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Show THE WEEKLY REFLEX, EAYSVILLE, UTAn i - It was a good buy," Cardigan bad did I realize that I then, In exact Imitation of a foxhound, Hedrin watershed, enigmatically; so I thought he gave tongue and started fofi the had been considerable of a Jackass replied take it at the price. I supTd better kitchen. Mrs. Tully. waddling after, myself." can there pose Bryce will log It some day." Yes, Bryce admitted, found him pointing two hot blackThen I wish Bryce wasnt such a off cut your that doubt but you berry pies which bad a few minutes be no boy, John. See here, now. neighbor. previously been taken from the oven, nose to spite your face. PenHis thoughts harked back to that Ill Teas up. I took that money creek lie was baying lugubriously. me for my San Squaw the gave In nington Mrs. Tully, first season of logging Tm still a had timber and put it back Into redwood and youre still the same dear, thought- Hedrin, when the cloud-burs- t slam-ban- g np ful soul How many did you mailer caught the river filled with Cardigan in .Township nine, there. John, the to down holdings your them against whirled and "Two. logs at Td build a mill on tidewater If youd May I have one all for myself, Mrs. bay, to crash through the the to sell me a site, and Id log my timber out tidewater and continue Tully?" If ' "Indeed yon may, my dear. open sea. Bill, and I the divine to Ill sell you a mill-sitman It old The Thank yon, but I do not want appeared to the heart, either. Yes, wont stab you for myself. Mrs. Tully, will you please trend of his sons thoughts. settled." Consider that wrap one of those wonderful pies In Bryce, that was a disastrous year," The mere loss of the ..Thats bully, John; but still you a napkin and the Instant George Sea he declared. severe him was s blow, but In addi- only dispose of part of my troubles. Otter comes In with the car, tell logs to take the pie over to Colonel Penn- tion I had to pay out quite a Uttle Theres twelve' miles of logging-roato the mill and ingtons house and deliver It to Miss money to settle with my customers. I to build to get my logs d orders I havent enough ready money to make Sumner? Theres a girl who doubtless was loaded up with to the grade. Better throw in with me, thinks she has tasted pie In her day, that year, although I didnt expect The orders were John, and well build the road and and Iwant to prove to her that she make any money. hasnt. He selected a card from his merely to keep the men employe. operate It for our Joint Interest." card-cas"I'll not throw in with you. Bill at sat down and wrote: You understand, Bryce! I had a In the country; my time of life. I dont want to have Y good crew, the finest Dear Miss Sumner: k and If I had shut down, my men would the worry of building, maintaining, Here Is a priceless hot In have scattered and well you know and operating twelve miles of private berry pie, especially manufactured how hard It Is to get that kind of a railroad. But Til loan you the wanted It is so good I my honor. to build and equip you to have some. In all your Ilf you crew together again. Besides, I had money you need return In road. I and the you are to never failed my boys before, have never tasted anything like It. and all worry of the shoulder of grief falling couldnt bear the thought Sincerely, conten-yeme a and the the road in mills give the Half then. Bryce Cardigan." them , thousa and half per Some twenty minutes later his un- country were shut down at the time, tract at a dollar usual votive offering was delivered by and there was a lot of distress among and feet, to haul my logs down to the unemployed. I couldnt do it, tidewater with your own.' My miniGeorge Sea Otter to Colonel Penningmillion mum haul will be twenty-fiv- e tons Swedish maid, who promptly Bryce. maximum and fifty lost feet when my And annually, you to and in nodded, . Colonel the It Bryce brought d million fill those were couldnt then who even the you Sumner, logs, Shirley Soldi" cried Henderson. And it orders. Then the market comat dinner In the Colonels fine was even so. three advanced and to Miss menced Jump dining room. Bryce came out of his reverie. And Sumners amazement was so profound dollars In three months'-- " , that for fully a minute she was mute, Exactly, my son. And my cus- now?" he queried of his father. I mortgaged the San Iledrln timcontenting herself with scrutinizing al- tomers began to crowd