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THE ALAMANCE CLEANER
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! River j
S When the Colorado J
• Burst Its Banks and ■
J Flooded the Imperial J
J Valley gf California •
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SYNOPBIB.
CHAPTER I—JC. C. Rlckard, an engi
neer of the Overland Pacific, ia called to
the office of President Marshall in Tuc
•on, Arli. "Casey" 1« Anehltrroa to the
office force; he wears "dude'' clothes,
but he had resigned a chair of engineer
ing: In the East to so on the road as a
fireman and his promotion had been spec
tacular. While waiting for Marshall Rlck
ard reads a report on the ravages of the
Colorado, despite the efforts of Thomas
Hardin of the Desert Reclamation com
pany. This Hardin had been a student
under Rlckard and had married. Getty
Holmes, jrlth whom Rlckard had fancied
be was in love.
CHAPTER ll—Marshall tells Rlckard
the Overland Pacific has got to step in
to save the Imperial Valley and sends
him to the break. Rlckard declines be
cause he does not want to supplant Har
din, but Is won over. "Btop the river;
Jamn the expense," says Marshall.
CHAPTER lll—Rlckard journeys to
Calexlco, sees the irrigated desert and
learns much about Hardin and his work.
CHAPTER IV—At the hotel he meets
Mr. and Mrs. Hardin and Innes Hardin,
Hardin's half sister. Disappointed ta her
husband and an incorrigible coquetts.
Mrs. Hardin sets her cap for her former
lover and Invites him to dinner.
CHAPTER V—Rlckard visits the com
pany's offices and takes control. Ha finds
the engineers loyal to Hardin and hos
tile to him. Estrada, a Mexican, son of
the "Father of the Imperial Valley,"" tells
Dim of the general situation.
CHAPTER Vl—Rlckard attends a
meeting of the directors and asserts his
authority. Hardin rages. Estrada tells
Rlckard of his foreboding thst his work
will fall. "I can't see it finished."
CHAPTER Vll—lnnes is discovered In
her garden. She tries to cheer up Hardin,
who is furious azalnst Rlckard,
CHAPTER X-The Hardin dinner to
Rlckard discloses further the family char
acteristics. Hardin Is surly and sulky.
Innes Is hardly polite. Qerty plans a
."progressive ride" in Rickard's honor.
CHAPTER Xl—Rlckard encounters the
Insubordination of the company's engi
neers. He Is stirred by the Indians' state
ment that this la the hundredth year of
a cycle, when the Great Tellow Dragon,
the Colorado, grows restless. He makes
vsrtous preparations, pushes work on
the Calexlco levee and la ordered by
Marshall to "take a fighting chafice" on
the completion of Hardin's pet project,
a gate to shut the break in the river.
CHAPTER VIII—A family luncheon of
the Harding which throws light on them.
CHAPTER IX—4tardln discovers that
Rlckard is planning a levee to protect
Calexlco and puts him down as Incom
petent. Party tMuks Ml lorpjaaloug.
CHAPTER XVI. 7
» Rlckard In Town.
The town woke to a matter-of-fact
day. The sensational aspect of the
runaway river had passed with tha
night The word spread that the flood
waters were under control; that the
men had gone home to sleep, m> the
women got brenkfast as usual, and
tidied their homes. The Colorado was
always breaking out, like a nuughty M the only man In town who hag
child from school. Never would the Hme to "addle a.horse tor a woman,
cry of "The river!" fall to drag the" She went In search of him. ghs
blood tnm their cheeks. Bat relief found that the long adobe office build
always came; the threatened dangyr Ing had already taken on the look ot
was always averted, and these pioneer ; defeat, of ruin. The casements had
been torn from the partitions; the
doors and windows were out The fur
niture bad been hauled up to high
ground farther away for safety. Bhe
went hunting through the ghoulish
women bad acquired tbo habit ot *wifl
reaction.
