The Key West Citizen Newspaper, September 8, 1947, Page 4

THE KEY WEST CITIZEN ate ee eee me OF OY ee Se oe RE HON A tt hae cette es SNL TT taper. (Se ener ener aR ER, Chapter 23 Two days passed without fur- | Larson’s. ther excitement. The logging “I'm heading for camp, not}sunlight like two Kodiaks snarl- So 00 “Oh, I see—” Hardin’s eyes narrowed, “You only spend the progressed at a steady pace under | weekends with Elsa.” Bill Hardin’s relentless prodding. | “Look here, Hardin,” he said, It looked as though, in spite of|“You’ve been riding. me ever their streak of ‘Luck,’ the Lar- since I came here. You’ve put me sons would manage to ‘fulfill their contract. But Doug’s mind continued io worry the problem of old Sven Larson’s near brush with death as a hunger-ridden mongrel worries a bone. As Elsa had pointed out, Sven was a fighter— he would no more think of suicide as a way out than he would consider missing a daily inspection of his beloved garden. Anothér solution came to him,’ one that he at first thrust from his mind as being as abhorrent as one of the tecwienl reptiles he had come upon inadvertently on the floor of a Burma jungle. Yet it was as impossible to ignore. It lay coiled in his brain demand- ing, action until one afternoon after work he bummed a ride on the truck carrying the married men down to Queet’s Inlet. After a brief talk with the lank-haired, sullen-faced Indian Joe, he began hiking up the long wooded trail that led back to camp. As he came up to the low- hanging fir through which the telephone wire from the Larson’s house ran, he stopped, examining the ground and tree trunk. Some- one had paid a visit to the spot Since Doug had made his Sunday inspection. He climbed up the tree, feel- ing the wire with -cautious fin- gers. The brokén spot had been re- taped very neatly so that the joining was barely visible from the ground. It merely confirmed what he had learned at Indian Joe’s. A quarter of a mile further on he ran into Bill Hardin. The boss logger’s face reddened belligerently. “What’s the matter, Andrews, don’t you want to be seen going to Larson’s front | door?” —— ne TOD AY’S BIRTHD AYS (Know America) U.S. Senator Robert A. Taft! of Ohio, born in Cincinnati, 7. years ago. | Gen. Jacob L. Devers, comman- | der of the Army Grand Forces, born at York, Pa., 60 years ago. U.S. Senator Claude D. Pe spper | of Florida, born at Dudleyville, | Ala., 47 years ago. Prof. Joseph Kaplan of the University of California, noted physicist, born in Hungary, 45 years ago. Reginald Wright Kauffman of Bangor, Maine, noted writer-edi- tor, born at Columbia, Pa., 70 years ago. Howard Dietz, of awe York, librettist, born there, years ago. U.S. Senator Elmer Thomas of Oklahoma, born at Greencastle, Ind., 71 years ago. TODAY IN HISTORY { (Know America) 1760—French Montreal surren- ders to English, and all Canada in English hands. 1847—(109 years ago) Battle of: Molino del Rey, in'-war with Mex- ico, a bloody and futile battle. 1848—An American army en- ters the City of México. 1900—Galveston, Tex., cane, taking the lives of some: 6,000. 1935—Huey P. Long assassinat- ed at Baton Rouge, La. 1939—President Roosevelt pro- claims a limited national emerg- ency. 1940—London in throes of an: all-out Nazi bombing. 1943—Italy’s unconditional sur- | render as of Sept. 3 announced. ! U.S. 5th Army lands on the Sal-' erno beaches. | 1944—American air base at} Lingling in Central China falls to! Japs. | 1945—Gen. MacArthur estab- lishes headquarters in American, Embassy, Tokyo. ft | The Huron confederacy of } American Indians was virtually | exterminated by Iroquois heredi- ! tary enemies in great massacres , in 1649 and 1650. i a ae 777,000,000 POUNDS || USED FATS SAVED BY AMERICAN HOUSEWIVES sii smbitinica 1 hurri- ; on jobs that no experienced log- ging boss would assign to a green- horn and you did it purposely. It’s pretty plain you’re trying to make me leave the outfit. But why? Do you think I’m after your job?” “I think you’re after my girl,” Hardin snapped. “Is Elsa your girl?” Doug asked significantly. “She was until you came around.” “I don’t believe it. Anyway it’s Elsa’s right to choose between us. If she doesn’t want me around roe $ can say so. She hasn’t so ar.” * A RAY of sunlight hit Hardin’ s face and turned his eyes from obsidian to a glittering topaz. The muscles in his jaw _ twitched. “Damn you, Andrews! I wish I'd finished you off in Olaf’s yard the other night. I have better sense when I’m drunk than when I’m sober!” “I won't agree with you there. What about finishing « ns fight now?” Surprise flashed over Hardin’s face and was as quickly gone. “This is as good a place as any.’ He began removing his leather jacket. Doug did the same won- dering if he had been wise to make the suggestion. Doug braced himself. “I’m ready, Hardin.” Hardin’s eyes flickered faintly. “This time, Andrews, it’s to the finish.” As before, advance. He came in low, planning to swing upward with his right fist Doug made the {but Hardin was ready for him. He dodged sending his own left thudding against Doug’s shoul- der. They grappled, swaying to- {gether in the moted beams of ri = is Guaranteed a "Place You Refrigeration REAL ICE BASIS ing over a deer carcass. Hardin slipped on -the pine needles and went down and Doug waited until he got to his feet before he piled into him again. The boss logger was breathing neawaly> but a faint look of approval fleeted across his features. “Don’t be Andrews, this is a grudge fight, remember?” After that they went to. it. Hardin’s eye was bruised and Doug had blood streaming from his ear. They fought until they were both gasping for air ther turned it into a wrestling match. Finally Hardin’s face was down inthe dirt with his arms locked ae him and Doug astride his ips “I haven’t forgotten my judo. Hardin,” Dough warned, “an I’m in a position to break your arms. Give up?” “Okay, you win.” The words came reluctantly. Doug grinned. “Before I let you up, Hardin, for the good of your soul I’m pong to tell you a few truths. I think it’s about time.” “Listen, Andrews, I don’t have to take your preaching!” “I think you do,—but this isn’t a sermon. I want you to know that I’m working for Larsons be- cause old P.W. Slocum sent me to investigate their streak of bad luck. 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