Show 1761 s mass driver rive r s s 0 i S when the colorado j burst its banks and is flooded the imperial I 1 ff valley tf f Califor california rila a 6 S 6 a EDNAH AIKEM AIKEN copyright company SYNOPSIS IK IX I K X C It ickard an engl ineer of the overland a ie to ballel call I 1 to the office 0 of f I 1 resident reil dent marshall in tuc tuo con oon arix 1 caney is an enigma eni gyna to tir the office force lie wear wears dud clothe clothes but he had resigned a A chair engineer inor in the I 1 alt ast to go on the th road an a fireman tir ernan an I 1 his hi promotion had been 11 tarul tr 1 a walling tor for marshall Marf hall ap ilick irk aid r Ms im report on te ravage ravages 0 of the ito colorado the of gilardin ot of the desert matio i caw pany this hardin had been a ti ilent tinder under rickard and h ha O 0 f marri I 1 gerty 8 with w whom horn luckard 11 kard had had fancied 1 w war ini in lve it 11 1111 file the overhand Ov ove rland pacific hai has irot got i n li in to eave save the im aVrial valley it na 4 djs idin to the t he break b re ackard 11 I 1 decline d be ruse he h floe does not want to supplant plant liar tier din but la Is won on over stop the river damn the expense I 1 aye marshall baffi l it 1111 journeys lourn eyB to calileo CaloN leo teo sen s en the irrigated dofort and learns much in u ch about hardin and his work i n arlem arr Z tv at in n amel bf r ant tnt airs hardin ind innes inno i hardin hardin H 0 h half a if o 0 in her 00 0 ie terin 0 huban husban I 1 a an n I 1 an n corrigible co coquette mrs hardin wets her cap for her ier luette former ormer lover and invite invites hin to diran dennir r hi ili nai staring hito into his him plate of ciup tip for he had loyel fayed her fir or tt tit least lie 10 bad loved her chin pretty childish way may of 0 alftin lifting it site mas brettler rr ettler than he had pictured her queer that a man ilare ilar din could draw such mc cen for ister sister end and u ife the blood tie tic wha A hs the most tor lor come to marry they make often a queer choice it t to him that it lit t might fin lieve e bt bun t n fin adl nhe had not u anted to stare nt at them thill that u as us not Ilar dins face it hell held th find tho the matline was fihnn p ar ard d distinct howan how ln tho the strong lines the determined month mouth of the plo anter chero wn something alsto 1 u bame thing uhla stood for distinction no 01 it couldn t he be hordi and anti then because nn an lip changed the look took of the man fist ed lili tits table companions mho mas aa the mun with the two to ladlee ladies near inear the door abut suhl his from ala bama ama became immediately oratorical orical that la Is a big man buh it the imperial to valley v ley ever a reality a 04 it hlll m I 1 beant becotte ip of that one nian an suh Is liko like a ced seed 14 thrown h ani w One n rock all it stick hlll ul it tabo taku III it krow grow that la Is u bat hat we all want to know Ricki tid thought that he had v anted tp anon something quite different and reminded the gentlemen gent lemi lemn i from A that he and not told him the name 4 the hither of this valley niley of tare tl initiation atTon oc ot this desert thomas ral if hardin suh suha Ille kant ti tt ml ed to reset reet shout at tr their attention the group of fits its in lit of the ghosto per pon allty hid h id been so ot 01 to ti film in the old latt rente days tin rilin to had known knon had al ao larri largo fentonia fen tinia tut put fit of the flaccid lac irritating order he lie Fum mond n of he imd bad shuffled sliu nied into ht his own oun 1 or lip tilt to the long table lacre tv 04 rth it id 1 4 queena ivend iu end 1 I it her r i bo cloird ardt rs HP ile could see I 1 lio lie rough hn polls hid boot boots that imd lind aliNt always lym offend Tenil ot rd ed him os as a 11 I 1 nf of the a inner ner 01 the badly fitting coat the ing a aarti and anti the deatle hid 1 I loud load kipen I 1 ins inot th tit tit ahn so ft A a tur 4 vere more definite