The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1917-04-28

- h."-arN nervous. UraWu-f.-rE sweat
: miu-Ijng with The rain uu their >n,.,I,u
p hDdic>. would 20 ti'l rh,y broke. They
had not puir" reached that point Vet
. There were some five hundred n..,-,
c"m"nt bags which had been filled v..1
sand and rfloF M rY t'tr r,..I,...,. .,
: convenient uufnr>. NS 81 rnrI,r., I,.,...
as a last Irv. Vardryrrrrr called IN
The dig-rrS and dirchcr~. and l,,yors
and drivers. and Nqdn Them r..r,l,. m.
- ~auGha->. The timber wall that rose
&" fou" "r five feet was now backed Ia
, Il height of three with an UNEQUAL wall
= of earth.
. The ,yyy,s v,r, I,,,f,,,,i,,o, In roll
against the r.npart oIthough thrfr
fore" as yrr v,s Lr,r,ar l,,. ,h. Iru,L.
wuus VorJ.,..,,.,,,. i.,..,,..., 49,. $50, a..
paliSadr near the center Tbnrr vrr,
som" large lo., thor. ,,.l,or. H., corId
stand. and vhrpco ,. could ,o+ -.
clear a view of tho v-boun ron of ,h,
dam aS was pnssiIJ. ,br,,,,.,r. ,I,, dri,.
ing rain.
.Tbrrn So .J,,,,,., 49,,
ing To a red rrirl,In-it s..r,.l - Li,n
like blood ,ol.iro its rfI,n,,' i ,,
from the red clay nr ,b, I,,,,r-.. ,,i''a
the waiter bod fo,,rd =, 1,,,,.
was woshin,, core, a. ~
trickIinp tbr,u,,I, e.. -
down on the orbor sid, E,,,, 49,. =,
pointed. the trfckIe h.coma , ,,r,,,,,
and the stream babe fair f. 80 - no.,l
Men ran and dropped supdboc. ovor
in front OF the paiis.dn richt ,.roro
tn" leak had occurr.d otbor mon
h"apcd up the earth h.bipd tho VOL
. seeking To- smother if and stan II m.
! water checked There tbrv waro forced
to do the same thing NJ onotber rIoco
Desperately they droppnd their sand.
! haas srrrIiI,. H..
in the mud; Scrambling and yelling
| they ran from leak 10 leak Thpv lift
ed the heavy bags of sand as if they
mad been loavcS of bread and iammrd
them down. They swung nick md
shovel like toys. although the rain
made all the earth sticky mud and
the work all the harder. Tho yvotar
was clear over the ton of the dam now
ana streaming through the ravntmnnt
81 brush and Surging against the poIi-
SADIE. Where il did NOT Ipt the votar
through, the line of stakes WIS hegin-
nlng to bend backward.
The men who had nvnandod +boir
sanGhugs and couId got M ,,oro j.,
one final effort ran 10 the noIisode dino,
their heels modIv in rho ,ro+ s,,,,T,
earth and put their shoulders against
the bending stakes as if TO hold them
up by main strength. Thin streams
were flowing here and there, now nm
needed. Checked and held in one Spot.
the water broke through at another
The Spillway could not control the
rise i
shes gone, she's gone oos,od
Nandcventer under his breath IIo Hod
fought Il good fight. He could dn no
more. There were no more bors of
sand. Save for the men str,inino ot
the wall here and there and every
where there was left nothing hut IN
stand and wait, having done ,Il A. :
one man saw another the whole him.
dred and fifty caught the contraction /
and threw themselves against the nall |
saGe, wet and chilled from the rain {
but yet madly, recklessly. Americans {
md foreigners alike. They would hold
Il by main strength for another min i
ute, they swOre, oblivious 10 the fact |
hat just as soon as II went II vvouId ]
:" with rush. s
The stockade would be swept away {
lrSt, and they would go with it. What 3
If that? The men back of it matched Il
heir brawny arms against rain and "
wind, the powers of man against the q
powers of God, but not mockingIy, II A
$ perhaps doubtful if they realized S
what they did. 1t was instinct, habit o
hind desperation now. If the fimsv Il
vail failed under the terrific water it
PRESSURE, they would be hurled beneath ci
t. swept down the slope of the dam p
uried in the debris as it was swept Il
way, caught up if they bv any cbonco p
uryiyed so far and b,,r,oI hr.,.o, c,