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About Weekly coast mail. (Marshfield, Coos County, Or.) 1902-1906 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 30, 1904)
fcSlj' L -,5'- -.i.UMUl 1 1 p&mmtattt m t Gcpyrtjfit, 1902, by he jB Trail ioqijbciooocdoooscococ I twiiimev) (tout 5;li pave certain pleasure "In the vase- witn wi:..i he handled his tool. At the end of nn lutcrmlnnblc pe riod a fnlut, musical hullo swell l. rchoed nnd died through tho forest beautiful as a spirit. It was taken up by another voice and repented. Thn by nnothor. Now near at hand, r w far'awayf itnnffaTh6llow'nR a boll. The finwyer. tho swampers, the skid dors nnd tho team men turtcd nnd put on their heavy blanket coats. Down on tho road Thorpe heard It, too, and wondered what It might bo. "Come on, bub. 8ho menus chow," explained old man Heath kindly. Thorpo resumed his coat and fell In behind the little procciwlon. After a short tlmo he, camo upon a borso and sledge. Beyond It tho cookee lind built a llttlo camp fire, around nnd over which be had grouped big fifty pound lard tins half full of hot things to eat Each man on no approacueu , picked up a tin plato and cup from a ( pile near at hand. J . . . .,ii. ....... -- -.- Tho cookee was plainly master of tho. Hltuatlon. lie Issued peremptory or- dors. When Erlckson, the blond Swctle, attempted surreptitiously to" appropri ate n doughnut the youth turned on him savagely and shouted: "Get out of that, you big towhoad!" linnil'" I ousnt- unil It. ent ex- The men ate, perched In varlou titudes nnd places. Thorpe found difficult to keep warm. The viol don't hnow vhlch of corning first," $ald he erdflOhad heated him through, nnd now (ho north country cold pouciraled (p his bones. IJo huddled close to the tjre and drank hot tea, but it did not do him very much good. In his hecret mind ho resolved to buy ono of tlio blanket roncklnawa that very evening. The newcomer's first day of hurd wort had tired him completely. Ho wan ready for nothing so much as his bunk. But he had forgotten that It was Saturday night. HU status was Vtlll to assure. They began with n few mild tricks, Bhufllo the brogan followed hot back. Thorpo took all of It good naturedly. Finally n tall individual with n thin, whito face, n reptilian forehead, red dish hair nnd long, babboon arms sug gested tossing in a blanket Thorpo looked nt the low celling and declined. "I'm with tho gnino as long na you can say, boys," Bald he, "and I'll hnvo ns much fun ns anybody, but tint's going too far for a tired man." Tho reptilian gentleman let out n string of onths whoso meaning might ho translated, "We'll see about that!" Thorpo was a good boxer, but ho knew by now the lumber Jacks' meth od of fighting anything to hurt tho other fellow. And in a genuine, old fashioned, knock-down-and-drag-out rough nnd tumble your woodsmun Is nbout tho toughest customer to handle you will be likely to meet. Ho la brought up on fighting. Nothing pleaseri him better than to get drunk und, with a fow companions, to embark in nn earnest effort to "clean out" n rival town. And ho will nccept cheerfully punishment enough to kill thrco ordi nary men. t . Thdrpo at tho first hostile movement fprniig back to .the door, seized ono of ho three-foot blllejts of , hard wood in tended for the stovo anil faced his op faucttfa. . .v , . h , '1 ftit'i know which of you .boys .is B iMmMmmmM a iiii jsy ' umamu i mm w ' ' lazed By STEWART EDWARD WHITE : t ? t "tctvarf Edlva coming first," paid no quietly, uui no Is going to got It good nnd plenty." If tho nflnlr hnil been serious these men would never have recoiled before the mere danger of n stick of hard wood. Hut this wns a good nnturcd bit of foolery, n test of nerve, and there wni no object In gvttlng a broken bond for tlint. The reptilian Kvntloman alone grumbled hoinolhlng profane. "If you liankor for trouble so much." drawled the unexpected voliv of old Jackson from the corner, "incblx you could put on the cloves." The rest was farce. Thorpe was built on true athletic lines-broad, straight shoulders, narrow ilanks, long, clean, Finooth muscles. He possessed, besides, that hereditary toughness and bulk which no gynmasluni will ever quite supply. The other man. while power ful and u-rlv In his rushes, was clunisv and did uot use his head, 'iliorpe planted ttis hanl, straight blows at will. Finally he saw his opening and let out with a" swinging pivot