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SWIFT & Co., Patent Attorneys, Washington. RUB-MY-TISM- Antiseptic, Re reves Rheumatism, Sprains, Neu alsgia, etc. THE ALAMANCE GLEANER. IHmj' Q3y> INMP.IT EDNAH "I F|F « AIKEN ® TMTDOBaC /I£KSfIJ- CCVfAOO' CHAPTER IV. The Desert Hotel. ' He left the dusty car with relief when the twin towns were called. He had expected to see a Mexican town, or at least a Mexican Influence, as the towns hugged the border, but It was as vividly American as was Im perial or Brawley. There was the yel low-painted station of the Overland Pacific lines, the water tank, the eager American crowd. Railroad sheds an nounced the terminal of the road. Backed toward the station was the in evitable hotel bus of the country town, a painted sign banging over Its side advertising the Desert hotel. Before | he reached the step the vehicle was crowded. I "Walt, gen'lemen, I'm coming back ' for a second load," called the darky I who was holding the reins. "If you wait for the second trip yon ' won't get a room," suggested a friend ly voice from the seat above. Rlckard threw his bag to the grin ning negro and swung onto the crowd ed steps. Leaving the railroad sheds he ob served a building which he assumed was the hotel. It looked promising, attractive with its wide encircling ve randa and the patch of green which distance gave the dignity of a lawn. But the darky whipped up Ills stolid horses. Rlckard's eyes followed the patch of green. The friendly voice from above told him that that was the office of the Desert Reclamation company. His next survey was more personal. He saw himself entering the play as the representative of a company that was distrusted If not indeed actively hated by the valley folk. It amused him that his entrance was so quiet as to be sur reptitious. It would have been quietei had Marshall hud his way. But he himself had stipulated that Hardin should be told of his coming. He had Been the telegram before It left the Tucson office. He mlcht be assuming an unfamiliar role In this complicated drama of river and desert, but it wa-3 not to be as an eavesdropper. The heavy bus was plowing slowly through the dust of the street. Rlck ard was, given ample time to note the limitations of the new town. They passed two brick stores of general merchandise, lemons and woolen goods, stockings and cracker? disport ing fraternally in their windows. A board sign swinging from the over hanging porch of the most pretentious building announced the post office. From a small adobe hung a brass plate advising the stranger of the Bank of Calexico. The 'dobe pressed close to another two-storied structure of the desert type. The upper floor, supported by posts, extended over the sidewalk. Netted wire screened away the desert mosquito and gave the over hanging gallery the grotesque appear ance of a huge fencing mask. From .the street could be seen rows of beds, as In hospital wards. Calexico, It was seen, slept out of doors. "Desert hotel," bawled the darky, reining in his placid team. "Yes, sah, I'll look out for your bag. Got your room? The hotel's mighty sure to be full. Not many women ylt down this a-way. ... All the men mostly lives right heah at the hotel." Rickard made a dive from a swirl of dust Into the hotel. The long line he anticipated at the desk was not there. He stopped to take In a valley Innova tion. One end of the long counter had been converted Into a soda-water bar. The high swivel stools In front of the white marbled stand, with Its towering silver fixtures, were crowded with dust parched occupants tit the bus. A white . coated youth was pouring colored I sirups into tall glasses; there was a clinking of ice; a sizzling of siphons. "That's a new one on me," grinned Rickard. turning toward the desk where a complacent proprietor stood waiting to announce that there was but one room left. "With bath?" "Bath right across the hall. Only room left In the house." The proprietor awarded him the valley stare. "Going to be hero long?" He passed the last key on the rack to the darky stagger ing under a motley of bags and suit cases. Itlckard recognized bis, and fol lowed. "I mny get yon another room tomor row," called tli- proprietor after him an he climbed the dusty stairs. The signals of a uew town were waving In the dining