St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1875-06-18
VOLUME 3S---NUMBER 1877.
The First Test.

not spring from it. 1t is something hard
to belieVe-it WIS for me once but il
is truth. Shall tell YOU why changed
my mind | don't know as ! ought
to. for | am not much of a storyteller
i can balance an account or scale Il
| load of lumber bcIter-but | will try
! this time. All. how | wish | could as
saw it and felt it, but ! don't heliev"
anybody does that. so I'll make the
best of it.
| am in the employ of Il heavy lum-
herring company doing business on the
lake shore. and have been for Years.
Most of the time there were two of us
in the Otiice-John Richards, a son of
one of the owners, and myself, Jacob
Jackson. John usually goes into the
pineries in the winter.
Well. last winter WAS unfavorable tor
logging there was no snow to speak
of-and our supply of logs was 50 much
less than usual that We We're obliged to
shut down the mill about the first OF
September.
That left thirty or forty men idle.
| I0u know these lumbermen have t.
eat something, and wear clothes. and
the firm decided to put il new crew in
! to tht~NOOuS. If II WAS early. So "A bpIIt
the 18th OF 9th of September, Il lot of
men started.
John Richards Went up to boss them ::
aud to he frank. as | always want to
he. was glad when John was ont of
sight. There were two or three reasons
why was glad. First, John Richards
was not Il very agreeable person t"
have around He WAS hau~hty and
overbearing to the last degree. and
many Il wordy tilt have we had. Apain
he WAS having attention to 4 beoutifuI
Girl whom | loved. No doubt | WAS :,
! little selfish. but | couldn't help il.
! There was no open rivalry between us,
however. for | had never inSinuated T.,
my dearest friend. my mother. that
cared aumht for Belle Royaltou, But
loved her. and the idea that John Rich
ards-or any body else. for that matte
would bear off the prize, even befor;.
! | had entered the list us Il com
petitor, was repugnant to my feelings
to say the least. Lastly. John Richard,
WAS my enemy. Wherefore could not
fathom. unless some act or look of mine
had betrayed my love. But he Wa
my enemy, and | waS glad when he
WAS out OF sight.
John had been gone nearly month
when the firm received IL letter from
him, in which he stated that he haU
found large tract of pine land for sale
The owner had Just been burned out
and .JohA advised that should COM
up with Il few thousand dollars. for q
splendid bargain could hc made.
The partners had Il consultation. an,i
finally decided that | should 20 up.
WAS to start immediately after dinuci
on horseback.
knew the road we'll. and was some
what acquainted with the few peopl,
who had vcmtured to settle in tha'
wilderness Though which had To piss
therefore applchcndcd no trouble
Not so with my mother. however. Sh,
took alarm at the first mention of til,
Journey.
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Richar,s that know Of
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