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frvTi' ti , " ,1" " . 4' i ' j H rl . It I sari Ai w r I e XShe T 8 Trail t I,, Copyright 1902. hy CHAPTEK X Fr-kOU more than n week Thorpe IS! bad Journeyed through the for g j est. Ills equipment wns situ- ' pie In the extreme. Attached to it heavy Ifiitlicr bolt of cartridges hung a two po'tnd ax ami a sdieath knife. In Ills pwket reposed u , compass, an nlr tight tin of mutches nud a map drawn on oiled paper of n district divided Into Sections. Some few of the sections V'cre colored, which Indicated that they Iielonged to private parties. All the. rest wag state or government land. Ho carried In liia hand a repeating rifle. The pack. If opened, would have been found to contain n woolen nud rubber blanket, fishing tackle, twenty pouuds or so of Hour, a package of tea, sugar, a slab of bacon carefully wrapped lu oiled clUb, salt, a suit of underwear and several extra pairs of thick stock ings. To the outside of the pack had been strapped n frying pan. a tin pall and n cup. lie had not met a human being or Btn any Indications of man execptlu nlways the old blase of the govern - ment survey. Many years before, otll- dais had run careless lines through the country along the section bound-, nrlc?. These latter stated always the fcectlon, the township and the range vuni v nrai uy uuiuucr. aii inorpc iiad to do was to nud the same figures on his map. Up knew Just where he was. The map he bad procured at the United States land office lu Detroit, lie had set out foe the purpose of "looking" a 'suitable bunch of pine In the northern peninsula, which at the time was practically untouched. Ac cess to the interior could only be ob tained on foot or by river. The South Shore railroad had as yet penetrated only as far as Seney. Marquette, Me nominee and a few smaller places ulong the coast ivere lumbering near at home, but they shipped entirely by water. Thorpe, with the farsightedness of the pioneer, had perceived that the ex ploitation of tbe upper country was an affair of a few years only. The north would not- prove as accessible as it now seemed, for the carrying trade would epmc day realize that thu en tire waterway of the great lakes of fered an unrivaled outlet "With that discover- would begin a rush to the new country. He resolved to antici pate it and by acquiring his holdings before general attcntiou should be turn ed that way to obtain the best. Ho was without money nnd practi cally without friends, while govern ment and state lands cost respectively $2.50 and $1.23 an ncre, cash down. Hut he rcllM on the good sense of c.q itnllsts to perceive from the statistic which his explorations would furnish the wonderful advantages of logging now country with the chain of great lakes ns shipping outlet nt Its very door. In return for his Information he would expect a half interest in ths , rntcrprlse. Thorpe was by no means the first to tee the tnoner in northern Dine, Our- pldo tho big mill district) atrcady pained cuttiqgs of cousldcrablo sizo were already under way, tho logs from which were iwually sold to the mills of Marquette and Menominee. , Hut work was on n small scnlo and with nn eye to the iiumedlnto present pnly. It wus accompllshWHy purchas ing one forty nnd cutting a dozen. Thorpe's map showed often near tho forks of an Important stream a section wIiom coloring Indicated private pos rcsilon. Legally the owners bad the ! rliiht oulv to the nine Included In thu ! ........ '....I .. ...(!.... '1.... It 1....1 ' marked section, but if any one had taken the trouble to visit the district ho would have found operations going ou for miles up and down stream. The colored squares would prove to bo noth ing but bo iiirtny excuses for being on tho ground. The bulk of the plno was stolu from unbought state or govern ment laud. This lu the old days was a common enough trick. Thorpo was perfectly conversant with this state of affairs. Ho knew also that In till probability many of thu col orcd districts on Ills uiiu ronrescnteri firii3 engaged in steals of greater or less mngiiitiule. Ho was further awaro thnt most of tho concerns Btolo tho tim ber because It was cheaper to steal thatt to buy. but that they would buy readily .enough Jf forced to do so In or ier to provont.its acquisition by onoth t. In his exploration, therefore, lie do i Mod to employ tho-utmost clrcumspec ion.' ;IIc would bono us a hunter and ishcrmnn. For