Show T the fla HEART WIGHT GMT WIN wa A STORY GUAT GREAT N NORTH 0 eat 5 oy cy VINGIE E ROE ROC aen illustrations ay y iva OY fino COMPANY yr I 1 SYNOPSIS I 1 I 1 of do dalls lumber camp dubit Bi tanger 1 10 the camp mill walter sandr alandry arido himself to john dally tora m inan a th the w 1 abr c co or most I 1 of r I 1 it he makes 8 acquaintance al I 1 the me I 1 camp and the work lid haa come from I 1 the be east to I 1 ur im d aim so make 1 he ha walta to III father that hat fie 1 am to set I 1 a handful of if the was I 1 th in m the uncut umber of the reel he e f fives em allen ic to ride 1 black I so bolt hl baadke ad g horse in an he to lo the aco foreman t that ho doea it not lack lodgment m tells t him of if ahe I 1 am he d dl truth that beara id in the babir 11 of the Is 8 tribe of if indiana and wd ft hat b her surname u la I 1 in the tha mi flush of a nier d ciment 1 I n I 1 h he cou air ner the night ia ind a I 1 in the ali alnea and od k I 1 her ito 1 I 1 I I a 11 1 writer r tr from new e Y york comes to dally U I 1 to bet it material 40 a romance of the lumber I 1 region hampden dim 0 f the U yellow rinea we co wm I 1 k so in tum paca pem he title to and ud so sandry thinks he has bought aa the baat belt hampden mufit azil be up a cabin I 1 on the fast bell and warna r ott sandry ei can ori find no 17 1 written 7 I 1 ev evl ten lenab of if tui title to the tract hla men pull down ahe alu h bandry ry compares d IT u r ait and ban itri and Harap P den im men n 1 fight abt over I 1 the e disputed pd p U th the preacher or stopa I 1 moll fl anda ll 11 that the deed to 1 the h amr iesh east belt haa neica b been recorded H IA decides iem I em to 11 kat out his a contract first ard and atit met tor or tio tha amos afterward just CHAPTER XII glimmerings Glimme rings of the great game cam the work went forward foiw ard swiftly aw attly along the new it line I 1 a by the end of the week the new cutting was in 1 full wig awing the long smile singing the backers buckers tiu chera broa broadax daes ea flashing beating among the everl everlasting asti I 1 g green the whole unlaced mass of f detail working together what do you think thick ot of our chances to now mv job johnt the owner or al A 1 hain I 1 no DO room reason why by we joani wont t win th dilli alth said did john da daily by whimsically she abea be ben iid th b goods ever tense I 1 es can remember tr true us but she was in pretty ole close ad its for cash you it know she shea a vor worth it standing timber land options opt ion a mind and equipment sent something ethics like a 1 mil 11 lion K hundred and fifty nine in thousand th and dollars dot arm at the pinch price I 1 paid of fiat fifty Y cents a thousand feet on oa t the be atu tump mp at anything like her face value ju she ob I 1 A easily daily double it it and ot of course couras you yon know she 8 mortgaged am ged to izaer nock neck the east be belt it a and ad all the northeast stumpage lumps ag dally daily shook ld hafl hid head 1 im in settle completely mussed mused up it be said well she be beardi was hr her mortgages d as ag gre gated a half million B la im three dlf dif terent places about half of them I 1 paid the rest meet I 1 la hanging banging fire frazer who be should have bar been be a mighty ty rich man came got out with a quarter g of a mil lion oat at I 1 don t understand stand him neither do 1 I b but I 1 t I 1 it take stake my head old man frazer vi why hy I 1 ve worked for him ten years he lion bought in I 1 la in eighty nine line I well OR there here I 1 I a 1 lot I ot if in mystery Y far Y 11 some 1 1 where about and ad as soon Us as 1 I m at 1 liberty 1 I 1 intend unearthing things 1 liaa I 0 ordway was working fever fell ibay these do days her a roee leaf last cheeks wera war flushed am each ch noon when ahe he came from the little month room and ad her sea blue eyes were full fall of an I 1 in ner ear excitement s she it make good sandry told him set belt f she S he 8 got the dreamer a look the pride the joy the mighty arrogant egotism and bhe he a 8 drunk on the at imo sphere ph ot at the wilderness der the tons lone it liness a the bensa ame ot of world send nd young and of a abundant health aban be dant ofelt vitality fill filled ad with the urge go of ambition abetted by as unusual olmer clev am arnesa miss mi ardam ordway Y wo was indeed 1 in the way of great thing thinea a old and she be knew it atwith also her ase clear vision ehe he we was be inmates to see something III else that added to im the flush I 1 in im he her cheeks cheek some thing thine me ae great me aa h her goal 1 I of at fame m and rid she h is faced it it with be her high coura fc a and it confidence fi dalion this thin w was a the meaning to her of wal ter lee sandry baldry about this time she began to widen wide her or range rams of vision to see 1 all 11 ov over th the wild green country it mamed to her and it to catch glimmering glimmerings glimme rings of things thing G that at sent her r to sandry so BO full of vital elal prescient t that h at bhe he was me as I a charged wire in her bar eagerness and her bar delight mr sandry she ehe sold bald 1 one I evening as they stood together a on the toot fee I 1 log and watched the me brown brawn tidewater go of ing down dowa toward the distant aea am I 1 in going