The Lehi sun. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1913-1949, 1920-10-21

III toW oi NNrulgpn tug.
ITS wonderful" sac said presently.
npropos of nothing.
aye" he replied In his deep. melo.
dious voice, "I've been sitting here, my
dear, listening to your thoughts. You
Know something. now, Of the tie that
binds my boy to Sequola. This"--he
waved his arm abroad In the dark
ness-"thiS Is the true essence of life
to create, TO develop the gifts that
God 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 I
am ready to rest" He smiled visit
fully. 1.-The king is dead. Long live
the king ] wonder II you. raised as
you have been, can face life in Sequoia
resoutely with my son. II Is duh.
drab SGwmlll town. where life unfolds
gradually without thrlll-where the
years stretch ahead OF one with only
trees. among simple folk. The life
may he hard on you. Shirley; one has
10 acquire taste for II, you know"
81 have known the MT of battle.
J0hn-partner." she answered "hence
! think ! can enjoy the sweets of vic
tory. I 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 long
trnin just I'm 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 Ogllvy.
where the latter stood in the door OF
he office.
big doings up on Little Laurel
creek this morning Buck"
"Do tell" Mr. ogilvy murmured
morosely.
at was great" Bryce continued.
"Old Duncan McTnvlsh returned. I
knew he would. His year on the
mourners bench expired yesterday,
and he came back to claim his old Job
OF woods boss"
Hes one year too late" Ogilvy de-
clared. II wouldn't let that big Cana
dian Jules Rondeau quit for 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 dollar and a half
a day and found. He's made too good
10 lose out now. don't care what his
private morals may he. 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 II, Buck" Bryce replied
dryly.
II haven't eh7 Wen. any time you
deny me the privilege Of hiring and
firing you're going 20 be out the serv-
Ice OF n rattllng good general mana
ger my son. Yes, sir! II you hold
me responsible for results I must Sc
lect the tools ! want to work with"
"Oh, very WELL" Bryce laughed.
"Have II your own way. Only II you
can drive Duncan McTavlsh out of
Cardlgan's woods I'd like to see you
do II. Possession Is nine points OF
the law. Buck-and Old Duncan is in
possession"
what do You mean-ln 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 APP
peared forty years old instead of the
sixty that he Is. With whoop he
came jumping over the logs. straight
for Jules Rondeuu The big Canuck
saw him coming and knew what his
visit portended-sO he wasn't taken
unnwares. II was a case of fight for
his iob-and Rondeau fought"
THE devil you say!"
81 dO-and there was the devil 10
pay. II was rough and tumble and
no grips barred-iust the kind Of
fight Rondeau likes. Nevertheless Old
Duncan noored him. While he's been
away somebody taught him the ham
mer lock and the crotch hold and
few more fancy ones and he got 10
work on Rondcau IN n hurry. In
fact he had 10, for II the tussle had
gone over FIVE minutes Rondeau's
youth would have decided the issue"
"And Rondeau was whlppedT'
"To whisper Mac foored him.
and choked him until he beat the
ground with his free hand in token Of
surrender; whereupon old Duncdn let
him up. and Rondeau went 10 his
shnnty and packed his turkey. The
last ! saw Of him he was headed over
the hill 10 Camp Two on Laguna
Grande. He'll probably chase that as.
sistant woods boss hired after the
consolidation out of Shlrley's woods
and help himself to the fellows job.
! don't care II 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
II, The old horsethlef has had his
lesson and will remain sober here
after ] think he's cured"
wrbp Infamous old mtlnw ="