The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-12-21

discoursgin.' an when the pext ons eopne
around went OF to the woods Yox, know
that clearin' up there at the north end a,
crane lakef Well, helped make that that
WI, Stayed up there from September
I'LL the day before Christmas. au' was
piln' up logs to make up for lost time
Twas about o'clock tho day befora
christmas that Bill Scott came a moseyin'
into camp He coined from Gravenhurst.
an when nc seed me he come over ana
said Sallie told him TO tell me n he seed
me that she had Christmas present for
me II | got around Christmas mornin, 10
claim II. IL I didn't she was n goin' 70
give It to another Teller.
II didn't know Just what that Christmas
present was a goin' TO be, but I WASN'T
goin' to take no chance on the other telIes
glttln' II. whatever II was an ! I'M nrt
for Gravenhurst right away. You know.
tain't no summers day picnic up In these
here woods In December. au' they amt M
up by no electric lights at night. Though
the moon was shlnin That didn't make
no sort O. difference 10 me, an in half
hour | was on pair O. snowshoes a maxim
long tracks towards Gravenhurst. In the
timber the snow was piled up bout ave
feet high. an on the lakes the Ice was A
reachin' down bout i've feet the other
way with a good pile o. snow on top o.
that, cent In places where the wind had
bowed It OF. Wasn't lust the best
waikiki. you can bet. but there vas n dsh
a hltin' on that line Of mine dNrn to
Gravenhurst, an J was a goin' down there
to reel It in fore Il got away Leastwisc I
thought 1t was bitln, an wasn't takln'
no chances on losln' a strike.
Took nigh onto three hours To cit
across old Crane that night. walkn' was
mighty bad an the old thermometer was
clear fro2e un, an the wind n BLOWN SO I
thought II would beat the cutters all out
O. their Jobs by BLOWN the trees all down
Gittiu through the woods wasn't no easier
than nttin cross the lake. an twas nigh
onto S o'clock before I struck uealey nj the
end Of the portage Glttiu' cross Hesley
wasn't no great shakes, cause the wind
was comm straight from the west. and
1t had blowed most all the snow Of
followed tho channel from Healey up "
Kah-pee-kog, but 'twasnt the same sort
o. channel that's there now. cause the
logsers hadn't built no dam In the creel
an cleared out the brush. From tire END
of the channel struck straight down e
! where Moorc's cabin is stsndln' now, but
| 'twasn't there then, an then made
| bay Saw, you fellers talk about this helm
; n Paradise. Say, won ought 70 n been II
that timber that night. mn you might
! changed our minds a little Twas tn
| coolest Paradise you ever heard about
an that not being enough, the wolves wa
/ p howlln' AT to scare vou out Of vour boots
| But there was that nlhble at Gravenhurst
! an ! kent plowln' right through, an
! trustln to Providence. or luck. or some
thin else to keen the wolves off my tract
| I'm I got through. SAY. aid any " yol
! ever hear rho wolves a howln'7 Well, {
/ YOU never did you don't need to cry owe
/ what YOU missed. Better do q llttl
Inurhin' cause YOU missed Il. III bet IN
tintle of old Santa Claus bells Is a hes,
| sight more plensin' To the car, an esnh
c,all~ whom you're by yourself In the wood
al NIGHT.
"wcii TWAS nhout in the morning whe
struck Lake IoSonh an from there n
twas better satin. cause the wind hp
hlowed most the srow on the leo same. n
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