blow. The other i liked himself out of a corner and ,lrtfW oir tni Pi0ves. Thorpe's, status wa5 j,,.,,, !.TjK, voting feller's oil right." ob- , 1Icjltj, nc cuffotl ucu u, to a ,. r, ,...,.. "Went down like a peck of wet flab nets," replied Jackson tranquilly. m the offlco rtwn J about n week Int 1 1,ls scalcr "f JZJ ing over the i CHAPTEH V. the ofilco shanty ono evening tcr Undwnyand cned to be talk- situation. The ' scaler, whoso name was Dyer, slouched i back In the shadow watching his great honest superior as a crafty. dainty cat might watch tho blunder- Ings of n St. Bernard. Dyer had a pre cise little black mustache, whose ends hj was constantly twisting Into points; 1 black eyebrows, and long, effeminate, black lashes. The two men conversed In short, elliptical sentences, using many technical terms. "That 'seventeen white pine Is going to underrun," said Dyer. "It won't skid over 3,000." "It's small stuff," ngreed Hadway, "nnd so much the worse for us. Hut tho company '11 stnnd In on It hecnuse small stuff like that always overruns on the mill cut" The scaler nodded comprehension. "When are you going to dry hnul t'.at Norway across Pike lake?' "Tomorrow. She springs, but tho book says five Inches of Ice will hold n team, aud there's more thuu that How much are we putting In a duy I now?" "About 40,000." Itadway fell silent "That's mighty llttlo for such n crew," he observed nt last doubtfully. "I always said you were too easy with them. You got to drlvo them more." you boys tsl "Well, It's a rough country." npolo oktly. I glzed Hadway, trying, as was his cus tom, to find excuses for tho other par ty as wion as ho was agreed with In hi blame. "There's any amount of pot holes, and then we've had so much piiow the ground ain't really froze uu dernei.th. It gets pretty soft In some of them swamp. Can't figure on put-tin-.- up as much In this country as we used to down on the Muskegon." The scaler smiled n tliln smllu all to himself behind tho stove. Dyi'jr know perfectly well that the work was be hind, and ho knew the reason. For some time the men had beon relnxlng their efforts. They had worked hon estly enough, but a certain snap and vim had lucked. This was because Hadway hud been too easy with them. Your true lumber Jack adores of all things In creation n man whom he fools to bo Mrongur than himself. If his employer is WJ enough to drlvo him, then he U willing to bo driven to the last ounce of his strength. Hut once he gets tho notion that his "boss" Is nf raid of or for him or his feelings or his health, ho loses Interest In his working for that mini. As you valuo your authority, tho lovo of your men and tho completion of your work, keep a bluff brow and un unbending jjjigle ncsH of purpose. Thorpo had already commented on tho feeling among tho men, though, owing to his Inexperience, hu wns not nblo to estimate its full value. Tins men were Inclined to a ficmlnpologotlc air when they upoko of their connec tlon with tho camp. Instead of being honored ns one of n scries of Jobs this Boomed to be considered as merely a temporary halting placo In which they took no prldo and from which they looked forward In anticipation or back in memory to better things. "Old Shearer, he's the bully boy," wild Hob Btratton. "I remember when ho was foreman of M. & D. at Camp O. Saw we, did hustlo them saw logs (ni t should rise to remark! Out lu the woods by 'first stwajk, qt ilny. I re call ono morula' iho vrn protty cold, nnd the boys grumbled somo about turn In' out. 'Cold,' snys Tim, 'you nous of guns! You got your ch'ice. It tuny bo too cold for you In tho woods, but It's a blnmo sight too hot for you In hades, nnd you're goln to one or tho other!' And he meant It too. Them was great dnvs! Forty million n year and not n hltchl" Tho next morning Hadway trans ferred Molly and Jenny, with llttlo Fa bian I-nveque. and two of tho younger men, to l'lko lake. Thero earlier In the season a number of pines hud been felled out on tho Ice, cut lu logs and left lu expectation of Ice thick enough to bear the travoy "dray." Owing to the fact that tho shores of IMno lake wen? extremely precipitous It had been Impossible to travoy tho logs up over the hill. Hadway had t-oundod carefully tho thickness of the lco with nn ax. Al though the weather had been sulllclenl ly cold for the tlmo of year, the snow, as often happens, had fallen before tho temperature. Under tho warm white blanket