Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1920-05-28

Entered private Office without waiting
to be announced Emerged at 3:12
walking slowly and in deep thought
At 3 81 entered the telephone build
ing and placed long-distance call
He asked for the Cardigan Redwood
Lumber company in San Francisco.
"tuucludcd his conversation at 8 80
and proceeded 20 the city hall. enter
ing the mayors office at 3 :43 and
emerging at 4;l0. He then returned
to the Hotel Sequoia and sat in the
lobby until handed telegram at 40:
whereupon he entered the telephone
booth and talked to someone, energ-
Ing at LAB to go to his room. He
returned at 4 :46 and hurried to the
law Office Of Henry Poundstone, Jr..
in the Cardigan block. He was with
POundstone until 1853. when he re-
turned leisurely to the Hotel Sequoia.
carrying small leather grip. He
also had this grip when he entered
POundstones office.
ARRIVED at the hotel at s: 03 and
went to his room. At 6 40 he entered
public automobile in front of the
hotel and was driven to No. $40 Elm
street. The brunette young lady who
works in the Cardigan Redwood Lum-
Der cOmpany's office emerged present
~ and entered the car. which then
proceeded to No 80 Redwood boule
ward, where the brunette young lady
alighted and entered the house. She
returned at seven sharp. accompanied
by a young lady whom she introduced
to O. All three were then driven to
the Canton restaurant at 432 Third
street. At 7:15 Bryce Cardigan en-
tered the restaurant and was escorted
by the waiter to the table occupied
by O. and party.
AT $50 entire party left restaurant
and entered a Napier car driven by
half-brecd Indian whom the second
young lady hailed as George. O. and
the brunette young lady were dropped
at SAG Elm street while Cardigan and
the other young lady proceeded d.
rectly to No 80 Redwood boulevard.
After aiding the lady to alight. Cardl'
gan talked with her a few minutes at
the gate, then hade her goodnight.
Upon returning to Hotel Sequoia.
found o. In hotel bar. Saw him to
bed at 10 sharp"
most amazing effect upon Colonel
Pennington. and when at length he
could recover his mental equilibrium,
he set about quite calmly to analyze
the report. with the result that he
promptly arrived at the following con.
clusiOn:
(1) His niece Shirley Sumner was
not to be trusted in so far as young
Bryce Cardigan was concerned. De-
spite her assumption Of hostility to-
ward the fellow since that memorable
day in PennigtOn's woods. the Colonel
was now fully convinced that she had
made her peace with him and had
been the recipient Of his secret atten.
tons right along.
(2) The N. c. o. was still a mys-
terry. but a mystery In which Bryce
Cardigan was interested. Moreover,
he was anxious to aid the N. G. o. In
every way possible. However. the
Colonel could understand this. Cardi-
gan would aid anything that might
possibly tend to lift the Cardigan
lumber interests out from under the
iron heel Of Colonel Pennington.
(3) The N. G. o. was going to make
a mighty bluff, even to the extent Of
applying for franchise to run over
the city streets Of SeQuoia. Hence
Ogilvy's visit to Mayor Poundstone-
doubtless on the advice Of Bryce Car
digan.
(4) Oglvy had carried a small
leather bag to and from Henry Pound
stones Office. That bag was readily
explained. 1t had contained a bride
in gold coin and young Henry had
been selected as the go-between. That
meant that Mayor Poundstone had
agreed to deliver the franchise-for
consideration. Ogilvy had called
first on the mayor to arrange the de
tails; then he had called on the
mayors son to complete the transac-
ton.
(5) II franchise had been ar
ranged for and the bride already de-
livered, that meant the prompt and
unadvertised commencement Of oper
atiohs Yes, the N. G. o. was going
to carry It's monumental bluff to the
point Of building a mile Of track
| through town. Mono, they
wouldn't spend that much money on
blum: they wouldn't bride Poundstone
unless the road was meant. And was
| It a common carrier. after all?
The trail was growing hot: the
Colonel mopped his brow and concen-
| trated further. II the N. c. O. was
| really going to start operations. in or
der to move its material from the
| Cardigan dock to the scene Of opera
lions it would have to cut his Ohe
| Colonel's) tracks somewhere on Water
| street. DamnatiOn! That was It,
They were trying to slip one over on