Show A Conquest in William Stooks was a millionaire lumberman and like many of his kind had a heart frosted and cold from years of struggle in the wilds of a land far from God’s country When prosperity had wheeled his way the mind and heart could not forget the past and remained unmoved by the humanity around it But like all hearts it had its little undying ember which even the fierce northwestern woods could not chill And that little ember burned only for one person his daughter She was all he had to remind him of a short happy time in his life when the world had lost some of its harshness He had great possibilities in view for his daughter and consequently she spent most of her time at school far from the scene of her father’s activity But in the elaborately furnished office where the men went monthly to receive their pay he had a beautiful painting of her hung just above his desk Everyone knew who was the moving spirit in the gigantic Lumber Co and everv-bocl- y knew that the minute something happened to Eunice anybody could buy the I L Co for a song The office picture represented her as a girl of perhaps twenty years The throng that monthly crowded the room and saw the painting could not have given you a description of the face and form por Inter-Mounta- in the Forest trayed there It was the picture of a girl from whose presence you depart not with an image of features or form but impressed with an idea of nobility Picture to yourself the loveliest face you have ever seen add intelligence though not in such quantities as to chill the soft appeal in the eyes add dignity but a gentle dignity add a perfect form with all its attendant indescrib-abilitie- s add to all this the power which comes through wealth and you have the ideal of every man at Brecton University Xo wonder that the captain of the football team left college with a heavy heart when she answered his letter thus: “You elicit my admiration by your noble work at school I respect you for your superior intelligence I admire you for your manly prowess and indomitable courage on the athletic field I feel deeply the honor of your avowed affection but believe me I will marry no man who has not proved himself a master in life” One day there came to Perry a lad about twenty-tw- o years of age His career as a lumberman was started as follows : Jack Crane was the superintendent in Perry and was known to be the strongest man in Washington state He started work in the upper camps as skidder and had risen bv sheer brute strength and a certain rough intel- - |