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CHAPTER Viil.-continued.

AZ the sound of Brycc's voice. Shlr.
ley raised her hcnd whirled and
looked m NJ him. lie held his hand.
kerchlof over his CORY face that the
sight might not distress her: he could
have whoopcd with delight at the Joy
that flashed through her wet lids.
"Well. since you insist" he replied.
and he slid down the bnnk.
"Bryce Cardigan" she commanded
stcrnly, come down here This instant"
"rm not pretty sight. shirley Ret.
ter lei me 60 about my business"
She stamped her foot. Come here ="
'ilow I'D ynu get M thcrc-nnd
what do YOU mean by hiding there spy.
Ing on mo, you-y ou-oh. you =.
"Cuss little. II II will help any" he
suggested II had 10 Get out ~ your
wny--out of slght-and up there was
the hest place. was on the roof Of
the cahoose when Il 'oppled over. so
oil had TO do WIS step ashore and 81,
down"
Then why didn't YOU stay there;"
she demanded furiously.
"You wouldn't LEI me-" he answered
demurelv And when saw You weep.
inr because WINS surpassed To he with
the angels. couldn't help coughing 10
lei You know was s'lll hanging
around. ornery Ms II book agent"
How did. you ruin your face. Mr.,
Cardigan
Tried to take cast ~ the front
end Of the cahoosc In my classic coun.
tennncc-ihnt's all"
"i'ui you were riding the top log on
the last truck"
Certainly, hut ! wasn't hnysced
enough TO stny there until We struck
this curve. knew exactly what WIS
going 10 happen. 81 climbed down Ia
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stock destroyed In the wreck, the lat
ter would have to be content with
half deliveries: whereupon Bryce ir-
rated the Colonel profoundly by pur-
chasing a lot of secondhand trucks
from bankrupt sugar-pne mill In
Lassen county and delivering them to
the COlOnel's. road via the deck OF q
steam schooner.
THAT will insure delivery OF suffi.
Client logs to get out our orders on
file" Bryce informed his father.
"Whlle we are morally certain our
mill will run but one year longer I
intend that It shall rim full capacity
for that year. To he exact. I'm 60
ing to run a night shift"
sour finances won't stand the over.
head Of a night shift. tell YOU" his
father warned.
II know we haven't sufficient cash
on hand to attempt II. dad, but-Tm
gems to borrow some"
from whom? No bank In SeQuOia
WA lend US penny"
'i!f you sound the Sequola Bank
of Corf,nerce"
"CeriNinly not. Pennington owns
the controlling Interest IN that bank.
and I was never man to waste my
time"
Bryce chuckled. 81 don't care where
the money comes from so long as
get 1t. partner. Desperate circum-
stances require desperate measures,
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An unknown person buys
the Valley Of the Giants for
100000.
(To BE CONTINUED.)
BROUGHT MEMORIES OF HOME
How Visitor TO London Geological Gar
dens Held Converse With Lonely
Tibetan YAK.

The shaggy old Tibetan yak at the
400" died some while ago AMI new
yak occupied his shed and Enclosure.
Yesterday visitor stood watching
the yak munching at truss Of hay 10
his manger. He called the yak anS II
took no notice. Then. having Rad
Hooker's "Himaiayan Journals" he re
membered the calls Of the Tibetan
maldens when they bring the ysks
home at sunset.
The visitor uttered the call. The yak
dropped a mouthful OF hay. gave Q
deep grunt. ana came stumbling to
the bars Of Its stable. The visitor pat.
ted and fondled II. and grunted yak
language and II licked his hand. and
when he left the yak house II ran ont
Of its shed and followed him around
Its large barred lnclOsure.
He returned later and found the yah
still restless. II had deserted Its meal |;
II paced the Enclosure and made plain
tive noises. The visitor gave the The
tan girls call again. and again the yah
ran to him. Good teavens!" crfsd .
stranger. "how do yon tame roo ami
mails like that?" lie was told the 50
cret.
"Poor old yak, poor old fellow" said
the stranger. "llow can we guess What
chords you have touched-what memo
rles OF snow and Ice. and praying
wheels and Idols, Of Tibetan girls With
turquoise ornaments In their braided
hair, Look how troubled the old yah
ls-lt Isn't fair TO give inconsistencies
TO prisoners ut the zooI-Londoc
Daily Mail.
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the bumper NJ the cuhoosc, uncoupled
II fran the truck, climbed up on the
roof. aud managed 10 get the old thing
under control with the hund.hra0e;
then I skcdaddlcd up into the brush
bcrnusc knew you were Inside. and
Nv the way, Colonel Pennington.
here Is your axe. which ! borrowed this
afternoon. Much obliged for It's use.
The Inst up.train is probably waiting
On the siding nt Frcshwntcr 10 puss
the late lGnented; consequently n
walk Of about u mile will bring you n
means Of transportation back To Sc
quota. Walk lelsurcly-you have lots
" time. As for myself, I'm In n hurry.
and my room ls more greatly to he
desired than my company. 80 III start
now"
lie lifted his hat, turned and walked
br,skiy down the ruined track.
shirley made little gesture Of dis
sent, half opened her lips to call him
back, though, better Of Il. md let him
10. When he was out OF sight, II
dswned on her that he had risked his
W. to save herA
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LARGER CAPACITY OF ROADS
Must Be Doubled to Meet Ausmtntino
Requirements Of Transportation
Next Year.

