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UttHu7" xT',10 nc'd WSWWTIOH UUT, SYNOPSIS Ben Elliott from Tonder makes his entry into the lumbering of town Tlncup, bringing along an old man, Don Stuart, who had been to reach Tlncup. eager Nicholas Brandon, the towns leading citizen, resents Stuarts presence, trying to force him to leave town and Elliott, resenting the act, knocks him down' Elliott is arrested, but finds a friend In Judge Able Armitage. The judge hires him to run the one lumber camp, the Hoot Owl, that Brandon has not been able to grab. This belongs to Dawn McManus, daughter of Brandons old partner, who has disappeared with a murder charge Brandon hanging over his head. sends his bully, Duval, to beat up Ben, and Ben worsts him In a fist fight and throws him out of camp. Old Don Stuart dies, leaving a letter for Elliott, to be used when the going becomes too tough. Ben refuses to open the letter at this time, believing he can win the fight by his own efforts. Fire breaks out in the mill. CHAPTER IV Yeah. Gasoline starts in a hurry." Gasoline ! the watchman croaked. Sure. Ben laughed drily. "The ground floor vas drenched with It Theyd scraped rubbish Into piles and soaked them, too. They almost did a good Job. Almost five minutes start or if I hadnt happened to see a garage fire put out with salt once where nothing else was handy to smother It, and Itd have been all day with us." lie rubbed his chin, thoughtfully. Didnt see anybody? Or hear anybody? Not a soul or a sound." Elliott looked up. No snow was falling. Buller I" he called. The foreman, face blackened, eyebrows gone, came up at his hail. Herd this crew In close. It snowed early In the evening. Maybe I'll want to do a Job of trailing and I dont want tracks all over the country. lie did his Job of trailing. The frssh tracks of a single man led nwny from the trampled snow about the mill toward docks of logs. The tracks went out along the siding tow nr town but Bon did not follow far. He stopped when he found a 1 RAK8. Continued Getting her!" Ben panted as Able tried to say something to him. Getting her! He coughed and his words had come In a half strangle but, even so, the exultation In his tone was unmistakable. Living flame no longer leaped and roared through the hole In the floor. Thick smoke swept upward but that was all and as Ben ran up the Icy slide for the first time and saw this he cried out: Good work, Buller! Over there, though; lock! Fire had taken fresh hold In a greasy timber and was worming Its way up beneath the trimmer saw. Buller dashed a half dozen palls of water on the spot and It went black. Keep going, Buller! Ben cried. "Ill take half your men. He went slipping down the slide and at the bottom called men from the bucket line. Stretch out, the rest of you ! he called. Now, this way, you lads; In here and mop her up, and make It fast! Stubborn flames ate Into the litter on the ground floor. Again and again they broke out, but the driving heat was gone, roaring gases no longer gave Impetus to the spread of destruction as the first need for speed became less Imperative. Not until the final curl of smoke had been subdued completely did Ben Elliott relax. Then, with lantern lighted, he entered the saw floor, completely Ice glazed, charred In places, and surveyed the damage. As he swung his lantern and looked about, peering at timbers eaten half away, at burned belting, at other vital damage, he moved slowly, said little, as a man will who Is thinking soberly. He stopped beside Able Armitage finally. Well, the Insurancell cover It, the old Justice said, as If trying to make the best of things. Ben laughed shortly. "But she's two weeks Idle at the Inside. And belting gone and a good many other things. If "Say, chum! It was the night watchman, sheathed In flakes of Ice from his waist down, whom Ben hailed. Where were you?" Eating, when it broke out Ben only nodded. The watchman, by long custom, went to the boarding house kitchen for his midnight meal where food was kept warm for him. I went through the yard and the mill, Just like you told me to do. I looked In at the boiler the last thing. I hadn't been out of here ten minutes before I Just happened to glance through the window and see It that at the same ,!?ir,oo.th m k. t''ith lon.iSS' e entire length of over 7lfflbesi bridge is wiDter 8ea5n- - k J - the 1 in an, looiuaa 10 over la,nd and this is over f, nf 2 733 feet te brunches of the East l f than bridge, but m'besi now. Whered you get your name? I mean Bird Eye. Why do they call you that? Oh, that! Why, I looked veneer stuff from Brandon for years ontll I got sick with disgust fer th mom" "I see. And you've been on the Hoot Owl for three years, haven't you? Know the timber pretty well? "I know Ivery quarter stake by Its first name! How much bird's-ey- e and veneer birch Is there within draylng distance of the steel? Lets get down to cases. Do you think theres ten thousand? Or fifty? Fifty? Naw! Tin? twisting Ids head. Twict that, annyhow. 