The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-06-23

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: nd what s
the matter with Anse. anyhow"
The men We're eating, and Kate set
down a 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 Ansc,
| il 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 gloricd in her
independence Of speech. al the expense
of an additional heartache, as she noted
his increasing gloom.
After dime err the men loungcd before
the door for awhile. Over .Iunaluska
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 a good thing. but too much puddin'
would make dog sick. I'm afraid.
boys. that boom IL go tonight"
IF them t'under-heads busts up van
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. II hate to stay mad
with you. after all as mas passed be-
tween us Lets make friends
Hands off. Ansc Granger.' exclaimed
she. releasing herself with some vigor
You'd better run after En- Caythorp;
amt carin'."
he returned. Lets You md make up,
Kate"
You used to like to talk to Het Will
liams, y said She still mockingly. though
with an inward twingc. Don't mind
about me; I'm jest findin' out what a
pretty boy George Shaw is gcttin' to
be-
Deuce take George Shaw" he burst
forth, feeling as il the last straw had
been added to his already overburdened
endurance. "rhc boys are right-you
only like TO make them as Is fools
enough to love We miserable. Let me
go"
He strobe angrily away. while Kate
went slowly about her work with a
serious face. Her triumph, after all.
was not an enjoyable one.
Junaluska gorge extends for nearly
mile between two irregular lines Of
cliff. in manner not unlike Rocky
mountain canyon. The river. sweeping
fiercely through, dcbouchcs into more
open valley below.
The thundcr-hcads on the big"
mountain did burst: the floods again
descended. and about five o'clock that
afternoon the boom broke. In few
minutes jam was discovered near the
middle of the gorge. As the waters
rose logs from above came humping
down by the hundred. Ii was evident
that something must be done at once,
or the jam would assume such proper
tons as to defeat all efforts at dislodg-
ing IL.
Kate, sitting in the front porch of
her fathers cabin, saw ''dugout"
canoe leave the shore and make for the
upper end of the gorge. Her father
was approaching from the river ut a
half run.
Father" she asked. ''who are them
men rs Is a-goin' TO risk their lives for
= passed. of old logs?'
"Jump up. Kate" cried Mr. Garden.