Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1920-12-03

ITS wonderful" sac said presently,
apropos Of nothing.
Aye" he replied In his deep, rnelo-
dious voice, "Pve been sitting here. nv
dear listening to your thoughts. You
know something. now. of the tie ehat
binds my boy to SequoIa. ThiY"-he
waved his arm abroad in the dark
ness-"this Is the true essence of life
TO create, to develop the gifts that
Goo has given us-to work and know
the blessing OF weariness-to have
dreams and see them come true. That
is life. and / have lived. And now /
am ready TO rest" lie smiled visit
fully THE king is dead. Long live
the king I wonder If you. raised as
you have been. can face life in Sequoia
reSolutely with my son. 1t Is a dull,
drab sawmill town, where life unfolds
gradually without thrill-where the
years stretch ahead of one with only
trees. among simple folk. The life
may be hard on you. Shirley; one has
to acquire taste for II. you know"
81 have known the Tilt of battle.
John-partner." she answered; thence
think 1 can enjoy the sweets of vic
tory. / am content"
And what run you did give that
boy Brycei"
She laughed softly. IT wanted hims
to fight; had a 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 long
train just in from Cardigan's woods
in Township Nine, dropped from the
end of the log as the train crawled
through the mill yard on its way to
the log dump. He hailed Buck Ogilvy,
where the latter stood in the door of
the office.
"Big doings up on Little Laurel
| creek this morning, Buck"
"Do tell" Mr.. ogilvy murmured
morosely.
at was great" Bryce continued.
sold Duncan McTavish returned. I
knew he would. His year on the
mourner's bench expired yesterday.
and he came back to claim his old job
of woods boss"
He's one year too late" Ogilvy de-
clared. Il wouldn't let that big Cana
dian Jules RondeGu quit for a 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 at a dollar and half
e 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"
I'm afraid you haven't anything to
say about it, Buck" Bryce replied
dryly.
II haven't chr Well, any time you
deny me the privilege of hiring and
firing you're going TO be out the serv-
ice of rafting good general mana
ger my sGn. Yes. sirl If you hold
me responsible for results / must Sc
lect the tools / want to work with"
"Oh. very WELL" Bryce laughed.
"Have II your own way. Only If you
can drive Duncan McTavish ont of
Cardigan's woods I'd like to see Won
do It. Possession is nine points of
the law. Buck-and Old Duncan IS in
possession"
what do you mean--in possession?"
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 ap-
peared forty years old instead Of thu
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 case of fight for
his job--and Rondeau fought"
1.-The devil you sayI"
81 do-and there was the devil TO
pay. 1t was a 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 ham
mer lock and the crotch hold and a
few more fancy ones, and he got to
work on RoDdeau 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 a whisper. Mac foored 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 10 his
shanty and packed his turkey. The
last / saw Of him he was headed ever
the hin 10 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
dlgan's woods, and I'm mighty glad Of
It. The old horsethief has had his
lesson and win remain sober here
after I think he's cured"
"The infamous old outlaw"