Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-07-01

1t I'll scatter heaven KNOWS Wnefe. once
scattered 1T is practically total loss
They felt blindly through the rain IN
the direction of the lights on the tug
and pile driver. Shearer, the water
dripping from his faxen mustache.
Joined them like shadow. At the
river he announced his opinion. I'VE
can hold her all right" he assured
them. ut III take few more piles. but
by morning the storm III 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 I'M
der the face OF the jam.
'If she breaks away she's going to
bury us" said they.
"she won't break" snapped Shearer.
Get to work"
Its dangerous" they objected sui
lenly.
"You get off this driverv' shouted
Solly. go over and lie down in ten
acre lot and see il you feel safe there"
He drove them ashore with a storm
OF profanity and a multitude of kicks,
his steel blue eyes blazing.
There's nothing for it but to get
the boys ont again." said Tim. II
kinder hate to do it,
But when the Fighting Forty, half
asleep but dauntless. took charge Of the
driver a 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
for cables, chains and wire ropes from
the supply at the warehouse.
Its part OF the same trick" said
Thorpe grimly. Those fellows have
their men everywhere among US. l
don't know whom to trust"
"You think it's Morrison & Daly?"
queried Carpenter, astonished.
Think? l know 1t. They know as
we'll as you or that II we save these
logs we'll win out in the Stock Elk
change, and they're not such fools as
to let us save them il 1t can be helped"
what are you going to do nowf"
1.-THE only thing there IL to be done.
Well string heavy booms chained to-
gether between the cribs and then
trust to heaven they'll hold. 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
withstand think our heavy booms
will do the business
He turned to direct the boring OF
some long boom logs in preparation for
the chains. Suddenly he whirled again
to Wallace with SO strange an express
most cried out. The uncertain light of
the lanterns showed dimly the streaks
Of rain across his countenance, and
his eye fared with a look almost Of
panic.
Il never thought Of it." he said in
low voice. Fool that am! / don't
see how I missed it. Wallace, don't
you see what those devils will do
'next?'
mo. What do you meany gasped
the younger man.
There are 12,OOO,OO0 feet OF logs up
river In Sadler & Smiths drive. Don't
you see what they'll do?"
mo. don't believe
"Just as soon as they find out that
the river is booming and that we are
going to have hard time to hold our
jam, they'll let loose those 100000
on us. They'll break the jam or dy-
Mantle 1t, or something. And let me
tell you that very few logs hitting
the tail Of our jam will start the whole
shooting match 60 that no power on
earth can stop It,"
II don't imagine they'd think Of do
ing that" began Wallace by way Of
''Think Of 1t! You don't know them.
They've thought of everything. You
don't know that man Daily. Ask Tim.
He'll tell you"
well, the
eve got to send a man up there
right away Perhaps we can get there