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or i/w.won« Butterballs mid scoters pauuiea up «<• ways, wnien itaaway knew tie would ■ ■ to-turiatter be drew from our van and « ua delated hts approach. Bits of rotten lee occa be unable to get out that year. with tbe amount ot the same. Is that sionally swirled down the diminishing In spite of tbe Jobber's certainty that stream. Around every benil Thoris his claim was thus annulled aud that clear?” “I’erieetly.” replied Thorpe. looked for some of Radway's crew he might as well abandon the enter “In return we were to pay him. tm.r “driving” the log’s down the current. prise entirely for all he would ever get He knew from chance encounters with out of it, he finished tbe “drive” con cbuutuble seale. $4 a however, he ialli4 to put In tae »ho* several of the men In Bay City that scientiously and saved to the company _ Radway was still in camp, which tbe logs already bank.si. Then lie bad | Jeb the contract was void ’ “That’s how I understand it. com« meant, of course, that the season’s oper interviewed Daly. Tbe latter refused By STEWART merited Thorpe. “Well.'” ations were not finished. Five miles to pay him one cent. EDWARD “Well, be didn't get In the X>y. farther Thorpe began to wonder wlieth- , Tlie next day Radway and Thorpe WHITE er this last conclusion might not be er walked the ten miles of tbe river trail There's a million aud a half hung up -n weight on the stock. He hoped in this roneous. The Cass branch had shrunk together, while tbe teamsters aud the the woods.” Copyright, 1902, by Sni»urf Edtuard XDhit* manner to check correspondingly the en almost to Its original limits. Tha cook drove down the five teams. T’n “But you have in your hands three ascent of bis end. In other words, he drive must have been finished even this der the influence of tbe solitude and a million aud a half, which under tbe took the place on his side of the pre early, for the stream in its present con certain sympathy which Thorpe mani I present arrangement you get free ot venting silver, so equalizing the pres- dition would hardly float saw logs. | fested Radway talked—a very little. any charge whatever.” f lour team» <*.nl ine six men creakeo sure and forcing the timber to Its prop Thorpe, puzzled, walked on. At tlw “And we ought to get It,” cried Daly. "I got behind; that's all there is to . CH AI>T£K VII. back and forth spilling hardly gath er position, instead of rolling the log bunking ground he found empty skid«. “Great guns! Here we intend to saw IADWAY returned to camp by th< ered water. Then they crept in and slid. The stock of the cunt hook was Evidently the drive wus over. And yet it,” he said. “I bit off more than I ; this summer and quit. We want to (ith of January. He went on ate sleepily the food that u sleepy Jerked from bis bauds. He fell back, even to Thorpe's ignorance it seemed could chew.” Thorpe noticed a break in the man’s get In every stick ot timber we owu snowshoes over the entire Joi coukee set out for them. and the cant book, after clinging for incredible that the remaining milli«» voiee and. glancing suddenly toward ' so as to be able to clear out ot here By morning the mere surface of the a moment to tbe rough bark, snapped I and then sat silently in the of and a half of logs had been hauled, him, was astounded to catch his eyes, tor good and ull at the close of tbe lice smoking. The jobber looked older. sprinkled water had frozen. Railway down and hit him a crushing blow on banked and drhen during the short brimming with tears. Rudway per season, and now this condigned jobber looked in despair at the sky. Dimly The lines of dry good humor aliout hie the top of tlie bead. time he had lain In the Bay City hos ceived tbe surprise. ties us up for a million and a half." eyes bad subtly changed to an expr<*K through the gray he caught tbe tint of They took Thorpe up and carried him plial. More to solve tlie problem than "It is exceedingly annoying,” con- “You know when I left Christmas?” •ion of pathetic anxiety. He attache/’ blue. In. Just as they had carried Hank Paul 1 i afiy hope of work he set out for tbe be asked. l tied Thorpe, "aud it Is a good deal The sun came out. Nuthatches and before. Men who had not spoken a Ao blame to anybody, but rose the next b-.