The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1920-03-18
CHAPTER I.

In the summer OF 1850 topsaii
aehooner slipped into the cove under
Trinidad head and dropped anchor al
the edge OF the kelphelds. Fifteen
minutes later her small-boat deposited
sn the beach a man armed with long
sqslrrel rife and an axe, and carrying
food and clothing In n brown canvas
pack. From the beach he watched
the boat return and saw the schooner
weigh anchor and stand out to sea
before the northwest trades. When
abe had disappeared from his ken. he
swung his pack 10 bis broad aud pow
.rful back and strobe resolutcly into
the timber at the mouth OF the river
The man was John Cardigan; In
that lonely, hostile land he was the
frst pioneer This Is the tale OF
Cardigan and CartiIgan's son. for In
MS ehose- land the nioneer leader IN
the gigant'. task of hewing path
was 10 know the bliss of woman's love
and of parenthood, and the sorrow
that comes Of the loss Of perfect
mate; be was 20 know the tremendous
10Y of accomplishment and worldly
success after infinite labor; and IN
the sunset Of life he was to know the
dull despair OF failure and ruin. Ne
cause OF these things there Is tale
10 be told, the tale Of Cardigan's son,
who. when his sire fell in the fray,
took IN the fight to save his heritage
"a tale Of life with is love and hate
lts battle victory, defeat, labor, joy
and sorrow. a tale Of that unconquer
able spirit Of youth which spurred
Bryce Cardigan TO lead forlort
hone for the sake not Of wealth but
~ an ideal Hark. then. 20 this tale
OF cardigan's redwoods:
Along the coast Of California
through the secret valleys and ovei
the tumblpd foothills of the Coas'
range. extends a belt OF timber o.
an average width of thirty miles. II
approaching Il from the Oregon lin'
the first tree looms suddenly agains
the horizon--an outpost, as i were, o
the host OF giants whose column
stretches south nearly four hundred
miles 90 where the last of the rear
guard maintains eternal sentry-go oI
the crest OF the mountains overlooking
Monterey bay. Far In the interior %
the state. beyond the fertile Sh
Joaquin valley. the allies Of this vas
army hold a small sector on the ives
slope OF the Sierras.
These are the redwood forests O
California. the only trees OF thei
Kind in the world and indigenous onl.
10 these two areas within the state
Notwithstanding sixty years Of attri
fion. there remain In this section O
the redwood belt thousands upo
thousands OF acres Of virgin timbe
that had already attained a vlgorou
growth when Christ was crucified.
In sizes ranging from i've 10 twent
feet In diameter. the brown trunk
rise perpendicularly to a height @
from ninety 10 a hundred and iift
feet before putting forth singl
limb. which frequently is more ma
slye than the growth which men ca
a tree In the forests of Michigan
Scattered between the giants, lik
subjects around their king. one find
noble fir. spruce. or pines, with SON
VALPARAISO live oak black oak peppe
wood. madrone yew. and cedar.
John Cardigan settled in Humbo'e
county. where the spUuoia semperyi
ems attains the pinnacle ~ It's gior.
ard with the lust Tor conquest hot
hls blood. Dc Glel upon quarte
section ~ the timber almost on it
shore n Humhsfit bHy-lanl upo
which city subsequently, WIS 90 2
buut. WITH his doghle-h.ttei axe au
efossrut saw JoAn Card.ean hrour
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