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H PAOB 8iS ' IRON COUNTY RECORD, CEDAR CITY, UTAH, FRIDAY, MAY M, l2g. " " " I : 1 VALLEY 1 II' OF THE ' If I GIANTS j I 11 J PETERKYNB (fj B Bill'' COPY-RIGHT, BT PETER B.KYNE jhjffM H 8YN0P8I8. H CHAPTER I.-I'lonccr In tlio Collfomtn H redwood rcKlon, Jolm Cardigan, nt forty. H seven, In tlio leading citizen of Scuudln. B owner of mills, nhlps, and many acres of B timber, a widower after three years of m. married llfo, nnd father of two-day-old H Bryce Cardigan. B .CHAPTEIt H.-At fourteen Bryce makes ' tho acquaintance of Shirley Bumnor, a vis. B Itor to Sequoia, nnd tils junior by a few yonrs. Together tlioy visit the Valley of BB& the aiantn, sacred to John Cardigan and BBS his son us the burial placo of Bryce't mother, and part with mutual regret. B CHAPTER III.-Wlillo Uryce Is at col- MVJ lego John Cardigan moots with hea.vy kVBJ business Iuhsivj and for the first time views the future with uncertainty. B CHAPTER IV.-After graduation from M1 colleco, nnd a trip abroad, Uryco Cardl- HL gan comos homo. On the train ho meet H Shirley Sumner, on her way to Sequoia to MWH make her home there with nor undo, MWV Col. Pennington. Uryco learns that Ills . father's eyesight has failed and that Col. SMW I'ennlngton Is seeking to take advantage ol B f-, the old man's business mlsfortunos. H ' CHAPTER V.-In tho Valley of th SAW Qlants young Cardigan finds a troo fellc3 H directly across his mother's grave. Indl m cations tiro that It, was cut down to sccur H) the burl, nnd evidence seems to show that H I'ennlngton nnd his woods.boss, Julci M, Itondoau, are Implicated In tho outrage. H'' CHAPTER VI.-Dlnlng with Col. Pen. nlngton nnd his nlere, Dryto finds tin KVM room paneled with redwood burl, confirm- K ng his suspicions of Pennington's guilt ' ,n n diplomatic way, unpercolvcd by Shir H Joy. tho two men declare war. j CHAPTER VII. Pennington refuses t S&V renew his logging contract with tho Cardl- gnns, believing his nctlon means bank- , ruptcy for the latter, nryco forces Hon 1 deau to confoss he felled tho tree In thi Valley of the Giants, at Pennington's or. ) dor. After punishing tho man, Bryc i hurls him at Col. Pennington, who, with K Shirley, had witnessed the fight Penning. K ton Is humiliated, and thp girl, Indignant, ., ardors Uryco to leave her nnd forget thelt l friendship. Ho leaves, but refuses to ac j! ccpt dismissal. f CHAPTER VIII.-Roturnlng to Sequoia, ' the train on which Shirley, her undo, and N Uryce are traveling, breaks away from W the locomotive, and Bryce, who could have i escaped, at tho risk of his life cuts out H, tho caboose and saves them from certain H death, being painfully injured in doing so, HW "Perhaps. Nevertheless, it I cau M,r demonstrate to a certain party that It H' wl" not cost more thnn tiirco-qunrtcrti . .of n million, he'll loan mo tho money." H! V The old mnn shook his head. "1 Ht don't oeliovo It, Rrycc Who's the f crazy mnnT" Hi- "His unme Is Gregory. Do's Scotch." H'( "Now l knw he's crazy. When he r; hands you the money, you'll And ho's H talking real monoy but thinking of H Confederate greenbacks." H Hryco lnughed. "Pnl," ho declared, H "If you nnd I have nny brains, they H must roll around In our skulls like H' ' buckshot In a tin pun. Listen, now, H "with all your cars. When Dill Hen- H'jjf; dcrson wanted to build tho logging H railroad which he afterward sold to H Pennington, nnd which Pennington Is H now using ns n club to bent our brains t oat, did ho havo the nloney to build H . "No. I loaned It to him." H "How did ho pay yon bock?" H k" "Why, he gnvo me n ten-year con- H tract for hauling our logs at a dollar m and a half a thousand feet, nnd I B merely credited his account with the Hj amount of the freight bills ho sent me H until he'd squared up the loan, prln- B clpnl and Interest." H "Well, If 1)111 HendcrKon lltinneed PH himself on Hint plan, why didn't wo PH think of using the name time-honored PH plun for ilunnclng n rond to parallel PB Pennington's?" PPJ John Card I pan pat up with n Jerk. PB "By thunder 1" ho murmured. That PH wut no close ns he ever came to utter- PH lng ntt oath. PP2 "All right, John Cardigan. 