The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-01-02

fore. Now you take Dutchman or a
DagO-their ways amt our ways, but
they're more or less human. These
people amt. They paint their houses
yellow and green, when they paint 'em
at all. never saw yellow house
with green porch in my life till
come up here"
"Just difference Of taste, Mr.. Con-
NELL"
Maybe" said LATE, splitting. "May-
be it's all right not to have sense to
| plaster their houses, SO as to freeze to
| death in winter time. Maybe it's all
right to run to Father Lucy when
there's forest fire, instead of getting
to work and putting 1t out. Maybe hs
can pray 1t out for them. got nothing
against the place, except that my wife
| Clarice and the kids are in ShOebury-
port, and I'd rather rot here alone than
bring 'em up. But what's the usei
I'm here and I got to stay here" he
ended struggling his shoulders.
LATE was bad cross-questioner, and
the task put upon him by Brousseau
was not only uncongenial but impos-
sible for man of his temperament
However, he made a valiant attempt
to draw Hilary out. you're thinking
of spending some time here, Mr.. As
| kew?" he asked.
1--WE come to take charge. I'm going
to stay" said Hilary.
LATE looked. at him curiously. What
sort of man could this be who chose
of his volition to reside in st. Boni
| face?
II guess you'll change your mind
when you've seen it little longer" he
said incredulously.
"On the contrary, Mr.. Cornell,
mean to take hold, and mean to make
it pay. 1t hasn't paid very well, 1 I'M
| derstand?"
LATE foundered. 1--WE heard ii
don't pay as much as it ought"
II understand that most of the tim
| Der is below the size at which cutting
is allowed?"
LATE stared at him. 'Why, then
rules are for government land!" he
answered. "You can cut any size or
freehold. The timber amt so bad
leastways, some of it amt"
Hilary began to think hard. On this
point Lamartine had clearly and def
nitely lied to him.
"Too much fir on the property?" he
asked.
"Why, there is some fir" conceded
LATE. ''But there's some good spruce
along the Rocky river" he added
again oblivious Of his instructions.
II saw good pile in the river"
much of it," said LATE. 'Most of tina
comes from the Ste Marie limits"
"Where is Ste. Marie?"
! "Ste. Marie's two miles along thu
coast, beyond our settlement" sale
LATE. "Most of our hands come from
there. It's a tough place, Mr.. Askew
1 seen some tough towns in the West
but this has got 'em all beat, with the
smuggling of brandy, and the drinking
and the fights every Saturday night
there was a man knitted there las
week; and not policeman within fit
ty miles, and nobody except Father
Lucy, and he can't hold 'em."
"What want to know" said Hilary
"is, what this company is that yor
speak about, and how they come to ust
the Rocky river for their logs"
LATE hesitated, but only for a mo
ment. Then he mentally cast Brous
seau to the winds; for, after all, i
Hilary meant to know, nobody could
prevent it, Brousseau's instruction!
Notwithstanding.
cts this way, Mr.. Askew," he said
"Mr. Morris and Mr.. Brousseau have {
company of their own. Their limit:
touch ours on the west, across the
river, and run ten miles or so bacl
into the bush, right alongside ours
They got the right to float their log:
down the river"
"And use the mill?"
"Mr. Morris leases the use of oul
mill by the year to the company"
Hilary was staggered for the mo
ment. Morris, as his uncle's manager
leasing the mill to Morris, a partner in
Brousseau's company, seemed queer
role.
SLOW do they tell our lumber from
theirs?" asked Hilary presently.
"Oh, that amt hard" said LATE
''You see, the jobbers, who suitcase
the tracts, know how much their mer
have cut. And it's scaled in the
woods before they shoot it dowr
stream. I guess there amt no diff
Guilty there, MIR. Askew. And you see
Mr.. Morris representing both concerns
he naturally does his best by both Of
EN-"