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BYr-Bye Brnos-Eye
An Army buddy from north-
ern Michigan stopped when
he came upon a truck that
had overturned and scat-
tered is load of lumber.
The tmcker, who
was unhurt, told
my friend to
take all the
boards he wanted,
because the
load would be
considered a
total loss. While
loading his pickup,
my friend
realized that
the lumber was
h ighly-figured
bird-eye maple. He
raced to his father's
house and stacked thc
boards behind the garage.
Then he returned to the
wreck-twice-to salvage more of
the spectacular wood.
Shortly thereafter, rny friend's
Army unit was deployed overseas.
He returned a year later, only to
discover that his dream lumber
stash had disappeared. Thinking
the boards were only szrlvage, his
father had given the entire stack to
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