The Lamar register., 1922-08-16

man brings liquor into camp, or SETS
his foot across the portage without
my permission. I'll make him 50 that
his mother wouldn't recognize him.
Those Of you who are dissatisfied can
take your pay and go"
He went back to his shack Digby.
who had stood thoughtfully beside
him during this colloquy, came in after
him.
There must be quite ii considerable
amount Of this sort OF thing, Mr.. Car
ruthersf" he inquired.
"What do you mean by this sort
of thing'f' demanded Wilton sharply.
Making men so that their mothers
won't know them" answered the en-
gineer. 1T may be all right for those
who like 1t, but IT wasn't on my cur
riculum. In England. when a map
misbehaves, we take out a summons
against him"
"Where'd you serve itT'
That is a problem" admitted Dig,
by. "Fve thought over that. But
this sort of thing wasn't what signed
on for. That's all there Is to IL. II
you'd told me what was expected Of
me. / might have signed with you or
1 might not I'd have thought about
IL l object TO my rights being In
vaded- So l wish to offer my resigna.
tion."
All right" said Wilton shortly.
Then, feeling that the other had =
sort of justice In his attitude 1T
a. a.
police work." he acknowledged. But
I don't think there will be any more
of It."
Digby looked ut him In frank as
tonishment. "why. like iti' he said.
Il had the time of my life last night.
It's simply the principle of the thing.
But I'm afraid | didn't quite make
my position clear"
mot altogether" answered Wilton.
However. I'm sending some special
mail down this noon. and you can 20
In with the sleigh"
Digby's detection was serious
blow, for It would be necessary to
make arrangements for n man to take
his place. However. Wilton decided
to take no steps To that end lmmedl-
ately. He Inspected the camp. saw
that good job was being made Of the
cleaning w, and went 10 look at
Kitty's house.
This was built substantially Of logs,
and had already been half completed.
II consisted OF four rooms and an out
kitchen, and stood at the edge of the
new road near the ridge. about five
hundred yards from the nearest bunk
house
That afternoon he made his first
examination Of the Muskeg He took
soundings in several places. but the
peat seemed bottomless. Nowhere
could he reach rock bottom, except
within a few feet NJ the shore.
The underlying bed of peat was
everywhere He went two or three
miles up and down the stream without
discovering any way OF bridging the
Muskeg
He was too busy now TO see Molly
more than an hour daily. hut he al
ways went 10 the portage for short
visit after supper.
The factor. who had learned to ex-
pect his coming at the same hour each
NlAhiifN hl'nAAAiN bfARif
arrived. Once or twice. when they
came face to face. he turned his head
away in sullen anger.
As prospective father-in-law. Nc
Donald seemed about as hopeless a
proposition as could be conceived, but
the time TO consider his own and Mol
ly's future would not come until the
line was on its feet. Big Muskeg was
the giant In the way. Often Wilton,
staring down at its sullen depths from
the top OF the ridge. would feel 1t
as a personal enemy. defying him to
overcome IT.
One evening Wilton was sitting In
/ his shack, utterly disconsolate. He
had sounded nearly every possible
! place without result, and even Molly
/ had failed to cheer him. He saw no
alternative before him except to re-
turn to Clayton and confess himself
beaten.
Andersen tapped at the door and
said that man wanted to see him.
Wilton rose up and. to his surprise, ad'
mitted Lee Chambers.
The engineer was roughly dressed
and wretched-looking. He told Wilton
that he had tramped In from Cold
Junction, thirty miles southwestward,