NOKTTI PLATTR REMT-WEEKTV TRIBUNE. A j J II OF THE W If J PETElfaKYWE C lb llrTJSOQ Or "CA7JPY J2TCfi&'U EjJlL COPVT2I6HT, BY" PETER JB.KYNE yj Mf A BLACKBERRY PIE. Bytiopala. IMoneer In the Califor nia redwood region, John CnrdlKnn, it forty-noven, Is tho londlni? citizen pt Hequola, owner of mills, ships, and many acres cl timber, a wid ower after three years of married llfo, and father of two-day old nryco Cardigan. At fourtcon Bryce ,-nakes tho acquaintance of Shirley dumner, a visitor at Bcquola, and his junior by a few years, Together they visit tho Valloy of the aiantH, sacred to John Cardigan and his son as tho burial place of Dryco's mother, and part with mutual ro gret. While IJryco Is at collogo John Cardigan meots with heavy business losses and for tho first tlmo views tho futuro with uncer tainty. Aftor graduation from col. logo, and a trip nbroad, Bryo Car digan comes home. On the train ho meots Shirley Sumner, on her way to Sequoia to mako her homo thero with her uncle, Col. Pennington. Hryce learns that his father's cyo stght has failed and that Col. Ion nlngtorl Is sooklng to taka advan tage of tho old man's business mis fortunes. CHAPTER V Continued. "Certainly tlioy cnn. Hut I shall have to wait until tlioy are completely matured nrnl I havo liecomo completely' blind; then n specialist will perforin nn opcmtlon on my eye, nnd In nil probability my Bight will bo restored for ii few yenrs. However, I haven't given tho mutter n great denl of con sideration. And T am nbout rendy to quit now. I'd llko to, In fact; I'm tired." "Oh, but you can't quit until you've soen your redwoods again," IJryco re minded him. "I mipposo It's been n long time since you've visited tho Valley of the Giants; your long exile from tho wood-goblins has made you n udfle gloomy. I'm afraid." John Cardigan nodded. "I haven't Ben them In n year and n half, IJryco. Last time I was up, I slipped between tho logs on tli ii t old skid-road and Ule to broke my old fool neck." "Pal, It wasn't fair of you to mako mo stay away so long. If I had only known If I hud remotely suspected "You'd have spoiled everything of course. Don't scold me, son. You'co all I havo now, nnd I couldn't hear to send for you until you'd had your fling." Ills trembling old hand crept over nnd closed upon his boy's hnnd, bo Ann but free from signs of toll. "It was my pleasure, IJryco," ho con tinued, "nnd you wouldn't deny mo my choice of sport, would you? Re member, lnd, I novcr had a boyhood; I never had n collego education, and tho only real tin vol I havo over had was when I worked my way around Cape Horn ns n foremast hand, nnd all I Baw then wns water and hard ships; nil I'vo seen since Is my little world hero In Sequoia nnd In Snn Francisco," "You've sacrificed enough too much for me, Dad." "It pleased mo to glvo you all the advantages I wanted and couldn't af ford until 1 wns too old and too busy to consider uicin. itcsiues, it was your mother's wish. And you hnvo enjoyed your little run, haven't you?" ho concluded wistfully. "I hnvo, Dnd." IJryco's groat hand closed over tho back of his father's neck; ho shook the old mnn with mock ferocity. "Stubborn old lumber jack I" he chldod. John Cardigan shook with nn In ward chuckle, for tho loving abuse hli boy had formed a habit of heaping on Win nover failed to thrill him. In stinctively IJryco hnd ronlUed that tonight obvious sympathy copiously expressed was not tho medlclno for Ids father's bruised spirit,; hence ho elected to regard the lnttor's blindness as a mere temporary nnnoynnce, some thing to bo considered lightly, If nt nil; nnd It wns typical of him now that tho Bubjcct hnd been discussed brlofly, to resolve nover to refer to U again. "Tomorrow morning I'm going to put n pnlr of overalls on you, nrm you with n tin cnn and a swnb, and net you to greasing tho skldways, Partner, you'vo deceived mo." "Oh, nonsense. If I had whlmporcHl, that would only hnvo spoiled every thing." "Novertheloss, you wero forced to cable mo to hurry homo." "I summoned you tho Instant 1 realized I was going to need you." "No, you didn't, John Cardigan, You summoned me because, for the llrst tlmo In your life, you were panicky and let yourself get out of hnnd." Ills father nodded slowly. "And you aren't over It yet," IJryco con tinned, his voice no longor bantering hut lowered nffcctlnnntoly. "What's tho trouble, Dnd? Trot out your old