There's the sawmill!"
CHAPTER XIV
THE BIG TREE
The Bobbsey twins saw, just ahead of them, a stream of water sparkling
in the sun. They also saw a place that had been cleared of trees,
which had been cut down, making a vacant place in the woods. And in
this clearing, or vacant place, near the small river, were a number of
rough-looking buildings. It was from one of these "shacks," as Bert
afterward called them, that the screeching sound came. And puffs of
steam coming from a pipe sticking out of the roof of this shack showed
that there was an engine there.
"Is this the lumber camp that I am to own?" asked Mrs. Bobbsey, as she
looked ahead and saw the buildings, the piles of logs, and the stacks
of boards.
"This is the place," said Mr. Bobbsey. "It is bigger than I thought.
We will have to get some one to look after it for you, Mother. You and
I can't be running out here to see that the men cut down the trees
right, and make them into boards. Yes, we shall have to get some one
to help us.
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