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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1915
Page
5
Walter Landry joins John Daily at a Dillingworth and Frazer operation in a forested region. A bulky workday unfolds with donkey engines, yarding, and buckers amid towering pines as Landry absorbs the scale of logging life. Daily explains ownership shifts, and Landry contends with a tired crew including a recently quit worker.
Walter Landry, new owner of the Dillingworth Lumber Co in Toledo Oregon, settles into a slough-edge office and begins his West Coast conquest. He writes a hopeful letter to his ailing father while the camp’s veteran Daily keeps the known ways steady under rival pressures from Yellow Pines.
Landry, lone in a harsh camp, observes Ma Daily and John Daily as he grows drawn to the wild, pale-eyed Consnah, and the striking horse Black Bolt. Siletz, the girl, battles longing for the horse while Walter Sandry notes her fear and fascination. A quiet night with Ma Daily reveals the camp’s stubborn endurance and looming change as the chapter ends.
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