Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1916-02-04
CHAPTER Kix-continued.

~BUt they say you're goin' to marry
that da-beg yer pardon-that Johnny
Eastern That so? For Gods sake.
girl don't say i'll"
Hampdens red face was pale, and
she enjoyed seeing this coarse. bull.
Ike man shaken to his foundations.
And what If il is?"
IN kin him! So help me heaven.
IN get him next tell you / can't
stand for that"
Get him next time" she was saying
swiftly TO herself, "oh, Hampden, /
fancy theren be a lot Of getting
whether or not Walter Sandry wants
me to quit--now, after all I've gone
through with you to get my line staked
cuti-
Aloud she said at the same time,
Not isn't true And Hampden
caught her hand and kissed it.
March crawled by and April-May
came in with the feel and look of sum.
ner-as it does in the western hills.
warm and bright and eternally sunny
Sandry wondered if it had ever rained
ANY exertion tired him cruelty. so he
loafed about the Office, sat on the east
porch at the cook-shack, and talked
idly with the three women, for Poppy
Ordway. despite Ma Daily's coldness
and hints. and Siletz' silence. still
stayed on at the camp. Often Sandry
watched her with a puzzled look in his
eyes which all her cleverness had
failed to fathom.
There was a slight constraint be-
tween them.
The work of the camp went on
well. A bunch of lumberjacks from
Sacramento had come in during April.
and Sandry took them on. The Port
land Lumber company received tbs
second raft, a smaller one. By the
middle of May aud followed its re-
ceipt with another order that would
keep all hands and extra help at work
until August. The pressing mortgage
had been lifted by that first big check
and the young owner felt his spirit
surging within him ike the growing
year. His only worry was the fact
that Hampton was building track and
q logtraii into the strip between camp
and the East Belt from the south
He evidently meant to begin opera
tons under Sandry's very eyes.
Walter" asked Miss Ordway, how
long are you going TO wait before let
ting me use my lever TO pry Hamp-
den on
She watched him with narrowed
eyes The strange reticence, the en-
bsrrassed reserve that had fallen upon
Sandry Of late and for which she could
not account kept his glance from hers
as he answered:
Until am able to go to Salem. "
The woman's exquisite cheeks
famed a dull crimson under their rose
leaf pink-the heavy hue Of anger
but she only smiled
And / canaot help?7 she asked visit
fully.
sandry laughed. consuainedly.
~Fn have TO get aim myself" he
reiterated. ~and ] cant fight ain with
my fsts-though, by heaven. ia ike
to-"
At that moment SiIetz came around
the corner OF the house and Ssndrys
eyes went 10 her as helplessiy as the
needle 10 the north and in them came
instantly an expression Of wistful sad
ness.
That look sent a cold chill 70 the
passionate heart Of Poppy Ordwsy and
IN a fash she made q decision The
danger 10 SIletz was ORA wing near,
she knew. though Saudry himself was
unaware OF II.
so it's going 10 be hght2" she
thought. while . sick rage hurried her
breath. at right. I guess ia have
70 use all ny power
Walter she said suddenly I'm
goirg east tomorrow.
tnsta4 u be turned upon her. search