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Updated: May 12, 2025
"I know you had some good reason other than merely desiring my company, or you would not have asked me to go with you." Tom laughed heartily. "A little of both, Lieutenant. I hear that timber-pirates have been making some cuttings above here, and I wish you to go along as a witness to what I may find. That's all." "No scraps in sight, eh?" "Oh, no." Hippy sighed. "Tell me about it."
In order to lower the water in the river while they were driving the spiles, Tom had the men put the gates in place in the dam built further up the stream by the timber-pirates. This, in the low condition of the river, would keep the water back for several days and give Tom's men a better opportunity to build his dam.
Reaching the doorway, Hippy caught Tom Gray's eye and beckoned to him. "Yes?" questioned Tom eagerly as he stepped over to Lieutenant Wingate. "Willy says the dam has gone out. I can't tell whether it has or not, but it sounds that way." "What dam?" demanded Tom Gray. "That up-river dam of the timber-pirates.
Now that the big work was completed Tom and Hippy journeyed to the wrecked dam of the timber-pirates. They examined what was left of it with great care. Finishing their investigation, the two men looked at each other with eyes full of meaning. "Well, what do you think of it?" questioned Hippy.
"And the bull pup is asleep. He keeps bankers' hours instead of attending to his business," complained Emma. After breakfast Tom told them of his work in the forest, adding that he had observed evidences of the recent presence of timber-pirates. "That is, I have found their blazes, secret cuttings on trees in remote sections.
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