Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1920-09-17

tAAS oahh Will aufdnCe ue the money
TO meet It."
Bruce, am amazed"
Il 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-which is why the bank declined
to give me the money in a lump sum.
If we run a night shift, Pennington
knows that we can't dispose Of our
excess output under present market
conditions. It's a safe bet our lum-
Der is going TO pile up on the mill
dock; hence. when the smash comes
and the Sequoia Bank OF Commerce
calls our loan and we cannot possibly
meet II, the lumber on hand win prove
security for the loan, win II nOt7 In
fact, It viii be worth two or three dol
lars per thousand more then than It
is now, because 1t win be aiF-dried."
but what idea have you got back
OF such procedure, Bryce?"
Merely forlorn hope, dad. Some
thing might turn up, The market may
take a sudden squirt and go up three
or four dollars. And whether the mar
ket goes up or comes down, 1t costs IN
nothing to make the experiment"
"QuIte true" his father agreed
Then, II you'll come down to the
Office tomorrow morning, dad, wen
hold meeting OF our board of direc-
tors and authorize me as president OF
the company to sign the note to the
bank. We're borrowing this without
collateral. you know"
John Cardigan entered no further
objection, and 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 up crew
for the woods and for the night shift
! in the mill.
For a month Bryce was as busy as
? the proverbial one-armed paper-hanger
with the itch. and during all that time
he did not see Shirley Summer or hear
of her, directly or indirectly.
MORA McTavish, In the meantime.
had come down from the woods and
entered upon her duties in the mill of.
4 fee. The change from her duh, drab
life. giving her. MS II die, an opportun-
/ ity for companionship with people OF
greater mentality and refinement than
she had been used to. quickly brought
about a swift transition in the girls
nature. With the passing of the
coarse shoes and calico dresses and
| the substitution of the kind of cloth
ing all women OF AIoira's instructive
refinement and natural beauty long
for, the girl became cheerful. animat-
ed. and imbued with the optimism OF
her years.
MORA worked in the general Office,
and except upon occasions when
Bryce desired to look at the books or
MORA brought some document into the
private Office for his perusal, there
were days during which his pleasant
"Good morning, Moirn." constituted
the extent of their conversation.
Bryce had been absent in San Fran
cisco for ten days. lie had planned TO
stay three weeks, but finding his busi-
ness consummated In less time, he re-
turned Is Sequoia unexpectedly. MORA
was standing at the tall bookkeeping
desk, her beautiful dark head bent
over the ledger, when he entered the
office and set his suitcase In this
corner.
els that you, Mr.. BryceT she
queried.
"The Identical individual. MORA.
How did you guess II was II"
| She looked up at him then, and her
wonderful DARK eyes lighted with a
flame Bryce had not seen in them
heretofore. II knew you were com
ing" she replied simply
''You had bunch, Afofra. Do you
get those telepathic messages very
often7" He was crossing the Office
to shake her hand.
i've never noticed particularly
| that is. until I came to work here. But
| always know when you are return
ing after considerable ABSENCE
She gave him her hand. "rm so glad
| you're back"
"Why2' he demanded bluntiy.
She flushed. I'll really don't
know. Mr.. Bryce"
"Well, then" he persisted, "wisat do
| you think makes you gladf"
Il had been thinking how nice II
would be to have You back, Mr.. Bryce.
When you enter the Office. It's like q
breeze rustling the tops Of the red
woods. And your father misses You
so he talks to me great deal about
you. Why. Of course, we miss you;
anybody would"
AS he held her hand, ne glanced
down at It and noted how greatly II
had changed during the past few
months. From her hand his glance
roved over The girl, noting the Inn
provements in her dress, and the way
the thick, wavy black hair was piled