The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922, June 15, 1920, Image 6
NORTH PLATTE SEMT-WEEKLY TRIBUNE. The VALLEY Author of "Ctppy Ricka" ft: DRYCE AND JULES. Bynopnli. Pioneer In the Califor nia redwood region, John Cardigan, at forty.seven, la the leaillnK citizen of Bequola, owner of mills, ships, and many ocren of timber, a wid ower after three yeara of married life, and father of two-day-old Hryce Cardigan. At fourteen Bryce maken the acquaintance of Shirley Sumnnr, a visitor at Boquola, and hla Junior by a few years. Together they visit the Valley of the Giants, sacred to John Cardigan and his son an the burial place of Hryce's mother, and part with mutual re gret While Bryce Is at college John Cardigan meets with heavy business tosses and for the first time views the future with uncer tainty. After graduation from col lege, and a trip abroad, Dryce Car digan comes home. On the train he meets Shirley Sumner, on her way to Sequoia to mako her home there with her uncle, Colonol Pennington. Hryce learns that his father's eye sight has failed and that Colonel Pennington Is seeking to tako ad vantage of the old man's business mlBfortutios. John Cardigan Is do npalrlng, but Dryco Is full of fight llryre finds a burl redwood felled across his mother's grave. He goes to dinner at Pennington's on Shir ley's Invitation. CHAPTER VI Continued. G "I'm nfrnld 1 do,, iny denr," . the Colonel admitted with his best nlr of henrty epiiuslveneas. "Pin nfrnld I do. However, Mr. Cardigan, now that you hnve nt leant, I huve been so In formedtaken over your father's busi ness, I am hoping wo will ho enabled to get together on many llttlo details and work them out on u common hnsln to our mutual advantage. Wo lumber men should stand together and not make It hard for each other. How over," he concluded, "let's not talk shop, I Imagine we have enough of tli at during the day. Resides, here are the cocktails." With tho disposal of the cocktails, the conversation drifted Into n discus sion of Shirley's adventures with n fmlmoii In Dig Ingoon. The Colonel discoursed learnedly on tho superior sport of tnuskcllungc-flshlng. which prompted Hryce to outer Into n descrip tion of going nftor swordflsh among tho islands of tho Santa Burlmra chan nel. "Once I was flailing at San " Th butler appeared In the, doorway nnd Imwcd to Sblrloy, announcing thnt dinner was served. Tho girl rose nnd gnve bur nnn to Hryce: with her other arm linked through her unclo's she dirtied townrd tho dining room. Just Inside the entrance Hryce fciauscd. Tho soft glow of tho candles' In the old-fashioned silver cnndlc irtlclcH upon the tnblo was reflected In tho polished wnlls of tho room wnlls fanned of panels of tho most ex quisitely patterned rctjwood burl Bryce C'ardlgun hud over seen. Also tho panels were unusunlly large. Shirley Sumner's alert glance fol lowed Hryce's as It 8vcpt around the room. "This dining room Is Uncle Seth's particular delight, Mr. Cardi gan," Blio explained. "It Is very beautiful, Miss Sumner. "And your uncle has worked wonders In the matter of having It polished. TlioHo panels lire positively the largest and most beautiful specimens of red wood burl ever turned out In this country. Tho grain Is not merely wnvyf It Is not meroly curly; It Is actually so contrary thnt you hnve here, Colonel Pennington, a room ab solutely unique. In that It Is formed of blrd's eyo burl. Mark tho deep shadows In It. And bow It dooa reflect tboso candles t" "It la beautiful," tho Colonel de--clarcd. "And I must confess to n pardonable prldo In It, nlthough tho task of kccpjng theso walls from bo lug mnrred by the rurnlturo knocking against them requires tho utmost cure." Bryco turned nnd his brown eyes Biased Into tho Colonel's. "Whoro did you succeed In finding such a marvel ous tree?" he qucrlod polntodly. "I know of but-one tree In Humboldt county that could have produced such beautiful burl." For nbout a second Colonel Penning ton met Bryco's glnnco unwaveringly; then he rend something In bis guest's eyes, and his glance shifted, while over his benign countoiuinco n flush spread quickly. Hryce noted It and his quickly roused suspicions were as quickly kindled Into cortulnty. "Whoro did you find that tree?" be repeated Innocently. "Rondeau, my woods-boss, knew I -was