New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1923-09-17
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The dam Itself didn't appear to h,
a natural formation OF rock. II
looked more like driftwood. but II wa,
Uncomfortable that mere drift could be
piled In this ordered way.
ut must be beaver DAM" he said
You're right for once" Doomsdori
agreed. Isl
"A big beaver weighs about 50
pounds-and he's about the handiest
hoy to trap there Is. You'll wonder
what the purpose OF these dams IL.
As far as can make out, simply to
keep the water at one level You
know these little streams rise and fall
like the tides. They've learned, In
few hundred thousand years of their
development, that 1t doesn't pay to
build a nice house and then have the
creek come up and wash II away and
drown them out"
Doomsdorf explained that a trap
set on the house itself SO alarmed
the animals that the entire colony was
likely to desert the dam. Instead,
the trap was set just below the sur
face of the water at landing
place where the beaver went In and
out of the water in the course Of
their daily work.
i. Doomsdorf still marched In his
easy. swinging gait; and ever 1t was
harder fight to keep pace. Yet Ned
dared not lag behind. His masters
temper was ever uncertain In these
long, tired hours of afternoon. 81
Tired out. weakened, aching in
every muscle and not far from the alb
t,,to 80
gered to the cabin door at last. He
had put out all the traps he had
brought from the home cabin: thence
his course lay along blazed trail
that skirted the edge of the narrow
timber belt, over the ridge to the
forks cabin. Doomsdorf entered
then in the half-light stood regarding
the younger man who had followed |
him in.
Ned tried to stand erect He must
not yield to the almost irresistible
impulse to throw himself down on
the floor and rest He dared not I
risk Doomsdorf's anger; how did he
know what instruments of torture
the latter's satanic ingenuity might
contrive in this lonely cabin! Nor
was. his mood to be trusted tonight.
His gray eyes shone with suppressed
excitement; and likely enough he
would be glad of an excuse for some
diversion TO pass the hours pleasantly.
II was very lonely and strange out
here, in the open, in the full sweep of
the wind over the barren lands.
But Ned wasn't aware of Dooms-
doris plans. The great blond man
stretched his arms, yawning, but
toned his coat tighter about him, and
turned to go. "I'll see you In about
five days" he remarked laconically.
Ned wakened abruptly from his
reyery. You mean--you aren't 60
Inc to show me anything more?"
i've shown you how to set your
traps. for every kind of an animal" .
said. you ought to be
, bic to do the rest. BY the time
rou come around, we'll likely have
.rcezing weather-that means you'll I:
lave to thaw out your animals before !
tou skin them,
Here and here and here'--he
,aused, to put in Ned's hands clasp
uniting knife. razor sharp, small
rocket hone to whet his tools, and
light axe that had been hanging back
If the stove---'arc some things you'll
iced. The time will come when
-ou'll need snowshoes, too. There's
pair on the rafters. Now I'm going
O tramp back to the cabin to spend
he night--in more agreeable COM c
any =
For a moment the two men stood
egarding each other in absolute 81 ;,
,nce. Then Doomsdorf's keen ears, :,
a ger for such sounds. caught the. :,
,hisper of Ned's troubled breathing. :,
PRESENTLY a leering smile flashed !,
trough the blond beard. ;.
you mean-you and Lenore will be n