Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1916-04-12
CHAPTER XIx-Continued.

But they say you're goin' to marry
that da-beg yer pardon-that Johnny
Eastern That so? For Gods sake,
] girl don't say it,"
Hampden's red face was pale, and
she enjoyed seeing this coarse. bull
Ike man shaken to his foundations
And what If it is?"
tn kill himi So help me heaven,
tn get him next tell you / can't
stand for that"
Get him next time" she was saying
swiftly to herself, "oh, Hampden, |
fancy there1l be a lot of getting
whether or not Walter Sandry wants
me to quit-now. after all I've gone
through with you to get my line staked
ont"
Aloud she said at the same time.
Not isn't true" And Hampden
caught her hand and kissed it.
March crawied by and April-May
came in with the feel and look of sum-
mer-as 1t does in the western hills,
warm and bright and eternalIy sunny
6andry wondered if it had ever rained
Any eXertiOn tired him cruelty, so be
loafed about the office, sat on the east
porch at the cook-shack, and talked
idly with the three women. for Poppy
oTdway, despite Ma Daily's GOODNESS
and hints. and Siletz silence. still
stayed on at the camp. Often Sandry
watched her with puzzled look in his
eyes which all her cleverness had
failed to fathom.
There was a slight constraint be-
tween them.
The work of the camp went on
we'll. A bunch of lumberjacks from
Sacramento had come in during April.
and Sandry took them on. The Port
land Lumber company received tins
second raft. a smaller one, by the
middle of May. and followed its re-
ceipt with another order that would
keep all hands and extra help at work
until August. The pressing mortgage
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 TACT
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
lions 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 en-
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 Womans exquisite cheeks
famed a dull crimson under their rose
Leaf pink-the heavy hue of anger
but she only smiled.
And cannot help?" she asked visit
fully.
Sandry laughed. constrainedly.
IN have to get him myself" be
reiterated, land | can't fight him with
my fists-though. by heaven. Id like
tot"
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 wistfui sad;
ness.
That look sent a cold chill to the
passionate heart of Poppy Ordway and
N a fash she made a decision The
danger in Siletz was drawing near
she knew. though Sandry himself was
Navarro of it.
so it's going TO be a fight" she
thought. while a sick rage hurried ner
breath; "all right! | guess III nave
70 use all my power"
Walter" she said suddenly 10
going east tomorrow.
usta4 " De turned upon her. search