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The Evening World Daily Magazine, Monday. July 3. 1916 aeeiths, By Maurice Ketten Meaty ter another xt ourtete Fortune and Girl Won i) in Of} Field Fight dH scan ) "i -—_———- — lo CATCH By FREDERICK R, BECHDOLT 4. ‘ Tar cae Baby and the Db deb EE bbe RMB ND dedod dod debeinedbode bed ded abebedidededs © he eek Oe CHAPTER 1. An Attorney ina Rut, RAYVIC was overvrink In Mornheit’e wide main oivect this hot ! NEXT WEER'S COMPLETE NOVEL C1 THE EVENING WORLD it's o human, humerous and timely snail (roman tn aa pts aa ont ering mornim, The ‘ tunle and heowy 2 Bas vil out of yroportic war like (he march of a8 army tod @ great move automobile hous WROOR ELE « + in He Wake, There were numer it took nearty & halt hour to the pines by etertric ear. j Netter by eandletion 4 4 he #4 cortaiaty . When he left + ad ae o car he pases rae, ut agone and carte. | ats ae vines i ce te‘ te mare anit Rie wateh Giving bimeeif barely Was & purpore in their elriving thus eastward, like marching troupe ning i & #trong, penetrating odor came, It Moated over the to eaten the Kernfield train, he before him only # half hour with hee, | The house stood far back ated everything. It was the odor of crude oll, warm y fer tock from thi tw pt limite of Kernfleld, ext : . ; ed mith S Mune nea pene, ph aos byt "1 tread fe beyond the eastern limite of Kernfleld, extending for miles maton by ta the Gatiende, all wuudem derricks vod Uuiekly, planted cp | To CATCH Chapter V1. in Sever neo ru von aii ows we, Krank Mort eniffed the air, and, when he| 7 jored blossoms reached « Be erina’s entrance, inal Ue abe ein (Twat PERRY , The Spirit of Fight. Snen ater a i My2 He turned bie back upon the entrance, breathing deoply, He — ad loan, barely in his thirties, With @ Uhin face, senale aray eyes were Warm with fecling now, from hie bewun drilling for the oil, She wae at the door and im Bie arin he ’ A FEW days after they had the steps and re, he tor the belle * tere from Hrowa, the tow. house, ater, One wae from Olds, the Hart got a packet of lot- “Together they wathed tate T vf H's engineer, treaquror 7 [A io ite db id of their company, It announced the DO Mw the glowing of her eyes, 4 before @ portal which ' | Awindling of their bank balance to ® Gark gnenoee of pee ecnnall face, 9 j. ee tN cto a HANT clerk Sins oe [Som Sundress dehery ey tawies (ae ny iiage, Tee tosetae ‘ BYH AT LAW, COLMEC! jional - down to the derrick, where Lawson to know y things. I've NEN AT Le hionair | length DADDY at 6 wrote Bret chean TIONS. 1 jand Johnson were lowerlng @ len Ho tok , abou gran the 1 hit ger pepe « fh against t ing Into the hole, #0 many thom, nnd. with a bags de f h againut the He sat there and began writ ® mreat pipe-lin trusts nder| poe vere ane tie jo) fo od wie mosteot these few 'a lotter, well owners no longer feared eome ¢ Hiatt sahowslees, me Jean, Dour Heart: Just a few » United, and Vin extortion had b but of other days. alien Of Fr ome mere ley ile left the lonely derrick that ternoon and went to Hunvet, fF cought the local train to Kernfield, po And then,” he aatd, “when we strike h) Frank! When—does it take ‘so much to us, I've de- Savage had brought into that com. {nade connootions with the Valley Very, lone? 7 7 ito a deal with Law. bination the mont of the Baker luver Papresa, which bore -bim to Han » that are months more. Au 4 i oll. L wrote bim that — wolls; had led into it a large propor- | Francisco that night, During the ¢ then, Jean. t want you f ould invest Rj Son ta aceon ‘ on of th v districts, And final. | ride ho kept recalling the ao me. Want you to be . 