The Huttig news., 1916-03-04
SYNOPSIS.

CHAPTER I-Siletz of DaiIy's lumber camp watches stranger mishandle his horse in climbing the ridge and directs hi1n to the camp.
 CHAPTER II-Walter SandrV introduces himself to John Daily foreman, as "the DlllingWorth Lumber Co.,. or most of it."
 CHAPTER III--Sandry makes aequaint- ance with the camp and the work he has come from the East to superntend and make successful
 CHAPTER Iv-Sandry wisely decides to leave immediate supervision in the hands CT Daily and writes to his father that he intends to get a handful of the wealth In the uncut timber of the region.
 CHAPTER v-Sandry gives sletz per- mission to ride Black Bolt. his saddle horse.
 CHAPTER VT-Sandry In an emergency finds himself no lumberman. but proves To the foreman that he does not lack Judgment. Siletz tells Sandry of the Preacher.
 CHAPTER vII-sandry discovers that slletz bears the sign of the siletz tribe of Indians and wonders what her sur name is. In the flush of a tender moment pines and kisses her.
 CHAPTER vIII-Poppy ordway, mag K naily's to get material for d romance of the lumber region. Hampden of the YeI- low Pines Co. wants Sandry to keep off q tract of stumpage he claims title to and Sandry thinks he has bought as the East Belt.
 
 CHAPTER IX-Hampden sets up cabin on the East Belt and warns tres passers off. Sandry can find no written evidence of title to the tract His men pull down the cabin. Sandry compares Siletz and Poppy.
 CHAPTER X-sandry.s and Hampdens men fight over the disputed tract. The Preacher stops the fight. CHAPTER XI-Sandry finds that the deed to the East Belt has never been re- corded. He decides to get out his con- tract first and fight for the stumpage aft erward.
 CHAPTER XII-Poppy scents triclsery and firts with Hampden to gain his con- fidence. She tells Sandry that Hampden is crooked and that she'll get him. CHAPTER XIII-Poppy goes to Salem In search of evidence against Hampden. sandry. and Siletz ride to the seashore and siletz sees the ocean for the first time. sandryss men desert him for Hamp- den. who has offered more money.
 CHAPTER XIv-sietz goes to her friends the Siwashes and persuades them work for Sandry to save his contract.
 CHAPTER xv-Poppy tells Sandry that she has proof of Hampdens filing bogus entries in collusion with the commission CT She sees Siletz and Sandry talking together and becomes jealous.
 CHAPTER XvI-The big timber raft Is started on it's way, but is blown up and Sandry is dangerously injured.
 CHAPTER XvII-Poppy insists on talk Ing care of Sandry. and s4ys she is his promised wife. No" CT Siletz "he kissed me and I his woman"
 CHAPTER XvIII-In sandry's delirium he gives Poppy a clue to his past On recovering. Daily tells him of the sue cessfql filling Of his contract and he says that he is going after Hampden himself and get him straight
 CHAPTER XIX-Ma Daily shows San dry Poppy's notes of his delirious talk. Poppy plays with Hampden and asks Sandry when he will let her use her in formation~ to stop the crooked dealing. He refuses her aid and she tells him she is going East for while. 4
 CHAPTER XX-Back East Poppy finds that Sandry held up an associate of a crooked partner of his father for the price of the Dilingworth Lumber Co. the associate dying the same night. it spread across the page. Uncon- sciously, too, his mind caught shad-
 
 olive-colored, slim hands of the girl Siletz But she was speaking and he looked again.
 Now suppose my hero is confront ed with a man-his friend, it hap pens-who, in the plausible and un- impeachable methods of modern busi- ness, has calmly become possessed of
 
 sible way of touching the swindler, for 1t has been done in manner that gives it the seeming of legality. Yet the victim knows in his heart that the other is a thief Now here is my point"
 Miss Ordway was talking slowly as if thinking carefully and no one listen ing would have suspected that the words she uttered were purely me ehanical, having been written out and memorized that afternoon, and that her mind was busy with different set of ideas. In fact, this was what she was thinking, tabulating rapidly set of items.
 Widening eyes-aroused interest, abnormal. Fingers tapping the table startled nerves. No suspicion, but as- tonishment at so unique coinci- desce"
 Aloud she was going on: Suppose my hero to be modern man of aver age good principles, could he bring hir~self to steal back deliberately an amount equal to, or compensating for. the amount stolen from him, and not consider himself a criminal? Could he go out among men with his head up, not deeming himself a thief? And would the modern man of average honor do such thing?"
 Miss Ordway was leaning forward, seemingly absorbed in her problem, her eyes on Sandry's face, where con flicting expressions were struggling for the mastery.
 Tn a moment!" she was saying to herself, eager as hound; in mo ment he will commit himself!' for the bright blue glance Of the young owner