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Show f11 VALLEY of the By PETER B. KYNE Author of MCappy Rick" Coyyrtj hi XVIII Continued. 19 t gunpose so," she answered, CHAPTER was those . iTred cedar-t- hat "al- - sixteen townships crown grant in which you Induced 'British Columbia in nnndred thousand mt to invest foor remember that you will Tou 'Mars. Whased that timber for me from the company, Timber Jtarlbou Limited. said it was an unparalleled investment Quite recently I learned no inatter how that you were the principal owner of the Caribou Timber com-jLn- y ou Limited! Smart as you are, red Somebody swindled you with that of stand wonderful a was War It read the cruiser's report-- tut Vjnber-- so fifty Per cent of lt desPite ,ts Ween ud flourishing appearance, Is And the remaining sound ot t,mber cannot cent .fifty U logged unless the roltten timber is out of the way. ojged also and gotten tollow-butte- ! d am Informed that logging it bankruptcy." spells She gazed at hlra steadily, but without malice ; his face crimsoned and his glance Ithen paled ; presently iought the carpet. While he struggled fto formulate a verbal defense against W accusation Shirley continued: "You had erected a huge sawmill and built ami equipped a logging road Wore you discovered you had been dwindled. So, in order to save as fnueh ns possible from the wreck, you decided to unload your white elephant I was the readiest jen somebody else. frletim. You were the executor of my "father's estate you were my guardian and financial adviser, and so you found jt very, very easy to swindle me !" I "I bad my back to the wall," he "I was desperate and it Iquavpred. Jvasn't at all the bad Investment you fiave been told It Is. You had the money --more money than you knew what to and with the proceeds of" the jdo with tale of those cedar lands, I knew I rould make an Investment in California i Anu f than retrieve my make big money for both and more fedwood ortunes us." !'"( "You might have borrowed the money me. You know I have never hesitated to Join in your enterprises." for you, had' vision. I could see incalculable riches In this redwood empire, but It was a tremendous gamble and required twenty millions to swing It at the very start. I dreamed of the prmtrol of California redwood; and if will stand by me, Shirley, I shall yet tou and half my dream come true iof It shall be yours. It has always Jteen my intention to buy back from jou secretly and at a nice profit to you that Caribou red cedar, and with the acquisition of the Cardigan properties would have been in position to do M. Why, that Cardigan tract In the $an Hedrln which we will buy. a year for half a million, is worth ve millions at least. And by that time, I feel certain in fact, I know the Northern Pacific will commence fcuildtng in from the south, from I "This was too big a deal I Shirley. ." I "I shall" he began, but he paused suddenly that tact and not pugnacity the requirement for the handling f this -- ticklish situation. I She silenced him with a disdainful gesture. "You shall not smash the fardigans." she declared firmly. "You re devoid 0f mercy, of a" sense of Sportsmanship. Now, then, Uncle fieth, listen to me: You have twenty-fou- r hours in which to make P Jour mind whether to accept my I'tlmatum or refuse it. If you refuse. I shall prosecute you for fraud a betrayal of trust as my father's wutor 0,1 that red cedar timber ns if he had bruptly, ts "I'll risk that. I want to get rid of that worthless red cedar timber ; so I think you had better buy it back from me at the same figures at which you sold it to me." "But I haven't the money and I can't borrow it I I "I will have the equivalent In stock of the Laguna Grande Lumber company. You will call on Judge Moore to complete the transaction and leave with him your resignation as president of the Laguna Grande Lumber company." The Colonel raised his glance and bent it upon her in cold appraisal. She met it with firmness, and the thought came to him : "She Is a Pennington!" And hope died out in his heart He began pleading In maudlin fashion for mercy, for compromise. But the girl was obdurate. "I am showing you more mercy than you deserve you to whom mercy was ever a sign of weakness, of vacillation. There Is a gulf between us, Uncle Seth a gulf which for a long time I have dimly sensed and which, because of my recent discoveries, has widened until it can no longer be bridged." He wrung his hands in desperation and slid to his knees before her; with hypocritical endearments he strove to take her hand, but she drew away from him. "Don't touch me," she cried sharply and with a breaking note in her voice. "You planned to kill Bryce And for that and that Cardigan! alone I shall never forgive