Show 41 0 11 II 11 t 7 k vi 1 11 V il IIA 0 0 z boosa fwu calwy w ti NM ir contin continued oil from I 1 last t issue sue the long line or of cars wn wits pushing off with its linen covered comred pullmans mill mid liters steaming down don grade the sink tho the depression which lil cli had been anen val sea and then lesert desert art and was uis now sea ken again old beach re christened imperial junction for was itself lower than the ancient sort line where tit tho gulf lidid lilt reached It Ickard knew lie he could field shells at that tunit destt bert it station should lie iio look for them ili he alel picked ed up ill ills bug bag that the porter land thrown tin own on the ground land faced the rung down don curtain its ILM painted was a yellow station house broiling under a desert sun still a large water antor tank beyond and lit in the distance the inevitable card h benid rd like property scene shifts nat lint find thin in ili their unreal lines of lin pink purple A dusty train ti aln was backing mid find switching picking up ill tile empty refrigerator cars to oiny carry into the valloy for foi the early anelon growers already tile v lead had asserted tod its industrial late ill alu it lulu I 1 to I 1 lain at of tin tile colorado had lilliee it spectacular thoe who lio would an pay little litte lilloll to tin the opening open liis of a new district in fit alio of r 11 dreaded desert opened their ears to tho the vagary of thu the river which alch had imide of it 11 part of unit that ties cit rt tilt nil inland sen sea scientists wore ere ni ius hint liln their speculations into print feild till the asi li by vv apoi littlon itt lon it had ione ilono lt awrore foru or A uld ill ui u el i ilow how tile par ci che i iio signe were apparent 0 lind had allt split ill alie dealt mod 11 ml line here water miller ils ur es 1 lind I I 1 I 1 1 11 ic 11 aid i ail tile track find 14 to tile south i si it of young willows ll lua aid the pill puth of nr tin tilt colorados chloi edns dehol debouch lell I 1 the 1 I ho mon crowding tile plit foin wore aiu tile tho motley of tile now new country in fit 1 tile the uniform of the enli cinalt t iriv vill alli tile of tilo reel dogs ones ako i vh 0 f found 0 und inevitable that lotus Is a was ns the wilted silted pretense pie tenso of it a gentle civilization de ducks tind tend lind lilii coll c ollai oll ais s imperial junction marked th downfall of the collar the rest 0 the ill composite site costume COStI N ns as irregular Irre gulai badly laundered and torn failed fadd tin ant sunburned the clothes of tile desel desei 1 soldier old I 1 I 1 r rickard saw butt onles failed faded overalls oc ralla shabby hat the soni brero of mexico maxico the faces under tile brond binand lints made I 1 i leiling leili flig ig impression upon litell of aid elger noss lie ile noted a imkin e of intelligence and this fills ivus ns not the indolent roup group of own which dinkes a pretense of mccu irli mover ft a trian comps in ili going lit in asked a voice at ills car N V pair of failed faded eyes acs set in fit it a young oung old face early withered or vil preserved lie he lead had not time to determine was aras staring tit at him ile iio its his interlocutor eliat ile he avas ns gol going ng in ill ills mood isolated ti the chrit e it its s significance daftly differ ant nt front from going on hilling buying 1 I think not it li iq it good binic to buy inspected a real estate agent for land Is low rock bottom prices on ReCOIl account tit of the uneasiness about the lie arher people rare afraid they the want to 10 see the lie company redeem sonio somo of its promises before they come I 1 in n and the C company in much of a hurry hurri asked what company I 1 he e re forred to the young old face with the faded eyes looked at tint int in surprise the D it company desert reclamation wilch lalih brou brought glit us its all here scalps scamps Sc amps tile newcomers ne comers sit survey of tit lie long line of ranked linked mountains ind d lean lands landa that formed the neck of the ho valley gave a snub of casualness to the question no fools Io olal I 1 tho the answer was wag ns as swift ns a bullet though some people think them thein worse than that I 1 dont go so far fair im willing to say thi thrive ive tried ril ill say that much lut but they tile the know how tile window shidow It ickard could sec were filled before the cars lial IIII ted ltd by lio file experienced otie ones t who lilt lind not notral for tile iraln to be fiade up ill in ili tho lie scramble lie spied it vacant ludw windlow on tin tilt tunny side fildo alli made for it A stranger dropped late into tile seat icat beside hill every luay window in the car was ns open each rid red elveter elve tet dusty seat nat was tilled filled A strong desert wind alis as blowing sunil into their fact fars dis coloring tile ibe real seats lind and covering the alie floor tilt alie engineer turned tu to ills companion who was vins coughing do you iou mind tills this window being I 1 opera open 7 id if it were not ats jt 8 always bad at the HIP junction when we get into tile tho cultivated country you will see wit aliat liat at tile valley wall wail ile be like when J r he was going I 1 in n 11 it Is till nil planted tho the wind is not had when it blows over oer grain