0) pe ght the ‘6 4 ‘ " awaon, ¥ on ork, 4 le aapped oriting, for the door Ve ieolsuae pes Malone \w" LL HAVE 5) Now WE ARE N THE we tan ee T Time + reales ey ots "thing, lqnoring Bi, A Planned for their homey ewunk oven, As he saw the owned a large pipe line extending O HURRY TO CATCH COUNTRY LET'S AVE TO TART § |them, And he saw how his own task ai.) who Sane on ‘nape Gale tor mart galled, ven ooinel from Kornfield wo hundred iniles to! THAT BRoaT 5 PICNIC. § BACK Hone . f financing munt depend upon Mim- Garin two long josie hope di 4, m ny « dewater # laterals t 4 othe i wolf alone, faginer thevjaw thin morning ay folds oiivered ctl to steamships. ——— —, Of six-inch onsing they had none PE aS nnnned, while they . _ ® exclaimed, by hes ww mean s ad i *) from Mie chair. ""t wes Just thinking he eee i of mic ; than one thousand dol- her an muddenty as he had come, a 4 of you.” He crumpled up the letter oe a ee flung It inte the waste rt. complishment. It counected the wells ~ Hart «ripped the outstretcha@ hand, with the consumers, direct. There 4, dropping it, began wrapping the was no chance for middlemen, ‘The undie of law Looks iu the #hawl United, the mighty monopoly which trap. had ruined Kastern ollmen, which “[ got your lotter yesterday In 8un- had forced down prices to producers | "aid Lawson, eying the 14 ail ever the nation, was now obliged with disfavor. “i'm lad, youre incallicenie te ing in, Prank; it's bike ny , Stratantenied his shoulders and yy. the present sit ied hin chest, “Big! I've got the at thing in oil in California, I've i got iuto town. J hurried up to In Kernfleld the ‘: are—an appalling prompect! next morning Mart 2 fut Hart had learned of three thou. weing thet doe With his awake \ gand feet of second. band pacing, of Getatie of hie aght, tn back to 4 the size which they would need, It jog, for to him bust~ lay in Sunset, where it had been Shere one becoming Mke a pulled from Uiree shallow wella; it yagre, was money to : at was in good shape, And tt was for aon} Fen tn get fifteen hu anlo. The price wan 9600, dollars. But at the bank he ‘To get the money they would need ‘Ae te ¥ was away, for incidental expenses and to buy t Ayr walking down the main that caning; on these ti projects ane cf Marnaens jo saw, Di Hart planned, lying tn his berth, And ered’ tor © heavy traffe which then he thought of Jean, For he in th ward the ofl felds, an uinded tn the next of-| | would wee her when the business was © rear seat Willinen Savage, ‘The one you. Immediately afterward @ buzs- Wye WH <7] | concluded, rove rhe frowning, looking straight “Hang it!" Hart frowned, buckling er at hin Wide mahogany dask rasped , MolUMOd. in ean taco ne ie fro ant wi ata ve got & Cabe LO gnce, ” Man Beane ancieso be tein’. Guan eel er aC ACEI hor tA greeter ena A rt how deptha of xrimness in his soul, sterner problem than he rewith you. I'm hoping for @ lot and walked quickly to his chair. £ that litte old five hundred of gat you know.” His face became ful, and his eyes Avent far away, sy ‘Then, nodding: Frank"=-Lawson threw one 1ek yong Well? He listened Mente! over the edge of the desk, and halt Ay lengt “You.” He paused, and Gat thore, shaking his head at the Qrerward: “Fl plek you up ob any FS \t pipe line hu in the Btate. © had done this, wt there, meditating, | Vice, M4 on \ learned lens Loaving the ferry that morning, he KBown now confronted him, | vourded an uptown car, He rode up lem whose answer depended en | Market Street, ‘Tho car was already Clusive yet terribly | In motion again when Hart ewung off Question: What wag right? at Kearney Street, He made his way | Since that night when George 1% the sidewalk through the stream Bad talked with him in the # of late morning traffic, and hurried o@r, Bavage had seon a vision, aed Booed ete Mag I would get Way, t2 tho depot. "Goodby, He had the fine, dark eyes and the toplo, the vital thing on which all of work; and Ryan, a driller In the olf toward San Francisco, In the draw. UP, ine aide, horouaniare loavall Ue over Long's het eee eee ee Fare to Me econ a whive, die slammed the receiver into ite Dromincnt noeg of the Bemitio race, the industry hunk the price uf the flolds outside of the town, Ho loomed ing-room of one of the Pullmana two Pecks, he pulled a card from his two ante, ‘ovil, eokeae YOU LO, AOD oe at erste this NOOK, And resumed his walking, Onco “Hello, Frank!” he