The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-06-29

with them, but his CHEEKY voice was
strangely silent.
''Well, Kate" said Alb Snider, an oft
rejected yet ever good-natured admirer
of the girl, ''what was you a-doin up
about the cliff this mornin'; md what's
the matter with Anse, anyhow"
The men were eating, and Kate set
down plate of cooked greens before
Snider with thump, saying:
There's what | was a-doin'. If |
didn't projeck around, here and yonder
it's precious little billed poke nd mus
tard as you alls would get. As for Anse
if you're so curious to know what ails
him, you'd better ask him. I'm not
mindin' Anse Grangers business, my
self"
Anse said nothing, though his brow
contracted, while Kate gloried in her
independence of speech, at the expense
of an additional heartache, as she noted
his increasing gloom.
After dim err the men lounged before
the door for awhile. Over Junaluska
basin the sky was clear, yet afar off the
great mountains still wore the gray
garb of mist and storm. The thunder
of the rising river echoed ominously to
the practiced ears of the lumbermen
THAT thar roarin means more fallin'
weather." remarked one. "A fraish
are good thing, but too much puddin'
would make a dog sick. I'm afraid,
boys, that boom II go tonight"
IF them tunder-heads busts up yam
der" said Con Garden, "there'll be a
jam in Junaluska gorge before long
shore"
The men went to their work of letting
the logs. one by one through the boom.
Anse hinge: ed behind long enough to
catch Kate by the arm in the passage
between the dining-room and the
kitchen.
Kate" said he, Il hate to stay mad
with you, after all as has passed be-
tween u.s. Let's make friends
Hands off, Anse Granger!' exclaimed
she, releasing herself with some vigor
You'd better run after EN- Caythorp; l
amt carin'."
What do l care for EN- Caythorp?"
he returned. Lets you nd l make up,
Kate
You used to like to talk to Het Will
iams, said she, still mocllingly, though
with an inward twinge. Don't mind
about me: I'm jest fndin' out what a
pretty boy George Shaw is gettin' to
be-"
Deuce take George Shaw" he burst
forth, feeling as if the last straw had
been added to his already overburdened
endurance. The boys are right-you
only like to make them as is fools
enough to love We miserable. Let me
60"
He strobe angrily away, while Kate
went slowly about her work with a
serious face. Her triumph, after all
was not an enjoyable one.
Junaluslia gorge extends for nearly
a mile between two irregular lines of
cliff, in a manner not unlike Rocky
mountain canyon. The river, sweeping
tiercely through, debouches into more
open valley below.
The thunder-heads on the big"
mountain did burst; the floods again
descended, and about five o'clock that
aibNllpph VIC OOOLl bIONC. III Il lew
minutes a jam was discovered near the
middle of the gorge. AS the waters
rose logs from above came humping
down by the hundred. 1t was evident
that something must be done at once,
or the jam would assume such proper
tions as to defeat all effogts at dislodg-
ing it.
Kate, sitting in the front porch of
her fathers cabin, saw a ''dugout''
canoe leave the shore and make for the
upper end of the gorge. Her father
was approaching from the river at
half run.
Father" she asked, who are them
men as is a-goin' to risk their lives for
a passed. of old logs?"
Jump up, Kate" cried Mr.. Garden,