Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1908-11-20
Through the Heart
of Davy Crockett
BY FRANK WAITE


se'mee focused as II with a hue
rnelass. npon that particular sDs
n he eafths surface Under n
t1eat she'd where the iothfop Arm
sfrong Lumber compate eaoh IA
eHNed up q Thousand logs The roaflns
Kissing boiicfs che pounding eneit @.
Nrn the screaming saws made a 90;
isf Inferno 90 eaFih fiye hundrei
neEofs ~ white canvas breaches $40
faff bfoeans worked Ike haitllps
siahis whlie ihe cooling streams d
fltsilan nlck'ed down their biuar
nfllrs hare 10 Sc waist
AZ che end 81 tie shed Two men
~ffalnfd ai leefr, aud q monster pc
eanlae Slipped down upon lhe saw
efffiaee ihai "a, waiting The fore
man shook his head
fhais bis one hc shouted "a the
~ of Georse Lafhrqp. senior Ia the
firm
Yes said ioiHon somehov I
don't IKE % sre Chat ios cgl stood
~ ~ wears 90 DE old place i've
eaten maaY aaflnl 81 nuts from a..
sc bofs named q Davy Crockett. he
sd'ied reninlscenliy Yes that's
1afN Crockett Saw Ia good eondi
fione
rNeW one on this alley" The fore
nAn answered.
lofhrop walked over and watched
he great disk az il lay ldly whiriing
Ia ls hearings. whining and growing
iike beast 81 prey before tearing into
'he tstals 81 iis Victims he listened
70 The sharp click and snap Of The bel,
On as hurried ionrnesings 20 the Saw
snd back aeaIn 20 tho big drive wheel
IN mohoionons repetition
Iicnealh The saw searns Was deep !
hotlike dHstpii into witch The tlny
sellaw Gatos of wood showered aud
ieli ai each side Of the flashing Steel
plate. IKE snDw.dfifie asaasi the win (
iowpane bent old ulan with
Ions handled scoop raked together The I
iipifS substance and painfully lified IL
ever his bend on Ia the pile behind
bin The top 81 The heap crumblcd
sNay end Slipped back around the
mans feet aud close np ta she saw
fho man ihrnei his scoop into The dust
leo ncaf the saa ard leaning on its
handle looked up
With = QHlck sharp snarl the saws
hunef, teeth ripped through the steel
covered part ~ the handle and The
man fen % bis knees i.oihrop saw
the dansef aud qnichit the shrill sis,
na. 90 gear came floa his lips The
pa man climbed ont weak aud ircm
bling and ihe lnisrnal roar hogan
again
Whats ihe reason sou don't cart
'hai dasi away from ghercg l.othmp
hputsd 90 hlm
liayent had time sig@ Quayered
ne fpcked voice
You haven't had illnr Then you
.sas out ~ put somebody at e who
jas more time
2 wlsh you wouid SIR the old man
aid as he walked away The boy IS h
lex TODAY and I've been doing what 1
could when the machine wasn't 5
.usl
oh. yoerc on ihe planning ma.
hfue are GOT didn't know that; n
bee tont pardon didnt under. b
sand said l.oihfpp ashamed Of his /,
asfy words Go back to the plan <
ar il shovel awhile myself II
inihfop stepped oni upon heavy
laa thai las suspended over one cor s,
eg 81 The pit ami sto1d there while "a
ho sau passed THROUGH The last fos 10
nef of the great box The long waste n
lab torn lske flesh of ihe body from
ae trunk il had shielded IN the storms ~
{ two generations. went rumblinc a,
MA, 10 the slsh furnace and the
iriase seagrled back for another "trip
j the san
Leihsap turned 20 climb hy me lad ).
'f into fhe pii Suddenly the plank !,
Ial bore him nn siInpcd. turned and n
, Ten HnHFdefus waistdeep n tho !,
saelreaus n,ass below The siahl Of ~
II oid man'e daneof few minutes y,
fore wes siili noeh in I.nlhrons
iad ana BE- Remembered how impos
ole hst seemed 70 shape his
neae aHd ilps tea its vhstied slanal ~
had eiaeH iir Wondered ID he ~
uid make thar asaal now he tried ~
his heart seemed ia heat loHlei than d.
/, sound hs lHt sent forth ~ =.
usee iU sea1t bis Derives Then he
q lllIne sh1tee mass strike his .t.
81 Cautiously ilfms one foot 20 s.,
sliaee De- fed % regain ibc n,
a. er lata fee Pc BAD slipped daNr IA
lnsliue rhis med re- loosen III
; nhe'f niac6 isyes ~ abe pile '.,t
'e'y eleaiil IL Hesan slidins ~
Ha he N
De- fsfereH0a 81 lgaEce for the
Ok be haa 'osi fAca 'rii backward
af tafemos, As d. went toen DTS al
rs eastl oHs fas1ts elimpse ol ih.
; W. siyfooi SAW ana Dis heart ~
kensd Fer mnmfnt ie isy ger ~
gis SIN of a. Hfafls So as possible ~
hls whole frame sRaek n ntter ~.
fof 81 saat awaited hlu tlss ~
4 las ihise fee aesye BIS head n,
! The blood fashed 20 bis bfasn h. ~
ddqAns torrents TIE bard Nns ~.
les 81 wood hlsd bis ewes ana ~
and and sore one tender aesh az ~.