The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1912-03-28
CHAPTER XVIII.
TAKING A PICTURE.

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~ HAVE been thinking" said
Freckles. 81 believe II you
Will leave one OF the guards
~ on the line-say Hall-that |
will begin on the swamp at the north
end and lay II of in sections and try
to hunt out the marked trees. sup
pose they are all marked something
like that FIRST maple on the line was
Wessner mentioned another good one
not so far from that. He said II was
best OF ALL I'd be having the swelled
head II could find that. or course
don't know a thing about the trees, but
| could hunt for the marks jack was
so good at II he could tell some OF
them by the mark. but all he wanted to
take that we've got on to so far have
Just had deep chip cut out rather low
down and where the bushes were thick
over IT, | believe | could be finding
some of them"
Good head" said Mclean. I'VE viii
do that. You may begin as soon as
you are rested. And about things you
came across in the swamp, Freckles.
the most trlfilng little thing that you
think the Bird Woman would want.
take your wheel and 20 after her at
any time. I'll leave two men on the
line. so that you will have one on
either side. and you can come and so
as you please. Have you stopped to
think OF all we owe her. my boyr'
'Yls; and the angel We owe her a
lot, too" said Freckles. 81 owe her me
life and honor. It's lying awake nights
IN have to be trying to think how
I'm ever TO pay her up"
well. begin with the muff," sug-
gested Mclean. THAT should be dne."
Freckles told Mclean of Mrs. Dun
cans desire for hat like the an-
gels He hesitated little In the tell
ing and kept sharp watch on Nc
Leans face When he saw the boss
eyes were full OF sympathy he loved
him anew. for. as ever, Mclean was
quick to understand. Instead OF
laughing he said II guess you'll have
10 let me In on that too. You mustn't
be selfish. you know. I'll tell you
what wen do. Get II FOR Christmas.
I'll be home then, and we can send
box. You get the hat. I'll add dress
and wrap. You get Duncan hat
and gloves, I'll send him big over {
coat. aud Wen put in lot of little :
stun for the babies"
THAT would be away too serious |
for fun" said Freckles. THAT would :
be heavenly"
week later everything at the Lin S
berlost was precisely as Il had been d
before the tragedy. except the case
in Freckles' room now rested on the e
stump of the newly felled tree. e
Enough OF the vines were left 10 cover "
IL prettily. and every vestlge OF the 4
havoc of n few days before was gone. q
The new guards were patrolling the p
trail Freckles was roughly laying on b
the swamp In sections and searching W
for marked trees. In that time he had n
found one deeply Clipped and the chip bt
replaced and tackled In. II al
10 be quite rare. so he was u
iubllant. He also found so many sub to
jects for the Bird Woman that her 50
coming was OF almost daily occur al
renee. and the hours he spent with
her and the angel were nothing less
han golden. kl
The Llmberlost now was arrayed m
Ike the queen OF Sheba in all her al
glory The FIRST frosts of autumn had as
Dejeweled her crown in flashing topaz. pl
ruby and emerald About her feet he
irailed the purple Of her garments. and to
10 her band was her golden scepter. sn
Everything was at full tide. II seem tW
ID as II nothing could grow lovelier.
Ind It was all standing still a few an
weeks. waiting coming destruction.
The swamp was palpitant with life ru
Every pair OF birds that had nocked to su
i in the spring was now multiplied by Id
.nom two to ten. The young were TN
anne from Freckles' triparenthood. sn
md SO plump and sleek that they were
quite as beautiful as their elders, even
I In many cases they lacked their lie
brilliant plumage There were chubby co
little groundhogs scudding along the ella
rail. There were cunning baby coons th'
ind opossums peeping from hollow SUI
ogs and trees. Young muskrats fol-
owed their paFehts across the lagoons. ou
II you could come upon a family of as
oxes that had not yet disbanded and an
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roueht and note the pride and sat -