Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-03-23
CHAPBrR XIV.
Applied Hydraulics.

They've skipped,A 1 reported to
Daddy, as 1 climbed down from, the
earth SACKS, and that shows us the
quality Of tho humanity stun we have
to deal with. Fullerton will never &c,
that bunch to rush Is in the open"
That something gained. anyway"
said the old man: "and ever np bit
helps. But IT they amt goin' to take
1t st2ndin' up! we got to look out for
1njin doin's: the snake-in-the-grass
kind. Charley Fullerton amt goin' to
quit none so easyi' :
Nevertheless, for an hour or more,
it looked as if the jumpers had quit.
In due time the cooking fire in the
little glade burned out, and no\ one
came to- rektpdle it. Around and
about the solemn silence Of the m0un-
tain wilderness ringed US in, and it
was hard to realize that the siege had
not been abandoned-though we
knew we'll enough it hadn't.
We put in the time as best we could,
tinkerins up our defenses> and trying
to provide for all" the contingencies.
For n thing, Daddy found a big
auser and used it to bore loopholes at
various places through the wall, by
means Of which we could commend
the approaches to the shaft-house on
two OF the three exposed sides. East
wardly, the; blacksmith shop inter-
vened between us and the boiler shed
it was built as a lean-to against
that side OF the shaft thousand in
that direction. we were necessarily
blind. Tho fourth side, as have
said, faced an abrupt cliff OF the
mountain, a rocky wall rising to may
be twice the height Of the buildings
and almost overhangins them At
its summit this cliff tapered OF into
a steep upward slope, bare Of timber:
hence we were comparatively secure
from attack in that quarter.
AS to provisioning we were not go
ead!y of. Daddy aira1n, well USED in
his long experience as a prospector to
figuring upon the longevity Of grub
stakes" estimated that. what with
the canned stuff, part Of q sac OF
flour. n another OF c%ornnncal. We
could 1--we for a week, though the
cooking was going to be rather In.
convenient. For 4 fire We should
have to resort to the forge In the
blacksmith shop, and the shop wae
notninS but an open-cracked shed, az
!! have described it. entirely indefensi-
pie IT. the raiders should conclude
to rush it
In the fu,lnes of time tho period
OF suspense came to an end, and We
were given audible proof that Butler
ton had finally made his "dispoM-
lions" as an army man would ay.
The announcement came in the form
OF Z rifle bullet ripping through the
kroof of h shaft-house as IL the stout
o roofing had been so much paper.
The fun's a-beginning," said Dad
dy; land the words were hardly out
OF his mouth before another bullet
came, This time from the opposite di-
feCfiAHRp nd II ia10A kA~A Hh.A.-l L.
roof.
Got us surrounded" Daddy k1tsn.
aced, when a thtrd shot came from
still another point Of the compass:
and within tho next fifteen minutes
Bullerton's demonstration was made
complete. The shots, fired one e 4
time. and 4t Intervals Of q minute or
30, came from all three OF the ex-
posed sides on the building, and the
time elapstng between the ripping
crashes on the ROOF and the crack Of
were all well bey6nd, the. ranee OF
our Wfnchesters, v . II We could
have seen them-which we couldn't.
BulleEton had evidently given his
men orders to aim at the roof, for Il
was only q stray bullet now and then
that came through the walls. After !
time the purpose OF the b~ombardmsnt
became obvious. Fullerton seemed ITO
have absorbed the idea thatShe couid
break q nsrve-ewear ID out, After
he first flsillade the shsts came 81
intervals Of maybe Eve minutes; just
oftsn enough to keep as ON the strain:
and I don't mind admitting that the
object Was Handsomely gained. /
can't speak for Daddy Hiram or the
dog. but It the and .of the firut hour
! was 1fttle better than q bunch ofsny
nerveG-
40 III days must. this w1arispme
dTst day came to N end It lat, ana
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