NORTH PLATTE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE. ANTS PETER Aumoi2 or "catjpy mars CO-RVRISHT, Eff "FOR MY 8AKE1 Synopsis, Ploneor In the Califor nia redwood region, John Cardigan, at forty-seven, Is tha leading citizen of Sequoia, owner of mills, ships, und many acros of timber, a wid ower after three years of married life, and father of two-year-old Hryce Cardigan. At fourtcon Uryco makes tho acquaintance of Shirley Sumner, a visitor at Sequoia, and Ills Junior by a few yean, Together they visit the Valley of the Qlants, sacred to John Cardigan and his son as the burial place of Dryca's mother, and purt with mutual re gret. While Hryce Is nt college John Cardigan meets with hoavy business losses and for the first tlmo views the future with uncer tainty. Aier graduation from col lege, an a trip abroad, Dryce Car digan comes home. On the train he meets Shirley Bumner, on her way to Sequoia to make her home there with her uncle, Colonel Ponnlngton, Dryce learns that his father's eye sight has failed and that Colonel Pennington Is seeking to take ad vantage of the old man's business misfortunes. John Cardigan Is de spairing, but Uryco Is full of light. Dryce finds a burl redwood felled across his mother's grave. Ho goes to dinner at Ponnlngton's on Shir ley's Invitation and finds tho dining- room paneled with hurl from tho tree, Uryco and Pennington de claro war, though Shirley doos not know It. Dryce bests Jules Hon deau, Pennington's fighting logging .boss, and forces him o confess that Pennington ordered the burl treo cut. Pennington butts Into the fight and gots hurt. CHAPTER VII Continued. Tho helpless hulk of tho woods-how descended upon tho Colonel's cxpan stvo client find petit Mm crushing earth ward. Then Uryco,' wnr-iniul. turned to fnco tho ring of Lngunn Grande em. ployeeH about him. "Noxtl ho roared. ."Singly, In pairs, or tho wholo dnmned paqki" "Mr. Cardigan !" Ut5 turned. Colonel Pennington's lirenth had. been .knocked out of his body by tho Impact of his seml-con-BfMous woods-boss, and ho lay Inert, (niHiilug llko n hooked fish, lleslde liltu Shlrloy Sumner was kneeling, her Imuds clasping her unclo's, hut with lior violet oyos blazing fiercely on Uryco Cardigan. "How daro you?" she cried. "You coward I To hurt my undoP Ho gnzed nt her for n moment, fiercely, defiantly, his chest rising nnd falling from his recent exertions, his knotted fists gory with tho blood of his enemy. Then the light of battlo tiled, and ho hung his head. "I'm Borry," ho murmured, "not for his iwko, but yours. I didn't know you were here. I forgot myself." "I'll never speak to' you ngaln so long as I llvo," sho hurst out passion htoly. 4 Ho advanced n stop nntl stood gaz ing down upon her. Her angry glance wet his unflinchingly; nnd presently for him tho light wont out of tho World. "Very well," ho murmured, "flood byo." And with bowed bend ho turnod nnd mndo off through tho jecn timber toward bis own logging-camp llvo miles distant. With tho descent upon his breast of tho limp body of his big. woods-bully, Colonel Pennington had been struck to earth us effectually as If a fair-sized treo had fallen on him, tho last whiff of breath had been driven from his lungs; nnd for Uio space of a minute, during which Jules Ilondcnu lay heav ily across "his midriff, tho Colonel was QUlto unable to got It back. Pule, gasping, nnd Jarred from soul to hub ponders, ho wits merely awuro that something unexpected and disconcert ing had occurred. I While tho Colonel fought for his breath, his woodsmen remained In tho ofllng, paralyzed Into Inactivity by rcuson of tho swlftnoss und thorough ness of Hryco Cnrdlgan's work; then Shirley motioned to them to remove Uio wreckage, nnd thoy hastened to obey. Freed from tho weight on the geometric center of his being, Colonel Pennington stretched his legw, rolled bin. head from side to side, and snorted Violently Hoverul times llko n buck. After the sixth snort he felt so much butter that a cleur understanding of the exact nature of tho catastrophe canto to him ; he struggled nnd sat up, looking around him n little wildly. "Where did Cnrdlgnn go?" he gimped. One of his men pointed to tho tliubor Into which tho enemy had Just dis appeared. "Surround him take