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NORTIT PLATTE SEMI-WEKKLY TRIBUNE. "PLENTY NEXT DOOR" tstaaaeai THE VALLEY of the GIANTS CHAPTER XI. 12 When llryco Cnrdlgnn wnlked down the pnnplank nt the HtcnniHlilp dock In Snn Francisco, the tlrxt fnce lie hhw Hinoni: the waiting crowd wnn Huck Osilivy's. Ogllvy tliniHt forth n Breut wpcckled puw for Kryco to shake. Ilryoc Ipnorcd It. "Why, don't you remember mc?" Oplllvy demnnded. "I'm Huck ORlllvy." H'ryee looked hlin fairly In the eye and favored htm with n IlKhlnlnx wink. "I hnvo never heard of you, Mr. Oxllvy. Yow are mlHtnklnx me for Home one elfif;." "Sorry," Oxllvy murmured. "My in Intake. Thought you were 15111 Ker lirk. who uuetl to he n partner of mini!.' Hryco nodded and parsed on, hailed a tnxlcnh, and wns driven to the San FnmclRco office of his company. I'Mvn minutes later- the door opened and 'Huck Oxllvy entered. 1 "I wn a hit puzzled nt the dock, lltryre," ho explained hm they Hhook iliamlH, "hut decided to play wife and then follow you to your ollice. What's tip? llnvo you killed Homebody, and nre the dotcctlveu on your trail? If ho. 'fess up and I'll iiHsumo the re tiniihlblllty for your crime, Jtmt to hIiow you how grateful I am for that hundred." "No I wasn't helng shadowed, Ittick. hut my prlnclpul enemy wns omlng down the gangplank right he hind inc. nnd " "So was my principal enemy." Ogllvy lulerrupted. "What does our enemy look like?" "Like rendy money. And If ho hnd Hccn me slinking hands with you, he'd have suspected a connection between h later ou. Huck, you have a good Job about live hundred a month." "Thanks, old mun. I'd work for .you for nothing. What are we going to do?" "Hulld twe.lvo miles of logging rail road and parallel the line of the old wolf I spoke of a moment, agp." "Good news I We'll do It. How noon do you want It done?" "As soon as possible. You're the vice president and, general manager.'' "i accept the nomination. What do' I do llrst?" "Iiisten carefully to my story, nnn I.v7.e,,iny plan for possible wenk Hpots, have provided the funds and given the word, 'Go I' the rest Is up to you. I mnst not be known In tho transaction at all, becupse that would bo fatal." Three hours later Ogllvy was In pos session of the most minute dotnlls of the situation In Sequoia, bad tabu la led, Indexed and cross-indexed them In his Ingenious brain and was ready for business and so nnnouueed him st'lf. Always an enthusiast In nil lliltigH, In Ills mind's eye Mr. Ogllvy could nlrcndy see a long trnlnlond of logs coining down the Northern Call fornla & Oregon railroad, as he and Hryco had decided to christen the ven tare. When Bryce Cardigan returned to Soipioln, his labors, In so far nH tho building of tho road were concerned, had been completed. Ills agreement villi Gregory of tho Trinidad Hedwood Timber company' had been signed, sealed and dollvcrcd; tho money to "I Have Never Heard OQllvy." of You, Mr. build the road had been deposited In lunik und Huck Ogllvy was nlrvwJy friending It like a drunken sailor. Vtn'n now on. llryco could only watch, wait and pray. on tho next fteamcr n surveying tuirty with complete camping equip .lneilt arrived In Sequoia, purchased n wagon und two horses, piled their dun nage Into tho wagon, and disappeared up-country. Hani on their heels came !Mr. Buck Ogllvy. and occupied the (bridal aulto In the Hotel Sequoia, ar rmigpiucnts for which had previously l.een made by wire. In tho Bitting room U tho suite Mr. Ogllvy lustuilod u uew desk, a tiling cabinet, nnd u brisk younx tnnlo secretary. lie had been in town less thnn nn hour when the editor of the Sequoia Sentinel sent up his card. The an nouncement of the Incorporation Mt the California Outrage (for so hnd Mr. Ogllvy, In huge enjoyment of the misery he was about to create, dubbed the road) had previously been Unfitted to the Sentinel by- the United Press association, as a local feature story, and already speculation was rife In Sequoia as to the Identity of the hnre brained Individuals who dared to back an enterprise ns nebulous as the mil- Ionium. Mr. Ogllvy wns expecting tho visit In fact, Impatiently nwnltlng It; und since the easiest thing he did was to speak for publication, natural ly the editor of tho Sentinel got u story which, to that Individual's sim ple soul, seemed to warrant n seven column heud which It received. In glowing terms he spoke of the billions of tons of timber-products to be hnul- d out of this wonderfully fertile and little-known country, and confidently predicted for tho county n future com Kierchil