That afternoon, Mrs. Youngberg wj?
to entertain at the ABO ranch the
ladies ot the Improvement club. It
was a self-glorification meeting, to
celebrate the planting of trees In the
streets of Calexlco. and to plan the
campaign of their planting. Mrs,
Bllnn drove into town to get Gerty
Hardin. Neither woman had seen her
husband since the Interrupted drive
the night before.
"I don't know whether I should go,"
Mrs. Hardin hesitated, her face turned
toward the A BO rancb. "Perhaps
there Is somethlnf-we could do."
"I have Just come from the"* levee."
Mrs. Bllnn's Jolly face had lost ltd
I apprehension. "The water has not
' risen an inch since breakfast Most of
the men have been sent home. When
Howard didn't come home to lunch, J
gr«w anxious. But Mr. Rlckard says
he sent him to Fassett's with more
dynamite."
• "There he Is," thrilled Gerty.
1 Mrs. Bllnn's eye swept the street
"Where? Tour husband?"
1 "No, Mr. Rlckard. Passing the bank.
There, he's stopped. I wonder If he is
going In? Tou call him, Mrs. Bllnn."
I Obediently her friend hailed Rlck
ard. He turned back to the windy
street He felt boyish; the crisis was
giving him mercurial feet. He loved
I the modern battle. Elements to pit
one's brains against, wits against
force I
Gerty Hardin's face was flushing
and paling. "The river," she faltered.
"Should we be alarmed, Mr. Rlckard?"
Smiling, he assured her she should
not be alarmed; the levees would pro
tect the towns.
"Mr. Hardin Is up at Fassett's
ranch, he will be coming back today.
I told your husband, Mrs. Bllnn, to
catch a nap and then relieve Mr. Har
din."
Gerty found a significance In his
words. He had said "Mr. Hardin," and
"your husband, Mrs. Bllnn." It was
enough to weave dreams around.
"We can't do anything, Mr. Rlckard,
to help?" urged Gerty Hardin, her
voice tremulous.
"I hope we won't have to call on you
at nil."
There was no excuse to linger.
Gerty threw a wistful little smile at
parting.
CHAPTER XVII.
Opposition.
The second night of the flood, th«
women of the towns dragged brush
and filled sacks for the men to carry.
It was past midnight when Innes Har
din left the levee. While her feet and
fingers had tolled, her mind had been
fretting over Tom. Two nights, and
no rest 1 It was told by men who cams
down the river flow Hardin was hero
ically laboring. Bhe yearned to go to
him; perhaps he would stop for a few
hours to her entreaty. But an uncer
tain trail across country, with th«
dust-laden wind In her face? She de
cided to wait for the dawn. A snatched
sleep first, but who would call herj
Bhe would sleep for hours, so weary
every muscle. Her mind Hied on Sam
GRAHAM, N. C., THURSDAY. MA'S 1, 1919
Rlckard Was With Her Bl*ter-in.|«w.
gloom for the darky, turning her lan
tern In every dark corner. She knew
that she would And him sleeping.
Then she heard steps on the veranda.
She ran toward them, expecting to see
Sam. She swung her lantern full on
two figures mounting the shallow
steps. Rlckard was with her sister-
Jn-law.
"Oh, excuse me!" she blurteil blun
deringly. Of course Gerty would take
a wrong intention from the stupid
words I
_The blue eyes met those of Innes
with defiance. It was as though she
hnd spoken: "Well, think what you
will ot It, you Hardlns! I don't care
whnt you think of »hcl"
What indeed did she think of It?
Why should she feel like the culprit
beforo iliese two, her words desert
ing her? It was Gerty's look that
made her feel guilty, as though xhe
had spying. To inT>et tliera to
gether, here at midolght, why should
not they feel ashamed? She hud done
nothing wrong. And Tom down yon
der fighting—and they make bis ab
sence a cover for their rendezvous.
"I'm looking for Sam I". The effort
behind the words turned them Into an
oratorical challenge.
"So are we. I want to send him
home with Mrs. Hardin. She's worn
out."