smiled wearily, crude oll per barrel. Mere and qhery big amon thom. and, like Lawaon, men were Blogks, he pulled sao wridine won, Thus he had gees Glastty: the tie thing. You're well known here; lots pee Bavetonped to press a button, “Hot, isn't it? By Jovel Its been ® about the room, from polay groups ained khakis, of all ot He asked sharp! : ft, then glanced at the numbera over «reat corporations, the common cat- ag aie woud © @) secretary entered: long day! . and from confidential pairs and trh Lawson, when they vital to that p . . riers, road.” | een ayo talth 38 we Af youd “Auto for the four-fifty train; and — "L thought you liked It.” Hart had arose tho name of him on whom all T'll'show you my ou cannot stop,” Long was eay- Ronrky He nee tee one bal ie Mig erate ee ee } do @ lot 1 tell you—it’s Hable get my grip into it. When be had reached the entrance now, and stood depended now, the man who waa wiideat." ing evenly, “no man can stop it. Why 0 proprietor, a ethy Greek, ciation, these two great pines! see Beats us cen man? bh Need em bs ned to tne vance its iadachs ‘an oF og jhe U nied Gis ie sees Ho explained a blue-print in de- try and buck the scheme of econo came to him, expectant, smiling, po- He knew why they wanted fo Whew | ronda buckle tight, ele jr 1 bottle usiness,” sald Jacoby quietly, oO pay fair prigos—the Prosident of tail. jes? ‘To-night | offer :, . th M Gown i Hart pulled te weed eee eCome and, the whiskey glass. Again ho nothing but hard work. ‘There ian't tho Petroleum Association, Willlam At last Hart apoke You can take it of leav: 1s, att; ho owned the next quarter prison “He held (he betttinen shoo ial “you can ae aie Heras ewallowed the ona lee Ae peers jo it for me, Dexene. i joi het “Ed,” sald he, “where did you with us or frees nection to the one occupied by the elation. They wanted tle control | ‘ 1 i i at's a fact.” " # the two men wore picking thelr your data?” think it over no’ ¢ “awift I'm going It was late that hot afternoon Hart laughed, “I wanted to see you Way among the throng Hart spoke Luwson amiled. "I studied the Oo- over een wa ase ol He sone? bey ue "OI ute PE pe tots * me ¥, 4 | protesting: When Frank Hart emerged from tho on business myself.” The little man’s quictly to Jacoby, cidental fleld, and then the Pacifio CHAPTER V. Miecks ‘he knew--yes, ait; he knew had got it in writing, black ‘alee ! his on” He SOUREY COUR MUGS, OBTTTIAE te bun. face unde ent a strange, | quick Suvage,” ho sald, sllaton to them, eld, he eald, “and neat two Rearing the D rh k them too well. @n engineer's rae, The Arr % ite, f r le . books in shawl change, is amile departed; dis eyes strange how much one man can months in the country woen, Kot- arin, je Derrick, “ ” lart began as bs Bpoked ebout the off pid the Ping atrap, “On the wide wooded front lost thelr dark wainth, and became ting the lay of formations out in thi 0 ain” he sald, when ¥ the Property of the Petroleum Asso- WELVE miles north of Sun- talking again, — “Don’ you are, my ciation, the carrier of rom 4 JVB milee h of Su frien’, eff you get oil, thees Is nise thoxe ‘independent Fain Gy a oe 4 wot the land lay, mile after " t ls, the m 1 ar for me, too, But any‘ow, you get the by which all these producers got that mile, lovel'as the surface of 61) yourself, weethout me, I am & of] to seaboard and sold it for fair mpives abe ae ol ty ley \los, this Garned close little office! It's steps ho overtook George Long, the more keen, coldly impersonal, Hi . a ie a man like you fullroad company’s attorney, Who voice was even and emotionlost is bigger than Savage Just formations dip—undor tho wash here Was lighting a cigar, As Har came — "So?" he wald,. “What?” me AYER a ania ofthe val © banker smiled, “Oil,” he sald, higher hills, I know the way those fig ft | at the edgo of the valley—as well as If turning your back on the world Close, Long bent to pick up me Gl and 1 cellar.” a ip Me Glad- “[m going into oll" Hart an- After that lobby the second floor the wash were stripped