'Nd on twinty-threthe s another bunch av ut Scattered all through, too, but bunched, Misther Elliott, loike ye dont see ut frequent. That demijohn badly con- makes ut easy to git out." What Im getting at Is this: With cealed beneath the end of a log. He the crew Ive got could we get thirsniffed Its neck and nodded grimly. The fuel of an thousand out In ten days? Incendiary had been ty Bird Eye shrugged. carried to the mill in that container. Domn, by, but that's a chore! And now," Able said, after he also had sniffed the bottle In Bull-er- s With this crew av hay tossers? He house, "whats to be done? He shook his head. Mehby you could . , you nd Taul tried to smile but deep trouble was Banyan. Most men couldn't even so much as in his old eyes. For the first time since he had start" Walt here. Ill see you In a few come to Hoot Owl Ben Elliott shook minutes. his head dubiously as he dropped ne entered Bullers house where Into a chair. He was both grave and Able Armitage sipped coffee gloomtroubled. "Theyre getting the least bit ily. neglecting the food on his plate. Tills Is the nineteenth, Ben rough, he observed, Rather rough, Id say!" Abies said. With what bank balance we have, how much must we get to face flared suddenly In righteous wrath. "D- -n Nick Brandon! Id gether to meet the payroll, that one note that you think cant be regive a good deal to hang tills nights newed and Interest on others that'll work on him! Itll take no less than a miracle be due? My figures are all up at now to pull us through. Two weeks camp. Able considered at length. to get the mill running? Benny, In "Three thousand might let us that time well be busted wide open ! out Why? Theyll have a case against me, Ill He put that question dryly. be walked as administrator and the I Just wondered." Ben turned to timber will be at Brandons mercy. Buller. "How many men will you Yeah. . . . Wide open . . . and need to get the mill In shape? 1 at his mercy." mean, how ninny can you use and Able rose and paced the small not have them falling over each room, hands In his hip pockets. He other? came to a halt before Elliott and "Oh, four or five besides myself. eyed him narrowly. He stood so a Ben nodded. Thatll give me fifmoment as If In debate with himself. teen of the mill crew to throw Into We had a fire, he said. Not the the woods. His eyes snapped as he kind you fight with fire, exactly. , . . looked back at A half hour Able. But old Don told Bird-Eythat ago I was feeling about half licked. youd have to use fire to fight an- Ill make the three thousand by the other kind with, didnt he? first or break my neck! Ben smiled slowly. What are you getting at, BenYoure thinking of the old tim- ny? Able demanded. ers letter, eh? . . . Well, maybe This. Ben hitched his chair . . . But were not licked yet Someclose to the table and with a relish thing may turn up. No, I guess I wont use whatever It was Stuart gave me Just yet!" The old man shook his head and resumed his pacing. What can turn up to give us a fighting chance, now?" he muttered. three-gallo- n e CHAPTER V something did turn up. at breakfast time, while Ben was prowling the mill, admitting to himself that perhaps It was time to look at his hole card the letter that the old cruiser had sent to him with Its Intriguing Inscription a stranger behind a light driving team swung Into the stopped and tied his horses. Well, you had a fire he said as See youve still Ben approached. got a mill standing, though? Standing, yes. But thats all you can say for It." Thats tough!" The man eyed him In genuine concern. "Are you by any chance Ben Elliott? I am. Elliott, my names Blackmore. Glad to see you I I was in here and talked with Harrington week before last and he was saving out some veneer logs for me. Im with the Veneer Exporting corporation and were in the market for quite a few cars of stuff. Wonder If I could Interest you In a deal Market's right good and were In need of some more stuff to fill out a shipment Maybe with your mill shut down you might be Interested. Thats a close guess. Shoot! Ill pay you a hundred and twenty dollars a thousand for birds eye veneer maple and ninety dollars for and birch; standard specifications weeks on, two of inside delivery I know youre say, thirty thousand. the name top and pass so I busy, any dickering. A hundred and twenty. . . . And ninety for birch Bens heart leaped but he gave no outward Indication of the great relief that surged through him. "Two weeks? he asked. and less. Lets see. . . . STILL, mill-yar- 1 