Jerome County times., September 18, 1919, Image 5

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CHAPTER XXXII.
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nrotigtit ntt" Mg,tunes itarnm.
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Thr White Night.
••Lord ' in tired." groaned Rickard,
«tuuil.t ' Into cutup, wet to the skin.
"Don't veil say letters to me, Mae,
lied. Tell l.lng I don't
He'll want to fuss
I don't want to
I'm gültig I
»ant nay dinner.
yn HoinetUllg.
food."
BUM*
The day. confused and Jumbled,
burned across his eyeballs; u turmoil
uf bustle and burry of Insurrection. H,,
had ni» h a swift stand against that.
He was to he minded to the last
man
jack of Hn m, or anyone would go, his
threat Iik*I tiding the englueem. Silent
lr ,sh V, Her Hardin himself. This
,v„s no rime for ructions, for leader
tcsellnir.
If f| "' ,l ">' wl, b bs irritations
pie*sc G..d . . duv Not hearing
. . ' B *'*' 7° ,, . ol 11 " r k
hi* hardens to her. he dal mil believe
o «bat. bn, asking her diversions..were
i H* 1 ' 11 , "' r ' S " f ' " l "*V , ' , ' r
PiJc, T.!'■ „ vv,
HI.k.ird wakened as to a mil. W hat
had startled Mm? He INtend nils
log himself by his elbow. From a dis- '
unie. H sw.'t high voice, unreal lu II»
pilch und thrilling quality, came to
lilta II was Godfrey. Mirm-where on j
the lève singing bv Hie river 1«
He could see now tho stop
fell ow ay
itieud that inel been taken; the last
trestle was done; the rock-|H>urlug
well on; he called that going some!
He felt pleasantly languid, but Hot yet
deep), Ills thought wandered over the
resting camp. And then limes Hardin
f*" 11- ,,J hlm -
Xot herself, hut as a soft little
thought which came creeping around
the corner of his dreams. She had
Inan there, of eourse, all day. lucked
away In his mind, as (hough in his
laitue waiting fyu- him to «aune hack to
tier, Weary from the pricks of the day.
The way hi
voutil i*otiu* hoim* to to r.
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FIFTH ANNUAL
State Fair of Idaho
Beginning Monday
Closing Saturday
Boise
September 22
September 27
One and one-half fare for round trip on O. S. !.. and
Boise Valley Traction Line
$38,809.«S0 in Premiums
Trophies and Special Prizes
Flights Daily by Passenger Airplane in charge of
Lieut. F. R. Tessinger
35 CHOICE SHOiRHOHNS
AMUSEMENTS
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$10,000 in Purses for
Track Events
to be sold Sept. 20
Thirty-five ln*a*T of rlinlro
ImsMling Short horn hull*.
s mi«I ln*il«*i>i will In* soli!
itf (iiihlh miction at ihe stair
fair groninl* »»ii tin* llfth <!a>
Hat ing •*v«*i*y <la>
Monday, hcglninlng at
tin*
Trick riding and roping In
front of gramNimn»! Ih*i\V4m
riiiw.
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The norlil'N rliainpion n*
hiy suing ,,f riiniK'rs, the
world'H rlntiiipb.n ("my ex
pre
Ih'hI Itomnu chnrbit Hunts
in«' i'tilfml in tin* racing
coiileal«,* ']'(». woild's « liuni
pbui Inn karoo will |M*rfonii
■ n friinil of tin* griunlslnml
he I « 1*4*11 mil's; 4A,(KHI Is to
he distributed nniotig mn
iici'i, pAccrH mid initier».
Hlleinoon
I'rlork in
ill
t4*am ami fin* world'**
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BANOS—Two of tin*
In* found in Idaho
ol ihe fuir. Friday, Scpleiii
Tliesi* entile Will he
Short liorai
exhibit ing it lb«'
\V l»or
I »hl« ell, sal«* niHliii
«I. I*. Ileiideisliot,
that tan
her *J«i.
4 oiislgii4*d by
liiretlfis
lair. Aildnvss H
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CAKMI U
gbfat k s t
|,\V AND NIGHT.
inan,
g'»*r ; or
rotary, Itois«*.