on the lookout for something .special something nobody elso could get: so he kept 'his eyes open." "Indectll" Thoro was Just a trace of Irony In Hryce's tones as ho drew Bhlrley's chair nnd held It for her, "xou are fortunate to have such, n woods-boss In your employ. Such loyal fellows are usually too good to to fnie, nnd qtfJta frequently they put their blankets on their backs and got iont of tho country when you least cx ipect It. I dara say It would be a shock to you If Itondeau did that." There was no mistaking tho veiled threat behind that apparently Innocent observation, nnd tho Colonel, being a man of mora tbuu ordinary astute By PETER B. KYNE ness, realized that at last ho must place his cards on the table. "Yes," be said, "I would be rather disappoint ed. However, 1 pny Itondeau rather more than It Is customary to ' pay woods-bosses; so I Imagine he'll stay unless, of course, somebody inkos a notion to run him out of the country. And when that happenc, I want to be on hand to view the spectacle." Hryce sprinkled n modicum of salt In his soup. "I'm "going up Into Town ship nine to-morrow afternoon," be remarked casually. "1 think I shall go over to your camp and pay the In comparable Jules u brief visit" Again the Colonel nsslinltated the bint, but preferred to dissemble. "Oh, you can't steal film from me, Cardi gan," be laughed. "I warn you In nd- vnnce so spore yourself the effort." "I'll try anything once." Hryce re torted with equul good nature. "How ever, 1 don't want to steal him from you. I want to ascertain from blm where he procured this burl." "HO wouldn't tell you." "He might I'm a pcrsuaslvo little cuss when I choose to exert myself." "Itondeau Is not communicative. Ho requires lots of persuading," What delicious soup!" Hryce mur mured blandly. "Miss Sumner, may I have o cracker7" Tho dinner passed pleasantly; the challenge and deilnnce between guest nnd host hud been so skillfully nnd gracefully exchanged thnt Shirley hadn't tho slightest suspicion that these two well-groomed men hnd. un der her very nose, us It were, ugreed to ho enemies and then, for tho time being, turned their nttentlon to Other nnd more trifling matters. A sprightly three-cornered conversation continued for nn hour. Then the Colonel, secret ly enraged at the cnlm, mocking, con templative glances which Hryce ever nntl nnon bestowed upon him, and un ablo longer to convince himself that he was too apprehensive thnt this cool young man knew nothing nnd would do' nothing even If he knew something rose, pleaded tho necessity for looking over some papers, ami bade Hryce ' good-night. Foolishly ho proffered Bryco a limp bund; and n demon of deviltry taking possession of tho latter, be squeezed It with a simple, hearty earnestness, the while ho snld: "Colonel Pennington, 1 hope I do not have to assure you that -my visit hero this evening has not only been delightful but er Instructive. Good night, sir, und pleasant dreams." With difficulty tho Colonel suppress ed n groan. However, ho was not the sort of inun who suffers in silence; for n minute later tho butler, leaning over the banisters ns his master climb ed tho stairs to his library, beard the latter curse with nn eloquenco thnt was singularly appealing. CHAPTER VII. Uojonel Seth Pennington looked up sourly ns a clerk entared bis prlvnto office. "Well?" he demnnded brus quely. When addressing lUa em ployees, the Colonel seldom bothered to nssume his pontlllcal mnnnor. 'Mr. Bryce Cardigan Is waiting to sco you, sir." "Very well. Show him In." Hryco entered. "Good morning, Colonel," ho said pleasantly, nnd bra zenly thrust out his hand. "Not for mo, my boy," the Colonel assured him. "I had enough of that last night We'll just consider the hund-shuklug all attended to, If you please. Have a chair; sit down and tell me what I can do to mako you happy." "I'm delighted to find you in such n generous Jrnmo of mind, Colonel, You can make me genuinely happy by renewing,- for ten years on tho snmo terms as the original contract, your arrangement to freight tho logs of the Cardigan ltedwood Lumber company from tho woods to tidewater." Colonel Pennington cleared his throat with n propltlntory "Abem-rn-ml" Then ho removed his gold spec- tncles nnd carefully wiped them with a silk handkcrchlof, ns carefully re placed