Corvallis gazette., November 25, 1904, Page 2, Image 2

Toilers of the Columbia
By MUL. DEL.7LNEY
author ot ''Lord of the Desert," Oregon Sketches." ''
and other Pacific Coast Stories t
CHAPTER XIV Continued.-
The northsiders guarded their traps.
It was believed that with the approach
of nieht the southsidera would steal
upon he traps in squads and attempt
their destruction. The trouble had
been too long brewing to give up after
one slight engagement. The fishermen
on both sides felt that a principle was
involved and they were there to settle
it by might. The gillnettera declared
that the traps were gradually destroy
ing the run of fish while the trappers
claimed that the gillnets were jdoing
greater harm to the industry than the
traps. The men had spent their lives
fishing, the support of their families
depended upon it, and it was truly a
vital issue with them.
The run of fish was getting" lighter
every year and whatever the- fault
might be it was evident that the in
dustry would Boon become a thing of
the past. It was ' natural that both
sides should strike hard' now as each
respectively considered that the other
was the cause of the dying industry.
The shore people had communicated
with the men on the water several
times during the day. The women had
prepared meals and sent them out by
the boys of the village to a number of
the men. But the fishermen were bad
ly scattered and many of them went
without meals.
Sankala had made many inquiries
for Dan Lap ham but he had not been
seen since the departure of the boats
from the north shore.
He had led the way and given direc
tions fci the men to follow. But no
one who had come ashore conld give
any tidings of the young fisherman.
Sankala had prepared two meals and
sent them out by the boys but they
were unable to find him.
When night came still there was no
tidings from the young fisherman..
The girl could endure it no longer.
She prepaied enough lunch for a siege
and slipped away to the beach unob
served. She knew that if Dan had not
been killed or captured, he would be
found near his trap at the lower end
of the bay.
The night was very dark, and a
storm was brewing, but she believed
that she could make it to his trap be
fore it grew too dangerous.
She tried the fishing boat but her
strength was not sufficient to launch
it. Then ehe drew a sir all skiff to
the water's edge. It would not live in
a heavy storm, but Sankala knew that
if she could reach Dan his strong arms
would bring her safely ashore again.
The roar of the surf on the bar was
already distinct. An occasional white
cap leaped above the murky horizon to
the southwest. Dark, misty clouds
obscured the last star. The wind was
already moaning in the boughs of the
tall fire on the hills.
Sankala shoved the light craft into
the water, and, guided by the interval
flashes from Cape Disappointment
light house, she pulled toward the foot
of the rocks where lay the - fish trap
tended by Dan Lapham.
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CHAPTER XV.'
Rescued by the Enemy.
An accident had befallen Dan Lap
ham in the early morning engagement.
In the rush for boats before it was
still daylight he had taken the first
one he came to. He led the way to the
place where he expected to .find the
Bouthsiders, and was followed by the
long array of northside fishermen in
their boats.
He was far in advance of 'the other
fishermen, expecting to locate the ene
my and then await the arrival of his
colleagues and assist them in the at
tack. Before a single shot was fired and be
fore daylight began to dawn Dan came
to grief in a most unexpected manner.
The river brought with it all kinds of
driftwood from above. The fishermen
were constantly on the lookout for
this, for large logs, famous the world
over for their length and size, often
come down with a speed and force
sufficient to crush a river steamer, and
the small craft of the fishermen would
stand no more show before these than
would an egg shell.
But it was not one of these that
caused Dan trouble. It is the con
cealed from which most harm comes
in all of the experiences of life. It is
the hidden that takes man unawares
and dashes his hope to pieces or frus
trates his plans at the most unex
pected moment. We may battle with
the open enemy with hope of success,
but the one in ambush takes us at a
dieadantage and destroys or is victor
ious over us before we are even prepar
ed for defense.
