Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-10-23

Nevertheless Wayland went out, be-
lieving that Berrie wished to be alone
with her father for short time.
AS he took his seat McFarlane said:
You stayed in camp till yesterday aft
ernoon. did your"
"Yes, we were expecting you every
moment"
He saw nothing In this to remark
upon. did 1t snow at the lakeT
"Yes. little; 1t mostly rained."
ut stormed up on the divide like a
January blizzard. When did Moore
and his party arriye?"
about 10 o'clock this morning."
"I'll ride right up and see them.
What about the outfit? That's at the
lake, ! reckonT
'Yes, was just sending Tony after
it. But, father, if you go up to Moore's
camp don't say too much about what
has happened. Don't tell them just
when you took the back trail and Just
how long Wayland and 1 were In
camp"
why notT
She Redeemed with confusion. BE
cause You know what an old gossll
Mrs. Belden is. | don't want her to
know. She's an awful talker, and our
being together mp there all that time
will give her chance"
A light broke In on the supervisors
brain. In the midst Of his preoccupa-
ton as forester he suddenly became
the father. His eyes narrowed and
his face darkened. That's so. The
old rip could make a whole lot of cap
ital out Of your being left In camp
that way. At the same time don't
believe in lodging. The worst thing
we could do would be to try to blind
the trail. Was Tony here last night
when you Gamer
mo; he was down the valley after
his mail"
His face darkened again. THAT'S
another piece of bad luck too. How
much does the old woman know at
present"
Nothing at. ALL"
Didn't she cross examine your"
Sure she did, but Wayland side
tracked her. OF course 1t only delays
things. She'll know all about II soon
er or later She's great at putting two
and two together. Two and two with
her always make five"
McFarlane mused. "Cllff will be
plumb crazy If she gets his ear first"
81 don't care anything about Cliff,
daddy. don't care what he thinks or
does If he will only let WayIand alone"
"see here, daughter, you do seem to
be terribly interested in this tourist"
Hes the finest man ever knew.
father"
He looked at her with tender, trust
ing glance. He isn't your kind, daugh-
ter. He's nice clean boy. but he's
different. He don't belong In our
world. He's only just stopping here
Don't forget that"
I'm not forgetting that, daddy.
know he's different. That's why like
him" After pause she added: "No.
body could have been nicer all through
these days than he has been. He was
like a brother"
McFarlane fixed a keen glance upon
her HAS he said anything to you?
Did you come to an Understandings"
Her eyes fell. mot the way you
mean, daddy, but think he--likes me.
But do you know who he is? He's the
son of w. W. Norcross, that big Mich.
igan lumberman."
McFarlane started. "How do you
know that?"
"Mr. Moore asked him If he was any
relation to w. w. Norcross, and he
said, Yes, son.. You should have
seen how that Moore girl changed her
tune the moment he admitted that
She'd been very free with him up to
that time. But when she found out
he was rich mans son she became
Us quiet and innocent as a kitten. |
hate herl She's deceitful snlp"
"Well, now, daughter, that being the
case, It's all the more certain that he
don't belong to our world, and you
mustn't tx your mind on keeping him
here"
"A girl can't help fixing her mind.
daddy"
"or changing It." He smiled 1T.
tie. "You used to like CHI. You liked
him well enough to promise to marry
him"
81 know l did. But despise him
now.n
Poor Gin! But the thing we've got
TO guard against Is old lady Belden's
tongue. She and that Belden gang
have IL in for me, and all that has
Kept them from open war has been
ClIn's relationship to you. They'll
take keen delight In making the
worst OF all this camping business" /"
MeFarlaue was now very grave. "l
wish your mother was here this min.
ute, l guess We had better cut out this
timber cruise and go right back"
mo, you mustn't do that. That
would only make more talk. Go on
with your plans. III stay here with
YOU 1t won't take you but a couple
OF days to do the work, and wayland
needs the rest"
But suppose Cllff hears OF this busl-
ness between you and Norcross and