The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1904-12-07

them. Behind them the knoll stood
put in picturesque relief against the
darker pines. The river rushed by
with a never ending roar and turmoil.
! Through its shouting one perceived. as
through mist, the still lofty peace of
evening.
A young fellow, hardly more than a
boy, exclaimed with keen delight of the
picturesque as his canoe shot around
the bend into sight of it.
The canoe was large and powerful.
but well filed. An Indian knelt in
the stern. Amidships was well laden
with dufle of all descriptions. The
young fellow sat in the bow. He was
bright faced, eager eyed, curly haired
young fellow, all enthusiasm and fire.
His figure was trim and clean. but
rather slender, and his movements
were quick. but nervous. When he
stepped carefully out on the fat rock
to which his guide brought the canoe
with a swirl of the paddle one initial
ed would have seen that his clothes,
while strong and serviceable. had been
bought from sporting catalogue.
'This is a good place." he said to the
guide. well camp here" Then he
turned up the steep bank without look
ing back.
"Hello!" he called in a cheerful. I'M
embarrassed fashion to Thorpe and
Charley. How are you? Care if /
camp here? What you making? By
Jove! never saw a canoe made be-
fore. I'm going to watch you. Keep
right at it,
He sat on one of the outcropping
powders and took off his hat.
"Say, you've got great place here!
You here all summer? Hello! You've
got a deer hanging up. Are there
many of 'em around here? I'd like to
kill a deer first rate. l never have. It's
sort of out of season now, isn't it?''
eve only kill the bucks" replied
Thorpe.
81 like fishing too" went on the boy.
care there any here? In the pool?
john" he called to his guide. bring me
my fishing tackle"
In a few moments he was whipping
the pool with long, graceful drops of
the fly. He proved to be adept. At
first the Indians stolid countenance
seemed trifie doubtful. After time
it cleared.
"Good! he grunted.
The other Indian had now finished
the erection of a tent and had begun to
cook supper over little sheet iron
camp stove. Thorpe and Charley could
smell ham.
you've got quite pantry" remark
ed Thorpe.
won't you eat with meY' proffered
the boy Hospitality.
But Thorpe declined.
In the course of the evening the boy
approached the older mems camp and.
with charming diffidence, asked per-
mission to sit awhile at their fire.
at must be good to live in the
woods" he said with a sigh, Ito do all
things for yourself It's so free"
81 just do love thisr' he cried again
and again. "Oh, it's great, after all
that fuss down there" And he,cried it
SO fervently that the other men present
smiled, but so genuinely that the smile
had in it nothing but kindness.
81 came out for a month" said he
suddenly, land l guess I'll stay the rest
of it right here You'll let me go with
you sometimes hunting, won't you?
I'd like first rate to kill deer"
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you"
"My name is Wallace Carpenter"
said the boy, with a sudden unmistak-
able air of good breeding.
"Well," laughed Thorpe, 1.-TWO old
woods loafers like us haven't got much
use for names. Charley here is called
Geezigut, and mines nearly as bad, but
l guess plain Charley and Harry will
do"