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THE DAILY CAPITAL JOURNAL, SALEM. OREGON SATURDAY. MARCH 20, 1919. W.v V N rniTATT AIKEN Why wbuldnl be go? ren Hi Hi hurt htr so! had hurt her so! Iler hand met his, but not her nn. If h did not go quickly something would happen; lie would see her cry - : ,' . -, i , Vfi-'.. , fa fir jvtr -4 "Maldonado told tne to g"t a big i I told Mm that It as fur Fe-lip-. When I Mid I mould not cook for (hat treachery he cursed dip, he kicked me ajriiln. She threw off the TWtixo, drugging her dress louse. J'on't." frowned i:i-kurtL He bad .. welt across her shoulder cr.-nilng liue of pain. She wound the rvheso around the d-honored Miouldt-r. "I cooked bin dinner 1 There was a lot of liu.m,r F-lie was drunk; the tequila made lew lliud. !lile III ill. lie seemed to know something ' wrong; be fought an Maldonudn dragged Mm tf the cell. Hie senor remembers the cell? The in-jet day MuMoauilo sent for two ru rates. They started the next day for Kiim-iiniIii, taking Felipe; thnt day H-ildonado brought Lupe home. I hod nh could not may mid laughed In uiy face, wriur. He pul m- oulsldo the walls. I beat tin. to look up. He stood w iping the per i splratlnn from his bead, hairless ex-! Ins. The angeta that guard blunderers ' ', -f - J got Rickard out of the tent without ' ' a suspicion of threatening tears. She ! Il .:. f threw off her neRli fee and the pale ; y""1 hill lir- th Iihin hm .I. : i ' 3 tm ,1 that Then she flung herself on her If' , . 1 urn ami snoot u wnn me gner ! I 1 ' A wounded vanity, j " J"?f S That erenlng the chief bad vial-! I ft I tor. The wife of Mahlooado, aome of i T,fX N me tear pressed out or her eyes, ; AXU-i V aoeks, damed and matched; all the missing buttons replaced. "I haven't worn a matched sock." he told her, for month. Tbat'a treat, ! enira. He wanted to pet to bed, but she lin gered. She wanted to talk to him about her trouble: he hud cautloued her against talking about them in c-pt for the long (ilk-tapered queue. "amp. so she overflowed, to hlin -W. II, I.lng?" whenever she found a chance shout "I go taiuule." His Tolce was oft ' Maldonado, the children, Luie. It as silk. 'I no atay." waa g-'tting wearying, but he could It was a thunderclap. There was not ahove the poor thing out. no one to replace Lins. who was j Senora Blnblonado gave a sharp In- drawing down the aalury of a private take of breath, an alrted scream. secretary. Lose Ung? It would be Hickard, too, saw a man- tiirure ont-" more deuoralizing to the camp than ' side the wreen door. The Mexican ' tirre1 Into the opea." to lo-e au eiiL'iueer. i,ro,.H . f;..i.i.......i , ... "Money all lite. I'oxsee all lite. No ' her heart. Of course It was the vense likee woman. XVomnn he si;iy, Llug I ful MaMonadi he would kill her t"-" "If I am bit niding, " It was the "Mrs. Hardin!" Illckard woke up. : voice of Hardin. ".st.e till time miik.e trmilile. She! "f'.iiiie right In," welcomed Itickard. clay. She think woman vellee flie- "t!et along, aenora." The Maldonado cook. She show Ling co. kee plu-ies. sliid out Into the niirht, her band ; mentioned It before. I I boned It : 'ng to come la, I 1 1 iX I -71 7 1!S I . . a iii i vr " J f. r Angry Eyea Watched Rickar. . . . T ... .. .. I flardta. riajself. was repressed, aaiher guet. it vs a tropic prewoce, or eager live wire. His days be sjent on ! hrm-licg wlicitude. the river; hit nights, long hours of I.are hours, excitement, might theafc ain-eyed, on his back, watching 'ahiidg the life" rbe so pssiiomtely the aJow-wheeling. star-frkked em' policed ; but she would not demand f ietert aky. His was the suspense i lae sacrifice of bis dgnr. ef tka a a an trial; this was his! Marshall's cigar followed the coffee, trial; Ger'y. Rickard, the valley, his Tuy, the white-capped Italiaa cook of Ja4ge as4 Jary. The gate grew to be; th- Talnivra. i.s removing the cua. limes was carrying her doulile Inter est, listening