1 forgive PH you. Now, ihon, continue to listen: PPJ To the north of that great block of PK timber held by you and Pennington He PPJ the redwood holdings of tho Trinidad PH Redwood Timber company." PPJ r "Never heard of them before.' PH ' "Well, timber away In there In buck PPJ of beyond hits never been well ndver- PH tlsed, because It Is regarded as prac- PB tlcully Inaccessible. You will reinem- PPJ bcr that some ten years ago a coin- PB pany was Incorporated with the Idea PPJ of building a railroad from Grant's PH 'Pass, Ore., on the lino of the Southern pHj '.Pacific, down the Oregon nnd Callfor- PH nlu const to tap tho redwood belt" PPJ "I remember. There was a big PPJ whoop nnd hurrah nnd then the propo- pH sItlon died abornln'. The engineers PB 'found that the cost of construction PH , through tbnt mountainous country Pl i was prohibitive." H "Well, before tho project dll. PPJ J Gregory and his associates believed pH jUiat It was going 'to survive. They pHj j quietly gathered together thirty thou pH 't Band ncres of good stuff and then sal pH down to wait for tho railroad. And pH thoy nro still wnlting. Gregory, by the pH I wny, is tho president of tho Trlnldnd pH j Redwood Timber compniiy. Ho's nn pH Kdinburgh mnn, and tho fly American pH promoters got him to put up tho prlct pH of tho timber nnd then mortgaged PPJ their Interests to him as security foi PB ! tho advance. Ho foreclosed on theli PPJ i notes Ave years ago." PB i "I "And tliero ho is with ids nselesi PJPJPJP;.H. . rx tlrtibcri" John Cnrdlgnn murmureo thoiiglitfully. "a'ho (K)or Scotch suck , erl" I "Ho Isn't poor. The purchnso ol that timber didn't even dent his bnnfc , roll. Hut ho would like to sell hl timber, nnd being Scotch, natural!) . lie desires to sell It nt a profit. In order to cranio n market for It, how ever, ho hns to linvo nn outlet to thai mnrket. Wo supply tho outlet wltl. ills help; nnd whnt happens? Why timber Utnt cost him fifty nnd soventy live cents per tliotisnnd feet stumpagt and tho actual timber will overrun tho cruiser's c.stlinntc every time will be worth two dollars and fifty cents pcrhnp more. "He loans us tho money to build our road. We build It on through our timber nnd Into Ids. Tlio collat eral security which wo put up will be n twenty-flve-yenr contract to haul his logs to tidewater on Humboldt bny, nt n baso freight rate of one dol lnr nnd fifty cents, with nn increase of twenty-live cento per thousand every five years thereafter, nnd an op tion for n renewal of tho contract upon oxplrntion, at the rate of freight last paid. In addition we sell him, nt n rensonable figure, sufficient land fronting on tldewnfer to ennblo him to erect n snwmlil, lay out his yards, nnd build a dock out Into tho deep water. "Tims Gregory will havo tbnt which he husn't got now nn outlet to his market by water; and when tlio rail rond to Sequoia builds in from tho south, It will connect with tho rond which wo have built from Sequoia up Into Township nine to tho north; henco Gregory will nlso hnvo an out let to his mnrket by rail. Ho can easily get a good manager to run his lumber business until he finds u cus tomer for It, nnd in tho meantime we will bo charging his nccount with our freight bills against him nnd gradual ly pny off tho loan without pinching ourselves.'' Jolm Cnrdlgnn's old hand enmo grop ingly forth und rested affectionately upon his boy'u. "You forget, my son, that we cannot Inst In business long enough to get that rond built, even though Gregory should ngrao to finance tlio building of It, Tho