him," Punning ton ordered. "I'll give a month's pay (o each of tho six men that bringthat scoundrel to me, Get him qiilcMyl Understand?" tyot a man moved, Pennington liook with fury; "Get him," he croak ed. Them Are enough of you to do B. KYNE PETER JB.KYNE tho Job. Close In on him everybody. I'll glvo a month's pay to every body." A mnn of that Indiscriminate mix ture of Spaniard and Indian known In California us cholo swept the circle of men with an alert nnd knowing glance. His name wns Klnvlo Artelnn, but his straight black Imlr, dark russet com plexion, beady eyes, nnd hawk nose gave him such a resemblance to a fowl that ho was known nmotig his fel lows as the Uluck Minorca, regnrdlews of tho fact that this sobriquet was scarcely fair to a very excellent breed of chicken, 'That offer's good enough for me," ho remarked In businesslike tones. "Come on everybody. A month's pay for live minutes' work. I wouldn't tackle the-Job with six men, hut there are twenty of us here." "Hurry," the Colonel urged them. Shirley Sumner's flashing glance rested upon tho Hlnck Minorca. "Don't you daro I" sho cried. "Twenty to ono! For shnmel" "For a month's pay," ho replied Im pudently, and grinned evilly. "And I'm tnkln' orders from'my boss." lie started on a dog-trot for tho timber, and a dozen men trailed after him. Shirley turned helplessly on her uncle, seized his arm nnd shook It frnntleujly. "Call them bnckl Call them hack I" sho pleaded. Her uncle got uncertainly to his feet. "Not on your life!" ho growled, nnd In his cold gray eyes there danced tho lights of u thousand devils. -"I told you the fellow was a rulllan. Now, perhaps, you'll believe me. We'll hold him until Uondcau revives, and then Shlrloy guessed the rest, and sho realized thnt It was useless to plead tlmt sho was only wnstlng time. "Uryco I Uryco!" sho called. "Itunl They're after you. Twenty of them! Run, run for my snkel" His voice nnswered her from tho timber: "itun? From those cattle? Not from mnn or devil." A silence. Then : "So you've clinnged your mind, havo you? You'vo spoken to mo again I" There was triumph, exulta tion In his volco. "Tho timber's too thick, Shirley. I couldn't get uwny anyhow so I'm coming back, Sho saw him burst through n thicket of alder saplings Into the clearing, saw a hnlf dozen of her unclo's men close In around him llko wolves around n sick steer; nnd nt tho shock of their contact, she monned nnd hid her fuco In her trembling hands. Hnlf man and hnlf tiger that he wns, tho Ulack Minorca, ns self-nji-pointed louder, reached Uryco first. The cholo was n squat, powerful little mnn, with more hounco to him than a rubber bull; leading his men by a dozen yards, he hesitated not nn In stant but dodged under tho blow Uryco lashed out nt him and camo up Inside tho Intter's gunrd, feeling for Uryce's thront. Instead ho met Uryce's knee In his abdomen, nnd forthwith ho fold ed up llko nn accordion. Tho next Instunt Hryco had stooped, caught him by the slnck of the trousers und the scruff of tho neck nnd "Qet Off My Property, You Savaaol" He Shrilled. thrown him, as he hud thrown Uon deau, Into tho midst of the men ad vancing to his nld. Three of them went down bnckward; nnd Hryce, charging over thorn, stretched two more with well-placed blows from left to right, and continued on across thtf clearing, running nt top apced, for ho realized tlmt for all Uie desperation of his fight und the losses already In flicted on his nssa Hants, the odds' uculnm, "ulrVi were Injurmotmuible. Seeing him running nwny, the Lngunn Grande woodsmen took heart ami hope and pursued him. Straight for the loading donkey nt tho dog landing Hryce ran. Hesldo tho donkey stood a neat tier of firewood; In the chopping block, where tho donkey fireman had driven It prior to aban doning his post to view the contest between Hryco und Jules Hondeau, was u double-bitted axe. Hryco Jerked It loose, swung It, whirled on Ids pur suers, and rushed them. Llko turkeys scattering before tho raid of a coyote Uiey (led In divers directions nnd frolii a safe distance turned to gazo ap prehensively upon this demon they hud been ordered to bring In. ' Hryco lowered tho uxe, removed his hat, nntl mopped his moist brow. From the center of the clearing men were