But I
cannot lose the feeling that those wise, wistful eyes of yours have
seen my trouble and understood. I wonder how soon I can see you again.
I'm rather proud of my behavior to-day, Diana, dearest."
CHAPTER VI
A NEWSPAPER REPORTER
"I wonder if Christ ever cared for a woman. He may have, for God
wished Him to know and suffer all that men know and suffer, and all
love must have been noble in His eyes."--_Enoch's Diary_.
"Abbott," said Enoch the next day, "do you recall that I have commented
to you several times on the fact that some of the southwestern states
did not back the Geological Survey in its search for oil fields as we
had expected they would?"
"Yes, Mr. Secretary," answered Charley, looking up from his notebook
with keen interest in eye and voice. "I have wondered just why the
matter bothered you so."
"It has bothered me for several different reasons. It has, to begin
with, conflicted with my idea of the fundamental purpose of this
office. What could be a stronger reason for being for the Geological
Survey than to find and show the public the resources of the public
lands? When the Bureau of Mines reports to me that certain oil fields
are diminishing at an alarming rate, and when any fool knows that a
vital part of our future history is to be written in terms of oil, it
behooves the Secretary of the Interior to look for remedial steps.
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