Chapter I: Front Matter

CONNIE MORGAN
IN THE
LUMBER CAMPS

BY

JAMES B. HENDRYX
AUTHOR OF "CONNIE MORGAN IN ALASKA," "CONNIE
MORGAN WITH THE MOUNTED"

_ILLUSTRATED_

G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS
NEW YORK AND LONDON
The Knickerbocker Press
1919

COPYRIGHT, 1919
BY
JAMES B. HENDRYX

The Knickerbocker Press, New York

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I.--CONNIE MORGAN GOES "OUTSIDE" 1

II.--HURLEY 14

III.--INTO THE WOODS 28

IV.--CONNIE TAMES A BEAR-CAT 45

V.--HURLEY LAYS OUT THE NEW CAMP 58

VI.--THE I. W. W. SHOWS ITS HAND 69

VII.--THE PRISONERS 89

VIII.--THE BOSS OF CAMP TWO 103

IX.--SAGINAW ED IN THE TOILS 114

X.--CONNIE DOES SOME TRAILING 129

XI.--CONNIE FINDS AN ALLY 145

XII.--SHADING THE CUT 162

XIII.--SAGINAW ED HUNTS A CLUE 175

XIV.--A PAIR OF SOCKS 192

XV.--HURLEY PREPARES FOR THE DRIVE 204

XVI.--SLUE FOOT "COMES ACROSS" 217

XVII.--HEINIE METZGER 235

XVIII.--CONNIE SELLS SOME LOGS 255

XIX.--THE UNMASKING OF SLUE FOOT MAGEE 277

XX.--CONNIE DELIVERS HIS LOGS 292

ILLUSTRATIONS

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Hurley 8

Mike Gillum took Connie to the river where miles of
booms held millions of feet of logs 23

"Come on, tell them what you told them a minute ago" 55

Swiftly the boy followed the tracks to the point
where the man had struck into the clearing 131

The boy hastened unnoticed to the edge of a crowd
of men that encircled Frenchy Lamar 134

"What in the name of time be you doin' here?"
exclaimed Saginaw 150

"Phy don't yez tell me oi'm a big liar?" he roared 167

"Phwat d'yez want?" he whined 178

"What's this?" asked the boy, pushing up a small
bundle 193

Slue Foot turned. "Think y're awful smart, don't
ye?" 232

He leaned back in his chair and stared at Connie
through his glasses, as one would examine a
specimen at the zoo 251

Very gingerly he donned the garments and for some
moments stood and viewed himself in the mirror 265

Hurley had remained at the Upper Camp, and as the
drive at last began to thin out, he came floating
down, standing erect upon a huge log 299

Connie placed his hand affectionately upon the arm
of the big boss who stood at his side grinning
broadly 309

Connie Morgan in the Lumber Camps