The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-12-14

grin1ly.
She ran to her dainty escritoire. where
she scrubbed eagerly for q few moments.
There" she cried. her eyes shining.
there is my check book all signed in
blank. I'll see that the money Is there
SO It was that H.lda Ferrand gave her
lover confidence, brought him out from
his fanatcisnl, launched him afresh into
| the current of events. He remained in
Chicago all that summer, giving orders
; that all work at the village of Car
renter should cease. With his affairs
that Sumner we have little to do. His
commcn-sense treatment OF the stock
! market by which a policy CT quiescence
fol owing an outright buying Of the stock
which he had previously held on mar
gins, retrieved the losses already sustain
ed. and, finally put both partners on a
firm financial footing. That is another
story. So too. is his reconciliation with
an unders landing Of his sister. It came,
about through Hilda, of course. Perhaps
in the inscrutable way Of Providence the
estran cement was Of beneIt-even neces-
, sary-for it had thrown him entirely with
in himself during his militant years.
Let us rather look to the end OF the
summer. It now became a question Of re-
opening the camps. Thorpe wrote to
Shearer and Railway. whom he had re-
tanned. that he would arrive on Satur-
day noon. and suggested that the two be-
sin to look about for men. Friday. him
self. Wallace Carpenter. Elizabeth Car
perter. Morton. Helen Thorpe and
FIiIda Farrand boarded the north bound
train.
CHAPTER So.
The train of the South Shore Railroad
shot it's way across the broad reaches Of
TIE northern peninsula. On either side Of
the risht-of-way lay mystery in the shape
of tnickets so dense and overgrown tlAt
! 49,
feet at most. Beyond them stood the
forests. Thus Nature screened her In
t,r1acies from tho impairment eye OF a
new order of things.
Thorpe welcomed the smell Of the north
land. He became almost eager. explain
irg. indicating to the girl at his side.
There Is the Canada ba1sam" he cried.
Do you remember how I showed it 70
on first? And yonder the spruce. How
tuck up your teeth We're when you tried
chew the gum before it had been
Gated. Do you remember? Look! Loci:
here! It's white pine! Isn't it g
rand tree? It's the finest tree in the
crest, by my way of thinking. so tall.
. straight, so featllery. and so dig7lified.
zee, Hilda look quick! There's an old
rsging road all filled with raspberry
ines. Wed find lots Of partridges there
no perhaps a bear. Wouldn't you just
Ike to walk down 1t about sunset"
Yes. Harry.
II wonder what we're stopping for
Seems to me they are stopping at every
qurrel's trail. Oh. this must be SenSy.
Yes. it is. Queer little piece ISM It?
.ut sort OF attractive. Good deal like
| our town. You have never seen Car
,enter have you? locations fine, any
way; ard to me it's sort OF picturesque.
You'll like Mrs. Hathaway. She's a
huxonl. motIlerly woman who runs the
!ourding-house for eighty men. and still
s:cds time TO mend my clothes for me-
ard you'll like Solly. Solly's lie tug
captain a mighty good fellow, true as a
,cn barrel Well have him take Us out
some still day. Well be there in 8 few
| minutes now. See the cranberry marshes.
Sometimes there's q good deal of pine
| Oh little islands scattered over it. but it's
very hard to log. unless you get a good
winter. We had just such proposition
when I worked for Railway. Oh, you'll
like Railway, he's as good as gold.
FJe,enl'
Yes" replied his sister.
~ want YOU to know Railway. He's the
man who gave me my start
"An right. Harry laughed Helen. I'll
meet anybody or anything from bears to
Indians
- know an Indian. too-Geezigut. an
O:ibwa-yre called him Irjin Charley. He
vas my first friend in the north woods
He helped ne get my timber. This spring
te1e1 that zero morning so many years
l:c killed {. mana good job. too-and is