Show ate F OR BEARER BS DUNN AUTHOR A MAN TO HIS MA MATE TRAI COPYRIGHT fy 0 ODD DOOD MEAD jad C CO service WILBUR COX Syn synopsis idly aly fishing hermanos creek in california caleb warnor warner civil engl englener ner and a new B EnK landor lander la is witness of 0 the end of a coyote pulled down by two wolfhounds wolf hounds urged on by a xer rider admiring the hounds he introduces litin himself gelfand and learns lie her name to la clinton with western hospitality she invites him to the ranch to meet her fattier father at the clinton home warner learns his now new friends name la is ketty betty lie H Is welcomed by her fattier father southern civil war veteran vateran and owner of IIer Iler manos valley warner tells them something of ids his ambitions and tits his feeling that he Is destined to be a water hearer bearer in the town 0 of golden warner chares an apartment with its hta old columbia college collage chum ted baxter carefree and somewhat dissipated youth only child of his widowed mother who controls the family fortune CHAPTER ill continued 4 theres wllbur wilbur cox ho he said a illg big business crowd morse on the right of cox Is head of fit the lumber ring then comes coines towle president of tho sundown railroad mar lins next lio lie opens up big tracts for col colonist development lawler Is nn an oil magnate and the last fast one Is winton manager of the golden light and rower power company they come close to running golden and a good share of the state ns as well I 1 dont know how otheir bank balances stand but you crin can bet that the six of them represent beveryl times that number of million dollars in fit active circulation with their interests caleb regarded cox with special attention tent lon lie iio knew that lie owned big land holdings controlled rich mines and was the president and mainspring of the crystal springs writer water com company finny that supplied golden with its commercial and civic measure of the vital fluid lie he saw a ninn who might have been anywhere front from fifty to sixty tall spare with close trimmed hair gray libove the ears cars clean shaven with a fine forc forehead hond and a well shaped skull ft projecting nose keen gray eyes a genial mouth anit a firm arm chin ile he told ninny many of the stories that hat met with the greatest laughter laug liter for the group ws was a carefree care free one for the lie moment at least their luncheon almost over rind when cox rose nt at its conclusion cl clu lie he did so with tin an ease case that spoke of muscles still in prime condition it if caleb had find wanted to surn sum up tho the man in one crisp word lie he would have chosen the adjective nt fit no need to hurry baxter said the old boys son Is coming up tip t ti s noon from los angeles and know cox has arr arranged anaed for a dinner here tonight if you can get in right with cox cal the going should be easy I 1 can give you the introduction after that its up to you cox take me very seriously leaving the dining room they met cox alone coming from the direction of the clubs telephone booths darter seized tile the moment 1 I want a friend of mine to meet you lie he said to tile older man inan speaking with tile the frank facility that was one of tits ills greatest assets met by cox with n sort of half tolerant geniality tills this Is caleb warner onetime one time classmate of mine nt at columbia civil engineer following the star of empire westward in the hope of hitching tits his wagon to it dont let my friend alp with him film prejudice you against him film lie he plays ant to my grasshopper cox smiled as he gripped calebs hand cord cordially lall enough giving hini him it direct glance that in kindly but determined fashion seemed to measure bilm glad to meet you lie said bald Il plenty lenty of room out here fiere for civil engineers any specialty special tYl water caleb answered promptly the eyes of cox seemed to harden a little to hold a hint of suspicion at the pat arriver anwer that might have been calculated to awaken interest done much nt at 1011 in A factory dam or two one reservoir for town supply back I 1 enst east tile the rest of my practical exper lente has been along other lines for the last two years yeara but I 1 am especially interested in water engineering and the west seemed to be the place looking for a job cox fired dred out the questions briskly all the while covering caleb with the battery of his edep eye vor any real opportunity sir mr cox A servant came up with a salver balm and presented it to baxter ile he glanced glinted at alib filled ln in form message and excused him atif pardon me im wanted on met ione cox looked after him film with i h u ma coroum quirk to his mouth chere goes the grasshopper he it these last enst two years you mentioned what were you doing where were you doing it building roads and bridges repairing a lot more inore some trench work all alil I 1 caleb was sure that a gleam or of now new interest came into coxs eyes you served over there any rank 1 I canie came out a first lieutenant cox nodded it was n great training ground lie ho sold said no wasted there to my mind gave it a young roan a broader horizon taught him to handle men M my y boy was over there ho hesitated testy its as braxter caine back lies due hero here nt at live five thirty lie went on oil 1 I Ining imagine inc get on well together hotter better join us at dinner you too B baxter ater 11 got to excuse me said baxter it previous evious r appointment sorry one of the members of the luncheon party lind been hovering somewhat impatiently in the background evidently waiting for cox coir the latter saw him film and nodded got to go now lie he said seo see you at five alve thirty warner then caleb watched tile tall figure ns as it strode oft off energetic masterful listening to what the other had to eay dismissing it with an abrupt gesture ture ile iio turned to baxter that man Is a