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Ihe folio«ing event» «III
mil every day m'id (be
prl/,i*» Hvvnrdeil on tile h«»t
'«ay, time for i*hiIi day to bo
1,4 hied In arriving at the I«»
•nl acorn. Aten'» rrlny nice,
Wl.IMHI;
wi.noo;
s, I ; men'll itoinun rare,
Sitno; w'oninn'N Itomiin ruee.
lidKM). Hurry I,. derby,
Wiiiio.
,1am<•*< Mrt'li'iiviN «*4liira(
4 * 4 1 lioiMMt from \ loloria
C„ oui* of tin* rtnwtl am»*
prfiiriitfNl (»• (In*
Ih
it
t ions ever
Idnlio public.
til),,INI IN I'HKMH'MS,
t Ri 11*111 KS AND srifc'IAL
\\V V RDS FOR K\ II HUT -
OKs OF HKKK AN II DAIRA
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Hitt's (Iis*works pixigi mu,
four nights—Tuesday. W ( d*
mi'Niiiiy, Thursilny and 1
than
(Hiny express race,
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d«y. K4im(*tIking lH*(f4*r
ldah«> Iiun over had.
i| Fifth Annulai Boise Commercial Club State Fair
Barbecue, Wednesday Noon, Septem bei 24
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«*"'>« ''I« curtain whirl,
over tin. screening of his tent
nut Into u moon-flooded
Klckurd's eyes fell on a little
yonder, u white shrine,
as that flne «weit «oui of
hung
and looked
world.
star-set
tent
''White
hers !"
over
Wandering into the night. Godfrey
PHSHP(| (Jowii fill* r J vt .j.
VOli.*«*
siu^rirjK.
His
listening
culling to him.
Iiioon-llou«h'(i the
mail«*
i In*
footlights,
great nudlet ees were
d him, tin
Hie
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glistening
«at. :,
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Scene.
Wl,s 'ritiding the boards
the rushing waters by the hunk
... f„rhls
Donna
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y melody —"l,a
Hardin; shë Vôuh/heaMUn hêr tent ■
she would take „ lls „... t<IlltlJ '
proach he hud tensed lo r. «m, ,t„.,
afternoon In Ho- raimidn.
lerly
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IDs Ilf., hud
She needed p.oplc who could
, lik " l 1 tl, kun1 ' M "« llk " <«»Ifr.-y.
Icoph-. other |M*op|e, might tulM-on
strm* her preferences He knew He t
not llirtniions ; she needed 1er
kind. She would always keep straight:
rtralehl as whip Life w.,s
„s hard for her «s it was for him; he
could f.-.-l sorry for her; Ids pity w •
divided between the two of them, the
husband, the wife, both lonely In Hour
own way.
o„ the other side of the canvas
«„il*. ,;.. m Hardin Un listening to
encore a "»Had long
forgotten I," had pulled it hack from
Ho- cobwebs of two decades; he had
He gave f„r
Hardin, outside
lonely ml He knew tin t
dallied by ids «if,.,
nmd** it )iU
own.
''Hut. my (larling, you will |>o,
K\t*p
young and fair to me.
Il calm hi,
-"»ring voice, to Tom
Gerty'» tent on Ins
song. His
a pretty ligure a
can't stand
ipnn cuts'
him, win
for her.
lf his wife
cun? He wasn't good
He »as rough,
kept him from fitting nlmself to her
Iasi«-,
•Iiou^
tin* Illcs-agi'
""•mit lor tier. Tlic Uclfie
l""l <-iiIli il hors; no constancy
I" (mil declared, fondling
Mi- hud tried to coax her
pledges. pi. «ides which
«ex, hi'
I" woman.
i"*r hidr.
«•ere also
0Ut8l,1< *
Ajji» shuddurod ut
r SI..- hated that son«,
" 1 '° b «£none "f Its
w tty t j,,, 11 ' I", lo'he happy,
'•"> nut wus a humans birthright:
gfi.h It,
Hit.
•lisli Vowj-ls
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Silv»*r ihr«*uds Î
1 **t threKhnld.
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creed. * here
il was viuein ." ,7"? v n ' J ' K ' me -
» a singing It to her, her escape
Hurling, you will be,
l 'er .tout. g und fuir to me."
