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SYNOPSIS.
CHAPTER I—Silptz of Jliaily’s lnrrher
‘'••Itiin watches a stranger imshoidh |,j.
lmr-sc in climbing the ridge and diner
him to the '"imp.
fHAi'TKR It—Walter Pandry introdoee
I I use 11’ to John !'ally turfman is h
ldllingworth Humber Co., or most of it. '
CHAPTER III—Pandry makes acquaint
ati'K w.th tlie camp and the work In- ha
II uc from the East to superintend and
make successful.
•
CHAPTER IV Sandry wisely decides tr
leave immediate supervision in ihe hands
of Dnlh and writes lo his father that
hi intends to get a handful of the v.iallh
in the uncut tirnb' r of the region.
CHAPTER V -Sundry nives Siletz per
mission to ride Black Bolt, ins saddle
horse.
CHAPTER VI—Sundry In art emergency
finds himself no lumberman, but proves
to the foreman that he does not la. 1;
Judgment, fciletz idle Sundry of t n- '
Preacher.
t It A n ER VTT Snndry discovers that
Pih iz hears the sign of the Sik-lz tribe
el Indians and wonders what her sur
name is. In tile flush of a tender moment
i." ealls her "the Night Wind in the
I mi s’ and kisses le-r.
CHAPTER VIII—Poppy Ordwtiv. a. mag- ■
fifin' writer from New York, comes to
1 tally’s to get material for a romance of
the lumber region Hampden of the Yel
low Pines Co. wants Sundry to k«-< p off i
tract of slttmpnge he claims title to and
It'lt^fy l*1" *le *'as bought as the East
CHAPTER tX—Hampden sets up a
eaten on the East Belt and warns tres
passers otT. Pandry ran find no written
«\!diiec :.f title to the trio t. IPs non
pull down the cabin. Sundry compares
Siletz and Poppy.
CHAPTER X" Pandry’s and Hampden's
ne n tight over the disputed tract. The
Preacher stops the tj; : y
CHAPTER XT—Pandry finds that tlie
no'd to the Ifust Bolt has te vor been re
t'ofdi d; He ih id. > to got out his con
tract first and fight for the stumpage aft
, erw aid.
CHAPTER XTI— Poppy scents trickery
An»l flirts with Hampden to wain his con
fidence. She tells Sundry that lh-mp<i'-n
is crooked and that siie'll get him.
CHAPTER XTIT - poppy goes to Syi ’em
in srftti h or « *viden< o against Iinrrfpd* n.
Sundry and HiI**!K ride to the -ashore
end Siletz s* > s toe or* an for the first
ti«ne. Sundry's men desert him for Hamp
den. who has offered more money.
CHAPTKIt XIV -Stlfttz pot's to hor
fi lends 111e Slwashes and persuades them
work for Sundry to save his contract.
CHAPTER XV Poppy tells Sundry that
she has proof of Ha npden’a filing Wgua \
entries In collusion with the commission- :
<r She m.<>s SI let z and Sundry talking
together and becomes jealous.
CHAPTER XYT The big timber raft 1s
started on its way. hut is Mown up and
Sundry is dangerously Injured.
CITAPTKR XVTI--Poppv in ': h- ort tak
ing » ;ir** of Sundry and - she is 3,is
promised wife. "No,” rt si'etz, "he
kk-sed me and f am his vvuman."
CHAPTER XVITT—In F-rndrV* d lir'um
he gives Poppv a clue to hi* past. |
recovering Haily tells him of the su ••
cessf d tilling of his eon? tact and he sav* :
that he is ' otng after Hampden himself
and "g>*t him straight."
CHAPTER XIX M i T>,ilv chows Pan
dry Poppy's not* s of his delirious t .Ik.
Pojipy play* with Hampden and as1
Sundry when he will h t her u®e her in
lormalion to stop the crooked da Png
lie refuses her aid and she tells him she
is going East for a while.
CHAPTER XX —Back East Poppy find*
that Sundry hMd up an ns^oc.ii'e of a
crooked partner of 1 is fatln r for the
price of the DUHngworth Lumber Co., the
associate dying the same night.
CHAPTER X X T - Popp v crocs bn ok to
Hally's and hints to Sundry that she
knows his secret.
