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ia rmer'S wife answered.

farmers wife answered.
Tug said sadly: We'll, boys, we
might as well turn back. because If
he once gets to the Mississippi, therell
never be any finding him.
Il second the notion, said Sleepy,
who always enjoyed giving up a plan
that cost trouble.
I'VE will have to tow the boat along
with a rope" said Tug. I'VE never
could paddle up this stream"
Il take back what L said about sec
onding the motion" said Sleepy. He
hated uphill Work-or any other kind
Of work.
How far away is the Mississippi"
asked Quiz. purely out of curiosity.
oh, it amt more'n three mile from
here" the farmers wife replied.
Well, l think it would be a shame
to miss seeing the Mississippi river,
when we are so near as all this, said
Puck. "Of course, we've lost B. j.,
but it wouldn't do any harm to paddle
down and see how the big river
looks
Everybody agreed to this, and they
were soon snugly installed in their
war canoe and padding Mississippi
wards.
Before long they found themselves at
the very edge of the great wide stream.
mere was SOIIelillIlS 81 ma CSAlN oDOuN
the calm, strong current, in contrast
with the noisy, fretting creek they had
been travelling, that the boys all really
felt awe for some time,
Ready and Heady were the first to
break the silence. The same thought
occurred to them at the same moment,
and they both broke into speech at the
same time.
II feel like Columbus must have
Falt - ha MiGGiS-
sippi."
Then His'try piped up. Your gram
mar is bad, and your history is worse.
1t was not Columbus that discovered
the Mississippi at all; he discovered
America"
Well" said Reddy, hotly, isn't the
Mississippi river in America"
Yes" said His'try, II have heard
that it was, but Columbus never saw
it and never discovered it,"
WI, who did, then, if Columbus
did not?" asked Heady.
"Pizarro," said His'try, proudly.
No 1 will tell you who it was,
said Jumbo. TT was man named
Sppi and he named it after his wife.
Well" said Sleepy, IT don't care
who discovered it, but here it certain
ly is, and it's taking us farther from
home every minute. 1 think we've
swimming around here any place"
What do you want to do?" said
Quiz. Turn back and row against
the current?"
We'll, 1 should say not" said
Sleepy II want to go ashore and
eat''
While they were debating this ques-
ton Tugs sharp eyes made out in the
distance a church steeple and few
buildings. He said: There is town
right ahead of us, and it would be
fun to go down there and see where
we are, and we could find II out after
wards in the geography, and make
map of our cruise"
And maybe we could find out some
thing more about B. j. there" said
Sawed-off, whose big soft heart was
worrying over b. J.
able to get something TO eat there,
some real things 10 eat, that would
save US from breaking into those veg
etable pills for a while. The idea OF
eompressing food What I'm looking
Tor Is some way 20 expand H."
The argonauts piled their oars Gag
ery toward the mysterious village, and
hauled their boat ashore. They were
~ once surrounded by . crowd Of idiera
VINO welcomed anything that could re-
heve the monOt0ny " the lazy village.
sleepy was just going 20 ass the hrst
question, rs there n restaurant around
mere r But tug got Ia ahead " him
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