Show THE IT F NIGHT wa A STORY OF THE MAT GREAT N NORTH 11 atti W WEST CST cy VINGIE E EROe ZOE M illustrations ay 77 as OY ay iv fac wo conway SYNOPSIS I 1 alleta of 1 can dally a h lumber camp tr aneer to in the he nanni damp W niter r san a ty t Y reduce introduce himself 5 to at john he dally core man 11 as the lumber LO or at moat t of 0 it r he acquaintance the camp and the ork I 1 an ea ha proves to tha foreman that lie is doe not Is lack I 1 judgment tells II 11 him ane of the preacher he descos discos ete er i that at fitt ter c int I 1 a NO an and gondera d tyvr Is 1 in in ahe of a ion tender moment a 1 he calls 11 h her r the night I 1 M wind in 1 in 1 the pines and do kl I 1 hm er ordway m I 1 ta a I 1 writer from mcw t ot comes ui to daily to le art d erli cor romance of the him her r re region hampden of the yellow plans co wants sandry end 1 to krev Is lit attract ire t 0 he be claims title to and sandry bo an bounlot ir as the baat belt hamido beta to up a K cabin on the flit s belt 1 and a warns area tris on bandry an men pull 11 down the ebi cabin sandry on r compares S leti and 1 poppy I bandry 0 a and it hampden a an man light 01 IT t tho disputed I 1 t it tract the u P preacher tt atoka a the on I 1 fanda n ta tn that the d deed to the east belt it haa neer r b been ba a recorded he d dealdea 1 1 to get on out hla en eni contract I a arm and ight tor the he stumpage paga afterward it I 1 poppy aceita to u trickery and no larf with uh man ade I 1 to an eala his car conal tence she in tell eu sandry that a hampden ad 1 la crooked k ana so that 01 an she 1 11 kt 11 an him P poppy y boea to salam in of evidence hampden and ad bilett site 1 lo 10 the ee ea shore and bletl ste acca tn the ocean for uit arat time on sundry men deairl lit him tor hampden e ZT nho he haa more m diony allete I 1 1 to h ler arlenda the and d 0 o d e t them to work cpr r sandry to lo save 1 hla his co contract trint poppy idla daiy diy I 1 ahat she has 1 proof of 1 han an p tit den a anu hins boeun a in collusion A alth the V she ev allett 1 and 4 bandry inai tenet er and b becomer lealous tzoy the alc 1 timber 1 burnit raft la 11 started 11 to on ha way sin but 1 it a blown A up ii and sandry la is d dangerously IY injured d poppy P Y insists on tak tm care of sandry ry and ad say aada she he if 4 his Dron lael I 1 wife j no chiea he un u 4 11 me and aa I 1 am ahli woman CHAPTER Continued coati d th the prether preacher she eha gasped ped lead aloud oh h father what be have 1 do done I 1 have bave shut my san eara to the be winda wind of god when an how hour later sha he came an up on the cook shack hack porch and stood testing leaning in the doorway spent pact with her wild pa passion a aion me ma daily grimly fed the ft fire in the range setting betting about th the supper iuppa for r the men left at camp mother said aid dully daily ehe be I 1 lied e it 1 ea 1 I know knew it it but what you gain to in do c child h ll 11 d y you 0 u lova b lii 1 an you re eld iw rl right gh bo w would ou d I 1 et I 1 was a thirty year yno ydo younger for he a a man east or baet the general tm turned ad to her work walk and ad a iab heaved her ample breast it B all 11 in the days day B work she ehe thought an you had bad to take y your ur theorict johnny ly trot but y you a re wrong my son non you re as k at barong 9 mon man like yer daddy M 8 so began a a strange strang time in comp camp daily D ally came home la in three do dais roger eager and grini grim lipped and 1 in the pocket of hla his flannel shirt he be carried the big check bee tor for which sundry sandry had worked and ad aft he ha had bad delivered the raft I 1 in safety along with the sealer a rei ort receiving celing the payment which beZ lied had been ready Y in the hands bead of a thin stay gray man w who he leaned from the steam bleamer B rail to exchange a few curt florda 1 I 1 mft me dally daily con cornered ered him in the kitch ea I 1 late I 1 la in tin his eight US he h hla I 1 car careful fall rounds rounda of the camp son he ehe said gently they B a he hard ad knock ck coman to you on an I 1 wool want to give YO you waran though I 1 know knew you ll 11 take t k it Bt to andin it in jo johnny bony as yer daddy wait took all 11 a 0 lit hla an iva I 1 ve seen him take some rome cordere I 1 know knew oti what at you ve always ay thought 0 S letz laz eon and hence ence ebe As waa 8 a teensy am chap 1 I ta watched her bar quiet waya way open yer heart an seen her walk in an aa I 1 ire ve hoped myself some low day it ltd it all 11 ll work out ter far she a n a turned tamed abw to you in tn trouble its t instinct a ti ot ent but son son haven t you been a aln sence once sundry sandry a come among oat us haan H t d ad 7 moreao read the the foreman bad steppe it at th the nick and lifted a it tin dipper of water tr for or a drink at the last worda word he put the vessel slowly down untouched ad and turned an amazed ad f face toward the old lady hla his blue eyes w were ire wid wide red and the mother sin glo r ried led I 1 like a girt girl in the g good add me man ot of him the tha br broad should shoulders to the muscled cled am arms ham bara to the elbow the shapely back suit and the straight hips of the hill climber what you of naI ma be asked skit beat this 8 lets laid out her heart fer far all to see