The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1916-06-01
or DOO2 MEAD AND cON1ANY

''A' w AaNANAAl'A'NAs
He slumpcd In his chair. drumming
with scnsclcss fingers on It's 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, filled with excited determine.
tion to beat Sandry with the Ilamp.
den case and forestall his sending for
Farnsworth. which was the last thing
che wanted, Poppy Ordway again
rode up tho valley. The mighty hills
were silent IN the deadlock OF an
Oregon summer. No breath of wind
found it's way into the sheltered val.
Toys and the pines were still.
The tidcwatcr slough vas gray
with the inland brine.
Glorious" she said to herself. lift.
ing her gaze to the hazy mountains
And I'll save II for hin-even
| against his Willy"
She was sure she had succeeded
In her mission, and. happy IN the
knowledge. was eager to be out Of
the hired rig.
And Sandry, as he assisted her out.
thought simply that she was the
most beautiful woman In the world.
for all the JOY OF triumph lent sparkle
to her lovely features, dccpcned the
slumbrous blue OF her eyes.
No word had ever been spoken
! about that night at the rollway and
Sandry bore a sense OF guilt that he
had taken her avowal without open
rcciprocatiOn. But the ACE OF Siletz
held him back. lie scorned himself
and yet he knew he n biameless,
save for that u%nguarded kiss In the
glade.
hut did he wish to r]eciprocate? lie
did not know.
Daily's camp droned o~n-gcttlng
out It's logs. flooding them down the
slough. binding them slowly into the
now familiar occan.going raft.
The foreman himself was IN
changed. though the world had
changed for him since that miser'
able Yes" OF Siletz In the darkened
room when he laid n gentle hand on
her shoulder. To Sandry he was the
same, for he had come. through the
slow processes OF the simple nature
to be his friend. The elusive fine
ness that had shown plain TO Sandry
from the first in John Daily's heart
abutment.
They watched Hampdcn's trai
grow toward the East Belt with al
exaggerated slowness. u Haunting o.
security.
And then. two days after Miss Ord
ways return. the young commission
er and the Portland lawyer got of
out To the Yellow Pines. They Dor,
for Hampden the widest agony o
his strong life In the revelation OF hi,
goddess.
They were closeted together IN,
whole OF the night In the yellow
Pines office and II was q strenuou,
night for the two strangers. FOL
Hampden was a man to fear In hi
RACES.
At first they held him by mair
force. and later by argument and rea
son.
Fight" said the lawyer In the pinl
dawn. fight like he'll! And blum
It's your only chance"
Fight" snarled Hampden hoarse
ly. what for? This damned driy
eler has let her get the originals O
these letters OF mine about the thre,
timber claims In ITO. and the,
!, alone'd put me behind bars! Your,
/ the damnedest ass ! ever scent"
And the mans small. red eye
glared at his accomplish with tn,
murderlust. But the commissions
had some spirit himself and cam
|, back with defense.
Fools? We're two together.
/ was from you she got her first know
, edge OF the game. She fooled he
, first suspicious out OF you In he
!. horseback rides. She told me So
that's how you took her in on tn
deals. she said"
Hampden groaned and flung hi
head In his arms on the pine table
. IAN right" he said at last, "Il
fight"
: But with the last sight of the buck
: board bouncing down the hill roa
. with his visitors 10 catch the earl
, train back TO Salem. a light grew u
: In his heavy face that would hav
> puzzled that astute man, the Portlan
lawyer.
I YES. by Cod" he said In a vote
thick with menace, I'm fight! An
: I'll make n fight thatll be remeu
bered all along the COAST"
. CHAPTER XIV.