White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1924-09-12

After supper the two men spread a
ground-sheet, for it was damp place
indeed, and with all their blankets
over them for the chill they slept-or
tried to sleep. Bunt was worried, how
ever by the lack Of the horse bell. He
missed it in his sleep. He would doze
off and then waken thinking that the
horses had left them, strayed far. AT
last he rose.
"You awake, tool" he said, peering
down at John.
Yep. The creek noise keeps me
awake l think"
Huh! The lack of the noise Of the
bell keeps me coming awake. May
as we'll have the bell ringing" he
growled. "If anybody was around
close here they'd see our fire anyhow
and the horses won't stray far through
this"
But he went little way beyond the
fires radiance, then returned.
They're not there" said he. 81
thought they were standing around
after eating their oats. We'd have
heard them if they'd gone breaking
through bush. Guess they've gone
back on the trail"
"How far will they go?"
Back to grass" said Bunt, and
knocking off his shoes got under the
blanket again.
In the morrow Blunt went to search
for the horses, leaving just after
breakfast, and did not return till aft.
ernoon John employed the time in
his absence in fishing, and the sight
of the trout took the glum look from
Bunt's face when he came back with
the string tied tail to head.
He took up rope and went back
on the trail to good place for max
ing temporary fence to keep the hors
es from straying again and then re
turned to eat. The meal over he went
on little way and stood bordering.
"The trail is clean wiped out here,
said he. ut never did lead anywhere
but up to the SUBMITS on the other
side even in the days when prOspec-
tors were hitting out thick from Jaf-
ferry and the lively mayor they had
then got the government to give
grants for trail-making. 1t is all clut.
tered up here with deadfalls. Got to
use an ak. Hoses can't get on any
further. Men can't without an ak. -
He went ahead, climbing over canted
trees and slithering carefully under
others. 1--WE got to go careful on q
job like this" he shouted back tc
Jack "a man don't want to get caught
under a tree that slips, like bear il
deadfall trap"
The result Of his inquiry into the
chaos of bush and deadfall was de
cision that they were Cup against it.
| That's what we are-up agains
it," announced Blunt. But the trai
crosses-or crossed-up there. W.
might fell tree or two for bridg'
right here, where it's morrow, although
the waters deep"
He plunged over the fallen trees tt
the creek side, and walked wa,
long looking up at the soaring trunks
auging their heights and considering
the creeks breadth, eventually sc
lected tree and began to swing al
ak at it's base.
IF only we could make bridge ant
get the horses over" he said as h.
ested after a spell Of work, they'd b.
all right There is some food owe
there I can see, enough for oneida
camp"
Dusk was threatening again in tn
big timber when his tree cracke
ominously, and then followed sloy
rending, quick crackle of twigs, tn
swish of it's fall, a thud. 1t bridge,
the creek. But then the work was no
done. Blunt had the upper side branch
es to lop and the great tree to leve
so that the horses could get foo
hold. At that work John relieved hin
working out step by step on the tire
and clipping as it were runnel i
the midst of it, a little path, or char
mel, in it's wood. Then they had t
lead the horses over. The first to b
led to the tree was very dubious, bu
patiently coaxed, at last daintil
crossed Blunt had led that first hors
and John, finding that the other
would follow, led second one ovel
wheedling it, coaxing it. Then abrupt
ly the other horses, seeing their mas
tiers on the far side, and these tw
horses at once tearing grass on tn
bank, decided to follow. They cam
eagerly, as daintily as deer, across tn
makeshift bridge unled
| BY the time camp was made on tina