The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1904-04-23


watcher was unable to give any se'
count Of his assailants-
"They came up behind me while
was cooking" he said. Zone or en-
grabbed me, and the other one kiverso
my eyes. Then I hears the shot ana
knows there's trouble"
Thorpe listened In silence. Shsaref
asked q few questions. After the low
voiced conversation Thorpe arose sor
ruptly.
.Where you goingY' asked Shssrsr.
But the young man did nes reply. he
swung, with the same long nervous
stride. into the down river trul.
Until late that night the three man
for Ellis insisted on accompanying than
hurried through the forest. Thorpe
walked tirelessly. upheld BY hi Violent
but repressed excitement. bnsarss
noted the IRE IN his eyes and. from the
coolness OF his greater age, coonseseo
moderation.
"I wouldn't stir the boys uD." hs
painted, for the pace was very swift
'They'H kill some one over there; = ~
be murder on both sides"
He received no answer About mso-
night they came to the camp.
Two great fres leaped among the
trees, and the men were grouped be-
tween them. talking. Evening had
brought its accumuiation Of slow an9or
against the perpetrators OF the outrage.
Even as the wocdsrnen Joined thAr
group they had reached the inteosity
OF execution. Across their puFpoes
Thorpe threw violently bis personality.
"You must not gor' he commanded.
Through their anger they looked at
him askance.
II forbid itr Thorpe cried.
They shrugged their indifference and
arose. This was an affair Of caste
brotherhood, and the blood Of their
mates cried out TO them.
The work. Thorpe shouted hoarse-
ly. 1.-The work. We must get those
logs out! We haven't timer
Then swiftly between the white,
strained face Of the mailman trying to
convince his heart that his mind bad
been right and the DRAMATICALLY exalted
river men interposed the sanity Of had
way. The old Jobber faced the men
calmly, almost humorously, and some
how the very bigness Of the man COM,
manded attention.
"You fellows make me SICK" said he.
"You haven't got the sense God gave .
rooster. Don't you zee you're playing
right In those fellows handsf What
do you suppose they dynamited them
dams for? To kill our boys? They
never dreamed we was dry piekin' INST
dam. They sent some low hved wheaU
down there to hang our 0rive. ana q
looks like they was going b succeed,
thanks TO you mutton heads.
'S'pose you 90 over and take 'em
Probably you HEX 'em. You whale dag
lights out Of lot OF men who probably
don't know any more about this here
shooting OF our dams than q hog doeg
about ruffied shirt. Meanwhile your
drive hangs. Weilf Well. DO you sup
pose the men who were back OF that
shooting-do you suppose Morrison 4
DAILY give a tinker's dam how many
men Of theirs you hekf What they
want is to hang our drive. II they
hang our drive. It's cheap at the price
OF few black eyes,"
The speaker paused and grinned
good humoredly ut the mems attentive
faces. Then suddenly his own became
grave.
"Do you want to know how to get
evenT he asked. do you want to
hAv~ a. <,lx
30 small you can't hear themf Well,
I'll tell you. Take out this drive! Do
II I'm spite Of them. Show them they're
no good when they buck up against
Thorpes One. Our boys died doing
their duty. the way river man ought
TO- Now hump yourselvesi Don't Vet
them die I'm vainr
The crew stirred uneasily, looking ct
each other for approval Of the con-
version each had experienced. Rad
way turned easily toward the blaze.
Better turn In. boys, and get some
Sleep" he said. We've got q hard
day tomorrow" He stopped 10 hight
bis pipe at the hre. When he had
again Strengthened his back after rath-
er a prolonged interval the group had
already disintegrated. A few minutes
later the cookee scattered the brands
Of the fire from before a sleeping
camp.
Before daylight Injun Charley drift
ed into camp TO find Thorpe already
out With a curt nod the Indian seat
ed himself by the Ore and, producing
a square plug Of tobacco and o knife
began ieisurely TO OIL his pipe. Finally
Injun Charley spoke I'm the red mana
clear cut, Initiative English, q pause
between each sentence.
II find trail three men, said he
Both dam, three men. One man 60
down river. Those men have cork
boot. One man no have cork boot He
boss"
The Indian suddenly threw his chin
out, his head back, and half closed his