We ARE confronted with the problem
~ increasing the capacity oi our
Highways This mus, be doubled TO
meet the augmentng requirements of
the neat year or two Engineers are
wondering along what line this In.
crease shall be proviG Il. one sugges.
tion II TO double III width Of the
roads aud Increase Hrs cos, and main.
iensnce 100 per cent, The most -cason.
able one Is to provide road q sun.
cient strength 10 curry vehicles ~
100 per cent greater capacity for
given width u road. as the nIst cost
az these strengthened roads would he
only 10 TO ~ per cent greater per
mile than that Of present inadequate
highways, says writer In an ~.
change In view Of the fact that 10
per cent Increase In hauling capacity
gives q reduction II 10 per cent In
transportation costs, the latter seems
the wls.st thing 10 do.
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INVENTIVl6E
RObS CALomE|
NAUSEA and DAN
Doctors Favorite llediGi
Purified and Refined
Objectionable Effects.
the New Name.

What win human ingenuity d. nsxt9
Smokeless powder, wireless teleeraphyt
horseless carriages, colorless iodine, tastes
less Quinine, comes pausealess ealos
mel. The new improvement called 'sCalos
tabs" d now on sale ct drusstorea
For biliousuess, constipation and 10
gestton the new calomel tablet II Z praos
tically perfect remedy. - evidenced -
the fact that the manufacturers have ~
thorised Ill druggists to refund the prico
II the customer q not perfectly delightoGe
with Calotabs One tablet It bedtime Wltb
Q swallow Of water-that's al. No tasoaI
no nausea, no gripping. no saltR By morn
ing your liver 10 thoroughly clsanssd -
you are feeling 6ne. with Z hearty 49,
ute. Eat what you pleass-no danosr-
about your business. "a
Calotabs ere not cold b bulk. CT n
original peckass. ssaled. PrieA tkirlvS
ave centa-(adv.)
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BY PETER B. KYNE
Author Of "cappy Kicks"

Uncle Seth" she said sOberly,
what would have happened to us II
Bryce Cardigan had not come up
here today to thrash your woods
b0ssf"
WED both he In Kingdom Come
now" he answered truthfully. But
before you permit yourself to be car
rici AWAY by the splendOr of his ac-
tion in cutting out the cabOOse and
getting II under control. II might be
wen to remember that his own
precious hide was Mt stake also. he
would have cut the CHOOSE ont even
II you and ! had not been In IT,"
"N0, he would not" she insisted. for
the thought that he had done II for
her sake was very sweet to her and
would persist. "COoped mp In the ca
b06se. we did not know the train was
running AWAY until II was too late for
us to jump while Bryce Cardigan,
riding out on the logs, must have
known II almost Immediately. He
would have Ind time to jump before
the runaway gathered too much head.
way-nnd he would have Jumped.
Uncle Seth. for his fathers sake"
"Well, he certainly didn't stay for
mine, Shirley"
She dried her moist eyes and blushed
furiously. Uncle Seth" she pleaded.
taking him lovingly by the arm, 'let's
be friends with Bryce Cardigan; let's
get together and agree on an equitable
contract for freIghtlng his logs over
our road"
you ARE now" he replied severely.
mixing sentiment and business: II
Won persist. the result will be chaos.
Cardigan is practically a pauper now,
which makes him poor business risk,
and you'll please me greatly by leav-
Ing him severely alone-by making
him keep his distance"
"I'll not do that" she answered with
n quiet fnallty that caused her uncle
to favor her with quick. searching
glance.
He need not have worried. however.
for Bryce Cardigan was too well
aware Of his own financial condition
to risk the humiliation OF asking Shlr-
ley Sumner to share 1t with him.
Moreover, he had embarked upon n
wnr--a war which he meant to fight
10 finish.
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Queer Weddlno Presents

