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

tranquil without disturbance
looking in the moonlight like ruins of centuries
foundations nothing stirred that silent
lake but the occasional shotke ndentations of passing
rain drop sti rarely raft made of single log
propelled by some citizen on tour OF inspection OF his
of his goods still stored
in this bland obiteration Of the
settlement cabin would
have been impressive than this stupid and
esque placid effect the rival destroying element People
naturally; the water went it had slowly
mpassivey noselessy few days of fervid California
shine dried the cabins and in week two the red dust
again thicy before their doors the winter mud
Rattesnake Creek dropped below its
banks the coach from Marysvine longer made
deour of the settlement. There singular
pensaton amable invasion; the inhabitants
times found gold in the breaches in the banks made by the
overflow. To wait for the od Ratlesnake slucng was
vernal hope of the trusting miner
The history of Jules however destined to offer
s,ela nternton Of this neacel and methodal process
of exceptional But
little rain had fallen in the Valleys altho the lay deep
in the high sierras Passes choked ravnes filed and
with withheld southwestery trades" the
regular phenomenon recurred Jules fat silently noise
and peacefully under water; the inhabitants
moved to the higher groundperhaps little more expedi-
tiously impatience delay stage
Marysve it's usual deour and stopped before the
temporary hotel express general
canvas spreading alder It
deposited single passenger-Mles Hemmngway, of San
originally young
mining dispatched to report the alleged
auriferous value Of Jules OF this he had been by
impressed as he looked down upon the submerged
of coach listened to the
recital of the flood and of the singary patient
acceptance inhabitants the old story of
the ncompetency-utter
distastefu northern habits Of
thought and education Here was their
ance caprces without struggle against
which brought others strength and here
tho old nhiosonhv which accented the prare fire and
and survived them without advancement yet without
repinng Perhaps in different places and surroundings
stole might have impressed him. in gentlemen
for the gold they dug it did not to him
Nor he Modified he stood beside the rude
few planks laid trestlesJand drank
his coffee beneath the dripping canvas roof with an odd
panks laid trestles-and drank
picnic had been living in this shftless fash
for three weeks! 1t exasperaed him still more to think
to wait there few days longer for the
water to sufficiently him his examina
AS he took proffered seat candle
box which tilted under him. and surveyed the feeble make
him, his Feasibility found vent
why the Of God! didn't you-after had
been flooded out once-build your cabins permanently
higher ground?''
Altho the tone of disturbing
question it pleased of the loungers to affect to take IT.
literally.
'.wel-ez you've put it that way-in the name Of
God! returned the lazly 1T must hev struck
that bossn' the job to speak, and handin
things around here generally might leave it to Him 1t
wasn't flood to monkey with
didn't covenant, to speak, to look arter
this ground specially and make Ararat of it for
us-ez didn't any
yer" put speaker, with equal aziness
The secretary saw instantly expert
not to proong the disadvan
his unfortunate admiration He colored slightly and
with smle You know what could have
protected yourselves better. would
kept you clear Of the highest water mark.
you heard what the highest water mark WASP"
speaker turning another of the ounges
without looking at the secretary.
Never heard it-didnt know there limit before,
responded the
The first speaker back the secretary. did
you what happened at Buyers the North
Fork? They them levees."
happened?' asked the secretary, impa-
tiently.
They was fixed suthin' like u.s." returned the first
speaker "They allowed they'd build evee above their
highest and did. It worked like charm
first but 1t kinder
bend Then sorter raised itself its
elbows day. the evee down what
boys washin' quite fble Then it paid
the limit of that high water
went better! Not slowly and quiet like it
to-ez here-kinder film up BLOWOUT
went over with current-hevin Of
levee to fall tother side Whar the
boys scn. He paused and amidst profound silence
scattered promiscuous-
ly all along for five miles only know that
section Of suicin' picked Red