The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1916-04-13

| "And why didn't you verify all pa.
pers. MIR. Sandry. when you made the
deal?"
Daily was entirely earnest and I'm
conscious OF the e%ifrontery OF his
words. Sandry's bovish face flushed
painfully.
inexperienced" he said bluntiy;
faith in men. though by all the signs
! should have lost that. and lastly no
conception that such a thing could be
done. Our first move now. however.
Is to find Frazer"
Daily shook his head
Vat new bucker we took on yes
terday In the bunch OF new men tod
me last night that Frazer was In
Frisco two weeks ago. and was goin
south. Sailed on the mail boat Tor
Panama"
Sandry regarded his foreman grimly
QUE OF sparkling blue eyes.
Then" he said. after n moments
thought. well save our contract first
and fight for our stumpage later"
lie rose and began gathering up the
papers on his desk.
AT noon" said he. thinking rapidly
and with astonishing sase In this. mis-
first business crisis. you will take
every man OF the present work. We
will build no more trail toward the
East Belt now. Instead We will lay
track as fast as possible into the tim
Der at the head OF the valley there TO
the north. You know that contract
calls for six million feet OF logs TO be
In raft at Yaquina bay by the sixteenth
OF March II II Is not there We lose
our big profits and the connection with
this powerful company Now get busy"
Speculation and comment were rife
In camp when Daily announced at
noon that all work along present lines
was TO be dropped and that all hands
we're to fall to laying track to the
north.
by lingo" grumbled Collins openly,
were gettin' scairt out by tn iella
Pines ~ II Amt plumb disgustin'!"
Quit" cried Jim Anworthy. let a
bunch o. cutthroats call US cutters?
what's eatin' you. john"
Orders said the i,rcman warning.
~. and the men buzzed like a nest or
hornets. Among the old hands at the
camp Il was almost a personal anair
and they took II TO heart. criticizing
with that freedom which characterized
their kind and laying the blame upon
the new owner. the tenderfoot from
the East. Feeling at the abrupt CIV
ing up Of operations at Hampden's
threats ran so high that three old.
timers including Smith the hook
tender. a Jewel In the crown OF any
logging camp-rolled down their
sleeves and called for their time.
Cant stand the atmosphere" said
little Smith, settling his round mar
row.brimmed felt hat a tritie forward
on his bullet head. ITS gettin' too cul'
tured. Well be asked to stop swearin'
next. an eatin' with u spoons. Me
fer tn timber right. | don't like civil
cation"
Let them 60" said Sandry grimly
III learn how and tend hook myself
II necessary"
Days slipped by so swiftly that San
uTN StdINt lbhllA iiA y ~ h'A
and they were all too short. He was
out before day had even crept up the
eastern slopes OF the great Cascades
and was still going when II died hal
across the Pacific TO the west. lie
ate like a logger and slept without 6
dream.
The dampness freshened his cheek.
md nnEtaA htu hair infn a rinN nnhnI
his gray felt hat; and Siletz, %glancinl
sidewise from under her level brows
flushed darkly beneath her dusky Skin
at the wonderful ~map.beauty OF him
She could not forget the day in thu
. fern glade when he had stopped 4
her for that passing kiss. She felt
constant pulling OF all her nature 4
him. This feeling puzzled her AM
, several times she caught herself al
y. most In the act when he passe'
through the big room. or paced til
: length OF the porch.
She fed sugar TO Black Bolt. sat o,
the ~seven.foot fir stump on the ridg'
with an arm over the staid shoulder
OF Coosnah, watched the wonderful
gold lights In Miss O~rdway's hair. an,
dreamed more than ever. Upon tn
n Preacher she waited hand and foo'
a with a devotion beautiful in its vi
n consciousness.
a Ma Daily went about her bushes
in an unusual silence; and she. toe
II took In all the details OF the autho
, from the East, but with a far diferen
eye,
Don't like her smile" she solilt
u quized In the steam OF her importar
"A realm. faint thick. It's spread o
mighty thin-like a step.ma's tam"
4. But to Sandry. when he found on
OF his rare h%alf.hours OF cessatio
from the rushing work. that san
smile. brilliant and well.poised an
OF the distant world, was a refreshin
20 wind.
- pN.nt., ,.Dwllnv too had Mr. On