The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1916-06-01
CHAPTER XIV.
Flight! Flight Like Hei!l"

SO began yelled hostilities between
these two, At first Miss Ordway Gov.
cred her fury with a smile and tried
every art OF Cancellation. but Siletz
held far from her. Night and day she
kept the packet In her breast. though
for what end she did not know. She
knew only with her unfailing instinct
that II must never go east to the
cities. or infinite harm would bcfall
Sandry. Also. as unfailingly, the same
instinct warned her not TO show them
TO him. even though their possession
might mean his safety. The primal
cunning OF woman kept her from be.
Hitting or betraying her rival.
Sandry was becoming more and
more anxious about the East Belt.
More and more he feared the contin.
gency OF having TO fall back upon n
woman for help at the last. and this
was particularly calling to his man.
hood.
II had become n personal question
with him. the getting" OF Hampden.
The timber at the north was running
ufllfI NuuH ilfN nuu fADttltu, anu
Daily and Collins with the lumber.
Jacks from Sacramento and the 81.
washes were doing splendidly. Still
the magnificent belt was the Dilling.
worth's future and II was in grave
jeopardy,
Hampden along the shores OF the
backwater. at Toledo. or on the ~.
Lett road. Here the Yellow Pines
owner often rode TO meet Miss Ord.
way who had lessened her efforts in
his direction since he had given her
all the material she needed for his
own undoing. He was more wild
about her than ever, and added 70
his enmity for Sandry the mighty
spur Of suspicious jealousy.
So July dragged out In blue heat
and August blazed down upon the
hills.
The eastern lawyer at Salem was
ready 10 give up In despair. Not one
tiniest point showed itself WHEREOF
he could hang a thread of evidence;
and one day Sandry. sitting on the
east porch. shocked the heart into
Miss Ordway's throat.
IL believe | will write to New Yorl
for the great F~arnsworth," he said
Its q mighty risk. for he'll bankrupt
me- II he comes. though It's hardl,
likely he'll bother. They don't know
the chances for big work out here.
And the shut her teetf
hard. while the blood left her fac,
In pale anger. Siletz. on the step
played with Coosnah's ears and she
too, lost a bit OF color.
The next day Miss Ordway made {
flying trip To Salem. stopped over {
train. and went on to Portland. Their,
she sought out the most well
t~hought.of legal firm in the city anC
was closetcd for three hours In III
private Offices.
She was much too shrewd TO trus
the great scheme In tho hands OF
Salem .rm, But here she had bun
glcd after all. for her newly alice
lawyer, IA ~fine.looking. o~pen.faced In
dividual. followed her TO Salem OF
the next train, bearing copies OF he
m~ystcrionsly Obtained proofs o
Hampden's guilt. which were as goo,
as warrants for his arraignment an
that OF the amorous young commits
sioner.
The ring was wider han sh,
had any conception OF and reache,
afar throughout the state.
She a not half over the Coas
Range ON the one.horse railroad wheI
her lawyer laid the copied papers Of
the commissioners private desk,
IT'S come AT last" no said tensely
somebody's leaked"
And in a lightning fash the con
missioner knew what had become O