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Updated: June 19, 2025
And in this work the men distinguished easily the new white blaze-marks on Heinzman's logs; so they were able without hesitation to shunt them one side into the smoother water, as Orde had commanded. About two o'clock the last log shot through. "Now, boys," said Orde, "tear out the booms."
Naturally, if I turn his logs loose into the river as fast as I run across them, he will be able to pick them up one at a time, for he'll only get them occasionally. If I keep them until everything else is sorted, only Heinzman's logs will remain; and as we have no right to hold logs, we'll have to turn them loose through the lower sorting booms, where he can be ready to raft them.
I'm tired of dealing with blundering fools. Heinzman's mortgage will be foreclosed; and you will hand over as per the agreement your Boom Company stock." Orde stared at him in amazement. "I must say you have good nerve," he said; "you don't seem to realise that you are pretty well tangled up. I don't know what they call it: criminal conspiracy, or something of that sort, I suppose.
Orde slapped his knee and laughed. "This is sure one hell of a joke!" he cried. "And ain't it now?" said the Rough Red, smiling with as much ingratiation as he was able. "I'll take you boys on," said Orde at last, "at the usual wages dollar and a half for the jam, three for the rear. I doubt if you'll see much of Heinzman's money when this leaks out."
Even old man Reed held to his chastened attitude, and made no trouble. In fact, he seemed glad to turn an honest penny by boarding the small crew in charge of sluicing the logs. No trouble was experienced until Heinzman's rollways were reached. Here Orde had, as he had promised his partner, boomed a free channel to prevent Heinzman from filling up the entire river-bed with his rollways.
"No, boys," said he, "I want to keep on the right side of the law. We may need it later." Meanwhile the entire length of the river was busy and excited. Heinzman's logs were all blazed inside a week. The men passed the hatchets along the line, and slim chance did a marked log have of rescue once the poor thing fell into difficulties.
On the other hand, falling water, tending to crowd the drive closer together, is especially prolific of trouble. Therefore, on flood water the watchers scattered along the stretches of the river had little to do save strand Heinzman's logs for him. And when flood water had passed, some of those logs were certainly high and dry. Up to a certain point this was all very well.
But Heinzman's excitement had suddenly died. "No," said he, extending his trembling hand; "sit down. I want to talk business." "You are in no condition to talk business," said Orde. "No!" cried Heinzman with unexpected vigour. "Sit down! Listen to me! Dot's better. I haf your note for sefenty-five t'ousand dollars. No?" Orde nodded. "Dot money I never lent you. NO! I'm not crazy. Sit still!
"Why, we hain't sorted out more'n a million feet of his logs," cried Rollway Charlie. "He hain't SEEN no logs yet!" They turned with new enthusiasm to the work of shunting "H" logs into the channel. In ten minutes, however, the stableman picked his way out over the booms with a message for Orde. "Mr. Heinzman's ashore, and wants to see you," said he. Orde and Jim Denning exchanged glances.
Proctor's mark is one thing; and Mr. Heinzman's is another; and all the rest have different ones." "I see," said Bobby. The road now led them through a small grove of willows. Emerging thence they found themselves in full sight of the booms. For fifty feet Bobby allowed his eyes to run over a scene already familiar and always of the greatest attraction to him.
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