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sleep under it for the night.

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bench on each side wall and
two wide doors, one on each
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camp bull nd
that’s sitting
side.

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won't \ r take the title
away from Elton B or any
other I f ” matter
becau it fan-
cy yodelling he can no more

el than a foghorn can. The

yn the boys around

sort of yo-
with
word,

time

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WOODMAN

when he can find anybody
that will listen to him.

He’s now crowding fifty
Christmases and he stands a
boots and would play teeter-
totter with any two hundred
pounder in: his Stanfields, with
no effort. His hip-pockets are
somewhat further apart than
his shoulders. He’s not a fat
guy and if you was to see
him for the first time sitting
behind a beer table and only
see upper part of him
you'd say he was afine looking

the

guy, as he kept his health in
good order and -has pretty
fair features. Also, he wears
a sort of infectious smile. His
hair still seems to be doing
fine on his dome for a guy
that’s crowding fifty Christ-

sitting and feeling
thinking what a
be right out in
all that snow to
and exchanging
two now and then
tle Pete.

the open anc
contend with,
a word or
with Lit

All of a sudden’ everyone
in the crummy seems to lean
and slide forward.’ The next

thing we know our crummy is
standing still on the tracks
and we began to peer around
the big doors to see what’s
happening up ahead.

What. we saw was nothing
to make your heart leap up
in your throat, for what was
but three or four log
cars stringing *round the bend,
standing still with a full load
of logs. The only reason we
see the rest of the train
is because the high bank on
the bend is in the way.

Anyway, everybody is
out of the crummy by now
i walking toward the train
to see what’s it all about.
anybody doing
up to now as
stop along the

re
5
nir

there

cant

most

I don’t notice
much swearing
a log train can
track for a hundred or more
different reasons without caus-
ing much suffering. However,
as I pass a few cars I see
there’s something of a mess.
There’s about seven or eight
ears completely disorganized;
some of them laying across the
others off the track al-
together and logs laying and
standing every which way.
It’s a general pileup to say
the least.

The old lockie is on its side,
rear somewhat busted out
away from the track. A little
to the side a small fire is go-

track

the

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Begining

in a modern Bunyanesque tradition

ing already where the engin-
eer and braky are busy trying
to make the fireman ‘as com-
fortable as possible. He broke
his leg when he jumped from
the cab.

Now, when we see all this
it dawns on us what it means
to us. It means we either have
to hoof it down to the beach
camp or go back up to the

“woods camp and lay around

for a week or so. We’re about
seven or eight miles to the
beach yet and the snow seems
to be coming down with less
effort than when we left. the

camp.

So, if you know your B.C.
logger you've probably pict-
ured the scene by now. One

thing a logger won’t stand for
is hardships after he’s paid off
from the camp. No siree. He

a rollicking new serial

believes in comfort and what Nc
luxury he can grab while look-
ing for that comfort.

While we're standing a-
round, I don’t mind saying
you'd go far and wide to find

». I'll explain how he gets™
He gets his name from ®
memorable night in Ju
w hile He's on holiday dow?”

travels with loaned him a P

fancier swearing being done of oxfords. From what I he®) q¢
by any group of characters, Wally is really a good SP%

for that matter, any individual to have around when he’s

character, as this outfit is do- for a night’s fun. For wit

ing at the moment. does he do after borrow!
I notice Wally Heavypockets oxfords from his pal?

is not saying uch, Also, I

: * SiR eres : He goes down to a

see he’s not wearing oxfords :

R ale wear store and buys hl

like the rest of us at this time. 2 ¢

Of course that’s to be expected a sports jacket, that has 0
See Se : liable pockets, then Sc

as the only pair of shoes he 4
Cage down to the liquor store

owns is the caulk boots he ;
: 22 cies buys a pair of forty-0
wears when he’s buckin’ tim- :

: 3 bs bottles, the best he can
ber up in the woods. a Be
Jon’ : ; . Also he buys an extra

r6 he nASS a ; *
Don’t get th impression oF seotch for a starter,

Wally gets his*full name from
saving his money and weigh-
ing his pockets down with it.

goes back to his pal’s
(Continued next week

July 6, 1956 —PACIFIC TRIBUNE — PAGE’