The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1895-02-08
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was known III bhe Vl'iaee'
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miehe ana managed 10 hoio ms own
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eiahceo over MS shouiuer uhu was reiieNeu
10 see no trace Oh approaching ice'
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m anu Just as Curt swung inc Doab intu
the nttie eauy nehlnu IL ne hehru erihu'
ing noise up the river ana sa" white
mass looming into Wow Inc gorge hao
prokeh' ana the loe was coming oown
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when the naming Wlsp OF grass shoWeo
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heoiy. Jump IN. mere comes the loo
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rumble OF the dread avalanche deopenec
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waves.
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ms companion cronchea In the s1erh OF TINT
boat' helpless Win terror
bnt the race couiu emu IN only ono way
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IKE race morse, growing with Jury Il
smashed the oanln TO fragments ana spec
aieer inc iraii lttie eral5 tha6 was SURVIVING
so nara TO escape
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bis hahas before MS taco TO smut OUT TN
awiui siRht. Chrt STUCK TO the oars pu
ne knew heVertheless thnC escape was ou
OF the question
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giimmer OF nope twenty yards toWart
the lett shore and slightly In advance
the avalanche noated huge tree, evident
~ torn bodily from tho soil Its broa'
END, orlstilng with snakelike roots, wa
.uFhea upWh the stream anu mere AM
there IL thrust out THICK limbs thnt serVe'
II the castaways could reach II, the.
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