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The RIVER EDNAH^AIKEN When the Colorado Burst Its Banks and Flooded the Imperial Valley of California (Oopjrrlffht, Bobbfl Merrill (Vimptnf) ■JIcKARD'S views do not coincide with those of har " DIN. AND the inevitable comes to pass. «I«—K. <' Kick arib un engineer of th<> Overland I'ariffe raff *J ,n ®Jl,p l 'l tlir oflbe <>f I'residoiaF Mart hull In Tiisctin, Arlz. While r#"*' ' uicknnl rend» n report on The ravages of Ihe Colorado river. Hi»' effort« " f 1hon " ,s " f the I »esort Heelamntlon W 1 "' y ((gftlln had been " student under Rickard In nn on »torn col <WrBpf, "i hn,» tnnrr«« .< Corn Holmes. with whom Rleknrd had fancied h«> W* an )(|Vf i Marshall teil« 111 «* 1 ; nr«l tln> Ovorltiml Pacifie must slop in to * ,1,,','fmperbi! vn 1 !*• v nml xvUlies lo send Rickard to tiiko olmrtto **'1 n i det'M"'' 1 " foresees embarrassment In supplanting Bl ' ll',' hut It» «'"» ov *' r - R'rknrd K'»" 5 to Calexico nml, on Ihn wnv, B « much nhout Hnrtlln nml Ills work. Klcknrtl moots Mr. nml Mrs. Hl „| Inno« Hnrtlln. Hip former's linlf sister. Al tho company JgJJ, ln> llntl» Hie c"Kl«"'ers lwvnl *<> Hardin nml hostile to him. CHAPTER V_Continued. --„or opr not I nml Kl-knnl rnmP Km««» simultaneously Hip «»iter ►5 to .Mlmit Hnrtlln. Who S,| inlr-tlnm Mm ""' v K«'*'«'' '*' WB In Hm tllntnl««'''! one? Hie «V.° front Mn Ilotlo flnnhed from MncLenn to St L to tho telegreph oporntor. Stumbled ever »1»- checkerboard. Zm not to fee them. ( onfu £. onihnrrnsN.nent wn« on every JJ Nobody 0P"ke. Hnrtlln wn« „»Inf rleRor. «Hello, Hardin." «0,11... Richiir«!.'* # innen red friendly enough to tho J^l nth on. Both mot. were «lad It wn* «»or, •>1r, nffloos," reninrkotl Hnrtlln. his outspread, his hands In his pock l* ^(| T | n Is satlsfled with thorn." IlMDrn rather overdid the laugh, finding the dust pretty tough?" In ,tired Hardin. «I spent a month In Sun Francisco iMt «immer!" was tho rejoinder. Hli li a haven, though, from the jtwt. Thought I'd Innf for todny." Vu Hardin game to do the right (Mag, Introduce him ns the new chief M fait subordinates? Nothing. It do „leped, was further from Ills Inten (too. Hardin, his lug« tm tat retched, Pipt before hla fnco Hie bland, Im pnetrihln smile of tlm oriental. It «Mi dearly not Rickard's move. The #der players fidgeted. ltlckard'a ghpee was Interrogative. Ilardin fflimtled. fie outer door opened. He aewcomer. evidently n favorite, walked Into a noisy welcome, the jtai"' embarrassment overdoing It. [% Wl* of middle height, slender n pin with Castilian nncostry wrlt fc«la Ida high-bred foatliros. his grnoo bla straight, dark hair." V "0wd morning, Katrndn." said liar ft »Ith the same meaningless smile, f tflowl morning, gentlemen." The ftffcanV greeting paused at Klcknrd. "Mr. Dlrndn, Mr. Klcknrd." iieryor.e in tl> • oile .■ i !.-.* *' : .■ «tob his other opportunity. Ho had PÜiyeit to evoryt.no Ids deep hurt III raw wound When ho had Äeppetl down, under cover of n re»lg Mtfon. he hud snved his face l>> loll ft everyone that n rupture with Ksltlmvl one of the directors of tl.e flottrwtr.'tl cntnpnny, had made It Itt^ewiHle fnr them to servo together. Md that Maitland's wcnllh and lin psPlfte to tlm eon. pun y den.nnded Id *e;,Wrrlflce. Two months l.ofore Rickard's appetiranet« Mi.ltlnnd had •wi dtsrnwert demi In hl« bath In n 1 /^ Angeles hotel Tlminrh no one had heofi wlttex enough to spenk of -JMr Jlojie til II; rdln. 1 m know that «I! bis force was dally expecting his 'kftptatetoent. Klcknrd'» entrance kw s'lmther strl. fn their chief. "Tl.e t.nu of the general?" Tin* new ftttinfer held nut IPs luuul. "(îeneral fctriKi.'i, friend of Mexican liberty. niMer of »tenniship rompnnles und ■#ftf of the Imp«'' 1 ; I '■ oil' ' "That makes me a hrotlier of the Wliy"--Kslr:..l:.'s '...id. ; > ' it UH sweet. ^Atra.ln !mi|;ei| "1 1 It: ■ .lin li.-oi ! 