Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-02-09

setner, with the butts or+w,,t II a..
elouaced a spliced stick aho,+ 49,
end ABOUT two feet from either
con1a ne notched the young tree until he
bar oeiio the extremities upward. and
hont 90 oent them, he secured the
of II pr lions III their places bv means
~ liiiis OF rawhide. The spliced trees
500; presented the rude outline of the
49, qe,ion OF boat having the stem keel
~ Stern all III one piece. This having
49, paced lengthwise between tho
a, oAes' lour other poles. notched in two
plaoes' were dashed from stake TO stake
inning cfossWire to the keel and form
'ne Knees. -Four saplings We're now
80. = oiH END to end of the upturned
80 eions Oh the keel that represented
- anu stern. Two of these four were
pi"Ieo ABOVE, as gunwales: two below as
po'tom rails At each intersection tba
SUCKS We're dashed firmly With fsbino
me. The whole framework bn;no COM
49, 49, ne stakes We're drawn out, and
80 i"y upon the ground the skeleton
ooae eight feet long by three broad.
lere' whose hands were blistered and
sore would fain have rested; but the
convict would not hear of it. "Let Ms
i.hish' he said, regardless of his own
STOP Wy Il We
can work no more,'' said Frerc.
sulklly; u can't stand. You've got mus
cles OF iron, | suppose. I haven't"
Ihey made me work when / couldn't
stand, Maurice Frere 1t is wonderful
what spirit the cat gives a man There's
nothing like work to get rid of aching
muscles-so they used to fell mo
WE'LL what's to be done now?,
Cover the boat There. you can set
'ile rat to melt. and sew these hides to-
gether' two and two, do you see? and
then sew the pair at the ::ecks. There
IS plenty of catgut yonder.''
Don't talk to me as if T were doe,"
says Frere, suddenly. "Be civil, can't
you?'
But the other, busily trimming and
cutting at the projecting pieces of sap
ling, made no reply. It is possible that
he thought the fatigued lieutenant be-
meath his notice About an hour before
shutdown the hides were ready. and
Rufus Dawes, having in the meantime
interlaced the ribs of the skeleton with
wattles, stretched the skins over it, with
the hairy side inward. Along the edges
OF this covering he bored holes at inter
walls, and passing through these holes
thongs of twisted skin, he drew the
whole to the toprail of the boat. One
last precaution remained. Dipping the
pannikin into the melted tallow, he
plentifully anointed the seams of the
IL IL
topsy-turvy, looked like huge walnut
shell covered with red and reeking hide,
or the skull of some Titan who had been
scalped. "Therew cried Rufus Dawes,
triumphant. "Twelve hours in the sun
to tighten the hides, and she'll swim like
a duck"
The next day was spent in minor prep
arations. The jerked goat-meat was
packed securely into as small a compass
as possible. Water bags were impro-
vised out of portions of the intestines of
the boats. Rufus Dawes, having filled
these with water, ran a wooden skewer
through their mouths, and twisted it
tight, tourniquet fashion. He also strip
ped cylindrical pieces Of bark, and hav
ing sewed each cylinder at the side. fit
ted to it bottom of the same material,
and calked the seams with gum and pine
tree resin. Thus four tolerable buckets
were obtained. One goat skin yet re-
manned, and out of this it was determin-
ed to make a sail. "The current was
strong" said Rufus Dawes, ''and we
shall not be able to row far with such
oars as we have got. If we get breeze
it may save our lives" 1t was impos-
sible to ''step'' mast in the frau bas-
ket structure, but this difficulty was over
come by simple contrivance. From
thwart to thwart two poles were bound,
and the mast, dashed between these poles
with thongs of rawhide, was secured by
shrouds of twisted fishing line running
fore and aft Sheets of bark were placed
at the bottom of the craft, and made
safe flooring. 1t was late in the after
noon of the fourth day that these prep
arations were completed, and it was de-
cided that on the morrow they should
adventure the journey. eve will coast
down to the barr said Rufus Dawes,
s.and wait for the slack of the tide L
can do no more now"
Tro continually