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Updated: June 2, 2025
Charlie Menocal was pulling on his fur cap. "So here's our swell-headed crook of an engineer butting in again," he sneered. "You better be hunting up your own chicken, or Gretzinger will have her. Who y' say you got there?" "Stand aside!"
"I don't think there'll be a blizzard. Or if there is, she can get along comfortably till her uncle comes." "Are you ready, Ruth?" Gretzinger asked, impatiently. "Yes, as soon as I fasten my gloves. Anyway, Lee, you can take her to Kennard if you want to. It's because you're just obstinate.
On the instant the truth flashed into Bryant's brain. She was cunningly playing him off against the New Yorker, using him as a lay figure in her despicable game, bestowing endearments to anger Gretzinger and arouse his jealousy. "I came to tell you a big storm is brewing," he said quickly. "You and Imogene must plan to stay in Kennard for some time.
When I work for people I don't like, it costs them money. I like you less and less all the time. If I go ahead and finish the ditch, I'll be liking you so little that I'll be hating myself. And when I don't like any one that much, I don't do it cheap. The job will cost you one hundred thousand dollars." "You you " Gretzinger choked. "Cash down before I move a wheel," Pat added, calmly.
Might as well make the most you can for yourself out of a bad mess. Think it over, Bryant." He set his cap on his head with a conclusive air. Lee pointed at a chair by the table. "Sit down for a moment; there's another matter." He crossed to his desk, put his hand in a drawer for something, and came back. "Look at that," he said, tossing a revolver cartridge on the table before Gretzinger.
"But this is the West and I don't care much for Gretzinger, besides," he stated. "So he says. More than once he has wished you would be more friendly. Isn't it a little inconsiderate of you, Lee, to hold him off at arm's length, especially when he's here as representative of the bondholders? He has a vital interest in the canal and its success.
If I did that even, I don't believe Gretzinger could finish it on time, for neither Carrigan nor the men would exert themselves for him as they have for me, and they would be sure of their pay in any case. The trouble is, I've used up all the money and can borrow no more. I'm through.
Don't, eh? Neither do I. He knows, or ought to know, you're through. And besides, I'll want to discuss construction matters with him when you and I are done." "Perhaps Bryant can yet secure a loan somewhere," the contractor remarked, mildly. "From Menocal, possibly," Gretzinger suggested, cocking his eyebrows at Carrigan with mock enthusiasm.
A sudden tightening of his lips accompanied the action and he ceased to revolve the cartridge he held. "I'll not discuss my personal affairs with you or " "When they touch mine, you will," was the answer. "Are you jealous?" Gretzinger asked after a pause, with a trace of insolence. "Believe you are. I thought, along with your other shortcomings, you weren't capable of even that.
Menocal appeared, to be sure, unable to comprehend the ethics involved in seeking to thwart Bryant, but he was scrupulous and honourable within his understanding. Far more so than Gretzinger, for instance. Or Charlie Menocal. The thought of the banker's son pulled Bryant up. Should he mention his conviction that Charlie was the instigator of the mischief discussed?
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