CONNIE MORGAN IN THE LUMBER CAMPS BY JAMES B. HENDRYX AUTHOR OF "CONNIE MORGAN IN ALASKA," "CONNIE MORGAN WITH THE MOUNTED" [Illustration] _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 [Illustration] 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 [Illustration] ILLUSTRATIONS PAGE 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