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DAKOTA COUNTY HERALD; DAKOTA CITY, NEBRASKA. UmmHt(HtMMMmHHHMHtHMHUMHMMHMMHMIH( "HOPE SPRINGS ETERNAL" The City By is. W HfrH49frltl9g6tlttMtttClHtemt9tfr(HW GYNOPSI8. Broulllard, chief engineer of tho Nlquola Irrigation dam, meets J. Wesley Cort wrlght and his daughter, Genevieve, and explains tho reclamation work la them. Cortwrlsht sees In tho project a big chance to make money. Tho financier tolls OenovJevo that tho engineer "Will como down and hook himself If tho bait Is well covered." Cortwrlsht organizes a corn- Fc any and obtains srovernmcni contracts O furnuil power anu muicnui mr mo dam construction. A busy city Bprings m nhmit thn alio. Htevo Mosslncalo threatens to start a Bold rush If Broull lard does not Inlluenco President lord to build a railroad branch to tho placo. thus opening tin easy market for tho oro from tho "Littlo BuBan" rnlno. On a visit to Amy Marslnealo nt her father's mine Broulllard finds sho understands him bet ter than he had thought. Ho tolls her of his ntcd for money to pay off his dead father's debts and that to bo frco ho would sacrifice anything savo his lovo for one woman. Though his Influence Is vital to the building of tho railroad extension she tells him to bo truo to hlmsoir. Ho decides for It Mlrapolls, the city of num bered days, booms. Cortwrlght persuodos Droulllard to become consulting engineer of tho consolidated electric powor com pany In return for J100.000 stock. --- What do you think of a high salaried government employeo who would "sell out" his pub lic trust for private gain even If he did so In order to win hap piness for the girl he loved? Isn't this country suffering right now from too much of just that sort of thing? T-"" '- CHAPTER IX The Speedway It whb In the days after ho had found on his desk a long envelope In closing a certificate for a thousand shares of stock In tho Nlquola Electric Powes, Lighting and Traction company that Droulllard began to loso his nick name of "IIoll'8-Firo" among his work men, with tho promlso of attaining, in duo time, to tho moro affectlonato tltlo of "tho Littlo Big Boss." At tho onvolopooponlng moment, howovor, ho was threatened with an attack of heart failure It was scarco ly bollovablo. But a hastily sought In terview with tho company's president cleared tho air of all tho incredibili ties. "Why, my doar Droulllard 1 what In Sam Hill do you take us for?" was tho gonial retort when tho young engineer I sad mado his doprccatory protest. "Did you think wo woro going to cut tho melon and hand you out a pieco of tho rind? Not so, my doar boy; wo oro not built on any such narrow-gaugo linos. ThafB what wo aro willing to ray for a good, reliable government Drake It's going to bo your business to boo to It that tho reclamation Borv lco gets exactly what its contract calls for, kilowatt for kilowatt." "I'd do that, anyhow, as chlof of con struction on tho dam." "You mean you would try to do it. Ab an officer of tho powor company, you can do It; as an official klckor on tho outsido, you couldn't feazo ub n particle. What? You'd put ub out of business? Not much, you wouldn't; we'd play politics with you and got a man for your Job who wouldn't kick." "Well," Bald tho inhoritor of BUddon wealth, still matching tho promoter's mood, "you won't get mo flrcd now, that's one comfort When will you want my oxpert opinion on your aux iliary dam?" "On our dam, you moan. Oh, any tlmo Boon; say tomorrow or Friday or Saturday, if that hurries you too much. Wo sha'n't want to go to work on It boforo Monday." Being hlmsolf nn exponent of tho modern theory that tho way to do things Is to do them now, Droulllard accepted tho hurry order without com ment. Celerity, Bwiftncss of accom plishment that was almost magical, had bocomo tho Mlrnpolltan ordor of tho day. Plans concelvod ovomight leaped to tholr oppositions in thingB dono as if tho determination to do them had been all