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DAKOTA CITY HERALD, DAKOTA CITY, NEBRASKA. ) i v.. i i , anc EVAL CHAPTER XVIII Continued. -20- "Oh, my lovol" ho cried happily. "I hadn't dared dream of such Happiness until todny. You were so unattain able the obntncles between us were so ninny and so great " "Why today, Bryce?" she Interrupt ed him. lie took her adorable little nose In his sreat thumb and forefinger and tweaked It gently. "The light began to dawn yesterday, my dear little en cmy, following an Interesting hnlf hour which I put In with his honor the mayor. Acting upon suspicion only, I told Poundstono I wns prepared to send him to flio rock pile If be didn't behave himself In the matter of my permanent franchise for the N. C. O. and the oily old Invertebrate wept and promised me anything If I wouldn't disgrace him. So I promised I wouldn't do anything until the franchise mat ter should be definitely settled after which I returned to my office, to find awaiting me there no less a person than the right-of-way man for the Northwestern Pacific. He was a per fectly delightful young fellow, and he had n proposition to unfold. It seems the Northwestern Pacific has decided to build r.p from Wllllts, and all that powwow and publicity of Buck Ogll vy's about the N. G. O. was in all probability the very tldng that spurred them to action. They figured the C. M. & St. P. was- back of the N. C. O. that it was to be the first link In a chain of coast roads to lie connected ultimately with the terminus of tho C. M. & St. P. on Gray's Harbor, Wash ington. And if the N. G. O. should bo built It meant that a rival road would get the edge on them In the matter of every stick of Humboldt and Del, Norte redwood nnd they'd be left holding the sack." "Why did they think that, dear?" "That amazing rascal, Buck Ogllvy, used to be a C. M. & St. P. man ; they thought they traced an analogy. I dare say. Perhaps Buck fibbed to them. At any rnte this right-of-way man was mighty anxious to know whether or not the N. 0. O. had purchased from 'ho Cardigan Bedwood Lumber com pany a site for a tdrmlnus on tide water (we control all the deep-water frontage on the bay), and when I told him the deal had not yet been closed he started to close one with me." "Did you close?" ''My dear girl, will a duck swim? Of course I closed. I sold three-quarters of all we had, for three-quarters of a million dollars, and nn hour ago I received a wire from my attorney In San Francisco Informing me that the money had been deposited In escrow there awaiting formal deed. That "I'm the Laguna Grande Lurnoer Com pany." money puts the Cardigan Bedwood Lumber company In the clear no re ceivership for us now. my dear one. And I'm going right ahead with the building of the N. C. O. while our holdings down on the San Iledrln double In value, for the reason that within three years they will b acces sible and can be logged over the rnlls of the Northwestern Pacific!" , "Bryce." Shirley declared, "haven't I always told you IM never permit you to build the. N. C. O '" "Of couise." he replied, "hut surely you're going to withdraw your objec tions now." "I am not. You must choose be tween the N. C. O. and me." And she met hi" surprised gnze unflinchingly. "Shirley! You don't menu It?" "I do mean It. I have nlwnys meant It. I love you, dear, but for all tbnt you must not build that road." He stood up nnd towered above her sternly. "I must build It, Shirley. I've contracted to do It. nnd I must keep faith with Gregory of the Trinidad Timber company. He's putting up the money, and I'm to do the work and "operate the line. I can't go back on him now." "NJ 'or 'ir nke?" -hi jdnMt'.c.l He 8S tXT k ta n' a n& By PETER B. KYNE Author of "Cappy Rick" shook his head. "I must go on," he reiterated. "Do you realize what that resolution means to us?" The girl's tones were grave, her glance grnvcr. "I realize what It means to mo!" She came closer to him. Suddenly the blnze In her violet eyes gave way to one of mirth. "Oh, you dear big booby I" she cried. "I was just test ing you." And she clung to him, lnugh Ing. "You always beat me down you nlwnys win. Bryce, dear, I'm the La guna Grande Lumber company at least I will be tomorrow, and I repeat for the last time tbnt you shall riot build the N. C. O. because I'm going to oh, dear, I shall die laughing at you because I'm going to merge with the Cardigan Bedwood Lumber com pany, nnd then my railroad shall be your railroad, and