The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1897-11-20
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y in all probability lil1en the lumber
fiume TO a centpede "A giant centipede
"a monstrous centipede, winding its
way down the mountain, twisting
around point here and twinkling its
thousands OF long pine legs in the sun
light as ii leaped across canyon there,
crawling for protection at times under
the overhanging shelf of rock and
again pausing at the crest OF sharply
inclined hill before plunging over and
down into the valley below, where the
mill and the box factory and the rail-
road trains waited. Sometimes its legs
were long and stiltlike in appearance
nnd that was when il spanned the can
Won with the river and the stage track
at it's bottom, and sometimes those legs
were mere stubs and accomplished no
other purpose than 90 brace the trough
In proper position as II burrowed along
nm excavated shelf Of the mountain,
working its writing way down, down,
down. Here and there a smaller trough
fed IL with water stolen from the creek,
the stream being tapped half mile
above, so that despite spillage and Leak
ape and other subtraction there should
always be enough OF the liquid lubri-
cant running in the flume TO make the
passage OF lumber easy and eNpe-
dftious.
"Sandys" was midway OF the climb.
"Sandy's" was little white ranchhousc
built alongside the stage road. The
front door opened directly upon the
road and there was no back door, for the
other end Of the house was good 30
feet above the dipping side of the hill.
II was five miles TO the top of the noun
tain where Sandy himself supervised
tho logring work. and so his daughter
RccI,v was alone in the ranchhouse for
long terms-"for a week at a stretch, y
as She would express H. Sandy seldom
stretched Il beyond n week, for he had
some notion Of the drcar loncsomeness
Of life I'm that isolated house and made
a. his pleasant duty 10 come down every
Saturday night with Sam Harlins, the
stage driver. and accompany him up
the Hill on Mondays. And through the
week he made frequent trips down the
almost vertical side OF the hill and
climbed laboriously back again after
having frightened for time not only
the life of the 13-year-old girl, but also
his own. In winter when there was no
possibility OF using tho flume because
OF the fabulous depths Of snow the fore.
man and his little daughter went down
go the city where the railroad and the
mill and the box factory were, 70 hiber
nate and to enable Becky TO go tc
school.
Sandy induced the company TO cut
into the house the telephone which RAJ
down the mountain as consort TO tho
fume. So that after considering al
things, Becky was provided for will
decent comfort and managed the mea
perly patronized post Office and tele
phoned 10 the headquarters Of the com
pany the hour Of Sam Harkins' arriva
and Of his departure and made Dime
for the stage driver and performed tn
neutrality-suspicious. handy half
way house.
Mr.. Chong Go Kwee's common dcsig
milton was Bad Jim, and the nppcllatioi
fitted him TO a nicely on seven days o
the week. He was husky villain. VIII
could get more muscle into the work O
Juggling timber than any three othe
Cinnamon at the top OF the mountain
but he possessed the mystery Of evolN
ing Chinese gin apparently out ofnoth
ingness. like a wizard, and Of drinSin
himself into fierce moods which mean
trouble TO whomsoever should cross hi
path Sandy discharged Chong sewers
times. but was Obliged 10 rccngage hiI
because the other men Of his sun-kissc
race were afraid TO work while he, nuri
ing sore heart, was abroad IN II
mountains Besides, although the
kent that q secret, they were not abo'
n quiet love for his Chinese gin OF seer,
creation.
The Tuesday morning without whic
this history would be quite unnecessar
opened bright and clear with Bad Jill
very drunk and anxious 10 find th'
man vsho had said. according 20 Jim
own disturbed dreams. that he cou
Whip him. Instead he found Sand