Yes, dehave to have thirty thousand be livered In Just eleven days to on Montreal to em safe In getting the time. Ill take fifty thousand at will have to be the but thirty price loaded on track first" Thatll be fast production. All of that! But If I cant get Branthe stuff from you I can from a don by going up a few dollars taon the are cards My thousand. ble, Elliott Cun we deal?" chin Ben considered, rubbing bis the looked up He knuckle. with a to see mad which led toward camp quick, a man approaching with that stride of the space devouring woodsman. asked. "Had breakfast? he Ill No. eat. Blanket your team and go the by you answer an Jor m have time youre through." entered the As the veneer buyer Bird Eye r.Ialm-- the house boarding reached trailer from camp had tlrorintlierdiove -- " stare from the turning his nmsed Elliott to mill mnd a fire, BirdlV .ewr Yes, "Getting Her!" which Indicated the love of battle, sketched his plan. By noon that plan was In partial Blaine, his operation. Bird-Ey- e duties as barn boss temporarily delegated to another, and Ben Elliott cruised through the timber north of camp, belt axes In their hands. And In the morning the camp crew, augmented by fifteen men from the mill left off the work of felling timber In strips, scattered through the woods and dropped marked trees. Swampers were with them, clearing the way for teams that followed cIosp on the sawyers heels and drayed these high quality logs out to the railroad. But It's a mans sized Job to keep your eye on such an operation! Ben declared to Able. "Ive got to watch Buller and the mill, too. Ive got to think about markets so we'll be all set when we commence to saw again. And the devil of It Is Im only one hand and hours In there are only twenty-fou- r a dayl He grinned. Wheres this good man you told me about? Jeffers? Is that his name? Tim Jeffers? Over In the next townl But I doubt hell even listen. He hasn't wanted a Job In three years. Ben Doubting Isnt knowing," said grimly and the next afternoon Ben left him, chagrined and a bit angered at his failure. Brandon's got a crimp In the whole country, he muttered as he drove on toward camp. And here I am, trying to do four mens work. Tough ntit? I'll tell the world! In Tincup he drove to the express office to Inquire for the new piston head for the locomotive which was due. He wanted to start loading his veneer logs and getting them out to the siding as rapidly as they came from the woods. He had signed a contract with the time for delivery specified and wanted to run no chance of delay. But the repair part was not there. "Got the bill of It, the station But It hasnt shown agent said. up. Ought to he along tomorrow. However, the next day did not bring the repairs nnd the driver of Bens supply team reported the fact to him. And the agent, he wants to see you, the man added enigmatically. "Didnt that pisten head come yet? Ben demanded angrily of the supply teamster nfter the mans next trip to town. I told you the agent wanted to see you. The other's manner was doggedly mysterious and Elliott, without further questioning, harnessed and drove to Tlncup. The agent shook hands cordially and drew him Inside the tiny ticket office, ne spoke In a cautious tone, although they were alone. The messenger on the train says he put that engine part off for me the night the bill came through. It aint here and Im takln a chance of losing my Job Just telling you even thnt much. Ben frowned. What are ycu driving It? Its not here and youll lose You mean, the express companyll hold you responsible for an article lost out of the depot? Thnt donY worry me. The shipment came In and I never saw It and tf I was to tell you that the only thing that could've happened was that It was taken off the truck while I was handling baggage It wouldnt be a bad guess. But If certain parties knew I told you that much the railroad would get such a complaint about me that I'd be out of a Job between days and don't you forget it I Oh, I see. Ben looked at a calendar. It took them five days to get It hack to me. Cant wait that long. Give me a telegraph blank. Ill have em notify me by wire when they ship and If I hove to meet trains myself . . . why, I can do that, too." The other nodded and gave Ben a worried look. I sort of liked the way you did up Duval in that log rollin; and I heard about the trimmln you gave him at camp. And Im. . . Well, Ive seen enough raw stuff go on around this mans town to feed me up. I'll help you all I can but Ive got kids to think about. Ben made a wry face. Even children don't seem safe, he said. Some of ns have got only our dander invested In the particular fracas Im mixing In, but everything the little McManus girl ha3 got Is at stake. Little girl? "Tup. Youre Yes. The McManus