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Show Bank of Commerce will loan me ftp to a hundred thousand, but It wont 1 give me the cash In a lamp sum. can have enough to buy the logging trucks now, and on the first of each month, when I present my pay roll, the bank will advance roe the money MfS of the By PETER B. KYHE Author of "Cappy Rieka" bf Mar Copyrljfkl the late lamented; consequently a walk of nbou! a rallq will bring you a means of transportation back to Sequoia. Walk leisurely you have Iota of time. As for myself, Tm In a hurry, and my room Is more greatly to be desired than my company, so Ill start now." lie'll ffed Tils b a LI u rn ed,a n d; wa tk ed briskly down the ruined track. Shirley made a little gesture of dissent. half opened her Ups to call him bark, thought better of It, and let him When he was out of sight. It go. dawned on her that he had risked Ms life to tmve hers. Unde Seth," she said soberly, "what would have happened to us If Bryce Cardigan had not come up here today to thrash your wooda-hoss- ? NO QUARTER. Synrtpaii Pioneer In the California redwood region. John Cardigan, la the leading citizen at forty-erveof (Sequoia, owner of mills, ships, and many acres of timber, a after three years of married life, antf father of Cardigan. At fourteen Bryce makes the acquaintance of Shirley Sumner,-- a visitor at' Sequoia, and hi junior by a few year. Together they visit the Valley of the (Hants, sacred to 'John Cardigan and hi son as the burial place of Bryte's mother, and pait with mutual regret While Bryce la at college John Cardigan meets with heavy business losses and for the hist time views the future with uncertainty. After graduation from college, and a trip abroad, Bryee Cardigan comes home. On the train he meets Shirley Sumner, on her way to Sequoia to make her home there with her uncle, Colonel Pennington. Bryce learns that his fathers eyesight has failed and that Colonel Pennington is seeking to take advantage of the old man's business misfortunes, John Cardigan Is despairing. but Bryce la full of fight Bryce finds a burl redwood felled an oa hi mother's grave, lie goes to dinner at Pennlngton'a on Shirley's invitation and finds the diming room paneled with burl from the tree Bryce and Pennington declare war, though Shirley does not know It Bryce bests Jules Iton-deaPennington's lighting logging boss, and forces him to confess that Pennington ordered the butl tree cut, Pennington bulls Into the fight and gets hurt. Bryce stands Off a gang of Pennlngtona lumbermen Shirley, who sees It all, tells Bryce It fijimt he "goodbv " Bryce renews acquaintance with Motra McTatlsh, daughter of his drunken wooda-boe- s Bryce siyves the lives of Shirley and her uncle when a loggtrg lialn runs away. n, wtd-ow- er two-year-o- "We'd both be In Kingdom Come now," he answered truthfully, "But before you permit yourself to be curried nway by the splendor of Ids action In cutting out the caboose nnd petting It under control, It might he well to remember that his own precious hide was at stake also. He would have rut the caboose out even If you nnd I had not been In It." N, he would not, she Insisted, for the thought that he had done It for her sake was very sweet to her and would persist. Cooped up tn the caboose. we did np knpw the train was running away until It was too late for us to Jump, while Bryce Cardigan, riding out on the logs, must have known It almost Immediately, He would have had time to Jump before the runaway gathered too much headway and. he .would have Jumped, Unde Seth, for his fathers sake." Well, he certainly didnt stay for mine, Shirley." She dried her moist eyes and blushed CHAPTER VI Uncle Seth, she pjended, furiously, 9 him lovingly by the arm, "let's taking At 1to 'mind of Bryce Shir(Mop, whirled nnd he friends with Bryce Cardigan; lets ley rnNod her bond get together and agree on an equitable limbed up nt him. Ho hold 1I handkerchief over bin gory face that the contract for freighting his logs over our road. eigbt her; bo could "You nre now," he replied severely, have whooped with delight nt the Joy sentiment and business; If "mixing that through her wet lids. the result will he chaos. you persist, "Well, sltoe you lnlfd," he replied, Cardigan Is practically a pauper now, and he tdld down the bnrdt, eommnnded which makes him a poor business risk, "P.rytp Cardigan," sternly. pome down here this Instant." nnd you'll please me greatly by leavTm not n pretty sight, Bhlrley, Bet- ing him severely alone by making til tn keep his distance." tor Jet me go about my business." Ill not do thut," she answered with She stamped her foot. Conte beret n quiet finality that caused her unde "How did you pet up there and to favor her with a quick, searching what do you mean by hiding there spy-laglance. on me, you you oh, you!" lie need not have worried, however, Ctiss a tittle, tf It will help any." ho