crawling or staggering to safety with the exception of the Hlnck Minorca, who lay moaning softly. Colonel Pennington, seeing his fondest hopes expire, lost his head completely. "Get off my property, you suvugel" ho shrilled, "Don't be a nut. Colonel," Hryco re turned soothingly. "I'll' get off when I get godd find ready, nnd not n second sootier. In fact, I wns trying to get off us rapidly as I could when you sent your men to bring mo bnck. Prithee why, old thing? Didst crave more conversation with mo. or didst want thy camp cleaned out?" He started toward Pennington, who backed hastily away. Shirley stood her ground, bending upon Hryce, as he approached her, n cold and disapprov ing glance. "I'll get you yet," the Colonel declared from the shelter of nn old stump behind which ho had takenf refuge. "Hnrklng dogs never bite, Colonel. And that reminds me: I've henrd enough from you. Ono more cheep, out of you, my friend, nnd I'll go up to my logging-camp, return hero with n crew of blucno'ses nnd wild Irish nnd run your wops, bohunks, und cholos out of tho county. I don't fancy the class of labor you're Importing Into this county, nnyhow." Tho Colonel, ovldently deciding thnt discretion was the better part of valor, promptly subsided, although Uryce could se that he was mumbling threats to himself, though not In an audlblo voice. The demon Cardigan halted beside Shirley nnd stood gazing down at her. Ho was smiling nt her whimsically. She met his glnnce for a few seconds ; then her lids were lowered and she bit her Hp with vexation. Slilrlfv'' IesnUJ. . .jH'Yi to'" "You are presumptuous," sho qua vered. "You set tno nn example In presump tion," ho rt-torted good humoredly. "Did you not call me by my first name a minute ngo?" The heir to Cardi gan's redwoods bent over Uio girl. "You spoko to me nfter your promise not to, Shirley," ho snld gently. "You will nlways speak to me." She commenced to cry softly. "I lontho you," sho sobbed. "For you I hnve the utmost respect nnd admiration," he replied. "No, you hnven't. If you hnd, you wouldn't hurt my uncle the only hu mnn being In nil this world who !s dear to me.'' "Gosh !" ho murmured plaintively: "I'm Jealous of thnt man, However, I'm sorry I hurt him. I glv.e you my word I came hero to light fnlrly " "Ho merely tried to stop you from fighting." "No, ho didn't, Shirley. Ho Inter fered nnd fouled me. Still, usplto that, If I had known you were a spec tator I tldnk I should hnve controlled myself nnd refrained from pulling off my vengeance In your presence. I shnll nover cease to regret that I sub jected you to such a distressing spec tacle. v I do hope, hpwever, that you will hellevo mo when I toll you I am not a bully, although when there Is n fight worth while, I never dodge It. And this time I fought for tho honor of the House of Cardigan." "If you wnnt mo to believe .tlmt, you will beg my unclo's pardon." , "I can't do thnt. Ho Is my enemy nnd I shall hate him forever; I shnll light him and his way of doing business until life reforms or I nm exhausted." "You renllze, of course, whnt your Insistence on tlmt plan means, Mr. Cnrdlgnn?" "Call mo Hryce," he pleaded. "You're going to call me that somo duy anyhow, so why not stnrt now?" "You nre nltogether Insufferable, sir. Please go uwny nnd nover pre sume to uddress mo again. You are quite Impossible." IIo shook" his bend. "I do not give up Uint readily, Shirley. I didn't know how dear what your friendship meant to mo, until you sent mo away; I didn't think there wns uny bono until you warned me those dogs wer hunt ing me and cnlled mo Hryce." He held out his hnnd. '"God gnvo us our relations," he quoted, " hut, thank God, we can choose our friends.' And I'll bo n good friend to you, Shlrloy Sum ner, until I havo earned tho right to be something more. Won't you shako hands with me? Itcmemher, this fight to-day Is only tho first skirmish In a war to the finish and I nm lending n forlorn hope. If I lost well, Uils will be good-bye." "I bnto you " sho nnswered drearily. "All our tine friendship smashed nnd you growing stupidly sentimental. I didn't think It of you. Please go away. You oro distressing mo." , He smiled nt her tenderly, forgiv ingly, wistfully, but sho did not see It. "Then It Is really