bee when they brought sundry sandry home burns in an that that jezebel woman heated her before US alt AIL she sold on As the beat 0 th child cry of I 1 love US that I 1 she abbe was wa sundry andry a promised wife sit bink I 1 think she lied but S let letz 1 ab b breakly his her heart ter fer the Emde easterner rear raint here to with without ut another word me ma dally daily ups opened tied a door behind her and ad crack creaked in through closing it softly of buch inherent tact was abbe be she he 4 2 did not wish even his number mother to see big john dally daily take his bla hard bard knock ven even though be took it an ifill with only a trower tremor of f the hand that held the dipper when he met busts tn in the tha me ing he ha looked at he her with eye a little more flow haggard there was a deeper it line at the comara camara ol at bla mouth the girl be bore tram gracea of the first ant an g buleh utah she ahe had bad ever known in the pal lot lor of her face the dull look of samil emol daring flame dome under the daze of help there no one til in the eating roo room in beside themselves collins we waa out at 1 in the bill with the crew for at the me first ant sight bight of bead bandry till alive dally daily bad given give orders ordera ago to go on OB with the work and ad had stopped between the tables table at supper time will the ilia shot iti stay she 1 had bad asked simply and it had bad taken no more th than do that th the camp went seat ahead in he definitely efow dally daily at stopped aped her bar I 1 with lit a great real head hand on no her shoulder and looked hun bun 1 into her fee face alet slet S letz ha be said old softly la Is 1 it I 1 true truet she raised her eyes to his bla and an vis d as simply e there them was no need of many any words word among that these people ot at strong lives live of at lightf ard d principles lifis T the b big man straightened up UD a it bit I 1 and nd shut bubb his a lips hard bard as a if he bt bit upon pain looked after the vanishing n pigments figments fig ments of all his hia dreams that had bad peopled abs tbs bills ot af the future his tha noth mother or had seen the that t look it in the eyes of john dally daily the th first fint who h had bad took 1 it his hard knocks that I 1 ook look ot of patient strength for it she had bad follo followed sed him into the bard lite life ot of a lumber camp and never regret ted led it now it spent itself on the rising hill visible through the open door across dark head bead and john daily the second we was ready to to taco his hi a I 1 loss bilatz Sl Si letz latz he be said gently always re we member aber that I 1 I 1 in the tha best mend friend you got on earth be 1 all I my lif life t to help you of et you ever need we me and he smoothed his hard hands easily down her arms lingering I 1 a moment with her hands failed in hla his palms then he turned as aay to the day a work there them was a bin beall un no dart bertone ne ot of softness in his voice ice at the last words that was never to lea leave it again get CHAPTER say send sandrel calmly 1 I ly poppy ordway took charge of il the oft stricken laks tran roan in the pine of fice ate all of the day and as much of at the night as her strength would per alt she be was bealda him his restlessness tending him with a skill kill that showed intelligent training 01 outwardly she be was as a quiet as a the P ri 19 days day inwardly she panted and ad suffered offered with the abandon of the pas paa nature which sees im its in desires desire in danger more met a and more she grew to fear and hot hate the silent soft footed aft girl whose face between to ita elar dark braids arold we was a mk mask of tragedy with her woman 8 instinct and ad her almost meet unnatural a I 1 ural cleverness she ebe it knew t that h a way toy lay danger selfishly 1 in self t a centered at a red passion this thia we woman less loved ad j and tol to gain the chi object I 1 of that love she felt within thin her heart that she could wreck the universe inavan and ita is object we was 1 in twofold danger from frode bead sandry a death and from sileta therefore she he began to watch 9 aletz with catlike glances from and under or her lashes and it to think with all 1 I 1 her bun unlit llant brain of some way to eliminate I 1 th pro oh 11 she G P d aloud her ier from the question ot of some bond stronger broneer than her work with hamp H mp den leo to bind herself into sundays sandry a lira life should he be recover As tor for sandry himself he ha was far to on i that road which be baa no tant turning for far a it day Y or 1 two ho he had lain in tor ind por par to rouse at lasts last aal a a high fever t set at I 1 in to delirium he began to talk list tn in a rambling reminiscent w whis h 1 per of his bla early lits life lie he wag WK a home charm ing eager itch boy again and ad the woman beside him saw clearly tot into the clean depths depth of his bla life hot but a on the second day of his dw de it mirium something andel thing seemed to tot tall up upon him from the past that drew a line 0 of f trouble around his bis lips and set at rome bome great hand bard question in n the hot blue eyes 1 amr or long 1 intervals tarv 1 he be lay silent as it t the tired mind were war turning and ad returning some important thing to I 1 break out suddenly