Inter est on our bonded Indebtedness Is payable on tho first " "Wo cnu meet It, sir." "Aye, but wo enn't meet tho fifty thousand dollars which, under the terms of our deed of trust, wo are re quired to pay In on July first of ench year ns a sinking fund toward tho re tirement of our bonds. Uryce, It Just can't be done. We'd have our road nbput luilf completed when we'd bust up in business; Indeed, the minute Pennington suspected wo wero paral leling his line, he'd choko oft our wind. I tell you It can't be done," Rut Uryce contradicted him earn estly. "It enn bo done," he snld. "If wo can start building our rond nnd hnvo It half completed beforo Pen nington Jumps on us, Gregory will simply havo to come to our aid In self defense. Once he ties up with us, ho's committed to the tusk of seeing us through. I can do it, I tell you." John Cardigan raised his hnnd. "No," ho said firmly, "I will not allow you to do tills. That wny tbnt Is the I'ennlngton method. If wo fall, my son, we pass out like gentlemen, not blackguards. Wo will not take advan tage of this man Gregory's faith. If ho Joins forces with us, wo lay our hand on the table nnd let him look." "Then ho'll never join hands with us, partner. We're done." "We're not done, my son. We hnvo ono nlternntlve, nnd I'm going to take It. I've got to for your sake. More over, your mother would hnvo wished it so." "You don't menn " "Yes, I do. I'm going to sell Pen nington my Valley of tho Giants. It Is my personal property, and It Is not mortgaged. Pennington enn never foreclose on It and until bo gets It, twenty-live hundred ncres of virgin timber on Squaw creek nro valueless nny, a source of expense to hlnii Uryce, he hits to have It; and ho'll pay tho price, when ho knows I mean business." With a sweeping gesture he waved aside tlio arguments that rose to his son's lips, "I end me to tho telephone," ho commanded; nnd Uryce, recogniz ing his sire's unalterable determina tion, obeyed. "Find Pennington's number In the telephone book," John Cnrdlgnn com manded next, Uryco found It, nnd his father pro ceeded to get tho Colonel on tho wire. "I'ennlngton," ho said hoarsely, "this is John Cardigan speaking. I've de cided to sell you that quarter-section that blocks your timber on Squnw creek." "Indeed," tho Colonel purred. "1 had nn idea you were going to ji -r"' ' " ' mm j f trmki i .. jwLjsislMslMWHBsg.''" tr - Jt -37 -jiji rent It to the city for a nnturnt poi . "I'vc'chariged my mind., I've decid ed to sell nt your Inst offer." "I've changed my mind, too. I've derided not to buy nt my last offer. Good-night." Slowly John Cardigan hung the re ceiver on the hook, turned "nnd groped for his son. When he found him, the old mnn held him for n moment In his nrms. "Lead mo upstnlrs, son," hf murmured presently. "I'm tired. I'm going to bed." When Colonel Scth Pennington turned from the telephone nnd faced his niece, Shirley read his triumph In his fnce. "Old Cnrdlgnn has capitu lated nt last," ho cried oxultlngly. "He Just telephoned to sny he'd nccept my Inst offer for his Valley of the Giants," "Uut jou're not going to buy It. You told Mm so, Undo Seth." "Of course I'm not going to buy It. nt my Inst offer. It's worth five thou sand dollnrs. In tlio open market, nnd once I offered him fifty thousand for It Now I'll give him five." "I wonder why he wants to sell,' Shirley mused. "From whnt Uryce Cardigan told mo once, ills fnther nt tnehes n sentimentnl vnluo to tbnt strip of woods; his wife Is burled Uiere." "no's selling It becnuso he's despcr nte. If he wasn't teetering on the verge of bankruptcy, he'd never lei mo outgnme him," Pennington replied gnyly. "I'll wnlt until ho hns gone bunt nnd save twenty-five or thirty thousand dollars." 