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SYNOPSIS.
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CHAPTER I?K. C. Rlckard, an engl- 3
neer of the Overland Pacific, is called to <
the office of President Marshall in Tucson,
Ariz. "Casey" is an enigma to the '
ntf\ea fnrro' he wears "dude" clothes.
but he had resigned a chair of engineering
In the East to go on the road as a 1
fireman and his promotion had been spec- 1
tacular. While waiting for Marshall Rlckard
reads a report on the ravages of the
Colorado, despite the efforts of Thomas 1
Hardin of the Desert Reclamation com- <
pany. This Hardin had been a student
under Rickard and had married Gerty
Holmes, with whom Rickard had fancied f
he was in love.
CHAPTER II?Marshall tells Rickard ,
the Overland Pacific has got to step In
to save the Imperial Valley and sends J
him to the break. Rickard declines be- ,
cause he does not want to supplant Hardin,
but is won over. "Stop the river/ '
damn the expense," eaja Marshall. <
" CHAPTER III.
_ :
The Blessing of Aridity.
When Rickard left the main line at | 1
Imperial Junction the next afternoon 1
his eyes followed the train he was
deserting rather than the one that 5
was to carry him to his new labors.
He felt again the thrill of detachment '
that invariably preceded his entrance
into a new country. With the pulling j ]
up of the porter's green-carpeted stool, ''
the slamming of the train gates, the !
curtain fell on the Tucson set scene.
The long line of cars was pushing ,
off with its ltnen-covered Pullmans j
and diners, steaming down grade |
toward the Sink, the depression which
had been primeval sea, and then desert,
and was now sea again. Old
Beach, rechristened Imperial Junction
for railroad convenience, was itself
lower than the ancient sea line where
once the gulf had reached. Rickard
knew he could find shells at that desert
station should he look for them. .
He picked up his bag that the porter '
had thrown on the ground and faced
the rung-down curtain.
Tfn /v c r% vrAllAnr
. iu9 paiuicu DV-cuc nas a j ciiu? oiatlon
house broiling under a desert
sun; a large water tank beyond, and
In the distance the inevitable cardboard
mountains, like property scene
shifts, flat and thin in their unreal
hues of burnished Rink and purple. A
dusty accommodation train was backing
and switching," picking up the
empty refrigerator cars to carry into
the valley for the early melon growers.
Already the valley had asserted Its
industrial importance; the late rampage
of the Colorado had made it
!' spectacular. Those who would pay
Uttle attention to the opening of a
new agricultural district in the heart *
of a dreaded desert opened their ears '
to the vagary of the river which had 1
sportively made of a part of that des- 1
ert an inland sea. Scientists were
rushing their speculations into print;
would the sea dwindle by evaporation, 1
as It had done before? Or would the 1
overflow maintain the paradoxical (
sea? 1
The flood signs were apparent
There cracks had SDllt the desert
sand; here water fissures had menaced
the track; and to the south a
fringe of young willows hid the path
of the Colorado's debouch.
The men crowding the platform
wore the motley of the new country.
In Tucson the uniform of the male ,
Citizens, with the exception of those
feckless ones who found Inevitably
that lotus is a liquid, was the wilted
pretense of a gentle civilization; de- 1
spondent ducks and khakis and limp '
collars. Imperial Junction marked the {
downfall of the collar. The rest of j
the composite costume was irregular,
badly laundered and torn, faded and '
sunburned; the clothes of the desert J
soldier. Rlckard saw buttonless ,
shirts, faded overalls, shabby hats?
the sombrero of Mexico. The faces 1
under the broad-brimmed hats made a
leaping impression upon him of youth !
and eagerness. He noted a significant
average of Intelligence and alertness.
This was not the Indolent group of
men which makes a pretense of occupation
whenever a train comes In!
"Going in?* asked a voice at his ear.
A pair of faded eyes set In a youngold
face, whether early withered or
well preserved he had not time to determine,
was staring at him.
He assured his Interlocutor that he
was going In. His mooa Isolated the
phrase; its significance vastly different
from "going on."
"Buying?"'
MI think not"
"It is a good time to buy." RIckard
suspected a real estate agent. 'Tor
land Is low?rock bottom prices on
account of the uneasiness about the
river. People are afraid. They want
to see me compauy reueem some ui
Its promises before they come in; and
the company Isn't in much of a
hurry."