. .. singing to Gerty Hardin,
1 »«likened the
U'lil «us her
«'us a etninee
lin 1 1
lino-s, in
camp.
. was listening.
"Darling, you «111 bo.
Ever young and fair to me!
So Him i«
her tent, t
Hie miracle, that wild
lain feeling! Yesterday,
dnul lag. tomorrow, more doubts
tonight, the
rush of ■.
hut
!;, mg, the night Isolated
and Uiekurd, Into a
Life with him on
them.
herself
•« !.. watch the lust stand
■ again:-i i he rock bombard
Molly Silent had crept down
from the Grossing full of fears Ou'
« oral of He ir own.
any terms she wanted.
CHAPTER XXXIII.
Th* Battle in the Night.
Gathering on tin*
K r rol!|
rivi
uitiiip
of Mu?
liiofll.
bank were tin
there,
*«»iih*\s Iimv nu the trestli-•
on
f those ro.-k
one
cars, was her Jim
tde sat on the hunk by Innen und Mrs
lllllslill<
Marshall
Mi -
Hardin floated by in her crl«p
A fe« leet behind stalked
s " unhappy, dearest.'
whispered the man at her side. 'Tin
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Ho■ lluslo-d a hi illlant, finished smile
,li " 1 v "'- sl "' v " s proud of him.
satished 1e r sen,.- of romance, or
""Uhl, lal. r, wh.-n she was away from
le e, a dull puin pricking ,-it her delib
•'"'>- planning. Godfrey found her
> oun K' l,n ' 1 ^»trading. His
Hfe had I» eu hungry, too; the wife,
«!• «here In Canada somewhere, had
'"'vr mahi ..1 him. Godfrey was
ambitious, ambitious as -he was. She
"'""hi h. his wife; she would see the
cilh - of Hi. world with him, the wel
7"'" 1 «'H'; '".dfny; she would
sl,: r '' l'»».udlis U1 h wonderful voice
.n s on the pretty figure
linos turned from hi;
look, abashed as though she bad been
peering through a locked door.
l.v liis sill,..
Gaylj, with a fluttering of niflh-s
Gelt) established herself on Ihe hank
a trill»* out
<*f hearing distance.
hard tilth' smile played on Ihe lips
edited with Parisian rouge. The child
1'h expression wn- gone; her look tic.
cits.at Ilf,. . r having trifled with her.
Rut they
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• Hon't look
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HI» eyes wore on her now, she knew,
questioning, not quite sure of her. She
had worried him yesterday because
she would not pledge herself to marry
him If he sued for his divorce. She
hud told him to usk her (hat after the
courts had set him free. She could
uot have him sure of her.
An exclamation from him recalled
her.
She found that he was no'longer |
staring at her; his eyes were fixed on
ll "- '««"Wing structure.over which u
e| )UtU .. s h|p (
creeping,
laden with rock, was .
"I want to stay with you, you know 1
that dearest. Hut it doesn't feel right i
to see them all working like niggers
and me loafing here, y«u don't mind?"
Oh, no, Gerty did not mind! She I
was tired, anyway ! She was going
buck to her tent !
He thrust a yellow paper into her '
hands.
I seul that oft today,
hups you will he glad?"
Per- i
She flung another of her Inscrutable
smiles ut him, and went up I ht» bank,
the paper unread in her hands.
The long afternoon wore away. They |
were now dynamiting the largest rocks |
on the ears before unloading them.
The heavy loads could not he emptied i
? U ' ck ! y eno " Kh ; Not dribbled, the rock.
' ' J 1 u " lr,t : , «bnultanoously, else the]
»f rj,Vel u,,d , r,MK rnl « bt be wash ^ :
' ,0 "' n Strt ' um fllst '' r «»•"" tlu '- v f - ould bt * 1
put together,
loaded ut once ;
train was terrific.
like devils, drenched from the spray
which rose from the river each time
Many curs must he un- i
the din on Silent's
His crew looked
Ihe rock-pour begun ; hlaekened by the (
smoke from the belching engine. The |
river was ugly In Its wrath. It was (
humping Itself for Its final stand i
against the absurdity of human inten- j
thin ; Its yellow tail swished through j
the bents of the trestle.