supremacy that would be sim ply staggering to contemplate. When Colonel Seth Pennington rend this outburst he smiled. "That's a bright scheme on the part of that Trlnldnil Hedwood Timber company gang to start a railroad excitement nnd unload their white elephant," he de clared. When Hryce Cardigan read It, be laughed. The Interview was so like Huck Ogllvy I In the morning tho hit ter's automobile was brought up from the steamship dock, nnd accompanied by his secretary, Mr. Ogllvy disappear ed Into the north following the bright new stnkes o( his surveying gang, and for three weeks wns seen no more. On n day when Hryce's mind hap pened to be occupied with thoughts of Shirley Sumner, ho bumped Into her ou the main street of Sequoia, and to her great rellof but profound surprise, he paused In his tracks, lifted his hat, smiled, nnd opened his mouth to say something thought better of It, changed his mind,, nnd continued on ubout his business, As Shirley pnss- ed lilin, she looked him squarely In the face, and In her glance there; was nei ther coldness nor mnllco. v Iryce felt himself nllro from heels to hnlitiiiun Instant, nnd.cohl and'.cltun- iriytlieTnext. for Shirley sofo hint. "Good morning, Mr. Cardigan." He paused, turned, nnd nppronched her. "Good morning, Shirley," ho re plied. "How have .vou been?" "I might have rieen dead, for nil the Interest you took In me," she re plied sharply. "As matters stand, I'm exceedingly well thnnk you. By tho way, are you still belligerent?" He nodded. "I hnvo to be." "I think you're a great big grouch, Hryce Cardigan," she Ha red at him. "You tnnko me unutterably weary." "I'm sorry," ho nnswored, "but just at present I nut forced to subject you to tho strain. Say n year from now, vhen things are different with me, I'll strive not to otTend." "I'll not be here n year from now," she warned him. Ho bowed. "Then I'll go wherever you are and bring you back." And with a mocking little grin, ho lifted his hat and passed ou. Col. Seth Pennington was among those who, skeptical nt llrst nnd In cllned to ridicule the project Into an early grave, eventually found himself swayed by tho publicity and gradually coerced Into serious consideration of the results attendant upon the hulld tug or tito roiiu. The uoionet wns naturally as suspicious as a rattle snnuo in August; nenco he nnd no sooner emerged from the ranks of the frank scoffers than his alert mind framed tho question: "now Is this now road linprobnble ns I know It to he going to affect the Interests of tho I.aguna Grnndo I.um her company. If tho unexpected should happen and those bunco-steerers should actually build a road front Sequoia to Grant's Pass, Ore., and tnus construct a feeder to a trans- continental line?" Five minutes of serious reflection sutllced to bring the Colonel to the verge of panic, notwithstanding tin fnct that he was ashamed of himself for yielding to fright desplto his linn belief that thero was no reason why he should bo frightened. Slmllnr con slderatlons occur to a small boy who Is walking home In tho dark past a cemetery. The vltnl aspects of his predlco ment dawned on the Colonel ono night nt dinner, midway between the soup and tk llsh. So forcibly did they oe cur to hint, In fnct, that for tho nonce he forgot that his niece was seated opposite hint. "Confound them," tho Colonel mur mured distinctly, "1 must look Into tills Immediately." "Look Into what, uncle dear?" Shir ley nsked Innocently. "This now railroad that mnn Opllv tnlks of building which means, Shir ley, that with Sequoia ns his starting point, he Is going to hulld a hundred I and fifty tulle north to connect with Autholr of "Cappy Rick" the main line of tho Southern Pnclfle In Oregon." 'Hut wouldn't thnt be tho finest tiling that could possibly happen to Humboldt county?" sho demnnded of him. "Undoubtedly It would to Hum boldt county; but to the Lngunn Grande Lumber compnny, In which you' have something more than n sentimen tal Interest, my dear, It would be a blow. A large part of tho estate left by your father Is Invested In Lngunn "I'll Not Be Here a Year From Now," She Warned Him. Grande stock, and ns you know, all of my efforts nre devoted to nppredatlng thnt stock and to lighting agulnst any thing that bus a tendency to depreciate It." Carefully he dissected a sund-dnb anil removed the backbone. "I'd give u ripe peach to learn the Identity of the scheming huttlnsky who bought old Cardigan' Valley of the Giants," he said presently. "I'll be hanged If thnt doesn't 'complicate matters a little." 