Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 29 June 1936 — Page 18

Falling By George C

ELL screened by thick under- . growth, Tom Kyle sat on an

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of a saw measuring off Ast moments of his life. Mm had chosen his position well. PF Oruse and Bert Wood were that saw. The huge fir on which they worked iM in a narrow draw running ght down the slope. Einar and b could lay any straight-stand-‘tree on a mark in whichever , they chose. They would - this one into the draw, dibly toward the skidder. A few feet either to right or left : tree would break like a against a rim of the draw, discredit to fallers keenly of their skill. So Tom sat the bottom of the draw, on the gt spot where, he calculated, the brushy top wo strike the

fom much preferred quick death ‘the woods to death by a hangin's noose. His life had been mt in the woods, and he wanted end there. Escape from accideath had become commonhig. oe during his career as an all4 Ire logger. But there would be oo > ping the law if he lived. Its SE nce would be as swift and = ire as the fall of the towering tree th which he waited. ® 8 = : AAYBE he'd been a fool to marry Leona Coulter in the st place. Leona was refined and Ml and daintily sweet. ‘She taught the little school near the logig company's Cozy Harbor ter1. He'd met her at a dance i Jackson’s Cove. Fresh from the ty, Leona had been charmed by . Wis assurance and fascinated by his ph 1 perfection. Within a month, iy had been married and had - Sal one of the company cottages "Bf Cozy Harbor. Fy the first, Tom's work had tated his staying in the camp except on week ends. 0 it had been easy for Ralph Henrson, a scaler sent out by the city ge, to work himself into Leona’s ‘graces. Henderson was a col- } man, with city’ ways. In her Meliness, Leona had found him jractive. They had much in

on. A hadn’t meant to hi gon s0 hard when he { ith Leona in the little ‘fottage at Lozy Harbor. In his wrath, he had 3 no account of the heft of his ; fist, nor of the strength that t in his thick shoulders. Henerson had dropped as if struck by thunderbolt. Bobbing hysterically, Leona had jelt on the floor beside him. His iad had hung grotesquely as she Srled to lift him up. = “Pom! You've killed him!” she

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“= Tom had walked out of the cotage. Instinctively, he had made | way to the vicinity of the woods amp, like a wounded wild animal g the security of its den. De- : tion to carry out a suddenly ceived purpose had helped him h the thick undergrowth and slashings that served to his movements. :

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TOW, as he sat waiting on the N rotting windfall, the musical ish of the saw. suddenly ceased. hen came the thud of steel maul | thinly tapered wedge. Through bre in the evergreen foliage j¢ him, Tom watched the top “the tree on which Bert and Einar

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ping of additional spring-board notches in the tree. Then the sawwas resumed. With the shadow of death upon him, Tom bade a silent farewell to the two friends who labored unknowingly to bring about the thing that would cause his death. The fate he had chosen for himself was bitterly hard. But the alternative would be unbearably harder. Again, the sawing above him ceased. There was one last scrape as the saw was drawn out of the cut. Then Bert's deep voice rang loudly across the wooded slope. “Timber-r-r-r!” he bellowed. “Wa-a-atch out! Big timber, comin’ down the hilll” A silence, meant to give any one within the danger zone a chance to make his presence known, prevailing for a moment. Then came

was wedged over. Tom rose to his feet. His hands clenched. He squared his shoulders, his chin went up, and he closed his eyes. A gentle hiss increased to a shrill shriek as the falling tree gained momentum. An ominous cracking came from above as it broke free of the stump. Its top touched intervening timber and tore through it, rending and crushing. A terrific crash that shook the earth near about was followed by thudding branches and the swish of trees regaining their equilibrium. Then —all was silent, ., . .

» 2 E - OM opened his eyes. Not so much as a twig had touched him. The great bole of the fallen giant lay a dozen feet away, slightly athwart the rim of the draw. Its top, now a shapeless mass of mangled branches, rested 40 feet below where he stood.

The scrape of calked boots on rough bark announced the hurried approach of Bert and Einar. Cursing and muttering, they passed Tom without seeing him. Then their mutterings changed 'to expressions of deep satisfaction.

“She didn’t break, Einar,” Bert exulted. “It’s a thousand wonders she didn’t.” . “Yeah,” Einar agreed. “She

jumped off the stump an’ lit slidin’. She slid 50 feet down the hill.” : “Yep, that’s what saved her. A puff of wind must've hit her when she broke over. If it han’t, she’d be layin’ straight down the draw.” Then Bert caught sight of Tom. “Hi'ya, Tom?” he greeted. “Say, where you been? The supe at Cozy Harbor’s lookin’ fer ya. That young squirt scaler got hur some way, an’ they took him out to he hospital. Says he fell off a carload of logs. The supe wants you to take his place. An’ say, Tom, your wife's in camp, bawlin’ her eyes out fer ya

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1936. by United Peature Syndicate, Inc.)

PRISON HOAX HINTED IN FINDING OF GUNS

Two Prisoners to Be Questioned by Officials in Michigan City. Times Special MICHIGAN CITY, Ind, June 29. —Whether two long-term prisoners perpetrated a hoax to gain favors ic to be investigated by prisno officlals, it was announced today. The prisoners, Augustine Williamson and Mont Henry, were granted 30-day paroles, from which they re-

turned last Thursday night, for turning over to prison: officials two guns they said they found in the

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EVERYTHING IN TURTLE CREEK?

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