The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-07-19
n.ptlnued Prom yssterIAyl

80 you hear anNthths tf0n Nfcet.
about conditions up theref"
-ma. It's even drifting tn the
- .heas They've got two piows
s.,,rx m 'em keeping 'em open.
- another down et Crystal Lake.
. ,r,nxs let M. they're all right.
= ~. they'll run cut Of coal by to
s,rcw morning and he worse than
s.,..s There's only about 100 tons
!. rrc<tllne. and Il takes fuel to feed
.s.rs ID bies. But 10 far"
~yesfs
-res,re keeping things half way
-, Wait minute" lie bent
~ me key again. "it's opened up.
s..r.srr Fights left Tolllfer. The
s,<.<st,s behind Il. and three more
s.''sx,nx that. l guess they're going
!. ,ry 10 run them through In q
ss,ss They'll be all right. II they
~ cnly get pas, crcstline- But II
,s<x don't
Il. ratified and hanged az the key
Az |. long moment. cursing softly.
~ ne dead ~eluck- Of a grounded
=. answered him. Houston turned
% R&ylsxe.
II looks bad"
-nu,, But Get dcpen'--on the
~~r-n. Eet come this way. near ev'
.-rtnr. Las year the read tie up
- tn> year before. Oh he shrug.
~ Ms shoulders. that Is what one
- for living IN a country whore the
..1road Get chase ecssclf all over the
-sua,sln before Get set here"
~rnero wouldn't be any chance at
a, tunnel either. would theref They
ssx>nf cut thru yet"
~xo-ard they wC' finish until
,uas That Is when they figure"
that's long way Off
100 lcng,s agreed Ra'sistc. and
,~rnea again toward the telegraphcr.
,ur~ more alert over a speaking key.
nj before u could carry anything
"a 4 sraxmcntary message. life wa.
suce again. and the operator turned
: ne snow-caked window. with sfs
h~ary exterior OF whirilnx snow that
~<n<d 10 come ever faster.
things are going 10 set bad In
~ country n this keeps up" came
4 hst. There sint any too great
sock Of food"
How about hay for the cstuer~
An rlxht. I guess. If the ranch.
n can get TO u. But that's the
rvuAls about this saow. X amt like
- usual spring blizzard. ff's dry
NJ January fail. and it's sure drift.
ne KEGS up for four OF five days:
tAvu b lucky 10 find the hay
facha-
fur 4 long time then. the three
rsnt looktns out the window. strlv-
s--u~siy for the sake OF passing
Hne-.to ksentsfy the almost hidden
.s4inu q the little town. scarcely
nxs than q hundred yards away.
Il 1s< he wire opened again. and
- SEPARATOR went once more 10 his
~ Eatsts and Houston waited
n N 70 give some report. But
IN M none. Al last.
III 3 ifr- Houston was AZ his
- N operator looked up.
1upsr asking Marionviiie II n
an IT. snowpiow thru and try
pnt the drifts from thls aide. No
- ret
t<g walt Them
va that's done. Only got enc
n,4 engine at Marionvills. other
~ ~ n the shop. One engine
s11<1a1-~
b aeppsd. He bent over the hey.
w ~ went whlte--sense.
17n<r
What's wrong7- Tho two men
w cl1se beside him now.
xnt<r ons-eieven's kicked over
~ AInys
ureeIeven-ktcked overr-
'ka. Enowplow. They're wiring
p1nysv. from Cresfllne. Tho second
~ ~ there In the snowshed with
- qew. One % EMS dead. The
HARs-~ajt a minute. have TO
p<es n together-
I all<uce. except for the rafting
- kry. broken. Jagged. chatter
- yotes Of the distance. faint IN the
~ md whine Of the storm. yet
<aeera'ing m Il carried the news Of
m4uar worlds world where the
~ waiting men knew that all had
s9ne4 % n white hell OF wintry FURY.
sa~D ne grim, forbidding noun
- ~ers now the abiding place Of
- raow iedge and the avalanche:
41ol4 even etrei and the highest
rpe1ct u Invention counted for
SaA,ng against the blast os the wind
~ As swirl o. the tempest. Then
NAH. ss from far away. a strained
~es cane. the operators.
IL had gotten packed on the rails
10y one.elevcn tried 20 keep on
1Ehouf pick and shovel gang. Got
~rsilst on curve Just below Greet.
ne and went over. One-tweive's
nv got the men up. The plow's
mashed % nothing. Fifty-three thou
&C dollars worth OF junk now.
wait nsnute--here's Denver"
1nln one Of those agonizing
.sas, racking 10 the two men whose
'''Fs depended largely on the hap
rsnSs atop the range. Far on the
na~ SIDE. fighting slowly upward.
- freight train containing fiat
snsr fatcar loaded with the nee
~ materials OF large sawmiil
- June was yet two months
~ But months arc short when
- y work to do, when machinery
-. y Installed. and when CON
- are waiting. Every day. every
- svery minute counted now.
" IN answer TO their thoughts.
operator Strengthened. with lit