Rickard asked what company he rei
ferred to.
' The young-old face with the faded
eyes looked at him In surprise. "The
D. R. company, Desert Reclamation,
which brought, us all here."
TsjfilG
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? m?-dOB6<S'Af?MflJ- COMPANY
"Scarrps?" The newcomer's survey
if the long line of naked mountains
ind lean lands that formed the neck
of the valley gave a snub of casuailess
to the question.
"No. F00I3!" The answer was as
swift as a bullet. "Though some
people think them worse than that. 1
ion't go so far; I'm willing to say
they've tried. Til say that much. But
they haven't the know-how."
The window seats. Rickard could
see, were filled before the cars halted,
by the experienced ones who had not
waited for the train to be made up.
tn the scramble he spied a vacant
window on the sunny side and made
for It. A stranger dropped into the
seat beside him.
Every window In the car was open.
Each red velveted, dusty seat wae
Eilled. A strong desert wind was blow.
Ing sand Into their faces, discoloring
the seats and covering the floor.
The engineer turned to his companion,
who was coughing.
"Do you mind this window being
>pen7"
'Td mind if it were not. It's always
aad at the Junction. When we get
into the cultivated country you will
see what the valley will be like when
He Was "Going In."
It Is all planted. The wind Is not
jad when It blows over grain or alfalfa.
It is the desert dust that nags
)ne." He conghed again. "Going In?"
Rlckard said he was going In.
"Are you going to settle In the val?
ley?" The Inquisitor was a man ol
ibout fifty, Rlckard decided, with a
lesert tan of apparent health. His
face was clear cut and Intelligent.
"I don't know."
(lUbl iUUlVlLlg Llic LUUUUjr UTCl i
"You might call It that."
"Go slow," admonished his companion.
"Don't let yourself be carried
away. It is a wonderful country. But
?o Blow. It's the ones who expect to
make millions the first year that become
the worst knockers. Go slow,
[ always tell them. Go slow."
-It's not a good time to buy, then?"
"Not so good as it was ten years
igo 1 But land Is cheaper than It was
i year back. In some districts you
mn buy a good farm for a ticket back
lome, the farmers are so discouraged.
[Jold feet" The slang sounded oddly
somehow. The man's voice had the
cultivated precision of the purist
'Cold feet The river's chilled them,
rhe valley's losing faith In the company."
"What company?" Inquired Rlckard
igaln.
"There's but one company to the
raney, tne one tnat Drougnt tnem
lere, the D. R. They don't call the
allroad the company. They won't rec)gnize
that problem! It's had hard
nek from the first, the D. R. At the
rery start the wrong man got hold of
t Sather, the first promoter, was a
'aker?a pretty thorough faber. The
:ompany reorganized, but It's been In
)ad odor with the public ever elnceA
Rickard's eyes left the deep cuts In
:he land made by the ravening waters
ind looked at his companion.
*1 thought Estrada was the original
promoter?" he Inquired.
"Estrada's a recent comer?oh, you
nean the general. He started the ball
nil Va.UU
uiuu? , uiai vvao an. dqu iietum, iuiowing
the Bliss complication, tied his
lands."
The man in the seat ahead was lis*
:ening. His head was leonine, his
>ody shriveled. Rickard could see on
he neck the ancient burns that had
spared the magnificent head. The rest
>f the man had been shriveled and
wisted into terrible deformity. Rickird
found himself puzzling over the
ncident with its accompanying mlricle.
There was not a scar on the
fao.
"Estrada's business methods wei>
then not different from Sather's and
Hardin's!" It was a deep, rich organ.
"Oh, you can't class Hardin with
Sather," protested Rickard's companion.
"Sather used Hardin. Hardin'?
honesty cannot be questioned. It's not
money's he's after. His whole hearl
Is In this reclamation scheme."
"Hardin's a false alarm," growled
the owner of the massive head. ' "He
makes promises. He never keeps
them."
The older man's smile was tolerant.
"Barton," he indicated, "is the president
of the water companies. And if
you want to hoar about a rogue and a
scoundrel ask the water companies
their opinion of Hardin."
"Well, what sort of a hole has he
got us into?" demanded the other with
heat.
"Hardin's in a hole himself.
"No one seems to remember that he
crucified hitoself to save the valley,
I've a great respect for Thomas Hap
"*n."
