The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1910-02-09

fiuently profane.
He shook his fist against the menacing
logs: he apostrophied the river. the
high water. the jam. the deserters.
Newmark and his illness. ending in a
general anathema against any and all
streams. logs and floods.
We'll" said Tom North. "he's good
and mad this time"
At the dredged channel Orde saw
the rivermen standing idle. and. halt
blind with anger he burst upon them.
Then he stopped short and stared.
Square across the dredged channel
and completely blocking 1t lay 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 b. did that drop from e.
cried Ortie.
Come down on top the JAM" ex-
planned a riverman.
Orde. suddenly fallen into cold
rage. stared at the obstruction, both
fists clinched ut his side.
That about settles It." said Welton.
Settle =, cried Orde. II should think
not!''
Welton smiled quantity.
Don't you know when you're lick
Ised?,
Licked. hv' said Orde We've
just begun to fight 5
what can you do?"
iii blow her up with powder"
Ever try to to blow up irony
There must be some way"
.Oh. there Isl" replied Welton, "of
course take her apart bolt BY bolt
and nut by nut Is
Send for the wYenches. them" snap
ped Orde 4,
but it would take days. II would
be too late ltSwould do no good
perhaps not" interrupted Orde.
.but 1t will be doing something. any
way Look here Welton. are you
game? II you'll get that bridge out in
two days I'll hold the jam
You can't hold that jam two hours
That's my business. Will you send
for lanterns and wrenches and Keep
this crew working
II will. said Wpiton.
During the next two days the old
scenes were all revived. with back Of
them the weight Of the struggle that
had gone before. Pines belonging to
divers and protesting owners were. fell
ed and sharpened. Even the inviolate
government supply was commander
ed.
Then all at once. as though Il faucet
had been turned off. the floods slack
ened.
They've opened the channel" said
Orde duly. His voice sounded to him
.self very far away. He felt himself
moving in strange and distorted SUR
roundlngs. He heard himself repeat,
iIg to each OF number Of wav9rina
! gigantic figures the talismanit. words
that had accomplished the dissolution
(, Of the earth for himself slhey ve
opened the channel. Al last he felt
! hard planks beneath his feet. and
!, shaking his head with an effort. he
made out the pilothouse Of tip Sprite
and a hollow eyed man leaning against
IT. They've opened the ch;tnnel
II Mai Sus iuc iSpVdtcO. GUESS lIlstt u
he ALL" Then quite slowly he sank I.
the deck. sound asleep.
), -
When Newmark left. In the early
stages of the jam. he gave sean
thought to the errand on which hs
had ostensibly departed. Whether Vi
not Orde got supply of.piles was L
him a matter OF Indifference Hi.
hope. or. rather. preference. was thai
the jam sh.suld go out. but he saw
clearly that Orde. blinded by the swif
action Of the struggle. was as yet un
able to perceive. Even should the riv
erman succeed in stopping the jan
the extraordinary expenses incidenta
to the defense and to the subsequent
salvaging. untangling and sortlni
would more than eat up the profits q
the drive. Orde would then be forced
to ask for an extension OF time gu hi
& notes
On arriving in Monrovia he drov,