for Bryce Cardigan was too well suggested. "I hud to pet out of your aware of his own financial condition way out of sight and up there was to the humiliation of asking Shirrisk !I was on the roof of the best place. the caboose when It toppled over, so ley Sumner to share It with him. all I had to do was step asliore and sit Moreover, he had embarked" upon a war n war which he meant to fight down." to a finish. "Then why didn't you stay there? she demanded furiously. CHAPTER IX. You wouldnt let me," he answered demurely. "And when I saw you weep(leorge Sen Otter, summoned by ing because I was supposed to be with came out to Freshwater, the telephone, the angel. I couldnt help coughing to nearest station the wreck, and translet you know I was still hanging his battered young master back ported around, ornery na a book agent." to Sequoia. Here Bryce sought the "How did you ruin your face, Mr. doctor In the Cardigan Redwood LumCardigan?" ber companys little hospital and had Tried to take a east of the front bis wrecked nose reorganized nnd his end of the caboose in my classic councuts bandaged. It was characteristic tenance that's all." of his fathers son that when this deBut you were riding the top log on tail had been attended to, he should go the last truck " to the office and work until the six Certainly, but I wasn;t hayseed oclock whistle blew, was waiting for hhu enough to stay there until we struck . Old Cardigan this curve. I knew exactly what was at the gate when he reached home, going to happen, so I climbed down to (leorge Sea Otter had already given the old man a more or less garbled acand count of the runaway Cardlgnn eagerly awaited Ms sons In order to ascertain the details of this new disaster which had come upon them. For disaster It was. In truth. The loss of the logs was trifling perhaps three or four thousand dollars; the destruction of the rolling stock - was the crowning misfortune. Both Cardigans knew that Bennington would eagerly seize upon that point to stint bis" 'competitor still further on logging equipment, that there would be delays purposeful but apparently unavohlabler-befo- re this lost rolling stock would be replaced. And In the Interim the Cardigan mill, unable to get a sufficient supply of logs to fill orders tn hand, would be forced to close - down. " "Well, son," said John Cardigan mildly as Bryce unlatched the gate, another bump, eh? "Yes, sir right on the nose." I meant another bump to your heritage, my son." Im worrying more about my nose, partner. In fact, Im not worrying about my heritage at all. I've come to a decision on that point: We're going to fight and fight to the last ; we're -- u, 1 itiigld-4tf-dlNtr- fin-h- ".g od p not know, then, of the act of vandalism In the Valley of the Giants. This fact strengthened Bryces resolve not to tell Mm, Arm In arm they walked up the garden path together, Just a they entered the house, the telephone tn the halt tinkled, and Bryce answered; Mr. Cardigan," came Shirley Sumners voice over the wire. Bryce, he corrected her. She Ignored the correction. "I I dont know whet to say to you, she faltered, "I rang up to tell yon how splendid and heroic your action was I had my own life to save, Shlrlev. "You did not think of that at Hip time.". Well I didnt think of your uncles either,' he replied without enthusiasm, Tin sure we never can hope to catch even with you, Mr. Cardigan." "Dont try. Your revered relative will not; so why should you? You are making It somewhat hard for me to to rehabilitate our friend ship. Mr. Cardigan." Bless your heart," he murmured The very fact that you bothered to ring me up at all makes me your debtor. Shirley, can you stand some plain speaking between friends, I mean?" "I think so, Mr. Cardlgnn." "Weil, then, snhl Bryce, "listen to this; I am your uncles enemy until death do us part. Neither he nor I expect to ask or fo give quarter, and I'm going to smash him if I can. If you do, you smash me, she warned him. Likewise our friendship. I'm sorr hut Its got to he done 1M can do If. .Shull-sh- all we say good-by- , Shirley? "Yes s sf There was a break Ini Good by, Mr. Cardlgnn. I tier i idee. wanted to know. Good-byWell, thats cutting the he murmured sotto voce, mustard, "nnd there goes another bright day drenm." Unknown to - himself, he spoke directly Into the transmitter nnd Shirley, clinging half hopefully to the receiver at the other end of tie wire, heard him caught every Inflection of the words, commonplace enough, but freighted with the pathos of Bryces first real tragedy. Oh, Bryce! she cried sharply. But he did not hear her; he had hung up his receiver now. The week that ensued was remarkable for the amount of work Bryce accomplished In the Investigation of Ms fathers affairs also for a visit from Donald McTavlsh, the woods-bosHello, McTavlsh, Bryce saluted the woods-tmcheerfully and extended his hand for a cordial