The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1910-06-03

~W And for the first
time Orde COM
ne shook ms ast pletely lost b s
ing logs. a,o.,.,..
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.
WELL" said Tom North. she's good
and mad this time"
At the dredged channel Orde saw
the rivermen standing idle, and, half
blind with anger. he burst upon them.
Then he stopped short and stared.
Square across the dredged channel
and~&ompletely blocking it lay a sin
gle span of an iron bridge. Behind it
the logs had, of course. piled up in a
jam, which damned back the water.
Where in h did that drop from ?"
cried Orde.
Come down on top the JAM" eX-
planned a riverman.
Orde, suddenly fallen into a cold
rage, stared at the obstruction, both
fists cinched at his side.
THAT about settles it," said Welton.
Settler cried Orde. Il should think
not."'
Welton smiled quantity.
Don't you know when you're lick
ed:"
Licked, H. said Orde. We've
just begun to fight
what can you do?"
'I'll blow her up with powder"
ever try to to blow up iron?"
There must be some way"
"Oh, there isl replied Welton, ''of
course-take her apart bolt by bolt
and nut by nut"
send for the wrenches. then" snap
ped Orde.
But it would take days. 1t would
be too late 1t would do no good.'
Perhaps not" interrupted Orde,
but it will be doing something. any
way. Look here. Welton. are you
game? If 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 workingT"
Il WILL" said Welton.
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 We're fell
ed and sharpened. Even the inviolate
government supply was commander
ed.
Then all st once. as though faucet
had been turned off, the foods slack
ehed
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
reundings. He heard himself repeat
ing to each of number Of wavering.
gigantic figures the talismanic word 5
that had accomplished the dissolution
Of the earth for himself, They've
opened the channel At last he felt
hard planks beneath his feet. and,
shaking his head with an effort. he
made out the pilothouse of the Sprite
and a hollow eyed man leaning against
it. They've opened the channel.
Marsh" he repeated. Il guess that'll
be ALL" Then quite slowly he sank to
the deck. sound asleep.
When Newmark left. in the early
stages of the jam, he gave scant
thought to the errand on which he
had ostensibly departed. Whether or
not Orde got supply of piles was to
him a matter Of Indifference. His
hope, or, rather, preference, was that
the jam should go out. but he saw
clearly that Orde, blinded by the swift;
action of the struggle. was as yet un
able to perceive. Even should the riv'
erman succeed in stopping the jam
the extraordinary expenses incidental
to the defense and to the subsequent
salvaging. untangling and sorting
would more than eat up the profits OF
the drive. Orde would then be forced
TO ask for an extension of time on his
notes.
On arriving In Monrovia he drove
to his own house. To Mallock he is
sued orders. @#
Go to the Office and tell them 1 an
ILL.," said he, s"and then hunt up Mr.
Heinzman. I want to see him imme
diately." @4a w t&
The German entered rather red ant
breathless, surprised to find Newmarl
at home,a - 81 ~ .yqsw rs .