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Show r THE PAGE SIX he WAT R EAIFtER, J.ALLAN DUNN A MAN TO HIS AUTHOR TP What were you doing? Where were you doing It?" "Building roads and bridges. Repairing a lot more. Some trench work." "Ah I" Caleb was sure that a gleam of new Interest came Into Cox's eyes. "You served over there. Any rank?" "I came out a first lieutenant." Cox nodded. "It was a great training ground," he said. "No time wasted there, to my mind. Gave a young man a broader horizon, taught him to bundle men. He hesiMy boy was over there." tated as Baxter came back. "He's due here at he went on. "I Imagine you'd get on well together. Better Join us at dinner. You too, you mentioned? g 8ynopels. Idly flshlns creek, In California, Caleb Warner, civil engineer, and' New Knglandnr, is witness of tho end of a coyote pulled down by two wolfhounds, urged on by a irlrl rider. Admiring the hounds, he Introduces himself, and learns her name is Clinton. With western hospitality she Invites him to the ranch to meet her father. At the Clinton home Warner learns his new friend's name Is He Is welcomed by her Hetty. father, Southern Civil war veteran and owner of Hermanoa valley. Warner tells them something of his ambitions and his feeling that he Is destined to be a "Water-Bearer.- " In the town of Golden Warner shares an apartment with his old Columbia college chum, Ted Baxter, carefree, and somewhat dissipated youth, only child of his widttwed mother, who controls the family Her-mano- t five-thirty- Baxter." "Got to excuse me," 'said Baxter. "Previous appointment. Sorry." One of the members of the luncheon fortune. party had been hovering somewhat Impatiently in the background, evidently waiting for Cox. The latter saw him and nodded. CHAPTER III Continued "Got to go now," he said. "See you Warner, then." "There's Wilbur Cox," he suld. at Caleb watched the tall figure as tt "That's a Big Business crowd. Morse, oft the right of Cox, Is head of the strode off, energetic, masterful, listenLumber ring, then comes Towle, presi- ing to what the other hnd to say, disdent of the Sundown rnllrohd. Mnr-lln'- s missing It with an abrupt gesture. He next, he opens up big tracts for turned to Baxter. "That man Is a fighter, he said. colonist development. I.awler is an "You can double that bet. They're oil magnate and the last one Is Win-tomanager of the Golden Light and all fighters, scrapping for everything Tower company. They come close to In sight, fighting to get It. fighting to running Golden and a good share of hold on to It. That's the essence of the state as wolL I don't know how their bank balances stand, but you enn bet that the six of them represent several times that number of million dollars In active circulation with their Interests." Caleb regarded Cox with special attention, lie knew that he owned big land holdings, controlled rich mines and was the president and mainspring of the Crystal Springs Water company that supplied Golden with its commercial and civic measure of the vital five-thirt- the two of us, all by our lonelles. ire . you on?" At three o'clock they were bowlbaf south along an almost perfect rnd when Baxter grudgingly slowed down In obedience to a signboard that Informed them they were approaching the town of Paloma. Tm- feeling much better," he announced. "Want to take the wheel for a while and let me smoke?" They changed seata. "I've got to trim down on these," Baxter said, lighting his cigarette. "The pump needs repacking," he went on, tapping himself over the heart. "And it can't be done. They turned me down for that. Told me I had a banquet-hear- t and that the excitement of sticking a Heine might end It. It's the old C and C. Champagne and cigarettes Jack Cox got In but I stayed out. Made me feel like a slacker." "Why don't you cut the stuff, Ted?" "It Isn't going to last long enough. At present I prefer the vineyard to the lemon grove. I'm no good at business anyway. Tin a grasshopper and I'll hop till the grass gets too short and things dry up generally." "This sort of thing you've got on to night, Ted? Aren't you afraid you'll wind up In some sort of a mess?" "I'm Immune. It's good fun. The girls I travel with know how to take care of themselves. It's a