0 1 ''I I passed on tn the checker players Hi adtlressed Mncl,et.n: ynur fniher In l.os Angele», hern elinseii p. till .lie vi.i nncy 4 hy Malllnnd's tleath." ^ Mlcl^nn's eves 1 ■ . I . ,| tewot'd lut. whose nonchalance had not Had he not heard, or did liBtw. already? -HI like to l.uve a luceling, a con tomorrow morning." Klcknrtl «peaking. "Mr. Hardin, will you C*Mnf hour at your convenience?" H "ns so kindly done, liar .miboweil his first resentment. "It Possible for me to be there. , •wag to 1 , 1 . '. in I lie mort) '»rued ami left the otlice, following him. Mr. Ihn din. • • ..... 11 'I e it he expost a h.) et I, concern In take ..idem from him, but hn „ ® P »<".••. " i T !.. .Htt. >' f "i think. I n, soro. But Kft^ * ,ini I i' - 5 * I ■ '• «i.Hlr - innn for this jo!»/* v, ui knew hint before?" It O «orprise i s, »* rt.lltn;,, He v no. ef in ««rshnll fomul him In the •W- A theory slhtger." * though,fni glnneo restetl Was Ihi' genuine.' Hnrtlln know ,.f the years had «erved on Hie road ; of Hi the heat-hnked bnrrnncns »•i where Marshall had "found" would not try again to to give up his trip (JJPfMe#. It might he better, the new maringer to take Hla predecessor out of 'owing down tonight," watching Hardin's Mrtcock." * aMasal" Hardin's month was hitler. ''Fstradn. If I had Ulf seiist' of a goal I'll si'll out. Si'll my slot k to Mael.t'iin and quit. What's tn all this for me? Hoes anyone doubl my reason for staying? It would he like leaving a sinking ship, like de selling the passengers and crew one had brought on hoard, (loti! I'd like to go! Kut how can 17 I've got hold of (he tall of the bear and 1 ean't let go !" "No one doubts you—" began Fs tratla. Hantln turned away, with an ugly onth. The Mexican stood watch lug tils stumbling anger. "Poor Har din!" In tho office Kicknnl was speaking to MacLean, whom he had drawn to one »tile, out of earshot of the checker player». "I want you to do something for me, not at nil agreeable!" His tone Implied Hint the hoy was not given the chance to beg off. "What time doe» the train pull out In the morn ing?" "Six-flfteon." "I'll have n letter for you nt the hotel nt six. Be on time. I want to entch Hnrtlln before he leaves for Los Angele». If he'» really going. I'll give him today to think It over. But lie rnn't disregard nn order 11s lie did my lu vltntIon. I didn't want to rub It In before the men." MncLenn stared, then said that he thought he was not likely tot Klcknrd left, the otlice In time to »ee Ilardin shutting the outer gate 0 r Hardin Turned Away With an Ugly Oath. behind him. ! li « exit releas'd a cho rus of Indignant voices. "An outrage!" "A d--d shame 1 " This from Wooster. "I tm din's luck !" till the oilier sitle of the door Kick aid deliberated. The hole! and its curl tins loungers, or tils new otlice, where Ogilvie was making a great show of occupation. He had not seen Lstratln. He was milking a sudden tllve for Ids hotel when the gentle voice of the Mexican hailed him. "Will you come to my ear? It's on the siding right here. We enn have a little lunch and then look over some maps together. I have some pictures of the river and the gate. They may tie new to you." Itlckard spent the afternoon tn the car. The twin towns did not «ccm so hostile He tlimuftt he might like the, Mexico n. Fstrnda was earning Ids father's mantle. He was Hie superintendent | of the road which the Overland I'ft j cldc was building between the twin! towns and the «'rossing; n director of the insert Reclamation company, nml I he head of a suuill subsidiary com pany which had been treated to pro toot rights anil keep licrmotilmis rein tinn with the sister country. Rickard found him full of meat, and hoard, for the first time consecutively, the story of Hie rakish river. Particularly In (cresting to him was the relation of Hnrtlln to the company. "He has the bad luck, that man!" exclaimed I'«tin tin's soft, musical voice. "Everything Is in his hands, capital Is promised, and he goes to New York to have the papers drawn up. The .hi y he gets there the Maine Is destroyed. Of course capital Is shv. He's had the devil's own luck with men: Gifford, honest hut mulish; Sa Hier, mulish and not