greeting. His wayward employee stood up. took the proffered hand In both of his huge nnd callous ones, anil held It rather childishly. "Weel! "Us the wee laddie hissel'," he boomed. I'm glad to see je, boy. "Youd have seen me the day before yesterday If you had been seeahle," Bryce reminded hlni with a bright smile. Mac, old man, they tell me youve gotten to he a regular B. KyM Who'll fell trees wt the least amount 0 breakage? Wholl get the work out Ye dinna mean o the men? Wholl It, lad. Ye canna mean ft." On your way, Mac. I loathe arguments. "I maun see yer faither aboot this, nell nae stand for sic treatment 0 an auld employee;" Bryces temper flared up. "You keep away from my father,- Youve worried Mm enough in the past, you drunkard. If you go up to the house to annoy my father with your pleadings, McTavlsh, Ill manhandle you." The next He glanced at his watch. train leaves for the woods In twenty minutes. If yo tf do not go lack on It and behave yourself, you can never go back to Cardigan woods," I will nae take charity from any man,". McTavlsh thundereLJTTl nae bother the owd man, an Ill nae go back to yon woods to live on yer bounty. I was never a man to take charity, he roared fnriousty, and left the office. Bryce called after him a but he did not ancheerful good-byswer. And he did not remain in town; neither did he return to his shanty . - e, j , loir-dried- ." n the mill. For a month Bryce was as busy as r the proverbial with the Itch, and during all that time he did not see Shirley Sumner or hear of her, directly or indirectly. Moira McTavlsh, In the meantime, had come down from the woods and entered upon her duties in the mill office. The change from her dull, drab life, giving her, as It did, an opportunity for companionship with people of greater mentality and refinement than phe had been used to,, quickly brought about a sw ft transition In the girls nature. With the passing of the coarse shoes and. calico dresses and the substitution of the kind of clothing all women of Moiras Instinctive refinement nnd natural beauty long for, the girl became cheerful, animated, and Imbued with the optimism of her years. Moira worked in the general office, and except upon occasions when Bryce desired to look at the books or Moira brought some document into the one-arme- i 1 ! d paper-hange- ! private office for Ms perusal, there were days during which his pleasant Man Good morning, Moira," constituted the extent of their conversation. In the woods. For a month his whereBryce had been absent in San Franabouts remained a mystery; then one cisco for ten days. He had planned to day Moira received a letter from him three weeks, but finding his busia stay he had Job kneeInforming her that HI s. n -- Nae Take Charity From Any bolting in a shingle mill In Mendocino county. . In the Interim Bryce had not been Idle. From his wood crew he picked an old, experienced hand one Jabez Curtis to take the place of the vanished McTavlsh. Colonel Bennington, having repaired In three days the gap In his railroad, wrote a letter to the Cardigan Redwood Lumber company, Informing Bryce that until more equipment could he purchased and de1 TH nae deny take a wee drappte livered to take the place of the rolling now an then," the woods boss admit- stock destroyed in the wreck, the latted frankly, albeit there was a har- ter would have to be content with half deliveries; whereupon Bryce ried. hangdog look In his eyes. the Colonel profoundly by purMae, did Moira give you my mesa lot of second-hantrucks chasing sage?" from a bankrupt sugar-pin- e mill In Aye." "Well. I guess we understand each Lassen county and delivering them to Was there something the Colonels road via the deck of a other, Mac. steam schooner. else you wanted to see me about? That will Insure delivery of suffMcTavlsh sidled up to the desk. Yell no be firin auld Mac oot o icient logs to get out our orders on hand?" he pleaded hopefully. Bryce Informed his father. Mon, file. While we are morally certain our ha ye the heart to do It after a' these milt will run but one year longer, I years?" If you have the Intend that It shall run full capacity Bryce nodded, heart after all these years to draw for that year. To he exact, Im gopay you do not earn, then I have the ing to run a night shift." Our finances wont stand the overheart to pul a better - roan in your place. It's- - no good arguing, Mac. head of a night shift, I tell you, his Youre off the pay roll onto father warned. roil your shanty in the woods,, - I. know we havent sufficient cash your meals at the camp kitchen, jour on band to attempt it, dad, but I'm clothing and tobacco that I send out going to borrow some. to you. Neither more nor less From whom? No bank in Sequoia Who will ye pit In ma place?" will lend us a penny," 1 dont know. However, It wont "Did you sound the Sequoia Bank be a difficult task to find a better man of Commerce?" than you, Certainly not. Bennington owns Ttt nae let htra work." McTavi.