panic and let mo Inspect It. Trouble must be very real when It gotH my fnther cm tho run." "It Is, IJryee. very real Indeed. As I remarked before, I've lost your heritage for you." Ho sighed. "I waited till you would be able to come homo and settle down to business ; now you're home; and there Isn't any busi ness to settle down to." IJryco chuckled, for 1in was Indeed far from being worried over business matters, his consideration now being entirely for his father's pence of mind. "All right," ho rotortcd, "Father has lost his money nnd wo'll have to let the servants go nnd glvo up tho old home. That part of It Is settled; nnd weak, nnonilc, tenderly nurtured llttlo llryce Cardlgarf must put his turkey on his back and go Into the woods looking for a Job as a lumberjack. . . IJusted, eh? Did I or did I not henr tho six o'clock whistle blow at tho mill? Hot you a dollar I did." "Oh, I havo title to everything yet," "How I do havo to dip for good news I Then It appears wo still have a business; Indeed, wo mny always hnvo a business, for tho very fact that It Is going but not quite gone Implies a doubt as to Its ultimate departure, and perhaps we may yet scheme a way to retain It. If wo can save enough out of tho wreck to Insure you your customary homo comforts, I shan't cry, partner, I hnvo a profes sion to fall back on. .Yes, slrree. I own a sheep-skin, and It says I'm an electrical and civil engineer." "What!" "I said it. An electrical and civil engineer. Slipped ono over on you at college, John Cardigan, when all tho time you thought I was having a good time." "Uu-bu-but " "It drives mo wild to hnvo a man sputter at me. I'm nn electrical and civil engineer. I tell you, and my two yenrs of travel havo been spent study ing tho Installation and construction of big plants abroad." "My dear boy I And you'vo got your degree?" "Partner, I havo a string of letters after my iianio llko Uio tall of a comet." ' "You comfort me," tho old mnn answered simply. "I havo roproacheA myself with the thought that I rearcu you with the solo thought of niuklnf, a lumberman out of you and when I saw your lumber business slipping through my fingers " "You wero sorry I didn't havo a profession to fall back on, eh? Or wero you fearful lest you hud raised tho usual rich man's son? If the latter, you did not compliment mo, pnl. I'vo never forgotten how hard you al ways strove to Impress mo .with u sonso of tho exact weight of my responsibility as your successor." "How big aro you now?" his father queried suddenly. "Well, sir," IJryco answered, for his father's pleasure putting aside his normal modesty, "I'm six feet two Inches tall, and I weigh two hundred pounds In the pink of condition. I havo a forty-elght-Inch chest, with live nnd a half Inches chest-expansion, and a reach us long as a gorilla's. My underpinning Is good, too; I'm not ono of these fellows with spidery legs nnd a barrelchest. I can do a hundred yards In ten seconds; I'm no slouch of a swimmer; and at Princeton they say I made football history." "That Is very encouraging, my boy very. Hver do any boxing?" "Quite a little. I'm fairly up In tho manly art of self-defense." The old man wngged his head ap provingly, and .they had reached the gate of tho Cardigan homo before he spoke again. "There's n big buck woods-boss up In Pennington's camp," ho remarked irrclovnntly. "He's a French Canadian Imported from north orn Michigan by Colonel Pennington. I dare say ho's tho only man In this country who measures up to you phys ically. Ho can light with his lists and wrestle qulto cleverly, I'm told. Ills name is Jules Kondcnu, and ho's top dog nmong tho lumberjacks. They say he's the strongest mnn In tho county." Ho unlatched tho gate. "Folks used to sny that about mo once," ho continued .wistfully. "Ah, If I could have my eyes to seo you meet Jules Hondenu!" The front portal of tho quaint old Cardigan resldenco opened, nnd a silver-haired lady came out on tho porch and hnlled Uryce. She was Mrs. Tully, John Cardigan's old house keeper, and almost a mother to Uryce, "Oh. here's my boy I" fho cried, and a moment later found herself onclrcled by Uryce's arms and saluted with a hearty kins. As ho stepped Into tho fnmlllnr on trance-hall, IJryco paused, raised his bond and sniffed suspiciously, like a bird-dog, Mrs. Tully, arms nklmbo, watched htm plensurnhly. "I smell something," he declared, and advanced