them upon his aristocratic nose, und then gazed curiously nt Bryco. "My dear young friend I My very dear young friend I I must protest at being asked to discuss this , matter, Your father and I bavo boon over It In dotal! ; we failed to agree, hnd thnt settles It." "I did not expect you to ngreo to my request. I am not qulto thnt optimistic," Bryco replied evonly. "I thought thnt possibly, If I reopened negotiations you might hnvo n reason able counter-proposition to suggest' "I bnvenU thought of any." ' "I suppose If I agreed to sell you that quarter-section of timber In the llttlo volley over yonder" (ho pointed to tho east) "and tho natural outlet for your Squaw creek timber, you'd quickly think of one," Bryco suggested pointedly. "No, I tun not In the market for that Vnlloy of tho GlnntH, ns your Idealistic father ptofers to call It. Tho posses sion of that big timber Is an advan tage I expect to enjoy before I no qulro many more gray hairs. Hut I do not expect to pay for It" GIANTS Copyrhrhl br fetsr I) Erne "Do you expect mo to offer it to you na a bonus for renewing our haul ing contract?" The Colonel snapped his fingers. "By George," he declared, "that's n bright Idea, and a few months ngo I would hnve been Inclined to consider it very seriously. But now" "You figure you've got us wliifring, eh?" Bryce was smiling pleasantly. "I am making no admissions." Penn ington responded enigmatically, " nor uny hauling contracts for my neigh bor's logs," be added. "I suppose f'll have to abandon tog ging In Township nine and go back to the San Hcdrln," Hryce sighed re signedly. ' "If you do, you'll go broke. You can't nfford It You're on tho verge of Insolvency this minute." "1 suppose, since you decline to hnul our logs, after the expiration of our present contract nnd In view of tho fact thnt we nro not financially nble to build our own logging" railroad, that tho wisest course my father and I could pursue would bo to sell our timber In Township nine to you. It ndjolnn your holdings In the name township." "I bad n notion the situation would begin to dawn upon you." The Colonel wns smiling now; his handsome face wns gradually assuming the expres sion pontifical. "I'll give you n dollar a thousand feet stumpnge for It." "I'm afraid I can't nccept that .offer. We paid n dollar and n half for It, you know, and If wo sold It to .you nt n dollar, the sale would not bring us sufficient money to take un our bonded Indebtedness; we'd only hnve the San Hedrln timber nntl the Valley of the Glunts left, nnd since we cannot log either of these nt present, nnturnlly we'd be out of business." "That's the way I llgured It, my bo.V." "Well we,'re not going out of busi ness." "Pardon nie for disagreeing with you. I think you are." "Not much! We can't nfford It." "My denr boy, my very dear young friend, listen to me. Your paternal ancestor Is the only human being who has ever succeeded In making a per fect monkey of me. When I wanted to purchase from blm n right of way through his absurd Valley of the Giants, In order thnt I might log my Squaw creek timber, be refused me. And to add Insult to Injury, lie spouted a lot of rot about his big trees, how much tlidy mennt to blm, and tho utter artistic horror of run ning a logging-train through the grove particularly slncj,, ha planned to be queath It to Sequoia as a public park. "I will uot renew your logging con tract. That Is final, young uinn. No man can ride mo with spurs and get away with It." "Oh, I know thnt yesterdny," "Then why linvo you called on me today, taking up my time on a dead Issue?" "I wanted to glvo you ono flnnl chance to repent. I know your plnn. You hnvo It In your power to smnsh tho Cardigan ltedwood Lumber com pany, acquire It nt tlfty per cent of tn vnlu nnd moron its assets with vour "I Will Not Renew Your Logging Con tract." Lngunn Grande Lumber company. You nro an ambitious man. You want to bo tho greatest redwood' manufacturer In California, nnd In order to nchleve your nmbltlons, you nre willing to ruin n competitor: you decllno to piny the game like n thoroughbred," "I piny the gnme of business accord lug to tho rules of the game; I do nothing Illegal, sir." "And nothing generous or chlvnlrous. Colonol, you know your plea of a shortage of rolling-stock Is thnt the contract for