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But of a certainty the middle part had risen! The cheechalkos thought it an optical illusion. But old Brandt from Forty-Mile had seen the ice go out for two-and-twenty years, and he said it went out always so "humps his back, an' gits up gits, and when he's a gitten', jest look out!"
When I hear cheechalkos complaining of boredom up here in this world of daily miracles, I think of the native boy in the history-class, who, called on to describe the progress of civilisation, said: 'In those days men had as many wives as they liked, and that was called polygamy. Now they have only one wife, and that's called monotony."
The mighty flood ran free, tearing up trees by their roots as it ran, detaching masses of rock, dissolving islands into swirling sand and drift, carving new channels, making and unmaking the land. The water began to fall. It had been a great time: it was ended. "Pardner," says the Colonel, "we've seen the ice go out." "No fella can call you and me cheechalkos after to-day." "No, sah.
The cheechalkos consulted. When the business was ended, Minóok self-control gave way. The cheechalkos found themselves the laughing-stock of the town.
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