could time brins thase chanze chan cp had find lie e changed III e that had tin v att n him would gerta would mould hint t it nu bli to nuke rinke liani himself gelf known ua wai 0 the tho hag of old frUnd lIp air a situation ife v round hlin elf standing in front va t their encounter encountering int ailt t th ea eq of hardin H m alter thre re i as no 4 turl rise 1 nr no elcanie i there for him film IP lilt at once the li otilit of the comp 1114 1 faco face vai uncomfortably abl warin alien lien ho the calill 11 iia 1 1 turid on him mai A lysk of I 1 flu thing into ar ang trio atar i hail 1 bean kind to gerty I 1 do you rt member me Itle kird I 1 if hardin rt r a situation lie did not betray it it was a fhoos min did not tint I 1 nm no who shook k jilin alm ilm annly mardinly by the hand and mid sold that indeed ho had not forgotten hill expecting ou ily wife i mr and my ns sister ister A wh tire ou thinking of tom to introduce or ir ItI chardt I 1 ou to tu nell otier year years a ago agol ill gert forti 8 check checke mere ere red her tier g right I aea ed vere mere darting from one to 0 o W the otier r 1 lou I ou know he was m as comin coi C did nt t tell me f lou nu etro nt it titu the lub the telegram ram baini put in enned alardin looking at io no trao trace of u the allt in lit th list zt proud little facet face I 1 N X 1 ackmon acknowledgment I 1 that th tit y had lit tit tin the tin a lou awl to us the blond arih arli smile had not aged that wae man friendly and nice rickard hail ti i t been self 1 con tiLlous for many a fiur ile did not kev what to uny say he lie filmed from her tier upturned ice to the othern others inus inu s liar din mas as titling out of the window axes the keodit of berul 4 ITar ritu wnm guang at ni P It ickard decided that he lie would mould get out f taits till before gerty discovered that it ns as I 1 friendly nor nice it I 1 had known tit tint tt ou on were ere here would have instated on your dining with u 1 4 IQ in our tent I tor or its terrible er able here it I 1 bhe she lashed flashed at him the look ho remembered rt so viv vivial idl the coquettish lire V dino at horae home till it becomes sonn and then we me come foraging for aretty arit ty hut but you must come lu to us may thursday duy it 14 that right for you we should loire lore it still those thome two diverted river ted face faces rick urd ani said thursday as he lie wax was bidden ond anti got bark back to hin him table Noi wondering dering why hy in thunder he be had let afat shall per sunde him to take thin this job hardin waited a scant scan minute to protest what iwa you to as ask him to dinner aby hy I 1 it lie TIP Is frill old friend gerty caught a glance of appeal from sister to brother cealius Je alius bhe she pouted charmingly at nt tier tort jealous not no bluffed alardin lie he thought then chrt she kne knew that inns hotd told her the node sode bild no sting to ti hlin once it had enchanted enc hantid td ailin that he had tarried carried 0 off if tho the hoarding boarding house I 1 elle ahoi hoto even th tit it boo bookman linian had found desirable tible book bookman matil A superior su perlo lie ile had a aas wa had those grand aars As it if it etro not more to a anna credit to tuel for his I 1 education even it he me v 6 older than his tits class or hia tits teacher ia ta to hc acutt kt it off 01 allver iver plates handed hy by lackey lackeys rickard hal had nl al buys acted as it if it had been something to be ashamed of ft it made him sick done it this time its it a fool foot choice again 1 that look of pleading from in lies ties gerty had a shiver of intuition I 1 fool her tier voice u is fix ominously bously calm alardin shook oft off innee eyes better ho be done with III it I 1 iaea iles the new nem general eral manager lie lies tha tho general manager I 1 1 I I in to take orders from front him It irtys theme 11 utis as of the stunned variety the Ilar hardene dins matcha her tier chimblo g breud bread on the tablecloth