hauling our logs has been vory profitable and will bo moro profit able In tho future U you will nccept a llfty-cent-per-thousnnfl Increase on the freight rate and renew tho con tract for ten years." "Nothing doing, young mnn. Ite member, you arc not In a position to ask favors." "Then I suppose we'll have to go down fighting?" "I do not anticipate much of n fight." "And I'll begin by running your woods-boss out of the country." "Ah-hi" "You know why, of course those burl pnnels In your dining room. Ron deau foiled n tree In our Valley of the Giants to get thnt burl for you, Colonel Pennington." Pennington flushed. "I defy you to prove that." he almost shouted. "Very well. I'll mnke Rondeau con fess; perhaps he'll even tell me who sent him lifter the burl. Upon my word. I think you Inspired thai dastardly raid. At any rate. I know Itondeau Is guilty, nnd you. ns bis employer nnd the ' beneficiary of his crime, must accept the odium." The Colonel's face went white. "1 do not admit anything except thnt you appear to have lost your head, young man. However, for the sake of argu ment: granting thnt Rondenu felled that tree, he did It under the nppro henslon thnt your Vnlloy of the Giants Is a part of my Squnw creek timber adjoining." "I do not believe thnt There wns malice In the net brutality, even; for my mother's grave Identified tho Innd ns ours, nnd Itondeau felled the tree on her tombstone." "If flint Is so. and Rondeau felled that tree I do not believe he did I nm sincerely sorry, Cardigan. Nnme your price and I will pay you for the tree." "You can't pny for thnt tree." Bryce burst forth. "No pitiful human helng can pay In dollars- nnd cents for the wanton destruction of God's handi work. You wanted thnt burl, nnd when my father wns blind and could no longer mnke his Sunday pilgrimage up to that grove, your woods;boss went up nnd stole thnt which you knew you could not buy." "Thnt will be nbout nil from you. young mnn. Get out of my office. And, by the way, forget that you liave met my niece." "It's your office so I'll get out. A? for your second command" he snapped his fingers In Pennington's face "foocy 1" When Bryco hod gone, the Colonel hurriedly called his logging-camp on the telephone and nsked for Jules Rondeau,' only to bo Informed by the timekeeper who answered tho tele phone, thnt Rondeau was up In the green timber with the choppers nnd could not be gotten, to the telephone In less than two hours. "Do not send for him, then." Pen nington commanded. "I'm coming up on the eleven-fifteen train nnd will talk to him when he comes In for his lunch." At eleven o'clock, nnd Just ns the Colonel wns lenvlng to bonrd the eleven-fifteen logging-train bound empty for the woods, Shirley Sumner made her appearance In his office, "Uncle Seth," she complained, "I'm lonesome. The bookkeeper tells me you're going up to the logging-camp. May I go with you?" "By nil tneuns. Usually I ride In the cab with the engineer and fireman ; but If you're coming, I'll have them hook on the caboose. Step lively, my dear, or they'll be holding the train for us nnd upsetting our schedule." By virtue of their logging-contract with Pennington, the Cardigans nnd their employees were transported free over Pennington's logging railroad ; hence, when Hryco Cardigan resolved to wnlt upon Jules Rondeau In the mat ter of that murdered Glnnt. It" wns characteristic of him to choose the shortest and most direct routo to bis quarry, and ns the long string of empty logging-trucks enme crawling off the Lngunn Grande Lumber compnny's log- dump, he swung over the side, qulto Ignorant of the fnct thnt Shirley nnd her precious relative were riding In tho little caboose In tho renr. At twelve-ten tho train slid in on tho log landing. "Where's Rondeau?" Bryco nsked. The engineer pointed to n huge. swarthy man approaching ncross the clearing In which tho enmp wns slt untcd. "That's him," he replied. And without further udo, Bryce strode to meet his num. "Are you Jules Rondeau?" ho de mnnded as he came up to the woods boss. The lutter nodded. "I'm Bryco Cardigan," his Interrogator nnnounced. "nnd I'm here to thrash you for chop ping thnt big redwood tree over In thnt llttlo vnlley where my mother Is burled." "Oh!" Rondeau smiled. "Wlz pleasure, M'sleur." And without a moment's liesltatton