The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1874-02-04

the pefspirufioD flowing down their faces.
They were holding The boat 50 close :othe
shore that the willows swept the guards
al nest frtm stem TO stern.
Stand " . whispered George.
ALREADY + said Jim. under his breath.
Let her cuinel'
Tie boat spruug away from the bank
like deer. aud jartcd iu long dimgopal
toward the other shore. She closed III A.
gain and tlrasied her iierce way along the
willows as brIore. Thesenptain pat down
the glass
Lord. how size walks up on us! | DO
hate to be beat
Jim. said George, looking strhieht a.
head, Watching the slightest ,awii,g Of the
boat aud promptly meeting i with the
wheel. how'll i d. y try Murderer's
chuteg
well. lists taking chances. How
was the cottonwood stump on the fll-e
point below Boardmal's islAad this moru-
iDgg'
Water just tonnhing the roots
Well. its pretty clase work. That
gives SIX feet scaht IN tie head III Murde-
rer's chute. We can just barely rub
through il We hit it exactly right. But It's
worth trying. She don't dare TO tackle il !
meaning the Amarahlh
Ii aunther instant the B0reas plunged
into wha; seemed narrow creek, aid the
Aramanth's approaching lights we're thut
out in inomcnt. Not whisper was Ut
tered now. but the three men stared ahead
into the shsdows. aud two Of them spun
the wheel back aud forth with anxious
watchfulncss willie the steamer tore along.
The chute seemed to come TO an end every
lifty yards. but always opened out in time
Now the head Of il il was at hand. Gearge
tapped the big bell three times. two leads-
alen sprapg to their posts. and in a moment
their weird cries rose vll the night air, aud
we're caught up and repeated By lao nicn
on the uppe- deck.
Nu-v toltviu
De.e-p fonrr
Half threel'
Mark under water three
llalf twainr
Quarter twain -
Davis pulled couple Of ropes--thcrc
vas jingling ofsnsll bells far below. the
bost'ssreed siackencd, and the rent up
steam began to whistle and the guage-cOcks
scream.
.By the mark twain!
Quarter-her.a twain.
Eight a.d lalf!'
Eight fcett'
Se,en-ana.halfi-'
Another juggling Of little heils aud the
wheels ceased turning altogethr Tie
whisiling Of the steam was s'imsihing fright
iu. now--il ah.ysl drowned all olher nois-
es.
Stand Ly n meet her.
George bad Tho wheel hard down and
was standing On spoke.
IAN readyi'
The boat hesi;nted--seemei 10 hold her
breath. as did the captain and pilo's--and
then she began 70 f,ll array y ssarbo.rd,
una every eye lighted.
NU,s tbcu--mect her! meet her!
Snaich herr
The wheel few 10 port 80 fast that tho
s,akes blended into spider web : tue
swi,g of the coat subsidized, she steldied
hel,elf----
seven fset!'
.Scy--six aad half!
.Ssc feet ]. Six f.
Bang She bit The bottom George
shouted through the tube:
spread her vile vpcn While 4 al kcri
I'ow--wow--chuw The rscaps pipes
belched snowy pillarsof steam alvft. the
l.at croaucd and surged and lremblcd---
aud sld over into
'M-a.i.k twainl'
.Quar,trher---
JaPi tap. tapr 10 signify Lay ia
/ The !eudr.
And away she went. flying Up the viii
low shore, with tie whole silver sen of The
Mississippi stretching abroad ou every hand.
No Amaraush ia sight.
IIa.ha. boys, we took couple cftrick'
that time : said tho captain.
And just IL that mument.a rel glare ap-
peared III the head of the chute and the
Amaanih cnmc springing after them.
Well. | sweary
'Jini. what Is the uFauiug cf ,hat?'
.rll tell sou what's the meaning of t.
That bail We had at Napoleon was Wash.
Hastings. waatiug 70 esne 10 Cairo--sad
We didn't stop. Hes 10 thst pilot-house
now. showing those mud tartles how 4
han, Cor easy water.
.rhat'si.l | tli0sght Il wasn't an,
sloueL that vas running that middle bar ia
] iIog-eye bsnd. lifts Wash lIasiinga--
we'll, what lie don't know about the rive
ain't worth knewing--a regular gid leaf
lid glove. diambnd breasipin pilvt Wasl,
Ilasliag. is. We wou't take any tricks Oi
Of him. old manr
Il wish I'd a stopped for bin. that's
al
The Amaranth was within tlree hund
red yard. of the lIoreas And still gaining
The oId man spoke through the tube
What il she carrying now
"A hundred and sixty-Gve. eirf
flows your woodi
p,ne aif auf---cvpress half rohc ~--catini