Dan was keeping a sharp lookout
for the enemy. He knew the plans of
the aoutbsiders and expected to in
tercept them before they should di
vide up into squads. While there
was still none in sight he was sending
his frail old craft like a cutter through
the water. An old snag was clow ly
beating its way with the current and
tide to the ocean. . It was one of those
heavy, pitchy fir trunks whose "weight
kept it deep in the water. Only a few
inches of a knot, dark as the water
itself, projected above the surface, and
the thing stood like a rock directly in
front of the fisherman's boat. '
Unconscious of its presence he sent
the old craft againet it with a terrific
weep oft the oars and the results were
as sudden as a flash. . The boat was al
ready running deep in the water from
the weight of the sea which it had
taken from below; and when its rotten
hull struck the snag it was practically
torn asunder. '
It went down like a rock, and the
young fisherman had either of two al
ternatives. One was to take refuge by
clinging to the cause of his disaster
and the other was tc swim for the is
land. But there was no time to waste un
der such conditions. ' As soon as lie
had recovered from the " shock which
had sent him deep below the surface he
arose and swam for the snag which
danced about for a moment, after its
contact with the boat, like a top.
t. He s clung to this for several mo
ments when he discovered that it was
taking a course ranging farther from
the island and' heading directly for
Disappointment rocks. . The experi
enced fisherman knew what this
meant.' Raising his head as high as
he could above the surface of the water
he sighted the dark outline of the near
est point on Sand island as marked by
the accumulated driltwood, taking
liuamook lighthouse for his guide.
and swam in a southwesterly direction.
Dan Lapham was a good swimmer
and was strong and experienced, but
the water was cold and the current
pulled at him like a thing' of life.
Battling to keep from being drawn to
Disappointment rocks and at the same
time to gain the nearest point of the
island he soon found it telling upon
his strength.
Benumbed and exhausted he felt
that 'ease coming over him which is
never experienced except under certain
conditions. He had heard men rescued
from drowning, tell of this sensation.
He knew at once what it meant. His
strokes grew weaker, and in spite of
tne fact that a consciousness came over
him that he was gradually giving
away he felt a certain amount of relief
that is said to always come to the per
ishing man in his last moments a diz
zy, lulling feeling that makes death
rather welcome than appalling. ,
A dull buzzing sound entered his
ears, ins limbs moved as if in a
dream. The water seemed freed all at
once from its chill. The darkness
gathered more deelpy but it was as
gentle as the shadows of sleep. The
waves rocked him as smoothly as a
babe in a cradle.
"Sankala!" he spoke. "Sankala!
It cannot be! I cannot leave you. I
must not surrender. Arms and legs,
you have never failed me. Heait, send
forth that blood you owe to Sankala
and revive this body to battle the waves
and live for the poor, unfortunate or
phan girll"
With a spasmodic effort he arose
from his sinking attitude. He shot
forth his limbs with forced and awk
ward motion. It was then that - Dan
Lapham discovered the weakness of
will power compared with the grip of
fate. He saw that youth, strength,
determination, must all yield to the in
evitable. ...
But the same fate that had carried
him to the border of the dark shadow
now threw a straw within his reach.
A dark solid object grated against his
side. He was caught by it and carried
along at a slow but steady rate of speed.
He reached out his hand and clasped
the limb of a tree. One of the fallen
monarchs of the upper country had
been caught in the flood and was being
can ied to the ocean.
Lapham dragged himself upon its
branches and closed his benumbed
hands upon two of them that he might
not be swept away. Thus, exhuasted
and in a semi-conscious condition, he
lay upon the drift, which was pursuing
its course toward the ocean. "
"Steer clear of that drift, mate,"
exclaimed a man's voice, low and
husky.
Five men were seated in a boat.
Four of them were lying upon their
oars. The fifth was steering the craft.
The men were merely using their oars
to keep the boat from drifting seaward
and the steersman was holding her
along side the current. While the men
held the oars in their bands long, black
guns lay across their laps.
It was the advance guard of the
southsiders. They were in waiting for
the approach of the nortbside fisher
men. A slight redness above the hori
zan to the east indicated that morning
was approaching. The men had been
watching for the approach of the north
sideis for several moments. They
were the lower guards, who expected to
apprehend the fishermen of the ? traps
in the lower bay. ' A large log with
branches extending in many directions
had almost run into them. So dark
was the night that it had approached
them very eloeley before they saw it.
It was this that had called for the com
mand to the steersman.
"There is a man aboard that drift!"
exclaimed one of the men. "Tie on to
the drift," raid the leader.
