The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1883-04-22

Eddy. from where they were to start down tho
river with thsss-oared raft The train was
booming along at twenty-five miles an hour.
This Ia gittin' over the groun' pooty toll
able scrumptlous. I'm takin' on It," said tho
hind oarsman. AN ruthcr knocks the eawdust
out'n raftin'. ! reckon that WEN . scootln'
long leetle bit faster thin the riptearlnest
fresh on record ever druv honllook raft. don't
yo' think we b. Curley2"
Not by pow'rful sight. We hain't" said the
steersman. Il guess II you'd ben long o mo
on raft O. toggle-t timber that run from the
Gap TO Easton bridge. on the roarin' old fresh
OF come iron the big June ruin. back In co.
you'd think this yer train O. keers want more
thin keepin' outn tho way OF a funer'l per-
cession."
sec yer. Curley." the front oarsman put in.
y haint agoin'ter run US up agin that bald
headed yarn. be ye2 The las time y tole that
lie. which II were up In the Long Eddy tavern.
don't y rcckomember that the tavern were
struck b. lightnin'. an we was longer iotchn'
you to thin Of y'd clum outsidn three drinks
o. the Eddy rum? II you steer us foul O. tho
blame thing agin I'm afeerd They'll be wreck
on this yer train. sartin ez hemlock. Head yer
timber clear o. that snng an give US q chance
to tie up SAFE wontyp"
Hain't tn yarn true 2" asked tho hind hand.
"TrueT' said the front oarsmAn. True?
They haint no more truth in Il than they is sap
10 Billn's." said tho steersman. -" yer pint
cd dend wrong. fur u they ever were q reg lar
four foot at the butt. an Ia. work up without
nary u knot, this yer one is tho stick o. timber
ez git Git, ,hc cant-hook fust ev'ry time. an don't
"That's M right, Carley." replied the front
oarsman. but OF l was YOU, and 'spected to
folks darn sight batter 2xed II they'd done lone
fnr Vlttt Nls sNu~,
ole yarn AM JOS see whar ye will land u.s.
al, And 70 Billings lit his pipe and resigned him
II b'iieye said ez how run that air raft
from the Gap to Easton bridge" the stsers nn
Logan; but t6at wa,n,t tho k way on It. That
-" They hadn't bon sech rain know'd long
the Delywar' fur forty year ez come n dippin'
down in ,hogsheais full fur three, days and
raisin' Till they, want sencely no more land
FUR to g hold , onto mt nm Pks begun to give
Long in the fall o III had started with Ave-
but the fresh didn't turn out to be nohin' but
scrub fresh. an when we got to the Gan we
run out O water an had to tic up They didn't
come no water agin that season. an we didn't
doubt doubt, that , we ", Sas assointGy have water
'em il M The Gap TO gil, my ran in share fur
ss5 6 sy the tine TO 10
up. BY the time we had her in shape the river
Sneh pps z s so hat when ws Vent
she lay at the foot Of u big huitonwood tree ez
stood On the bank. Byi0 o'clock we had to cp,
Mk sn %as
thirty feet from the Croun' by nctiyal measure !!
Al i seemed ez IL that water was s a runnin'
they Want use tsnRin stasn "u oS
such water ez that. an we unshipped the oars
eeps e. h he ees had sS s the
an were pckin' up some tools to carry Off
Quicker'n lightnin' that eend o the raft swung
down stream. and kerbang! went t,other rope.
In two seconds that raft were maxim its way
| down that river at rate or railroad keers
the fas'es. time e. ever we're done yit on the
train long side a a:iS boss When my You come me-
70 talkin. bout how that, air raft went siidin'
ar S9 hs When
stove w they wan no more show o me u git
p%s rSs sosd Or
how n %ueh hd baa And
with us; All OF a suddint thort o Foul Rilt,
which IT takes man cz knows every rock an
| bush they ~ on the shore an in the river to
steer inter without stayin an, says to myself.
We may my run clear o ev'rything til we git to
| run INV, Wuou We Slb IunT SuTloy
Wall We sSt 70 F9ul Ritt The oPsnin to Il i
keer an the water Jest got up an howled The
raft ended for the rocks and I shet my eyes an
tried 70 pray. but durn singular ez you mebbe
but wonderin' who my y wilder Would marry.
While ! were tryip 70 settle on the man ez d
hunderd dollars i had in my ehist at hum, /
felt felt. myself g9in up torls the clouds, an a
powder kas an ' som si had ff touched "a
match to it. l opened my eyes to see what
t fs matter M rGf fe
dsrd yards ahead O. the raft an Il were, a
bin' long with one side kind @ tore out. She
while KEEP agoin' right on. But that raft shot
got down. more'n three hunderd yards from
where We stove. sho we're plumb In under me. an
tore agn. / were kinder stunned nat rally. an
riKht straight in front Of US. They want no
boat on the Pennsylvania shore; moren ton rod
Wall, says one s. on ' EN-. when i see you
i inter The TasT 64E
ycrssli but I'm burned i y'ye s9t q scratch
~ see. when the rift stoned agin the pier.
BRUCE an ia handerd E oot h Ss ase come e
In the Mater On otheE t side whar two
me left the Gap 1t were list half past ten. When
| looked at my watch after comm to'in the boat
'leven. En- it's thirty mile from the Gap to
Easton bridge I'm takin' 1t that a maxim OF
| II in less n twenty minutes rlther knocks this
trains time clean out'n the channel"
:, The hind oarsman didn't say whether he be-
az Or me- Hpt thai aG
| changed his mind about going down the river
and when tho train left Curley WAS looking for
man to take his place. ED. II. MOTT
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