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And a prophet of Business, noting certain natural advantages, had influenced the railroad company to build a corral and a station. From that day Willets became assured of a future. Cattlemen in the Wolf River section began to ship stock from the new station, rather than drive to Red Rock another shipping point five hundred miles east.
"Sears," said Willets, one of the leaders of the Liberty party, "was a warm man, but with little reflection; McDougall was strong-minded; and Jay, appearing to fall in with the measures of Sears, tempered and controlled them; but Hamilton, after these great writings, became our oracle."
Jarvis moved slowly away, and had nearly reached the door, when a thought of her children caused her to pause. "I cannot go, Mr. Willets, without the money," she said, suddenly turning, and speaking in an excited tone. "You will go, I'm thinking, madam," was the cool reply. "O, sir," changing her tone, "pay me what you owe me; I want it very much." "O, yes. So you all say.
And the present governor was being scathingly arraigned by the newspapers of the state, while he sat in smug complacence in his office at the capital. He had made no effort to correct some of the evils of government about which he had raged just before the election. Lawler smiled with grim amusement as he walked toward the Willets Hotel where he meant to stay overnight.
He took the west-bound train that night. A pall seemed to have settled over Willets. The atmosphere was tense, strained. Riders from Caldwell's ranch, from Sigmund's, from Lester's and from other ranches came in; and important-looking men from various sections of the state alighted from the trains at the station and lingered long in the dingy foyer of the hotel.
And there's a mountain gorge with plenty of water in it, where the railroad runs on a shelving level blasted out of the wall. The mountains form a barrier that keeps Willets and the Wolf River section blocked in that direction. It's the same south of here, the only difference being that in the south there is no railroad until you strike the Southern Pacific.
Many of Willets' men were watching the departure of the herd. They stood on the street, in doorways; and in some windows were women.
I tried to be self-possessed, and as chatty as usual; but it was uphill work, you may depend on it. Once I ventured an illusion to the party at Willets; but it was received with an embarrassed silence. I left early and without the usual invitation to repeat my visits. To-day I met Mr. Ellis in the street, and received from him the cut direct!
The railroad company's corral had yawned emptily during the entire fall season. Not a hoof had been shipped through Willets. All the cattlemen of the district had driven their stock to Red Rock. And Warden no longer smiled at the empty corral. Looking out of one of his office windows this morning, Warden scowled.
In my case, I made arrangements with Jim Lefingwell, the buyer at Willets, as long ago as last spring. But Lefingwell isn't buyer any more, and Gary Warden, the present buyer, refuses to recognize my agreement with Lefingwell." "A written agreement?" "Unfortunately not. Lefingwell's word was always good." Hatfield's smile was very near a sneer.
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