Daily Arizona silver belt., 1910-01-18
CHAPTER XXII-(Continued)


 iver ran clear in it's lower reaches he took his rear crew to Carlin's rollways. This crew was forty in number, a hard bitten, tough band of veterans, weather beaten, scared in numerous fights or by the backwoods scourge of smallpox, compact, muscular, fearless, loyal, Outspoken and free to criticiSe- in short, men to do great things under a strong leader. The breaking of the rollways began. The logs had been hauled to the river, where they were banked in piles twenty and even thirty feet in height The bed of the stream itself was filled with them for a mile, Save in a narrow channel left down through the middle to allow for some flow of water; the banks were piled with them, side on. ready to roll down at the urging of the men.
 First the entire crew by means of it's peavies rolled the lower logs int the current to be rapidly borne away. Some tiers would be stuck together by ice and considerable prying and heav- ing were necessary fin order to crack them apart. But forty men soon had the river full. Orde detailed some six or eight to drop below in order that the river might run clear tc the next section, where the next crew would take up the task. These men walked to the edges of the rollway, rolled a log apiece into the water, stepped aboard, leaned against their peavies and were swept away by the swift current. The logs on which they stood whirled in the eddies, caTOmed against other timbers, slackened speed, shot away. Never did the riders alter their poses of easy equilibrium.
 The evening of the second day Orde received a visit from Jim Denning, foreman of the next section below, bringing with him Charlie, the cook of Daly's last years drive.
 "This fellow drifted in tonight two days late after a drunk, and he tells a mighty queer story" said Denning, He says crew of sixty bad men from the Saginaw have been sent in by Heinzman just to fight and annoy us"
 "Well, where are they"
 Don't know"
 Bring him over and let's hear the story" said Orde.
 Its straight, MT. Orde," said the cook, approaching. There's big crew brought in from the Saginaw waters to do you up. They're supposed to be over here to run his drive, but really they's goin' to fight and raise h.. for why would he want sixty men to break out them little rollways of his'n up at the headwate:s? He only owns forty up there, and it ain't mOre'n half cut anyway"
 q didn't know he owned any"
 "Yes, sir. He bought that little Johnson piece last winter"
 ''Is he breaking out his rollways be- lOw?" Orde asked Denning.
 "No, sir" struck in Charlie, "he nin't."
 'sHow do you happen to be so wiseT inquired Orde.
 "Well," explained Charlie, "when got back from the woods last week just sort of happened into McNeill's I place. I wasn't drinkin' a drop!" he l cried virtuously in answer to Orde's 1 smile.
 "Of course not" said 0rde. "I was just thinking of the last time we were iC there together"
 "That's just it!' cried Charlie. "They | was always sore at you about that | Well, in blew old man Heinzman aud | McNeill himself. I just lay low a,t2 r-oard their talk. They didn't see n,e, 20 they opened her up wide"
 What did you hear?"
 "Well, McNeill he agreed to get a gang of bad ones from the Saginaw % run in on the river And McNeill said, That's all right about the cash, Sr. Heinzman, but been figgerin' ca scttin' even with Orde for some my. self He's payin' them $4 a daJ. Now, who'd pay that fer just riyes wOrk?"
 Orde nodded at Jim Denning.
 Hold on, Charlie" said he. "Why ''N S'" S'ih5 oli tIliS away II you were working for Heinzman?'
 Pm workin' for you now" replic. Charlie with dignity. And, besides, Tou helped me out once yourself"
 "lf that crews been sent in there i. means only one thing at that end Of he line" said Orde. |, Sure. They're sent up to waste out he water in the reservoir and hang his end of the drive" replied Denning. What would you doT' asked Orde. 'Well,' said Denning slowly and1 with a certain grim joy, q don't bet hose Saginaw river pigs are any more wo listed than the boys on this river. d go up and clean 'em out"
 Wont dO," negatived Orde briefly. Tn the first place, as you know very we'll, we're short handed now. and we ant spare the men from the work. n the second place, we'd hang up ure. Tt isn't a fair game. Delay will lang us. Taking men off the work will hang us. I've got to see what can e done by talking to them"
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