The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1920-08-05
CHAPTER XIV

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Good morning. SIR. Cardigan" she
greeted him cheerlly. How do you
feel this morningf Any the worse for
having permitted yourself TO be hu.
man being last nlghtf'
why. | feel pretty fine. Shirley.
think II did me a lot OF good to crawl
out Of my shell last night"
You feel encouraged to 30 on iiv-
ing. ehg"
"Yes."
And hghilngg'
4 "By all means"
''Then something has occurred OF
late TO give YOU new couragey'
"oh. many things. BY the way, Shir-
ley. you may inform your uncle 81
breakfast Friday morning about my
connection with the n. @. o. In fact.
think II would be far better for you
II you made II a point 10 do So"
"whyl"
Because both ogilyy and myself
have a very strong suspicion that your
uncle has a detective or two on our
trails. ] judge your uncle will learn
today that you dined with ogilvy,
Moira and me last night"
"oh. dear That's terrible" He
could sense her distress
Ashamed OF having been seen in my
company. eh?"
''Please don't. Are you quite serious
In this matter?"
Quite
Uncle Seth will think It $3.50
strange"
Hell probably tell you about IT,
Better beat 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
er Of the n c. O., he'll think you're
smart woman and that you've been
doing n little private gum-shoe work
Of your own on behalf of the Laguna
Grande Lumber company"
(Which ts exactly what have been
doing" she reminded him.
II know. But then. I'm not afraid
Of you Shirley-that is. any more.
And after Friday morning I'll not be
afraid Of your uncle"
81 feel as II were consplraior."
81 believe you are one. Your dicto-
graph has arrived Shall send George
Sea Otter over with IT? And have you
somebody 10 install lt?"
"0h botheri Does II have TO he IN.
stalled?"
'Ii does. You place the contrnption
hide Il. rather-in the room where
the conspirators conspire; then you
run wires from II into another room
where the detectives listen in on the
receivers"
"Could George Sea Otter Install IT,"
II think he could There is aabrint
ed card of instructions. and dare say
George would find the Job no more
battling than the ignition system on
the Napier"
"Will he tell anybody"
Not IL you ask him not to-"
"very well. then Please send him
over Thank you 50 much. Bryce
Cardigan. You're an awful good old
sort. after all. Really Il hurts me to
have TO oppose yon II would be so
much nicer II we didn't have all those
redwood trees TO protect. wouldn't it7'
"I.et us not argue the question. Shlr-
lev think have my redwood trees
protected Good-by."
He had scarcely finished telephon-
ing his home to instruct George Sea
otter to report with the express pack
age to Shirley when Buck Ogilvy
strolled into the Office and tossed q
document on his desk. There's your
little old temporary franch sc. old
thing" he announced; and with many
n hearty laugh he related TO Bryce the
ingenious means ny which he had OBJ
tained It. And now II YOU will phone
up TO your logging camp and instruct
the woods-boss 70 lay on shs NJ dfty
men TO rest loT the day, pending
hard nights work. snh arrange to
send them down on the last t''g train
today. IA drop around after dinner
and wen fly to that julap-croS sing."
'Tll telephone colonel PEN ngton's
manager and ask MIN To- Kick switch
engine In on the Laurel creek sDur ana
snake those Fat cars with ry raiis
aboard out 10 the Junction With the
main line" Bryce replied. And he
called up the Laguna Grande Lumber
company--only 70 be informed by no
less person than Colonel Pei ningion
himself that il would be IN possible
70 send the switch-engine IN until the
following afternoon Tfc Co'anel was
sorry. but tile sWitch.engine vHs 10 the
shop having the hrick n Ee hrebox
renewed while The mucni f'lai hauled
fle Jog trains would not have time 20
attend 20 fhe matter since the fats
would have o. he spotted on The side
track az Cardigan's log landin. 90 The
woods. and this could not Be- s0ne un-
til the lasf loaded log train "a. ihe day
had heen hauled cut 70 make sQm
~Why not switch hack 2 the
mogui after The iog train is been
hapled out On fh.. main Enef Bryce
demanded Poinfesily
Pennington. hnwever. ws not