New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1910-03-23

Between them Hoated a rOWbOat. In
the roWboat gesticulated a pudgy man.
The river was well sprinkled with logs
Evidently the sorting was going on
well.
May as well go back to the works,
said Orde. tsHe won't string them to-
gether again today, not If he waits for
that tug he sent Simpson for
| Orde 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 hahn seen no logs yet
II They turned with new enthusiasm
/ to the work Of ,shunting "H'' logs into
/ the channel
Il A stableman picked his way out over
| the booms with message for Orde
| "Mr. HeinZman's ashore and wants
10 see you" said he.
Orde found the mill man pacing rest
lessly up and down before steaming
pair Of horses. Newark, perched on
a stump, was surveying him sardonic-
ally.
Here you poth arer' burst out
Heinzman. st must not lose my logsl
Vat is your probosition?"
Newmark broke in quickly.
1--WE told Mr. Heinzman,'' said he,
shat we would sort and deliver the
rest of his logs for So thousand
THAT will be about it. agreed Orde
| But" exploded Heinzman, ssthat is
| as much as you agreet to drive and
delifer nay whole cut!'
Precisely" said Newmark.
Put / haf all the eggspence Of driv-
ing the logs myself. Why shout pay
you for doing what hat alretty paid
| to. hat done?''
| Orde chuckled.
| ''Heinzman," said he, 1--WE aren't
forced to bother with your logs, and
| you're lucky to get out so easy. If l
| turn your whole drive into the river
| you'll lose more than half of it out
| right, and it'll cost you heap to
salvage the rest. And, what's more
I'll turn 'em in before you can get
hold of pile driver I'll sort night
and day." he bluffed, "and by tomor.
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, III
logs included, was pouring into the
main boom Orde stretched his arms
over his head in a luxury of satisfac-
ton.
'"That just about settles that cam.
paign," he said to Newmark.
ooh, no, it doesn't!" replied the lat
ter decidedly.
'sWhy?" asked Orde, surprised. "You
don't imagine he'll do anything more ~
mo, but will.'' said Newmark.
Early in the fall the baby was born.
It proved to be boy Orde, nervous
as 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 fathomless 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 6
! faint uneasiness.
"Is-do you think-that Isl HI
/ hesitated. Does the doctor say he:
going to be all right?''o
Cali rightv' cried Grandma Orde in
/ dignantly "I'd like to know if he isn't
all right now! What in the world dc
you expect Of newborn baby?'
But Carroll was laughing softly tt
herself on the bed. She held out hel
arms for the baby and cuddled it close
to her breast.
Hes little darling" she crooned
"and he's going to grow up big an6
strong, just like his daddy" She pu1
her cheek against the sleeping babes
and looked up sidewise at the two
standing above her. tBut I know how
you feel" she said to her husband
when they first showed him to me
thought he looked like a peanut {
thousand years DID,
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