Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1916-01-28


Just by this"
He tapped his forehead significantly
and smiled.
Truly | do admire YOU" Lied Poppy
with the naivete of sixteen. Brains
brains-why, they are nine-tenths OF
the battla of success and man with
out them rs beaten at the beginning.
Partner" she whispered to Sandry
as she passed him that night in the
eating room, I've been working.
Where can we talk little by our
selves?"
Sandry, looking at her swiftly, saw
the excitement in her eyes, and took
fire instantly.
Alone? Why-let's see. Are you
afraid to come out to the forked stick
by the road"
In the darkness Miss Ordway
laughed little. low ripple of mirth,
soft and subtle.
"A tryst!" she said. in that small.
intimate whisper that suggested inf
mite mystery. Are we out of earshot
here?"
EYES," said Sandry. lowering his
voice to hers.
do you happen to know where Fra
ger got all the holdings of the Dill
lingworth? How he got them?"
why, no." said Sandry wonderingly.
II suppose he bought them. as any
| company would do
Yes So far so good You know
| that all this land was government land
that there are still claims lying far
| back in the mountains open to filing.
But all this fine timber close in-all
that has chance of being got at-has
| been taken--and have you noticed that
all of it, or nearly all, belongs to Ell
Their one or the other Of these two
| lumber companies?"
by George!" said Sandry. Il hadn't
| thought Of that"
And have you noticed that none of
these claims seem to have been taken
| in good faith? That none of the flers
have complied In spirit with the home
stead law? l have secured these hills
for seven miles every way-except
| west-and at every filing theresis the
| barest hold of tenure-a windowless
shack-just enough to nail the law by
its letter. Nowhere have l seen a
cleared field, nor one sign OF tillage.
Mr.. Sandry, l believe we have STUN
bled upon a huge government swindle.
a case of land-fraud gigantic in it's pro-
portions"
| Sandry was aghast. WHY, what do
you mean? Miss Ordway, do you mean
that the companies are crooked?"
| mot SO fast. | believe Hampden
is crooked, and that possibly Frazer
was. For the latter-it is too late
and not in our scheme to nail him
But Hampden we'll hang high as Ha
man-and that before he can flch the
East Belt with its store of wealth.
She was leaning very near as she
whispered this. and in the burst OF
mental light which followed her words
Sandry put his hands on her shout
ders.
"You are positively wonderful" he
breathed, 1.-The most wonderful woman
in the whole world. How on earth did
you find these things out?"
"Hampden," said Poppy with shrue
of her shoulders under Sandry's hands;
hes furnishing data with a ven
geance."
But why? For the love Of heaven
why are you doing all this? 7 cant
Just understand"
With little, soft motion, charming
in the airy, acceptance of its own dar
ing, the woman of the world put VI
her hand and laid It with a caress over
the one on her shoulder.
Her face, tilted upward in the dark
ness, shone like flower and he could
just barely see the curving line in hel
lips, dark against it's light.
In the mist and the chill the subtle
perfume, that always seemed to strike
ones senses only after she had passed