we'll extend it nnd haul Gregory's logs to tidewater for him also. And silly, didn't I tell you you'd never build the N. C. O.?" "God ldcss my mildewed soul I" ho murmured, and drew her to him. In the gnthetlng dusk they walked down the trail. Beside the madrono tree John Cardigan waited patiently. "Well," he queried when they Joined him, "did ypu find my handker chief for me, son?" "I didn't find your handkerchief, John Cardigan," Bryce nnswered, "but I did find wlint I suspect you sent me back for and that Is a perfectly won derful dnughter-ln-lnw for you 1" John Cardigan smiled nnd held out his arms for her. "This," he said, "Is the happiest day that I have known since my boy was born." CHAPTER XIX. Col. Seth Pennington wns thoroughly crushed. Look which way he would the bedeviled old rascal could find no loophole for ecnpo "You win, Cardigan," he muttered desperately as he sat in his office after Shirley had left him. "You've had more than n shade In every round thus far, and nt the finish you've landed a clean knockout. If I had to fight any man but you " Ho sighed resignedly and pressed the push-button on his desk. Sexton entered. "Sexton," he said bluntly nnd with a slight quiver in his voice, "my niece and I have hnd a disagree ment. We have qunrreled over young Cardigan. She's going to mnrry htm. Now, our nffnlrs are somewhat In volved, nnd In order to straighten them out wo spun n coin to see whether she should sell her stock In Lagunn Grande to mo or whether I should sell mine to her nnd I lost. The book vnluntion of the stock nt the close of Inst year's business, plus ten per cent will determine the selling price, and I shnll resign as president. You will, In nil probability, be retained to man ago the company until it is morged with the Cardigan Bedwood Lumber company when, I Imagine, you will be given ninple notice to eek n new job elsewhere. Call Miss Sumner's attor ney, Judge Moore; on the telephone and nsk him to come to the office at nine o'clock tomorrow, when the pa pers can he drawn up nnd signed. Tbnt Is all." The Colonel did not return td his home In Bedwood boulevard tbnt night. He hod no appetite for dinner and sat brooding In his office until very late; then he went to the Hotel Sequoia and engaged n room. He did not possess sufficient courage to 'face his niece again. , At four o'clock tho next day the Colonel, his baggage, his automobile, his chauffeur ami the solemn butler, James, boarded tho pnssenger steamer for San Francisco, and nt four-thVty sailed out of Humboldt bay over tho thundering bar and on Into the sot.th. The Colonel wns still n rich mon, but his drenm of a redwood empire had faded, and' once more he wns taking up tho search for cheap timber. Whether he ever found It or not Is a matter that does not concern us. At n moment when young Henry Poundstone's dream of legal opulence wns fading, when Mayor Poundstone's hopes for domestic pence had been shattered beyond repair, the while his cheap political nsplrntlons hnd been equally devastated because of a cer tain damnable document In the posses sion of Bryce Cardigan, many events of Importance wer" transpiring. On the veranda of bis old fashioned home John Cardigan .sat tapping the floor with his stick nnd dreaming dreams which for the first time In many years wore rose-tinted. Beside him Shirley sat. her glnnce bent musingly out across the roofs of Scquoju anil on to the bay shore, where the nmoke and exhnust steam floated up from two sawmills her own and Bryce Cardi gan's. To her came at regularly spaced Intervals the faint whining of the saws and the rumble of log trains crawling out of the log dumps; high oyer the piles of bright, freshly sawn lumber she caught from time to tlmo the flash of white spray as the great logs tosed from the trucks hurtled down the skids nnd crashed Into the bay. At the docks of both mills vessels were loading, their tnll spars cutting the sky line above and beyond the smoke stacks; far down the boy n Mourn schooner, loaded until her main deck I vns ii',iiini fjtiftt th & witt iv, ni GIANTS -k - e w putting out to sea, and Shirley heard the faint echo of her siren ns she whistled her intention to pass to star board of a, wind jammer Inward bound In tow of 'a Cardigan tug. "It's wonderful," sUe snld presently, apropos of nothing. "Aye," he replied In his deep, melo dious voice, "I've been sitting here, my dear, listening to your thoughts. You know something, now, of the tie tbnt binds my