way
prosperous or otherwise Obtrusive- Tn
fairly well known over there, too, and
II II got out was smelling around the
hill. the price OF real estate would be
apt to soar Immediately. There is al
ways the chance of Oakvllle learning
something and suspectIng more.
There's big lot of watershed wen
have to accumulate to insure purity.
And you've got to be canny. Your role
Is that Of foolish young Fastener
with money on whom land worth com
paratively little may be unloaded at a
fair price. A price they will think big
until the project is complete.
It's fair enough all round" he went
on. Wen pay 'em more than market
value because at present there is no
actual market for their land. hasn't
been for years not likely TO be- The
bOat's In"
Through the waiting room windows
they could see the trans-bay passen-
gers filing past to the exits. Caleb, re-
leased from attention to- Hlnckley's
talk-they had stood apart from the
crowd-suddenly caught his breath
less than ten feet from him, In front.
we're Betty Clinton and her father.
They were going back to lei Nldo. That
was evident and It suited Caleb. Be
fore he returned to Golden he could
carry out his intention of seeing them.
Baxter could wait SO he dallied until
Clintons spare figure found a way
through the thinning crowd that tailed
onto the Ferry apron and. with Betty
following. climbed the stairs to the
upper deck. Hinckley went forward to
the open end with Caleb. They were
among the first or the ferry, first
through the gates to their train
Hinckiey and Caleb took rooms at |
the same hotel that Caleb had patron
tied. Part Of their trip was to be
made in car shabby enough to pre- |
clude any idea of wealth for its occu-
pants. part In buggy, on horseback.
and afeot
Caleb took the lead and conducted /
Hinckley up -Hermanes- canyon, into
the Boca-Blanca valley, to the source
OF Gabilan and around about the Sink
itself The third day was given IN to
an inspection of the foothills that
bound the Sink and a checking-up OF
Caleb's demonstrations in proof OF the
clay that underIay the gravel and
lined its sides.
] am entirely satisfied. so far said
tiinckley when they returned to their
hotel after This last trip. "This Is
Saturday. I'd like to call a halt until
Monday. always aim at spending the
weekend in the bosom of my family,
II ! can compass IT, We have done
/ can confirm your findings
with enthusiasm, my son.
Hinckley nodded at the young man
with a smile that radIated health and
good nature. They had got along won
1erfully in their common interest In n
project that promised full success.
Coin to leave us7" The landlord ,
IF the hotel came out upon the YER
indab where Caleb and Hinckley- we're
hating. Rain had fallen heavily and :
leld them indoors to check over the
totes and maps they had made Now :
I was clearing up. :,
I'm going to Golden on the four !,
en-" snid Hinckiey. BE back Mon :
lay. Mr. Warner-are you coming !,
Nth me. Warner2r :
Il think not I'll do a little fishing. :
iaybe take shot at those quail we
aw on Gabilan. You'll ind me here :,
rafting for you" :,
"f1oudburst up country" said the :
This here local rain !,
'as The tag OF II. Crick's risin' fast =
lack as sin over Gabilan. She's a -
'eather-breeder, is that old mountain.
over Of current comm down stream
fter this little spat Of weather" "
Lets go out and have look . sug- !"
ested Hinckley. -
Coyote creek had risen. was rising. :.
a volume that testified to the truth
the landlords assertion that there -
ad been a cloudburst He accom- -
lnied them to the bridge, scorning -
ny waterproof for the now swiftly =,
lling rainfall and the three leaned :.
7er the rail and watched the sliding
rrent Of brown water. Caleb marked
e waterline on the cement Of the
idge abutments, noting II by certain
aims In the cement II was covered
thin FIVE minutes by as many inches. "e
''Rising fast" he commented. -
-Shell rise for an hour or so after -
at bust" said the landlord ''She ~ ~
mes kiyOotin' an a toOtin' In the =.
inter- when Gabby gets to maxim rain 80 g,
earnest"
Caleb saw HinckIey on. Then he pa
dered lunch put up. The landlord
,de little comment as be handed It 70 NE
NJ wa
III you aim to be out late you bet inc