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The
report
proved
to
be
but
the
first
of
many
false
alarms
,
but
it
had
stimulated
the
League
to
unusual
activity
,
and
some
three
or
four
hundred
men
were
furnished
with
arms
and
from
time
to
time
were
drilled
in
secret
.
Among
themselves
,
the
ranchers
said
that
if
the
Railroad
managers
did
not
believe
they
were
terribly
in
earnest
in
the
stand
they
had
taken
,
they
were
making
a
fatal
mistake
.
Harran
reasserted
this
statement
to
Presley
on
the
way
home
to
the
ranch
house
that
same
day
.
Harran
had
caught
up
with
him
by
the
time
he
reached
the
Lower
Road
,
and
the
two
jogged
homeward
through
the
miles
of
standing
wheat
.
“
They
may
jump
the
ranch
,
Pres
,
”
he
said
,
“
if
they
try
hard
enough
,
but
they
will
never
do
it
while
I
am
alive
.
By
the
way
,
”
he
added
,
“
you
know
we
served
notices
yesterday
upon
S
.
Behrman
and
Cy
.
Ruggles
to
quit
the
country
.
Of
course
,
they
won
’
t
do
it
,
but
they
won
’
t
be
able
to
say
they
didn
’
t
have
warning
.
”
About
an
hour
later
,
the
two
reached
the
ranch
house
,
but
as
Harran
rode
up
the
driveway
,
he
uttered
an
exclamation
.
“
Hello
,
”
he
said
,
“
something
is
up
.
That
’
s
Genslinger
’
s
buckboard
.
”
In
fact
,
the
editor
’
s
team
was
tied
underneath
the
shade
of
a
giant
eucalyptus
tree
near
by
.
Harran
,
uneasy
under
this
unexpected
visit
of
the
enemy
’
s
friend
,
dismounted
without
stabling
his
horse
,
and
went
at
once
to
the
dining
-
room
,
where
visitors
were
invariably
received
.
But
the
dining
-
room
was
empty
,
and
his
mother
told
him
that
Magnus
and
the
editor
were
in
the
“
office
.
”
Magnus
had
said
they
were
not
to
be
disturbed
.
Earlier
in
the
afternoon
,
the
editor
had
driven
up
to
the
porch
and
had
asked
Mrs
.
Derrick
,
whom
he
found
reading
a
book
of
poems
on
the
porch
,
if
he
could
see
Magnus
.
At
the
time
,
the
Governor
had
gone
with
Phelps
to
inspect
the
condition
of
the
young
wheat
on
Hooven
’
s
holding
,
but
within
half
an
hour
he
returned
,
and
Genslinger
had
asked
him
for
a
“
few
moments
’
talk
in
private
.
”
The
two
went
into
the
“
office
,
”
Magnus
locking
the
door
behind
him
.
“
Very
complete
you
are
here
,
Governor
,
”
observed
the
editor
in
his
alert
,
jerky
manner
,
his
black
,
bead
-
like
eyes
twinkling
around
the
room
from
behind
his
glasses
.
“
Telephone
,
safe
,
ticker
,
account
-
books
—
well
,
that
’
s
progress
,
isn
’
t
it
?
Only
way
to
manage
a
big
ranch
these
days
.
But
the
day
of
the
big
ranch
is
over
.
As
the
land
appreciates
in
value
,
the
temptation
to
sell
off
small
holdings
will
be
too
strong
.
And
then
the
small
holding
can
be
cultivated
to
better
advantage
.
I
shall
have
an
editorial
on
that
some
day
.
”
“
The
cost
of
maintaining
a
number
of
small
holdings
,
”
said
Magnus
,
indifferently
,
“
is
,
of
course
,
greater
than
if
they
were
all
under
one
management
.
”
