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He
was
a
large
,
fat
man
,
with
a
great
stomach
;
his
cheek
and
the
upper
part
of
his
thick
neck
ran
together
to
form
a
great
tremulous
jowl
,
shaven
and
blue
-
grey
in
colour
;
a
roll
of
fat
,
sprinkled
with
sparse
hair
,
moist
with
perspiration
,
protruded
over
the
back
of
his
collar
.
He
wore
a
heavy
black
moustache
.
On
his
head
was
a
round
-
topped
hat
of
stiff
brown
straw
,
highly
varnished
.
A
light
-
brown
linen
vest
,
stamped
with
innumerable
interlocked
horseshoes
,
covered
his
protuberant
stomach
,
upon
which
a
heavy
watch
chain
of
hollow
links
rose
and
fell
with
his
difficult
breathing
,
clinking
against
the
vest
buttons
of
imitation
mother
-
of
-
pearl
.
S
.
Behrman
was
the
banker
of
Bonneville
.
But
besides
this
he
was
many
other
things
.
He
was
a
real
estate
agent
.
He
bought
grain
;
he
dealt
in
mortgages
.
He
was
one
of
the
local
political
bosses
,
but
more
important
than
all
this
,
he
was
the
representative
of
the
Pacific
and
Southwestern
Railroad
in
that
section
of
Tulare
County
.
The
railroad
did
little
business
in
that
part
of
the
country
that
S
.
Behrman
did
not
supervise
,
from
the
consignment
of
a
shipment
of
wheat
to
the
management
of
a
damage
suit
,
or
even
to
the
repair
and
maintenance
of
the
right
of
way
.
During
the
time
when
the
ranchers
of
the
county
were
fighting
the
grain
-
rate
case
,
S
.
Behrman
had
been
much
in
evidence
in
and
about
the
San
Francisco
court
rooms
and
the
lobby
of
the
legislature
in
Sacramento
.
He
had
returned
to
Bonneville
only
recently
,
a
decision
adverse
to
the
ranchers
being
foreseen
.
The
position
he
occupied
on
the
salary
list
of
the
Pacific
and
Southwestern
could
not
readily
be
defined
,
for
he
was
neither
freight
agent
,
passenger
agent
,
attorney
,
real
-
estate
broker
,
nor
political
servant
,
though
his
influence
in
all
these
offices
was
undoubted
and
enormous
.
But
for
all
that
,
the
ranchers
about
Bonneville
knew
whom
to
look
to
as
a
source
of
trouble
.
There
was
no
denying
the
fact
that
for
Osterman
,
Broderson
,
Annixter
and
Derrick
,
S
.
Behrman
was
the
railroad
.
“
Mr
.
Derrick
,
good
-
morning
,
”
he
cried
as
he
came
up
.
“
Good
-
morning
,
Harran
.
Glad
to
see
you
back
,
Mr
.
Derrick
.
”
He
held
out
a
thick
hand
.
Magnus
,
head
and
shoulders
above
the
other
,
tall
,
thin
,
erect
,
looked
down
upon
S
.
Behrman
,
inclining
his
head
,
failing
to
see
his
extended
hand
.
“
Good
-
morning
,
sir
,
”
he
observed
,
and
waited
for
S
.
Behrman
’
s
further
speech
.
“
Well
,
Mr
.
Derrick
,
”
continued
S
.
Behrman
,
wiping
the
back
of
his
neck
with
his
handkerchief
,
“
I
saw
in
the
city
papers
yesterday
that
our
case
had
gone
against
you
.
”
“
I
guess
it
wasn
’
t
any
great
news
to
YOU
,
”
commented
Harran
,
his
face
scarlet
.
“
I
guess
you
knew
which
way
Ulsteen
was
going
to
jump
after
your
very
first
interview
with
him
.
You
don
’
t
like
to
be
surprised
in
this
sort
of
thing
,
S
.
Behrman
.
”
“
Now
,
you
know
better
than
that
,
Harran
,
”
remonstrated
S
.
Behrman
blandly
.
“
I
know
what
you
mean
to
imply
,
but
I
ain
’
t
going
to
let
it
make
me
get
mad
.
I
wanted
to
say
to
your
Governor
—
I
wanted
to
say
to
you
,
Mr
.
Derrick
—
as
one
man
to
another
—
letting
alone
for
the
minute
that
we
were
on
opposite
sides
of
the
case
—
that
I
’
m
sorry
you
didn
’
t
win
.
Your
side
made
a
good
fight
,
but
it
was
in
a
mistaken
cause
.
That
’
s
the
whole
trouble
.
Why
,
you
could
have
figured
out
before
you
ever
went
into
the
case
that
such
rates
are
confiscation
of
property
.
You
must
allow
us
—
must
allow
the
railroad
—
a
fair
interest
on
the
investment
.
You
don
’
t
want
us
to
go
into
the
receiver
’
s
hands
,
do
you
now
,
Mr
.