'You should hnve bought It wheii the opportunity offered," she reminded him. "1 dnre sny," he admitted lightly. "However, I didn't nnd now I'm going to be punished for It, my dear; m don't roast tne any more. By the way, that speckled hot-air fellow Ogllvy, who Is promoting the fortJiern Cali fornia & Oregon railroad, Is back In town again. I think I'll wire the Sun Francisco office to look hint up In Dun's nnd Brndstreet's. I'd sleep n wholo lot more soundly to-hlght If I know the nnswer-to two very Important questions." "Whnt nre they, Uncle Seth?" "Well. I'd like to know whether the N. C. O Is genuine or a screen to hide the operations of the Trlnldnd Red wood Timber company." "It might," snld Shirley, with one of those sudden tlnshes of Intuition pe culiar to women, "be a screen to hjd the operations or Hryce i;ariiigan. Now thnt he knows you nren't going to renew bis ltriuHng contract, he mny hnvo decided to build bis own logging railroad." After u pause the Colonel made answer: "w, i nuve no rear or mat. It would, cost live hundred Utousnnd dollars to build that twelve-mile line nnd bridge Mad river, and the Cardl gnns haven't got that utnount of money. What's more, they can't get It." "Hut suppose," she persisted, "that the real builder of the road should prove to be Hryce Cardigan, after nil What would you do?" Colonel Pennington's eyes twinkled "I greutly fear, tny denr, I should make n noise like something doing And us for Hryce Cnrdgun well, that young mnn would certainly know he'd been through n fight." "I wonder If he'll light to tho Inst, Uncle Soth." "Why, I believe ho will," Pennington replied soberly. "I'd loxp to see you bent him." "Shirley! Why my dear, you're growing ferocious." Her uncle's tones were hulen with Ixmter, but his counte nance could not conceal the pleasure her last remark had given hltn. Shirley thrust out her ndorable chin aggressively. "Sick 'em, Tlgol" slit1 answered. "Shnke 'em up, boy I" "You bet I'll shake 'em ;tp," the Colonel declared joyously. Ho paused with a tuorsel of food on his fork and waved the fork nt her uggn-sslvely 'Ton stimulate me Into activity, Shir ley. My mind hns been singularly dull of Into; 1 have worried unnecessarily but now that I know thnt you nre with me, I urn Inspired. I'll tell you how we'll tlx this new rnllrond, If It exhibits signs of helng dnngerous." Again he smoto tho table. "We'll sew 'em up tighter than n new buttonhole." "Do tell ine how," suo pleaded , eagerly. 7 t By 'I'll block them on their franchise to run over tho city streets orSequolu." "How?" "By mnklnx the mayor nnd the city council see things my way," he answer ed dryly. "Furthermore, In order to enter Sequoln. the N. C. O. will have to cross the tracks of the Lngunn Grande Lumber compnny's line on Water street mnke n Jump-crossing nnd I'll enjoin them and hold them up In the courts till the cows come home." "Uncle Seth, you're n wizard." "Well, nt lenst I'm no slouch at look ing nfter my own Interests nnd yours. Shirley. In tho midst of pence we should he prepared for war. You've met Mayor Potttidstone nnd bis lady, haven't you?" "I hnd ten nt her house last week." "Good news. Suppose you Invite her and Poundstone here for dinner some night tills week. Just n quiet little family dinner, Shirley, nnd nfter dinner you can take Mrs. Poundstone upstairs, on some pretext or other while T sound Poundstone out on his attitude toward the N. C. O." She nodded. "I shall attend to the matter. Uncle Seth." Five minutes nfter dinner wns over. Shirley Joined her uncle in tin library and announced that Ills Honor the Mayor, nnd Mrs. Poundstone, Would he delighted to dim with them on the following Thursday night. CHAPTER XII To return to Hryce Cnrdlgnn : Having completed his preliminary plnns to build the N. C. O.. Bryce had returned to Sequoln, prepnred to sit quietly on the side lines nnd watch ids peppery henchman Ogllvy go Into action Ogllvy's return to Sequoia following his three-weeks tour In search of rights of way for the N. C. O. wns heralded by a visit from him to Hryce Cardigan nt the latter's office. As ho breasted the counter In the general ollice, Molru McTnvlsh left her desk and enme over to see whnt the visitor desired. "I should like to see Mr. Bryce Cnrdlgan," Huck began In crisp bus Inessllke nccciits. He was fumb ling1 in his enrd-cuse und did not look up until nbout to bund his card to Molra when his mouth flew half open, the while he stared nt her with consum mate frankness. The girl's glnnce met his momenturlly, then was lowered modestly; she took the card nnd car ried It to Br.yce. "Ilum-m-ntl" Bryce grunted. "Thnt noisy fellow Ogllvy, eh?" "Ills clothes nre simply wonderful nnd so Is his voice. He's very refined. But he's enrroty red and has freckled hnuds, Mr. Bryce." Bryce rose and sauntered Into the general office. "Mr. Bryce Cardigan?" Buck queried. "At your service, Mr. Ogllvy. Please come In." 