White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1917-05-27

y Eioi ilieu. heT ives were SHINING, her
fingers tightly interloeked.
lid Ike to cry or-or swear" she
said uncertainty.
why. Eliza Natalie regarded her
friend in shocked anuazement. but Muir
ray laughed
Progress was more difficult now. for
the river shore was paved with smooth.
round stones, which rolled under foot
and the boats required extreme atten
ton IN the swift current. Tie farther
they proceeded tie more the Zee wall
opposite Increased In height until III
last il shut oil the mountains behind.
Then Is they rounded the first bend a
new prospect unfuldcl itself
Al last there came a sound like that
or 4 cannon shot. and far ahead OF
them u fragment loosened itself and
went pluus,ng downward. Although II
appeared suall. i ridge promptly leap
ed ont from beneath the splash and
came racing down the rivers bosom 70
ward them.
BETTER 20 up II bit O'Neil called 10
his charges.
The men Al the ends OF the towlines
scrambled part way up the shelving
beach and bracssi themselves, then
wrapped the ropes about their waists
k anchor me on a tug of war team.
Their companions wadei into the food
and Tended the boats OF the rocks.
The wave came swiftly. lifting the
skifs high upon the bank. then IL
sucked them back amid a tsngle OF
arms aud legs. A portion Of the river
bottom suddenly barred itself and as
suddenly was submerged again The
boats plunged and rolled and beat
themselves upon the shore. %wrenching
the anchor men from their posts. They
were half filed with water, too, but
he wave had passed and was scuddiug
away downstream
Eliza Appleton came stumbling back
over The rock strewn bank, for during
The first mad plunge she had seen
O'Neil go down beneath one of the rear
Ing craft. A man had helped him out
Nothing but my ankle" he treasured
her when she reached his SIDE. Il WAS
dragged "A bit and damned among the
powders" He sank down. and his bps
were white with pain. hut his gray
eyes smiled bravely. The boatman re-
moved his chiefs boot and fell 10 rub
bling the injury. while the girls looked
ON helplessly.
Come. come. We cant stay here"
Murray told them He drew on the
boot again 10 check the swelling.
Can you walky they asked him
snxiously.
Certainly. Two feet are really un.
necessary. \ maj can get along near.
~ AZ well ON one" lie hurried his
men back Ia their tasks and managed
To limp after them. although the effort
brought beads Of sweat to his IiE~ and
brow.
"If Id known the river was So high
I'd never ha We brought you" O'Neil
told them. ITS fortunate we happen
ed 10 he ahoye that break. You see.
the waves can't run up against the
current" He turned io his men and
spurred them on.
IL was not until the travellers had
reAc bed the camp mt the bridge site
that all the wonders Of this region be
came apparent. Then the two girls,
in spite OF their fatigue. spent the
late afternoon sightseeing. Al this
point they were able Ia gain n com
! prehenslve view. for at their backs
lay Jackson glacier, which they had
iusi passed. and directly fronting
them. across n placid lake, was Gar
hehl. even la ryer and more impressive
than its mate. Thirty, forty miles It
ran back. broadening Into a frozen sea
out OF which SCARED mountain peaks
rose like bleak Islands. and on beyond
the range OF vision was still more ice.
They were surrounded by ragged
ramparfs The Salmon river ran
through a broken ehallee formed by
,he enelrcling hills. and over the rim