thinking fearfully that blie mie haq tn to cry I 1 DI int I 1 till you her iler voice re carriel the threat of it tears 1 ddn t I 1 tell you low how it would mould be bet I 1 that biond on d be sorry if it you tha ral irmil tn in we e go over this dg again aln asked hr mir husband chy 1 hir t you tell me tile U hy by did vou let et me make a bow aoe w of ms myself elf she I 1 mas remembering that there had leen been no protect no rigo from in she knew I 1 A faintly family secret t she 1 I in tit glad on the lie whole hole tha that you phin pinned it tin I 1 n e lor tor I 1 tarried carried it off as n if wed not been in ul it d d I 1 cert I 1 alardin I 1 gerty V I 1 Imi ored innes and we e arc are in for it nice friendly dinn trl tirl are ou quite fint finished got up lip k the ahre out of tit dining room 10 kard caught their ameral u ex 1 m stiff indifferent gertys brilliant hut but hard na as she a fint khe I 1 brave little smile in lils direction ahe slat sister erts e bo bow wa va haughty in the hall liall cert a laugh rippled out it ani rickard kemem bt arul ft it ih the I 1 light irb iou ioui i cadence whish re the flamboyant lambo ant I 1 lattern of lie the holine holmes parlor carpet the long crowded dining table where berty had 11 tl it told lum lim that she slip inq indifferent to ain PS she meant it should and it burnid d him I 1 lark tick to at dirk corner in fix tin draped porth chere he 11 and ad spent so ninny evening with her tier chero once onee he ho ha hal I 1 liel hell I 1 her tier hand m whore here he lie told latr hat that he loud her lor for he lie had boned lit hr r or nt tit leama lio h lie hudi had I 1 an I 1 had mn run ili awny ity from front lier tier ex li litant tnt eye 4 A cado ud was hi lik because lie and brought that waiting ini ting look into lit lur r ae tt 4 and had run ruil from front it should a annn ask a womac monina tu se ie lur lare into lila his until he lie 14 1 4 quite suro that lie wants it lie wa swamping his tits worn morn deft defonsi list ahou it d it tn lle up tit lo 10 it minute of of oi tenders ten dern if the lie stitt instant I 1 rings finity and disillusionment lie ile could bury now forever self reproach iio lie laugh nt tit hi alq own vanity cert gert it un 4 t iv i v to ie forgot tn alito he lie wi lind to gerty Itol rits I they nut tit t us sober old frit abat gliot mas laid CHAPTER V A I 1 A game cf checkur tr iho amasy of 0 the desert ties crt the aind blem n sand wind alroe imn e leople ix indoors he the nt in orning Iti ekard mus served aryed a 4 u cooked I 1 wt afa t in fie vie dining room of tit tho destri dottl iho 1 e wre ni RI tin tilt rv comer as hy 1 y vere none to the oilier other met they atre m t re finding it a soft con trust to and sand blon blom n it nt to life in tho tile 1 vell inter litter he through the troup 0 of staring idlers I 1 11 i tle the office 1 I lt the popular aa alii ol lab ii rind and the few 10 tilters on tho sidewalk side alk golit iiii on n if it purpose to the railroad pheas and then on dou donn n tu to the edict of 0 the distort alc lie ilo disco discovered ered it to fin w the conf tit spot in the hastily ha ahro thrown n toai ther tobin wire arote ro and white blooming in ill iff of purple blooming alfalfa that stood for a lan lin n glories over the Bup support port Ot of the araniti cra nIti and on owr the tho roof rick any ardo deduct ona hi him to the ilar line tins chrit hool of exper leare had so 0 o the lie country fellon fello lie ile had rn re antel anted tel hie his rivalry not that he wai a R rhal but that he bair nm nn M warra on ner lip rm nna had tuned mined to i to cogut with nith torn topi Ilar dint the joanan who mho man to b be 1114 wife auxt be eti idler than thai that I 1 it bad cooled alq fever not ot fur for mm min the aspen who could shake find leil her pretty 4 to nih rough aneze thil thit bew men afen it mi ed into a desert to ti keep leep a foot foothold hoid do not garland their offices with mith morning glories