Putnam patriot., 1911-09-29
1T he h hy JAMES OLIVER y CUQWOOD
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". don't believe the camp doctor is h on his job. I've got a deuced faD .honlder and a worse arm. and ~ ~ golng down to a good surgeon as h.t as can. ,
 ? ror an hour after breakfast the two
 rere busy with papers. maps and asrtugs relative to the camp work. that hour had passed he was .,, of at least one other thing
 WAS not incompetency that was
 ,r the two senior engineers back
 2 '' he home office. He had half ex- ,od to find the working end in the
 disorganized condition as its Rut if Gregson and Thorne had ...n laboring under tremendous
 '..,, of some kind it was not reflected
 ,ho company's work. as shown in
 oaFca records which the latter had ..,aad out before him.
 1Tbats q big six months work" said
 ...ro when they had finished. Good ,sss man. when we first came up .a,a iack rabbit couldn't hop through
 ,is ,laee where you're sitting, and
 s 600 what we've got-ffty cabins. ,.n. moss halls. two of the biggest H.robouses ..s north of Winnipeg. post .sep a hospital. three blacksmith .bons and-a shipyardH'
 =, sbipyardr exclaimed Rowland in ,ouine surprise.
 .Snre. with a fifty ton ship half built .nd frozen stiff in the ice. You can sD'sb her in the spring, and you'll find sor mighty useful for bringing supplies ,.om tbe head of the Wekusko. We're a,ipc horses on the ice now. Had a 1oneed hard time in getting fifty of ,.m m from Le Pas. And, besides all
 b,s we've got six miles of roadbed ,rilt to the south and three to the ,orth We've got sub-camp at each working end, but most of the men still meier to come in at night" He drag gsd himself slowly and painfully to his saet as a knock sounded at the door. aThat's Macdonald. our camp super iutqndent" he explained. Told him to be here at s. He's a corker for talk iDs hold of things
 little. wiry. red headed man hop nd in as Thorne threw open the door. The moment his eyes fell on Rowland bp sprang forward with outstretched hand smiling and bobbing his head.
 aHowland. of course!" he cried. aGad to see you. Five minutes late awful sorry-but they're having the devils own time over at a coyote we're eoing to blow this morning. and that's what kept me"
 From Rowland he whirled on the senior with the sudden movement of cricket
 Flows the arm, Thorne? And if there's any mercy fin your corpus tell ne if Jackpine brought me the ciga- rettes from Le Pas. If he forgot them, as the mail did. I'll have his life as sure
 He brought them,' said Thorne. But how about this coyote. M6cf l thought it was ready to fire
 50 it is-now. The south ridge Is | schedued to go up at 10 o'clock. We'll blow up the big north mountains | some time tonight. It'll make glo- l ious fireworks-125 barrels of powder | and four fifty-pound eases of dyna- | mite-and if you cant walk that far. Thorne. we'll take you up on sledge. Mustn't allow you to miss it!'
 Sorry, but I'll have to, Mac. I'm going south with the mail"
 Mcdonald seemed to be the life and law of the camp. and he wondered more and more at Thorne's demeanor He began to note that there was strange nervousness about Thorne when they were among the men. an uneasy alertness in his eyes. as though be were looking for some particular face among those they encountered. T want Rowland to see this south coyote go up." said Macdonald. Can you spare him? We'll be back before noon"
 Certainly replied Thorne. "Come and take dinner with me at 12." Rowland fancied that there was certain tone of relief in the seniors Voice, but he made no mention of it to the superintendent as they walked swiftly to the scene of the blowout. The coyote was ready for firing when 'hey arrived. The coyote itself-a tun- hel of fifty feet dug into the solid rock Of the mountain and terminating in chamber packed with explosives-was Closed by masses of broken rock. ram ned tight, and Macdonald showed his companion where the electric wire passed to the fuse within.
 Its a confounded mystery to me Rhy Thorne doesn't care to see this fidge blown up" he exclaimed after tney had finished the inspection. We've been at work for three months eflilng this coyote and the bigger one 10 the north There are 4,000 square yards of rock to come out of there ana eoeo out of the other. You don't see shots like those three times in a life tlme, and therell not be another for us oelWeen here and the bay. Whats the matter with Thorne?'
 without waiting for a reply Mac ponald walked swiftly in the direcuoh ol ridge to the right. Already guards laa been thrown out on all sides or .he mountain and their thrilling warn lags of Fire. fire. firer' shouted through megaphones of birch bark' eeheed with ominous meaning through 'ae still wilderness. where for the tune all work had ceased. On the top oi tue ridge half hundred of the work- men had already assembled, and as hoWiand and the superintendent came hav, +, <.f tNs, o1-