The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-12-17
II Swift Vengeance.
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CEARCHING for u simlc YOU woulI
a In all probability iikrn the lumber
hume to ccntipede Il giant centipcdt
- ,nnnstrons centipcde, winding it,
Il way down the mountain. twisting
around point here and twinklinr it,
thousands of long pine legs in The sun.
I light az II ieapcd across Il canyon there
crawling for protection at times undet
The ottrhanging shelf of rock and
iisain pnnaing at the crest OF sharply
Inclined hill before pluuging over and
n down into The Wiley below, " here the
M quill and the hon factory and the rail.
md trains waited Sometimes its legs
SsaSsre long and stiltliltc in appearance
ssssS sfd that was when II spnnued the can.
u yon with the river and the siupt trace,
4 AT Its bottom, mud sometimes those legs
Ncfe mere slabs and accomplished no
f,tl,er purpose than TO brace the trough
\ in proper position MS 1t burroWc,l along
4 mn eNcnVated shelf oF the mountain.
i working Its writhing way down. down,
down, Here aud there smaller trough
fed It with wafer stolen from the creek.
the stream being tapped half mile
above, 40 that despite spillagr aud leak
Il Hge and other subtraction there should
I always be enough of the liquid luhri-
emit running IN the Hume 10 make thr
passage of lumber easy and rxpe-
ditious.
eSnndy's" was midway Of the climb.
rSandy's" wns little white rnurhhouse
built alongside the stage road. The
front door opened directly upon the
road and there WAS no back door, for the
ntber end Of the house WAS II good 30
fret above the dipping side Of the hill
slt was five miles TO the top Of The noun.
tain whore Sandy himself supervised
|&SsShc logging work and so his daughter
sS$srcky was alone in the innchhonse for
IIaaSSpnE tcfms--"for n week AT stretch
l&&% she would express 1t. Sandy seldom
SSaStretched II beyond n week. for he had
S&seNc notion of the dreAr lonesumcucsg
gsS9f life in that isolated house and made
MI his pleasant duty ia come down every |
saturday night with Sam llnrtins, the |
stage driver, and accompany him up |
Che hill on Mondays, And through the |
!9Yeek he made frequent trips down the !
almost vertical side Of the hill and |
|cllmbed nboriously back again after
shaSing frightened for time not only I
athc life of the i3-year-oid girl. but also
|aiis own. IN winter when there WAS no
possibility Of using the fiume because
IN the fabulous depths of snow the fore
sanan and his little daughter went down
m" the city where the railroad aud the
HI Ill aud the box factory were, to hibcr-
Gate and Ia enahln Becky to 40 TO
Mhool
II Sandy induced the COMPANY To cut
8,ito The house the telephone which ran
gown the mountain us u cousort to the
AlbA,tne. So that after considering all
| sssa& gs, Becky WAS provided for with
&'nt comfort aud managed the mca.
4slssSss pa'ronizcd post Office and telc-
ss ed to the headquarters of the com.
the hour of Sam ilarkins' arrival
RIAdE OF his departure, And made dinner
SSaE the stage driver and performed the
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS handy half
My house,
NH. Chong Go kwce's common dcsip- I
Cation was Bad Jim, and the appellatiou
fttcd him to nicely on seven DAYS OF l
The week. He was husky villain. who !
ronid get more muscle into the work of !
Juggling timber than any three other !