The following ARE few Of the many
curious wedding presents that have
been received by those about TO eItai
the bonds of matrlmony.
A wcll.known author received %
his marriage, from rival man q leu
tiers, a scraphook containing colle>
ton Of all the adverse criticisms HE
works had ever received; while .
popular artist was on similar occaslcs
presented with n set Of elemcntar,
works upon self.iustructlon in DRAWN,
and painting.
Unusually vexat'ous was the gift 70
ceived from his nelghbors by an lENru
octogenarinn who had married Z
pleasure.lo,lns woman more than fif',
years his junior. II took the form N
a large brass cage. "in'ended"-so ras
the accompanying note--"to restrals
the wayward Glght Of glddy youn,
wife who had married n decrepi, ON
fool for his money"
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NUMBER ALL ENGLISH ROADS
Properly Organized and Uniform sys
TEN Of Sipn Posting to De Used
In Great britain.

The national road scheme viii BE-
ready by the autumn.
The scheme consists ~ the clnsslh
cation Of all main and secondar,
roads In Great Britain, together with
a properly organized and uniform sys
TEN OF sign posting Roads will bear
distinctive numbers. ~ that The tray.
eler need only ascertain the official
number OF the road. say. from Nor.
witch to Birmingham. to be- able TO
travel from one town 10 the other
without n map.
The experiments conducted under In.
struciions Of the ministry Of transport
60 determine the most suitable mate.
rial for q uniform ruad dressing have
been successful, and standard sur.
face has been practically selected For
the present this surface will be- APP
piled only to the srterial. aud not to
the secondary. roads.
by January the new national rohd
scheme will be In readiness to he put
into immediate operation. Daily Mall
London.
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CHAPTER TX.

George Sea Otter, summoned by
telephone, came out 10 Freshwater, the
station nearest the wreck, and trans
ported his battered young master back
10 Sequo'a. Here Bryce sought the
doctor In the Cardigan Redwood Lum.
her company's little hospital and had
his wrecked nose recognized and his
cuts bandaged. II was characteristic
~ his fathers son that when this de-
tall Ind been attended to, he should go
to the office and work until the six
o'clock whistle blew.
Old Cardigan was waiting for him
NJ the gate when he reached home.
George Sea otter had already given
the old man u more or less garbled ac-
count Of the runaway log.train. and
Cardigan eagerly awaited his sons ar.
rival In order 10 ascertain the details
Of this new disaster which had come
upon them. For disaster II was, In
truth. The loss II the logs was trlfing
perhaps three or four thousand dol.
lars; the destruction of the rolling
stock was the browning misfortune.
Both Cnrdigans knew that Pennington
would eagerly seize upon that point to
stint his competitor still further on
logging equipment. that there would
he delays-purposeful hut apparently
Observation-Disclosures this lost rolling
stock would be replaced. And In the
interim the Cardigan mill. unable to
get n sufficient supply of logs to I'll
orders In hund. would be forced to
close down.
"Well. son" said John Cardigan
mildly MS Bryce Unattached the gate,
another hump ehi"
"Yes. sir--right on the nose"
Il meant another bump to your
heritage. my son."
I'm worrying more about my nose.
partner. In fact. I'm not worrying
about my heritage at all. I've come to
decision on that point: We're going
10 fight and fight 10 the last; we're 20.
lng down fighting. And by the way,
started the fight this afternoon.
whaled the waddlng out Of that buckle
woods-boss of pennington's, aud as Il
special compliment to you. John Cardi.
gnn. did an almighty fine job OF
cleaning. Even went so fur us to
muSs the Colonel up a little"
view, WOW, Bryce! Bully for YOU
| wanted that man Rondeau taken
apart. lie has terrorizrd our woods.
men for u long time, He's king Of the
mnd.train, YOU know"
Bryce was relieved. His father did
rot know, then. Of the net of vandnl.
ism In the Valley Of the Giants. This
fact strengthened Brycc's resolve not
to tell him.
Arm In arm they walked up the CUR.
den path together.
Just MS they entered the house. the
telephone IN the hall tinkled. und
Bryce answered.
"Mr, Cardigan" came Shirley Sum.
ner's voice over the wire.
Bryce" he corrected her.
She ignored the correction.
I'll don't know what 10 sny tn
YOU" she fultered. II rnng up to tell
YOU how splendid aud heroic your nc.
tlon was"
II Ind my own life TO save, Shirley"
III lat -
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you know. and the day before yester.
day, when | was quite ignorant Of the
fact that Colonel Pennington controls
the SeQuola Bank Of Commerce,
drifted In on the president and casual.
ly struck him for loan Of one hun.
dred thousand dollars"
"Well, I'll be shot. Bryce! What
did he say?"
said he'd take the matter under
consideration and give me an answer
this morning. He asked me, OF course.
what ! wanted that much money for.
and ] told HIM | was going 10 run n
night shift. double my force OF men In
the woods. and buy some more logging
trucks, which can get rather cheap.
Well. this morning l called for my
answer-nnd got It. The SeQuoIa
Bank Of Commerce will loan me up
to hundred thousand, but It won't
give me the cash In lump sum. I
can have enough to buy the logging
trucks now. and on the first OF each
month, when I present my pay roll
the bank will advance me the money
to meet IT,"
Bruce. ! am amazed"
II am not-since you tell me Colo.
mel Pennington controls that bank.
That the bank should accommodate
us Is the most natural procedure I'm
aginable. Pennington Is only playing
safe--whlch Is why the bank declined
to give me the money In lump sum-
II we run night shift. Pennington
knows that we can't dispose Of our
excess OUTPUT under present market
conditions. It's n safe bet our lum.
her Is going to pile up on the mill
dock; hence. when the smash comes
and the Sequola Bank OF Commerce
calls our loan and we cannot possibly
meet II. the lumber on hand will prove
security for the loan. will II not1 In
fact, II will he worth two or three dol.
lars per thousand more then than Il
is now, because II will be alr.dried."
"But wha, idea have you got back
OF such procedure. Bryce"
Merely forlorn hope, dad. Some
thing might turn IN. The market may
take a sudden squirt and 30 up three
or four dollars. And whether the mar.
bat s,nae nm mr. no,,,g l,,,.,, 4, Goat. So,
nothing to make the experiment"
quite true" his father agreed.
Then, II you'll come down to the
Office tomorrow morning. dad. well
hold meeting Of our board ~ dlrcc.
tors and authorize me us president "
the Company to sign the note to the
bank We're borrowing this without
collateral. you know"
John Cardigan entered no further
objection. aud the following day the
agreement was entered into with the
bank. Bryce closed by wire for the
extra logging equipment and imme-
diately set about rounding IN crew
for the woods aud for the night shift,
In the mill.
For month Bryce was as busy q.
the proverbial one-armed paper hanger
with the Itch. and during all that time
he did not see Shirley Sumner or hear
Of her, directly or indirectly.
MORN McTavlsh. In the meantime
had come down from the woods and
entered upon her duties In the mill Of
Dee The change from her dull, drul
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NO QUARTER.

