The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1916-04-06
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city OF New York with Miss Ordway,
Sandry forgot all about Hampden In
the next few days. Ma Daily had moth.
ing TO say, keeping a grim silence.
which Sandry noticed. As for Siletz.
she followed her with fascinated eyes
whenever she appeared. Miss Ordway
did not eat with the men. Her morn.
ings were given up entirely to the in.
cessant clicking OF the typewriter In
the seclusion OF the little room. and
She emerged after the noon hour, ate
with Ma Daily and Siletz. and inva.
riably took a short walk In the after.
noon.
In the evenings Sandry came in. and
they sat In the empty eating room. dis
cussing with a common knowledge
that seemed to shut them apart to-
gether, the things OF the great out.
side world. At such times Siletz lis.
tened In quiet eagerness. her dark face
aglow and her eyes like mysterious
pools In the shadow Of her heavy hair.
That week there were several ART.
walls at Daily's camp-well.clad, re.
sponsible.looking business men from
Portland and before they left. Sandry
had landed such an order for logs az
plunged the camp into the hardest
work, longest hours and highest over.
time II had ever known.
Also he sent out word TO Toledo that
lay hands on,
An extra crew was put 10 building
the log trail up through the slashed
opening TO the East Belt, and activity
characterized the hills.
The incessant shrill toots of the don.
key, the scream and cough of it's fussy
lCbors, the rumble and clatter OF the
log train. began TO be music In San.
dry's ears. and the letters he wrote
To his father became brighter. filled
with the eXhilaration OF accomplish.
ment.
For n day or two the work went
forward finely and the new logs OF the
fresh laid trail CLEANED white against
the green OF the mountain. Then Col.
Inns, sent into the uncut timber ahead
TO blaze for further operations. re-.
turned to the works in d%ouble.quick
time.
John" he said 20 tho foreman. for
lone OF the men would award Sandry
the right of consultation unless il was
unavoidable. even yet, so distinct and
"dcep.rootod was their aversion TO the
Fastener and his rawness; John,
they's a new homcsteadcr's shack set.
tin square acrost the trail"
The hell you say! Hampdcn!"
The logger nodded. The urpo Of
Ilampicn's visit had been freely
spread In the camp.
Daily turned 10 Sandry.
"Thcy's a new cabin scttin' acrost
n trail up in the track between
herein the Fast Belt, MIR, Sandry. Let's
90 up an take a look at g." he said.
i guess Hampdcn's pushin' his blum
With a surge Of anger Sandry
turned abruptly, and the two men
struck up the ley trail.
I'm have TO settle that man. Daily
said the owner; has he been doing
such things eve since the two com
bulltS nave Dtell rivals
Pretty much. Sometimes we've
been dOln' EN-, returned Daily grim
~. Saudry laughed.
We'll you Wostcrners believe in
fixing things %lrst.hand. anyway. which
helps some"
Far up IN the heavy timber they
came into a small natural clearing
some 200 feet In extent. set like q
hole amid the solid bulk OF the close
crowding pines, In the center was a
tiny log shack, s~hake.roofed. without
doors or windows, the very least a
man might do in grudging compliance
with the homestead law. They looked
at II from all sides, noticed a few
bla2cs on the nearest trees. read a
clumsily executed trespass notice, and
returned 20 amp.
And us with our big contract with
the Portland Lumber mills" said San
dry. Il begin TO sec. Daily, you
gather out ten men and go up and
take h a shack To pieces Just as quick
as YOU know how. Don't leave 8
trace. Bring the timbers away anC
start Telling from that end to meet the
trail"
AZ the foreman went among IN,
men picking his crew, Sandry turned
down across the slough toward the OF
flee. Once settled at his desk. he tool
out the records of the Dillingwortl
company and began a systematic
search for word OF the narrow tract O
hill and timber between the camp ant
the fine East Belt.
When Daily returned ct quittinl
time TO report the demolition OF IN,
cabin and the start OF tho new cutting
he had found nothing.