Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1922-01-28
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LuNu Hdu 10 say SiUCc ttlS dtAtlAHl
against him Lund had said nothing
about their shares. They acknowl-
edged him as master, but they still re
belled In spirit
There's the island" said Lund.
Wen make ii afore shutdown. The
beach is there, waitin' for US to dig ii
up. It'll be some job. l don't reckon
It's frozen hard, 0n'y crusted If it is
we'll bust the crust with dynamite
But We got to hop to It, There1i be
another cold spell after this one peters
out an the next is like to be perma-
nent. ] 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'.
Wen cradle most of the stuff an,
If they's time, wen fiume the silt tail
ms for the fine dust. Providin' we
can git a fall of water. There'H be
plenty for all hands to do. An the
shares go as first fixed. amt ex-
pectin' you to do the dIggin' an not
git pinch or two of the dust"
The mems faces lighted, and they
shuffled about, looking at one another
with grins of relief
mo cheers?" asked Lund ironically.
"Wall. hardly expected emmy Han
son. you'll he one Of the foremen. with
pay accordin' Demlng"
81 can't dig" said the hunter trucu-
lently. Neither can Beale, with his
ribs"
you've got a sweet nerve" said
Lund. II 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 nd 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.
wen use that for concentration in
the film rifles. Hansenll have rock
ers made thatll catch the big stuff
If the worst comes to the worst, wen
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 have to work the toes an fingers
off EN-"
BY noon the schooner was glazed
in as firmly as toy model that IS
mounted in a glass sea. The wind
blew Itself entirely out but the cur
rent bore them steadily on TO the
clamorous shore, where the swells
were creating promontories, bays,
cliffs and chasms In the piled-up con
fusion of the foes pounding on the
rocks breaking up or sliding atop one
another in noisy confusion.
The marble-whiteness Of the Ice
masses was set off by the blues and
soft violets of their shadows. and by
pearly sheen wherever the planes
caught the light at a proper slant for
the play of prisms. Beautiful as it
was the sight was fearful TO Rainey
in common with the crew. Only Lund
surveyed Il nonchalantly.
"It's Dustin up fast" he said. "All
we need is a little luck. II we amt
got that there's no use of worryin'
We can't blast ourselves out o this
without riskin' the schooner. We
ought to be thankful we froze In gen
tie. There amt plank started. The
floe'H fend us off. There amt emmy
big chunks emmy way near us aft. Luck
to make a decent landin'-is all we
need, an it's my bunch it's comm our
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 II
against a broken hill of ice that had
lodged on the sharp slopes of a 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 the
Karluk.
Lund sent men ashore over the ice
climbing to the promontory crags with
hawsers by which they tied up
schooner, foe aud all. to the land. II
the broken hill suffered further catas-
trophe, which did not seem likely. It's
fragments would fall upon the foe
In case Of emergency Lund ordered
men told of day and night to stand by
the hawsers, TO cast loose or cut. as
the extremity needed.
1t was dark before they we're
snugged. The men volunteered.
through Hansen, to commence digging
that night by the light Of ig fires.
so crazy were they at the nearness Of
the gold. But Lund forbade #.
you'll work regular shifts when you
git started" be said. can you won't
start till termorrer. We've got to
stand by the ship teruight untu we
find ont by mornin' how snug we're
goin to be berthed.7
All night long they lay IN a pan
demonium Of noise. After while
they would become used to It as d3
the workers in a stampmlB. but that
night Il deafened them. kept tlen.
awake apd alert, fearful with the tre-
mendous cannonadlng. The biz Of the