good-bye," ho mur mured with mock dolorousness. She nodded her bowed head. "Yes," sho whispered. "After all, I have somo pride, you know. You mustn't presume to be Uie butterfly preachlug contentment to Uie toad In tbn rrust." "As you will It, Shirley." Ho turned away. "I'll send your nxe back wlUt the first tralnload of logs from my camp, Colonel," ho called to Penning ton. Onco moro he strode nwny Into the Umber. Shirley wntched him pass out of her life, and gloried In what she con ceived to be his ngony, for sho hnd both temper nnd spirit, nnd JPryce Cnrdlgnn culmly, blunderingly, rather stupidly (she thought) had presumed flagrantly on brief ncqualntnnce. The Colonel's voice broke In upon her hitter reflections. "That fellow Cardigan Is n. hnrd nut to crack I'll say thnt for him." He Had crossed the clearing to her side and wns address ing her with his customnry nlr of ex pnnslveness. "I think, my dear, you hud better go back Into the caboose, away from the prying eyes of these rough fellows. I'm sorry you came. Shirley. I'll never forgive myself for bringing you, If I hnd thought hut how could I know that scoundrel wns coming here to raise a disturbance?, And only Inst night he wus nt our house for dinner I" "I wonder what could hnve occurred to mnko sfich n mndmnn out of him?" the girl queried wonderlngly. "He ncted more like n demon thnn u human being." "Just like his old father," the Colonel purred benevolently. "When he can't get wlmt ho wants, he sulks. I'll tell yor what got on his confounded "Is Mr. McTavlsh at Home?" nerves. I've been freighting logs for tho senior Cardigan over my railroad ; tho contract for hauling them wns a heritage from Hill Henderson, from whom I bought the mill und timber lands; und of course ns his assignee It wns Incumbent upon mo to fulfill Henderson's contract with Cardigan, oven though the freight-rate was ruin ous. "Well, this morning young Cardigan enme to my office, reminded me that Uie contract would expire by limita tion next year and asked me to renew It,, and nt the some freight-rate. I offered to renew the contract but ut n higher freight-rate, und explained to him thnt I could not possibly continue to haul his logs at a loss. Well, right nwny ho fiew In n rngo nnd cnlled me n robber; whereupon I Informed hi in thnt since he thought me a robber, perhaps we hud better not attempt to have any business denllngs with ench other that I really didn't want his contract nt any price, hnvlng scarce'.y sufficient rolling stock to handle my own logs. That made him calm down, but In a little while he lost his head again nnd grew snnrly nnd nbuslve to such nn extent, Indeed, thnt finnlly I wns forced to nsk him to leave my office." "Nevertheless, Uncle Soth, I cannot understand why he should mnko Buch a furious attnek upon your employee." The Colonel laughed with a fair Imitation of sincerity and tolerant nmusement. "My dear, that Is no mystery to me. Cardigan picked on Hondeau for the reason that a fow days ago ho tried to biro Rondenu nway from mo offered hlra twenty-five dollars n month more thnn 1 wns pay Ing him, by George! Of course when Rondeau camo to me with Cardigan's proposition. 1 promptly met Cnrdignn's bid nnd retained, Rondeau ; consequent ly Cardigan hates us both and took tho earliest opportunity to vent his spite on us." The Colonel sighed nnd brushed tho dirt nnd lenves from his tweeds. "Thunder!" he coutlnued philosophi cally, "It's all In tho game, so why worry over It? And why conUnue to discuss nn unplensunt toplc,.niy dear?" Her undo took her gently hy the arm nnd steered her townrd the ca boose "Well, whnt do you Uilnk of your company now?" he demanded gayly. "I think," she nnswered soberly, "that you havo gnlned tin enemy worth while nnd that It behooves you not to underestimate him." CHAPTER VIII Through the green timber Dryce Cardigan strode, nntl there wns n lilt In his henrt now. Alrendy he hnd forgotten the desperate sltuntlon from which ho hnd Just escaped ; he thought only of Shirley Sumner's fnce, tear stained with terror; nnd becnuso he know that nt lonst some of those tenr.s hud been Inspired by the gravest ap prehensions as to his physical well being, because In tits ears there still resounded her frantic warning, ho