room. The ma jority of the citizens displayed their shirt sleeves uM unblushing suspend ers. One large table was surrounded by men In khaki: the desert soldiers, engineers. The full blown waitresses, elaborately pompadoured. were push ing ttrnugh the swing-doors, carrying heavy troys. Coquetry appeared to be their occupation, rather than meal serving, the diners accepting both varie ties of attention with appreciation. The supremacy of those superior maidens was menaced only by two other wom en who sat at a table near the door. Blckard did not see'them at first. The room was as masculine as a restaurant in a new mining town. Blckard left his Indoor view to look through the French windows opening on a side street. He noticed a slender bnt regular procession. All the men passing fell In the same direction. "Cocktail route." explained one of bis neighbors, his month fall of boiled »**'- . V . "Oyster cocktail?" smiled the new comer. "The real thing! Calexlco's dry, like the whole valley, that Is, the county. See that ditch? That is Mexico, on the other side. Those sheds you can see are in Mexican, Calexlco's twin sister. That painted adobe Is the cus tom house. Mexican's not dry, even In summer! You can bet your life on that. You can get all the bad whisky and stale beer you've the money to buy. We work In Calexico, and drink In Mexican. The temperance pledge Is kept better In this town than any other town In the valley. But you can see this procession every night." The Amazon with a handkerchief apron brought Rlckard his soup. He was raising his first spoonful to his mouth when he saw the fnce, carefully He Baw the Face, Carefully Averted. averted, of the girl he hud n>et nt the Marshaiis' table, Innes Hardin. HIB eyes jumped to her companions, the man a stranger, and then, Oerty Holmes. At least, Mrs. Hardin ! Some how, It surprised him to find her prettj. - She had nchleved a variety of dis tinction, preserving, moreover, the cleur-cut babyish chin which hud rr.aii Its early appeal to him. Theru was thi same fluffy hair, Its rlnclets a bit urtl flctal to his more sophisticated eyes, the same well-turned nose. He had been wondering about this meeting; hf found that he had been expecting som« sort of shock—who said that the love of today Is the Jest of tomorrow? Th* discovery that Gerty was not a Jesl brought the surprised gratification which we award a letter or composition written In our youth. Were we ai clever as that, so complete at elghteet or twenty-one? Could we, now, with all our experience, do any better, or In deed as well? That particular sen tence with wings! Could we make II fly today as It soared yesterday? Kick ard was finding that Gerty's more ma ture charms did not accelerate hi* heart-beats, but they were certainly flattering to his early judgment. And he had expected her to be a shock! Ho was staring Into his plate of chilled soup. Calf-love! For he had loved her, or at least he had loved her chin, her pretty childish way of lifting It She was prettier than he had pic tured her. Queer that a man like Har din could druw such women for sister and wife—the blood tie was the most amazing. For when women come to marry, they make often a queer choice. It occurred to him that that might have been Hardin—ho had not wanted to stare at them. «• That was not Hardin'* face. It held strength and power. The outline wan sharp and distinct, showing the strong linen, the determined mouth of the plo tter. There was something else, some thing which stood for distinction—no, It couldn't be Hurdln. And then, because an outthnist lip changed the entire look of the man. lUckard asked his table companion*, who was the man with the two ladles, near the door. "That, suh," his neighbor from Ala bama became lmm-dlat-!y oratorical, "that Is a big man, suh. If the Im perial valley ever becomes a reality, a flxtunh, It will be because of that one man. suh. Reclamation Is like a » i-d thrown on a rock. Will It stick? Will It take root? Will It grow? That 1.1 what we all want >n know." Rlckard thought that he had wanted to know something quite different, and reminded the gentleman from Alabama that be had not told him the name. "The father of this valley, of the reclamation of this desert, Thomas Hardin, sub." lUckard tried to reset, without at tracting their