4 "I think you're biting off jour nose to splto your face, Uncle Seth. The Lagunn Grande Lumber company needs that outlet. In dollars nnd cents, what Is It worth to the com pany?" "If I thought I couldn't got It from Cnrdlgnn n few months from now, I'd go as high as a hundred thousand for It tonight," he nnswered coolly. "In tbnt event, I ndvlse you to take It for fifty thousand. It's terribly hnrd on old Mr. Cnrdlgnn to hnvo to sell It, even nt tbnt price." "You do not understand these mat ters, Shirley. Don't try. And don't waste your sympathy on thnt old humbug. He has to dig up fifty thou sand dollnrs to pay on Ids bonded In debtedness, nnd ho's finding It n diffi cult Job. Ho's Just sparring for time, but ho'll lose out." As If to Indicate thnt ho considered the mnttcr closed, the Colonel drew Ids chnlr townrd the fire, picked up n magazine, nnd commenced Idly to slit tlio pages. Shirley studied tho back of his head for somo time, then got out some fancy work nnd commenced plying her needle. And as she piled It, a thought, nebulous at first gradual ly took form In her head until even tually she murmured loud enough for tho Colonel to hear: "I'll do ttM- "Do whnt?" Pennington queried. "Something nice for somebody who did something nice for me," she an swered. About two o'clock the following nft ornoon old Judge Moore of tho Su perior court of Humboldt county, drift ed Into Hryco Cnrdlgnn's office, snt down uninvited, and lifted his long legs to the top of nn adjacent chnlr. "Well, Uryce, my boy," ho began, "a little bird tells mo your daddy Is considering the snlo of Cardigan's Redwoods, or the Valley of tlio Giants. How nbout It?" Uryco stared nt him a moment ques tlonlngly. "Yes, Judge," ho replied, "we'll sell, If we get our price." "Well," his visitor drawled, "I have a client who might be persuaded. I'm here to tnlk turkey. What's your price?" "Before we talk price," Uryce par ried, "I want you to answer a ques tion." "Let her fly," said Judge Moore. "Are you, directly or Indirectly, act ing for Colonel Pennington?" "That's none of your business, young man nt least, It would be none of your business If I were, directly or In directly, acting for thnt unconvicted thief. To the best of my Information nnd belief, Colonel I'ennlngton doesn't figure In this deal In nny wny, slinpo or manner; nnd as yon know, I've been your daddy's friend for thirty years." Still Uryce was not convinced, not wlthstnndlng the fact that ho would have staked his honor on the Judge's veracity. Nobody knew better than hu In whnt devious ways the Colonel worked, his wonders to perform. "Well," ho snld, "I can nnme you n price. I will state frankly, however, that I believe It to bu over your bend. Wo hnvo several times refused to sell to Colonel Pennington for a hundrecT thousnnd dollars." Suddenly ho pnusod beforo her. "Molrn, you're a lucky girl," he de clared. "I thought this morning you wero going back to n kitchen In a log ging camp. It almost broko my henrt to think of fute's swindling you like that." He put his arm around her and gnvo her n brotherly hug. "It'a autumn In the woods, Molrn, and nil tho underbrush Is golden." Sho smiled, though it was winter In her heart. CHAPTER X. A careful analysis of Shirley's feel ings townrd Uryce Cardigan Immedi ately following tho Incident In Pen nington's woods, had showed her that tinder more propitious elrcunistunces she might hnvo fallen In love with that tempestuous young man In sheer rec ognition of tho many lovable and man ly qualities she bad discerned In him. As nn offset to the credit sldo of llryco's nccount with her, however, there uppenred certain debits In the consideration of which Shirley always lost her temper nnd was Immediately f quite certain she loathed the unfor tunate mnn. He had been nn honored nnd (for aught Shirley knew to the contrary) welcome guest In the Pennlngton'hnme out' night, and the following tiny had assaulted his host, committed great bodily Injuries upon the hitter's em ployees for