away and 0 Hea, WS 14 t oof Ophey had Feached the corridor now: *gne DAG. nounced bluntly. seomed like an ousia of rest, Lawson those formations lay expowed, 1d eng nN APH dicen ( aeabom gener baa TOT Hart snapped the door aut bonind ary Girth he gitedn, ition froin, qItcCy nodded; he made ao om- jooWed anxious; from the Toom behind sy NO tN Hart deft before thie cold-blooded jing badly. ‘Tt hud been Dent re eee Gham, and smiled wiatfully, “L was jase eur ce buted & little grom mont whatover, him came the sound of several voices Ryan, the driller, reached out hia wide, saffron plain Lawson atrode, 1. (10° Grete barry Hearne een ae feeling @ little that way myself," he Well aig Kr" ‘ie ys Hea 1 Briefly Hart told his decision to 424 the fumes of cigar sinoke, thick forefinger and pointed at the bearing a shovel in one hand, Beside , Kearney Street he went to ~ «ry ngent them." be" not last, paid, Ati leave the law. | “And now." the con- waitin be ctled, “wo've besa RTP Ti ald Siialio, MYRbRE Y both him, Hart, Drumm Street, and spent an hour =| ” be muttered, “You' of it?” “Well*— 0 ;. eluded, “you know my real estate, Wa! for you.” eyes went to Helds,” he sale ly. ‘ou've me ull-faced commision mer- "7 ean ieee ae ONO Sat Mart shook hie head qornV elt’, fart, shrugged nie shoul- ‘ne two lota down at tho end of the Jacoby. "How are yout” Mo ahook sald Ie right, And I've been waiting Lawson ifted the long shovel; he with a full-raced corti tthe CHAPTER VIII. tee vigorously, “only restless. I've Court waa with you; but it wus bud Street and the three over on the weat bands with the banker, regarding for this chance." He looked about gripped it tightly in both hands; ho S0C0% Mating on Buena Vista Lake. ° Sinking the Well. ” to try « land caso against juwguat the samen M8 PAT atde, LT want to mortgage them—{ him quissteally. him; his face had the deep lines of emote the yellow surface with the jie paid profancly that he didn't care : . Boorse Long to-day. ‘That's enough “"Nongenge!” Long drew. vigor. Want to raise ax much as I oan," ‘There were three other men in the {20 man of action—tho steady, meas sharp blade, and upturned aciod, * whether there was @ single drop of JUMMER was‘ eginning, ‘The. ec a han rosticgs, 1sn'tit?" oud) ae ths chee eration trom "We can give vou fifteen hundred, room; they were gathered about @ Uring eye of the man accustomed t0 In tne nolo they planted a stake, oll in that end of the county, so that heat of early afternoon wag gure!” ‘Lawaon cried eagerly. both in blue smoke, “You handled Atst mortgage,” the banker answered, table covered by w large blue-print FAUKIDE distances es eee forces, out thie centre they measured oft the shooting kept up in the fall. beating down upon the arié | tpnat'a the trouble. You've got your the cane better than I expected. Hut The Words seemed to come from him map. They looked up from this ag }t Was te face of the man capalin © id Nevertheloss Hart talked on dog- 7X land. Frank Hart wae driv. | * ‘qhoice here, Frank. Hither work for the court couldn't do anything but @utomatically, like the typed figures the newcomers entered. evolving his own theories, “I'm will- a square. When they had bounded geqiy, And in the end this land x 08 neretiona. be thelr hired Man Hoya youn y had ci away boys £m an, adding machine, i a a te may “ave Sot aka my mun ihe square's corners by other atake Swner invested--as a sporting pro ing northward of the gray) Vike Long, or take the under doi Long looked up, He saw an auto — “All right; I'll bring the papers to- ted in Lawaon'’s fac Nt Y 4 if tive Spt Bad my own Laweon sal rH Ho bought two hundred dol- road out of Bunset, 4 Tf you would only quit! Get and its one passenger, morrow morning.” Hart sighed with the Worry showed from his friend's WP", it 4,/uat ft Mambie, & width’ vltere wo will got oll.” lars’ worth of stock In the rear of the buckboard there to oll—get into it, I mean, take "All right, Savage,” he called out; Pellet. cyes. Well Put its @ Good Kamble and