The Adair County news., 1921-11-22

"We'II Make Man of You Yit, Rainey,
Afore We Git Back"
we'll bust the crust with dynamite
But we got to hop to it. Therell be
another cold spell after this one peters
out an the next is like to be perma-
nent l want the gold washed out
afOre then, an us well down the
strait. It's up TO. you to hump yOre-
selves, an I'll help the humpin'.
"WeIl cradle most of the stuff an,
if they's time, We'll f1ume the silt tail
ms for the fine dust. PrOvidin' we
can git a fall of water. Therell be
plenty for all hands to do. An the
shares go as first fixed. l amt ex-
pectin' you to do the diggin' an not
git a pinch or two of the dust"
The mems faces lighted, and they
shuff1ed about, looking at one another
with grins of relief.
mo cheers?" asked Lund ironically.
"Wall I hardly expected emmy. Han
son, you'll be one of the fOremen. with
pay accOrdin'. Deming."
81 can't dig" said the hunter trucu-
lently. Neither can Beale, with his
ribs"
you've got a sweet nerve" said
Lund. 81 reckon you've won enough
to be sure of yOre shares, if the boys
pay up. Enough for you to do some
diggin' in yore pockets for Beale. His
ribs 'ud be whole if you hadn't started
the bOlshevik stunt. But I'll find
something for both of you to do. Don't
let that worry you none.
"We've got mercury aboard some,
where" Lund continued. to Rainey
when the men had dispersed, far more
cheerful than they had gathered
"We'n use that for concentration in
the film rifles. HanSen1l have rock
ers made that1l catch the big stuff
If the worst comes to the worst. well
load up the old hooker with the pay
dirt an wash it out on the way home
I'll strip that beach down to bedrock
| If 1 have to work the toes an fingers
] off 'em."
By noon the schooner was glazed
in as firmly as a toy model that 1:
mounted in a glass sea. The winC
blew itself entirely out, but the cur
rent bore them steadily on to th'
clamOrOus shore, where the SWELL
were creating prOmOntories, bays
cliffs and chasms in the piled-up con
fusion of the foes pounding on tn,
rocks, breaking up or sliding atop on'
another in noisy confusion.
The marble-whiteness of the ic
masses was set off by the blues AM
soft viOlets of their shadows, and b,
pearly sheen wherever. the plane
caught the light at q proper slant fOl
the play of priSms. Beautiful as i
was, the sight was fearful to Rainey
in common with the crew. Only LunC
surveyed it nOnchalantly.
Its Dustin up fast he said. "Al
we need is a little luck. If we ain
got that there's no use of wOrryin'
We can't blast ourselves out o thit
without riskin' the schooner. w,
ought to be thankful we frOze in gen
tie. There amt a plank started. Tht
| f1OeIl fend US off. There amt enn!
big chunks emmy way near us aft. Lucl
to make a decent landin'-is all WI
need, an it's my hunch it's comm Oul
way"
His ''hunch" was correct. Though
they did not actually make the little
bay on which the treasure beach de
bOuched, they fetched up near i
against a broken hill of ice that haC
lodged on the sharp slopes of little
prOmOntOry, making the connection
without further damage than a split
ting of the forward end Of their en-
casing foe, with hardly jar to th'
Karluk.
Lund sent men ashore over the ice
climbing to the prOmOntOry crags will
hawsers by which they tied vi
schooner, foe and all, to the land. L
the broken hill suffered further catas
trophe, which did not seem likely, 1T
fragments would fall upon the foe
In case of emergency Lund ordered
men told off day and night to stand b.
the hawsers, to cast loose or cut, a
the extremity needed.
1t was dark before they wer
snugged. The men volunteered
through Hansen, to commence digging
that night by the light of big fires
so crazy weresthey at the nearness o
the gold. But Lund forbade it,
you'll work reglar shifts when yO1
git started" he said. SAN you won
start till termOrrer. We've got t
stand by the ship ternight until W
find out by mornin' how snug we'r
goin' to be berthed." 10y