Sections 1 On the following morning, Harran Derrick was up and about by a little after six o'clock, and… 2 But, no doubt, the most significant object in the office was the ticker. 3 After telephoning Cutter, Harran put on his hat, went over to the barns, and found Phelps. 4 But here he checked himself. 5 Magnus Derrick's wife looked hardly old enough to be the mother of two such big fellows as… 6 But this new order of things—a ranch bounded only by the horizons, where, as far as one… 7 “But, Presley,” 8 As a young man it had been his ambition to represent his native State—North Carolina—in the… 9 Magnus climbed into the buggy, helping himself with Harran's outstretched hand which he… 10 S. 11 “The Board of Railroad Commissioners was bought,” 12 “Quite right,” 13 S. 14 “Well, mortgage the crops, but don't mortgage the homestead, Dyke,” 15 “Lyman is doing well,” 16 “I hear you are going to farm the whole of Los Muertos this season,” 17 Annixter squared himself, leaping to the chance of an argument. 18 In connection with his ranch, Annixter ran a dairy farm on a very small scale, making just… 19 As he reflected upon the matter now, scowling abstractedly at the button of the electric… 20 “When that feemale gets up here,” 21 Her hair seemed almost to have a life of its own, almost Medusa-like, thick, glossy and… 22 “Oh, it's you, is it, Miss Hilma?” 23 “Huh!” 24 “Well,” 25 He decided that he would put off his tour of inspection till the next day. 26 “Well, why didn't you mend it a week ago?” 27 As Annixter was about to drive on, a freight train passed, coming from Guadalajara, going…
Start Learning