DIE” Together those two tolled all of Hart ate lunch In a crowded Gown~ was a huge chunk of steel Jacoby’s volco resumed ita "Well?" Lawson amited, He Oth. rained hte ey: biue that hot day. Hefore night they had town restaurant; then set forth to use 1 nearly the Olds raise Is even from the blue dug a pit ten feet in depth, And in gnd his man. The owner of the cas- ®8¢ Of a man. Beside Hart on the print, “i'm going In," he sald, and the middie of that pit’s floor a #hal- 1 a steward on @ Sacra- #¢at, & packet of letters ted with h ‘ ‘ with a bo EN .. low hole, under the spot whence Law- nento River steamer, and he hi twine. He had taken one of your chances—fight for it"-—— “L wan detained at court." He nolded . “Goo Hart was hurrying down the stairs to Hart and climbed Into the seat, fellow feeling, and hia eyes were #lanced again at Jacoby, who lapsed ‘one step ahend, and Lawson was talk- Ignoring Hart, Savage greeted Warm again. “Let's go and have a Immediately into his cool, tmper- ewiftly into his ear from behind: Long with @ nod and a curt mono- kame of billiards, Frank. | ‘That waa # tit! Oll's bigger than gold syllable, The machine swooped out 4!! you. wanted, wasn't It?" As he oo: y It’® won had thrown that first shovel of i ich he eis Suaplng. New. felds into tho street and bore away tho “Not now. Come on with me over spoke He moved over to one side of yuis \° hundreds BOS PASSE OH EVO gorse, paved his tbe, The ranea ines hod 2° Was reading what Jean bad _ eoming In. And with Savage taking two men—the head of the Petroleum to the Southern. Lawson's there: he's the room, at @ little distance from "Wwe!" Hart chuckled, “make or dutiaine followed ewift days of rif turned out to be oll lané, poured from her heart. are of prices—with the Petroleum Association and the railroad com- going to tell mo of this deal, It's a the others, break with me, too, The quicker we ullding, Fae reared the oll derrick, ‘Hart found the home, @ large stone iation—we're sate now. By the pany’s attorney, wildcat well.” Hart laid his hand on , A faint shadow moomed to crowm per ut it, the better I'm auited Roe ee acer ne eee gt anr# oO” house in a Wealthy residence section #rap Harry, wait wll you hoar what Reggae ged tho other's arm, Dewan features, and the Ines “Hart was chosen president; Law. not the thick crown block slgnty-four Of, the lt. We've waited so long, dear, and got! Iv'll make them all look CHAPTER Iii, ulacoby Was once more emotioniess. jeepened, eon, @uperintendent; and Olds wae above the level ‘plain The foot ..Casing—yes, air.” The Gacramento No that it is sure, I want to come, " is Climbing Out of the Rut ‘I'd like to hear it," he sald, “but ‘The others in the room were silent, made treasurér, Beyond drill this aunt, naked tower they tn- Hver steamer habits atill remained, The hard life I can share; and I oan “7'l) be down this afternoon.” Hart 7 . Th ne advise you, 4a mon who listen, wages for Ryan and Lawaon, t closed in rough boards; they built a “I told ‘em to let it go for six ‘undred make it easier for you; easier for dd on hurrying with @ doggedness. SB) ART stood looking atter the I've made up my mind." Hart cae spoke quietly, smiling into made no provision for salarle mi ba ft ys : , ble , 9 e he to be a “ am » more money. I Jacoby said nothing as they left the ta: . 9 ships north,” Hart began, ‘ou, to je oll when it comes— now I must hurry, I'm sidetracked Powalble | slanificanee | IN you know. Anda man‘a banker ought Wanted Jacoby to come because I've hotel. He was wmiling, Hart turno a eee uel ited, The little man stiffened in hts chatr; You kuow {t means a@ much to me for that meeting betweon Bav- to be in hia confidence, Ien't that @lwaya banked with him, you eee. “Four thousupd and Hart. ‘Thero were also Brown, Dit faco became arrogant. “I know @@ It does to you'—~ Jon narre h 5 4 * dollare, Ldon’t need it) Oh, no, air.” both of us, For I am lonely hei narrow shed back to the engine, “we're driling « wildeat, two town- and, oh, Frank, I want to