The morning Astorian., August 13, 1907, Image 7

TUESDAY, AUGUST 13, 1907.
THE MORNING ASTOMAN, ASTOH1A, OREGON.
V
BLACK ROCK
A Tale of the Selkirks
Hy Itulph Monitor
V had uu dllllculty g''UliiK tlicin
nut. Aim Ix-gati to y'll. Home
ruhed out to leant Him came, lie eels
pl the foremost iiiiiii, making a hidt'oui
uproar oil tlie while, mid In three inln
11 lee had every inn 11 uut yf tlio Itotcl
ami a lively row going ol1.
In two 111 lit tit mur (Jrai'iiif nml 1
had the door to- tlio ballroom locked
mnl barrlc-adt-d with empty rnk, We
then cloaed the door of the barroom lead
ing to the outilile, The bnrruoiu wa
etrongly built log shack, with a heavy
door mured, after the maimer of the
early cabins, with two ativng oak bar,
o that we felt aafe from attack from
that iiarter.
The ballroom we could not hold long.
fr the door wai alight and entrants was
oslble through the windows. But a
only a fear eaeka of liquor were left
there, our main work would be In the
bar, to that the fight would be to bold
the psMagewey. Thin we barrii-ad'd
with OMk and , tablet. Hut by tide
time the crowd baa begun to realise
' What had liaiind and were wldly yel-
ling at door and wlmlowa, With an
ax which (irneuie had brought with him
the 'aka were mmi etove lo, and b'ft
to eui(y tlii'ini lvi',
A I wa about to empty the lint
cak, (IraiMiie stopped me, eylng "l,et
that stand tore. It will help u." And
o it did. "Xow kli for a mail came
crashing through the window. llofore
he could regain hit feet, however, (imeme
bad eelced him and flung him out upon
the head of the croud ouUl.le. Jlut
through the other window men were
emnliig in, and 4 .ravine rurhvd for the
barrii-ade, followed by two of the el.emy,
the foinuo.l of whom t leet-iied at the
top nild hurled back upon the othet.
"N'ow, be qulckl" said (Irai'inc; I'll
hold thl. Don't break any botttc on
the floor thitw them out there." point
ing to a little window high up in the
wall
I made all hale. The cuk did nut
take nun-It time, end oou the uhiiky
and beer were lluuing over the Ibmr. It
made me think of (ieordle'a rrgret over
the "ainfu wate," The bullies took
longer, and glam-Ing up umv and then I
aw that liraemc un being h.trd pre'
ed. Men would leap, two and three
at a time, upon the bnrrleade, and
Craeine'a 11 run would "hoot out, and
oven they would topple upon the head
of thote neareat. It wa a great sight
to hi mi standing alone with a nuiito
on hi faeo and the light of battle in
liU eye enoly meeting hi aailarit with
thane terrille. lightning-like blow. In
fifteen minute, my work wa done.
"What next?" I aked. "How do we
get out?"
"How I the door!" he replied.
I looked through the porthole and
aid: "A crowd of men wating."
"We luive to imike 0 dh for It. I
fancy ," he replied cheerfully, though hi
face wa covered with blood and hi
breath wn coming In hort gaup.
"Get down the bur and be ready."
I!ut even n he poko a chair- hurled from
below caught him 011 the nrtii, 11 ml be
fore he could recover, a man had cleared
the barricade and wa upon him like a
tiger. It wa Idaho Jack,
"Hold tlio barricade," Graeme called
Out a they bath went down,
I priing to hi place, but I had not
much hope of holding It long, I had the
heavy oak bar of the door in my hand.
and twinging It round my head I made
the crowd give back for1 a few moment.
XT.,. 1 1 . t9 i t.
.. ..ivniiiinir tiiiieiue mm nilllKeil on H
I enemy, who wa circling about him upon
hi tip-toes, with a long knife In hi
hand waiting for a chance to spring.
"I have Ih-cii wultlng for thl for eoine
time. Mr. Graeme," he ald, nulling.
"Ye," replied Graeme, "ever since I
"polled your cut-throet game In 'Frl-
eo. How the little mief" Im ,l
arentleally,
Idaho' face lout It mill and luwamn
distorted with furv a. h ruiillml ii.lt.
J ling out hi word, "She 1 whore you
-will be before I am done with you."
"Ah 1 yon murdered her, tool You'll
hung ome beautiful day, Idaho," eald
Graeme, a Idaho aptang upon hint.
Graeme dodged hi blow and caught
hi forearm with hii left hand and held
up high the murderou knife. Uaek
and forward they wayed over the floor.
Hpery with whi.ky, the knife held high
In the air. I wondered why Graeme
did not trlke ,end then I ,, right
hand hung limp from the wri-t. The
men were crowding upon the barricade.
