Show STUDENT LIFE 70 cony and look up the river He knew Eunice always admired the wild element in nature and he knew she would never tire of watching the continuous flood come foaming and dashing down the rocky chasm Soon the castle was completed and seated on its lofty shelf presented a picturesque aspect Below was the flood Up the foaming river for miles on both sides a crystal mantle hid the marks of a conquered forest Up still farther the mountains began tall and majestic in their timbered beauty Down the stream was a whitened gentle slope relieved only at the edge of the horizon by a long low range of mountains The week before Christmas a warm southern wind arose and The snow on continued to blow the peaks began to disappear Little creeks began to swell The giant decks at Camp I began to strain and tug in their bonds News came from up the river that the dams were weakening and the men like soldiers on duty slept with their corked boots on and their Still the wind “peevies” nearby continued Christmas day arrived a memorable one in the history of Perry for with it came Eunice who was met at the depot by the whole town There was a great celebration that day Stooks gave a banquet in the church to which all were invited But father and daughter immediately ascended to Bald Point where all the foremen and their wives Clark too had awaited them ice-fring- ed been invited but returned word that he could not leave his work At Camp I Christmas was a day of commotion The warm breath from the south had continued Small streams had become torrents and united into a swirling ocean Piles were driven stakes reset and cables fastened to hold the dam Everything was all right until in the afternoon The men had stopped laboring and thought that the dam was secure when from above came a heavy crackling noise which Soon increased as they listened there shot around the corner a wild The careering mass of chaos dams above had given way On it came and stopped not an instant at the lower dam but passed on and over carrying all before it A horrible crash was all and two million more feet of logs were added to the race Clark watched the break like one in a dream but quickly rallied with the exclamation “My God the Castle!’’ What was to be done ! There were no means of communication between the camp and Perry except by the chute An idea struck him which made his blood run cold “Quick” he yelled to the breathless crowd “Bring up His voice was drowned in the deafening clash and jam of the break but they understood by intuition and obeyed “Tie me on” A few like men that flat-bottom- ed log” minutes’ work by accustomed hands sufficed to complete the task “A knife to cut myself free when I meet the river” he yelled “Now in!” There was a faint splash as |