. Canadian forest industries 1908. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 2 I growths behind the men's shanty, ready to be brought in and hung that night with hidden mysteries of the sealed bunk. Rough Andy chuckled at the vision of chat gorgeous Christmas tree covered with candles, tinsel and presents. He pictured the rapture of the "Kid" when he grasped the real gun, new snowshoes, moccasins, tin soldiers, toboggan, drum and the whole outfit they had bought. "Gawd!" he said, "won't
. Canadian forest industries 1908. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 2 I growths behind the men's shanty, ready to be brought in and hung that night with hidden mysteries of the sealed bunk. Rough Andy chuckled at the vision of chat gorgeous Christmas tree covered with candles, tinsel and presents. He pictured the rapture of the "Kid" when he grasped the real gun, new snowshoes, moccasins, tin soldiers, toboggan, drum and the whole outfit they had bought. "Gawd!" he said, "won't theh Kid go wild, heh'? Jest think, when that spruce gits its togs ; "He will git rumptious. fer sure," Kennedy agreed. "When he puts theh club to his big drum we can't hear us'selves ; "'An' when he winds his fingers in that woolly bear," Andy went on, "that'll catch him, to hear it squeal. What d'ye call 'emâRedely bears ?" "Sartin not!" Reddy answered with a sniffâ"they calls 'em Teddy bears; but we'd better hide this here tree, else theh Kid'll git it 'fore we do. What?" "Set it straight up in theh snow, like 'twas growin' thar," Rough Andy suggestedâthat's it. Boss his-self would think it growed. Come tm. now, leave 'er thar till ; Evening found the shanty in a bustle. The tree had been towed m'and set in a big block where a hole was augured out. Its limbs were hung with sandles, tinsel and tissue-paper. The lumbermen busied themselves tying on the presents with stout cord. Black Regan was posted at the window to watch that the boy did not burst in on them from the other shanty. The door was barred and in case he or his father came they would put out the light and crawl into their bunks, pretending to be asleep. The work they were engaged in was a joy to these rough men. How different a picture this, to the too frequent staging of a lumber camp as a place for nothing but gambl
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