Conward

"I must say, Dave, that for a shrewd business man you are awfully dense about Conward."

The Cow Puncher Robert J. C. Stead 1919

And always the daring of Conward and the organization of Elden had justified themselves.

The Cow Puncher Robert J. C. Stead 1919

And, with one of his friendly mannerisms, Conward departed.

The Cow Puncher Robert J. C. Stead 1919

A few days later Conward strolled in, with the inevitable cigarette.

The Cow Puncher Robert J. C. Stead 1919

Conward had insisted more and more upon "weighing the coal."

The Cow Puncher Robert J. C. Stead 1919

"Do you trust Conward?" he demanded almost fiercely.

The Cow Puncher Robert J. C. Stead 1919

"I've been thinking, while you've been too busy to think," Conward retorted.

The Cow Puncher Robert J. C. Stead 1919

"I know the fellow that runs an employment agency down here," Conward answered.

The Cow Puncher Robert J. C. Stead 1919

Conward helped him into his overcoat, and half led, half shoved him to his boarding house.

The Cow Puncher Robert J. C. Stead 1919

Conward, in that first wild prophecy of his, had spoken of a city of a quarter of a million people; already more lots had been sold than could be occupied by four times that population.

The Cow Puncher Robert J. C. Stead 1919