the nctual freezing had been slight. However, there seemed to be at least eight Inches of clear Ice, which would sutllco. Four logs had been safely hauled. The fif Ui was on Ita Jouruey across the nine, auuueuiy witnout warning and with scarcely a sound both horses wink through the Ice, which bubbled up around them and over their backs In Irregular rotted pieces. Little Fabian l.nvequo shouted and Jumped down from his log. Put IcGulro and young Henrys came running. The horses had broken through nu air hole nbout which tho lco was strong. Fabian had nlready selxcd Molly by the bit and was holding hoi head easily above water. "Ivltch Jenny by dnt hot!" he cried to Pat Thus the two men without exertion Ristnlucd the noses of the team above tho surface. The position demanded absolutely no haste, for It could have been maintained for n good Imlf hour. Molly and Jenny, their soft eyes full of the Intelligence of tho situation, rested easily in full confidence. Hut Pat and Henry a. new to this sort of einergeucy, were badly frightened and excited. "Oh, Lord," cried Pat, clinging des perately to Jenny's headpiece, "whnt will wez be doln'? Wc cau't ulvcr haul them two horses on the Ice." "Tak' de log chain." said Fabian to nenrys, "an' tie him around de neck of Jenny." Henry nftcr much difficulty and nervous fumbling managed to loosen the swump hook and after much more dllllculty succeeded In making It fast nbout the gray mare's neck. Fnblan Intended with this to choke the animal to that peculiar state when she would float like a balloon on Ihn water aud two men could with ease draw her over the edge of the Ice. Then the unexpect ed happened. The lustant Henrys had p:ts.sed the cud of the chain through the knot Pat, possessed by som. Hibernian notion that now all was fast, leuf.o of tho bit Jenny's head at once went under, and the end of the logging chain gilded over nnd fell plump In the hole. Immediately nil wns confusion. Jen ny kicked nnd struggled, churned the water, throwing It about, kicking out In every direction. OiiUo a horse's head dips strongly tho game is over. No animal drowns moru quickly. Tho two young boys scrambled away, nnd French oaths could not Induce them to npproacb. Molly, Mill upheld by Fa bian, looked at him pltcotisly with her strange, intelligent eyes, holding her self motionless nnd rigid with com plete confidence In this master who had never failed her before. Fnblan dug bis heels Into tho Ice, but could not hang on. The drowning horse was moro than a dead weight. Presently It became n question of letting go or be ing dragged Into th; hike on top of tho animals. With n nob the llttlo French man relinquished IiIh hold. Tho water seemed slowly to rise and overtllm tho troubled look of plendlng in Molly's eyes. "Assassins!" hissed Lavcquo at tho two unfortunate youths; that was nil. "I supposo It was a good deal my fault," commented Hadwny, doubtfully Blinking his head after Lavequo had left tho olllce. "I ought to have been surer about tho lco." Hadway was so confirmed In his be lief ns to his own culpability that ho quite overlooked Fabian's JUHt conten tion that tho mere thinness of the lco wns in reality no exciiHo for the losing of tho horses. Ho Pnt and HenryH wero not discharged; wero not Instructed to "got their tlmo." Fnblan Laveque promptly demanded his. "I no work wld dat fool dat no t'lnk wit' bees buld!" This deprived tho camp at once of n tentnstcr nnd n team. When you re flect that ono pair of horses takes caro of tho exertions of n crew of sawyers, several Kwumpers nnd three or four cant hook men you will readily boo what a serious deruugement their loss would cause. Hadway did his best. Ho took thrco dnys to search out a big team of farm horses. Then it became neebssnry to find a driver: After some deliberation ho decided to advance Hob Btraiton to the post, that "decker' having had moro or less experience tho year boforo. KrIckson,( the Swede, ,wblo -,not 4a star emit hook' iuuu. was nevertheless sure nnd retinoid Mnaway inneea nun in Stratton'a place. Ho remembered Thorpe. Bo tho young man received his first promotion toward tho rankM of skilled labor. Ho gained nt lust u field of ap plication for tho accuracy ho had so In telligently acquired while roadiunklng, for now n fnlso stroke marred u saw log; nnd besides, what was moro to his tante, ho found himself near tho actual Bceno of pcmtlon-ut tho front, ns It were. Hero ho