Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1911-07-14

% BE- fuase,s slngiy and pushed one b.
ons against The current across the pom
and Into The influence OF the sluic
gate some of them wonld BE- hare q
come az
II guess that viii keep them busy ~
dag ar two" commented Orse
This. as Orde has said. would be sui
nciruils Annoying 10 helnzman Dul
would have little real effect on The
main issue which was thaf the Ger
man was getting down his logs with a
crew o. less titan a dozen men Ney
erfheless Orie la a vast spirit Of fun
took delight Ia lnvenfing aud executing
practical jokes u the general sort just
sescflbed One day The cbore boy. who
had been over % Spruce Rapids after
mail reported that an additional crew
OF twenty had been sent ia 70 Heinz.
mans drive This waa gratifying
Were making him scratch gravel
boss anyway said orde
2 men entered into the spirit or
the thing Ia fact. their enthusiasm
wins aimos TOO exubcrant Orde had
constantly 70 negative new and IN
genieus schemes
'No boys said he u want 70 keen
on the riehf side % the law, We may
need II later"
Logs rarely ism on rising water Tor
the Simple reason that constantly the
sarfacr ares of the river Is increasing
thus tending 10 separate the logs. On
The other hand. failing wster tending
a. crowd the drive closer together 81
especially pnsiilc Of trouble There
fore. 90 Hood water the watchers
scattered along the stretches ~ Che
river had little % do save strand
Hrluxman's iogs fof him
Up 10 certain point this was an
very we'll Orde took pains not 10
coausenancs it officially aud caused
word 70 be passed about that. while
he ala moi expect his mon 10 help drive
ffrihzmsns logs they must not 20 out
Of their way to strand them
III things get too bad. he'll have
spies down here to collect evidence
on us said Orda Tand he'll jug some
OF Us for interference with his prop
sry We dent own the river
Inside or two weeks Orde had the
great Satisfaction OF learning that
HelnxmaH was working aud working
hard crew u nifty men
"A pretty fair crew. even II he was
taking ~ his whole drive" com
mented orde.
The gods ~ luck seemed 70 be with
the new enterprise The water held
out 70 carry the last stick Of timber
over the shallowest rapids Weather
conditions were phenomenal aud per
feet Al ~ and down the siver the
work went with vim and dash
After this happy fashion the drive
went until AZ las, Il entered the broad.
deep sud uasigabir stretches OF the
river from Rvdding 70 the lake Here.
barring the accident OF an extraordl
nary need he troubles were over on
the broad plseld bosom OF the stream
the logs would noat A. Orde sat In
his buck board ready 20 go into town
FOE nrst glimpse OF Carroll IA more
than two months he gazcd with an
Immense satisfaction over the broad
.
though the logs that covered It were
xi~rid and composed al is substance.
The enterprise was practically assur
ed Of success
For aw hilc now Oric was 10 have a
breathing spell A large number OF
men were here laid OF. The remain.
der. under he direction OF jim ben
ming. would require little or no actual
supervision. uutil the jam should /.
have reached the distributing booms :
sbose Monfovia the sfralr was very
simple. BEFORE he left. however. he
rallied Denning 10 him
'Jim- said be "Iti De down To see /,
you through the sluiceways at Rod :
dag. Of course But now thar YOU .
have good. stiil stretch 81 river I
wsnt you 20 include Ia our drive ali !
The iielnzman logs from above YOU '
possibly ran lf you can M Il. iet :
'seif drive drifi down iuin ours
Then Wen hafe o. drive their logs Y
'or them objected Deunine =
'Ssre" reloin,d Qrde. ~huf lfs cas-, Q
driving. aud II thar cre~ ~ MS hasn't .
mitch ~ d. ferhal's hem iay uDst of
ihein ~ hers " Reddlng a
Deuaing lopkei NJ his principal Tor e
momeai fhsu q slow grin oYerspread
sis fHce Without comment be- TURNED Z
back q camp sud orde ioae up hla o
heinz. q
~oh. i'm 80 giad 20 sct you back p
ried Carroll over and over again a. 4,
he clung 70 bin. - don't i've while n
cure SWAY. And every drop Of raiu b
bat patters 90 the roof chiiis my I
'esft, bscasse think ~ u as chilnne q
on Dear heart. don't leave me q
gain" =,
sbe shook ber head az him siowly. q o.
Mysterious smile 90 aer lips Without q,
rgisining Der thought she slipped b
rom bis knee aud gilded scross to the Il
IN goIden harp. ~hseh had been r,
rcaxbt from soarovis. The light aud =
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