The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1919-06-13

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musins. A few feet behind stalked
Godfrey, his eyes on the pretty figure
by his side. Innes turned from hlsl
look, abashed as though she had been.
peering through a locked door. II
| Gayly, with futtering Of ruffiesll
Gerry established herself on the bank,
a trife .out Of hearing distance. AL
hard little smile played on the lips ac-,
cented with Partisan rouge. The child-,l
fish expression was gone; her look ac-ssi
cused life Of having trifed with her..
But they would see 4
Don't look so unhappy, dearest,".l
whispered the man at her side. I'm
going to make you happy, dearp'
She flushed brilliant, finished smile
at him. Yes, she was proud of him.
He satisfied her sense Of romance, or
would, later, when she was away from
here, a dull pain pricking at her delip-
crate planning. Godfrey found her
young, young and diStracting, Hts
life had been hungry, too; the wife,
up thete in Canada Somewhere, had
never understood him. Godfrey was
ambitious,( ambitious as she was. size
would he his wife; she would see the
cities of the world with him, the wei
coined wife of Godfrey; She would
share the plaudits his wonderful voide
won.
| His eyes were on her now, she knew,
Questioning not quite sure of her. SHE
had worried him yesterday because
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him If he SUED for his divorce. She
had told him TO ask her that after tlle
courts had set him free. She could
not have him sure of her,
An exclamation from him recalled
her. She found that he was no longer
staring at her; his eyes were fixed on
the trembling structure over which a
"battleship," laden with rock, was
creeping.
II want to stay with you, you know
that dearest. But 1t doesn't feel right
to see them all working like niggers
and me Pafing here. You don't mindy'
oh no, Gerty did not mind! Size
was tired, anyway! She was going
back to her tent!
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hands. II sent that off today. Per
haps you will be glad?"
She flung another of her inscrutable
smiles at him.. and went up the bank,
the paper unread in her hands.
The long afternoon wore away. They
were now dynamiting the largest rocks
on the cars before unloading them.
The heavy loads could not be emptied
quickly enough. Not dribBled, the rock.
but dumped simultaneously, else the
gravel and rock might be washed
down stream faster than they could be
put together. Many cars must be I'M
loaded at once; the din on Silents
, train was terrific. His crew looked
like devils, drenched from the spray
which rose from the river each time
the rock-pour began; blackened by the
smoke from the belching engine. The
river was ugly In its wrath. 1t was
humping itself for its final stand
against the absurdity of human inten-
, ton; It's yellow tail swished through
the bents of the trestle.
, The order came for more speed.
Richard moved from bank to raft ;
, knee deep In water, screaming orders
through the din; directing the gangs
speeding the rock trains. Hardin oscil-
lated between the levee and dams, TAX
ing orders, giving orders. His energy
. was superb. 1t had grown dark, but
no one yet had thought Of the lights,
, the great Wells burners stretched
across the channel. Suddenly. the
, lights fiared out brightly.
; Not one of those who labored or
watched would ever forget that night.
, The spirit of recklessness entered
, even into the stolfd native. The men
, Of the Reclamation forgot this was not
their enterprise; the Hardin faction
, jumped to Richards orders. The
: watchers on the bank sat tense
, thrilled out of recognition Of aching
muscles, or the midnight creeping chill
> No one would 60 home.
To Innes. the struggle was vested
In two men, Richard running down
yonder with that light foot Of his, and
Hardin with the fighting mouth tense
, And somewhere, she remembered
!. Those three were fighting for the justi.
lcation Of vision--nn idea was al
stake, a hope for the future.
Richard passed and repassed her
And had not seen her! Not during
those hours would he think Of her, not
until the idea failed, or was trium.
plant, would he turn to look for her. !
visibly, the drama moved toward It'll
! climax. Before many hours passed tht
= river would be captured or the ideq
forever Knocked. Each time belchinA
engine pulled across that hazardouS
track 1t flung credit to the man-side'
Each time the waters, slowly rising
hurled their weight against the creakt
ing trcstles where the rock was thin!
point was gained by the militant rivI
err. It's roar sounded like the last cry
of wounded animal In Innes' ear ;
|, the Dragon wns q reality that night as
1t spent Its rage against the shackles
Of puny men.
| Molly silent had seen her husbands
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