'Thnnk you so much, sir." He fol lowed Bryce to the lattor's private ofllce, closed the door carefully behind him. nnd stood with his broad back ugnlnst It. "Buck, nre you losing your mind?" Bryce demanded. "Losing It? I should say not. I've Just lost it." "I believe you. If you were quite sane, you wouldn't run the risk of be ing seen entering my office," "Tut-tut, old dearl None of that! Am I not the mainspring of the North ern Cnllfornlu Oregon rnllrond and privileged to run the destinies of that soulless corporation as I see fit?" He sat down, crossed his long legs, and Jerked n speckled thumb toward the outer office. I was sune when I enme In here, hut the eyes of. the girl out side oh, yow, them eyes I I must be Introduced to her," "Love nt first sight, eh, Buck?" "I don't know whnt It Is, but It's nice. Who Is she?" "She's Molra McTnvlsh, and you're not to mnke love to her, Understnnd? I can't hnve you snooping around this office nfter to-dny." Mr. Ogllvy's eyes popped with Interest, "Oh," ho breathed. "You hnve an eye to the mnln chance youself. have your Hnve you proposed to the lady as yet?" "No, you Idiot." "Then I'll mntch you for her or rather for the chance to proposo first.' "Nothing doing, Buck. Spare your self these agonizing suspicions. The fnct of tho matter Is that you give me a wonderful Inspiration. I've always been nfrald Molrn would fall In love with some ordinary fellow around Sequoln propinquity, yon know "You bet. Propinquity's the stuff, I'll stick nround." and I've been on the lookout for n fine mnn to mnrry her off to. She's too wonderful for you, Buck, but In time you might learn to live up to her." "Duck! I'm liable to kiss you." "Don't bo too precipitate. Her father used to be our woods-boss. I tired him for boozing." "I wouldn't enre two hoots If her dad was old Nick himself. I'm going to mnrry her If she'll hnve tne. Ah tho glorious creature I" Ho wnved his long arms despairingly. "0 Lord, send PETER B. KYNE OopTrlght bf Peter B. It jut tne u cure for freckles. Bryce, you'll speak n kind word for tne, won't you sort of boom my stock, eh? Bo a. good fellow." "Certainly. Now come down to enrth nnd render n report on your steward ship." "I'll try. To begin, I've secured rights of wny, nt a total cost of twelvo thousand, one hundred nnd three dol lars nnd nine cents, from the rjty limits of Sequoln to the southern boun dary of your timber In Township nine. I've got my line sun-eyed, nnd so far as the building of the road Is concern ed, I know exactly whnt I'm going to lo, and how and when I'm going to lo It. once 1 get my material on the ground. "I hnve an option of a rattling good second-hand locomotive down at tho' Santu Fe shops, nnd the Hawkins & Haines Construction company bus offer ed me a steam shovel, half n dozen fhit-cnrs, nnd n lot of fresnos nnd scrapers nt ruinous prices. Wo can buy or rent tennis from local citizens nnd get half of our labor locally. And as soon ns you tell tne how I'm to get my material ashore and out on the Job, I'll order It nnd get busy." "Thnt's exactly where the shoe be Ins lo pinch. Pennington's tnnln-llne trucks enter the city along Water street, with one spur Into his log-dump and another out on his mill-dock. From the mnln-llne tracks we also hnve built a spur through our drying yard out to our log-dump and a switch-line out to our mill-dock. We can unload our locomotive, steam shovel, and flat-cars on our own wharf, but unless Pennington gives us permission to use his multi-line tracks out to a point beyond the city limits where n Y will letd off to where the point of construction be gins we're up a stump." "Suppose he refuses. Hryce. What tl.en?" "Why, we'll simply have to enter the city down Front street, paralleling Pennington's trucks on Water street, turning down B street, make a Jump- crossing of Pennington's line on Wnter street, nnd connecting with the spur into our yard." "See here, my son," Buck said solemnly, "is this your llrst adventure In rnllrond building?" Hryce nodded. "I thought so; otherwise yon wouldn't talk so confidently of run ning your line over city streets und making Jump-crossings on your com petitor's road. If your competitor re gards you ns a menace to his 'pocket