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Church had led almost as varied a life as Bucky himself, his career including incidents as far apart as exploring and elk-hunting in the Olympic Mountains, cooking in a lumber-camp, and serving as doctor on an emigrant ship.

The Rough Riders Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919 1992

In front of the bunk house, cook shanty, stables, sealer's shanty and other low log buildings that once had been a lumber-camp, was an open space, about two acres in extent, lighted up like day by a bonfire at each end.

Every Man for Himself Hopkins Moorhouse

But I hope "-- here Herb's shoulders shook with heaving laughter, and the cooking utensils in his pack jingled an accompaniment --" I hope I ain't like a miserly fellow we had in our lumber-camp.

Camp and Trail A Story of the Maine Woods Isabel Hornibrook

While the director and Mr. Hammond and the company in general worked over some of the lumber-camp scenes, retaking or arranging for the shots over and over again, Ruth rode with her two chums on many a picturesque trail around Benbow Camp, Hubbell Ranch and the Clearwater station of the railroad.

Ruth Fielding in the Great Northwest Or, The Indian Girl Star of the Movies Alice B. Emerson

Divine Spirit than at the moment when he reached the summit of the last hill, and looked down into the valley where lay the lumber-camp.

The Redemption of David Corson Charles Frederic Goss

My most dramatic experience during this period occurred in the summer of 1874, when I went to a Northern lumber-camp to preach in the pulpit of a minister who was away on his honeymoon.

The Story of a Pioneer Shaw, Anna Howard, 1847-1919 1929

They formed a most picturesque congregation, for they all wore brilliant lumber-camp clothing -- blue or red shirts with yellow scarfs twisted around their waists, and gay-colored jackets and logging-caps.

The Story of a Pioneer Shaw, Anna Howard, 1847-1919 1929

In his early days, when he was building up his fortune, Mr. Bennett had frequently done things to his competitors in Wall Street which would not have been tolerated in the purer atmosphere of a lumber-camp, and, if he was going to be remorseful about anything, he might well have started by being remorseful about that.

The Girl on the Boat 1928

Mr. Connolly gave the impression that he would be a good man to have on your side during a rough-and-tumble fight down on the water-front or in some lumber-camp, but he did not look chummy.

Indiscretions of Archie 1928

At a cabin here, at a deserted lumber-camp there, where the thieves, singly or in groups, made their headquarters, the masked riders appeared and held their grim proceedings.

Roosevelt in the Bad Lands Hermann Hagedorn 1923