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Under
protest
,
as
he
was
particular
to
declare
,
and
after
interminable
argument
,
Annixter
had
allowed
himself
to
be
reconciled
with
Osterman
,
and
to
be
persuaded
to
reenter
the
proposed
political
“
deal
.
”
A
committee
had
been
formed
to
finance
the
affair
—
Osterman
,
old
Broderson
,
Annixter
himself
,
and
,
with
reservations
,
hardly
more
than
a
looker
-
on
,
Harran
Derrick
.
Of
this
committee
,
Osterman
was
considered
chairman
.
Magnus
Derrick
had
formally
and
definitely
refused
his
adherence
to
the
scheme
.
He
was
trying
to
steer
a
middle
course
.
His
position
was
difficult
,
anomalous
.
If
freight
rates
were
cut
through
the
efforts
of
the
members
of
the
committee
,
he
could
not
very
well
avoid
taking
advantage
of
the
new
schedule
.
He
would
be
the
gainer
,
though
sharing
neither
the
risk
nor
the
expense
.
But
,
meanwhile
,
the
days
were
passing
;
the
primary
elections
were
drawing
nearer
.
The
committee
could
not
afford
to
wait
,
and
by
way
of
a
beginning
,
Osterman
had
gone
to
Los
Angeles
,
fortified
by
a
large
sum
of
money
—
a
purse
to
which
Annixter
,
Broderson
and
himself
had
contributed
.
He
had
put
himself
in
touch
with
Disbrow
,
the
political
man
of
the
Denver
,
Pueblo
and
Mojave
road
,
and
had
had
two
interviews
with
him
.
The
telegram
that
Annixter
received
that
morning
was
to
say
that
Disbrow
had
been
bought
over
,
and
would
adopt
Parrell
as
the
D
.
,
P
.
and
M
.
candidate
for
Railroad
Commissioner
from
the
third
district
.
One
of
the
cooks
brought
up
Annixter
’
s
breakfast
that
morning
,
and
he
went
through
it
hastily
,
reading
his
mail
at
the
same
time
and
glancing
over
the
pages
of
the
“
Mercury
,
”
Genslinger
’
s
paper
.
The
“
Mercury
,
”
Annixter
was
persuaded
,
received
a
subsidy
from
the
Pacific
and
Southwestern
Railroad
,
and
was
hardly
better
than
the
mouthpiece
by
which
Shelgrim
and
the
General
Office
spoke
to
ranchers
about
Bonneville
.
An
editorial
in
that
morning
’
s
issue
said
:
“
It
would
not
be
surprising
to
the
well
-
informed
,
if
the
long
-
deferred
re
-
grade
of
the
value
of
the
railroad
sections
included
in
the
Los
Muertos
,
Quien
Sabe
,
Osterman
and
Broderson
properties
was
made
before
the
first
of
the
year
.
Naturally
,
the
tenants
of
these
lands
feel
an
interest
in
the
price
which
the
railroad
will
put
upon
its
holdings
,
and
it
is
rumoured
they
expect
the
land
will
be
offered
to
them
for
two
dollars
and
fifty
cents
per
acre
.
It
needs
no
seventh
daughter
of
a
seventh
daughter
to
foresee
that
these
gentlemen
will
be
disappointed
.
”
“
Rot
!
”
vociferated
Annixter
to
himself
as
he
finished
.
He
rolled
the
paper
into
a
wad
and
hurled
it
from
him
.
“
Rot
!
rot
!
What
does
Genslinger
know
about
it
?
I
stand
on
my
agreement
with
the
P
.
and
S
.
W
.
—
from
two
fifty
to
five
dollars
an
acre
—
there
it
is
in
black
and
white
.
The
road
IS
obligated
.
And
my
improvements
!
I
made
the
land
valuable
by
improving
it
,
irrigating
it
,
draining
it
,
and
cultivating
it
.
Talk
to
ME
.
I
know
better
.
”
The
most
abiding
impression
that
Genslinger
’
s
editorial
made
upon
him
was
,
that
possibly
the
“
Mercury
”
was
not
subsidised
by
the
corporation
after
all
.
If
it
was
;
Genslinger
would
not
have
been
led
into
making
his
mistake
as
to
the
value
of
the
land
.
He
would
have
known
that
the
railroad
was
under
contract
to
sell
at
two
dollars
and
a
half
an
acre
,
and
not
only
this
,
but
that
when
the
land
was
put
upon
the
market
,
it
was
to
be
offered
to
the
present
holders
first
of
all
.
Annixter
called
to
mind
the
explicit
terms
of
the
agreement
between
himself
and
the
railroad
,
and
dismissed
the
matter
from
his
mind
.
He
lit
a
cigar
,
put
on
his
hat
and
went
out
.
The
morning
was
fine
,
the
air
nimble
,
brisk
.
On
the
summit
of
the
skeleton
-
like
tower
of
the
artesian
well
,
the
windmill
was
turning
steadily
in
a
breeze
from
the
southwest
.