tn in excited speech I 1 no be cried out I 1 IKI he I 1 by base heaven aini not while I 1 im in alive to I 1 I 1 right it and again legitimate tot my god it a done dona le IS this was as aa the bun on a soft golden uie ban ot 1 early spring dropped over ever the western ridge sending long blue shadow nor across the narrow 1 val 11 1 ley aa the shadow darkened let into awl twilight aig lit me ma dally daily bearing some strengthening brew loomed located hugely to in the office door III 11 wk take watch now w she he said aid you ben on guard a long while bet ter a go get some rest but poppy ordway who was bend ing ng cos closely ly over the tot cot sprang suit aid den denly 1 Y w wl erect L H her checks check war wera pushed bushed and in her face ace we was a strong strange malts excite ment no she cald aid firmly 1 I 1 hall ahall ewt atay the night eight out at he I 1 la till still and ad I 1 cannot at leave him M ma dally daily that ahr shrewd d old general genera of men and meals acnia took keon keen note of every wall small thing in the hushed room set at dotha dobe down broth and turned away her whole kindly heart bowl filled with sus sow outside in the darkness siletz stood a little later and looked through the open pa window at the I 1 figure we on the ine blodow white an cot and the watcher beside it her bard bands were clasped tightly together and her dark eyes wore were has heavy elih with unshed had tears to it if he dies she gasped dryly bu be tween twee her period parted lips kill her suit and go with him to hell bell for he be has baa no god but sandry did not die ft for r I 1 11 week it he traveled OR on strong strange P patha the ot of mem am ory my calli calling fig U on ruth buth to come out t ot f hog the al gloaming comiCS ot at a far land standing d aside to watch naomi naoma send and back the ones she loved and sometimes crying out sharply hw aly oh absalom I 1 my MI son on my aon again he laughed bitterly red and spoke of lost faith in men throughout the week poppy ordway stood such a vigil as only a woman who loves be she good or bad can stand with a clever jealousy I duay she he kept everything wo thing under her own capable hands bead only giving grudging place to ma M dally daily when she could no longer command ad her overtaxed strength onto one night she refused to leave sin dry at all firmly dismissing me ma who raged inwardly but was no match for her he in I 1 the open baia of bluff at mid night the owner ot of the killingworth Dilling worth suddenly opened his h is yea eyes weak rod and td tired tire but sane he saw on the be dim tit background of 1 taint let light from a shad ed ad coull candle the transfigured trans figured face is of the it watcher wate h or and with a feeble intile emile of atter oil r content dropped back to oblivion a this time it me the tha oblivion ob fl I 1 of a f heal I 1 an jug ing sleep i with that look that weak wille smile the I 1 woman know knew that he be had turned his bis face toward life suit and would journey back to it and ad the tha surge our I 1 ind and way sway of passionate joy rocked her or soul on I 1 in a storm of emotion she topped stepped lightly and restlessly beat about straightening a cloth on a table tipping the candle ilia shade had at a better angle for she he roll felt imperatively the as need ed a of action at 8 she 0 picked ti a it up an empty pitcher and ad I 1 in tb the tift starlit t ift dar dark nesa ease went up the path to ali tha a too cook shack hack still with that bounding light step of victory and entered the porch w where be r the pump stood load them there alone in the night leasing against a post pool of the porch perth a slim lim corat litt little figure kept also a midnight vigil th the woman looked at her be and it all 11 the dang danger or the that lay that way arose areas and denly before he her rousing her hatred swiftly bif t ly and something ugly and cut cat like las prompted her to strum strike she long laughed b ad a little it low musical col IS laugh ugh and spoke roke in a ca caressing rensing tone congratulate me she sold said softly the fever favor be has left him have him up before the first flowers flor bloom I 1 in the v valleys alley dear boy dear walt ask sit at a me moment intent before drooping whirled upon her like a f fury 1 even in the dusk duck miss ordway saw the hid bid den fire leap up uncovered in her ey eyes 0 and ad heard primal danger whimper t in her voice it bizal walt t she cried springing prin gig tower toward it her and d 1 lifting illicit a bead band who whose slim ft fin gets gers threats threatened ad her throat say san dry MI miss 0 ordway in her broadcloth n spring sprang back against again the tough rough plank of the cook it shack w wall 11 her face gone white whit 1 in the rhode shadows and ad sudden adda n gr grip ile plug ping choking lea ear in her than throat t she be tre ad put up a useless beada trembling ing hand palm outward and d strove to speck speak once awl twice then than sandry she fettered faltered like a cr craven ve she was whipped stand scared her power gone but the wild thing died in alien as it h had ad III lived it on the turn of a bomea moment old and she let iet out a great breath rua and covered her face with her hands after 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