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CHAPTER XVI.
The Dig Raft
On tho fourteenth Of March the
whsezy tug pulled the great, brown
odsarshaped monster that meant SO
much 10 6andry and the fortunes of
ths Dillingworth from it, moorings
out TO the narrow, deep neck of the
bay that would take It to the sea.
sandry for the first time In his life
felt che slow, sliding motion az the
great oval floor responded to the
screeching tug and the ebb tide.
.sOn board with Sandry were Daily
and eight Indians. all armed and wait
ing for anything that might develop.
But Hampden had no notion of meet
ing John Daily In his present mood
and It seemed as. II all was to go
smoothly. As the raft drew majes-
tically abreast Of the mill at Toledo
the Yellow Pines owner was conspicu-
Gus on the dock. though he did not ap-
pear to see anything beyond the pile
Of raw, bright lumber he was marking.
His horid face wore sardonic grin.
"Wait till yer damned little gasoline
bobtail gets down to tn water!" he
said under his breath, "jest waltz
And Just % the raft swung slowly
into the straight canallike mouth OF
the bay. which Il almost filed, the
little tug faltered, coughed, sent up
Z protesting dutter and was dead as
death.
The Portland scaler was running it,
and he spent two blasphemous hours
alternately working ut the engine and
shouting to the men on the raft.
It's mighty good thing we. got her
headed out before this happened" said
Daily, "or we'd never a-got her turned
straight in Gods world. bet Hamp-
denis done somethin' to tn tug. She
hain't never gone dead before
Az the strong outrunning tide drew
them along the little town receded,
the low banks gave way to the trees,
and the hills rose sharply about them,
ending. as the waterway cut through
the ridges.
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which they gave plenty Of slack. They
cooked supper ashore and sandry
thought he had never tasted better
fare. A1terward they lay about the
Ore Ill together. smoking, and only
the silence Of the Siletz marked the
line Of color. Triumph filed the heart
Of the young financier and his last
drowsy thoughts were Of the steamer
that was even now blowing down from
Portland to meet them, the huge check
that would follow his delivery Of the
loss-how he would lift certain
mortgage Of the load that hung upon
the Dillingworth. its greatest menace
in point Of time.
He walked to see the heavy chains
drawn taut, to hear the mass Of tim
beers cracking and grumbling az It
strained upstream, and knew that the
tide was In. The siwash cook walked
the men BY moonlight for breakfast.
they must be ready to take advantage
Of the nrst motion toward the sea.
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