Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1910-04-02
Gbe
River
BY STEWART
EDWARD WHITE
Copyright, 1908. by The Mcclure Com.
pony. Copyright. 1851 ICS, by
Stewart Ed~ASd ThIe
Ito Be Continued)

surface area Of the river Is increasing,
thus tending TO separate the logs. ON
shc other hand, falling water, tending
III crowd the drive closer together. Il
especially prolific OF trouble. There.
fore, on food water the watchers
scattered along the stretches OF the
river had little to do-save strand
Iicinzman's logs for him.
UP TO a certain point this was all
very well. Ordc took pains not to
countenancc II officially md caused
word. 10 be passed about that. while
lie did not expect his men to help drive
Ilelnzman's logs, they must not go out
az their way TO strand them.
III things get too bad. he'll have
spies down here 10 collect evidence
ON MS" said Ordc. "nnd hen jug some
Of us for Interference with his prop.
cry. We don't own the river"
Inside OF two weeks Ordc had the
great satisfaction OF learning that
Hcinzman was wurklng-nnd working
hard-a crew Of fifty men.
"a pretty fair crew. even II he was
taking out his whole drive" com.
mcntcd Ordc.
The gods OF luck seemed to be with
the new enterprise. The water held
out to carry the last stick Of timber
over the shnllowest rapids. Weather
conditions were phenomenal and per
fccf. All mp and down the river the
work went with Vim aud dash.
After this happy fashion the drive
went untll nj last II entered the broad.
deep and nnvlgahlc stretches Of the
river from ioddlng TO the lake. Here.
barring the accident of nm extrnordI.
nary food. the troubles were over. On
the broad, placid bosom ~ the stream
the logs would float As Ordc sat I'm
his blackboard. ready to go into town
for Il first glimpse of Carroll In more
than two months no gazpd with an
Immense satisfaction over the broad
river moving brown and glacierlike. as
though the logs that covered It were
viscid and composed all It's substance
The enterprise was. practically assur
ell of success.
For awhile now Orde was to have q
breathing spell. A large number of
men were here laid or. The remain
aei, under the direction of Jim Den.
hing, would require little or 10 actual
supervision. Until the jam should
have reached the distributing booms
above Monroyla the affair was very
simple. Before he left, however, he
chilled Denning TO him.
"Jim,' said he. "i'll be down to see
You through the sideways at Red.
ding. of course. But now that Won
have good, stil stretch of river
want you TO include in our drive MI
the IIeinNnan logs from above Won
POSSIBLY can. II you can fix II. let
their drive drift down into ours"
Ibon wen have to drive their logs
Tor tbem,' objected Dcnnlng.
Sure" rcjoined Ordc, but it's easy
driving, and II that crew Of his hasn't
much to do perhaps he'll lay most OF
them Off here at Roddlng."
Dcnning looked at his PRINCIPAL for
moment, then slow grin oversprcad
his face. Without comment he turned
back TO camp, and Orde took up his
relns.
"oh, I'm so glad to get you back.
cried Carroll over and over again as
sue chung TO him. II don't live while
you're away. And every drop Of rain
that patters on the roof chIlls nv
hearf, because | think of Il as chilling
Won. IlnnF hnurt