that was nocossary to tholr realization. "You shall havo tho report tomor row," said tho nowly created consult ing engineer, "but you can't go to work Monday. Tho labor markot is empty, and I'm taking It tor granted that you'ro not going to stdmpodo my ohovelors and concroto mon." "Oh, no," concludod tho city builder, "wo Bha'n't do that. You'll admitin your capacity of government watch flog that wo havo played fair in that came. Wo havo imported ovory work man wo've needed, and wo shall Im port more. That's ono thing nono of bs can afford to do bull tho labor e&arhot And it won't bo necessary; wo havo a trtlnload of Italians and Bulgarians on tho way to Quesado to toy, and thoy ought to bo hero by Monday." "You are a wonder, Mr. Cortwrlght," waa Broulllard's trlbuto to tho worker of modern miracles, and ho went his way to rldo to tho upper end of tho rsJloy for tlw exploring purpose. On the Monday, as President Cort wrlght had bo confidently predicted, tho train load of labororo had marchod In over tho War Arrow trail and tho work on tho auxiliary power dam was begun. Oa tho Tuesday a small army tt llnsrotm iirrlvrt k set tho polos W 1 1 of Numbered Days FRANCIS LYNDE Copyright by Charles Scribner's Son and to string tho wlros for tho light ing of tho town. On tho Wodnosday thero wcro fresh accessions to tho army of builders, and tho frolghtora on tho Quesado trail roported a steady stream of artisans pouring in to rush tho city-making. On tho Thursday tho grading and paving of Chlgrlngo avonuo was bo gun, and, truo to his promlso, Mr. Cort wrlght was leaving a right of way In tho street for tho futuro trolley tracks. And it was during this event ful week that tho distant thunder of tho dynamlto brought tho wclcomo tidings of tho pushing of tho railroad grado ovor tho mountain barrier. Also but this was an itom of minor im portance it was on tho Saturday of this week that tho second tier of forms was erected on tho groat dam and the stripped first section of tho masstvo gray foot-wall of concroto raised itself In muto but cloquont protest against tho feverish activities of tho miracle workers. If tho protest woro a throat, it was far romoved. Many things might happen beforo tho gray wall should rlso high enough to cast Its shadow, and tho shadow of tho coming end, over tho miraculous city of tho plain. It was Droulllard hlmsolf who put this thought into words on tho Sunday when ho and Grlslow wcro looking over tho work: of form raising and find ing it good. "Catching you, too, is it, Victor?" queried tho hydrographor, dropping easily Into his attltudo of affablo cyni cism. "I thought It would. But tell mc, what aro somo of tho things that may happon?" "It's easy to predict two of them: Somo peoplo will mako a pot of monoy and somo will loso out" Grlslow nodded. "Of courso you don't tako any stock in tho rumor that tho govornmont will call a halt?" Droulllard was shaking bio head slowly. "I don't pretend to havo opinions any moro, Qrlzzy. I'm living from day to day. If tho tall should get big enough to wag tho dog " They wcro in tho mlddlo of tho high staging upon which tho puddlors worked whllo filling tho forms and Grlslow stoppod short "What's como ovor you, latoly, Vic tor? I won't say you'ro half-hoartod, but you'ro certainly not tho samo driver you woro a fow weoks ago, bo foro tho men quit calling you 'Holl'a Firo. " Droulllard smiled grimly. "It's go ing to bo a long Job, Grlzzy. Perhaps I saw that I couldn't hopo to keep koyed up to concort pitch all tho way through. Call it that, anyway. I'vo promised to motor Miss Cortwrlght to tho uppor dam this afternoon, and it's tlmo to go and do it." It was not until thoy woro climbing down from tho staging at tho Jack's Mountain approach that Grlslow ac quired tho ultlmato courago of his con victions. "Going motoring, you Bald with Miss Gonovlovo. That's another change. I'm boginnlng to boltovo in your seven-year hypothosls. You are no longor