Show THE HEART E A A 44 NIGHT wll W I 1 A STORY OF THE GREAT N EST cy ieE e ROC o 0 illustrations y dyff ff OY COW tiA DW raa commer i SYNOPSIS 11 blietz of dally daily a lumber camp direct directs 4 rangit ra to the camp alter nalter bandry sand r y introduce hini self to john dally daily for fore a man ax as the 11 lumber co ur r mot most of it ai makes acquaintance with th the ramp camp and the wort work tell tells him lm ct of the th I 1 he lie discovers di acovera that fillet sta bear bears the iti sign 1 of the tribe of at indiana und and wonder wonders stat her tier surname tc 1111 in the nuh flush ct rf a tender moment tie her the night wind tn in the I 1 inc into and nd kisses her I 1 orpy oppy ordway a mass mat rin s ln writer from new fiew york com to pally ally 0 ll ample n of it the he yellow line co claim claims title to 0 o the eat east helt belt sand sandry ry and nd a men right tight over the dl di buted buted tract the I 1 top the feht gandert handry hnidj thai that the do deed 4 to the he bast nelt a it hai as never been recorded thelast poppy gast flirt with hampden lamp don aej tells bandry sandry that t at li to ani that he hell it get ehll poppy fit gnem to salem tn in earch of evident evid enc ct sandry men lett desert mm him for kampsen Kamp flam wen Jen who ba bag offered flared anore niomy fillets gos to her friend friends the BI waitie end and persuades perau adra them to work for bandry sandry to save the contract poppy tells handry that liat she he ha has proof of liams den i filing bogus entries in collusion with the he commission corom lion bhe she se feea lille t z and I Andry talking together boget tr belind end become b e eamel jealous the th bs b I 1 9 timber raft Is 1 started on I 1 lla ia way 1 4 blown up and bendry sandry la in d genously gerou sly injured I 1 opp insists on tak akina inic car care of at sandry and aya says ahe she la Is hia his ft ernis wife no crie cries mitts he based me and I 1 am hia his woman I 1 in sandry 4 delirium he gives I 1 oppa a clue to til 1 1 B put on recovering dally dal y tella tells him of t 1 successful ful filling of his hl contract and ie lay hat that he Is irano after campden self and kt get him straight MB ta 1 daily shows how bandry poppy dott notes of hl 4 talk pony potty play plays with hampden and aika asks sandry sanary when h he will let ihor ue use information to top the I 1 h crooked ife lie refuses her aid and she he telli tells bilm tie Is 1 u I 1 lal bat for a while back last poppy fin annl a A that bandry sandry held up an TInte of 0 a crooked partner of hta his father for the ih price of the h I 1 umber oer co he the associate dying its e name flame i ri ig hl t goes back to dally a and 41 dilill J to to bandry hat that ahe she know known hta his ecret secret 1 CHAPTER 1 I 1 t the price of peace important events bave have a way of striking from ambush without warn ing so did the telegram which found sundry bandry idling among these women so strangely mixed up with hie his ike life who held beld together for bis his wide apart as the poles it laid said lira sim ply COMO at once mr bir wilton sandry santry falling failing rapidly and was signed by the famosa specialist when the young nun man read it big face went white bite as a swooning worn warn an a aad and the bands hands that held the yellow paper snook shook uncontrollably III ills lips set let with a deadly illness and he stared unseeingly out across the lough slough the triumphed poppy ordway but oh why mut mu t it tahe take bin him 4 arota me just now nawl I 1 I 1 hate it itt I 1 and eullen sullen anger and disappointment flared for ai api unguarded moment Is in her eyes but the face of ellett between Us its had sudden lf fallen into the bold of grief reflection of fc bandry andrys s own and abbo ua 1 slid off the jorch to step portly near inear with her hands clasped in dis treis tress an hour later the owner of the ling aingworth worth gave a hand 0 a poppy and fillet looked from one face faco to tha the other saw lore aa to in the black eye eyes and the blue and felt a eatn at hie his heart that be he could not explain ma MR put a motherly touch on lin boulder shoulder and eald said d word that was simple and d earnest and tender as her goat gloat heart john took his hit last bur ditled orders and bandry sandry was off oft in the irig trig he had telephoned for to toledo weak and ead sad and torn b bl efto lions he patched latched for two who whole e days the great west slide by bis his Pull pullas ms window that wondrous west phoeb charm had laid abiding hold ho upon bis his soul at last he reached now york looked with odd unfamiliarity upon its abety and life and andi hurried to the great old house jn in riverside drive breathless weak scarce able to stanl for the strain attain on Ms rig 4 limb fl dr paused with Illg Ilig gin ging hovering adoringly around him was in be the dusky arpod drood ball before the magnificent room of the ivories browns there was tho the acbo of 0 tears in bis his throat a terrible horror of what lay behind tho the doted closed door an able anguish of lore love but be he ji jirred ired bis his lifted his hadd with his old jaunty air and entered JIA even called a smite smile to hl lips in the high copper posted bed lay lity the old financier the tho line old face with