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Updated: May 28, 2025
"Well, that's the common report!" "Oh, for heaven's sake, Oscar!" exclaimed Jim disgustedly. "Well, now," said Ames doggedly, "just why should sand-cement be stronger than the pure Portland?" Jim scowled, started to speak with his old impatience, then changed his mind. "You come up to the laboratory with me, Oscar. I'll give you a lesson on cement that will put a stop to this gossip at once.
He is one of the most influential men in the valley. He is giving practically all of his time to watching our work up here. He tells me the farmers feel that sand-cement isn't good. We will put in an hour showing Mr. Ames our tests and their results for the last five years, both here and on the Makon." Field did not show his surprise at Jim's about-face.
You observe the shape of his head, his jaw, his hands the dreamer, urged into action. And the impudence of his sand-cement idea! In my country we dare make our concrete only very rich. He shows me this afternoon that diluted rightly with sand, cement can be made stronger." Herr Gluck chuckled delightedly. Uncle Denny almost purred. "He was so as a lad.
"Yes, I had a letter from him. He wants to see my sand-cement work and one or two other new stunts I'm trying out." Pen moistened her lips. "Jim, he's up at our tent now, talking with Sara. They say nothing before me, but Still, I'm going to take Sara back to New York at once." "We'll see what I can do first," said Jim. "I'll go up there now." He picked up his hat, then paused.
A lot of what you folks put down as stuckupedness is just quietness on his part while he thinks. I'm trying to pound that into these bullheaded ranchers round here. I tell 'em how to make sand-cement, for instance, and then ask 'em if a fellow didn't have to keep his mouth shut and saw wood while he thought a thing like that out. I'm willing to call him Boss, all right.
Oscar stared and chewed his cigar and Jim smoked in silence for a moment. "Ames," he said finally, "I wonder if you will get this idea as quickly as you did the sand-cement one. America isn't like England or Germany or France. Over there the citizens of each country are practically of one race. Fundamentally, they think about the same way and want the same things.
Something in Jim's tone made his own less pugnacious than usual as he said: "What you using sand-cement for instead of the real stuff?" "It's stronger," said Jim. "A very remarkable thing! We've been testing that out five or six years." Jim's tone was very amiable. Oscar looked at him suspiciously and Jim laughed. "Thought we were working some kind of a cement graft?" Jim asked.
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