girl She owns the Hoot Owl the agent said with a Oh, queer look. The following morning, a half hour after the men had gone to the woods, a sawyer came running toward the camp office Just In time to catch Ben before he left for the mill. HI, Elliott! he called. Hold on a minute!" He came breathlessly up to the sleigh. Somebody cut three Inches offen the measures last night Thought the broker In the deal, the building and land on which they stand are assessed at $138,000, Literary CHURCH THRIVES ON ROYAL GIFTS Example Famous Old Trinity Endowed Example has more follower than reason. We unconsciously Imitate by Two Monarchs. what pleases us, and Insensibly approximate to the characters we most In 1G97, when some of his An- admire. In this way, a generous hal-I- t glican subjects were worshiping In a of thought and of action earrle fort near the Battery, King William with It an Incalculable Influence. III of England gave young Trinity Eovee. parish the land on which Trinity church now stands at the head of Wall street. There was no street ,, then, but a wall, later razed to give r JO the little city on Manhattan Island 1 T1 room to grow. Later, the royal heart t ? was struck with the thought that the struggling church could well do with v Sr some funds, and he gave the parish the right to sell all whales, wrecks and flotsam and Jetsam flung np on Long Island. life ip i V i What revenue, If any, Trinity denot has rived from thnt privilege ml n I been discovered. At any rate, the parish did not prosper fast enough The Goat for Queen Anne, and In 1705 Bhe beIs your wife economical, old boy? stowed on it a tract of land, which "Oh, very. We do without practibecame know-- as the Queens farm. It yielded a revenue of 10 a year, cally everything I need. As the thriving city began to spread out on Its narrow terrain, LEPOWE the Queens farm became covered with buildings. Subways underran It In latc--r years, and rents went up. Though large slices of the farm were taken to provide for otlv er Episcopal churches. Kings col lege, now Columbia university, and WITH A other buildings, the little church at the head of Wall street had 700 lots remaining, and prospered until it became the wealthiest church In New LAMP Xork, and, probably, In the country. Light that floods tb whole room with a clear Recently the parish sold the east mellow radlanrel Tb side of Hudson street from West nearest to daylightof any artificial light. Houston to Clarkson street, part More light than 80 com of the tract it received 237 yenrs ngo tnon kerosene lamps, lt'r from King William. Tlie transfer fight that protects your eightl Plenty of light for every home need. Kasy to operate . . . marked the first change In ownerea7y to keep going. Only Coleman gives yon light fur so little cost. Beautiful new ship of this particular property since so muchwan models y parchment shade. the royal grant. 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When I marked, it knocked the snow off the log, showing up my first one three Inches off. I thought that was funny go I measured again. Somethin was wrong, sure. We looked her over and found where a piece had been cut off the stick and then we saw where tracks "Be with you pronto, Ben muttered as he turned his team hack toward the barn. lie found five of the saw gangs Fortuwith shortened measures. nately, the discovery was made early In the day and only a logs had been made. However, It proved to Ben that menacing Influences struck In unexpected ways and from all qunrters. An untrail was found explained snow-showhich led In from the north and none knew who bad made It. The visitor evidently had gone out by road In the dead of night drove hard for Jeffers little farm clearing. The old logger met Elliott with an eye that seemed at first to be hostile but which on closer observation proved to be only one of severe appraisal So youre after a camp foreNo, Ive quit the man," he said. (TO BE CONTINUED) timber fer good, Elliott. I'm through. A man has trouble enough without Santa Fe Hat No Railroad hunting II Im not a young man, Santa Fe Is the capitnl Although nur son. Ive no years strength New of do railroad enters Mexico, any more to put into another man's A citizenry In boo with Its there. losing fight. "We won't lose. Brand m'g tried quiet city has consistently refused to permit the railroads to build ever) thing up to and im lading fire me lbked hasn't pot he and jet. through Santa Be. It largely of this that the clmrm of Ttm with me, Jeffers, Come along the ancient town has hem and we'll run him Into his bole! But the man was obdurate and g r THE RJEWKKDUJSE BBOTEHi A Distinctive Xlcsidence An Abode eeerenoivned Throughout the West Mrs. J. H. Water, President Salt Lahc9s Most Hospitable HOTEL syth r .51 J |