learned Why ""d when the nawyors throw a trco up or down hill, nnd how small standing timber they tried to fell It through, what consider- Molly, still utthcUl Uu FtiMun, looked tit Mm ))i(cou!y, ntlon held for the cutting of different lengths of log, how tho timber was skillfully decked on the skids lu such a manner that the pile should not bulge or fall nnd no that tho scaler could easily dctormluc the opposite ends of the same log In short, n thousand aud one llttlo details which ordinarily a man learns only as the exigencies arise to call In experience. Here, too, he first realized he was lu the firing Hue. Thorpe had assigned him as a bunk mate the young fellow who assisted Tom Hroadhend In the felling. Honry Paul was a fresh complexloned, clear eyed, quick mnnnercd young fellow, with nn air of Htendy responsibility nbout him. Ho camo from the southern part of the state, where during the summer he worked on n little home stead farm of his own. After a few Hays ho told Thorpo that ho wns mar ried, nnd after n few days moro he showed his bunk mate the photograph of a sweet faced young woman who looked trustingly out of tho picture. "Hhe's waiting down there for me, nnd it ain't so very long till spring," aid Paul wistfully. "She's the best lit tle woman n man ever had, and there ain't nothing tog good for her, chum my." Thorpo, soul sick after his recent ex periences with the chnrity of the world, Uncovered n real pleasure In this fresh, clear passion. Three days after tho newcomer had started in nt the swamping Paul, dur ing their early t morning walk from camp to the scene of their operations, confided In him further. , "Got another letter, chummy," said he. "Come In yesterday. , Hho tells me," he hesitated, with a blush, nnd then n hnppy lnugh, "that they iiln't going to be only two of us ut the farm next year." "You mean?" queried Thorpe. "Yes," laughed Paul, "and if It's n girl she gets named after her mother, you bet." Tho men separated. In n moment Thorpe found himself wulst deep lu the pitchy aromatic top of nu old bull Hap, clipping awuy at the projecting branches. A-fter a tlmo he heard Paul's gay halloo. "Timber!" camo tho cry, and then tho Hwlsh-flh-Bh crash of tho tree's fall. Thorpe knew thut now either Hank cr Tom must bo climbing .with tho ld;lg roenHuring polo along tho prostratn trunk, marking by means of nhnllow nx clips where tho saw was to divide tho logs. Then Tom shouted some thing unintelligible. Tho other men Bcemcd to understand, howover, for they dropped their work and ran hasti ly In the direction of tho voice. Thorpo after n moment's Indecision did tho Harao. Ho nrrlved to find a group nbout a prostruto man. Tho man was Paul. Two of tho oldor woodsmen, kneel, ing, wero conducting coolly u hasty examination. At tho front uvery mail is more or less of a surgeon. "Is he hurt bndlyV" asked Thorpe. "What is ltV" "He's dead," answered ono of the other men Hobcrly. With tho skill or gnastiy practico Borne of them wove a litter, on which tho, body was placed. Tho pathetic little procession moved in tho Bolcmu, inscrutablo forest. , When tho tree had fallen it had crashed through tho top of another, leaving, suspended lu tho branches of the lattor a long, heavy limb. ( At Blight ttfmt dtoindmd k Uniri yl J impaled n by K Jnvelln. 'VU fi the chief of tho many peril of tho woods. Thnt evening tho enmp-wu unusual ly quiet. Tttlllor lot hU tlddlo hung. After supper Thorp" was npproached by Purdy, tho rcptlllun redhead with whom ho had had the row uoirni evou lugs before. "You In, chummy V" ho mked in a qulot volco. "It's n. Are apiece for Ilnuk'fl woman." "Yes," mild Thorpo. Tho men wero earning from $-0 to $30 a month. Thoy had most of them never seen Hnuk Paul boforo this au tumn. Ho had not, uinlnly because of his modest disposition, enjoyed any ex traordinary degree of popularity, yet these strangers cheerfully, as u matter of course, gnvo up thu proceeds of a week's hard work, and that without expecting the slightest personal credit The money was sent "front the boys." Thorpo later read a heartbroken letter to the unknown belief actors. 