Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1921-01-07
CHAPTER vl-contInued.

I'm afraid do. my dear" m
Colonel admitted with his best air o
'earty responsiveness. "rm afraid
o. However Mr.. Cardigan, now tina
on have-at least. have been so In
ormed-taken over your fathers buzz
ness, | am hoping we will be enabsS,
TO get together on many little defnls
and work them out on a common basis
TO our mutual advantage We lumber.
men should stand together and not
make IL hard for each other. How
ever" he concluded. 'let's not talk
shop imagine we have enough of
thst during the day. Besides, here
are the cocktails"
With the disposal OF the cocktails.
the conversation drifted into discus.
sion OF shIrley's adventures with a
salmon In Big lagoon. The Colonel
discoursed iesrnedly on the superior
sport OF muskellungezshing. which
prompted Bryce TO enter into descrip-
ton OF going after swordfish among
the Islands OF the Santa Barbara chan.
mel Once was fishing at San"
The butler appeared In the doorway
ana bowed to Shirley. announcing that
dinner was served. The girl rose and
gave her arm To Bryce; with her other
arm linked through her uncle's she
turned toward the dining room.
Just inside the entrance Bryce
paused. The soft glow OF the candles
~ the old-fashloned silver candle
sticks upon the table was reflected in
me polished walls OF the room-wals
formed OF panels OF the most ex-
quisiteiy patterned redwood burl Bryce
Cardigan had ever seen. Also the
panels were unusually large.
Shirley Summers alert glance fol.
lowed Bryce's as II swept around the
room. "This dining room is Uncle s
seth's particular delight. Mr.. Cardl. c
gan" she explained. q
III is very beautiful, Miss Sumner. !
Ana your uncle has worked wonders t
n the matter OF having II polished
ihoSe panels are positively the largest S
'hd most beautiful specimens OF red
wood burl ever turned out in this
'ountry. The grain is not merely c
'aVy; u IS not merely curly; It Is y
Ieipa'ly SO contrary that you have
ere Colonel Pennington, a room ab. a
plpiely unique, IN that it Is formed Ia
7 bird seye buri Mark The deem h
iiatpws IN y. And how It does reflect pI
hose candlesw (,
70 is beauttal" The Colonel de- n.
Jared "And ! must confess 10
aruonahle pride IN Il. although me
* of Keeping these walls from be- u
+ niarred ty ihe furniture Knocking re-
|alns' them requires the utmost te
|iryee turned and his brown ewes C,
1ed INTO the Coloners. "Wher, dis IN
p succeed IN finding such marvel
= tfeef' he queried polntedlv. q" m
"" OF but one tree IN Uumboidt M
y that could have produced such Ia,
tlful burl." a
p about second Colonel pennlng. nj,
inet Bryce's glance unwaverinrly an
ne read something IN his ruest's
ana Dis glance shifted. while de-
his benign countenauce ansh be
81 quickly. Bryce noted It. and Va
Iuickly reused suspicious we're as De-
y kindled into certainty. awhere SET
ou ind that treel" he repeated
kently.
pndeau my woods.boss. knew I on,
Pn the lookout for something Tho
l-something nobody else could no,
p he kept his eyes open" ali
peedl" There was just trace q
py In Bryce's tones as he drew =,
's chair and held It for her tha
pre- fortunate to have such n utt
Fboss In your employ. sneh %
Fellows are usually too good 70 for
F. and quite frequently they put anil
blankets on their backs ana Get moi,
the country when you least ex. g
r. ] dare say It would be a Val
to you II Rondeau did that" fatl
RE was no mistnking the yelled slor
behind that apparently Innocent tao,
Eation, and the Colonel being ami,
Of more thss Ordinary sstute. 40