. Canadian forest industries July-December 1921. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. 38 CANADA LUMBERMAN How Frank Seely Sold His Season's Cut BY CHARLES J. BROOKS. HE mill at Seely ville. New Brunswick, operated by the John Seely Lumber Co., was closing clown. The spiteful shriek of the trimmers and the mournful whine of the edger mingled, in a diminishing volume of sound, with the hoarse bellow of the six "o'clock whistle. The season's sawing was completed; this was shut- down till next spring. With good-natured bantering, the mil
. Canadian forest industries July-December 1921. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. 38 CANADA LUMBERMAN How Frank Seely Sold His Season's Cut BY CHARLES J. BROOKS. HE mill at Seely ville. New Brunswick, operated by the John Seely Lumber Co., was closing clown. The spiteful shriek of the trimmers and the mournful whine of the edger mingled, in a diminishing volume of sound, with the hoarse bellow of the six "o'clock whistle. The season's sawing was completed; this was shut- down till next spring. With good-natured bantering, the mill crew filed into the office to be paid off. As they received their wages, they gradu- ally disappeared in the direction of their homes, and a solemn stillness drew in about the place which, only a few moments before had been the scene of fevered activity. It was the twi- light of a late October evening—it seemed as though a friend had died. Within the . office still remained signs of life. Old John Seely paced the floor, hands crossed behind his back. He was a man well along in years, square of jaw, and with sterling honesty perfectly legible on his now worried face. His son, Frank, was lighting the big oil lamp which hung from the ceiling in the centre of the office. Frank was a chip off the old block. With grey eyes and dark curly hair, he resembled his father very closely, lacking only the greater earnestness and dignity of the latter. "Looks as though we're up against it, Dad," Frank re- marked as he carefully extinguished a match. "There doesn't seem to be any way out, for a fact, now that the bank has turned us down flat," replied Old John. "Still, we can't lie down on the job, the way things are. We've got to sell that stock or raise money on it ; "Yes," said Frank, "they're over there on my desk ; totals pretty close to eight ; "Wouldn't be so bad if only ourselves were concerned," resumed th
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