boy to Sequoia. This" ho waved his arm abroad In the dark ness "this is tho true essence of life to create, to develop the gifts that God has given us to work nnd know the blessing of weariness to have dreams nnd see them come true. That is life, and I have lived. And now I am ready to rest." He smiled wist fully. " 'The kng Is dend. Long live the king.' I wonder If you, raised ns you have been, can face life In Sequoia resolutel; with my son. It is a dull, drab sawmill town, where life unfolds grndunlly without thrill where the years stretch ahead of one with only trees, among simple folk. The life, may ho hard on you, Shirley; one has to acquire a taste for It, you know." "I hnvc known the lilt of battle, John-partner," she nnswered; "hence I think I can enjoy the sweets of vic tory. I am content." "And what a run you did give that boy Bryce 1" She laughed softly. "I wanted him to fight ; I hnd a great curiosity to see the stuff that was In him," she ex plained. Next day Bryce Cardigan, riding tho top log on the end truck of a long train just in from Cardigan's woods In Township Nine, dropped from the end of the log us the train crawled through the mill yard on Its way to tho log dump. He hailed Buck Ogllvy, where the latter stood In the door' of the office. "Big doings up on Little Laurel creek this morning, Buck." "Do tell !" Mr. Ogllvy murmured morosely. "It wns great," Bryce continued. "Old Duncnn McTnvlsh returned. I know ho would. Ills year on tho mourner's bench expired yesterday, and be enmo back to claim UJs old Job of woods boss." "He's one year too late," Ogllvy de clared. "I wouldn't let that big Cana dian Jules Bondenu quit for n farm. Some woods boss, that and his first job with this company wus the dirtiest you could hand him smearing grease on tlie skid road nt a dollar and n half n day nnd found. He's ninde too good to lose out now. I don't care what his private morals' may be. lie can got out the logs, hang his rascally hide, and I'm for him ". "I'm afraid you haven't anything to say about It, Buck," Bryce replied dryly. "I nnven't eh? Well, nny tlmo you deny me the privilege of hiring nnd firing you're going to bo out the serv ice of n rattling good general muna- ger, my son. Yes, sir! If you hold me responsible for results I must se lect tho tools I want to work with." "Oh, very well," Bryce laughed. "Have It your own way. Only If you can drive Duncnn McTnvlsh out of Cardigan's woods I'd like to see you do It. Possession Is nine points of the law' Buck and Old Duncnn Is In possession." "What do you mean In possession?" "I mean that at ten o'clock this morning Duncnn McTnvlsh nppeared at our log landing. Tho whisky fat was all gone from him and l"e ap peared forty years old Instead of the sixty that he Is. With a whoop ho came Jumping over the logs, straight for Jules Bondeau. Tho big Cunuok sow him coming and knew what his visit, portended so he wasn't taken unawares. It was a case of fight for his Job and Bondeau fought." "The devil you sayl" "I do and there was the devil to pay. It was a rough and tumble nnd no grips barred just the kind of :i fight Bondenu likes. Nevertheless Old Duiicun floored him. While he's been itwuy somebody taught him the ham mer lock and the crotch hohl and u few more fancy ones, and he got to work on Bondeau In a hurry. In fact he had to, for If tho tussle had gone over five minutes Bondenu's youth would have decided the Issue." "And Bondenu wns whipped?" "To a whisper. Mae floored him, and choked him until he beat the ground with his free hand In token of surrender; whereupon old Duncan let him up, and Bondeau went to his shanty nnd packed his turkey. Tho Inst I saw of him he was headed over the hill to Camp Two on Laguna Grande. IIo'll probably chase that as sistant woods boss I hired nfter the consolidation out of Shirley's woods nnd help himself to tho follnw's Job. I don't enre If be does. What Interests me Is the fact that the old Curdle n woods boss Is back on tho Job In Car digan's woods, nnd I'm mighty glnil of It. Tho old horsethlef has had his lesson anil will remain sober hero nfter.' I think Iic'k cured," "The Infamous old outlnw!" "Mac knows the San Iledrln iih I know my own pocket. He'll be a tower pf strength when we open up that trjtei nftcr the rnllrnl builds In By Copyright bj Teler D. Kjne tho wny, has my dad been down this morning?" "Yes. Molrn rend the mall to him rind then took him up to the Valley of tho Glnnts. He snld he wanted to do