you." She fled from the office, leaving him cringing and grovelling on the floor. "There will be no directors' meeting, Mr. Sexton," she informed the manager as she passed through the general office. "It is postponed." That trying interview had wrenchec. Shirley's soul to a degree that left her fuint and weak. She at once set out on a long drive, In the hope that before she turned homeward aguln she might regain something of her customary composure. the asphaltum-pave- d Presently street gave way to a dirt road and terminated abruptly at the boundaries of a field thu't sloped gently upward a field studded with huge black redwood stumps showing dismally through coronets of young redwoods that grew riotously around the base of the departed parent trees. From the fringe of the thicket thus formed, the terminus of an old skid-roashowed and a signboard, freshly painted, pointed the way to the Valley of the Giants. Shirley had not Intended to come here, but now that she had arrived, it occurred to her that It was here she wanted to come. Parking her car by the side of the road, she alighted and proceeded up the old skid, now newly planked and with the encroaching fenestration cut away so that the daylight might enter from above. On over the gentle divide she went and down toward the amphitheater where the primeval giants grew. And as shu approached It, the sound that is silence In the redwoods the thunderous diapason of the centuries wove Its spell upon her; quickly, imperceptibly there faded from her mind the St VVOllld a trifle. Inn l,r,- -. "I'm afraid lie n t v, dear, and of I course, shall have to fy fefend myself." I "In addition," the girl went on qul-Pl"tlm county grand jury shall be prnishod with a report y, ?r stenographic your conversation of Thursday fght with Mayor Poundstone. That f "1 not be a long, hard row to hoe, Seth, for in addition to the pnoRrapher, i have another reliable J1"". your casmal as a bribe to the to explain and view of the fact Moope f'sposal of my sedan JPVor win he hard amusing at Rryee Cardigan managed to fright-- , Mr, Poundstone Into the f"n while you were returning And away. f ftat is n.,t sufficient for my purpose, ,h" sworn confession of the !mmTa t'at you iim i gave him five red dollars to kill Cardigan. Bryce ur woods boss, Rondeau, will also yo" approached him with a L!r Proposuion t0 d0 wUh B I Je VardiKan. I I'HIV 4J 'n .vou W .tUI nrd'S fM,"P .. o o!f. iiave n" !mV'K'- ft, t Sep hnvu ImnneoiMo tinnt - manaeed to create disagree with me when I Won1d be better for you hi,d gone eray and hag-frin- 't ucave 'nn't" he murmured. "I this proat business now. j ""crests In the. company renito. " h course unthinkable. 'thoiu my band nt the helm, things lli gu 'c smash." itr ir It?" "I do not know, Miss Sumner. I had to sell ; there was no other way out of the Jam Bryce and I were in; so I sacrificed my sentiment for my boy. However, the new owner has been wonderfully kind and thoughtful. She so even reorganized that old skid-roaan old blind duffer like me can find his way in and out without getting made lost and she bad this easy-chai- r for me. I have told Judge Moore, who exrepresents the unknown owner, to tend my thanks to his client. But words are so empty, Shirley Sumner. If that new owner could only understand how grateful I am how pro" foundly her courtesy touches me "Her courtesy?" Shirley echoed. "Did a woman buy the Giants?" He smiled down at her. "Why, a certainly. Who but a woman and woman would dear, kind, thoughtful have thought to have this chair made and brought up here for me?" Fell a long silence between them; then John Cardigan's trembling hand went groping out toward the girl's. me not to have "Why, how stupid of he said. Immediately!" it guessed owner. new My dear "You are the a very of silent prayers the If child man will bring God's old mihappv ! I Messing on you there, there, girl What make weep. you to didn't intend a tender heart it is, to be sure!" hand, She took his great and her hot tears fell on It, for his had touchgentleness, bis benignancy,must not tell ed her deeply. "Oh, you she cried. anybody ! You musn't," ile put bis hand on her shoulder as land of she knelt before him. "Good do it? Why love, girl, what made you should a girl like you give a hundred thousand for my Valley of the Giants? unWere you" hesitatingly "your cle's agent?" "Xo I bought It myself with myI know own money. My uncle doesn't he want-eam the new owner. You see, it for nothing." much a "Ah yes. I suspected as is the uncle Your long time rgo. man. Not modern type of business I'm afraid. vexv much of an idealist to tiwart But tell me why you decided relative," of your the plans d f Seal." He brightened these she rearranged in order to make room for her