a woman-hator." "Oh, bally I Thoro aro times whon you mako mo fool as it I had eaten too much dinnor, Grlzzy! This is ono of them. Put it in words; got it out of your systom." "It noods only throo words: You are hypnotized. A month ago this clty buildlng fako looked as crazy to you as lit still does to thoso of us who haven't boon invltod to Bit down and tako a hand In Mr. Cortwright's littlo garao. Now you seem to havo gono over to tho othor sldo. You hobnob with Cortwrlght and do offlco work for him. You know his fako 1b a tako; and yot I ovorhoard you boosting it tho othor night In Poodlos' dining room to a tableful ot money maniacs as If Cortwrlght woro giving you a rnko-on" Droulllard stiffened hlmsolf with a Jork ns ho pacod bosldo his accuser, but ho kept his tompor. "You'ro an old frlond, Grlzzy, and a mighty good ono as I havo had occa- Blou to prove. It is your prlvllogo to caso your mind. Is that nil?" "No. You aro lotting Gonovlovo Cortwrlght mako a fool of you. If you woro only half sane you'd boo that sho is a confirmed trophy hunter. Why, alio oven gets down to young Griffith and uses him to dig out information about you. Sho " "Hold on, Murray; thoro'B a limit, and you'll bear with mo If I say that you aro working up to it now." Broull lard's jaw was Bet and tho lines bo twoon his oyes wero dooponing. "I don't know what you aro driving at, but you'd hotter call it off. I can tako caro of myself." "It I thought you could if I only thought you could," Bald Grlslow musingly. "But tho Indications all lean tho othor way. It would bo all right If you wanted to marry hor and sho wanted you to; but you don't and aho dooan't And, besldos, thoro's Amy; you owo hor Bomothlng, don't you or don't you? You noodn't grit your teeth that way. You nro only gottlng h part of what Is coming to you. 'faithful aro tho wounds of a frlcud.' you know," W "Yes. And whon tho psalmist had admitted that, ho Immediately asked tho Lord not to let tholr precious balms break his head. You'ro all right, Grlzzy, but I'll pull through." Then, with a determined wrenching asido of tho subject: "Aro you going up on Chlgrlngo this nftoraoon?" "I thought I would yes. What shall I tell Miss Masslngalo when sho asks about you?" "You will probably tell hor tho first Idiotic thing that comes Into tho back part of your head. And It you toll hor anything plffious about mo I'll lay for you somo dark night with a pick handle." Grlslow laughed remlnlscontly. "Sho won't ask," he said. "Why not?" "Because tho last tlmo Bho did It I told her your Bcalp was dangling at Miss Genevieve's bolt." Thoy had reached tho door of tho log-built quarters and Droulllard spun tho Jestor around with a shoulder grip that was only half playful. "If I believed you said any such thing ns that I'd murder you!" ho ex ploded. "Perhaps you'll go and tell her that you red-headed blastoderm!" "Sure," said tho blastoderm, and thoy went apart, each to his dunnago kit. CHAPTER X Table Stakes 521 c Thero wcro a dozen business blocks under construction In Mlrapolls, with a proportional number of dwellings and suburbanv villas at various stages in the raco toward completion, when it began to dawn upon tho collective consciousness of a dally increasing citizenry that something was missing. Garner, tho real estate plunger from Kansas City, first gavo tho missing quantity Ub name. Tho distant thun der ot tho blasts heralding the ap proach of tho railroad had ceased be tweon two days. Up to tho poriod of tho silenced dy namlto thunderingB new industries wcro projoctod daily, and investors, tolled in ovor tho high mountain trails or across tho Buckskin in dust-en-crustod automobiles by methods host known to a gray-inustachod adept in tho art of promotion, thronged tho lobby of tho Hotol Motropolo and bought and sold Mlrapolls "corners" or "Insides" on a steadily-ascending scalo ot prices. A strango mania for holding on, for pormanoncy, Boomed to havo bocomo