The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1908-06-04

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hat this sise~r ca, through ilic heart
" gignnlic hill could cpn.iaue FOR
more than a few ranis nor that any.
Ding save bird could find foethold
D. ~ steep sides Yet the current
'owpd smoothly onward through a
Eeaiih " vegetation which clupg pre-.
'ariously 10 every ledge aud natural
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Joey. embarrassed by his gag, never.
heless managed 70 emit warning
rruwi Then the boat crashed into
shoe. aud a hnare yell u alarm came
rom beneath the lowernost trees,
whose dense foliage flung a pail over
the water. Gray was seized with an
inspiration lie gfasped the canoe a
II bnmpei siong tile gunwale and held
II down on one side until Il flied aud
sank. lie sent another and yet third
guzxliDg 10 the bottom before the out
burst ~ raneons cries from both banks
showed there were Indians mere IN
tome force
Stones too began 10 hum around
them. some struck the boat. but the
greater number whizzed unpleasantly
ciose 10 the bends Of the two men aud
the glri. proving eonclnsively that they
were visible TO the unseen enemy. Gray
whipped forth the revolver and fired
twice The second time shrek Of
pain told tina, he had hit one Of their
asShllants. The two reports made n
dcafening din ia that place Of echoes.
They appeared 10 stir The Indians into
a perfect frenzy. aud 1t was evident
by the sounds that the islanders had
not much liberty " movement on the
narrow strips 81 land they occupied on
both sides Of the gorge
Elsie caught some significant splash
Ing behind her,
They are swimming toward the ca
noes she screamed
Telling Suarez TO pun for all he was
worth. Gray elambered 10 the stern Of
the boat and eInptied the revolver at
what he took 10 he the black heads OF
the swimmers
quick Load II ngaln!' he said,
and Elsie obcyed with Il niinbleness
and certainty that were amazing
The American fired three more shots
before he WIS satisfied that the canoes
were untenanted and not cut adrift.
They were now leaving the pandemo-
mum behind. and Elsie. bethinking her
self Of the dog, freed him from that
most objectionable muzzle. Joey forth.
with awoke the welkin with his up
rom; but. although the girl strained
her ears for some answering hall, she
could detect nothing beyond the bawl
Ing OF Indians at each other across the
narrow creek aud the repeated echoes
OF the dogs barking.
About this time Gray began TO sus.
peel that the tide was bearing them
onward at remarkable rate. They
We're being impelled toward an un.
known destination with the silence and
gathering speed OF mill race.
An expert engineer, though his work
may have little 10 do with sea or rlv-
or, cannot fall TO accumulate a store OF
theoretical knowledge as TO the proper
ties and limitations Of water In mo-
ton. Gray knew that the quickened
Impulse OF the stream arose from the
tidal force exerted In channel which
lessened Its width The boat
was travelling Of sea level. Therefore
there could be- neither rapids nor cata.
raci In front. but the steady rush Of
the current, now plainly audible, could
not be accounted for simply by the ef-
fort OF the tide to gain a passage
through mere byway, as the boat
was now nearly half mile from the
estuary, and the velocity Of the cur
rent was increasing each moment,
I'VE must endeavor to reach the
bank and hold on 10 the branches Of a !
ree," be shouted In Spanish down |
with your heads until the boat strikes
md then try TO lay hold OF somethingT
There was no time for explanation,
he seized an oar. A powerful stroke