honest—oh, there's n string of them. Once he went to Hermoslllo to get nn option on my father's lands. They were nlrendy covered by an option held by some men In Scotland. Another man would have wnited for the three months to pass. Not Hardin. He went to Scot land. thought, he'd Interest those men with his maps snd papers. He owned all the data than. He'd made the sur rey," Estrada repeated the story Brandon and Marshall hail told, with little tils erepaney. A friendly refrnln followed the narrative. "He tins the hail luck, (lint man!" "And the Scotched option?" remind etl lttckard, smiling at his own poor Joke. "ft was hist Hint. A case of Ilardin luck again. 11 *' stopped "ff tn London to Interest smite capital there; follow lug up a lead developed on the steam er. It«' was never a man I" neglect a chance. Nothing enme of It. though, and when lie reached Glasgow lie found Ills man had died two days be fore or been killed. I've forgotten whh'li. Three times llardln's crossed the ocean trying to cerner Hie upper (unity lie theiight In* had found. It Isn't lar.lness. Is Ids trouble. It's Ju«l Infernal limk," "Or over astuteness, er procrastlna Hon." criticized Ids listener in himself, lie knew now what It was Hint had so changed Ilardin. A man cannot travel, even though tip he hounding down n quick scent, without meeting strong Influenees. lie had been thrown with liant men. strong men. It was an Inevitable chiseling, not a miracle. "I want to hear more of this some day. But this map. I don't under stand what you told me of this by pass. Mr. Estrada. Their heads were still bending over Estrada's rough work bench when the .Inpanese eook announced that filmier was waiting in the adjoining car MncLenn nml Hodefehlt nml several young engineers Joined them. It luut been outwardly a wasted day. Rlcknrd hail lounged, soiiatly and physically. But before he turne«l In that night lit' liait lenrnetl the names and dispositions of his force, nml some of their prejudices. Nothing, he summed up, could he gtiossod from Hie gentleness of the Mexican's manner; Wooster's antagonism was open ami snappish. Silent was to he watched, and Hnrtlln had already shown Ids hand. The liver, ns lie thought of It. ni> penretl the tenst formidable of tils op ponents. He was Imaging It as a high spirited horse, maddened by Hie fum bling of Its would be captors. Ills tnsk It was to Insso the proud stallion, lead It In bridled to tht> sterile land. No wonder Hardin was sore; his noose luu! slipped otf one lime too many I Hnrdln's luck ! I | j CHAPTER VI. Red Tape. At ten o'clock tin' next morning Har din, entering the office, again the gen eral manager's, found there before him George MncLenn. the new director, nml Percy Babcock, the treasurer, who had been put In hy the Overland Pacific when Hit' old company was reorgan ized. They hat! just come in from Los Angeles, the trip maile in MacLenn's private car, to attend a director's meet ing. Rickard entered a few minutes later. Estrniln behind hlm. Ogilvie followed Itleknrd to his desk. "Well?" Inquired the new manager Ogilvie explain'd lengthily that In* had the minutes of tlu> Inst meeting. "],<nv'' them liciv" Ki«i.aril waved him toward Ivdrada. who laid out In hand for the paper :. Reluctantly the accountant t * 'in qtiislifd Hie papers, 111 I'irating eon! tails looked lu<litT>>u«l.v whipp'd hut no tun huK'.hed. llardlu' sro.\l deepened. "Shoving Ills power," he thought. "He's going to call for a new pack.'' L ,tratla pushed the minutes thron, it with hut' a few utiiiuporlaiit iiilernip «Ions, lie was -iiilug;,! the same de-k with Rickard. Hardin, sensitive and sullen, thought he saw the meeting managed between (hem. Rex end times lie attempted to bring the tot iglet I affairs of the water om panies before the dlreetnrs. Rickard would not discuss the water rompit nies. "Because lie's not posted ! lie's tie ginning to see what lie's up against," run Hardin's stormy thoughts. He was on his feet Hie next minute with a motion to complete the Hardin headgate. Violently