The Huttig news., 1916-02-26

l Don't you know am writing luin- Der story?7
 Sure. But why cant you come to the Yella Pines?"
 And have the country talking? I ride with you too much for that 1 have reputation in the great world 1 that l can't afford to lose in the little 1 one
 But they say you're goin' to marry that da-beg yer pardon-that Johnny Eastern. That SC? For Gods sake. girl, don't say it."
 Hampden's red face was pale, and she enjoyed seeing this coarse. bull like man shaken to his foundations And what if it is?"
 'I'll kill him! So help me heaven, I'll get him next--I tell you l can't stand for that!''
 Get him next time she was saying 1 swiftly to herself, "oh, Hampden, fancy theren be a lot of getting 1 whether or not Walter Sandry wants me to qait-now, alter all I've gone through with you to get my line staked l out!"
 Aloud she said at the same time, 'No-it dsn't true" And Hampden ] caught her hand and kissed it.
 March crawled by and April-May ] came in with the feel and look of sum- mer'as it does i'll the western hills, warm and bright and eternally sunny i Sandry wondered if it had ever rained 1 Any exertion tired him cruelty, so he loafed about the office. sat on the east i porch at the cook shack, and talked i idly with the three women. for Poppy 1 Ordway, despite Ma Daily's coldness ] and hints and Siletz' silence, still ] stayed on at the camp. Often Sandry watched her with puzzled look in his l eyes which all her cleyerness had 1 failed to fathom.
 There was a slight constraint be- 1 tween them.
 The work of the camp went on well. A bunch of lumberjacks from 1 Sacramento had come in during April, and Sandry took them on. The Port land Lumber company received the second raft, smaller one. by the middle of May. and followed it's re- ceipt with another order that would i keep all hands and extra help at work until August. The pressing mortgage l had been lifted by that first big check and the young owner felt his spirit surging within him like the growing year. His only worry was the fact that Hampden was building track and a log-trail into the strip between camp and the East Belt from the south
 He evidently meant to begin opera tions under Sandry's very eyes.
 Walter" asked Miss Ordway, "how long are you going to wait before let ting me use my lever to pry Hamp- den off"
 She watched him with narrowed eyes. The strange reticence, the em- barrassed reserve that had fallen upon Sandry of late and for which she could not account, kept his glance from hers as he answered.:
 Until l am able to go to Salem ''
 The woman's exquisite cheeks l famed dull crimson under their rose leaf pink-the heavy hue of anger 1 but she only smiled
 And l cannot help?" she asked wist- fully
 Sandry laughed, constrainedly.
 I'll have to get him myself he reiterated, and cant fight him with my ists-though. by heaven, I'd like to!"
 At that moment Siletz came around the corner of the house and Sandrys eyes went to her as helplessly as the needle to the north and in them came instantly an expression of wistful sad ness.
 That look sent a cold chill to the passionate heart of Poppy Ordway and in flash she made a decision The danger Tn Siletz was drawing near she knew. though Sandry himself was unaware of it.
 So it's going to be a fight?" she thought, while a sick rage hurried her breath "all right! I guess I'll have to use all my power.9
 Walter, she said suddenly, I'm going east tomorrow"
 Instantly he turned upon her, search ing her face with startled eyes. and i though Miss OrdWay was smiling sweetly at the girl, she knew that his face was going gray.
 "Yes?" he asked unsteadily. The tone pierced her heart with a pain that stung, but she put It resolutely aside She had determined to have this man by fair means or foul and ! she knew that in the future she would repay hinA for any pain she might cause in the process of winning him
 Yes she answered quietly, "but I'm coming back. l want to see my publishers"