Nogales international., 1935-02-02

something more than friendship exists
between them.
A quiet mood seemed TO have
descended on Barry. When the
coffee was finished he smoked for
few moments in silence, his eyes
coming back every few seconds to
the clear little profile turned toward
him. Anne felt that restless
scrutiny.
Weren't you,' she asked sud
denly, going to tell me about the
town Of Duane?"
$50 I was" He shifted his posi-
ton. Its just the story of a man
who wanted to turn a desert into d
garden. He was my uncle, Robert
Duane. He worked like giant
for it, and died broken and ridiculed,
and discred;tei."
His face was black as he stared
down at the lake.
He loved this country. He came
here from the East years ago, and
he came across this lake and took
over big tract of land. He saw
that this lake was the biggest body
of water in miles, but useless to
those dry plains down there, and he
began dreaming of the things that
could be done"
II sce," said Anne softly. ut
was a big dream"
-"Yes, it was big. 1t was par
ticularly big for one man to swing.
He built this place, and after that
! came and lived with him every
summer"
He stopped, frowning remini-
scently.
when they actually started
work on the dam, people began to
take serious notice. They remem-
bered what was being done in the
Imperial Valley Eagle Lake
swarmed with workers. and the
dam grew. And then tie big daJ
came.
1T was a great day. No n,attcl
what came OF it, it can never bt
nything less than that. The sigma
was given and the water rushed
down the 3luiceWays to make his
wilderness blossom. Everybod,
checced. and Uncle Bob gripped my
shoulder and said, Barry. you ant
l believed in this when other people
laughed When l go, This is to be
yours"
Barry looked at her with 4
twisted grin.
So this is ray inheritance. anc
anybody down in Marston would
tell you that it's no. better thar
junk. For after the first big mo
ment, the tragedy came. The irri-
CATION was there, but it didn't ir-
rigate. The valley was full OF grave
sinks that no one had suspected
and the water drained off as fast as
it was run in. 1t was complete
smashing failure"
"Oh, how dreadful" 1t was al
that she found herself able to say
Barry threw away a half-con-
Sumed cigarette and arose.
The Pinos isn't the only stretch
OF arid land around here. There
the Junipero. bigger and better, and
with a soil--it isn't really sand
that will give its very heart to yoa
for steady supply of water !
want to use this dam to irrigate the
Junipero."
He ran a brown hand through
his hair and laughed abruptly.
Il suppose you think I'm chasing
an elusive rainbow"
why shouldn't you, if you've
found one that's worth chasing?"
(: "You darling!" His eyes kindled
/ "For these kind words. :"
| She jumped up and gave him a
prim little marionette's bow. "Come
on, lazy, I want to go down by the
lake again."
He arose obligingly and followed
her. overtaking her in two strides.
They went down side by side, and
where the pitch was steep he caught
her arm in his. Within a few yards
of the waters edge he spread out
his coat for her to sit on and
dropped down beside her.
| "Anne, will you marry me?"
You're sudden person, Barry"
She hedged for time. do you real
ize that we'd never met until a few
weeks ago? just four"
(! -Four days was enough for me.
Anne. darling, don't want to rush
you, but you know how I feel, don't
you? l love you. I keep seeing
you here all the time, every day,
every hour. You and I together.
Annel"
; Warmth flooded over her; there
was a singing tingle in her veins.
Why not? Who in that distant,
outside world would ever know?
just the two Of them, here in this
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