ing to tell you something I 1 b believe how edia eudna a hampden la crooked it me aa bad hades and I 1 in go going i as after it him 1 that tunny lunny mid bald san sandar y do you know ive iva had the name ame I 1 notion she stretched out her hand let ago 8 eo after him together what it do you yen ay 11 W weil 11 sandry dry took the bond band an amb thin am and it held it it to in him own a moment tit warm warmly 1 y closely lo 10 s ly I 1 am al pleaded ild and flat flattered te r e d by y y your our offer but I 1 don dont t J just fc fancy y your year knowing this hampden man H he a a 5 he 9 0 coarse wait and be bad d bit kiei 0 ordway rd ami B but ut lant I 1 I 1 it I 1 worth la k little risk what big thing Is ever accomplished without wine somo risk and think my mr sandry bandry lont isn t hampden to ruin the D I 1 M company to in other words to ruin rate you tulare was I a t n 1 i a suggest suggestive the bre bra in her bar low v voice ot c e a subtle flatter better ing fog tons tone that thrilled the Y young 9 owner tr angely in gely hu miss ord ordway way be said aid ad admiringly aa a man s friend you re me imply gramit gr reat emit I 1 may 1 have 0 to a make frequent it de amfin ch mands on 1 black 31 a bolt she bhe said eaid fur cur ther for I 1 Is cannot t navigate in your deluged valls valleys a I 1 im in a poor poll mariner 8 a it h I 1 warned sandry you don t want to speak peak about this ibis climate that way why haven halt t you noticed that the orm oregon go I 1 mist let doega doesn I 1 wet through T they I 1 laughed I 1 es ad together after the fashion I 1 of Y youth auth and health though at the last turn of words word ho be felt a vague Is I 1 I 1 he remembered lat dark fc face between her bar braids braid and it the tem tears falling alling on her cheeks coulling CO am poor r bill girl tab be said saia to him self if and on thursday of that week another horse made its appearance at the camp a wiry long limbed bay picked up at toledo this 1 IB tor for iou on mi alsa ordway he be lot told it the novelist ol 01 I 1 BO a you yon may my mine come and go at will no 1 one will wil 11 have him when be you wish to rid ride Y yon on can al ways put your hand on a mount amount at a moment a notice black bolt IB I 1 so frequently gone when you might need him so it came about that t h at the tha young w woman I 1 from the fe fast s t went after hampden and the sharp crude man mail of the hil ellla a we was a to be no match for far her by another week she could not fare forth upon the road to the siletz ride into toledo where she ahe we was a mat matter at of wonder in her beauty and her smart mart clothes loth or take tak the least canter on mi the rangy bay hat but what hampden met it her ber by the merest chance she we was a revolution revelation to him in hla him crude way he was a soon at the point where hehe hebe would old O he have laid do down him hia world tor for he her little finger and in hla him I 1 loose soul he swelled with self approve approval beneath her notice what delicate flattery battery she bhe employed only she herself know knew it was buffi at dent I 1 at least for he unwound to her bar hla his somewhat eventful and picturesque life with the simplicity of a child they rode do and ad talked traversing the onely lonely ways way pl piercing mg the mist thread ing ng trails where hampden had bad to ride close at her side to keep the wet toll full Us age out it ol 01 1 her bar I 1 face and she bhe saw the pa passion on growing in ID him to the point of Idl idolatry try which filled cited be her soul said with rioting laughter IR get it 1 11 get it she told her ber self and there was no PI place a ce in the uni net let verse so interesting I 1 ing Us as th thia 1 role rain soaked a cru country this land of mystery ous mum overall operations what are a these little do deserted s cried 1 hr tha huts I 1 ut 1 she asked ke him one day w when hen they a had climbed high on a wooded ridge and come upon a tiny cabin win dowless and rooted with shakes 11 1 ve see seen several 1 I of the them homesteader s cabin he be answered abd ab ah and d where boom s the barnee homestead tad for goodness goodne ea sake did any man ever intend a we woman to live h here well he be said reluctantly you set that Is no they don t oft often come her here e to itil live this here a a snap imp A ah h ye yes there was a note not of vague sun puzzlement in poppy a 8 golden voice I 1 and what Is that IT why Y a teller father comes up an takes a claim im pr proves up on it ft you know gets his patent an then sell sells out mt gembus bell relinquishes quietism his r right to the buyer boyer oh nd t this him j Is only a temporary aar t she waved a hand around at the dreary clearing among the I 1 lesser or growth the man who b built tit this didn dian t intend to stay at the b beginning and who was smart mart enough enough to buy him oft off when he be sm got brad of f staying I 1 wonder l I 1 I 1 did it said hampden promptly flushing at the imputation of in brains m easy said mid miss ordway to be her self met 1 aloud she he said eaid wonderingly well bell what do you ou know about that I 1 fancy you made ads a pretty pile or will I out ot of such a deal mt mr hamp hamn wi den just think of the perfect oceans and oceans ocean of at pretty clothes