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- j River " When the Colorado Burst Its Banks and Flooded the Imperial J Valley jY" California EDNAH AIKEN ' Z" Mil' tCcpiiif hi. Boblx Mtrrlll Comrnr. ) CHAPTER XXVI, Time the Umpire. The river wns low; its yellow wn tors bor the look of oriental duplicity. Maoh iuy was how showteg "s prog ross. Tin- two ends of the Lreatle were rrfceplng across the stream from their brush uprons. A few weeks oi wori, nt tin' present rote, nnd the gap would ho closed, Hardin's big jjate In it; the ly-pss ready; the trap set for the iiorniio. The tensity of a last sport was in tin- air. It was Inspiring activity, this pitting of man's cumulative skill against mi I'lsiswatsl force. Nil fTainaaian mind which did not tingle, fed the privl leged tlirlll of It. To the stolid native lliis day of well-paid toll was his mil lennium, tin- fulfillment of the prophecy. His cods had so spoken. Food for his stomach, liquor for his Stupefactions the white man's money lsid In a brown hand each Sunday I morning wns what the great Sjodt fore xpoke. The completion of the work, the white man's victory, would bo un hd Of the fat time. Hasten? Why ehould they, and shorten their day of opportunity? Between the two camps oscillated OoTOnet, silently squrittlng near the whites, Jabbering his primitive K pertuitn to the tribes. His friendship with the white chiefs, his age nnd nat ural leadership gave him u unique po rttlon In both camps. Assiduously. Itlcknrd cultivated the old Indian who crouched days through by the bank of the river. The engineers felt the whip of ex-' oltcmont. Never a man left the camp in the morning who did nrrt look to ward that span crawling across the treacherous stream, measure that widened by-pass. Would the gate fitand? The Hardin men halloed for tbe gate, but looked each morning to ee If It were still there. The Reclama tion Service men and the engineers of the railroad were openly skeptical ; Sisyphus outdone at his own gamel Rstrnda and Rlekard looked furtively st the gate, with doubt at each other. Hardin, himself, was repressed, an eager live wire. His days he spent on the river; his nights, long hours of them, ojen-e.ved, on his back, watching tfie slow-wheeling, star-pricked dome of desert sky. His was the suspense of the man on trial; this was his trial; flerty, Rlekard, the valley, his Judge and jury. The gate grew lo be a symbol with him of restored honor, n obsession of desire. It must be all right ! Rlekard was ull over the place. "Watching every piece of rock that's dumped in the river," complained Wooster. "Betters he marks them ut night !" They were preparing for the final rush. In a week or two, the work would ba continuous, night shifts to begin when the rOCk-pOUrIng com menced. Large lamps were being sus pended across the channel, acetylene whoso candelpswer was that f an are , Ml luil MinltJ - T'' lee, openly encouraged Rlekard j hml fionri d her. Thai wns Mi n u lio prefer Mexicans would never forgive li'in, never! She followed devious channels to in volve Tom's responsibility. There wns cabal against the wife of Hardin. Working like n servant!1 she culled it necessity. Everything, every one pun ished r,tr for thnt one act of folly. Life had caught her. She saw no way. as she Ironed her mull ruffle, no way out of her CRge. Her spirit beat Wild wings against her bars. If she could see a way out I Nothing to do but to stay with Tom I Maddening, too, thnt nt the nies tabic, she caught Hlckard's eyes turnlnc toward, resting on, Innes Hardin. The girl herself did not seem to tint Ice artful, subterranean, such . stalking! That was by she hall c'htne running back to the Heading! That the reason Of her anger when she had hinted of the Mtlldouado. She learned to bate limes. Mtterly she bated Rlekard. "Tom," she said one day. lie turned wlrti a swift thrill of cxpectn- ... . I i in 11 ' hall M ch( in i she was turtilD . twice, be i impoiaivoly, t. ask Tod Marshall If be hi' "'d ! ihoinrbt. i mild lie lliltili II i.rnl.iililn Hint they would