CH VETER XXTI Sundry Is called Kant
bv Ids father’* sickness and is with him
when lie dies.
CHAPTER XXIII Sundry sends money
to Musseldorn. in a letter Which Poppy
f- a! • an«l epie* h tz n tarn st«
that and other papers from Poppy.
CHAPTER XXIV To prevent Sundry
fr< ni • * aiding East f"i a lawyer to Ih.-hr
lf.tinpdnn. Poppy engages a lawv«r who
betrays her to the eommissionor and
Uamtd'-n. In the fup>ii*r of a man be
trayed hv the woman he lover Hampden
d'i Ides to “make a light that will be iv
member* d all along the ro u t." «
He li.id a moment's vague wonder at
this odd stripe of humanity that could
hold such prejudice, light with Hemp
hen's nmn in savage enmity, to join
their ranks later with happy irreapon
Si hi lily at the call of gold, ami \va
still willing to turn back to tight with
him on d, ;ith s brink. he him
ia turned their tai.iit of Hast and
One by one, in silence in a tension
that drew the skin tight on their ftu hs
they saw the last remaining monarch
fall, tin* kindling saplings laid on
fa ih, the trench, mncii narrower ami '
shallower, creep upward to the ridge, j
Atrnin'.t tine, against heat that I
sonr.-hod tin ir bar arms and tortured !
tlo ir starling eyeballs, r< -'ainst a, sti !
fling at! .osr-li tc that drove them j
i itror and ;urcr to the earth fot ,
trwtb. they drew the 1 -it blade. seal
th ■ last big pine crashing toward tin
i. rth.
id *! ridge was clear in the in Teas
ing glow.
“Now!" cried Pandry with the tr;
n- :t(h r.f a general on a victorious
fi-ld, “now 'for the ridge and aver!"
But even as lie dropped his saw and
ran, calling hi.; men. f’-ilc.s' big voice
came through the rolling ku.okc with
the calm ot finality.
"Ain't no ‘over, it's a ninety foot
drop on to hard rock beyond that
ridge."
yap dry steppe In Ilfs' Bucks, his
h; ad cleared as ii with a whiff of salt
air by that call.
M v a . i ir-wor La
'Then wo It take to the Bast lieu.*
ie cried •'even though it is a crcwn
■re and c -ming fast, i think >ur trench
vill ne: J it.
With nil c-nfid-iice he turned to the
uuth. It.simctivejy the rr n had
irawr. in behind him. The neck of the
ist Beit was a wavering wall of
lame, lie whirled and glanced hack
leng the all arid the trench. Long
■streamers -A flame were licking act .ss
t. 1 tie nalMoi/ked-for had happened
The .little bunch of fighters wen
aeirnietl in, ringed around uy tire
f*1 3th faced f 1;•• im on <■ ery side.
Thi n, afs the owner sent a searching
ook to every quarter, he sprang for
.vend.
‘‘•here!’’ he cried, “here! Into it!
Bvery man ot you. In, 1 say!”
At the < i < Kt of the sh< i rldgf an
rdd, abandoned tunnel gaped in th>
gloom, a dim haien of refuge its
hotttil was o\. rliung hy vines, its re
•ess mysterious in the blackness. San
ry spraag to Its edge and turned men
h r the men to pass. They st:>c<l a
si. all, silent bunch, gazing in woidiess
consternation at the red canopy.
’■>•< ■’*’ haw in hell did it gut across
he lair.'" said Collins hoarsely.
But one by one they stooped and
‘hter< d ill*; sn.all black hole in tb*.
arth. It ran backward into the ridge
:caree tiie height cl a tall man. us
'i • r uneven with the heaps ot earth
'i i Irma the roof since some long
or ,i,l ten prospector had car-, eel it
ut.
