News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1910-02-23

WITHOUT the opportunity VI d
breathing space. Then Orde
bareheaded and disheveled, strung TO
Il high excitement, began to be harass-
I'd by annoyances. The piles gave out.
Newmark left, ostensibly to purchase
more He did not return Tom North
and Jim Denning, their eyes burning
deep in their heads for lack of sleep,
came to Orde, holding to HIN SYM
boically their empty hands.
NO more piles" they said briefly.
Get 'em," said Orde with equal
brevity. "Newmark will have enough
here shortly. In the meantime get
them"
North and his friend disappeared.
taking with them the crews of the
drivers and the two tugs. After an
interval they returned towing small
RATS of the long timbers. Orde did
not make any inquiries, nor until days
later did he see "a copy of the newspa-
per telling how a lawless gang of riy'
ermen had driven away the railroad
men and stolen the railroads property
OiuC was C'Si y w hN'>. Ah''So oHu
miles he travelled. running along the
tops of the booms, over the surface of
the jam, spying the weakening places
and hurrying to them a rescue.
Toward noon the plies gave out
again.
Where in h. is Newmark?" ex-
ploded Orde He sent North and
crew of men to cut piles from stand
ing timber in farm wood lots near the
river.
IF the owners object stand them off
with your peavies"
Down river the various mill owners
were busy with what men they had
left in stringing defenses across the
river in case Orde's works should go
out. When Orde heard this he swore
vigorously.
Crazy fools" he spat out. They'd
be lot better off helping here, If
this goes. out their little booms won't
amount to Whit of wind"
He sent word to that effect; but.
lacking the enforcement of his person
al presence. his messages did not car
ry conviction, and the panic stricken
owners continued to labor. each ac-
cording to his ideas. However, Welton
answered the summons. Orde hailed
his coming with shout.
Il want dredge!" he yelled as soon
as the lumberman was within distance.
IL believe we can relieve the pressure
somewhat by channel into Stearn's
bayou. Get that government dredge
up and through the bayou as soon as
you can"
"All right" said Welton briefly.
"Can you hold her"
1--WE got to hold her," replied Orde
between clinched teeth Where in
h is Newmark? | need him for fifty
things. and he's disappeared off the
face of the earth. purdy. that second
cable! She's snapped strand. Get
a reinforcing line on her. he ran
without another thought of Weiton
But flesh and blood has IT'S limit of
endurance. and that limit WAS almost
reached. Orde heard the first Fremont
lions of reaction In the mild grum-
blings that arose. Although the need
for struggle against the tireless dy-
namics of the river was as insistent as
ever. although it seemed certain that
a moments cessation of effort would |
permit the enemy an irretrievable |
gain. he called a halt on the whole !
work.
Boys" said be irrelevantly. let's /
have a smoke"
He threw himself full length against |
a slanting pile. leisurely filing his
pipe. The men stared moment and /
then followed his example. The hori- |
zon lay low and black against the |
afterglow. Beneath it the river shone |
like silver. Over beyond the rise of
land that lay between the river and /
Stearn's bayou could be seen the cloud |
of mingled smoke and steam that /
marked the activity of the dredge. 1
Orde was apparently more at ease
than any of the rest, but each instant