I wa In d-opelr. Grame'a atrength
wa going fa.t. With a yell of exul
tant fury Id.. ho threw hlnwlf with all
hi weight upon Graeme, who could only
cling to him. They swayed together
toward me, but thev fell 1 i.n,i.
down my bar upon the upraised band
na eni tlie kulfn flying acro the
m and hi cry of pain mingled with a
hout from below, and there, dahing the
crowd to right and left, came old S'e.
on. followed by Abe. Jinmli.
Shaw and other. A, they reached the
iiniiicaue 11 era.nrti down and carrying
me with It, pinned me fast.
ltokillg nut between the bmVeU, I
iw what frn my heart with horror.
In the fall Graeme lin wound hi irmi
about hi. enemy and held him in a grip
o deadly that he could m. trikej but
ireme' lrengt, wa failing, and when
I looked 1 nw (hat idalui wa alowlv
dragging both nero the lippery llwir to
wheru the knife lv. Xcuier an neaivr
hi outttrllchded linger came to the
knife. In vain I yelled and t niggled.
My vo , nt in the awful din nn.l
the barricade held 111,1 fa.t. Almve me
landing on a hrc.iead wa lliinti.te.
yelling like a demon, lit vain I called
to linn. My lit.ger could jut reach
hl fiKit, and he heedded not at all to my
touch. Slowly Idaho Wa dramrlnir lila
almost uiieonciou victim toward the
knife. Hi, f Hirer Were touchimr the
olndo point, when, under A eudden In
fpliatlon, I pulled out my penknife,
opened It with inv teeth, and ditive the
flado "llto HaptUte' foot. With a
iiKHMI curdliitg yell he piai)g down and
li'gnn dancing round in hl tanc. itecrlnir
among the barrel.
IMik! Iiwikl ' I wai calling in agony
and pointing. "I or Heaven' nko look,
llaptNtel
The finger had cloe,l in.on the ki.ife.
the knife wa already high in the air.
when, with a .liriek, linptitc cleared the
room with a bound, and before the knife
eould fall, the little Frenchman' boot
had caught the nnlifted wrint and ent
the knllo Hying to the wall.
I lien there wa 11 triv-nt rubine sound
a of wind through the. foreal, aud the
light went out. When I awoke I
found myself Ivhiir with mv head on
(Iriieim.' knee and Haptit priukllng
now in my face. At I looked up Graeme
leaned over me, and, finning down into
my ey e he aid:
"Good boy! It wa a gre.it fight and
we put it up wells" aud then he whi-
pered: "I owe you mv life, mv Imv."
HIh word thrilled lir heart throuirh
and through, and I loved him a only
men can love men; but I only answered;
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Tide Table for August
High Water.
Date.
Thursday , .
Krlduy ' . . .
Saturday . ,
SUNDAY ..
Monday . . ,
Tuesday ,,
Tuoaday ..
Wednesday
Wednesday
Thursday . .
Friday . . .
Saturday , .
SUNDAY .,
Monday . .
Tuesday , ,
Wednesday
Thursday . .
Friday . . '.
Saturday .,
SUNDAY .,
Monday , . ,
Tuesday . .
Wednesday
Thursday ..
Friday ...
Saturday ..
SUNDAY .
Monday . .
Tuesday ..
Wednesday
Thursday .
Friday .,
Saturday; .
AUQU8T, 1907,
. ...10
. ...11
12
..,.13
.. ..14
. ...15
16
, ...17
. ...18
191
....201
.. ..21
. ...22
....2S
. ...24
. ...251
28;
....27
.. ..28
. ...29
80
, ...31
A. M.
h.m.
6:42
8:00
9.18
10:24
11:18
0:30
l;0f.
1:42
2:20
8:02
8:48
4:44
6:41)
7:061
8:35
9:52
10:54
11:451
0:05
0:54
1:42
2:28
8:15
4:05
5:01
:07
7:25
ft. I h.m.
P. M.
7:01
7:58
8:52
9:47
10:84
12:01
11:151
12:87
11:68
1:08
1:37
2:08
2:3R
8:12
8:46
4:24
6:11
6:03
7:03
8:09
9:15
10:18
11:13
12:29
1:10
1:50
2:28
8:08
8:49
4:80
5:18
6:09
7:08
ft.
8.0
8.0
8.0
8.1
8.8
6.6
8.4
6.9
8.5
7.1
7.4
7.6
7.9
8.1
8.3
8.8
8.8
8.8
8.8
8.5
8.8
9.1
9.4
7.6
8.1
8.4
8.6
8.7
8.6
8.8
8.0
7.8
7.C
Low Water.
Dato.
Thursday ..
Friday .. ..
Saturdny . ,
SUNDAY ..
Monday .. ,
Tuesday ..
Wednesday
Thursday ..
Friday .. ,,
Saturday ..
SUNDAY ..
Monday . . ,
Tuesday . .
Wednesday .
Thursday ..
Friday ,. . ,
Saturday ..
SUNDAY .,
Monday , . ,
Tuesday ,.
Wednesday
Thursday a.
Friday .. .,
Saturday . ,
SUNDAY ..
Monday . .
Tuesday ..