One of the men grabbed a branch of
the drift and the boat and log floated
along together.
"The man's dead," remarked one of
the fishermen as he came neat the ob
ject. "Bring him aboard, anyway,"
said the leader, "and we will bury him
on the sand spit."
Then the fishermen raised Dan Lap
ham from his place on the drift, fairly
prying his clinched hands from the
branches of the tree, and laid-'nfm-v.In
the boat at their feet. 4ii
. . ' CHAPTER XVI. . 'y
- v Daring the Elements. V
"Give him a drop of whiaxy. He is
not dead by any means.' -
".Raise him up light in'. boys, and
rub him! He is one of old Seadog's
slaves, but he is human and we will
treat him as such."
Thus spoke the men who had rescued
Dan Lapham from the floating timber.
They worked with him sometime be
fore he was restored to a thorough con
sciousness. The men knew him well
and treated him kindly, though they
now regarded him as a legitimate
"prisoner of war." '
Lapham was favorably known by all
of the fishermen and boatmen of the
river. His extraordinary strength gave
him prominence among-the toilers of
the river, while his courage and kind
ness gained for him their respect. ''
The half-drowned fisherman, received
the same care and attention as would
one of their own number. , One shared
a dry vest with him ; .another " had an
extra rain coat and with this garment
and that he was soon warmly clad, and
with youth and reviving strength he
was soon himself again.'
But the scenes were rapidly shifting.
Dawn was breaking and the approach
of the nortnsiders had been discovered.
The boats began to line up for the cap
ture of the fishermen from the north
side who were supposed to be ignorant
of the presence of the southsiders. ,
Dan Lapham was placed in a peculiar
position, but one common in war. He
was to sit side by side with the enemy
and receive the fire of his friends. He
knew what his companions in the boat
did not know. He knew that the north
side fishermen were armed, and that
they would come prepared t to do : war
unto death. He knew that he would
soon be subjected to their fire and that
they, would shoot to kill.
Closer and still closer the northsid
ers approached. They lined up through
the gloom of dawn like so many specks
on the river and bay., The southsiders
lay upon their oars with guns in hand.
To row down upon them and capture
them at a given signal was' the pre
viously arranged plan. : :'
. The keen whistle of a small launch
rang put over the water from the head
of the southaide flotilla and the little
fleet moved to the north nnder the
steady strokes of the oarsmen. -
"Bing!" rang out a rule shot from
the north side.
f'Bing! Bing! Bing!" followed a
succession of shots from the same di
rection. The southsiders were taken complete
ly by" sui prise. They had come to
capture, not to fight, but now that the
trouble was on, it was left to them to
fight or to flee. The bitter feeling so
long existing between the two stubborn
factions would not permit the latter
alternative, and as if fro common
command, the southsiders raised their
rifles and poured forth a volley in the
direction of their competitors. This
was returned by a heavy volley from
the north side, and then a desultory
firing began all along the line.
The fishermen were not accustomed
to the use of fire arms nor this manner
of warfare and it was better for them
that they were not. After the second
volley the members of each contending
element began to fall , back and the
Doats scattered in every dircetion.
But neither side would abandon the
struggle.; It was the purpose of the
Bouthsiders to destroy the traps, while
it was the determination of the north-
siders to defend them to the last.
At the very first volley from the north
a rife bullet struck the fisherman di
rectly in front of Dan Lapham,- the
veif man who had aided in resuscitat
ing their captive. He was wounded in
the side and fell into Dan's arms. Dan
begged them to pull for the island that
the wounded man might receive better
care, it is request was granted, tor tne
fishermen now were anxious for an ex
cuse to get out of a fight that was sc
much more real than they had ex
pected. (To te continued)
Don't Grit Your Teeth.
"No teeth to fill," the dentist said to
the man in the chair, "but you are
grinding oft your teeth more than you
ought to. Do you grit your teeth In
your sleep?"
And the man said he didn't, stay
awake long enough to know about that,
but were they much ground off?
"More than they ought to be at your
age," said the dentist. "You have
worn the enamel off from some of
them and got down to the dentine."
"What's going to happen?" asked
the victim.