game. If I met the right girl Oh, what's the use? You see, Cal, the mater Is chipping off a chunk of her principal every yeur. She flies high herself. If I outlast her, which Is doubtful, there won't be much coming to me. I suppose she's right. I've got to marry money, but the girls with money are either too blase, too businesslike or too homely and stupid. No use preaching to me, Cal. You're born an ant and I'm a cicada, which Is Callfornese for grasshopper." They reached the apartment house at five o'clock and Caleb proceeded to dress circumspectly for the dinner while his friend laid out more sumptuous raiment. "You'll be home tonight?" asked M fluid. He saw a man who might have been, anywhere from fifty to 'sixty, tall, hair gray spare, with above the ears, clean shaven, witli a fine forehead and n skull, a projecting nose, keen gray eyes, a genial mouth and a firm chin. He told many of the stories that met with the greatest laughter, for the group was a care-freone, for the moment at least. Their luncheon was almost over and, when Cox rose at Irs conclusion, he did so with an ease that spoke of muscles still In prime condition. If Caleb had wanted to sum up the man In one crisp word he would have chosen the adjective "lit." "No need to hurry," Baxter said. "The old hoy's son Is coming up, this afternoon from I.os Angeles and I know Cox has arranged for a dinner here tonight. If you can get in right with Cox, Cal, the going should be I can give you the introduceasy. tion. After that It's up to you. Cox doesn't take me very seriously." . Leaving the dining room, they met t'ox alone, coming from the direction of the club's telephone booths. Baxter seized the moment. "I want a friend of mine to meet you,' he said to the older man, speaking with the frank facility that was one of bis greatest assets, met by Cox with a sort of geniality. class"This Is Caleb Warner, mate of mine at Columbia, civil engineer, following the Star of Kmplre westward In the hope of bitching his wagon to It. Pon't let my friendship with him prejudice you ugainst him. He plays ant to my grasshopper." Cox smiled as he gripped- Caleb's hand cordially enough, giving him h direct glance that, in kindly but determined fashion, seemed to measure close-trimme- d 71 I Jl IB? well-shape- d e "Water," Answered Caleb Promptly. take it, everywhere. Big Business, They have their rules, of course, bnt they sometimes slip one over beneath the belt, at that. But they've never told the count over Cox. How did he come to Invite you to dinner? Not tq mention me? I'd fit In there about n well as a goldfish In a shark-pon- d not worth gobbling but, if I glittered enough, they might know I was among those present." "I don't think he took any sudden fancy to me," Caleb answered. "Me warmed tip a little when he heard I had been across. Thought his boy might like to meet me." "Of course. I'm a chmnp. Jack Cox Is the apple of his father's eye, all the more so because I "a Cox bud good reasons to suppose said apple You think I'm Inwas worm-eaten- . clined to burn the trull. Man. beside Jack Cox I was as a Ford to a Bolls Boyce! He was In mote mixMips with wine, women and song than I ton Juaii ever dreamed of. Compared to him I'm an amateur. Or was. The war changed all that. Jack's nmie buck a Mm. "Glad to meet you," he said. "Plenty changed leopard. Not a spot on hhil. Follow Ins in his dad's footstep." He of room out here for civil engineers. broke off abruptly. "How about a ny specialty?" little air this afternoon? 1 think (he Caleb answered "Water," promptly. breeze would favor my fevered brow. Cox to a seemed harden The eyes of I want to be tit for tonight. We'll a hint of suspicion at little, to hold the pat answer that might have been ralculated to awaken Interest. 'loiie much at It?" "A factory dam or two. fine reservoir for town supply. Back Last. The rest of my practical experience has Sport Is sometimes rritlcUed for the been along other lines for the last unfairness of Its participants or the I Interam especially two years but of Its followers. and the partisanship ested In a mission besides the develIt has West deemed to be the place." a healthy ldy. surely It Is fired out opment of "looking for a ).li?"