lie declaimed to Ihibcnck nnd MncLenn his wrongs, the injustice thnl had been done him. Mar shall had let tlint fellow Maitland con vince him that the gate was fi d prac ticable; had It not been for him (he cate would lie In place now; all tills tinit' nml money saved. And the Mait land «lam, built instead! Where was It? Wlnre wa« the money, the time, put In that little toy? Sickening! His face purpled over the memory, Why was he allowed to begin again xvith i!n' gate? "Aie-wcr ne that. W hy was I allowed to begin again? Its all child's play, that's what h i«. And when I am tn it again up to my net ! lie pulls mi' off !" This was the real Hardin, the un couth. overage«! Lawrence student! The new manner was Ju«t a veneer. Rickard had been expecting it to wear thin. "1 think." Interjected Rickard, "that xxf' all agree xvltli Mr. Marshall. Mr. Hardin, that n wenden headgate nn silt foundation could never be more than a makeshift. 1 understood that the first day he visited the river xvltli you he had the Idea to put the ultimate gate, the gate which would control the xvntor supply of the valley, up nt the Crossing on rock foundation. Mr. Mar shall does not expect to finish that in time to he of first us«\ He hopes the wooden gate will solve the immediate problem. It was a case of any port In a storm. He has asked me to report my opinion," "Why doesn't he give me a chance to go ahead then?" growled the de posed manager. "Instead of letting the Intake widen until It will be an im possibility to confia« the river there el eUr ! ! ! ; I ! j 1 i i "Ro you do think thnt It will he nn Imposslbllty to complete the gate as planned ?" Jlardin had run too fast. "I didn't mean that." he stammered. "I mean it will ho difficult if xv «> are delayed much longer." "Have yen Hie fer* - « to re begin work nt once?" demanded Rickard. "I laid It." evaded Hardin. "1 had everything ready to go on men, mn lorbil xx lien we stepped the last time." "Ansxver my question, please." "I should have to assemble them again." admitted Ilardin sulkily. Rickard consulted his notehook, "I think xx - e've covered everything New I want to propose the laying of a spur track from Hamlin's Junction to the I lending." Ills manner cleared the stage of supciniuiiernrifR ; thi« was the cllmnx. Ilardin looked ready to spring. "Ami in Connection with that the tie velcpmont of a quarry In the granite hills hack of Hamlin's," continued Kick aril, not looking nt Hardin. Instantly Hardin was on his feet His list thi^'hrcd on the Iahte. "I shall oppose That," lie (Inred "II Is ah solutely unnecessary We can't afford It. l*o you know what that "III cost, gent lemon ?" "«tne hundred thousand dollars!" Klcknrd Interrupted him. "I want nn appropriation this morning for Hint amount. It Is, In my opinion, abso lutely necessary if xve are to save Hie valley. We cannot afford not to do It. Mr. Ilardin !" Ilardin gin ed at Hie other men for support ; he found MacLenn's face a blank wall; Lstratln looked iincom fortnble. Babcock had pricked up his ears at the sound of the desired appro pria Hon ; his head on one side, he looked like an Inquisitive terrier. Hardin spread out his hands In help less des|*erathin. "You'll ruin ns." he salt). "It's your money, the t *. I'.'s, hut you're lending It. not giving it t<> us. You ari* going to swamp the Pet ert Ketlanintion company. We can't throw funds away like that." (hie Inin drotl llioiisantl dollars I Why. lie could linxe stopped (lii* river nt any time if lie had had Hint sum; mice n paltry thousand would have saved them "I didn't ask the (*. I', to ctune in anti ruin us. but to step the river; not to throw money nxvnv in hng-xvlld fash ton." He was stammering Inartii'iilnte ly. "Ther«*' s no need of a spur track I If you rush my gatt'_ through." "If." Klcknrd nodded. "Granted. If xv«* can rush It through. But suppose it falls? Marshall said the railroad would stand for no contingencies. The Interests nt stake are too vital—" "Interests!" crletl Tom Hardin. "Wluit tin you know of