Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-07-28
CHAPTER ~
In Which We Have an Adventure

~1UR band Of hardy Adventures
4 arose with the sun on the
IL hi morning following our first
night IN bivousc, and by noon
OF that day, thanks perhaps IN some
measure 10 my own work at the oars
and d sail which We rugged from Il cor
uer Of the tent, we had passed into and
through the lake which our map had
showed us Now we were below the
edge or the pine woods. and our stream
ran more siuggishly between banks Of
cattaiIs or OF waving marsh grasses.
We put out "a trolling line and took
bass or 50. and once LATTE. firing
chance medley into a passing flock Of
plover. knocked down "a half dozen, so
that we babe fair TO have enough for
dinner that night II was all new
world for as.
Toward uighrail we came into
more rolling and more parktke region
Our Prov was now heading to the
westward for the general course OF
the great river beyond I had no no
zion to visit the city OF Chicago. and
our route lav far above that which
must be taGeu By any large craft
bound for the Mississippi route TO the
gulf
Farms now came down 70 the wa
tcr's edge iu places. villages offered
ngil raua dams armand which in
s-o,rtio.. re,.aenc. ,ra ror-taoad rho
So. r.rar i,..,s5,5rnl alfi.a ~ Queries
ana of fsarq found time IN posr nd
dltIonul letters now Indeed. I was
preFurtn. for "a tong and determined
crtarprf-s. If zg..S the Sea Rover
against trt. EeH. Helene auG did rbe
ekinprt eff fh.. etrr lalI atom. I'M liam
reled ct~r aad .uSurv. not so with the
hardy hu! uf nHr,hrmtS Who manned
oar Slaa.t.r aul uarp mobile craft.
men used IL hauI-uips. content TO
driu6 Spring winter instead of spar
Eiin- wines Hui 60 ear the product of
their own weapons
We were Io not 6uow how far
from oar ar~t euramrueut perhaps
tairy miles or moro. Whom toward
3 o'cIurl, rt rhc evening yc concluded
~ ialld sta ,ro,d,v} grassy 0ank which
offered good cumwug place We
heard 81 .-rug voice tau us.
Hen Vhat'ra yan duin there2'
We turned. expecting T3 meet some
irate farlue, ou whose land perhaps
syp iunoecDtfg were rresna~~fug. but
fhe f.4r. which now emerged from
shc screening bushes was rou@her.
solder ANA Ia some ludeserjbable way
wilder. than thar OF farmer. He
vas stons man nearly of middle age.
dirty and III clad. MS coarse shirt open
AT fhe upcG. his legs clad In old over
ais mis- har and shoes very much the
worse FIR vatr His fgcs. was covered
nith a ron.b hoard ana 10 brow, and
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tbis f,shfor
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