Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1920-10-29
cHAPTER XIV.

asked Bryce to obtain for her in San
Francisco arrived on the regular pas
senger steamer on Thursday morning
ana Eryce called her up to ask when
she desired It sent over.
Good morning. Mr.. Cardigan" she
greeted him cheerily. slow do you
feel this morning9 Any the worse for
having permitted yourself to be hu-
man being last night?"
"Why, / feel pretty fine Shirley. L
think 1t did me lot of good to crawl
out of my shell last night"
"You feel encouraged to go on liv-
ing, ehi"
Yes
"And fighting?"
"By all means"
Then something has occurred of
late to give you new courage?'
"Oh, many things. BY the way, Shir-
ley, you may inform your uncle at
breakfast Friday morning about my
connection with the N. G. 0. In fact,
think 1t would be far better for you
If you made it point to do So"
"Why?"
Because both Ogilvy and myself
have very strong suspicion that your
uncle has a detective or two on our
trails. judge your uncle viii learn
today that you dined with Ogilvy,
MORA and me last night"
"Oh. dear! That's terrible" He
could sense her distress.
Ashamed OF having been seen in my
company. chr
please don't. Are you quite serious
IN this matter?"
"Quite."
"Uncle Seth VIII think It $3.50
strange"
Hell probably tell you about it.
Better beat him to the Issue by Tossing
up. Shirley Doubtless his suspicious
are already aroused, and If 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 little private gum-shoe work
Of your own on behalf of the Laguna
Grande Lumber company"
(Which IS exactly what I have been
doing.n she reminded him
II know. But then, I'm not afraid
Of you. Shirley-that Is, any more
And after Friday morning TIL not be
afraid Of your uncle
81 feel as IL were a conspirator."
II believe you are one Your dictO-
graph has arrived. Shall send George
Sea Otter over with it? And have you
somebody to install it?"
"Oh, bother. Does 1t have to be IN
Stalledp"
st does. You place the contraptIon
hide It. rather-in the room where
the conspirators conspire; then you
run wires from 1t into another room
where the detectives listen in on the
receivers"
Gould George Sea Otter install it,"
Il think he could. There is print
ed card Of instructions. and dare say
George would find the job no more
battling than the ignition system on
the Napier"
'WilI he tell anybody"
Not IL you ask him not TO-"
VERY well. then. Please send him
over. Thank you so much. Bryce
Cardigan. You're an awful good old
sort, after Rll Really, It hurts me to
nave to oppose you. II would be so
much nicer II we didn't have all those
redwood trees to protect. wouldn't it,"
Let us not argue the question. Shir-
ley. 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
&c to Shirley when Buck Ogilvy
document on his desk. There's your
little old temporary franchise, old
thing" he announced; and with many
hearty laugh he related to Bryce the
ingenious means by which he had OBJ
'ained it. "And now If you will phone
up to your logging camp and instruct
tue woods-boss 20 lay off about fifty
H'eh to rest for the day, pending
hard nights work, and arrange to
send them down on the last log train
wuay' III drop around after dinner
and Wen fly to that jump-crossing.
Ill telephone Colonel Penningtons
manager and ask him to kick switch
engine in on the Laurel creek spur ami
snake those fiat cars with my rails
aboard out to the junction with the
.nsln line" Bryce replied. And ne
ea' Ell up The Laguna Grande Lumber
s"npany-only to be informed by no
less a person than Colonel Pennington
himself that it would be impossible
- send the switch-epgine In until the
.ollowing afternoon. The Colonel was
'fy' but the switch-engine was in the
up having tile brick in her firebox
:, ue"ed. while the mogul that hauled
e Jog traiils would not have time TO
ena TO the matter since the flats
oula have to he spotted on the side
go at Cardigan's log landing in the
VvuAs and this rofsld nor he done I'M