"Why, if you keep on grinding
them off," said the dentist, "the teeth
will hollow out and we'll have to put
plugs in them with gold tops to give
them new grinding surfaces."
This wasn't a very pleasant pros
pect, so later the man sought to as
certain for himself whether he did grit
his teeth unduly. And while he was
still unable to stay awake long enough
to find out. he did discover that he had
a habit at times of gritting his teeth in
his waking moments, when he sat back
from his work to think of something.
for Instance. And he made up his
mind that he would stop that, anyway.
and he hoped that he might thus stop
grinding his teeth in his sleep, If he
did so grind them. For, fine as they
might be, he didn t want any of those
nice little gold-capped plugs put In his
teeth if he could help it New York
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The best mathematics that which
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most sorrows.
The skeleton alone of an average
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In idleness there is perpetual despair.
--Carlyla.
JUDICIAL DECISIONS.
'".A. municipal ordinance prohibiting
the maintenance of a dairy within the
city limits is held. In St. Louis vs.
Fischer (Mo.),. 64 L. R. AT 79, not to
deprive citizens of property without
iue process of law, or to abridge their
privileges or immunities. s . "
The power of courts, at common law,
to order an examination of the person
of one alleged to have been injured by
the negligence of another, for the pur
pose of ascertaining the extent of the
injuries, is denied in Austin & N. W.
R. JO. vs. Cluck (Tex.), 64 L. R. A.
494. .
A master is held, in Duntley vs. In
man, Poulsen & Co. (Ore.), 59 L. R. A.
785, not to be liable for the death of a
servant because he failed to furnish a
better belt shifter, where the one fur
nished was safe and suitable when
properly used, and . the servant made
no objection to .using it.
The receipt "from one joint tort
feasor of a sum m part satisfaction of
the demand, and his release"from fur
ther liability, are held, in Louisville
and E. Mail Company vs. Barnes. (Ky.r
64 L. R. A. 574, not to operate to re
lease the Other from liability " for the
residue of the damages inflicted.
The death of a husband, who, with
his wife, had occupied a tract of land
belonging to him as a homestead, is
held, in Cross vs. Benson (Kan.), . 64 L.
R. A. 560, not to deprive the wife-of
the right to maintain the homestead,
and to continue to occupy it, free from
forced sale under process of law for
the payment of the husband's debts.
The pendency and dismissal of a for
mer action are held, in Rodmen vs.
Missouri Pacific Railroad (Kan.), 59 L.
R. A. 704, not to extend the time for
bringing an action under a statute
which gives a right of action for dam
ages for death by wrongful act, which
did not exist at common law, but pro
vides that it shall be commenced with'
In two years.
A person employed to watch the per
sonal property of a company stored
upon the real property of another is
held, in Holler vs. Ross (N. J. Err. &
App.), 59 L. R. A. 943, not to be acting
within the line of his duty where he
shoots a person trespassing upon the
realty, because that person refuses to
go off the premises or to halt or throw
up his hands at his command.
A statute providing that insurance
policies shall not be avoided for the
falsity of representations or warranties
unless made with intent to deceive or
Increasing the risk of loss is .neld in
Continental Fire Insurance Company
vs. Whitaker (Tenn.), 64 L. R. A. 451,
to be within the police power; and it is
held to be Immaterial that it applies
only to policies Issued by old-line com-
panies and not to those issued on the
assessment plan.
The right of the Probate Court, in its
discretion, to allow an administrator a
reasonable amount to compensate for
the services of a real-estate broker who
succeeded in securing for the property
belonging to the estate a materially
greater amount than was bid ,for it at
the attempted auction sale, is, sustain
ed in Re Willard's estate (Cal.), 64 L.
R. A. 554. The other authorities on
liability of estate for commissions of
broker or agent who ells property are
collated in a note to this case v
Mnst Never Show Emotion.
We Anglo-Saxons are apt to pride
ourselves upon being undemonstrative.
Max . Adler tells a tale of a boy who
was sent out by his father to fetch in
some wood. The boy took the' oppor
tunity of disappearing and did not
show his face again beneath: the pa
ternal roof for over twenty years.
