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"What's the use of all our fights and strivings?" asked Amy; "what's the
use of our preaching decent woods work if it can't be carried out?"
"It's educational," explained Thorne. "It starts people thinking, so
that when the time comes they'll be ready."
"Furthermore," put in Bob, "it fixes it so these young fellows who will
then be in charge of private operations will have no earthly excuse to
look at it wrong, or do it wrong."
"It will then be the difference between their acting according to
general ideas or against them," agreed Thorne.
"Never lick a pup for chasin' rabbits until yore ready to teach him to
chase deer," put in California John.
VIII
Bob found it much more difficult to approach Welton. When he did, he had
to contend with the older man's absolute disbelief in what he was
saying. Welton sat down on a stump and considered Bob with a humorous
twinkle.
"Want to quit the lumber business!" he echoed Bob's first statement.
"What for?"
"I don't think I'm cut out for it."
"No? Well, then, I never saw anybody that was. You don't happen to need
no more money?"
"Lord, no!"
"Of course, you know you'll have pretty good prospects here----" stated
Welton tentatively.
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