-ging road. if Rad way's fault, I am willing to ad “Yes.” morning at horn blow, and the men woodpeckers ran gayly up the warm dozen words to him in us many days /Another three miles brought hkn to' “The boys thought It was a mighty 1 mit. but it’s your fault too.” , found that they had a new master over ing trunks of the trees; blue Jays fluff gathered his few belongings anil stuff-1 camp. It looked strangely wet and "To be sure.” replied Duly, with the yoor rig—my leaving that way." ed and perked and screamed in the e«l them awkwardly into his satchel. them. He puused again in evident expects- ' accent of sarcasm. sodden aud deserted. In fact, Thorpe Now It became necessary to put the hardwood tops; a covey of grouse ven Jackson Hines prepared tile bed of found a bare half dozen people In it— tion of a reply. Again Thorpe was si “You liad no business entering Into roads In shape for hauling. All winter tured from the swamp and strutted straw and warm blankets In tlie bot Radway, the cook and four men who tny such contract. It gave him no lent of contemplation be- vainly, a pause the blacksmith had occupied his time in tom of the sleigh that was to take him were helping to pack up the movables. thow.” "Didn't they Radway Insisted, fitting the iron work on eight log tween each step, Kadway, walking out out. The Jobber showed strong traces ot "I suppose that was mainly his look “Yes, they did.” answered Tliorpe. road of the marsh. on the tramped sleighs which the carpenter had hewed “He would have made a good boss/* the strain he had undergone, but greet-. The older man sighed. "I thought out, wasn't it? And, as I already told from solid sticks of timber. They were cracked the artificial skin and thrust said tlie old fellow. “He’s a hard mau <-d Thorpe almost jovially. he went on. “Well, I didn’t go to y«u, we bad to protect ourselves.” tremendous affairs, with runners six his foot through into Icy water, That to nick.” “You should have demanded security "Hello, yomig man!" he shouted at spend Christmas. I went because Jlm- f<*et apart and bunks nine feet in width night the sprinklers stayed in. Thorpe's mud splashed figure. “Come my brought me a telegram that Lida for the completion of the work. Under The devil seemed in it. Mmi were for the reception of logs. CHAPTER VIII. back to view the remains? All well was sick with diphtheria. I sat up your present agreement, if Radway The carpenter had also built two lin lying idle; teams were doing the same. EN Thorpe finally cam“ to again, heigh? That's good!” ' Lplghts with her for eleven days.” got In the timber, you were to pay him mensc tanks on runners, holding each Nothing went on but the days of the himself he wa>$ in a long, "I didn't know you were through," i " ••><> bad after effects, I hope?” iu- a fair price. If he didn't, you appro some seventy barrels of water and with year, and four of them had already bright, clean room, and the explained Thorp»-, “and I came to see qulri-d Thorpe, priated everything he had already holos so arranged that on the with ticked off (lie calendar. The deep snow sunset was throwing splashes if I could get a jo!».” I ‘‘¡She died," said Radway simply. done. In other words, you made him of the unu. Lilly cold autumn had now drawal of plugs the water would Hood of light on the ceiling over his head, “Well, now, I am sorry!” cried Rad-, a bet.” the disappeared from the tops of the entire width of the road. The He watched them idly for a time. way. “You » an turn l:t and help, I “I don't care what you call it,” a CHAPTER IX. sprinklers were tilled by horse power. slumps. It even stopped freezing dur then turned on his pillow, At once be though, if you want to.” ADWAY,” said he suddenly. awered Daly, who bad rd ivered L. ; A chain running through blocks at ing the night. At times Dyer’s little perceived a long, double row ’of clean Thorpe grt-eted the cook tpul ol»l Jack-, de "1 need money, and I need it i good humor in contomplati.- a of the tacbed to a solid upp r framework, thermometer marked as high as white painted iron beds, on which lay son llines, tlie only two whom ho i bad. I think you ought to cnrlty ot Ills position. “The fact sta like the open belfry of an Italian mon grees. “I often hoard this was a sort ’v or sat figures of men. Other figures of knew, aud set to work to tie up bun-1 get something out of this job all right.” astery. dragged a barrel up a wooden women glided here and there noiseless- dies of blankets and to collect axes, “It does,” said Thorpe unexpectedly, of the M. & D.