to Tod Marshall' broad sueep. gwiiug new viewM)iut as be J R;iiiuilxed the local scheme feeling I tlwt silout presence at the bead af the j abl with hiia of restored honor, aa iafc-sessioa f desire. It must be all right! Rickard was all over the place. "Watching every piece of rwk that's UlBpew Weser. light !" They were preparing for the final! swept a disturbing calcium on Tom. rasa. la a week or two, the work ' XV hat if. truly, the river fiasco could aid be ia the river," complained tahle. Believe he marks them at ' Then something drove Claudia from t;k her band and put" it in the crotch t n;s arm. -.mats oetter, he r:i, ? wondered if he were still smllii,,. Their path led by Ms tnt. Neither f them noticed a tmhdued liht through the canvas walls. a4 reached the place a figure darted froW the duer. Mill, tenor. I thought you wou never come." It was the wife of lb,l donailo. Her expression was lost lanes. The face was quivering witfc terrer. "Mr. Rickard." Innes" words tci-ies. -i win leave yon here. It 13 auitv unneci'Ssnrv to mmu .. .l - her mind. W hat Mr. Marshall had said j .......ii,.,. ,' ...,.,, It came so quiCKly that be was tot rpuilv nop inil.MMl tin.l I i. erlnui.n. nlcl.t hift. to : lie trues! to thnt nventealons hmid f To I . a muui n- 7." "s ,ai...M...r,..,. a-.H-syetreacheohim. l;uiili..,.,.1..: aegit waea the iwk-pouring com- i":n. tins undertaking niotted out tne ..,..... ,, ,, ., I faced. Large lamps were being aus-j rest of related big endeavor; but that ,T (o ()e ji03tU.an ' "'"" 1 leaded across the channel, acetvlene; w not the way her host was looking ,, whet candelpower was that of an arc! l It. He was too courteous to give I , 1 ",e ' "p ''Mlk n,'r "nshly hy light. -Eton there would be no niiht 1 her discomfort; he bad not said It di at the break. When the time for the! rectly. Hut always It met her, rose up aulck cean would come, the tinm noist ' to smite ber, wherever she was. XVas ! be closed without break or slip. One I It not egotism, personal pride, that was at was down, dropped on the floor making her cover her ey, like any . & 1 1 .. . . .1 ! 1 .1 . j mm hhu iiresuy swallowed two SIK'h I :,l'ltl" omiiv-ii: iit-r loonier sun j gigantic mouthfuls; covered with I I''1" anybotly else's brother! The ! rock; pinaed down to the slippery bot- i lre,2e Biiwh-the wild night at the j toin with piles. Another mat was,,'v,H1 "" Isolated accidents those. remly to drop; nx'k wns waiting to be' Hanlin's luck! poured over It ; the deeiiest place in 1 A flu!i of miserable shame came to X"ou must not," her voice rremblnl 'he channel was reduced from firtwn ; hi r. How they hud all beeu ti vini: to with anger, "you wast nut ask that j ,0 fw:t- Each day the overpour. 1 I'are her Kduanio, these kiudly Mar- woman. She Is not t be spokea to." j anxiously measured. Increased. A third ' shalls Mac Lean ! She was turning. The girl asked ber bluntly what aha steam shovel had been added; the rail-! impulsively, to ask Tod Marshall if he nieant. j road sent In several work trains fully thought, could he think it probable "You mut not give her yoar wash-1 alpped f"r service; attracted by the! that they would fail, when a step that Ing must not speak to her. Tve not i cltemeut, the hoboes were coninienc- se"' the blood to her face took the cars stans at two leaps. Now, in- ' e ; U Rap Wwmfe 1 W WW V tnr "You Will Help Me, SenorT" ku'e until my Bngers bled. I remem bered the kind face of (ho aetior, and tti'-n I came hero. Vou will help me, aeoor?" ttlrkurd shook his Lend. "I shall have to look Into this thing. If this Is true It's prison for your husband, You won't have to fear Liipe." "When be gets out ha will kill me, aanr," The terror was seizing her again. Before she could begin her pleading lie called to Macl.eun. "Ask Ling to find a tent for Senora Mildoliado. Tell him (u gU her a So-iil meal." He must trap the rogue. That In filial place luu ;t be