The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-07-14

Continued From Yesterday
aim from getting Il 70 the mill hy
an inexpensive process.
ps-r dawn until dusk he iahored.
.ap<trmcs with Ratiste singing
l,stsiy beside him. sometimes alone.
a.. task Was a hard one, the snak.
ms u timber thru the forest 10 the
hsshiine roadway. there 20 Dc load.
AZ upon two-whcelcd carts and
a .sxei, rs slow. iahorioas, coat.
~ wees. 90 tar mlli. For every
f, lnx that he sent 90 the saw m this
wise. n. knew that Thayer was
senalnr zen. and AZ - tenth OF tho
cost. Hut Houston was fighting
the last fikh,. a fight that could not
end until absolute. utter failure
.,uoA stark before him at the end
II the road
September became October with
- rains and Is last flash % hrll.
Mnt coioFinE frem the lower hills.
AL then whiteness November had
arrived. bringing with II the first
o.ew and turning the whole. great,
slr~say desolate country into des-
~ u white.
n was cold now. the cook took on
q new duty 81 she maintenance %
.cg pals OF bran mash and salt
saser FOR the relief 81 frozen hands.
gekxy gum.shces. worn over lighter
eetxsar and reaching with felt.
~tssa thickness far toward the
sne<. cncaxrd tho feet. flnssds
ausnhed. IN spite % thick mit,ons:
zach week saw new showfsli
hrlnxlnw with II The consequent
thaus and tho hardening % the sur.
face. The snowshoc rabbit made
rs appearance. tracking the shad-
nuy, silent woods with great. out.
lsndish marks Tho coyotes howled
81 nights: now and then Houston
ns he worked. saw the tracks 81 a
bear. or the hioody imprinta OF a
mountain lion. its paws cut by tho
icx crust OF the snow a. u traissd
the elk or deer. This world was a
quiet thing. white thing. cold
unrxiensinx thing. 70 Be fought only
hy thick garments and snowuhoea.
But with u all. il gave Houston ard
Ratists a new enthusiasm. They
at ienst could set their logs 70 tho
mill now swiftly and with eornpara.
1--WE ease.
shertawkwnrd.app sic q y
cfcnked and SANG along the icy.
hard packed road of snow. 20 ap-
uoaeh the piles Of logs Anaked out
~ the timber. to be loaded high
beyond all seeming regard for grasI.
tation or consideration for the bruad.
hacked. patient horses to be secured
AZ one end BY heavy chains leading
10 \ patent binder which cinched
them 10 the sled. and started down
the precipttous road toward the mill.
Once In a while Houston rode thu
sleds, merely for the thrill Of u. for
the singing and crunchinx 81 the
logs against the snow. the grinding
az bark against bark. sns quick
surge as the horses srft<a = sharp
decline and xailoped do-n a. the
driver shouting. the Ioxs ksrkirg
up the snow behind tAs AID Ia a
swsrElnE. feathrry wake
At times he stayed at the bvsk
house with the iurnherfacks siSyns
AZ they were silent. or talking Of
trivial things which were mighty 20
thcm-ths quality Of thv icod. tns
depth OF the snow. fEs fact that the
little gray squirreis were more plsn-
tlfuf in one part Of she woods than
another. or that they chartered
more In the morning than In the
afternoon. Hours he spent IN watch
lng Old BIZ. a iurnberIack who. in
bis few moments OF leisure between
the supper table and bed. Whitfield
laborIously upon wooden chain.
which with dogEed persistence he
had iugxcd with him for Months
or perhaps staring over the shoulder
% Jade Hams. striving 70 copy the
picture OF a motion picture star
from a worn. dirty. rzonths-osd maya
zine. as excited as they over the
tiny things. in life. as eager 20 week
a bunk when eight o'clock came
as xrudging 10 hear the cistter %
alarm clocks In tsge black coidnesa
before dawn anf 10 crcak forth tn
the watering and Harvesting OF the
horses for the work OF the day
Some way, IL an seemed 10 be nat
urai 70 Barry Houston. natyrai that
he should accept this sort Of doggsd.
hurndrum. eventissa life and strive
20 think Of nothing more. The other
existence. for him, had ended
10 biackened waste. even the one
prison In whom he had trusted. the
~oman he would have been glad to