synopsls -p,o,.., T.. a., c.u
mia redwood ra.,aa ~ ."e Nat'oI
Ut forty.s.v.n IN H. t,aa,' ' u'',
Of seouoln ovn.r -, - 80
and manv .rra. ., ,,,,n 'n,p s
over af,e, ,hra. 80
life. and father oS 100 ,aa,",e,
Brye. Cardi,,n A, ,or, -
makes ,he a.,u.in,.nna 80 co.
sumner. n vlsitor n, aa,uo,. ~
his iun,oy Lv . o.. % ~
they yisl, Inc y.,,.y =, o., go"
sacrsJ In John $500 "e ",
son ma the hn,,,t nia". - ns, ",s
mother. and nar, n,,, -;
pret Will. g." "''
John CARDIGAN ,naa,s ,,',, us.
business ios..s ga ,a' 49,
time yI.us ,h. ,n,n,. ,,,s
taipty After yrag,,a,,an - W,
leve and a ,r,n 49, ua 80"
dlean comes nom. na ~ A.
meets shi,lev su,,,ar ~ "e
10 seoloi, m ,,aIa b.. 10y
with her upcI. c1Ion.i pana,,n,s
Bryce learn. I'm, Nj. ,s,sa,,. ~
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lffe, xfv1..g her. as q I'd - -
ity for companionship WITH ~
greater mentality and re6nemeol
she had been used to, quickly bfoy
about a swift transition IN the
nature. With the passing Of
coarse shoes and calico dretseg
the substitution of the kind %
Ing all women Of M0ira's ms
refinement and natural beaut
for. the girl became cheerful.
ed. and Imbued with the Optin
her years.
MORA worked In the general
and except upon occasions
Bryce desired to look at the bod
MORA brought some document init
private Ofii"e for his perusal. {
were days during which his plea
Good morning. MOira." cOnstltp
the extent OF their conversation.
Bryce had been absent In San Fri
cisco for ten days. lie had planned 6
stay three weeks, hut finding his bus]
ness cOnsulnmated In less time. he q
turned to SeOuoia unexpectedly. MOiiv
was standing at the tall bOOkkeepinl
desk, her beautiful dark head ben
over the ledger, when he entered TIL
Office and set his suitcase In th,
corner.
as that you, Mr.. Brycer sh'
queried.
"The identical individual. MORN
How did you guess II was r.
She looked up at him then, and hel
wonderful dark eyes lighted with I
fame Bryce had not seen in then
heretofore. II knew you were com
Ing" she replied simply.
"You had bunch. Mora. DO 20,
get those telepathic messages ver!
OftaI?" He was crossing the efnc,
to Ghake her hand.
Nse never noticed particularly
that is q, III came to work here. Blu
I alway> Know when You are return
ing after considerable absence
She gave him her hand. I'm so glat
you're back"
"Why?' lie demanded bluntly.
She flushed. IL really dOn'
know. Mr.. Bryce"
well then" he persisted, "wlat d
you think makes you glai,'
Il had been thinking Low nice
would be to have you back, NJ Bryce
When you enter the Office. ith Ike
breeze rustllng the tops Of the red
woods. And your father misses 30,
so; he talks to me great deal abOu
YOU. Why. Of course. we miss you
anybody would"
AS he held her hand. he glance,
down at i; and noted how greatly
had changed during the pist fey
months. From her hand his gianc
rOved over the girl. noting the i'm
prOvements In her dress. and the VA,
the thick. wavy black hair was pile
on top of her shape!y head.
at hadn't occurred to me befor,
! NORA" he said with bright impel
scnal smile that robbed his remark o
ar suggestion Of masculine fattery
''but It seems to me I'm unus,laE
glad to see you. also. You've beeb FIX
ing your hair different. Is this ne,
style the latest In hairdressing In Sc
quoia?"
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Nvsmes Once q Perfume.

