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One of the hrst witnesses called was
a big Ottawa Indian, one who was well
known as a hunter and trapper along
the length of the Miiskalong.
“Indian Joe will take the stand."
The big redlnan sat down in the arm-
chair in front of the magistrates desk.
He wore the stolid exterior of the pro-
verbial rednizln.
“Do you know the prisoner?" asked
the lawyer who had undertaken the
prosecution.
“Yes, I know him.”
“When did you see him last before
this morning?"
“Up near Milliron. He and dis odder
feller henll dar laoliin‘ at der boom.
Dey was much mad; talk loud and an-
gry. Threaten and shake der fist."
“What seemed the cause of this
an '1"
“Big jam logs. No can git raft tru."
“Vgell, Joe, wllat then happened?"
"Dis boy," pointing to Jack, wl-lo sat
near the door, “took up ax make for
bo in.
“Yes, he cut the boom by order of the
prisoner, did he not?" V
“Not dcs time. Glen him calI'him
stop. He see ole Joe lookin’, so make
as if to go way. Me see him, dis wide
short boy. come back. He git ax, cut
de boom."
Jack, listening with both blue eyes
popping, now sprang to his f
“The old rcdskin lies!" he
face hot with anger.
“Keep quiet, young man," ordered the
court. “You will have a chance to tell
what you know later on."
“I never went near the boom again,"
muttered the indignant youth, seeing
the eyes of Glen riveted upon him.
e had gone from the presence of
Glen and the other two rafters, for a
eet.
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short time, simply to look after a wood-
chuck which had dashed into the brush.
Might it not be possible for his friend
and employer to believe the Indian?
This worked on the Waukegan boy's
mind more than the fact that he was
falsely accused. But then he was with
Glen when the log-jam began to move.
it was simply impossible for him to have
been at another place at the time.
Again the witness was put thru a se-
vere case of questioning. He seemed
honest, and swore point-blank that he
saw Jack return and cut the boom. He
also testified that the logs did not start
to move immediately, giving the boom-
cutter chance to escape up the river
before there was a sign of wllat had
taken place.
Glen looked uneasy.
he was doubting lliln.
- "I'll go on the stand and swear?"
“Keep quiet," whispered a voice in
the ear of Jack.
.A hand touched his shoulder as be
resumed his seat. Ile glanced upward
into the stern face of Mr. Shedd Weath-
Jack believed
er I .
The examination went on. ending in
the holding of the accused boom-cutter
to the next session of the higher court.
"Tile prisoner may liave‘twelve hours
in wbicll to secure bail," said the mag-
istrate. Glen was remanded to the
care of the sheriff till it was decided as
to whether he was 5!‘! free under bond.
or sent to jail till the sitting of cir-
cuit court, now more than a month
away. The amount of ball was placed
at two thousand dollars.
“You can furnish it, can‘t you. Mr.
Weatherby?"
It was Jack Adams who addressed the
lumber king of Oxbow thus.
“It wouldn’t lo<lk.well for me, the
complainant, to furnish bail," sneered
the rich man.
"Oh. well, you aren't much of a man,
anyhow, to persecute the boy who
saved you a thousand dollars in break-
ing your rollways last spring!"
With that Jack turned and hurriedly
joined Glen and the sheriff, assuring his
boy friend that he would have him free
of the law before night.
CHAPTER XI.
ACK knew that Andrew Jackson Ded-
ham would stand between his rafting
boss and jail when he learned the facts.
The oss of Old Woman's Bend. tho a
hard, scheming man, was yet open to
looking after his own interests. Glen
had done so well with the rafting that
Jack felt sure Dcdhanl would help his
young friend in the present instance.
Hiring a fleet horse the boy mountpd
and rode swiftly up the river. Inside
of three hours he was knocking at the
door of Dedhanfs square castle on the
hill overlooking the Muskalong. ,
bi“lgou ‘seem to belin aJllukrry," saild tbs
um erman, wlen ac was us ere
intgo his presence. “I haven't seen Glen
this morning. Dizln’t he get back from
Oxbow last nighlt’! No’! Well, I trust
you had no bat lick."
“Just a wee bit of ill luck. Mr. Ded-
ham,” vouchsafed Jack.
Tllereupon he gave an account of the
misfortunes of the previous day, ex-
plaining everything so that the lumber-
man could see that Glen
wrongly accused. Dcdhanl was at odds
with the Oxbow miliowners, and at
once sided with Glen and Jack.
“We'll see about that, yes, we'll see
about that." comment;-db tthem lumber-
man. taking a turn a ou e room.
“You say somebody cut the boom and
let the whole blamed jam thru, eh?"
"Yes,” said Jack, "and Glen is under
arrest accused of the crime--"
“ 0 crime at all, b y, 0 crime at
all!" snapped Dedhanl, his teeth show-
ing in anger. “of course, I wouldn't
advise Glen to cut anyborly's boom. not
without consulting me,atsnyrate; but,
dum it, they haven't a right to block the
river with their logs. It's a nuisance,.
and anybody has 11 right to abate a nul-
anybody has, of course, eh,
Jack?" R b t
The big man halted in his well ’a ou
the room facing the visitor.