closed. The woman bud come In the nlek of time, louse tribes were to be gun pled as reitlesa children. CHAPTER XXIV. Re:fcard Makes New Enemy and New Friend. The milling of the Imllans gave the Impetus the work bad lacked. Under .leaks of the railroad company a large force was put on the river; these, the WMver of the brush mattresses thut were to line the river bed. On the Imoks were the brush cutters; tons of Willows were to be cut to weave Into the forty miles of woven wire cable ' waiting for the cross Ktrumls. Iuy by day the piles of willow blanches gci w higher, the brii-b cutters work l"K ahead of the mattress workers In tin- stream. In the dense undergrowth lii stolid Imlliius, 11 11 in 4 mid M 11 r I co ps and I'lipngoes, struggled wilb the fleece lhorn of the mcMpilt anil the oerpowering smell of the arrow weed. As tough as the hickory bundles they wbdilcd. they fought a clearing tb.'ough ileus.- thickets In tha Intense tropic beut. Uown stream the Rrobillngnaglan ' of lle drcilgn fell inio the mud of tlie by pass, dropping Its slimy burden the fur bank. iNiwn the long alioteb of levee the "skinners" drove tir'ir iniiles mid MrHurs; two pile tle.vers were selling a le trencher oim stream the illes whhh were to anchor Hie steel-ciililed nintlrcsses to tbe river bed. Il was s wellorganlred, aiiive scene, Itlikiinl, In ,s olllce, ibeialliig; letter and tch grams to Mac-N-iii, Jr., fed bis llrst nallsfactlon. Tilings were bcglimiiig to xhow the re soli of months of planning. Cars were r tiling In from north anil east; every ipoirry between Los Angeles and Tne (! reipiisiiloiied for their uudertnk l. A shadow fell cn the pin desk. L'x'i. In blue tbking si i:t unit while J, ,. i, k ,,, ,. v f..r the "Imiss" Ti-acli"e Ling cookee plunes! I no still against her heart. 1 would not be necessary. Tom told m I 11 was battle of big numbers, a ! dm)- ,,,e H'iuer was spoiled, slay that woman. luutteralile final-1 Hardin, a roll of maps under his j not to speak of It." I duel of great force where time was I "That's llickan'. I forgot to tell you iiy in uie lenuiern nice, jtuiiiird and arm, entered with a rotish sneer on I 10111 torn you not to speak of it? ; umpire. Any minute hot weather exehanged' glances' his face. A dramatic scene, that, he I 'ot to sP'"k of whatl" I might fall on those snowy peaks up Ji n Lean, Jr., which deepened from concern into1 had Interrupted! And Itickard, who "ru niUst naTe observed Mr. Rick- yonder, and tbe released waters, rush- perpbxliy. They could not arTord to did not like to have women 1 11 camp. rd Ing down, would tear out the defenses' forgotten us!" lose Ling. And offend Mrs. Hardin, ; White women! The girls ear did a at catch the as WT breaks over a child's fort the camp already H.inllnesipie? Itickard, still sleepy, asked him to nort pause. "Observed Mr. Itickard?" made of sand. This was n race, and that I asked him to dinner. lie couldn't get away. He said he'd run iu tor cof fee. Hullo, Itickard. Thought vou'd the nr:n. She Would wake up the camp with her crying. He put ber in a chair. .ov tell your story." The woman had got to be a nuisance. He couldn't have her coming mound like this. l had seen that look in the girl's eyes "Murdered? Who did you say' was murdered?" She lifted a face, frightened lt,!o hnggnrdness. "Maldonado and the girl." The night was stripped to the trag edy. "You found litem j" Her face was lifted Imploringly to bii:i. "Oh, senor, it was not I. By the Mother of Christ, it was not I." Itickard was not sure. Hrr fear made him suspect her. "Who was it, you think?" "Felipe," she gasped. "He got away from the rurules be dime back. Ho went homo there was no one tliere. .Some one told him where she- bad' gone. He came to Maldoimdo's. Lu cre.ia, the eldest, opened the gate. He Itickard grew placating. He spent I sit down. a half hour wheedling. They met at Urn sturllng place. "Ling go tamale." "Oh, Lord." groaned