me to fill those in ternately the pie and the card that ac- old orders. I couldnt expect them to ber In the south .to buy th timbercomI then after to me the ; son; failure with handed my suffer north, my perform companied ttr Presently she the card to her uncle, who affixed his my contracts, while unavoidable, never- menced logging In my new holdings, and read the epistle with theless would have caused them a came several long, lean years of famine, pince-nedeliberation. serious loss, and when they were the market dragged In the doldrums, a "Isnt this young Cardigan truly forced to buy elsewhere, I paid them and Bill Henderson died, and his boys remarkable young man, Shirley?" he the diffefence between the price they got discouraged, and A sudden flash of Inspiration Illumdeclared. Why, I have never heard paid my competitors and the price at And orinated Bryce Cardigans brain. of anything like his astounding action. which they orglnally placed their Colonel caused to me. out sold of over had And sent an armful If he the delay Pennington, ders with they you he cried. American Beauty roses from his them further loss. fathers lie smoked meditatively for a minExactly. The Colonel took over garden, I could he my contract with nendersons comundertand it, but an Infernal black- ute. Ive always been Whenever I pany, along with the other assets, and berry pie I Good heavens ! . explained apologetically. "I told you he was different," she had idle money, I put It Into timber it was incumbent upon him, as asreplied. To the Colonels amazement In the San Hedrin watershed, because signee, to fulfill the contract For the she did not appear at all amused. I realized that some day the railroad past two years the market for redwood Bryce Cardigan Is a man with the would build In from the south, tap has been most gratifying, and if I heart and soul of a boy, and I think that timber and double Its value. Ive could only have gotten a maximum It was mighty sweet of him to. share not as yet found reason to doubt the supply of logs over Penningtons road. his pie with me. If he had sent roses, wisdom of my course ; but he sighed Id have worked out of the hole, I should have suspected him of trying the railroad Is a long time com- but to ruHh me, but the fact that he sent ing I" lie manages to hold you to a minia blackberry pie proves that hes Just million John Cardigan here spoke of a most mum annual haul of twenty-fiv- e a natural, simple, sane, original cltl- - important factor In the situation. The feet, ehr , He claims John Cardigan nodded. crying need of the country was a feeder to some transcontinental railroad. By hes Rhort of rolling-stocthat wrecks reason of natural barriers, Humboldt and fires have embarrassed the road. county was not easily accessible to the He can always find excuses for falling outside world except from the sea, to spot In logging trucks for Cardigans and even this avenue of Ingress and logs. What does Colonel Tennlngton egress would be closed for days at a stretch when the hnrbor bar was on want, pardf a rampage. With the exception of a said John Cardigan He wants, strip of level, fertile land, perhaps five slowly, "my Valley of the Giants nnd miles Wide nnd thirty miles long and a right of way through my land from on deep contiguous to the seacoast, the heavily the valley to a timbered mountains to the north, east, water. and south rendered the building of a And you refused him! railroad that would connect Humboldt Naturally. You know my Ideas on county with the outside world a pro- that big timber" nis old head sank foundly difficult and expensive task. low on his breast. "Folks call them Dont worry, Dad. It will come, Cardigans redwoods now," he murBryce assured his father. ItB bound mured. Cardigans redwoods and to." would cut them! Oh, Pennington Yes, but not In my day. And when Bryce, the man hasn't a soul! It comes, a stranger may own your "But I fall to see what the loss of San Hedrin timber and reap the re- Cardigans redwoods has to do with ward of my lifetime of labor." the Impending ruin of the Cardigan pie-houn- d, log-boo- m 11 e, i ! j i d i Authoritatiw V When you want to he latest novelties and mode in jewelry, it ,Sn tn to know any other jewj And our reasonable one. 7 way. kn-t- BOYD ? tj, PARK iRS BCTOFAMBLDO HELP MUTED you want barhrr triiblj , town need barben:' lor men over dr. U., rood ss affleen In few week. bo, w! iL remmi.,n CoU,'i8. wli Teton K 4 