attention, the group of nla Impressions of the man whose per sonality had been so obnoxious to him In the old Lawrence day*. The llardln he had known.bad also large features, but of the flaccid Irritating order. He summoned a picture of Hardin a* he had shuffled into his own classroom, or up to the long table where Oerty had always queened It smong her mother's boarders. He could see the rough un polished boots that had always offend ed him as a betrayal of the man's In ner coarseness; the badly fitting coat, the long awkward arms, and the satis fied, loud-speaking mouth. These fea ture* were more Could time GRAHAM, N. C., THURSDAY. MARCH 13, 1919 bring these changesT Had he changed, like that? Had they seen him? Would Gerty, would Hardin remember him? Wasn't It his place to make himself known; wave the flag of old friendship over an awkward situation? He found himself standing In front of their table, encountering first, the eyes of Hardin's sister. There was no surprise, no welcome there for him. He felt at once the hostility of the camp. Ilia face was uncomfortably warm. Then the childish profile turned on him. A look of bewilderment, flushing into greeting—the years had been kind to Gerty Holmes! "Do you remember me, Rlckard?" If Hardin recognized a difficult situa tion, he did not betray it. It was a man Rlckard did not know who shook him warmly by the hand, and said that Indeed he had not forgotten him. "I've been expecting you. My wife, Mr. lUckard, and my sister." "Why, what are you thinking of, Tom? To introduce Mr. Rlckard! I Introduced you to each other, years ago I" Gerty's cheeks were red. Her bright eyes were darting from one to the other. "You knew he was coming, and did not tell me?" "You were at the Improvement club when the telegram came," put In Innes Hardin, without looking at Rlckard. No trace of the Tucson cordiality In that proud little face! No acknowledgment that they had met at the Marshall's! •'Oh, you telegraphed to us?" The blond arch smile had not aged. "That was friendly and nice." Rlckard had not been self-conscious for many a year. He did not know what to say. He turned from her up turned face to the others. Innes Har din was staring out of the window, over the heads of several crowded tables; Hardin was gazing at bis plate. Itlckurd decided that he would get out of this before Gerty discovered that it was neither "friendly nor nice." "If I had known that you were here, I would have Insisted on your dining with us, In our tent. For It's terrible, here, Isn't it?" She flashed at him the look he remembered so vividly, the childish coquettish appeal. "We dine at home, till It becomes tiresome, and then we come foraging for variety. But you must come to us, say Thursday. Is that right for you? We should love It" Still those two averted faces. Rlck ard said Thursday, as he was bidden, and got back to his table, wondering why In thunder he had let Marshall per suade him to take this Job. Hardin waited a scant minute to pro test: "What possessed you to ask him to dinner?" "Why shouldn't I? He is an old friend." Gerty caught a glance of ap- penl, from sister to brother. "Jealous?" she pouted charmingly at her lord. "Jealous, no I" bluffed ilardln. He thought then that she knew, that Innes had told her. The Lawrence epi sode held no sting to him. Once, it had enchanted him that he had carried oft the boarding-house belle, whom even that bookman had found desirable — bookman ! A superior dude 1 He had always had those grand airs. As If It were not more to a man's credit to struggle for bis education, even If he were older than his class, or his teach er, than to accept It oft silver plates, handed by lackeys? Rlckard had al ways acted as If it had been something to be ashamed of. It made blm sick. "They've done It this time. It's ■ fool choice." Again, that look of pleading from In nes. Oerty had a shiver of Intuition. "Fool choice?" Her voice was omi nously calm. Hardin shook off Innes' eyes. Better be done with It! "He's the new gen eral manager." "He's the general manager I" "I'm to take orders from him." Oerty's silence was of the stunned variety. The Hardlns watched her crumbling bread on the tablecloth, thinking, fearfully, that she was going to cry. "Didn't I tell you?" Her voice, re pressed, carried the threat of tears. "Didn't