a step down the hnll for another sniff; i then, In exnet Imitation of a foxhound, he gave tongue and started for tho kitchen. Mrs. Tully, waddling nftor, found him "pointing" two hot black berry pies which had n few minutes previously been taken from Uio oven. He wns haying lugubriously. "I'm still a pie-hound, Mrs. Tully, mid you're still the same dear, tluiiiKht- ful soul. How many did you mnke?" "Two." "May I hnvo one nil for mysolf, Mrs. Tully?" "Indeed you mny, my dear." "Thank you. but I do not want It for myself. Mrs. Tully, will you please wrap one of those wonderful pies In a napkin and the Instant Oeorge Sen Otter comes In with the car, tell lilm to tnke the pie over to Colonel Penn ington's bouse and deliver It to Miss Sumner? There's n girl who doubtless thinks she bus tasted pie In her day, and I wnnt to prove to her thnt she hasirt." He selected a card from his card-case, sat down nnd wroto: "Dear Miss Sumner: "Here Is a priceless hot wild-blackberry pie, especially manufnetured In my honor. It Is so good I wanted you to have some. In all your life you havo never tnstcd anything like It. "Sincerely, "IJryco Cardigan." Some tweijty minutes later his un usual votive offering wns delivered by Qeorgo Sea Otter to Colonel Penning ton's' Swedish innld, who promptly brought It In to the Colonel nnd Shirley Sumner, who wero even then at dinner In the Colonel's line burl-redwood-paneled dining room. Miss Sumnor's nmazeincnt was so profound that for fully a minute she was mute, contenting herself with scrutinizing al ternately tho pie and tho card that ac companied It. Presently she bunded the card to her uncle, who affixed his pince-nez nnd rend the epistle with deliberation. "Isn't this young Cnrdlgnn a truly remarkable young mnii, Shirley?" he declared. "Why, I have nover henrd of anything like his astounding action. If he had sent you over nn armful of American Uenuty roses from his father's old-fashioned garden, I could undertnnd It, but nn Infernal black berry plol Good heavens!" "I told you ho was different," she replied. To tho Colonel's amazement she did not nppenr at nil amused. "IJryco Cnrdlgnn Is n man with the heart and soul of a boy, and I think It was mighty sweet of him to shnro his plo with me. If ho had sent roses, I should have suspected him of trying to 'rush' me, but the fact that he sent n blackberry plo proves that he's Just a nnturnl, simple, sane, original cltl- "I Told You He Was Different." zen just Uio kind or person a girl can have for a dear friend without Incurring the risk of having to marry him." Tho Colonel noticed a calm llttlo smile fringing her generous mouth. Ho wished ho could toll, by Intuition, what slio was thinking about and what effect n hot wild-blackberry pie wns ultimately to havo upon the vnluo of his minority holding In the Lnguna Grando Lumber company. Not until dinner wns finished nnd fntlior and son had repaired to the library for their coffee and cigars did IJryco Cardigan advert to tho subject of his father's business nffalrs. "Well, John Cnrdlgan," ho declared comfortably. "Suppose you start at tho.boglnnlng nnd tell me everything right to tho end. George Sea Otter Informed me that you'vo been having trouble with this Joluiny-como-lntcly, Colonel Pennington. Is ho the mnn who has us whore the hair Js short?" The old man nodded. "Tho Squaw creek timber deal, eh?" Uryce suggested. Again tho old man nodded. "You wroto mo all about that." Uryce con tinued. "You had him blocked which ever way ho turned so effectually blocked, In fact, that tho only pleas ure he has derived from his Invest ment since Is the knowledge thnt ho owns two thousand ncres of timber with tho exclusive right to pay taxes on It, walk In It, look nt It nnd ndmlro It In fact, do everything except log It, mill It, and realize or. his Invest ment. It must mnke lilm feel llko a bally Jackass." "On tho other hnnd," his fnther re minded him, "nn matter what the Colonel's feeling on thnt score may he, misery loves company, and not until I hnd pulled out of the Squaw creek country and started logging lu tho San Ifpdrln wntershed, did I realize that I hud been considerable of a Jackass myself." "Yes," Uryce admitted, "there can be no doubt but thnt you cut off your ti(e to spite your face." His thoughts harked back to that first reason of logging In the San Hedrln, when the cloud-burst had caught tho river filled