its pleasant tracery was as marked by the band hand of at the last ao countant cun tant but it was till the face of ia great and good goa man still held hold its benignity its kindliness and courtil mesa aft with Sa Said idrys ryn step a mighty slad gladness ness tell fell up dpn tu it it a light of joy hat was all ali walter walterl I 1 he crad oot out in a voles of momentary aLmog almonth th oh my soul son I 1 my soni sent and with 1 shudder to the boys boy a I 1 cane came fla ra echo Abalo ml jie ve dropped beside the bed gath red the white bead in bis his arms and rocked fa lo wi ant fro to ns As women rock in anguish presentia Pre mr sir wilton pushed bis his son an from him with falling failing lin bunds tills and tiled upon his face with the st arvett eyes of long denied ailed affection affect lon my boyl he whispered whIs perell brokenly bro lenly say my life lifee crown the point of my lehale suc ceif the tone long white hana hands quivered on 01 6 wal d lam the bright batio eyes ica began to light marvelously 1 I 1 am at the end of my journey nalter 17 alter and it has been a splendid journey ti grand journey and I 1 thank my maker blaker for or itt I 1 have been blessed beyond moat most men beyond my deserts your mother the she waa was above price 11 cannot estimate her by any method she was my one love and I 1 hare have never thought of another in all my long life may you find her hor equal my eon son a pure woman WO man with a heart of the gold of undying lore love she sho waa was an estabrook the beet beat blood in the country she left buo you a eon son each such as only she could leave and you vou hare have proved worthy of at her lifo in character intellect uprightness oh ch what a COB son you arel are 1 the great specialist standing in the curtained alcort of the window behind the empty wheeled chair turned ant bously little doctor gentry came for ward hesitating not too much mr air sandry he warned too much exertion you know the dying man looked up with that glowing tire in his ke keen e n eyes have I 1 not waited wafted for this hour he smiled havo I 1 not held back the sickle of the reaper for this one hour let it be my friend this Is my son my son of whom I 1 am proud as alexander of his conquered world I 1 and I 1 bare have him here let it bo be fuell and sanary hie his heart like stone in bis his breast smiled back with the same blue fire of keen eyes old clap 11 he eald said s lovingly were abair a pair together tog etherI I 1 ewe what I 1 am to you lir you buys been tush boy boyl I 1 you lot ot your nature from your mother only your escol lent grip of finance fl nanco your youthful abil ity ty your forging qualities here there was a ring on OLI unmistakable pride in the words that I 1 do flatter myself I 1 bequeathed you into inc it la Is a good gift a great gift when it goes with upright tic As and this you bare have to a supernatural extent that was my last wor rythe uncertainty as to whether or not you possessed atthe it abe gift of ability you have bayn removed it I 1 am at peace hardry looking full at the speaker turned a dull ati crinson from brow to throat but every nerve in his body thrilled alib a reckless triumph my own success has been my third great blessing how brest great a a satisfaction a pride a weakness I 1 may way say I 1 am afraid to think that I 1 so well and held my completed structure the con linual changes and dangers of at bust ness life haa has been my rounding round ing cut out the pleasant finish to my ray careiro now boy it goes to you the fine great structure of my fortune lie ceased and smiled in an un bounded pride which proved his words and was as an balm to sandry Sandr ti soul the son bowed his head bead lr tr courtly acknowledgment of a magnificent gift and bis big father fattier went on 1 I 1 bave let you make your start with the th 0 bare purchase price of your under 0 my boyl he whispered brokenly taking struggle along on insufficient capital fight to make your ends n d 0 me ot oh ch I 1 kew ki ow bow how it la Is in a new now bual bust besal ne aatto to prove you yom now the way Is open and you will go far I 1 am amat amaat at bierce bace with the last sentence there came jl catch in the strong voice pace space between breaths the specialist stepped stopped quickly forward mr bandry sandry he said warningly but nothing could dop the last list up rush of that indomitable spirit the last harne came of loy joy and hurrying communion for which ho had lingered with one baud band oa on the open gate of eternity no ha hs went on Is my hour I 1 am bullot full ful lOt of triumph im sing tug my swan song sont Walt erand im ashamed to BAY it is all on two notes love ull all right fight and pride pride my wy Loy pride of at ills you and ofaf my financial suc ceisl lie halted a moment and the special sp la lot hurriedly gare gave him a few drops of some powerful stimulant oh ch if I 1 I 1 could have been here hers toon er tr eirl girl groaned sandry it hush ashl I 1 yoa you and I 1 hato you now that jut just your dear face boy so like alk here bers to be with me at abe thelast baat at moment the gasping waa was more pronounced end and sundry sandry hi life face like abee ashes raised the old man higher in hie his arma arms hold ing him tightly against bis his shoulder he lie glanced appealingly