I tell you how It would be? Didn't I say that you'd be sorry If you called the railroad In?" "Must we go over this again?" asked her husband. "Why didn't you tell me? Why did yon let me make a goose of myself?" She was remembering that there bad been no protest, no surprise from In nes. She knew I A family secret! She shrugged. "I'm glad, on the whole, that you planned It as a surprise. Vor I carried It off as If we'd not been In sulted, disgraced." "Oerty!" expostulated Hardin. "Oerty!" Implored Innes. "And we are In for a nice friendly dinner!" "Are you quite finished?" Hardin got up. I A* the three panned oat of the dining floorn, Hlckard caught their aeveral ex preaslom: Hardin'* stiff, Indifferent; | Gerty's brilliant but hard, a* abe ( flashed a finished, brave little amlle In I his direction. Tho slster'a bow wa* 1 distinctly haughty. In the ball, Oerty"* laugh rippled J out. It wa* the laugh Rlckard remern |be red, the light frivolous cadence which recalled the flamboyant pattern ' of the Holmea' parlor carpet, tho long. crowded dining table where Oerty had ; reigned. It told him that *he wa* In i different to hla. coming, aa *he meant | It should. And It turned him back to j a dark corner In the honeysuckle , draped porch where be had apent *o ! many evening* with ber, where once j he had held her_hand, where he told her that he loved her. For he had loved her, or at leaat he thought he bad! And had run away from her ex pectant eyea. A cad, waa be, becsuae he had brought that waiting look Into her eye*, and had run from It? Hhould a man aak a woman to give ' ber life Into hi* keeping until he la I quite mire that he wanta It? He wa* j revamping hi* worn defenae. Hhould he live up to a minute of aurrender, of tenderneaa, If the next Inatant bring* ! aanlty, and dlslllualonroent? He could bury now forever self-reproach. He could laugh at hi* own vanity.. Oerty Hardin, It waa ea*y to *ee, had forgot ten what he had whlapered to Oerty 'Holme*. They met aa aober old friends. That gboat waa laid. CHAPTER V. A Game of Checkers. The uneasy mood of the desert, the wind-blown sand, drove people indoors the next morning. Rlckard was served a substantial, indifferently cooked breakfast In the dining room of the Desert hotel, whose limitations were as conspicuous to the newcomer as they were nonexistent to the other men. They were finding It a soft con trast to aand-blown tents, to life In the open. Later he wandered through the group of staring Idlers In the office, past the popular soda stand and the few chalr-tllters on the sidewalk, go ing on, as *T without purpose, to the railroad sheds, and then on, down to the offices of the Desert Reclamation company. He discovered It to be the one engaging spot In the hastily thrown-together town. There were oleanders, rose and white, blooming In the patch of purflle blooming alfalfa that stood for a lawn. Morning-glories clambered over the supports of the veranda, and on over the roof. Rl«k ard's deductions led him to the Har dlns. What school of experience had so changed the awkward country fellow? He had resented his rivalry, not that he was n rival, but that ho was a boor. His kisses still warm on her lips, and she had turned to welcome, to coquet with Tom Ilardln! The woman who was to be bis wife must be steadier than that! It had cooled his fever. Not for him the aspen who could shake and bend her pretty boughs to each rough breeze that blew! Men tossed Into n desert, fighting to keep a foothold, do not garland their offices with morning-glories! Was It j the gracious quiet Influence of a wife,! a Oerty Ilardln? The festive build ing he was appronclilng was as unex pected—as Captain Brundon ! Rlckard i walked on, smiling. He was fairly blown Into the outei room, the door hanging behind him. j Every one looked up nt the noisy Inter ruption. There were severnl men In the long room. Among them two alert, clean-faced youths, college graduates, or students out on furlough, the kind of stuff In IIIH class nt Lawrence. Three of the seasoned, road-coached typo were leaning their chairs against the cool thick walls. One wus pulling nt a cigar. The other, a big, Hhy slant, wan drawing clouds of comfort from a pipe. There was a telegraph operator nt work In one end of the room, her Instrument rapidly clicking. In