The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-07-02
KATE cARDEG STOOD aoTIoNLEss.

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KATE CARDEE STOOD noTIoNLEss.
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 were eating. and Kate set
down plate of cooked green's before
Snider with thump saying:
There's what l was a-doin'. If l
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 ais
him. YOU'D better ask him I'm not
mindin' Anse Granger's 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 er 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 Dracriced 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 t'under-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 fingered behind long enough to
catch Kate by the arm in the passage
between the dining-room and the
kitchen.
Kate" said he. 81 hate to stay mad
with you, after all as has passed be-
tween us. Let's make friends
Hands off, Anse Granger exclaimed
she, releasing herself with some vigor.
You'd better run after En- Caythorp; I
amt carin'''
''What do care for EN- Caythorp?".
he returned. Lets you nd make up,
Kate
'Y GU used to like to talk to Het Will
liams, said she, still mockingly. though
with an inward twiuge. Don't mind
about me; I'm jest fndin' out what
pretty boy George Shaw is gettin' to
be"
Deuce take George Shawl 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
serious face. Her triumph, after all,
was not an enjoyable one.
Junaluska gorge extends for nearly
mile between two irregular lines of
cliff, in 4 manner not unlike a Rocky
mountain canyon. The river, sweeping
fiercely through, debouches into more
open valley below.
The thunder heads on the s'big''
mountain did burst; the foods again
descended, and about five o'clock that
afternoon the boom broke. In a few
minutes jam was discovered near the
middle of the gorge. AS the waters
rose logs from above came humping
down by the hundr 1t was evident
that something must be done at once,
or the jam would assume such proper
20 Il
ing it.
Kate, sitting in thes front porch of
her fathers cabin, saw a 'dugoutn
canoe leave the shore and make for the
upper end of the gorge Her father
was approaching from the river at
hall run.
Father" she asked, who are them
men as is a-goin to risk their lives for
passed. of old logs"
Jump up. Kate" cried Mr.. Garden.
. an fetch me that thar long inch-rope
we uses to windlass up the RATS with.
Anse Granger, John White nd Doak
Spurlin have gone down the gorge to
the Jam. We-why don't you hurry up,
girl? Dark's comm on nd we've
sight to do"
Kate stood speechless and staring.
Her father stamped his foot inpatient
II. and she turned 20 lock for the rope
like one in dream.
Ten minutes later Con Garden and
several others We're standing on the
Red Cliff. a huge precipice that over
hung large rock midway Of the gorge.
Here was where the jam had formed
Kate followed them. regardless Of the
supper she was 70 prepare. regardless
OF everything, save that AnSe had gone,
perhaps. 10 his death. anu that-she
loved him dearly. The results Of her
own petty resentment wrung her heart
as she remem bered his last attempt at
reconciliation, which she had SO cruelty
repulsed
Vow she stood beside her father az
tae Red Cliff. Below was d savage roar /
and 2 white dash Of spray and the
grinding thud % descending logs Her
ears. half deaScne1 by the noise. were
strained 10 catch the sound of voices
that might, even NOW, be forever s. /
leneed
Tie sun was sinking: chilling sflall- I
evs were envelopins the gorge The |
men were lowering rope Mr. Gar
den, lying down, peered into the seeth-
ing abyss below
There's tive men OF the rock. said !