▁just ▁had ▁the ▁pleasure , ▁through ▁the ▁cour tes y ▁of ▁Mr . ▁H . ▁All erd ale ▁Gra inger , ▁of ▁reading ▁an ▁entertain ing ▁book ▁written ▁by ▁his ▁son , ▁Mr . ▁M . ▁All erd ale ▁Gra inger . ▁It ▁is ▁entitled ▁Wood s men ▁of ▁the ▁West , ▁is ▁dedicated ▁' to ▁my ▁credit ors ▁affection ately ,' ▁de als ▁with ▁actual ▁life ▁in ▁the ▁Canadian ▁woods , ▁and ▁describes ▁v ivid ly ▁typical ▁characters ▁among ▁the ▁log gers . ▁One ▁Carter ▁is ▁the ▁principal ▁character ▁— ▁a ▁comp ound ▁of ▁the ▁hero ic ▁and ▁the ▁mean . ▁One ▁or ▁two ▁brief ▁extract s ▁will ▁indicate ▁the ▁her edit ary ▁quality ▁of ▁the ▁Gra inger ▁pen ▁— ▁sh rew d , ▁sat ir ic , ▁p ung ent , ▁bit ing , ▁and ▁with al ▁fran k ▁and ▁kindly ▁: ▁Carter ' s ▁Philosoph y ▁: ▁— ▁' ▁Bu y ▁from ▁them ▁as ▁has ▁got ▁to ▁sell ▁and ▁sell ▁to ▁them ▁that ' s ▁obliged ▁to ▁buy ▁and ▁cin ch ▁' em ▁all ▁good ▁and ▁hard ▁— ▁that ' s ▁all ▁the ▁secret ▁there ▁is ▁to ▁business .' ▁There ▁was ▁a ▁certain ▁narrow ▁sh rew d ness , ▁however , ▁in ▁Carter ' s ▁care less ▁methods . ▁For ▁these ▁methods ▁had ▁the ▁effect ▁of ▁encourag ing ▁care less ness ▁in ▁the ▁men ▁he ▁de alt ▁with . ▁Hand - log gers ▁around ▁the ▁in let . ▁for ▁example , ▁would ▁never ▁know ▁how ▁much ▁Carter ▁was ▁charg ing