Canyon City News. (Canyon City, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 49, Ed. 1 Friday, February 17, 1905 Page: 1 of 4
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CnAPTICK XXXIII.
Ill AT is It?" "What is tho mat
ter?" "What the 's upV"
"What's happened'" burst on
Wallace in a volley.
"it's Dyer!" gasped the young man.
"I I'oijik Kim on the boom! Ho held
me up with a gun while he liletl the
Iiooin chains between the center piers.
They're Just ready to go. I not away
by llvin. Hurry ami put in' a new
chain. Vou haven't not much time!"
"He's a goner now" interjected Sol-
ly grimly. "Charley is on Ids trail
and he is hit."
Thorpe's Intelligence leaped promptly
to the practical iuestion.
"Injun Churley whero'd he come
from? I sent him up to SaUler it
Smith's. It's twenty miles even
through the woods."
As though by way of colossal answer
the whole surface of the jam moved
Inward and upward thrusting the logs
bristling against the horizon.
"She's going to' break!" shouted
Thorpe starting on n run toward the
river. "A chain. iii!ck!"
Tho turn followed strung high with
excitement. Hamilton the journalist
paused long enough to glance up
stream. Then lie too ran after them
screaming that the river above was full
of logs. P.y that they till knew that
Injun Charley's mission had failed and
that something under 10.0011000 feet of
logs were racing down the river like so
many battering rains.
At the boom the great Jam was al-
ready a-tremb!e with eagerness to
spring- Indeed n miracle alone seemed
to hold the timbers in their place.
"It's dentli certain death to go out
on that boom." muttered Billy Mason.
Tim Shearer stepped forward coolly
ready as always to assume the perilous
duty. I!" was thrust back by Thorpe
who seized the chain cold shut and
hammer which Scotty 1'arsous brought
and ran lightly out over the booms
shouting:
"Back! Bark! Don't follow me on
your lives! Keep 'cm back Tim!"
The swift water boiled from under
the booms. Bang! smash! bang! crash
. ed the logs a mile up stream but plain-
ly audible above the waters and the
wind. Thorpe knelt dropped the Cold
shut through on either side of the
weakened link and prepared to close it
with his hammer. He intended further
to strengthen the connection with the
other chain.
"Lemme hold her for you. You can't
close her alone" said an unexpected
Voice next his elbow.
Thorpe looked up In surprise and an-
ger. Over him leaned Big Junko. The
men had been unable to prevent his
following. Animated by the blind de-
votion of the animal for Its master and
further stung to action by that mas-
ter's doubt of his fidelity the giant had
followed to assist as lie might
"You fool." cried Thorpe exasperat-
ed then held the hammer to him.
"Strike while I keep the chain under-
neath!" he commanded.
Big .lunko leaned forward to obey
kicking strongly his calks inlo the
barked surface of the boom log. Tho
spikes wcrn blunt by the river work
already accomplished failed to grip.
Big Junko slipped caught himself by
nn effort overbalanced in the other di-
rection and fell into the stream. The
current at once swept him away but
fortunately in such a direction that he
was enabled to catch the slanting end
of a "dead head" log whose lower end
was jammed in the crib. The dead
head was slippery the current strong.
Big Junko had no crevice by which to
assure his hold. In another moment he
would he torn away.
"Bet go and swim!" shouted Thorpe.
"I can't swim" replied Junko in so
low'a voice as to be scarcely audible.
For n moment Thorpe stared at bltn.
"Tell Carrie" Raid Big Junko.
Then there beneath the swirling gray
sky. under the frowning jam. In tho
midst of flood waters. Thorpe had his
second great moment of decision. lie
did not pause to weigh reasons or
chances to discuss with himself expe-
diency or the moralities of failure. IBs
actions were foreordained mechanical.
cAl nt once the grfciNforces which the
whiter tfiad' boon bringing to power
rystnlllzed Into something bigger than
msttlf or his Ideas. The trail lay be
eVo tilm: there was no choice.
S'ow clearly with no shadow of
Pnlit. he took the other view: There
grid be nothing better man love iuen.
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their deeds were little
Biased
By STEWART
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1tOiart Edtoard tOhitt
things. Success was n little thing the
opinion of men a little tiling. Instantly
he felt the truth of it.
And here was love in danger. That
It held its n;omenf's habitation in clay
of the coarser mold had nothing to do
with the great elemental truth of It.
For the hint time in his life Thorpe
felt the full crushing power of nn ab-
straction. Without thought Instinc-
tively he threw before the necessity of
the moment all that was lesser. It wits
the triumph of what was real in the
man over that which environment
alienation difficulties had raised up
Within him.
At Big Junko's words Thorpe raised
his hammer and with one mighty blow
severed the chains which bound the
ends of the booms across tho opening.
The free end of one of tho poles im-
mediately swung down with the cur-
rent in the direction of Big .lunko.
Thorpe like a cat. ran to the end of
"linn!" lit: uliuulijl
the boom seized the giant by the col-
lar and dragged hiin through the wa-
ter to safety.