—not much, but some track from a water hole to an opening summer resort,” observed Tom Broad ly. They wore long, spreading dove pcavies and tools of all descriptions thing. Will you give me a share of “and I'rn glad of it. Now, let's examine In tbe sprinkler. When In action this head, “but hanged if I know it was a gray clothes, with a starched whit 1 That evening tin- seven dined together a few figures. You owned 5,000,Wi-3 formidable machine weighed nearly summer resort ail the year round!” their shoulders nt one end of th“ long table. The biç what I can collect from them?” By and by it got to be a case of look kerchief drawn over "Sure!” agreed the jobber readily, feet of timber, which at the price ot two tons and resembled a moving I Their heads room exhaled already the atmosphere and across the breast, with a laugh. "Sure! But-you won't stumpage” (standing trees) “was worth house. Other men had felled two big! ing on the bright side of the affair were quaintly wliile-garbed in stiff of desertion. get anything. I’ll give you 10 per cent §10,000.” hemlocks, from which they had hewed , from pure reaction. winglike coifs, fitting close about tlie “Not much like old times, is she?” “Well?” “I don’t knew,” said Rad way; “It beams for a V plow. oval of the face. Then Thorpe siglibd laughed Radway. "Can’t you Just shut quick!” “You come out at the end of the sea "Good enough!” cried Thorpe. "Now, The V plow was now put in action. won’t lie so bad, after all. A couple of comfortably ami closed I.is eyes and your eyes and lienr Baptiste say. •Mak’ when we get to town I want your pow son with three million and a half of Six horses drew it down the road, eachj days of zero weather, with all this wa blessed tlie chance that lie had bought lieetn de soup one tain more for me?" er of attorney and a few figures, after saw logs, which with tlie §4 worth ot pair superintended by a driver, 'ib. ter lying around, would fix things up a hospital ticket of the agent who had She’s pretty empty nonv.” logging added are worth $21,000.” If she oriFy which I will not bother you again.” machine was weighted down by a num in pretty good shape. visited camp the month before. For Jackson Hines looked whimsically "Hold on!” cried Daly. “We paid The next day the young man call“'! ber of logs laid across the arms. Men freezes tight we’ll have a good solid these were sisters, and the young mau down the bare board. “More room for the second time at the little red Railway $.4. We could have done it guided It by levers and by throwing bottom to build on.” i lay in tlie hospital of St. Mary. than God made for geese in Irelami, ” The inscrutable goddess of the wil painted office under the sumlow of the ourselves for less." their weight against the fans of tbe Like a great many other charities "You could hot have done it for one plow. It was a gay, animated scene, derness smiled and calmly, relentlessly, built on a common sense, self support was his comment. miil nnd for the second tit:., stood be After suppi r they sat outside for a fore the bulky power of t!u junior cent less than four-twenty in that cotin- this, full of tlie spirit of winter the moved her next pawn. ing, rational basis, tlie woods hospitals little time to smoke their pipes, chair member ot the 11. tn. tty.” replied Thorpe, “us an expert will It was all so unutterably simple and plodding, straining horses, the brilliant tilted against the logs of tin cabins, “Well, yourg t:wl.at <aa I do for testify." ly dressed, struggling men. the sullen yet so effective. It snowed. but soon tin- »hill of melting snow you?” asked the latter. All night and all day the great Hakes “Why did we give It to Radway at yielding snow thrown to either side, drove them indoors. The four tean.- the shouts, warnings and commands. zigzagged softly down through the air. “I have been Info:ir.c<!." 1 Thoi-pe tour then?” stors played seven up in the cook camp "You saved the expense of a salaried without prellr.u.i.iry, "tisi: ... i intend To right and left grew white banks of Radway plowed away two feet of it. by the light of a barn lantern, while to pay John il..¿way nothin,, for the overseer and yourselves some bother,” snow. Behind stretched a broad white •’hi* surface was promptly covered by Thorp»- ¡iivl the cook wrote loiters. path in which a scant inch hid tlie bare a second storm. Rad way doggedly work done in the Cass branch this replied Thorpe. “Radway could do it Thorpe's was to Ills sister. plowed it out again. for less because, for some strange rea earth. winter. Is that true?” “I have boon in tl-.e hospital for This time the goddess seemed to re Daly studied his antagonist medita son which you yourself do not under- For some distance the way led along about a mouth,” he wrote. "Nothing tively. “If it Is true what is it to stiRid, a jobber can always log for less comparatively high ground. 