Show IR i vw ws r wivi 1 I S q the heart of by vi agie E roe N AN IN ight 1 Q II 11 L wind W 1 Q cl illustrations by ray walters f q A STORY OF THE GRE GREAT AT NORTH NORTHWEST WEST ID taij Ti iJ copyright by blead and company SYNOPSIS 3 filetz of dallys lumber himber directs B U hlin nger to the camp walter valter cje 3 lo 10 0 john dally foreman 11 OH as tho Dilling killingworth worth bumber co or r cwm of 0 it lie he makes file lie and lie ho work ho he tins come tom mm me alit 1 jagt ast to superintend and ma make ke ifal lie write to lo lits lil fa father tier taint lefils 1 to 0 o sot got a liand fill of 0 the wea wealth A ID 11 oie ile uncut ti cut timber 0 of alio region 1 C CHAPTER V continued f p was wan enjoying tier succinct i kriston kRis fon of knowledge and tablon ts Blon and youve spoilt spent all those years in 11 bo ho midst of this wet c ell I 1 III aa how in fix the world war d lid did you ds it and keep your cheri eald ma ala dally kindly you n adick tit alia a country to mo me but dont 3 yu go a doln it khero tile the Us feet aro are used to lie ho iraln but we ilont dont like to hear tho the talk about it itu its a c hip chip oh on evory oregonians shoulder you dont ant to queer yourself thoro was waa a note of genuine good divid tn in tho the words and tone and got a suddon sudden insight into icv era cral little happenings that had puzzled lilii for instance Ina tanco tho the emphasized of blue shirts tit in a rain that had soaked ills his overcoat and a few reni arks about tile tho fact that oregon rain wet through thank you mrs dally daily tie ho said varnes tUii ei by alth with a suddon sudden feeling of between him and this kindly old general of mou mon tie ho turned presently to tho the girl busy in fit tho the lamplight her black head shining a shadow over tier her eyes by tile way lie ho said it if you ou caro care lo 10 you may ride black nolt dolt whenever who yet ou wish dho she nodded quietly without a nicker flicker of tile pleased excitement lie he had ox ex in tho the light of 0 tier seeming booming pas love of tho lite an bu a slow lull alush 11 ush spread upward in her dark facca facu and u nd tier her fingers a bit lii hi fan fancied cled on the roods reeds thoy trembled in fit all surety tho the next morning when with a bridle of colored und woven horsehair over her bior arm sho she 1 mitered entered tho the leanto lean to black holt bolt was a gentleman born though ho he was wild its as the tha girl for t atrio n free air tho the groon green slopes and the sod nod under lilb his root feet he ha stood still while site sho camo came up lightly as a cat springs with a little soft alighting and nd they were gone down over the slope of the valley toward the lower the there re were two interested spectators to that splendid llight ma aia dally from tho ho cook shack pi pc i who wiped tier lier eyes eves a bit and said aloud uless bless the child wild 11 ll out but its nat auml in hl and walter F iury standing atthe south bouth window of the office did you like it sandry asked her amusedly that evening as he bo passed through the eating cating room yes yea said siletz with her belying quietness 1 I believe ive found a study ho he said jo to himself a tie he wont went on a corti worthy i y stud tit in human nature nii luro and siletz had found a now new heaven and lipiew a new earth something wild within tier her that had over restlessly broko forth a glorious glo ilous lower of ecstasy t t its j day by day thore thereafter after sho she loosed black dolt bolt and sped into floods of ni liry balum slum lost to earth carth intoxicated inadA with the rush of wind and rain A always a s wl when oil she came cam back thero there was va tail the 11 dusky flush in fit her face tile ho book of intoxication in tier hor eyes thus ft winter inter closed tit in on oil tile the lonely campf tit in file he mountains blue black and gray with mist and rain and vivid free green with will tho the new grass of the tha coast cot country inary CHAPTER VI trouble with the yellow pines walter altor sandry sat in fit tile tho office at tile lie sloughs edge busy with tile and ledger two months had passed and something had lifted from him tit in theme thes e two months a weight hail had light onoe where had been a huge dis gust almost intolerable to la its tit intensity tor ter this rain soaked land thero there lind t crept in an insidious almi admiration ration oi 04 i now lie he looked down the green lit ts valley sharply dellner between v ItO ts binding Anding hills and felt the subtle charul charm of the intimate shadows tho the dear jieri r white dusk ausk and tho the great trees under flipse drooping feathery eath pry boughs then lay silence and a sense of refuge lugii suddenly thoro there camo came to him a clam claa or ori ot voices oaths and tile tho throaty to tones of strong men in anger up from thag lower railway a group of loggers canto stalking in fit their spiked boots ihnat murphy rocked excitedly alone alag in n the tiny locomotive tive andry shut his lodger ledger and stepped outdoors boors a the matter colllns collins ho he ai ankud pd of a huge roan man in the lead a I 1 foot type of the logger of the great northwest sun aun browned hard hartmus mus ald wiry try of figure and with the en an 11 ilea and