the Interest at stnke? Yon or your railroad? (Mining In at Hie eleventh linur, what can you know? I*hl you promise safety to thou sands <«f families If they made their homes In tills valley? Are you responsi ble? Did you get up Hits company. In duce your friends to put their money In It. promise to see them through? What do you know of the Interests at stake? You want to put one hundred thousand dollars Into a frill. God. do you knoxv what that mean» to my company? It means ruin—" Estrada pulled him tloxvn 111 Ills sent. Rlcknrd explained to the directors Hit' necessity in tils opinion of the spur ! track and the quarry. Rock In grant ! quantities xvould I"' needed; cars must ! he rushed In to Hie break. He urged the Importance of clenching Hie issue. ; "If |fs no! won lids time, it's a lost I cause," bo maintained, "if It cuts a deeper gtirge. the luiperiat xalloy is a ! chimera : so is Laguna dam." 'I he oilier men were drawn Into the arenment. I'.aheorl leaned toxvnrd Har din's ennservatien. MneLi an xvas Ju dicial I I radii upheid Rickard. The ip'ir-track, in I : ; opinion, was essen lia! to sut'ces«. Hardin could see the meeting managed between the U('\v coiiicy and tin Mexican, nml hi-< ang« r impôt ent I y ra ed. Mis temper made him llieohei'i'lit. Ileeetild see Rickard, ri,i! nml impersonal, adding to his I'ojnts and MacLean slowly xvon to I tic (ronger side. Ilardin. on his feet j ag) in. xv a s «puttering helplessly a! Kali.'tick. ■» in n Kick,ml called for a vote. 'The appropriai fil xxais carried 1 Hardin's face xvas swollen xvith rage. Ri« Ice ni Un n railed for u report on i the clam lu ll dredge being rushed at 1 Ulna. Where wn i Was it net to liavt Ft bi nary ? "Why not get the machinery here? What's (he use of taking chances?" de mantled Rickard. « Hardin felt the personal implication, lie was on his feet In a second. " Jberc arc no chances." lit 1 looked at Mac Lean. "The machinery's done. It's no use getting It here until xve're ready." "There arc always chances." inter rupted Lis opponent coolly. "We are going to take none. I want Mr. liar the machinery? been liuished In C |m>»ou; naidiri was on Mis Feet. din, gentlemen, appointe«! a committee of one to see that tlm machinery is de livered nt ?mce. nnd the dredge rushed." The working force was informally discussed. Hnrdin said they could de pend on hobo labor. Rickard agreed that they would find such help, but it would not do to rely on It. The big sewer system of New Orleans wee about completed; be bad pleased to write there, .stating the need And there was a man In Zaeatecns, named Porter "Frank Porter?" sneered Hardin, "that murderer?" "Ills hrotlier." Itlckard answered pleasantly "Jim furnishes the men for the tilg mines In Sonora and Mina Ion. lie'll send us all the labor we want, the best for our purpose When It gets red hot, there's no one like a peon or an Indian. "Yen'll ht> Infringing on the Interna H \ tie a 1 bum 1 t'olitnict Inxv,'' suggest ed Mite 1 enn. of "No The cnuip 1» nn the Mexican lui »1 tie." Inuglietl f'nscy "I'll tb Mlgllt Itf it (hat We'll have them shipped to the nearest Mexican point, and then brought to tin' border. Mr Estrada will help !«s," Tilt' meeting had already ntijourned. They were standing around the flat top desk Estrndn Invited them all to lunch with him. In the ear on the sld log Mn< Lean said Mint lie had to get hack to I,os Angeles. Mr. Ibibonek xxiis going to take him out to Grant's Heading In the machine lie had nex or been there. They had breakfasted late lie looked very mm ll Hie colonel to Rickard, Ids full chest and stiff ear i ringt' made more military h\ his trim uniform of It link! colored cloth "May I spank to you about your ho.v. Ml Mio I t an ?" Hardin caught a slight that xvas not Intended, lit' pushed past the group at Hu* door xvltlmiit civility or cere 1 mony. The steady grave eyes of Hie Mg j frame looked at Kl'knrd inquiringly. "He wants to stay out another year ! I hupe you will let him. Tt's not tlisln tcrested I shall have to take a stenog