Scott Burton and the Timber Thieves

“WE’VE GOT TO GET ’EM, I TELL YOU.”
SCOTT BURTON AND THE TIMBER THIEVES
E. G. CHEYNEY
AUTHOR OF “SCOTT BURTON, FORESTER,”
“SCOTT BURTON ON THE RANGE,” ETC.
D. APPLETON AND COMPANY
NEW YORK :: 1922 :: LONDON
COPYRIGHT, 1922, BY
D. APPLETON AND COMPANY
PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
SCOTT BURTON AND THE TIMBER THIEVES
Scott Burton sat on the porch of the little cabin on the edge of the forest and looked absently out across the wide beach at the restless waters of the Gulf of Mexico. No one ever would have guessed from his expression now how crazy he had been to see that gulf only the day before. He apparently did not see the water at all. The big waves boomed on the beach unheard and even the little oyster schooner, which glided across the picture on its way to port, failed to catch his attention. He had sat motionless for so long that a great big fox-squirrel, afraid but drawn on irresistibly by his curiosity, had crept nervously up within a few feet of him.