-ffi- s the controlling Interest In that bank, voice deepened to a growl.. and I was' never a man to waste my Yon worked that racket on my fa- ttme." rther, Try It on me, and youll answer Bryce chuckled. I dont care where "0 me personally. Lay the weight of the money comes from so long as I your finger on your successor, Mac, get It, partner. Desperate circumand youll die In the county poor farm. stances require desperate measures, No threats, old man! You know the you know, and the day before yesterCardigans; they never bluff. day, when I was quite Ignorant of the McTavlsh's glance met the youthful fact that Colonel Bennington controls masters for several seconds; then the the Sequoia Bank of Commerce. I woods boss trembled, and his gase drifted In oh the president and ret snal-- , sought Hie' msrmVfT'TVj ben new Tir struck Tv nV for a ioa n of one hunstnrted the fight this afternoon. 1 he had his man whipped at hist, and dred thousand dollars." Well, S.rce You Insist, whaled, the ,w adding out of. (.hat bucko McTavlsh realized It, ton, for quite .Well. Ill be shot. Bryee ! What f of the caboose, uncoupled did he say?" Bennington's, and as a suddenly he burst Into tears, the bumrer Dlnna fire me, lad." he pleaded. Said hed take the matter under It from the truck, climbed up on the jqiH'lal compliment to you, John CardiIll gae back on the Job an leave consideration and give me an answer roof, and, managed to get the old thing gan, I did an almighty fine Job of . II ; this- mo.mlTig. He asked me. of course, . unde. control, with the denning. Even went, so far as to w husky a I ore," J Mat. Leave a mu little." s the brush Colonel Into skedaddled the doing. Nothing what 1 wanted that much money for, up whisky .then t up alone for a year and I'll discharge and I told him I was going to run a lecauee I knew you were ln!de, and - "Wow, wow, Bryce Bully for you By the way. Colonel Bennington, I wanted that man Rondeau taken your sueeesMr to give you hack jour night shift, double my force of men In here Is juiy axe, wblh I borrowed this apart. He has terrorized our woods- Job. For the present, however, tnv the woods, and hny some more logging "af term m. Much obliged for its use. men for a long time'. lies king of the verdict stands... You're discharged... trucks,. which,! can get rather eheap. e , "Who kens the Uard'-H- q n The last .retrain Is probably waiting mad train, you know." Well, tjiis morning I called for my ken them?" McTavlsh Mulcred. answorand got It The Sequoia hi at Freshwater to pass ' Bryce was relieved. Ills father did I d log-trai- ar-Ylv- . -- the-pen-sl- . ness consummated In less time, he re- turned to Sequoia unexpectedly. Moira was standing at the tall bookkeeping desk, her beautiful dark head bent over the ledger, when he entered the office nnd set his suitcase In the corner, Is that you, Mr. she Bryce?" queried. The identical Individual, Moira, now did you guess It was I?" She looked up at him then, and her wonderful dark eyes lighted with a flame Bryce had not seen In them heretofore. ing, I knew you were com- she replied simply. You had a hunch, Moira. Do you those telepathic messages very He was crossing the office often? to shake her hand. Tve never noticed particularly that Is, until I came to work here. But I always know when you are returning after n considerable absence." She gave him her hand. Tm so glad youre back." Why?" he demanded bluntly. I I really dont She. flushed. know. Mr. Bryce." Well, then, he persisted, what do you iMnk makes you glad? I had been thinking how nice It would be to have you back, Mr. Bryce. When you enter the office, its like a breeze rustling the tops of the redwoods. And your father misses you so ; he talks to me a great deal about you. Why, of course, we miss you; anybody would. As be held her hand, he glanced down at It and noted how greatly It had changed during the past few months. From her hand his glance roved over the gin, noting the Improvements In her 4ress, and the way the thick, wary black hair was piled on top of her shapely head. "It hadn't occurred to me before, Moira," he said with a bright Impersonal smile that robbed his remark of all suggestion of masculine flattery, but It seems to me Im unusually glad to see you, aNo. Touye been 'different Is this new style the latest in hairdressing in Sequoia ? get ( . woods-boss'o- .hDd-brake- - 1 1 unknown pecson buys the Yafley of the Giants for An sicaooo. (TO BE CONTINUED.) . 