I 1 it the tile gracious quiet In flunt of n wife a berty fl ardIn the festive build ins in ha wan approaching mas as anex reeled pelted a 4 captain Bran brandona Hr donl It ickard bathed on he lie wax wait blown into the room the door bringing 1 behind him film B livery h pry one looka op tip nt at the noisy nony interruption there wre more spy ral men in the tilt ions long room among tur ir a 1 0 no o alert clean face I youth youths collare gri boat s or students out on furlough furlou eh the h forstr 1 1 4 ot 1 ran ari q jg 0 5 of the Ali tp were leaning thild chair the cool coot MS ballo OIK one ma was 1 nt fit a cigar the oiher other a big sha 10 lo kinet ant draw ng of camf comfort rt front from a pipe chete mus wn a telegraph operator pern tor nt at work mork in lit ono one end of the ro room in her instrument rat ral idly clicking in an opposite cornar ana an a telephone tell teli phone ex change A girl 1 with mitt a n band around her forehand fore hend liend was a punching pun chint connections be between teen tile th valley boing 1 rickard lost the feeling fee lini of having gone into a and re klon gion the twin town were ere on the map ono one of abe rider irm returned hia his nod the tile young men retura iral 1 their hastily with withdrawn draun i to their same of 0 chec kerm the ohr thinker u was as m watching ith e ed abord tion the rangi 1 his clear was vig into the nir air might not h haeft b bun n there ony ont of the checker clavers cooled up anything I 1 can do for you do you want ant to see anyone in particular no it was uni I 1 0 o one in particular I 1 was just looking round 4 it S the shon place of Cal calexico exico III I 1 II 11 take ou around it la Is the only place in town that 14 comfortable when its h JAN i ill take you around hot or when the wind mind blows and that thata the program alf 1 rummer pummer take ray my pince place pete 11 pete the boung giant with the fare of lit ahti infancy rather ruther than katurd slipped inta the ch chier clr he ile had beti the tart to dl 11 caner coer the st stranger ranker but lie had hail evaded the re the game immediately a absorbed him it 11 nice here repeated the young fellow lindine the any vy they N were ere fol followed loed hy by a few lilic 1 rickard lookin ettli lilt ap approval proal at the tan tau slim whick uns nasu ining the courtesy courtey of the toune the tile liand band some face was almost too the muscles of ot the month mouth too noi etive yet for manly bakity but he uie the tp litho ne as n 3 oun t desert rea reared red indian lit linkner ard carriage carr lace told of A careful home and aud bield school lla tits odline he lie wn ua luMi ushered crol into a large cool room the he inventories inventoried Invent oried a few stiff chair chairs a lont long table and find n typewriter del ato croiel ed for lie the bah b bull lilt the stenographer is room announced the lad lot A ho coif q bt normi her tier 10 no now everyone Ese lias tins a light tight ia a use uge her time date she ie ud to bo be hardene Hard liar lne dins the ino ahe mile iv I r v 1 ma 13 still in it wnm av but kee 4 her tier busy in most ost of the he thile It lehard lind not lit heart art of Ogi lile he ile ma male le it mi flint rt nela bistes tP han nhen did hardin RO go autv out he ile knew the datt hinis ile expected the would trull trall alps I ps of other lie II 11 hail a very active curiosity about thy the fitins iti un urt a it it il been sp sn ca eta cular the young fallow was flione IMIL lilt I 1 tin ant tilt no 0 o fit nil er wits vs given a inet in lit terin t to 1 of coure it ht was us fired it was an outrace he ile re rt ra d that hi hc wnm na speaking t a etring r and olt faid li ituk ard did not question lon him I 1 hi it in lit id another note kiy was it an tin kontnik ont niK or why litsy did it nip or so 0 o in 1 arsi t k alv frion the mexican Alex ican barranca bar ranea autore ho he had itan nt at tho the 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