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the words, freighted with the pathos 
of Bryce’s first real tragedy. 
"Oh, Bryce!” she cried sharply. But 
he had hung up his receiver now. 
The week that ensued was remark¬ 
able for the amount of work Bryce ac¬ 
complished, also for a visit from Don¬ 
ald McTavish, the woods-boss. Bryce 
found him sitting in the private office 
one morning. 
“Hello, McTavish,” he saluted the 
woods-boss cheerfully and extended his 
hand for a cordial greeting. His way¬ 
ward employee stood up, took ^the prof¬ 
fered hand in both of his huge and cal¬ 
lous ones. 
“Weel! 'Tis the wee laddie hissel’, ' 
he boomed. “I’m glad to see ye, boy.” 
“You’d have seen me the day before 
yesterday—if you had been seeable,” 
Bryce reminded him with a bright 
smile. 
“I’ll nae deny I take a wee drap- 
pie now an’ then,” the woods-boss 
admitted frankly, albeit there was a 
harried, hangdog look in his eyes. 
Bryce sat down at his desk, lighted 
his pipe, and looked McTavish oyer 
soberly. The woods-boss was a big, 
raw-boned Scotchman, with a plentiful 
sprinkling of silver in his thick mane 
of red hair. A tremendous nose rose 
majestically out of a strong and rugged 
face; his long arms hung, gorilla¬ 
like, almost to his knees. Though 
in the late fifties, his years had touched 
him lightly; but John Barleycorn had 
not been so considerate. Bryce noted 
that McTavish was carrying some 
thirty pounds of whiskey fat and that 
the pupils of his fierce blue eyes were 
permanently distended, showing that al¬ 
cohol had begun to affect his brain. His 
hands trembled as he stood before 
Bryce, smiling fatuously and plucking 
at the cuffs of his mackinaw. 
“Mac, did Moira give you my mes¬ 
sage?” 
“Aye.” 
“Well, I guess we understand each 
other, Mac. Was there something else 
you wanted to see me about?” 
McTavish sidled up to the desk. 
“Ye’ll no be firin’ auld Mac oot o’ 
hand?” he pleaded hopefuly. “Mon, ha 
ye the heart to do it—after a’ these 
years?” 
Bryce nodded. “If you have the 
heart—after all these years—to draw 
pay you do not earn, then I' have the 
heart to put a better man in your 
place.” 
“Ye was ever a laddie to hae your 
bit joke.” 
“It’s no good arguing, Mac. You re 
off the pay-roll onto the pension-roll 
—your shanty in the woods, your meals 
at the camp kitchen, your clothing^ and 
tobacco that I send out to you. Neither 
more nor less!” He reached into his 
desk and drew forth a check. “Here’s 
your wages to the fifteenth. It’s the 
last Cardigan check you’ll ever finger. 
I’m terribly sorry, but I’m terribly in 
earnest.” 
“Who will ye pit in ma place?” 
“I don’t know. However, it won’t 
be a difficult task to find a better man 
than you.” 
“I’ll nae let him work.” McTavish s 
voice deepened to a growl. 
“You worked that racket on my 
father. Try it on me, and you’ll an¬ 
swer to me—personally. Lay the 
weight of your finger on_ your succes¬ 
sor, Mac, and you’ll die in the county 
poor-farm.” 
McTavish’s glance met the youthful 
master’s for several seconds; then the 
woods-boss trembled, and his gaze 
sought the office floor. Bryce knew he 
had his man whipped at last, and Mc¬ 
Tavish realized it, too, for quite sud¬ 
denly he burst into tears. 
“Dinna fire me, lad,” he pleaded. “111 
gae back on the job an’ leave whusky 
alone.” 
“Nothing doing, Mac. Leave whis¬ 
key alone for a year and I’ll give you 
back your job. For the present, how¬ 
ever, you’re discharged. 
“Who kens the Cardigan woods as 
I ken them?” McTavish blubbered. 
“Who’ll swamp a road into timber sixty 
per cent clear when the mill’s runnin’ 
on foreign orders an’ the owd man’s 
calling for clear logs? Who’ll fell trees 
wi’ the least amount o’ breakage? 
Who’ll-” 
“Don’t plead, Mac,” Bryce inter¬ 
rupted gently. “You’re quite through, 
^nd 1 can’t waste any more time on 
,vou.” 
“Ye dinna mean it, lad. Ye canna 
mean it.” 
“On your way, Mac. I loathe argu- 
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“I will nae take charity from any 
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“Well, go somewhere, Mac, and be 
quick about it. Only—when you’ve re¬ 
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welcome. Until then, however, you’re 
as popular with me—that is, in a busi¬ 
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“Ye’re nae the man yer faither was,” 
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