epidemic. Many of tho working men wero securing homos on tho instal ment plan. A good few of tho villas Looks Bad Devilish Bad." could boast parquetry floors and tiled bathrooms. Ono coterlo of Chlcagoans decided to build a slx-storled office building, with a ground floor corner for tho Nlquola National bank with modorn conveniences and that tho choson building material should bo of nothing loss permanent than mono lithic concroto. In harmony with tho Bamo spirit tho nowly incorporated Buckskin Gold Mining -tind Milling company plowed doop furrows to bed-rock across and back until tho faco of Jack's mountain was zigzagged and Bcarred llko a vet ornn of many battles. In keeping was tho onorgy with which Mr. Cortwrlght and his munici pal colleagues laid water mains, strung electric wires, drovo tho paving con tractors, and pushed tho trolloy lino to tho stago at which it lacked only tho rails and tho cars awaiting Bhipmont by tho ratlrond. This was tho situation on tho day whon Garnor, sharp-eared listener at tho keyholo of opportunity, missing tho dynamlto rumblings, sent a clphor wlro of Inquiry to tho East got a "rush" reply, and bognn warily to un load his Mirapolltan holdings. Being a man ot business, ho ducked to cover first uiil tnlkod afterward: but bv tho m 0 "It tlmo his hint had grown to rumor rtzo Mr. Cortwrlght had sent for Droull lard. "Pull up a chair and havo a cigar," said tho great man when Droulllard had penetrated to tho nerve-center of tho Mirapolltan nctlvltles In the Motro polo sulto and tho two stenographers had been curtly dismissed. "Havo you hoard the talk of the Btreot? Thero Is a rumor that tho railroad grading has boon stopped." Droulllard, busy with tho work of setting tho third series ot forms on his great wall, had heard nothing. "I'vo noticed that thoy haven't boen blasting for two or threo days. But that may moan nothing moro than a delayed shlpmont of dynamlto," was his rejoinder. "It looks bad devilish bad." Tho promoter was planted heavily In his pivot chair, and tho sandy-gray eyes dwindled to pin points. "Wo aro up against It, that's all. Road that," and tho promoter handod a telegram across tho desk. Tho wire was from Chlcngo, was signed "Ackerman," and was still damp from tho receiving operator's copying press. It read: "Work on P. S-W.'s Buckskin ex tension has been suspended for the present. Reason assigned, shrinkage in securities and uncertainty of busi ness outlook In Nlquola." Mr. Cortwright's frown figured as a fleshly mask ot irritability. "Lot it onco got out that tho railroad peoplo don't believe in tho futuro of Mlrapo lls and wo'ro done." Broulllard's retort was tho expres sion of an upflash of sanity. "Mlrapolls has no futuro; it has only an exceedingly precarious pres ent." For a moment tho sandy-gray oyes occamo Inscrutable. Then tho mask of irritation slid aside, revealing the faco which Mr. J. Wesloy Cortwrlght ordinarily presented to his world the faco of Imperturbable good nature. "You'ro right, Broulllard; Mlrapolls Is only a good Joke, after all. Somo times I get bamfoozled Into tho Idea that It Isn't that It's tho real thing. That's bad for tho nervos. But about this railroad fizzle; I don't relish the notion of having our littlo Joke sprung on us beforo we're ready to laugh, do you? What do you think?" "It Is not my turn to think, Mr. Cort wrlght." "Oh, yes, It Is; very pointedly. You're ono of us, to a certain extent; and if you wcro not you would still bo Inter ested. A smash Just now would ham por tho reclamation service like tho mischief; tho entire works shut down; no cement, no lumber, no power; everything tied up in tho courts until tho last creditor quits taking appeals. Oh, no, Broulllard; you don't want to see tho end of tho world como before it's duo." It was tho consulting engineer of tho power company rathor than tho reclamation servico chief who rose and went to tho window to look down upon tho morning briskness ot Chl