Hill, when a step thill sent the blood lo her hoe took tilt' cars stalls at two leaps. Now, In deed, the dinner was spoiled. "Hint's Klekard I forgot In tell you Unit I asked him to dinner, lie couldn't gel away. Me said he'd run in for cof fee. Hello, Itlcknrd. Thought you'd forgotten us!" she nadn't thought ". that contin gency I She found In rself slinking li, mils with htOJ, Could ne not hear her mind, ticking away al the Maldonado episode? tit coin e he would insist on seeing he! to l"-r lent. I'linctlllons, ilw. vs. Well, she lust wouldn t. I'erliaps sho could kIIi out Mini. way. she would watch h r hanee. '(. ii 1 talk ..li p torn wllllf' asked Ulckard. They wlthdnen to n en t'.'iw seat, (tun"- lu I lo; I r he asked In hi Iiofl li i.ines i oid,del iii-i plan I. lulled win- ' tier chain '. e e. Id,. OH she wunlsd i i vSii n ' ft Pfy i li v v Hv ) mm) :::fflmP WBmmuflMmktt N,i "fflm' .iff!) mMm nsJmm-, "Thourjht You'd Foraotten U." Angry Eyes Watched Rlekard. to N,ln '""' "s,", wo",,l "of 'nt.rrnt . their evening; Mr. Marshall had biisi I ness to discuss " fioii, for her voice sounded kind; tike Mrs Marshall would no hear of It. n;is strlput ( t "Ton fnnnd them?" I lie i ." ,ns luted Imploringly lo hltlt, "h, senor. It :is not I. II) 111! Mother nl Christ, II wns not 1," Rlcknrd was not sure. Her fear nude hlln itspecl In r. "Who was it, .Mill think T" "tellpe. ' she gasped, "lie got nwn.v from the rllfalea ha came back, II. ' went home there was no one there. Some one told hloi where nhe had gone. He came to Malilonado's. Mi cresla, the eldest, opened the gnte III wns terrible, she said. He rushed past her. And when he came out ills In ndj wen' red. Tic children heard c 1st They were nlnild to go In. I got then last night 1 went In. They were not quite coin I was afraid to slay. II would look like niO, senor. Will the lake me, senor?" She was ,i wrick oi terror, u if wlial you tell me Is true MOW, L'l'l ti. lied I'll give Villi some thing thai will make you sleep.' ill hustled her nut nnd prepared the draught. He wondered as lie fo into tied as tO the truth of her slnry. Disgusting such animal terror! Awkward noi , thai, r'afe seemed possessed to queer tit in with those Hiirdlns! (To be continued next week.) to Mack it. There . i as gra union wiin ought to ba mi Ml ties for two-reel scresm m a ilOHWAV CMNTKAf T TO ltn UK NRXT MOUTH. Comuilrsloner Hush Infrrms The Times-Herald that he has recent'' recelvod a telegram from the Highway ("ommlsslon In which It la ntated that the Rurns-Lawen projael will lie advertised for bids at the July I meeting of the commission. Ktrerythlng around home has be come loo high for belies. Now hotol rates have gone up, aipl many a tUI from i SEE O'Connor & Carter For fresh fruits and vegetables. Famous Delicious Applet Special prices on ton lot, We can aise supply yosi with Fresh Meats . Coal and Wood Grain and Baled Ha y Pbeuse G4F Barns Hotel Building IMIIIKH AMU MNAItlKS. III!' hlch only babies tu 'ml and this also was subject to tax light, Soon there would lie no night at the break. When the time for the quick coup would come, the dam must lie closed without b.-eak or slip. One mat was down, dropped on the lloor that had already swallowed' two such gigantic niouthfuls ; covered with rock; pinned down to the slippery hot torn with piles. Another mat was ready' to drop ; rock was waiting to be DOnrad over it ; the deepest place In - the channel wns reduced from fifteen lo seven feet Kaeh day the ovcrpour, anxiously Beared, Increased. A third Steam Shovel had been added; the rail road sent in several work trains fully equipped for service; attracted by the e .cltemcnt, the hoboes were commenc ing to come In. It was a battle of big numbers. uuei oi great rorce where time was the umpire. Any minute hot weather might fall on those snowy peaks up .yonder, and the released waters, rush ing down, would tear out the defenses ns a wave breaks over a child's fort made of sand. This was a race, and all knew It. A regulsr trsln dispatch system wss Is force that the iaruahlng