The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1920-10-21
CHAPTER XIX.

ol Seth Pennington was thoroughly
shed. Look which way he would
bedeviled old rascal could find no
phole for escape.
You win. Cardigan" he muttered
perately as he sat IN his office after
riley had left him you've had
re than a shade In every round thus
and at the finish you've landed a
ii knockout II | had 20 fight any
but you" 81
He sighed resignedly and pressed
the puSh-button on his desk Sexton
entered sexton" he said buntly
and with a slight quiver In his voice.
my niece and / have had a disagree
ment We have quarreled over young
Cardigan. She's going TO marry him
Now, our affairs are somewhat In
yolyed. and in order to straighten them
out we spun a coin TO see whether she
should sell her stock in Baguna
Grande 10 me or whether | should sell
mine 10 her-and ! lost. The book
valuation Of the stock at the close Of
last years business. plus ten per cent
will determine the selling price. and
shall resign as president. You will,
age the company until II is merged
with the Cardigan Redwood Lumber
! imagine, you will be
given ample notice 10 seek new Job
elsewhere Call Miss Summers attor-
ney. Judge Moore on the telephone
and ask him to come to the Office M
nine O'Clock tomorrow. when the pa
perS can be drawn up and signed.
That Is all"
The Colonel did not return to his
home in Redwood boulevard that night
lie had no appetite for dinner and sat
hrooding In his office until very late
then he went 10 the Hotel Sequois and
engaged q room. lie did not possess
sufficient courage to face his niece
again.
Az four o'clock the next day the
his baggage. his automobile.
his chauffeur and the solemn butler.
James. boarded the passenger steamer
for San Francisco. and at four-thirty
sailed out Of Humboldt hay over the
bar and on into the south
The Colonel was still rich man. but
bis dream Of redwood empire had
faded. and once more he was taking
lp the search for cheap timber.
he ever found IL or not Is a
matter that does not concern us
At moment when young Henry |
dream of legal opulence I
was fading when Mayor Poundstone'S /
hopes for domestic peace had been 4
shattered beyond repair. the while his 4
heap political aspirations had been
'qualiy deva stated hecauSe of GER 4
ain damnable document In the posses
lion ~ Bryce Cardigan many events
y importance we're tranSpiring on
he verauda of his old IA shinned home
Iohn Cardigan sat tapping the floor
With his stick and dreaming dreams
which for the first tine Ia many years
we're rose-tinted. Beside him Shirley
al, her glance bent musingly out
'Na NHff at''A7 W sF+fANffAA anu WI u ]
De hay shore. where the smoke and
Hhaust steam H"aisf up from two
awmtllS--her own and Bryce Card
an's To her came ~ regularly spaced
intervals the faint whining ~ the saws
rd the rumble ~ log trains crawling
Ht ~ fhe l0r dumps high over the /
ll-s ~ bright freshly sauu lumber
be- caught from tine 90 time the fash
white spray as the great logs Tossed
Pom the trucks hu-1iei daEH tHa
Kids ard crashed into the bay A.
le docks ~ hath mills vessels were
lsdiug their taU spars cutting the
-y line atoye and beyond RE smoke
'ackss far touu the hay steam
.hooner loaded until her main deck
as a'mosf flush with the water vas
lttng out 70 So aHd shirley heard
,e faint echo ~ her siren a. she
histled her iufentiou 70 pass 20 star
'ar3 - q wind iammer Inward bound
fow - q Cardigan fuc
-Its wonderful she said presently
,rupas - nothing