grlngo avenue. And It was tho man who saw ono hundred thousand dol lars, tho price of freedom, slipping away from him who turned after a mlnuto or two of the absent street gaz ing and said: "What do you want mo to do, Mr. Cortwrlght? I did put my shoulder to tho wheol when Ford was horo. I told him It I wero in his place I'd tako tho long chanco and build tho extension." "Did you and beforo you had a stake In tho gamo? That was a white man's boost, right! Think you could manage to got Ford on tho wlro and encourage him a little moro?" "It Isn't Ford; it is tho Now York bankers. You can read that between tho lines In your man Ackerman'B tele gram." Tho stock gentleman In tho pivot chair thrust out his Jaw and tilted his freshly-lighted cigar to the aggressive anglo. "Say. Broulllard, wo'vo got to throw a fresh piece of bait into tho cage, something that will mako tho railroad crowd sit up and tako notice. By Georgo, If thoso gold hunters up on Jack's mountain would only stumble across something big enough to adver tiso " Broulllard started as if tho wishful magic bad been a blow. Llko a hot wavo from a furnace mouth it swept ovor him tho sudden realization that tho moans, tho ono all-powerful, earth moving lover tho promotor was so anxiously seeking, lay In his hands. "Tho Buckskin peoplo, yos," ho said, making talk as tho rifleman digs a pit to hold his own on tho firing line. "K they should happen to uncover a gold reef Just now it would simplify mat tors lmmonsoly for Mlrapolls, wouldn't it? Tho railroad would como on, then, without a shadow of doubt. All tho bankers in Now York couldn't hold it back." Now camo Mr. Cortwright's turn to get up and walk to ono of tho win dows. "Como here," ho called curtly, with a quick flngor crook for tho onglneer, and when Broulllard Joined him: "Can you size up that little caucus over yondor?" Tho "caucus" was a knot ot excited mon blocking tho sidewalk In front of Garnor'a real estato offico on tho op posite side of tho Btreot. Tho purpose of tho excited ones waa not difficult to divine. Thoy woro nil trying to crowd into tho Kan8as City man's placo ot business at onco. r --.... -.-. What steps will Broulllard and Cortwrlght take to stop the threatened panic and save them selves or do you think they will be able to get out of the mess without losing their In vestments? i,.l,ii,.--,-'-i-t---,"i"-.",-i'i ' (TO BE CONTLNUUD.) u TO PUNISH 116 GUARDS LOTS OF TROUBLE AHEAD FOR THE BALKY TEXANS. Secretary Baker Announces Men Who Refused to Serve Will Be Tried at Once. Washington, May 25. Reversing his previous decision, Secretary Baker announced that tho 116 members of tho Texas National Guard who failed to present themselves for muster Into the Federal servico will bo brought to court-martial Immediately under tho present law. Mr. Baker had intended to await tho signing of tho new militia law now before tho president and proceed un der its provisions. Secretary Daker explained his ac tion by pointing out tho Dick law re quires an obligation to defend the constitution and obey orders ot the governor of tho state, but not the ordor of the president. Tho Hay Chamborlln act requires an oath to oboy ordors of both the-governor and tho president) Upon recommendation of Judgo Ad vocate General Crowder tho secretary has decided that tho alleged offense of the guardsmen refusing to "pre sent" themselves for muster, was com mitted under the Dick law and trial should bo under that law. General Crowder in a supplement ary opinion held that tho Hay-Cham berlaln act would not abolish the of fense with which tho Toxans are charged, as has been suggested. On this showing it will not be necessary to issuo a new call for tho border militia after tho Hay-Chamberlain bill is signed. RETREAT ADMITTED BY ROME Bulgarians Join Austrian Troops In Drive Against Italians Advance Checked. Rome (via Paris), May 25. Along the Isonzo front tho Italians have mado prisoners ot Dulgarlaus, showing that Dulgars havo Joined tho Austrians in their present offensive. Tho official statement Issued hero on Tuesday In part is nB follows: "In tho Sugana valley between the Astlco and tho Drenta our troops fell back gradually on their main lines af tor ropulslng Austrian attacks through out tho day of May 22. Tho retreat was ordorly and spontaneous." 