The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1920-09-09

Flburst OFT relemently. I'm chain
ITO MY dcgradation. dream
aiiss. anu they 'i /; never come true.
--oh. Mr.. Bryce Mr.. Bryce, I'm SO
lppy."
40 am L" ne retorted. I'VE all
|Ibur dose Of It. you know, and just
resent TN having an extra helping,
SENS. You're cursed with too
b Imagination MORA. sorry
hit your father. For all his sixty
vs., Mora. your eenfounded parent
still manIandIe any man on the
roll, and As fast as Dad put In a
woods-6oxs osd Mac drove him of
d job. He simply declines to be
and DADS wern out and too tired
A5ther about bis old woods-boss any
He's been waiting until should
: know. said MORA YEARLY. mo
wants to Be Cnrdigan's woods
and have to fight my father to
bis job. realize what nuts
he has become"
y zee chuckled. "Of course the mat
sinners down TO this: Dad is so
Of your father that he just hasn't
the moral courage to work him
land now that Job is up to me.
a, I'm NOT going to beat about the
with you. They tell me your
" Il q hopeless inebriate."
afn afraid be Is. Mr.. Bryce"
Nov long has he been drinking to
'sssYs
bout ten years. think. OF course,
-von1d always take a few drinks
the men around payday. but after
/ Ter died. he began taking his
r between pay-days. Then he
to going down TO Sequoia on
rt1ay nights and coming back on
Gnad-fraln. the maddest of the lot
ppose he Mas lonely. too. He
I get real bad, however. till
{ two years ago"
zen. We have to get logs to the
and we can't get them with old
Barleycorn for a woods-boss.
q. SO we're going to change
1ls-bosses. and the new woods-boss
not be driven or the job. because
going ID stay up here couple Of
Is and break him In myself. But
- % yolI manage to get money to
Re y0urse1f Sinclair tells me
needs every cent Of his two hun
and nifty dollars q month to enjoy
N|elf."
used % steal from him." the girl
ltted. Then 1 grew ashamed Of
= and for the past six months I've
y earning my own living. Mr.. Sin
was very kind. He gave me a
waiting 90 table In the camp din
room. You see. ! had to have
thing here. 4 couldn't leave my
Aer. He had 70 have somebody to
care q MN. Don't you see. Mr..
4 g
h ane1a'r q q 1axzy old TOOL Bryce
=. tired With einnhasis. "The idea Of
+ *oot's7l'o laughter Singing
4 e li1nloerjacks. Poor MORA /"
." t0ok o0e a. her hands In his.
= f1e ealiQ9s spots on the plump
y ne thick uneer-joints that hint.
~ q t9lI <Iie nails that had never
. 1lilnicared save BY MORN herself.
/ yosI remember when | was boy
2 now ! used 70 come up to the
lnesfa'li7ss e tunt and fish? al
= lived wish fIe McTavishes then
y eee'finner, when the buckle
~ s'''H ''l's We used to go out
Ns e 2t2 1nir and I'll be shot
= kt'I''k sec YOU suffer- Listen.
n = N zolnE 20 fire your father,
- = ~ A<e he's working for
:: = ',9*S He< tne Cardigan Red
z hummer eefqpany. ! really ought
s'.z'q. ni'a tFer his long years in
Safu's'in service, but I'll be
sea 8 " een AFFORD pensions any
naftls1'afi{ 70 keep a man in
SO gre peS< our old woods-boss
from me 3 tn's shanty, or another
M = 8nen ~ move to new cuttings
HI = : - ::Sal ticket for our
a'''ns room while the Cardi-
remain e BUSINESS. I'd finance
fsEaes = 1 didn't think he's
A9k az taught new tricks
/. EI'Rf1' N suggested sadly
nsq better talk the matter over
l-
. sto'ra e was a man wher