The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-01-11
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explaining indicating 10 the girl at his
There is he Canada balsam. he
cried DO you remember how showed
il 70 you frst2 And yonder the spruce.
How stuck up your teeth were when
I you tried TO chew the gum before IL
had been heated DO you remember
Look. Look there, It's a white pine,
Isn't it a grand trse2 It's the finest
tree in the forest. BY my way of think
I ing, 50 tall. so straight. so feathery and
SO dignifed- See. Hilda. look quick
There's an old logging road all filed
with raspberry vines Well find lots
of cartridges there and perhaps a bear.
/ Wouldn't YOU just like TO walk down II
about sunset?''
Yes. Harry.
Il wonder what were stopping for
Seems To me they are stopping at every
squirrels trail. On. this must be Seney-
Yes, it is. Queer little place, isn't it?
but sort of attractive. Good deal like
our town You have never seen Car
penter. have yOu2 locations fine. any
way: and to me it's sort of picturesque.
You'll ike Mrs. Hathaway. She's a
buXOn. motherly woman who runs the
boarding house for eighty men. and still
finds time to mend my clothes for me.
And you'll like Solly. SoIly's the tug
captain, a mighty good fellow. true as
a gunbarrel Wei have him take Us
out, some still day. Wen be there in
few minutes now. See the cranberry
marshes. Sometimes there's a good deal
of pine Og1 little islands scattered over
it, but its very hard to log. unless you
get good winter. We had just such
a proposition when l worked for Rad
way Oh. you'H like Railway, he's as
good as gold Helen"
Yes replied his sister.
4 want you TO know Railway He's
/ the man who gave me my start"
All right. Harry" laughed Helen.
III meet anybody or anything from
4 bears 20 Indians"
I know an Indian. tOO-Geezigut. an
I Ojibwa-we call him Injin Charley.
He was my first friend in the north
woods He helped me get my timber.
This spring he killed a mana good
job, too-and is hiding now. 1 wish 1
knew where he is But We'll see him
some day. Hen come back when the
thing blows over, See! See" 3
WHAT" they all asked. breathless.
It's gone over beyond the hills
there I caught glimpse Of Superior.
/ You are ridiculous, Harry" protest
/ ed Helen Thorpe laughingly. I never
saw you so. You are a regular boy!''
Do you like boys?" he asked, grave
! ". of Hilda.
adore themt'' she cried
An right. I don't care" he answered
his sister in triumph.
The air brakes began to make them
selves felt. and shortly the train came
to grinding stop.
What station is this?" Thorpe asked
the cOlored porter.
'Shingleviue. sab" the latter replied.
Il thought so. Wallace. when did
their mill burn, anyway? I haven't
heard about it
Last spring, about the time you
went down"
rs that so2 How did it happen?"
They claim incendiarism, parted
Wallace, cautiously.
Thorpe pondered moment then
laughed. Il am in the mixed attitude
Of the small boy" he observed. who
isn't near enough to wish anybodys
property destroyed, but who wishes
that if there is a fire, to be where he
can see it. 1 am sorry those fellows
had to lose their mill, but it was
good thing for us. The man who set
that fire did us a good turn. If it
hadn't been for the burning of their