Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-06-15

of the world felt quite cherries now.
An hour later found her busy over the
raftsmen's dinner at the long, low log
cabin, planted centrally before the
broadcast sweep of the river above Juna-
luska gorge. Con Garden, her father,
heided cattle in the summer and logged
on the Junaluska in winter, while his
wife and daughter cooked for more or
less of the hands.
The early rains had supplemented
the thawing of the SHOWS on the big
mountains, and the three forks of the
Junaluska were laundering down the
ravine with ever-increasing power.
A boom was stretched across the river
at Junaluska basin, against which thou
sands of logs were pushing. as their
number was hourly increased by the
growing floods.
A score or more of mountaineers
were lounging in to dinner from the
woods and river. Anse Granger was
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 a thump, saying:
There's what / was a-doin' If !
| didn't projeck around. here and yonder,
it's precious little billed poke md 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 Changers 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.
f! After dim er the mcc lnnnged before
| the door for awhile. Over Junainska
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 oninously to
the pracriced ears of the lumbermen.
| THAT thar roarin' means more fallin
weather." remarked one. "A fraisl
are good thing, but too much puddin
would make a 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 q
jam in Junaluska gorge before long
shore
The men went to their work of letting
the logs, one by one, through the boom
Anse linge,e ed behind long enough tc
catch Kate by the arm in the passa ge
| 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; ]
amt carin'.'
| What do care for EN- Caythorpo'
he returned. Lets you md make up
Kate
you used to like to talk to Het Will
liams,' said she, still moclxingly, 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 Shawn 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
co.
He strobe angrily away, while Kate
| went slowly about her work with a
! serious face. Her triumph, after all,
| was not an enjoyable one.
Junaluslza gorge extends for nearly
! a mile between two irregular lines of
cliff, in a manner not unlike a Rocky
mountain canyon. The river, sweeping
| fiercelX through, debouches into a more
open valley below.
The thunder-heads on the ''big''
mountain did burst; the foods 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. 1t 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 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
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