th- turinager, capii'iliillng. "All right, Ling." XVI: h the dignity of an oriental prince, Ling pattered out of the tent, Hickard was puckering bis lips at his secretary, "I'd nulier taka custcr oil." "I wanted to apeak to you about those concrete aprons. They tell me you've given an order not to have them." Itickard reslgnisl himself to a long argument. It was three o'clock wheu Hardin let him turn In. XVhen be was getting ready for bed hu rouiemliered the melodramatic A hnlf hour Infer, MacLcan saw Ms 'scene Ttimlln bad entormt nn TTo chief leave bis tent. He was In fresh : stared enmprvhendiugly at the screen ""ens. door veelmr will. ii,.,l..l ,,!;, II ... "I wouldn't swap places with him ! din's .coarse sneer n Ml,l..n,l. this minute I She'll be a mad aa B bidiihliiL' fast, w Moot over hc wet lien !" Mrs. Hanlln, from ber bed by her screen window, saw him enmlnir. Hhe slipped Into 'a Kenilnegllgeo of alter- nale rows of luce and hwIss construct ed for such possible emergencies. Sho did not iiinke the mistake of smooth ing her bnir; ber Instinct told her that the Huffy disorder bore out the use of the negligee. She was sew ing In ber riiiiiiiila when Itlckard's knock sounded on the screen door. Despite bis protests she stnrted wa ter boiling in ber chafing dish. He hitd not time for ten, he declared, but she Insisted 011 making this cull of a social nature. She opened a box of sugar wafers, her steal that of a child with a toy kitchen; she was playing doll's house. Itickard mtule several openings for his errand, but ber wits sued like .gopher from Ids labored digging. She met bis mood with womanly dig nity; she tutored her coquetries, with held her archness. He found he would liuve to discard Uplmimcy, blurt out bis message; use bludgeons for this scampering agility. "My mission Is a little awkward. Mrs. Hardin. I hope yon will take It all right, that you will not be offended." "offended?" Her fuce showed alarm, "It's about Ling. He's a queer fel- ow; ihey ull are. you know." He whs blundering like a schoolboy lin er Hie growing shallow In lierty's blue eyes. "They resent authority Hist Is, from women. He Is a tyrant. .Ing Is." Ves?" Ah, she would aot help him. 1 .et him flounder 1 "He wants to be let alone; he doesn't appreciate your kind help. Mrs. Ilurdlu." "Oh!" Her eyes were hot with ars angry tears. She could not siwak or would not. fche sat In her SMiiled doll's bouse, all her pleasure In her toy dishes, ber pretty finery, ruined. He could not care If ha could humiliate her so. It was the most Vivid moment of Jier life. Not even when Itickard had left her, with his kisses still warm on her lips, had she fell so outraged. He was treating her as though she were a servant ills. I charging her because she was the I wife of Hardin. Iler eyes grew black j with anger; she bated them botlr; be tween Iheiii, their jealousy, their ri valry, what had they made of ber life? j She remembered the woman she bad 1 wo In his rainaila; she had heard that the Mexican was In camp, em ployed hy Itickard. Her thoughts were like swarming hornets. "He's un ungrateful beast, Mrs. Hanlln. I told blm I would not let you waste your kindness one Instant longer " Oh, she understood A bitter pleas ure to ace blm so confused. Itickard. before whose superior appraisement she bud so often wilted! She would not help him mil, never! She rose when be paused. He thanked her for nut-ting him half way, and her smile was Inscrutable. "So I'm discharged?" "You can't be discharged If you've never been employed, can you? Thank you once again, and for jour ten. It was delicious. I wish Ling would give lis tea like that." heart. "Of course he'll think good all knew it. A regular train dispatch system was In force that the inrushlug cars alight drop their burden of rock 1 and gravel and be off afler more. The The coolness between as. I scarce ly speak to him. I don't wish to speak to him." XVhen had all this