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Is isprepared 1 1camp prepared to fieo flee the burning lumber ' \ \ } ' drop camp of his benefactor . , Jack Snow Snow\ Snow Snowwho , , ' \ to llv 11e life 11\ 11 \ with\ with withhim with \ 4 who wbo took the youngster e ' \ \ 4him him at the th death of Kerry smother a s mother \ : Todt Tod West has Instructed Kerry to toat toi Todf at atcome f t | Todcome conic come with a file ale contalnlne containing the camp al elands a e 'fands fands ' [ funds lands shoul should houlcf " it be end endangered endangeredPlanes endineeredyiiunea ngered ngeredI Flames Planes attack the office once and Ierry Kerry Kerryhueeinc { , , I I hugging th the prcclout precious flio file , nnd and Todraco Tod Todraco Todtaco raco taco to town Tod acts queerly . . At Atthe Atthe the bank the file Ste Is found empty nnd and nndKerr andKerry andKerry Kerr Kerry ) " li Is blamed with taking the thewrong thewrong thewronc wrong one Snow , his headquartersand he\dquarters he dquarters headquarters hedquartersand heidquartersand ' \ ! and money erone gone Is ruin ruined cd , and Boon soon Boonthereafter soonthereafter coonthereafter thereafter dies , , leaving ; Kerry to thePoor the thePoor thePoor Poor Commissioner . Kerry suspectsf suspectsI suspects suspectsTod suspectsTod I Tod and swears to oven the tb acore score scoreIn scoreIn In ft a St Paul office Kerry , , now In inmanhood Inmanhood manhood , and an expert 1\ 1 \ oodsman 1oodsman woodsman woodsmanlearns woodsmanlexrns oodsmanI I learns of the whereabouts of West WestKerry WestKerry Kerry Kerr ) " rescues a lovely lonely lo\el lo el \ ) " girl slrl from ascoundrel atcoundrel a aq a.coundrel q .coundrel coundrel scoundrel . , who proves to bo be West WestTod . , Tod threatens to pauperize the slrl girl eirli , , | Nan Downer She thanks Kerry andi and andi i i tells him of the robbery , , and murder murder,1 murder1 murder.t murdert .t t . , , t of her father and of Tod a s advances t { She Is oper-Ulne oper Ulne oper\Ung Ung operzting - ' \ a lumber tract which whichher . her father had purchased purcha ed from West . ' ' Kerry makes camp At the general generalstore ; ' .tore tore store . tore In 'West West ' Wests s Landing , he endsTod nnds ends findsTod Tad Tod engaged In a poker came game JIm JImHinkle JimHinklo ' Hinkle Ilinklo timber employee , loses heav- heav heav11lY heav11y heav-\ heav heavlly - - \ lly 11y . . Kerry exposes e"Cposes eCposes " Tod s cheating cheatingand cheatingand ; 11lY r and disarms him The crowd Is unconvinced unconvinced un- un unconvinced - - ! convinced of ot Tad Tod Tods s duplicity . Kerry ICerry 1 ; Identifies himself hlmselt to West , , who de- de denIes deales de denies - nies ales kno\\ kno knowing knoIng \ Ing him , , and advises himi himiS him iS . , to leave to\ to town ton , \ n Nan tells Dr . EzraAdams Ezra ' EzraI Adams of ot Kerry's Kerrys ' ' rescue of her from fromTOd fromTod 1'1 11 1'1Adams ! Tod , and of West s threat . . . Ezra , , who whoj whoI j 1 Is coroner , visits Kerrynd Kerry , " \ ' nnd \nd nd 'tad tad appoints appointst t 1 him coroners coroner a 8 clerk Suspicion of ofthe ofthe the murder had re rested ted on Holt Stu- Stu Stuart Stuart Stu Stuart - ! art , , employee of ot Downer , and upon uponJIm uponJim uponJim JIm Il Hinkle nkle , who \ was 1\as 1 as isas cleared by b ) " TodThe Tod TodThe TodThe The doctor has the fatal tatal bnllet bullet and andthe andthe andthe L [ andL the serIal crlal numbers of the stolenw stolen i w bills bflts , one of which his h'1.9 h1.9 h19 has ' . just been beenpaid beenpaid I beenI I paid to Ad Adims Ad\ms Ad ms " \ ims It came out of the thepoker thet thepoker thepoker poker came game Tod orders Jim to runKerry run . t \ Kerry out of town Kcrrv Kerr\ Kerr Kerri Kerrdiscovers \ discoveraho discovers discoversho . ho Is being spied upon by a breedJim breed breedJim Jim comes comu to Kerry with a warning"J warning "J J " "Jto ' ( to clear outCHAPTER out outJ . J ( . CHAPTER VI VI-Continued VI Continued VIContinuedI - Continued VIContinued6 ' -6- 6 - 6"If 6"If - - I " ; "If If " you kno know w what's whats ' ' good for far forf faryou for1 for1you f you 100 , " In his rmnner m'1nner m1nner manner ' , then was aconvincing a com convincing tneing quality quallty not present betore before be t bet ; fore tore , * you'll youll ' haul baul out today ' ' " ' t "And And " If 1 . ! I shouldn't shouldnt ' ' , . . , . whatthen whatthen what r whatr then ? ' . ) flg1 figt ) Hinkle shrugged "Well Well "Well Well " . , , ' I'd Id ' fig figare t flg1ure ure nre are I'd Id ' ' ' done all that anybody canl can cando adI I canI do for tor you by comin gamin ' * ' here " He advanced ad I ' Tanced vnnced vanced a few steps , his voice moderaUng moderating rood mod roodcrating ad'I anyr crating eraUng erating . "I'm Im " ' ' not handin handln ' you any anything 'I I 'Ivnnced any/ any anythIng any'thing / r ' 'thing thing thing , . , Young , , ' I'm Im ' just doln * ' you a afrIendly afriendly afriendly frIendly act . . This country thInLsa thInksa thInks a lot of Tod , and there s men l1ere here l1eret l1erethat herethat hereL hereI t anythingv I ( that won't wont ' ' stand to see anythIn anything anythingdone done "S S " against him * It " "Yeah Yeah " ? Wesf'and Wesfand West , ' ? * and who else elsePlenty ? ' ' - " 1 I " ( -Plenty Plenty "Plenty > Young let his head drop backward backward back | ward and laughedS laughed . S . a . aSo . . . . So that was that I ! IHe i , ' ( He had been spied upon sincedaybreak sincedaybreah since sincedaybreak clear6 clear6out daybreak daybreah , . had been warned to clear clearout clearout out by an emissary wlio who did not sa sav savall , savj all U that he thought and nnd felt feIt . , ? Not long after Jim Hinkle's Hinkles Hlnhle's Hlnhles ' de'parture departure de departure departure ' parture Kerry set out , Tip foJlowtng followlag follow foJlow followIng Ing tng lag at his heelsNan heels heelsl l Nan Downer looked loohed up from herdesk her herdesk herdesk desk and listened to ' ' ( Kerry's Kerrys brIefIpeech briefspeech brief [ peech Ipeech speech explaining e't'piaining etpiaining evplalning ' his presence . surprlceIn surpriseIn t . " "A A " job ? ' ' she asked asled , , , and surprlce surprise surpriseiln ; | In her ber face . , It was not the surprise whichade whichnude which .made made . nude ade the deepest Impression Impr .sslon sslon < . o ooung ongoung on onoung n coloringt oung It ' was 'HIS HIS the quick colorin colorinI coloring g I ) f t . lighther her ber cheeks , , the tl1e changing light lightn lighti i her eyes which Indicated an in inerest inBrest increst erest Brest In him ov over over r and a above ove any anyazement an anazement anypaazcment y azement or regret or enthusiasmrhich enthusIasm enthusIasmhIch enthusiasmhick provoked hIch hick his question might ha have , e pr preked pro pro- prooked o - voked oked eked . C "Yes Yes " * * Ycs , a job You know how It ! 11 t , I guess gue guess s < : ; ? : ! ' I've Ive ' sort of got to stickround stick stickround stickiround { round a while ; and when I'm Im ' ' Ir In Irne Inne f fl n l ne place , , I don't dont ' ' just hanker t toat to tooaf tcpat o oaf oat . " I'She IShe paiefore padefore paefore ' She traced a pencil line on a pa pad d efore her , , considering . ' ' "If If ' " If 'If ' you want to take a chance ot o olctying f > fying otfying ofying Tod West , It Is your af of atair . , ofifur air ifur . What sort of job are you yo u voitter youter yoter ter ? ' Kerry grinned . 