d week ho Journeyed through uagnlllceit timber, working always nioiy undfUibre td U0 north;, until final ly ho stood )bk tho MthoKA tit Superior. ili rWve4 Jtj .ftltt M ffafo iveat B '? lazed I By STEWART EDWARD WHITE Jv Ttttenrt Edtoartt tOAttt have to upend the summer and perhaps part of Hie fall lu that district, lie wild hrirdly expect to escape notice. Uv the Indications oti the river he Rise, land nlruntiy taken, b'lt Thorpe hoped to tlnd good timber near the mouth. After several days' hard walk ing with this object In view he fovltnl hlnwlf directly north of n bend In the liver, so he turned through the wood duo south, with ;he intention of strife. lng lu on the stream. This he succeed rd lu nccomplMiing .oine twenty mil". In.Vtul. where also he dlseovcvd n well 'Upn.WI'hnJ 'recently used trail leading up the river. Thorpe camped one night nt the bend and then set out to follow the trail. It led him for upward of ten miles nearly due south, sometimes approach ing, sometimes leaving, the river, but keeping always In Its direction. The , country in general was rolling. Low pamll.'I r.'dgtM of gentle declivity gild nl contnnly ncro.i hts way. their Veil 7 doping to the river. Thorpe had never seen, n grander forest, of 1 pine than that which clothed them. At the ten mile point he came upon ! a dam. It was a crude tlitm. built of logs, whose face consisted of strong Luttresses slanted up stream and whose sheer was made of unbarked timbers I,l,u s.uuoiuiy sine y sine ni lue re- quIrcU angle. At present Its gate was open. The purpose of the dam lu this new country did not puszlo him lu the least, but its presence bewildered him. Such constructions nre often thrdwn acros locg'ng streams nt proper In terval In order that the operator may be Independent of the spring freahot.. The device la common enough, but It is cxprimlve. People do not build dams except In the certainty of some years, of logging, nnd quite extensive logging at that. If the stream happens to be navigable the promoter must llrst get an Improvement charter from a Ixinrd of control appointed by the state. So Thorpe knew that he had to deal not with a hand to mouth lum ber thief, but with a great company preparing to log tbe country on a big scale. He continued his Journey. At noon he came to nnoth?r and similar struc ture. Here he left his pack nnd pushed ahead in light marching order. About eight tulles above the first dam and eighteen from the bend of the river he ran into n "slashing" of the year before. The decapitated stump were nlready beginning to turn brown with weather; the tangle of topo and limbs was partially concealed by poplar growths and wild raspberry vines. To Thorpe this particular clearing be came at onco of the greatest Interest He scrambled over and through the ugly debris which for n year or two after logging operations cumbers the ground. IJy a rather prolonged search ho found what he sought the "section corners" of the tract, on which the gov ernment surveyor had long ago marked the "descriptions." A glance at thj map confirmed his suspicions. The slashing lay some two miles north of tiio sections designated as belonging to private parties. It was government land. Thorpe sat down, lit a pipe and did a little thinking.. He had that very morning passed thrqugh beautiful timber lying much rienrer the mouth of the river than either this or the sections farther south. Why had these men deliberately ascend ed the strenm? Why bad they stolen timber eighteen miles from the bend when they could equally well have stol en Just as good fourteen miles nearer tho terminus of their drlvol Thorpe suddenly remembered the two dams and his idea that .the men In charge of tile river must bo wealthy aMl tnti't lit-ml operating on n large heal". He thought ho glimpsed It. Aft er another pipe ho felt sure. The unknowns were indeed going In on a large scale. Thoy Intended even tually to log the wholo of tho Ossa wiunmnkco basin. For this reason they had mado their first purchase, planted, their first foothold, near, the hendwa tors. Some day they would buy all the standing government plualn tho basin, hut in the meantlmo they would steal all they could at a sufficient distance froi tho ,nUe to nilnlralso tho danger vt "veiy. Kvery stick cut meant bo much less to purchase later on. ''Thorpe know that 'men occ'up'lcd In ro precarious a busluoss would bo keen ly ou the watch. At tho first hint of rivalry they would buy In the timber they had selected. 