The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1897-11-20

one OF the cars on winch luulbcI WAH 4
brought from the lake, and promptly |
did so. Sandy, who had refrained from
physical contact with this bad China
man. losing all patience, descended
from the car and whipped him with ex-
treme vigor. He returned 10 the car,
but the other Cinnamon were too badly
scared 20 work with any effect, and
finally when the boss began 20 criticise
them In his usual picturesque phrase
ology, one, known as Little Boy, ex-
planned 10 him that the men had a sort
OF superstitlous dread Of working with
corpse.
where's your corpse?" Sandy asked,
with some lurid adjectives and nouns
accompanying the inquiry. Little Bob
said that he, Sandy. was that corpse;
that Bad Jim would surely kill him;
that he was az good as dead man now,
and that IL was an uncanny thing for
live Cinnamon 10 work alongside dead
white man or at his direction. They
would, therefore, withdraw. And the
whole lot OF the cattle broke for the
lake Sandy went into his little Office
building and telephoned the headquar-
ters of the company, asking for lot
OF new men. "Thesc yellow ours have
struck for some fool reason" he said.
"They pretend it's because Of a row /
had with Bad Jim, who seems to have
made them think he's going 10 kill me
for knocking him off car. But don't
think he will, for he went of into the
timber with two as beautiful black eyes
as"
He did not say any more. for n cant
hook came down upon his head and he
fell 20 the floor. Chong Go kwee had
come out Of the timber,
Thecuriositywhi descended from
Eve had caused Becky, away down the
mountain side, 70 rush 10 the telephone
as the bell rang. She knew by the sig
nal ringing that the call was for the
company. but IL had been a lonesome
time that morning and she was delight
ed 10 hear some human voice, even IL the
conversation was only about lumber.
So she listened 10 the message and
heard it's interruption by the sound of
the falling cant hook, and some intui-
ton told her what IL all meant. In
SEPARATION presented the whole picture.
She saw the ferocious Chinaman glar-
J ing his hatred nt the dying man; she
saw Jim ms he backed toward the door
, and look hurricdly up and down the
mountain. IL was panoramic view
She saw the giant throw his weapon
7 into the bushes beside the little ollic,
] building and saw him, too. as he looked
, uncertainty about him seeking for thu
2 safest, quickest means OF escape. She
! knew that mountain as well as did thu
e gin-drinlSing Chinaman, and she knew
r. his opportunities. She realized JUS
< what he must do 20 get away quickly
g and as though she were there on one o
D the fat cars looking at him she saw hin
s as he shambled over 10 the ilume anC
2 hurriedly selected his timber. He piclet
!, ND one OF the cant hooks left by tn,
j, deserving Cinnamon and by the grace o
his great strength whirled the bean
+, over tin IL poised delicately on the edg
e and then dropped into the water. Sh
+ saw him straddle IL and work il through
d the dead water of the level TO the edge
J. where the swift flow began, and the
C she saw the wood and It's burden star
= on it's fugitive journey.
Then she went into the back room an
}. lifted down Sandy's Winchester and eN
&c anined IL carefully. 1t was in goo
e condition.
re She sat by the window which locke
e out upon the hume. The fugitive mus
20 be there in a very few minutes. In lac
i. mind she had followed his movement
a
d he was whirling around the big curry
r. at the Elephant rock, now shootin
'r down the straight course by the saddl