The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1915-12-09

he went BACK to the huddied Indian
and the silent figure on its blankets
"Memmiloo," ne said decisively
make quick pole sling. You an
big Bill an Multoowah an Jim Pine
tree will take Sandry back to camp
Go nrst to Toledo an get Doc Hooker
have him do what he can there an
go along to camp Tell him to stay
with Sandry day an night till 1 gel
back. Hurry now
Without q word, the four Indians
picked out by name set about their
appointed task. In less time than q
white man would take to begin they
had laid clean saplings along blankets
| edges. warped q short spreader at top
and bottom to hold the poles the width
OF . mans shoulders apart. and the
sling was ready.
Now" said Daily grimly, travel
like hell. boys. but carry him soft, for
he's broke like the ferns when a pine
falls
Tenderly they lifted the owner Of
the Dillingworth and laid him In the
hollow Of the blankets.
His foreman cast one look at him az
the Indians swung away on the back
trail and turned his face to the
damned raft He studied the problem
from all sides. Then he took his re-
naming Indians, for none of them
were beyond work from their shaking
up. got on the mooring chains and
snubbed the monster to the shore
pines fore and aft. Then he calmly
prepared to wait the turn OF the tide
She would loose herself.
The damage at the PROV was slight
The lift had come moment too soon
to hurt the big raft much. Several of
head of her had been broken, loosen
ing the ends of the logs which slid
downward and apart, giving her the
appearance Of . ragged broom.
Snamishta. like all the coast Indi-
ans, was a good waterman. He Of
fered to dive for the broken chains
and Daily let him go. In three hours
he had found all the ends, fastened
to them hauling lines, which the others
used to bring them up. the breakage
was repaired, and Daily was ready to
mend the broken nose as we'll as he
could. He needed to circle the zoos
ened logs with the chains again. and
he went about 1t In q simple manner.
There was no getting under the raft
from the front because OF the jam
against the shore. even II Snamishta
could have managed the tide and en-
dured the time under water. There
fore II must be done from the other
snd.
So Daily laid the chains across the
Ipreading noae, attached long tow
Inc to tho shore ends and dropped
hem into the water. The line was
hen led to the stern, under the moor
ng chains, around and forward to the
,row
He then lay down for a needed rest
Until the sucking green water grew
lower and slower and finally stopped
altogether.
With the first insidious movement of
he food tide the groaning and creak-
ng set up again throughout the giant,
nd the foreman was on his feet at
nce as she began, almost impercep-
IDLY, to back out from the shore. The
nds of the chains were hauled up,
Tipped forward and fastened securely
fter the logs had been coaxed to-
ether as much as was possible with
ope and peavey and cant hook.
by jingo!" said Daily, but that
as 4 blast. The son-of-a-gun must
ave had wagon-loan o sticks. An
was plant all right Mustve had
ome batt'ries an trigger wire. But
9 haint smart enough to figger out
UGH things. Twa'n't tn right slant,
r she'd hit US amidships an opened
8 up proper-an' we'd a-gone to sea
! pieces
The hours of the flood tide were irk-
ONE to him, waiting, wondering how
Jared with Sandry swinging be-
ween the Indians. and thinking bit
erly OF Hampden, who was proving
imself a dangerous enemy.
But he thought also of the steamer
lowing down from Portland, which
'ould stand in at Yaquina. and he
new he would be ready to turn over
he raft in spite Of oil.
BE = damn hard matter to tow by
hat head" he told himself; guess
70 can drift her out an turn her tall
n"
Then he fell to wondering If San
ry would ever know of the big check.
r II It would travel east with him to
he old man In the wheeled chair on
riverside drive-mute evidence of re
FIRST and last fightl
CHAPTER XVII. /