Si st 'stuTJJ - C low-price- real Indeed. As I remarked before. Ive lost your heritage for you." lie sighed." "I waited till you would be able to come home and settle down to business; now youre home ; and there Isnt any business to settle down to. Bryce chuckled, for lie was Indeed far from being worried over business matters, his consideration now being entirely for his fathers peace of mind. All right, he retorted, Father has lost his money and well have to let the servants go and give np the old home. That part of It Is settled ; and nurtured little weak, anemic,-tenderlBryce Cardigan must puWlils turkey on h! hack and go Into the woods looking for a Job as a lumberjack. - . Busted, eh? Did I or did I not hear the six o'clock whistle blow at the mill? Bet you a dollar I did." Oh, I have title to everything It A BLACKBERRY PIE. ths Callfor Bynop!. Pioneer nit redwood region, John Cardigan, at forty seven, la the leading cltlaen of Sequoia, owner of tnllla, ablpa, and many acrea cf timber, a widower after three yeara of married y old life, and father of Bryce Cardigan. At fourteen Bryce malcee the acquaintance of Shirley Sumner, a visitor at Sequoia, and hta Junior by a few yeara. Together they visit the Valley of the Qlanta, acred to John Cardigan, and hi eon as (ne burial place of Bryce's mother, and part with mutual regret. While Bryce la at college John Cardigan meet with heavy business losses and for th first time view the future with uncertainty. After graduation from college, and a trip abroad, Bryce Cardigan comes home. On the train he meet Shirley Sumner, on her way to Sequoia to make her home there In -- -- two-da- with her uncle, Col. y Pennington. Bryce learna that his father' eyesight has failed and that Col. Pennington Is seeking to take advantage of the old man's business misfortunes. CHAPTER ! V y et, Continued. Certainly they can. Hut I shall lave to wait until they are completely matured ami I hnve become completely Mind; then a specialist will perform an operation on my eyes, nnd In all probability my sight will be restored for a few years. However, I haven't given the matter a great deni of consideration, And I an) about ready to qnlt now. Id like to, In fact; Im tired." .Oh, but you cant quit until youve seen your redwoods again," Bryce reminded him, "I supposo Its been a long time since you've visited the Valley of the (Hants; your long exile s hnsrmude you a from the afraid." Im trine gloomy. I havent John Cardigan nodded. seen them In ft year and a half, Ilryce. Last time 1 was up, I slipped between and tlie logs on that old like to broke my old fool neck." 4 Pal, It wasnt fair of you to make me stay away so long. If known If I had remotelYiiectel s t Is, Bryce, very wood-goblln- skid-roa- d rsOnly . r' wild-blac- ar low-price- z How I do have to dig for good news! Then It appears wo still have a business; Indeed, we may always hnve a business, for the very fact that It Is going but not quite gone Implies a doubt as to Its ultlmnte departure, and perhaps we may yet scheme a way to retain It. If we cun save enough out of the wreck to Insure you your customary home comforts, I shant cry, pnrtncr. I hnve a profession to full back on. Yes, slrree. I own a sheep-skiand it says Im an electrlcnl and civil engineer." What 1" I said It An electrical and civil engineer. Slipped one over on you at college, John Cardigan, when all the time you thought I was having a good time. n, Bu-bu-b- It drives me " wild to have a man sputter at me. Im an electrical and civil engineer. I tell you, and my two yenrs of travel have been sient studying the Installation and construction of big plants abroad." And youve got "My dear hoy I your degree? Partner, I have a string of letters after my name like the tall of a comet." ' land-poo- forty-elght-Iu- eh chest-expansio- t, r riie wild-blackber- self-defense- ." s -- -- . et,Brye cm-tbme- r, TOMBSTONE Probably New Yorkor nt d, -- rner 1 log-dum- 'Again a silence fell between them, broken presently by the old nmn. "That was a mistake logging In the I had my San Hedrin," he observed. lesson that first year, but I didnt heed It If I had abandoned my camps there, pocketed my pride, paid Colonel Pennington two dollars for his Squaw creek timber, and rebuilt my old logging road, I would have But I was stubborn ; been safe Pd played the game so long, you know I didnt want to let that man Pennington outgame me. Its hard to teach an old dog