Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1916-04-26
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ters from Hampden.
He slumped in his chair drumn,,na
win senseless fingers on its arm.
he saw black bars across the win.
dow with the waving trees beyond
ana knew himself for that weakest
among men, woman's tool.
SO. filled with excited determine.
ton to beat Sandry with the Hamp-
zen case and forestall his sending for
Farnsworth. which was the last thing
she wanted, Poppy Ordway again
rode up the valley. The mighty hills
were silent in the deadlock of an.
Oregon summer. No breath of wind
round its way into the sheltered val
legs and the pines were still.
The tidewater slough was gray
with the inland brine.
"Glorious!" she said to herself lift
ing her gaze to the hazy mountains.
And I'll save it for him-eyen
against his will"
She was sure she had succeeded
IN her mission, and, happy in the
knowledge. was eager to be ont 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. deepened the
slumbrous blue of her eyes.
No word had ever been spoken
about that night at the rolway and
Sandry bore sense of guilt that be
mad taken her avowal without open
reciprocation. But the face of Siletz
held aim back. EIe scorned himself
| and yet he knew he was bameless.
save for that unguarded kiss in the
glade.
But did he wish to reciprocate? He
did not know.
Daily's camp droned on-getting
out its logs. flooding them down the
slough, binding them slowly into the
now familiar ocean-going raft
The foreman himself was I'M
changed. though the world had
changed for him since that miser-
able Eyes" of Siletz in the darkened
room when he laid 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
was solid as a rock. a foundation, an
abutment
FOL cd Ia
grow toward the East Belt with an
exaggerated slowness, Haunting OF
security.
And then, two days after Miss Ord
ways return. the young commission
er and the Portland lawyer got of
the train at Toledo and were driven
out to the Yellow Pines. They bore
for Hampden the widest agony OF
his strong life in the revelation of his
goddess.
They were closeted together the
whole of the night in the Yellow
pines office and 1t was strenuous
night for the two strangers, for
RACES.
At first they held him by main
force, and later by argument and rea-
son.
Flight" said the lawyer In the pink
GAVIN. fight like hell! And bluff.
It's your only chance"
Fight ?" snarled Hampden hoarse-
lv. what for? This damned driv-
eier has let her get the originals of
these letters of mine about the three
timber claims in ITO, and they
alone'd put me behind bars! You're
the damnedest ass / ever scent"
And the mans small, red eyes
elared at his accomplice with the
murder-lust. But the commissioner
had some spirit himself and came
back with defense.
"Fools? We're two together. 1t
was from you she got her first knoWl-
edge of the game. She fooled ner
first suspicious out of you In her
horseback rides. She told me So.
that's how you took her In on the
deals. she said
uamnden groaned and hung MS
head in his arms on the pine taDie.
.AI right" he said at last. III
fight" ,oh
put with the last sight OF the DUCK
ho.rd houncing down the hill road
with his visitors to catch the cary
train hack to Salem, light grew up
~ his heavy face that would have
nuzzled that astute man, the Portianu
lawyer. ,,,ca
4,ior with menace, I'll fight! And
11i make a fight thatll be remem-
bared all along the coast!