Show THE tic HEART eart NIGHT nh A I 1 G T WINS wa A STORY 11 OF THE GREAT N NORT NOR ti 1 eat 40 ay y VIN G ie e ROE illustrations ay i com minAr ay oona lymo ayr I 1 SYNOPSIS allots of dally a lumber camp direct directs k stronger tran xer to the camp walter rand bandry ry introduce hiff self to john jo hn dally daily foreman aa the th lumber co or moat most of it IL lie its make makes acquaint acquaintance anc arith h the camp and tte life wark ha he haa has coma com fro from in the bait last to duport f id 0 and make ful lla writes to hi hia P father that ha tie intends to ret got a handful c the wealth in the uncut timber of the region he lie atvea fillet to alj ride mack black dolt nol t gives hi 2 addle florae horse in an emergency he firoved ro va to the foreman aliat lie to doea does rot lack c k judgment d g ment tella tell him hin of f the preacher P r lie ile discovers dix covers that riette bear bears the elan of the biletz tribe of indiana in ions and wonder what her surname ur la Is in the bush nuh of a it lender tender moment ha he calla call jo her hr the night wind in tha tho alnee 1 ines and k lilaha 1 at a hr her poppy ordway a maffi alne writer wr it from new york ork cornea comes to dillya daily a lumur to 1 material for a romance of the lumber 11 gaon of the lellow Il pines co C 1 want wants hendry to app rp off ol 01 ifa of tump a axe he claims title to and sandry think th 1 ha haa has bought aa an th the ft rast helt belt n aela sots up a cabin cabla on n the eal east holt belt and d warna warns trespassers off bendry can find no written evidence evid enc of title to tha the tract tila tits men pull down tha the cabin bandry handry compare compares and poppy po F pr bandry a and if amaden a men agh over the und d trait rall the I 1 stops top th the rich fight bandry finds ind that the deed to the th fait belt haa has never been rt ro corded lie its decided to got 1 out hia his contract first and right for tha the stumpage afterward CHAPTER XII i glimmering of the great game the work went forward swiftly along the new lino line uy by the end of the week the now cutting wae was in full awing swing the long saws singing nging il the buckers buc kera broadax broadaxes ea flamming flam bing among the everlasting green the whole unlaced maee MARB of detail working together what do you think of our chances now john I 1 asked the owner A 1 llaina t no reason why we won wont t win will tb th Dilling killingworth worth 11 said aid john dally daily whimsically I 1 abos ben furnishing furn ishin tb th goods ever sense I 1 can remember 40 true out but ehe she waa was in pretty close traits straits for cash you know the she is worth standing anding at timber land option options and equipment something like a mil lion ft A hundred and fifty cine thousand dollars do llara at tho the pinch price I 1 paid of fifty cents a thousand feet on the tump at anything like her face value shed easily double it and anti of course you know the aheu v mortgaged to her nerk tha the vast beil ded and all the northeast eluin pass 11 daily DARY look his hi head im gettin completely mussed up be he said well she he was her liar mortgage ag 19 gre gated a half halt million in ahr three es different places about half balf of them I 1 paid the rest la Is hanging banging fire eraser frazer who abound have been a mighty rich man got out with a quarter of pf a mil lion flat CAL I 1 dont understand tand him neither do 1 I but I 1 d take stake m my head en on old man frazer why iva worked for him ten ton dearst ho ile bought in in eighty nine well theres A lot of mystery ome some abi where r about and ai an oon moon ae as im at liberta I 1 intend unearthing thine miss ml ordway was working fetor battly these day dayl ilor her rolle leat cheeka were flashed bell noon wh when ion she he came from the little mouth room and her tier sea blue eyes were full of an in ler tier excitement shall shelf make good sandry sundry told him aalf alf shea shed got the its look the pride the joy the mighty arrogant egotism got lim and bhea drunk on the at noa gnos phere of the wilderness the lone tone jincie the tho lonio sense of worlds e end nd young and of abundant health aban dant vitality oiled tilled with ith the urge of abetted by an unusual alov 1 illos ordway was wa indeed in the war ay of great things and she he knew know it IL also vh with her clear vision she abe was wats beginning to ato ie something else that bat adam to the flush in ber her cheeks something as great as her goal oal ot of fame tome and she faced it with her bleb high courado and confidence this waa was the moaning meaning to her of wal ter sandry abbit thia this tim As 1 began begin to widen her bar range of vision t to aee see all over the wild green country it seamed to her anu ant to catch of things that bint sent her to a sandry elfull of at vital prec Pres lecce clOncs that bb abe was wa ae 94 a charged wire tn in her eagerness and ker lot dolli bt lt sandry abe she said one evening as a thoy they stood together o 0 oil the foot toot log and watched the brwn tidewater goins going down toward the diskant tea sea 1 I 1 m asiz to toll P you yau something I 1 be hampden I 1 Is crocked crooked aa as badea hades and nd im vin going after hita him M thata funny laid said sandry do yon ou know