Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1920-08-27

q ffty-cent-per-thousa increase on
the freight rate and renew the con
tract for ten years."
Nothing doing. Young man. Re
member. you are not in a position TO
ask favors.r
Then | suppose wen have to go
down fighting2"
81 do nor anticipate much of a
fight"
And I'll begin by running your
woods-boss out OF the country"
"Ah-hi"
"YOu know why. of course-those
burt panels in your dining room. Ron
'ieau felled a tree IN our Valley of the
Giants TO get that burl for you. Coione
Pennington"
Pennington flushed. 81 defy you to
prove that" ne almost shouted.
Very we'll III make Roudeau con
fesS; perhaps he'll even tell me who
sent him after the hurl. Upon ms
word think you inspired that
dastardly raid At any rate, know
Ronieau is guilty and you. as his
employer and the beneficiary Of his
crime must accent the odium"
The Coloners face Went white ~
do NOT admI, anything except thar you
appear 10 have lost your head youua
man. However. for The sake of argu
ment: granting that Rondeau feiled
that tree. he did II unher The appre
tension that your Valley OF the Giants
is part of my Sqnaw creek timhe'
adjoining.
~ do nor believe that. There was
malice in The act-hrutality even: for
my mothers grave Identified the land
as ours. and Rondeau feled the tree
on her tombstone"
IF that is SO and Rondeau felled
that tree-I do not believe he did
am sincerely sorry. Cardigan. Name
your price and viii pay you for the
tree"
You can't pay for thar tree" Bryce
burst forth mo pitiful human being
can pay 10 dollars and cents for the
wanton destruction of Gods haudi-
work. You wanted that burl, and
when my father was blind and could
no longer make his Sunday pilgrimage
up to that grove. your wnods-boss
went up and stole that which you
knew Eou could not buy"
THAT win he about all from you
young man. Get out Of my office
And. by the way forget that you have
met my niece"
"It's your office-sO I'll get out. AZ
for your second commando snapped
his fingers in Penningtons face
''fooeyi"
When Bryce had go"e the Colonel
hurriedly called his lHgging-camp on
the telephone and asked for Jules
Rondeau. only to he informed by she
timekeeper who answered the tele-
phone. that ROndeau was up in the
green timber with the choppers and
could not be gotten to the telephone
in less than two hours.
do not send for him, then" Pen
nington commanded I'm coming up
on the eleven-tifteen train aud viii
talk TO him when Ire comes in for his
lunch"
AT eleven o'clock, and just as the
Colonel was leaving to board the
eleven-flfteen !ogging-train bound
empty for the woods. Shirley Sumner
made her appearance in his office.
Uncle Seth" she complained I'm
lonesome The bookkeeper tells me
you're going up to the logging-camp
May | go with you?"
by all means. Usually 7 ride in
the cab with the engineer and fireman !;
but if you're coming, I'll have them
hook on the caboose. Step lively my
dear. or they'll he holding the train
for us and upsetting our schedule"
BY virtue of their logging contract
with Pennington. the Cdrdlgans and
their employees were transported free
over Pennngton's logging rairnqe !.
hence, when Bryce Cardigan resolved
to wait upon Jules Rondeau In the mat
ter of that murdered Giant. It was
characteristic of him TO choose the
shortest and most direct route 10 his
quarry, and as the long string Of empty
Iogging-trucks came crawling or the
Laguna Grande Lumber c0mpany's log
dump, ne swung over the side. quite
ignorant of the fact that Shirley and
her precious relative were riding In
the little cabo0se in the rear.
At twelve-ten the train slid in on
the log landing.
"Where's Rondeaug' Bryce asked.
The engineer poimed 10 huge
swarthy man approaching across the
clearing In which the camp was sit
uatcd. That's him" he rerl'ed
And without further ado. Bryce s rode
to meet his man.
Are you Jules RondeauT' ne de-
manded as he came up to the woods
boss. The latter nodded. sT'm Bryce
Cardigan" his interrogation announced,
"and I'm here to thrash you for chop
ping that big redwood tree over In