-Co- x In the encouragement of nil while the tde questions briskly, in the players nnl on the grandrovei ing Caleb with the battery of his stand. Toward this end. the following eyes. were printed recently on "For any real opportunity. Mr. Cox." tlolden Bales the back of a program by the army A "errant came up with a salver . school of physical training In and pienfed It to Baxter, lie IIl well bear rules these and In llnnred t tl.b filled repetition elnr tiers: and excised himself. flay the gums for the sake of ttl on me. I'm wanted "You'll pardon game. Mm with ir.e phone. Cox looked ufter I'tay for your str!e, and not ror wir-selnumerous quirk to fill mouth. "There goes the grasshopper," he Be a goou winner snd s good loser aJd "Now then, these last two years I half-toleran- t one-tim- e Some Thing Kng-hind- - - Z n 1 two-side- d hK v WttA . t ;t'4;.tu--. -- ..4 Caleb. "I'll be home when the game's over answered Baxter enigmatically. "Thl3 Is Saturday uibt. We may take a little trip to Lake county. Don't bother about me. Off to jour business, ant I" A I Pirrc-- CHAPTER IV l'r.i The ! Supri-m- T LAST we're going to provide a permanent home for Big Business Jack Cox turned out so close a replica of his father less weathered, less bitten by Time and Experience but nevertheless so evident a chip of the old block, that Caleb almost doubted Baxter's description of him as a reformed wastrel. He had been through the furnace of the war and, whatever of steel had been In him had been tempered, the baser metals burned to slag and discarded. Caleb had seen others In his own division of the fighting game who had stiffened and found their manhood in like fashion. Caleb liked him from the outset. The man had qualities that he lacked, the same western broadness thst Baxter possessed In more volatile fashion. But, though trolleys and water dams seem far apart to the laity, a mutual profession based both of them. Caleb found the preliminary story of Imperial valley vastly Interesting and Jack Cox told it well, albeit he had had no hand in those earlier stages of development. It was the tale of the bringing back of an arid sink, once under cultivation by the Indians, of the harnessing of the mighty Colorado, one terrific fight with flood waters and now cotton fields, and vineyards, wide acres of cantaloupes, horticulture and agriculture in every branch ; order. Industry, prosperity. Caleb listened w'tli Interest and understanding. "There Is only one Imperial valley, perhaps," said Cox, "but there are ether deserts with so'.l Just as fertile, waiting only for the magic touch of water. Your end of water end Is the initial move In the game, mine You play Alpha to my Is the last. Omega." get the chance." said Caleb. The chances are everywhere. If a man knows his business, and wants to work at It, there's no t Rouble about Opportunity. Her knuckles must be raw on the Pacific knocks coast. She unceasingly," laughed Cox. "If hnlMlmt for lh I nitctl NtMtrn Sunrirnr court. Court of he I nlfcl States; etniKllns. left to rlKhti JOHlrr Mwarrt Trny Btanford. Seated, left to riBhti .Instlees Jnmes t'lark Melirynolds. Oliver Vientlell loitlrr end Ilurlnn l iske St.inc. Denildtm Brandeta. Milllum Howard Taft, Justice Willis Van Ievnler, and pprr .wrr Jubilee I "Oh, you'll get It. The Coxes' father and (on, appear to be solid folk, la Caleb Warner's lot to be cast with them? our highest judicial body the Supreme Court of the United Slates. It came to Washington in 1S01. and since that time has been housed within the walls o( Its the national cnpitol. 7 present home, despite the bonds of an Intensely historic has been oat grown. Throughout America the smaU town courthouse is generally the slitxw place of the community, but in Washington the visitor has a difficult time in loAnd cating the nation's courtroom. when it Is found it proves not only physically unattractive but also inadequate for the pirpose It mu.it serve. This situation wi'l ne changed if the next congress sees fit to provide an appropriation for a new temple of justice of which the nation cun be proud. The proposed site lies just across the plaza east f the capitol, easily visible Ihro.igh tcwering trees from the halls of congress. This site at present is occupied by an apartment building