power a 0 j bull clo elephant V 1 Iatter enough them damned yolla sawed cawed alve piles in th 9 an tore lore up two lengths of acke pa andry wont vont ahead down tile luo track 4 and found a state of things to ralso tho the ire of any or whore tho the track approached tile the it had boon been torn up bodily tile tho ties and rails thrown into thu the narrow bough as evidenced by a tow few pr projecting a enila ends and tile the railway itself a slanting floor of 0 logs somo some two feet thick supported on a group of graduated piles sagged in tile tho center where two piles had boen been cut and pried sidewise tho the lower edge also drooped for the bajno aarino reason it had been the work of puro pure malice that ho he saw at a glatice glanco colllns collins ho he said as tile the men came up in a sullen group got to work and seo sea it if yon can ralso raise those sawed supports and pry them back on oil their bases tho the gang wont went slowly down tile the sharp bank of lite tidewater slough johnny eastern said one softly all right all righta prize up a my aunt martal marial sandry stood near realizing his limitations and raging helplessly watching thern lazily testing and pushing hero and thero there wo we bettor better just spike era em on oil to the sides asked colllns collins with a droll upward glance sandry was about to reply when john dally slipped down from the track beside him under tile tho lee of at the damaged collins Col llna lie ho said sternly you got back to camp annabring and bring tools tool s beav I 1 os hooks a n couple of chains and somo some picks aleks bring a couple of axes too what do you mean by such business 7 orders Oi ders said eald collins with a gr grin in you see aeo mr Sail sandry dry said dally apologetically theres no fixin such timbers as them riot not when got to carry such weight havo have to bo be taken lit entirely an all new ones onea bet 1 I 1 know returned sandry frankly wont they hold back tho the work A day or so debbo wo we can take the tailors fallers out an aix put themon them on with colllns collins an tho the rest theres therell enough down to keep the backers buckers busy a day or two anyway wo we wont lose rauch much do you think this la Is the tha work of tho the yellow pines people dally daily sure said dally with certainty done worse than this before now cut our boat best cable two years ago and twice run the dinkey oft off the track into the slough bad actors but tho the uso use what do they gain they want to run us ui out of the hills dean boon at it tor for ten years just givin you a hint bint as the now new owner tho the repairing ot of the damaged was another revelation to the easterner new timbers were brought town down and the fl floor door was thickly underpinned under pinned then with pick and e 1 I dont just know shovel the men went at the work of digging out the damaged timbers the work was heavier more dangerous and disagreeable by reason of oc the water four feet deep at low tide eight at high which lapped their bases dally daily put them at tile the digging from tho the side at low tide but on the second day he stood long running his blunt fingers through his hair as was his custom when perplexed sandry had corno come down from tho the office and now stood on the track bovo above the railway looking over the wet country below at the railways roll waya foot tho the sluggish ribbon of tidewater sullen and discolored wound up from tho the south to tho the north the valley lifted gently toward tile the camp ald id the wilderness beyond suddenly dally he said bald what are anro you going to do about it 1 I 1 dont just know tho men cant work in the water and them hem piles have got to come out dut thedas og a way of doln data it of course of course said tile the c easterner and why not go 90 at it flora above tho the foreman looked at him inquiringly that left bank ot of the lite slough up thoro there la Is in the form of a ridge dont you think wo we could set act a crow crew at it at low tide tado and dig it through turning tile water into tho the field yonder that would leave the slough 11 empty here tor for tile the time between high tides could you got the timbers out in a few hours houra bailys experienced eye had already taken in every detail of the possibilities as sandry talked a good scheme boheme mr sandry lie ho said slowly 1 I believe bellevo work so it was that the first practical suggestion ot of the now owner was set into action tile tho whole crow of tho the camp was brought out of the hills and set to work and tile the damaged railway was r rr r paired as aa good as now the break in tile west bank filled tho the slough running a ing full again and nothing to show allow for tho the trouble but tile tho flooded field of t tules it les under walter jandrys San drys cool demeanor there was a small glow of 0 satisfaction a sense of having in a way redeemed himself at supper time blietz moving between the tables laughed to herself softly and her dart dark eyes under the little shadow of tier her parted hair hold held a sparkling gleam as if she had bad seen that conflict and enjoyed it siletz Sl lotz said aalde tile the owner coming in suddenly from tile tho east cast porch after the men had biad tramped heavily away to the bunkhouse whom do you know outside