new tricks, and besides, I was obsessed with the need of protecting your heritage from attack In any direction. John Cardigan straightened up In his "chair and laid the tip of his right Index finger in the center of the palm Here was the sitof his left hand. uation, Bryce: The center of my pa I m represent sTh-- uoi aT thiTendiTof my fingers represent the San Iledrln timber twenty miles south. Now, if the railroad built In from the south, to-da- y. q you would win. But if It built In from Grants Pass, JJreon ,on the north from the base of my hand, the terminus of tike line would be Sequoia, twenty miles from your timber In the San Iledrln watershed! Bryce nodded. In which event he replied, ""we would he In much the same position with our San Iledrin timber as Colonel Pennington Is with his Squaw creek timber. We would have the comforting knowledge that p Redwood Lumber company," Ids son We have all the timreminded him. ber we want" contract has but one My more year to run, and recently I tried to get Pennington to renew It ne was very nice and sociable, but he named me a freight-rat- e for a renewal of the contract for five years, of three dollars per thousand feet That rate Is prohibitive and puts us out of business. Then, said Bryce calmly, well shut- - the mill down when the contract expires, hold our timber as an Investment and live the simple life until we can sell It or a transcontinental road builds into num-bolcounty and enables ns to start up the mill again." ten-ye- ar log-hauli- ng dt An enemy has done this f thing and over her graver (TO BE CONTINUED.) Genius. The book reviewer of Everybodys Magazine drops, somewhat unaccountably, Into these rhapsodical reflections on genius; "It U the queer-ca- t thing in the world, the most unexplainable. It burns now in the mind of a son In ancient Rome, now in a of Persia, now tn a livery keepers son to London, now in a mixer of pills in a dreary . Norwegian town. Like the wind, it bloweth whither it listcth It is a fire that mny not be quenched, either - by failure or success.- - And whether we know It or not. Its rays I.ght the paths of all of us. tent-mak- we owned It and paid taxes. on It but couldn't do a thing with It ! Right you are f The .thing to ,do, then, ns I viewed the situation, 'Bryce, was to acquire a Ivody of timber north -of Sequoia and fnr rtther eventuality. And this I dti Comp! ment, Silence ngnirr descended upon them ; ' A Rejecting member of the and Bryce, gazing into the open fire suck who Is now giving exchange, an recalled event lu that period place, up the close of h strenuous life tc of hN fathers activities: Old r.ill philanthropic efforts, was in his hev. Henderson hnd come up to ther house day n tremendous gambler tn stock, to dinner one night, nnd quite sud- ami he and his partner incidentally, In midst the of his soup, the were rather denly, expert In the gentle art old fox had glared across at his host of making enemies. One of these acand bellowed: costed hra with the pleasant remark: John. I bear vonp bought sx Look here, you arc the biggest thief thousand acres up In Town lip nine on the hvk Ah exchange. was ! 1 tc or hold g it for investGos"g 1 Is evident do ,h not you ment Y know my rartL-e-r lenu.-dad-burne- d , red well-known -- u Tlr-IDt- ss OF Will f nvMl Before He Carves His Nm Another Boulder. f -- f IT s It wad quite a while before t pr. in New York relstedi a personal expert,, nent lawyer his friends which he had one summer 4 when, be ft- -' somewhat run down in health, he Z into the Adirondacks to rest. One day, as he was wanderlnj lessly through the woods, he pm on a huge boulder not far from railroad that runs along the short a lake. Listlessly he began to ten his name on the rock, but gra warmed to the task and chiseled m. ously away until he had wrought name and date with various embeffii .Ing flourishesAs he was proudly surveying th result of his labor, an elderly hi woodsman appeared on the scent, if, er .the customary greeting, he de torously shifted his puck t the ground, then with a somewb.it quizzical g? surveyed the lawyers work. Quite a bit of art your p there," he observed giae1y. The lawyer accepted this trfta complacently. Kind of qurlous how things rot Now. the f about, he went on. time a train was run Into thee h woods lt come In contm t with a tram: long about here; and that thenH der marks the spot whore we hu"e hlm. Now, here he Is provided vrtth t s tombstone and