"She can go home with me. I am go-
Ing directly. As soon UH I give a met-
Rage to Sam." She laatantly regretted
her words, abruptly halting. It came
to her that IMckard would Insist upon
delivering her meaange. Of course, he
would oppose her going. Some petty
reason or other. She knew from the
men that he was oppositional, that he
liked to show his power. Not safe, he
would say, or the horse was needed,
or Sam too busy to wait on her! ,
"Xou cannot go home alone, you
two. The town is full of strange In
dians. Give me your lantern, Miss
Hardin; I'll rout out that darky."
Rebellloualy she gave him the lan
tern. The light turned full on her
averted angry eyes.
A haughty Thusnelda followed him.
Sam was discovered asleep In the
only room where the windows had not
yet been attacked. Ills head rested on
a bundle of sacked trees which the
ladles of the Improvement club had
plunned to plant the nest day. Deep
snores betrayed Ills refuge.
"Here, Sum! I want you to take
these ladlea home. Chase yourself.
They've been Working while you've
slept. I thought you'd have all these
windows out by now."
Gerty had to snpply the courtesy for
•two. She told Mr. Illckard In her ap
pealing way that he had been very
kind; that she "would have been
frightened to death to go home alone."
Innes had to say something I "Good
night !" The words had an Insulting
ring.
The wind covered a passionate si
lence, as the two women, followed by
Sam, yawning and stretching, made
their way down the shrieking street.
"It was true," Innes was thinking. She
had at Inst stumbled on the rout, but
It was not a matter of personal, but
moral untidiness; not a carelessness
of pins or plates, of tape* or dishes. It
was far worse; a slackness of ethics.
It meunt more unhnppinens for Tom.
Her aching muscles told her that
she could not have slept four hours
when the darky was back, knocking at
her door. „
Innes' horse loped through the
silent streets.
I Til run pout the levee; perhaps
i Tom has come bark." It occurred to
her that there might be a message at
the hotel. She pulled on her left rein,
and swept past the deserted adobe.
A* »he reined In ber borne, Itlckard
■tep|Hfd out on the xldewolk. lie, too,
wan heavy-eyed from a (notched nap.
"Were you looking for roe?"
The scorn In the girl's fare told blrn
that his question was stupid, for
him!
"lias my brother come back?"
Tie said be did not know. "You can
see I have been dreaming!" She would
not smile back at him, but rode oft
toward the Vvoe.
Was this the river? West of the
levee, a sea of muddy water spread
over the land. There was yet a chance
to save the towns, the town, she cor
rected herself, as her eye fell on the
Mexican -village serosa the ditch. For
Mexlcall was doomed. Bome of the
mud huts had already fallen; the wa
ter waa running close to the station
house. *
Bhe saw Wooslej (tanking neafj caJ- |
celatlng tha diatance, the' time," per
haps, before the new station would go.
She hailed Wooster. Ruin was pre
saged In the lines of his forehead.
"Pretty bad?" she cried.
He shook his head. *
"Is Tom back?"
"He's over there, now. Fighting like
all possessed. He'll work till he
drops." . Wooster was proud of thst
method.
"We all know Tom!" Her pride
sprang up. "But he's got to stop for
a while. I'm going up after him."
"Not If my name's Wooster. I'll go.
Hell mind roe."
She watched the flowing river, swol
len with wreckage. She saw, with
comprehension, u section, of a fence;
somebody's crop gone. There was a
railway tie, another! The river was
eating up Estrada's new roadbed? A
cry broke from her as a mesqult on
the coffee-colored tide caught on a
burled snag. The current swirled dan
gerously around It. Instantly, the wa
ter rose toward the top of the levee.
Men came running to pry away the
tree. A minute later, it was dancing
down the stream. They raised the
bank agalnftt the pressing lapping
waves. There, the tree had struck
again. They ran down the levee with
their long poles. Each time thst hap
pened, unless the obstruction were
swiftly dislodged, she knew it meant
an artificial fall somewhere, a quick
scouring out of the channel. The men
were working like silent purts.of a big
machine; the confusion of the first
night' was gone. From their faces one
would not guess that their fortunes,
their hotqex, hung on the subduing of
that Indomitable force which had not
yet known defeat, which had turned
back explorer and conquistador. Ah,
there was the lurking fear of it I Vic
tory still lay to Its credit; the other
column was blqnk.