n llttlo quiet figuring on that new stenm bchooner you're thinking of building. He thinks she ought to bo bigger big enough to curry two mil lion feet." Bryce glanced nt his wntch. "It's hnlf after eleven," he said. "Guess I'll run up to tho Glnnts nnd bring htm home to luncheon." Ho stepped Into the Nnpler standing outside the office nnd drove away. Buck Ogllvy waited until Bryce was out of sight; then with sudden deter mination he entered the, office. "Molrn," he said abruptly, npprouch- irg the desk where she worked, "your ''"1 Is back, and what's more, Bryce dlgan has let him have his old Job -. woods boss. And I'm here to an nounce that you're not going back to the woods to keep house for him. Un derstnnd? Now, look here, Molrn. I've shilly-shallied nround you for months, protesting my love, nnd I haven't got ten nnywhere. Today I'm going to nsk you for the last time. Will you marry me? I need you worse than that ras cal of a father of yours does, nnd I tell you I'll not hnve you go back to the woods to take care of him. Come, now, Molrn. Do glvo me a definite an swer." "I'm nfrald I don't love you well enough to mnrry you, Mr. Ogllvy." Molrn pleaded. "I'm truly fond of you, but" "The last boot's gone," cried Mr. Ogllvy desperately. "I'm nnswered. Well, I'll not stick nround hero much longer, Molrn. I realize I must be n nuls-nnce, but I can't help being a nui sance when you're nonr me. So I'll quit my Job here and go buck to my old game of railroading." "Oh. you wouldn't quit u ton-thousand-dollar Job," Molrn erlud nghast. "I'd quit n million-dollar Job. I'm desnernto enough to go over to the mill and pick n tight with the big lmndsnw. I'm going away where I can't see you. Your eyes ure driving me cruzy." "But I don't want you to go, Mr. Ogllvy." J "Call me Buck," he commanded shnrply. "I don't want you to go, Buck," she repeated meekly, "I shall feel guilty, driving you out of n fine position." "Then mnrry me nnd I'll stay." "But suppose I don't love you tho wny you deserve " "Suppose! Suppose!" Buck Ogllvy cried. "You're no longer certain of yourself. How dure you deny your love for me? Kb? Molrn, I'll risk It," Her eyes turned o him timidly, nnd for the first time he snw In their smoky depths n lambent (lame, "I don't know," she quavered, "nnd It's a big responsibility in case " "Oh, the devil tnke the ease!" he cried rapturously, and tool; her hands In his. "Do I Improve' with nge. denr Molrn?" ho asked with boyish eager ness; then, before she could nnswer, bo swept on, n tornado of love nnd plendlng. And presently Molrn was In his nrms, nnd he wns kissing her. nnd she wns crying softly becuuso-rwcll, she ndmlred Mr. Buck Ogllvy; more, she respected him and was genuinely fond of him. She wondered nnd sho wondered, n quiet Joy thrilled her In the knowledge tbnt It did not seem nt nil Impossible for her to grow. In time, absurdly fond of this wholesome red ruscnl. "Oh. Buck, dear," sho whispered, "I don't know, I'm sure, but perhaps I've loved you a little bit for a long time." "lm perfectly wild over you. You're the most wonderful w'omnn 1 ever heard of. Old rosy-cheeks 1" And he pinched them Just to see the color come nnd go. John Cnrdlgnn wns seated In bis lumberjack's ony chnlr as his son ap proached, Ills hut lay on the lit t of brown twigs beside him; his chin wns sunk on his breast, and his head wns held n little to one side In n lis tening attitude; n vugrnut little breeze, rustled gently n lock of bis flue, long while hulr. Bryce stooped oer the old mini and shook him gently by the shoulder. ; "Wake up, partner." be called cheer fully. But John Cardigan did not wake, and ngnln his urn shook him. Still iccplvliurnn response. Bryce lift ed the leonine old head and gn.ed Ipto his father's face ",lolm Cnrdl gnn!" he cried sinrply. "Wake up. old pal." The old e;?es opened and John Car llgun smiled, up nt his boy. "Good son." ho whispered, "good son!" He closed his sightless o.cs again as If tho more effort of holding them open wearied him. "I've been sitting here wultlng," ho went on In the same gentle Whisper. "No. not waiting for you, boy waiting " Ills head fell over on his son's shoul der; his hnnd went groping for Bryce's. "Listen," ho continued. "Can't you hoar It the Silence? I'll wait for you here, ray son. Mother and 1 will wnlt together now In this spot she fancied. I'm tired I want rest. Look after old Mac and Molrn and Bill Handy, who lost bis legal Camp Seven hist fii'I-und Tom r.lllnif