The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1920-05-20

timber to make q start. First | shau
build for my employees better homes
than the rude shacks and lighthouses
they now occupy; then l shall build
myself fine residence with six
rooms, and the room that faces the
bay shall be the parlor When ] can
afford 1t, shall build more houses.
l shall encourage tradesmen to set up
In business In SeGuola and to my city
| shall present church and a school
house. We shall have volunteer fire
department, and II God is good, |
shall. at later date, get out some
long-length fir-timber and build a
schooner to freight my lumber TO
market. And she shall have three
masts instead of two, and carry half
million feet OF lumber instead of
two hundred thousand. First how
ever, l must build steam tugboat to
tow my schooner in and 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 coy
of Sequoia was born with the Ar,so-
naut's six-room mansion of rough rcd
wood boards and n dozen three-room
cabins with lean-to kitchens; and the
tradespeople came when John Cardl-
gan. with something of the largepess
of his own redwood trees. gave them
ground and lumber in order to en-
courage the building of their enter
prises. Also the dream of the school
mouse and the church came true, as
did the steam tugboat and the schooner
with three masts.
At forty John Cardigan was younger
than most men at thirty, albeit he
worked fourteen hours day, slept
eight. and consumed the remaining
two at his meals. But through all
those fruitful years of toll he had
still found time to dream, and the
spell of the redwoods had lost none
of its potency.
At forty-two Cardigan was the first
mayor of Sequoia. At forty-four he
was standing on his dock one day.
watching his tug kick into her berth
the first square-rigged ship that had
ever come to Humboldt bay to load n
cargo OF clear redwood for foreign
delivery. She was big Bath-built
clipper and her master n lusty down
Easter, widower with one daughter
who had come with him around the
Horn. John Cardigan saw this giri
come up on the quarterback and
stand by with n heaving-line In her
hand; calmly she fixed her glance
r upon him, apt ms the ship was shunted
) in closer to fhe dock, she made the
cast to Cardigan. He caught the
Y light heavlpg.line, hauled in the
) heavy Manila stern-line to which
Z 1t was attaches, and slipped the loop
Y of the moorins' cable over the dolphin
e at the end OF the dock.
: "Some men wsnted aft here to take
| up the slack of the stern-line on the
. windlass, sir" he shouted TO the
e skipper, who was walking around on
$ top of the house. THAT girl can't
e haul her in alone"
: "Can't. Tn short-handed," the
skipper replied. "Jump aboard and
I help her"
: Cardigan made long leap from the
:, dock to the ships rail, balanced there
n lightly moment, and sprang to the
: deck. He inserted belaying-pin In
e the windlass. paused and looked at
n the girl. "Raise chantey." he sug-
e gestei. Instantly she lifted a sweet
d contralto In that rollicking old ballad
/ of the sea-"Blow the Men Down"
i Round the windlass Cardigan walk
d ed. steadily and easily. and the girls
n eyes widened In wonder as he did the
:. work of three powerful men. When
t the ship had bean warped in and the
n slack OF the line made fast on the
o bits, she said:
& "Please run ford and help my
e father with the bowlines. You're
,. worth three foremast hands. Indeed,
d I didn't expect to see sailor on this
d dock"
n II had to come around the Horn
n to get here. Miss he explained, "nnd
when man hasn't money to pay for
o his passage. he needs must work IT,"
a I'm the second mate" she explain
l. ed. "We had succession Of gales
n from the Falkiahds TO the Evan
IS gelistas. and there the mate got her
l. in irons and she took three big ones
lr over the taffrnil and cost us eight
d men. Working short-handed. we
d couldn't get any canvas on her to
n speak of-long voyage. you know, and
Is the rest OF the crew got scurvy."
n you're a brave girl" he told her.
e "And you're first-class A. E.. she
y. replied. "If you're looking for berth,
" my father will be glad to ship you"
'e "Sorry. but ! can't CO." he called as
he turned toward the companion lad
T. der. I'm Cardigan, and | own this
lr sawmIll and must stay here and look
Is after IT,"
y There was a light. exultant feeling
e. In his middle-aged heart ms he scamp.
H. cred along the deck The girl had