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This
was
precisely
what
happened
.
In
a
few
moments
Annixter
was
declaring
at
top
voice
his
readiness
to
mortgage
the
crop
of
Quien
Sabe
,
if
necessary
,
for
the
sake
of
“
busting
S
.
Behrman
.
”
He
could
see
no
great
obstacle
in
the
way
of
controlling
the
nominating
convention
so
far
as
securing
the
naming
of
two
Railroad
Commissioners
was
concerned
.
Two
was
all
they
needed
.
Probably
it
WOULD
cost
money
.
You
didn
’
t
get
something
for
nothing
.
It
would
cost
them
all
a
good
deal
more
if
they
sat
like
lumps
on
a
log
and
played
tiddledy
-
winks
while
Shelgrim
sold
out
from
under
them
.
Then
there
was
this
,
too
:
the
P
.
and
S
.
W
.
were
hard
up
just
then
.
The
shortage
on
the
State
’
s
wheat
crop
for
the
last
two
years
had
affected
them
,
too
.
They
were
retrenching
in
expenditures
all
along
the
line
.
Hadn
’
t
they
just
cut
wages
in
all
departments
?
There
was
this
affair
of
Dyke
’
s
to
prove
it
.
The
railroad
didn
’
t
always
act
as
a
unit
,
either
.
There
was
always
a
party
in
it
that
opposed
spending
too
much
money
.
He
would
bet
that
party
was
strong
just
now
.
He
was
kind
of
sick
himself
of
being
kicked
by
S
.
Behrman
.
Hadn
’
t
that
pip
turned
up
on
his
ranch
that
very
day
to
bully
him
about
his
own
line
fence
?
Next
he
would
be
telling
him
what
kind
of
clothes
he
ought
to
wear
.
Harran
had
the
right
idea
.
Somebody
had
got
to
be
busted
mighty
soon
now
and
he
didn
’
t
propose
that
it
should
be
he
.
“
Now
you
are
talking
something
like
sense
,
”
observed
Osterman
.
“
I
thought
you
would
see
it
like
that
when
you
got
my
idea
.
”
“
Your
idea
,
YOUR
idea
!
”
cried
Annixter
.
“
Why
,
I
’
ve
had
this
idea
myself
for
over
three
years
.
”
“
What
about
Disbrow
?
”
asked
Harran
,
hastening
to
interrupt
.
“
Why
do
we
want
to
see
Disbrow
?
”
“
Disbrow
is
the
political
man
for
the
Denver
,
Pueblo
,
and
Mojave
,
”
answered
Osterman
,
“
and
you
see
it
’
s
like
this
:
the
Mojave
road
don
’
t
run
up
into
the
valley
at
all
.
Their
terminus
is
way
to
the
south
of
us
,
and
they
don
’
t
care
anything
about
grain
rates
through
the
San
Joaquin
.
They
don
’
t
care
how
anti
-
railroad
the
Commission
is
,
because
the
Commission
’
s
rulings
can
’
t
affect
them
.
But
they
divide
traffic
with
the
P
.
and
S
.
W
.
in
the
southern
part
of
the
State
and
they
have
a
good
deal
of
influence
with
that
road
.
I
want
to
get
the
Mojave
road
,
through
Disbrow
,
to
recommend
a
Commissioner
of
our
choosing
to
the
P
.
and
S
.
W
.
and
have
the
P
.
and
S
.
W
.
adopt
him
as
their
own
.
”
“
Who
,
for
instance
?
”
“
Darrell
,
that
Los
Angeles
man
—
remember
?
”
“
Well
,
Darrell
is
no
particular
friend
of
Disbrow
,
”
said
Annixter
.
“
Why
should
Disbrow
take
him
up
?
”
“
PREE
-
cisely
,
”
cried
Osterman
.
“
We
make
it
worth
Disbrow
’
s
while
to
do
it
.
We
go
to
him
and
say
,
’
Mr
.