and he "Old Capitol" structure, now headquarters of the National Woman s party On this historic spot It Is proposed to erect a building which will be ade- quate for the neds and In harmony with the dignity of the United States Supreme court. The late Henry Bacon bad drawp the plans for the new structure before his death enrly In l!CI. Bacon's masterpiece Is the LinAfter finishing It lie coln memorial. declared there was only one more work he would like to do a bulldlnir tor the Supreme Court of the United. States. In addition to t lie courtroom the will provide new building ample spnee for the private offices of the Justices, facilities for the various court assistants, adequate library spa'e. and more suitable accominodiitlon for the reception of counsel who come ti appear before this high tribunal. Where is the Supreme court housed now? Walking north along the. eapl-to- l corridor from tile house of repre- S' litatives, one first ctMiies to a passageway guard"d by two busts, one of .'nines It. Mann nnd the ither of Clark, former speaker of the . A few feet fartfor Is St:irurv hull, tilled with m statue of Amerl-cutiwho I'm ve been worthy of such hoiiiM. Next U the rotunda under whose magnificent dome you find guides, proclaiming the merits if the Inrge paintings portraying the bav- tlsm of I"N'Hhojitas and the surrender (Hi ef I'ornwnllis at ".nrklmvn. t through the rotund. I Uie passes Is Just S circle of columns ; s clee-nx-- ITO I1B CONTINUED. ) modest In defeat. victory and generous In lake all derisions without question or urgument. Be tea h unselfish and always ready to and helj others. Toronto Globe. Antler of Deer Peer antlers are shed eaeb year, usually ston after the itose of the be renewed thf breeding season. following soring. Sometimes antlers are straight and unbratuhed, bin tisunUy there are bnuiches. called tines or snags, and tfe nuinoer ot these Increases with aire, so that t.ia finest NDtlets are on fully matured mules n;-x- an almost unnoticed doorway. Over It is r. shield of the United States. Inside this doorway Is the courtroom of the United States Supreme court. It Is much like any other tourtroom. Behind the long bench In the fore part of the room sit the justices in comfortable leather chairs, witli the chief Justice In the middle. In front of the bench are places for counsel. Toward the rear Is a semi" circle of seats for visitors. The room's capacity is scarcely l.'O persons. Facing the courtroom, on the opposite side of the corridor, are two rooms occupied by the clerk of the court and his aids. Here are found tiie names of those admitte.O to pracNext to tice before this tribunal. these rooms, on the north, is the robing room, lined witli portraits, includHere ing several of John Marshall. the Justices go to don their robes before tiling Into the courtroom. In the order of their appointment, behind the chief Justice. Below in tiie basement Is a conference room, where the Justices gather to discuss cases. Because of lack of other space, some lO.OtX) volume are crowded into this room. Across the hall is the library f the court. The present facilities are utterly" Inadequate. There Is not even enough room for each justice to have n private office. Justice Sutherland and Justice Sunfoed have a room at the Justice Stone has one In eapitol and' ut the the senat- - office building, other members of the court maintain their offices at. their private residences. The Supreme court first met in New I7!W). No busiYork city in Ftbrwnk-jrness appeared and nothing happened for a considerable time other than the admlsslun of a few counselors. After two terms In New York e!ty. the government having been trons-ferre- f to I'Mhulelphlu. the court also . iuet there. Wten preparations were being made for a federal city, elaborate provision were agreed on for housing the eecu-tiv- e and legislative branches, but no one rememlercd the Supreme court. Finally the Washington commissioners sen: ti letter to congress calling attention to the oversight. That a rooei In the cnpitol wm then assigned Is shown by a statement found In the "Annals of Congress" of January 21. U'Ol. sandwiched between Items relating to the erection of mausoleum to tieorge WiisMnirton an t a discussion of a tarlT