Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1920-04-16

for,1rt -tal,rn over Your fathers bust
ness, an hoping sc VIII be clapied
~ get together 81 many little details
ami worI, them out on a common basis
t. our mutual advantage. We lumber
men should stand together ana not
make y hard for each other. How
el-c.' hr concluded lets not tax
,hor imagine We have enough OF
tina, during the day. Besides, mere
are the cocktails
with The djsp"Sai Uf The co"hthlIs'
hit. conversation drIfted into discus
sion Of Shifley's adventures with a
salmon IN Big lagoon. The Colonel
djscour,cd lcarnedly on the superior
sport Of muskellunge-iishing. when
prompted Bryce to enter into descrip
ton of going after swordbsh among
the islands Of the Santa Barbara chan
mel. "Once l was fishing at San---
The butler appeared In the doorway
and bowed 10 Shirley, announcing That
dinner was served. The girl rose and
gave her arm TO Bryce; with her other
arm Illlht'l iliI'uSIl NV uh''' 49,
turned toward the dining room.
just inside the entrance Bryc"
paused. The soft glow of the candles
in the od-faShioued silver camille
sticks upon the table was reflected in
the polished walls OF the room Ills
formed of panels of the most eN-
uul>i,cry patterned redwood hnrl Bryce
Cardigan had ever seen. Also the
panels were unusually large.
shirley Summers alert glance fol
lowed Brycp's aS ii swept around the
room. This dining room Is Uncle
Srlh'> particular delight, Mr.. Cardi-
gan" She explained
at is very beautiful. Miss Sumner.
And your uncle has worked wonders
in the matter of having it polished,
Those panels are positively the largest
and most beautiful specimens of red
wood burl ever turned out in this
country. The grain is not merely
wavy; 1t is not merely curly; 1t Is
actually 50 contrary that you have
here. Colonel Pennington. a room alb.
sOlutely unique. in that it Is formed
of bir,l's-eye hurl. Mark the deep
shadows in it. And how it does reflect
those candles!"
1T is beautiful" the Colonel de
clared "And | must confess TO a
pardonahle pride in it. although the
task of keeping These walls from be
| ing married Ey the furniture knocking
against them requires the utmost
care"
Bryce turned and his brown eyes
| blaZed into the COlOnerS. "Where did
you succeed in finding such a marvel
GUS tree?" he queried pointedly. ~
know of but one tree in Humboldt
county that could have produced such
beautiful! burl."
For about a second Colonel Penning
ton met Bryce's glance unwaveringly
then he read something in his guests
eyes. and his glance shifted, while
over his benign countenance a tlusl
spread quickly. Bryce noted it, and
his quickly reused suspicious were rs
quickly kindled into certainty. 'Wherf
did you find that trce?' he repeated
innOcently.
"Rondeau. my woods-boss, knew
was on the lookout for something
Notwithstanding nobody else could
get; so he kept his eyes Open."
'Indeed!" There was just trace
Of irony in Bryce's tones as he drew
Shirley's chair and held it for her
you are fortunate to have such a
wOOds-bOss in your employ. Such
loyal fellows are usually too good to
! be true, and quite frequently they put
their blankets on their backs and get
out of the country when you least ex.
pect it. l dare say it would be a
shock to you II Kondeau did that"
There was no installing the yelled
threat behind that apparently innocent
observation. and the Colonel, being
ness, realized that ut last he must
| place his cards on the table. Yes
he said, II would be rather disappOint.
ed. However. | pay Rondeau rather
more than it is customary to pay
wOOds-bOsses so imagine he'll stay
unless. of course, somebody takes a
notion to run him out of the country
And when that happens. l want to be
on hand to view the spectacle"
Bryce Sprinkled a mOdicum of salt
in his soup. I'm going up into Town.
ship nine tomorrow afternoon" he
remarked casually. IL think l shall
90 over to your camp and pay the in.
comparable Jules Il brief visit"
Again the Colonel assimilated the
hint, but preferred to dssemble. "Oh
you can't steal him from me, Cardl.
gam" he laughed. Il warn you In ad.
vance-so spare yourself the effort"
"I'll try anything once" Bryce re-
tOrted with equal good nature. "HOw.
ever, ! don't want to steal him from
you. / want to ascertain from him
where he procured this burl"
"He wouldn't tell you"