The Mena weekly star., 1921-03-03

puttins oui tn sea and Shirev bsar,l the faint echo Of her siren as che whsslied her intention to pass to Sfar. board of wind jammer inward bolnd in tow of Cardigan tug.
 Its wonderful she said presently apropos of nothing.
 Aye he replied in his deep. me,o dious voice. I've been i,g here mn, dear listening to your thoughts You know something. now, of the lie that binds my boy to Sequoia. This"-he waved his arm abroad in the dark ness-"this is the true essence of fife to create, to develop the gifts that God has given us-to work and know the blessing of weariness--to have dreams and see them come true. That IS life. and I have lived. And now [ am ready to rest.r He smiled wiss fully. "'The king is dead. Long live the king wonder if you. raised as you have been. can face life In SequoIa resolutely with my son. It is dull drab sawmill town. where life unfoldS gradually without thrill where the years stretch ahead of one with onlv trees. among simple folk The life may be hard on you. Shirley onn has to acquire taste for it. yon know ''
 T have known the LII of baitle John-partner sle answerca hence ! think I can enjoy the sweets of vic. tory. l am content"
 And what run you did give that boy Bryce m
 She laughed softly T wanted hin tq fight l had great curiosity 10 sas the stuff that was in hlm sh ex pIained.
 Next day Bryce Cardigan. riding the top log on the end truck of long train just in from Cardgan's woods in Township Nine dropped from the end of The log as the train crawled d through the min yard on its way 10 the log dump. He hailed BncS Ogilvy where the latter stood in the door of the office.
 Big doings up on Little Laurel creek this morning Buck"
 Do tell" Mr ogilvy murmured morosely.
 Fl was great Bryce continued "Om Duncan McTavish returned. | knew he would His year on the nouner's bench expired yesterday and be came back ;o claim his old iolt of woods boss.
 Hes one year roo Iate Ogilvy de. clared II wouldnt lei that hig Cana dian Jules Bondeau qui1 for farm some woods hess thnt- ana his first job with this comfany was fha diriieS vnu cnuld hand hhn-snrariHe srea Q on ihe skid roaa at dollar and j half 8 day and found He's made roo good to lose oui now~ don'l care what his private mpalS may be He can get out the logs haug hls rascally hide, and rtn for him"
 Tin afraid yon hnvep't opeihng to say about it Buck" Bryce replied dryly.
 q haven't ehg Well. any time you deny me the privilege of hiring and firing you're going to be out the serv- ice of rattling good general mana. ger. my son Yes. sir If you hold me responsible for results mus se lect the tools I want to work with"
 "Oh very we'll" Bryce laughed. Have it your own way Only if you can drive Duncan McTavish out of Cardigan's woods I'd like to see you do it. Possession is nine points of the law Buck-and old Duncan Is in 
 "What do you mean-in possessionT
 q mean that at ten o'clock this morning Duncan McTaviah appeared at our log landing. The whisky fai was all gene 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 Rondeau. The big Canuck saw him coming and knew what his visit portended--so he wasn't taken unawares Ii was a case of fight for his iob--and Rondeau fought"
 "The devil you say Y
 "I do--and there was the devil to pay. It wds rough and tumble and no grips barred just the kind Of q fight Rondeau likes. Nevertheless Old sDuncan floored him. While he's been away somebody taught him the ham mer lock and the crotch hold and a few more fancy ones, and he got to work on Rondeau in hurry In fact he had to. for if the tussle had gone over five minutes Rondeau's youth would have decided the issue.' / And Rondeau was whipped?"
 gro a whisper. Mac floored him and choked him until he beat the ground with his free hand in token of surrender; whereupon old Duncan let him up. and Rnndeau went to his shanty and packed his turkey. The last saw of him he was headed over the hIll to Camp Two on Laguna Grande Hell probably chase thu as. slstant woods boss hired after the consolidation out of Shirley's woods and help himself to the fellows io1 don't care If he does What interests me is the fact that the old Carcieap woods boss is back on the ioh in Caf- digan's woods. and I'm mighty gad of it. The old horsethief has had his lesson and will remain sober here after. think he's cured"
 "Thc infamous old outlawl"
 tt... ,cs know my own pocket He'll be a tower