The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1904-12-30

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country sawmills, a Scotchman In
charge.
docs the boat stop here this morn.
fng?" he inquired.
'Weel," replied the engineer, with
fearful deliberation, 'I Gamma say. But
I haze received ma orders to that effect"
Cant you whistle her in for meT'
asked Thorpe.
II canna," answered the engineer.
promptly enough this time.
why notT
"Y9re ma what a body might call
freight"
mo other way out OF it?"
ma"
Thorpe was seized with an idea.
"Herer' he cried. "See that bowlder
over there? I want to ship that to
Mackinaw City by freight on this
boat"
The Scotchman's eyes twinkled ap-
preciatlvely.
I'm dootin' ye haze tn freight bill
from tho Office" no objected simply.
See here" replied Thorpe, "Ive got
10 get that boat It's worth $50 to me-,
and I'll square it with the captain.
There's your twenty"
The Scotchman doliberated, looking
Ryfant at the ground and thoughtfully
s<ifng cylinder with a greasy rag.
TT II ma be a matter of life and
dsathr' no asked hopefully. 'She aye
shops for life and DEATH"
NO" replied Thorpe reluctantly.
Thsn, with an explosion: Eyes, by
heaven. 1t Is! If don't make that
boat I'll kill your
The Scotchman chuckled and pocket
% the money.
I'm dootln' that's in ORDER" he re-
Piled -I'll be no party to any such
proceedings. I'm goin' moo for q fresh
pail OF waiter" he remarked, pausing
at the door, "but as a wee item of in
formation yander's tn wheestle rope.
and a mon wheestles one short and one
long nor tn boat"
He disappeared. Thorpe seized the
cord and gave the signal. Then he
ran hastily to the end of the long lum-
Der docks and peered with great eager
ness IN the direction of the black
smoke
The steamer was as yet concealed be-
hind a low spit Of land which ran out
from the west to form one side of the
harbor. In a moment, however, her
bows appeared, headed directly down
toward ttle strait of Mackinaw. When
opposite the little bay, with a grand
free sweep she turned and headed di.
rectly for him.
He negotiated briefly with the cap
tain, paid $50 more for speed and the
privilege of landing at Mackinaw City.
Then he slept for eight hours on end
and was awakened in time to drop into
q small boat, which deposited him on
the broad sand beach of the lower pen
insula.
The train was just leisurely making
up for departure. Thorpe dressed as
he was in old pepper and salt" gar
ments patched with buckskin, his hat
n Topping travesty on headgear, his
moccasins worn and dirty, his face
bearded and bronzed, tried as much
as possible to avoid attention. lie sent
an instant telegram to Wallace Carpen-
ter conceived as follows:
Wire thirty thousand my order care land
office, Detroit, before 9 o'clock tomorrow
morning. Do 1t If you have to rustic all
night. Important.
Then he took q seat in the baggage
car on n pile of boxes and philosoph-
ically waited for the train to start. He
knew that sooner or later the man, pro-
vided he were on the train, would stroll
through the car, and he wanted to be
out of the way. The baggage man
proved friendly, so Thorpe chatted
with him till after bedtime. Then he
entered the smoking car and waited
! patiently for morning.
At the last thought Thorpe decided
to send a second message from the
next station. He did so. 1t read
Another buyer of timber on same train
| with me. Must have money at O'Clock
| or lose land
He paid day rates on 1t to insure i'm
mediate delivery. Suppose the boy
should be away from home!
Everything depended on Wallace
Carpenter, and Thorpe could not but
confess tho chance slender. One other
thought made the night seem long.
Thorpe had but $50 left.
Morning came at last, and the train
drew In and stopped. Thorpe, being
in the smoking car, dropped off first
and stationed himself near the exit
| where he could look over the passen-
gers without being seen. They filed
| past. To two only he could accord the
role of master lumbermen, and in these
two Thorpe recognized DAILY and Nor
rison themselves. They passed within
ten feet of him, talking earnestly to-
gether At the curb they hailed a cab
and drove away. Thorpe with salts
! faction heard them call the name of a
! hotel.
1t was still two hours before the land
nHioe would he omen
ITO BE CONTINUED
ONTARIO FEELS LACK OF RAIN.
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