The order came for more speed,
Rickard moved from bank to raft;i
knee deep in water, screaming orders j
ibrough the din; directing the gangs; i
speeding Hie rock trains. Hardin oscll- |
latcd between the levee and dams, luk- j
lug orders, giving orders. His energy i
W!ls superb. It had grown dark, but
no on< . yet had thought of the lights,
!te great Wells' burners stretched
across the channel. Suddenly, the j
lights flared out brightly.
Not one of those who labored or i
watched would ever forget that night 1
X'h,. Mlir i t 0 f recklessness entered 1
Jv«„ Into îhe stoHd t.atWe The 2 i
"at the Reclamation forgot tol« was not
;hclr enterprise; the Hardin faction:
Jumped to Rickard's
watchers on the hank sat tense I
thrilled oui of recognition of aching
muscles, or the midnight creeping chill
No one would go home
To i nne8 . the struggle was vested
ln tw<1 Ulekard running down
yonder with that light foot of his, and
■fit rdin with the fighting mouth tense.
And somewhere, she
orders. The
remembered, i
working with the rest, was Estrada.
Those three were fighting for thejusti
nciitlon of a vision—an Idea was at
stake, a hope for the future.
Rickard passed and repassed her. j
And had not seen her! Not during I
th' se ho#rs would he think of her, not
mitJI the Idea fall«*«], or was trium
phant, would In* turn to look fur her.
Visibly, the drama moved toward it.s
«'Umax. Before many hours passed the
river would be captured or the Idea |
forever mocked. Kach time a helching
engine pulled across that hazardous!
truck it flung a credit to the man-side.
Knoli time the waters, slowly rising.
lunled their weight against the creak
ing trestles where the rock was thin,
a point was gained by the militant rlv
er. Its roar sounded like the last cry
of a wounded animal in lanes' ear;
the In-agon was a reality that night us
it spent its rage against the shackles
of puny men.
Molly Silent had seen lier husbûntTs
train pull lu. She watched for it to
go out again. The whistle blew twice.
Something whs wrong. She left her
place in lime to see Silent, his face
shining ghastly pale under the soot,
pull himself up from the ''battleship"
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God, Man, You Can't Go Like That!"
where he had been Umning. Batrada.
j s«*nt by Uickim) to find out why tin*
train did not |iiill out. saw him the
same instant as did Molly.
swayed, waving them back uuseeingly,
I tike a man who Is drunk.
1 "God, nmu, you can't go like that !"
i cried Uatrudn.
Silent
kidd a Nexv Yorker.
! The redoubtable I'npt. Kbld lived
• I about 200 years ago in a house that
!!| Stood on Hu* (.resent of M'.MJl
i'enrl street, New York City.
MONEY TO LOAN ON FARMS
Either first mortgage or subject l<> the Water Contract.
LOW RATE OF INTEREST.
QUICK SERVICE!
MONEY TO LOAN ON ALL KINDS OF CITY PROPERTY
I have a plan wherein you can pay off a little each
month, the same as paying rent, only in a few years
you would own your own home.
I WRITE ALL KINDS OF FIRE INSURANCE.
SURET\ BONDS ON SHORT NOTICE.
COMPENSATION INSURANCE.
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JEROME, IDAHO.
Phone 110.
An Investment
That Is Always Liquid
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'J'HL£ value of a bank account does not
fluctuate no matter how industrial or
financial conditions change. Many per
sons keep large inactive accounts here,
considering them purely as investments
which can he immediately realized on,
and which bear a liberal rate of interest.
/ he f irst National Bank oj Jerome
Jerome, Idaho
Established 1910.
Resources $900,000.00
OUk UNCHANGEABLE POLICY
PROMPT PAY—HIGHEST PRICES—SQUARE DEAL
ING and a conscientious effort to give you the best returns on
your cream.
— — — — WE WANT YOUR C REAM — — — —
Pul most of all we want your satisfaction first, last and always.
JEROME CO-OPERATIVE CREAMERY
CLARE L. BREECE, Manager
We have a large stock of
AUTO ACCESSORIES
Tires, Gas and Oil always on hand.
When your car needs repairing bring it to
us. Our mechanics know their business.
Dilworth Garage
M. P. Dilworth, Prop.
Phone 200
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Agency for Westcott
Allen Cars.
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