The Columbia River . n Spokane. They concluded thatit was the appointment of fate, and so went togetherto the wild country of Chelan, to seek a fortune. After they had been there a short time they founda mutual distrust springing up, and finally, by theadvice of the old man, they agreed to was to stay below. He was the more sullenand selfish of the two, and it was due to him thatthey had fallen out. Harry was of a frank andgenerous nature, and when it became evident thatthey must part he insisted that he should help builda cabin for George. And the cabin that they builtwas the
The Columbia River . n Spokane. They concluded thatit was the appointment of fate, and so went togetherto the wild country of Chelan, to seek a fortune. After they had been there a short time they founda mutual distrust springing up, and finally, by theadvice of the old man, they agreed to was to stay below. He was the more sullenand selfish of the two, and it was due to him thatthey had fallen out. Harry was of a frank andgenerous nature, and when it became evident thatthey must part he insisted that he should help builda cabin for George. And the cabin that they builtwas the very one that we now saw lodged against therocks. Harry went up the canon toward the SkagitPass, and there in the lonely grandeur of the glaciershe plied his pick and shovel. A few months later there came a mighty Chinook,the warm wind of the Cascades, which strips the peaksof snow within a day, transforms the creeks intoraging torrents, and sends floods down every drygulch. The night after the wind began to blow the. The Lakes from Arrow Lakes to Chelan 319 old miner came to Georges cabin, and in the intensedarkness of the cloudy night they listened to the hurt-ling of the storm and the roar of the rapidly grow-ing river. About midnight there came suddenly asuccession of rifle shots near at hand, and in a fewminutes a thunder and roar of water beyond any-thing that they had heard. Rushing out they saw thatthe water was already surrounding the cabin andthey had to run in the darkness for their among the rocks they reached at last landhigh enough for safety, w^hile the floods w^ent tearingby. With the first light they looked out to see thatthe cabin had gone adrift, but sadder to tell, theysoon found Harry, mangled, tortured, at the point ofdeath, just strong enough to tell them that from hissituation he had seen that a fearful flood was comingand he was trying to save George. But he had fallenin the darkness and crashed upon the rocks, and evenin his suffering h
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