littio or no reason snve the satisfaction of nn abominable temper, made threats of further violence, de clared his unfaltering enmity to her nenrest nnd best-loved relative, nnd In tho next breath had hod tlio Insolence to prnto of his respect and admiration for her. However, nil of these grave crimes nnd misdemeanors wero renlly Insig nificant compnrcd with his crowning offense. Whnt had Infuriated Shirley was tho fact thnt she had been nt some pnlus to inform Uryco Cardigan thnt she lonthed him whereat he had looked her over coolly, grinned n little. nnd declined to believe her I Then, seemingly as If fato had decreed that ! her futility should be Impressed upon her still further, Uryce Cardigan hud been granted nn opportunity to snve, In a strikingly culm, heroic nnd pain ful manner, her and her uncle from certain nnd horrible death, thus plnc ing upon Shirley nn obligation thnt was as Irritating to acknowledge nd It was futllo to attempt to reciprocate. That waB where the shoe pinchpd. Hefore that day was over sho had been forced to do one of two things acknowledge In no uncertain tenns her indebtedness to him, or rctnnln silent nnd to bo convicted of having been, In plain lnngungo, a rotter. So sho had telephoned lilm nnd purposely left njur tho door to their former friendly relntlons. Monstrous I ne had seen tho open door nnd deliberately slnmmcd It in her fnce. Luckily for them both sho had heard, all unsuspected by him as , ho slowly hung the receiver on the hook, tho soliloquy wherein he gnvo her n pointed hint of the distress with which ho abdicated which knowledge wns nil thnt deterred hej from despis ing him with the fervor of n woman scorned. The fasclnntlon which a lighted cnndlo holds for a moth Is too well known to require further elucidation here. In yielding ono dny to n dcslro to visit tho Valley of tho Giants, Shir ley told herself thnt she was going thero to gather wild blnckberrles. She had been thinking of a certain black-' .berry pic, which thought nnturally In duced reflection on Uryce Cardigan and reminded Shirley of her first visit to the Giants under tho escort of a boy in knickerbockers. ner meeting with Molrn McTnvlsh thut day, and the subsequent friend ship formed with the woods-boss' daughter, renewed nil her apprehen sions. On tho assumption that Shir ley and Uryce wero practically strangers to ench other (un assump tion which Shirley, for obvious rea sons, did not attempt to dissipate), Molrn did not hesitate to mention Hryco very frequently. To her he was tho ono human being in the world utterly worth while, nnd It Is nnt urul for women to discuss, fre quently nnd ut great length, the subject nenrest their hearts. Molrn ily Hii Mo Ira Described Bryce in Minute De. tall. described Uryce In minute detail nnrt related to her eager auditor little un conscious dally acts of kindness, thoughtfulness or humor performed by Uryce bis devotion to his father, lib. Idealistic attitude toward the Cardi gan employees his ability, his Indus try. And presently, little by little, Shirley's resentment ngalnst Win faded, and In her heart was bors n great wlstfulness bred of the hope thnt some dny sho would meet Uryce Caroi gun on the street and that he would pau'-e, lift his lint, smile nt her his compelling smllo nnd forthwith pro ceed to bully her Into being friendly nnd forgiving browbeat her Into ad mitting her change of heart and glory ing In It. To this remarkable state of mind had Shirley Sumner attained at the tlino John Cardigan, lending his last little trump In a vain liopo thnt It would enable him to tnke the odd trick In the huge game ho had played for fifty years, decided to sell his Valley of the GInnts. Shirley, as explained In n preceding chnpter, had been present tho night Jehn Cnrdlgnn, desperate nnd brought to bay nt Inst, had telephoned Penning ton nt the hitter's home, accepting