'Hut the situation hud set his lighting blood to radix;. They undoubtedly wuuted the tract down river. Well, so did he! He purposed to look It over carefully, to ascertain Its exact boundaries and what sectlous.tt would be necessary' to buy .lfi 6rdr to i&clude lb.sAd.pfruuri ' ' . "f "Tl "T T oven M esftuinto It tiV n rough way. In the ncoomnllfthmeut of lts he would to tlie moilth of n fairly lnrgo river called tbe Ossawlnnmakee. It Allowed In common with most streams of Ita judged that a crew or men una snortiy before taken out n drlvu of logs. After the timber had been rafted and towed to Marquette they would return. He might be nblo to hide In the forest, but sooner or later, ha was sure, one of tho company's laud lookers or hunters would stumble oti his camp. Then his very concealment would tell them what ho wan after. Tho risk was too great, for, above all things, Tborpa needed time. Ho had, as has been said, to ascertain what ho could offer. Then ho had to offer it. Ho would bo forced to interest capital, and that Is a matter of pcrsu.islon and leisure. Finally his shrewd, lutultlvo good scu!e dashed tho solution on him. Ho returned rapidly to his pack, assumed the strops nud arrived nt tho llrst dam about dark of tho long suiumor day. There ho looked carefully about him. Somo fifty feet from the water's edgu a uircu Kitou supported, besides tlio birches, a single big hemlock. Vlth his belt ax Thorpe cleared away tho, little white trens. Ho stuck tho sharp-j cued end of otio of them lu the bark of the shaggy hemlock, fastened tho otlicr end in a crotch eight or ten feet dis tant, slanted tho rest of the saplings' along one sldo of this ridgepole and turned in, after a hasty supper, leaving (he completion of his permanent camp to the morrow. In the morning bo thatched smooth tho roof of tho shelter, using for tho purpose the thick branches of hemlocks, placing two green spruce logs sldo by side as cookiug range, sluug his pot on n rod across two forked sticks, cut and split n quantity of wood, spread his blankets and called himself estab lished. For some days he made no effort to look over the pine, nor did he intend to begin until he could bo sure of doing so In safety. His object now was to glvo his knoll the appearance of n trapper's camp. Toward the end of the week he re ceived his first visit Evening was drawing on. Thorpe was busily en-' Kaged In cooking a panful of trout.: Suddenly he became awaro of a pres ence at his side. "How do?" greeted tho newcomer gravely. The man was an Indian, silent, sol emn, with the straight, unwinking gaze of his race. "How do?" replied Thorpe. I The Indian without further cere-' mony threw his pack to tho ground, ' nnd, squntting on his heels, watched tho white mnu's preparations. When the meal was cooked he coolly pro duced a knife, selected n clean bit of , hemlock bark and helped himself. Then he lit a plpo and gazed keenly about him. ! "What you do?" ho Inquired nftcr a j long silence, punctuated by the puffs, of tobacco. "Hunt, trap, fish," replied Thorpe, ( with equal scntentlousness. i "Good," concluded the Indian after a ruminative pause, That nluht he Blent on the trround. Next day he mado a better shelter than I ' "Jou doT' greeted the ricucowicr. Thorpe's ki less than half tho tlmo and was off huutlni: before tho sun wns nn notir nigii. no Was armed wltn nn old fashioned smooth boro muzzlo load er, and Thorpe was astonished after lie had become better acquainted with IiIh now companion's method to find that he hunted deer with fine bird shot. 1 Tho Indian never expected to kill op even mortally wound his game, but ho would follow for mllca tho blood drops caused by his llttlo wounds until tho animals in sheer cxhnustlou allowed him to approach closo enough for a dispatching blow. At 2 o'clock he ro turned with a small buck, tied scientif ically together for toting, with tho waBto parts cut away, but every ounco of utility retained. ''I show," said tho Indian, and ho did. Thorpe, learned tho Indlrtti tuu. "'ho Indian nnncarcd to intend tnak (ng tho birch knoll uls iwrunnqritliead; quarters, Tborpo Wits ftt flrat i HtUo VL uk. !VjnMr1sB4r(MBBBBiBBBiVkBKI lrikv BBBBVjBafBBBBBBuSSBBfaflssVlBBls 741' HPj,jaJaHjffirK M3ywXT$& Wm&r li tuVpfcVuaT e IiIh now companion, but tho mnn appeared scrupulously honest, was novcr Intrusive nud oven seemed genuinely dosUouu of leaching tho white llttlo tricks of the woods brought to their porrection mj um inman alone. Ho ended by liking lilnx. Tho two rare ly spoke. They merely sat near each otlicr and smoked. Ono evening tho lib dlAii suddenly remarked: V'You look ,um treoV yVWhnt'a tlmtV cried Thorpe, star tled. ' "You no huntor, no trapper. You look mn tree for innko 'urn lumber." "What mukea you think that, Char ley V ho asked. 