5 n Corns in any time, 0r der tty mail. BOYD JEWELERS BOYD PARK. BLDG HUNTING FOR It Is better to wear out than ts rust ut Bishop Cumberland. DREAM Every. Woman Feels That It Will -- In . ! to meet It." Bruce, I am amazed. I am not since you tell me Colonel Pennington controls that bank. That the bank should .accommodate us Is the most natural procedure Imaginable. Bennington Is only playing safe whlclj la why the bank declined to give me the money In lump sura. If we run a night shift, Pennington knows' that we cant dispose of oar excess output under present market conditions. Jits a safe bet our lumber Is going to pile up on the mill dock ; hence, when the smash comee and'fhe Sequoia Bank of Commerce calls our loan and we cannot possibly meet It, the lumber on hand will prove security for the loan, will It not? In fact. It will be worth two or three dollars per thousand more then than It Is now, because It will be But wbat Idea have you got back of auch a procedure, Bryce? Merely a forlorn hope, dad. Something might turn up. The market may take a sudden spurt and go up three or four dollars. And whether the market goes np'or comes down, It costs us nothing to make the experiment." Quite true, his father agreed, to the Then, If youll come-dowoffice tomorrow morning, dad, weU hold a meeting of our board of directors and authorize me as president of the company to sign the note to the bank. Were borrowing this without collateral, you know. John Cardigan entered no further objection, and the following day the agreement was entered Into with the bank. Bryce closed by wire for the extra logging equipment and immediately set about rounding np a crew for the woods and for the night shift Our lta is a delight to th. , our reasonable price, ea Oifta HATS $9m. n. to Be Her Fortun, Discover One. the spring a woman a turns to thoughts uf rtvj, woman feels that' on chv at, find the dream hat, a wrpr in In ly London Daily Ma II starwaiting Just around tn some shop yet may be that the qu.t wm weeks or months or jeum ' But one day she si': tf hl which will make her g rHfa, thlDg until It wears o .t Under th. her eyes will shine lUe s'ar pf whole being will A decent balance at tli- hvik a comfortable air of ' not tl, many men. Silk sort bring a sense of well being to m t worn! But nothing can give the vdtn po,. as the dream hat. To . nr it tg to b a success. How well you are today r your friends say. You know that It is t! e hat. Ail the same, you are So on could be 111 In the dream it. It conjures up thought of ft i scents of flowers, and the spring.. What tray not out accomplish In such a hat Wnat may not happen! The hat must be subtle in its rfm. ception. It roust have en mgh eo'o to bring out the light In yejr ej es, but not too much to deaden tii olor of your hair. The line must he good rd accord with the contour of your . e a Light and fanciful, there u ': t e it a hint of something n vocative, a fantasy one c i.d to er a oeiate with jet and hat.Vs But where is the dream hat ta found? Ah! If one only kt.cw! it still eludes ones sarih T't.i liav is getting on. A hat you m and so you mu;rt be contet-- withiLi second best. - n- irn-dir- , - - sto-U- half-and-ha- 1. I mi-sic- , sha-h- llgh-- I fj.-- e Sow-how- , t HELD ARCHERY Skill lit HOO If Use of the Bow Wa3 Fostired In Every Way in the Twelfth Century. old as the Archery In Scotland Is day of William the Lion. Th fir mention of bows In the Statute bonk occurred In the latter part of th twelfth century. On skill In use of the bow the safety of Scotland h1 for so long rested, that In the reiga of William the Lion an act was passed roaa making It compulsory for every and sixty between the ages of sixteen to have weapons of this description. In war each bowman carried 18 bear? and eight light shafts. The principal weapon of offense of those byjont lota days has long since degenerated plaything. The origin of the Royal Company f Archers, the kings bodyguard,onask somewhat obscure, the first satiable record dating back no fus Some aothorWe ther than 1878. claim the company was formed by h James the First of Scotland, 'B chose a bodyguard for himself. In WH organization was permitted to call Itself "His Majestys Coand the first P mpany of Archers, rade In full uniform wa held Leith Links on June' 11. 187T. 0,jwa any Anne In 1704 granted the mp Scot! a royal charter. Sir Walter was a member of the organization- ' Have Iwng and Short Llvsa Sparrows can live to he forty year old. A horse does not five much mor t than Jwenty-seveyears. Cats gettoe be about thirteen years old. The tolse Is supposed to live to be betweea 300 and 400 years old. Some person say toads ..can ..live forever. bat course, that has not been proved, an though certainly they live to an es Both ceedingly great age. and a crow have been known to lb toE3 100, but the wren hve on! about three years. An elepnta la time Is about 100 years, but he Is regarded as grown up until he twenty-fiv- e years old. n I Point for the Doo. Do animals think 1 asks a 5 f Weil, a dog turns around three t0 times before lying down to go w - while a man, without giving the 10 any thought, lies down, goes and then turns over several L waking himself each time. 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