an op posite corner wax a telephone ex change. A girl with a metal band around her forehead waH punching connections between the valley towns. Rlckard lost the feeling of having gone Into a remote and isolated re gion. The twin towns were on the map. One of the older men returned his nod. The young men returned their hastily withdrawn attention to their game of checkers. The other smoker was watching with cross-eyed absorp tion the rings his cigar was sending Into the air. Rlckard mlfcht not have been there. One of the checker players looked "Anything I enn do for yoo? Do you want to see anyone in particular?" "No,"' It was admitted. "No one In particular. I was Just looking round." "It's the show place of Calexlco. I'll take you around. It Is the only place In town that Is comfortable when It's J "I'll Take You Around." hot, or when the wind blow*, and that's the program all autnner. Take ray place, Pete." I'ete, the young giant, with the face of hi* Infancy enlarged rather than matured, slipped Into the vacant chair. He had been the (lr*t to discover the atranger, but he had evaded the re aponslMllty. The game Immediately abßorbird blm. "It'a nice here," repeated the young fellow, leading the way. They were followed by a few Idle glance*. Itlckard looked with approval at the tlin slim figure which wax assuming the courtesy of the towns. The fine handsome fa■» was almost too girlish, the muscle* of the mouth too sensitive yet for manly beauty, but he llkel the type. Lithe a* a young desert-reared Indian, hi* manner and carriage told of a careful home und rigid Kchool dis cipline. He wa* ushered Into a large cool room. The furnishings he Inventoried: a few *tlff chair*, a long table-"and a typewriter desk, closed for the Sab bath. -The stenographer'* room." an nounced the lad *uperfluou*ly. "Whose stenographer" "General property now. K very one ha* a right to use her time. She used to be Hardin's, the general manager'*. She Is his still. In a way. Rut Ogllvle keep* her busy most of the time." Rlckard had not heard of Ogllvle. He made a mental register. "When did Hardin go outf" He knew the date himself. He expected the answer would trail wisps of other Information. He had avery active cu- rroslfy~aDou{ flartJiuT TlTe"man's fail ures had been spectacular. The young fellow was thinking aloud. "The dam . went November 29th. Hardin was given a decent In terval to resign. Of course ho was fired. It was an outrage—" He re membered that he was speaking to a stranger and broke off suddenly. Rlck ard did not question him. He made another note. Why was it an outrage or why did It appear so? In perspec tive, from the Mexican bnrranca, where he had been at the time, the failure of that dam had been another bar sinister against Hardin. "I see that-you are from the Univer sity of California?" Rlckard said, and nodded at the pin of gold and blue enamel. "Out for a year," glowed the lad. "Dad wanted me to get some real stuff In my head. He said the Colorado would give me more lessons—more real knowledge In a year than I'd get In six at college. I kicked up an awful row—" The older man smiled. "Of course. You don't want to go back now" The boy made a wry face. "Ho ex j pects me to go back In August. Says I must." "You did not tell me your nutne," was suggested. "MucLean, George Mac Lean," said the young man rather consciously. It was a good denl to live up to. lie al wuys felt the appraisement which fol lowed that admission. George Mac- Lean, elder, was known among the I railroad circles to be a man of Iron, i one of the strongest of the heads of 1 the Overland I'nclflc system. He was i not the sort of man a son could speak - lightly of disobeying. "Of course everyone calls me Jun ior." "I guess you'll go back If he wants you to," smiled Rlckard. [ "Oh, but what a rotten trick It would be!" exclaimed the son of the man of Iron. "To throw me out of college—l was daffy to finish vlth my class, and to get me here, to get me In terested —and then after I've lost my place to pull me back. Why, there are things happening every day that are a libera! education. They are only Just beginning to understand what they aro bucking up against. The Colorado's an unknown quantity: even old engi neers are right up against It. There are new problems coining up every day. The