rnpher to the Heading Ibis summer There Is a girl here ; I couldn't lake her. and then, too, I'm old-fashioned ; I don't like women In offices. My posl lien promises to lie a peculiar one. I'd like to have your son to rely on for emergencies a stenographer could not cover." MacLenn's grave feature» relaxed ns lie looked tloxvn on the engineer, who xvas no small man himself, anil sag gested that his stm xvas not very xvell up In stenography. "That's the least of It." "I hope that he xvill make n good stenographer! Good morning, gentle nun." At table, neither Estrada nor Ids guest uncovered their active thought which revolved around Hnrdin nml his hurt. Instead. Klcknrd had questions lo ask Ids host on river history. As they talked. It came to him that some thing was amiss—Estrniln was ac curate; he bail all tils facts. Was It enthusiasm, sympathy, he lacked? Pres «»litly he challenged him xvltli It. Estrada's eyes dreamed out of the window, followed the gorge of the New river, as though out there, somexvhere. the answer hovered. "I lo you mean, do you doubt It?" ex claimed Klcknrd, watching the melan choly In the beautiful eyes. Estrada shook tils head, hut xvltlmiit decision. "Nothing you'd not Inugh nt. I can laugh at It myself, sometimes." Kicknrd waited, not sure that any thing more was coming. The Mexi can's dark eyes were troubled ; a puzzle brooded In them. "It's n purely nega tive sense that I've had, since 1 xvas n child. Something falls between me ant) n plan. If I said It xvas a veil. It xvould he—something !" His voice fell lo a ghost of tunefulness. "Arid It's— nothing. A blank t know then It's not going to happen. It I« terribly (Inal ! It's happened, often. Noxv, T xvnlt for that- veil. When it falls, I know xvlint it means." "Ami you have hail that—sense about this river business?" Estrada turned his pensive gaze on the American. "Yes, often. I thought, after father's death, that that xvas what it meant. But it tame again. It kept eoniing. I had It xvliilc you were all talî- itig. jti't now, I don't speak ef thi«. Il soumis chicken-lieurt' d And I'm In tills with al! my soul —my fa ther i couldn't do it any other way hut—" "Yen think xve are going to fall?" "i can't set' it finished," was I dia tin's mournful answer, lie turned again tn stare out of the xvlntlow. "Who are tli>> river men in the xul ley?" demanded the newcomer. "I want to meet them, to talk to them." "Gor'nel. lie's an Indian. He's wortli talking te. lie knows its History. K« legends. Perhaps some oT it is his tory." "Where's tie to be found?" "You'll run across him! Win never anything's up. he I« on hand. He senses it. And Mu'ti there's Matt llnmlln." "I'll see him, of course, lias he been up the river?" "No, hut I'll loll you two xx'ho have. Mnltlnnatlo, a half breed, who lives some twenty miles tloxvn Hie river from Hamlin's. He knows the Gila as though he xve re pure Indian. The Gila's tricky! Maldonado's grundfu I her xvas a trapper, Itis great-grandfa (tier, they say, a priest. The women were all Indian. lie's smart. Smart and hail." Estrada's .Japanese servant came hack into the car to offer ten, freshly iced. , "That's xvlint I xvntit. smart river men, not ten !" laughed Rickard. "1 want river history." "There's another mnn you ought to meet. He xvas with the second Powell expedition, tie's written the best honk tm the river. He knows It, If any man does. You wanted diese maps." Es trndn xvas gathering them together. "Thank yon. And yon can just strangle thnt foreboding of yours. Mr. Estrada. For I tell you, we're going to govern that river!" Estrada's pensive smile foiloxved the dancing step of the engineer until it cat rietl him out of sight. Perhaps? Because he xvas the son of tils father, he must work as hard as if conviction went xvith him, as if success awaited at tin* other end of the long road. But It xvas not going to he. He would never see that river shackled— It" a i 1 ; CHAPTER VII. A Garden in a Desert. His dwelling leaped into sight as Hardin turned the corner of