The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-12-06

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 sno Io,. poise and became fuently profane He shook his fist against the menacinr logs; he apostrophied the river, the high water. the jam, the. deserters Newmark and his illness, ending in a general anatheE,a against any and all streams. logs and Goods.
 Well" said Tom North, Ines good and mad this time"
 At the dredged channel Orde saw the rivermen standing idle. and. half blind with cnger, he burst upon them. Then he stopped short and stared.
 Square across the dredged channel and completely blocking 1t lay a sin gle span of an iron bridge. Behind 1t the logs had, of course. piled up in a jam, which damned back the water.
 Where in h. did that drop from r cried 0rde.
 Come down on top the jam." ex- plained a riverman-
 orde. suddenly fallen into a cold rage, stared at the obstruction, both fists clinched at his side.
 That about settles it,r said welton.
 ''Settler' cried Orde. 'I should think notr'
 Welton smiled quaintly.
 Don't you know when you're lick edr'
 Licked. h-T said orde. awe've just begun to fight"
 What can you doY'
 "I'll blow her up with powder"
 Ever try to to blow up ironY
 There must be some way" t"Oh, there is" replied welton, '.of eourse-take her apart bolt by .boIs and nut by nut"
 Send for the wrenches, thenr, snap ped Orde,
 But it would take days. It would be too late. It would do no good"
 Perhaps not" interrupted Orie but it will be doing something. any way. Look here, Welton, are you gamer If you'll get that bridge out ftp two days Pn hold the jam"
 You can't hold that jam two hours.- That's my business Win you send for lanterns and wrenches and keep this crew workingg' '.I will" said Welton-
 During the next two days the old scenes were all relived, with back of | them the weight of the struggle that | had gone before. Pines belonging to | iivers and protesting owners were fell sd and sharpened- Even the inviolate government supply was commanders d.
 Then all at once as though lancet ! lad been turned or, the floods slack med. They've opened the channel," said )rds duliy. His voice sounded to him elf rcry far away. He felt himself nov1ng in strange and distorted sur He heard himself repeat ng to each of a number or waverrng. fgantic figures the talismanic words hat had accomplished the dissolution f the earth for himself, They've pened the channel At last he felt ard blanks beneath his feet, and, haking his head with an effort, he iade out the pilothouse of the Sprite nd hollow eyed man leaning against - They've opened the channel. farsh," he repeated T guess thatn e all" Then quite slowly he sank to ,e deck, sound asleep.
 
 When Newmark left, in the early ages es the jam, he gave scant fought to the errand on which he ad ostensibly departed Whether or ot Orde got supply of piles was to Inn matter of indifference. His ope. or. rather. preference. was that le jam should go out. but he saw early that Orde. blinded by the swift .tion of the struggle, was as yet un- ole to perceive Even should the riv- { man succeed in stopping the jam { e extraordinary expenses incidental the defense and to the subsequent r ivaging. untangling and sorting ould more than eat up the profits of a @ drive Orde would then be forced ask for an extension of time on his ties.
 On arriving in Monrovia he drove his own house. To Mallock he is- ed orders. 'Go to the office and tell them I am :. said he, "and then hunt up MT. einzman- I want to see him imme- ntely." The German entered rather red and surprised to find Newmark home. 'Heinzman," said he, '.in three 'eks at the latest orde will some to
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