with Cardigan logs and whirled thorn down to tho bay, to crash through the log-boom at tidewater and continue out to the open sen. Tho old man appeared to divine the trend of his son's thoughts. "Yes, Uryce, thnt was a disastrous year," be declared. "The mere loss of tho legs was a severe blow, but In addi tion I had to pay out quite a llttlo money to settle with my customers. I was loaded up with low-priced orders that year, although I didn't expect to make any money. The orders were merely to keep the men employed. You understand, Uryce! I hnd a good crew, the finest In the country; nnd If I had shut down, my men would hnvo scattered and well, you know how hard It Is to get that kind of a crew together again. Uesldes, I had never failed my boys before, nnd I couldn't bear the thought of falling them then. Half tho mills In Uio country were shut down nt the time, and tliere wns a lot of distress among the unemployed. 1 couldn't do It, Uryce." Uryce nodded. "And when you lost the logs, you couldn't fill those low priced orders. Then the mnrket com menced to Jump nnd advanced threo dollars In threo months " "Exactly, my son. And my cus tomers began to crowd me to fill those old orders. I couldn't expect them to suffer with me; my failure to perform my contracts, while unavoidable, never theless would have caused them n serious loss, nnd when they were forced to buy elsowhere, I paid them the difference between the price they paid my competitors nnd the price nt which thoy orglnully placed their or ders with me. And tho delay caused them further loss." He smoked meditatively for a min ute. "I've always been land-poor," he explained upologetlcnlly. "Whenever I had Idlo money. I put It Into timber In the Snn Hedrln watershed, because I realized that some day the railroad would build In from tho south, tnp that timber and double Its vnlue. I've not ns yet found reason to doubt tho wisdom of my course; but" he sighed "the rnllrond Is a long time com ing!" John Cnrdlgnn here spoke of a -most Importnnt fnctor In the situation. The crying need of the country was a feeder to some transcontinental railroad. By reason of natural barriers, Humboldt county wns not enslly accessible to the outsldo world except from the sen. and even this avenue of Ingress and egress would bo closed for days at a stretch when the harbor bar wns on n rampage. With tho exception of n strip of "level, fertile land, perhaps live miles wide nnd thirty miles long and contiguous to tho sencoast, the heavily timbered mountnlns to tV north, east, and south renderei' building of n railroad that would connect Humboldt county with the outsldo world a pro foundly difficult and expensive task. "Don't worry, Dnd. It will come," Bryco assured his father. "It's bound to." 'Yes, but not In my day. And when It comes, n stranger may own your San Hedrln timber nnd renp the re ward of my lifetime of labor." Agnln a silence fell between Uiem, broken presently by the old mnn. "Thnt was a mistake logging In the San Hedrln," ho observed. "I hnd my lesson Unit first year, but I didn't heed It. If I hnd nbundoncd my camps Uiere, pocketed my pride, paid Colonel Pennington two dollars for his Squaw creek timber, nnd rebuilt my old logging rond, I would have been safe to-day. But I was stubborn ; I'd played tno gamo so long, you know I didn't want to let Unit man Pennington outgnmo me. It's hnrd to teach an old dog now tricks, nnd he- sides, I wns obsessed with tho need of protecting your heritage from nt tack In any direction." John Cardigan straightened up In his chnlr and laid the tip of his right Index finger In the center of the palm of his left hand. "Here was the sit nation, isryeo: tho center or my palm represents Sequoia ; the ends of my fingers represent the Snn Hedrln timber twenty miles south. Now, If the rnllrond built In from the south, you would win. But If It built In from Grunt's Pass, Oregon, on the north from tho base of my hnnd, the terminus of the lino would be Sequoia, twenty miles from your timber In tho Snn Hedrln wntershed I" IJryco nodded. "In which event," ho replied, "wo would be In much the same position with our Snn Hedrln timber us Colonel Pennington Is with his Squaw creok timber. We would havo tho comforting knowledge thnt wo owned It and pnld taxes on It but couldn't do a dad-burned thing with It I" "Bight you nrel Tho thing to do, then, ns I vowed the