The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-01-04

van the logs crossed silently; IN the
rear they pressed in. were sucked IN
der in the swift water. and came to
rest at the bottom of the river. The
current of the river began to protest,
pressing its hydraulics through the
narrowing creVices. The situation de-
manded attention.
A breeze began to pull off shore in
the body of rain Little by little it in
creased. sending the water by in gusts.
ruffiing the already hurrying river into
greater haste, raising far from the
shore dimly perceived White-caps- Be
tween the roaring of the wind, the dash
of rain. and the rush of the stream.
men had to shout To make themselves
heard.
Guess you'd better rout out the
boss. screamed SOlly to Wallace Car
penter: S'this damn waters comm up
an inch an hour right along. When she
backs up once, she'll push this jam out
sure
Wallace ran to the boarding house
and reused his partner from a heavy
sleep. The latter understood the Situ-
alton at a word While dressing, he ex-
planned to the younger man wherein
! lay the danger
IF the jam breaks once said he.
! nothing top of earth can prevent it
! from going out into the lake. and there
! it'll scatter heaven knows where.
J
, loss"
They felt bnndIy through the rain in
the direction of the lights on the tug
and pile driver. Shearer. the water
! dripping from his haxen mustache
| Joined them like a shadow. At the
river he announced his opinion. I'VE
can hold her all right" he assured
them. It'll take a few more piles, but
by morning the stOrm'!l be over and
she'll begin to go down again
The three picked their way over the
creaking, swaying timber But when
they reached the pile driver they found
trouble afoot. The crew had mutinied.
and refused longer TO drive piles IN
| der the face of the jam.
IF she breaks loose she's going to
! bury u.s. said they.
''She won't break" snapped Shearer.
| Get to work"
It's dangerous" they objected sui
| lerly.
BY Godl you get off this driver, -
| in a ten-acre lot and see if you feel
/ safe therei"
He drove them ashore with a storm
1 of profanity and a multitude of kicks,
] his steel blue eyes blazing.
There's nothing for it but to get
| the boys out again." said Tim. Il
kinder hate to do it"
| DuL Nutu lIlE TlSuLlHE OILgs Hdl1
| asleep. but dauntless, took charge of
| the driver, d catastrophe made itself
| known. One of the elected men had
/ tripped the lifting chain of the ham
mer after another had knocked away
/ the heavy preventing block, and so the
! hammer had fallen into the river and
was lost. None other was to be had.
/ The pile driver was useless.
| A dozen men were at once dispatched
, fc- a HES chains mr. rxrf~a
| the supply at the warehouse.
! It's part of the same trick" said
/ Thorpe, grimly; those fellows have
| their men everywhere among US. I
| don't know whom to trust"
You think it's Morrison & Daly?''
| queried Carpenter, astonished.
Think? I know it. They know as
well as you or I that If we save these
/ loss we'll win out in the stock eX-
change, and they're not such fools as
/ to let US save them if it can be helped.
What are you going to do now ?"
THE only thing there is TO be done.
/ Wen string heavy booms. chained to-
/ gether, between the cribs. and then
| trust to heaven they'll hold. l think
we can hold the jam. The water will
begin to flow over the bank before long.
so there won't be much increase OF
! pressure over what we have now; and
| as there won't be any shock to with
stand, think our heavy booms will dc
/ the business"
He turned to direct the boring OF
some long boom logs in preparation for
the chains. Suddenly ne whirled again
TO Wallace with so strange an express
| sion in his face that the young mar
almost cried out. The uncertain light
| of the lanterns showed dimly the
streaks of rain across his countenanct
and his eye flared with a look almost Of
panic
Il never thought of it," he said in g
low voice. Fool that I am! 1 dOn'i
see how I missed it Wallace dOn'i
you see what those devils will do next p
mo. What do you mean?" gasped
the younger man.
There are u. 900. 900 feet of logs VI
river in Sadler & Smiths drive. DOM
you see what they'll do?"
mo, I don't believe
Just as soon as they find out thai
the river is booming, and that we are
going to have a hard time TO hold oul
jam, they'll let loose those Il, 100000 OF
US. They'll break the jam, or dyna'
mite it. or something. And let ms
tell you that a very few logs hittins
the tail of our jam will start the whole
shooting match so that no power OF
earth can stop ii"
L don't imagine they'd think of do
I
assurance
Think of it. You don't know them
They've thought of everything Yol
don't know that man Daily. Ask Tim
he'll tell you"
Well the
I've got to send man up ther'
right away. Perhaps we can get Their
IN time to head them off. They hav'
to send their man over He cas-
his eye rapidly over the men.
II dent know just who to send
There isn't a good enough WoOdsmal
in the iot to make Siscoe Falls through
the woods a night like this. The rive
trail is too long, and a cut through tn
woods is blind"
With infinite difficulty and caution
they reached the shore. Across tn
cleaning logs shone dimly the lantern
at the scene Of work, ghostly through
the rain. Beyond. on either side
lay impenetrable drenched darkness
racked by the wind.
Il wouldn't want to tackle it, pante'
Thorpe. IF it wasn't for that curses
tote road between Sadler's and DAILY
l wouldn't worry. It's just too cas-
for them
Behind them the jam cracked an
shrieked and groaned. Occasionally
was heard beneath the sharper noises
dull boom. as one OF the heavy tim
bers. forced by the pressure from II
resting place. shot into the air and fel
back on the bristling surface.
Tim Shearer might do it," suggeste
Thorpe. but l hate to spare him.
He picked his rifle from its rack an
thrust the magazine full of cartridges
Come on, Wallace" said he, we