The land knows when that'll be! Those state
surveyors take a week of frog Sundays to do a job.
"I can't cut a stick on my whole piece 'cause Ged claims he'll
have a right to replevin an equal number of sticks cut, if the
surveyors back up his contention. Nasty mess. The original line
was run years and years ago, and they're not many alive today in
the Big woods that know the rights of it.
"I expect," added Uncle Henry, shaking his bushy head, "that old
Toby Vanderwiller knows the rights of that line business; but he
won't tell.
Gedney Raffer's got a strangle hold on Toby and his little swamp
farm, and Toby doesn't dare say his soul's his own.
"Well!" continued the lumberman, with another of his big laughs.
"This has nothing to do with your stew, Bob. I didn't want to
come to the house last night and surprise you; so I stayed at the
hotel. And all the time I was thinking of this little nip, Beg
pardon! This young lady, and how smart and plucky she was.
"And lo and behold," pursued Uncle Henry, "she turns out to be my
own niece. I'm going to take her back with me to Pine Camp.
Kate's got to see and know her. The boys will be tickled out of
their boots to have a girl like her around. That's our one lack
at Pine Camp.
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