be wa the day. You'll be at the South- . : ‘ i dT want him to know what J au 4, “Lord! " “ When ho had é Ki ago and Long crossed his mind, He Pe an 14 at 1 am claimed, “Lord! We the teamater, who 4. the lent ail about that well," he ead, “Your en he read that NAny time after noo LAWSON Way absorbed in his own problem, , Jacoby nodded. . "Sure." he ald, Kink Into, on @ shoo string!" faules trom’ Munset, and Fre, Het company's ‘ard up. again and again, Hart felt a-atab | t beside him on the sidewalk, OO ae uding THe two men Walked down the sireet, ,,.4ewAon'a face lightened muddenty. “"yicoby” laid hie band on Hart's grizzled eook, old In tho oil feds Tae ye ted to outline the prospec. savage pain, As it he had hurt bite Ls k, you can put all you have in For a wd arm In arm, dt You're going to give your shoulder, “Irank,'’’ he said alowly, Then they began the drilling, tus. The other shook his head, “I #¢elf by wounding her. Supposing tne hock on this deal, And we need the at the parting of the ways. timo" a “I'm going to break my rule, and give tar ts pape know all abaout it,” he repeated, oil were not to come! . money, too At the office he aguin started to CHAPTER IV. Hart nodded. “I've quit the law to- you one word of advice. Listen! \ Ryan and wn't sell @ bit o' stock to me, my For & month since he had seen het “phis afternoon,” Hart repeated 68 \ 41, that letter which he had given ¢ f ‘ith 7 day,” he sald simply, “and I'm going When you have once gene into a deal, of thexg man." and bad dreamed witb her, this new be hurried bis pace. a Be aan chute Starting In With a Shoestring. to take my on your wildcat, yever let yourself belle i don't want to sell atock.” Hart Project hdd bepa the one subject of Deron aise then; this afternoon” UE Ts, dear heart,” the totter boswn, HE Southorn Hotel aprawied May yy ii at It in. nrting on. showstrin. felt Mia anger Tsing rapidly. “want {oir lotto: Me had told her all of ———— as it had begun before, But now he beside the businens atrest of yh Aa ne (who hever & ahveatring with the « Rirtt yes 4 ORE AOR a aniaver and Gea Now he. saw nvadealy want Ma CHAPTER II. wrote: “I'm leaving the law to-day— MORAG, The SLA POLAR Ree Ne ae the ober When facan Calg gaee oe Chalet Sra Rael ani egraph: Hart wanted to leave ten, but he ahould have confided in her. Kop if “ ‘ “3 of the building was of bricks BO Blitticod a 10 era, whol cable." yard and down again tha walk cme de ret at a venture were to wrot The Sacred Corporation. 1 am going to take the same rink (hat seetned to reflect something of his art looked into the banker's eyes. ing ‘Gears miovellt alow alr non oe pie anouid aes ane rane A would be unprepared, a ae Vin going to it had been erected when the potiet—“well, other men have tak sy the way we stood. “ym glad you reminded me of that,” slow atrok a adhe aa tho ° . , . 4 : a : a titanic arm battertn “ "| Miles ahead tho oll 4 ; pe HE afternoon gun was hot in mortwage,, my lots, town Was only @ rallroad-division With you wo're sure to make it” he nal, ‘ll remember.” Thaaecin Wl a oh and TALE GE ete, ate Pew Say Hast ocr at ere Me Kernfleld. ne odor of oll time : be he Neadquarters and @ trading place tor art looked worried now I've Back in the hotel lobby men tn metal for its ham My man," the Mttle ex-stoward | They were getting reas” to had become stronger, Down able to weit Lull the detaila 1ater ranchers. About thia brick core wood- ORlY two thousand dollars, with What khaki and men in broadcloth were | Noontine ¢ Ryin and gait ioutin “you ‘aventt a dollars tho string of tools into the wal, rae ecofhcee ot the Petror s-te-morrow, perhaps. I don't know ranchers. About thie buick core wane, | ean ralae,” he muttered, talking of the fundamental thing rkley went over tothe bunk Silt loudly, yey nt hain’ mart. looked up to watch the operation, Malan the seine. Coen ee Ce BPe We Ae Ban Op he HOW Sy dely, They Lawson turned to the others, “We which sustained this huge new in- Tholr day was done, That Prd ey the andia