'You good man lu woods," replied Injun Charley sententlously. "I toll by way you look nt him plno." Thorpe ruminated. "Charley," said he, "why, nro you staying hero with mo?" "lllg frlcn'i" replied tho. Indian promptly. "Wliy uro you my friend? .Whnt havo I ever done for you?" "You got uiu chief's eye," replied his companion, with simplicity. Thorpe looked at tho Indian again. There seemed to bo only ono course. "Yes, I'm a lumberman," ho confess ed, "and I'm looking for pine. Hut, Cluirley, tho men up tho river must not know what I'm after." "They jrit 'utu pine," interjected tho Iudlutt like u Hash. ' "Kxnctly," replied Thorpe, surprised afresh at the other's perspicacity. "Good!" exclaimed Injuu Charley nnd fell silent. With this, tho longest conversation tho two had attempted in their pccullnr nentiitlntniMV. Thorno was forwil in tin content. Three days lator ho was intensely thankful thu conversation had taken place. After the noon meal he lay on his blanket under the hemlock shelter, smoking and lazily watching Injun Charley busy over tho maklug of n birch bark canoe. . So idly Intent was Thorpe on this ptoco of construction thut he did not iio t Ice the approach of two men from ,u """" D,iV"" ,T.. ,v' ,T. or ' a,e1rt ",c"' -'''"ff "? with 41... .U,..., ,..... -I.1 SIM..... ......... in v.- mh.-l-ui.-iii. iviaiBii'iii-j ui lllU' wuvmi walker, dressed lu broad lints, tlauiiel shirts, coarse trousers tucked lu high laced "cruisers" and carrying ditch it ' bulging meal sack looped by n cord across the shoulders and chest, lioth , were armed with long sleti ' v scalers' rules. The first ltitiuiatlou Thorpo re I celved of tho presence of thcao two men : wns the sound of their voiced. "Hello, Charley!" said one of them. "What you doing here? Ain't seen you since the Sturgeon district." 'Mnk' mn canoe," replied Charley 1 Irnther obviously. "So I see. Hut what do you expect to xot In this God forsaken country?" I "Heaver, mtiskrat. mink, otter." "Trapping, eh?" the man gazed keen ly ntTtorpe's recumbent figure. "Who's the other fellow?" Thorpe held his breath, then exhaled It In a long sigh of relief. "Him white man." Injun Charley was replying. "Illin hunt too. He "nIi' '' buckskin." The land looker nroso lazily and taiiutorcd townrd the group. ."Howdy?" ho drawled. "Got any ftnoklu'7" "How nro you?" replied ono of tho colors, eying him sharply and tender ing his pouch. Thorpe filled his pljvo deliberately nnd returned It with a heavy lidded gluncu of thanks. To nil nppenraiices he was ono of tho lazy, shiftless hunters of tho backwoods. Seized with an inspiration, ho said: "What sort of chances Is they nt your camp for u little Hour? Mo and Char ley's about out. I'll bring you meat, or I'll make you boys moccaslmf. I got vomc good buckskin." It was tho usual proposition. "rrctty good, I guess. Como up and see," advised tho scaler. "Tho crow's right behind us." "I'll send Charley," drawled Thorpo. "I'm busy now inaklu' traps." Ho I wnved his pipe, calling attention to tho pine and rawhide deadfalls. They chatted a few moments. Thon two wagons creaked lurching by, fol lowed by fifteen or twenty men. Tho last of these, evidently tho foreman, was Joined by the two scalers. Ynjini Charley was setting about tho splitting of n cedar log. "You boo," ho remarked. "I big frlcnV In tho days that followed Thorpo cruised nbout tho great-woods. It was slow business, but fniiclnatlug. Ho know that when ho should embark on his uttcmut to enlist considerable cap ital m nn "unsignt, unseen" invest ment ho would havo to bo well hui pllcd with HtatlntlcH. First of nil ho walked over tho coun try at large to find where tho best tlm bcr lay. This wus a mnttor of tramp-, lng, though often on an elevation ho succeeded in climbing u tall treo Whence ho caught blrdsoyo vlows of tho country nt large. Ho always car ried his gun with him and was pro pared at n moment's notlco to seem en gaged lu hunting. Next ho ascertained tho geographical location of tho different clumps and forests, entering