1 "I I ' " I 'I ' can do a lot of ot thln things s In and andround an anround amround d round the " woods "oods oods , all nil tlic UIC the way fron from fro m operaons Oleraons operaens nislDg Ising lsing fromIsing frolsing , , up through logging 10gIng loging . ; Olera opera ) ons ens to milling " 'iS'Ate iSAte ' : 'Are Are ' ' you n a draftsmin draftsm'ln draftsmln draftsmen ' as well wen ? ' largilaps largeaps largups Bhe She turned to a n scries series of large larg e aps ups hanging hangin from the will w'l11 wl11 ' greens green greenrid s grecnind greensnd nd rid thnrfaces thertaces red reds and blue blues spla splashing 3hing < the thrfaces th e < nrfaces rtaces rfaces variouscs to Indicate the various varlou varloues variourpcs ) cs es of growth which cloaked the therlptlons th thrlpttons e > thiescriptlons Jnge rlptlons rlpttons , , with t : fgurcs gures rls sho show shovvin shovvine " Jng In g ; ; be e size and densities of standsith stands standsrith , Ith streams and lakes la1.es la1es . downdetaIl dovedetail set dowi down dove dovep n detail . , p * ' 'You You "You " ' ' " ' * 11 11"You "thcsia-ospccts "thcsia thcsia ospccts see , she explained , "these these "thes thes "theseoPCCts "thesii " e ii whi111 wholU vvhIll - oPCCts ospects ' : ; of our ours nre are the sort who vvh o lU Ill want to know , down to the las last lasttall t tall lasttall lastall tall . , , what we're were ' offering ! in n ex- ex exange ex exittnge - . 0 0ange ange for their money . Could you yo U i yoif youjust Ujust just this sort of ot thing as wellese well alece as asese s ese jobs have been done1 done " ? " [ Young doneYoune stepped closer to the map mnIS ) s ' map'EQdyIng mapEQdyIng mnISdying mapdying , ' Interval.ft Intervalft dying them a lengthy Interval . . "I I " can can . , , " he said finally . , finally.pan finallypan an he hesitated ltnted . . fOt Of couI'he couIhe course coun ' > e , we can't cant ' yoliat youat Uat pay you yo U a at you might get some other oth othw othA othc er w A plice phce place . . . We're Were ' up against It it , , . as you youalready youalready youalready already know " . " I IShe She was obviously embarrassed embarrassedbut , . but Kerry slid s\ld s ld sold ' \ quickly : Don't Dont 'Don't 'Don'tworry 'Don'tworry Dontworry ' ' . worry about that . ' I'd Id ' figure fizure : , , . Miss Mss MissI MissDo MissDowner ) MssDonner I Do Donner " ner , that it'd itd ' be a rare privllegs privl privllege privllege lege legs working worhing for you . When do we westart wetart westart start s tart ? ' "I I " can't cant ' ' talk that detail with you younow younow younow now , because Holt Is out on the thejob thejob thejob job We've Weve ' ' worked worled such things out outtogether outtogether together since my father died . . Hell Hellbe He 11 11be 11be be ba back h this evening . Will you youcome youcome youcome come up then 7 ? " He would , he said , and startedout started startedout startedout out of ot the office Tip stood outside outsidethe outsidethe outsidethe the screen door and now whined * ' Oh , , here's heres ' the dog l I 1 " Nan cried criedgoing , , gomg going quickly ahead of Young Youngopening Youngopening Youngopening opening the door and kneeling onthe onthe on onthe the step The retriever Inspected Inspectedher inspectedher Inspectedher her with eyes and nose , and nnd at first firstbore firstbore firstbore bore himself hlmselt with perfect Indlrference Indif Indlr- Indlr indif- Indifference indiference - - f ference erence , , , being bemg , as be he was , n a one- one oneman oneman one-man one man - - man beast be.st best . . But when her small smallh'lnd smallhind smallhind h'lnd hlnd hind ' came to rest on the broad broadcrown broadcrown broadcrown crown of ot his head , and her gentle gentleI gentlevoIce gentlevoice gentlevoice I voIce told toM him what "hat hat " a handsome handsomefellow handsomefellow handsomefellow fellow he T\ T \ was Tas as , . , . . , why , then thetall the thetall thetall tall commenced to wnggle "nggle nggle waggle " a bit bitand , , and his eyes rolled , and his hls pinh pink pinhtongue pinktongue pinktongue tongue lolled loned a little , , and nnd he pant panted panted panted ed with tint th'1t th1t that ' satisfaction which whichcomes whichcomes whichcomes comes to any male with sufficientflattery sufficientOattery sufficient sufficientflattery flattery 1 I I"lIe ! 