No trouble now to get the Big Chimney men away from the fireside.

The Big Chimney men drew deep breaths, and said in their hearts the battle was over and won.

The Big Chimney men leaned on their axes and looked north, south, east, west.

The men kept close to the Big Chimney all day long, and sat there far into the small hours of the morning, saying little, heavy-eyed and sullen.

The Big Chimney wore an air wondrous friendly, and the wide, white world looked coldly at them, with small pretence of welcome or reward.

"I don't believe I ever really knew how awful jolly the Big Chimney wastill this minute.

All this they had arranged before they left the Big Chimney.

Knowing the fascination that place exercised over his companion, the Colonel called a halt about seven miles off from the Big Chimney, that they might quickly despatch a little cold luncheon they carried in their pockets, and push on without a break till supper.

" In no wise abashed by this flourish, Father Richmond shook hands with the Big Chimney men, smiling, and with a pleasant ease that communicated itself to the entire company.

The discussion was interrupted to introduce the other new face, at the bottom of the table, to the Big Chimney men: "Resident Fazzer Roget of ze Kuskoquim mission.

They spoke of the Big Chimney Cabin, and of how at Anvik they would have their last shave.

It was all right, but the Big Chimney boss felt he had chosen the lion's share of the work in electing to be woodman; still, it wasn't that that troubled him.

Recall how lightsomely it ran down the snowy slope, from the Big Chimney Cabin to the river trail, that morning they set forth.

It was only the seventeenth night after turning their backs on the Big Chimney, as the Colonel tipped the pan, pouring out half the boiled beans into his pardner's plate, "That's the last o' the strawberries!

The man of dignity and resource, who had been the boss of the Big Chimney Campwhat had become of him?

Fit only for the chimney-corner.

Only that morning the Boy had gone a long way when mentally he called the boss of the Big Chimney Camp "an old woman."

it was better, after all, at the Big Chimney.

Mariana came forward, and leaned against the chimney-piece.

Those sacred birds, the storks, have returned and taken possession of their old nests on the chimney-tops; they are sometimes seen walking about in the fields, with a very grave and serious air, as if conscious of the estimation in which they are held.

They were everywhere out-of-doors; they came into the housedown the chimney when they couldn't get in through the dooran'

A fire of whole logs burned in the colossal, open chimney.

He prevailed upon Pipes to get up on the top of the chimney belonging to the Commodore's chamber at midnight, and to hollow through a speaking-trumpet, "Trunnion!

Across the river they noticed suddenly that the smoke pouring from a chimney had turned blood red with tongues of vivid flame shooting through it like pulsing veins.

Do you want the gale to blow us up the chimney?"