"Seated upon a thick, burlap-covered bale of freight-a "piece," in the parlance of the North-Chloe Elliston idly watched the loading of the scows. The operation was not new to her; a dozen times within the month since the outfit had swung out from Athabasca Landing she had watched from the muddy bank..." James B. Hendryx was an author and script writer of western adventures. Many of his famous novels and short stories were adapted into early films.