Deep in the Woods

Jake and Chad meet at a lumber camp in Washington State in 1916. Chad gets involved with the Wobblies and convicted of sedition in 1920 during the first red scare. Jake resolves to wait until Chad's ten year prison sentence ends, so he moves to town and lives at a boarding house that belongs to two woman suffrage activists. Jake is at the prison when Chad goes free. They buy a small plot near the Canadian border, ten miles from the nearest road, build a cabin, and live happily until Jake dies of a stroke thirty years later. Ends with Chad sitting on Jake's fresh grave, crying, considering his options, which include killing himself. This story borrows from serious historical research.