The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-07-21
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 Up shot Caleb's head. - AHnh-thf' he ,gasped. llfE
 sed didn't the 'postles cast -<Aslr seeB on HundayT Steve repeated. sGeems to me they did, but I can't ust recAlict now what chapter 1t Was in."
 Caleb pulled his fsfe into . sem blance ofisobriety. is.b Seems to me they did.. he agreed q, little weakly, '.now that you mention t don't, just recollect where it oc- Blurred. either, ,,at-the moment, but we'll have to looksit up, because as . case bf precedent itll be clincher for sarah.s " Allison joined them Monday morning kt daybSeak. All day they drove Through the seeping rain--drove north n Caleb's. blackboard, to turn of final N upon . woods trail that ran into the bast along the lesser branch of the liver. During the ride Steve's bearing tpward the third member oflthe party kas too plain to escape notice, for he bever looked, at nor directed word to kllison unless 1t was in reply to d. bet question, and then his answers vsrs - szaunesynsbsr. But Am- qn, w8o. san,ns1al. eazs his undivided kttenelpa to e&e country through which they wsCe pan1lnE. ln attitude toward 3he boy wasapen -shoCe remarkable. % sOnce Whnn thoy he'd halted at poQnv , 6e potnted.out .. hiHside of pine, hback beneatA tAo raln, clnse clustered and If maBtlke straishtness. " tvThere,a . wonderful stand of pine, CaLv he remarled. ~Fd venture e ny tAat t tweuld cut Il least 200. .oo0 tInstantly, altAOugA the remark vat &ddposs4d b sAim, Caleb knew that t }Ras Step1nHs comznent for which Ali. Don was angling. and hard upon his eaaual statemeAt the hoy's head cana 6hA1pH around
 sshsM run lnigh double, that," he WnllRwpd fAeAaiE s'HhelI run double md HebhV . trine more. gss;. z M Nor lid Allison even a,1ile now.
 rWkat makes ycu think soy hs
 4ssla ,h.se eaas the boys pit .n. GWer. 4 1T ain't thinkin,,. he said, "Tts jest 16erey Theysse close sct them trees, and they're tclear, clean to the tops. Ihere aint stump there thAt won't run near ten standard" gsy. ;Allfaon aquinted and finally nodded IT. head
 lfaybe,~ he asresd; 'maybe." . . But later Caleb saw him enter somo Agares h his sunan. black bound note \ book. iss> 4
 nj night ns episoae was repeated
 khea bit of variafdon. They had set Gp their tent and made camp q little efore nie:htfaH Eur below them. hid Aen by the treeG. the east branch acpt v thr3adli1e gaAA through tho centlr : IT . vallay broad enough and rouHd housh to have ben veritabls tm- < Ebitheaterf of the gods. The whole re&t hollow wa clothed with ever reen, . sea of dripping tops jn the 0emigloom, and Allison, when he had Let aside his plate and lighted his pipe, hlfted hand in | gesture which ems braced 1t all. d "A
 a1f you weren't 50 lazy brained, Cal" 1" Ae said. 'thAt sight would stir in you Something more than mere apprecia- ton of what you can the ssublimity of theerl 1mnensity.' For the man who can look ahead ten or q dozen years there is an undreausd of fortune fight here in tli5s yalley." VI.
 Caleb yawned ~
 , 'No doubt, !" he. agreed "But didn't coin that phrase for immense fortunes. I guess Pm old fashioned enough to Iike it whole lot better just as it is
 Then he became suddenly aware of the tense earneatness with. which stephen O'Mara was listening. And when Allison. thinking aloud, unused that the cost of driving the timber x down the shallow stream to the faro1 mills would be perhaps prohibitiye words fairly leaped to the boy's lips.
 "But they-they won't be drivin' that l1mber by floods when they git to {, 4acklin' these here valleysw he ex- claimed. "Old Tom ses when they really git to lumberin' these mountains / 4heyn skid it daown to the railroad tlgcks and yank 1t out by steamy'
 That sober statement fin the piping voice had strange effect upon Ali son. He leaned forward, . sort of guarded astonishment in his attitude, tp peer at the childish face in the fire flow. Then he seemed to remember 4at it was tustNa bit of a woods waii
 ho had spoken. But Caleb, who was Ky brained in some matters, sensed at Steve had put into words Ali
 n's own unspoken thought, just as
 1ison tt that moment voiced the
 estion which he was about to utter
 mself. ~
 1I suppose it was this-this Old Tom mo taught you all these things you
 bow about timber" he said. curious. Eeteve pondered the question. A
 "Wal4ll, yes" he answered at last DId Tom learned me some, but-but Host of it kind of feel as if always lhowed." HThe boy was fast asleep, curled up
 enea th the blankets, when Caleb final,
 preached that night the matter
 hich had kept him awake the entire lght before. And when he had in.
 hed Allison sat quiet for long time
 fore he offered any reply. X"You meau"- he began at length.