Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1916-02-24
CHAPTER XIV.
"Fiqhtl Fight Like He'll"

"Fightl Fight Like He'll"
So begin 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 1t must never go east to the
cities. or infinite harm would befall
Sandry. Also. as unfailingly, the same
instinct warned her not to show them
to BIN. 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
woman for help at the last, and this
was particularly CALLING to his man
hood
1T had become a personal question
with him. the getting" of Hampden.
The timber at the north was running
better than they had expected, and
Daily and Collins with the lumber
jacks from Sacramento and the ST.
washes were doing splendidly. Still.
the magnificent belt was the Dilling-
worths future ard it was in grave
Jeopardy.
From time to time he ran across
Hampden along the shores of the
Dackwater. at Toledo or on the ST.
letz road. Here The Yellow Pines
owner often rode to meet Miss Ord
aay 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 to
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 to give up in despair. Not enc
tiniest point showed itself wherein
he could hang a thread OF evidence.
and one day Sandry, sitting on the
east porch. shocked the heart into
Miss Ordways throat.
Il believe will write to New York
for the great Farnsworth." he said.
ITS mighty risk. for he'll bankrupt
ME tt he comes though it's hardly
likely he'll bother They don't know
she chances for big ~ork out here"
Ara the woman Shut her teeth
sar5, while the blc.M left her face
III pale anger. Sn,tz. on the step.
played with Coos,ahs ears and she
too. lost a bit of color.
The next day Miss Ordway made
Aging trip to Salem, stopped over a
ffain. and went on to Portland. There
fine sought oat the most we'll
tiiought-of legal firm in the city and
vas closeted for three hours in it's
private Offices.
She was much too shrewd to trnst
the great scheme in the hands Of
Ealem firm. But here she had bun
fled after all. for her newly allied
dividual, followed her t. Salem on
tie next train. bearing copies of her
mysteFjonsly Obtained proofs OF
Hampden's guilt, which were as GOOD
es warrants for his arraignment AMI
that of the amorous young commits
sioner.
The ring" was wider than she
had any conception of and reached
afar throughout the state.
She was not half over the Coast
Range on the one-horse railroad when
her lawyer laid the copied papers on
the commissioners private desk.
TITS come at last" he said tenssiy:
somebody's leaked"
And in lightning fash the com
missioner hHsw what had become of