Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-01-21


1.-The blacksmith is also Il good wood
butcher (carpenter)," explained Shear.
err. -Four teams IL all we ought 10
keep going at a clip. If we reed a
few axnen we can pick 'em up Mt Mar
qustte. I think this gang II stick.
pfcked EN-"
There was not young man in the
let. They were most of them in the
prime Of middle life, between thirty
ana forty, rugged in appearance
"cocky' In manner, with the swaeger
ard the onth Of 80 many bucca n-ers.
bard as nails Altogether Thorpe
thought them about rs rough set of
cyNtonlers as lie had ever seen.
Throughout the day thay played cnrds
on deck and srat tobacco Juice abroad
and swore necessarily. Toward h m.
self and Shearcr their manner was nm
odd mixture Of independent equality
ana n slight deforence. 1t was a.
much as to say. You're the boss. but
I'm as good man "a you any day"
Constituting the clitc Of the nrofes-
gien. ms they did, Thorpe might have
wondered ut their consentiny to work
for mn Obscure little camp belonging to
a rreenhorn. Loyalty to and pride in
the firm for which lie works are
strong chara cteristics ~ the lumber
Jack. Fer this reason he feels that he
swrs it 70 his reputation to ally him
self only with firms Of credtable size
and ctHcieecv. The small camp. are
for the youngsters Occasionally you
will see two or three If the Veterans
IN such a camp. but it /. generally a
ease Of lacking something better
! The truth Is Ehcnrcr had managed
10 inspire in the minds Of his cronles
an idea that they were about to par
tieirate In a hght. He retolA Thorpe's
, stsry artistieslly. The men agreed that
J the "yeung fellow had sand enough
? fer a lake front After that there
s~sdsd but little skllful maneuver.
, ing to inspire them with the idea that
. t weuld be great thing to take
hand. to make a camp in spite Of the
; big concern up river.
: Ehearer knew that this attitude was
tentative. Everything depended on
, aew we'll Thorpe lived up to his repu.
tatisn at the outset. But Tim himself
Z believed in Thorpe blindly. SO he had
Ne fears.
little incident at the beginning Of
the vsyaxe did much to renssure him.
Thorpe had given orders that nd
whisky was TO be brought aboard.
Soon after leaving dock he saw one Of
the transfers drinking from pint
E Hssk without word he stepped
sriskly forward snatched the bottle
from the MANS nFs and threw It over.
!, board. 1hsn he turned sharp on his
scei and WAIVED away without trou-
A bling himself az to how the fellow
WAS gstsg - take It.
r The scrSrreHes pleased the men. for
It Showed tAeH fhey had made no mise
!. take BM II Mesnt little else. This
. cAtsf Aarepr really was lest they be-
ssns Inn seteied IN the protective atti-
!. tuAe. Az they TOOK II, they were bout,
r.sd nstursdly. to help along a worthy
srecnhern. rhis they considered ex
eccdin3.y generous on their part. and
!, IN their swn minds they were inclined
- lsek en- Thorpe much as a grown
4 man wsSId look on child.
g Fine weather followed them up the
long blre reach Of Lake Huron. into
" the nssas br~adth Of the Detour pas
, sage, pan the opening through the
ThsussHd MIA nds Of the Georgian bay
Into TIE st. Nays river. They were
4 lseh I'd through artsr rome delay on ac-
= esunt Of tbs prsip ba rgcs frcn Duluth
d s.l at last vsr-nsd th"r PROV west
ward in the Bis Sea water, heyerd
which lay Hiawathae Fcne-mah. the
= Land Of the Horeafter
Next morning by d1yhreak every
I man was at werk. The matches were
opened, and soon bcrveen-decl> was
: numbered with boxes, packing caso7.
L barrels and crates. In their lnpro-
vi.ed stalls the patient horses seemed
to catch q hint of shore going and
$ whinni-s Hy 10 O'Clock there doomed
d against the strange coast line of the
Pictured rock, n shallow bay and what
Q looked TO be dock distorted by the
northern mirage.
"That's her" said the captain
o Two hours later the steamboat slid
between the yellow waters of two ont.
u lying reefs and with slackenod speed
o moved slowly toward the wharf Of log
cribs filled with stone.
Thorne knew very we'll that the
l. structure had been erected by and be-
: lonacd TO Morrison & DAILY. but the
l. your: man had had the foresight to
n purchase the land lying on the deep
: water aide OF the bay. He therefore
l. ANTICIPATED no trouble In unloading, for,
o while Morrison & DAILY owned tn pier
Itself the land on which it abutted be-
Il longet 10 him,
" From the arms Of the bay he could
J. make ont deyrn figures standing near
n the end Of the wharf. When, with pro-
d peller reversed, the Pole Star born
slowly down toward her moorings,
Thorpc recognized Dyer at the head Of
eight or ten vecdsmen. 1t looked sus'
n picious
, Catch this line" sung out the mate
hurting the coil of a hand line on the
;. wharf.
, Nc ono moved. and the little rope aft
er moment slid overheard with q
1 srl.sh,
d The captain, with curse signaled
n full speed nstern.
: Captain Morse" cried Dyer. step
( ping forward, my orders are that yol
e are to Land here nothing but NJ, & D