Oath and Resistance in a Lumber Camp Romance
Stella Benton arrives at her brother Chartier’s lumber camp on Roaring Lake in Columbia. She confronts finite money, domestic limits, and a harsh social order as Charlie Benton warns that loggers expect democracy and loyalty from leaders. Stella frets over homelike comforts while Katy John the cook’s English hints at a more civilized frontier.
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Chartier
Roaring Lake
Columbia
Stella Benton
Benton
Jack Fyfe
Hardall
Charlie
Stella
John
Matt
Miss Benton
Katy John
Stell
Sally
North American
Continent
Siwash
Upbringing, longing, and a hunter’s shadow rise
Stella Benton, yearning for a useful career, confronts a rigid upbringing and lonely life in a logging camp. She witnesses Jack Fyfe hunt deer out of season while Charlie defends a lawless, self-sufficient clan. Dusk settles over the woods and a wary future looms.
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Stella
Philadelphia
Charlie
Jack Fyfe
Beesides
Miss Benton
Self
Benton
Jack
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