The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-10-26

what Is II. Oenn&sE ne asked the
first OF the men
man. Have you got anything for me.
Mr. Daly?"
The mill owner laughed.
i guess so. Report to Shearer. Did
you vote for the right man, Denny"
The lumberman grinned sheepishly.
Il don't know. sir. I didn't get that
far"
Better let it alone. suppose you
and Bill want to come back. toO7"
he added, turning to the next two IN
line. 'All right report TO Tim. Do
you want work. he inquired OF the
last Of the quartette. a big. bashful
man, with the shoulders Of a Hercu-
les.
Yes. sir" answered the latter un-
comfortably.
What do you want2"
"Pm a eant-hook man. sir"
Where have yeu worked p
81 had a job with Morgan & Steb-
bins on the Clear river last winter"
All right: We need cant-hook men.
Report at seven. and If they don't
want you there, so to thirteen
The man went out. Daily turned to
Thorpe with the last fiickers OF amGlse-
ment in his eyes.
What can I do for your he In
ouired.
II am looking for work." Thorpe re-
piled.
What kind OF work.
ANY kind. so long as I can learn
something about the lumber business
The older man studied him keenly for
few moments.
Have you had any other business
| experience?"
None"
What have you been doing7''
Nothing
The lumberman's eyes hardened.
I'VE are very busy firm here" he
said with certain elaboration; I'VE
| do not carry a big force of men in
any one department, and each Of those
men has TO I'll his place and slep over
the sides. We do not pretend or at
tempt to teach here. II you want to
be a lumbermsn, you must learn the
| lumber business more directly than
| through the windows of a bookkeeper's
Office. Go into the woods. Learn a
/ few first principles. Find out the diff
ference between Norway and white
pine, anyway"
After his speech the business man
| whirled back to his desk.
Have you anything for me to do in
the woods, them" the other asked
quietly.
| mo" said Daily over his shoulder.
Thorpe went out He mad made the
elementary discovery that even in
chopping wood skilled labor counts He
did not know where 10 turn next. and
he would not have had the money to
go far in any case. So. although Shear
er's brusque greeting that morning had
argued a lack Of cordially. he resolved
10 remind the riverman of his prom
Used assistance
That noon he carried out his re-
solve.
go I'D and tackle Railway" said
| Shearer. Hes jobbing for us on the
Grass. branch. He needs men for road
in, know, because he's behind. You'll
get a Job there"
Where is it?" asked Thorpe.
"Ten miles from here. She's blazed.
but you better wait for the supply
team, Friday. If you try TO make her
yourself, you'll get lost on some OF tn
old loggin' roads"
Thorpe considered.
I'm busted" he said at last, frank
ly.
"oh, that's all right" replied the
walking boss. Marshall, come here.
The peg-legged boarding house keep
er stumDed in.
What is it?'' he trumpeted smil-
ingly.
This boy wants a Job till Friday.
Then he's going up 20 Railways with
the supply team. Now quit your hol-
Iering for a ehore boy for few days
"AIl right" snorted Marshall. take
that AK and split some dry wood that
you'll find behind the house,
''Tm very much Obliged to you" be-
gan Thorpe to the walking boss, and"
, That's all right" interrupted the lat
ter some day you can give me
CHAPTER ".
For five days Thorpe cut wood. made
; fires, drew water, swept floors and ran
errands. At the end OF the week he
received "a from his employer; dumped
! his valise into a low bobsleish driven
{ by a man mufled in a fur coat: as
sisted in loading the sleigh with va
riety of things, from Spearhead plug
| to raisins. and turned his face at last
= toward the land Of his hopes and de-
= sires.
: The long drive to camp was at once
, | a delight and a misery TO him. First
e his feet became numb, then his hands.
e then his nose was nipped, and finally
: his warm clothes were lifted from him
p by invisible hands, and he was left
j. naked to shivers and tremblings- He
s found it torture to sit stin on the top
of the bale Of hay: and yet he could
4 not bear TO contemplate the cold shock
Z of Jumping from the sleigh 10 the
q ground The driver pulled up 70
: breathe his horses at the top OF a
: hill.
2 You're dressed pretty light" he ad-
{ vised; better hoof it ways and get
; warm"
n The words tipped the balance OF
4 Thorpe's decision. He descended stiff
e fly. conscious of a disagreeable shock
e from a siX-inch jump
q In ten minutes the Wallowing, slip
o ping and leaping after the tail Of the
= sled had sent his blood tingling "a
2 the last OF his protesting members. Cold
r withdrew.
. After a little while they arrived by
: way of Hill. over which they plunged
into the middle Of the camp. Thorpe
n saw threa large buildings, backed end
n to end, and two smaller ones. all built
: of heavy logs, rooted with plank. and
a lighted sparsely through one or two
u windows apiece. The driver pulled VI
IS opposite the space between two larger
buildings and began 10 unload his pro
q visions. Thorpe set about aiding him
e and so found himself for the first tins
in a cook camp"
u II was a cOmmodiOus building. On
le end furnished space for two cOokins
4. ranges and two hunks placed one evei
the other. Along one side ran broaS
b. table shelf. with other shelves over 4
e and numerous barrels underneath. al
: filed with cans. loaves Of bread, cook
II les and pies. The center was occupied
81 b. four long bench-fianked tables, dow
le whose middle struggled utensils con