The Adair County news., 1921-03-30
SYNOPSIS.

CHAPTER I.-Pioneer in the California
redwood region, John Cardigan, at forty
eeYen, Is the leading citizen of SeQuoia,
timber, a widower after three years of
married life, and father of two-day-old
Bryce Cardigan.
CHAPTER I.-At fourteen Bryce makes
tne acquaintance Of Shirley Sumner, a Wis
ttor to SeQuoia, and his Junior by a few
Years. Together they visit the Valley of
tne Giants, sacred to John Cardigan and
MS son as the burial place of Bryce's
mother, and part with mutual regret
CHAPTER III.-while Bryce is at COL
tege John Cardigan meets with heavy
1usiness losses and for the first time views
the future with uncertainty.
CHAPTER Iv.-After graduation from
college, and a trip abroad, Bryce Cardi-
Shirley Sumner, on her way to Sequoia to
make her home there with her uncle,
Col. Pennington. Bryce learns that his
fathers eyesight has failed and that Col.
Pennington is seeking to take advantage of
the old mans business misfortunes.
CHAPTER Win the Valley of the
directly across his mothers grave. Tndi-
cations are that Il was cut down to secure
the burl, and evidence seems to show that
Pennington and his woods-boss, Jules
Rondeau, are implicated in the outrage.
CHAPTER VI-Dining with Col PEN
nington and his niece, Bryce finds the
room paneled with redwood burl, confirm
ing his suspicious of Pennington's guilt.
Ley, the two men declare war.
CHAPTER VII-Pennington refuses to
renew his logging contract with the Cardi-
gans, believing his action means bank
n.kA g. D%wa
deau to confess he felled the tree in the
Valley Of the Giants, at Pennington's or
der. After Furnishing the man, Bryce
hurls him at Col. Pennington, who. with
, ton Is humiliated, and the girl, indignant,
orders Bryce to leave her and forget their
friendship, He leaves, but refuses to ac-
cept dismissal
the train on which Shirley, her uncle, and
Bryce are travelling, breaks away from
the locomotive, and Bryce, who could have
escaped, at the risk of his life cuts out
the caboose and saves them from certain
death, being painfully injured in doing so.
CHAPTER IX.-Moira McTavish, chila-
hood friend Of Bryce and employed in his
on1ce, makes Shirley's acquaintance and
the two become friends. Needing money
badly, John Cardigan offers to sell Pen
nington the Valley of the Giants, but the
ms the Of s
enemies, contemptuously refuses. I'm
known to her uncle, Shirley buys the
Valley and the Cardigans have a new
lease of business life. They interest capi-
tai and decide on scheme to parallel
Pennington's logging railroad.
CHAPTER x.-Buchanan ogilvy. rail-
road contractor and Bryce's college friend
Is decided on by the Cardigans as the
man to figure as the builder of the pro-
posed railroad. Bryce goes to San Fran
cisco to meet him.
CHAPTER XI.-Ogilvy ostentatiously
begins work Of surveying for the line,
which is announced as proposed through
route. Pennington, vaguely alarmed, de-
cides to block operations by making it i'm
possible to secure a franchise for the line
through SeQuoia. In this he plans to en-
list the aid of the mayor, Poundstone.-
CHAPTER XII.-"Buck" Ogilvy. as
builder of the projected Northern Cali
fornia & Oregon railroad, meets Moira
McTavish and is much impressed. Bryce
and his father make plans for securing a
franchise for the line from the city
council.
CHAPTER XIII-Ogilvy, in a business
interview, favorably impresses the Mayor
and later engages that officials son as at
torney for the new road. Through him
Pennington, finally convinced that the
Cardigan interests are behind the scheme
gets to work to balk them.
CHAPTER XIV.-Pennington refuses
Bryce the use of a locomotive and trucks
to move equipment for laying a switch
and Bryce and Ogilvy plan to steal both
and during the night put in crossing
cutting Pennington's tracks in the city
Pennington bribes Mayor Poundstone tc
ignore the temporary franchise granted
and to refuse a permanent one. Thai
night Pennington hears the Cardigan
tracklaying crew at work and hurries tc
the spot.
CHAPTER XV.-Bryce and Ogilvy disre
gard Pennington's frenzied remonstrances
and continue work, but the Colonel gets
word to the Mayor and also employs 9
desperate to shoot Bryce. Bryce is wound
ed. Work on the track is stopped by tht
chief of police. Shirley accuses her uncle
of conniving at the murder of Bryce, and
the Colonel leaves for San FRANCISCO Il
safeguard his interests through further
legal proceedings.