“Of course you are right. Mr. Ded-
ham," agreed the boy. heartily. his big
blue eyes snapping. “To tell the truth.
sir, I wanted to cut the. boom. but Glen
wouldn't let me. Thzlts why I aint in
the cooler at Oxbow instead of him.
Whoever cutmihe ltlltlulirgtd it 011 D‘-1"
en ti o
p0E%'1Ei'i)) ghedlcs Glen like that‘."'
..se,.e,-31 coyotes arcn‘t any too good
to do try qulclrily’ dcclarcdn tdhee ‘lllmxl-‘
keg-an boy, "Blink “mine. 1! S v
or even his EP11 ECk195- ,.,
“Whats the trouble with ttlmgigz an
.. , one . '
othgijlbtddiardsemafllenn xigrso much smarter
had been ’
LEDGER
than they arc-. 'i‘liey're jealous of his
success."
"A lot of fools!"
Dedham made swift preparations to
go to Oxbow.
lie was plainly excited over the news
Jack had brought. Had it been any
other trouble Glen might have got into
the lumberman would not have been so
fast in going to the rescue. Like John
A. Beaver of Wenago, the big man of
Old Woman's Bend hated the millown-
ers at the moutll of the river, who had
put so many obstructions in the way of
navigating the lliuskalun .
“I'll like to go to the State Legisla-
ture for no other purpose than to get
thru a law to oust these llighwaynlen
from their clutch on the river," mut-
tered Dedham, while making his prep-
arations. “They'll pay all the expense
I am to this trip, or I'll know the rea-
son wh "
, k was vastly pleased at the un-
expected stand taken by the millowner.
He had feared, as had Glen, that he
would feel inclined to lay the blame
wholly on the young raftsmnn. allow-
ing him to get"oiit of his trouble as best
he could.
“You can ride with me," suggested
Dedhatn, as a man brought out, his
horse and attached it to a buckboard.
about the only style of carriage in use
at that time in the lnmberwnrxls. Jack.
however, had to return the "animal he
had ridden, and so ileclinctl to ride
with Mr. Dedham.
It is not necessary to go into all the
particulars oi"the case. The boss of
Old Woman's Bend soon convinced the
xbow authorities ili'at it was no un-
forgivahle crime to open ii legal high-
way when the obstructers refused to
do it themselves. Besides, the fact of
Glen's guilt had not been proved.
"You ought to set him free at once,"
declared Dedham, the end of a
strenuous expression of his opinions.
The magistrate decided to bind the
young man‘over to next circuit court.
despite the eloquent indigliation of the
up-river millowner.
. “All right." snorted the angry nlan.
“Produce your papers and I'll sign
them, but remember tllcre'll be 9. set-
tlement later for this (ilrly outrage."
oy raftsmzin was set free, held.
however, under a bond of two tllousand
dollars to appear at the next session of
court and answer to the charge of felo-
niously cutting the Oxbow boom.
Glen- rode back with Mr. Dedhani, to
whom he felt beholden for his prompt
act in coming to the l'C‘SCil(‘..TlIe boom-
cutting incident was closed for a
month, at least. Meantime something
might turn up to exonerate the boy
raitsman. -
All this trouble broke in upon the
rafting work, much to the chagrin of
Glen Dayton, who was anxious to get
caught up with the mills.
There were several hundred thousand
shingles now on the dock waiting ship-
ment. These the mlllowner informed
Glen must be got to the mouth at the
earliest possible moment. as e had
sold them to a lliilwaukcc firm who in-
sisted on immediate shiprnr,-nt.
“I'll do the best I can, sir."
“Well. see't you do, boy.” '
Glen set his whole crew at the lum-
ber rafting, then set forth to look for
other men to place the shingles. At
the end of his first day's hunt he cor-
ralled four new men, ' came
promptly to the scratch, and shingle
rafting went on simultaneously with
that of lumber. .
Things were now moving at a lively
pace. and Glen was pleased at the out-
look. The river was not likely to e
jammed again till at least in month
later, at which time he was to have his
trial for boom-cutting.
The process of rafting shingles is
radically different from that of lumber.
A framework of pine poles is made the
length of the lntcndmi raft. These
are bound together by cross poles
pinned to the framework running the
length of the raft. Usually about two
hundred thousand shingles, or eight
hundred bunches, flri‘ placed in a sin-
gle raft. These are ronilned by the
pole crib and are really quite substan-
tial. runways for the 0aI‘Sill('n being
made of plank to give a more reliable
footway. These shingle cribs or rafts
are by no means so strong us are the
lumber rafts, and require more careful
ha
Glen piloted the ‘first shingle raft,
making sure that all was right at the
lower part of the river before-setting
out. The nllllowners at Oxbow seemed
to quiet down after Glen's nrrcst and
binding over to circuit court. Jack
assured his friend that he was sure
5-gm;-body “had it in for him." and
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