1 1 touched him deeply, and he suspected the other men of the same emotions, but by that time they had regained the Independ ent, self contained poise of the fron tiersman. They read It with unmoved faces and tossed It aside with a more thuu ordinarily rough Joke or oath. Thorpe understood their reticence. It was a part of his own nature, lie felt inure than ever akin to these men. As swamper he hnd more or less to do with a cant hook lu helping the teamsters roll the end of the log on the llttlo "dray." He soon caught the knack. Toward Christum be hud be come n fairly olllclent cant hook iuuu and was helping loll tho great sticks of timber up the slanting skids. Thus al ways Intelligence counts, especially that rare Intelligence which resolves into the analytical nnd the minutely observing. He was getting Just tho experience nnd the knowledge he needed, but that was about all. His wages were $2.' a month, which his van bill would re duce to the double eagle. At tho end of the winter he would have but n lit tle over 5100 to show for hi season' work, and this could menu nt most on ly $50 for Helen. Hut the future wits bis. Ho saw now more plainly what he had dimly perceived before, that for the mnn who buys timber, and logs It well, a sure future is waiting. And In this camp he was beginning to learn from failure the conditions of success. IU.M11-.11 I. prnilHY finished cutting ou hoc III IT during Thorpo' '' I I I week. It became nccessnr; 1 I begin on section U, which CIIAITKH VI finished cutting ou section ootid necessary to i lay two miles to the east In that direction the chnraifer of the country chnngul somewhat Tho pine thero grew thick on Isolated "Islands" of not more than an acre or m In extent little knolls rising from the level of a marsh. In ordinary con ditions iiotlilnc would have been easier , than to have plowed roads across the . frozen surface of this marsh. The pe culiar stnto of tho weather Interposed tremendous difficulties. The early pnrt of autumn had been characterized by a heavy snowfall Im mediately after n series of mild dnys. A warm blanket of some thickness thus overlaid the earth, effectually pre venting the freezing which huhsequent cold weather would hare caust.il. All the season Hadway had contended with this condition. Kven In tho woods, muddy swamp and spring holes caused pudlcss dllllculty and necessitated a groat deal of "corduroying," or tho lay I lug of poles side by, side to form nn . nrtltlclnl bottom. Hero In the open some six inches of ulcr nnd unlimit ed mud nwnlted the first horse that ehould break through the layer of snow nnd thin Ice. Between each pair of Is I lauds n road hnd to bo "tramped." Thorno nnd the rest wore put nt this fllsogreeablo Job. All dny'long they had to wulk mechanically back and forth on diagonals between the marks set by Hudwuy with hi nuowshoes. Karly In tho morning tliclr feet were wet by Icy wnter, for even the light weight of a man sometimes broke tho frozen skin of tho marsh. By night n rout! of trampled suov of gr cuter or less strength was marked out ncross tho expanse. Thus the blanket was thrown buck from the warm earth, and thus the cold was given n chance at the water beneath. In a day or so the road would bcur a horse. A bridge of Ice had been artificially constructed, on either Hide of which lay unsounded depths. This road was Indicated by n row nf firs utuck in Uie snow on either side. It was very cold. All day long tho restless wind swept across the Bhlver ing surface of the plains aud tore around the comers of tho Islands. Tho big woods are ns good na nn overcoat Tho overcoat had been taken away. When the lunch sleigh arrived tho men huddled shivering in tho leo of one of the knolls nnd tried to eat with benumbed fingers before a firo that wan but a mockery. Often It was near ly dark before their work wnrmed them ngnlu. All of tho skldways had to bo placed ou tho edges of tho is lands themselves, nnd the logs had to bo truvoyed over tho oteop llttlo knolls, A Hlnglo misstep out ou to tho plain meant u mired horuo. Threo times heavy snows obliterated the roads, so thut they hnd to bo plowed out boforo tbo men could go to work ngulu. It wan a utrugglo, Hadway wan evidently worried. Ho often paused boforo a gang tojnqulro hnw. thev. were "maklnk'lt" Hobccih b4 afraid .GK3oJtf..lfti). ta u Which wn inneea tne case, nut ne ahould never hum tnkon before IIumii any ntllttlde In thnt of absolute con fidonce In tholr intention. HI im' loty was natural, however. "' nlUcd tho absolute necessity of skid ding nnd hauling thl Job before tint heavy choking huowm of the latter part of January should mnko It Impossible to keep tho rouds open. Ho Inslrttolit wn this yecesslly that ho had seized' tho first