ho rushed. Uryce backed nwny from him warily, und they circled. "When I get through with you, Ron denu," Bryco said distinctly, "It'll take n good man to lend you to your meals. This country Isn't big enough for both of us, und sin co you came here lust, you've got to go' first" Bryco stepped In, feinted for Ron deau's Jaw with his right, and when the woods-boss quickly recovered, rip ped a sizzling left Into tho hitter's midriff. Rondenu grunted nnd dropped his guard, with the result that Bryce's great lists played a devil's tattoo, on his countenance before ho could crouch nnd rover. ' "This Is n tough one," thought Bryce. Ills blows had not, nppnrently, bud the slightest effect - on tho woods-boss, Crouched low nnd with bis anus wrapped around hla head. Rondenu still rump on unfalteringly, and Bryct was forced to glvo wny before him; t snvo bis hands, be avoided the risk ol battering Rondeau's hard head ant! sinewy nrms. Alrcndy word thnt the woods-bosi wus battling with n stranger hnd beer shouted' Into the camp dining room nnd the entire crew of thnt camp nhnndnnlng their half-finished meal came pouring forth to view the contest Out of the tall of his eye Bryce sn them coming, but he wns not nppre henslve. for he knew the code of th woodsman: "Let every mun roll hit own hoop." It would be a fight to i finish, for no mnn would Interfere; striking, kicking, gouging, biting, oi choking would not be looked upon nt unsportsmanlike; nnd ns Bryce backed cautiously nwny from the huge, lltho nctlve. nnd powerful mnn before him he renlizcd thnt Jules Rondenu wns ns his father had stdted, "top dot among the lumberjacks." Rondeau. It was apparent, hnd nc stomach for Bryco's style of combat "Rondeau Will Take Care of Him Now." He wanted ,o rough-and-tumble fight and kept rushing, hoping to clinch; If he coultl but get his great hnnds on Bryce, he woultl wrestle him down, climb blm, und finish the fight In Jig time. But a rough-and-tumble was exnetly what Bryce was striving to avoid; hence when Itondeau rushed. Bryce side-stepped nnd peppered the woodsman's ribs. V Sutldenly two powerful hands were placed between Bryco's shoulders, ef fectually halting his backward prog; ress; then be wns propelled violently forward' until be collided with Ron denu. With n bellow of triumph, the woods-boss's nnns were around Bryce, swinging him until be faced the man who had forced him Into that terrible grip. This wns no less n pcrsonnge than Colonel Seth Pennington, and It was obvious be bad taken charge of wnnt he considered the obsequies. "Stand back, you men. and give them room," be shouted. "Rondeau will tako care of him now. Stand back, I say. I'll discharge the man that Interferes:" With a heave antl a grunt Rondeau lifted his antagonist, the pair . went crashing to the earth together, Bryce underneath. And then something hap pened. With n howl of pain, Rondenu rolled over on his back and Iny clusp- Ing bis left wrist In his right hand, while Bryce scrambled tb his feet. "The good old wrist-lock does the trick," ho announced; and stooping, ho grasped the woods-boss by tho col lar with bis left hand, lifted blm, and struck him u terrible blow In the fuce with his right. But for tho arm that upheld blm, Rondenu would have fall en. To hnve hltn fall, however, was not part of Bryce's plan. Jerking tho fellow townrd blm, he pnssed bis nnn around Rondeau's neck, holding the Intter's hend ns In a vise with the crook of his elbow. And then tho bat tering started. When It wns finished, Bryce let his man go, and Rondenu, bloody, sobbing, nnd semi-conscious, sprawled on tho ground. Bryce bent over blm. "Now. dnmn you," he roared, "who felled that tree in Cardigan's redwoods?" "I did. M'sleur. Enough I con fess I" Tho words were a whisper. "Did Colonel Pennington suggest It to you?" "He want ze burl. By gnr, I do not wnnt to fell znt tree " 'Hint's all I want to know." Stoop ing, Bryce seized Rondeau by the nape of the neck and the slnck of his over- nils, lifted him shoulder-high and threw him, ns one throws u sack of meal, full ut Colonel Pennington. "You threw me at hltn. Now I throw him nt you. You damned, thieving, greedy, hypocritical scoun drel. If It weren't for your years and your gray hair, I'd kill you." 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