ton's chil dren- and nil tho others, son. You know, Bryeo. They'ro your responsi bilities. Sorry I can't wait to see tho San Iledrln opened up, tot I've lived my llfo nnd loved my lovn. Ah, yes, I've been happy so hnppy Just doing things and dreaming here among my Clnnts and " He sighed gently. "Good son," he wnlsperod ngnln ; his big body relaxed, nnd the groat heart of tho Argonnut was still. Bryce held him until tho reullzntlon came to him that bis father was no more tbnt like n wntch, tho winding of which hns been neglected, he hnd grndunlly slowed up and stopped. "Goodby. on! John-pnrtnorl" he murmuied. "You've escnped Into tho light nt last. We'll go home together now, but we'll come back again." Ami with his father's body In bin strong nrms he departed from (he little amphlthenter, walking lightly with his henvy burden down the old skid rond to the waiting nutomoblle. And two duys later John Cardigan returned to rest forever with his lost mute ninong the Glnnts. himself nt Inst tin Infinites imal portion of that tremendous sllenco tbnt Is the diapason in the nges. When the funeral was over Shirley and Br.ce lingered until they found themselves nlone beside the freshl turned earth. Through u rift In the great brunches two hundred feet nbove n patch of cerulean sk) showed faint ly; the sunlight fell like a broad gold en shaft over the blossom-laden grave and from the brown trunk of an ad jacent tree u gray squirrel, u descend ant, perhaps, of the gray squirrel that rills If i;!i i m ' JhiI.I llh I'lliiiU ' 111 Ii' fllriTliilill . M Ifll! 111 J Lr'' ,. v i2 - XWiHtJU "He Was n Giant Amonn Men." had been wont to rob Bryce's pocketi of pine nuts twenty years before, chirped at them Inquiringly. "He wus u giant among men," snld Bryce presently. "What u fitting plnce tor him to lie!" He passed his arm nround his wife's shoulders nnd drew her to him. "You mudelt possible, sweethenrt." She gnzed up nt him In ndorntlon. And presently they left tho Valley of the Giants to face the world to gethor. strong In their fultli to live their lives nnd lovo their loves, to dream their dreams and perchnncn when life should bo done with und the hour of rest at hand, to surrender, bus tnlncil and comforted by the knowl edge that thoso dreams had come true. TIIK END. DIAMOND IS MODERN JEWEL Beautiful 8tone aa We Know It Today Was Unfamiliar to the An cient World. ' The perfectly cut und brilliant din innnd tho world knows todny Is not very much more than 50 yearn old. says n writer In Popular Science. Tho an cient world knew little of dia monds. From the first Pharaoh to the last, through nil the pageantry of .'II dynasties, diamonds were unknown In Egypt. From tho dnwn of history. Bnh) Inn remained unfamiliar with them for -10 centuries. , The conquest of Alexnnder across the Indus In W'll B. C. acquainted Greece vaguely with their existence. The patricians of Home in tho days of the early emplro rarely owned them. Byzantine supremacy, the rise of Ven ice to maritime power, the Moorish conquest of Spain, brought only a trickle of dlumonds Into western I2u rope. A fnshtonnblo Jewelry store In America today carries mom diamonds In stock tlinn were In nil F.uiopu vWhcn Columbus hailed from PnUm. It Certainly Is Thatl Have you ever been stuck In tho mud nt tint foot of u steep l.'vellno In u balky motor cur? So have we. Anil If you are u woman und the motor was driven by u normal man, you heaid words that you had a vaguu Idea existed but were not exactly sure were In current use. And If lie asked for a pair of pliers, you knew if you mndo u mistake and handed him n monkey wrench bo might choke you or some thing. And when, after he has had to put on the chains, you finally pull out of Hint mud hole, O-oo! "Ain't It a grand and glorious feeling?" Colunn but! Dispatch, People who are Buffering will not listen to your cool philosophy. They ipuct things. . , ii You Need a Medicine You Should Have the Besl Have you ever stopped to reason why , It in that to many products that arc ex tensively advertised, all at once drop out l of sight and arc soon forgotten? The reason is plain-the article did not fulfill the promises of the manufacturer. Tbii applies more particularly to a medicine. A- medicinal preparation that has real curative value almost sells itself, ns like an endless chain system the remedy Is recommended by those who have been benefited, to thoso who are in need of it. 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