realized that however stern her deem of banlshmtnt had been, she wai nevertheless not Indifferent to him. The climax hud been reached and passed; and Uio result had been fai from Uie disaster ho had painted In his mind's eye ever since the knowl edge hnd come to him Uint ho was doomed to battlo to a knockout with Colonel Pennington, and Uint one ol Uie earliest fruits of hostilities would doubtless bo the loss of Shirley Sum ner's prized friendship. Well, he had lost her friendship, but n sUU small voice whispered to him that tho loss was not Irreparable whereat he swung his nxe ns a bandmnster swings his baton; he wns glad that ho bad started the war nnd wns now free to fight It out unhampered. Up hill nnd down dale he went Within two hours his long, tireless stride brought him out Into a clearing In the vnlley where his own logging enmp stood. He went directly to tin log-landing, wjiero In a listless nnd Lnlf-henrted mnnner the loading crew were piling logs on Pennington's log ging trucks. Bryce looked nt his wntch. It wns two o'clock; nt two:flfteen Penning ton's locomotive would nppenr, to baclt In nntl couple to the long Hue ot trucks. And the train wns only Hull londod, "Where's McTnvlsh?" Hryco de manded of the donkey-driver. The man mouthed his quid, spnl copiously, wiped his mouth with the back of his hand, and pointed. "Up nt his shanty," he mndo nnswer, nnd 'grinned ut Hryce knowingly. Up through Uie camp's single short street, llnnked on each side with th woodsmen's shanties. Bryce went. A1 the most pretentious shnnty on th street Bryce turned In. He had iwvei seen It before, but he knew It to b the woods-boss's home, for unlike its neighbors the house wns painted with the conrso red paint thnt Is used on box-enrs), while n fence, mnde of fancy pointed pickets pulnted white, inclosed n tiny gnrden In front of the house As Bryce enme Ui rough the gnte, s young girl rose from where she knell lu n bed of freshly transplanted pansies. Bryce lifted Ills hat "Is Mr. Mc Tavlsh at home?" he asked. She nodded. "lie cannot see any body," she hastened to ndd. "He's sick." "I think he'll see me. And I wondet If you're Molra McTavlsh." "Yes, I'm Moira," "I'm Bryco Curdlgon." A look of fright crept Into the girl's eyes. "Are you Bryco Cardigan?" she faltered, und looked nt him more closely. "Yes, you're Mr. Hryce. You've changed hut then It's six years since we snw you last, Mr. Bryce." He came toward her with outstretch ed hand. "And you were a little girl when I saw, you last Now you're n woman." She grasped his hand with the frank heartiness of a mnn. "I'm twenty years old," she Informed him. "Stand right where you aro until 1 have looked nt you," he commanded, nnd bncked off a few feet, the better to contemplate her. He saw a girl slightly above medium height, tnnned, robust, simply gowned In a glnghnm dress. Her hands were soiled from her recent labors In the pansy-bed, nnd her shoes were heavy nnd conrse; yet neither hands nor feet were large or ungraceful. Her head was well formed; her hair, Jet black and of unusual lustre nnd nbundnnce, wns parted In the middle nnd held In nn old-fnshlnne'd coll nt tho nape ot n neck the beauty of which was re vealed by the low cut of her simple frock. Her nose wns pntrlclnn, her fnce oval; her Hps, full nnd red were slightly pnrted In the adorable Cupid's bo. which Is tho Inevitable heritage ot short upper Up; her teeth were "hlto as Parian marble; and her full IK-enst wus rising nnd fnlllng swiftly, ns If she labored under suppressed ex citement. So delightful a picture did Moira McTalsh muko thnt Bryce forgot all Ills troubles In her sweet presence. "By tho gods. Moira." Iw declared enrnestly. "you're a peach! When 1 saw you last, you were awkward and leggy, like a colt I'm sure you weren't a bit good-looking. And now you're tho most ntvrhlng young lady In sev enteen counties, By Jingo, Moira, you're n stunner nnd no mistake. Are you mnrrled?" Sho shook her nend, blushing pleas urnbly nt bis unpolished but sincere compliments. "Whnt? Not mnrrled. Why, whnt the deuce enn he the matter with the ellglblo young fellows hereabouts?" "There nren't nny ellglblo young fel lows herenbouts, Mr. Uryce. 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