tho sections, tho quar ter sections, even tho separate forties, in lils notebook, tnkinglu only tho "do scrJoJIous" cqntalulu.g tho. best pipe. , Finally hb.wroto accurate 'notes cori cernlngf the topography i of pencil mud trto DJa aUtrlct-tho ky of thgJsjKL tho Tillts, rnvliiHi, swamps" nnd rnlloyTiJ ihd distance' from the rlvor, the char- actor of tho soil. In short, he ncctimu luted all tho Information ho could by which tho cost of logging illicit be on' , tltnated. For this ho had really too llttlo ox, perlonce. Ho knew It, but determined) to do lils best. Tho weak point of lilts wholo schomo lay In that It was going to uo iiupoasiiuo ror mm to niiow tun prospective purchuHcr a chance to ex- I initio tho plno, That uMlllculty Thorpe hoped to overcoiuo by Inspiring per sonal confidence in himself. If ho failed to do no ho might return with a laud looker whom the investor trusted, ' ami thu two could le-cnnct thu comedy of this Bummor. Thorpe hoped, how over, to avoid tho necessity. Ho Hut about u rough estlmata of thu timber. Gnu evening Just nt sunset Thorpe wits helping tho Indian shapu his craft. H'hu two men bout there at their task, thu dull glow of evening falling upon them. Ilohlud thorn tho knoll stood out In picturesque relief against tho darker pines. Tho river rushed hy with it never ending roar and tltruloll, through Its shouting otio perceived, as through n mist, tho still lofty peace of uvotilmr. A young follow, hardly more thnn a hoy, exclaimed with keen delight of tho picturesque as his canoe shot around the bend into sight of it. The canoe was largo and powerful, but well tilled. All Indian knelt til the stern. Amidships was well laden ttltli lllfHt nf aill iluMnOlltHnilM rPlifa with dutllo of all descriptions. The young fellow sat In tho bow. lie was a bright faced, eager eyed, curly ialrcd young fellow, nil enthusiasm and fire. HI llguro wns trim and clean, but rather slender, and his mdvcmciits were quick, but nervous. Whcq ho stepped carefully out on tho lint rock to which hts guide brought thu cnuou with a swirl of tho paddlo ono initiat ed would havo seen thnt his clothes, while strong nud serviceable, hnd been bought from a sporting catalogue "This Is a good place," lib unld to tho guide. "We'll enmp here." Then ho turned up the steep bank without look ing back. "Hello!" ho called In a cheerful, un embarrassed fashion to Thorpe and Charley. "How are you? Cnro If I camp hero 7 What you making? Hy Jove! I never saw a cauou made bo fore. I'm going to watch you. Keep right at it." Ho sat on one of the outcropping bowlders and took off his lint. "Say, you've got a great place hero! ' You here all summer? Hello! lou vo got a deer hanging up. Are there many of 'cm around hero? I'd like to kill n deer first rate. I never have. It's sort of out of Bcariou now, Isn't It?" "Wo only kill the bucks," replied Thorpe. "I like fishing too," went on tho boy. "Are thero any here? In the pool? John," ho called to his guide, "bring mo my fishing tackle." in a few moments ho was whipping the pool with long, graceful drop of tlio fiy. He proved to be adept. At first tho Indian's stolid countenance seemed a trlllo doubtful. After a time It cluarcd. "Good!" ho grunted. The other Indian had now finished the erection of a tent and hnd begun to cook supper over a llttlo sheet Iron camp stove. Thorpe nnd Charley could smell ham. "You've got quite a pantry," remark ed Thorpe. "Won't you cat with mo?" proffered tho boy hospitably. Hut Thorno declined. In tho cdtirsc of tho evening tbe boy approached tlio older men's camp ami, with charming dlllldcucc, asked per mission to sit awhile at their fire. "It must bo good to live In tho woods," ho said with a sigh, "to do all things for yourself. It's so free." "I Just do loVo this!" he cried ngaln nnd ngaln. "Oh, It's great, nftcr all that fuss down there!" And ho cried it so fervently that tho other men present smiled, but so genuinely thnt tho smllo had lu It nothing but kindliness. ."I camo out for a month," said ho suddenly, "and I gucqs I'll Hny tho rcHt of It right here. You'll let mo go with you sometimes hunting, won't you? I'd lllto first rato to kill u deer." "Sure," said Thorpe. "Glad to hnvo you." "My nnmo la Wallace Carpenter," said the boy, with a sudden unmistak able nlr of good breeding. "Well," laughed Thorpe, "two old woods loafers llko us haven't got much uso for names. Cliarley hero Is called Gcezlgut, and mine's pearly ns had, but I guess plain Cliarley nud Harry will tin." CHAPTER XL II 13 young fellow stayed three weeks nud wns u constant Joy to Thorpe. Thorpo liked tlio boy because ho was opon heart ed, frco from affectation, assumptive of no superiority In short, because he wns direct and sincere. Wallace, ou his part, adored In Thorpo tho free, open nlr life, tho adventurous quality, tho qulot, hidden power, the resource fulnoBS nnd tho self sutllclchcy of thu plouoor. Ho did anything' at nil. 