"Bun!" lie shouted. "Bun for your
life!"
Tho two started desperately back
skirting the edge of the logs which now
the very seconds alone seemed to hold
back. They were drenched and blind
ed with spray deafened with the crash
of timbers settling to the leap. The
men on shore could no longer see them
for the smother. The great crush of
logs bail actually begun its tirst majes-
tic sliding motion when at last they
emerged to safety.
At first a few of the loose timbers
found the opening slipping quietly
through with the current then more.
Finally the front of the Jam dove for-
ward and an Instant later the smooth
swift motion had gained Its impetus
and was sweeping the entire drive
down th rough the gap
Bunk lifter rank like soldiers charg-
ing they ran. The great tierce wind
caught tliein up ahead of the current.
In a moment the open river was full
of logs Jostling eagerly onward. Then
suddenly far out above the uneven
tossing sky line of Superior the strange
northern "loom." or mirage threw the
specters of thousands of restless tim-
bers rising and fulling on the bosom of
the lake.
CHATTER XXXIV
mflEY stood and watched them
K "Oh. he great man! Oh. the
great man!" murmured the
writer fascinated
Tho grandeur of the sacrifice hnd
struck them dumb. They did not un-
derstand the motives beneath It all. but
the fact was patent. Big Junko broke
down and sobbed 1
After a time the stream of logs
through the gap slackened. In n mo-
ment more save for the inevitably
stranded few. the booms were empty
A deep sigh went up from the atten-
tive multitude.
"She's gone!" said one man. with the
emphasis or a novel discovery and
groaned.
Then the awe broke from about their
minds and they spoke many opinions
and speculations. Thorpe had disap-
peared. They respected bis emotion
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and did not follow him.
"It was just plain foolishness but
It was great" said Shearer. "That no
account Jackass of a Big Junko ain't
worth as much per thousand feet as
good white pine."
Then they noticed a group of men
gathering about the office steps and
on it some one talking. Collins the
bookkeeper was making n speech.
Collins was a little hatchet faced
man with straight lank hair near
sighted eyes a timid order loving dis
position and a great suitability tor his
profession. lie was accurate unemo-
tional and valuable. All his actions
were as dry as the sawdust in the
burner. No one had ever seen him ex-
cited. But he was human and now
his knowledge of the company's affair
showed him the dramatic contrast. He
knew. He knew that the property of
the firm had been mortgaged to the
last dollar In order to assist expansion
so that not another cent could be bor-
rowed to tide over present difficulty.
He knew that the notes for .fdO.OOO
covering the loan to Wallace Carpenter
came due In three months. He knew
from the long table of statistics which
he was eternally preparing and com-
paring that the season's cut should
have netted a profit of $'200000. enough
to pay the interest on tho mortgages
to take up the notes and to furnish a
working capital for the ensuing year.
Thnse things he knew In the strange
concrete arithmetical manner of the
routine bookkeeper. Other men saw
a desperate phase of firm rivalry. He
saw a struggle to the uttermost. Oth-
er men cheered n rescue. Ho thrilled
over the magnificent ges'.urc of the
gambler scattering his stake In largesse
to Death.
It was tho simple turning of the hand
from full breathed ' prosperity to life-
less failure.
Ills view was the Inverse of his mas-
ter's. To Thorpe it had suddenly be-
come a very little thing in contrast to
the great sweet elemental truth that
the dream girl had enunciated. To
Collins the affair was miles vaster than
the widest scope of his own nnrrow
life.
The firm could not take up Its notes
when they came due; it could not pay
the Interest on the mortgages which
would now be foreclosed; It could not
even pay in full the men who bad
worked for it that would come under
a court's adjudication.
lie had therefore watched Thorpe's
desperate sally to mend the weakened
chain in all the suspense of n man
whoso entire universe Is in the keeping
of the chance moment. It must be re-
membered that at bottom below the
outer consciousness Thorpe's final de-
cision had already grown to maturity.
On the other hand no other thought
than that of accomplishment had even
entered the little bookkeeper's head.
The rescue and all that it had meant
had hit him like a stroke of apoplexy
and his thin emotions had curdled tn
hysteria. Full of tho idea ho appeared
before tho men.
With rapid- altnost IncoherenVspeecliIyard. hoUbled along breathless) on his
he poured It out to them. Professional
caution and secrecy' were forgotten
Wallace Carpenter attempted to pusl
through the ring for the purpose of
stopping hifn. A gigantic river man
kindly but firmly held him back.
"I guess it's Just as well we bear'
this" said the latter.
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It all came out tho loan to Carpen-
ter with a hint nt the motive the
machinations of the rival firm on the
board of trade; the notes the mort-
gages the necessity of a big season's
cut; the reasons the rival firm had for
wishing to prevent that cut from ar-
riving at the market; the desperate and
varied means they had employed. The
men listened silent. Hamilton his
.eyes glowing like coals drank in even
word. Here was the master motive he
had sought; here was the story great
to his hand. y0
"That's what ire ought to get ?' cried
Collins almost weeping. "And now
we're gone and bust just because that
Infernal river hog had to rail off ;i
boom! It's a shame! Those scalawags
have done us after all!"