Indians call her a yellow dragon, but she's a tricky woman, she's an eel; she's giving us sums to break our teeth on." "Who has the next room?" "Used to be the general manager's. Ogllvle uses It now." "And who did you say was Ogll vle?" They turned back Into the room. "You can go In. He's not here. He Is the new auditor, tin expert account ant from Los Angeles. I'ut In by the O. I*, when It assumed control last year. He used to come down once a month. After Ilarilln went out ho came down to stay." "Whose say-so?" "I don't know. The accounts were rotten, that's no office secret. The world knows that. Hardin Is blamed for It. It Isn't fulr. Look at Mather's stone palace In Los Angeles. Look at Hardin's tent, his shabby clothes." "I'd like to meet Ogtlvle," observed the general manager. "Oh, he's not much to meet, A pale, white-livered vegetarian, a theoso phlst. You've seen 'em. Los Angeles is full of 'em. He was here when Har dln was fired. You could see hlni see his opportunity. His chest swelled up. He looked as If he had tasted meat for the first time. He thought that ho could woozle Into the empty place! He went back to Los Angeles, convinced them ' that the auditor should be here, protect the company's Interests. It sounded mysterious, Nleutbllke, as if he bad discovered something, so they let blm bring the hooks down here. He Is supposed to be ferreting. Hut he's 'woozllng.' He used to be In the outer office. Kald the noise made Ills head ache, so ho moved In here. All the committed meetings are held here, and occasion ally the directors' meetings. Water companies', too. Ogllvle's taking notes —wants to be the next general mana ger; It sticks out all over him." "What's the derivation of woozle?" this with deep gravity. "Walt till you see Ogllvle!" laughed his entertainer. Then as an after thought, "This Is all public gossip. He's fair game." The door opened behind thwn,-*nd Rlckard saw the man whose descrip tion bad been so deftly knocked off. He recognized the type *en ho fr' quently In southern California tpwns, the pale, damaged exile whose chance of reprieve Is conditioned by stern rules of diet and sobriety. It was the temperament which must perforce translate a personal necessity Into a religions dogma. "Till* gentleman's Just — I* JUKI looking around," stammered Mucl.i-an, blundering, confused. The vegetarian nodded, taking off hi* felt sombrero and putting It on n chair wl:h fin\ I!y thin time It was apparent that no olio mi VI- lld rilin knew of hi* ruin ing. II"- wa* ahead of Marshall's let ters. He dlil not like tin- flavor of his entrance. "What provision In being mode for the new general managerW Tlie question, aimed carelessly, hit the auditor. "Tiny are not tnlklnic of filling the position Just yet," he responded "There I* no need at present The Blgßt nay, adjusted an it now IN, that It did before." "I heard that they had sent a man from thi' Tucson office to repreiw-tit Mr. Marshall." "Did you hear hi* name?" stain anercl Ogllvle. "Hlekard." The auditor recovered himself. "1 would have heard of It were It true, f am In clow touch with the Ix>* An geled office." "It 1* true." "How do you know?" Ogllvle's dis may was too sudden; the flabby facial muscicx betrayed hlrn. "I'm Hlekard." The new general Ogllvla'a Diamay Waa Too Budden. mm tiger took the swivel chulr behind the flat-top desk. "Sit down. I'd llko to have n talk with you." "If you will excuse me," —Ogllvle's bluff was n» anemic ns Ills crushed np pearunce. "I —1 nm this mom- Ing. Might I—trouble you—for a few minutes? My papers nre In this desk." Itlekard now knew his man to the shallow depths of his white-corpus cled soul. "If I won't be In your way I'll hang around here. I've the duy to kill." ills sarcasm was lost In transit. Ogllvle naljl that Mr. Illekard would not be In his way. He would movo his papers Into the next room tomor row. The engineer moved to tho French windows that opened on the alfalfa liiwn. A vigorous growth of willows marked the course of New river, which had cut so perilously near the towns. A letter "h," picked out In (fulck river vegetation, told the story of the flood. The old channel —there It was, the curved nrm of the "b," one could tell that by the tall willows—had been too tortuous, too slow for those sweeping waters. The flow had di vided, cutting