cars might drop their burden of rock and gravel ami be off after mere. The Dragon wss being fed rude meals. Its appetite whetted by the glut ef peur Ing rock. Tod Marshall came down from Tuc son in his cur. The coming of the Palmyra and Claudia rippled the so--olsl wsteis st the front for dsvs fioii, for her voice Bounded! kind; file the ftcrtv of old. "I have always heard that Mr. Marshall has terribly I never forglr strict Ideas. I think he ought to hear of that Mexican woman. It Is demor alizing In a camp like this." "I tell .Marshall anything against his pet clerk?" The Hardin lip shot out. I "He'd throw me out of the company." . The pretty scene was spoiled. To bis dismay, she hurst Into a storm of i 1 tears, tears of self-pity. Her life lay : In tatters ut her feet, the pretty fuhrlc I rent, torn between the rude bundling nf those Iwo men. She could not have ' 'reasoned out her Injury, made It eon- ; vlnelrig, built out of dreams as It wss, heartless, scheming dreams. Because j ' site could not tell It, her sobbing was , the more violent, her complaints Inco- herenL Tom gathered enough frag- j ments to piece the old story. ' "Ashamed of him. He hud dragged I her down Into his humiliation." His sweet moment had passed. He spent a few futile moments try ing to comfort her. "Don't eoim mar me." Ii burst from her; a cry of revulsion. He j ittared at her. the womun mccllnir his j eyes In Hushed derlauce. The haired I which he saw, her bitterness, corroded I bin pride, scorched his self-love. Nolh- I Ing would kill hl'i love for her; lo- knew that in that blackest of inn meats, He would never forgel that ' look of dread, of hate. He lefl her teat That night, the cot under the stars I had no tenant. Hardin had It out With himself die,' ii the lev. e. That valley inlaid fulfill Kslrad-.'s vision ami his hilar; might yield the harvest of happy homes; but bis was not there. He had been the sacrifice. to slip out. "She would not Interrupt their evening; Mr. Marshall had busi ness In discuss " Mrs Marshall would noS hear of It. She said that Mr. Marshall would her if she let .Miss llnr- dln go DOOM alone. Her opposition was softly Implacable. InneS went hack to the slltlna room of the car angrily coerced. ItlckWM wns still closeted. oniicrsatomi!ly. with his superior. At last, desperately, she ruse to go. Of course, he must Insist upon going with her. Of eourse! "I was going buck eerie, anvwnv. I'm to be up at ilnun tomorrow." The gissibys were said. She found herself walking rehelllously by his side. "No, thank you!" to the offer of his arm. The night was bright with stars. "Bright as day. Isn't It?" Because her voice was curt, and she had not used i his name, the rising Inflection helped a little! Hateful, to stumble over a rut In the road! Of course, he'd make her tuke his arm ! Of course ! nirknrd grasped her elbow. She walked nlong, her head high, her cheeks flaming, anger surging through her at his touch. Stupid to press this companionship, this awkward silence on her. If he thought she was going to entertain him, as flirty did. with her swift chat ter, he'd be surprised! Any other two people would fall into cay glve-and- lake, but what could she. Inn.- Ila' din, find lo cbalier about with this man stalking along, grimly grasping her arm? Close as they were, his ;iicn reminding her every miuui them walked her brothel brother's wife nnd there Mexican hateful memory she could not be casual. would not force it. this about. Let him A man Just an ordin.it ; man one of the Smiths and Joneses took his bahv to a doctor. This happen ed In one of the middle westi rn slates, but that doHon'i matter. It could have happened anywhere, The doctor pre rllied various things, and Hie man departed with his baby to adrugglat one of 1 1 - - tilings he had to buy was a bottle of cod liver oil. There wan a war tax on it, but he thought more of his baby than the tax. He bought It. Another of the Items was zinc end ax. A- galn parental affection triumphed over parsimony. He -bought it. As lie was leaving the store he