'Then, lent. The ground froze solid. The serious—a crack on the head, which is you?" lie asked at length. than a company.” skirting the edge of a lake, it plunged sprinklers became assiduous in their all right now. But I cannot get home "Wo could have done it for four,” In “I am acting hi Mr. Radway's inter-, Into a deep creek bottom l»< tween hills. labor. Two days later the road was this summer, nor, I am afraid, can we est” sisted Daly stubbornly. “But get on.. Here earlier in tin* year eleven bridges ready for the first sleigh, its surface arrange about tlx- school tills year. I \\ bat are you driving at? My time's "You are one of Radway's men;” bad been constructed, and perhaps as of thick, glassy lee beautiful to am about $70 ahead of where I was, “Yes.” valuable.” many swampy places had been "cor hold, the ruts cut deep and true, last fall, so you ace It is slow business. ( “In what capacity have you been glades sanded or sprinkled with “Well, put her at four, then,” agreed duroyed” by cariwiing them with long This summer I am going into a mill, working for him?” Thorpe. "That makes your saw logs parallel poles, Now the first difiicuity i tarding hay on the descents. At but tlH- w.. "< for green labor are not river the banking ground proved solid. “Cant hook man," replied Thorpe worth over $2n.i . n. Of this value Had began. very high there either,” and so on. briefly. way added $13.000. You have appro- Some of the bridges had sunk below Radway breathed again, then sighed. When Miss Helen Thorpe, aged sev “I see,” said Daly slowly. Then sud printed tb.it much of his wit bout pay- the level, and the approaches had to Spring was eight days nearer, lie was enteen. received this document she denly. with an intensity of energy that lug him one cent.” be “(’orduroyed’’ to a p ( .¡cable grade. eight days more behind. stamped her foot almost angrily, startled Thorpe, he cried: "Now, you As soon as .loading began the cook Daly seemed amused. ‘•How alxtut Others again were lmmpcd up like tom “You'd think la- was a day laborer!” get out of here! Right off! Qtiie!:!” the million and a half feet of ours he cats and had to be pulled apart en served breakfast at 3 o’clock, The men she cried. "Why doesn't he try for a worked by Jie light of torches, which The young man recognized the com appropriated?” he ashed quietly. tirely. clerkship or something in tlie city were often merely catchup jugs with pelling and autocratic boss addressing “I'm coming to that. Now for your Still that sort of thin;- was to be ex when- he'd have a chance to use his a member of the crew. wlcklng in the necks. Nothing could the stumpage rate your pectisl. A gang of men who followed brains?” be more pictun'sque than a teamster I i “I shall do nothing el’ tlie kind!” he million and a half which Radway 'ap- the plow carried axes and cant hooks And thus she came to feeling rebel- conducting one of his great pyramid- replied, with a flush of tire. pre.priated' would be only three tliou- Tor the purpose of repairing extern llously that her brother l..-il been a llt- . 1 I >. ds over tbe little inequalities of I The mill owner leaped to Ills feet. sand, But tor tile sake of argument porancously Just such defects which tl<- sellish in his choice of an occupa the road, bi the ticklish places stand , TImrpe did not wish to bring aLout an w il take the actual sum you'd have never would have» been discovered otli- tion; th.it bo hail sacrificed her Inclina I actual scene of violence, lie had at Ing atop w ..h the bent knee of the Ro received for saw logs, Even tir u the erwise than by the practical expert tions to his own. man cl.:*.rioic« r, spying end forestall tained his object, which wtfs to fluster million and a half would only have vnee. lladway himself accompanied After finishing the letter Thorpe lit tlie other. Loen worth between eight and nine the plow. Thorpe, who went along as ing the chances of the way with a fixed liis pipe and strolled out into tlie dark eye and an intense concentration that ' I have Railway’s power of attor thousand. Dedueting sec, sold I horiie 1 this purely theo- one of tin* “road monkeys.” <nv now ness. Opposite tlie little office be ney.” be lldd.'d, relaxed not one inch in the miles of reiical loss Rttdway has occasioned Why such care had been required of the haul. Thorpe had become a full are under the Roman Catholic church. stopped amazed. Daly sat down, controlloel himself y. .1 from t .: a..mv.:it