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”
“
I
should
say
as
much
,
”
remarked
the
manufacturer
,
turning
towards
Magnus
.
“
I
’
m
watching
your
fight
with
Shelgrim
,
Mr
.
Derrick
,
with
every
degree
of
interest
.
”
He
raised
his
drink
of
whiskey
and
soda
.
“
Here
’
s
success
to
you
.
”
As
he
replaced
his
glass
,
the
artist
Hartrath
joined
the
group
uninvited
.
As
a
pretext
,
he
engaged
Lyman
in
conversation
.
Lyman
,
he
believed
,
was
a
man
with
a
“
pull
”
at
the
City
Hall
.
In
connection
with
a
projected
Million
-
Dollar
Fair
and
Flower
Festival
,
which
at
that
moment
was
the
talk
of
the
city
,
certain
statues
were
to
be
erected
,
and
Hartrath
bespoke
Lyman
’
s
influence
to
further
the
pretensions
of
a
sculptor
friend
of
his
,
who
wished
to
be
Art
Director
of
the
affair
.
In
the
matter
of
this
Fair
and
Flower
Festival
,
Hartrath
was
not
lacking
in
enthusiasm
.
He
addressed
the
others
with
extravagant
gestures
,
blinking
his
inflamed
eyelids
.
“
A
million
dollars
,
”
he
exclaimed
.
“
Hey
!
think
of
that
.
Why
,
do
you
know
that
we
have
five
hundred
thousand
practically
pledged
already
?
Talk
about
public
spirit
,
gentlemen
,
this
is
the
most
public
-
spirited
city
on
the
continent
.
And
the
money
is
not
thrown
away
.
We
will
have
Eastern
visitors
here
by
the
thousands
—
capitalists
—
men
with
money
to
invest
.
The
million
we
spend
on
our
fair
will
be
money
in
our
pockets
.
Ah
,
you
should
see
how
the
women
of
this
city
are
taking
hold
of
the
matter
.
They
are
giving
all
kinds
of
little
entertainments
,
teas
,
’
Olde
Tyme
Singing
Skules
,
’
amateur
theatricals
,
gingerbread
fetes
,
all
for
the
benefit
of
the
fund
,
and
the
business
men
,
too
—
pouring
out
their
money
like
water
.
It
is
splendid
,
splendid
,
to
see
a
community
so
patriotic
.
”
The
manufacturer
,
Cedarquist
,
fixed
the
artist
with
a
glance
of
melancholy
interest
.
“
And
how
much
,
”
he
remarked
,
“
will
they
contribute
—
your
gingerbread
women
and
public
-
spirited
capitalists
,
towards
the
blowing
up
of
the
ruins
of
the
Atlas
Iron
Works
?
”
“
Blowing
up
?
I
don
’
t
understand
,
”
murmured
the
artist
,
surprised
.
“
When
you
get
your
Eastern
capitalists
out
here
with
your
Million
-
Dollar
Fair
,
”
continued
Cedarquist
,
“
you
don
’
t
propose
,
do
you
,
to
let
them
see
a
Million
-
Dollar
Iron
Foundry
standing
idle
,
because
of
the
indifference
of
San
Francisco
business
men
?
They
might
ask
pertinent
questions
,
your
capitalists
,
and
we
should
have
to
answer
that
our
business
men
preferred
to
invest
their
money
in
corner
lots
and
government
bonds
,
rather
than
to
back
up
a
legitimate
,
industrial
enterprise
.
We
don
’
t
want
fairs
.
We
want
active
furnaces
.
We
don
’
t
want
public
statues
,
and
fountains
,
and
park
extensions
and
gingerbread
fetes
.
We
want
business
enterprise
.
Isn
’
t
it
like
us
?
Isn
’
t
it
like
us
?
”
he
exclaimed
sadly
.
“
What
a
melancholy
comment
!
San
Francisco
!
It
is
not
a
city
—
it
is
a
Midway
Plaisance
.
California
likes
to
be
fooled
.
Do
you
suppose
Shelgrim
could
convert
the
whole
San
Joaquin
Valley
into
his
back
yard
otherwise
?
Indifference
to
public
affairs
—
absolute
indifference
,
it
stamps
us
all
.
Our
State
is
the
very
paradise
of
fakirs
.
You
and
your
Million
-
Dollar
Fair
!
”
He
turned
to
Hartrath
with
a
quiet
smile
.
“
It
is
just
such
men
as
you
,
Mr
.
Hartrath
,
that
are
the
ruin
of
us
.
You
organise
a
sham
of
tinsel
and
pasteboard
,
put
on
fool
’
s
cap
and
bells
,
beat
a
gong
at
a
street
corner
,
and
the
crowd
cheers
you
and
drops
nickels
into
your
hat
.
Your
ginger
-
bread
fete
;
yes
,
I
saw
it
in
full
blast
the
other
night
on
the
grounds
of
one
of
your
women
’
s
places
on
Sutter
Street
.
I
was
on
my
way
home
from
the
last
board
meeting
of
the
Atlas
Company
.
A
gingerbread
fete
,
my
God
!
and
the
Atlas
plant
shutting
down
for
want
of
financial
backing
.
A
million
dollars
spent
to
attract
the
Eastern
investor
,
in
order
to
show
him
an
abandoned
rolling
mill
,
wherein
the
only
activity
is
the
sale
of
remnant
material
and
scrap
steel
.
”
Lyman
,
however
,
interfered
.
The
situation
was
becoming
strained
.
He
tried
to
conciliate
the
three
men
—
the
artist
,
the
manufacturer
,
and
the
farmer
,
the
warring
elements
.
But
Hartrath
,
unwilling
to
face
the
enmity
that
he
felt
accumulating
against
him
,
took
himself
away
.
A
picture
of
his
—
“
A
Study
of
the
Contra
Costa
Foot
-
hills
”
—
was
to
be
raffled
in
the
club
rooms
for
the
benefit
of
the
Fair
.
He
,
himself
,
was
in
charge
of
the
matter
.
He
disappeared
.
