The Lehi sun. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1913-1949, 1920-09-16
CHAPTER XIV.


senger steamer on Thursday morning
and Bryce called her up 20 ask when
she desired It sent over.
"Good morning, Mr. Cardigan" she
greeted him cheerIly. "How do you
feel this mornlng7 Any the worse for
having permitted yourself 10 be hu-
man being last nlghtI"
"Why. ! feel pretty fine'' Shirley.
think II did me lot OF good TO crawl
Ort Of my shell last night"
"You feel encouraged to go on llv-
ing. eh1"
Eyes"
"And nghtlng4"
''By all means"
''Then something has occurred of
late TO give you new courngeT
"Oh. many things. by the way. Shlr.
ley. you may Inform your uncle at
breakfast Friday morning about my
connection with the N. G. o. Tn fact.
think II would be far better for you
n you made II point to do So"
"why?"
Because both Ogilvy and myself
have n very strong suspicion that your
uncle has n detective or two on our
trails. judge your uncle will learn
today that you dIned with Ogilvy.
M0lra and me last night"
"Oh, deari That's terrible" He
could sense her distress.
ASHAMED OF having been seen I'm my
company. chr"
"Please don't. Are you quite serious
IN this matter7"
"oulte."
"Uncle Seth win think II $3.50
strnnge."
Hell probably tell you about II.
Better heat him 10 the Issue by Tossing
up, Shirley. Doubtless his suspicious
are already aroused, and II you inform
him that you know am the real build
or OF the N. G. o.. he'll think you're
smart woman and that you've been
doing a little private gum-shoe work
OF your own on behalf OF the Laguna
0rande Lumber company"
switch Is exactly what I have been
doing" she reminded him.
IL know. But then. I'm not afraid
OF you. Shlrley-thnt II, any more
And after Friday morning I'll not be
afraid OF your uncle"
II feel as n were conspIrator."
81 believe you nre one. Your dlcto-
graph has arrived. Shall send George
Sea Otter over with ~ And have you
somebody 10 install III"
"Oh, botherl Does II hive TO be In.
stalled2"
ut does. You place the cOntraptIon
hide K. rather--in the room where
the eonsplrators conspIre; then you
run wires from II into another room
where the detectives listen In on the
receivers"
"CouId George Sea otter Install It3'
81 think he could. There IN n print.
ed card OF instructions. and dare say
George would find the Job no more
battling than the ignition system on
the Napier"
"wlll he tell anybody3"
mot II you ask him not to-"
every well. then. Please send him
over Thank you so much. Bryce
Cardigan. You're an awful good old
sort, after ALL Really. II hurts me to
have TO oppose you. II would be so
much nicer II we didn't have nll those
redwood trees to protect. wouldn't III"
'I.et us not argue the question. Shlr-
ley. ] think ! have my redwood trees
projected. Good-by."
I.I
Ing his home to Instruct George Sea
Otter to report with the express pack
age 10 Shirley when Buck Ogllvy
str0ied into the office and tossed
document on his desk. "There's your
little old temporary franchise. old
thing" he announced; and with many
hearty laugh he related TO Bryce the
Ingenious means by which he had OBJ
tained Il. "And now II you will phone
mp to your logging camp and instruct
the woOds-bOss TO lay OF about flfty
men to rest for the day, pending
hard nights work. and arrange 20
send them down on the last log train
today. I'll drop around after dinner
and Wen fly 20 that jump crossing"
"Pll telephone Colonel Pcnnlngton's
manager and ask him to kick switch
engine In on the Laurel creek spur and
snake those fiat cars with my rails
aboard out to the junction with the
lOaln line," Bryce replied. And he
rallied up the Laguna Grande Lumber
company--only TO be Informed by no
less a person than Colonel Pennington
himself that It would be impossible
to send the swltch-englne In until the
following afternoon. The Colonel was
sorry, but the switch-englne was In the
shop having the brick In her firrbox
renewed, while the mogul that hauled
ehe log trains would not have time 70
ettend to the matter, since the fats
would have to he spotted on the side
enck at cardigan's log landing In the
woods, and this could not be done un-