ArticleField.comInternet's Fastest Growing Free Content Article Directory"What!" cried the old man rising to his feet; "stay here in the Service! And every mountain man to point me out as that old fool Davidson who got fired after workin’ nine years like a damn ijit. You talk foolish!" Thorne arose too, and put one hand on the old man’s shoulder. "And what […]
"You bet it was," commented the old man grimly. "Well, it’s done. There will be attempts to go back to the old state of affairs, but they will grow feebler from year to year. Things will never slide back again. The people are awake." "Think so?" doubted California John. "I know it. Now comes the […]
"You asked me the other day what my job is. It is Supervisor of this district. They have appointed me in your place." "Oh, they have," said California John. He sat for some time, his eyes narrowing, looking straight ahead of him. "I’d like to know why!" he burst out at last. A dull red […]
"That’s it. And everybody in the country thought I was a damn fool. Only damn fools and lazy men took rangers’ jobs those days. But I hung on because I believed in it. And now I got the best job in the bunch. In place of being looked down on as that old fool John, […]
"We’re savin’ the People’s property, and keepin’ it in good shape," he argued to himself, "and that’s sure the main point. If we take care of things, we’ve done the main job. Let the other fellows do the heavy figgerin’. The city’s full of cheap bookkeepers who can’t do nothing else." Part 3 Chapter 25 […]
