Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-07-16

| think | can enjoy the sweets of vic
tory. am content"
"And what run you did give that
boy Bryce"
She laughed softly. 81 wanted him
to fight | had great curiosity to see
the stuff that was in him." she ex-
planned. ..
Next day Bryce Cardigan, riding the
| top log on the end truck of a long
train just in from Cordgan's woods
In Township Nine, dropped from the
end Of tile log as the train crawled
through the mill yard on its way to
the log dump. He hailed Buck Oglvy.
where the latter stood In the door of
the office.
"Big dolngs up on Little Laurel
creek this morning, Buck"
"Do tell Mr.. Ogllvy murmured
morosely.
ut was great Bryce continued.
"Old Duncan McTavlsh returned. l
knew he would. His year on the
mourner's bench expired yesterday,
and he came back to claim his old job
Of woods boss"
Hes one year too late" Ogllvy de-
clared. II wouldn't let that big Cana
dian Jules Rondeau quit for n farm.
Some woods boss. that-and his first
Job with this company was the dirtiest
you could hand him-smearing grease
on the skid road Mt dollar and half
n day and found. He's made too good
to lose out now. ! don't care what his
private morals may be. He can get
out the logs, hang his rascally hide,
and I'm for him"
"rm afraid you haven't anything to
say about it, Buck" Bryce replied
dryly.
81 haven't Ell? Well any time you
deny me the privilege of hiring and
firing you're going to be out the serv-
ice of n rafting good general mana
ger, my son. Yes. sir! If you hold
me responsible for results | must Sc
| lect the tools | want to work with"
"Oh, very well' Bryce laughed.
"Have 1t your own way. Only If you
can drive Duncan McTavish out Of
Cardigans woods I'd like to see you
do 1t. Possession is nine points of
the law. Buck-and Old Duncan Is In
possession"
what do you mean--in possessionF
81 mean that at ten o'clock this
morning Duncan McTavish appeared
at our log landing. The whisky fat
was all gone from him and he APP
peared forty years old instead of the
sixty that he is. With whoop he
came jumping over the logs, straight
for Jules Rondeau. The big Canuck
saw him coming and knew what his
visit portended-so he wasn't taken
unawares. 1t was a case of fight for
his iob-and Rondeau fought"
"The devil you say"
81 do-and there was the devil to
nay. 1t was rough and tumble and
no grips barred-just the kind of
fight Rondeau likes. Nevertheless Old
Duncan floored him. While he's been
away somebody taught him the haYl-
mer lock and the crotch hold and
few more fancy ones, and he got to
work on Rondeau In hurry. In
fact he had to- for If the tussle had
gone over five minutes ROndeau's
youth would have decided the issue"
"And Rondeau was whippedT
"To whisper. Mac floored him.
and choked him until he beat the
ground with his free hand in token of
surrender; whereupon old Duncan let
him up, and Rondeau went to his
shanty and packed his turkey. The
last ] saw of him he was headed over
the hill to Camp Two on Laguna
Grande. He'll probably chase that as
sistant woods boss | hired after the
consolidation out of Shirley's woods
and help himself to the fellows job.
don't care If he does, What interests
me Is the fact that the old Cardigan
woods boss Is back on the job in Car
digans woods, and I'm mighty glad of
it, The old horsethief has had his
lesson and will remain sober here
after. / think he's cured
"The Infamous old outlaw"
"Mac knows the San Hedrln as l
know my own pocket He'll be tower
of strength when we open up that
tract after the railroad builds In. BY
the way, has my dad been down this
mornlng?'
"Yes. MORA read the mail to him
and then took him up to the Valley of
the Giants. He said he wanted to do
little quiet figuring on that new
steam schooner you're thinking of
building. He thinks she ought to be
bigger-big enough to carry two mil
lion feet"
Bryce glanced Mt his watch. TITS
half after eleven" he said. Guess I'll
run up to the Giants and bring him
home to luncheon"
He stepped into the Napier standing
outside the Office and drove away,
Buck Ogilvy waited until Bryce was
out of sight; then with sudden deter
mination he entered the office
"Moira," he said abruptly, approach
ing the desk where she worked, "your
dad is back, and what's more, Bryce
Cardigan has let him have his old job
rs woods boss. And I'm here to an
nounce that you're not going back to
the woods to keep house for him. I'm
derstand? Now, look here, Mora. I've
shilly-shallied around you for months,
protesting my love, and haven't got
ten anywhere. Today I'm going to ask
you for the last time. VIII you marry
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