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Men working there could shunt into the sawmill enclosure that portion of the drive to which they could lay claim. The remainder could proceed down the open channel to the left. That was the theory. Unfortunately, this division of the river's width so congested matters that the whole drive had hung.The jam crew were at work, but even Bob's unpractised eye saw that their task was stupendous. Even should they succeed in loosening the breast, there could be no reason to suppose the performance would not have to be repeated over and over again as the close-ranked drive came against the obstacle.Larsen took one look, then made his way across to the other side and down to the mill. Bob followed. The little sawmill was Mario Lemieux Jersey going full blast under the handling of three men and a boy. Everything was done in the most primitive manner, by main strength, awkwardness, and old-fashioned tools."Who's boss?" yelled Larsen against the clang of the mill.A slow, black-bearded man stepped forward."What can I do for you?" he asked."Our drive's hung up against your boom," yelled Larsen.The man raised his hand and the machinery was suddenly stilled."So I perceive," said he."Your boom-piles are drove too far out in the stream.""I don't know about that," objected the Chris Kunitz Jersey mossback."I do," insisted Larsen. "Nobody on earth could keep from jamming, the way you got things fixed.""That's none of my business," said the man steadily."Well, we'll have to take out that fur clump of piles to get our jam broke.""I don't Jordan Staal Jersey know about that," repeated the man.Larsen apparently paid no attention to this last remark, but tramped back to the jam. There he ordered a couple of men out with axes, and others with tackle. But at that moment the three men and the boy appeared. They carried three shotguns and a rifle."That's about enough of that," said the bearded man, quietly. "You let my Kris Letang Jersey property alone. I don't want any trouble with you men, but I'll blow hell out of the first man that touches those piles. I've had about enough of this riverhog monkey-work."He looked as though he meant business, as did his companions. When the rivermen drew back, he took his position atop the disputed clump of piles, his shotgun across his knees.The driving crew retreated ashore. Larsen was plainly uncertain."I tell you, boys," said he, "I'll get back to town. You wait.""Guess I'll go along," suggested Bob, determined to miss no phase of this new species of warfare."What you going to do?" he asked Larsen when they were once on the trail."I don't know," confessed the older man, rubbing his cap. "I'm just goin' to see some lawyer, and then I'm goin' to telegraph the Company. I wish Darrell was in charge. I don't know what to do. You can't expect those boys to run a chance of gittin' a hole in 'em.""Do you believe they'd shoot?" asked Bob."I believe so. Ruslan Fedotenko Jersey It's a long chance, anyhow."But in
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