You see, the lumber company has got in some sort of a tangle with the owner of the timber on this tract, and consequently work is at a standstill.

That's why you see so many men hangin' around here." "Then you work for the company ?" asked Dick.
"I do in the winter time, but not in the summer.

I've got a tidy farm down the river a bit, and I let out my hosses to the company to haul timber.

It's cash money, you see, when the haulin' is goin' on." "I believe the Laning girls are stopping with you," put in Sam.
"Yes, Nellie and Grace came up some time ago.

You see, our girl, Addie, gits tired being on the farm with only her mother, so we invited her cousins to come up for a spell.