0. K. APPROPRIATION BILL Measure Carrying $145,000,000 Has Provision to Carry Out Army Reorganization. Washington, May 27. Tho army ap propriation bill, carrying $145,000,000 and including provision for carrying out the Hay-Chamborlln reorganiza tion bill, was agroed to by tho house military committee on Thursday. Tho bill Includes provision for a council ot executlvo Information for co-ordination of industries and resources in war time. Mexican Shot by Rancher. El Paso, Tex., May 29. Residents jf Dona Ana county, Now Mexico, along tho bordor, aro taking extra pre cautions against trouble following the shooting of a Mexican by C. D. Caerad, a rancher. Greek Cabinet Resigns. Athens, May 29. Tho Greek cabinet has resigned, Tho resignation of tho ministry waa brqught about by I growing political unrest over condl I tlons Imposed upon Greeco by the war. RETAKE FRENCH FORT TEUTONS ALSO CAPTURE VIL LAGE OF CUMIERES. Ten Thousand Fall In Bloodiest En gagement of the Three Months Battle of Verdun. Paris, May 2G. Tho Germans havo reoccupled Fort Douaumont, while the French hold tho immediate ap proach to that position. This an nouncement is made in tho official communication issued on Wednesday by tho French war offlco, which says that two now divisions of Davarians effected tho recapturo after a series of furious attacks. This success of tho Germans fol lowed capture by tho Teutonic troops of a portion of tho village of Cumi ores, east of Dead Man hill. Tho fighting at this point developed Into a hand-to-hand struggle. Tho French wore faced by .more than throo divi sions here. Ten thousand men have gono down to slaughter in what is rapidly becom ing tho bloodiest engagement of tho threo months' battle of Verdun. From Dead Man's hill eastward to the ruins of Fort Douaumont tho most savage struggle In any theater of war in tho past two months is being waged. PORTO RICAN BILL PASSED House Kills Amendment Giving Wom en Vote Greater Self-Government to Island Possessions. Washington, May 25. Tho houso on Tuesday struck from the Porto Ri can bill, by a vote of 80 to 59, an amendment designed to grant woman suffrage to tho island. Tho bill then passed without roll call, virtually as introduced. Tho vote on tho amend ment showed a complete disregard of party lines, although moro Democrats than Repullcans voted against it. Tho amendment was inserted in tho bill by Mr. Mann, minority leader. Tho bill, as passed, gives tho Porto Rlcan government all of its Internal revenue, regardless of whether tho goods on which it is paid are used in Porto Rico or this country. Tho measuro now goes to tho sen ate. aQO3es0Q9e3$3ce3e3a NEWS FROM FAR AND NEAR esee&tt39Goe$3 Washington, May 25. Tho senate on Tuesday by a vote of 38 to 38 refused to reconsider Us voto of last week of 37 to 41 rejecting tho nomination of Georgo Rubleo of Now Hampshire to tho federal trade commission. Chicago, May 27. Mrs. Anna Dolllo Ledgorwood Matters and her code fondants, Charles S. Mellon and Harry Edwards, wero found not guilty on Thursday of attempting to foist a falso heir upon tho probnto court. Tho Jury was out two hours and forty mln utes. Tuskegee Head Installed. Tuskegeo, Ala., May 27. MaJ. Rob ert T. Moton, a negro of unmixed blood, was installed horo as prlncipnl of Tuskegeo institute, founded by Booker T. Washington for the uplift of tho colored race. General Gallienl Near Death. Paris. May 27. Tho condition of General Gallienl. formor minlstor of war, has suddenly grown worse and grave anxiety is folt ns to hie ch?ncos of recovery. General Gallienl resigned on account of HI health. i V f