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British Columbia is only nominally yours; American capital and business have got their grip firm on the very vitals of the province." "Perfectly true!" put in the lumberman from Vancouver "They have three-fourths of the forests in their hands." "No matter!" said Anderson, kindling. "There was a moment of danger twenty years ago. It is gone.
As there was now nothing to do but to let the yacht do her best, Tom left Sam at the wheel and turned his attention to Peterson. The lumberman was now able to sit up, although very weak. "I discovered Arnold Baxter and tracked him to the schooner's dock," he said. "His son came to the dock, and from what they said I am sure your brother is on the craft.
He said nothing like this to Nan, however, but kissed her good night and told her she should always bid him good night in just that way as long as she was at Pine Camp. "For Kate and I have never had a little girl," said the big lumberman, "and boys get over the kissing stage mighty early, I find. Kate and I always did hanker for a girl."
At once the luck began to turn, and in a half hour's play Rouleau's winnings disappeared and passed over to the lieutenant's hand. In spite of his bad luck, however, Rouleau continued to bet eagerly and recklessly, until Ranald, who hated to see the young lumberman losing his season's wages, suggested that the game come to an end.
In the pine woods of New England, after the regular lumberman has removed the standing trees, these old trunks are hauled out from the mosses and leaves which half cover them, and often furnish excellent timber.
Glorious country; magnificent forests waiting for the lumberman; air that acts on you like wine, or even better; rivers and lakes in all directions; no end of sport and all that sort of thing, you know. Have you ever been in Canada?" "Only traveled through."
Looking up, they saw a rowboat not far from shore, and in it sat a big man. And, at the sight of this man, Russ dropped the chip he was floating about, pretending it was a submarine, and, in a whisper, said: "Hi, Laddie! do you see his hair?" "Yes it's red," returned Laddie. "Well, maybe that's the tramp lumberman that took daddy's old coat and real estate papers," went on Russ. "He had red hair!
"Let us hear what Russ is saying." "Did you really find a red-haired tramp lumberman?" asked Mr. Bunker. "Yes," answered Russ. "And he had your ragged coat, but the papers weren't in it, Daddy. And he was sorry and so were we and I'm hungry!" "So'm I!" added Laddie, before the words were fairly out of his brother's mouth. "I'm awful hungry!" "But what does it all mean?" asked Mrs. Bunker.
And, as the mill's capacity was great and that of the yards small, the accumulation soon threatened to become embarrassing. Bob acted as Welton's lieutenant. As the older lumberman was at first occupied in testing out his sawyers, and otherwise supervising the finished product, Bob was necessarily much in the woods. This suited him perfectly.
"All right," he said, finally, as Zip trotted along down the hill, and came out on a level road that led to Green Pond. "I'll make up a new riddle for the lumberman," he went on. "Or I could ask him about Zip's breath coming in short pants." "All right, ask him that," agreed Russ. "I hope he gives us the papers." Mr. Barker's place was on the shores of Green Pond.
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