The Crittenden press., 1920-08-20

WINK, UnPlnl' ItnHeflN nuTlUfeu llttle
Bryce Cardigan must put his turkey
o his back and go into the woods
looking for Job as n lumberjack.
Busted. ch' Did or did not hear
| the six O'Clock whistle blow at the
millf Bet yOn n dollar | did"
"oh, ! have title to everything
yet"
How ! d0 have to dig for good
news Then II appears We still have
a business; indeed we may always
have u business, for the very fact that
II Is going hu' not quite gone implies
II doubt ns 10 It's ultimate departure,
and perhaps We may yet scheme n
way to retain II. II we can save
enough out Of the wreck TO insure
! u your customary home comforts,
shnnt cry, partner. have a profes-
sion 10 fall back on. Yes, Stree.
own II shcep-Skln. and II says I'm an
electrical and civil engineer"
"Whnt,"
u said II. An electrical and civil
engineer. Slipped one over ON YOU at
college, John Cardigan, when all the
time you thought was having good
time"
"Bu.bu but"
1T drives me wild to have man
sputter nt me. I'm an electrical and
ciNil engineer. | tell you, ana my two
years of travel have been spent study
ing the installation an. construction
o; hig plants abrond.'
My dear boy! And you've got
| your dcgrcci'
Partner, | have n string OF letters
uflrr my name ike the tail OF a
| comet"
"NOu comfort me-" the old man
answered Simply. Il have rcproncheh
myself with the thought that reared
you with the sole thought of makins
u lumbermnn out OF you-and when
saw your lumber business slipping
through my fingers"
You were sorry didn't have a
profession To fall back on, eh? or
were you fearful lest you had raised
the usun rich mans SOM II the
latter you did not compliment me. pal
I've never forgotten how hard you al
ways strove 10 impress me with q
sense OF the exact weight of IN,
responsibility as your successor"
"llow big are you Dowf" his Ia, he,
Queried suddenly.
well. sir" Bryce answered. for hi,
fathers pleasure putting aside hi,
normal modesty, I'm six feet tw,
Inches tall. ard ] weigh two hundre,
pounds In the pink Of condition.
have u .eight.inch chest, with hv,
aud u half Inches chest-eNpanSIon. an,
reach as long as II gorilla's. NJ,
undcrpinnlng is good. too: I'm not ON,
of these fellows with spidery legs an,
n harrcl-chest. can do huudre,
yards In ten seconds; lin no sloucl
of swimmer; and at Princeton the,
say | made football history"
That Is very encouraging, my boy
very. Ever do any boXingf'
quite n little. I'm fairly up In tn
manly art Of self defense"
The old man waggcd his head AZ
provingly, and they had reached IN
gate Of the Cardigan home before h
spoke again. There's II big bucl
woods boss up IN "ennlngton'S camp.
he remarked lrTeleyantly. Hes
French Canadian imported from north
crn Michigan hy Colonel Pennington
| dare say he's the only man In thl
country who measures NJ 10 you phys
lcnlly. lie can fight with his fist
and wrrstlc quite clevcrly I'm told
His name Is Jules Rondcnu. and he
top dog among the lumberiacks. The
say he's the strongest man In tn
county" lie unlatched the gnt,
Folks used 10 say that about m
once" he continued wistfully. "Ah
II could have my eyes TO see 20,
NEE, jules Rondcau"
The front portal OF the quaint oil
Cardigan residence opened, and
silvcr.hnired lady came out on IN
porch md hailed Bryce. She wa
Mrs. Tully. John Cardigan's old house
keeper, and almost u mother To Bryc,
"oh. here's my hoy" she cried. an
n moment later found herself encircle
by Bryce's arms and saluted with
hearty kiss.
As he stepped into the familiar on
tnncehnll, Bryce paused. raised hi
head and shifted suspiCiouSly, like
hlrddog. Mrs. Tully, arms nklmhc
watched him pl, ,Lsurnhly. ~ smeI
something" he declared. aud advance
step down the hall for another snirl
then, In exact imitation NJ foNhount
he gave tongue and started for IN
kitchen. Mrs Tully, waddllng after
found him pointing" two hot black
berry pies which had few minute
previously been taken from the over
lie wns hnylng luguhrlously.
I'm stlll n ple.hound Mrs. Tull,
aud you're Still the same dear, thought
ful soul How many did you makcf ?
Two
"May have one all for myself, Mr.,
Tullyp"
Indeed YOU may. my dear"
THANK you, hut do not want
for myself. Mrs Tully, win you pleas
wrap one of those wonderful pies Il
napkin and the instant George Sc
otter comes In with the car. tell hil
to take the pie over to Colonel Penn
inrton's house and deliver II to Mis-
Summer There's girl who doubtlcs
thinks she has tasted pie In her da,
and wnnt 10 prove to her that sh
hasn't" lie selected n card from hi
car'lcase. sat down and wrote.