Pen nlngton's last offer for tlio Valley of the Giants. Tho cruel triumph In tho Colonel's bnndsome fnco ns ho ci)rOy I rebuffed oiti Cnrdlgnn had In en too arn f parent for the girl to mistake; she 1 realized now that a crisis had come In J the nffnlrs of the Cardigans, nnd across I her vision there flashed ngnln the ( vision of Uryce Cnrdlgnn's hoinecom I lng of n tnll old man with his trem I bilug urms clasped around his boy, with grizzled cheek laid ngalnst his ' son's, as one who, seeking comfort , through bitter years, at length had found It. Presently another thought cntnp to Shirley. "I wonder!" she mused. "He's proud. Perhaps tlio realization tbnt j lie will soon be penniless nnd shorn of his high estate hns mndo him chary of acquiring new friends In his old cir cle. Perhnps If he were sccuro In hfs business affairs Ah, yes! Poor boyl Ho was desperate for fifty thousand dollars!" Her heart swelled. "Oh, Uryce, Hryco," she murmured, "I think I'm beginning to understand some of your fury thnt dny In tlio woods. It's I nil n grent mystery, hut I'm sure you didn't Intend to bo so so terrible. Oh, my denr, If wo had only continued to be tho good friends we started out to be, perhaps you'd let mo help you now. For whnt good Is money If ono ennnot help one's denr friends In distress? Still, I know you wouldn't lot me help you, for men of your stamp cannot borrow from n wumnn, no matter how desperate their need. And yot yon only need n paltry fifty thousand dol lnrs I" Shirley carried to bed with her that night the woes of tho Cardigans, and In the morning she telephoned Molrn McTnvlsh und Invltod the latter to lunch with her at home that noon. When Molrn came, Shirley saw that she had been weeping. "My poor Molrn !'r bIio said, putting her nrms around her visitor. "Whnt has hnppenod to distress you? There, there, denr! Tell me nil nbout it" Molrn laid her head on Shlrlay's shoulder nnd sobbed for several min utes. Then, "It's Mr. Uryce," she walled. "Ho's so unhappy. Some thing's happened; they're going to sell Cnrdlgnn's redwoods; nnd they don't want to. Just beforo I left the office, Mr. Hryco came in and stood a moment looking at mo so tragi cally I 1 nsked him what had hap pened. Then ho patted my cheek oh, 1 know I'm Just ono of his responsi bilities nnd said, 'Poor Molrn! Never any luckl' nnd went Into his privnte ofllco. I waited a little, nnd then I went In, too; nnd oh, Miss Sumner, ho had his bend down on his desk, and when I touched his bend, he reached up and took my hnnd nnd held It nnd lnld his cheek ngnlnst It n little while nnd oh. his cheek wns wet. It's cruel of God to make him un happy. He's good too good. Ar-d j oh, I love htm so. Miss Shirley, I love ' him bo and he'll never, never know i I'm Just ono of his responsibilities ' you know; nnd I shouldn't presume But jtobody hns ever been kind t , me but Mr. Uryce nnd you. Arl I enn't help loving people who nro klm ' nnd gentle- to nobodies." j Molrn's story her confession o love, so tragic because so hopeless stirred Shirley deeply. She seatei1 1 herself In front of Molrn nnd cupped i her chin In her palm. ' "Of course, dear," she snld. "you couldn't possibly see anybody you loved suffer so nnd not feel drendfnlly about It. And when n man like Uryce Cardigan Is struck down, 'he's apt' to present rather n tragic nnd helple , figure. He wnnted sympnthy. Moirs woman's sympnthy,'' and It wns denr of you to give It to him." "I'd gladly die for him," Molra nn swered simply. "Oh, Miss ' Shirley you don't know hlni the wny we who work for him do. If you did, you'd love him, too. You couldn't help It,, Miss Shirley." "Tell me nbout his trouble. Molra." "I think It's money. He's been ter-' rlbly worried for n long time, and I'm' afraid things aren't going right wtth the business. Tt hurts them tcrrlMy to have to sell the Valley of rhe' Giants, but