She saw Wooster coming toward
her. His snapping black eyes shot out
■parks of anger.
"He won't let me go."
"Who won't let you?" But she knew.
"Casey. Says he'll send some one
else. I said us nobody else'd make
Hardin stop. He said as that waa up
to Hardin."
Of course, he wouldn't let Woostei
got
"Orders me to bed," spat Wooster,
"Wonder why he didn't order gruel,
too. It's spite, antagonism to Hardin,
"Orden Me to Bed."
that's what It 1*!" She bell eyed that
too. Tom was right. Rlckard did tak«
advantage of hia authority.
She did not aee Rlckard until h«
stood by her aide.
"I'm sorry not to apore Wooster
MIH* Hardin. Rut there'A stiff work
ahead. He'a got to be ready for a call.
If Hardin inalata on apolllng one good
aoldier, that's hia affair. I can't lei
him apoii two."
Wooater ahrugged, and left them
"Spoiling good aoldlera!"
"I've taken Rodefeldt off duty. 1
told him to relieve Hardin."
Rodefeldt who bluahed when anyon*
looked at him I He would be about n»
persuasive to Tom an a veil to a de»
ert wind I She turned away, M)t not
before Rlckard anw again that trans
forming anger. Her eyea ahone llk«
topazes In aunllght. She would no|
trust herself to apeak. Wooater wa»
waiting for her. Rlckard could heat
the man repent. "I'm aorry, Mlaa Har
din. It'a an outrage. Tbat'a what II
la."
Queer, they couldn't see that It wa*
Hardin's fault; Hardin who was uj
the river lighting Ilka a melodramatic
hero; fighting without caution or re
serve, demoralizing discipline; he
couldn't help admiring the bulldog en
ergy, himself. That was what all thesa
men adored. He'd clenched the girl's
antagonism, now, for sure! llow hex
eyes had flashed at him!
Hello! There was a tree floating
down toward the station bouae. , . ,
"Bring your poles!" he yelled.
AMERICAN CIVILIANS
IN OERMANV IN WANT
Goblens —A number of American
civilians la various parts of occnpl«d
Germany are In serious strait* be
cause of the food situation.
Among those who have requested
the civil affairs officers of the third
army to take some action toward the
relief of the Americana la question
are several members of congresa who
have been In Coblns recently. It la
proposed to send tha food required by
parcel post.
WITNESS, WHILE TESTIFYING
IS SHOT IN MOUTH SY WIPE
Chicago—A divorce caae came to a
dsamatle dose when Mrs. Elmer R
Bis*peon shot her busbaad. who W\M
on the witness stand, through tha
mouth.
Sim peon was testifying quietly. Bud
denlf his wife leaped to her fas*.
"That'* a He!" she cried, and Bred.
Stmpeoat crumpled up ta the chair,
blood Qalai from hla mouth MfS.
•hopeoa waa arrested and court U-
IfMVMC
WILSON STMT
WAS HO SUBPRISE
PUBLIC ENGAGEMENTS MUST
TAKE PRECEDENCE OVER
PRIVATE PACTS.
"THUNDERSTORM OFHONESTT
Exclusion of' Southern Slave From
Conference on "Adriatic Question
Barred Italians Also."
Paris.—An eminent Roman Catholic
prelate whom President Wilson re
ceived weeks ago when the prospects
of the conference were dark prepared
for him a little address consisting of
oae sentence; "•
"Mr. President,'* it ran, "a thunder
storm of honesty."
In the statement on the Adriatic
question sent by wireless throughout
the world, Mr. Wilson played the part
(or which the eminent prelate cast
him. The statement, certainly hon
est, has caused a thunderstorm.
The fact that the President had pre
pared the statement for publication
had for soma days beea an open
secret.