be has gained him in smoothing tin* way of stubs, From one of the numerous agents who Through the narrow window he could Hedged cant hook man. .11 some lour or live knots and hummocks. periodically visit the* camps the lum so»» Radway seated in front of the with an effort and growled out, "Why tor you. you are He likt'd the work. There Is about It thousand ahead < f tl;e game, When the road had been partly or tlmt ber jack purchases 'for $s a ticket stove. He had sunk down into his didn't you say so?” “Now, 1 would like to know your po- you paid him nothing.” cleaned Radway startl'd one of his a skill th.’it fascinates. A man grips which admits him at any time during chair until he rested on almost the sltion,” went on Thorpe. "I am not “That's Railway's lookout.” sprinklers. Water holes of suitable suddenly with the hook of his strong the year to the hospital, where he is small of bis back, liis legs were stuck here to make trouble, but as an asso “In justice you should pay him that size had been blown in the creek bank Instrument, stopping one end that the privilemsl to remain free of further straight out in front of him, liis chin ciate- of Mr. Radway 1 have a right to amount. He is a poor man. He has by dynamite. There the machines other may slide. He thrusts the short, charge until < ouvalisecnt. So valuable n sted on his breast, and his two arms understand tlie case. Of course 1 have strong stock between the log and the sunk all he owned in this venture. were filled. Stratton attached his horse are these institutions and so excellent hung listless at his side, a pipe half his side of tlie story.” he suggested, as some §12,000. and he has nothing to to the chain and drove him back and skid, allowing it to be overrun. He ly are they maintained by tlie sisters falH—t from the lingers of on»» hand though convinced that a detailing of stops the roll with a sudden sure grasp forth, hauling the barrel up and down live on. Even if you pay him five thou that a hospital agent is always ••• 1 All the facetious lines had turned to the other side- might change his views. sand. he has lost considerable, while the slide way. At tin» bottom it was applied at Just the right moment to be come even in those camps from which pathos. effective. Sometimes he allows himself Daly considered carefully, fixing his you have gained.” capsi’/j'd and tilh'd by means of a long ordiuary peddlers and Insurance men "What's the matter with Ilio boss, filnt blue eyes unswervingly on pole shackled to its bottom and manip to be carried up bodily, clinging to the are rigidly excluded. “How have we gained by this bit of anyway?" askud Thorpe in a low voice ulated by old man Heath. At the top cant hook like an acrobat to a bar, un In one of these hospitals Thorpe lay ot Jackson Hines when the seven up Thorpe's face. Evidently bls scrutiny philanthropy?” til tin» log has rolled once, when, bis udviseel him that the young man was it turned over by its own weight. Thus “Because you originally paid in cash weapon loosened, he drops lightly, eas for six weeks suffering from a severe game was finished. a force to be reckoned with. •cventy odd times. for all that timber on me stump just concussion of the brain. At the end of “ Haln ’ t ye heard? ” inquired the old ily to the ground. And it is exciting to “ It ’ s like this. ” he said abruptly; Then Fred Green hitched his tenm $10.000. and yon get from Radway raw the fourth his fever had broken, but man in surprise. “we contractcel last fall with this man logs to the value of §20.000,” replied on and the four horses drew the creak pile the logs on the sleigh, first a layer he was pronounced as yet too weak to i "Why. no. What?” of five, say; then one of four smaller, of Radway to put in 5.000,000 feet of our Thorpe sharply. "Besides, you still ing, cumbrous vehicle spouting down be moved. "Busted.” said the old mon sonten- the road. Water gushed In fans from but three, of two. until at the very own the million am! a half which, if The roofs were covered with snow. tiously. apex tbe hist is dragged slowly up the H the openings on either side and beneath yon do not care to put them in your One day Thorpe saw it sink Into itself “ How? Whnt do yon mean? ” and in streams from two holes behind skids, poised and just as it is al>out to and gradually run away. The tinkle self. you can sei! for something on the "What I say. He's busted. That Not for an Instant as long as tbe flow plunge down the other side is gripped tinkle tank tank of drops sounded from skids.” continued