The Mena weekly star., 1920-08-12
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 e41pTFR VII.
cHAPTER VII.

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 c3APTER VII.
 loss 1oloneI Seth Bennington looked up flu S,rlx as a clerk entered his private | Si1a .'Ageli1' be demanded brus- " ~ elr When Addressing his em- -4' frees. the Colonel seldom bothered nl a asSu,ne hIs pontificai manner. HA.Mr Bryce Cardigan is waiting to Oe {. you. &'f.
 Fery well. Show him in."
 8ryee entered Good morning N lionel he saId pleasantly. and bra / E5lv lhrust out his hand.
 N0f for me. my boy" the Colonel ss.i,' Shred hirn 'I had enough of that zs,s. znss h nleht- Welt just consider tho sR pd.<hakine an attended to, if you \, s.s Y as4. Have d chair; sit down and n me Whaf can do to make you Ass ,sIm delighted to find you in such Y D renerotIs fra1ne of mind, Colonel. ilei u can make me genuinely happy by neufne. for ten years on the same n m. rms as the original contract, your raneelnent 10 freight the logs of tho y gA,r{ligan Redwood Lumber company 70 Run the woods to tidewater." '. al Colonel Pennington cleared his pug l'roaf with propitiatory "Ahem-m' lAFA I, Then hc removed his gold spec K Acles and carefully wiped them with
 SIX handxcrchief, as carefully re- I ,aced them upon his aristocratic nose, d then f7azed curiously at Bryce.
 fy dear young friendl My very vcr VI yor1nE friend I must protest al ,sr. ,s- Ing asked to discuss this matter. '''a pur fafher and have been over 1t in Sm.faiI we failed to agree, and that tiles it'
 -ef <iid not expect you to agree to Ay ny request am not quite that = finIetIc.r Bryce replied evenly. "I n Ssouehf rhaf possibly, if reopened you might have reason VI le counter .proposition to suggest" - As1 ha4en'f thought of any
 -I suppose if agreed to sell you at quartersection of timber in the t1e valley over yonder" Che pointed P fb4 eas<> "and the natural outlet r,rur your SQuaw creek timber, yon'd nEss1ISVlickly think Of one" Bryce suggested ''No, 1 m po< in the market for that ilIe3 ~ the Giants, as your idealistic
 
 fner pfHftrs 70 call 1t. The posses o6 0f {h4f bIe timber is an advan- IETfe exDec{ Co eEjoy before I ac- nre many more gray hairs. But not expect to pay for It."
 -Dc yon expect me to offer 1t to lnsu ae ' tQnus for renewing our haul II Hht ooIoaeI snapped his fingers. Y >y 0eofxs, he declared. that's a fight Idea. md few months ago 0uld have been inclined to consider
 very seriously. But now"
 fo0 HSIsrt you've got us winging.
 Bryce Vas smiling pleasantly.
 Gyn nIatfpg no admissions" Penn <tou fc1ponRed enigmatlcally, "--nor W hauiIn3 contracts for my neigh ,k,e Io91. le added.
 rupDc6 m have to abandon log uE n 1QxA8hip nine and go back to Ie &an Helfjn." Bryce sighed re Ak H you 10, you'll go broke. You aA' iil'f al<ofQ ik You're on the verge
 ins0IYenty {his minute"
 l'el q suppose. since you decline to ii Aui our '0Ss. after the expiration Of lug f5 present tontract. and in view of se fact ihat we are not financially aT. ple 10 buisd our own logging railroad. ;;ss 1i7z 77415s=1 course my father and 1ou|a pursue would be to sell our mp<r H IQWnship nine to you. It
 o1ns x9Qr noldings in the same TT ma 1Qffon the situation would
 [1 % d1U1 upon you" The Colonel ne smili14 low his handsome face us <r5Q11e7lY assuming the express on ponelae9 'TIl give you dollar thousand {eet stumpage for it." ~I'sl, affAid I can't accept that offer. HHid dollar and a half for 1t, H=- H'= 5:7 sSs'1 fl we sold it to you at . 6ale would not bring us !.ey to take up our bonded
 we'd only have the San s71 and the Valley of the
 Ind since we cannot log
 9l 4se at present. naturally IT 14 I'll of business.~
 7==7zz '= >'I way I figured 1t, my
 << not going out of bust
 |e for dlsagreeing with you. c< u<I<| We can't afford it." iIi Q<< boy, my very dear young
 1@u fo me. Your paternal He only human being who 4 1<ceesied in making a per " of me. When I wanted
 From him q right of way
 6bsurd Valley of the DD Her that I might log my
 timber, he refused me.
 Insult to injury. he
 X of rot about his big < :: :''' N @ch they meant to him, |<f artistic horror of run
 train through the grove 2 since he planned to be- 7 Hequoia as public park. aI I| <I renew your logging con
 &I Is final, young man. No