The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1910-01-26

not be interfered
4Vat you dog" he de- with"
mdfaded. 'But my logsP'
You are driving your own logs" Orde
reminded him.
Heinzman vituperated.
go ahead Marshp' said Orde.
For second time the chains were
snapped. The severed ends Of the
booms swung back toward either shore.
Between them floated rowboat. In
the rowboat gesticulated pudgy man.
The river was well sprinkled with logs.
Evidently the sorting was going on
well.
May as well 60 back to the works"
said Orde. 'He WON'T string them to-
gether again today. not If he waits for
that tug he sent Simpson for"
0rde detailed to an appreciative audi
ence the happenings below.
why, he hain't sorted out more'n a
million feet of his logs" cried Rollway
Charlie. He hain't seen no logs YET"
They turned with new enthusiasm
to the work Of shunting n" logs into
the channel.
A stableman picked his way out over
the booms with message for Orde.
"Mr. Heinzman's ashore and wants
to see you" said he.
Orde found the mill man pacing rest
lessly up and down before a steaming
pair of horses. Newmark, perched on
stump. was surveying him sardonic-
ally.
Here you poth arer burst out
Heinzman. II must not lose my logsl
Vat is your probositiony'
| Newmark broke in quickly.
I've told Mr. Heinzman," said he.
shat we would sort and deliver the
rest Of his logs for So thousand"
THAT will be about II" agreed Orde,
But" exploded Helnzman, ''that is
as much as you agreet to drive and
deliffer my whole cutr'
Precisely" said Newmark.
PUT ! hat all the eggspence of driv-
Ing the logs myself Why shout ! pay
you for doing what hat alretty paid
TO hat doneY'
Orde 1huckled
.'Heinzman." said he, I'VE aren't
forced 10. bother with your logs. and
you're lucky to get out So easy Ii |
tlrn your whole drive into the river
you'll lose more than half Of it out
right and it'Ii cost you heap to
salvage the rest. And what's more,
I'll turn EN- in before you can get
hold of pile driver I'll sort hight
and day. he bluffed. "and BY tomur-
row morning You won't have stick
Of timber above my booms." He
laughed again. You want to get
down to business almighty sudden
When finally Heinzman had driven
sadly away and the whole drive. n"
logs included. was pouring into the
main boom Orde stretched his arms
over his head in luxury of satisfac-
ton.
THAT just about settles that cam
paign." he said to Newmark
"Oh. no. it doesn'tr' replied the lat
ter decidedly.
"Why?r asked Orde. surprised. You
don't imagine he'll do anything moreY'
mo. but | will." said Newmark
Early In the fall the baby was born.
1t proved to be boy. Orde, nervous
as a cat after the ordeal Of doing
nothing, tiptoed into the darkened
room. He found his wife weak and
pale, her dark hair framing her face.
new look Of rapt inner contempla-
ton rendering even more mysterious
her always fathomIess eyes. She held
her lips to him. He kissed them.
Grandma Orde brought the new
conner In for Orde's inspection. He
looked gravely down on the puckered,
discolored bit OF humanity with a
faint uneasiness.
"Is-do you think-that Isl He
hesitated. Does the doctor say he's
going to be all right?'
"All rightr' cried Grandma Orde in
dignantly. I'D like to know If he isn't
all right nowl What In the world do
you expect OF newborn babyYr
But Carroll was laughing softly to
herself on the bed. She held out her
arms for the baby and cuddled it close
to her breast
He's little darling" she crooned,
"and he's going to grow up big and
strong, just like bis daddy" she put
her cheek against the sleeping babes
and looked up sidewise at the two
standing above her. But know how
you feel she said to her husband
when they first showed him to me
thought he looked like a peanut a
thousand years old
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