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“
If
I
am
to
listen
,
”
continued
Shelgrim
,
“
to
that
kind
of
talk
,
I
prefer
to
listen
to
it
first
hand
.
I
would
rather
listen
to
what
the
great
French
painter
has
to
say
,
than
to
what
YOU
have
to
say
about
what
he
has
already
said
.
”
His
speech
,
loud
and
emphatic
at
first
,
when
the
idea
of
what
he
had
to
say
was
fresh
in
his
mind
,
lapsed
and
lowered
itself
at
the
end
of
his
sentences
as
though
he
had
already
abandoned
and
lost
interest
in
that
thought
,
so
that
the
concluding
words
were
indistinct
,
beneath
the
grey
beard
and
mustache
.
Also
at
times
there
was
the
faintest
suggestion
of
a
lisp
.
“
I
wrote
that
poem
,
”
hazarded
Presley
,
“
at
a
time
when
I
was
terribly
upset
.
I
live
,
”
he
concluded
,
“
or
did
live
on
the
Los
Muertos
ranch
in
Tulare
County
—
Magnus
Derrick
’
s
ranch
.
”
“
The
Railroad
’
s
ranch
LEASED
to
Mr
.
Derrick
,
”
observed
Shelgrim
.
Presley
spread
out
his
hands
with
a
helpless
,
resigned
gesture
.
“
And
,
”
continued
the
President
of
the
P
.
and
S
.
W
.
with
grave
intensity
,
looking
at
Presley
keenly
,
“
I
suppose
you
believe
I
am
a
grand
old
rascal
.
”
“
I
believe
,
”
answered
Presley
,
“
I
am
persuaded
—
—
”
He
hesitated
,
searching
for
his
words
.
“
Believe
this
,
young
man
,
”
exclaimed
Shelgrim
,
laying
a
thick
powerful
forefinger
on
the
table
to
emphasise
his
words
,
“
try
to
believe
this
—
to
begin
with
—
THAT
RAILROADS
BUILD
THEMSELVES
.
Where
there
is
a
demand
sooner
or
later
there
will
be
a
supply
.
Mr
.
Derrick
,
does
he
grow
his
wheat
?
The
Wheat
grows
itself
.
What
does
he
count
for
?
Does
he
supply
the
force
?
What
do
I
count
for
?
Do
I
build
the
Railroad
?
You
are
dealing
with
forces
,
young
man
,
when
you
speak
of
Wheat
and
the
Railroads
,
not
with
men
.
There
is
the
Wheat
,
the
supply
.
It
must
be
carried
to
feed
the
People
.
There
is
the
demand
.
The
Wheat
is
one
force
,
the
Railroad
,
another
,
and
there
is
the
law
that
governs
them
—
supply
and
demand
.
Men
have
only
little
to
do
in
the
whole
business
.
Complications
may
arise
,
conditions
that
bear
hard
on
the
individual
—
crush
him
maybe
—
BUT
THE
WHEAT
WILL
BE
CARRIED
TO
FEED
THE
PEOPLE
as
inevitably
as
it
will
grow
.
If
you
want
to
fasten
the
blame
of
the
affair
at
Los
Muertos
on
any
one
person
,
you
will
make
a
mistake
.
Blame
conditions
,
not
men
.
”
“
But
—
but
,
”
faltered
Presley
,
“
you
are
the
head
,
you
control
the
road
.
”
