The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1922-07-28

A Bolt FROM the Blue.

EIHnteen h~ieN LhIF NfulUrf Tor
December 10 New hnaiinta. sheEe ths
forest. though II chills the soil al
midsummer. yet shuts out the razor
edge ~ the winds that make tho psuI
rss farther south. an ley Inferno.
Here the bush. which had se"me'!
90 stretch out tiiimitably. thiansd Into
bsdrs sgled patches among the ~
cropping rocks A little farther and
II began once more the break Was Hike
great curvins arm thrust Into the
heart o. II. aa II some giant fingers
had plueked up the trees In hundsful
and scoop.d the foundation from tho
frozen soil, and then had been with
drawn, leaving the !mprlns Of the
great finger tips
These nnger tips we're huge Sink.
holes. sometimes tiled With water. so
that they fortaed clear lakes mere
often solden spongcs 81 decayed veg.
s,ahie matter, oofy trnchernus and
unstable Tho nnger lines we're the
circular ridges marking the suhsidence
Of the mud The thumb was Ris Mus
hss which the two men who stool 90
the top Of tho huppbneked ridge
could sre extended beneath them
Rig Muskes. At this po1at less than
hair mile across. Sas everywhere of
onsnundrd depth. Il curved aui wound
q river ~ oo1r, now broadening in,c
chnlas Of lakes. now narrowing ipto
gullies here and there crossed by
trails, hut never stable nowhere ~
fsrins nrm foundation for the perma
men, way 81 The Mlssatlh. rallroai
The Mssatibi WAS branch Ilne,
fsvdins the new road that was push
Ing northwatd toward the ports to be
On Hi,,snp bay, II llns@! aIh Il 81
CLAYTON. Whence II was hriHs extended
eastward iutn virgin wilderness
Even In tho DAYS when har dofen
companies we're pegging cut ways for
lines that were 10 divert the wheat
north, Joe nosiecks Ilne. had BEEN The
,cse Of legislatures apd hnauclers
Those ether lines that were helas
built into CLAYTON passed thrcuSh the
wheatlands Jces line ran east out o.!
Gsxtnn lnio wilderness jo. Rostvcs
bad. secured his capital. b., he had no
competitors
And slowly Misea,lhl. With - small
shareholders and limited means bad
gone ahead. The nra lcrs,tna par.
ties hsa cleared q read 10 Bis Nus
Arg The rails had heea 'aii hail,
way, Eu, that was all uye for the
rarity constructed shacks and build
Ings FOR the wosknvu there, and the
sheds foe tho construction material
thar had moi yet heen frelshted In
ler standing with legs straddllns
tho toy Of the ridge. turned 10 Wiliee
Csftulhsrs the chief engineer at the
company. with eyebrows srched and
humorous inquiry On his weather
beaten c}t fNcr. There MAS no ne~i
scr speech a, ,hs, mcmsot. because
the ntiad n each man dwest 90. the
iieniicsl problem.
The two mep had ~,rpe ca~ by log
al~,sh, stcyNriN aisd by twc half
hrts,'s. lesu i'sss,rsrtnut and raptl.
irn, the nNe In charge " he dogs the
other carrying me trsa.itecouArssA
They hRh cNmpeNi ssyea aaiies back 90
The rrecr>'ns rvt0tHg and hsd So, ont
at dsyhrcas ~ survey the swamp
hands tram the r''se Fpr ,Ar prah-
tem which Asd rit 'er'y -'ser ~ u
SnafrNws ,leu tlsusered cer sc,at,ec
hefeyt construction e,auA 10 carried
forward Naa ov ~ sNuyNN depeHssea
the fa,urv ~ me I'sss,t,
With the yaN~s7, eye ncttNer i've
na Cavyuthsgs coHlt Acps 10 aovN.p-
rltsh srt,h'as W1'toN MAS scvA.u.
inspiration. thoesh he dld MT Know r..
Theoretically ne Nss rrs'sarnyag 10
shsvvrn sans psce waer 4 tNTNis y
r,lse, I've c,,ENed steye ne -eS'aAle
cvSstaS surtac~ v'sh trt>'inS sra
cr,h.N,,rk cr,rs<sye 'A3t rv's ) 7ga
ne 'vasl g-,~s.s1e aeN.sf'aN tF a,.yr
s.h w.. VS., thar 'SGrattAs -; ,..s
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