The Republican journal., 1920-04-08
The Valley of The Giants
Continued from Page g.

bryce turned and his brown eyes
7,q-.l INTO the Colonels. where did
qag succeed In finding such marvel
mi, rear}' he queried pointedly. 81
e,v of but one tree in Humboldt
county that could have produced such
bes-rtfu burl"
For about a second Colonel Penning-
tor lB", Bryce's glance unwaveringly {;
rfen be read something in his guests
4va,. and his glance shifted, while
oy.- h.s benign countenance a flush
spr-aJ quickly. Bryce noted it, and
l.s uo " reused suspicious were as
quickly Eindled into certainty. "Where
iE vrl lind that tree?" he repeated
GwoantIy
RHdeau my woods-boss, knew l
..> ag the lookout for something
y-ai- something nobody else could
" he kept his eyes open"
La -aI" There was just a trace
81 rarg in Bryce's tones as he drew
>r..s chair and held it for her.
ay HE fortunate to have such a
VI ~a'Ss in your employ. Such
l-. ..,Ws are usually too good to
b. and quite frequently they put
He llkets on their backs and get
5.-uf le country when you least ex-
Dr. F. | dare say it would be
e YOU if Rondeau did that"
.,r- vas no mistaking the yelled
l,- -.aind that apparently innocent
ar-~a..l and the Colonel, being
at f." more than ordinary astute-
n-,, -,zed that at last he must
r ards on the table. YES"
be- would be rather disappoint-
Ell lever | pay Rondeau rather
# u it is customary to pay
qon --o.--ts so l imagine he'll stay
81 f course, somebody takes a
nUn him out of the country.
a.. .. that happens, l want to be
ro view the spectacle"
4lnllled a modicum of salt
3D. Tn going up into Town
tomorrow afternoon" he
. usually 81 think I shall
81 your camp and pay the in
Jules a brief visit"
. ur Colonel assimlated the
referred to dissemble. ooh,
7 steal him from me, Cardi-
g. a4@hed. Il warn you in ad-
.
anything once" Bryce re-
equal good nature How
want to steal him from
mt to ascertain from him
mocured this burl."
ljln't tell YOU"
-lt I'm a persuasive little
@ | choose to exert myself"
is not communicative. He
h us of persuading.'
1 .t .s.icious SOUP" Bryce muir
/ .ly. Miss Sumner, may |
@e kerr"
/ -arr passed pleasantly; the
4 and defiance between guest
Il E had been so skillfully and
exchanged that Shirley
slightest suspicion that
well groomed men had, I'M
'"} nose, us it were. agreed
.w llrS and then, for the time
IHl their attention to other
/ ' riding matters. A sprightly
red conversation continued
HouG Then the Colonel, secret
-.-"' nj the calm, hooking, con-
Gances which Bryce ever
gt>toWed upon him, and I'M
to convince himself that
'' 500 pprehensive-that this
9" 7ourg man knew nothing and
""a Io nothing even if he knew
''A-tA 7g-rOSe, pleaded the necessity
w "JEing over some papers, and babe
Dr'e Goodnight. Foollshly he
ENerrI Bryce a limp hand; and a
g.'n of leviltry taking possession of
| ALTER he squeezed it with simple,
''Flt aolnestness, the while he said:
NoNe Pennington, l hope l do
!" lave to assure you that my visit
lFle THIS evening has not only been
E'El't1! -er-instructive. Good
1E" SIR and pleasant dreams"
with ltficulty the Colonel suppress
q 2foan. However, he was not the
nj man who suffers in silence !;
minute later the butler, leaning
VI" 'he Mnisters as his master climb
IRE stairs to his library, heard the
curse with an eloquence that
"" Aag1larly appealing.