The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1923-06-21
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| fitting it for transportation once more.
| / was little weary by this time and
| did not make a very good JOB Oh II.
Got I'D on the boom and dragged the
water-filled craft after me. then trled
| to tilt it up and on its edge and, pour
| the water out. During this process
| / fell in five or six times loosing
whatever progress had made and
on one occasion the canoe put lit
| tie variety into the program by going
under the boom. of course shaking
me off in this process. l got hold
| of 1t again, however, and this time
succeeded in turning it bottom up,
getting the water out to the last tea
poonsful. | then showed 1t along so
that Mrs, Sheridan could get in and
we allowed it to float down to the
point where we could get ashore on
the east side of the river. 1t should
be stated here that our paddles had
gone on down stream so that We
could not exercise a very wide choice
as to the direction in which the canoe
should proceed. We could go along
with the current, hut otherwise had
very iitIic " Sd1 dUPut II.
Once on land We dragged the canoe
up. on the bank and turned it over
in proper shape to leave for an in
defiite period. We then struck out
thinking of course we could walk to
the Solop highway. Quite to. our
dismay after traversing an interval
of considerable width we came to an
other river channel with plenty of
water in 1t. 1t dawned upon us that
we were probably upon an island and
this proved to be the case. My
memory Of the matter is that it must
be two miles long and one-half mile
wide. We exploredtthe eastern shore
very thoroughly, trying to find a
place where We could cross to the
main land. made at least five at
tempts. In one of them l waded
over but the current was to deep and
swift that | did not dare attempt to
take any one with me so there was
nothing to. do but wade back again.
/ reasoned that at the upper end
of the island there would be boom
to keep the logs out of this channel
but this proved to be a wrong theory.
We were not in any such good luck
as that. Finding no boom to cross
on or any other method by which we
could both get ashore, 1t seemed best
for me to go over alone If l could and
send boat back as soon as possible.
Rolling log of considerable size into
the water | waded out with it quite
q ways and then pushed 1t with all
the energy | possessed straight out
across the current toward the oppo-
site shore. At the same time / drew
myself up onto it, and using 1t for
partial support, tried the best knew
how to continue it toward the eastern
shore. AS soon as it lost it's mo-
mentum, however, could make it do
little more than drift down stream.
Finding l was making little or no
progress l abandoned the log and,
sometimes wading and sometimes
swimming, made the rest of the dis
lance. 1t was then simply.a case of
getting to the nearest house with a
telephone. which proved to be the
residence of Mrs. c. A. Paul. Here
! was treated with great considera-
ton and every assistance rendered.
Both garages sent cars to assist me
in, finding boat crew and some men
from the driving headquarters where
we had lunch that morning, went
down and brought Mrs. Sheridan
ashore.
I would not burden the readers of
the Reporter with this long and some
what personal narrative except for