own offering. "Poor dear!" she murmured audibly "God didn't spare you for much happiness, did he?" A voice, deep, resonant kindly, spoke a few feet away. "Who is Shirley, startled, turned swiftly. Seated across the little amphitheater In a fashioned lumberjack's easy-chafrom an old barrel, John Cardigan sat, his sightless gaze bent upon her. "Who is It?" he repeated. "Shirley Sumner," she answered. "You do not know me, Mr. Cardigan." "No," replied he, "I do not. That is a name I have heard, however. You are Seth Pennlngton'a niece. Is someone with you?" "I am quite alone, Mr. Cardigan." "And why did you come here alone?" he queried. "I I wanted to think." "You mean you wanted to think clearly, my dear. Ah, yes, this is the place for thoughts." He was silent a moment. Then: "You were thinking aloud, Miss Shirley Sumner. I heurd you. You said: 'Poor dear' God didn't spare you for much happiness, did he?' Then you knew about her being here." Some ten years ago, "Yes, sir. when I was a very little girl, I met your son Bryce. He gave me a ride on his Indian pony, and we came here. So I remember." "Well, I declare! Ten years ago, eh? You've met, eh? You've met Bryce since his return to Sequoia, I believe. He's quite a fellow now." "He is Indeed." John Cardigan nodded sagely. "So that's why you thought aloud," he remarked impersonally. "Bryce told you about her. You are right, Miss ShirGod didn't give her ley Sumner. much time for happiness Just three years; but oh, such wonderful years I Such wonderful years! "It was mighty fine of yon to bring flowers," he announced presently. "I appreciate that. I wish I could see you. You must be a dear, nice, thoughtful girl. Won't you sit down and talk to me?" "I should be glad to," she answered, and seated herself on the brown carpet of redwood twigs close to his chair. "So you came up here to do a little clear thinking," he continued In "Do his deliberate, amiable tones. you come here often?" "This Is the third time In ten years," she answered. "I feel that I have no business to intrude here. This Is your shrine, and strangers should not profane it." "I think I should have resented the presence of any other person. Miss I resented you until you Sumner. spoke." "I'm glad you said that, Mr. Cardigan. It sets me at ease." "I hadn't been up here for nearly two years until recently. You see I I don't own the Valley of the Giants any more." "Indeed. To whom have you sold toil-wor- n "Who Is It?' she memory of that grovelling ll.lng and had left behind in the a subtle pence, In its place there came a wonder-s- uch of awe, of a feeling to one come must as feeling, indeed, man is distant in the realization that near. but God is orchids pendent A cluster of wild roots fungus-coverefrom the great attenfon. her challenged of a fathered them. Farther on, in shaft of sungh fell, apof-an armful of golden rhododenpopples and flaming dron with her delicate burden sbTcame at length to the halo ot sun ht ed clearing where the o re fell upon the J 1 gnn s mother. lere at least, ana on it a couple of dozen, mill-oflic- d a Oil-ffron- d j Pewr B. lyne "I knew it hurt you terribly to sell your Giants; they were dear to you for sentimental reasons. I understood, also, why you were forced to sell ; so I well, I decided the Giants would be safer in my possession than in my uncle's. In all probability be would have logged this valley for the sake of the clear seventy-two-inc- h boards be could get from these trees." "That does not explain satisfactorily, to me, why you took sides with a stranger against your own kin," John Cardigan persisted. "There must be a deeper and more potent reason, Miss Shirley Sumner." "Well," Shirley made answer, glad he could not see the flush of confusion and embarrassment that crimsoned her cheek, "whea I came to Sequoia last May, your son and I met, quite accidentally. The stage to Sequoia had already gone, and he was gracious enough to Invite me to make the Jour ney in his car. Then we recalled having met as children, and presently I gathered from his conversation that he as he called you, and bis were very dear to each other. I was witness to your meeting that night I saw him take you In his big arms and hold you tight because you'd gone blind while he was away having a good time. And you hadn't told him! I thought that was brave of you ; and later, when Bryce and Molra McTavIsh told me about you how kind you were, how you felt your responsibility toward your employees and the community well, I Just couldn't help a leaning toward John-partnand boy, because the boy was so fine and true to his father's Ideals." "Ah, he's a man. He Is Indeed," old John Cardigan murmured proudly. "I dare say you'll never get to know him " intimately, but If you