Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-05-02
AS THE TREE. FALLS.

,rrh ma have spent the leisure hours |
s,co saturday night in rioiousliving.
For once Franks appetite failed
him The work OK bccfstoali and do
icctablo fapiack were not TO his Tx.
Inc His muscular neighbor noticed
h and said. Better eat yumpn' or
y,nU never stand Il till noon'
frank felt grateful for the consider
alton. but did not act upon the ad.
yico; whcrcupon his friend Piled
him with tho coifcopot saying,
UTIgrc then. drinl, some o this TO
scald out yer coppers.' But no; The
Mains Of a racking headache and dis-
arlercd stomach were not 70 be
s1othed by cafe noiI very much
noir and many times warmed up 80
Frnnl, got up and went out
He seated himself ON the bench IN
,rppt Of the cookhuusc TO wait for
,hc others. Thcmorniug air was re-
frcshing and 1t enabled him to think
cohcrcntly Of the recent woeiul oc-
cufrncc.
n, remembered IL all now the
white fruntcd saloon at the forks IN
the road; the dingy, foul smelling
horroom: tho cheap mirror and FIX.
,nrrs and the audacious pictures on
tbo walls. the carl Uttered floor and
N, rocking spittoous; the click of
thc pokcrchips and thequaint origin
olity of some OF the bllsphcmy.
Tbcn the game How hc did win
at the beginning, and how tho ON
lockers caned their nccks to see
how he discarded; and when he
event hiswholcpilc' ON three jacks,
and some one behind remarked,
IN a low tone, "ilcs blooded, you
bet yor!" how feeling Of confidence
cr.ut over him. There's % home
stake TO bowon right here and now,
lo had auii To himself But the
fatcs willod Il otherwise, for Lucky
Bob called" him, and tho show
down" displayed three queens from
the hand Of the latter which ended
the game for Frank. Blu, they iilled
him mp with "iortyrod' by way Of
consolation, and lac struck out for
camp by the light Of the moon.
The iuilruad track. he remembered
thinking, must surely be- narrowcr
than standard gauge and the ties nm.
necessarily clo-r together, and thcro
wussomcthing wrong with the moon.
for she hid herself behind u cloud
until he reached the high trc8tle
whom suddenly she unveiled her
peerless light, that, glittciing in tho
creek below, startled and pcrplcNcd
him. Ilc had at him down 90 con.
slider all these matters, and there
they had found him sOlilUqui2iug,
with many gestures and an occasion
al npostrophc 10 the inconstant
moon. lie remembered their help
ing him homo and putting him Ia bed
--alas! to b. aroused in too short a
timo by tho footing Of the RELENTLESS
horn
The retrospect censcd ~ the crew
filed out from breakfast. The fore
man stood by the door, and with
that strangely rctcntivc memory
which many unlctiorud people pos
Boss mentally registered each who
Tout 10 work. Among the first
was old Josh, tho filler, who tool
his position behind hi- bench, and
with arms folded and ma;utinnl pip,
alight waited for the sun 10 climb d
little before beginning his daily tasl
Of pointing teeth and swodging rdk
eis.
The crew, apart from the choppers
and pcelcrs, was divided into two
gangs. Each gang had its compile
ment of sawyciS, chain tenders ant
swampers, and each had donkey
engine 10 haul the logs from theii
beds, whore the sawycr5 left them
into the shaking roads, The team
took charge Of them from there on
hauling from the two engines alter
natcly. Farther back in the fores
the choppers and pcclcrs worked col
lcctively for the two outfits
For one Of these outfits Fpnl
sawed chunks. A chmlHawyershil
is by no means an exalted position
in 1.-THE wood butcher brotherhood
still, 1t often serves rs n stoppinl
stone for something better. The du
ties arc to cut into movable dimen
sions any windfnlls or worthless tire
tops that may lie in the way Of tn
roadmakcrs, and to remove tn
lighter obstructing debris by hand
lie needed u ghNrpcned saw. Jos
must DO interviewed. With n Ion
drawn sigh, he arose and, wall,in
YEARLY across the track to wher
the bench stood, made known hi
wants.
"Iow's the country where your
worl,in nowi' asked the old man.
steep was the brief reply.
Here's what You want, then,
handing down the implement frol
It's resting place against u hug
stump n stilIbaclSed saw for sd,
ling country
Just then the "boss' came an
said; "Guess You won't need thu
today. Big Johns partners in town
sick, or drunk, on sumthin, an you
better go nm work IN his place
No further instructions were nee,
ed, The opportunity had como {
last To fell Il redwood had bee
Franks aim over since he hired on
Dropping the "stiffhackn unCcr
mpuipu4lr mud f,t#,rftiYy all Il