the street. There was but one street running through the twin towns, flanked by the ditches of running water. The rest were ditches of running water edged I bjr footpath*. Scowling, he pueed on- J der the overhanging bird I'esert tiotel without a gre Ipunger«, who«o chairs xve against the 'dinde of the 'The momentum slini,< ii<'i H eart'd the pine lit' * it 11 * \ n Inner t emlet no di ltd enges of Mia «'ting for the re d raxvti tij> brick walls I as Hnrtlln d tils horn« ed t lie sot er Mini tllsligur« Inm at In tie fenced in desert lent a garden, in I li -t I ip Unit She insist I spite of ill "Gerty's in bed. I up| I le could see nml in the lit mill 'Until 1 1 1er d no calling it . raillery thought Tom, lie hut! H suihlci \ i viil pit t ni*f' of 1-' licensing mn 1 1 > rd »Ml i | i et MM'll 1 ll lui rih' ni'd dt'iiiu. Inin -, stonping Hvi-r it ros* \ passed mil nf lii vision. It came to Ilardin man lias math' a drei It" dreads going ti shrinks ft om l lie n pi mo I "A 'has been' at fort ; Where w« re all his ships tunes, straightening, x hand. "She's raising a goodly lids." Ills theiight mot reused her Iter garden a tender jot o wit li him tlddenl.v that a of failure when Ids office ami ; at home he mused iftlng? ceil n gay rep of lutr d nnd cm veiled xvn« i> loved the ¥ V \ He Loved the Hardin Trait In Her. Hnrtlln trait In her, the persistence which will not lie daunted An occupa tien with a Hardin xvas a dedication. Ho would not acknowledge the tunes Mood in her. Like thill fancy mother of hers? limes xvas a Hnrdin through and through! "It's In the blood," ran Ids thought. "Slit' can't help It. All the Hardin» xxnrk that xvay. The Ilnnilns always make fools of ihenisolves !" Innés, lifting her eyes from a crip pled rose, saw thnt the black devils were consuming him again, "Will you look at this wreck !" she cfletl. h Innés Hardin feels a bitter re sentment against Rickard be cause of his supplanting her brother, whom she loves devot edly. Gerty's emotions are of a different character, but she care fully conceals them. Storms hover over the Hard!n house hold. Watch for the next in stallment. (TO tlR CONTINUKl).) WILL BE NO SMALL STATE Czecho slovakia Could at Once Take Rank as Eighth World Power, Asserts Writer. Wo nre told the O.et ho-Slovnk state will l>e n small one. unit as a result II« existence "III he ........clous, assum ing the world shall remain in uny 1 htmr like It- present condition of K» lopin t Iona I disnt ■gtiiilzalinn, Charles. Perg'cr writes In \ Jn Magazine, tn the first place, as modern stales go, the new stufe xvill net he a small one, hav ing a population of about I ..'.ntm oott. and the area oT Me new state xvill he about 50,000 English square luffe-. When v, «■ recollect that Belgium has II.'ITJ square milt's, il is '"en at a gimme (hat the new state tan hardly be classed as small. Moreover, the belief ill 111" necessity of huge stales, rife in certain clrcl-s of economic and politico I t beerbt s. and largely based upon e* rlnln teachings * * I Lai! Mn'x, b one of Mie superstitions that period ically appear, Hi order to he abandoned upon a sober second though!. The Ihonry that small slates nml na tions cannot succeed is not home out | by history. Even prior to the war there were In Europe "7 states, and the great majority of these were small. There were only si* "f Hie «o- ! called great powers: Russia, Germany. Y ust ri a Hungary. England. France and Italy, Portugal, l»eninnrk, Switzer- j land. Bulgaria, Belgium. Norway, Her Mn. Greece, Holland, Sweden, Mutile ! negro and Turkey are all, or were, ! »malle:* Hum the state xve are attempt ; Ing I«. describe. The latter will hold j in Europe the eighth phm« , only Eng land, Poland, France, Italy, Spain and Russia being larger. "Ccpatomtegoatatur ing." Schoolmasters have oft**» serious problems to solve. The following note, containing only one word, was recent ly handed to a Thnnet pedagogue: • « 'epiilomtegontaturltig." The missive xvas tendered by one of {«la. hoys on behalf of a neighbor'» j child. Tim sclmolmnsfer xvas nonplussed for the moment. But lie had received too many weirdly worded not«» In bis time to allow this one to baffle him. | Albeit It xvas not till the work of the | set i ool xvas over and much tobacco j bail been consumed Mint the word ut ( last yielded Its mystery: "Kept at home to go a Maturing."