Wednesday ,
Thursday ,,
Friday .,
Friday . . , ,
Saturday ..
AUGU8T, 1907,
..16
..17
..18
..10
..20
..21
..22!
..23
..24
..25
..261
..27
..28
A. M.
h.m,
0:51
2:02
3:10
4:09
5:00
5:43
6:19
6:52
7:22
7:50
8:20
8:51
9:23
10:00
15110:45
11:82
0:53
2:10
8:25,
4:30
5:25
6:13
6:58
:7:40
8:20
8:58,
9:87
10:18!
...30
.2911:071
31
0:10
8011:57
1:15,
P. M.
h.m,
12:43
1:43
2:48;
8:53
4:50
5:88
6:19
6:54
7:28
8:02
8:88
9:12
9:54
10:45
911:45
51
31:
12:30
1:43
8:06
4:20
6:23
6:16
7:07
7:58
8:40
9:25
810:151
511:03
3
5
5 1:00 S.4
"1 eould not kep them back."
"It wa well done," he aid and I
felt proud.
I confi'i I wa thankful to be so well
out of it, for (Ijiicine got off with a Iwne
in hi wilt broken and with a couple
of rib cracked but had it not been tor
the open banc I of whisky which kept
them occupied for a long time, offering
too good a cluiiice to le I'M, and for the
timely arrival of Kelon, neither of u
would have ever een the light again.
We found t'ralg sound asleep tion
hi couch, Hi consternation on waking
to ee ii torn, bruised and bloody wa
luughuble) but he hastened to And u
warm water and bandage, and we soon
felt comfortable.
Ilaptlte wa radiant with pride and
light over the light and hovered about
Graeme mul me, giving vent to hi feel
ing In admiring French and Knglith
expletive. Hut Abe, wa diguted be
nue of hi failure at Slaving for whan
Nelaon lucked in he itaw Slavln' Freneh-
Canadian wife in charge, with her baby
on her lap, and ho came back to Shaw
and aald. "Come awayj we can't (ouch
iiui" and Hliaw after lookin in agreed
that nothing cuuld be done. A baby
held the fort.
A Cmlg liatened to the account of the
light he tried hard not to approve, but
he could not keen the gle.im out of hi
eye. uud a I pWured Graeme dashing
hack the crowd thronging the barricade
till hn wa brought down by the hair,
raig laughed gently and put hi hand
on Graeme' knee. And as I went on
to (!c.cril my gnny while Idaho' fin
ger were gradually Hearing the knife,
ni face grew pale and his eye grew
wide with honor, -
BaptUte, here, did tha buine." I
aid, and the little Frenchman nodded
complai-eiitly and laid:
Data me for ure."
"Hy the way, how' your foott" a'ked
Graeme.
"He'a fuss rate. Daf what you call
-one bite of of dat leel bc! He'
lre, you put your finer here, he' not
derewhnt y.m call hint T"
"MeaT' I suggested.
"Oui!" cried Haptiste. "Dat'a one
liite of lieu."
'I wa thankful I wa under the bar
rels," 1 ivplied smiling.
"Oui! Dat' muk' me ver mad. I
jump an" wear mo' awful bad. Dat'
pardon me, M'sieur Craig hell!"
Hut Craig only united at him rather
sadly.
"It wa awfullv risky," he caid to
(Jrueiiie, -and It wn hardly worth it.
i ney ii j.et more whiskey, and anyway
the league i gone."
"Well," aid (liweme with a sigh of
Mitisfiictiou, "it I not quite uch a one
sided affair a it waa."
And we could ay nothing in reply,
for we eould hear Nuxon snoring in the
next room, and Do one had heard of
Hilly, and there were other of the lea
gue that we knew were even now down
ut Slaviu's It wa thought best that
all dhould remain in Mr. Craig'a shack,
not knowing whut might happen; and
to we Iny where, we could rest and we
needed nono to ling us to sleep.
When I awoke, tiff and sore, It waa
to find breakfast ready and old man
N'eNon in charge. A we were seated
Craig came in, and I saw' that be wa
not the man of the night before. Ilia
ourngn had come buck, his face was
juiet, and his eye clear-, he was hi
own man again.
"Genrdie ha a been out all night, but
ha failed to find Hilly." ho announced
Unictfy.
We did not talk much. Graeme and
I worried over our broken bones, and
the others suffered from a general morn
ing depression. IJut after breakast as
the men were beginning to move, Craig
took down hi Hihle mid saying, "Wait
a few minutes, men!" he read slowly, in
his beautiful clear voice, that p-nlm
for all fighter
"God is our refuge and strength," and
so on to the nobler words
"Tlio Lord of Host k with u:
The God of Jacob is our refuge."
How the mighty words pulled us to
gether, lifted u till we grew ashamed
of our ignoble rage and of our ignoble
depression! .
And then Craig prayed in simple,
knowledgment of failure, but I knew
straight-going word. There was ac
he wa thinking chiefly of him'elf; anl
thero was gratitude, and that was for
(Continued on Pago 7)
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