The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1920-11-03
PineCliff
By JESSIE E. sHERwlN
"a. 1920, western Newspaper Union. }

WI 4osop "esteEA Nc"spdpcT
"All right and title" repeated VIII
bur Deane after the lawyer who had
Informed him that lie was legatee to
small portion Of the estate of Peter
Groll. "That means that I own a
house and lot at-what's the name Of
the outlandish placer"
x. SPINE Cliff, but "a house and lot
scarcely describes the benefice. II the
first place 1t Is remote. Fish and game
abound, mostly nothing else. 1t is in
the widest part of Wisconsin, the
favored hegira Of the sportsman. A
rough lumber shack is the general res
idepce amid burned-oyer stumps and
primeval forest" f
swell, I need change and I think
I will go up there and look over my
Inheritance" %:% ~ go y,
''There Is your deed" remarked the
lawyer, handing Deane an envelope.
"You have simply to record 1t. I think
your uncle told me that the last time
he visited Pine Cliff, he made arrange
ments to allow an old trapper and his
child to occupy the place for a nominal
rental, but that is only verbal lease
from season to season.
every good" smiled Dea1e, indulg-
ing in visions of bachelor Eousekeep-
ing, Of free deer meat, wild honey and
choice game, and nightfall saw him on
the train bound north on his expert
mental journey. It was not a pleasant
one, except for few hundred miles.
Then came belated CONNECTIONS, a final
fifty miles in an emigrant caboose,
twenty more in broken down wagon
over corduroy roadway and at dusk
he reached what there was Of Cross
cut. There was block structure label
ed Hotel" half score of lumber
camp cabins and general store AID
postOffice combined. 1t was after a
night of sweltering upon a homemade
cot without a mattress or covering,
that Deane awoke the next morning to
hire guide who would pilot him to
Pine Cliff, better known as "Old Day
tons place."
"Why that?" inquired Deane, seek
Ing enllghtment.
"Oh, Jacob Dayton and his daughter
have lived there for five years and the
original owner seems to have forgot
ten all about It," was TIE explanation.
"Yes, I heard the tenant had q
child" remarked Deane.
y F. % rar -
"A child? She's grown up into
good deal Of smart, clipper young
lady since she came here. Why didn't
you notify them you were coming?
They meet most Of the vacatiOners
here and drive them in their rig wher-
ever they wish to camp along Bas-
combe river"
Deane, viewed tie only piece Of real
estate he had ever owned in a list
less way. The house was intensely
ugly looking, the few acres about 1t
covered with stumps and rocks. One
token Of color and beauty attracted
where brief reach Of hOllyhocks and
wild rose showed. Deane paid the
guide. his charge and crossed the
creek on boulders. As he approached
the house a tall, pretty girl, seemingly
10, came to the doorway. 1t was a
pleasure to gaze upon the only woman
ly creature Deane had seen passing
over some two hundred miles. She
wore neatly fitting calico dress and
daintily decorated moccasins, and her
delicate hands and perfectly arranged
wealth of curling brown hair might
have aroused the envy of some exclu-
sive devOtee of fashion. There was
a winning grace In her smile and the
bend Of Eer head. Deane exerted HIM
self to appear as thoughtful gentle
man extending full consideration to a
young lady entitled to the completest
courteous attention. In few we'll
chosen words he revealed his identity
and the object Of his visit.
'"Father will be here soon." said Err
ma Dayton. 1--WE have wondered that
no one has been here to see about the
place through the years and we were
thinking of removing to the city. You
see, father and I have made the best
Of our lot, and he is getting old. This
is my work." and inviting Deane In
side, she indicated table where a
mass Of feathers and some fish hooks
and wire showed.
'"This Is my work and has been for
some time" she EXPLAINED. '"There is