this camp site sho was alone in tile tho big spotless kitchen tier her sleeves rolled up from her arms slim allin and brown with a smooth color that was of the suns giving outside tho the camp she asked turning to him tor for a moment 8 topped stopped 1 in n some task of tile the aftermath of tho the meal why nobody dont you ever go down to toledo sandry was leaning in the doorway his bright blue eyes upon her sometimes have you no friends there no girl friends sho she shook her head and he noticed tile the clean profile prof llo the shape of at the small amail pointed chin tile the good forehead conflicting with a vague suggestion 0 of fleeting wild things in the velvety eyes Is there no one with whom you as outside tho the camp think suddenly there passed over her tea fea tures turea a quick change lie ile could liken it to nothing but a wind on the surface of water just a breath of change only tile the preacher sho said with a slurring of softness in her voice tile tho preacher you dont know him lie ile only comes sometimes ile ho was hero just before you came who Is ho he asked sandry curious ly 1 I dont know nobody knows dut but 1 I lovo love him the preacher ho he said to himself a little later tit in tho the bare south room under the dripping eaves caves wall the bible of course with a now new interest ho he picked up the quaint old book of italy holy writ and let it fall open in his hands as it had bad a way of doing out front from that marvelous marv clous song of an inspired soul the psalms there looked his answer as it ho was to know in another day the truest answer that could have been given to his question who shall ahall a ascend s bend into the hill of 0 the lord r wh who shall stand in his holy place le ie that hatli clean lipids and a puro pure heart who hatli hath not lifted up his unto vanity nor sworn with an odd feeling of truth struck front from the page lie he closed the book and laid it gently down on tile the white cloth CHAPTER VII night wind from that timo time forth sandry began to take a keener interest in siletz for one thing lie noticed that everyone ovo called her with a soft slurring blurring of the first syllable and he found him relf using tho the name which he thought particularly beautiful it was the name of tile the reservation to the north and of at a small part of the odds odda and ends of tribes thrown in there by a beneficent government what was her other name ile ho had always thought of her as ma dallys daughter and yet now that lie he came to think of it slie site had never seemed akin to tile the easygoing open minded foreman who was so like tho the old woman she was alien to both with hur bur silences her whimsical speech and her look of hidden fire one day in tile the late fall when the white mist and tho the evergreen of the forest had got on his norvea nerves unbearably sandry left tho the and went to the shed for dlack diack bolt only to find him gone ile he had meant to ride oil off the it fit of blues failing that ho he decided to walk it olt off and struck up the wot wet green valley to tile north almost immediately tile tho tumbling hills closed in upon him and ild bd cound himself in a wilderness of towering firs lars of dripping vino villo maples and mysterious paths lost in the crowding ferns ho was standing at rest in a small glade carpeted with pine neo dies and surrounded with terns ferns when lie ho caught tho the sound of voices they came from tho the dense wall woods wooda at his bla right and unconsciously he bo listened tipping his bla head bead and straining hla his ears presently a look of blank ness spread upon his bis face ono of the was familiar soft and sliding with minors the voice of tho the girl siletz and sho she was speaking jargon even as this amazing knowledge was borne in upon him tho the tangle p parted arted and rid she eho stepped out before him A siletz squaw followed her a short brown creature ot of comely features tea turea clad in brilliant flannel a towering pyramid of baskets stung slung to one shoulder nosing eagerly at the girls elbow stopped stepped dlack black dolt while coos nan nall brought up tile the rear they perceived c him instantly and the indian woman turned away with a few gut murals which siletz answered gently but in fit the moment that she had confronted him sandry had seen her face and received a shock beginning just under the lower lip and running downward to the base of at the chin there stood out three blue blua bars each composed of minutely tattooed designs unconsciously his startled eyes flow flew to the dark face of the tha J A i watched her turn and ride do down w n ono one of the mysterious paths girl there on her lighter shin telltale ta in i a truth of at outline was the beginning of the same mark broken in Us its by some mysterious hand for a moment sundays Sun San drys head whirled and a sort bort of nausea came over him then ho he became conscious of her dark eyes level and calm upon his face ace and a thrill that sent the blood pounding in hla his veins shot through him the ibe mighty trees around them the eternal majesty of the hills bills under tho the intimate gray sky the girl in her trim sensible attire of blue shirt short skirt and boots with that suda revelation of the wild about her c co bained to suggest |