'Ho accepted Thorpo for what ho thought li 1 in - to bo ruthor than for what ho might think him to bo. . Llttlo, hv llttlo tho eager .questions of tiio youth extracted a iqll jitatqitlunt of, tlw situation.';, no , icnnicu oi i tuo mi I'' present oporatloim and tnor pronnuio phuw, of thu vuluitblo pluo lying sllll miulnlmod, of Thoipo'rt utonlthy raid lnto tuo onuij'H country. viiy, H'n gmitl ltrt liottnr tlinu nny b00i x over readl' n0 Wftulcd to know what ho could do (0 iiolp, "Nothing except Iccep qulot," replied Thorpe. "You inuijtnt try to net any different. If thu moil from up river como by, bo Just as cordial to thorn ns you can and don't net mysterious aim ImiKirtaut." "All right," agreed Wallace, bubbling with oxcltomont. "And thun whnt da yob do-nftor you get tho timber est mated?" 'I'll go south nnd try, quietly, tq rnlso somo money. That will no mm cult because, you see, pcoplo don't knowi me, and I am not In a portion to lot, them look over tho timber. Of course, it will bo merely a question of my Judgment, They.. can go themselves to tiro laud oiilcu" iuuf pny their "money. There won't bo any ehtiucu of my mak ' lug way with that. The investors will jiccomo possessed of certain 'descrip tions' lying In this country, all right enough. Tho rub Is, Will they havo, enough confidence In mo and my Judg ment to believe the timber to bo what I represent It?' i "I hoc," commented Wallace, sudden ly grave. ' "Hurry," said ho that o veiling, witn , lIccWoll M0VV , i, Volco, "will I ... you taku a llttlo walk with mo down by the dam? I want to talk with you." They strolled to tho edgo of tho bunk nnd stood for n moment looking at Uiu twirling waters. "1 want you to toll mo all nbout log ging," began Wallace. "Start from the beginning. Suppose, for Instance wlin would bo your first move?" They sat sldo by sldo on a log, and Thorpe explained. The excitement of war was lu It. Whon ho had finished, Wnlhtco druw n deep breath. "When I am home," said ho simply, "I llvo lu a big houso ou tho Lako .Shore drive. It I heated by steam and lighted by electricity. I touch a but ton or turn a screw and at onco I nm lighted and warmed. At certain hours "Oh, yltauV cried the hoy. meals are served mo. I don't know, how they nro cooked or where the ma terlnls come from. Slnco leaving col lego I havo spent n llttlo tlmo down town every day, and then I'vo played J golf or tenuis or ridden a horso lu tlio park. Wo do llttlo Imitations of tho' rcnl thing with bluo ribbons tied to them nud think wo nro camping or rotighlngjt. This llfo of yours 1a glo rious, is vltnl; it means something Id the march of tho world." The young fellow spoko with unex pected nwlftuess nud earnestness. Thorpo lookvd ut him in surprise. "1 know wuat you nro uuiiuiuk, said tho boy, Hushing. "You aro sur prised thnt 1 ciiu bo lu earnest about anything." Thorpo wntched him with sympa thetic eyes, but with lips that obsti nately refused to way one word, "I left college nt nineteen becauso my father died," Wullnco went on. "I am now Just twenty-one, A largo es tato descended to me, nud I havo had to euro for Us investment nil nloiio, I havo ono ulster; that Is nil." "So havo I!" cried Thorpo and stop ped. "Tho cstatoH havo not Hiifforcd," went ou tho boy Hlmply. "I havo douo well with them. Hut," ho cried florcoly, "I hato HI It Is petty nud menu and wor rying and wigging. Now, Harry, I have u proposal to innko you. It Is this: You need $;j(),l)0O to buy your hind. Lot mo supply It nnd como lu as half part ner." An oxpreuslOn of doubt crossed tho laud looker's face. "Oh, ploaso!" cried tho boy. "I do want to got In Homothlng real. It will bo tlio untieing of me," ' ' "Now, soo hero," liitorpoHcd Thorpo Biiddonly. "Yon don't oven know my nnipo." ,"I khow you," replied tho boy., .) "M? nnmo Is Harry Thorpo," pursued tho other. "My, father was1 Henry, 'I"!.. bmbqz,lor," . ""Continued on 6:h pouo, i v ' -, . : . l 4lV rk