Then one evening a smiling, well
dressed stranger entered to the old
couple and announced himself-as their
long-lost child.
"Well, you haven't hurried your
self," grumbled the old man, "and
blarm me if now you haven't forgotten
the wood."
I was lunching with an Englishman
in a London restaurant one day. A
man entered and took his seat at a ta
ble near by, and, glancing round and
meeting my friend's eye, smiled and
nodded.
"Excuse me a minute." said my
friend; "I must Just speak to my
brother, haven't seen him for over five
years."
He finished his soup and leisurely
wiped his mustache before strolling
across and shaking hands. They talk
ed for a while, then my friend return
ed to me.
"Never thought to see him again,"
observed my friend; "he was one of
the garrison at that place in Africa
what's the name of it? that the mah
di attacked. Only three, of them es
caped. Always was a lucky beggar,
Jim."
"But wouldn't you like to talk to him
some more?" I suggested; "I can see
you any time about this little business
of ours."
"Oh,. that's all right," he answered;
"we have just fixed It up shall be
dining with him to-morrow." London
M. A, P.
Harder "Work, Higher .Pay.
Mrs. Blank was trying to decide
upon a new cook. "You say you have
hot had much experience?" she ven
tured, as she looked doubtfully at the
applicant.
"No'm."
"WelL I like your being truthful
about .It but it seems to me you're
asking rather high wages for an in
experienced person."
"WelL ma'am," returned the appli
cant, "yon . see, it's just that much
harder for me, not knowing how to
do the work, and having it on my
mind how I might be making you all
ill any minute with a misstep.''
MONEY HIDDEN IN BOTTLES.
Queer Freak of Two Brother Who
Owned an pKlish Inn. y
- An interesting little .treasure hunt is
causing some excitement in a Stafford
shire village, says , the London Mail.
The treasure hunter's are not rushing
round with. surveyors' chains and pick-'
axes, but they search very patiently
and very persistently In old boots and
stockings, pieces of newspapers, behind
wall paper and wainscoting and in
black bottles. They are searching for
the accumulated .wealth of one Joseph
Attwood, -who, with his brother, kept
the Vine inn at Delphi Brierley Hill.
Joseph died not s long' ago, and his
brother being, unable to transact the
business it was transferred.
The brothers Attwood -had curious
ideas as to the conduct of their busi
ness and the employment of capital
ideas, which : would commend ' them
selves to no self-respecting economist
When the elder brother died there was
a hunt ' for the money - Which It was
known he had saved. In one of the
roomSk. which had not been opened for
fifteen years, 500 in. gold was found,
stowed away In corners of the room.
Hundreds of silver: coins were found
corked up in gin bottles and beer jars.
-Half a hundredweight of coppers
was found hidden In nooks and cran
nies; old gloves, stockings, paper bags
and envelopes and rolled up in tea
lead. Checks which had never; been
presented; a woman's watch and a
very old hunting watch were also dis
covered. . .'. .';
Altogether 600 has been, found in
various parts of the house.. When the
treasure-seekers have torn down the
walls, ripped up the floors and search
ed under the soot in , the chimneys,
claims will be pegged out in the gar
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"Charley had a dreadiul time last
night," said young Mrs. Torkins. "He
says he was a victim of the- 'Black
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"You don't say so!" exclaimed tht
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"Yes. He came home without a cent.
I don't quite understand the particulars
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As It Should Be.
"No," said the dentist, "it would
simply be a waste of good money for
me to advertise in the newspapers."
"Why do you think so?" queried the
persistent solicitor.
"Because," explained the tooth car
penter, "my, work speaks for itself
through the mouths of others."
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Only the King of Korea may rear
goats or have round 'columns and
square rafters tb his house or wear a
coat of brilliant red. 'Only the King
may look upon the faces of the
Queen's hundreds of attendant ladies
01 have any building outside of which
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It is estimated by experts that the
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open to mining, is more than five times
as great as that of the coal fields of
England, France, Germany and Bel
gium; the great coal producing coun
tries of Europe. While practically all
the available coal areas of those coun
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A. J. TOWER CO., BOSTON, MASS., U.S.A.
TOWER CANADIAN CO.. CTD., TORONTO. CANADA.
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