at doctor gen try who shook bla his head then the BOH son emited smiled down bravely in the bright eyes upon bis his face all right sir air ha he aid said simply your word baa has ever been my law well hush bush it you say so I 1 thank god I 1 ns here now satisfied youre a man my son A man kanand and a good geodeon go odeon son I 1 in mat nay baymore more thrice blessed amen A the word trailed air a suddenly loav 1 ing the lips open there was a long breath broken abruptly the eyes closed naturally slowly the whit whito bead head slid gently down iron from sandras 31 with a cry that rang through the to room om walter bandry sandry sprang up lifting the body Fat Fath berl crl he cried once terribly then be he laid it back upon the bed turning away aay with shaking lips he lie clasped his bands hands hard behind him while doctor gentry came ellent silent ly and laid an arm around bis his about ders in his big soul was waging a seething turmoil of emotions anguish and sol dmn joy a shame bame and triumph certainty and uncertainty at leacel he was thinking wildly at peace and conten contenti tl while before him his strained eyes came the thin page from siletz old dible bible with its cry ob oh absalom I 1 my son my soul son I 1 walled for the boy who fell from grace CHAPTER proof at last the summer was upon the hills w with ith a vengeance renge ance Alig mighty lity onui unusual on usual lual eald sald ma dally daily this hero heat heal hottest its lve boon beon for fer many a year ite its a coln to be a mighty dry seas an all ite its a comin early 11 alch h ach prophecy seemed due to be fulfilled A blue beat haze lay deep in the val ye yit bung amid the bills hills the deep door floor of at pine needles in the big woods was already dry as powder and a nd it aa only late july the camp was humming ahead with the th 0 work they had exceeded their e expectations a I 1 in n getting gotting out logs tending out more than they bad had planned miss ordway still mistress of the little couth south room worked feverishly at the new story of the timberlands A bit ft ef ter ler brightness some of her cheeriness yas was gone with the au heat beat she bad had thought that lone lent before vils she would have bave won thu th U the 67 she bad had so daringly announced would be a fact she could not dundei stand Ms NJ holding out against her sandry had made many trips tc to balem salem consulting with the lawyer he h had summoned from the east who ho was turning heaven and earth in an effort effon to provo u what sandry knew to be true ot of but it was unavale ing the young commissioner at sa be lem 1 v I 1 on to bis his job adrid the weeks flew flow by with not one raveled end to the ball of fraud and deception and criminal intrigue which lay snug in the doctored records of the state land of fico flee miss bliss ordway bad had dropped her filing illing tor for the timber claim and the young commissioner w wee a u lessily searching bis his offices for the two let lot tore term and a missing account bo book ok lie a did not suspect that the last time ho he bad had seen them was during the visit to salem of at the charming new acquisition to the ring in fact some of those days were still shaoul d ed in a nebulous haxe haze of mystery red wine and rd lips and a beady infatuation Inta tua dut but things were approaching an other change in lumber camp one day tu in late july sandry wrote sev eral letters and poppy 0 ordway lean ing over his hi shoulder reach rt 4 out a hand band for them 1 I im m going up to the forked stick sho she said languidly and ill take them the dainty fingers angers were all but trembling with eagerness for sho she saw abut one ono of them was addressed to fo john 11 II Mul Bluss seldom eldo n at a town in new jersey there was nona to observe her oa on the sunny siletz road toad behind the low growth of spruce and when she strolled down the little meadow again toward the cook shack that par nicular letter lay safe inside the bosom of her dresa dress she went straight to the south room entered and closed the door her iler hands trembled violently but there was no compunction for what sh a w was a ab about 0 ut to do in her heart beart she W was 1 pretty well armed a rm ed with knowledge that would givot her a bold on sandr bandry Y la to case she was wa forced to use us it but here sho the believed would be proof p positive oil the actual written word ward that she might hold before him eyes in some bivil event of tho t turo ture with strong ng it eho she alit the envelope d draw zw out the sheet and began to read faster and faster cama came her bar hot breath redder and redder grew grow her cheeks while triumph spar kled in her eyes she moved all lightly ly on her feet a little motion of satisfaction satta facton that set her gart garments whispering as when the tiger scenting its prey squirms before t the he I 1 leap oa P with aaget bast she eat bat down at fit her typewriter and began to write when she had finished an hour later after long intervals of study there lay under her hand a very creditable brief of the famous whitby case at e verba tim urn copy of at president IhIl hh bya bys last letter a con concise sIse history jr of walter san ball drys life linw college tite the notee notes ta in 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