Courier Democrat., 1904-07-21

l shore Ol0ly perCelteO WulleSGpS. oe-
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. ''This 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 heavy
sleep. The latter understood the sitsa-
ton ut word. While dressing he ex-
plained to the younger man wherein
lay the danger.
"If the Jam breaks once" said he,
nothing top of earth can prevent II
from going out into the lake. and there
It IL scatter heaven knows where. Once
scattered it is practically total loss -
They felt biindly through the rain in
the direction Of the lights on the tug
and pile driver. Shearer, the water
dripping from his daxen mustache,
Joined them like shadow. At the
river he announced his opinion. I'VE
can hold her all right" he assured
them. ut II take a few more piles. but
by morning the storm II be over, and
she'll begin to 90 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 muttnied
and refused longer to drive piles un-
der the face Of the jam.
"If she breaks away she's going to
bury U.S." said they.
''she won't break" snapped Shearer.
~0et to work"
"Its dangerous" they objected sui
enly.
'You get OF this driver!" 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 multitude Of kicks,
his steel blue eyes blazing.
'There's nothing for it but to get
the boys out again." said Tim. II
kinder hate to do it,
But when the Fighting Forty, half
asleep but dauntless, took charge Of the
driver catastrophe made ttseh
known. One of the elected men had
tfppd the lifting chain Of the ham,
mer after another had knocked away
Me heavy preventing block, and 50
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.
TITS 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 & DalyT'
querfed Carpenter, astonished.
"Think? know it. They know as
we'll as you or that IL we save these
logs we'll win out in the Stock Ex-
change, and they're not such fools as
to let US save them II it can be helped" !"
What are you going to do now?"
1.-THE only thing there is to be done
Well string heavy booms chained TO
gether between the cribs and ther
trust to heaven they'll hold l think
we can bold the jam. The water will
begin TO how over the bank before
long, so there won't be much increast
Of pressure over what we have now
and as there won't be any shock tt
withstand think our heavy boomt
will do the business
He turned to direct the boring OF
some long boom logs in preparation fol
the chains. Suddenly he whirled agair
TO Wallace with so strange an expires
sion in his face that the young man al
most cried out. The uncertain light o1
the lanterns showed dimly the streaks
Of rain across his countenance, and
his eye dared with look almost OF
panic.
II never thought of it." he said in Q
low voice. Fool that I am! l dom
see how missed it. Wallace, DOM
you see what those devils will d.
next?'
"No. What do sou meanw gasped
| the younger man.
There are 100000 feet Of logs ur
river in SadIer & Smiths drive. Don't
you see what they'll do?"
"No. don't believe
~Just as soon as they find out that
the river is booming and that we an
going 10 have q hard time to hold oul
3am, they'll let loose those 1900 yOl
ON us. They'll break the jam or dy
mantle it, or something And let me
tell you that a very few logs hitting
the tail of our Jam will start the whoh
shooting match 80 that no power or
earth can stop it"
II don't imagine they'd think Of do
ing that" began Wallace by way OF
asguraDce.
'.Think Of It! 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
Tive got to send q man up there
right away. Perhaps we can get there
IN time 10 head them OF. They have
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