10/23 There's nothing to beat it in the whole Southwest." "It is very nice. May I inquire the rate ?" "Twenty-five dollars a day." "Quite reasonable." Mr.Gray beamed his satisfaction. We've put beds in the parlors of the others, and frequently we have to double up our guests. This oil excitement is a blessing to us poor innkeepers. I presume it's oil that brings you here ?" Gray met the speaker's interrogatory gaze with a negative shake of the head and a smile peculiarly noncommittal. |