| Show A greenn N LES 1 by mae foster jay copyright by W A wilds wild co service SYNOPSIS I 1 mary daughter ot of a millionaire has the th a idea that her personality Is ob acu cured red by the fact that ube she la Is the child ot of the rich david brown and and de determines ter mines to make her way in life unaided she sha has a million dollars which she he insists u her father invest in the wildest d dream r e eam imaginable magi and about abou t wh which ih she must know nothing she Is Is a graduate engineer As RL bl brown mary secures a position as engineer with the paradise valley project a development concern she Is engage 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 Is left at a way station practically penniless C rals e coming ming to her assistance Is also left behind behind he ha befriends her despite her C coldness 8 toward him enabling her to continue her journey arriving at the project she la Is accused by john stark chief engineer of deception in concealing her sex and again meets craig who Is the promoter of the project mary to Is given a position she cannot make up her mind as to whether craig Is in an honest visionary or a slicker mary makes good on her job in an accident at the risk of her ufa life she aha saves a valuable instrument and through the incident la Is drawn close to craig A feeling much resembling love lova creeps into her heart concerning him though she hesitates to admit admi t it 11 CHAPTER VIII continued IS no one ever would do such a thing really I 1 yes smiled denis deals craig some one did to our mutual benefit it was a funny thin thing the way I 1 happened to land that loan in new york the tha one with which I 1 paid for the ranch the man with whom I 1 transacted my business at the banking house told me that an acquaintance of his had just dumped a million into his lap with the command to give it to the person with the wildest scheme he kanew ive always wondered just how to take it that the handsome sum was passed along to me and placed at my disposal why worry denny asked stark you got the loan 1 1 I grabbed it and ran I 1 assure you but I 1 suppose the reason I 1 was able to talk this veteran captain of finance out of ills his million was that it had come easily from some gome conscienceless nut but I 1 did have a sneaking suspicion perhaps I 1 flatter myself that he had faith in my project by tile the way mary hla his name was brown too brown mary set down her cup and saucer lest its rattling betray her shaking hands you cant mean the rich david brown can you heard of him who innocently ive always been glad I 1 shared his name to my mind hes the ideal millionaire yours the first enterprise hes taken a flyer in according to his reputation ut uta tion atlon mr craig denis he be corrected her promptly then furrowing hla his fair brow A flyer now just how turning to the others would you take that but mary alary hear their answers her eyes swept the hills so this was where her money wils was helping to build this project was this resentment or exaltation that was sweeping hex her and denis cral cragg g was carrying the idea that the million had been a loan why where were his alleged repayments going into his pocket while he took credit for swinging this project on a shoestring but bui what did it matter she had renounced the million she suppose denis cragg did reap a fortune what did it matter to her it matter to the other engineers their work and their salary were their only concern but now the party was breaking up and denis was holding down both hands to pull her to lier her feet demanding so you call my project a flyer do you and he had called her a conscienceless money was important to him I 1 her smile was wag a bittle saccharine as she ehe answered cryptically ive changed my mind about its being a flyer you yon mean still determinedly holding her hands that you have faith ill win out certainly I 1 think win out he should he with her money paying for his ranch outright the rest should be gravy a as the boys said but the reflection made mad her tone a little mocking something denta said optimistically leally something but what mary had occasion to ask herself this question many times in the days that followed why was she so concerned over denis craigs sen sent atlon tation why did she resent it that he was in this thing for the money he could make many people in the world were in business for the money they could make many other people had got their start in life ilfe by a lucky break CHAPTER IX all sorts of things and weather impatiently mary brown applied the toe of her stout right boot to the throttle as she speeded along the rough mountain trail progress was tho the thing I 1 it ii was late spring the predicted boom had bad com come and development was going forward with a tremendous dous dying wine donald leigh was general su i perin of con construction st ruction nilton hilton dorsey had command of all engineering parties in the field and the lesser lights mary brown among them had had their promotions for three months now mary had been chief of party mary with her natural intensity took responsibility for progress as seriously as if she ghe were john stark himself but mary frowned I 1 this h Is morning this was a rush job tho the preliminary survey of a highway through I 1 little ittle bear valley contract soon must be let the office force was waiting to figure quantities of earthwork estimates of bridges and culverts cu lverts A rush h job and mary browns emotions for lays had been approaching the boiling point I 1 she was in her element putting station a after station behind her snappily lly of all tile the engineers on the job it had become general knowledge no other ran a preliminary survey with more speed and accuracy than she but there was a damper on marys zest today two lines between her eyes grow grew deeper the impatience of her impulsive movements increased one once she left her instrument and wt walked liked back to a curve they had rounded and let out a despairing groan an eighth of a mile awny away nell goodenough running levels on the center line taking elevations every hundred feet or oftener so that the profile of the road might be plotted had stopped to record a reading mary alary took off her sombrero and wiped a suddenly wet brow what did walt wait a minute think he was doing oh yes she knew nells field book was the pride of his heart that every figure was perfect and beautiful that the pink ears in the office cried aloud with joy at it but saints above 1 this was no writing lesson I 1 legibility was all that was waa necessary progress I 1 that was the thing I 1 it was a surcharged atmosphere that hung over the two parties as ag they made their campfire campf lre by a spring at lunch time the others forced conversation vers atlon but mary brown opened her mouth only to 16 encompass a sandwich which would have made ten at a pink ten tea it was left for her patience to reach the breaking point in the early afternoon with quick hot strides she covered the ever increasing distance between hers and the level party the idea anyhow nell she demanded hostilely why dont you keep up with the transit party you move as if as tf if she borrowed an eloquent if not elegant expression from her skinner as if about tour four more clean shirts would do you I 1 A smile overspread the lean face im not geared tor for speed mary oh snap out of itt it I 1 youre stalling youre angry because im commanding the party and theres no reason tor for that thal we draw to see who should be chief you you dont give h a rap what progress we make I 1 walt a minute nell filled his pipe deliberately then lifted Ms eyes a granite quality in the blue of them if you were a man mary alary rd question tile the veracity of your kour assertion but do you think this verbal free for all between us Is helping our progress reports much marys eyes blazed she opened her mouth closed it turned and strode to her instrument little rocks flying from her heels to add to the tension of a taut day came a belated shower it was rather comforting to reflect that it was nells theory that it was effi efficiency clency to stop work in such a downpour as this the rain raised such havoc with the field records with the dispositions of the men and occasionally with their health mary looked at her be smeared field book but yes one could make out her figures that was all that really mattered shed finish this day and then I 1 and then theal I 1 it was a silent party which rode home at night they were soaked to the skin and soggy of spirit mary was grimly defiant resolute her anger had bad reached the peak this was an emergency and she had the courage to face it I 1 when they reached headquarters she turned in her reports and then going to her own desk made a compact little bundle of her drawing instruments st tools and books with them under her arm she looked about tor for hilton dorsey not being able to find and him in his office or about the camp s she he marched herself I 1 nto into the office of the chief engineer of the project mr air stark she came directly to the point either nell goodenough or I 1 will have to go end and I 1 guess I 1 might as well be the one As flippantly as that she tossed into the discard this job which she had resorted to a ruse to obtain the trouble mary impatiently mary told him in detal detail of the friction between her and nell of its beginnings her first day here its culmination on this particular survey stark traced a profile line with the slim point of his penell pencil do you ever read emerson mary why more or less theres a thing of his the mountain urn um thought I 1 could quote it but never mind he turned back to his blueprint blue print mary twirled her hat in her hand three times my resignation Is accepted clr she asked finally your resignation crisply surely you do not consider it within an engineers gi code of ethics to resign with out notice TO DU BH |