an Insrip tlon that anybody might be proud Kinder curious, ain't It? i I Be c 4 fU f m f) a m 'r is ? vt S' Jr ft h 9 first-clas- MOST POPUUR GIVEN Sio kr rti IIS: - i- im John, or Its Derivative, All Language : Commotii Explaining it Size I of Jones Family. k You comfort me," the old roan I have reproached auswered simply. You'd hnve spoiled everything of myself with the thought that I reared course. Dont scold me, son. Youre you with the sole thought of making, all I have now, aud I couldnt hear to a lumberman out of you nnd when end for you until youd had your I aaw your lumber business slipping fling." Ills trembling old band crept through my lingers orer and closed upon hfs boys linnd, "You were sorry I didn't have a o firm but free from signs of toll. profession to full back on, eh? Or was my pleasure, Ilryce," be conwere you fearful lest you bad raised tinued, and you wouldn't deny me the usuul rich man's son? If the vf choice of sport, would you? latter, you did not compliment me, pal. lad, I never had a boyhood ; Ive never forgotten how hnnl you alX never had a college education, and ways strove to impress me with a th only real travel I have ever had sense of the exact weight of my was when I worked my way around responsibility as your successor." Cupe Horn as a foremast hand, and "How big are you now?" his father all 1 saw then was water and hardqueried suddenly. ships; all I've seen since Is my little Well, sir," Bryce answered, for his world here in Sequoia and In San fathers pleasure putting uslde his Francisco, normal modesty, "Im six feet two Youve sacrificed enough too much Inches tall, and I weigh two hundred for me, Dad." in the pink of condition. I pounds I Told You He Wu Different It pleased me to give you all the have a chest, with five af1 and wanted couldnt advantages and ten and a half Inches just the kind of person a girl ford until I was too old and too busy a as as a reach My long gorilla's. can have for a dear friend without was It to consider them. Besides, Is good, too ; I'm not one underpinning the risk of having to marry And have Incurring wish. mothers you your of these fellows with spidery legs and him." havent little run, you?" your enjoyed I can do a hundred a barrel-chesThe Colonel noticed a calm little he concluded wistfully. I'm no slouch smile fringing her generous mouth. in ten seconds; yards ' hand Dad." "I have, Bryces great and at ITlnceton they He wished he could tell, a by Intuition, dosed over the back of his father's of swimmer; football history." made I say was she what about and man old with thtnklng shook the he neck; That Is very encouraging, my boy what effect a hot pie mock ferocity. "Stubborn old lumbervery. Ever do any boxing was ultimately to have upon the value chided. jack Quite a little. Im fairly up In the of Ills minority holding In the Laguna John Cardigan shook with an art of manly Grande Lumber company. the loving nbuse hti npTheoIr on of heaping hoy had formed a habit InNot uptll dinner was finished and provlngly, and they had reached the Mm never failed to thrill him. of the Cardigan home before he father and son had repaired to the gate realized had that Bryce stinctively spoke again. "There's a big buck library for their coffee and cigars did tonight obvious sympathy copiously wootU-bosfor lip In Pennington's ramp, medicine the was not BryeeCunllgan advert to the subject expressed a Hes remarked he Irrelevantly. of hl3 fathers business affairs. hence he bruised Ms fathers spirit,: Well, John Cardigan, he declared elected to regard the latters blindness French Canadian. Imported from northSuppose you start at as a mere temporary annoyance, some- ern Michigan by Colonel Pennington. comfortably. I dare say hes the only man In this the beginning and tell me ever) thing thing to he considered lightly. If al who measures up to you phys- right to the end. George Sea Utter all; and It was typical of him now country He can fight with his .fists informed me that youve Iveen having that the subject had been discussed ically. wrestle to cleverly. Im told. trouble with this Johnny coin and quite never refer to briefly, to resolve Ills name Is Jules Rondeau, nnd hes Colonel Pennington. Is he the nmn It again. Tomorrow morning Im going to top dog among the lumberjacks. They who has us where the hair is short?" The old man nodded. put a pair of overalls on you, arm say hes the strongest man iu the unlatched He the nnd "The Squaw