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“
Times
aren
’
t
ever
very
hard
for
the
railroad
,
”
hazards
old
Broderson
.
Broderson
was
the
oldest
man
in
the
room
.
He
was
about
sixty
-
five
years
of
age
,
venerable
,
with
a
white
beard
,
his
figure
bent
earthwards
with
hard
work
.
He
was
a
narrow
-
minded
man
,
painfully
conscientious
in
his
statements
lest
he
should
be
unjust
to
somebody
;
a
slow
thinker
,
unable
to
let
a
subject
drop
when
once
he
had
started
upon
it
.
He
had
no
sooner
uttered
his
remark
about
hard
times
than
he
was
moved
to
qualify
it
.
“
Hard
times
,
”
he
repeated
,
a
troubled
,
perplexed
note
in
his
voice
;
“
well
,
yes
—
yes
.
I
suppose
the
road
DOES
have
hard
times
,
maybe
.
Everybody
does
—
of
course
.
I
didn
’
t
mean
that
exactly
.
I
believe
in
being
just
and
fair
to
everybody
.
I
mean
that
we
’
ve
got
to
use
their
lines
and
pay
their
charges
good
years
AND
bad
years
,
the
P
.
and
S
.
W
.
being
the
only
road
in
the
State
.
That
is
—
well
,
when
I
say
the
only
road
—
no
,
I
won
’
t
say
the
ONLY
road
.
Of
course
there
are
other
roads
.
There
’
s
the
D
.
P
.
and
M
.
and
the
San
Francisco
and
North
Pacific
,
that
runs
up
to
Ukiah
.
I
got
a
brother
-
in
-
law
in
Ukiah
.
That
’
s
not
much
of
a
wheat
country
round
Ukiah
though
they
DO
grow
SOME
wheat
there
,
come
to
think
.
But
I
guess
it
’
s
too
far
north
.
Well
,
of
course
there
isn
’
t
MUCH
.
Perhaps
sixty
thousand
acres
in
the
whole
county
—
if
you
include
barley
and
oats
.
I
don
’
t
know
;
maybe
it
’
s
nearer
forty
thousand
.
I
don
’
t
remember
very
well
.
That
’
s
a
good
many
years
ago
.
I
—
—
”
But
Annixter
,
at
the
end
of
all
patience
,
turned
to
Genslinger
,
cutting
short
the
old
man
:
“
Oh
,
rot
!
Of
course
the
railroad
will
sell
at
two
-
fifty
,
”
he
cried
.
“
We
’
ve
got
the
contracts
.
”
“
Look
to
them
,
then
,
Mr
.
Annixter
,
”
retorted
Genslinger
significantly
,
“
look
to
them
.
Be
sure
that
you
are
protected
.
”
Soon
after
this
Genslinger
took
himself
away
,
and
Derrick
’
s
Chinaman
came
in
to
set
the
table
.
“
What
do
you
suppose
he
meant
?
”
asked
Broderson
,
when
Genslinger
was
gone
.