situation, Uryee, wns to acquire a body of tlmbor north of Sequoia and he prepared for either eventuality. And this I did." Silence ngnin descended upon them; and Uryce, gazing Into the open lire place, recalled nn event In thnt period of his father's activities: Old Bill Henderson had come up to their house to dinner one night, nnd quite sud denly, In the midst of his soup, tho old fox hnd glared across at his host and bellowed: "John, I hear you've bought six thousand acres up In Township nine Going to log it or hold It for Invest meutr "It wns n good buy," Cnrdlgan had replied enigmatically; "so I thought I'd better take It at the price. I sup pose IJryco will log It some day." "Then 1 wish Uryce wasn't such a boy, John. See here, now, neighbor. I'll 'fess up. I took that money Pen nington guve mo for my Squaw creek timber nnd put It bnck Into redwood In Township nine, slam-bang up against your holdings there. John, I'd build n mill on tidewater If you'd soli mo a site, nnd I'd log my timber If " "I'll sell you a mill-site, Bill, nnd I won't stab you to tho heart, elUier. Consider that settled." "That's bully, John; but still, you only dispose of pnrt of my troubles. There's twelve tulles of logglng-rond to build to get my logs to the mill, and I haven't enough ready money to make the grade. Better throw In with me, John, und we'll build the road and operate It for our Joint Interest." "I'll not throw In with you, Bill, nt my time of life. I don't want to havo the worry of building, maintaining, and operating twelve miles of prlvato railroad. But I'll loan you tho money you need to build nnd equip the road. In return you are to shoulder all the grief and worry of the rond and give me a ten-year con tract at a dollar nnd a hnlf per thous and feet, to haul my logs down to tidewater with your own. My mini mum haul will bo twenty-five million feet annually, nnd my maximum fifty million " "Soldi" cried Henderson. And It wns even so. Bryce enme out of his reverie. "And now?" he queried of bis father. "I mortgaged tho San Hedrln tim ber In the south to buy the timber In the north, my son ; then nfter I com menced logging In my now holdings. enmo several long, lenn years of famine, the market dragged In tho doldrums, and Bill Henderson died, nnd his boys got discouraged, and " A sudden Hash of Inspiration Illumi nated Bryce Cardigan's brain. "And they sold out to Colonel Pennington." he cried. "Kxnetly. The Colonel took over my contract with Henderson's coin pnny, along with the other assets, and It was Incumbent upon him, as as signee, to fulfill the contract. For the past two years the market for redwood has been most gratifying, nnd If I could only have gotten a maximum supply of logs over Pennington's road. I'd havo worked out of the hole, but " "He manages to hold you to u mini mum nnnuul haul of twenty-five million feet, eh?" John Cnrdlgnn nodded. "He claims he's short of rolling-stock that wrecks and 'fires have embarrassed tho road. He can always llntl excuses for falling to spot in logging trucks for Cardigan's logs." "What docs Colonel Pennington want, pard?" "He wants," said John Cardigan slowly, "my Valley of tho Giants nnd a right of way through my land from the vnlley to n log-dump on deep water." "And you refused him?" "Naturally. You know my Ideas on that big timber." His old bead sank low on his breast. "Folks call them Cardigan's redwoods now," he mur mured. "Cardigan's redwoods nnd Pennington would cut them! Oh, Bryce, tho mnn hasn't a soul !" "But I fall to see what tho loss of Cardigan's redwoods has to do with tho Impending ruin of the Cnrdlgnn Redwood Lumber compnny," his son reminded him. "Wo have all the tim ber we wnnt." "My ten-year contract has hut one more year to run, and recently I tried to get Pennington to renew It. He was very nice nnd soclnble. hut he named mo a freight-rate for a renewal of tho contract for five years, of three dollars per thousand feet. Thnt rate Is prohibitive and puts us out of busi ness." "Then," snld Bryce calmly, "we'll shut the mill down when tho log hauling contract expires, hold our tlm bor ns nn Investment, nnd Uvo the simple life until we cnn sell It or a transcontinental road builds Into ITum boldt county nnd enables us to start up tho mill ngnin." "An enemy has done this thing and over her grave!" (TO BE CONTINUED.) Genius. 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