Show R 7 1 04 0 4 ad M I 1 H C LE by MAE FOSTER JAY copyright by W A wilde co service SYNOPSIS mary daughter of it a millionaire has the idea that her personality Is obscured by tho the fact act that she Is the child of f the rich david brown and determines ter mines to make her way in life unaided she has a million dollars which glie gh insists her father invest in the wildest dream imaginable and about which she must know nothing she la Is it graduate engineer As na M brown 1 4 yary vilry secures a position as engineer with the paradise valley project a development concern she la Is engaged by letter on the train on her way to her job she meets denis craig who immediately antagonizes her alighting from the train mary alary is left at a way station practically penniless craig i 1 coming to her assistance Is also left it behind he befriends her enabling her J to continue her journey arriving at the project she is accused by J john 0 hn stark chief engineer of deception in concealing her sex and again meets craig who Is the promoter of the project wary mary Is given a position she make up her mind as to cheth fer tr craig is an honest visionary or a slicker at the risk of her life she saves eaves a valuable instrument and through the incident is drawn closer to craig A feeling eeling much resembling love creeps into her heart concerning him mary learns inadvertently that it 99 is her money which Is financing the Ira paradise radise valley project her father having loaned it to craig CHAPTER IX continued 17 simultaneously from the 1 last ast one of the row of white tents another figure I 1 emerged mary alary started forward with brisk impulsive steps in the direction i ot headquarters house the other figure figare with deliberate strides started in the same direction lines of travel converged 1 the two figures b halted looked into each others eyes a moment and 0 grinned i mary broke the impasse of weeks if do you happen by any chance to have a slim little book in your pocket await walt a allnutt nell neil tapped upon a pasteboard cover poetry he drawled and a summons to the carpet cooperation co operation Is an important essential bial of organization grinned mary i shau shall we face the grief together E they went up the hill toward the lighted office of the chief engineer and entered john stark looked up from his writing 0 oh you two 1 his keen eyes e probed and as theirs met his under E C stan and a little sheepishly a emile anile softened his severe face evidently antly you found the volumes I 1 picked il 4 cp for you in the city all then hen back bach on your own jobs in the 71 a orning morning 11 tf ik 1 having demonstrated his own lead L iship enship by his recognition of individual i 9 natural assets and by placing those mets assets where they would bring in the 9 greatest return to society john stark ji A turned back to his desk f mary and nell went down the path at first like two awed children who p miraculously had escaped punishment ft ant ut when they reached the deserted cami ae adap fire exuberance welled up overwhelmingly 11 w dmn y in mary brown she not ly had her job she was the recipient of the chiefs solicitude he had bad gone eone out of ills his way to teach her and r wait alt a a lesson in the ethics ind lid the technique of the profession I 1 iti she seized nell by the arms and suddenly they were dancing foolishly bout the campfire camp fire to the whistled met bet and roses as they remonstrated that quick impulsive tride stride and slow deliberate stride can beep ep apace if necessary im sorry I 1 messed up your pretty P eld book wait a minute mary said M 8 she broke away i that goes double mary the sorry art be halfway half way across the afifie by now if been running hat at reconnaissance progress Is not entirely a matter ot of peed eed 11 mary informed him as she arned toward the hotel walt wait a minute he overtook her lou dont suppose do you mary at I 1 could have worked beside you ay by day for a year and have any eal animosity for you in my heart why yes I 1 thought I 1 thought althen then think again his slow smile as more significant than his words wok 01 in your thesaurus for an anonym for animosity will you mary oll oh oh walt wait a allnutt I 1 I 1 mary lary brown ran let et her optimism notwithstanding 11 was scarcely two weeks before ary ry again was in john starks office by COlu command mand listening to his brusque aders turn over your survey party 0 anderson anderso n tomorrow morning M brown rown 11 yes ies sir mary managed the che chief tj engineer noncom non com mitt ally was consulting his notes to all appearances the conversation was ended what did this portend she swallowed hard and where if anywhere shall I 1 report sir mar mary y heard his incredible answer then department of design b M brown stark looked up at her a twinkle coming into the deep set eyes the ferocity of his bristling little mustache ousted by a smile 1 I capitulate