Out from the shadows of tho woods
stole Injun Charley. The whole bear-
ing and aspect of the man had chang-
ed. His eye gleamed with a distant
farseeing lire of Its own. which took
no account of anything but some re-
mote vision. lie stole along almost
furtively hut with a proud upright
carriage of his neck a backward tilt
of his fine head a distension of Iiih
nostrils. Hint lent to his appearance a
panther-like pride nnd stealthiuess. No
one saw him. Suddenly he broke
through the group and mounted the
steps beside Collins.
"The enemy of my brother is gone."
said he simply in his native tongue
and with a sudden gesture held out be-
fore them a scalp.
The mediicval barbarity of the thing
appalled them for a moment. The days
of scalping were long since past hud
been closed away between the pages
of forgotten histories nnd yet here
again before them was the thing in all
Its living horror. Then a growl arose.
The human animal had tasted blood.
Ail at once like wine their wrongs
mounted to their head. They remem-
bered their dead comrades. They re-
membered the heart breaking days and
nights of toil they had endured on ac-
count of this man and his associates.
They remembered the words of Collins
the little bookkeeper. They hated.
They shook their lists across the skies.
They turned and with one accord
struck back for the railroad right of
way which led to Shingleville the
town controlled by Morrison & Italy.
The railroads lay for a mile straight
through a thick tamarack swamp then
over a nearly treeless cranberry plain.
The tamarack was a screen between
the two towns. When half way
through the swamp Bed Jacket stop-
ped removed his coat ripped the lininy
from it and began to fashion a ruue
mask.
"Just as well they don't recognize
us" said he.
"Somebody in town will give us
away." suggested Shorty the chore boy.
"No. they won't; they're all here."
assured Ketile.
It was true. Except for the women
and children who were not yet about
the entire village had assembled. Iivou
old Vanderhoof. the fire catcher of the
rheumatic legs. In a moment the
masks were fitted; In a moment more
the little band had emerged from the
shelter of the swamp and so came Into
full view of its objective point. 4 .
Shingleville consisted of a big mill
the yards now nearly empty of lum-
ber the large frame boarding house.
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the office the stable n store two sa-
loons and a dozen dwellings. The par-
ty at once fixed Its eyes on this collec-
tion of buildings and trudged on down
the right of way with unhaatenlm;
gritnness.
Their approach was not unobserved.
Daly saw them nnd Baker his fore-
man saw them. The two nt once went
forth to organize opposition. When
the attacking party reached the mill
yard It found the boss and the fore-
man standing nlonc on the sawdust re-
volvers drawn.
Daly traced a line with his too.
"The first man that crosses that line
gets It" said he.
They knew he meant what ho said.
An Instant'" pause ensued while thu
big man and tho little faced a mob.
Daly's river men were still on drive. Ho
knew tho mill men too well to depend
on them. Truth to tell the possibility
of such a raid as this had not occurred
to him for the simple reason that ho
did not anticipate the discovery of Ida
complicity with the forces of nature.
Skillfully carried out the plan was u
good one. No one need know of the
weakened link and It was the most
natural thing In the world that Sadler
& Smith's drive should go out with tho
Increase of water.
The men grouped swiftly and silently
on the other side of the sawdust line.
The pause did not mean that Duly's de-
fense was good.
"Do you know what's going to hap-
pen to yon?" said a voice from tho
group. Tin; speaker was Badway but
the contractor kept himself well In the
background. "We're going to burn
your mill; we're going to burn your
yards; we're going to burn your whole
shooting match you low lived whelp:"
"Dyer" said Injun Charley simply
shaking the wet scalp arm'a length to-
ward tho lumbermen.
At this grim Interruption a silence
fell. The owner paled slightly; his
foreman chewed a nonchalant straw.
Down the still deserted street crossed
and reerossed the subtle occult intlu-
ences of a half hundred concealed
Watchers. Daly and his subordinate
were very much alone and very much
In danger. Their Inst hour had come
and they knew It.
With the recognition of the fact they
immediately raised their weapons in
the resolve to do as much damage an
possible before being; overpowered.
Then suddenly full in the back a
heavy stream of water knocked them
completely off their feet rolled them
over on the wet sawdust and finally
Jammed them both against the trestle
where it held them kicking and gasp-
ing for breath in a choking cataract of
water. The pistols flew harmlessly in-
to the nir. For an instant the Fighting
Forty stared In paralyzed astonish-
ment. Then a tremendous roar of
laughter saluted this easy vanquish-
ment of a formidable enemy.
Daly and Baker were pounced upon
and captured. There was no resistance.
They were too nearly strangled for
that Little Solly nnd old Vanderhoof
turned off Hie water In the lire hydraut
and disconnected the hose they had so
effectively employed.
"There blast you!" said Bollway
Charley jerking the mill man to his
feet "How do you like too much wa-
ter. heyV"
(Continued on 4tli page.)
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