The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-11-02

n tho mems camp the crew lounEed smoked danced
din 20 one evening Thorpe who has been too
busy to remember Phrs violin sroiied over ana %
men waiting whirlng so!emnly round and round
gripping firmly each other loo COS sts 81 one
elbow. Atevery third step OF sie WIZ e'ies l 80
psr,hed on {, cracked box sat Phil His head was
thrust almost aggressvey over ms
and his eyes gared at dancing with the old wolf
swift Jerk thrust It back with another threw his should
ers from one side in abrupt time to the muse
sighed, in pts. It was atrocious- 1t not even in
The performer seemed 70 gna Y OUT Win !,
oS tba artist =, ,rhorpa was at it.
Poor Phil he said to himself he mas tfe i''scA
soul without the musical ear
Next day. while passing out Of .e cook camp ne adj
dressed of the men: - g.,
well Billy, he inquired how do you like your nd
IAN right replied Billy with emphasis She's got some
.rt .orz nroceeded finely yet the young lumber
man had sense enough know that while crew such
as this is suIremely effective it REQUIRES careful hana
lins, to- keep it good humored and wiling lie knew
ever. by his first name ana escn Gay ll :
- 49, some phase Of the work. Thorpe
me< himself familiarity ofntrodllcins any other
s never replied directly TO objection request
it ind ,tsr M''Hpa t
Even sfeaer. witt WON he was IN most ntimas con n
tact respected trait in him. Gradually ne came g
feel tina ne making way With his men y was d
status. yet nor ever very lrn1 o'e d @
all that
Then one one of the best teamster. came in
to make some objection the cooking As matter o.
fact cooking perfectly sooi o,t Nc
is great hand growl and he usually begins Win NJ
food
Thorpe listened to his vague objection in silence.
.,ll right he remarked simply
Sext day he touched the shoulder just as ne
was starting to work u.s., or time, said he
Whats the natter, asked the man
The Two entered the little Office Thorpe looked through
the ledger book, and finally handed the man ms
I'm have no GROWERS in this camp said Thorpe WITH
's .y7 Sioa., cried the man you damned
1o get out of nere.' cried Thorpe with concentrat-
cd blaze energetic passion that made the ie"" sep
y amt going to get the wrong side Of the law . by
with this Office cried the otner at 'i oooi'
Leave this Office, shouted Thorpe
nose YOU make me-. challenged the man nsoentlS.
~, moment the defiance he'd endanEering the
careful, structure Thorpe had reared WITH slch PANS.
Young man was suddenly in exactly the same pha
unreasoning manner Is Wiei ne ~ e's1 80.
60 rs he s7rans across the shack seized
t.o-blale3 AK from pile behind the door swung II
around his cast it full at the now irisheieo
i Itself in hs4s,lowbanl beyond Without an instants
hesitation Thorpe reached back for another me MAJ
IF don't want to see you around here again, shouted
Thorpe him.
Then he returned to the office and sat down
overcome with contrition-
ut might have been murder he told himself. awe
But. as it happened, nothing could have turned out
better u
Thorpe had instinctively seized only method by
which these strong men could be impressed Now tne
with vast on their oss as
mar, to have his own way no matter VIVA
difficulties consequences might tend to deter Nlo
the kind of man they liked
min Charles silent enignacai ever, mad con
structed log shack little creek IN the hirdf:oou
attended diligently 10 the business OF trapping
Thorpe rarely found time to VISIT MN. pu ne oii
into the office, smoked ppefnl of the white mans 70
III friendly fashion by the stove ana slded GU
again without having spoken "a dozen WORDS.
Wallace made ont before the big SHOWS came an.
was charmed. He with glsto OF the SAT- morse,
1nince pie and cakes f1t
gal5- his moccaSlns or on the fancy
snowshoes purchased OF lnJln Ca;rle!. hert
nothing report in regard 10 ltancis ma
The loan been negotiated easily on the basis OF
mortgage guaranteed Carpenters personal signature
Nothing had been heard frop Morrison g DAILY
By the winter some four million feet OF logs
were pled bed the banks OF the stream
To understand what that must Imagine e
pile of solid timber mile in length This tremendous
directly in the course OF the stream Nhe ths
winter had to beseparated and tloated piece
meal The process is an interesting
and dangerous great delicacy Il require
for its completion picked men of skill and de
1rans yearly Of crippics and dead WI
work fourteen hours a day, up TO the
waists in Waterti filled with floating ice
On the Ossawinamlkee has been stated three dam
had been erected simplify the process OF drViis " iel
the logs right distribution the gates were rasee
and the proper head of water ioated them down.
Now being naFlgable. was possesss.
Of rights on Technically he entitltde TO
normal head whenever he needed 1t; or spe
ca1 head according to agreement with the parties own
the drive he found that Morrison
Taly intended to cause him trouble. 1t began in {
narrows river between high rocky banks Thorp
driver floating though close-packed. Ihe suatio1
was tcksh. Men with spiked boots ran here and ther
from one bobbng log another pushing with their
veys, hurrying log, retardns another working h