— ■ London Chronicle. Unskilled Labor. A mnn never realizes xvlint the term "unskilled lnbor" run mean until he boldly volunteers to repair the writer faucets nnd take down the screen doors.—Washington Star. Oldest Known Element. Sulphur Is one of the oldest known elei mots; the ancient Assyrian nlchem lgt>- regarded It as the principle of I con-' u»tIon and termed It "brimstone," J Utci uily burning etone. A NERVOUS Mins K«-IIy Tel!* How Lydia L. Pinkham's VcgclaDle Compound Restored i 1er I lenîih. t " For about Hire» 1 from nervous lo e«k tlown and go* so weak I could hardly Ht Hin I. and lindlieatl nchca every tiny. I tried everything 1 could think of and was initier a phy sician's care for two years A girl friend Fad usetl Lydia F,. Pink ha fix's Vege table t 'ompoundand ahe tel l me about it. I rorn he first day I took il I began to feel hdter and Misa Newark, mission to publish this I* 1 1* Fi n KlJ.i.V, 4 Y (* Ko. 14 th Kt., N J. The reason this famous root and herb remedy, Lydia E. I'inkhnm's Vegetshls Compound, was so successful in Mi»» Kelly's case teas because it went to the root of her trouble, restored lier to a normal healthy condition nod as a result her nervousness disappeared. new 1 run xvell »nd aille tu du most sny kind of xvurk I have been recom mending (he Un tn id give you n y per I onely Jol) "Yu u want In : gel II way f n tin }!»'(►• pie." said (lie i h'clni wIselv Vour Ill'll c < aie In a bill] 1 V 'duitlm .■ri con «III imi Yen mu si gel Mtiiuexvll ere y oil will li c mil indy a bute." "Ali me!" cm la lined the |vi Mi'ni "Yini have me wrung. dei'iur I'm * niglil xx 1 1 cliiinin BonsFs Liver IPiSSs Will Sel You îliffïit Are you MHons, constipated nnd ner vous? Pn yon ha VC frequent snell* of headache and indigestion? Then, g" I" your Unit. «tat and »-k for h 2r>f bottle of Honda I,Ivor Pills and knoxv what it means to he free of all those Ills Hond'fl l.lver rills ore ml Id They (III rip lit to tlie spot nnd correct the troiilde Without cnusln* pain or dite comfort. Sold hy all good druggist« In 25c bottles — Adv. Dead Loss. Rho I can never h»* yours. Her« arc your presents. He All very tine. But xvlint about those cigars I gave your father and those quarters I gave your little broth er? Boston Evening Transcript pr f'scry'e "psetl Phut" • af'* on«» (Inef Ir pftotjffh T n ppfror m No » irI or oil n H powerful twt r* l»«*l Worm» or »r»»«Bry. 4«lv The Reminiscent Fraction "1 suppose I'm getting to he a hack number." remarked Uncle Bill Bottle top sniffy. "What number?" inquired the village wag. "I haven't thought nhout Mint. I guess It's about two ami seventy-five hundredths." Cuticura foe Sore Hands. Soak hands on retiring In the hot snda of Cutlcurn Soap, dry and ruh tn Un tlcurn Ointment. Remove surplus Ointment with tissue paper. This In only one of the things Cutlcurn will do If Hnnp, Ointment arid Talcum are used | ! j ! ! ; j j | | j ( ■ for all toilet purposes.— Adv. Nothing but Trouble. "Ever.x have any trouble xx automobile?" "Y< ■ Ever sine»' I got It v tic' » relatives . ipect me to chauffeur." Mi your all my he llieir n a follow M stuck mighty di lilt •nil in a >p himself h I to get f}r t Crnr? ili U I i u ui lid to IS Arc you ahviça mi«' rahle ami halt acl Jinn it 'b tune yttu fetimj out xvlint is wrong. Kidney w, ikne*-* cam. es rma-h si liter tag Irota baekaeiie, Interne!.'». MiiVm - and rheumatic pain-:, and il negle» lcd. brin,:* danger of m riens treahh ! .may, a * ei and P.i i(flit's dwt-are. Don't." delay. l!«e /Willi's . A Ullu'M I'ills, i hey have helped li..... and- aid diould help you. Ask your neighbor! A Louisiana Cc.ï ï ■BrrrtWtw $s£\ Mrs. V A. 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