or tit nl fulfill fulfil it Is the lie desert dust that alint rings nags one ile HP cou coughed glied again going lit in A sald lie was going in art are you going to settle lit in the valley the inquisitor was it annn alinn of about fifty It ickard decided dec idol it desert tun tan of apparent honeth enith li ills race was clear cut und laid intel gent 1 I dont know hist looking tire the country over 11 you yon might vall call it 11 that go i slow ills 1 lin it dont lot let yourself iw be carr carried leil away lt it Is a a woud wonderful erful country dill go 0 o slow its the ones who lio expect to lo ninke in millions illions mo hist first year that lit be 0 conic o mo the lie worst knocke go auw I 1 s 9 tell ell ill co io slow its nut not a good thue to buy then not 0 o god tio nd us its it was ns ten year 9 1 hut but land Is cheaper thrill it war ir year laek lack in some home districts yol yoi ill in liny huy it rood good farin for a ticket nich nine 1 the farmers are so old feet the slang sounded oddly the ninna olac had the cultivated precision of tho the purist cold feet the rivers chilled them the valleys val luys losing faith lu ili the coul com amny pill Y what coni company pany inquired rickard richard again theres but one company to the valley tile tho one flint brought them thein luio here the D it they dont call the railroad tho company they wont re recognize e that problem I 1 its lilt biad linard hard luck front from the first tho the 1 I it at the very start the wrong nian got told of it Sat lier tile first promoter was it a fiker a pretty thorough faker the out but its been in ill bald bad odor with tit alic public ever since eyes left the deep cuts in tho the land made by the ravening ram nang wate waters rs and looked tit at ills companion 1 I thought estrada was thu original promoter lie inquired estradas a recent conler comer oh yot mean dinean the general gen cial ile he started the ball bal rolling that was its all isad bad lio health following tl bliss complication tied lits hi hands brinds the man in the sent scat aliena was its toning ills IHs licad head was leonine eilf hi body shriveled It ickard could see oi t alie I 1 to neck the alio ancient burns that had spared the magnificent liend the rest of the ninn man had been shriveled unit ana twisted into terrible deformity rickard found himself over tile incident with its accompanying miracle was not a sear scar on oil the powerful face estradas business methods won were I 1 then I 1 n not dif different Terent from bathers ano and Ilar dIns I 1 it was a dopp deep rich organ oh you cant class alardin with protested compan on ion used alardin honesty cannot lie be questioned its not nol moneys lies after ills whole heart Is in tills reclamation scheme Illar dins a false alarm growled the owner of tile the inus sive head lie ile makes promises ile HP never keeps keep them the older mails smile was tolerant barton lie indicated Is the lent dent of tile writer water companies and if you on want to in licar hear about a rogue rogne land and n scoundrel risk ask the lie water companies their opinion of bardln well ell what sort of a biolo tiolo lins has 1 lie I got us into demanded the oil other or with heat in a liole hole 11 no nn one ivins izee i iiii to remember that in he crucified himself to have ahne the valley lo ivo 10 a great respect for thomas mardin maryes marres yes res returned ilick ard whose liking lind been crip by the speaker the impression of distinction sharpened the stranger wore a laundered pong pongee ep silk shirt open at the neck but n brown 1 I ik tl en md 1 I it wits tr trimly rally belted belled there were cre acut ut two to neckties lit in tin the ditoro cur car and they occupied rickard observed ed the sunio seat 1 the I lio beginning of the canal luckard looked out upon n flat ono one toned toiuo country olt lit n rectangles by plows tind nil scrapers vir fit I 1 flier s it tansi 0 mn acro ri edged ley by voting NN v illume lie lir ile could see sec even on at thit distance the gletis of water v iter it was tin the pIls passing sing of tile desert A few nilles bitch k it lie had seen ceu s the desert in ili its primitive which not ervn cactus rel loved lie ile wila ns passing over oer ill alu land which man and horses were preparing for mthr waiter and lie could see tit alio laud land where waiter wits that hint was as the hit way looked when ft lien I 1 fant wv saw it commented the other inan who liu wore a tip coille out on the rear platform we VL cau sec bettor er Ittel luckard card followed fol lovid to the buck back of the swept sept stilling car the glare on tin tile was it intense lie stood tin tilt noly lie ly anade checkerboard of it country slip least will liliu were vre tile the two to haws of steel aulls liaci mid and separated ailin front from tilt world out ade lie ili was ais going krang in ili not in ili malto even had lio lie such it feeling of remote aies acs i 4 the iho converging per toward toi ird the throat of the valloy looked and unreal lit in their gauze draperies of roso rose and violet the tender boin of day was as cloth ing thein with alth mystery softening thol their sharp slinia outlines they chii talked tit world orld beyond be ond Pie kurl felt the sus sui pense of the next net act continued ent issue |