even a imin dozen of these theme great MI trees would buy I 1 pardon 1 I think in clothes lathe bee because I 1 I 1 love the them lovat T the 1 I df deference orime of that pardon don did for Us hamphen and the subtle implies it alon P pushed the advantage voltage bis I 1 face on was flushed and be b eat it air it raight g h t on hta s hopefl his khaki and ad abt chome bl alue flannel 1 clad a figure re making a not net ungraceful picture gained the back ground ot of vivid livid green he whipped at tile hie I laced id d boots wet et fro from the to ferns and nd presently spoke out of a full ful I 1 heart yes yea he be said carelessly it do does take brains A man has get bot to think to make numey money an it taken take money my to buy the thing of this mi life if pretty 0 alet clothed way yu I A woman oman a cloth clothes miss ord he ha suddenly leaned a over and it laid hi his a rough hand band over hers on the pom me mel eve every tree would buy a dozen trunks t full an I 1 own millions milli oca ot of tree trees her bar heart been was pounding old and the MI sparkle was dancing in her eyes millions million why that must cover cove a great deal of land and milli millions of 0 trees vea llona promised prom laed hampden rashly to aly he roso r in his saddle and io looked ked through a natural opening is in th the f forest t it down own arm over r the dropping ridges rd ditc itc why look 1 all that all that so as far as you e can s I 1 see to that I 1 other ridge and it over beyond it and ad down I 1 into the other valley 1 la mine two I 1 m rich roan man miss ordway a an I 1 1 got get it just juet by this he to tapped pod hla his forehead aripa and smiled truly I 1 do admi admire r a you lied bed poppy with the of asileen small brains iru brains why by they aro alne I 1 t tenths a ol 01 r the battle of success ana it a man with out them be 1 la beaten at the beginning partner she eha whispered to sundry a a abe he III passed it him that night eight 1 in the rating eating room 1 I I 1 TO be been an w working where I 1 can we talk a little by our III a all elvesa S sandry dry looking at her swiftly saw caw the excitement in bar eye eyes and took look fl alro instantly alone t why lats let a see ana are you afraid to cone coma out to the linked stick by the road in the darkness dark nesa miss ordway ordwa laughed A little low ripple of mirth soft and subtle A tryst hh aha bald aid in that small onal I 1 illinois whisper whimper that suggested ten mile mystery are we out of relief earshot h here or yes yas eald aid sandry towering lowering hla him voice 1 I to par bera do you happen to know where fro fra zer got get all the holdings of the oil H ling 9 worth ith how im he got th them mail why no mid I 1 suppose he bought them as a any company would do yes so far so good you it know oil that all 11 GO this land was government land that there then or are still claims lying far back in the mountains open to filing ablog but all this line fine timber close in oll all that has ham a chance of being got get at t has been taken and have you noticed that nil all of it or nearly all be belongs longi to ml el ther one or the other of these them two lumber companies I 1 by george old 1 I I 1 hadn haan I 1 t thought of that and have bal ou on noticed fired that none of these claims seem to have been taken in good faith that me none of the more have complied in spirit with the home stead law lawf I 1 have secured scoured by these hills bills tor for seven miles ile arm every wy way except west imd and at every ollig alling there la is the the barest hold of tenure a windowless shack halk just enough to nail mail the law by it its letter nowhere now bera have I 1 seen a cl cleared estrad field nor one sign of at tillage mr send sandry I 1 believe we he have v Us bled up upon a huge hug government windle swindle a case of land fraud gigantic giganti I 1 in its pr pro boef portions por tiona I 1 sandry was aghast ft hy by what do you mean miss ordway Y do you mean that the companies are crooked not so fast I 1 believe hampden hamada 1 Is crooked and that possibly frazer we waa for the latter it is we too let late and not to la our scheme to nail him but hampden we well H hung bang high as he ha war man and that belora he con can club ai tt east bait with its tore store of wealth she we was leaning ding very near as she whispered this and in the burst of mental light which follow followed ad her words sandry bentley put his hands on her about dera der you 1 are I positively wonderful he breathed the most wonderful woman in the w whole ole world how on earth did you find these a thin things out poppy hampden said aid poppy with a shrug of her shoulders shoulder under it er z sandry s hands be hea furia lidil g data with a ven van geande aiice but why for the love of heaven why are you doing all this I 1 can cant t just understood understand with im little soft motion charming in the abe miry airy accept acceptance a of it its own clan dar 1 ing 19 9 the woman of the aba world put up her hand and it laid it with a cains over 1 tit the one on her shoulder her face tilted upward in the dark dollar me shone here like a flower and he could just barely see the curving line in her bar lips dark against met its light in the mist and the chill the subtle perfume |