The Gavelyte, December 1909

CEDARVILLE COLL-EGE. 175 starting up thru the hills just as the sun began flashing on the mast heads of the ships out on the bay. The boys could have gone on an engine that was hauling a load of lumber down to the wharf bu t they preferred taking the ride on hor e back if it did take a week. Clarance was curious to know "-' hat ha<l changed Ed, so he asked him. Then Ed told him how he left college swearing vengeance on Roy. "I was so restless when I went home that father brought me out here at the end of the ' snmmer. I came and got interested in the work and there are so many dreadful things happen– ing out here among. the different camps I just seemed to change. Then as you probably know there is no small tract o.f land out here. , We are going to ride to the first camp then we will take a train down to the southern camps. It is acro~s the line into Oregon. I am boss down ther~ and have my headquarters at a lurnber town (for S') it has gotten to be) by '"·tbe name of r.;'alling Water, there is where your h~aJq 1 1arters will be and the only time you will have to come up in the northern part is when some other doctor needs help. There are three head doctors, with two doctors apiece under them. They are stationed in thE!' three different camps. As· you already know there is the northern, eentral and southern. You will be head doctor of the southern with two y<n111g fellows that you will Hke under you. It was not long until Dr. Scott, Jr.. understood w~at would be expected of him. After the boys had bPPn riding in silence for a while, Ed said;{ "Clarance I have a little surprise for you. I want you to make a guess who is down at Falling Water teaching in a mission school." "I couldn't guess in a year" said Clarance. "It is Gertrude." "Gertrude !'how in the name 1 M common sense did she get out here." "I don't know just exactly, but her - nunt is at the head of the mission and she persuaded Gertruce to come out here with her, spend thJ° winter and teach, but t.hey di~ not tell her father she was going to teach for they knew he would not like it. When he found it out he ordered her to come home but she liked it and plead with him to let her stay the year out but he wouldn't listen to her and told · her if she did not come right away she would never come. She staid thinking he would get over it but she h::is never heard from him since and ;.;he has been here for about four yf'ars." This was a surprise to Clarancf' and he expected gJ to say he had Be~h (Jut here to, for hfl knew that Will Roy knew nothing aLout her. But J;Jd . aid nothing about her. Final!} Claranrf' gathered up rourage and rrnkf'd