happened. Innet demanded of her'elf ? Hnd she been ! Dragon was being fed rude meals, Its asleep, throwing pity from outdated appetite whetted by the glut of pour dreams? I ing rock. "I won't countenance a common af-1 Toil Marshall enme down from Tuc falr like that." Her eyea, sparkling ' son In his car. The coining of the with anger, suggested jealous wrath j Talmyra and Claudia rippled the so to Iunes. who had her first hint of tbsj j C" waters at the front for days stoty. She bad learned never to take ; ahead. Gerty Hardin, too proud to th face value of ber sister's verbal 1 " her astonished family that she co't; It was ouly a syabai of value; 'wanted to desert the mess tent, shook It stood for something else. '! herself from her Injury, and "did up" The yellow eyes were oa the dredee ! all her lingerie gowns. Mrs. Marshall lord, these people will make me Into j bucket as It swung across the channel, was not going to patronize her, even She hadn't thought of that enntin-1 "'' 1 m""e' "P ""'' 1,0 rusll1 Pt gency! She found herself sh-ikiii" l"'r' Al1'' 'on he came out his hand Hands with him. Could he not hear her """'t'1 '""iru enrs. mind, ticking away at the Maldonado episode? I'hcy v.i re afraid to go In. I got there In-t night. 1 v.ent in. They were iw.r Of course he would Insist on seWriK i ("it" lJu " ,'. U 1 an old woman! I don't cure wlint the whole caboodle of them think!" Five minutes nfler blowing out his Candle he was deeply sleeping. Khe was if aer hushund hnd snubbed Tom. It outraged; she did not know J was hot. Ironing In her tent, the doors CHAPTER XXV. Smudge. I rom ber tent, where she was writ ing a letter thut lagged somehow, la nes Hardin had seen Itickard go to her sister's tent. She did not need to analyze the sickness of sight that wntched the dancing step ncknowb edge lis Intent ion. It meant w retch edness, for Tom. At a time when h most needed gentleness and sympathy rasped as lie was by his humiliations and disappointments how could any woman be so cruel? As for Itickard, he was beneath contempt If It were true, (Jerry's alory, told In shrugs and dashes. She had Jilted him for Tom; and this -Ills revenge? She had not known that she had such feeling at the thought roused In her. It proved what the blood tie Is, this tigerish passion sweeping through her, as her cjes watched that closed lent It was for love for Tom, pity for Tom. Sex honor why, (ierly did uot know the meaning of the words! How long would It be before Tom would see what every one else was seeing? What would he do when he knew? Hating Itickard already, bitter as he was She was not so biased as he. She could see why Marshall had had to re organise. Kstrada had shown her; and MacLean. Her sense of justice bad done the rest. Itickard had proved his efllclcncyj (he levee, the camp, the military discipline all showed the gen eral. Whether he were anything of an engineer, time would tell that. It was a long call be was making! Sup pose Toin were lo come buck? She must watch for blm make some ex cuse to pull him In If be should come back before that other went Hate ful, such eavesdropping I A prisoner lo that man's gnlflvaiitingl tint they did not register. sngry, with whom. XYith Gerty fr telliag her, ! closed. Everything carried a sting with Itickard. with life that lets such I those Indoor hours. She was nllamo things be. She jumped a p. "Oh. slop I with ket vanity. Twice, she had It!" She rushed out of the teat, fol- J openly encouraged Itickard; twice, be lowed by a strange hitter smile that i had fonted her. That wnn his kind! brought age f the face ef Gerty Har-! Met who prefer Mexicans! She her to her tent. I'liiictilious, alw. ys, Well she just wouldn't. Perhaps sh could slip out M.1110 way. She would watch her chance. "Can I talk shop for a while t asked Itickard. They withdrew to a cushioned win dow seat. Innes bad found her chance. ;She asked to be shown over the car. ir.'ies