The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-11-23

from one floating log to another In the
ziz-zag TO shore The other two ran
the length of=theirffootng. and. overieap-
4 ing an open ofawater, landed heavily and
firmly on the ves'y ends Of two small
floating logs. III this. manner the force
THE jump rushed the little tirnbers end
on through the water. The two men,
maintaining nlalyelousiy their balance.
We're thus ferried TO within leaping dis
i lance CT the other shore.
y Ia the meantime a barely perceptloc
( rnotion was communicating Itself from
one particle to another through the CEN
ter Of The Jam. The crew redoubled It's
"A e2tertions. a sharp crack exploded i'm
,lic9!iately underneath. There could be
+ LONGER exist any doubt as to the motion.
isalthpHgil#it was as yet Sluggish glacial.
Then in silence a log sshifted-in silence
ana slorly-hut with irresistible force.
Jimmy Powers quietly stepped over It..
Just as il n}eraeed his leg. Other logs
in all directions un-enled. The IAN
crew We're forced continually to alter
tier positions. riding tie changing tins
hers bent-kneet.i as a circus rider treads
his four sailoping horses
Then ali at once down by the face
something crashed. The entire stream
became alive. It Kissed and roaretl. 1t
tl.4;1t1 moro rapidly. the very forefront of
the center melted inward and forward and
downward until 1t caught the fierce rush
Of the resllet and shot out from under the
lam. Far IN stream. bristlins and torinid-
Essl1!s, the tons Of logs. grinding savagely
together. swept forward.
The six men and Bryan Moloney-who,
il viii be remembered. were on tor
worked unit. the last moment. When the
iGg; began to cave under them SO rapidly
1 tettt even the expert rivermen found diff
fcGltg in Staying on top the foreman
set the example of hunting safety.
She pulls. boys he yelled.
Then in a manner wonderful TO behold,
through tie smother of foam and spray,
tIllough5tlle crash and yell of ti1nbers,
through the leap Of destruction. the
drivers zigzagged calmly and surely to the
si1cre
HI but. Jimmy Powers. He poised tense
ard eager on the crumbling face of the
i;tnl Almost Immediately he saw what
he wanted, and without pause sprang bold
~ ard confidently ten feet straight down.
nisIsl. TO alieht with accuracy on a sim
gle log floating free in the current And
tllen in the veay glory and chaos of the
Ism itself he was swept down strea M
After a moment the consant accelera-.
ton In speed checked, then commenced
Iarieptibly to sl1clien, At once the rest
Eof tile crew began tea#lida down stream
l.acfl struck the fca1ii.zs of his river boots
strangely inte Il log. ard on such unstable
vehicles fioated miles With tie current.
From time TO time; as BfNsln@A1oioneys in-
dicated one of them went ashore. There,
lis1ally#at a bend of@tle stream where the
Likelihood of tanning was great, they
look tlleir&stautls. When necessary, they
}x,fisScut oser the face of the river TO sep
:sl:stag a congestion likely TO cause trou-5
he. The rest of the time they smoked
,3eir pipes.
An right long the logs slipped down the
1noenlit current silently, swiftly. Yet
without haste From the whole length OF
lie river rang the hollow boom boom
foorl, of timhcrs striking one against the
otl.er.
The drive was on.
CHAPTER 81.
IN the meantime the main body of the
crew under Thorpe and his foremen We're
liIs1sly tumhling tiielogs into the current.
Tie men had continually to Keep alert.
foi. q any moment they We're called unons
10 exercise their best judgment and quick
ness TO Keep from beng carried downwar,:
With the rush Of the logs. Not infrequent-.
Il froHiliTg sheer wall of forty feet
syotglti hesitate on the brink Of plunge.
tAGr 7tlef feT Ills - Is ~
TO The title Of rivermar.
silearer wore eailks nearly an inch in
length He had been known to ride ten
miles without shifting his feet. on a log
IS small that he could carry it without
dsffirulry For cool nerve he was llllex-
csled
II don't need you. boys here any longer
he said quietly
when the men had all withdrawn, he.
,raiked confidently under the front OF the
II liway. glancng with practiced eye a
the perpendicular wall Q: logs over him.
Then as a man prizes jacls-straws. he
5cI5inpetl# his peavey and tugged sharpy.
At once the ro!lwav flattened and top
net a mighty splash, flood Of flying
foam aud crushing ti;nhers. and the spot
aon which The rivernan had stood Was
buried beneath twenty feet Of solid green
wood To Thorre II seemed that Shearer
must hove i'esn overrfhe med, but the
ri efrraaal a wave rrlyst-ri5,tsl aprared at
c,la.. sfs or tiaesotiaers nan a1iant, u sias
tie men 10 work before the logs should
l.;.ye ceased to move History stated tia t