ive bd bad the same notion t she stretched etched out her hand lets go actor him together abt hat do you aarl at too the hand band an exquisite thing and bea it in hia his own a moment warmly closely 1 I am pleased and flattered by your otter offer bat but I 1 dont lutt just fancy inar your knowing this man iles lie hes he coarse and bad ali miss ordway nat but it U 0 little what big thing thin Is accomplished without come dome rask and think mr trying to ruin be the killingworth Dilling worth company in other word words to ruin v wom a saR gestle jim tm bra bre in her low rulo a subtle tatter tae ing tone that thrilled the young owner strangely wu ordwoy be sat 11 I 1 admiringly au ii IL 1 irieta youre imply simply k 1 may haro to mako make frequent do mands on diack black dolt she be bald said fur ther for I 1 cannot navigate in your deluged valleye valleys im a poor ahlner a ner S a e it bill hi warned bandry sandry you don t want to speak about this climate that way aty you noticed that the oregon mist do ernt wet through T th thoy OY laughed together alter alto r the fashion of youth end and health though at the ilia laet last turn of word words he be felt a vague 0 uneasiness lie remembered dark face between her aralda and the tears falling on hr h r heckl poor little garlt he said to him self elf and on thursday ot of that week another horse made ita fill appearance at the camp a viry 1 long limbed bay picked up at toledo this la is for you biles tiles ordway 1 be he to told id the novelist nor ellet eo so you vou may come and go at will no one will have him when you wish to ride tide you can al at waye ways put your band on a mount at a moment a notice diack black holt bolt la III go frequently gone when you might need him S so it came about that the young woman from the east went after campdon Hamp don and the charp crude man of the hill waa was to be no match for her by another week she could not fare forth upon the road to the siletz ride into toledo where bhe she was a matter of wonder in her beauty and her smart clothes cl or take the least canter on the rangy bay but what hampden met herby the merest chance she waa was a revelation atlon to bice him in bla his crude way he was poon mon at the point where he would ava said down bla his world tor for her little finger anger and la in hie his loose oberea poul soul be he swelled with approval beneath her notice what delicate flattery she he employed she be k knew now was at least for he unwound to her somewhat eventful e and picturesque life with the simplicity of a child they rod rode and talked traversing the lonely waye ways piercing the mist thread ing trails chere here had bad t to ride at I 1 br side to keep the wet fell age out ot of her bar face and she saw the passion growing la in him to the point of Idolatry which filled her soul with rioting laughter a 1 I it I 1 get got it idill III get III she told herself ani aril there was no place la in the verse so 90 lul boating l as this rain soaked country this thin land of mysterious operations what are these little deserted butr I 1 she the asked him one day when they had climbed high on a wooded eidbo and come upon it tiny cabar win dowless and roofed with shakes 1 ITO I seen been several of them cabin be he answered ah achand and wheres the bomen homestead tead for goodness sake did any man ever intend a woman to lire live hero here 1 well he said reluctantly you see that hat t bisno isi no they doo don t often come here to lire live this heres a snap A h yes there waa was a note of vague puzzlement putt lement in golden and what Is that why a teller comes up an takes a claim proves up on it you know gets his paten tan then sells out relinquishes bis big right to the buyer i bohand Oh and this ibis Is only a temporary arrangement sue site waved a hand band I 1 around at the dreary clearing among the lesser growth jtb the man who built this intend to at the be beginning and aud who wao was enough enough to 0 buy him off when he got tired dred of fit laying staling I 1 wonder 1 I 1 did aid said promptly flushing oaf 1 the imputation of brain easy aid said liless 1 ordway to lier jer scat elf aloud ha be aid said well what do you know about shout I 1 fancy you larde mode a pretty pile or wil lout of euch such a deal mr air alamp den dent juit just thinh think of tho the per perfect feet oceans aad and oceans of pretty clothes even a doxen dozen of these great tree trees would buy buyl bardoni Par donI 11 think la in clothe clothes because I 1 love them the deference of that pardon did tor for and the subtle implies tion pushed the advantage ills face was dumbek and he be sat straight on his horse his khaki and blua cannal clad acura making a oot not ungraceful picture against the back ground of vivid green lie whipped at hie his ia faed ed alts wet from tha tents tc and present poke out of a full heart yes he eald carelessly carel esaly it doe does take brains A man baa has got to think to make money mon eyan on it taken money to buy the things of thia this life pretty clothie cloth te LIL a womans clothes cl miss ord way he suddenly ud denly leaned over and laid his hl rough baud hand over hen here on the pom pow mel every tree would bu a dozen trunks fullan I 1 own millions of tree trees her liar heart was pounding