The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1916-03-02
CHAPTER XIV.
"Fiuht! Fight Like He'll"

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 it must never 70 east to the
cities, or Infinite harm woul befaIl
Sandry. Also, as unfailingly, the same
instinct warned her not TO show them
to him, even though their possession
might mean his safety h prliaal
cunning of woman kept her from be-
lifting or botraying her rival.
Saudry was becoming more ana
more anxious about the East Belt.
More and more he feared the contin-
gency of having to fall back upon a
woman for help at the last ana TINS
was particularly gazing 10 ms man
hood
1t had become a personal question:
with hlM' the EetIlhR Oh tlaIupueh'
n TIMBER al the hoTth was IuhhI's
better than they hau expected anu
Dally ana tol'lhs win the lupl1eI-
JACKS from sacramento ana the 81.
washes were DONG splehuIuIy oIIlI
the uhaBhlIIceHI oeit was INC DI4lHis
worth future anu 1t was III si"'o
jeopardy.
FROM tiihe 10 tlule ne ran acloS'
HAmD0en hong me SHORES OF llt
Da'A"a'eI' at loleuo' VI on 'no d
leIz roau' mere Ine lelioW iiI0S
owner oi'en loue 10 nlGe' "ao' O'u
way VINO u"u ies"oi'u "oi o" o''o ~
MS uirect'oh slilce ne h"u s'Fon no'
al inc ma'oll"l sHo '0'ou as
own ui"oHts' No wac
aoou' "Gi 'n"n c'o "'u
his 0HLH''S ~ ''huiS ~ "e'
npuI Vi SueP''iouS Joaiou''
% july QUE III plue he"'
anu august pla%eu uo"h upon INC
nils
The eastern lawyer at Salem was
reacy to give up IN despair MOI II
tlnlest point showed ltsell "hereoh
ne couli hang a thread OF eVldehce'
ana one cay Sancry' slttlrg on II
east porch shocked the heart INTO
MISS OrdWay throat.
u believe | VIII write to New YORK
for the great FarnsWorth, he SAID;
It's a mighty risk, FOR hell bankrupt
me II he comes, though It's hardly
likely he'll bother. lhey cont Know
the chances tor Dig Work cut mere
And the woman smut her teeth
hard, while the blood left her face
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 a
flying trip to Salem, stopped owe a
train, and went on to Portland. There
she sought out the most we'll
t~hought-of legal firm in the city and
was closeted for three hours in It's
private onlces.
she was much 100 shrewd 70 trust
the great scheme IN Ihe hahus Vi d
Salem hrh' nut mere sue nau Jun,
gled aiter an LOT heF newly ailieu
lawyer d n~ne-looAins' opeh-iaceu III
ul'iduai, ioiio"eu ner " oaiem oh
'he heAt ram ue"alis ooples Vi hei
mysIeriohsiy oo'aineu proois Vi
fiampueh sul'' "hi'h "oie as eoou
as warrants iol MS riaishnieh anu
that OF the amorous young o"ihis
sioner'
me ring was WIDER than she
a any conception OF ana reacned
afar throughout the state
she was o nan owe M Coast
i'ahse vi the ohe.horse raiiroao when
her lawyer anu the copieu papers Oh
M commissioner private aesh'
It's come at iast ne saio tehseiy'
SOMEBODY leaked.
AND In a hghtnlng nasn the COM
missioner knew what mad become OF
MS accoun COOK n the missing let
ters from Hampcen.
He slumped In his chair. drumming
with senseless fingers on its arm.
He saw black bars across the win
dow with the waving trees beyond,
and knew himself for that weakest
among men, a woman's tool.
So. filed with excited determine.