The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-12-14

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warm Jacket"
zhaquett." said Trudeau. in zes.
got home Ina wooden oye'cost-sury's
hell,"
"Oh. guess there's no danger"
aid Van Dom. his lips parting with
mirthless emile.
Non queried Trudeau. You been
IA zese woods before
"Oh. yes" replied Van Dorm. Lots
90 tim,s."
Zen you know" asserted Trudcau.
Zen you ara choking wiz me II. $50
huntaire sink brown cloth coat. gray
coat. black coat. anysing Eat moycs-
she sink zem every TIM. "A deer Las
~intaire lots men KILLED for deer. Pete
I st Cyrs boy kll deer. hang heem In
tree. and mex morning take heem on
back an tote. A city huntaire see deer
hide wiz hair on moving. an him
sof-nose bullet 70 throo deer. throo
Pete 81. Cyr's boys head, Zat
; zhaquette damn fool thing"
! 1T goes either side out" said the
hunter. Il can turn It. you know
Il turn heem, turn heem," said
Trudeau. suiting tic action to the
word. Red is bettaire. by gosh--in
1 zese woods"
Trudeau watched his companion as
I he made his laborious way urough
the cutover chaos until he Disappear
ed: but he did not see him pause
when out OF sSht Of camp. and turn
toward the iAIIc.
4 would rather II were anyone
else said Van Dorm. as II To- some
] thing that walked b. his side: but
what difference does IL make Why
; MT let him finish his work :'
The sheer Giiiiculty Of the country
brought back to Van Dorm something
like the forestor's alt.rness This lust
for lumber had ravagcd the spiry for
/ est. and left. inextricably tangled. the
| wrecks Of the noble trces-for, 81
maidens whose beauty had been their
destruction. only the crooked and
ugly having escaped. So deep and
complex was the Wr~ckags that IL
seemed like the spilikins OF a giants
. game OF jack-straws- gnarled logs.
limbs like chevaux de frise. saplings
I and under brush growing up through
chaos. And spread over the siftcd
through all was the snow. as light as
down.
Van Dorm must have told the truth
as to his former visits: for he went
on Ike one used 10 this terrible,
zone. Nowhere could he take three
steps straight forward. 10 was always
climbing up. or loapiug down. or go
Ing around. or crawling under. Here
thick leaves upheld IN. snow. and ia
the dry pine straw on the ground. H.
could hear the f"rcs' mic. rustic AMI
scurrv. There "A field was smooth,d
over ly thu snow. as . trap Is hidden
10y sand, covering g., bris ust high
enough 10 imporii the limbs - The
pedestrian. Nondcr was a tamarack
swamp too thick to DE pierted. ant
'torywhcr" 10 was over and under AMI
up AMI down. and desperately hard.
Tor miles and miles. with no place for
reposc.
H." razod away over "a" straue.
colonization of dcsoIatiou. bIindIv r.-
Hr'tinG Of mans way OF c,mins. do.
ms his worst. AMI Passing on with
stated appetite. leaving ruin-as h.
had done here. He wondered WHY
that tan tra * Of virgin pine over al
tho f.rht hal been allowed To escaus.
standing AGAINST Tho sky Ike q black
wall. spiked with AN rlmpikcs. Il..
stared iN"dlr at tho SNOW. the blue.
shadows. the black pines. somnambu-
li~'ic AGAIN
u" Oh" somcthinE that seemed ~
b walk hF his side. ha spoka Of thes.
things. a. 30 60 had been visii.1.
/ Strance actions. strauge thoughts for
the president Of the Kosmos rbeui-
cal 'omp11t. tho great Antagonist of
{ Lore" &C tho Soda Selling Comrau,.
~" David Co. Ioree's Goliath. tr..
sN"fdnsh 20 tn" ccioneTs whale,
' Ihinh. however. - David. with all the
stones spent against fhe giants buck
r. ana covering within N. Iethal
reach - that spear Ike % weavsr's
Team. or - the swordfeh. with
broken weapon. hunted tp On. utter
most black depths by the orrnmintr
silent yawnins destruction Ana ir
Van Dorn's case. tho enemy was an
a'eHgcr as well 1s t.naturai foo
Poor little Kosmoe Chemical ,.or,.
pan' with its big name. ire great do.
posits - 90 prime commercial rccre-
FiiF' see pf 'spcctus- d.pender,.
on railways with which Lone. ,eas ,r
terms. ~ which Van Dorm never
dreamed. i'q old ani willy Zoe. ekifad
70 snatch victory from tho Jaws OF do
'rat rasirg f'r tho Joss ~ HE owe
Iamh whom. notwithstanding hfs a.
ant-h'p. De had loved for twenty r.s--
tn IIrn's two. nnd hal drsrrr.r
dreams and committed crimes frrt
not very efraurr after al perb4rg
tN1i Tho mn won't ur uuffarIr., sarr.
nam Ilieflr1IIy They saw th,. ,-.
Fri"r"d FOB 'hn uor'u mouth g., r-r,t
ana Oiled with deiu-i.rs
suddenly. put'irr Ifs into tho de,4
scene bounding form came tr..