they have to; Colonel Ptn-, . nlngton Is the only ono who would1 I consider buying It; they don't want! him to have It and still they have to sell to him. Mr. nryco .says hie father hns lost his courage at last; 1 and oh, denr. things nre In such n ' mess. Mr. Uryce stnrtod to tell me all about It and then he stopjod sud denly nnd wouldn't sny nnother word." Shirley smiled. She thought she understood the renson for thnt How i ever, she did not pause to speculate t on It, since the crying need of the present was the distribution of a ray. i of sunshine to broken-hearted Molrn. "Silly." she ehlded. "how nmllessly you nre trriolngi You sny my uncle hns declined to buy the Vnlley of the I Gli.nts?" i Molrn nodded. "My uncle doesn't know whnt Iio'n , talking about, Molra. I'M sec that he does buy It. What price are the Cardi gans ns-klng for It now?" "Well, Colonel Pennington has of fered them n hundred thousand dol-, hirs for It time nnd ngnln, but hist, , night bo withdrew that offer. Then , they uniiied u price of fifty thousnntl, ( nnd ho said ho didn't want It at nil." "He needs It, und It's worth every , rent of n hundred thousand to him, i , Molra. Don't worry, dear. He'll buy! It, hecuusu I'll mako him, and he'll buy It Immediately; only you must promise mo not to mention n single word of what I'm telling you to Uryce i Cardigan, or In fnct, to nnybody. Do i you promise?" I I Molrn seized Shirley's hnnd nnd J , kissed It Impulsively. "Very well,' I then," Skirley continued. "Thnt mat-' ter Is .adjusted, nnd now wo'll all bo happy. Cheer up, denr, and remem ber that some time this nfternoon ' you'ro going to seo Mr. Hryco smile i again, nnd perhnps there won't bo so much of a cloud over nis some un ' time." When Molra returned to the ofllca of tlio Cnrdlgnn Redwood Lumber i company, Shirley rang for her maid. "Bring me my motorcnat and hat, Thelmn," she ordered, "and telephone. , i for tho limousine." She scntcd heiV j self before tho mirror nt her dressing- ' tnblo nnd dusted her adorable noso j with n powder-puff. "Mr. Smarty Cardigan," she murmured hnpplly, "you walked rough-shod over my pride, didn't you? Plnced mo under an obligation I could never hope to meet and then Ignored me didn't you? Very well, old boy. We nil hnvo our innings sooner or later, you know, and I'm going to mako n substantial pny raent on flint huge obligation ns sure as my tintnu Is Shirley Sumner. Then, some dny when tho sun Is shining for you ngnln, jou'U come to mo and bo very, very humble. You're entirely too Independent, Mr. Cardigan, but, oli, my denr, I do hope you will not need so much money. I'll be put to my wit's end to get It to you without letting you know, becnuso If your af fairs go to smash, you'll bo perfectly Intolerable." Sho paused suddenly. "No, I'll not do that, either," she soliloquized. "I'll keep It myself for nn Investment I'll show Uncle Soth I'm a business wom an, rtfter all. He has had his fair, chance at tho Valley of tlio Giants," after wnlting yenrs for It, and now ho has deliberately sacrificed that chance to be menn and vindictive. I'll buy the vnlley but keep my identity secret from everybody; then, when Undo Soth finds a stranger in possession, ho'll hnvo n lit, nnd perhaps, before' ho recovers, he'll sell mo all hla Squaw creek timber only he'll neven know I'm tho buyer. Shirley, my dear, I'm pleased with you. Really, I never knew until now why men could bo so devoted to business. Won't It bo Jolly to stop In between Uncle Seth and nryco Cardigan, hold up my hand like a policeman, and say: 'Stop It, boys. No righting, If you plenso. And If nnybody wants to know who's boss around here, start something.' " When her tihclo came homo thnt night, Shirley observed thnt ho was preoccupied and disinclined to con versation (Continued next week.) 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