dared the teamsters breathe and held Inexorably by the little meu his own eaves. Down the faroff river freshet caught him too quick. They'» “Don’t yon know, yov.rfg man. that more than a million and a half logs their horses, for a pause would freeze . i blue tlanuel shirts. sluggish reaches of ice drifted. Then left in the woods that can't be got out white pine logs on skids will spoil ut (• ‘ ♦».lins bind the loads. And If ever the runners tight to the ground, A Iti a night the blue disappeared from terly in a summer? Worms get into tongue at either end obviated tin* tu> during the loading or afterward when the stream. It became a menacing this year, and as his contract calls for ’rm.’* a finished Job he don't got nothin' for sleigh is in motion the weight of cessity of turning around, gray, and even from his distance whnt he's done.” CONTINUED That' night It turned warmer. The the ku.s causes the pyramid to break Thorpe could catch the swirl of its ris "That's n queer rig." enmmented do.vn and squash out, then woe to tlie . -i rhange was heralded by a shift of ing waters. A day or two later dark Thorp«>. “He's done a lot of valuable driver or w'.’oever happens to be near. masses drifted or shot across the Held wind. Book Learning. work here. Tlu- timber's cut and skid- “She’s goln* to mln,” said old Jack 1 i r tb.ls ii’ - .a the loaders are pieke«l of his vision, and twice he thought lie ». d»sl anyway, and he's delivered a good and careful men. •on. “The air Is kind o’ holler.” distinguish»-«! men standing upright At th' I :i”kiug grounds, which lie In and liold on single logs as they rushed deal of it to the main drive. The M. “Hollow?” said Thoris', laughing t. ' Jt D. outfit get all the advantage of z and about the bed of the river, the logs Ki •‘How is that?” down the current. that.” I aiv piled into a gigantic skidway to “I don* know*,” eon fessed Hines, “but “What is the date?” he asked of tlie "They do. my son. When ok! Daly's - X. v. • !i await the snrlnv f •he is. She Just feels that way." slater. // hand gets near anything It cramps. I vain to the •!»« In the morn ng the icicles dripped “The elevent' of March.” I don’t know how the old man <xvne to tiny r« luain from tin roof. and the snow became “Isn't It early for the thaw?“ make such a contrac'. but be did. Re A / pock marl cd on the surface. “Listen to aimed tbe sister * sult is lie's out bis expenses and time.” num wi iW Radwa. ■ was down looking at the delightedly. is it. Sure th’ Th»- exceptionally early break up of ¡i t l»a<lw: » I •n. 1 1 Pond. freshet co’t look. darllnt; th«» spring, «-otnbined with tlie fnct » •> ■ * a mista ...» >»■■»•.»♦* ye can “She’s h< I he at e fvvvri • T s»s When that owing to the series of incidents *but thei nv inert' anti a-vldonts alreaily sketched the ac no' » ■ »! th I can I i water o» tual cutting an»l ski.bl'ng had fallen so \v “Not far la hitul. caught Radway unawares. ter dec X o nwid H»- saw the rollways breaking out At tt I ivr I wet d* corps Awoke 1 m Us-: gts-dbv to his attendant. He took two while his teams were still hauling In the woods. In order to deliver to th' b t a their tasks wl r.a K ■i. on day« of tramping tbe little town to re : tv ••• than nn hour's ..1 gain the use of liis logs and tioarded mouth of th»- C:i'< branch the " ooo.iw sold •neh of tlie twenty-four, t the mcmine train for It. -on Lake. He already banked he was force»! to drop Newedde— These biscuits are aw- TV mitt owner Icaptd tr hi« fm. R.i-lw ay .ng irr in repulsing ass.-.ults of ti e gnat en did net pause In the village, but bent everything els«' and atten«! strictly to ful. til»' drive. This loft still, ns has b«s-n emy whom they p . -jollied lindel the lull a gel ut L w II.” hi« stops to the river trail. timl ■ r. »lelivered to the main drive at Mrs. Newedde—Impossible. Why. tbe Aulii - V. . ng th« generic “Si » - He followed tbe trail by the river «tated, a million and a half ou skid- th* mouth of the Cass branch. In tut, recipe says they are excellent - S ub lie w . ls to act independently., except u4 itnaelsco Examiner. Trait •> One morning in February ’I’horp« was helping load a big butt log. lift was one of the two men who stand at either end of the skids to help the as cending log keep straight and true to its bed on the pile. Ills assistant’s end caught on a sliver, ground for a second and slipped back. Then the b g ran slanting across th“ skids in stead of perpendicular to them, To rectify the fault Thorpe dug his cant < book into the timber and threw Lis E V I □€ Tib . 7- g /