"Yes?" returned Rickard, whose llk?
Ids had been captured by the speaker.
The impression of distinction sharpened.
The stranger wore a laundered
pongee silk shirt, open at the neck but
restricted by a brown silk tie; and It
was trimly belted. There were but
two neckties In the entire car, and |
ti>py occupied, Rlckard observed, the
same seat.
"The beginning of the canal system."
x
Rlckard looked out upon a flat, oneicned
country, marked off In rectangles
by plows and scrapers. Farther
south these rectangles were edged
by young willows. He fancied he
could see, even at that distance, the
gleam of water. I
It was the passing of the desert. A
few miles back he had seen the desert
In Its primitive nakedness, which not
even cactus relieved. He was passing
over the land which man and horses |
were preparing for water. And he j
nniiM cna Ion/? whoro Tunfpr WAS.
"That was the way Riverside looked
when I first saw it," commented the
other man who wore a tie. "Come out
on the rear platform. We can see bet- j
ter^
(To Be Continued Tuesday.)
HERBERT RAWLINSON, STAR j
OF "COME THROUGH", NOW
"SMASHING THROUGH"
At the Opera House To-Night.
Some poor fish who paid ten cents,
to see Herbert Rawlinson in "Come
Through", at a small house, over-!
looking the gripping story and the;
whirlwind fight, complained to tne(
manager that Rawlinson did not look^
used up and had not a mark on his(
face in the final close-up. Now that^
wouldn't faze some people, but the^
manager wrote to Rawlinson and the
star got peeved.
"I want a story," he told Henry
McRae, "that shows that I'm being
placed in danger of my life. I've
taken all kinds of chances in films!
and been hurt many times. But this
guy makes me sore. He wntas to
see me suffer. All right, it doesn't
hurt me any more if he sees it. Ij
have to feel it either way. So give:
me a story that has all the stunts!
you ever saw."
The scenario department was thenj
searched and a story which was under
consideration for enlarging into^
a serial was shown to him. It was
called "Smashing Through." All the'
Korn Vl a rl 4rv ^n Kx- wqtt a# awnm^nn
MV?V iiwu WW uv UJ TTC*jr VI CAC1VXOC
I was to figfiht a posse of cowboys who
were after another man, escape down
a mine shaft with the girl in his arms
pursue the girl in an auto, permit it
to be wrecked by a collision with another
car, steal a motorcycle and ride
like , jump from the motorcycle
going at full speed to a freight'
train, and land on the trucks just
over the track, while the train is
making thirty miles an hour.
Of course, there were such minor.
things as personal combats ?o do, but
these did not particularly interest the
star.
The stunts did, however, and that's,
why the Universal is releasing
"Smashing Through" as a Herbert j
Rawlinson Special Attraction instead^
of as a serial. It bears the same re-j
lation to "Come Through" as the
word smashing does to the word
i come. It will be seen in this citv
? ]
first at the Opera House, where all
the Specials have been playing lately,
tonight, (Friday). Elmer Clifton is(
responsible for the remarkable speed
and dash of "Smashing Through."
HOUSE TO TAKE UP PLAN
FOR ARMY OF 175,000
Washington, Feb. 19.?The House j
late Tuesday afternoon, by a vote of i
172 to 162, adopted a special rulel
to consider the Senate bill, providing;
for a peace tame army of 175,000
men to be raised by voluntary enlistment.
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SUfSONOL
Lesson |
(By P- B. FITZWATER, X>.
Teacher of English Bible In the Moody j
Bible Institute of Chicago.)
(Copyright, 1918, Westers Newspaper Union.) |
LESSON FOR FEBRUARY 23
THE BREACH OF THE COVENANT
AND MOSES' PRAYER FOR ISRAEL.
(May Be Used With Missionary Application.)
WESSON TEXT-Exodus *2:1-84:9.
GOLDEN TEXT?The effectual fervent \
prayer of a righteous man avalleth i
much.?James 5:1S.
ADDITIONAL MATERIAL?Deut ]
?: Et?h. 3:14-21: James 1:16-18.
PRIMARY TOPIC?A?k God's help for I
etfcerg. Memory Verse?James 5:16.
JUNIOR TOPIC?Praying for other
people.
INTERMEDIATE TOPIC-Intercedlng !
for others.