creek Umber deal, eh? can a and gate. a tin county." swab, you with about me to that used say . Folks to the. suggested. skldways. Bryce get you greasing continued he Ah, me. deceived the old man nodded. You wistfully. once, Again youve Partner, Oh, nonsense. If I had w himpered. If I could have my eyes to see you wrote me all about that." Bryce conYou had hbu blocked whichtinued. that would only have spoiled every- nier't Jules Rondeau !" "of the quaint old ever way he turned The" so effectually front ponal thing "Nevertheless, you were forced to Cardigan residence opened, and a blocked. In fact, that the only pleascable mo to hurry home. silver hatred- - lady --earn out -- on the ure lie ha derived from - his invest-mesince la the knowledge that he I summoned you the instant I porch and hailed Bryce.. She was realized I w going to need' you." Sire. Tully, John Cardigans otd house- owns two thonsnnd acres of timber No, you didnt, John Cardigan. You keeper, and almost a mother to Bryce. with the exclusive right to pay taxes he cried, and on it, walk In It, look at it ant! admire ruminoned me because, for the first Dh. heres tny hoy! tfme in your life, you were panicky a moment later found herself encircled It In fact do everything except log ad let yourself get nut of .hand. by Bryces arms and saluted with a It mill It, nnd realize on his Investment It must make him feel like a Ills father nodded 'slowly. "And hearty hiss. entInto over familiar the it he .you arent 'As ) bally jackass." stepped On the other hand." his father rehis voice no longer bantering rance-hall, Bryce paused, raised his but lowered affectionately. 'tYhnts head and sniffed suspiciously, like a minded him. no matter v.hnt tthe akimW Colonels feeling on that score may be, Hip trouble, Dnd? Trot out your old bird dog. Mrs. Tufiy, arms Trouble him d It. me watched pleasurably. I smell misery loves enmpnnv. and not until ! Inspect ppnic pr let be It and advanced bad ptib'd out of the Sqmw nvk declared, wlirn renl something." my irpsf le pv gts n step down ilso ball for another sniff; ri. storied logging in u,e San i M run. It ( e, MADE eu Jj John Is the most common given, Christian, name we have. Its btetmj Is curious. It came orig nally from lb Hebrew Jehohonnen. God is gradou The Greeks made it Joimnan. and the feminine It became Anna and The name was unknown Id 3a on England and was seldom d.v among the Normans. In the Doom day book, the record of the Inhabits:) of England which .William the CK queror had compiled, only two Jot.a are listed, and one of them Is The German form Is Hans, and kw times Johan. From these we have t surnames Hanson and Johanson. T diminutive Is found In Hanks, Ikmii 01 in m I b ax s J le m 3 II i rev Jenkins, Jca: Ilankinson, Jankln, and Jennings. Shane Is (lie Irish fora of John and Jean the French. Cou erlng the popularity of the name! w and the fact that at this time It V n and pronounced spelled size the of the Jones family will be The name means w plained. John." John Jones Is found to every community. "J-o-- a Sst 1 io New Thread Has Fine Quality A sea grass that grows bnD about the shores of Japan found to yield fiber which, mixed with cotton, forms t rtnch cheaper and stronger A8 of all cotton. The process of fug the rind of the weed, been patented by Its Japanese It tor, Is to dry the plant, boll slowly. cool for two hours and ing it In water then separatescom Lhe coverings, end the rest when It Is soaked tn water lice bran and, brought to the afi lolntThe .result Ingjlber, rw- s Ing, resembles cotton, and harvested use. The grass Is y ' fall and the fiber can be prP' m to fishermen. It la expected marked effect on the PrlC( and to Improve the of fishing nets. Atmosphere Above arth' .UKI "t The atmosphere Is helloed lend much more than 1 W n,i (s the earths eurfuce. Its j, creases rapidly for the nw miles of ascent, then much From the phenomena ually. to refraction of due light, r he demonstrated that the a up to a height of 43 h" t phenomena, such as the aurora. meteora .and "the rare air , exists at a cr - j height. I Counting Has a Limit - Ten thousand I in the Chinese language. el! large sums must be tlples of this figure the the country Is four times in theJflT", 10.000 nr 400 mHilon. A' Economy. The pot of gold at the - I s . 2s 111 a 10, 38, !JI Is 'he id :ti !in Ms i ;ti hio at is .a h. to ci Tt "r fD Ti tv Ab 2&L Itr h we t r Di hit 51 fr a : n s, pn' f . tt.n VT,i |