The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-11-11

succeeding the misl,ap had swept the
alter deck clean, and now the scow
Was not only ruddcrlcss. but ii
lacked a man OF experience to direct
is course. r
Eonctta Kirby was tueGing at her
fathers arm. She. lifted white,
Fortified face to his and exclaimed:
danny! | saw him-go."
: Her fathers dead face was switch
ing; he nodded silently. Then he
pointed at the cataract toward which
they were being carried. lie opened
his lips TO say something. but one OF
the crew came running back, shout
ing hoarsely and waving his arms.
"Wc'rc going over. the fellow
c'amorcd. "Nc'll all be drowned y
Kirby fcllcd him with blow from
his artificial hand; then, when tho
uIan scrambled 20 his feet, his en-
ploycr ordered:
Get husyl Do what YOU cam"
For himself, he took ROYALS
s"ecp and struggled with it. Bu,
, u was vnciullv ignorant Of how to
.?"p'y his strength and had only tho
faintc>t idea what he ought to do.
Meanwhile the thunder Of the
White Horse steadily increased.
Having brought tie last Of the
Courtcau boats through the canon,
polcon Dorct piloted the little
totilla across to the town Of White
Horse and there collected his money
while Pierce Phillips and the other
men pitched camp.
TIE labor Of making things corn
Portable for the night did rot pre-
Vent Lucky Broad from discussing
at some length the exciting incidents
Of tiic afternoon
II hope her Hiehncss got an eye
full Of me shooting the chutes,' said
he. "ior that's my farewell trip
positively my last appearance in any
water act"
Mighty decent of you and the hid
to volunteer" Pierce told him.
p at sure was" the other agreed
Takes a coupla darcdevils like him
and me to pull that kind of bone.
head play"
Mr. Bridges who was within hear.
ing distance, shrugged viii, an as.
sumption of careless indifference
ut takes more n a little lathcr &c
scare me-" he boosted. "I'm a diviu
Venus and ! ate it up!'
"fo,l-liar" Lucky cried. "Why
every quill on your head was stand.
ing Up and YOU look five years olde,
n you did this morning! You hcart
the undertaken shaking out you,
shroud all the way down-you know
you did. ! never seen man a:
,~scared as YOU was" When Bridge.
accented the accusation with grin
tie sucaker ran OH. in less resent.
full tone: II don't mind saying il
hardened my arteries some. It made
me think of all my sins and follics
! remembered all the bets Id oyer.
looked. Rcco1,cct that pioneer W.
laid for four hundred at Dyca:"
The hid nodded. "Surc! re.
member him easy He squawked SC
lo,Id YOU gave him back half OF it,
"And all the time he had thou,
sand scwcd i'll his shirt! Wasted op.
rortunitics like that Law heavy on .
man when he hears the angels t,in.
:, ire tip and smells the calla-lilics."
Bridges agrees i'll all seriousness
and went Oh to say: Lucky. il
gotta get out Of this country .;,c wa,
! cot into it I'm going to let YOU
bury me in Dawson. Look at them
rapids ahead Of us! Why, the guy
that ia,d out this river was of III.
mutt"
you're talking sense. Well sGel
till they build railroad up to us .,
else we'll let 'cm pin pair Of soft.
pine overcoats on the two of us. III,
q, idea of us calling ourselves wise,
acres and doing circus stunts |;kt
this! We're suckers! Well b,
working ip the mines next. | bet
III sec you poulticed onto pick
handle before we get out"
Not me! I've raised MY last
blister. and if ever I get another cal
lous it II be>trom layin', :bed. Safe
ard sane, that's me. l."
Bridges words were cut short \,
an exclamation from Dorct, who hat
;'..ann-oached. i'll company with ths
Co 'ntess Courteau.
''Fallow the. French Canadian
broke i'll. "Dcrc comes dat becs
barge"
Out from the lower end or til,
gorge the Kirby craft had emerged
|. it was plunging along with cNplo.
! sions of white foam from beneath
its bow and with its sweeps rising
and falling rhytllmically. To Doret':
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