Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-03-05

milled since the world began, Il shall
build city and call II Sequola by
tomorrow shall have cut sufficient
timber 10 make Il start. First shall
build for my employees better homes
than the rude ShackS and lighthouses
they now occupy; then shall build
/ myself a fine residence with SIX
rooms. and the room that faces the
bay shall be the paror When | can
afford il, | shall build more houses.
i | shall encourage tradoSmen to set up
i in business in Sequoia and 10 my city
i ! shall present church and a school
4 house We shall have a volunteer fire
Department. and If God Is good. |
shall M n later date ret out some
long length fr-timber and build II
schooner to freight my lumber 10
market. Ana she shall have three
maStS instead of two aud carry half
i Il million feet ot lumber instead of
two hundred thousand First how
ever must build Il steam tHsbeat Ia
tow my schooner in aud out over
/ Humboldt bar. And after that-ah
Well That is sufficient for the
present
Thus did John Cardigan dream, and
as he dreamed he worked The city
of Sequoia was born with the Argo-
naut'S slX.room mansion of rough red
wood boards and dozen three-room
cabins with lran-to kitchens; and the
tradcspcopIe came when John Cardl-
gan, with something of the largenesS
of his own redwood trees. gave them
ground ana lumber IN order te en-
courage the building of their enter
priSeS. Also the dream Of the school
uouSr ana the church came true. rs
aid ihc steam tugboat and tile schooner
with three maStS.
AZ forty John Cardigan was Younger
thau most men at thirty, albeit he
worked fourteen hours 4 day >leW
eight. aud consumed the remaining
two ~ his meals, But through all
those fruitful wears of toll h. had
still found time 10 dream, and HE
spell al the rrdwoodS had lost none
Of its potency.
Al furtytwo Cardigan was the first
mayor of Srquoia At forty h.
was standing on his dock one day
watching his tug Kick into her berth
the first squareriggrd ship that had
ever come 10 Humboldt bay to load 4
cargo Of clear redwood for foreign
delivery. She was 4 big Bath-huiit
clipper, and her master luSty down
Easter. widower with one daughter
who had come with him around the
Horn. John Cardigan saw this cir
come up on the quarterback and
stand by with heaylng-lne In her
hand: calmly she fixed her glance
upon him. and as the ship was Shunted
in closer 10 the dock she made the
tdNl ~ dlHl-dIl' nv 'uuSllt NV
light heaving.lne, hauled in the
heavy Manila Stern-line to which
il was attached and slipped the loop
Of the mooring-cable over the dolphin
AT the end of the dock.
some men wanted aft here to take
up the slack Of the sten-lne on The
windlaSs. sir" he shouted to the
skipper, who was walking around on
top Of the house THAT girI can't
haul her In alone"
Cant. I'm Short.handed." the
skipper replied Jump aboard and
help her
Cardigan made a long leap from the
dock to the ships rail, balanced there
lightly moment, and Sprang 10 the
deck. He inserted helayingpin in
the windIasS, paused and looked at
the girl RAISE a chantey,' he sug
geSted Instantly she lifted n sweet
contralto in that rollcklng old ballad
of the sea-"Blow the Men Down"
Round the windlaSS Cardigan walk-
ed. steadily and easily. and the girls
eyes widcned in wonder as he did the
work Of three powerful men. When
the ship had been warped In and the
slack Of the line made fast ON the
bits. She said
please run ford and help my
father with the bowineS You're
worth three foremost hands. Indeed
didn't expect TO see a sailor on this
dock"
II had TO come around the Horn
to get here, Miss" he explained. and
when man hasn't money TO pay for
his passage, he needs must work il.
I'm the second mate" she explain
ed. 1--WE had succession of gales
from the Falklands To the Evan
seiStas, aud there the mate got her
in irons and she took three big ones
over the tafral and cost us eight
men. Working Short-handed we
couldn't get any canvas on her TO
speak of-long voyage you know. and
the rest of the crew got Scurvy."
You're brave girl. he told her.
"And you're firstcasS A. b. she
replied "lf you're looking for berth
my father will be glad to ship you"
"Sorry, but | can't go he called as
he turned toward the companion lad
der I'm Cardigan, and own this
sawmill and must stay here and look
after it"
There was a light, exultant feeling
in his middleaged heart as he scamp
cred along the deck. The girl had
wonderful dark auburn hair and brown
eyes, with a milk-whlte skin that sun
and wind had sought in vain to blem.
ish. And for all her girlhoed she was
a woman-bred from race This own
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