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He led Neuman into the hall and knocked upon Anderson's study door. It was opened by Dorn. "Wal, hyar we are," announced Jake, and his very nonchalance attested to pride. Anderson was standing beside his desk. He started, and his hand flashed back significantly as he sighted his rival and enemy. "No gun-play, boss, was your orders," said Jake. "An' Neuman ain't packin' no gun."
He's Yankee like us. That's a Greek man that sells flowers down on Main Street," said Tess, with gravity. "What I said is allegorical," pronounced Agnes, loftily. "We know Allie Neuman Tess and me," ventured Dot, the youngest of the Corner House girls. "She lives on Willow Street beyond Mrs. Adams' house, and she is going to be in my grade at school."
Booted and spurred, with his gun swinging visibly, and his big sombrero and gaudy scarf, he looked exactly what he was, a cowman of the open ranges. His inquiries elicited the fact that Neuman was out in the fields, waiting for the harvest-hands. "Wal, if he's expectin' thet outfit of I.W.W.'s he'll never harvest," said Jake, "for some of them is hanged an' the rest run out of the country."
He'll leave the money in the bank till your wheat is safe. Go to the national bank in Kilo. Mention my name." Then Kurt told Anderson of the plot against his fortunes and his life. "Neuman! I.W.W.! German intrigue!" growled the rancher. "All in the same class!... Dorn, I'm forewarned, an' that's forearmed. I'll beat this outfit at their own game." They returned to Anderson's car.
"That's Neuman from Ruxton, one of the biggest wheat men in Washington." Kurt repressed a whistle of surprise. Neuman was Anderson's only rival in the great, fertile valley. What were Neuman and Chris Dorn doing with their heads together? "I thought he was Neuman," replied Kurt, feeling his way. "Is he in on the big deal with father?"
"Bill, you'd have to take orders from me," said Jake, coolly. "Sure. Thet's why I come with Andy." The other cowboy, called Andy, manifested uneasiness, and he said: "Aw, now, Jake, you ain't a-goin' to ask me to go in there?... An' me hatin' Germans the way I do!" "Nope. I guess I'll order Bill to go in an' fetch Neuman out," replied Jake, complacently, as he made as if to re-enter the car.
Jake did not wait to see the effect of his news. He strode back toward the fields, and with the eye of a farmer he appraised the barns and corrals, and the fields beyond. Neuman raised much wheat, and enough alfalfa to feed his stock. His place was large and valuable, but not comparable to "Many Waters."
Then he addressed Dorn. "Kurt, it's up to you now," he said. "As my superintendent an' some-day partner, what you'll say goes with me.... I don't know what bein' square would mean in relation to this man." Anderson sat down heavily in his desk chair and his face became obscured in cigar smoke. "Neuman, do you recognize me?" asked Dorn, with his flashing eyes on the rancher. "No," replied Neuman.
For during the first decade of the Society its Executive Committee included, apart from its Jewish founders Baron Günzburg, Leon Rosenthal, Rabbi Neuman , two apostates, Professor Daniel Chwolson and the court physician, I. Berthenson.
Jake had been commissioned to acquaint Neuman with the fact that recent developments demanded his immediate presence at "Many Waters." The cowboy really had a liking for the job, though he pretended not to. Neuman had not yet begun harvesting. There were signs to Jake's experienced eye that the harvest-hands were expected this very day.
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