rvtlto In the plu'iioimmnl nnowfull of the early autumn to begin work. Tbo cutting In the woods could wnlt. , , , ,. Left to thotnselvd.1, probably the men would never have dreutned of objecting to whatever privation the task car rled with it. Hadway' anxiety for their comfort, however, emitted them finally to limiBliio thnt perhaps they might have Home Just grounds for cniti plaint after all. That l a great trait of the lumber Jack. Hut Dyer, the scaler, finally caused the outbreak. Dyer wits an cluolciit enough intui In his way, but he loved his own ease. Ml habit wits to ittny lu his bunk of morning until well after daylight To tlil there could be n objection except on the purl of the cook, who was supposed to attend to his business himself, for the scaler was active lu his work when once he begun it ami could keep up with the skidding Hut now ho displayed a strong nntlpa thy to the north wind on the plains. "I don't pose for no tough son of a gun!" said ho to Hadway. "Anil I'v.t got some respect for my ears and feet. Hhe'll warm up a llttlo by tomorrow, nnd perhaps tho wind 'II die, I can catch up to you fellows by hustling n little, so I guess I'll stay lit lilul work on the books today." -Ail ngnt," Hadway nuacnted, n lit tle doubtfully. This happened perhaps two day out of the week. Klnally Dyer hung out a thermometer, which he used to consult. The men saw It nnd consulted It too. At once they felt much colder. ".She wn Stan' 10 below," sputtered Haptlsto Telller. the Frenchman who played the fiddle, "lie freeze t'rou to bees eenslde. DnJ I too cole for limit. in' tie work." "Them plain Is sure a holy fright." j assented Purdy. "I'll' old man knows It himself," agreed big Nolnn. "Did you see him rammlu' around yesterday ankln' us If we found her too cold? He knows very well he ought not to keep a man out that sort ' weather." "You'tl shiver like n dog lu a brier path on a warm dny In July." wild Juckson Hlnes contemptuously. "Shut up!" said thoy. "You're barn boss. You don't have to be out In the cold." This was true. Bo Jackson's Inter vention went for a llttlo worse tJjun nothing. "It ain't lak ho ha nnttln' brslden.'' went on Haptlsto. "He ran mnk' do cut In de meed le of do fores'." That' right," agreed Hob Strnttm. "They's the west half of 'eight' nln't iK'eiicutyet" Bo they sent n delegation to Hndwny. Illg Nolan wn tho spokesman. "Boss." said he bluntly, "she's too cold to work on them plains today. Mho's the coldest day we hnd." Hndwny wan too old n hand at tbo business to make any promldc on tbo ipot. Til see, boys," nald lie. When the brcakfsst wan over tho crew were scut to making skldways and trnvoylng roads on "eight." This wns a precedent. In tlmo the work on the plains was grumbllngly dons lu nuy wenther. However, as to this Hadway, proved firm enough. Ho wan n good fighter when ho knew ho was being Im posed uion. And us the days slipped by ho tight ened the reins. Christians wns up jironelilng. An easy mathematical com putation reduced tho question ol com pleting hli contract with Morrison & Daly to n certain weekly quota. In fact, ho wan surprised ut tho size of It. He would hnvo to work diligently nnd steadily during tho rest of tho winter. Having thus a doflnltn task to ac complish In n definite number of days, Hadway grew to be more of a task Miitstnr Thus he reonlned to a smiill degree the respect of his mclir Tlieu hu lost It nguln. Ono morning he camo In from n talk with tho supply teamster nnd woku Dyer, who was not up yot. "I'm going dawn home for two or three weeks' he announced to Dyer. "You know my address. You'll have to take charge, and I guests you'd better let the scaling go. Wo enn got tho tally at the banking grounds when Ave begin to hnul. Now, wo nln't got nil the tlmo thero Is, so you want to keep tho boyn nt It pretty well." Dyer twisted tho llttlo points of bis mustache. "All right, Blr," itnld he, with his smile, so Inscrutably Insolent that Hadway nover suw tho Insolent at all. lie thought this n poor year for u man lu Hndwuy's position to spend Christmas with bin family, but It wuu bono of his business, "Do as much as you can ,ln tint inarsli, Dyer," went on tho Jobber. "I don't bellevo It's really necessary to lay off any moro thero ou account of the weathor." "All right," repeated Dyer. Tile scaler did what ho oonsldered hlsfduty. All dtiylong iio tramped back and, forth' frouj one gang of men Continued on 7tb l'.go