and fie sparkle was dancin dancing in ber her eye eyes millions why that duit must cover a great deal of landl minion millions of yet billions promised prom laed cashly he ile rose in his saddle adte and i looked a natural ol 01 pening la in the forest down over the tb dropping ridera why looka all thal ell that as far aa me you can be to that other and a over beyond it and down le is mine I 1 m a it nto the other ch maa man ule miss ordway an I 1 got it lie no tapped his forehead ore head and smiled truly I 1 do admire you lied poppy with the of sixteen el iteen drain brains brains why they are nine tentie of the battle of success and a man with out them to e beaten at the beginning partner ehe she whispered to bandry sandry him that night in the as she be passed catliff room 1 I ve bee been n working where can we talk a little by our sel vest sandry looking at her swiftly gaw the excitement in her eye eyes and took fire instantly alone aby whyneta Wh yleta lets sm are you afraid to come out to the forked a stick tick by the roada road in the darkness miss tiles ord ordway way laughed s a little low ripple of mirth soft and subtle A the he eald said in that mall small intimate whisper that suggested fall efte mystery are we out 0 of t earshot here harer yes eald bandry sandry towering lowering hia his voice to here bers do you badten to know where fra xer zer got all tho the holdings of the dil ling aingworth worth how ilow be he got theme why no aid said bandry sandry wonderlin wonderingly gly 1 I suppose he bought them aa as any company would do yes so far so good you know all thie this land wae was govern government gove romert mert land that there are still claim claims lying far back in the mountains open to filing out but all this line timber close in dinall all that has a chance of being got at athas has been taken tak enand and have you bottled that 11 all II of it or nearly all belongs to el ther one or the other of these two lumber companies dy by Goor georget get said bandry sandry 1 I 1 hadn t thought of chati and have you noticed that none of 0 these claims seem to have been taken in good faith that none of the filers liters hare bays compiled complied in spirit with the homestead law I 1 have scoured these hills for seven miles every way except west and at every filing there Is the baralt hold of tenure te nurea a windowless aback juet just enough to nail the taw law by ita its letter nowhere bays I 1 been seen a cleared field nor one sign of tillage mr bandry sandry I 1 bellevo believe we bare have adum bled upon a huge government swindle a case of land fraud gigantic in its pro portion portions fandry riot aghast finnity hy what you mean misa 1 ordway do you mean the compan companies les are crooked I 1 not nok so 0 o fast I 1 believe hampden IB to crooked and that possibly fraier frazer was for the latterio latt erIt ie is too lato into and not la in our scheme to unit him dut but well bang hang high aa as ha ift kanand that before he can filch the fast belt with its lore store of wealth bho bh was aa leaning very near as she whispered eVered this and in the burst of mental light which followed her heir words sandry put bis his hands on her shout der you are positively wonderfully wonder full fult he br breathed ached the most wonderful woman in the whole world how on earth did you find these things out hampden said poppy with a shrug of under hands he h 8 furnishing data with a yen geande geande but why for the 1 love ot of heaven why are you doing 11 this I 1 cant can t luat just understand with a little soft motion chroming la in the airy alry acceptance ot of its own dar ing the woman of the world put up her band and fold it with a caress over the one on her Bh shoulder her iler face tilted upward in the dark ness bone shone like a flower and he could just barely eee see the curving line in hr lips dark against Us its hehl light 1 in the mist and the chill the subtle perfume that always seemed boomed to strike onea ones senses only after she had passed a 00 0 44 N the mn man who built this intend to stay suddenly thickened and ad sandry beheld on the instant lights and cower flowers cay gay gowns owns and evening dress of men the thousand intimate MAtO things and sounds of home bashed cashed before him under the touch of her velvet palm big hl own grip trip tightened and poppy ord way quick to feel feet her arst real tn n trance into hia his inner consciousness pushed the udden sudden advantage ehe the eald said softly chyl for you do you think I 1 who am trained la in ahe he halted baited with a little catch of voice and breath who have to dig into every promising situ itu atlon because of my work coul could alit tt bi fc and see that man inan down you vil without thuat pluming plunging into the breach f indeed no and we well 11 win mi briend we U 11 win will alth iab art inimitable gesture at it once dains and hesitant heel tant the lined lifted we hi band from her houlder shoulder brust ma it cheek I 1 acroca her as it u turned away and held bold it a moment toward the camp CHAPTER mil the red bar 0 on n the water packed an A day later miss ordway and expensive bag of real alligator mado made ready tor for a departure eho she 11 im m going to salem partner anxious it hampden gete gets ald said bin him im enough |