The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1920-10-21

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Y ness This Is the true essence Of life
70 create. TO develop the gifts that
I Cod has given us--to work and know
/ the blessing of Weariness TO have
dreams snd See Them -1Tyr trI'S. Thai
/ &, life. aud I have lived And now I
am ready TO rest" He smiled visit
fully The King IS 1s.a. Long live
the king wonder II YOU, raised a.
you have been. can face life IN Sequoia
/ resolutely with my son. II Is duIl
I drab sawmll town. where life nnfoids
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"
Il have known the lilt OF battle
John partner" she answered; "henee
| think ! can enjoy the sweets Of vic
tory. am content"
"And what run you did give that
boy Bryce"
She laughed softly. IL wanted him
10 fight | had great curiosity to see
the stun that was In him." she ex-
planned
Next day Bryce Cardigan. riding the
top log on the end truck Of a long
train just In from digan'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 Ogilyy,
where the latter stood in the door OF
the office. ----'.s'-H 'ss~'-n u ..essa,
big doings up on Little Laurel
creek this morning, Buck"
"Do tellw Mr.. ogilyy murmured
morosely.
1T was great" Bryce continued
"Old Duncan McTavlsh returned.
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. 81 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 a dollar aud half
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 r /,
say about it, Buck" Bryce replied
dryly.
II haven't Ell? Well, any time You
deny me the privilege OF hiring and
firing you're going to be out the serv-
Ice Of a rafting good general mana
ger. my son. Yes. Slrl If you hold |
me responsible for results ! must Sc
lect the tools ! want to work with"
"Oh, very WELL" Bryce laughed.
"llave It your own way. only If you |
can drive Duncan McTavish out Of
Cardigan's woods ia like to see you
do II. Possession is nine points Of
the law. Buck-and Old Duncan is IN
possession"
what doyOu mean--in posSessiong
II mean that al ten o'clock this
Duncan McTavish appeared
at our log landing The whisky fat
was all gone from him and he ap-
peared forty years old instead OF the
sixty that he Is. With whoop he
came jumping over the logs. straight
for jules RondGu. The big Canuck
him min his
visit portended-so he wasn't taken
unawares II was case OF fight foe
his job-and Rondeau fought"
''The devil you say"
81 do-and there WIS the devil 10
bay. II was q rough and tumble and
10 grips bsrred-just the kind OF
fight Rondeau likes Nevertheless Old
Dsncan noored him While he's been
lway somebody taught him the ham
ner lock asd the crotch hold and
'ew more fancy ones and he got 10
work on Rondeau in q hurry. In
act he had 10. for II the tuSsle had
zone over five minutes Rondeau's
'outh would have decided the issue"
"And Rondeau was whippedT
''ro n whisper Mac foored him
md choked him until he beat the
round with his free hand In token of
whereupon old Duncan let
i'm up. and Rondeau went 20 his
hAnty aud packed his turkey The
ast ] saw 81 him he was headed over
be Hill 20 Camp Two on Laguna
irande. He'll probably chase that as
istant woods boss ] hired after the
ousolidation out of Shirley's woods
nd help himself % the fellows Job
don't care II he does What interests
be- Is the fact that the Old Cardigan
FOODS boss is back on the i0h in Car.
l-aH's woods. and Tm mighty glad -
B The old harsath.ef has haB his '
sss1u and VIH rfHain sober here
fer Z think be-. cured
-The infamous old oufIaw~
@AiHc knows tte San HeI-Iu as ! Z
nov. my own pocket Hen D. d tower +
{ strsnEfh when ue orea up thar J
acf after the railroad builds 10. Bg Z
ae way has my dad been down This :
.ornlngE
Yes. Ma'ra read fhe mail - him I
% then took BIN % - The Valley - q
= Giants He said - wanted ~ as Z