The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1873-10-09
days; but he did not see Why she

per-, and tried to get his money
into his own LANDS again. But
independent Polly kept the mon
ey, and gave him 10 satisfaction.
Then there was u miserable qnar-
rel, ard Tyuer went over to the
town and got drunk. All, the
frailties of masculine minds !
ryner knew that poor whisky
would not help his case any, bpt
he felt desperate ard spi,efnl. 1t
wonld cut Polly, and let her see
what SIZE had driven him to per.
haps make her do better, rather
than live with a druDkard. But
when did such means ever gain
the end soughll When he got
sober they had another sct-to !;
and Tyncr went doggedly about
his work, aud let her alone for
two months. Ilc wouldn't even
demonstrate when the swamper
left his work days at a time, and
smoked aud played euchrc in the
kitchen with Polly, to tie great
detriment of the dinners. But the
foreman did; and, further, de-
clarcd he wouldn't have il. Then
Polly drew down her face, and
said lie was an old idio', and that
he should mind his own business
there! And 30 the winter wore
away. I
There came a certain MOI ming,
when the thick, melting snow was
filling the rivcr.bed with water
which seemed to be ever rnnning,
faster aud faster, to make way for
the erea! rush behind, which never
run out-when the mighty roll
way was ready to break, aud the
sun was rising upon another cloud.
less day to see it done. A man
rose before his logging camp, and
shutiled ont to the stable, and did
not como back to breakfast. A
set OF men had swashcd their
ruddy faces in ice water, and were
waiting for call from the kitchen
which j d not come. Then two
hungry and curious men went to
the kitchen aud the stable, re.
spcctivcly, and met halfway;
and each looked into a blank, AS
tonishcd face, as those other in
vesligato' had done four months
before. Then one summed up the
case in one emphatic sentence:
"The swamper's run away with
the cook u
How very like Ianother morn :
ing of which we haye heard! And,
to make il very much more like,
they had to get their own break
fast, aud mingled many rough
Joke with the cooking. And The
man who was :nost interested
went down to the roll.'way with
his pipe aud axe, and said moth.
ing.
lie worked and pried away at
the undermost logs until noon,
and said not a word on the cub
ject. Ills chum was in sweat
keeping mp with him.
"Thc rol.'way will start in an
hour" said the foreman, after
dinner, glancing mp at the straight
wall of logs eighty feet high, and
already leaning ever The heads Of
the workmen, as if IN haste To
meet the rising, surging, foaming
water.
At two o'clock those below
heard great cry fr,u,. the roll
way above. The last log bad
started their pile, ard, it's logs
projecting, it would sweep the
lower one with 1t. The men
dropped their tools aud fled be-
tore tho down crashing, thunder
ing mass. The men above watch.
cd in breathless suspense to see
them get clear. But Tyner would
not move. lie gave a Iasty look
at the land, and at the blue sky
looking down calm and serene on
the troubled landscape. Then the
rolling pile came down upon him
and buried all there was left OF
the stalwart man full thirty feet
deep.
The water rose higher and high
er. 1t came nearly half way to-
the top Of the hank, and overrnn
The loalands. Then The long bot
tom tier started, and swept away
toward the lake. Clinging to one
Of the logs, al crushed and limp
from the pounding roll-'way, with
"a black line over his brow and a
quiet lo,k upon his face, they
found poor Tyner. lied in a
buttoD-hole ofhis coarse shirt was
knot of dainty bluo ribbon,
holding braid Of blonde hair.