Show 230 STUDENT LIFE Half Tom awakened dressed lie rushed on deck Women and men were wild ! The Captain’s calm voice was heard from the bridge Life boats lowering ! Others pulling off! The Islander was sinking fast ! ! Under a full head of steam she had struck floating ice As the last life boat swung out Tom heard the cry of the lowly It was more than he could stand lie would save the life of Stranger although he might not save his own sound!! He regained deck unchained the dog and turned — too late The Islander fell to starboard and with lives on deck rolled under the sea j: sSs H5 The morning tide brought up among the dead Tom Sinclair and Stranger The latter’s teeth were firmly set in the clothes of Tom Like the ‘’true blue” of the Northland he would save the life of his master or lose that of his own E B A White Pine Feud The firm of D W Carlson and that of F C Rollins had been at “loggerheads” since their organization There had been some dispute over a timber claim which resulted in a prolonged lawsuit and the enmity that sprang up was lasting and bitter It did not confine itself to the proprietors hut spread to the There were frequent “camps” “free for alls” between the crews of the rival companies and the appearance of a Rollins man anywhere in the vicinity of Carlson’s mills was as good as a declaration of hostilities This feeling while not fostered by the proprietors was not discoui-age- d and took shape in many peculiar incidents The Carlson camp had once undertaken a “coup d’etat” on their rivals It was the Fourth of July and a supply of fireworks were stored away that would as one of the men remarked “Put a kibosh on anything of the kind that ever happened in these parts” Needless to say the fireworks on the night of the Fourth were immense but something had happened “up the river” that day that tended to dampen the spirits of the Carlson men There had been a “barbecue” and a balloon ascension at Rollins ! The feeling grew David Carlson was sent to college No one was surprised to learn that on the same day Frank Rollins embarked on a similar enterprise They went to the same school spoke politclv and coldly when they met and went their ways David Carlson was six feet tall and weighed 180 pounds Carlson Camp was overjoyed when the news reached that place that David was being played at “fullback” on the college “eleven” The denizens of the lumber camp had no idea |