Boom Town Page #14

- Motion denied.

Court adjourned until tomorrow.

We may beat this yet.

Hey.

- Hi.

- Hi.

That was quite a speech.

Well, I got kind of wound up, I guess.

Say, I was thinking, if I beat this...

...I got a section of wildcat stuff

left out in California.

I don't know much about it...

...but how'd you like

to take a whirl at it with me?

No, no, I guess not.

I'm through with the oil game for good.

It's too tough.

Well, I'll be seeing you.

Yeah.

Welcome to McMasters' camp.

Come in here.

I'm sure glad to see you, Miss Betsy.

Yes, sir.

- Hi, old boy.

- Hi, big feller.

Well, here it is, honey.

This'll be where we're gonna live for...

- Well, for a while, anyway.

- It's beautiful here, darling. I love it.

Luther, you're crazy to sell this.

This is great stuff.

There's Jonathan.

I'm gonna spud in right...

Jonathan.

- Well, my goodness.

- Hello.

Fancy meeting you here.

- Hello, Uncle Square John.

- Hello, sport. How are you?

- Shorty.

- What are you doing here?

This is the half-section

I talked about in New York.

You told me you had a whole sec...

Now I see why you sold me

this half for $ 100. It's a handout, huh?

Listen, Shorty, I though we could put down

one test well and prove both properties.

What do you say?

Where do you figure on drilling?

Well, I figure the main structure

is up here.

Oh, no, down by the hollow

is the main structure.

- I've been all over this...

- So what? If you don't know...

Come and get it. Rabbit la modee.

Rabbit la modee, Shorty.

We might as well get this straight.

I'll give the pipe and equipment...

...but I want cash in 90 days.

Shorty, how about giving Luther

an eighth interest instead?

Oh, no, you fellas go broke

on your own this time.

There's a dry hole

in every foot of this stuff.

What's the name

of this sucker's paradise?

- Came from some guy named Kettleman.

- They call it Kettleman Hills.

Kettleman Hills?

Doesn't even sound like oil.

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