hook, he enn give you n nice little run for your money and delay you Indefi nitely." "I realize thnt. Buck. That's why I'm not appearing In this railroad deal at all. If Pennington suspected I was back of It, he'd light tne before the city council und move heaven und enrth to keep me out of u frunchlso to use the city streets und cross his line. Of course, since his main line runs on city property, under u fran chlse granted by the city, the city has n perfect right to grant me the privi lege of inuking u Jump-crossing of his line " "Will they do It? That's the proh lent. If they will not. you're licked, my son, nnd I'm out of u Job." Bryce hung his head thoughtfully. "I've been too cocksure," he muttered presently. "I shouldn t hnve spent that twelve thousand for rights of way until I had settled the matter of the franchise." "Oh, I didn't buy nny rights of wny yet," Ogllvy hastened to assure him "I've only signed the Innd-owners up on an ugrecmejit to give or sell mo u right of wny nt the stlpuluted figures tiny time within one year from date, Will the city council grant you u franchise to enter the city nnd Jump Pennington's tracks?" "I'm sure I don't know. Buck. You'll hnvo to nsk them sound them out. The council meets Saturday morning, "They'll meet this evening In the private dining room of the Hotel Sequoia, If I can arrange It," Buck Ogllvy declared emphatically. "I'm going to have them nil up for dinner nnd talk the matter over. I know the breed from cover to cover. Fol lowing a preliminary conference, I'll let you know whether you're going to get thnt franchise without dlfllculty or whether somebody's Itchy palm will have to be crossed with silver llrst By the way. what do you know about your blighted old city council, any way?" (TO HE CONTINUED.) Arbor Day. Arbor day was originated by J. Ster ling Morton In Nebraska, January 4, 1872. The day was llrst observed In Missouri In 18S0 when the legislature passed a law fixing the first Frldny nfter the llrst Tuesdny In April as a day when treoa should be planted. In many of the schools In tho country the dny Is observed. In Case of Fainting. One day In school tho teacher nsked us what we would do In case- of fainting. A pupil quickly answered: "Throw water on yourself, I" Record Harvest Predicted for Canada. After having made n careful sur vey of the wheat producing area of the United States, experts whose busi ness It Is to keep the people Informed on the ncrenge sown to foodstuff. stato thnt this year there will be a. falling off In thewhent production In the States, duo to n considerably less area cultivated. The opinion of these experts Is that the decrease will ha several hundred million bushels of wheat less than In previous years, which according to past experience will be senrcely sufficient to meet th requirements of the demnnds of tha people of this country. In Cnnndn, however, the situation Is different. Reliable reports on tha crop situation throughout Western Cnnada nre such ns to create the most substantial optimism. Never befors were the prospects so encouraging for n bumper hnrvest. It Is predicted thnt the yield tills yenr will be even greater than In 1015, the yenr of tho record hnrvest In Canada, when the total production wns .mT.r-12.000 bushels. Not only is the whent looking excellent, but the same Is true of oats, barley and flax, of which a greatly Incrensed ncreage It nil been sown In the grcnt grain producing provinces of Canada. The rnlns thnt hnve fallen recently have come nt the right time to stimu late growth and there Is now consider able moisture In the ground. With the world generally fnclng n shortnge of wheat nnd n continued heavy de mand for It, tho price Is likely to bo mnlntnined nt the present hhjh figure. In many districts com hns been mora extensively planted thnn In prevlqus yenrs nnd It Is looking remnrknbly well. Many settlers from tho United Stntes who came to Western Canada nnd bought Improved farms In the , early spring hnve every prospect of t n crop yield that will give them a re turn sufficiently large, after paying all current expenses, to pay off a large part of their capital Investment. Livestock Is In excellent condition everywhere, the rnlns having Induced n good growth of grass. Advertise ment. The Plain Truth. He (nfter the quurrel) Then whnt did you mnrry mo for? She Mother llgured It up nt tho time nnd snid It was nbout $1,500,000, I think. Boston Evening Transcript Was Discouraged Lost 65 Pounds in Weight and Had to Give Up Work. 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