The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-13
By BRET H4RTE


but being WISE also felt that it would be unavaing He
smiled politely and said nothing At which the first speaker
turned to him.
"Thar amt anything to to-day, o-morrow,
things the water oughter droppn Mebbe you'd like
at Hemmngways portmanteau. thought you'd
likely be crowded here we've rugged for
at stanton's shanty-with the women"
The young cheek flushed slightly possible
irony in this he with considerable that
he was quite ready ito rough it, where he was
Il reckon it's already decisive
ly; 80 you'd better I'll you the
Zone moment said Hemingway. with smile; my
manager
Company at Jules Perhaps ought to see him first
"AH right-hes Stanton
And secretary, you appear
stand the locality WE'LL trust have the pleasure
The secretary little startled
was person. and not place!
dctatory they passed undo the dripping trees.
Il struck this in the fall 49, comm Liver
of speech and deliberate delivery sent
wife and two children Wife winter
fever sweetwater When KEN here first thar wasn't six
inches water in the creek but thar of it
thar where them yaowsh patches strips
brush and grass AL that war water then and all that
growth hez sprung SINCE
where they stood in reality only moundike elevation
above the dead level of the fat and the
ly recent willows and alders The Of actual de-
preston much greater than he had imagined its
sembance to the bed of prehistoric inland struck
him forcibly previous larger inundaton than Jules
brief experience had known had i'm
probable His cheek REDEEMED his previous hasy ndict
thought that he had probably committed
rash confidence superiority Judgment
there evidence that this uval
remote past He smiled again with greater security
thought of the geological changes
these cataclysms and the ameoraon brought settlement
ana cultivation nevertheless ne would make thoro exam
ination tomorrow. ss.ss5E
temporary
ations and partly the decviy which began to slope
to the rivers bank It like the Others of
unplaned boards but unlike the Others of logs
laid enghwise the ground and parallel with each other
which the flooring structure securely
This it the appearance of box sled
Noah's whose Jules explained
that the logs laid in that kept the shany
free from damp. In reply to Hemngways suggestion
it was great waste OF Jules simply replied that the
logs the "fotsan and jetsan, o
overlooked mills below Hemingway again smiled. It
again the old story OF western waste and prodigaty Ac
conpanied by Jules climbed slippery
logs which made platform before the door and entered
single unequaly divided the larger part
containing three beds by day rolled in single pile in
hanging from nails on the wall showed that it the
wonnens The smaller compartment again subdi
vded by hanging blanket behind which rude bunk
berth against the wall, table made of packing
containing tin basin and of water This his
ment.
"The women folks are down the creek bakin to-day
said Jules explanatory but reckon that of em will
be jiy supper-so you just easy
till they come. got
turn in, but just lie by tonight and take rest
He turned away, leaving Hemingway standing in the
doorway, ldistraught hesating did the young
recognize the deicacy of Jules leaveakng
had unsrapped his pormanteau found himself
TO make ms toilette unembarrassed by company But even
then he would have rough companionshp
the miners In the dor1nitay Of the general
this intrusion
ptiable little comforts makeshifts disgust
of his ndecision which naturally
coed in the direction OF his host and hosesse and after
hurried ablution, change of linen
stains clothes impatient-
ly into again.
It singulariy mild for the south
trades blew softly whispered
cisco and the distant Pacific with its
turned again to the overfowed fat beneath him
sluggish yellow water that scarcely broke ripple
the walls of the half submerged cabins.
water whose going they waiting with
mobility tranquil the waters themseves
incompetency-or what infinite patience! knew,
their compensation ground
at hand the long riffs in the
which often showed the color sparkling
gold disclosed by the action Of water
reddish mud left after its subsistence
the cabins deposit that often contained
valuable And then
he heard behind him laugh short and painting BREATH
and turning, beheld young running toward him
astounded sight sum
bonnet throw back from her head by the impetus
flight, he only too much hair white