tighter lighter lie he said you can double that bet nil all fighters scrapping for everything in sight fighting to get it lighting to hold on to it the essence of I 1 I 1 water caleb answered promptly wg 1119 business I 1 take it everywhere they have their rules ol of course but they sometimes slip one over beneath the belt at that hut but never told the count over cox how flow did he come to invite you to dinner not to mention roc id fit in there about na as well as a goldfish in III a shark pond not worth gobbling but if I 1 glittered enough they might know I 1 was among those present 1 I dont think lie he took any sudden fancy to me caleb answered ile he up n little when lie ho heard hear I 1 had been across thought tits ills boy might like to meet me ine of course im n chump jack cox Is the apple of his fat fathers tiers eye all the more so beer because tuse ia cox had good rensing to suppose said apple was worm borin oaten you think rm im inclined to burn the trail man bestle jack COT I 1 was as a ford to a holla lie ile was in more mix ups with wine women and song than abati don junn jul 11 I 1 ever dren nied of compared to him film itu im nn an or was tile war changed change nil that jacks conic come back a changed leopard not a spot on film following in tits his dads footsteps ile iio broko broke off abruptly illow how about a I 1 little air this afternoon 7 I 1 think the breeze mould favor my fevered brow I 1 want to be fit fur for tonight well take the car over on the ferry erry and run down to sun san jose and back just tile the two of fsr yes you double dyed puritan lust just the two of us all by our lo lon elks nelles are you on at three they were bowling south mouth along an almost perfect road when daxter baxter grudgingly slowed down in obedience to a signboard that informed them they were approaching the town of paloma Pal orua pm irm feeling much better he announced noun ced wont want to take the wheel for a i leand let we me st smoke noke they seats seata ive got to trim down orf these baxter said lighting fighting tits his cigarette tile the pump needs re packing lie he went on tapping himself over the heart and it cant be done they turned me down tor for that told me I 1 had n banquet heart and that tant the excitement of sticking a ilc heine ano might end it its the alie old 0 arid and C champagne and cig irettes tir ettes I 1 jack cox got in but I stayed 01 out t made pie feel like a slacker why dont donl you cut the stuff ted it going to in last at long enough at present I 1 prefer the vineyard to the lemon gro rove e im no good at bustness business anyway rin a grasshopper tin and ill hop top till the grass gets too short and things di dry ry up generally this sort of tiling thing youve got on tonight ted arent you afraid N v I 1 up in some sort of a mess ess ni immune its good fun the girls I 1 travel with know how to take care care of thenis themselves elveA its a two sided game if I 1 met the right girl oh tile the use you see cut cal tile mater Is chipping oft off n chunk of hor her principal every year site she tiles hies high herself if I 1 outI outlast fist her which la Is doubtful there wont ho be iauch coming to tile nie I 1 suppose right ive got to marry money hut but the girls with money are either too blase too businesslike or too homely and stupid no use preaching to me cal youre born an ant and im a cicada which Is Call fornese for grasshopper they reached the apartment house nt at five and caleb proceeded to dross dress circumspectly for the dinner w while title tits ills friend laid out more sumptuous raiment be home tonight asked caleb ill he be home when the g games ames over answered baxter enigmatically tills this I 1 Is 8 saturday night we may inay take a I 1 ittle trip to lake county dont bother about me oft off to your business ant antl V CHAPTER IV big Dusi nesa jack cox turned out so close a replica of tits his father less weathered less acsa bitten by time and experience but nevertheless so evident a chip of the old block that caleb almost doubted Brix baxters description of him film as a reformed wastrel lie ile had been through the furnace of the war and whatever of steel had been in him had been tempered tile the baser metals burned to slag sing and discarded calell caleb had seen others in tits his own division odthe lighting fighting game who tin had stiffened and found their manhood in like fashion fas lilon caleb liked him from the tin I 1 i the man had qualities that lie tricked lacked the same western broadness that baxter possessed in more volatile fa fas lilon hut but though trolleys and water dams seem far apart to the laity a mutual fir profession ofes slon based base both of thom thein caleb found the preliminary story of imperial valley vastly interesting anti and jack cox told it well albeit lie he had had bad no hand in those earlier stages of development it was the tale of tile bringing back of 01 an arid sink once under cultivation by the Ind indian latis s of the harnessing of tile the mighty colorado one ter terranc rifle ight with flood waters and now cotton fields and vineyards wide acres of cantaloupes horticulture and agriculture in every bratich branch order industry prosperity caleb listened with interest and fin der ferstanding standing there Is 13 only one imperial valley perhaps said cox hut but there are other deserts with soll soil just as fertile waiting only for the magic touch of your end of it the water end Is the initial move inove in the game mine la Is the last you play alpha to my omega if I 1 get the chance said caleb oh get it the chances are everywhere if it a man knows tits ills hual ness and wants jo to work at it theres no trouble about opportunity her knuckles must be raw oil the pacific coast slie site knocks unceasingly laughed cox tho the coxes father and son appear to be solid folk la Is caleb warners lot to be cast with them TO nit CONTINUED |