1"He "He He "lIe lIe " likes me I ! " the girl laughed laughedhappily laughedhappily laughedhappily happily . , . "Why Why " shouldn't shouldnt ' he ? " " Youngasked Young Youngasked Youngasked asked with all aU sobriety . , "That That " dog'sgot dogsgot dog's dogs dog'sgot dog'sgot ' got sense ' " Then he be laughed at ather ather ather her discomfiture discomfitureHe He started back toward his camp campand , and had gone half way from Nan's Nans Nan'sheadquarters Nan'sheadquarters ' headquarters to the mill mm when hesaw he be hesaw besaw saw a man running tanning along the raIl raIlroad railroad railroad road track tOT\ tOT toward tOTard \ ard the trestle Then Thenanother Thenanother Thenanother another . . And from West's Wests ' ' Landlag Land Landlng LandIng lng lag , three more were crossing rap rapieUy rapItaly rapIdly ieUy Italy . . . , , . . , Then a scream reichcd re1.ched re1ched reached . bls his blsears hisears bisears bisears"Something ears ears"Somethlng ears"Something " "Something Something "Somethlng Somethlng " stirring I ! " he mut mut- muttered muttered - tered , , and nnd began to trot'What's trot trot"What's . ' "What's Whats 'What's " ' up ? ' Young called to a aman aman aman man ' , Somebody fell fen In In"A InA ' " A T\ T \ woman's womans Toman's oman's omans ' scream cut the all aft allsharply aftsharply allsharply sharply , and Young saw snw a man mangrasp mangrasp roangrasp grasp her arms , , holding her fromhurling from fromhurlJng fromhurling hurlJng hurling herself berself Into the swirlingcurrent swirling swirlingcurrent swirlingcurrent current below below"Kid belowKid . , "KId KId " , ' I'll Ill ' bet . , Tips Tip 1 ! " he mutteredSure muttered mutteredSure mutteredSure Sure enough , , a clilld child . "Little Little "Littlegirl "Littlegirl "Littlegirl Littlegirl " girl I l " a boy answered nnswered excitedlywhen excitedlywhen excitedly excitedlywhen when he asked ashed the question again again"Dunno again"Dunno again"Dunno againDunno "Dunno Dunno " who " 1 ' " Kerry paused at the water's waters ' ' edge edgeand edgeand edgeand and jerked at his pac laces"TIp laces"Trpli laces laces"TipP "TIp TIp "TipP TipP "Trpli Trpli " I " * The dog , , tall vibrating as asthIs asthis asthis thIs excitement Infected him himpeered , peered eagerly Into his face . . "Some Some "Some- "Somebody "Somebody "Somebody " - - body In there ; : In the rh river ere ereOn . . Onthe On Onthe Onthe the bottom . , . , . , Fetch 1 I " In went the retriever , swimmIng swimmIngrapIdly swimmingrapidly swimmingrapidly rapIdly straight out from shore Tip Tipcircled Tipcircled Tipcircled circled slowly In the current , bead head beadtilted headtilted beadtilted tilted , , trying to see below the surface sur surfnce surface fnce face Then suddenly he dived dh ed ed . . . H Hdid Hedid He Hedid e did not go deep ; his tall tal1 tail protrudedand protruded protrudedand protrudedand and he be wis W'lS WlS iris ' under but a second"Fetch second"Fetch second second"Fetch " "Fetch Fetch " , , TIp Tipl 1 P " Young cried sharply sharp sharply sharply ly when he came up Seconds Second Secondsmean Secondmean Secondsmean s mean life . . . , A half dozen men were In the therh theriver theriver rh river cr , diving from logs or from th thtrestle the thetrestle thetrestle e trestle |