confided her plan. She wtinted din. In her own tent, Inaes feind excase for ber lack of self-ctatral. She did not like the color ef scandal ; she hated smudge. Gerty had said the whole camp knew It; kaew why the Mexican woman was la camp! She did not I rust Gerty la anything else; why should she trust her la that? She would forget Gerty'a gossip. Itut she rememhered it vividly that week is she washed her own khakis; as she bent over the ironing board In Uerly's sweltering 'Vltchenefte." She thought of it as she returned Rick nrd's bow In the uiest tent the next morning; each time they met she woald tever forgive htm, never! She followed devious channels to In volve Tarn's responsibility. Tliere was a cabal against the wife of Hardin. Working Ilk t servant ! she called it tecesslty. Everything, every one pun ished her for that one act of folly. Life had caught her. She saw no way, as she ironed her mull rudles, no way eat of her cage. Her spirit heat wild wings against her bars. If she could tea a way ont! Nothing to do but to ttay with Tom ! Maddening, too, that at the mess table, sua caught nicknrd's eyes turning toward, resting on, Innca Hardin. The girl herself did not seem to notice thought of II. And It was in her mind artful, snbterranea'n, such stalking! when she met Senora Maldonado by That waa why she hnd come running the river one day, and made a sudden (back to the Heading! Thnt the reason wide curve to avoid having to apeak of her tnger when she had hinted of to her. CHAPTER XXVI. Time the Umpire. tha Ualdonado. She learned lo bate I Innes. Bitterly she hated Rlckurd. "Tom," she said one day. ne tarned with a swift thrill nf expecta tion, for her voice sounded kind ; like The river was low; Its yellow wa-l"1 Gerty af old. "I have always ters bore the look of oriental duplicity. . rd that Mr. Marshall has terribly Kach day was now showing Its prog-trlct Ideas. I think he ought to hear rcs.s. The two ends of the trestle were I0' ,nRt Mexican woman. It Is demor creeplng across Hie stream from their jll1nf In ramp like this." brush yprons, A few weeks of work,) "I tell Marshall anything against hit at the pre .cut rate, and the gap would Vl clerk?" Thu Hardin Hp shot out. he closed. Hardin's big gate In It; thej"He'd throw me out of the company." by-pass ready; the trap set for the Colorado. The tensity of a last spurt wi'.s 111 the air. It was Inspiring activity, this pittlug nf mini's ciiiuiilalive skill against an clemoii!:i force. No Caucasian mind which did not tingle, feel the privi leged thrill of ft. To the stolid unlive this day of well-paid toll was bis mil lennium, the fulfillment of the 1 he pretty scene was spoiled. To bis dismay, she burst Into a atorm of tears, tears of self-pity. Her life lay In tatters at her feet, the pretty fabric rent, torn between the rude handling of those two men. She could not have reasoned out her Injury, made it con vincing, built out of dreams as It was, heartless, scheming dreams. Because she could not tell It, her sobbing was the more violent, her complaints Inco- liil would look like me, scucr. Will tl-cv t:-Ke me, senor?'' She was a wreck of terror. 'Aot If what you tell 111c s true. ow, get to lied. I'll give you some thing thnt will tmtke you sleep." He hustled her out and prepared tha Ira light. lie wondered as he got Into bed as to the truth of her story. Disgusting, such nnlnial terror! Awkward nol", I bat. r'nle seemed possessed to queer him with those Ilniillns! (Continued nct ShIukIhv) Sofe Facts About Aviation Gas Troubles Is Thursday's issue sum ami ait auiiiiiiiuciiient by the Standard Oil company explaining why the nccessaiy I production of gasoline for our lighting I aeroplanes was responsible (lining tne latter puit of the war fur the lark uf easy starting qualities in ordinary mo I tor gasoline. I Lverv oil Cumpany hud mure er less (difficulty with gasoline during the lust few mouths of 1418 and