•'•"re for i moment they breathed
ere eat ly, sit;. ling close together,
i si1 v:>ti\ •, p^ntii g, waiting .muss <>i
bur . ■ ity. Sa' lry stood at the mouth,
the last fa i i,tor. He 1- ofcvd out in
hushed ar.iaze at the unchained mad
; ■’ of the burning world. The* gre at
fire had reached its zenith. It came
aing and rearing to the fall and
the tn :aeh. Its sound was indescrib
able. The heat ,'rov until the flesh on
Sundry s art s and face rose in hint
t> rs. A shoot of Hum i shot sheer
across the tunnel's mouth. Smoke
rolled into it and here ana there a
.gasping breath ended in a moan
fhere was no air to breathe. Like
trapped acintnlp the men jumped here
and there, leading for an opening, a
cr vice to crawl fnt.. away from the
: ny of h. at ni <1 suffocation. And
tin it they lost centre! of them setv< s.
"'ly (;. i" cried Murphy shrilly, “!
cart ,1 Mid ut! I t me out an I'll
die an' jm t ut orcr!”
He ca e groping to the entrance
facing the increasing heat. His face
a madman's, fcis i it h open, his
t.n-. rs crooked like talons. Hut at tip
mouth, ih it v as as the rate of he'd, lie
met the Ea-t-rrer. a straight figure
a; • Hi,: t the lit M beyond.
"No," said i tn dry sternly, “go back
and lii down.” *
‘'Whet?" ho shrieked, “what? You
Kent! ed J-ifMinv! You tenderfoot'
I'll—” And lie Hung hinself forward
A smooth, black muzzle (".true forth and
pushed its brazen menace into kit
face.
"I'll sh< ;>t the first man that at
tempts to pas3 tue, ' said Sundry
hoarsely.
liuvm;; am cursuig. no nacKeu away
More than one of the fourteen
begged to be allowed to pass, and one
of the lumberjacks from Sacrament*,
muttered deliriously of calling hi"
bluff. Hut the awful moments dragged
ly and Sundry stood at the entrance.
Tin- flames passed ail measurement ot
light and ht at. lie lost sight of the
ligurcs at his feet lie felt himself go
iag out in the darkness.
“S'lctz,” he mattered, "little S'letz—'
\\ lx 11 he came to lurn i If again, mer
wore crawling across him. He couh
broathe better and the light had I os
x-d. I e sat up. voi: i: ; at the n.ov
ins of ilia scorched shin over the
•muscles underneath, crawled out wit:
the rest and one by one they rose t:
their feet. The great timber of tVx
East I'elt farther down stood geirlru
a'ud gn cn. 1 he effort had net been !•
tain. The holocaust was checked, the
Dolt was safe,
l ack t<nv;l, d the north stretched a
forest of tall, black spikes, picked out
h r • and tin re by heavy spots ot fin
where fallen iocs dry and pitch I ulon
burned steadily. The green canopy
was gone every vine and bit of brush
every sc cling and fern. Only a thir
edge still crackled and snapped with
streamers of Maine along the trench.
' .Vr. Sandry,” said Harris, the saw
filer, "if you’re an Easterner I hope to
God the breed tills up the country!'
Ho extended a hand winch Sandry
grn .pod.
"An1 me,” said Murphy, Ins grimt
features distorted In an expression o!
mil. led gi%fitvtfle and contrition. "I
take it all hack—every damn word I
ever said against you, an it's a long
list.”
"Forget it,” raid Sundry. He was no
longer Johnny Eastern, lie had won
his right to live and fight among them.
' Is it ever, Collins?'1 he asked,
si: allying his voice.
"(Ur? Lock y or dir. Fori Hi' wind.
m a, -.in. Th' tire's back
. in liner
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THAT GRADUATED LAND TAX,
SHOULD CONGRESS DO THIS?
You have heard a certain candidate for Congress tell how
he vvci ’• levy a federal graduated tax on lands. Mr. G. W.
' I<_jW.!, a prominent farmer and highly respected citizen of
i lempstead County, living on a rural route near Hope, Arkansas,
wrote the Ways & Means Committee about this proposition
o which Mr. Claude Kitchin, the Chairman of the Committee,
e ’ed. Read both letters. Mr. McDowell’s letter is on file in
the Committee Rooms in Washington, D. C., and the original
cply of Mr. Kitcliin’s is in the hands of Mr. McDowell.
TUI: QUESTION.
Hope, A:kan as, Mar. 4, 1910.
Ways and Means Committee,
House of Representatives,
Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:
I am a farmer anil I don’t claim to
he an expert on raising money to run
die Government, hut 1 see the papers
re full ot talk about different ways
of getting money to pay the running
expenses and that your Committee will,
late to draw laws to ra • this money.