re membered Hint lie needed bird seed for his iiiiiary. He asked for Rome, and was gratified to learn that there was no tax. On his way hpma he reflected phil osophically-- without rancor. Yet ho fell mystified. "Bablaa," ha thought, "are penalised In the I'. K. A. '1 hey ure not encouraged to exist. It is more practical to keep a canary than a baby." Long ago in Kugland a marriage license cost three shillings and six-, peine. ,,n.i a dog lax ten shillings. It cost more to he a dog than u married man. The dog was the aristocrat. Hut there was method in this. It Is unwise to discourage the marriage ceremony; some people sro already too prone to dispense with It. And, I although dogs are good pals, we are able to get on without them. Hut to put a penalty on babies Is a new Idea. Hlrd seed may he a necessity for raising certain necessary birds but certain medicines are un questionably a necessity fo raising necessary babies. Legislators appear to aaa tbam from the same viewpoint as apartment landlords. Congress has plenty of Ideas, and some of them would be worth money The Plumber is a Robber! U Mai " -am-V r 1 II 1 ' Only when the man in side the PLUMBER is crooked. 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CHAPTER XXVII. fShaaA Offtf Hsnlin, to proud to li hnr aatoolabed fntull.v thai aha wasted totdaeert Mm neaa tent, hook lierHPlf from her lnury, nrnl "diil up" nil Jut lingerie towns, Mrs, Marshall win not piim: to patronise in-i. uvea if her husband had snubbed Tom, it fwns hoi, Ironing In her imi, the doon 4oed, Kverythlng carried n rdlng The Walk Home. I'liuiiiiu Mui'Nhiiii Mil nt the bead of iiei stately table In the Palmyra, mute IS a Btattia hut for the burning eye.M whhli followed hi r Tod, To Innes, her Client, II wns a tragic presence, of brooding lollcllnde. i.nte hours, excitement. mlghl abridge the life she BO luissiiiiialely policed; hut she won I1 not tleiimuil the KfWTlficc nf In- i l;:nr. I MiirnhiiD'H cigar followed He rolfee. Tony, lhe whlte-enppeil Hull, in k if the I'liiiiiyrs, wiim removing the cups. Innes wns carrying her douhla inter est, iitning to Tod Marshall'! broad "weep, gelling a IM'W viewpoint iim he minimized the locnl schema feeling Ihnl Mllent presence nt the bead of the table. Then Koinetlilng drove CIuiiiIIm from her mind. What Mr. Mondiall had mild swept s disturbing eulclnin on Tow. What If, cruly. the river taatw could tie rrseeil to Ihsl IHWI IflaSI hsndV To Tom. ihin undertaking Moiled oat the j re.l f Belated big endeavor; hut tltm not I he way her hmi was looking t si it. Mr was loo caiiMeoui lo give her discomfort ; he had nut uld It di ratJtlS. BHI slwsys it met her, rust no lo smite her, wherever she wan. Wss II not egotUni, pci-siirml prlile, thnt wim making her eover her ayes, like Hny simple imtrlch? Her brother assume him iinylioily else'.-; brother! The dredge Aaaco the wild niu-ht nt the levee tin Isolated m litems ihuse, hhirdlii'a lui k I A HuMi nt miserable shame came to her. Qo thei IimiI all i n Irving tu Oppressive thnt sllenre. Then It came to her tlml she would :isk hlin the question thai his coning bad abort ed, A glance nt his face found hlin smiling, lie found it amusing) Not for woiida, then, would she speak. And tiny stalked along. Dnconsclnusly aha hml pulled herself nwiiy from liiui. He look her tin nil iinil pin It In the eroleh of hiH arm. That's better." be said, be wondered if ba were stiu atnlllng, Their path led hy his tent. Neither of than noticed ii subdued light through the cniivns walla. As I hey reached the pwca s figure darted from the door. "Oh, senor, k thought you would never conic." It wns the wife of AInl doiuido. Her expression wan lost on Innes. The face wns quivering wltb terror. "Mr. Itlekurd," Innes' words like Icicles, "I will leave yeu here. It Is quite unnecessary to come farther." Quite unveiled her meaning I It eame so quickly that be waa not ready ; aur Indeed bed Ucrty's Inouen linen .vet reached him. Hut the Hliuutloa was uncomfortable. 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