II al brown long ago I 1 capitulated I 1 have no quarrel with a girl on the job at least this girl I 1 congratulate you not only for efficiency in your work but for your level headedness your balance you never have beer been masculine but you never have used your sex ses as an alibi moreover you never have let the patent admiration of half a dozen of these young engineers interfere with bustness business with he be chuckled progress mary brown drew in her breath opened her mouth and closed it flung out her hands and walked to the window 1 I cant I 1 cant say anything sirl sir cant thank you dont bother design was your aspiration pi ration it mary M a ry oh yes marys head was reeling this this was realization I 1 she was on her way to success definitely now by virtue of merit alone she had put behind her the days of apprenticeship without pull without money 1 I want to get our reorganization to functioning stark was saying by the time denis stages his coup ue he waved his hand toward the knoll outside where one hundred new white tents festively grouped themselves under the oaks fluttering m their flaps like spring maids di sporting their draperies in a wood wood dance 6 reorganization mary questioned im leaving the project except in a consulting capacity mary involuntarily made a cry of protest in the cause of efficiency the project can do without me from this point bill will have a fine chance to try his aln wings s as chief engineer leigh still will be superintendent zt I 1 want to see things lined up as I 1 have p planned lanned them and I 1 want you settled at design before I 1 go mary reached out to take his hands bands impulsively you tou never can appreciate what you have done for me sir I 1 As he looked down at her he be was the john stark who had fathered her the night of the storm her warm outburst touched him will you always come to me when you need help mary she nodded a promise 69 yes tes she rushed from his office her own elation quite transcended by the sense of personal loss felt by all his associates for the executive rejoining his firm in S san a D fr francisco a encisco thence to look j iiii i im after the practical end of making some other dreamers dream come true denis craigs coup through the virgin streets of which with their scent of fresh pine floors and new canvas mary now passed was that dreamers argument that seeing is believing the paradise valley project was about to hold open house and purchasers and prospective purchasers not only were invited to drop in for a week or two but with glorified hospitality pita lity were being transported from all parts of the united states expenses paid to this trumpeted wonderland where they would be offered the opportunity of becoming pioneers de luse on this vast estate which mary browns flouted million had purchased upon the appointed day crowded trains began to roll into the station a in mile ile from the embryonic civic center the tent city the great land sales convention was on hospitality was rampant and the contracts signed were amounting to millions of dollars mary brown busy from early morning in 9 until late at night was a mixture of emotions there was elation she bad made mad e good starting in debt she had worked her way to financial solvency starting under the bandi handicap cap of prejudiced opinion she had worked her he way to the security of professional solvency there was ample opportunity here for her to advance in her profession there was the thrill of a new adventure one to which she as the daughter of the rich david brown had be been en a stran stranger er slie she was playing around with bo boys ys of her own age just as she had watched girls unencumbered with millions do she was popular with them and one of them had assured her that the feeling he held for hp hor was not called an animosity i imo sity with the coming of the visitors to paradise valley mary experienced her first rush she was a romantic figure this girl engineer 0 in her riding breeches and putts she danced and dined and rode and flirted a little with young men blown in by the four winds and told herself that she was having a grand and glorious time but there was a little sting behind her joy no one of course admirer or scoffer could watch denis craig in this environment and not be in a conflict of mind about him ills his charm his magnetism his bis appeal to all classes of visitors were approached only by one other thing the compelling beauty of the foothill country the two made a da dangerously lii intriguing combination people hung upon his words they believed they scrambled to buy they hailed him as a superman as a moses they talked of his divine inspiration as he be pictured for them arf aff elysium there was a stampede tor for reservations could he would he build this elysium mary asked herself hersel i persistently as she tried to analyze whether hether IV this universal adoration provoked or pleased her TO BE CONTINUED |