Harkutt, Proprietor, Glanced At The occupation of the speaker as if even his foresight might have its possible drawbacks, but he said nothing. "Why don't YOU build it?" asked Wingate, carelessly. As this remark seemed to have a personal as well as local application, the storekeeper diplomatically turned it. "There's a good many as DON'T believe that a road from here to the creek is going to do any good to Sidon. It's very well to say the creek is an embarcadero, but callin' it so don't put anough water into it to float a steamboat from the bay, nor clear out the reeds and tules in it. Even if the State builds you roads, it ain't got no call to make Tasajara Creek navigable for ye; and as that will cost as much as the road, I don't see where the money's comin' from for both." "Time to light up, Harkutt, ain't it?" said Wingate, tentatively. "Well, I was reckoning ez it's such a wild night there wouldn't be any use keepin' open, and when you fellows left I'd just shut up for good and make things fast," said Harkutt, dubiously.
What do You think about A First Family Of Tasajara?