In olden times the ladies In Enc
land I'D nutmers NJ a perfume. m,
uu,mcrs we're set In silver and ora
men,ed with pearl and precious stcues
and hung from lady's bel, like Q mss
eru sceui.bottie.
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The Road 10 OBLIVION.

The POet-I care nothing for money.
Fame as poet will satisfy me.
The PessImlst-Then, when you're
famous as poet, some one will name
brand Of cigars after you and adj
vertise II till every one will forget
you were poet. Then the cigar Win
get so bad that every one will forget
that II ever existed.
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Haul With Less Cost.

Not only can a greater quantity OF
products be hauled to marke, with less
horse power on better highways, but
there also will be greater saving NJ
wear aud tear cu the vchl,lcs which
carry the goods.
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IMPROVED
ROADS
NOVEL R0AD.MAKlNG DEVICE
e'u'hsrnsr Has Patented an Unusual
Drag, Which 10 Said to Be
Quite Effective.

FOR removing inequalities from dirt
highways II southern inventor has de.
v'sei ana patented an unusual road
drag which Is declared TO be very Of.
receive. The forward part OF the con.
r'ssnce Includes three transverse
oeNm ms, fastened together with two Int.
eral tinbers In the first two cross
pieces are set spikes, the points OF
winch protrude from the wood. while
the front Side OF the third beam Is
raced with metal. The rear portion
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The national system OF transporta'
tlon aud distribution Ia % ESSENTIAL
that every possible facility must be
provided to encourage noduees Of
farm communities and met chand,se to
Increase production.
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The sp'"ed Forward Part Of the prao
loossns the Road Soil, and the Fol.
lowing Rear Portion Packs II 70 q
smooth Surface, Thus Finishing the
Surface In One Operation.

OF the device. which Ia attached TO
the front section with chnlns. consists
OF two side tlmbers nailed to four
heavy plnnks. with their forward
ecres turned upward aud Tapped
When the appliance Is pulled over Il
road, The earth Is lopsened by the
spikes, then smoothej and packed b.
the remainder Of the machine. thus
finishing the surface In one operation
Popular Mechanics Magazine
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Eers should be cared for careful.
". Provide plenty Of nests and keep
them filled with clean nesting mate
rial.
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Bee, Zoos for Market

II possible only noniertile eggs
should be produced for market; fer.
tile eggs dcierioraie rapidly and are
the cause of much loss
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II IL better to wear On, than b ~
eut-Blshop CumbsriaoA
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TOO
LATE

Dsath only . matter q short tims.
Don't wait until pains and achso
become incurabls diseases. Avoid
painful consequences b. taking
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Destroy Al wssda
KIN on the weeds Late ralns have
made them grow rapidly.