naow. Comp'ny’s Tho tools hung in their place above i leum Association the win- you, had sprung up “ith the development can do it!” Ho faced them, trlum- dustry. Everywhere in thit large oon Lawson and Johnuon came Reed to the nie nitivent, No two the black rim of the iron pipe, dows were open; electric fans droned; It was a somowhat incoherent let~ oF thy oil Sands, phant, All his confidence was back room, from loud groups and eonfi- “on tower.” eee tte pur six tundred in _ Only the brake band of the bull and atill the clerks perspired over ter, and yet, when he a Fess. o Fs As H’ ¢ and Jacoby entered the &&!n dential pairs, came quotations, The | Hart sat on the lazy beneh, wateh- pil ‘bank to me credit, and tike the Wheel held them ffom dropping down # thelr figure columns, In the last Hart cid not seo where he could make note! Cae lobby was crowded, ™ Ho hastened to make the jntrodue- price of crude oll was on the iips of ink Lawson on the driller'a stool; Che Dan i sloven hundred feet. went i date eRe plains Be dere gi, in khaki and men in. business tions, Olds, a elvil engineer with the all. watehing the Intermittent turnings of SON NH 1 oi ose orn take dt,” he AUN¢red pounds of steel, they Foom of the lon suite, a room elab- he thought, “And, anyway, Lil tell oh) NNN Gee mint a onda and broad. Petroleum Association, a little, sandy- Down the San Joaquin Valley, near the temper wcrow which fod the cable . Then Hart armoed day.” J there, awaiting their release, Orately furnished with polished desk her myself soon.’ Ite sat oe ote cacthing, Dalred man; Porter, a train do- the flat lands which border tho salt @t @ach turn: watching | the long ena quietly, "Good cay: Ryan stood by the bull wheel asi : end teather-cushioned chairs, William Y*lope, stamped ity and leit the of ly RIME apatcher, lean, paliid from long night water, @ passenger train waa roaring MITINg of tools vanish, foot by foot CHAPTER VII Fained tho brake lever, The toola vate , Gavage paced to and fro, Instead of going toward the South- LEER A ANE eran ch cere thes LOTMA ITEP Y SES CY OUR ELTE AES SEEPS wane SOIR He Oe NO ok agua ent The Mast 1 Oil weed la seldis ua sens wheel une eavy-faced man, and hard-eyed, ern Hotel he went up the street to and penniless rs; these ie Master o . r yi be ne af is ok uttering the sentences the First National Bank, mingled in tho large, old-fashioned § TAKE THE EVENING WORLD WITH YOU ON YOUR VACATION gwitter, louder; 18 grew inte &.Gea ‘Yhe building Was on the corner, As room. They were talking of one sub- fm jerks, his full lips perwisted tm qiart drew near he saw a little man ject, the raw petroleum which eame @rooping at the corners, His private ina neat-fitting business sult of tray from the earth's depths, Some wera So that you will not miss any of the weekly novels and may continue to enjoy the daily magazine, comic and other residence district, a long trembled, the floor shook, 8} distance out from Oakland's oozed and e@pouted from under J AN lived tn @ ecattered your, ‘Tho framework of the 4 ur followed hour; the afternoon / h bs otary wat crumpled in one of the Jeaving by the t door, Hart arguing over the methods of drillin, ? " rew to duak Att supper, ° . drake band, surrounding the p | re, writing down the words ed tis pace. pes varer DiKmsalige WALOr acide special features, Include them in your summer reading. rere 20 Uae ereiepee moe Se Asif 4 old Wheel in a thin blue mist, shorthand, “Oh, voy!’ he called, tiene; some were planning the fe At midnight Hart went to the bunk aenio ome@ still un- cable whipped downward inte f Ones he paused and walked over to The sma’! man turned, “As he saw nancing of new wells, But the most Order the Evening World Mailed to Your Summer Address house. But he did not seck his bed, touched by modern real estate im- round, irorkrim like a speeding J ee amal) wall closet. He ope: the Hart he emiled. His face lighted up. of them were speaking of a common For nearly an hour he eat, writing @ provements, (To Be Continued.) ‘