8*KTOR AND ADULT TOPIC-The i
rmlue of lotereeesory prayer.
i
Lees thin six weeks have elapsed
since Israel took the oath of allegiance
to JekoralL In less than forty days
they flagrantly break the first and second
commandments.
I. The Golden Calf (32:1-6).
1. Moses1 delay ( . 1) This they In
t?rpreted to mean that thtir leader
had either lost his way in the dark- |
nets or had perished In the fire that <
hovered over the mount.
2. The people's demand (v. 1). They
demanded of Aaron that he make then
a god to go before them. Their profession
of allegiance to God collapsed
as soon as the strong personality of
their leader was no longer felt
S. Aaron's cowardly compliance (w.
2-4). He was an eloquent man, bat
lacked moral courage. Many today
can talk fluently, but vacillate before j
the real issues of life. In order to
gain time with the rebels he demand- >
ed that they cast off their jewelry and
bring it to him. Perhaps he thought j
that their love for it would cause them
to forego their demands, but they j
cheerfully gave up their Jewelry for a
false god. Aaron, like many compromising
men of this age, opened a door
which he could not shut
4. Wanton revelry (w. 5, 6). See
wg msir aiapowituD, aiuuu ??icuau
altar afcd proclaimed a fast unto Je- j
hovab. He do doubt wished tbem to
worship the Lord through the Image,
but he had made a god for them aod
it was a very short stsp to the heathen
orgies connected with Idolatrous
tforshlt).
II. God's Burning Wrath (82:7-10). !
God's nature is such that be cannot
tolerate a rival. No gods shall be be- i
fore his face. The rival must be removed
or the people must be consumed
with divine wrath. God does pot own
them as his people, for they had cast
him off.
III. The Mediation of Moms (82:1114).
The declaration of a divine purpose ,
to destroy the Israelites did not deter j
Moses from making intercession for ;
them. What was his threefold plea? :
(w. 11, 12, 18). j
Moses knew full well that the people
deserved to die, therefore he could not I
plead any merit on their part His !
plea was based wholly on God's pur- i
pose for Israel. Through his interestsion
God relents.
IV. Judgment Falls (32:15-35).
* 1' t- u. iV* i.WU. 4^41
A. JU.O&B9 uruiko UiO UIU1CV VI IVW4* j p
mony (tv. 15-19) emblematic of ths |1
breach of their covenant with God.
2. Moses destroyed the Image (v. 20)
and made the people drink of the water
which contained its dust, thus making
them to experience in a physical
sense the bitterness which results from
sin.
3. Moses showed Aaron that he was I
Inexcusable for his part In the dls- j
graceful affair (n. 21-24).
4. Moses called for those who would |
take a stand for the Lord to gird their
words and alay all who stood oat in
rebellion. The tribe of Leri ranged
themselves on hla side and became the
instniment by which God chastened his
people ( . 26-29).
5. Moses confessed the great sin of
the people and begged that God would
forgive them. He was willing to suffer
the punishment himself, if possible,
and let the people go free. The Lord
declared te him in answer that every
mnn should bear his own sin (w. 30- .
367.
V. The Covenant Renewed (33:1-1
I
1. Hoses' commission renewed (Ch. j
38). j
2. The second tables of the law j
given (34:1-9). In the giving of these j
tables he reiterated God's Justice, but j
gave particular emphasis to his merey. |
"The Lord God, merciful and gracious,
long-suffering and abundant in good-!
ness and truth, keeping mercy for!
thousands, forgiving Iniquity and |
transgression and sin, and that will by |
no means clear the guilty; visiting the l
Iniquity of the fathers upon the cMl- j
dren, and upon the children's children,
? *** *Va and trtxTtamHnn " I
UiiBU IliO UliiU ?MU AVIUUi BVUV?H MV1M
What to Pray For.
Oh, do not pray for easy lives. Pray
to be stronger men. Do not pray for
tasks equal to yonr powers. Pray for
powers equal to your tasks. Then the
doing of your work shall be no miracle.
But you shall be a miracle. Every day
you shall wonder at yourself, at the
richness of life which has come to you
by the grace of God.?Phillips Brooks.
Fellowship.
Those who follow Christ are blessed
with the fellowship of Christ. Where , I
th?re is fellowship tkere is fellowship. ' "
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