some routplaint I was heard among motorists. It was im I possible until now, however, to offer janv explanation, because if was a mili Itary fact which could ant bo wade Mill lie. IAviatioa gasoline must be highly vo latile, or in other words.it hiiis; vapm ize rapidly and this spcrcal toe! was furnished only at th sacrifice ef tha gasoline loft for regular use. d'asalina is aiade up of constituents having boil ing points ranging from low to higli. That needed for aeroplanes fk a li.i.c part of flic low boiling fi-ils .':; uents fioia the crude oil ua l hit tli ordinary aiotor gasoline snkicwkct ta- k- ing in these low boiling points whii-li are Sieressarr for easy siai:ii of iiic eagiat. While wviation gasoline 1 is exactly suited lor engines operating iu the ex treme cold and rarefied atmosphere f high altitudes it would bo iinsuitcU for automobiles. It would lack Hie neces sary power, would evaporate loo quick ly and would be expensive. Immediately after the signing ef thu his bat I11 n disappearing flurry of ruf- lles. Angry eyes watched Itickard't step swing him away. From the levee that day, she had a glimpse of the Mexican woman 00 her proiihccv. His coils bad so sunken. For an Inslnnt she did not recocnlza I Food for bis stoomcb. Honor for bis herent. Tom gathered eiioiiL-h fnie. the figure outsido Gerty'a tent. Her 1 stupefaction ; the white man's money ! ments to piece the old story, fears saw Toin. She reached the laid in a brown band each Sunday ("Ashamed of hltn. He bad dragged screen door In time to see Itickard lift morning was what the great gods fore-'"01" down Into his humiliation." Ills spoke. The completion of the work. Iweet moment had passed. the white man's victory, would be an! ne spent a few futile moments try- J end of the fnt time. Hasten? Why!'" to comfort her. should they, and shorten their day of I "Don't come near me." It burst opportunity? Ifronf her; a cry of revulsion. He knees by the river ruhhiii" clothes' ,1,'tw(,,n "e two camps oscillated j "tared at ber. the woman meeting his against a smooth stone A pile of I v"r"" ""cully squatting near thel'''" In Hushed defiance. Tbe hatred tight wrung socks v on the bark In-I Whlt0!'' J'lerlng his primitive Es-1 which he saw, her bitterness, corroded nes st I and watched her ' ' i lM'ri,nf" ' r'1""'- His friendship:1"" Ille. scorched bis self-love. Noth- "I must remember lo siieak of ber 1 wl,h ,,,e w'" ''"lefs, his age hnd nat- j b! kill his love for her; he b G-rlv," she determined ..s,le ' ural leadership gave him t unbiue po-ikn,'w ""' '"t blackest of mo ably doc not know that there hj a 1 '",i"n ,n '",lh """P- Assiduously, (menta. He would never forget thut washerwoman In cainii" ! ",,'" cultivated tne old inumn wtio " un-im, or nate. He left her "Thought You'd Forgotten Us." to slip out. "She would not Interrupt their evening; Mr. Marshall had busi ness to discuss" Mrs. Marshall would not hear of It. Slie said thut Mr. Marshall would never forgive her If she let Miss Har din go home alone. Her opposition was snfiiy Implacable. Innes went buck to the slttlim r,u f the car angrily coerced. Itickard was still closeted, conversationally, with his superior. At hist, desperately, she ro f J? """w. He must insist uno. ,.i " J " , " wlili luu. ir - . ' i""""(.r ine neca ior mis snei 1,1 uu- 11 11 her. Of course! ).; .i; ,....,. .... ,.1 Bed Crown gasoline regained ifs 1 M high quality, due to a full, uniform chain of boiling points from the lew 10 the high. While it was an unfortunate fact thut the ordinary motorist had to put up with a fuel which was not quite wlut he had been used to, yet he plsyed a a important part in winning tin- war by getting along with such gasoline 11s could be manufactured without inter fcrring with the output of aviation g:-.s-uline. The l'acific cousU hail a aiuvii easier tiuie than the eastcra stale. In tin- east a general shortage of ansoline . , .. . . . r through "ru ,ne Illc dministrction to issii'- "nu-ii, iireuioiting me use 01 pirsuiu I was going bark em-l. .,.,, (Ill,, Ul, I'd to he ,, t ,inwn ,(m,rrow.. The good-hy, were said. She found herself walking rehelllouslv hy bis "'le. "Xo, tlmnk you!" to the offer of his 11 rm. 