" Enoch had spoken quietly.
The blow had struck home and the Senator who was acting as chairman had
apologized.
Enoch had nodded. "I know! You are in the position of having to
appropriate funds for the carrying on of a highly specialized business
about which you are utterly ignorant. You are uneasy and you mistake
impertinent questioning for keen investigation."
"I move we adjourn until to-morrow," a member had said hastily. The
motion had carried and Enoch, as though it was already past six
o'clock, had started for his office, Whipple accompanying him.
"After all this howl over the proposed Paloma Dam," said Whipple, "we
may not be able to build it. There's a bunch of Mexicans both this and
the other side of the border that have made serious trouble with the
preliminary survey, and I have the feeling that there is some power
behind that wants to start something."
"Is that so?" asked Enoch with interest. "Come in and talk to me a few
moments about it."
Whipple followed to the Secretary's office. A sealed letter was lying
on the desk. Enoch opened it, and read it without ceremony.
"Dear Mr. Huntingdon: I find that some old friends are starting for the
Grand Canyon this afternoon and they have given me an opportunity to
make one of their party.
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