It always seemed to me that we poor
folks pay too much taxes and the rich
•oiks do not pay enough, and if 1 was
making laws I wou'd change this si
the rich who can afford to pay taxes
would have to pay th ir share. rii."
Income tax is a good wav to raise
money but 1 don't think the rates are
high enough. 1 have read that ( em
press might raise the rates and 1 hope
they will.
The people who are getting rich mak
ing guns and shells for the countries
at war and trying to get us into it
might to have a tax put on their good ;
for the 1 tm mt. I_
have heard it discussed here about
putting a hederal fax on lands and
ome ray this can be d mo while other,
say it can’t he done. 1 would like to
know it this could he done. I here are
lots of people and corporations in this
part of Arkansas who own a great deal
of land which they do not put to any
good use, simply hold it for speculation,
and it h.as been said d’.at if Congress |
would put a graduated tax on this land |
so that if a T-'-’n ov.-vd one hundsnd
acres of la: that he was not working j
himse’f, his O'wou’d he so much •
per acre, and if ha owned two hundred !
acres it would he taxed at a higher ra'e
and so on unt’l if he owned thousands ;
of acres the tax would he equal to the
value of the land a”'! some think this
would be a good thing because they
would sill the land and renters could
then buy homes. 1 would like to know
if this could he done hv Congress.
Very truly yours,
(Signed) gn \v. McDowell.
THE ANSWER.
Washington, D C., March 8, 1916.
. Mr. G. W. McDowell,
Hope, Arkansas.
My dear Sir:
^ our letter of March 4th, addressed
to tlie \\ ays and Means Committee of
the House of Representatives, has been
received. In reply I beg to say that I
agree with you that the Income Tax
should he increased, and there should
also be levied a tax upon munitions of
war. 1 believe this is the sentiment of
the Ways & Means Committee, especial
!y of the Democratic Members of the
Ways and Means Committee. »
1 note that you state that it has been
uggested by some in your State that
there should be a bederal graduated tax
oil land. W ith such suggestion, I do
not agree; in fact, 1 am confident that
not a Member of the Ways’and Means
tjommittce, either Democrat or Re
publican, would support such a pro; isi
lion, nor do ! thick there is a Mem
bet in ( ongress who would support
it. t ■ tigress, from the beginning of
, the Government, never undertook t.>
tax lands. This is one of the lutida
: mental rights of the State, and proper
ly is left cittiri !y with the States.
> I have received hundreds of letters with
[respect to methods ot raising taxation
for the bederal Covernmem. but your
; letter is tli ■ first suggcatluii I have
had to levy a Federal tax' < n lands. *
With assurances of my kind regards,
I beg to retrain,
Sincerely yours,
(Signed) Cl.AUDF lx ITCH IX.
The above should settle this question so far as the power
of Congress is concerned. As a Democrat end a Siates’-rights
Democrat I believe that whatever tax is levied and collected on |
lands, graduated, or otherwise, should go to the support of the
public schools: the State’s charitable institutions, such as the
Blind School, Deaf Mute Institute, State Hospital for Nervous
Diseases, Old Soldier’s Home; the construction and maintenance
of good roads, and for other local and state purposes.
W. S. GOODWIN.
KARLL1 W. HOUCKS
I he state will be on a cash basis at the
close of the present administration and state
warrants are worth 98 cents on the dollar to
day. Our annual income from all sources is a
million and a half dollars and if you will elect
me governor, 1 will hold appropriations down
to our income, and keep the state on a cash
basis without increasing taxation for any purpose.
1 was born and raised in this state. My
wife is an Arkansas girl; my boy is a native
product. What little I am I owe it to the people
of Arkansas, and if 1 am elected your gov
ernor I shall do my best to show my apprecia
tion of so great an honor.
We have the race won by a large major
ity, and I call upon my many loyal friends in
the towns, in the hills and in the valleys of
this state to go to the polls early on election
day, to vote and work forme until all the votes
are counted.
The Stamp of Approval
Again thanking my friends for their loy
alty and kindness, I am,
Yours truly,
Earle W. Hodges
* Candidate for Governor