New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1910-11-09
CHAPTER XIV.

hrst day Of July. For a week
- past the run had been slowly
growing while the canneries tested
themselves, but on the opening day of
the new month the horde issued boldly
forth from the depths of the sea, and
the battle began in earnest.
At times they swan with cleaving
fms exposed, Again they churned the
placid waters until swift combers
raced across the shallow bars like
tidal waves, while the deeper channels
were shot through with shadowy forms
or pierced ~ the lightning CLINT of sill
.vered bellies. They streamed in with
the flood tide to retreat again with the
ebb, but there was neither haste nor
caution in their progress. They had
come in answer to the breeding call Of
the sea. and its exultation was upon
them, driving them relentlessly on
ward. They had no voice against its
overmastering spell.
The time had come for man to take
his toll.
At Emerson's cannery there fell
sudden panic, for fifty fishermen quit.
Returning from the banks on the night
before the run started, they stacked
oheir gear and notified Boyd Emerson
of their determination. Then, despite
his utmost efforts to dissuade them,
they took their packs upon their Shout
ders and marched up the beach to Will
lis Marsh's plant. Larsen. the day
foreman, acted as their spokesman,
and Boyd recognized too late the result
Of that conversation he had interrupt
ed on the night Of his visit to Cherry
This detection diminished his boat
crew by more than half, and, while the
! shoremen stoutly maintained their 10y
atty, the chance of putting up pack
seemed lost. Boyd swallowed his pride
and went straightway to his enemy.
He found Marsh we'll recovered from
his flesh wound Of week or more be-
fore, yet extremely cautious for his
safety, as he evidenced by conducting
the interview before witnesses.
1--WE are short handed, and gave
instructions to secure every available
man. he announced at the conclusion
! of Emerson's story. "It is not my fault
| if your men prefer to work for me-"
| "Then you force me to retaliate,"
said Boyd. II shall hire your men out
from under you"
Marsh laughed provokingly.
'"Try it! am good organizer, If
nothing else. If you send emissaries
| to my plants it will cause certain vio-
lence, and I think you had better
avoid that. for we outnumber you ten
| to one"
Emerson left in disgust Nor had
he hit upon any method of relief when
Cherry came down to the plant on the
following morning. She inquired
straightway: ..
"What are you doing about it? You
can't afford to lose an hour"
| 81 have sent a man to each of the
other plants to hire fishermen at any
price, but l have no hope that they
will succeed. Marsh has his crews too
well in hand for that"
Cherry nodded. "They wouldn' t
dare quit him now. He'd never let
them return to this country if they
did. Meanwhile the rest of your force
is on the banks, I presume"
Eyes,
"How many boats have youw
"Ten.'
Heavens! And this is the first day
of the run! It looks bad, doesn't it:
Has the trap begun to fill?"
"No. George is down there now.
guess Marsh succeeded in corl<ing it.
Meanwhile all the other plants are
working While my Chinks are playing
fantan. seem to bring misfortune
upon every one connected with me-
| don't - he added. "I'm afraid Pm a
poor Sort
| How boyish he was, the girl thought
tenderly, yet how splendidly brave be
had been throughout the fight! There
was voiceless, maternal yearning ir
her heart as she asked him gravely:
IF you fail now it will mean-the
end of everything, will it not?"
Yes" He squared his tired Shout
ders. But | am not beaten yet. Yor
taught me never to give up, Cherry
IT I have to go back home without {
catch and see billiard take this plant
over, why-Ill begin once more a,
something new, and some day I vii
succeed. But shan't give up III
can what salmon we catch and Their
begin all over again next season."
"And-suppose you don't succeed
Suppose billiard won't carry you?"
''Fhen shall try something else
Maybe shall go to mining again. /
don't know. Anyhow, she would not
let me grow disheartened II she were
here. She wouldn't let me quit. She
isn't that Sort
Cherry Malotte stirred and SHIFTED
her gaze uncertainty to the cleaning
bay. Abreast Of them the fleet Of
fishing boats were drifting with the
tide. In the distance others were dot
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