should corshe "I know hlra Intimately," rected him. "He saved my life the n ran away. And that day the was another reason. I owed him a debt, and so did my uncle; but Uncle wouldn't pay his share, and I had to pay for him." "Wonderful," murmured John Cardigan, "wonderful I But still you haven't told me why you paid a hundred thousand dollars for the Giants when you could hlive bought them for fifty thousand. You had a woman's reason, I dare say, and women always reason from the heart, never the head. However, If you do not care to tell me, I 6hall not insist. Perhaps I have appeared unduly inquisitive." "I would rather not tell you," she answered. A gentle, prescient smile fringed his old mouth ; he wagged his leonine head as If to say: "Why should I ask, when I know?" Fell again a restful silence. Then : "Am I allowed one guess, Miss Shirley Sumner?" "Yes, but you would never guess the reason." "I am a very wise old man. When one sits in the dark, one sees much that was hidden from him in the full glare of the light My son is proud, manly, Independent, and the soul of honor. He needed a hundred thousand dollars; you knew it. Probably your uncle informed you. You wanted to loan him some money, but you couldn't. You feared to offend him by proffering it; had you proffered it, he So you would have declined It. bought my Valley of the Giants at a preposterous price and kept your And he patted her action a secret." hand gently, as if to silence any denial, a voice while far down the skid-roabaritone floated fainta ly to them through the forest. Somebody was singing or rather chanting a singularly tuneless refrain, wild and barbaric. "What Is that?" Shirley cried. "That Is my son, coming to fetch his old daddy home," replied John Cardigan. "That thing he's howling Is or paean of an Indian war-sontriumph something his nurse taught If you'll him when he wore pinafores. excuse me. Miss Shirley Sumner, I'll leave you now. I generally contrive to meet him on the trail." and started He bade her good-bydown the trail, his stick tapping stretched against the old logging-cabl- e from tree to tree beside the trail and marking It. Shirley was tremendously relieved. She did not wish to meet Bryce Cardiand she was distinctly gan grateful to John Cardigan for his nice consideration in sparing her an Interview. She seated herself In the lumber-Jack's so lately vacated, easy-chaand chin In hand gave herself up to meditation on this extraordinary old man and his extraordinary son. A couple of hundred yards down the "Hello, trail Bryce met his father. John Cardigan !" he called. "What do you mean by skallyhootlng through these woods without a pilot? Eh? Explain your reckless conduct." "You great overgrown duffer," his "I father retorted affectionately, thought you'd never come." He reached Into his pocket for a handkerchief, but failed to find It and searched through another pocket and still another. "By gravy, son," he remark ed presently. "T do believe I left ray silk handkerchief the one Molra gave me, for my last birthday up yonder. I wouldn't lose that handkerchief for farm. Skip along and find it for me, son. Ml wait for you hre. Don't hurry." "I'll be back In a plg'i whisper," his son replied, and started briskly up the trail, while his father leaned against a madrone tree and smiled hla prescient little sralie. Bryce's brisk step or? the carpet of withered brown twdgs aroused Shirley from her reverie. When she looked up he was standing In the center of the little amphitheater gazing at her. "You you! Bhe stammered, and rose as If to flee from him. "The governor sent me back to look for bis handkerchief, Shirley," he explained. 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He drew her head down on his breast; his great hand patted her hot cheek; his honest brown eyes gazed earnestly, wistfully into hers. "I love you," he whispered. "All that I have all that I am all that I hope for I offer to you, Shirley Sumner; and in the shrine of my heart I shall hold you sacred while life shall last You are not indifferent to me, dear. I know you're not ; but tell me answer mc " Her violet eyes were uplifted to his, and in them he read the answer to his cry. "Ah, may I?" he murmured, and kissed her. "Oh, my dear. Impulsive, gentle big sweetheart," she whispered and then her arms went around his neck, and the fullness of her happiness found vent in tears he did not seek to have her repress. In the safe haven of his arms she rested; and there, quite without effort or distress, she managed to convey to him something more than an inkling of the thoughts that were wont to come to her whenever they met. (TO BE CONTINUED.) - Emaciated Bride Considered Beau'iful. 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