tho stem of the letter, carrying the flood waters swifter down grade. The flow had divided— hm! divided perhaps the danger too! An Idea In that I He would see that better from the water tower he'd spied at entering. Another flood, and a gamble whether Mexlcnll or Calexlco would ge| the worst of It. Unless one was ready. A of the American town I "Excuse me, sir—do you need me?" He turned buck Into the room. He could see that MhcLenn was aching to get out of the room. Ogllvle had Vis ibly withered. A blight seemed to fall on him as his white, blue-veined An gers made a bluff among his papers. "Thank you." nickard nodded at MaeLean, who burst Into the outer of fice. "It'* the now general manager from Tuc*on—Rlckard'* hi* name." Hl* whl*pcr ran around THE WUIIH of T lie room, where other nrrlvnlH were tllt lnjf Iticlr chair*. "The new general manager! Ogllvle woozled for noth ing. You HIIOIIII! hnve Keen hi* fare!" "Did anyone know rtlat be was com IngV" Silent, the tanned giant, spoke "That's Marshall all over," said Wooster. bright-eyed and wiry, re moving Ills pipe. "He likes to move In a mysterious way Ills wonders to per form. (Used to slug that when I wns a klil'.) No announcement. Simply, 'Enter Itleknrd." " "More like this." sultl Silent. "Exit Hnrdln. Enter Ogllvle. Enter Itlck srd." "And exit Ogllvle," cried Maclean. "It's a-»d ——d shame," burst out Wooster. No one asked him what he meant. Every man In the room was thinking of Ifiirdlii, whose shadow this reclamation work was. "What 1 * Rlekard doing?" iixkeil the l/ifantlle Hcrcule* at the checkerboard. The foree called liliu Pete, whleh wan it xhort cut to Frederick Augu*tu* Bodefeldt. "Taking Ogllrle'* meanure"—thin from Murljoan. "Then lie'* doing Hoinethlng el*e by till* time. That wouldn't take him Ave minute* union* lie'* a gull," *napped \Voo*ter, who hated Ogllvle a* a rat doe* a Hnake. The door opened and Itlcknrd mine In. Almo*t *lmultaiicou*ly the outer door opened to admit Hardin. Who would Introduce the new general man ager to the dl*ml**cd one? The thought fla*hod from to Si lent, to the telegraph operator. .liinle feldt doubled over the checkerboard, pretending not to *ee them. Confu nlori. ei.il.arranxment wa* on every face. Nobody apijke. Hardin wa* corning o|o*er. "llello. Hardin." "Hello. Jtlrliard." It appeared friendly enough to the * irprl*e| otllce. Jloth men were glad that It wa* over. "Nice office*." remarked ll.irdtn. hi* leg* out«prf*nd, hi* hand* Jn hi* IKK'k• et*. ••Ogllvle I* Katlstled with them." The men rather overdid the laugh. "Finding the du*t pretty tough?" In quired llardln. "I Opent a month In San Kr.'i IICIKCO la*t Hummer:" wa« the rejoinder. "Th!* I* a haven, though, from the street. Tin light I'd loaf for today." Wa* Hardin game to do the right thing. Introduce him a* the new chief to hi* subordinate*? Nothing, It de veloped. wa* further from hi* Inten tion. Hardin, hi* leg* outstretched, kept before hi* face the bland, im penetrable *mlle of the oriental. It wa* Clearly not Rickard'a move. The checker player* fidgeted. Rickard'a allelic® was Interrogative. Hardin at 111 *mlled. To be continued. Break your Cold or LaGrippe with few doses of 666. Subscribe for THE GLEANER—I. NO. 5 GRAHAM CHURCH DIRECTORY Graham Baptist Church—Rev. L, U. Weston, Pastor. Preaching every first and thira Sundays at 11.00 a. m. und 7.00 p* Sunday School every Sunday at 9.45 a. m. W. I. Ward, Supt. Prayer meeting every Tuesday at 7.30 p. m. Graham Christian Church—N. Main ' '■s Street—Kev. F. C. Lester. I Preaching services every Sec ond ana fcourth Sundays, at 11.00 | a. m. Sunday School every Sunday at 10.00 a. M.-W. R. Harden, Super intendent, New Providence Christian Church —North Main Street, near Depot— , Rev. F. C. Lester, Pastor. Preach ing every Second and Fourth Sun day nights at 8.00 o'clock. Sunday School every Sunday at 8.46 a. m.—J. A. bayh/f, Superin tendent. Christian Endeavor Prayer Meet ing every Thursday night at 7.46. 5 o'clock. >. Friends—.North of Qraham Pub lic School, Rev. John M. Permar, Pastor. Preaching Ist, 2nd and 3rd Sun days at ll.ou a. m. and 7.00 p. m. Sunday School every Sunday at 9.45 a. m.—Belle Zachary, Superin- M Undent. Prayer meeting every Thursday ' J evening at 7.30 o'clock. 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