'Hie night ws bright with (. Hnghl as day. Isn't it?" Iiecause ber voice ws curl, ,,,! s!,p ,,,, nt US(1( "s muiie. ,!,. rising inflection lplp.(, ' '"'''! Hateful. t stumble over a nil .ti the roud- Of course, he'd make her lake 1,1s nrm! (if course: Kb'kanl grasped her elbow. She waikcd along, her i i.,..,. . ' . I. .1 ... SO, HIT '"i" miming, anger surgin her a! his touch. ,bsi,L,:'L::rr,li!, ' on uer. It was a week hue- h..f...- .v.. crouenen uays tnrougn oy tne nana or mcnibered lo speak of the Mexican 1 "'I..''""''- woman "who could wash" Th in I 1,, engineers felt tbe whip of ex women were on their way to their ! ,,0"1,'1, N,'v n,Mn Mt ,he fal"P tents from the mess breakfast Senor. i ln ,h "'"mlng who did not look to wns leaving MacLean's a large bundle of used Maldonado lent with clothes under her arm, "She washea for the men. I'm go ing lo ask her to do my khakis for me. lVrhups this woman would be willing to do ail our laundry?" Gerty had In-en wondering whnt she Would say til Innes. The ive h i,i..v. !5oorsbt n of ILjnd blmiineisle, oiilv an. Introduction was ward that spun crawling across the treacherous stream, measure that widened bypass. Would the gate stand? The Hardin men halloed for the gate, but bsiked each morning to see If It were still there. The Reclama tion Service men and the engineers of the railroad were openly skeptical ; Sisyphus outdone at his own game! Kstrndu and Rickard looked furtively (!'.!!!? S-'tewHh doubt . at eaih other tent. That night, the cot under tbe stars had no tenant. Hardin had It out with himself down the levee. That valley might fulfill Kstruda's vision and bis labor; might yield the harvest of happy homes; but bis was not there. He bad been the sacrifice. CHAPTER XXVII. The Walk Home. Claudia Marshall sat at the lies,! nf her stately table In the Talmyra. mute snm "tit Tor the burning eyes which followed, her. Tji.TjiJnjicA i automobiles on Numlav, The HiMHUhf she wnft ,tn t ' llp;tiu refini'rirs rust of th.- Hp.-it iru n !" ierty did. h ,e r' IT" h' r,rl. ' 'li ter, he'd he surprised' Anv m . . lan"b " ,ur'' ""' triple wnM An V " "" r ,w' A u r'fl-st of the I'nit.-d S tc g-v- ''k-. but what coi l .1 , K'"1"'-I """''' 'he I'acifie coasi pcrrole.-.m ,n . . onn iiar- i"ar service cuninuttce 1,10101 tieiei " iiiauer aliout man Iu u-lth .1.1 an stall ;lg ,,,,, g.imv r aim? Close as thee .-..r i..- . .. . -mlmilng her every m.n ?-Mlkw' r..,he, and her Icolhers wife n.t .1 - t'nlifornia ' (piotn among mkIi of the lurge refiners as were able to iiieac this special gi.soliac. The Stiimuird til company being the lar-e-t ef toese. nat iiially had the gnates! i;:io;a to fill. TllCV mere I lift n ,lwl llmO' i...r ill li.ort- Mexican-hateful memorv rtr - 1 this war m'cd and xree.b-d their she coil,! not be cnunl And she i',"",a B cimsiderablc ( xici.t. would not force it. He had hroneht '' w"" ,,"lv ,,llri"e " '" ri,"! "' I'us about. Let him filk then jMX Bt'''k!' lh'' bite fall if litis that oppressive that silence Then it i "' hrk n"y !,,artiRS came to her tint ,. , . iA" s"',n Hl' I'""'1'''' R"1 ':'"': ganlino nncstlon that his ....."r" J'L n,sk,him i ' its old high quality ed A ' . . ,. "u iiopn- o.im, n, . lai ,(,,. tiln ..r, foa- ia 1 II I lit 11 r 11 u r.. . I us chain of boiling ,o:::1s from to hiiih which is neei-niv for easy w'oub she speak. And 'starting, quick and smoo'h r.cccicraiion, mileage. k g.ance nt his f,,..a r j t, . ... niilin.r 11 r . oioni ntrn 1011:0 f wlJ':;.fn,!n" 't...lng Not low,, men th h 'lev st-ilk I 1 l"4". rtllU s 'I " nno ?i ,' i .". 1', " 1 " tnscioiisly she i1''-1' l'"wcr and lone '-liX-J'lf n vav f,,,m , ' JOURNAL WANT ADS PAY