The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-11-15

right to run our logs through It's an open river"
 And hev ye been runnin' your logs throughs' cried the old man excitedly "Hev ye? First off ye begin to tear down my dam. and then when the river begins a-roarin' and a-ragin' through then you taHper with my i'm provements furthermore a-lowerin' the gate and otherwise a-modifyir' my structure"
 Orde stepped forward Immediately Reed wheeled. his thumb on the ham, mer
 aAu right. old spirit of 'T6.- replied Orde. Don't shoot: I'll come down."
 He walked back to the waiting TOW.
 Surely. R spoke up Newmark. what ever the status of the damage suits, you have the legal right to run your logs"
 Orde rolled q quizzical eye in his d. rection-
 "Per-fectly correct, son." he drawl- cd. hut we're engaged in the happy occupation of getting out logs By the time the law was all adjusted and a head of steam up the water d be down In this game you get out logs first and think about law afterward-"
 How about legal damagesT insist cd Eewmark-
 Legal damagesY' scoffed Orde. -Le- gal damages, Why, we count, legal damages as part of our regular ex- penses, like potatoes"
 Orde wdkedcto the edge of the dam and stood looking down current Then he turned to the grinly silent river men,
 -Boya" he commanded briefly, "get your peavfes and come along"
 He led the. way past the mill to the shadows beloH--
 Bring down two logs fairly big and hold them h1 that old snag." he order cd Hold tkem end on-no, pointing upstream Fix lem about ten foot apart Thats itl George. drive a cou- pie of stakes each side of them to hold 'em- Correct. Nov. run down a cou- pie dozen more and pile them across those two, side on to the stream. of course. Roll lem up. That's the tick ctr
 Orde next braced more logs against n convenient powder. and an old stuIl near shore became the third pier in a line below the milI.
 Now, boys" commanded Orde shove of some shore logs and let them come down" e -sr- o
 The stray logs floating down with The current the rfvermen caught and ia mmed about the improvised piers
 So in ten seconds after the shore logs began drifting the jam formed. low and broad The weight of the ropmost logs sunk those beneath to the bed of the stream This to a cer- tain extent damned back the water. Below the fmprovised dam the water fell almost to nothing. and above it, swfriing in eddies, grumbling fercely, bubblinG. gurgiing. searching busily for an opening. the river turned back on ftself-
 Nothing can stand that pressure,' breathad Nswnark. fascinated
 'sThe bisgsr tie pressure the tighter she locks. zrepued Orde. lighting his pipe
 In order to take fuI advantage of the water power developed by his dam old man Rsed had built his mill nearly at leve with the stream Now the river, backing up, rapidly overfowed this fate As rAe jam frightened by its own weight the water fairly jumped from thes lowest fesr of the mill to the one above.
 In less fhan i've minutes the old man dsscsfded on the group.
 Whsts the matter hereT he de- nandsd-
 Matrsr r inquired 0rde easily. "Oh, nothing mu1h-just a little jam"
 But it's flooding my mill" I'm net Interested" I've lot of grain upstairs It1n be ruiued- You miserable hIlckguardy'
 Reed franncally disappeared. return ing bearing an antiquared pike pole. and single handed attacked the jam Astonishment and delight held the rivsrmen breathless for a moment Then a roar of laughter drowned even noise of the waters Only Orde seemed to see tho other side With few quick leaps he had gained the old mans side.
 You can't break this jam,' he said kindly Come ashore. You'll kill yoursalfr'
 Break ity' pleaded Reed You're | ruining me. I've got all my money in | that mill-s
 -weIl." said Orde we've got a lot | of money In our logs too. Come" talk | ing Heed gently by the arm. there's l no reason you and l shouldn't get | along together all right Maybe we're | both little hard headed Let's talk | ft orer.''
 He led the old man ashore. At the | end of ten minutes Orde cried cheer | fully:
 .-War's over. boys. Break that jamr' The crew swarmed across the log | barrier to 2 point above the center pier. This they -affacked with their peavies. rolling the top logs of into the current | below. In less than no time they had torn quite a hole in the top layer. The river rushed through the opening. I'm mediafely the logs in the wings were tnmbIed in from either side At first the men had to do all the work. but | soon the river itself turned to their