From the very beginning the Presi
dent has taken and will take the posi
tion that public engagements publicly
entered Into by the allies must take
precedence over seciet engagements
whenever the two kinds of engage
msnta were Incompatible.
The Italian delegation attempted to
escape from this dilemma by assert-
Ing that Mr. Wilson's principles ap
plied only to peace with Germany, but
not to peace with Auatrla-Oermans
and Magyars.
Mr. Wilson and the whole American
delegation have steadily set their
faces against this standpoint. The
United States recognised the kingdom
of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes.
Mr. Lansing declared In the council
of 10 that If the southern Slav dele
gates were to be excluded from the
sitting of the 'council when the Adri
atic question was discussed the Unit
ed States must Insilt that the Italians
alio be excluded.
FIFTEEN THOUSAND NEW MEN
WANTED FOR AIR BERVICE
New York.—With a view to aiding
the air service of the United States
army to obtain 15,000 men "much
needed" by enllatment, Capt. Charlea
Olidden, air aervlce, 17. 8. army, has
Issued the following statement:
"All men who wish to take part In
the development of the natlon'a air
aanrlce, aa an aviator, or dirigible bal
loon pilot, chauffeur, mechanic or
work at aome 30 other trade* required
In the air service, by Banding their
name and addreaa In care of the de
partment air service officer, 104
■rond street, New York, immediately
will receive an Important communica
tion on the subject which 1 have pre
pnnd after serving aa an officer sev-
be glad
I we did IT in I
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BELIEVED PROBABLE THAT
ORLANDO WILL COME BACK
Parle.—Not a rapture, but a suspen
sion of Italy's collaboration lo the
peace conference —that la how the silt
nation was defined In conference cir
cles. The Italian delegation, feeling
that Its representative character has
been called In question in certain
quarters, considers it its duty to refer
to the Italian parliament, but it is be
lieved to be probable that Premier Or
lando will be back In time for the
opening of the negotiations with the
German plenipotentiaries at Ver
sailles, which will not occur before
May 1 or jfay J.
Until the Italian prime minleter's
return the Italian delegates will not
attend the sessions of either the con
ference or Its commissions, but In or
der to show that Italy desires to main
tain good relations with the allies the
Italians will continue to collaborate
on the inter-allle* commissions.
TO BE LITIRAL ENFORCEMENT
OF WAR TIME PROHIBITION
New York.—The government pro
poses ■ literal enforcement of the war
time proMMtion act. Including a baa
on prod notion and eale of all beera and
wines, whether or not they are Into*!
eating, the department of )uetlce an
nounced through a special represent*
tlve In the federal court here.
While no atepa will be taken U
prevent brewing, pending a court d»
termination of the law's ooostltuUoo.
allty raised by brewers of the New
York district, manufacturers will oper
ate In peril of future prosecution, ac
cording to the statement of William C.
Fitts, special oounsel, appearing foi
Attorney General Palmer In tbft beer
litigation. ,
The law prohibited sale after Juai
30 of distilled beverages as well as
manufacture after April to and sal*
after June 30 of "beer, wine and other
intoxicating malt or vluous liquors for
beverage purposes, pending the d*
mobilisation of the military forces,"
•AYS WILSON IS TREATING
ITALY AS BARBAROUS NATION
Paris.—Premier Orlando declare*
that President Wilson's proclamation
Is an attempt to place the government
in opposition to the people.
"He is treating the Italians," adds
the premier, "as If they were a bar
barous people."
The premier says he has never de
nied that the pact of London did not
apply to Plume, but the Italian claim
was based on the principles of Presi
dent Wilson's 14 points.
MAY ORDER ALL Y. M. C. A.
WORKERS OUT OF ITALY
Parla. —Tho possibility of ordering
all Y. M. C. A. worker! out of
Italy IN being considered by John
R. Mott, of the war work council
of the Y. M. C. A. There Are
about 200 American workers In lUly
assigned to varioua unit* of the
Italian army and Mr. Mott waa some
what perturbed over the posslbll-
Ity thai they might become Involved
In manlfeatatlooa of ami-American
feeling.
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