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Show "But you can't have anything that good. This is the best bargain I ever heard of. Can't we, between us, scrape up enough to swing it?" "If you can, you go to it with my blessing. But I'm obligated up to the.hilt. Gosh, and to think Cavaner is willing to let it go at that price!" "Yeah, it's a steal, that's what it is. But Cavaner has run into hard luck-he has to let go, and quickly." "But doesn't he realize, Kerr will steal the thunder from Lund? Lund's in that god-forsaken mudhole whenever it rains. All that freight business to Southern Utah can't continue to go out of Lund. And when all that scenery, Zion Park and Bryce Canyon begins to draw tourists'. They'll have to transfer,buses somewhere along there." "Sure. And there's the North Rim of the Grand Canyon too and lots of other attractions to pull Jem in." "It won't be just buses and freight wagons and trucks for long. There'll be a branch railroad. And an engineer told me, that gumbo at Lund would stick an elephant! Sometimes it's even worse-it's a lake! They'll have to abandon Lund and move the town to Kerr." "You're dead right. They'll need high well-drained ground for the stores and hotels, and the roundhouse and all." "The only place for the town that's sure to come is Kerr. It's only four miles up the track from Lund. And Cavaner's school land lies right across Kerr siding. It's the ideal spot for the townsite." After fidgeting sleeplessly much of the night, next morning Father found the Nash-Avery man in charge and asked more information about the Kerr property: The result was that Father made the down payment on a |