on liquors. The court moved iilioiil to various quarters in the eapitol. for most of the time prior to tSiIfl occupying tt basement room. In :"."0 Robert Mills, u famous Washington architect, said. i even though he were to persuade himself Unit the men who stoned him were but ugly passions incarnate When Immortal Banyan makes hW who knows that tie Is stoned, not for professing the right, but for not being picture of tho persecuting passion hprofessed to be.ticoi-gbringing In their verdict of guilty, the loan That Is n rare F.liol, in "Middlemarch." who pities Faithful? find blessed lot. which some grentesf men hnvo not attained, to know ourAccounting for "ItlancT selves guiltless before a condemning "Iinnd'' Is an Anglo-Saxoword of crowd to tte sure that v.hat w are which the derivation Is not clnar. Is us. denounced for solely the good in Probably It followed the riistoiu obThe pitiable lot Is Unit of the man served In saying headland, neck of rl.o roul'l UjI cull blnisrlf s Djrtyr land, tongue of land, brow of a hill '' Bering. ,Sn'l?"!",,,di llolmm. "The djenth of some of our most talented Jurists has been attributed to this location of the courtroom, and it would be but common justice In congress to provide better accommodations for Its sittings." Finally, In 1850, it was proposed that the old senate chamber be used for the court, together with several The suggesadjoining ofllce rooms. tion was severely criticized, one senator remarking, "Now I would like to know what use there can be for fourteen roofns for the Supreme court." The proposal carried, however. The old chamber, now the courtroom, la Indeed historic. There, rn May 12, 1S!0, the senate passed "An act providing for the prosecution of the existing war between the United States and the Republic of Mexico." There, on March 7. 1ST.0, Webster rose ond began, "Mr. President, I wish to speak today, not as n Massachusetts man. nor as a northern man, but as I speak today an American. for the preservation of the Union." One of the most dramatic scenewitnessed in the chamber occurred when Representative Brooks of South Carolina approached Charles Sumner of Masf achusetts, as the latter was seated at his desk nfter the day's proceedings. Referring to an address delivered by Sumner on slavery. Brooks said, "You have libeled my state and I feel It to be my duty to punish you for ft." He then struck Sumner repeatedly with a heavy cane. One who testirefied at the resulting Inquiry marked, "The same, licks on an ordinary skull would have smasbed rigM through." Sumner apparently bsd m ordinary skull, and he survived tt take n prominent part In the bitter battles of reconstruction.. The visitor to the courtroom today notices nine buts of the formel chief Ju,tioes ranged about the wall. One Is of John Marshall, of whom It U said that his brilliance was onl exceeded by bis informality tha'. he ofien took Ms place on the btruh with burrs sticking tc bis clothes, that he Itched quoits and went to market with u basket on one arm. In everything except adequate surroundings the Supreme court has been enlarged. The number of Justices ha risen from six to nine. The salary has inci eased from P 1.000 for the chief just Ire and W.'m for the associate Just lees to S1.,0"0 and $I l,fiH, respec tively. The liUmber of cases has risen tremendously. In the early days the court frequently adjourned for lack of business, ntid for many years there was a very limited number of rases, white at the beginning of the Octolwr (1!2.") term there were 1..109 cases on the docket. ... . Iiom-'O- for Good "Sports" to Remember water-engineerin- g form-messag- e Friday, November 12, 1926 d MATE' COX NEPH1. UTAH S. take the car over on the fairy tad run down to San Jose m6 bvek. "Just the two of usT" Pnrltan, Jost "Yes, you double-dye- "RIMROCK TRAIL WILBUR TIMES-NEW- 1 month of n rlter. back or fool of bill nnd arm of the sea. Bs roe-jblance to nn eye led It .o be called an Island. The "s" probably resulted from confusion with the French word ' Man to Be Pitied Isle. Differing Qualitie$ n , "Some women." an Indlann pnpef thinks, "an. tinhnppy because theli httsbnnd overdo the Job of trying t make them happy." Some. erhaps, hut not enough to worrv shnnt..rrw ner's M eekly, |